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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
What is wrong with TVNZ?
Why would any news network, put on a smart ass ten year old kid who stole his parent's car, drove it at double the speed limit and then have a reporter, ask him, "How fast did you go?"
They interviewed him behind the wheel of his parents car and basically made him out to be some sort of anti hero, the kid was getting off on it.
Hasn't anyone told the journalist that you don't bring attention to misappropriate behavior. This kid will now be bragging to all his mates, how he was on TV and will probably do it again. The next time he does it, someone might get killed, something to think about, huh TVNZ.
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Matt Drudge, being the conservative darling that he is, tweeted allegations yesterday that Hillary Clinton wears a wig. It's a nice try, considering the fun we have all had about Trump's hair. I mean c'mon – Trump's hair!
Unfortunately for Drudge, it just doesn't have the same staying power because there is proof, other than the words of her hairstylist from Santa's Hair Salon, that Hillary Clinton's hair is real and not a wig.
First, here are the tweets:
Can we talk about Hillary's wig? pic.twitter.com/aj5HHCDCmF
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) November 11, 2015
The Whig Party… pic.twitter.com/Jh0Ykw6r76
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— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) November 11, 2015
Shake n Go… pic.twitter.com/V7XOVdhQWN
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) November 11, 2015
Never let them see your scalp… pic.twitter.com/eiOKXBJaeE
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) November 11, 2015
TRUMP: IS THAT A WIG? The campaign officially begins… https://t.co/bVdscIKh0I pic.twitter.com/3Cz777iv90
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) November 12, 2015
The way we were… pic.twitter.com/xLPFYGPtEq
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) November 12, 2015
Oh man, he thought he had it! He gave it a good college try.
But, alas, the former McDonald's manager forgot something that instantly stunts the growth of his infant rumor. Apparently Drudge forgot that in September, Hillary Clinton was on the "Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon." On the show, the two did something that basically blows the whole wig thing completely out of the water.
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Efficient Strategies for Rural Transport Infrastructure
This report by Ernst and Young explains how administrations can make rural projects effective and leverage what public funds they do have available for investment growth through financial innovation, competition, and appropriate private sector engagement.
Rural Financing Best Practices: Unlocking the Development Finance Toolbox in Rural America
The Rural Financing Best Practices by CDFA explores how rural communities can leverage a wide range of tools and approaches to build on their assets, protect their resources, and make strategic investments that offer long-term benefits for residents and local businesses.
HUD Publishes CDBG Broadband Infrastructure FAQs
HUD has published Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement Program and State CDBG Program Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding broadband infrastructure.
HUD continues its efforts to narrow the digital divide in low-income communities served by HUD by providing, where feasible and with HUD funding, broadband infrastructure to communities in need of such infrastructure. Broadband is the common term used to refer to a very fast connection to the Internet. Such connections are also referred to as high-speed. Although HUD plans to issue regulations that will formalize its steps for narrowing the digital divide, current CDBG funds can be used for broadband installation infrastructure and service delivery.
One in five rural counties had child poverty rates over 33 percent
Child poverty rates varied considerably across nonmetropolitan (rural) counties according to 2009-13 county averages (data on poverty for all U.S. counties are available from the American Community Survey only for 5-year averages). According to the official poverty measure, one in five rural counties had child poverty rates over 33 percent. Child poverty has increased since the 2000 Census (which measured poverty in 1999) and the number of rural counties with child poverty rates of over 33 percent has more than doubled. Improving young adult education levels tended to lower child poverty rates over the period, but increases in single-parent households and economic recession were associated with rising child poverty. Metropolitan counties had average child poverty rates of 21 percent in 2009-13. This map appears in the July 2015 Amber Waves feature, Understanding the Geography of Growth in Rural Child Poverty.
Midsize and large-scale family farms dominate the production of dairy, cotton, and cash grains/soybeans
In 2014, 99 percent of U.S. farms were family farms, where the principal operator and his or her relatives owned the majority of the business. Most of U.S. farm production—68 percent—occurred on the 9 percent of farms classified as midsize or large-scale family farms having at least $350,000 in annual gross cash farm income (GCFI). Those farms together accounted for most production of dairy (87 percent of production), cotton (81 percent), and cash grains/soybeans (76 percent). Large-scale family farms alone (those with annual GCFI of $1 million or more) produced 73 percent of dairy output in 2014. Although small family farms (with less than $350,000 annual GCFI) accounted for 90 percent of U.S. farms, they contributed just 22 percent to U.S. farm production. Among some commodity specializations, though, small family farms account for a much higher share of production, accounting for over half of poultry output (mostly under production contracts) and hay. Non-family farms accounted for 10.4 percent of all production, but were most prominent in high-value crops and beef (through operating feedlots). This chart is found in America's Diverse Family Farms: 2015 Edition, released in December 2015.
