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The Hard Truth: Even Liberals are Big Fans of Oil Subsidies
By Addoeh on April 23, 2012 at 11:29 am
In addition to the $1.7 billion, most people think that the oil industry is just Exxon, Shell, BP, and Chevron. They don't know about the many other companies they've never heard of that are also taking advantage of the tax credit. So they see this "subsidy" and figure Exxon is getting 1/4 of that figure, roughly $500 million. In reality, they are getting a lot less than that since all the other companies are also using the tax credit. This tax credit might be keeping some of these smaller companies around, and therefore keeping a few jobs here.
By Tom G. on April 23, 2012 at 1:50 pm
If I had more time today I would write something intelligent but I don't. Our TAX CODE is totally screwed up.
While I am probably like some of the people who post here, I also uses the Tax Code to minimize the taxes I pay to the Federal Government and State agencies. However, they NEVER drop to zero or a NEGATIVE number and I always pay something. That is certainly not the case for some individuals and corporations which I believe is a fundamental flaw in our current tax code.
The internet has made it possible for 'The People' to learn that some individuals and corporations pay nothing while still others pay only a few percent. We set unrealistic and punitive tax rates and then publish hundreds of exceptions so that some individuals and corporations can take advantage of them.
We hear our government representatives talk about how difficult or impossible it is for them to separate out specific social programs of benefit to people living below the poverty level. On almost every front we seem to be building a society based on class warfare and greed instead of fairness. We provide incentives for certain types of fuels while penalizing others. We even seem unable to come up with policies to control the number of lobbyist who currently outnumber members of Congress.
That is my opinion piece for today.
By Optimist on April 23, 2012 at 5:48 pm
You may want to read David Brooks' column America is Europe. The bottom line: The U.S. does not have a significantly smaller welfare state than the European nations. We're just better at hiding it. The Europeans provide welfare provisions through direct government payments. We do it through the back door via tax breaks.
The column starts with this insight: We Americans cherish our myths.
Here's a reality check: When you include both direct spending and tax expenditures, the U.S. has one of the biggest welfare states in the world.
Here's a completely hypothetical example: Suppose the Pentagon wanted to buy a new fighter plane. But instead of writing a $10 billion check to the manufacturer, the government just issued a $10 billion "weapons supply tax credit." The plane would still get made. The company would get its money through the tax credit. And politicians would get to brag that they had cut taxes and reduced the size of government!
As one of the people involved in the original Linkedin thread, I must say that Robert hit the nail on the head with the outrage over "subsidies" (my other favorite is the phrase "spending in the tax code")
thanks for this, finally some rational thought on the topic!
LIHEAP is a welfare program. It does not benefit the oil companies in any real way, since they don't provide fuel if the customer does not pay.
Utilities benefit indirectly from LIHEAP, since it reduces their uncollectible receivables from customers the utilities are not permitted to stop serving when they don't pay their bills.
By Robert Rapier on April 23, 2012 at 4:23 pm
LIHEAP is a welfare program. It does not benefit the oil companies in any real way, since they don't provide fuel if the customer does not pay.
Yet it is included in lists of oil company subsidies. I would argue that since it helps offset the cost of fuel then it does benefit oil companies because then people can afford more fuel. But most people aren't thinking about things like this when they discuss oil subsidies — which is why I say they will persist. Nobody knows what they are, and when they find out they say "But we didn't mean those subsidies."
By Ed Reid on April 24, 2012 at 8:46 am
Oil companies, as opposed to natural gas and electric utilities, are minor beneficiaries of LIHEAP funding.
True, oil companies sell more heating oil because of the availability of LIHEAP funds, but they are not required to sell oil for which they will not be paid; and, they can remove oil from customer storage tanks if they are not paid. Utilities, which are not permitted to discontinue service to "payment-troubled customers", benefit to a far greater extent. That is not to suggest that LIHEAP is a subsidy to utilities, but rather that it is partial compensation for the losses the utilities would otherwise incur because regulation prohibits them from discontinuing service for non-payment.
The choice of the term "subsidy" regarding LIHEAP is more pejorative than descriptive, by intent.
By RBM on April 25, 2012 at 6:01 pm
The choice of the term "subsidy" regarding LIHEAP is more pejorative than descriptive, by intent.
I don't interpret it as a pejorative. Who does ?
By Ed on April 29, 2012 at 10:21 am
Quite obviously, I do. I suspect most energy company managements would agree.
Try ending LIHEAP and allowing utility companies to terminate service for non-payment.
Come back 1 year later and analyze who was disadvantaged by ending LIHEAP. You would not find the impact in the 10k reports of the energy companies. You would find it in the lives of "payment-troubled customers".
LIHEAP is a welfare program.
By Andrew on October 9, 2012 at 4:11 am
LIHEAP is actually a lot of money – $2.9 billion in 2010 – http://www.oecd.org/site/tadffss/48786795.pdf. This money is coming from the tax-payer, ends up with the oil companies and is similar in size to the tax exemptions. Having a more equitable society would be better than always handing out benefits to the people at the bottom, while paper-shuffling investment bankers tax our investments and our cities to death with their death by a thousand cuts, and corporations dodge their responsibility to society while claiming "personhood"(!)..
NB Just because there are all sorts of tax exemptions running around for companies other than oil companies doesn't mean that they don't affect the fossil fuel market. They do.
Yes, yes, yes……………
Oil is just a "transition fuel" , so that we can eventually get off our sole dependence on oil.
Brilliant ……….
Ten thousand thanks !!
Your idea of "gaming the markets" is that no one can control the commodities market over the long term and that classical supply/ demand economics eventually rule the day.
True enough, but volatility allows speculators to move in and within a few days make significant money on down or upticks.
Oil is just a "transition fuel" , so that we can eventually get off our sole dependence on oil.
Wow. mac!
How do you fit so much nonsense into so few words?
We will never run out of economical oil, Optimist
Thank you. Glad to hear that……………
By Samuel R. Avro on April 23, 2012 at 9:41 pm
Mac, you got to stop with your nonsensical posts or I'll have to put a stop to it. I don't like moderating comments, but you've been souring many productive discussions lately and I'll do what I have to even if it's not something I like to do.
Look Optimist.
It's all over for "Oil Only"
Get used to it…….
A duplicitous argument, if I ever saw one. In my enviro-whacko circles, the attack of the fossil-fuel subsidy is an unfortunate but necessary response to fossil-fuel industry pressure to kill green energy and thwart global progress in the name of the simple greed of a select few and their manipulation of simpler folk. And our argument is far more reaching than the pitiful subsidies you emphasize. It's trivial to construct an argument that hard energy (coal, oil, nuclear, gas) subsides over the last few hundreds of years would amount to trillions of inflation adjusted dollars. For example, railroads, war, highways, automobiles, aerospace, space, manhatten project, generic DoD, etc . Simply put, the energy industry simply would not exist without government funded demand, government granted land, and direct subsides. Cheap energy is the foundation of western civilization. The limits on existing fossil-fuel infrastructure have been basically clear since the 1950s. Yet attempts to overcome these limits by developing thermodynamically more efficient, simpler, cheaper, healthier, less environmentally destructive 'green' ideas (and their relatively pathetic funding) are constantly under attack for a myriad of hypocritical and irrational reasons and anti-scientific, rhetorical arguments. It's sick.
By Robert Rapier on April 23, 2012 at 7:06 pm
A duplicitous argument,
How so? I have shown specific examples of programs that have been classified as oil subsidies (in fact, directly linking from a page criticizing oil subsidies) and yet these are subsidies that are going to be popular among many people pushing to kill oil subsidies. There is nothing duplicitous about that; it just shows that people don't really understand the nature of many of these subsidies.
the attack of the fossil-fuel subsidy is an unfortunate but necessary response to fossil-fuel industry pressure to kill green energy
Can you give some examples? Most of the fossil fuel companies I know are working on green energy.
