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3.2 Institutions and Programmes
There are two main questions related to institutional aspects of energy efficiency policies and their implementation. Firstly, are public energy efficiency agencies necessary to sustain national efforts to improve energy efficiency? Secondly, is it necessary to have strong institutionalisation of energy efficiency measures, through an energy efficiency law or a national programme approved by the parliament?
3.2.1 Energy efficiency agency
Two thirds of the surveyed countries have set up a national energy efficiency agency.
Energy efficiency programmes usually require a dedicated technical body able to reach remote and varied energy consumers. Some measures, such as energy pricing or the introduction of international standards may however be implemented without a specific energy efficiency institution.
About two thirds of the surveyed countries have a national energy efficiency agency and over 90% a Ministry department dedicated to energy efficiency (Figure 3.2). An energy efficiency agency is defined here as a body with strong technical skills, dedicated to implementing the national energy efficiency policy, as well as in some cases the environmental policy (see Annex 2). Such agencies are usually separated from ministries, but may be part of a Ministry, as in Denmark, Canada, the US or the Philippines. In Europe, most of the countries have a national energy efficiency agency; several countries have created a new agency since 2000, such as Germany and Norway. In some countries, these agencies also cover environmental issues (e.g. France, the Netherlands). Energy efficiency agencies are increasingly recognised in the EU as necessary instruments to foster energy efficiency policies. The European Commission has recently set up a new agency dealing with the management of EU programmes on energy efficiency and renewables, the Intelligent Energy Executive Agency (IEEA) Energy efficiency agencies have the mission and capabilities, first of all, to design, implement and evaluate programmes and measures, to contract a range of stakeholders, such as companies, local authorities, or NGOs and, finally, to ensure coordination with higher or lower levels of authorities (international, national, regional and local). These agencies are usually public institutions funded by the State budget, and in developing countries are often supported by overseas technical assistance funds. In a few countries, part of the budget is based on a tax on energy (e.g. Norway) and some countries have set up agencies with private sector participation (e.g. Morocco, Portugal), whilst others are expecting their agency to operate as a partially private body that has to earn income.
In countries with a federal or decentralised structure, such as Spain, Germany, Belgium, the US and Canada, energy efficiency agencies have been set up by regional administrations. In addition, many countries have set up local or regional agencies . In addition, many EU countries have set up local or regional agencies, very often through the Energy Intelligence for Europe programme of the European Commission that provides funding to the agencies. As a result, there are presently about 600 local or regional agencies in the EU. These regional and local agencies aim at providing more targeted measures, as they are closer to consumers and better able to take into account regional circumstances (climate, energy resources, etc.). Local information centres that many countries have set up complement them. The EU now has about 800 information centres and agencies dealing with energy efficiency. At world level, half of the countries have local or regional agencies.
The primary objective of all these institutions is to provide technical expertise to governments and consumers, something that cannot always be found in existing institutions. The poor quality of energy efficiency equipment and services is often seen as an obstacle to their good diffusion. Energy agencies can play a role in that field by certifying those which have the required quality. Government ministries do not, in general, have the required expertise to carry out all the activities of energy agencies. Another important function of energy efficiency agencies is to act as a promoter of energy efficiency vis-à-vis energy companies. Electric utilities, although very active in some countries, are above all in the business of selling electricity and thus do not necessarily have a strong interest in energy efficiency over the long-term, especially in the context of a growing competition. There is, therefore, a need for agencies to deal with energy efficiency on a long-term basis.
Yet another function of energy efficiency agencies is to act as a coordinator of all governmental initiatives in the field of energy efficiency to avoid scattered and uncoordinated actions by different ministries. In particular, the veto of such agencies has proved very useful in negotiating sectoral agreements with groups of consumers or equipment producers to reach specific targets for efficiency improvements.
In countries that receive aid from international development assistance programmes, such agencies can in addition act as the national counterpart with whom donors negotiate the implementation of financial packages for energy efficiency. More generally, such agencies can be the counterpart to financial institutions to develop new funding schemes.
The fact that most countries have set up an energy efficiency agency is in a way an empirical justification of their usefulness.
