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On Oct. 18, 1972, Congress passed the Federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments which became the cornerstone of what would become known as the Clean Water Act (CWA). Industry and environmentalists alike agree that the CWA has been one of the country's most effective environmental laws. Citing the Cuyahoga River's conflagration in 1969 and the Hudson River's subjection to raw sewage and industrial discharge, there seems to be universal agreement that there has been great improvement to U.S. waters through the CWA.
Yet there is discord concerning the need for updates and revisions to the CWA. In part, the CWA is a victim of its own overarching ambitions. It set standards that turned out to be impossible for the country to meet. For instance, in 1972, it was written that the discharge of all pollution into navigable waters should be eliminated by 1985.
Environmentalists contend that the CWA needs to be updated and strengthened, with claims that many kinds of pollution stemming from agriculture, mining, septic systems, storm water runoff, and the timber industry are still largely unregulated and are causing problems such as dead zones, hypoxic waters, and harmful algal blooms in the nation's waters.
States and municipalities complain about unfunded mandates and are urging the federal government to invest more heavily in infrastructure.
Agriculture and many other industries are claiming that the EPA is overstepping the bounds and undermining federal-state cooperation set out by the CWA. EPA is being charged with overriding states' rights to establish their own water quality standards in Florida, the Chesapeake Bay and the Mississippi River Basin. A guidance document developed by EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers is viewed by many industries as a means to greatly expand the jurisdiction of the CWA beyond the "navigable waters" of the United States. In addition, the CWA permit issuance system for certain pesticide applications, mandated by a court ruling, is seen by agriculture and other industries as duplicative and unnecessary regulation.
Although the CWA's achievements seem universally accepted, the limitations and the means of implementation of this law will be controversial for years to come.


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Find a quiet time and place to pray... take a few deep breaths...
To you I raise my eyes,
Sitting here with you in the quiet, Lord,
I know you are by my side, that you are near,
but sometimes, it's not easy to raise my eyes to you,
to look you into your face...
Sometimes it's something I've done or failed to do
that keeps me from looking you in the eye.
I easily forget that you look upon me, always,
with eyes of mercy - especially in times
when I need your forgiveness and pardon.
Sometimes I lower my eyes to avoid your gaze
just when I'm most in need of your merciful glance...
There are times, too, when I don't look up
because I feel so small before you:
insignificant and of no account,
unworthy of your notice.
And just then is when I need to remember your word,
that you keep me as the apple of your eye!
How you see me, Lord, and how I see myself
are so often so different.
Are you and I looking at the same person?
You see me as your own, your child, your beloved,
while I look at myself as, well,
so much less than that...
You see my faults and failings, too,
but first you see in me the work of your hand,
what you love.
You look upon me
and see someone in whom you delight
while all I see are my sins and imperfections.
I focus on my failures,
on the times my eye has left my master's hand
and you, Lord, are the Master of my soul...
Cataracts of self-doubt cloud my vision
and I fail to see what you see in me so clearly:
the image of the One in whose image I was made...
Sometimes, Lord, I'm unable to lift my head
to raise my eyes to your face
because I've sunk so deep in my own pain and sadness,
my chin bent low on my chest.
I fail to look up because I fear what I might see
or fear there may be no one there to see...
But apart from your gaze, Lord - I'm nothing.
That you hold me in your eyes is life to me!
Apart from the warmth of your glance
I would perish in the lonely cold...
Whatever keeps my head bent low,
reach with your gentle hand beneath my chin
and lift my head from off my chest...
Open my eyes
that I might see and know the warmth
of how your eyes look for mine...
Lord, let your face shine upon me!
Raise me up, Lord, from whatever keeps me down.
I want to raise my eyes to you
to keep my vision trained on you
and on your hand, leading and guiding me
to serve you, the Master of my heart...
Even now, Lord, as I sit with you in prayer,
lift my eyes to your eyes, my heart to your heart
and let your face shine upon me
as when I lift my face to the summer sun
and its light warms my cheek...
Even now, Lord, in the quiet of this time and place,
let me see the gift of your mercy smiling on me
and help me know, help me believe that you see in me
your own, your child, your beloved...
Let me see in myself what you see, Lord,
and keep me as the apple of your eye...
Do I believe that God sees his beloved in me?
From this prayer time, what word or phrase will I keep with me
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FOXLEAKS: Fox boss ordered staff to cast doubt on climate science
Blog ››› ››› BEN DIMIERO
In the midst of global climate change talks last December, a top Fox News official sent an email questioning the "veracity of climate change data" and ordering the network's journalists to "refrain from asserting that the planet has warmed (or cooled) in any given period without IMMEDIATELY pointing out that such theories are based upon data that critics have called into question."