It's trivial to construct an argument that hard energy (coal, oil, nuclear, gas) subsides over the last few hundreds of years would amount to trillions of inflation adjusted dollars.
Maybe you did not understand the article. It did not make the argument that the oil industry hasn't been heavily subsidized. So you are arguing a straw man. The article simply states that oil subsidies will continue to be with us because many of the people who are against them actually support programs that are identified as oil subsidies. As long as liberals support LIHEAP, they support what the OECD has identified as the 3rd largest oil subsidy. I don't think that's a controversial argument, unless you start to extrapolate beyond things I actually wrote.
By Rate Crimes on April 25, 2012 at 11:36 am
"A duplicitous argument"
That's a bit harsh. I would suggest that this is an unimportant topic considering the larger issues that you raise and that overwhelm it. But our society operates on distractions.
Nice article, Robert.
But what about one of McKibben's main arguments, that the largest fossil fuel subsidy is being allowed to dump waste products into the atmosphere for free, imposing costs on others?
By Rate Crimes on April 25, 2012 at 11:28 am
Hear, hear!
That is an externalized cost, and again one that has very popular support. I mean, sure, people say they don't like dumping CO2 in the atmosphere, but put a price on it and see how quickly they change their tune. Programs like LIHEAP and efforts to tap the SPR to reduce the price of gasoline only exacerbate this problem, and yet Ed Markey is leading the charge. It's like there is a total disconnect in his head where the only oil subsidies that matter are tax breaks for the industry.
By Rate Crimes on April 25, 2012 at 11:31 am
"but put a price on it and see how quickly they change their tune."
There is a price on it: a price that our descendants will pay. We simply refuse to acknowledge our perfidy.
By Raja on April 27, 2012 at 10:54 am
And which price exactly is that? CO2 isn't a pollutant, nor does it cause climate change, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados, etc….
By Rate Crimes on April 28, 2012 at 3:30 pm
Probably, less then the price of providing you with an adequate science education.
By Andrew on October 9, 2012 at 4:16 am
Raja, CO2 is not a pollutant in the normal sense, but it does lead to rising global temperatures. Rising CO2 levels are not the only things that affect global temperature, but they are driving the current increases. The evidence is clear and getting clearer.
Thank you Robert, for your clear headed and factually based discussion. More light, less heat, that is what I say.
Artificially cheap land leases for oil drilling is another of the subsidies you left out. The BLM just raised land rents for the first time since the 20s to something approximating the high rates being paid by the new solar developers – and the GOP had fits.
If Republicans would allow Democrats to retrofit low income homes and invest in a one time cost of solar panels (the sort of efficiency improvements now being funded by cap and trade funds in RGGI states) then Democrats would trade losing LIHEAP which costs over the long term more than switching to clean energy.
But the GOP haven't come close to that, and with the lurch even further Right with the congress that was willing to go to the brink over a debt problem that never bothered them when it was rung up, that would be playing chicken.
So Democrats at least try to stop the worst of the immediate pain with LIHEAP funds. To blame them – as if that would be their first choice, to keep low income homes addicted to oil is just bizarre. It is the GOP that prevents us from fixing the problem. LIHEAP is the bandaid.
By Robert Rapier on April 24, 2012 at 1:13 pm
To blame them – as if that would be their first choice, to keep low income homes addicted to oil is just bizarre.
You are missing the point. LIHEAP does show up on lists of oil subsidies. That OECD list is cited all the time. Democrats support LIHEAP, and therefore they support exactly the sort of thing that they condemn. The problem is that too many people don't actually know the types of things that are being called oil subsidies.
By armchair261 on April 25, 2012 at 1:28 am
Artificially cheap land leases for oil drilling is another of the subsidies you left out.
BLM leases are awarded on the basis of bonus bids in auctions. The cost of the leases is determined by the highest bid, not by the BLM.
Perhaps you're referring to royalties. If the BLM increases royalties, then the cash bonuses will likely drop. If a company is willing to bid $x on a BLM lease for a 12 1/2% royalty, and the BLM increases that royalty, then it makes sense that high bids will be something less than $x. I don't think bidders will suddenly assume that a given lease is somehow more valuable, such that they'll now decide to invest more, simply because someone has increased the royalty. There is no free inch, not even when oil companies decide what to pay for leases. Land access cost can come in many forms and combinations thereof: bonus bids, royalties, drilling obligations, work programs, partner payments, taxes, etc. To suggest that tweaking one of these components will magically increase the cost a company is willing to pay for reserves in the ground is to misunderstand the exploration process.
Additionally, this in my opinion is a false argument. Couldn't we say that any industry is heavily subsidized, because it could be taxed more than it is, if only someone rewrote the tax code?
I have often wondered why supporters of renewable energy (of which I am one) waste so much time harping about fossil fuel subsidies and tax breaks. They always ignore the fact that on a cost per unit energy basis, the tax breaks are quite trivial.
They are not the reason fossil fuels cost less than renewables. Renewables will not suddenly become cost competitive if fossil fuels cost a few cents more per unit energy without tax breaks.
By Rate Crimes on April 25, 2012 at 11:27 am
"They always ignore the fact that on a cost per unit energy basis, the tax breaks are quite trivial."
The salient word is, "renewable". A comparison on "a cost per unit energy" has little value when comparing an energy source that is extracted, consumed for perpetuity, and transformed into toxins; with an energy source that is renewable.
Taxes and subsidies should reflect the simple fact that extraction and consumption of limited and pernicious resources is more costly to today's society as well as to tomorrow's.
By EdNowak on April 27, 2012 at 1:24 am
Folks of your ilk always seem to neglect to mention the vast benefits that come to us due to the "extraction and consumption of limited and pernicious resources". The global human life expectancy has doubled over the last century due to the advancement of human freedom, capitalism, and technology. Our use of fossil fuels has advanced civilization and made the human race wealthier and healthier. Not only do you exhibit hypocrisy by taking full advantage of everything that is afforded us by cheap energy (you are, after all, reading this on a computer connected to the internet), but you display truly evil intent when you seek to prevent poverty-stricken third world citizens from accessing and using cheap fossil fuel energy to make their own lives healthier, longer, more productive, more meaningful. Do you really think they'd forgo escaping grinding poverty and debilitating diseases in order to keep the planet a fraction of a degree cooler? Do you, really?? And not only that, you have a serious totalitarian streak, as you certainly find palatable the use of force to prevent me and other responsible humans from responsibly exploiting fossil fuel resources. The vicious immorality of your ideas needs to be exposed and repudiated, you parasite.
By Rate Crimes on April 28, 2012 at 3:27 pm
When a reply commences with, "Folks of your ilk", then words like, "evil" and "parasite" are nearly guaranteed to soon follow. Congratulations on continuing the trend.
It is not the consumption of toxic fuels that is the problem. Rather, it is immoderate consumption that is the problem. I argue that your "responsibly exploiting " (now, there's a revealing conflation of terms!) is actually highly irresponsible. Who are we to consume all the good stuff, and leave only the dregs to our descendants? Perhaps, they might be wiser?
If you insist on ad hominem attacks, then I can guarantee you that I consume less than you; and I live quite comfortably. By definition, a "parasite" is the creature that consumes the life of its host. Perhaps, you should research the idea of psychological projection.
"The global human life expectancy has doubled over the last century due to the advancement of human freedom, capitalism, and technology. "
That's a stretch. It could be more easily be argued that simple consumption has led to, or contributed to, recent increases in life expectancy. Also, it appears as if you believe that, despite apparent evidence, these trends can continue unabated. You're not a very effective spokesperson for the status quo.
