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Description The Atala, Eumaeus atala, is a small colorful butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southeastern Florida, the Bahamas, and Cuba. Its coloration and habits are unique among butterflies within its range.
In Florida, the caterpillar feeds on a native cycad, Zamia pumila, called Coontie, as well as introduced ornamental cycads. (Another name for the butterfly is Coontie Hairstreak.) In Cuba, the cycad Cycas revoluta is used as well. The hostplants contains toxic chemicals, known as cycasins, and the bright coloration of the adult is believed to be aposematic. Birds and lizards attempt to prey on the adults, but find them distasteful and learn to avoid the brightly-patterned butterflies.
Adult butterflies take flower nectar and sometimes roost in trees. Adults fly through much of the year. The natural habitat is open brushy areas and subtropical hammocks, often in pine woodlands.
Many populations now exist in suburban areas with ornamental cycads. Adults keep close to a site with host plants, thus the species forms small colonies. The females, however, may disperse in search of more hosts. The butterfly's flight is slow, unlike the swift, erratic flight of many other Lycaenidae. Like many lepidoptera, male Atalas have hair pencils ("coremata") on their abdomens used in courtship--the male hovers in front of the female, wafting pheromones exuded from the pencils in her direction. Eggs are laid in clusters of 10-50 on the leaf tips of the host plant. Larvae feed on the leaves. Pupation is usually on the host plant.
The Florida populations of this butterfly were almost wiped out by urban development, but the species has rebounded to some extent as it has begun to use ornamental cycads planted in suburban areas.
The species was originally described by the Cuban Zoologist Felipe Poey. He named the butterfly for Atala, the Native American heroine of an 1801 French novel by Chateaubriand, Atala ou les amours de deux sauvages dans le dÈsert.
Dimensions 1 3/4" (44 mm).
Habitat Forests & woodlands, Freshwater swamps, marshes & bogs, Scrub, shrub & brushlands.
Range Florida.


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In Class 6A, Harrison Central's Bobby Bradley shared 6A Player of the Year honors with Southaven's Vance Tatum.
Latz said his best pitch is his fastball, which has been clocked at 92 mph. Latz is 1-0 and has a 1.66 ERA.
I never really thought of going to LSU but then they invited me down there. And then I asked Ethan about it and he was really positive about it. He really liked the campus and the people down there. I knew it was a good decision for me to go there.
the jordan bros started on Barbe's championship team as a Soph's.
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MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan is cashing in on his political clout.
The Janesville Republican and former vice presidential candidate has raised $1.7 million in the first six months of the year, according to records cited by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Bob Biersack, a senior fellow at the Center for Responsive Politics, said the fundraising level isn't surprising, given Ryan's visibility and the fact he remains relevant as a possible presidential candidate in 2016.
"He's kind of in another category now — those members who may be looking at significantly higher office in the future," said Biersack, a former Federal Election Commission staffer.
"These people often raise a lot more than they have in the past," he added "and they usually make an effort to reach beyond their traditional supporters."
Ryan's fundraising haul from January to June was nearly three times more than any other member of Wisconsin's congressional delegation. U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, a La Crosse Democrat, was in second place with $585,172.
Ryan, in his eighth term, is serving as chairman of the House Budget Committee for a second session.
"Both his committee position, as well as his vice presidential run would help his fundraising at this stage, almost without much effort on his part," Biersack said.
The records show Ryan draws most of his financial support from individuals, rather than special-interest money from political action committees.
U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, a Republican from Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, is at the bottom of the list for funds raised. Sensenbrenner has $66,487 in campaign money this year.
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Description The wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) is a scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. It is best known to sports fishermen, as its speed and high-quality flesh make it a prize game fish. In Hawaii, the wahoo is known as ono. Many Hispanic areas of the Caribbean and Central America refer to this fish as peto.
The body is elongated and covered with small, scarcely visible scales; the back is an iridescent blue, while the sides are silvery, with a pattern of irregular vertical blue bars and have razor sharp teeth.These colors fade rapidly at death. The mouth is large, and both the upper and lower jaws have a somewhat sharper appearance than those of king or Spanish mackerel. Specimens have been recorded at up to 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) in length, and weighing up to 83 kilograms (180 lb). Growth can be rapid. One specimen tagged at 5 kilograms (11 lb) grew to 15 kg (33 lb) in one year. Wahoo can swim up to 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph), (Firestein and Walters, 1969). They are one of the fastest fish in the sea.
Dimensions Up to 6' (1.8 m); 149 lbs (67.6 kg).
Habitat Ocean or bay shallows, Open ocean.
Range Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Florida, California.


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uniform sampler2D sceneTexture; varying vec2 uv; uniform float time; void main() { //gl_FragColor = vec4(uv.xy, 0.0, 1.0); gl_FragColor = texture(sceneTexture, uv); }
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Yet another moody, Brit-pop-influenced indie rock outfit to emerge from Hamburg, Germany, Kettcar formed in 2001 with former Rantanplan members Marcus Wiebusch and Reimar Bustorff. Driven by a desire to get away from the raucous punk and ska music that dominated their earlier careers, the two musicians joined up with Erik Langer, Frank Tirado-Rosales, and Lars Wiebusch (Marcus' brother) and recorded an album's worth of material. Kettcar were unable to find a label, however, so they teamed up with fellow Hamburgers Tomte to form Grand Hotel van Cleef. The band released its debut on that label, Du und Wieviel von Deinen Freunden, in 2002. After a three-year break, during which time the bandmembers busied themselves with tending to the business of running a label, Kettcar released their sophomore album, 2005's Von Spatzen und Tauben, Dächern und Händen. ~ Margaret Reges
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Digitally Controlled Muting
The input channels, auxiliary returns and output buss On/Off functions are electronically controlled via a central CPU. The consoles allow up to 128 patches or "scenes" to be stored in memory and recalled via a 10-key pad on the front panel or an externa...
Digitally Controlled Muting
The input channels, auxiliary returns and output buss On/Off functions are electronically controlled via a central CPU. The consoles allow up to 128 patches or "scenes" to be stored in memory and recalled via a 10-key pad on the front panel or an external MIDI device. Also, to complete scene changes, external MIDI control can be used to individually turn input and output channels on or off as required. This means that a MIDI Sequencer or music computer can be used for total mute automation.
Versatile Mix Matrix
A new 12 x 4ST +4MN matrix configuration with four of the eight matrices offering stereo output. So, sources can be mixed and panned into a stereo output for the first four matrices and into mono output on the other four. Matrix channels accept a direct stereo sub-input from a rear panel connector.
VCA Grouping
Eight VCA Group switches next to each channel fader enable that channel to be assigned to and controlled by one or more of the VCA Master Faders. The VCA Master Fader affects the input channel directly and also alters that channel's post-fader output to any of the eight auxiliary mixing busses, something not possible with the conventional Group Master-Faders.