The directive, sent by Fox News Washington managing editor Bill Sammon, was issued less than 15 minutes after Fox correspondent Wendell Goler accurately reported on-air that the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization announced that 2000-2009 was "on track to be the warmest [decade] on record."
This latest revelation comes after Media Matters uncovered an email sent by Sammon to Fox journalists at the peak of the health care reform debate, ordering them to avoid using the term "public option" and instead use variations of "government option." That email echoed advice from a prominent Republican pollster on how to help turn public opinion against health care reform.
Sources familiar with the situation in Fox's Washington bureau have expressed concern about Sammon using his position to "slant" Fox's supposedly neutral news coverage to the right.
Sammon's orders for Fox journalists to cast doubt on climate science came amid the network's relentless promotion of the fabricated "Climategate" scandal, which revolved around misrepresentations of emails sent to and from climate scientists at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit.
At the time of Sammon's directive, it was clear the "scandal" did not undermine the scientific basis for global warming and that the emails were being grossly distorted by conservative media and politicians. Scientists, independent fact-checkers, and several investigations have since confirmed that the CRU emails do not undermine the overwhelming scientific consensus that human activity is warming the planet.
Contrary to Sammon's email, the increase in global temperatures over the last half-century is an established fact. As the National Climatic Data Center explains, the warming trend "is apparent in all of the independent methods of calculating global temperature change" and "is also confirmed by other independent observations."
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On the December 8 edition of Happening Now, one of Fox News' daytime straight news shows, Fox White House correspondent Wendell Goler delivered a live report from Copenhagen and was asked by host Jon Scott about "U.N. scientists issuing a new report today saying this decade is on track to be the warmest on record."
Goler accurately reported that, indeed, 2000-2009 was "expected to turn out to be the warmest decade on record," following a "trend that has scientists concerned because 2000-2009 [was] warmer than the 1990s, which were warmer than the 1980s." Goler went on to explain that "ironically 2009 was a cooler than average year in the U.S. and Canada," which, he said, was "politically troubling because Americans are among the most skeptical about global warming."
When Scott brought up the "Climategate" emails, Goler explained that although people had raised questions about the CRU data, "the data also comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and from NASA. And scientists say the data of course across all three sources is pretty consistent." Watch:
Less than 15 minutes after the segment, Sammon sent the following email to the staffs of Special Report, Fox News Sunday, and FoxNews.com, as well as to other reporters, producers, and network executives, instructing them to "IMMEDIATELY" include objections of "critics" when reporting on climate data:
From: Sammon, Bill
To: 169 -SPECIAL REPORT; 036 -FOX.WHU; 054 -FNSunday; 030 -Root (FoxNews.Com); 050 -Senior Producers; 051 -Producers; 069 -Politics; 005 -Washington
Cc: Clemente, Michael; Stack, John; Wallace, Jay; Smith, Sean
Sent: Tue Dec 08 12:49:51 2009
Subject: Given the controversy over the veracity of climate change data...
...we should refrain from asserting that the planet has warmed (or cooled) in any given period without IMMEDIATELY pointing out that such theories are based upon data that critics have called into question. It is not our place as journalists to assert such notions as facts, especially as this debate intensifies.
That night's Special Report with Bret Baier -- Fox's flagship news program -- featured another report by Goler on the Copenhagen conference. Anchor Bret Baier introduced the report by saying that as "'climategate-fueled skeptics continued to impugn global warming science, researchers today issued new and even more dire warnings about the possible effects of a warmer planet."
Goler's report featured a clip of Michel Jarraud of the World Meteorological Association explaining the recent finding that 2000-2009 "is likely to be the warmest on the record."
Appearing to echo Sammon's orders, Goler immediately followed this by saying that "skeptics say the recordkeeping began about the time a cold period was ending in the mid 1800s and what looks like an increase may just be part of a longer cycle."
After running a clip of American Enterprise Institute scholar Kenneth Green questioning the "historical context" of the WMO's climate findings, Goler then brought up the climategate emails:
GOLER: Meanwhile, the hacked or leaked e-mails from East Anglia University pushed the U.N. to once again defend its data. Scientists say it's consistent with that from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA, and the U.N. secretary general says nothing in the e-mails cast doubt on the basic scientific message.
BAN KI-MOON, U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL (video clip): That the climate change is happening much, much faster than we realized and we human beings are the primary cause.
That night, on the same Special Report broadcast, correspondent James Rosen advanced the wildly misleading claim that climate scientists "destroyed more than 150 years worth of raw climate data."
By the time Sammon sent his email on December 8, it was already clear that "Climategate" was not only overblown, but also had no bearing on the validity of scientific theories about climate change.
- In a letter to Congress sent four days before Sammon's memo, 29 prominent scientists -- including 11 members of the National Academy of Sciences -- stated: "The body of evidence that human activity is the dominant cause of global warming is overwhelming. The content of the stolen emails has no impact whatsoever on our overall understanding that human activity is driving dangerous levels of global warming."