By Jon Laughton on January 23, 2013 at 7:43 pm
@EdNowak Name calling reveals your (minimal) level of intelligence and class.
Cheap energy had it's time and place. That's over. We know better now. While average life expectancy rates are up so is the cancer rate. If you factor in the cost of health care for people who are sick from the pollution generated by cheap oil is it still a great benefit.
When we power the world with solar energy and the cancer rate declines people will realize all they had to do was alter their thinking. You need to alter your way of thinking. BTW do you understand what the terms "renewable" and "sustainable" really imply-not just that we won't run out but also that it won't kill us.
Does anyone have a handy estimate of recent annual US oil industry capital investment? I'm sure it will make the $4 billion pale in comparison. I think this is important context.
Robert, you are correct. If the oil industry could wrap its greedy clutches to a greater degree around the solar PV industry it would already have done so. Consumer owned rooftop solar PV and FIT scares the hell out of them. Throw in the hundreds of models of electric cars and bikes hitting the market daily and they quiver a bit more. Nothing scarier than an entire nation riding on free sunshine (consumer owned).
They however, have the luxury of owning numerous congressman and news media execs. They will spin the future so any profits to be made luckily fall from heaven into their pockets.
Thank you, Robert, for another dispassionate and nuanced analysis. I am becoming increasingly frustrated with the "message" that Bill McKibben's 350.org is promoting. McKibben promotes a type of "cheerleader activism" without providing substantive information or direction. The deluge of articles, Facebook posts, & tweets coming from 350.org about about rising CO2 levels is simply fiddling while Rome burns.
Now McKibben is calling the fossil fuel industry "Public Enemy #1." It's hard to imagine how "moral outrage" will promote a transition to a low-carbon economy, in the absence of good analysis and examples of concrete policy reform–both of which are missing from 350.org's platform.
I find your blog to be a rare haven of rational thought and analysis.


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I was extremely sad in hearing about this this morning - John Hunter, author of matplotlib and tireless open source/Python community contributor has passed away after an intense and short battle with cancer. He is survived by wife and three daughters.
Many of us - both professionally and personally have benefited from John's work in the open source and Python community. Just a few weeks ago he delivered a keynote at the SciPy 2012 conference, shortly upon his return from that he was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer and passed away from treatment complications.
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As a parent, and a Python programmer, I have no words except to pass my condolences on to his family and friends. I was never lucky enough to meet John except through his works, but I consider him a friend nonetheless.

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If you've ever tried the unlikely pairing of chicken and waffles, you understand the appeal. It's a delectable union of sweet and salty, soft and crunchy, maple and… chicken? I realize it might sound strange to the uninitiated. As somebody who has repeatedly enjoyed this improbable creation, I must insist– don't knock it till you've tried it. Chicken and waffles are a dynamic culinary duo.
To explore the history of this dish, we can start by breaking it down into its two basic elements – fried chicken and waffles. Let's start with fried chicken, which shows up in its earliest form as a fricassee—fried chicken pieces braised in sauce. Fricassee was popular in the Mediterranean basin during the medieval period. To make fricassee required an iron pot, meat, and fat, all of which were readily available during the time period. By the 1300's, friquasée, a combination of the French words for "fry" and "break," began appearing in French culinary writings. Early cookbooks like Le Viandier feature recipes for fricassee that can be made with any meat, not just chicken. By the 17th century, recipes more frequently called for chicken. In fact, first lady Martha Washington had two recipes for fricassee in her recipe collection, one of which requires a half pound of butter to fry two cut-up chickens. Another popular cookbook of the colonial time period, The Art of Cookery by Hannah Glasse, features a recipe for "Brown Fricasey," a dish of chicken pieces coated first with egg, then spiced breadcrumbs, then fried in butter. Starting to sound familiar? Once the chicken was done frying to a crispy brown, it was doused with a healthy serving of gravy, mushrooms and pickles. Glasse's preparation went on to influence many other recipes, included the breaded and fried chicken we are familiar with today.
From the colonial period through the early 1800's, African slaves were doing most of the cooking in Southern kitchens. At that time, chicken was considered a prestigious food within the African American community, and it was more expensive than some other meats. Enslaved cooks would make fricassee recipes from the popular cookbooks of the time period, or they'd take it upon themselves to fry the chicken in the way they knew best. When the Civil War began and men left their homes to become soldiers, fried chicken took on a new significance. The frying process made chicken less prone to spoilage, allowing women to send it to soldiers fighting in the battlefield. In 1881, in her book What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking, African American cook Abby Fisher shared a recipe for fried chicken. Her version involves flour, fat, and a finishing of thin gravy. By then, most fried chicken recipes had moved beyond the fricassee, and did not require an extra braise in sauce at the end of cooking.
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While metalformers may have been avoiding installing a new enterprise-resource-planning software system, due to the somewhat daunting investment required, the alternative typically can be much more time consuming, labor intensive, costly and even harmful to your businesses future. The right type of ERP system can actually reduce costs, save thousands of dollars and markedly improve overall profitability. Two areas, of several, where a new ERP system can significantly reduce costs: inventory management and production scheduling.
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13 comments:
- Simply Mel said...
I would happily stack wood if I had a perfect little nook like that ...
- February 2, 2011 at 4:25 AM
- Sarah B said...
I rather fancy the green cabinet and love the way those candles look on the side table. Yes, interesting plumbing :)
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- Virginia Blue - Director Blue Fruit said...
I always wonder, with those wood stacks, would it not just be TOO tempting to want to get the little one at the very bottom...???
The flash of green jumps from a darkly delicious grey scheme. Very tasty house.
- February 2, 2011 at 5:19 AM
- Kerry said...
I giggled when I saw the second photo...I know I'd be tripping over that wood all the time :)
- February 2, 2011 at 6:29 AM
- David Toms said...
Loving the industrial/rustic simplicity here. That isn't a coffee table in the front of the sofa, is it?
- February 2, 2011 at 9:08 AM
- Kendall said...
The first photo really is a great example of making function beautiful! Firewood never looked so good!
- February 2, 2011 at 9:59 AM
- Georgie said...
Very clever indeed... and those wide, dark floorboards... yes please. gxo
- February 2, 2011 at 10:25 AM
- Looking Glass said...
Scrumptious home!
~ Clare x
- February 2, 2011 at 5:33 PM
- classiq said...
what a beautiful home! I love the intimate feeling of the wood and all the white.
- February 2, 2011 at 5:37 PM
- Jane Flanagan said...
Stunning! I love the simple details, like the plank as a bath tray.
- February 2, 2011 at 10:41 PM
- Pinecone Camp said...
Oh Lord, that floor! That fireplace! So beautiful. Really, that fireplace needs to be in our home. Love it.
- February 3, 2011 at 12:20 AM
- heather jenkinson said...
Waaaait, image 6 is INTERESTING! I recall the actress Gillian Anderson had her walls painted (17 coats of paint, it took, I think) in the deepest darkest Aubergine so that it was super glossy and resembled a perfectly ripe Aubergine. The image of it (in Living Etc. Magazine 2003?) has haunted me ever since. Mostly because there is no trace of it, online. It's as if that wall never existed. Until now - the concept is very much alive.
- February 3, 2011 at 12:33 AM
- Carol@TheDesignPages said...
I adore that wood stack. I would spend weeks organizing the wood and bodily assault anyone who tried to remove a piece for a fire:)
- February 3, 2011 at 1:45 AM


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By Lisa Capobianco
Staff Writer
Republicans and Democrats running for Town Council came face-to-face last week during the first Q&A session, hosted by the Southington Chamber of Commerce.