SSTI Examines Details of the FY16 Spending Omnibus and Tax Legislation
As recently reported in the SSTI Digest, Congressional leaders were able to reach an agreement on federal spending that averted a government shutdown. The FY16 omnibus appropriations legislation and an accompanying bill related to tax provisions were signed by President Obama on December 18. After several years of sequestration spending caps and mostly flat funding for TBED-related programs, the new agreement will bolster funding for many science and economic development initiatives, as well as extend a number of tax credits for small and high-tech businesses. In this article, SSTI takes a closer look at the changes for research and entrepreneurship funding delivered by the deal. Read more here.
HUD Publishes Notice CPD-15-11: Requirements for the Development and Implementation of HOME Underwriting and Subsidy Layering Guidelines
Notice CPD-15-11 provides guidance to HOME participating jurisdictions (PJs) in the development and implementation of written subsidy layering and underwriting guidelines in accordance with the HOME regulations at 24 CFR Part 92. A PJ is required to develop and use such guidelines to evaluate and ensure that the level of HOME investment does not exceed the amount that is necessary to provide quality affordable housing that is financially viable. View Notice CPD-15-11: Requirements for the Development and Implementation of HOME Underwriting and Subsidy Layering Guidelines.
CDFI Fund Opens Application Period for FY 2016 CDFI Bond Guarantee Program
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) has opened the fiscal year (FY) 2016 application period for the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program. Application materials are available on the CDFI Fund's website in anticipation of the publication of the Notice of Guarantee Authority (NOGA) in the Federal Register later this week. The NOGA makes up to $750 million in bond guarantee authority available to eligible Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) in FY 2016. Please reference the NOGA and application instructions for detailed information regarding the following application deadlines for consideration for FY 2016 bond guarantee authority.
· CDFI Certification Applications must be submitted through AMIS by 11:59 p.m. EDT on February 12, 2016.
· Qualified Issuer Applications must be submitted through AMIS by 11:59 p.m. EDT on March 4, 2016.
· Guarantee Applications must be submitted through AMIS by 11:59 p.m. EDT on March 18, 2016.
· The last day the CDFI Fund will accept questions regarding the FY 2016 application period for the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program is March 9, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. All questions must be submitted electronically to the program office: email@example.com.
The FY 2016 Organic Transitions (ORG) Request for Applications (RFA) is now available for public viewing
NIFA Funding Opportunity Page: http://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/organic-transitions-org.
Grants.gov Page: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=280858.
This page includes a synopsis of the funding opportunity, a link to the full announcement (RFA) and the application package.
Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Planning Funds Program
Grants for pediatricians to develop community-based child health projects related to medical home access, immunization services, and specific health services not otherwise available.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jan 29, 2016
Sponsor: American Academy of Pediatrics
Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Resident Funds Program
Grants to support pediatric residents in the planning of community-based child health initiatives that increase children's access to medical homes, immunization services, and specific health services not otherwise available. Funding is also available for projects that focus on overweight and obesity, nutrition, or physical activity.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jan 29, 2016
Sponsor: American Academy of Pediatrics
Lessons in Infection Control Initiative (LINC)
Awards funding to local health departments to improve healthcare and community infection control and improve capacity for responding to infectious diseases.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 5, 2016
Sponsor: National Association of County and City Health Officials
Accountable Health Communities Model
Grant objective is to test whether screening beneficiaries for health-related social needs and associated referrals to and navigation of community-based services will improve quality and affordability in Medicare and Medicaid.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Required): Feb 8, 2016
Application Deadline: Mar 31, 2016
Sponsor: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Lowe's Toolbox for Education Program
Provides grants for school improvement projects, including school gardens, physical fitness areas, and walking trails.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 12, 2016
Sponsor: Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation
Connections for Cardiovascular Health
Provides grants to nonprofit organizations working to improve cardiovascular health at the community level.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 25, 2016
Sponsor: AstraZeneca Healthcare Foundation
Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Grant Program (SHCPQI)
The purpose of this program is to provide support to rural primary care providers for planning and implementation of quality improvement activities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 4, 2016
Sponsor: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
Children's Initiative
