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The magical thinking of Barack Obama
Are you as thrilled as I am to learn that the recession is over? Heck, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, it hardly happened — well, that's not quite right. They acknowledge that it was the worst recession "since the Great Depression." That's the standard formula isn't it? But not to worry. It ended ages ago. In June 2009, if you can believe it.
No, I don't believe it either. Even The New York Times has registered the problem: "Second-Quarter Economic Growth," blared one column, "revised down to 1.6%." Meanwhile, nationwide unemployment is hovering close to 10%. In Nevada — so long, Harry Reid! — it's a whopping 14.4%. The Washington Times put it well when it said "Recession over, but recovery not felt." The operation was a success, madam; unfortunately, the patient died.
Nevertheless, the president thinks that "we're moving in the right direction." He actually said that to a lady at a Townhall-style meeting the other day. I like that lady. Here's what she said to the president:
I'm one of your middle class Americans. And quite frankly I'm exhausted. I'm exhausted of defending you, defending your administration, defending the mantle of change I voted for, and deeply disappointed with where we are right now.
The frozen smile on the president's face is something to ponder ("Who let her in here? Why wasn't she vetted?") His response was of the "Rome-wasn't-built-in-a-day" variety, and ended up with "we're moving in the right direction."
I guess that must be part of the official White House play book. Vice-President Joe Biden wheeled it out a few weeks ago, to universal derision. No matter. Someone obviously likes the way it sounds: "We're moving in the right direction," i.e., we're whistling in the dark to keep up our courage.
During the 2008 campaign, many commentators, myself included, highlighted Obama's total lack of executive experience. What did he have going for him? A left-wing ideology and a mixed-race background that could be counted upon to appeal to white liberals intoxicated by the multicultural agenda. Noting the contrast between Obama's high-flown rhetoric and his almost comical lack of substance, many commentators (again, myself included) compared Obama to the Wizard of OZ who nervously tells Dorothy to "pay no attention to that man behind the curtain."
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1. Sneedle Flipsock
The President is the man who keeps harping about running the economic car into the ditch. While he and his party are the ones who keep using it to race a Train to the crossing.
Which outcome do you think would be best? Call a tow truck to get you out of the ditch or having people looking for all the parts strewn along the right-of-way?
Talk about a heavy crash indeed.
September 21, 2010 - 7:34 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
2. cfbleachers
"But more bearish analysts said there was little evidence that the economy was recovering in anything but name only. With more recent indicators showing a shrinking housing market, dwindling orders for factory goods and rampant discounting among retailers, some economists saw far more clouds than sun.
"Given all the stimulus and all the steroids and all the medication, the economy should be ripping right now," said David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist for Gluskin Sheff & Associates. "The fact that it's not should lead people to believe that this is certainly not a common recession."
Let's see, if I award trillions of dollars with one hand, then beat business with a stick, a whip, a chair, a billy club, a cat'o'nine tails, a hammer, a claw…with the other, and I wonder why the "stimulus" isn't working…doesn't anyone like my "redistribution" theory?
"Mr. Rosenberg pointed out that during the Great Depression, the economy experienced several quarters of official growth, despite the presence of bread lines and rampant unemployment. Now, he said, "it seems the diagnosis is pretty clear, but people don't like to talk about it, because Depression depresses people."
The diagnosis is clear, but the prescription has been scribbled so that nobody can read it. Let me decipher: "pretend nothing is wrong, then blame the other guy when it really gets bad".
Economists have been revising their forecasts for growth in the second half, with Goldman Sachs now projecting annual growth of 1.5 percent. Ben Herzon, a senior economist at Macroeconomic Advisers, a forecasting group, said the firm had taken its estimate for third-quarter growth down to 1.7 percent from 2.5 percent at the beginning of July.
Mr. Herzon said that he was not expecting a double-dip back into recession, however. "It's difficult to point to a shock that would be bad enough to put the economy back into a recession," he said. "I just think it means that this recovery is going to be slower and more painful than we originally expected."
Ok, let me get this straight. The "recovery" feels exactly like the thing we are recovering from? Ummmm, how…precisely…is it DIFFERENT?
There is no recovery. The "recovery" is a sham. Are we still trillions of dollars in debt? Is unemployment still at the exact same levels? Is the housing market still in a shambles? Is consumer confidence still in the toilet?
The recession is not over, we are not in recovery. We are in ICU. And Alice doesn't live here anymore. Her looking glass was repossessed.
September 21, 2010 - 7:40 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
3. grichens
"Are you as thrilled as I am to learn that the recession is over?"
Yes. Then the next one will unquestionably be Obama's.
September 21, 2010 - 7:51 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
4. JM Hanes
Apparently, the economy is a lagging indicator.
September 21, 2010 - 8:22 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
5. Swen Swenson
"The Ruling Class sat on a wall, the Ruling Class had a great fall. All the Ruling Class' horses and all the Ruling Class' men couldn't put Business As Usual back together again."
September 21, 2010 - 8:41 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
6. Mark L
The recession *is* over. The problem is not that the country is in recession — it is that there was no recovery after the recession ended. Seriously.
A recession is defined as a period when the economy shrinks for two or more consecutive quarters. When the economy stops shrinking we are no longer in recession. However — all that means is that the economy is no longer getting smaller. It does not mean that the economy has regained the ground lost during the recession. For that you need a recovery. In order to recover the economy needs to grow at faster than the break-even rate, which is about 3%. Unfortunately the economy has been growing at only a 0.5% to a 2% rate each quarter, which is insufficent to keep unemployment from growing. For a recovery we need at least 4% and really 6% or more for a full-bore recovery.
Normally *any* recession is followed by a recovery, because that is the nature of an economy. If you are running the economy and really, *really* stupid (or perhaps just too invested in bad economic theory), you can stifle a recovery through bad public policy. *That* is what has happened. Large increases in government debt have sucked up the capital the private industry needs to expand. Expanded regulation has increased the cost of doing business, preventing business from generating growth capital internally.
So no, we are not in a recession. The economy is not shrinking. We are in an economy that stinks like stagnant pond water because the government has sucked all the life out of it. Call it the odor of decomposition.