Both parties addressed key issues of the town, including property taxes, open space and the environmental cleanup of superfund sites. However, Republican and Democratic candidates shared opposing visions on the solutions to these issues.
Democrats said the most significant issue of Southington today is the "continuing reliance on property taxes."
"Eighty percent of our general revenue is generated by property tax from homeowners, and that is a major issue that has to be addressed," said Democratic Town Councilor and running incumbent John Barry. "We are also at a seven-year high in our mill rate, and with a high mill rate, it affects your car taxes."
Chris Kelley, a Southington native and the youngest candidate on the Democratic slate, said his vision of the town in the next two years involves reducing the mill rate "as low as possible."
"What we need to do for Southington is work across party lines, taking the best of both worlds," Kelley said. "We really need to come together."
Republican candidate Michael Riccio, the current chairman of the Parking Authority who served eight years on the council, said the town should develop more commercial land to take the burden off residential taxpayers.
"We can't keep putting the burden on the residential homeowners," Riccio said. "We have hundreds and hundreds acres of undeveloped commercial land…[and] we need to focus on getting that land developed, getting the businesses in there…and take a look at how to grow that tax base, so we can continue to provide the services to our residents."
While both parties agreed that Southington's biggest asset include its centralized location filled with businesses and spirit of volunteerism, they disagreed on the town's biggest burden. Republicans said the town should examine vacant buildings and improve infrastructure.
"When infrastructure collapses, so does the economy," said Republican candidate Paul Champagne, who currently serves on the Planning and Zoning Commission. "We have to keep up with the economic development team, and raise the tax base of commercial buildings—not put the burden only on residences."
Meanwhile, Democrats expressed their concern about the cleanups of superfund sites in town.
"We need to secure money not only from the state but also from the federal government," said Democratic candidate David Rinaldi, who previously served eight years as an alderman in Waterbury. "We need to get that cleaned up, and once we do that, we will be in much better shape."
Republican and Democratic candidates also shared several goals if their party becomes the majority in November. Cheryl Lounsbury, a running incumbent from the Republican Party, said she would like to see the council continue enhancing economic development in order to downsize taxes and leveraging spending.
"In order to do that we need to develop a town-wide strategy," Lounsbury said. "You do not know where you are going unless you plan for it."
In contrast, Democrats said their goals would involve preserving open space and continuing to enhance the education system.
"We need to focus on is trying to preserve the community that we have, and promote sustainable development that comes in, so we don't have abandoned buildings that are taking up valuable real estate here," Kelley said. "We also need to focus on…bringing foreign language down to the elementary school levels."
Later in the week, Republicans held a press conference to address their list of accomplishments they have achieved in the past four years. Town Committee Chairman Brian Callahan addressed these accomplishments in response to reported "misinformation" about certain Republicans running for office. Although he did not say where this misinformation came from or what it entailed, Callahan said the Republican party will "run an election campaign focused on issues, ideas, plans and strategies based on reliable facts."
The Republican slate also includes running incumbent Stephanie Urillo, along with Victoria Triano and Thomas Lombardi. The Democratic slate also features a mixture of new and old faces, including running incumbents Dawn Miceli and Chris Palmieri, along with Dennis Conroy who served on the Council for a term in the late 1970s.
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Agenda: October 31, 2012 Networks PEG Meeting
October 31, 2012 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
1900 SW 4th Avenue,Portland, Conference Room 7A
Introductions and September Meeting Summary (2:00 p.m.)
Presenter: Jim Owens, Facilitator
Related Materials:
- September 26, 2012 Meeting Summary
Review of Tentative Schedule (2:05 p.m.)
Presenter: Jim Owens
Description: Review of schedule and tentative topics for upcoming meetings:
- November 28 – Equity workshop
- December 18 – Freight
- January 15 – Transit
- January 30 – Review of draft Plan Update document
Green Infrastructure Approach, cont. (2:10 p.m.)
Presenter: Marie Walkiewicz, BES
Description: Follow-up discussion to the September 26 meeting presentation on the green infrastructure network, focusing on stormwater management and habitat enhancement. Policy questions to be addressed include:
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- For Comprehensive Plan purposes, how should the green infrastructure network be defined?
- How is a green infrastructure network integrated with other Comprehensive Plan elements?
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Public Comment (3:45 p.m.)
Wrap Up (3:55 p.m.)
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Adjourn (4:00 p.m.)
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Evening Trail Crew at Jane's Rock – September 2013
Ray Rickard at the Carson River Trail workday. photo by Jenny Haas
April – 1200ft
We started the season off in April working a couple of days on the Carson River trail located at the Morgan Mill boat ramp. Muscle Powered volunteers built 1200ft of trail along the Carson River connecting the boat ramp to the Deer Run Rd bridge.
Muscle Powered Senior Crew Leader Oliver Lieder at OliMax Rock
May – 675ft
The Ash Canyon to Kings Canyon trail season started May 1st. May had us finishing up where we left off in 2012, completing the OliMax rock and building up to Tomanda's Beer Rock. It was also good to see Jeremy Vlcan from CVTA take time from his busy schedule to help us on one of our first evening work nights of the season.
We also had a big win in May. Muscle Powered was awarded top honors in the RTP grant 2013/14 cycle. We requested $10,000 for the purchase of tools, but were given an additional $2500 for more tools. $12,500! Sweet! Thank you Jenny!!!
RTP committee member Peter Axelson railing turn 4 during our RTP committee field trip
June – 1400ft
National Trails Day kicked off June with 28 people showing up to build trail. We saw a lot of familiar faces, as well as new ones, this day but it was especially "cool" to have Parks & Rec director Roger Moellendorf and Open Space manager Juan Guzman out on the mountain getting their hands dirty with us. We built 500ft of trail on NTD!. Our biggest trail day to date!
June was a busy month for us as we had Redrock Dental, TAMBA and Troop 16 join us for a few hours of quality work. We also hit the 1 mile mark at the end of June.
July – 175ft
In July we made it to 4th of July Rock. Named after the day we started construction around the rock. Oli and Ward set the keystone, and 5 weeks later it was completed. It could be the longest time we've spent in one location. (Turns 1 and 2, and the wall connecting them, and the Big Ravine, both took 4 weeks to build).
Oliver Lieder starting construction at 4th of July Rock.
August – 800ft
Once past 4ofJR things moved a little quicker, and a gentle slope helped. Then there was the Rim Fire. Bringing smoke into the area which created unhealthy work conditions. Volunteer turnout lowered to 1-3 individuals for about 3 weeks.
The City is barely visible through the smoke.
September – 1100ft
By September crews reached the Carson City viewpoint. The view point is located between Ash Canyon and Taylor Spring and gives trail users their first full view of the city.
To fulfill our grant match requirement from the RTP awarded to Muscle Powered in May, crews worked on a few of the turns built by the NCC crew in August. The turns were well constructed, we just needed to tweak them a bit. We added another rock layer to the lower leg of the turn and increased the radius of the upper leg, making the turns resemble our turns in Ash Cyn.
By mid September the smoke had cleared and volunteer turnout increased greatly. At the end of the month we made it to the saddle between Ash Cyn and Taylor Spring, and the start of an old roadbed.
Nate Harrison, Conner McCrae, Robert Rigsby, Tobin and Brian McCrae.
October – 1900ft
October was all gravy. I thought we would make it to the saddle by the end of the season but because of all of our great volunteers we were a month ahead of projections. Utilizing the old roadbed as part of the trail alignment really helped things move fast and the Tahoe Mountain Milers helped make that happen. TMM helped throughout the season but really pulled through in October. Thanks TMM! The Bike Smith day was a huge success! We had 25 people turnout to help build 450ft of trail on a steep cross slope. It was great to work with the guys from the shop. We've been talking about organizing a workday for a while but weren't able to make it happen 'til the end of the season. I'm looking forward to more TMM and TBS workdays in the future. Our last big day of construction was a TAMBA/MP build day. We had 17 volunteers help build one rock wall, finish 300ft of trail, and start construction of the lower leg of the next turn. It was great to have TAMBA's Kevin Joell on the last day guiding us through our first switchberm.