Funding for new programs designed to create and promote stability and resiliency for children who have witnessed domestic violence.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Required): Apr 1, 2016
Application Deadline: Aug 1, 2016
Sponsor: Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation
NADO Webinar on USDA's Strategic Economic Community Development Program and How Rural Communities Can Apply
On January 12 from 2 – 3 p.m. ET, the National Association of Development Organizations in partnership with U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA-RD) will host an informational webinar on USDA's new Strategic Economic and Community Development (SECD) program. Established under the 2014 Farm Bill (P.L. 113-79), the SECD program allows USDA-RD to reserve up to 10 percent of funding appropriated to specific programs until June 30 of each fiscal year to fund projects that support the implementation of strategic economic and community development plans across multi-jurisdictional areas. The four Rural Development programs included under the program are: Community Facilities, Water and Environmental Programs, Rural Business Development Grants, and Business and Industry Guaranteed Loans. The SECD program went into effect this past June and funds will be accessible during fiscal year (FY) 2016. This timely webinar will provide an overview of the SECD program, how to apply for funding, and will conclude with an in-depth question and answer session. This webinar is free of charge and a recording will be made available to registrants afterward. Click here to register. For additional questions, please contact Ted Stiger at email@example.com or 202.624.8467.
Steps to Starting a Cooperative: Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Are you interested in helping organize cooperatives? Not sure how to get started? Looking for a guide on what to do and in what order? Join Margaret Bau, Cooperative Development Specialist with the USDA Rural Development, to learn the steps to organizing a co-op. We will examine the steps from the perspective of a start-up co-op business initiated by a community group. Next we will discuss how the organizing process differs for a co-op incubated by a sponsoring organization. Finally we will outline the steps of converting an existing business to cooperative ownership. This free USDA webinar is presented in partnership with Cooperation Works, the national association of co-op development centers and professionals. The intended audience includes newly hired staff of co-op development centers and those engaged in community economic development.
Where: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=t4fs0gilj8tf
When: Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Time: 2:00pm – 3:30 pm EST
If using a phone: Dial: (303) 248-0285; conference ID: 20240324
If possible, please use your computer's audio and "chat" feature instead of phone lines.
USDA Offers Workshops on How to Use Energy Grants
The USDA Rural Development scheduled various energy workshops to help farmers and rural small business owners learn about using the Rural Energy for America Program grant to reduce energy costs. There are four workshops scheduled in 2016, starting on January 19.
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v Electronic newsletter of the RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship, Rural Entrepreneurship News. To subscribe, http://team.energizingentrepreneurs.org/news2/public_html/lists/?p=subscribe
v Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City newsletter: http://www.kansascityfed.org/alert/'
v Blue Avocado Nonprofit Magazine - They have a newsletter on boards and nonprofit management, down-to-earth and useful. http://www.blueavocado.org/
v Rural LISC e-newsletter - http://www.lisc.org/rural
v National Association for Development Organizations (NADO) – www.nado.org
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How to Make a Vertical Garden Wall
Build a vertical garden wall and cover some unsightly or uninteresting area with greenspace! Owning a garden is a wonderful blessing, and its also a place where you lay down all your creative ideas. You can start thinking differently and in terms of creating a vertical garden. This is also ideal if you only have a small area for gardening, such as a patio or balcony space. You could start by choosing the right wall for this project. It doesnt even matter if you think the wall is ugly because at the end of the project you will see how it will be transformed into a gorgeous one.
In fact, it is best to choose an ugly one because repainting it and changing its look to incorporate your vertical garden with it is just the right makeover that your wall needs. The next thing to think about is the kind of plants you would want to have on your vertical garden. Consider if your wall is in sun or shade and how much actual sunlight the plants on the wall will be exposed to. You will have to choose the right plants for the right conditions to have success in growing.
It is also a must that you have the right tools with you, as you go on with this task. We suggest that you have your own miter saw, cordless drill, staple gun, hammer, measuring tape, gloves, safety goggles and pencil. These are so far the basic things that you will need to set up a vertical garden.
The next thing to think about is the framing of your garden. You will need some wood and plastic sheeting to help build a frame. It is a must that you build this first before you mount it on the wall so the setting up on your plants will be easier. The great thing about a vertical garden is that you could have it both inside and outside your house, as long as there is a good wall to support and you build it so the water will be contained and maintened properly.