September 21, 2010 - 8:45 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
"So no, we are not in a recession. The economy is not shrinking. We are in an economy that stinks like stagnant pond water because the government has sucked all the life out of it. Call it the odor of decomposition."
Thus the woman's question to Obumpty-Dumpty, "Is this the new reality?"
September 21, 2010 - 10:07 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
"the recession *is* over"
Yes, by the official definition. Also by the official definition, then, it didn't start until the 4th quarter of 2008, and ended 9 months later. So the official definitions are ludicrous.
The problem is that government spending is included in "the economy". The only reason the economy hasn't been shrinking for the last several quarters is because of the huge increase in government spending. The private sector HAS BEEN shrinking.
So what's wrong with that you may ask? What's wrong with it is that it has been done by enormously increasing the national debt. Frankly, the criminal government could force the end of a recession any time they want to. Just print a trillion bucks and sprinkle it around. Oh wait, that's what they DID.
It's no different than an individual who has taken a 5% pay cut. He then goes out and borrows 15% of his annual income, and tells his friends that he got a big raise! By the government's definition he did!!! But he and the government are fools.
Despite the "official" definitions.
September 26, 2010 - 8:46 am Link to this Comment | Reply
7. Rob Mandel
Sorry Rog, but the perfect analogy is Peer Gynt's onion. Keep peeling, there's nothing there.
Except tears!!
September 21, 2010 - 8:56 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
8. proof
They are even inventing new terms to describe the economy, to try to mask the fact that the emperor has no clothes. Yesterday I heard we were in a "growth recession". (To differentiate it from those other pesky recessions which are actually worse, I guess!)
September 21, 2010 - 9:49 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
9. Harris Tweed
President 0.0 seems to be the mental and spiritul captive of another Humpty Dumpty, the one who blithely observed, ""il n'y a pas de hors-texte."
September 21, 2010 - 9:50 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
10. Dave D
Your comparison to the Wizard of Oz was apt. Last year when I went and saw "Wicked", I kept saying to myself "this is Obama, this is Obama".
September 21, 2010 - 10:09 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
11. wolfwalker
"Second-Quarter Economic Growth," blared one column, "revised down to 1.6%."
… and by the informal rule-of-thumb I learned long ago, anything under 2% nominal growth means no actual growth at all.
September 21, 2010 - 10:20 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
12. Bob Miller
As long as 40%+ of American voters buy into Obama-like illusions, we have a very serious lack of education.
September 21, 2010 - 10:26 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
13. Texican
Hmm … so, if the recession is over, then why do we need to spend the balance of the original stimulus? Why do we need more stimulus? Is 9.6% unemployment the "new normal"?
September 21, 2010 - 10:46 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
14. RScott
I suppose that a "drowning" is finished once the swimmer has died.
September 21, 2010 - 10:46 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
15. elaine
Were you to discount the "Cash for Clunkers" and First Time Home Buyers Credit, along with the hiring boom for the census, I'm pretty sure you'd find that any "lack of shrinkage" in the economy is merely smoke and mirrors. The facts are that housing starts are down, purchase of existing homes are down, new major purchases (such as cars and home appliances) are down. Further, most of the uptick in the stock market is due to the buying and selling of zombie stocks — the stock of nearly-dead companies.
Add to all that the continued unemployment numbers which keep on rising "unexpectedly," along with the fact that a staggering number of the employed are only barely so (part-timers, or in jobs which are below their skillset and former pay levels).
Oh, and let's not forget that all the equations economists use to determine where we are right now include ESTIMATES of new small business start-ups (and no one will know for another 18 months or so what today's numbers might be), and you begin to see that the "recovery" is a sham.
All one needs do is look at honest indicators, like, for instance, the number of commercial vacancies. Or the fact that we have a record number (both in total and in percentage of population) of people on both welfare and food stamps than we've had since the beginning of both those programs, and it becomes clear that we're still in deep doo-doo, and no one really cares if the economists call it recession, depression, or recovery. We all KNOW how bad it is out here in the real world.
If this is the "right track," please put us on the wrong one, post haste!
September 21, 2010 - 10:56 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
16. RebeccaH
When Obama said "We're moving in the right direction," he meant exactly what he said. We're moving toward a socialist form of government that will dictate everything to do with our lives, public and private, and there will be no dissent permitted. Never mind that his policies would reduce the greatest nation the world has ever known, in fact the greatest idea the world has ever known, to squalid irrelevance and poverty… of wealth, of creativity, of ideas, of everything. He believes in what he's doing, and he has not the slightest inkling that it won't be the Nirvana he imagines.
September 21, 2010 - 12:43 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
17. willis
""We're moving in the right direction," "
That's the only direction left to move. They can't move any further in the left direction unless someone has uncovered a never-before discovered Saul Alinsky playbook.
September 21, 2010 - 1:29 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
18. cfbleachers
The Democrats have renamed "The Recovery Summer". It's now called "Legends of the Fall"
September 21, 2010 - 3:43 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
19. Michael Lonie
IF they are correct and the recession ended in June 2009, then the "Stimulus" bill had absolutely nothing to do with ending it, for virtually none of the money was yet spent at that time. That same bill does not seem to have had the slightest effect on stimulating a recovery either. So it was pure waste, as most of us thought at the time. For that we went a trillion dollars into the hole.
I think a double dip recession is quite likely, what with the government sucking the lifeblood out of the economy and ramping up its interference in the economy, business, and in people's lives.
September 21, 2010 - 4:55 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
What Obama means by "moving in the right direction" is that he's dragging the nation behind him on the path he's taking up his own a**.
September 21, 2010 - 7:33 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
21. KRiley
cfbleachers….no, no they havechanged "The Recovery Summer" to the "Great Fall" and it will be!
September 21, 2010 - 8:32 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
22. Matthew
It's all just noise, I'm afraid – if you think there was a better way to get the US economy back on its feet, just spell out what it was.
As far as I can tell, the conservative position was to do nothing. I don't think conservatives quite understand what that would have led to. A complete collapse of the US financial industry would not have been pretty.
Screech all you like. A meteorite his the amreican banking system. Obama has spent his first half term putting out the fires and cleaning up the mess. Both of which he inherited.