TAMBA's Kevin Joell placing rocks on the lower leg of the switchberm.
Shannon and Chloe Hataway on the old roadbed.
Retired Crew – 600ft
In June our retired crew, led by Ward knous, continued construction (started last year by Troop 16) on the private property section off Waterfall Rd. They would build once or twice a week through the rest of the season finishing approximately 600ft of trail. There is about 1200ft left to complete to connect the two NCC sections. Nice work guys!
Retired Crew – Alan, Kevin and Ward scouting for future connections.
2013 Trail Stats:
123 work days
2,758 Hours
7,000ft of trail
Top Dog Robert Rigsby modeling the safety glasses donated by Eagle Vision.
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How do Tigers' top prospects fit Detroit's needs?
This series is designed to evaluate the role prospects play in each Major League organization, looking at the short- and long-term needs of each club and illustrating how prospects fit in both scenarios.
Here's my look at the Tigers:
This series is designed to evaluate the role prospects play in each Major League organization, looking at the short- and long-term needs of each club and illustrating how prospects fit in both scenarios.
Here's my look at the Tigers:
Short-term needs
The Tigers shook things up this past winter by trading Prince Fielder for Ian Kinsler. In addition, the team traded reliable right-handed starter Doug Fister to the Nationals.
The moves are significant and change some of the faces of the franchise. But probably the biggest ramification is the shift of Miguel Cabrera from third to first base. That move will help save his body.
Right-handed-hitting Nick Castellanos, who is 6-foot-4 and 210 pounds, fills the void at third base. When I saw Castellanos play in the Arizona Fall League in 2012, he struggled at the plate and looked lost. He didn't hit the ball hard, lacked patience and his swing was long. Interestingly, he didn't wear batting gloves.
PROJECTED 2016 TIGERS LINEUPProjecting the Tigers' 2016 lineup based on players currently in their system.
|Alex Avila
|Miguel Cabrera
|Ian Kinsler
|Nick Castellanos
|Jose Iglesias
|Austin Schotts
|Austin Jackson
|Steven Moya
|Victor Martinez
|Max Scherzer
|Justin Verlander
|Anibal Sanchez
|Drew Smyly
|Drew VerHagen
|Joe Nathan
But that was then. During the 2013 season at Triple-A Toledo, Castellanos hit .276 with 18 home runs and 76 RBIs. It was a season that showed he has quick hands through the ball.
Castellanos should hit for average by recognizing pitches well and hitting to all fields. He's the Tigers' top prospect.
Last spring, Detroit felt reliever Bruce Rondon might be able to close down games with his fastball that hits 100 mph. When I saw him in Spring Training, however, he couldn't find the plate.
Rondon's a wide-bodied guy, at 6-foot-3, 275 pounds. He's only 23. The right-hander does need to master secondary pitches to go with his fastball. Rondon's slider is solid and his changeup works well. If he can throw strikes with those pitches, it will help his high-velocity fastball tremendously.
Long-term needs
Switch-hitting Eugenio Suarez could very well be playing somewhere in the middle infield before too long. More than likely, he could help out in a utility role, adding depth behind Jose Iglesias.
Suarez is a slick infielder with good range and a solid arm. He can also hit better than most expected. Suarez has quick hands and can drive the ball to all parts of the field.
Devon Travis, a player I saw in the Arizona Fall League, is very capable as a sure-handed infielder as well. His best position is second base.
Outfielder Austin Schotts is a speedster with excellent athletic ability. He's aggressive at the plate, so he will have to hit to get on base, and that can be an issue. Schotts' speed will help a team in need of that component.
Outfielder Steven Moya could help provide power from right field. Set back by Tommy John surgery in 2012, he's a lanky, 6-foot-6, 230-pound left-handed hitter with the ability to run.
Should the Tigers make some type of move with Alex Avila, the heir apparent could be outstanding defensive catcher James McCann. He could form an offensive/defensive tandem with Avila.
Right-handers Drew VerHagen, Jake Thompson and Jonathon Crawford are among Tigers pitchers to watch for in the future.
VerHagen's huge 6-foot-6, 230-pound body allows him to pitch downhill. He can bring his fastball at 97 mph, with command. VerHagen doesn't depend on the strikeout as his bread and butter, instead keeping the ball down in the zone, inducing ground balls. Even though his mechanics get a bit unconventional at times, VerHagen mixes his fastball, curveball and changeup well.
At age 20, Thompson is still young, but he's another of the very large group of starting pitching hopefuls. At 6-foot-4, 235 pounds, Thompson has completed parts of just two seasons.
Unlike VerHagen, Thompson relies more on missing bats and striking out hitters. He gets a good deal of sink on his low-90s fastball and gets guys to pound the ball into the ground if they make contact. Because he doesn't overpower hitters, Thompson has to rely on his clean delivery and good mechanics to keep his command sharp and accurate.
Crawford was the Tigers' 2013 first-round Draft choice. At 6-foot-2, 205 pounds, he doesn't have the size of the other pitchers mentioned above, but he throws a low-90s fastball that he relies upon heavily. Crawford is still working on his curveball and changeup to complete his arsenal.
Left-handed starter Casey Crosby could play an important role for the club. Another huge pitcher at 6-foot-5, 225 pounds, Crosby has scuffled with his command for quite some time. But he has a moving 95-mph fastball that keeps the Tigers interested in his future.
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A new simulation of Pluto's upper atmosphere shows that it extends so far from the planet that stray molecules may be deposited on its largest moon, Charon.
The new model predicts that Pluto's atmosphere can extend as far as 6,456 miles (10,390 kilometers) into space, or about 4.5 times the diameter of Pluto. That's more than halfway to Charon.
"That is amazing, from my perspective," said Justin Erwin, the lead author of the paper and a Ph.D. student at the University of Virginia.
Researchers combined two previously known models of Pluto 's atmosphere to better estimate the escape rate of molecules into space. Their refinement made a big difference.
"Our (calculated escape rate) is a little bit smaller, but the small change in the escape rate causes a large change in the structure of the atmosphere," Erwin added.
Erwin's supervisor at the University of Virginia, Robert Johnson, was a co-author of the paper reporting the findings, which was published on the preprint site Arxiv and has been submitted to the journal Icarus for publication.
Fire and ice
Pluto's tenuous atmosphere is mainly composed of methane, nitrogen and poisonous carbon monoxide that likely comes from ice on the dwarf planet's surface. The size of the atmosphere changes as Pluto moves closer and farther from the sun in its elliptical orbit.
When Pluto swings near the sun, the sun's heat evaporates the ice and gases slowly escape into space. This process continues until Pluto moves away and the sun's heat fades. Then, the ice builds up until Pluto approaches the sun again.
Pluto's last close approach to the sun was in 1989. That is considered a fairly recent event, because it takes 248 years for the dwarf planet to orbit the sun once.
Researchers are trying to refine the escape rate of the gases ahead of the arrival of NASA's New Horizons probe at Pluto in 2015, so that the spacecraft knows what to look for. For the new calculations, Erwin's team used previously published research from themselves and other scientists. [ Destination Pluto: NASA's New Horizons Mission in Pictures ]
Uncertain atmospheric model
It's difficult to figure out the size of Pluto's atmosphere because of a debate over how best to measure it.