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My father didn't offer to take me out tonight. My father asked me if I'd make him tea, I said yes because I hate to argue. I popped a quick dinner in the oven and slipped into a pretty dress, my tattoo looking beautiful as it sat on my arm and reminded me how proud I should be of myself.
When my father arrived, we sat down and drank tea and he looked appalled at my quirk on my arm (although later got used to it and loved it). I served dinner at the table and we continued talking- but that was the problem.
My dad drained me tonight. All he went on about was Muffin Top, booking an expensive holiday with Muffin Top and er...Muffin Top! He went on and on about getting in trouble at work, almost being proud of the fact. My father always has been a mess, he has nothing to his name but a car and half a dozen items of clothing. I don't feel sorry for him, he doesn't put himself across as a sad man, but I do feel cross. Why do people feel they can mumble through life without any stability and normality? Call me middle-class if you will.
I'm off to bed soon, happy in the knowledge that tomorrow night is my birthday dinner with my mother and step-family. My father gave me cash and a card, both of wish I don't need.
I've made up a stunning outfit for today. If my father has to put me down, I may as well look stylish as he does so. I've picked this stunning dress by Thurley which is a clear show stopper wherever worn. I've colour clashed the outfit with a turquoise Pucci clutch and jewellery by Bijoux. The pretty hair comb is designed by Salcome, the sandals are by Azzedine Alaia and the look is finished with a Topshop ring.
Birthday tea with my father. by hollieanne featuring Emilio Pucci clutches


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Reducing anthropogenic GHG emissions globally is a key driver for the development of renewable energy sources. A key route towards achieving this is to replace fossil-based fuels with renewable and low carbon energy technologies such as biofuels from energy crops. Cereals and oil-seed crops such as corn, wheat, and soybean are the main feedstocks primarily used for biofuels production and the key characteristics of these crops are high biomass and energy yield per ha. However, there are concerns about the availability and sustainability of these crops for biofuels production in the face of a changing climate since crop productivity is inherently sensitive to climate. Therefore, an understanding of the impacts of climate change on energy crops production as feedstocks for biofuels production and their potential for life cycle GHG emissions reductions is crucial for making decisions on future biofuels production. This thesis examined potential climate change impacts on the productivity of two major biofuel crops: corn (Zea mays L.) and soybean (Glycine max) in Gainesville, USA and one major biofuel crop: wheat (Triticum spp.) in Rothamsted, UK. The overall objective was to calculate the potential impacts of combined changes in climate variables: surface air temperature (T), precipitation (P), and atmospheric concentration of CO2 ([CO2]) on life cycle GHG emissions savings of biofuels from corn, soybean, and wheat. The methodology was underpinned by life cycle thinking. Life cycle assessment (LCA) models linked to cropping system models (CSM) were used in the analysis. In assessing the impact of climate change on corn, wheat, and soybean crops yields, two applications of the CERES (Crop-Environment Resource Synthesis) model: CERES-Wheat (for wheat) and CERES-Maize (for corn), and CROPGRO (Crop Growth) model application: CROPGRO-Soybean of the Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT-CSM) v18.104.22.168 model were used using observed weather data from the baseline (1981-1990) period for each study site. These models describe, based on daily data, the basic biophysical processes taking place at the soil-plant-atmosphere interface as a response to the variability of different processes such as: photosynthesis, specific phenological phases, evapotranspiration, and water dynamics in soil. Compared with the baseline, T was projected to increase by +1.5, +2, +2.5, +3, +3.5, +4, +4.5, and +5 oC, P was projected to change by ±5, ±10, ±15, and ±20%, and [CO2] was projected to increase by +70, +140, +210, +280, and + 350 ppm for Gainesville, USA. For Rothamsted, UK, T was projected to increase by +0.5, +1.5, +2.5, +3.5, and +4.5 oC, P was projected to change by ±10, and ±20%, and [CO2] was projected to increase by +70, +210, and + 350 ppm. Simulated yields output (grain/seeds and biomass) from the CSM models were used as