Advanced Cue/Solo Functions
The PM3500 offers extensive Cue/Solo capabilities. First, there are two cue modes: Last Cue and Mix Cue. Last Cue offers several important functions: (1) it allows you to scroll through cues without having to turn each channel on and then off, (2) it eliminates the frantic search for the previous cue because it automatically drops it when a new one is selected, and (3) a double tap on Last Cue button clears the entire board of all cues. In contrast, Mix Cue allows you to build, or pile, a cue onto any existing one(s) so you can completely monitor large selections of channels or VCA groups. The PM3500 includes powerful cueing options beyond individual channels: VCA Group Cue, Master Cue Prefade listen (PFL) and Master Solo Selection. VCA Group Cue isolates an entire VCA Group for scrutiny either pre or post pan. Master Cue PFL lets the user switch between pre and after fader listening of the master section. And Master Solo Section allows you to selectively solo auxiliary, matrix or group sections in order to hear only what you need to hear. To keep the switch between cues at different sound levels from destroying your hearing, the PM3500 offers Cue PFL trim/Cue VCA trim. Adjust the trim levels of VCA groups and the Master Group to even out — or separate — the sound for the most comfortable levels.
Easy to View Metering
The consoles feature input peak LEDs to properly set levels of individual channels. Next, the new Peak indicators give a visual indication of each individual buss. If the levels on the group, auxiliary, stereo, matrix or cue outputs are too high, a peak LED in the output VU meters flashes to warn of the impending danger of clipping.
All inputs include 4-band parametric EQ
This features high/low shelving, switchable inserts, 8 VCA control assigns and direct outs.
Unique 12 x 4 Stereo x 4 mono Mix Matrix
The matrix features 4 stereo and 4 mono outputs .
128 digitally controlled memories
The memories, which contain mute scenes, can be instantly recalled.
PFL and VCA cue trims
The trims allow optimum level setting.
4 Stereo input modules come standard
More modules are optional.
Continuously variable 50 dB gain trim
It also comes with a switchable 30 dB pad which lets inputs handle any signal.
8 mono auxiliary mixing busses
The busses are all pre/post selectable via external switches.
8 primary mix busses (groups)
In addition to the mix busses, a stereo buss can be "direct assigned" from inputs.
8 VCA groups
The VCA groups are equipped with mute and cue capability which are controlled by full-length group faders.
Large dedicated stereo VU meters
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|<0.1% (THD + N) 20Hz 20kHz @ +14 dB 600 ohm <0.01% (2nd 10th) 20Hz 20kHz @ +14dB 600 ohm
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|0 + 1dB, 20Hz 20 kHz @ +4dB 600 ohm
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|(20Hz 20kHz Rs=150 ohm) Input Gain=Max. Input Pad=Off Input sensitivity=-70dB -128dB Equivalent Input Noise -98dB residual output noise -54dB (58dB S/N) Group Out Master fader and one CH fader at nominal level -84dB (88dB S/N) Stereo Out. Master fader at nominal level and all Ch assign SW's off and all G to ST SW's off. -81dB (85dB S/N) AUX Out Master fader at nominal level and all Ch Aux mix SW's off -94 dB (98dB S/N) Matrix Out Master level control at nominal level and all Matrix Mix controls at minimum level. -85dB (89dB S/N) Group Out Master fader at nominal level and all Ch assign SW's off.
|-80dB @1kHz, -70dB @ 10kHz adjacent inputs. -80dB @ 1kHz input to output.
|Maximum Voltage Gain
|74dB CH In to CH Insert Out 90dB CH In to AUX Out (PreFader) 100dB CH In to AUX Out (Post Fader) 84dB CH In to Monitor Out (Input Cue) 64 dB Talkback In to Talkback Out 10dB Sub In to Out 10dB 2TR In to Monitor Out 84 dB CH In to Direct Out 94Db CH In to Group Out 94dB CH In to Stereo Out (CH to ST) 104dB CH In to Stereo Out (Group to ST) 104dB CH In to Matrix Out (Group to Matrix) 51dB ST CH In (ST) to Group Out/ Stereo Out (CH to ST) 47Db ST CH In (ST) to AUX Out (PreFader) 54dB ST CH In (L Mono) to Group Out/ Stereo Out (CH to ST) 50dB ST CH In (L Mono) to Aux Out (PreFader) 44dB ST CH In to Monitor Out (ST Input Cue)
|Mono Input PAD SW
|30 dB
|Mono Input Gain Control
|50dB variable
|Stereo Input Gain Control
|40dB variable
|VCA Cue Gain trim
|20dB (-14 +6dB) variable
|PFL (Input Cue) Gain Trim
|20dB (-14 +6dB) variable
|Input High Pass Filter
|12dB/octave roll-off below 20 400Hz at -3dB point
|Channel Equalization
|15dB maximum High 1k ~ 20 kHz (shelving/ peaking, Q=0.5-3) High-Mid 400~ 8kHz (peaking, Q=0.5-3) Low Mid 80 ~ 1.6Hz (peaking, Q=0.5-3) Low 30 ~ 600Hz (shelving/peaking, Q=0.5-3)
|Talkback High Pass Filter
|12dB/octave roll-off 80Hz at -3dB point.
|Oscillator/ Noise
|Switchable sine wave @ 100 Hz, 1kHz or 10kHz (x0.2 x 2.0, Less than 1% THD @ +4dB output), or pink noise.
|Phantom Power
|+48VDC is applied to balanced inputs (via 6.8k ohm current-limiting/isolation resistors) for powering condenser microphones ; may be turned On or Off via rear-panel phantom Master switch. When Master is On, individual channels may be turned On or Off via +48V switches on each input module.
|Channel Peak Indicators
|LED (red) built into each CH input and ST CH input module turns on when pre-EQ level or post-EQ level reaches 3dB below clipping.
|Channel Nominal Indicators
|LED (orange) built into each CH input and ST CH input module turns on when post-EQ level reaches nominal level.
|Channel Signal Indicators
|LED (green) built into each CH input and ST CH input module turns on when post-EQ level reaches 20dB below nominal level.
|Peak Indicators
|LED (red) built into each Group, Aux, and stereo Buss turns on when pre-Fader level reaches 3dB below clipping.
|Scene Memory
|Direct Scene Memory recall switches (1 8) Switchable Scene Memory recall (1 128)
|VU Meters
|0VU=+4dB output @ 600 ohm load 2 Large, illuminated meters; Stereo L, Stereo R 12 smaller, illuminated meters ; all switchable. #1; Group 1/ Matrix L/ Aux 1 #2; Group 2/ Matrix1 R/ Aux 2 #3; Group 3/ Matrix 2 L/ Aux 3 #4; Group 4/ Matrix 2 R/ Aux 4 #5; Group 5/ Matrix 3 L/ Aux 5 #6; Group;/ Matrix 3 R/ AUX6 #7; Group 7/ Matrix 4L/ AUX 7 #8; Group 8/ Matrix 4 R/ AUX 8 #9; Cue L/ Matrix 5 #10; Cue R/ Matrix 6 #11;TB Out/ Matrix 7 12; OSC Out/ Matrix 8
|VU Meter Peak Indicators
|LED (red) built into each VU meter turns on when output signal is above the level 3dB lower than clipping level.
|Height 335mm (13.4") Depth 900mm (36") Width1560mm (62.4")
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First of all, thank you all for the congratulations and nice comments about my oldest son earning his Eagle Award. On behalf of John and the rest of the family, we are thankful and appreciate the comments. It's been a helluva week around here and I have not made time to sit and write. I'll try to make it up to you.
Now- on with the blog.