3.2.2 National energy efficiency programmes and laws with quantitative targets
Increasingly, countries adopt national energy efficiency programme with quantitative targets , with generally yearly monitoring requirement: this is now the case in slightly less than half of the surveyed countries and around 55% in OECD and non OECD Asia (Figure 3.3, left). The EU, not since recently an official target of energy efficiency improvement of 1% p.a. between 2008 and 2016 (9% cumulated in 2016) and 20% by 2020 . These programmes are either purely devoted to energy efficiency or combined with programmes for greenhouse gas reduction or promotion of renewables (in most EU countries).
In some countries, such as Brazil, Colombia, India, the Philippines and Peru, an energy efficiency law has been adopted only recently (since 2000). Such laws and programmes ensure a certain continuity of public efforts and a better co-ordination of the various actions and measures.
The targets are expressed in different ways depending on the country. The target may refer first of all to a rate of energy savings or efficiency improvement, which is the most popular target used in about 30 countries (Figure 3.3, right). This is the case of all EU countries with the Energy Service Directive , New Zealand, Japan, and Vietnam. In some countries, such targets only apply to a specific sector (e.g. buildings in Sweden, households in UK, or the energy sector in Mongolia).
The second type of targets considered by some countries is to achieve a specified energy saving (in GWh or Mtoe). This is the case of Spain, France, Italy, UK, Norway, Iran, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Thailand, Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia.
In other countries, the objective is to achieve a specified rate of decrease of the energy intensity (usually in %/year or as a percentage over a period). France, Germany, Bulgaria, The Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, China, Taiwan China and Tunisia are examples of countries with a target on the energy intensity.
Some countries have chosen to achieve a rate of reduction in the energy consumption (%) (e.g. Finland, Switzerland, Korea). Finally, and this is more recent, the target is to lower the value of the energy consumption elasticity to the GDP to a target value (e.g. Estonia, Thailand, Indonesia). Some countries have even set up different targets (e.g. France, Spain).


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Tuesday's trading action was a continuation of Monday as well as most of last week...selling dominated the activity throughout the entire session as the US debt bill was signed, sealed and delivered. The ending of the debt debacle had no positive impact on the markets except for a very short period of time on Sunday night when the markets just opened for the week. The way the markets have traded post debt deal suggest strongly to me that the majority of the selling last week was more to do with the faltering global economy rather than uncertainty over the US politicians doing a deal. If last week's selling was mostly debt related (which many thought) the relief rally would have lasted a lot longer than a couple of hours and likely both equities and commodities would still be rising. Since they are not the market is telling us it was really focused on the economy all of the time with the debt talks just detracting attention a bit.
Oil prices are now down for the third day in a row or the longest stretch of down days since back in May also suggesting that the bears are starting to retake control of the market and buying dips is not the mode to be in. Rather we seem to be approaching a sell any rally mode based on trading activity this week so far. Oil is technically weak, fundamentally weak and it has no support from the external markets as they are all weak and suggesting that the global economy will slow even further. For oil the single biggest headwind is the global slowdown in manufacturing. This is an energy intensive sector and will likely result in a slowing of global oil demand growth and thus a consistent restocking of global inventories. Unfortunately there is nothing encouraging in the macroeconomic data front that suggests the slowing is more representative of the past and better or more accelerated growth is coming.
From a technical perspective WTI closed below the $94/bbl support level and now has a clear path to test the June lows of $90/bbl barring something bullish in the short term. As shown in the following chart of the Sep Nymex WTI contract the market has been pretty much in a downtrend since peaking back in late April with a more clearly defined downward move coming into play since about early May. At the moment unless oil gets some support from the economic data or the fundamentals I would say the probability of oil heading down to the $90/bbl level is gaining momentum.
The API reported a surprise crude oil inventory draw of about 3.3 million barrels as refinery utilization rates surged by 0.9% to 86.7% of capacity. The API reported a draw of about 1.4 million barrels of crude oil in PADD 2 with a draw also in PADD 3 even as SPR oil continues to hit the market. Crude oil stocks in the mid-west are not as high as they once were and with this week's increase they are around the level they were at back in the first quarter of this year. They showed a build in inventory for distillate fuel and a larger than expected build in gasoline stocks. The market was expecting a small build in gasoline stocks and only a modest build in distillate fuel inventories this week. On the week gasoline stocks increased by about 2.5 million barrels while distillate fuel stocks were higher by about 1.4 million barrels. The results of the API report are summarized in the following table. So far the market has reacted negatively to the API report...especially for crude oil... as the industry awaits the EIA report later this morning. If today's EIA report is in sync with the API report I would view it as modestly supportive.