inputs into the LCA models. Potential life cycle GHG emissions savings were calculated for corn-based biofuels: corn bioethanol (CBE), corn integrated biomethanol (CIBM), and corn integrated bioelectricity (CIBE); soybean-based biofuels: soybean biodiesel (SBD), soybean integrated biomethanol (SIBM), and soybean integrated bioelectricity (SIBE); wheat-based biofuels: wheat bioethanol (WBE), wheat integrated biomethanol (WIBM), and wheat integrated bioelectricity (WIBE). Results indicated that under the baseline (1981-1990) scenario, production and use of CBE, CIBM, CIBE, SBD, SIBM, SIBE, WBE, WIBM, and WIBE could save -4743.32 kg CO2-equiv. ha-1, -8573.31 kg CO2-equiv. ha-1, and -10996.7 kg CO2-equiv. ha-1, -2655.41 kg CO2-equiv. ha-1, -3441.1 kg CO2-equiv. ha-1, and -1350.04 kg CO2-equiv ha-1, -2776.1 kg CO2-equiv. ha-1, -500.87 kg CO2-equiv. ha-1 and -4648.93 kg CO2-equiv. ha-1 respectively, of the total life cycle GHG emissions of CO2, CH4, and N2O for the production and utilization of an energetically equivalent amount of fossil-based fuel counterpart, which they displaced. However, model predictions of future life cycle GHG emissions savings for both crops showed that the responses of corn, soybean, and wheat to simultaneous changes in T, P, and [CO2] were different under different climate change scenarios. In the future period life cycle GHG emissions savings of corn-based biofuels was predicted to decline in all cases ranging from -4.2% to -46.1%, -2.6% to -37.7%, and -1.6% to -33.4% for CBE, CIBM, and CIBE, respectively compared with the baseline (1981-1990) period. In contrast, model predictions showed that life cycle GHG emissions savings of wheat-based biofuels would increase under all climate change scenarios ranging from +2.5% to +33.5%, +0.1% to +37.8%, and +1.0% to +34.4% for WBE, WIBM, and WIBE, respectively. On the other hand, the life cycle GHG emissions savings of soybean-based biofuels was predicted to increase by +0.22% to +27%, +0.1% to 28%, and +0.1% to +31.6% for SBD, SIBM, and SIBE, respectively under some climate change scenarios (e.g., [CO2] = 680; P = +20%; and T = +1.5 oC scenario) and also decline by -0.7% to -60.8%, -0.1% to -44.6%, and -0.1% to -82.6% for SBD, SIBM, and SIBE, respectively under some climate change scenarios (e.g., [CO2] = 400; P = -20%; and T = +5 oC scenario). These results revealed that the potential impacts of climate change on energy crops productivity and net life cycle GHG emissions savings could be very large and diverse, and that the anticipated life cycle GHG emissions reductions of biofuels would not be the same in the future.
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It's nice to start out my blog with a sweet picture. :)
The very friendly stray that has adopted my parents' house.
The way he scarfed up a bowl of spaghetti...I think he is aptly named after the cartoon cat! :)
We were gathered at my parents' to celebrate my sister's birthday.
I snapped this photo of the girls there. I thought it was cute that the girls still had to sit together when watching a show/movie. Just like at home. :)
That is "Baby Logan" in front.
The girls insist on adding "Baby" to his name every time they talk about him or call him.
Maybe that will change when their newest cousin is born in a couple months.
I'm sure Logan will soon appreciate them dropping the baby part too...especially since he'll likely soon tower over Vivian! ;-)
Some of Shiloh's writing work.
Her cursive is much improved! :)


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So, what if Fort Eustis closed?
It's not likely, but it's not impossible either.
After all, of the roughly 400 other bases surviving four rounds of base closings, speculation is that as many as 100 could be closed. And Virginia's congressional delegation isn't politically what it used to be. So, it could happen.


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Zwartkops Raceway: Van der Linde bags a brace of wins.
Sheldon van der Linde (ZA) dominated the fifth race weekend of the Engen Volkswagen Cup South Africa. The 16-year-old South African won both races at the Zwartkops Raceway (ZA). Pole-sitter van der Linde won race one on Saturday morning, coming home 3.329 seconds ahead of Tasmin Pepper (ZA) after eight laps of racing. Third place went to Daniel Rowe (ZA, +4.549 seconds).
Race two on Saturday afternoon saw van der Linde cross the finish line first after 20 laps in his Volkswagen Polo Vivo. Mathew Hodges (ZA, + 7.955 seconds) was runner-up, with Rowe (+ 9.460 seconds) claiming his second third place of the weekend. The next two races will take place at the Dezzi Raceway in Port Shepstone (ZA) on 29th August.