Thursday night was our District committee meeting. The main topic was on Cub Scout recruiting. Now Jerry… this is a blog that focus' on Boy Scout subjects, why bother us with Cub Scout recruiting. Great question. And the answer is simple. BECAUSE IT IS THE MAIN THING!
The main thing is providing Scouting for boys! If they join Cub Scouts, the statistics tell us that by and large they stay in Scouts. So Boy Scout leaders.. you need to grow Cub Scout Packs if you want to have a healthy Troop. And that's the fact.. Jack! as Bill Murray would have said.
So the other night we dove into the subject searching for answers and trying to establish a workable plan to grow Cub Scouting in our area. Our Council has set a goal of 3oo new Scout units over the next 3 years. 100 units a year.. should be a piece of cake right. The numbers show that Boy Scout Troops are healthy and doing well.. but over the last 5 years there has been a steady decline in the Cub Scout program. So how do we reverse this trend? How do we get 300 new units chartered? How do we sell the Cub Scout program in our area?
Well, the answer to these and other questions seem to be a mystery, a tough nut to crack. But I think we can offer some suggestions as least from the discussion we had the other night.
First. We all know that we continuously preach to the same old choir. We all belong to a group of dedicated Scouters that love this program. And I have heard the sermon.. it's good. What we need is a bigger choir!
I am sure that your Roundtable nights are very much like our Roundtable nights, the same Scouters hanging out, great training, fantastic discussion, but only reaching about 30% of the Scouters in the District. I am probably high on the 30% number. So we need to get the word out. We need to take our sermon to the streets and get where the Scouters and potential Scout parents and Scouts are. We need to evangelize the word of Scouting. Everyone at our meeting concluded that this was a major part of growing Scouting. But who's it gonna be? Who's going to be the Evangelist for Scouting? I suggested that everyone in the room was responsible for preaching the word of Scouting. Further, Scoutmasters. You play a big role in this plan. Develop relationships with Cub Scout Packs in your area. Think outside of the traditional "Territorial" box and create choices for Cub Scouts crossing over. Just because they go to a certain church or school does not mean they must attend that Pack or Troop. Boys stay in Scouting when they are having fun. The right Troop that offers they right program for that individual Scout is the answer.
Scoutmasters. Create contacts with prospective Chartering partners. You have been around longer than most Cubmasters and Den leaders… help them out by setting up prospects and visits. You know the Scouting program and can sell Scouting to new Chartering partners.
Scoutmasters, you need to become evangilists for Scouting. Pay a visit to a Pack in your area and talk to parents about the value of Scouting. Invite Webelos to camp with you and encourage them to attend resident camps. Ask Packs if you can help them with their next join night. Bring Scouts with you.
Committee members. You need to be evangelists for Scouting. You are resource people. You have contacts and ways of getting things done in Scouting. Do not sit idly by and let Scouting happen. Get in the mix and help grow Scouting. You can arrange visits, parent meetings, and use your contacts to find new Chartering partners.
Get trained. EVERYONE! What I know for sure is that "You don't know what you don't know". One of the reasons Cub Scout leaders fail to grow their units is that they do not understand the value of Scouting and/or they do not know what lay ahead for the Scouts in their Packs. Den Leaders and Cubmaster across the Nation need to get trained. In our Council only 43% of all direct contact leaders are trained! They don't know what they don't know. Training opens the program up and sets Scouters on a course to make their units successful. There's that choir again.. and we keep preaching to the same old folks.
With training comes confidence and direction. As soon as leaders are trained, they get excited about delivering the promise. So who's it gonna be? Who's willing to step up and be the evangelists for Scouting? The answer to all of our problems is in the answer to that question.
Who's it gonna be?
Have a Great Scouting day!
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First of all, thank you all for the congratulations and nice comments about my oldest son earning his Eagle Award. On behalf of John and the rest of the family, we are thankful and appreciate the comments. It's been a helluva week around here and I have not made time to sit and write. I'll try to make it up to you.


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Rigorous Research is Needed to Eventually Inform Better Economic Policy, Regardless of Political Realities
June 20, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogIn his latest Bloomberg column, Ezra Klein has a nice feature of my recent paper on income inequality growth in the United States and the role of tax policy.
How much can tax policy curb income inequality growth? Maybe a lot
June 14, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogSince the late 1970s, the United States has experienced a sharp divergence in the distribution and growth of market-based income, with gains overwhelmingly skewed toward the very top of the income distribution and away from the bottom.
Rising Income Inequality and the Role of Shifting Market-Income Distribution, Tax Burdens, and Tax Rates
June 14, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | Issue BriefIncreasing top marginal tax rates could yield potentially large results in slowing the growth of income inequality—and do so without substantially reducing productive economic activity.
Economic expansion versus economic recovery
May 31, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogPiggybacking on my colleague Josh Bivens' recent post refuting claims that the economy is "holding up surprisingly well," it seems some in the press corps could benefit from a primer on economic expansion versus economic recovery.
Economic policy is largely being driven by obstructionism, not economic advisers
May 29, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogPresident Obama is reportedly planning to nominate economist Jason Furman to replace Alan Krueger as the head of the Council of Economic Advisers.
Broadening the tax base and raising top rates are complements, not substitutes: 1986-style tax reform is a flawed template
May 15, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | Issue BriefEconomic research and trends over the past quarter-century make clear that the "broaden the base and lower rates" blueprint for tax reform is flawed. The right mantra should be "broaden the base and raise top rates."
Winning the intellectual debate on austerity while losing the policy debate
May 2, 2013 | By Josh Bivens and Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogRecently, barely-perceptible cracks have started to appear in the political foundations of austerity. Prominent Democrats on Capitol Hill—not just progressives but moderates and those who have embraced the administration's pursuit of a "Grand Bargain" on deficit reduction—have recently called for an implicit time-out on fiscal tightening.
Building a Tax Code for Today
May 1, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogAs Congress pursues comprehensive tax reform, policymakers have made numerous references the 1986 Tax Reform Act, which has been the principle framework for overhaul to date.
Reinhart and Rogoff couldn't justify austerity before it was debunked
April 30, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogLast week, The Century Foundation hosted a Twitter chat forum in which Mike Konczal of the Roosevelt Institute, TCF fellow Mark Thoma and I discussed the Reinhart and Rogoff kerfuffle and its implications for the policy debate over austerity (here's the Storified "transcript").
Taxes are rising – but let's remember which ones
April 18, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | Economic SnapshotAmerican workers will see their taxes rise in 2013 compared to 2012. For households making less than $200,000 (96 percent of all households), essentially the entire increase (98 percent) in taxes this year will result from the end of the payroll tax cut, which was enacted for 2011-2012 to boost consumption and demand.
Tax Day 2013: For the vast major, it's all about the expired payroll tax cut
April 15, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogAround the enactment of the lame-duck budget deal, which permanently extended the Bush-era tax cuts and most expiring income tax provisions for roughly 99 percent of households, policymakers were claiming to be preventing the largest tax hike in American history.
How High Should Top Income Tax Rates Be? Getting the Fight Right
April 15, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogA version of this post originally appeared at the Fiscal Times. Over at Forbes, Tim Worstall didn't take kindly to an op-ed I authored for The Fiscal Times pointing out that research by two economists, Peter Diamond and Emmanuel Saez, indicates that individual income tax rates are currently well below their revenue-maximizing rates.
