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Paste names its 20 Best New Bands of 2012

By bill dawers On December 6, 2012 · in Music
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Paste's list includes Charleston's Shovels & Rope and three Savannah Stopover acts -- one from 2012 and two booked for 2013.
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Hurricane Sandy’s economic impacts tough to gauge

By bill dawers On December 6, 2012 · in Economics
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Hurricane Sandy certainly had an impact on jobs -- a major one -- but it's hard to say just how bad tomorrow's jobs data for November will be.
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Almost half of Americans think — wrongly — that “fiscal cliff” would increase deficit; 25% have strong opinions about a plan that doesn’t exist

By bill dawers On December 5, 2012 · in Economics
Americans interested in understanding how the economy works need to turn off the 24-hour news networks and find better sources for their information.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis in a rousing Tiny Desk Concert for NPR’s All Songs Considered

By bill dawers On December 4, 2012 · in Music
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Here's how NPR summarized this Tiny Desk Concert: "Tears and laughter in the span of about 15 minutes — that's what's so astonishing about these Macklemore & Ryan Lewis songs."
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St. Patrick’s Day, wristbands, and public space in Savannah

By bill dawers On December 4, 2012 · in Living Savannah, Urban Form
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The return of wristbands to an expanded entertainment zone is going to be bad for business, bad for law enforcement, and bad for the city's image.
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SMF’s Red Stick Ramblers appearing on “Treme” all season

By bill dawers On December 4, 2012 · in Music
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The Red Stick Ramblers will also be playing Cajun Dance Parties at the Savannah Music Festival on March 29th at 7:15 and 9:30 in the new Ships of the Sea North Garden.
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Why did Asian Americans vote almost 3 to 1 for Obama?

By bill dawers On December 3, 2012 · in Politics
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Obama got 73 percent of the Asian American vote -- better than he did among Latinos. That margin was in keeping with a long-term trend that flies in the face of conventional wisdom. Asian Americans are better educated, higher paid, and more entrepreneurial than any other ethnic group; in theory, many more of them should be open to Republican messages on the economy.
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this mountain returns to The Jinx (photos)

By bill dawers On December 2, 2012 · in Music
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this mountain was founded just two years ago and only released their first full-length album -- future ghost -- about three months ago. But this mountain seems destined for bigger things.
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The case against the mortgage interest deduction

By bill dawers On December 2, 2012 · in Economics
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A little over 10 years ago, I was flying back from London and had a long, long conversation with the man seated next to me. I had been to London to interview actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers for a now defunct Savannah-based magazine, and my neighbor had been there to pick up a cache of rare Emerson, Lake, & Palmer albums. Some interesting conversation ensued.
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Armstrong’s Economic Monitor: Savannah area economy continues improving

By bill dawers On December 2, 2012 · in Economics
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I might have a little more to say about the 3rd quarter Economic Monitor prepared by Armstrong Atlantic State University's Center for Regional Analysis, directed by economist Michael Toma, but things are getting better in the local economy. Given the rebounds in tourism and port traffic and given the visibly significant degree of new developments in the greater downtown area, it's not surprising that employment data are looking strong.
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Nate Silver on internal vs. independent polls (i.e., did Romney’s team really believe its own hype?) (UPDATED 12/4)

By bill dawers On December 1, 2012 · in Politics
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Another dry, wordy, must-read from Nate Sliver at FiveThirtyEight about the most puzzling question of campaign 2012: Why were Romney and his team so surprised by the election night results, when statistical models showed them trailing significantly in the states that mattered most?
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Should you be buying or renting in the Savannah real estate market?

By bill dawers On December 1, 2012 · in Economics
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Zillow has come up with the "breakeven horizon" for 257 metro areas. That's the point at which purchasing a home is more economical than renting an equivalent property.
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NYT: Americans’ tax burdens mostly lower than in 1980

By bill dawers On November 30, 2012 · in Economics
Federal, state, and local government revenues meanwhile slipped from 28.6 percent of GDP in 1980 to 26.9 percent in 2010. Again, the recession is in part to blame for the recent decline in tax revenues, and Obama's original stimulus and followup steps to goose the economy have also involved hefty tax cuts.
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Yoko Ono’s new fashion line for men: really?

By bill dawers On November 29, 2012 · in Arts & Culture
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Is it just a big pop joke? Is the goal to make a quick fortune in crazy, campy holiday gifts for folks with plenty of money to burn? I've read several articles about the new line, which is based on semi-erotic drawings Ono did for husband John Lennon decades ago, and I still really don't have a clue.
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