September 22, 2010 - 10:37 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
23. kenny komodo
Reminds me of that line made famous during the Vietnam war, the one that went "we had to burn down the village in order to save it". So Barry has to destroy the American economy in order to save it. Well come this November we'll see if the message that Barry is continuing to harp on over and over (along with good ole Joe "Hoof in mouth" Bidum), that we're moving in the right direction and that everything is going to be fine will resonate with the American people. Or will enough Americans wake up or at least simply have had enough of the BS and start the ball rolling on kicking these socialists out of office.
September 23, 2010 - 2:41 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
24. Joseph
"Who let her in here? Why wasn't she vetted?"
You must be thinking of the Bush town meetings ("I'm glad you're my president!" … "How can I help you, Mr. President?") You've also forgotten, apparently, that you're not reading the Times any more.
September 23, 2010 - 5:16 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
25. proreason
Why does the meme persist so strongly that Obama is a magical thinker, or an incompetant, or simply clueless?
All of the evidence points in the direction that he is accomplishing exactly what he set out to accomplish.
His whole life has been dedicated to bringing down the United States. Why all of a sudden do people think he is a normal President who just can't quite understand economics, or who doesn't listen to better advice, or who is too stubborn to change? HE DOESN'T WANT TO CHANGE.
Get over it. The guy is a Marxist and a Ruling Class con artist, and whoever is running the show, they are masters at it.
September 26, 2010 - 8:33 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
26. bobby
"All of the evidence points in the direction that he is accomplishing exactly what he set out to accomplish."
"Get over it. The guy is a Marxist and a Ruling Class con artist, and whoever is running the show, they are masters at it."
And yet Obama just ordered the take out of Osama Bin Laden.
I guess old styled Red Scare tactics aren't going to hold up in the future, time to bash him on his economic policies instead.
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A Game of Thrones LCG | Published 07 October 2010 |
Hello and Welcome Back, Loyal A Game of Thrones Fans!
We return this week to our card spoilers of the next Chapter Pack in the Brotherhood Without Banners expansion, The Mountains of the Moon. Last time we had a first look at the deepening Clansman trait that is developing over the course of this expansion cycle.
This week we return to Lannister's Clansmen and take a look at some more of the counterintuitive abilities that are finding a home in House Lannister.
We begin with an attachment that is bound to find a home in Lannister decks of this new paradigm, Vale Scavenger. As we saw in the preview for Tyrion's Enforcers, there are Clansmen that benefit from their controller having fewer cards in hand than their opponent. This runs counter to Lannister's usual strength of destroying an opponent's hand through intrigue challenges.
Vale Scavenger is double-edged in that, in an effort to have fewer cards in hand than your opponent you can choose to give your opponent a card, or, as is normal for Lannister, you can draw a card for yourself. Remember: you need not have a small number of cards in hand in order to have fewer in hand than your opponent. If you have seven and your opponent has eight, you're still in a pretty good position and, if necessary, you can resort to the old Lannister tricks of demolishing your opponent's hand.
Moving on, we find a card that you might use Vale Scavenger to power, Timett Son of Timett's own Burned Men. Like any Army, they are a bit on the pricey side, but that's not usually a problem for House Lannister. Price aside, they do bring value for the money with both Deadly and a WAR crest, as well as the Clansman trait that seems to be doing so well in this expansion. If that wasn't enough, their special ability adds the icing to the cake: with bruisers like these in play, you don't necessarily need to sacrifice your hand size, or do your opponent a favor by letting him draw a card, but it can't hurt if it means wiping out an additional character or grabbing a game-winning power.
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Maybe Jackson he went thru the King Kong diet.
it looks like peter jackson
The picture on the cover reminds me of the clansmen in the old LotR card game (and in the movie, of course).
*dump your hand more readily.
burned men is sorta pricey, i hope the other clansmen are cheaper to you can your hand for readily. although using battle for the blackwater would be a stock deck choice.
My friend is new enough that this will still interest him as I said.
Actually, I think traditional Lannister players will not like this pack very much. A brand new paradigm and very "un-Lannister" concepts are more likely to attract new people to the House than they are to please the people who have long-played and enjoyed the more traditional strengths of the Lion.
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'No MAT for companies without local base'
July 27, 2010
M Padmakshan , ET Bureau
MUMBAI: Minimum alternate tax (MAT) ? a levy typically aimed at collecting tax from companies enjoying exemptions ? is not payable by foreign companies not having a permanent establishment in India, according to a recent verdict by the Authority for Advance Ruling . The AAR's verdict, dated July 23, 2010, was on an application filed by Mauritius-based Praxair Pacific. The foreign company asked AAR to clarify whether it is liable to pay MAT under Section 115 JB of the Income-Tax Act, on account of the transfer of shares to its Indian subsidiaries.
Foreign cos to seek tax clarity on investments via Mauritius
April 3, 2010
M Padmakshan & Ram N Sahgal , ET Bureau
MUMBAI: More than a dozen foreign entities, which invest in shares of Indian companies using the Mauritius route, are planning to move the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) for clarity on the issue of tax liability in India. AAR is a quasi judicial body on tax disputes that involve overseas companies. The foreign investors' move comes close on the heels of AAR ruling in favour of E Trade Mauritius (ETM), which sold its entire stake in IL&FS Investmart to HSBC Violet Investments.
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March 25, 2010
Deepshikha Sikarwar , ET Bureau
NEW DELHI: Income of foreign institutional investors (FIIs) from derivatives trading will not be liable to tax in India, the Authority for Advance Rulings has said, clearing the air on taxability of the income of foreign investors trading in Indian securities. The ruling will help FIIs undertaking similar transactions subject to the provisions of the tax treaties with their respective countries, say tax experts. The AAR's ruling comes in response to a plea by Royal Bank of Canada, registered with market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India as a FII, seeking clarity on whether profit or loss from trading in securities, including derivatives, will be treated as business income and be liable to tax in respect of India-Canada Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement.
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March 23, 2010
M Padmakshan , ET Bureau
MUMBAI: In a decision that will interest all foreign investors coming into the country through Mauritius, the Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) on Monday held that E trade Mauritius, the wholly-owned subsidiary of the US-based E trade Financial Corporation, was not liable to pay tax in India on capital gains arising from the sale of its shares held in Indian company IL&FS Investment to HSBC in September 2008. AAR is a quasi-judicial body on tax disputes involving overseas entities.