The Obama budget's misguidedly lower revenue target
April 12, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogPresident Barack Obama's fiscal year 2014 budget request, released Wednesday, is a more centrist blueprint than his fiscal 2013 request—which was the most progressive and ambitious with regards to job creation and taxation to date.
How High Should Top Income Tax Rates Be? (Hint, Much Higher)
April 11, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | CommentaryThis piece originally appeared in The Fiscal Times. The U.S. economy is mired in a depression. Output is running $975 billion, or 5.8 percent, below its noninflationary potential as the result of a huge demand shortfall in the aftermath of the housing bubble's implosion.
No, New Tax Cuts Will Not Pay for Themselves
April 4, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogIf the Laffer curve hypothesis is the first commandment of the modern conservative movement, then its economist namesake, Arthur Laffer, is its chief apostle.
A review of the economic research on the effects of raising ordinary income tax rates: Higher revenue, unchanged growth, and uncertain but potentially large reductions in the growth of inequality
April 2, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | Issue BriefRecent research indicates that increasing top marginal tax rates can raise substantial sums of revenue and potentially dampen the rise of income inequality without unduly restraining economic growth.
Senate Democratic budget overly focused on deficit reduction
March 26, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogSenate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced, and the Senate passed, a Senate Democratic FY2014 budget resolution, which would purportedly place the public debt ratio on a more-than-sustainable trajectory down to 70.4 percent of GDP by fiscal 2023.
Aggressively targeting a full recovery is the least risky thing you can do: Back to Work Budget edition
March 22, 2013 | By Josh Bivens and Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogA common theme has emerged in recent punditry and economic analysis: policymakers should begin withdrawing support for growth and jobs because the economy is rapidly improving.
House Democratic budget would also boost employment
March 18, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogHouse Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) has introduced the House Democratic FY2014 budget alternative, which would lessen the near-term economic drags left in place by the lame-duck budget deal.
The 'Back to Work' budget: Analysis of the Congressional Progressive Caucus budget for fiscal year 2014
March 13, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse and Rebecca Thiess | ReportThe Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) has unveiled its fiscal year 2014 (FY2014) budget, titled Back to Work. It builds on recent CPC budget alternatives in prioritizing near-term job creation, financing public investments, and strengthening the middle class.
Ryan proposes another path to fewer jobs and slower growth
March 12, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogEarlier today, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis) released his Fiscal Year 2014 House Budget Resolution, The Path to Prosperity: A Responsible, Balanced Budget.
Forget Spending Cuts, the U.S. Economy Really Needs a $2 Trillion Stimulus
March 7, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | CommentaryThis article originally appeared in The Fiscal Times. More than five years after the start of the Great Recession in December 2007, the U.S.
Sequestration was never about fiscal responsibility
February 28, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogAs a follow-up to my earlier blog post on the responsibility for and consequences of sequestration, I want to underscore that the entirety of the Budget Control Act (the resolution to the 2011 debt ceiling crisis, which created the sequester) was about shrinking government, not fiscal responsibility.
GOP sequester position derails recovery (again)
February 28, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogAs "sequestration" spending cuts seem increasingly likely to take effect tomorrow, and the blame game escalates over responsibility for the fallout, some incorrect revisionist history as well as (silly) pox-on-both-houses punditry merit comment.
Policymakers shouldn't assume that a full recovery is four years away (and always will be)
February 21, 2013 | By Josh Bivens and Andrew Fieldhouse | Economic SnapshotThe Congressional Budget Office recently released its updated Budget and Economic Outlook, which highlighted a key theme that recurs in many economic policy discussions: a rapid recovery is projected to begin relatively soon and to reliably deliver the economy back to full health in about four years.
The Progressive Caucus's sensible approach to sequestration: Prioritizing jobs and growth
February 5, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogCongressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Co-Chairs Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) have introduced the Balancing Act of 2013 (H.R.
When and what kind of deficit reduction matters most: The danger of aggressive 10-year deficit targets in the current budget debate
January 25, 2013 | By Josh Bivens and Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogIn the aftermath of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (i.e., the lame-duck budget deal, ATRA for short), many in Washington have urged 10-year deficit reduction targets that are trillions more than the $600 billion reduction already locked in by ATRA.
The importance of revenue revisited: Minimizing the drag of austerity
January 24, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogVia Ezra Klein comes a must-read leaked memo from Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-Wash.) to Senate Democrats ahead of fashioning a Senate Budget Resolution.
The congressional GOP has smothered a more rapid economic recovery
January 18, 2013 | By Josh Bivens and Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogPBS' Frontline has an interesting piece on the GOP response to President Obama's election in 2008, reporting that, "After three hours of strategizing, they decided they needed to fight Obama on everything." Part of this "everything" was the efforts of the new administration to end the Great Recession and restore the economy back to full health.
At best, budget deal suggests decelerating anemic growth, labor market deterioration
January 3, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse | BlogYesterday, my colleague Josh Bivens outlined the contours of this weekend's 11th hour budget deal, concluding that Congress mostly monkeyed around with upper-income taxes—a politically contentious "fiscal cliff" component, but the least economically significant—leaving large swathes of scheduled fiscal restraint in place (or merely delayed a few months).


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Blog Action Day: Fair Trade & Human Rights, a Recipe for Economic Justice
Posted by Tex Dworkin in Fair Trade News & Views on 16th October, 2013 | 2 Comments
Happy Blog Action Day! Today bloggers around the world unite to blog about human rights. (Cool, huh?) So today I'm exploring the connection between Fair Trade and human rights, and how you can support economic justice for all.
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well over the weekend, i went to my comic shop to by the new U6 issue. and they were sold out. I guess i learned to not wait a week ever again. I willl have to order over the internet.
On a good note, recieved my new issue of Uncanny today. It was very good, with good illustrations. I'm liking this new artist. The story was very good, and now i'm actually starting to like Uncanny and am happy i have a subscription of it.


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i hate to say it but i see you guys repeating for a title. team is so stacked and deep at every position it's borderline not fair. how many off the chart RB's can a team have? and who the hell is this lacy kid?
as of right now i see the tide as having the best back (2 even) in the country - ingram - the best ILB - hightower - the best DE - dareus - and the second best WR - jones. am i missing anything? you fugging kidding me with this?
i was pretty hammered by the time the bama game came on - need to watch it again - but i that was about as impressed as i get. i hope the auburn game wasn't a fluke b/c it's been a long time since i've looked forward to that rivalry game. i wouldn't worry about arkansas - that D isn't good enough. and florida - fugg - you'll kill us with predictable *** addazio calling the shots. auburn is the only one i think has the coaching and talent on either side of the ball. when was the last time auburn had an offense worth a fugg? i can't even remember.
Auburn's offense in 2004 was pretty good with Jason Campbell, Cadillac, Ronnie Brown, Devin Aromashadu, Ben Obamanu, etc., etc,...
What makes Auburn's offense so tough to defend is Gus Malzahn.... he uses so much deception and movement that all 11 guys on defense have their eyes going in 11 different directions... and that's just before the snap...