My projections for this week's inventory reports are summarized in the following table. I am expecting a modestly bearish report with an across the board build in oil stocks. I am expecting a modest build in crude oil stocks as a result oil flowing into the market from the SPR release and even with a small increase in refinery utilization rates. I am expecting a modest build in both gasoline inventories and distillate fuel stocks. I am expecting crude oil stocks to build by about 1.6 million barrels. If the actual numbers are in sync with my projections the year over year deficit of crude oil will narrow to about 2.4 million barrels but the overhang versus the five year average for the same week will widen to 20.2 million barrels. My projection risk for crude oil is to the upside as stocks could have actually built more strongly depending on the combination of how much additional oil came from the SPR versus the level of refinery runs in PADD2 and PADD3.
If the inventories are in line with the projections I would expect to see an increase in both PADD 2 and Cushing crude oil stock levels which could potentially impact the Brent/WTI spread. Since peaking and setting another new record several weeks ago the spread has widened again and is back to trading at an atypically high level of about $22.25/bbl premium to Brent.
With refinery runs expected to increase by about 0.2% I am still expecting a modest build in gasoline stocks as demand likely decreased while imports possibly increased. Gasoline stocks are expected to build by about 0.4 million barrels which would result in the gasoline year over year deficit narrowing to around 9.1 million barrels while the surplus versus the five year average for the same week will widen to about 5.0 million barrels. All eyes will be focused on the gasoline number once again this week after last week's surprise decline in stocks for only the second time in months.
Distillate fuel is projected to increase modestly by 1.1 million barrels on a combination of no weather demand as well as an increase in production. If the actual EIA data is in sync with my distillate fuel projection inventories versus last year will likely now be about 16.7 million barrels below last year while the overhang versus the five year average will be around 8.1 million barrels.
The following table compares my projections for this week's report (for the categories I am making projections) with the change in inventories for the same period last year. As you can see from the table last year experienced an across the board build in stocks (excluding crude oil) along with an across the board decline in implied demand. Thus based on my projections the comparison to last year will appreciate a tad in that this year's level will gain ground versus the same week last year. As such I do expect a noticeable change in the year over year status if the actual numbers are in line with my projections.
As usual do not overreact to the API data as more often than not it is not in line with the more widely followed EIA data. If the EIA report is within the projections I would expect the market to view the results as mostly neutral. However, whether or not the market reacts at all to the inventory report will be dependent on what is going on in the financial markets.
The tropical weather is still active with a newly named Tropical Storm...Emily that is currently sitting southeast of Puerto Rico. The latest forecast by the National Hurricane Center shows the severity of Emily not getting much stronger over the next week or so (staying a tropical storm). The projected path is showing that the storm is likely to head up the Florida Coast and then up to the southeastern part of the country. At the moment Emily does seem to be headed for the energy producing region of the US Gulf Coast and thus a storm to watch but not one that will impact oil or Nat Gas prices at the moment. There are no other tropical weather patterns at the moment.
All of the above said for today I am maintaining my oil view at neutral and short term bias at neutral as a relief rally did not last long enough to get too excited about the oil market. I am still seeing uncertainty in the market led by the plethora of macroeconomic data that will hit the media airwaves this week. From a technical perspective the spot WTI contract is hovering near it next support level of around $94/bbl and if breached we could see a retest of the lows of around $90/bbl hit at the end of June. Since early May WTI has been trading in a range of $104 to $90/bbl. All signs currently suggest that a test of the lower end of the range is now more likely.
I am maintaining my Nat Gas view at neutral and keeping my bias at cautiously bearish after last week's disappointing inventory injection report. The market has certainly become more interesting from a short side perspective at the moment as the price has now breached the $4.20/mmbtu support level and seems headed for a test of the psychological $4/mmbtu mark.
Currently most risk asset classes are lower as shown in the following table.