Pluto's atmosphere is heated by infrared and ultraviolet light from the sun. Closer to the planet, ultraviolet light is absorbed in the atmosphere and only infrared heating takes place.
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But farther away from the planet, the atmosphere is thin enough that the ultraviolet light affects the molecules. This is why researchers use ultraviolet heating models for the upper reaches of the atmosphere.
Molecules that are escaping from Pluto's atmosphere move through a region called the thermosphere. The thermosphere is where much of the ultraviolet light is absorbed in the atmosphere; this heating drives the escape process.
In the exosphere, at the top of Pluto's atmosphere, the atmosphere is so tenuous that collisions between particles do not happen as frequently.
The boundary between the thermosphere and the exosphere is called the exobase. Researchers aren't sure where the "boundary" is. Because the mathematical model for each section of the atmosphere is different, this leads to vast uncertainties in calculating the size of Pluto's atmosphere.
Last year, Erwin participated in an Icarus paper that demonstrated a new model to estimate the upper atmosphere's extent during the solar minimum (when Pluto receives the least heat from the sun).
This time around, Erwin and his co-authors extended that model to include solar maximum — when Pluto is warmest — and solar medium, or average heating.
Pluto is so far from Earth, and so small, that its size isn't precisely known. When forming their model, the researchers assumed that the diameter of Pluto is roughly 1,429 miles (2,300 kilometers). However, the accepted range for the diameter differs by as much as 62 miles (100 km).
The New Horizons team plans to better measure the size of Pluto and its atmosphere when the spacecraft swings by Pluto in 2015.
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'Citizen' patrol adds quartet
Article Date: January 6, 2009 | Publication: Hollywood Reporter | Author: Jay A. Fernandez
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Michael Gambon, Leslie Bibb, Colm Meaney and Theresa Randle have come aboard the Film Department thriller "Law Abiding Citizen." Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx already have been cast in the F. Gary Gray-directed vigilante movie.
"The Longest Yard" screenwriter Sheldon Turner recently came on to do production work on the script as the film chugs toward its Jan. 21 start date in Philadelphia.
Butler, Alan Siegel, Lucas Foster and Mark Gill are producing; Neil Sacker and Robert Katz are executive producing.
"Citizen" is set in motion when a district attorney orchestrates a plea bargain that sets free the killers of another man's family. The aggrieved victim then seeks personal justice from the D.A.
Writers Kurt Wimmer ("The Recruit"), David Ayer ("Harsh Times") and Frank Darabont ("The Mist"), who was once in line to direct "Citizen," have worked on the script.
The CAA-repped Turner has a film known as the un�titled Ben Affleck/Arizona project in development and the Jason Reitman-directed "Up in the Air" shooting next month.
Producer-distributor the Film Department also is producing "The Rebound," a comedy starring Catherine Zeta-Jones; "The Perfect Man," a remake to be directed by Peter Chelsom; and "The Beautiful and the Damned," a biopic starring Keira Knightley.
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Percentage drop in construction spending ($911 billion seasonally adjusted annual rate) in October 2009 compared to the previous year. This figure was virtually unchanged from the revised September total, which had an exceptionally large downward revision of $30 billion (3.2%) — taking construction spending to its lowest total since 2002.
Source: Associated General Contractors of America and the Census Bureau
Percentage increase in the share of domestically manufactured wind turbine components installed in the United States in 2008, which is up from less than 30% in 2005.
Source: American Wind Energy Association
The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) rating, as measured in August. This figure was down slightly from the 43.1 mark in July (any score above 50 indicates an increase in billings). Despite the occasional cause for optimism, AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker says the "overwhelming majority of architects are reporting that banks are extremely reluctant to provide financing for projects, and that new equity requirements and conservative appraisals are making it even more difficult for developers to get loans."
Source: The American Institute of Architects
Percentage of all new and existing homes sold in the third quarter of 2009 that were deemed affordable to families earning the national median income of $64,000, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI) released in late November. This is down slightly from a near-record 72.3% during the previous quarter and up from 56.1% during the third quarter of 2008. This trend toward nationwide housing affordability has been bolstered by affordable interest rates and low house prices.
Source: National Association of Home Builders
Percentage decrease in the rate and number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work in private industry from 2007 to 2008, as reported by the BLS "Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses" in late November. The rate decreased to 113 per 10,000 full-time workers and the number of cases decreased by 80,730. There were 1.1 million cases requiring days away from work in private industry out of 3.7 million total recordable cases.
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Jon Terbush / The Week: The pilots of the missing Malaysian jet are at the center of a newly-opened criminal investigation
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute: Sunday Morning And A New Story Arc
Janet Shan / Hinterland Gazette: Malaysian Officials Admit Missing Jetliner Deliberately Diverted, Launch Criminal Probe
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News: Malaysia Air Flight 370 may have flown 2,000 miles in Chinese airspace?
Daily Mail:
Doomed airliner pilot was political fanatic: Hours before taking control of flight MH370 he attended trial of jailed opposition leader as FBI reveal passengers could be at a secret location — Police are investigating the possibility that the pilot of missing Flight MH370 hijacked his own aircraft in a bizarre political protest.
Discussion: Mirror.co.uk, Washington Monthly, The Gateway Pundit, Taylor Marsh, Telegraph, Reuters, Althouse, The PJ Tatler, Guardian and Corrente
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: BREAKING: #MH370 Pilot Moved Out Wife and 3 Kids THE DAY BEFORE Disappearance
Andrew Marszal / Telegraph: Malaysian Airlines MH370: aircraft may have been on ground when last signals sent
Ann Althouse / Althouse: The Flight 370 pilot, "Zaharie Ahmad Shah was an 'obsessive' supporter of Malaysia's opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim."
Jonah Fisher / Guardian: Diversion of MH370 airliner was a 'deliberate act', says Malaysian PM - live updates
Robert Mendick / Telegraph:
Malaysia Airline MH370: 9/11-style terror allegations resurface in case of lost plane — Possible plot investigated after Al-Qaeda supergrass told court that four or five Malaysian men planned a passenger airliner hijack — By Robert Mendick, Robert Verkaik in London, Dean Nelson in Kuala Lumpur and Malcolm Moore in Beijing
Discussion: The PJ Tatler, The Gateway Pundit and Jihad Watch
Charlie Martin / The PJ Tatler: Malay Mystery
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: BREAKING: Al-Qaeda Informer Warned Authorities of Malaysian Islamists' Plan to Hijack Plane
Burgess Everett / Politico:
U.S. rejects Crimea vote as invalid — U.S. lawmakers and senior officials hope new sanctions, cooperation with Europe and tough talk can head off Russia's ambitions, even as the world stands by and watches Crimea vote on breaking from Ukraine. — As voters in the Crimean region voted Sunday …
Discussion: CNN
Crimeans Choose to Join Russia in Vote, Exit Poll Shows
Crimeans Choose to Join Russia in Vote, Exit Poll Shows
Discussion: Power Line and Bloomberg View
Scott Johnson / Power Line: Team of Nitwits reconvened
Marc Champion / Bloomberg View: Crimea Won't Be Enough for Putin
Yahoo! News:
Crimea holds referendum to split from Ukraine
Crimea holds referendum to split from Ukraine
Discussion: his vorpal sword, The Week and Hinterland Gazette
Hart Williams / his vorpal sword: Legitimizing Rape — Media Edition
Jon Terbush / The Week: 10 things you need to know today: March 16, 2014
Washington Post:
Crimeans begin voting on Russia referendum
Crimeans begin voting on Russia referendum
Discussion: The New Republic and Washington Monthly
Martin Longman / Washington Monthly: Is It Time For a Second Cold War?