I thought Mississippi St. looked good yesterday too.. real good... Chad Bumphis and Leon Berry are as talented as any 2 receivers in the conference outside of Julio and A.J. Green.... and with McPhee and K.J. Wright on defense, they are a formidable opponent now that Mullen is getting his offense installed...
Eddie Lacy is a kid that the Bama faithful have known about... he was recruited out of Louisiana and redshirted last year... Namor and I have talked about him quite a bit... he'd be starting in most places... and that's not even taking into account Goode at tailback who's almost of the same caliber..
Alabama showed VERY little on offense yesterday for opponents... that's as vanilla as it gets and never even got the TE Michael Williams involved in the passing game... the backups were playing by the 2nd quarter... A.J. McCarron is going to be lights out when GMac moves on...
Hell, Bama's kicker Cade Foster is more physical than a lot of teams linebackers.... and that's not a joke... this kid was a linebacker in high school and is one of the strongest weight room guys around... He's like Bosher from Miami... he'll run down and lay the wood on ball carriers in the kick return game...
Bottom line is, this is just a really good, talented, and deep football team that's extremely well coached in all 3 phases.... and that's hard to beat. They're talented enough to overcome mistakes... but good enough that they just don't make many to begin with.
Look, I know there is hard feelings toward Saban from the Dolphin crowd,but he just realized he wasn't happy as a pro coach.
The man LOVES to recruit...He is made for the college game..almost "Bear" like.
The scary thing is,if Saban hadn't left LSU...can you imagine the dynasty they would have.
Bama is set up talent wise for several years at the top.
he's a much, much better college than pro coach. his heart was never in it - wouldn't have worked. recruiting is his passion - and there's none better if you ask me.
and slimm - that safety we were talking about that plays with my little brother and declared for bama - now #10 on rivals.com. fugg.
i'm no canes fan - jimmy's way up there on the list. the only thing worse than not winning a title is forcing marino into retirement (if i remember correctly). i can get on board with that.
How the hell did Bama lose 7 first place votes?
We beat our opponent 48-3,granted they were a cupcake,
(a regular on Boise State's schedule).What was we supposed to do?
Run up the score to 60 or 70?Is that the message they want to send?
Boise State gets 1st place votes for bearly beating a undisciplined,badly
coached,middle of the pack ACC school?
VT isn't that good,the Canes and others will steam roll them.
This lovefest circlejerk the media is having with Boise is freaking ridiculous.
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Geological Society of America Competition – closed
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Geological Society of America Competition!
Winners were selected based on highest overall average ranking. Here are the top 3 winners for the gigapixel photo contest:
1st place: Devils Tower National Monument - WY by Alfred Zhao
2nd place: Deception Island, Whaler's Bay, South Shetland Islands by geomindy
3rd place: A view on Teide by Markus Iofcea
Congratulations to the winners!
To view all the gigapixel submissions for "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", visit the competition page: gigapan.com/competitions/143/gigapans
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Native to parts of Asia and Europe, Corylus avellana is a shrub reaching a height between ten and fifteen feet. The name itself derives from the Italian city of Avella, a locale widely known for its crop of hazelnuts along with the Greek word for helmet korys. This particular tree is also referred to as the Common Hazel, Corkscrew Hazel, or Contorted Hazel. Turkey is home to the largest crop of hazelnuts in the world, giving rise to the notion that the hazelnut tree originated in this locale and migrated first to Italy and then to other countries.
The Corylus avellana is one of the species found in the genus Corylus. It can grow as a shrub with several trunks reaching a height of seven to eight feet tall, or it can be cultivated into a tree by a skilled landscaper/botanist to a single trunk that grows as tall as twelve feet high. Commonly sold under the name of "Harry Lauder's Walkingstick," this shrub features twisted stems. This highly prized cultivar grows best in well-drained soil and full sun. It is often used for landscaping purposes as a hedgerow.
The trees are ornamental and showy, remaining attractive year round with rich green foliage that eventually turns to a golden hue. In the fall, catkins of a yellow color grow, opening up in the middle of the winter to release an abundance of pollen. In turn, the pollen fertilizes the red flowers, producing nuts, called hazelnut, that ripen in the late summer months of August and September. The hazelnut falls to the ground when fully ripe, but it can be harvested as well to avoid losing the nuts to wildlife. The nuts are edible, and typically, eaten raw or roasted. Hazelnuts are sometimes ground into a paste or made into a butter that can be used in a variety of recipes. Highly refined hazelnut oil is nut edible;however, it is used in various skincare products.
Many people believe that the phrase "in a nut shell" actually arose from the fruit of the Corylus avellana, the hazelnut, since hazelnuts symbolize knowledge and wisdom. One of the first tree nymphs to be associated to a specific tree is Karya, the nymph of the hazelnut tree. Additionally, nine hazelnut trees are said to have surrounded a pool filled with salmon. The hazelnuts were devoured by the fish, which symbolize philosophical retirement when visualized within a pool.
Offering a slight astringent action, Hazelnut oil is suitable for all skin types, particularly oily skin. Offering a consistency of approximately 75% Oleic acid, Hazelnut oil is rich in vitamin E, so it is commonly used in aromatherapy as a carrier. Hazelnut oil is similar to olive oil and sunflower oil in that it is also rich in proteins and minerals. Therefore, it has a long shelf life. Suitable for all types of skin, Hazelnut oil offers astringent capabilities that are especially good for oily or acne-prone skin types. Therefore, it is commonly found in a variety of cleansing oils.
Hazelnut oil is lightweight in consistency, and therefore, it penetrates the skin readily, offering nourishment along with renewed circulation. Hence, it may be useful as a massage oil for those individuals suffering from poor circulation. It is often found in night creams, shampoos, conditioners, and soaps, as well as hand and body lotions and creams. Since hazelnut oil features a high fat content of approximately 40%, it is soothing to irritated or dry skin, helping to speed the healing process.
Hazelnut oil is rich in protein, unsaturated fat, vitamin B6, thiamine, amino acids and small quantities of other B vitamins. Hazelnut oil aids in filtering the sun's rays from the skin, so it does offer some protection from damage caused by the sun. Therefore, it is often included in sun care products as one of the ingredients. Offering rich emollient capabilities, hazelnut oil helps to make the skin feel smooth and soft. Therefore, it is sometimes used to treat cracked lips and can be found in lipsticks due to its rich moisturizing capability. In Gemmotherapy, hazelnut buds are used to treat the lungs for asthma and emphysema. They are also thought to aid in reversing the hardness of arterial blood vessels.


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Found this from 3 weeks ago about, thanks! Just need to bring it back to the forefront to show how important it is that we keep working on these very important issues.
Rules and laws can be changed, but it takes the dedicated effort of all parties to come to the RIGHT conclusion.
There is still more work to be done on this.
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Flytyer, thanks for the heads up on this on-going battle, and I want to use this info as a case in point. There is a reason why we post this information. It only goes to benifit the FISH if we all take just a little time to support some of these causes. This information, the meeting schedules that I have posted over the last few days, are put here to keep you informed and pluged in!
So I encourage you, as the season winds down, and you are left with a little extra time, take up a cause in your local area, to help the Fish!
Join a group, clean up a stream or river bank, take your kids out and show them the intricate eco system at a near by pond, write a letter to a politican in favor of Fish.
I have said it before, if all of us just put in a few hours a couple times a year, it would be a done deal.