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March 23, 2010
Souvik Sanyal , ET Bureau
NEW DELHI: Payments made by an Indian arm of a multinational to its US or UK-based affiliate for professional support service will not be taxed here in India , the Authority for Advance ruling has said in a recent ruling. The decision brings more clarity on taxation of fee for technical services, not explicitly provided for in the India-UK tax treaty, say tax experts. "This comes as a relief to MNCs that receive professional or management services from their affiliates situated in UK or US and clears the uncertainty to an extent created by the Karnataka High Court ruling in the case of Samsung," said Amitabh Singh, partner, tax and regulatory services, Ernst & Young.
Dutch co gets tax benefit on capital gains
March 11, 2010
M Padmakshan , ET Bureau
MUMBAI: A Dutch company earning capital gains by selling shares in its Indian subsidiary does not need to pay tax in India if it offloads the shares to a non-resident entity, according to authority for advance ruling (AAR), the quasi-judicial body that decides on tax matters involving overseas firms. The AAR came out with the order last week after a Dutch company KSPG sought ruling on its proposed divestment of shares in its Indian arm. In its application, the foreign company asked AAR for two clarifications: One, whether it is subject to pay capital gains tax if it sells shares of its Indian subsidiary and two, whether it would need to pay tax in the event of buy back of shares of its local subsidiary.
Foreign co's fees for work sent to India not taxable
March 1, 2010
Souvik Sanyal , ET Bureau
NEW DELHI: The Authority of Advance Rulings (AAR) has ruled that fees received by a foreign company for assigning contractual rights to an Indian entity is not taxable in India. The ruling of the AAR ?? a quasi-judicial forum deciding queries on matters of international taxation ? came on a query from an Indian company that had paid a foreign company for assigning part of a global contract with Nokia Corporation for supplying equipment. Laird Technologies Inc, USA had entered into a product purchase agreement (PPA)
Corporate business restructuring gets a tax fillip
January 28, 2010
M Padmakshan , ET Bureau
MUMBAI: In a ruling that will provide great relief to corporates planning to restructure their businesses, the Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) held that restructuring of businesses cannot be construed as an exercise for avoiding tax in India. AAR, a quasi judicial body for settling tax disputes involving foreign entities, in an order last week on an application filed by the Star Group companies, held that any tax benefit resulting from the restructuring of businesses cannot be a ground for income-tax (I-T)
Tax foreign cos helping oil explorers at 10%: AAR
December 30, 2009
NEW DELHI: Foreign firms helping domestic oil explorers need to pay tax at lower rate of 10 per cent only as their business is technical services, the Authority for Advance Ruling has ruled. The income earned by foreign firms by providing survey and technical services to an Indian oil exploration company will be taxable at 10 per cent as fee for technical services (under section 44BB of IT Act), rather than as royalty fee (section 44DA of the IT Act) which is double at 20 per cent, AAR has ruled.
Tax sops for foreign oil E&P advisors: AAR
December 28, 2009
Deepshikha Sikarwar , ET Bureau
NEW DELHI: Income of foreign companies providing technical services and data to oil exploration and production companies in India will be taxed at a concessional rate, the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) on income tax has said in a recent decision. The ruling will be a big help to oil prospecting companies in India as they step up exploration activities, allowing them to avail of technical services and data more easily. The last round of auction of hydrocarbon exploration blocks under the new exploration licensing policy (Nelp-VIII )
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Planada, CA, Apr 22, 2013 -- In celebration of Earth Day, USDA Rural Development State Director Glenda Humiston announced a commitment of $4.8 million to help improve the wastewater system for the rural unincorporated community of Planada in Merced County. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) remains focused on carrying out its mission, despite a time of significant budget uncertainty. Today's announcement is one part of the Department's efforts to strengthen the rural economy.
"Earth Day is the perfect time to highlight USDA's efforts to reinvest in and rebuild California's rural communities," said Humiston. "We are proud to partner in projects such as todays where we can address challenges of effective waste removal and disposal that many of our rural communities deal with."
Planada Community Services District is in violation from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board because their treated effluent being discharged into Miles Creek does not meet current surface water standards. Funds will help the district make necessary upgrades to their wastewater treatment facility as well as change the disposal of the treated effluent to include irrigation of crops not consumed by humans such as alfalfa. Once completed, the project will help remedy potential health and safety issues, as well as accommodate anticipated future growth of the community.
USDA Rural Development awarded the district a $2.2 million low-interest loan and a nearly $2.6 million grant through their Water and Waste Disposal program. The district plans to leverage the funds with approximately $6 million in additional funding from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program.
In all, 43 water and wastewater projects in 32 states will be funded. Earth Day is observed annually on April 22 to raise awareness about the role each person can play to protect vital natural resources and safeguard the environment. Since the first Earth Day celebration in 1970, the event has expanded to include participation by citizens and governments in more than 195 countries.
As part of today's announcement, USDA Rural Development is providing more than $145.2 million to improve water quality and provide a safe and healthy environment for rural Americans.
USDA, through its Rural Development mission area, has an active portfolio of more than $176 billion in loans and loan guarantees. These programs are designed to improve the economic stability of rural communities, businesses, residents, farmers and ranchers and improve the quality of life in rural America.
USDA has made a concerted effort to deliver results for the American people, even as USDA implements sequestration - the across-the-board budget reductions mandated under terms of the Budget Control Act. USDA has already undertaken historic efforts since 2009 to save more than $700 million in taxpayer funds through targeted, common-sense budget reductions. These reductions have put USDA in a better position to carry out its mission, while implementing sequester budget reductions in a fair manner that causes as little disruption as possible.


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NASA's Robonaut 2 Will Tweet His Way Into Space
The spaceship Discovery will leave Earth on its final mission on the 1st of November. It will take along something entirely different, a robot! This is the robot that we've heard about before, the Robonaut 2, but there is something new about it: it will be tweeting all the way into space.
Robonaut 2 is heading to the International Space Station and he is the first humanoid robot that will be in space. You can even follow his tweets @ twitter.com/astrorobonaut.