New York Times:
Obama Factor Adds to Fears of Democrats — WASHINGTON — Democrats are becoming increasingly alarmed about their midterm election fortunes amid President Obama's sinking approval ratings, a loss in a special House election in Florida last week, and millions of dollars spent by Republican-aligned groups attacking the new health law.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Right Wing News, Weekly Standard, Power Line and National Review
William Teach / Right Wing News: NY Times: Democrats Worried About Obama Factor
Geoffrey Norman / Weekly Standard: Is it Time to Panic Yet? — This weekend's hymn appears to be "Democrats in Trouble."
Steven Hayward / Power Line: Denial: Formerly the Hudson River
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Dems in Distress — WASHINGTON — Scott Brown, the Republican …
Dems in Distress — WASHINGTON — Scott Brown, the Republican …
Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, PoliticusUSA and Power Line
Hrafnkell Haraldsson / PoliticusUSA: Bad as Things May Sometimes Look for the Dems, it Could be Worse - They Could be the GOP
Scott Johnson / Power Line: From kvell to kvetch — In her New York Times column …
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Maureen Dowd finds the lightning bug
Maureen Dowd finds the lightning bug
Discussion: Althouse
Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill: Scott Brown fires up Senate fight
Carole Cadwalladr / Guardian:
Scarlett Johansson interview: 'I would way rather not have middle ground' — The star talks to Carole Cadwalladr about playing an alien in Under the Skin - Jonathan Glazer's low-budget sci-fi film set in Glasgow - and her role in the recent SodaStream controversy
Discussion: Israpundit and Israel Matzav
Hemant Mehta / Friendly Atheist:
Fred Phelps, Founder of the 'God Hates Fags' Westboro Baptist Church, is on the 'Edge of Death' — You know Fred Phelps. You loathe Fred Phelps. You despise everything he stands for, like his family members' infamous protests at soldiers' funerals with their awful "God Hates Fags" signs.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, CBS News, Advocate, Washington Blade, Scared Monkeys, Mediaite, Guardian, Joe. My. God., AMERICAblog News, Gawker, Towleroad News #gay and The Raw Story
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo: Report: Westboro Baptist Church Founder 'On The Edge Of Death'
Neal Broverman / Advocate: Fred Phelps Ex-Communicated and Near Death?
Michael K. Lavers / Washington Blade: Fred Phelps reportedly 'on the edge of death'
Scared Monkeys: Make Room in HELL ... Westboro Baptist Church Founder Fred Phelps Sr. Reportedly Near Death
Martin Pengelly / Guardian: Ex-pastor of gay-hating church close to death, says estranged son
Joe Jervis / Joe. My. God.: Fred Phelps Reportedly Near Death
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News: Fred "God hates f*gs" Phelps near death
Jordan Sargent / Gawker: Ex-Westboro Baptist Church Leader Fred Phelps is Finally Dying
Andy Towle / Towleroad News #gay: Westboro Baptist Church Pastor Fred Phelps 'on the Edge of Death' According to Son
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Chair On Paul Ryan's Remarks: Dems Always Waiting To 'Pounce' (VIDEO) — This post has been updated. — Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday addressed the controversy over Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) remarks about a "culture problem" in inner cities of men not wanting to work.
Discussion: Hinterland Gazette and Hullabaloo
Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
RNC chair: Obamacare 'main target'
RNC chair: Obamacare 'main target'
Discussion: CNN and DNC Rapid Response
Laura Hancock / Casper Star-Tribune:
'The Death Sentence of AIDS:' Newly minted Wyoming lawmaker stands by controversial book — Wyoming's newest legislator stands by a book he wrote nearly 30 years ago that claims many gay people demand the right to have sex with children and people with AIDS should be quarantined if they continue having sex.
Discussion: Booman Tribune and The Raw Story
Steven D / Booman Tribune: National Suicide & Gay Promiscuity
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Age of Individualism — IN the future, it seems, there will be only one "ism" — Individualism — and its rule will never end. As for religion, it shall decline; as for marriage, it shall be postponed; as for ideologies, they shall be rejected; as for patriotism, it shall be abandoned; as for strangers, they shall be distrusted.
Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog
Andrew Cuomo / CNN:
CNN Poll: Rand Paul goes where his father never went — Washington (CNN) - Rand Paul has done something his father never did - top the list of potential Republican presidential candidates in a national poll. — According to a new CNN/ORC International survey, 16% of Republicans and independents …
Discussion: OnPolitics, Scared Monkeys and Politico
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Some White People Tried To Rally For Their Race Today — A smattering of white people on Saturday stood up to discrimination against their race that exists only in their minds. — The so-called "White Man March" was the brainchild of an organizer named Kyle Hunt, who wrote on his website that he expected …
Discussion: The Raw Story, Liberaland, Real-Time News from Birmingham, Cincinnati.com and VICE
David Edwards / The Raw Story: Worldwide 'White Man March' draws 10 people and 'Diversity = White Genocide' signs
Martin J. Reed / Real-Time News from Birmingham: Birmingham police remove banners stating 'diversity = white genocide' along interstate
Adam Kiefaber / Cincinnati.com: 'Pro-white' group hosts rally in Florence
Dave Schilling / VICE: We Interviewed the Guy Behind the 'White Man March'


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There's lots of adoptable dogs at the Los Angeles animal shelters right now, especially small ones, little Chihuahuas, deerheads and appleheads, kept many to a cage, as they seem to enjoy being together and are usually not kept in solitary, like the magnificent St Bernard or the majestic Pitbull.
They run all over themselves, little legs holding tiny bodies aloft, sometimes barking but more often not, jumping up on the metal bars to get a closer look at you.
I can't get one today, I leave town tomorrow, and I can't handle another pet right now, but oh, if I could, I would take them all.
I have a serious hoarding streak, somewhat abated by the flurry of reality shows on the subject, and the fear and shame of being one of those people, discovered in their modest homes with hundreds of animals, unable to cope with the truth of it, keeps me from acting on my impulses.
I want to be covered in dog hair, in muzzles and nuzzles. I love dogs, and there can never be too many, but that is the danger in my thinking.
But if I could, I would, and I would start with the Chihuahuas of Los Angeles. There's one right now I saw two times in my subsequent visits to the pound. She's a teensy little shaky redhead chi mix, and she's wearing a tshirt that is too big for her scrawny frame, and the neckline of it has stretched enough for her little dog shoulder to peek through, so the effect is that she has got on a very chic off the shoulder garment. Her elegant bones can be seen underneath her soft red fur, and her tear stained eyes appear huge on her birdlike chi face. I want to scoop her up and wrap her shaky body around my neck, and we would just be like that, forever and ever.
Adopting shelter dogs is a wonderful thing to do, but know your limits, I guess, is what I am trying to say.


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Sunday Sweets: Fabulous Faux Flowers
The next time you see "fresh flowers" on a cake, look more closely. They might actually be gumpaste.
I love the yellow and purple flowers on this one. I'm not very good with all the names, but I think they're daisies. And the photography is stunning, too.
These aren't on a cake yet, but I thought Abbie's work on that top flower was especially fantastic. (Pretty sure it's a daisy.) Check out the blending of the pale green!
Next, we have the work of Ellen Bartlett:
See more of Ellen's work at Cakes To Remember
Our next cakes were made by Lyndsey Gamble:
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Today, Deadline reports that Caplan will join Franco and Rogen, playing the role of Agent Lacy in the movie. No further details about her part were mentioned, but if these two men are caught up in this plot to assassinate the prime minister of North Korea, Caplan's Lacey may be one of the agents pursuing them.