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Dominick A. Chirichella
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Boogie Nights: The Art of Dumbing Down
Over at Moon in the Gutter, Jeremy Richey is hosting a Paul Thomas Anderson Blogathon. With only five films to his credit, the choice for me was easy: Boogie Nights. I watched it again this weekend and found it as entertaining as ever, realizing even more how much it leans towards comedy over drama. The key to the comedy is not only the performances, especially John C. Reilly, whose Reed Rothchild might easily be outwitted by a billy goat, but the writing of dialogue so banal that it is somehow fitting and at the same time, earnest.
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24 comments:
- Pax Romano said...
I was waiting for the "I like simple pleasures" line, that always makes me roar.
Excellent compilation - I never realized how inane most of the dialouge is. And yet, the film is so damn compelling.
Boogie Night made me aware of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Don Cheadle and Julianne Moore - and gave Burt Reynolds his best screen performance since Deliverance! - September 15, 2010 at 6:51 AM
- Greg said...
Pax, I watched it again last weekend and then, because of going through it to collect clips, probably watched most of it two or three times again after that. And it still kept me interested!
I basically got to know all of those actors as well with this movie. Anderson put together a great ensemble of talent. - September 15, 2010 at 9:07 AM
- bill r. said...
BOOGIE NIGHTS is actually my least favorite Anderson film, but that doesn't mean I don't like it a whole lot. And I agree, it's more of a comedy than anything else. Reilly's poem is so completely absurd, but delivered with such sincerity, that he makes the damn thing work.
I can't watch the video now, but I love the "behind the scenes" film Diggler puts together, especially the shot of him with his leg resting on the guardrail. He had the get his leg way up there in order to look relaxed. - September 15, 2010 at 10:13 AM
- Greg said...
Bill, I like it a lot but I definitely like Magnolia and There Will be Blood more.
I hadn't seen it in about five years probably when I watched it again this weekend and was pleased with how well it held up and, again, I'd forgotten how much of a comedy it is.
Reilly is freakishly good as Reed Rothchild. When you do get to watch the video, you'll notice that he dominates it. He says practically nothing of consequence the entire movie and yet he's probably my favorite character.
And that movie, directed by Amber (Julianne Moore), oh brother is that hilarious. After he does the leg thing to look comfortable, her director's choice is to pan over to the concrete aqueduct as the focal point of his pensiveness. - September 15, 2010 at 11:00 AM
- bill r. said...
Yeah, it's like she knows that "panning" is a thing that people do, but she never considered that they might have something to pan to.
On Anderson's commentary, he says something about being an aspiring filmmaker, and seeing Reilly in CASUALTIES OF WAR, and probably something else, and thinking that while most people who move to LA to make movies want to meet De Niro and Scorsese and Spielberg and so on, he wanted to meet John C. Reilly and become his best friend. - September 15, 2010 at 1:09 PM
- Greg said...
I can totally understand. He made a good choice, as Reilly was also my favorite character in Magnolia. I think he's long overdue to have the outright lead in one of Anderson's movies.
- September 15, 2010 at 1:34 PM
- bill r. said...
I would love for him to get the lead in an Anderson film, but he comes awfully close with MAGNOLIA -- he's as close as that film gets to a lead, anyway.
Hoffman, too, but he's got one with Anderson's new film, which I wish could come out tomorrow, because Anderson telling a fictionalized and damning story about the creation of Scientology starring Philip Seymour Hoffman...that's...that's just too good to be true.
And I watched your video! Great job.
"I was just thinking about my name one day and thought it up."
"Amber...I live in this world."
Great stuff. I feel like watching BOOGIE NIGHTS now. - September 15, 2010 at 6:04 PM
- Pat said...
Greg -
Great montage!
I don't think I've seen "Boogie Nights" in its entirety since it was first in theaters. These clips just remind me again of how great John C. Reilly and Mark Wahlberg (among others) are in it and how well those dim, vacuous characters are portrayed. They're very funny in their cluelessness, and yet the film doesn't really ridiculet them.
I think "Boogie Nights" is really a better, more cohesive film than "Magnolia," but I love them just about the same. It's hard to resist "Magnolia," glorious mess that it is. - September 15, 2010 at 7:35 PM
- Greg said...