I'm wondering what kind of tweets he'll send. Probably something along the lines of: "Five humans assimilated today, moving on to more for tomorrow!"
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%u2022 The chops need a bit of salt and pepper sprinkled on both sides before saut?ing. They were a tad bland without.
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"Very good recipe but I suggest cutting back on the cooking time by at least 10 minutes, probably 15, especially if using boneless chops.I'm also going to add a little minced garlic next time."
"Super delicious. My company loved the dish. I found that it was thick enough without having to use the cornstarch mixture.Also, I sprinkled some shredded coconut on top when serving.Not at all difficult to make.Highly recommended; I'll certainly do it again."
"This is a delicious casserole, a little time consuming to make, but worth the effort. Our Thanksgiving crowd loved it. I have one suggestion: a pinch or two of salt added to the sweet potato mixture makes the dish much tastier. [editor's note: the recipe was edited as a result of this review 12/18/02]"
"A few suggestions may be in order for this recipe. First, the chops should be sprinkled with a good sized pinch of salt before cooking. Maybe a few twists from the pepper mill might be a good idea as well. [Editor's note: The recipe was updated on 8/20/2002 as a result of this comment.]I recomend using pineapple chunks in their own juice rath..."
"Suggestion: use minced fresh ginger root instead of the ground ginger! It makes a world of difference.Ginger keeps for a long time if you follow these very simple instructions: peel it; cut it into slices; put it in a plastic container with a tight lid cover with dry sherry. Do this and you'll always have it on hand. Powdered ginger is not a s..."
"Suggestion: never use ground ginger in stir frying Chinese dishes! It's completely different from fresh ginger root and alters the taste of the dish severely! (By all means use the powdered variety for baking ). Fresh ginger is readily available at supermarkets and produce stores. It keeps for many months if you peel it, slice it and refrigera..."
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"Szechuan peppercorns (Xanthoxylum piperitum) are not at all hot. In fact they aren't even peppercorns, but a kind of berry. Called "hwa jao" in Mandarin or "fa joo" in Cantonese, they have a slight numbing effect on the tongue rather than burning. The heat in Szechuan recipes comes from chiles of various types and in various forms. (See below)..."


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Phone: + 1 404.727.3300
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Monday – Friday
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Questions are welcomed during walk-in hours. However, if your situation will require more than 10 to 15 minutes of consultation, please contact the office ahead of time to schedule an appointment with an advisor. Appointments must be scheduled by 2 p.m. if you wish to be seen the following morning.
Walk-ins will not be accepted outside of these times. Please note that one student advisor and one scholar advisor are available during walk-in hours, so arriving with a large group may result in a wait time before you can be seen.
For your protection, you will need to present your Emory ID card when picking up sensitive documents from ISSS.
The ISSS office is located in the North Decatur Building (1784 North Decatur Road) in Suite 130.
Visitor parking near our office is limited. We encourage you to walk or take a shuttle. The E, M, and Loop shuttles stop in front of the North Decatur Building. The CCTMA and the Park-and-Ride shuttles stop on Burlington Road near our front entrance. Shuttle routes >>
Walking directions: from Emory's main campus, walk toward the business school and law school. Cross Clifton Road at Fishburne Drive and pass the law school on your right. Continue between the two parking decks, and you will see a large building with many windows. That is the North Decatur Building. Go in the doors and go up one level. Our office is Suite 130, next to the front entrance.
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Grab your bracket and order up the chow, because it's March Madness and time for tournament-related restaurant deals.
The annual hoopla surrounding the NCAA men's basketball tournament may be a well-publicized drain on workplace productivity, but the millions of restaurant employees ready to work overtime says basketball is about more than hoops.
Quick-service and casual-dining chains across the country are courting basketball fans aggressively with March Madness deals.
We've found seven specials offered by major restaurant chains. As always, call ahead to make sure your local franchise.
1. T.G.I. Friday's
TGI's "Hoops Madness" deal includes half-price boneless buffalo wings for those in the bar during parties. The offer is good for March 18-21, March 25-28, and April 3 and 5.
2. Fleming's Steakhouse
Taking off on specialty food store Trader Joe's wine of the same name, Fleming's Steakhouse is offering a "Two Buck Chuck" menu of prime chuck sliders served with your choice of Swiss and peppered bacon, smoked Wisconsin cheddar or Tabasco onions. The $2 slider menu was created specifically for March Madness and is available after 7 p.m. March 25 to 28 at all Fleming's locations.
3. Claim Jumper
Claim Jumper Restaurants are offering beer specials of $5 pitchers and $2 schooners, good March 25-28, and April 3 and 5.
4. Pizza Hut
Pizza is a sport's staple, which is why Pizza Hut is jumping on the bandwagon with $10 large pizzas throughout the NCAA series. The Hut also is offering free pizza to the entire faculty, staff and students of the bottom-seeded team that beats a number-one seed. Since a bottom seed has never beaten a top seed, Pizza Hut has a good chance of not coughing up to a Cinderella team.
5. Papa John's
The $10 Buzzer Beater is good on all large pizzas with the toppings of your choice. They also are offering a HOOPS Sweepstakes, where their Papa John's Facebook fans can sign up for a chance to win pizza for a year, a 12-pack of Coke Zero, or $20,000 and both the other two prizes.
Check out a YouTube video of Papa John sinking a half-court shot. In celebration of this major accomplishment, the pizza privateer gave free pizzas to 18,868 fans watching him drain a shot from mid-court during halftime at a University of Louisville game.
6. Ruby Tuesday
During March Madness, the casual-dining chain of more than 800 restaurants, is offering $2 off appetizers and $5 cocktails on game days for people sitting at the bar. In addition, the chain restaurant is promoting its own bracket, with their Million Dollar Bracket Challenge, in which you sign up for a chance to win $1 million if you pick all the games correctly.
7. Not a Food Special But Fun
WhereTheLocalsEat.com has created a foodie version of March Madness in which it has matched up 64 food choices to face off in what they're calling the Food Fight Bracket Challenge. Participants customize a bracket with their personal food preferences and, when the most popular champion food in America is crowned on March 31, the participant with the most bracket points will receive an Apple iPad. Check it out between games.