Caplan's known for a number of comedic performances, including the mouthy Janis Ian in Mean Girls and the more dryly witty role of Casey Klein in Starz's under appreciated comedy Party Down. But she's also known to dabble in drama from time to time, both on the big and small screen, with credits that include Cloverfield and the role of the ill-fated Amy Burley in True Blood. These days, you can find her starring in the TV drama Masters of Sex, which just premiered Sunday night. Her role as Virginia Johnson is a bit different from anything else she's done -- that I've seen anyway -- but it suits her nicely, as does the time period. With that said, it's great to hear she's not abandoning comedy altogether.
Caplan shares a feature credit with Franco in 127 Hours and a small screen credit with Rogen with Undeclared, in which Caplan is credited for the part of "Beautiful Girl" in one episode. But I don't think we've seen her, Franco and Rogen together in anything scripted since Caplan was in Freaks and Geeks. While Rogen and Franco co-starred in the 1999-2000 dramedy, Caplan recurred as the disco-loving Sara who took a liking to Nick (Jason Segel) in the later part of the series' brief run.
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Janie Crawford arrives home after a long trip. She begins to tell the story of the last twenty years of her life to her best hometown friend, Pheoby.
Janie's story starts with her youth, as a girl in search of great things. Raised by her grandmother, a black woman raped by a white man, Janie never really has the chance to go out in search of her dreams. Her grandmother, having grown up during slavery, never had much of anything, including a voice. She was always repressed by white people, and never could have the kind of nice things that she wanted. When Janie's mother is raped, she runs away and leaves Janie to be taken care of by her grandmother. Her grandmother only wants Janie to have the kinds of things she never had the chance to have. So, despite Janie's refusal, she arranges for Janie to marry a man named Logan Killicks.
This marriage does not fulfill Janie like she imagines a marriage should. Logan makes Janie work hard and cares little about her opinions. Janie is in search of a husband and a love that make her feel wonderful all over, just like watching the bees sink into the pear tree blossom. When Joe Starks, a well-dressed man with big dreams comes along, Janie thinks this might be her chance at love and a better life. Thus, she leaves Logan and runs off with Joe Starks. They get married and move to a town called Eatonville, where Joe becomes a big voice as the mayor. He becomes such a big voice that he is always silencing Janie. She never has a chance to speak her mind, and her marriage to Joe is not what she had hoped for. After Joe dies, Tea Cake starts hanging around Janie. She falls in love with his carefree attitude and the way that he makes her feel like a pear tree in bloom. He allows her to speak and loves her for herself, and not the money she made while with Joe.
Tea Cake and Janie move to the Everglades to work on the muck where beans and sugar cane thrive. They live off the money they earn and are happy and in love. When a great hurricane comes, they are forced to flee for their lives. Tea Cake saves Janie's life from a rabid dog, but he gets bit in the process. Tea Cakes falls ill from the rabid dog, and, in his delirium, tries to kill Janie. She shoots first and kills Tea Cake. She is broken-hearted that she shot and killed the one man she ever loved, but she is happy she had the chance to love at all. Janie is put on trial, but found innocent.
Janie finishes her story to Pheoby. As Janie goes upstairs to bed she feels Tea Cake is still with her and is satisfied.


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Mike Johanns
|Mike Johanns
|Former U.S. Senator from Nebraska
From: January 3, 2009 – January 6, 2015
|Chuck Hagel
|Ben Sasse
|Governor of Nebraska
From: January 7, 1999 – January 20, 2005
|Ben Nelson
|Dave Heineman
|47th Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska
From: 1991-1998
|Bill Harris
|Dale Young
|Stephanie Johanns
|Roman Catholic
Michael Owen Johanns (born June 18, 1950) is a former United States Senator from Nebraska and a member of the Republican Party.
Early life
Johanns was born in Osage, Iowa and grew up working on his family's dairy farm. He describes himself as "a farmer's son with an intense passion for agriculture." [1] Johanns graduated from St. Mary's University of Minnesota in Winona, Minnesota. He earned a law degree from Creighton University in Omaha and practiced law in O'Neill and Lincoln, Nebraska. He is married to former State Senator Stephanie Johanns, they have two children and five grandchildren. Johanns began his career in local politics when he was elected to the Lancaster County Board as a Democrat from 1983 to 1987, and on the Lincoln City Council from 1989 to 1991. He registered as a Republican in 1988. Johanns was elected mayor of Lincoln in 1991 and was reelected in 1995 without opposition.
Political career
Mike Johanns was elected Governor of Nebraska in 1998 by a 54%-46% margin. He was a strong advocate for rural communities and farmers and ranchers. In 2000, Johanns drafted the Meatpacking Industry Workers Bill of Rights. "The document covers health and safety issues, including the right to organize labor unions, the right to work in a safe place, the right to adequate equipment the right to information, and a right to training." A strong supporter of ethanol fuel, in 2001 he served as the chair of the Governors' Ethanol Coalition. He was easily reelected in 2002 with 69% of the vote. In 2005, Governor Johanns traveled across the country to hear first-hand from producers about what was working with current farm policy and what was not. Johanns hosted 21 of 52 farm bill forums held in 48 states.
Johanns became the 28th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in January 2005 after being nominated by President George W. Bush. He worked to expand foreign market access for U.S. producers and promoted the growth of the renewable fuels industry.[2] One of his major accomplishments as Agriculture Secretary was developing the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 which was a $288 billion, five-year agricultural policy that includes increased money for food stamps and support for the production of cellulosic ethanol.
After Republican Senator Chuck Hagel announced his retirment in 2007, Johanns resigned as Agriculture Secretary to run for the his seat. In November 2008, he was elected with 58% of the vote. On February 12, 2009, Senator Johanns voted against the 789 billion economic stimulus plan. He voted with a majority of his Republican colleagues 91.9% of the time during a recent Congress.[3]


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Balancing a budget; revising the tax code; overhauling education; building roads; reviving the economy: You�d think that lawmakers in Raleigh had enough to do.
Balancing a budget; revising the tax code; overhauling education; building roads; reviving the economy: Youd think that lawmakers in Raleigh had enough to do.
But no, they want to be your nanny at least some of them do.
A bill to bar Tar Heels under 18 years old from using tanning beds is moving through the General Assembly. Its been tried twice before without success in previous legislative sessions, but nanny-wannabes dont give up easily. This time, bill-backers say momentum is on their side.
Not that tanning man-made or au naturale is a good idea at any age. Theres much evidence to suggest that over-exposure increases the risk of skin cancer the deadly kind called melanoma.
As for browning in a tanning bed, the North Carolina Dermatology Association has this to say:
Studies have found a 75 percent increase in the risk of melanoma in those who have experienced indoor tanning.
Even a single visit to a tanning bed can cause melanoma.
UV radiation in tanning booths can be up to 15 times greater than the sun.
Melanoma is the most common form of skin cancer for people 25-29 and the second most common for those 15-29.
One in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime.
Other evidence from the medical community:
Bill co-sponsor Jim Fulghum, a Wake County neurosurgeon, cites studies that show people under 18 more vulnerable to cancer from sun exposure.
David Ollila, a surgical oncologist at UNCs Lineberger Cancer Center, points out that young, white women are the heaviest users of tanning beds and the group most likely to develop melanoma. He helped write the current tanning bed bill.
The problem with this bill is not the medical evidence against tanning. The problem is that it gives government the power to make a decision it has no business making.
Who should decide when it is OK for a young person to use a tanning bed? It should be parents and guardians, not lawmakers.
The government already decides when its allowable for individuals to buy tobacco products, alcohol, over-the-counter medicines and other legal products.
Deciding the age at when an individual is allowed to use a tanning bed is one more example of government assuming a misplaced role in family life.
North Carolina lawmakers have plenty to do without sticking their noses into the personal business of the states residents.
We urge members of our local delegation to stick to the legitimate role of government and leave family matters to North Carolina families.


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