Thanks, Bill. I can't wait to see his next movie which, like you, I think sounds too good to be true. Does anyone have any dailies we can steal and start watching? Anything?
He's like Kubrick in that he takes 3 or 4 years between films at this point and, also like Kubrick, it's worth the wait.
"Boom, no more movies. I'm fine with that, I'll do other things. I'll fuck on my own time." - September 15, 2010 at 10:37 PM
- Greg said...
Pat, it never feels to me like Anderson is condescendig to them. They are clueless, yes, but he portrays it as a kind of innocent quality. As if, in the midst of all this porn, there are these kind, childlike people trying to survive.
And I guess one could view Magnolia as a mess in some ways, especially the deletion of Don Cheadle's scenes making the Reilly opening scenes somewhat aimless, but I think it's a tightly held together character study, and love it. Boogie Nights too, of course.
And thanks, about the montage. I'm pretty happy with it myself. - September 15, 2010 at 10:40 PM
- Christopher said...
one of the happiest films of recent years!A treasure..and that was a great collection of clips!..
- September 16, 2010 at 1:08 AM
- Greg said...
It's a joy, except for when Dirk is being mercilessly beaten. And when Amber loses any custodial rights to her son. But it does have, for all intents and purposes, a happy ending. And it's funny as hell.
- September 16, 2010 at 8:54 AM
- bill r. said...
I always thought the "happy" ending was a bit of a mixed bag, as far as happiness foes.
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- Marilyn said...
It has been a long time since I've seen this film, but it left an impression. Anderson manages large social commentary in the relative intimacy of individual characters (Magnolia) might be an exception here. I felt like this film was so much about the loss of innocence - with a different soundtrack, this could have been a band of hippies. Which, of course, can never last in our world. I love how Anderson can manage such poignance in the midst of comedy or ridiculous situations. He did it superbly in Punch-Drunk Love. He really knows how to bring out the best in actors.
Great choice, and thanks for the extended disco scene. I just loved it. - September 16, 2010 at 10:28 AM
- Greg said...
Bill, there's this moment that I never paid much attention to before but really struck me this time around. It's right at the very end when Jack Horner is walking through the house and you see Rothchild there, and he's a magician now. You see Buck installing a stereo and know he has his own business now. You see Rollergirl all happy and cleaning her room. And so on. Then Horner gets to the master bedroom and Amber is sitting in front of the mirror and he leans in to kiss the top of her head as he calls her "the foxiest bitch in the world" and then walks off and Anderson goes in on her face and, well, she looks really depressed.
After seeing everyone else happy you see her, and though it's hard to pinpoint what it is, there's definitely something wrong with her. It's a great piece of ambiguity to finish off her character. - September 16, 2010 at 10:33 AM
- Greg said...
Marilyn, I love the disco scene too, which is why I kept it going so long. And you're right, it doesn't really matter that they're porn stars, they could be hippies trying to make a commune work. Essentially, that's what Jack Horner's house is, their communal retreat.
A part of what makes the characters so endearing is their intellectual simplicity which does bring children to mind and, as such, innocence. I think it's pretty great that he made a film about a loss of innocence involving people in the porn industry, an industry that one would associate with being filled with people who had learned tough life lessons, but instead fills it with people who seem lovable and in desperate need of positive attention. - September 16, 2010 at 10:39 AM
- Pat said...
I guess I've always thought that with "Magnolia," Anderson bit off a bit more than he could chew, but I loved it for that. I do think Julianne Moore -so perfect here - is absolutely dreadful in "Magnolia," one of the worst performances she's ever given.
But - on the ohter hand - I really love the Aimee Mann soundtrack, I have the "Magnolia" CD and still listen to it every now and then. - September 16, 2010 at 11:23 AM
- bill r. said...
Don Cheadle getting his own business has always been a big sticking point for me. So, the money he gets from a guy who robs doughnut shops was enough to push him over the top? I don't think that's very likely.
Apart from Amber's sadness at the end, there's Diggler, who's still just fucking delusional. He still thinks he's a big star, but we know he's not -- he's just sad. That's how it always played for me.