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me360 a phone app (helps you find bars, restaurants, spas etc) has partnered with restaurants to offer march madness food and drink specials for $3.60 all March Long. check it out, free app
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The Arizona Department of Transportation is holding its first-ever mass auction of property left over following construction of freeways.
Of the 11 parcels, nine are located in the East Valley with six in Mesa. The properties' sizes range from slightly more than an acre to nearly 17 acres.
In all, the parcels have a combined appraised value of more than $20 million.
The auction will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the auditorium of ADOT's administration building, 206 S. 17th Ave. in Phoenix.
According to ADOT Director Victor Mendez, proceeds from the auction are reinvested in the state's our transportation infrastructure.
"We need to be innovative in today's market," Mendez said. "Our goal with this auction is to spur even more interest in available properties along our freeways and expedite the process for completing sales."
Over the past year, ADOT has taken in $31 million via sales of excess property. One of the auctions ended with a $16-million bid for land near the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale. That was ADOT's highest selling price for a single parcel.


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Only hours after Hideo Kojima unveiled MGS: Ground Zeroes (an open-world Metal Gear stealth/action game, as long rumoured by CVG) the internet is already rife with rumours and speculation.
When is it set? Who's the hero? What platform is it on? How does it fit with the MGS storyline? How will the open world setting change the gameplay? In typical Kojima fashion, much of the information is laced with ambiguity, but by cross-referencing data we have so far to the established MGS timeline, plus Hideo Kojima's deliberately cryptic Tweets, a clearer picture emerges.
1) It is Big Boss. However...
The official image on the Japanese MGS 25th anniversary website looks like 'classic' Solid Snake from MGS2, with his swarthy black beard and hair - but it's far more likely to be Big Boss, star of MGS3 and Peace Walker. The outfit, with its distinctive yellow thigh bands, resembles Big Boss's Sneaking Suit from Peace Walker (see screenshots). The night vision goggles hide Big Boss' distinctive eye-patch, but only slightly - you can still see the band across his hair. It's even clearer on the second front-facing 'Snake' image taken from posters displayed at the event, and runs over the injured right eye.
The key giveaway is the Militaires Sans Frontières (soldiers without borders) yellow / black logo on his shoulder, the organisation led by Big Boss in PSP's MGS Peace Walker (set in 1974).
Big Boss's gun looks like a variant of the FN FNC (Fabrique Nationale Carabine, a 5.56mm assault rifle) first commissioned in 1976 - again, hinting at a '70s setting, following the events of Peace Walker.
Big Boss is born in 1935, so this timing would make the Big Boss in the image in his early 40s. Arguably, the dark beard makes this character look younger, especially than some of the Peace Walker art (set in 1974), where his beard is lighter and greying. It's an inconsistency, but could be explained away with artistic license / lighting. The lines on his face do appear more consistent of a man in his early 40s, however.
This is where it gets interesting. The front-facing image of 'Snake' for the MGS 25th party appears to show a different logo on his shoulder - the FOXHOUND logo, another military unit started by Big Boss in 1970. Big Boss left FOXHOUND in 1972 to form MSF, but later resumed command of FOXHOUND in the early '90s.
It's quite possible that *both* logos appear on the suit, one of each shoulder, since the official image on the MGS 25th website is 'flipped'. Even the words 'Click Here' are flipped on the MGS 25th homepage, that reveal the flipped image - which can't be accidental. Neither image shows *both* shoulders, so this can't be ruled out.
However, this being MGS, it's possible there's two 'Snakes', one working for FOXHOUND, the other MSF. Is one an image of Big Boss, the other Solid Snake - perhaps taken from different time frames? They're clones after all. For that matter, it could be one of the other Snake clones, Liquid, or Solidus. Look, no one ever said Kojima makes this easy, but if pushed, we'd say it's Big Boss. After all, Big Boss was on the GDC recruitment ads for Kojima Productions, and all our previous speculation suggests the same.
UPDATE: The logo is more likely to be the FOX logo, representing the CIA-affiliated Cold War unit led by Major Zero in the 1960s, whose key operative was Big Boss. The FOX unit act as your superiors in PS2's MGS3, but command is assumed by Gene (Viper) in 1970 and the group goes rogue, leading to the events of PSP's MGS Portable Ops. Although FOX was officially disbanded in the early 70s, the MSF continue to sports its logo on their outfit with the FOX logo on the right shoulder, in addition to the MSF logo on the left shoulder. Konami are releasing a special MGS HD PAX bundle with a Snake figure from Peace Walker which corroborates this.


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About me hmmm...well as you can see by my name, I married my favorite Repo Guy on New Years Eve 2004. We were together for a total of 10 years before I would give in...LOL. I have an awesome son who graduated High School June 2011. I am trying to convince him cooking school is the way to go, but he wants to be like Dad...what can you do?
We own our own Reposession Company in Fort Lauderdale that keeps us very busy. When we aren't working we are doing alot of work on our home and yard. We tend to have a lot of impromtu get togethers, mostly BBQ's by the pool and such, not too stuffy at our house. Your a guest the first time you come over, after that your part of the family and mi casa is su casa.
I of course love to cook, collect recipes and cookbooks and anything that has to do with food.
I play Bunco once a month with 11 other women that are just awesome, which we always have lots of yummy munchies at. So I am hoping I get some new recipes here to try out on them.
I love to read - everything from James Patterson to Laurell K Hamilton...yeah I am digging on the vampires lately.
Living in FLorida, I just love warm weather and spending time in the sun. I am a sun worshiper and hope to one day live on the beach.
Pasta pasta pasta...did I mention I love pasta? Seafood...any kind any time! Especially mixed with pasta. Steaks on the grill...mmm. I guess I pretty much love food!
A favorite restaurant is pretty hard to pick, because unless they can make it better than I can I don't go! Also the service has to be great for me to pay to have someone else cook for me. But if I have to pick...
Carraba's for Italian
Tequilia Sunrise for Mexican
Flanigans Bar & Grill for Burgers
We do like alot of the restaurants on the beach here for seafood.
That's it for now, I guess.