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Snake Dams Court Ruling
I was sure someone else would post about this; but since no one has, it was time to post it. Anyway, I saw the Skagit Valley Herald (www,skagitvalleyherald.com) on Monday, October 4 that a three judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling of the U.S. District Court in Spokane, WA on the Snake and Columbia River system dams. The Spokane court (and the circuit court agree on appeal) that the Army Corp of Engineers was within the law (including the clean water provisions of the EPA) in how they operate all the dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers systems.
This means that the Columbia, Snake, Clearwater, etc. dams can operate as they have been without needing to maximize water releases for anadromous fish.
Those of you who have been following this, know that Judge Redden cited this Spokane U.S. district Court ruling in his ordering NOAA-Fisheries to rewrite the Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery Plan as one of the reasons NOAA-Fisheries had to rewrite the plan.
This ruling by the three judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court also means that the Snake River dams will not be coming out or breached in the foreseeable future. This is because the court found they did not violate clean water regulations of the EPA and therefore could not be said with any certainty to cause a decline in the populations of salmon or steelhead.
This latest ruling means that so far this year: the fish have lost this one, fish won in the Sacramento River steelhead cast, fish won in the Methow Valley irragation case, the Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery case has produced no change in how anadromous fish are managed so far, and the Oregon Coastal coho case has ordered NOAA-Fisheries to not include hatchery coho in an ESU if the hatchery coho are not going to be included in deciding if wild coho need ESA protective listing. The tally fish=2, dam operators=1, and fish managers forced to change how ESU is determined=1. It sure has been a busy year for the courts.
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Values, ethics and governance are essential skills for finance professionals. It is important to ACCA to ensure all students – irrespective of which qualification they are studying for, and to which level they wish to take their career – understand what it means to work and act professionally and ethically in the workplace.
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Binghamton University to host international congress on rural health
The Decker School of Nursing at Binghamton University will sponsor the Third International Congress of Rural Health Nurses: Charting the Course for Rural Health in the 21st Century, October 3-5, 2002, at the Regency Conference Center located at 225 Water Street in Binghamton. The congress is open to the public.
This is the first time the congress will be held in the United States and follows in the footsteps of international meetings in Canada and Australia. The congress will provide a forum to address multidimensional issues related to rural nursing and health care, and special issues affecting the health of people in rural areas. Approximately one-fourth of the United States and up to 80 percent of the world's population lives in rural settings.
Over 150 participants from across the world are expected to attend, coming from as far afield as Australia, Japan, Iran, Zambia, Botswana, Philippines, the United Kingdom and Uganda.
Events begin at 9:00 a.m. Thursday, October 3, with a keynote address by Mary Wakefield, director of the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota, School of Medicine and Health, on "Charting A Course Using Rural Research and Health Policy."
Wakefield is the former chief of staff for United States Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND). In 1992, she worked as a consultant for the Global Programme on AIDS at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. Wakefield has served on many health-related advisory boards, including President Clinton's Advisory Commission of Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry and the Advisory Commission to the Office of Rural Health Policy, Department of Health and Human Services. Currently, she serves as chair of the National Advisory Council for Health Care Research and Quality of the Federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Wakefield is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, has presented nationally and internationally on public policy and strategies to influence policymaking and political process, and has authored many articles and columns.
Breakout sessions on October 3 will include discussion on recruitment and retention of nurse practitioners in rural areas, health policy and roles, and violence in the lives of rural children and adolescents.
On Friday, October 4, the congress will feature a daylong schedule of roundtable discussions. Topics include funding for rural research, the care of patients with Alzheimer's disease in rural settings, rural women's health care needs, and health promotion.
The final day of the congress, Saturday, October 5, will feature keynote speaker Rita Carty, dean and professor of the College of Nursing and Health Science, George Mason University, and secretary general, Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centers for Nursing and Midwifery Development. Carty is a fellow of the American Academy in Nursing and serves in the state and local advisory group to the National Domestic Preparedness Office. Carty is expected to begin her address at 10 a.m. which is titled "Global Health Strategies to Meet Rural Health Needs: A Nursing and Midwifery Response."
Registration fees for the full congress, which includes breakfast and lunch, is $225.00. One day congress attendance, including breakfast and lunch, is $130.00.
The congress is sponsored by the Decker School of Nursing at Binghamton University, an internationally recognized leader in rural health education.
For further information on the congress and related events, contact Roberta Brundege at 607-777-4954. Information is also available on the congress website at http://dson.binghamton.edu/ICRN/ICRN.htm.


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Jason Castro has been a busy man since he finished fourth place in the seventh season of "American Idol."
He's gotten married, become a dad and has released two albums, most recently "Only a Mountain," in January.
"It's very much a snapshot of the last few years of my life. I write from really personal experiences. I've gotten married and had a daughter, and faced all kinds of life challenges," he said in a phone interview with the Daily Journal.
Now he's on the road with the Christian music festival Winter Jam.
"It's really spectacular," he said. "I think part of the stuff that draws crowds is diversity of the music, and that translates backstage as well."
The singer-songwriter is joined by fellow singer-songwriters like Jamie Grace, but the line-up also includes Christian rock artists like Red.
"We're such a diverse group that it makes for a cool atmosphere," he said. "We're all very different but at the core of it all we're all there on the same mission, and we all bond with that."
After Winter Jam, Castro will go on tour with Sidewalk Prophets, to promote his new album.
Though "Only a Mountain" documents his life as he made major life changes, it's an upbeat, joyful record.
"That was the goal, was to write an album that was a testimony to God in my life," he said.
Fans can expect to hear tunes from that album when he performs at Winter Jam tonight.
"Later in the night I might sing one of my old 'American Idol' songs," he said.
Winter Jam is for all Christian music fans, whether they like Castro's folky singer-songwriter sounds or want to rock out.
"It's an unbelievable night. Nowhere else can you see as many bands and see thousands of people," Castro said. "It's a beautiful time."
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David Mendelowitz was a dean of students and guidance counselor at Scarsdale High School for 15 years. He just got arrested for being involved in a prostitution ring and coke dealing operation. So, we figured it'd be a good idea to talk to his students.
In high school, there were always creepy-ass teachers and administrators who the students thought were weird enough to be up to some carnal-type shit when they were off the clock. Who hasn't imagined their math instructor going S.C.O.S.A. after hours in the teachers' lounge? Now, present and former-students of the small and prestigious Scarsdale High School in New York have some bizarre real-life substantiation for those thoughts.
David Mendelowitz was the dean of students and guidance counselor at Scarsdale for 15 years until suddenly retiring in June for "medical reasons," which, it turns out, meant he got caught ordering drugs and hookers to his apartment in the middle of the night. Yesterday, he was arrested for more extensive involvement in a prostitution ring and coke-dealing operation, which "specialized in Korean and Chinese women and generated over $7 million in revenue over the last two and half years," according to NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly. I talked to a few of the dean's former students and advisees about the unfolding shenanigans.
Former SHS students Matt, Nick, and Sofia.
VICE: What did you think of the dean during your time in high school?
Matt Usukumah: I thought he was a good person. He cared about the students who he mentored.
Nick Kanney: He was a nice guy, seemed very professional and experienced with his job. He tried to maintain a good relationship with all of his students. For the most part I felt like he was helping me out as much as he could, and there were very few problems any students had with him.