And Pat -- Much as it pains me, I have to admit that you're right about Moore in MAGNOLIA. I love that film beyond all reason, but her performance is bizarrely off-calibration. I don't know what she and Anderson were thinking during the "shut the fuck up" and pharmacy scenes. She's not the only problem with the pharmacy scene -- the whole thing doesn't work -- but she stands out as especially bad there. But oh well. She's a great actress, and it's a great film, so I just count it as an unfortunate whiff, and move on. - September 16, 2010 at 12:52 PM
- Greg said...
During the donut shop hold-up the robber does ask for the safe to be unloaded too. Now, if they have a week's worth of deposits in there, it could be quite a lot. Added to whatever he's been saving and, yeah, I'm willing to suspend my disbelief and think that could do it.
Diggler is delusional but he's back with Jack now, doing his thing and since the big meltdown we can assume he is back to being meek around Jack (especially judging from Jack's happy demeanor). What I find so good, and funny, about the final scene is that it's six years since the story started and he's still reciting the same lines! - "Where the fuck is Ringo, you bitch!" And he's rehearsing it! To the mirror! A fucking line he's delivered a thousand times in one cheap-ass porn retread after another and he still doesn't have it down.
As for Magnolia, I've only seen it twice, when it came out and a couple of months after that so it's been over ten years and I can't recall Moore being bad but I'd have to see it again. I vaguely recall the pharmacy scene but not enough to enter into the debate. I remember John C. Reilly and Melora Walters more than anything else and I know I really loved the movie when I saw it but I'd definitely have to watch it again. Until then, I'll defer to the excellent tastes and rock-solid opinions of Pat and Bill. - September 16, 2010 at 1:08 PM
- Jason Bellamy said...
Don't have much time to write, but just wanted to jump in on the conversation on Moore in Magnolia. I think it's genius. Over the top? Sure. Just like Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood. Doesn't mean it isn't true.
The drug store scene is absolutely the most polarizing. I can totally understand why people hate it. Totally. It's one of those kinds of scenes. But I love it. It works for me in every way as a portrait of a woman who has absolutely lost it. That it seems "bizarrely off-calibration" is exactly right, and also what I think makes it feel to true to me. I don't think that Moore's performance feels unrealistic in that scene so much as it feels far beyond the way any other actress would have played that scene.
I think Boogie Nights is still a more rounded and fulfilling performance. But I find Moore much more genuine in Magnolia than in The Kids Are All Right, to pick a film where she pretty much plays it down the middle.
Again, unlike when I point out faults in Eastwood's movies and his fans act as if I've said the man is an African American, as if they can't comprehend what I'm seeing, I'm never surprised that people are put off by Moore in Magnolia. But I love that performance. - September 16, 2010 at 3:41 PM
- Jason Bellamy said...
makes it feel to true to me
How about "so true"... - September 16, 2010 at 3:42 PM
- Jason Bellamy said...
So, hours later ... a few last points ...
First: Greg, great job with the montage. It's a wonderful celebration of your theme.
Second: "I'll fuck on my own time." Maybe my favorite line in the film, and that's saying something.
Third: I was so glad to see more of the disco scene at the end. My favorite move is the one in which Dirk pivots around on one foot while waving his hands above his head as if shaping this huge, invisible afro. Love it. - September 16, 2010 at 9:40 PM
- Greg said...
Jason, like I said, I don't recall enough of Magnolia well enough to join in, just that I don't remember her as bad but that's not saying much. I'll definitely watch it again soon.
As for Reed Rothchild's line, yeah, I love it too. His whole answer ("boom, no more movies") is hilarious because he thinks he's actually providing a brilliantly clever answer, and he's not, by a long shot.
And thanks for the props on the video. That disco scene is awesome. I'm glad so many of us like it. Also, notice when he does the hands thing that all the girls have fallen to their knees in a circle around him. I didn't even notice that until the third or fourth time I saw it. - September 16, 2010 at 11:36 PM


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How about...
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A poem about my son and his first fishing trip.
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Here are my bunnies: http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2007/12/rabbits.html
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This is more about dog stuff than dogs...
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Hi. Here's mine. Thanks!
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REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced a new program to provide software development training and testing to U.S. active duty service members transitioning out of the military. The Microsoft Software & Systems Academy aims to offer America's veterans the opportunity for new careers in the growing technology field.
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