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Almeida is an "on-campus" residence hall with a twist! When you live in Almeida, you're choosing to live in an apartment complex two miles away from main campus while still reaping all the benefits of living in a residence hall. Don't have a car? That's okay! There is a shuttle bus that runs about every 30-minutes between the hours of 7am and 2am on weekdays, and about every hour from 10:30am to 2am on the weekends. Click here for a more detailed shuttle schedule can be found by following this link.
Almeida consists of three large, separate buildings and a series of units called the Flats and Townhouses. The "200", "300" and "400" buildings have approximately 22 apartments each, including ten one-bedroom apartments available for two residents. The remaining apartments of each building are considered two bedroom apartments and are made available for four residents. Each apartment is carpeted, fully furnished, and equipped with a living room, kitchen with a full-sized electric stove/oven and refrigerator, dining room area, bathroom, and either one or two bedrooms. Each building has three floors with entrances located on the second floor and a laundry room on the first floor
While Almeida is equipped with private kitchens, residents can still participate in the University's board plan in the Dining Hall. Board options range from full board plans (Cart Blanche Platinum or Gold Plans) to the 125 Block Plan which is ideal for apartment dwellers. This plan can average 7-8 meals per week in the main dinning hall and $400 in Hawk Dollars throughout the semester.
The Townhouses are reserved for our graduate and law school residential students.
The staff of the Almeida Apartments is comprised of one Coordinator of Residence Education, one Graduate Assistant, one Head Resident Assistant, and six Resident Assistants. The Coordinator of Residence Education serves to oversee the day-to-day operation of the complex, including supervision of the residence hall staff. The Graduate Assistant lives in the flats and assists the department with graduate and law housing. The six RAs live 2-each in the three apartment buildings, and the Head Resident Assistant lives in the flats.
While Almeida offers students the experience of an off-campus residential environment, all University policies remain in effect.
Almeida 200s
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Hello! My name is Kayley Robsham and I am currently the CORE of the Almeida Apartments and the Baypoint Residence and Conference Center. I come to Roger Williams after spending two years completing graduate work while simultaneously working in residence life at the University of Rhode Island. A native of Massachusetts, I completed my undergraduate work at Bridgewater State University in Business Management and Public Relations where I had the privilege to travel abroad for community service and serve as a student leader in a variety of roles. Some of my passions are serving the community and making connections, so please say hi if you see me in my office or on campus. In my personal time, I enjoy listening to all kinds of music, shopping in consignment stores, adding to my bookshelf, and dreaming of the next area to explore (currently New Zealand). I will also be taking on running as a regular hobby, in hopes of running my first 10k by the end of the year. I am a lover of all things organic and sustainable, my road bike, coffee, yoga, and cats. I enjoy helping students reaching their individual goals while in college and often remind students of one of my favorite quotes, "Don't compare yourself to others. That's when you start losing confidence in yourself."


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i have the 2007 and love it. the graphics are sick and it holds wax well. it has great pop and does great in the park as well as on the slopes. it is a great board for anyone with any skill level. the only thing is that the edges tend to chip a little. other than that i love it and will probably get the 2011
My edges didnt chip at all. but i agree does stay waxed really well!
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With media day held Monday at the Air Canada Centre, you're probably reading, watching and listening to a lot of Raptors-related talk tonight. From the media day clips I've seen, here are a bunch of things that stood out to me:
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Media Day Recap
Posted by Joseph Casciaro under Training Camp on Oct 01, 2012
RaptorBlog's NBA 2K13 Preview
Posted by Joseph Casciaro under Jonas Valanciunas, NBA 2K13, Training Camp on Oct 01, 2012
With the highly anticipated release of NBA 2K13 tomorrow, basketball fans and gamers alike are buzzing about Dream Teams, game modes and player ratings (we'll get to those ratings).
Well it turns out that one of theScore's social media gurus (and the man responsible for this hilarious montage) already got a taste of the game, and provided us with the following gem.
Raptors Depth Chart Heading Into Camp
Posted by Joseph Casciaro under Training Camp on Sep 22, 2012
The Raptors made a couple of minor roster moves on Friday by signing guard Jerel McNeal and forward Chris Wright. Realistically, both are probably being brought in as extra bodies for training camp, and nothing more.
With the recent re-signing of Jamaal Magloire and signing of Dominic McGuire, the Raptors' roster now features 18 players, which means that three players will likely be shown the door before the season starts. In all likelihood, those three players will be McNeal, Wright and Magloire, although since none of us actually know the ins and outs of the contracts that have been signed, I would guess that it's not that cut and dry and that players like McGuire and even Alan Anderson could still be roster casualties before the 2012-13 campaign tips off against the Pacers on Halloween night.
In any event, here's how I would peg the Raptors' depth chart heading into training camp, which starts on October 2 in Halifax after Media Day in Toronto on October 1.
Raptors Re-Sign Jamaal Magloire
Posted by Joseph Casciaro under Dominic McGuire, Jamaal Magloire, Training Camp on Sep 18, 2012
We've known it's been coming since last week, but the Raptors officially announced that they've re-signed Jamaal Magloire on Tuesday afternoon.
Raptors Headed to Halifax
Posted by Joseph Casciaro under Training Camp on Jul 25, 2012
It's being widely reported that members of the Raptors organization are going to be in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Thursday to announce that the Raptors will hold their 2012 training camp there.


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Calcium Intake Among Adolescents in Utah
Principal Inverstigator: Deborah R. Gustafson, Utah State University
Project Summary:
Recent declines in consumption of dairy products in the United States
has caused concern among health professionals regarding the future
health of the nation. Osteoporosis is a major public health concern,
and can be prevented by consuming adequate amounts of dairy foods
during the first three decades of life. National survey data show
that intake of dairy foods and calcium among adolescents is below
recommended intakes. Only 50% of children ages 6-11 years and 26%
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We tore apart our kitchen a year and a half ago. We were slowly working on putting it back together when my husband's layoff and subsequent return to school happened. As a result, we had to put the reno on hold for financial reasons. Since then, we have managed to stay out of debt while he became a teacher (and and slowly trying to work his way into the profession... teaching positions are very few and far between here). As an added bonus, recent projects at my work have had me working lots of overtime, which has allowed me to save for getting the kitchen back together! Now that i am back to normal hours, we have some $, and hubby and getting back to work as well, we are ready to get the kitchen back on track! Woooohoooo!