Sofia Fabiancic: All I have to say is what I've heard my friends said about him and what a weird but happy and extremely fatigued guy he looked like.
What was your initial reaction to the news?
Matt I was surprised to hear about these allegations. However, he didn't really make much of an effort to really understand and communicate with his students. If anything, my relationship with him was professional.
Nick: It came to me as a complete shock when I heard about this. There were no signs at all of him dealing with drugs. He always seemed very clean and, like I said, professional.
Sofia: I was thinking just how weird it was when he mysteriously retired and how out of the blue it was. There was like zero warning given. Usually teachers announce that sort of thing beforehand.
Were there ever rumors about any of his behavior?
Matt: Not really. But thinking about it now, he had this odd, wobbly poise about himself. I didn't read much into it. I disregarded it as him being a very tall person.
Nick: I never heard any rumors of him related to drugs and prostitution. I'm surprised he was able to participate in these activities without having it impacting his job.
Sofia: No, I just remember when I'd see him at the guidance office he'd either be jolly as fuck or just grumpy and he had the worst undereye blue things.
Would you party with the dean?
Matt: That's a tough one. Partying with the dean seems too hardcore. I'm the type that would just get a drink at the bar... I like my nose.
Sofia: Uhhh… No. I don't like crack cocaine or prostitutes. And something tells me he would want both.
Nick: I would probably say no, that would make for an awkward night.
There's nothing surprising about these answers. Of course no one bought drugs from the guy. No one saw him having private conferences with a disproportionately high volume of Asian women. It's a reminder that the people we deal with on a daily basis could end up having elaborate parallel lives we may never experience or uncover. Your old babysitter could have been an art thief, your best friend a moonlighting stripper, your dog an undercover CIA operative. There's no way to know for sure and, like Mendelowitz, everyone is suspect.


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i heard a hen make a purr which went into a meoooow cat like sound it was so cat like if the purr wasnt there i would have thought it to be a cat.....there were two hens but only one was talking, and they were twenty yards in full sight .......now a turkey will make some weird sounds but that wild cat call was at the top of the list....most of the posts refer to gobblers making the call.....but this had a seductive cat sound made by the hen ......i belive any sex turkey can make any turkey call....i have eye wittnessed a hen gobbling....more topic for discussion.....?????recognize it
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Through their Queensland Curtis LNG Project, Queensland Gas Co. Ltd. and BG Group plc plan to develop gas in the eastern Australian state for both domestic and international markets. The companies are pursuing the project as an alliance, with QGC providing its expertise in coal seam gas exploration and production and BG offering its experience with the operations, marketing, and shipping functions within the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector.
The project calls for expanding QGC coal seam gas operations in the Surat Basin. QGC has an 80-percent stake in the gas fields while BG owns 20 percent. The alliance also envisions developing, building, and operating a 380-km main gas pipeline that would ship gas from the Surat Basin to the Gladstone, Queensland, area. The main line, along with a network of gas connection pipelines, would be able to ship enough gas to support three LNG trains. QGC and BG would own equal shares of the pipeline.
Once the gas arrives at an LNG processing plant and export facility near Gladstone, it would be liquefied using a refinement of the ConocoPhillips Optimized Cascade Process. Bechtel is performing the front-end engineering design (FEED) work for this technology, which cools and ultimately liquefies gas through three cycles of refrigeration. BG would operate the plant and own a 70-percent stake in it, with QGC holding the remaining 30 percent.
According to the alliance, a final investment decision on the project is slated for early 2010. Should the project go forward, the first shipment of LNG from the facility is anticipated in late 2013. The project would create approximately 3,600 construction jobs and more than 800 jobs during operations.
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January 1st kicked off my "Hot Mama in the Making" weight loss new years resolution. As the month wore on I paid more attention to what I ate (still ate fast food – but ate less and ate as healthy as I could). I also tried to work out (unsuccessfully) and did little things like taking the stairs at school and parking a little further out.
On January 1st I was 219lbs – on January 30th I was 212lbs. That is a 7lb loss and I couldn't be more thrilled! My goal for this month is 5lbs loss – lets see what I can make of this goal. I am hoping to have "Lose 10bs" as my goal for March – the weather should be warmer and it might make me want to hit the park with Xander more often. This winter weather just makes me want to sleep!
I have to admit though that "eating healthy" doesn't always mean "eating" to me. I've had eating disorders in the past and I am quick to fall back into those bad patterns. I try not to though by keeping healthy (easy) snacks and meals in the house like shakes, frozen meals, fiber bars, fruit (grapes, apples), yogurt and lots and lots of cold filtered water.
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"When I was talking to (ASU Defensive Coordinator) Coach Randolph he told me that I have to be 100 percent sure before I make my decision. I know this is the spot to be in. I was talking a lot to Coach Graham, Coach Randolph and Coach Lanning and they showed me the most love from day one. I could tell that they wanted me a lot and my relationship with them was just a little better than the other schools."
Hardison admitted that he was elated with the early January announcement that the Pat Tillman Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, Will Sutton, was returning for his senior year and that it had certainly played a factor in his pledge today.
"That was awesome," Hardison said about Sutton's return. "That's great that I get to play with a player like him. I actually was talking to him last night, he was coming back from Seattle after winning another award (The Pac-12's Morris Trophy) and I told him: 'I can honestly be speaking for whole D-Line that next year I'm going to push you so I can get that award myself (laughs)…He said "bring it on, it's time to work hard and get to that Rose Bowl."
Hardison said that he also talked to another current ASU defensive lineman, Jaxon Hood, and built a relationship with him as well which was another aspect in today's resolution.
The Dodge City defensive lineman wasn't just intrigued with the talent on the Sun Devil defensive line, but also with the scheme that they run.
"The coaches said that they will put me on the field side defensive end," Hardison stated. "But they are also going to move me around a lot based on defensive matchups. I'm quick, explosive and have versatility and the coaches like that about me. I just like everything about their system and how they run it."
With close to 25 offers suffice to say that Marcus Hardison? was one of the most coveted junior college prospects in the 2013 class. His final four schools including Arizona State, were South Florida, Kansas State and West Virginia, although sources told us that South Florida was ultimately ASU's main competition here.
"Don't get me wrong, I had a lot of good schools recruiting me," Hardison remarked, "but you can only choose one. South Florida came on strong because they had new coaches which I already knew from before and had a relationship with, but Arizona State was tough to beat.
"When I went on the visit I really liked the coaches, their (weight and conditioning) training program…just loved everything on the trip. It feels great to be a Sun Devil. I'm very excited."
As a freshman in 2011, the 6-4 290-pound Marcus Hardison who reported a 40-yard time of 4.7 seconds, posted 46 tackles and three sacks from his defensive end position.
Hardison is on pace to graduate in May and he will have three years to play two following the 2012 football season. He plans to arrive in Tempe in June in time for the first summer school session.


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Although the small Druze village in Northern Israel where Chef Gazala Halabi grew up is a far cry from the Upper West Side, she makes it her own via her restaurant, Gazala's.
I had the pleasure of dining at Gazala's, where I felt as if I were in Ms. Halabi's own home.
The warm and courteous wait staff made my guest and I feel comfortable in the brick and burgundy colored space, where interesting mosaics covered the walls and small chandeliers accented the high ceilings.
Gazala's wasn't very crowded for a Wednesday night, especially when a brief downpour washed away any sign of life dining outside on the small front patio. Noticing those who periodically came in to Gazala's, I knew right away that they were past patrons, coming back for more of the transporting food I was about to consume.
We started with the Gazala Platter ($33) – a meze platter highlighting most of Gazala's hot and cold meze offerings. The taboule and lebanee (a homemade goat cheese) highlighted the cold meze selections with fresh, crisp, and bright flavors. The lebanee – a surprising, creamy treat melted in my mouth with a hint of lemon adding to the tang of the goat cheese. The falafel trumped the hot mezes for me, with a burst of garlic and spices once the crisp outer shell was penetrated. My dining companion, who grew up with Middle Eastern food, thoroughly enjoyed the meat and potato cigars, and commented on how fresh and delicate they were. I didn't want the Gazala Platter to end, with endless combinations of dips, spreads, and things to dip and spread onto the sagg pita.
I managed to control how greedy this food was making me, in order to save room for our waitress's special recommendation – her personal favorite, the spinach and lebanee boureka. The baked pie was similar to a Greek spanakopita, however the lebanee and pita dough added dimension, subtle whole wheat flavor and a more substantial doughy texture to the oh-so comforting dish.
Next, the moshakal platter ($19.50) – a combination of lamb, chicken, and kafta served with rice and salad. The kafta was flavorful and moist with the perfect amount of char and surprisingly seemed to melt in my mouth.
Baklava and Turkish coffee rounded out the meal, a perfect sweet end to a meal that transported me to Chef Gazala's village, made me smile, and filled my heart with warmth from the first bite.


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One new feature of this site is the TTH Staff web log, titled Turkey Scratchings. We've made a few entries about the 2008 season and will try to post several new entries each week. You can access the blog page via the Blogs tab near the top of the home page or by clicking on the one of the latest entries in the Turkey Scratchings section in the middle of the page. Today's entry is a blog ... about a blog page by Russell Graves, an awesome turkey photographer from Childress, Texas. You can get to our blog page and then link to Russell's page by clicking here.
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Corporate Social Responsibility Done RightThe Motley Fool
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October 3, 2007
When he was the U.S. Secretary of Labor during the Clinton administration, Robert Reich garnered a reputation as a bulldog for employee rights. Among his many pro-worker initiatives were increasing the minimum wage and pushing for the Family and Medical Leave Act. So when his book Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life came out earlier this month, I'm sure many fans of corporate social responsibility (CSR) were eagerly waiting to read about their views on corporate good being affirmed.
How disappointed they all must have been.
Reich dashed the notion that corporations have a debt to society. His basic conclusion was that government should make the laws and corporations should work within those laws to make the most profit possible, without regard to whether the corporations' activities are "good" or not.
But in some ways, Reich's view discounts one simple fact: Consumers are increasingly aware that the impact of their product purchase goes far beyond the cash register. A major study published in The Stanford Social Innovation Review found that the socially concerned consumer segment reaches nearly 50% with regard to products such as tennis shoes. It's clear that this consumer segment is a force to be reckoned with, and several major corporations have yielded to that reality.
A sampling of CSR done right
If we approach CSR from an environmental standpoint, we can include Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) among the companies that are changing their ways. Yes, that's right, I said Wal-Mart. The megaretailer has made great strides in becoming a green giant on Wall Street.
But is the company's heart in the right place? Well, see what you think of CEO Lee Scott's comments in a USA Today article from around this time last year: "We asked ourselves: If we had known 10 years ago what challenges we would face today, what would we have done different ... [what] struck us was: This world is much more fragile than any of us would have thought years ago."
Whether or not you believe that Scott's sweeping moment of social awareness was genuine, it's irrefutable that some of Wal-Mart's CSR-friendly moves have paid off. By installing low-energy LED lighting in its stores, the company is not only eliminating 35 million pounds of carbon dioxide production annually, but it will also realize $2.6 million in yearly savings. In addition, the company recently began paying more attention to selling ecologically friendly products to its consumers.
Another company making headway in CSR is American Apparel. A unit of Endeavour International (AMEX: EDA), American Apparel is best known for its plain tees and dazed looking models. Despite paying factory workers more than $12 an hour at its downtown Los Angeles factory, the company has managed to rapidly expand. Maybe the maker of trendy garb doesn't turn as much profit as it could if its factory were in China, but it could be argued that the loss in margin is made up for in volume, as throngs of socially aware college kids flock to the store. Indeed, the downtown L.A. factory is more than a marketing ploy that takes the American in its name to the max. According to the company, the advantages of staying home include more cost-efficient market-test runs and quality controls, which help save costs elsewhere.
In crafting its Ecomagination unit, General Electric (NYSE: GE) has also done an amazing job in CSR -- so much so that Ecomagination has almost become a ubiquitous symbol for the entire company. Do a simple Internet search, and you'll clearly see that GE has reaped untold reputation and brand-enhancement rewards from launching the ecologically conscious entity.
And it's not only the image enhancement that has the company excited. After all, who do you think installed the LED lights in Wal-Mart's stores? It amazes me that competitors such as Honeywell (NYSE: HON) haven't started a more public and concentrated outreach of their eco-friendly offerings, given that GE recently reported that it expects $50 billion in future revenue based on present commitments.
Something for everyone
Many CSR proponents often take the view that being socially responsible is "just the right thing to do," regardless of the capital loss. Many opponents, meanwhile, say CSR is a wasteful use of shareholder capital. However, as the companies we've discussed here have shown, CSR initiatives don't have to negatively affect the bottom line or function as lame marketing initiatives aimed at appeasing dissidents or lawmakers. When done wisely, CSR can be a boon to profits.
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Detailed electron microscopy images show that carbon dioxide can react to form cubes of solid magnesium carbonate (the mineral magnesite) on a mineral surface.
A reaction has been discovered that requires relatively low temperatures and recycles water as it turns carbon dioxide into a solid mineral, trapping the greenhouse gas away from the atmosphere.
Provides new insights on a reaction that transforms carbon dioxide into a solid mineral, an important reaction as scientists look to sequester carbon underground.
Keeping power plants' emissions of carbon dioxide sequestered underground, even in the event of an earthquake or other geological upset, will be facilitated by transforming the carbon dioxide into a mineral, such as anhydrous magnesite. This reaction occurs more readily at high temperatures and requires additional water – conditions that may not be viable in an underground reservoir. Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory discovered a reaction that forms the desired mineral at the relatively low temperature of 95°F and while recycling the water it needs. The team began with highly reactive nanometer-sized particles of an abundant mineral called forsterite, MgSiO4. They introduced water-saturated supercritical carbon dioxide to the particles. They examined the forsterite surface using scanning electron microscopy and characterized the molecules formed using four specialized spectrometers. The results show that within 3 to 4 days, the forsterite, water, and carbon dioxide form a mixture of two magnesium-based minerals: nesquehonite, which contains water, and the desired anhydrous magnesite, which does not. Water is continually used and released in the process, with the water driving the reaction. Over 14 days of reacting, the carbon dioxide was transformed into magnesite and a highly porous silica phase.
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