Here is where I need your recommondations: We have an old house (100 years) with a small kitchen (as per typical old house design). I'm not interested in tearing down walls or anything, and I have my layout all planned out. The difficult part is keeping the kitchen from feeling so dark! We plan on doubling the size the current window, so thats a start. But I think color choices will go a long way here too. Our walls are yellow, like a goldenrod kind of yellow, and I really like it. We are doing to do painted shaker style cabinets. I would go with white in a heart beat, but hubby is fighting it. He is open to grey, so I am thinking of finding a nice light grey color. Countertop is where I feel might make or break how dark it feels. I want carrara, he wants a walnut butcherblock. I must admit I LOVE the butcherblock, but I am worried it will feel dark. Does anybody have any pictures of a dark countertop in a relatively small/dark kitchen? Will undercabinet lighting be enogh to lighten it up? |
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- Posted by audreyamelia (My Page) on Thu, Oct 25, 12 at 21:49
Why do you have to use marble OR butcher block - can't you use both? Here's an example of a butcher block overlay on a marble counter. You could make the overlay bigger, or use marble on the periphery with a butcher block island. |
Great pictures! Thanks for the help! If I were going to go with the butcher block countertop, it would have to be walnut. Walnut is the only wood color that I absolutely love. I do think that the undercabinet lighting will make a huge difference... that may lead me to another tread as I am not going to have upper cabinets, just open shelves (which will still cast the same shadow, but don't have the false bottoms or molding to hide the lighting). I was actually considering doing marble on the main countertops and doing butcherblock at the "seating area". We don't have room for an island (old house = small kitchen) but opposite the "L" of the kitchen we are putting in a cabinet with a run of countertop that ends with a small breakfast nook... |
Hola, that's what I did: - Danby marble on perimeter/hood backsplash, and 2 1/4" thick antique bb on peninsula/seating area - I quadripled my windows - the walls are 75% of BMoore sweatshirt gray w/ BM Decorators White (just a hint of blue/gray) The floors are rift-sawn medium walnut stain (over radiant heating). I haven't confirmed on the exact finish of the bb yet. got any ideas for my 2 stools? good luck, |
juliekcmo, thank you so much for posting that pic! I've made my own maple counter tops, but haven't finished them yet. I don't like lighter woods and now I can see what maple looks like just finished, without a stain. htracey, do both. Plus, how is a counter top going to make an entire room look dark when you're already putting in lighter cabinets AND new windows? Sometimes the picture of one element we carry in our heads is not as predominant as our vision. I think it sounds beautiful and I, too, would do both. My plans (not holding my breath) is to have my beautiful, 14' butcher block on one side of the kitchen, and someday replace the plywood on the other side with soap stone. Yeah!!! Show pics, OK? |
- Posted by breezygirl (My Page) on Mon, Oct 29, 12 at 21:03
My kitchen isn't tiny, nor is it in an enclosed room. I used both black walnut and Carrara. Just make sure as part of the reno that you plan for new lighting and the right types of lights. That will make all the difference. I love both my counter types! |
- Posted by breezygirl (My Page) on Mon, Oct 29, 12 at 21:04
My kitchen isn't tiny, nor is it in an enclosed room. I used both black walnut and Carrara. Just make sure as part of the reno that you plan for new lighting and the right types of lights. That will make all the difference. I love both my counter types! |
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i have read various posts on how to tell when they are mature enough to mate but none are really specific. some say when the worm has it clitellum ( the band ) some say when the clitellum is is orange and puffy ( bloated .
my worms are still skinny not fully grown that is for sure but they have their clitellum and idk if i can expect cocoons anytime soon or what i mean it's very unclear to me. can anyone actually clear this up? how do you actually tell they are mature to breed. again my worms are skinny and long yet they have their clitellums already. |
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According to 'worms eat my garbage' which finally came in to my local library, they are mature when they have a clitellum. Just because they CAN breed doesn't mean they will. Will yours? I don't know. I am sure my worms are breeding because there are 800 more of them than I put in :) but I still haven't seen anything I could definitively id as a cocoon, or seen any mating. |
thanks for clearing that up always wanted to read that book but sadly no library has it and i don't got the money to buy it atm. im sure my worms will breed they are red wigglers after all but im not sweating it i just wanted to clear that up since i didn't know how to tell. |
You can probably find an online source for WEMG, especially if you have a torrent client. Now that I'm home and can actually check the book, it says an adult worm will produce 2-3 cocoons a week. They take about 3 weeks to hatch, and each cocoon produces 2+ hatchlings. The babies take 8+ weeks to mature. hope that helps |
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Celbrise: ""my worms are skinny and long"" From one of your posts I sort of remember you mentioned you are in Hawaii. When you got your worms, were you specifically told they are EFs? If not they are most likely PE (Hawaian Blue) and their cocoons are really tiny compared to EF's. |
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TUCSON - Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier sentenced for leaking classified documents, came out this month as transgender.
In Southern Arizona, the VA Healthcare System tells News 4 Tucson, they had to bring in a team of specialists for transgender healthcare because of the increasing amount of transgender veterans coming out.
For more than 60 years, Rebecca Anne Hecht said she had to hide as Richard.
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- Recognition by the GSTC means evaluating a written, published sustainable tourism standard to ensure that it contains all of the elements of the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC Criteria). We call this being aligned with or equivalent to the GSTC Criteria. The standard can contain more criteria and should reflect local conditions and the industry sector of its scope, but it cannot contain less.
What is "GSTC-Approval"?
- Approval applies to sustainable tourism certification programs that use a GSTC-Recognized standard and that follow internationally accepted procedures for third-party certification. The businesses, activities, and destinations that have been certified by an Approved organization are also Approved and can use the GSTC name and logo for marketing and promotion.
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- The GSTC will "Recognize" standards that are fully aligned with the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria. Because this says nothing about how the standard is verified in the field, an additional process called "Approval" is required to ensure that certified businesses, activities, and destinations comply with the standard and that the certification program complies with good practice in third-party certification.
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