- On December 2, the prestigious science journal Nature stated: "Nothing in the e-mails undermines the scientific case that global warming is real -- or that human activities are almost certainly the cause. That case is supported by multiple, robust lines of evidence, including several that are completely independent of the climate reconstructions debated in the e-mails."
- On November 25, the American Meteorological Society released a statement saying: "For climate change research, the body of research in the literature is very large and the dependence on any one set of research results to the comprehensive understanding of the climate system is very, very small. Even if some of the charges of improper behavior in this particular case turn out to be true -- which is not yet clearly the case -- the impact on the science of climate change would be very limited."
- On November 23, Peter Frumhoff, the director of science and policy at the Union of Concerned Scientists and a "lead author of the Fourth Assessment Report" by the IPCC said: "[O]ur understanding of climate science is based not on private correspondence, but on the rigorous accumulation, testing and synthesis of knowledge often represented in the dry and factual prose of peer-reviewed literature."
Several subsequent inquiries into the climategate emails did not find evidence of scientific malpractice that damages the credibility of CRU's climate science and also cleared the scientists of deceptively manipulating climate data.
Shortly after Sammon's memo, numerous media outlets, including the Associated Press, FactCheck.org, and PolitiFact.com also analyzed the emails and concluded that they did not undermine climate science.
Nonetheless, Fox's news and opinion programs relentlessly hyped the supposed scandal in order to cast doubt on the scientific case for climate change, both before and after Sammon's memo. Some lowlights:
- Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace repeatedly pushed climategate distortions, both before and after Sammon's directive.
- On December 3, America's Newsroom host Bill Hemmer falsely claimed the emails showed scientists hiding "evidence of a decline in global temperatures."
- Online, Fox's website Fox Nation characterized the emails as "Global Warming's Waterloo."
- Neil Cavuto, Fox's "Senior Vice President of Business News" and host of Your World with Neil Cavuto, interviewed a filmmaker dressed as a polar bear during the Copenhagen conference and joined him in promoting "Climategate" distortions.
A month after Sammon sent his memo, NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies released data confirming that 2009 was the second warmest year on record and marked the end of the warmest decade on record.
After spending weeks hyping the Climategate non-scandal, Special Report never mentioned the NASA report.
Media Matters contacted Sammon and Fox spokespeople for comment and we have not received a response.
Jocelyn Fong and other Media Matters staff contributed to this report.
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New Muppets Cast Photo and More
addition to the image and the rehashed details, Staggs talked about how co-writer/star Jason Segel always had Amy Adams in mind for a lead role in the film and even produced a short video message with himself and Kermit the Frog making an appeal to Adams. The video, which reportedly had only been shown privately to Adams and one other screening prior to the viewing on the Disney Dream, features Segel badly singing poorly written songs about Amy Adams attempting to entice her to join the project. And the rest, as they say, is history." See the awesome image from this awesome video below as well!
What are your thoughts on the above group photo and the new Muppets logo?
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier
8 comments:
Not loving the logo :(ReplyDelete
Going completely opposite I actually love the logo. Only thing is I want to scribble out "disney" and put "Jim Henson" in green instead. Now where's my magic markerReplyDelete
FINALLY! The full version of that pictureReplyDelete
Christy, it's probably just the logo for the movie and nothing else.ReplyDelete
Besides, Disney's name has to be up there, indicating that they are the ones releasing the film and since The Jim Henson Company doesn't own the Muppets anymore.
P.S.: I like the logo, too.
I loo forward to seeing "The Uppets" this thanksgiving!ReplyDelete
"Beheaded Kermit" logo!!! Ugh!ReplyDelete
I hate the logo! Wish, wish, wish they'd go with the classic font from the 70s and 80s! I can't tell you how happy I was when it popped up on the new movie's director's chairs...
why is Kermit facing backwards? I do like the cast pic.ReplyDelete
I REALLY liked the group picture, it´s totally awesome!!!It would be cool if Disney used the classic logo instead of the new one.ReplyDelete


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There's been some uncertainty about just how long Saints running back Darren Sproles would be out after breaking his hand before the team's Week Nine game against the Eagles.
Some reports said he would miss four to six weeks and others maintained that he'd miss just one game, the latter of which went out the window when Sproles missed last Sunday's 31-27 win over the Falcons. Sproles was a limited participant in practice on Wednesday, but a return for this week's game would still leave him pretty close to that more optimistic timeline.
Interim coach Joe Vitt said, via Mike Triplett of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, that Sproles ran and caught the ball well during practice, which didn't feature any hitting. There wasn't any indication given about Sproles' chances of playing, although the team would appear to be well stocked in the backfield even if Sproles misses another game.
Chris Ivory and Mark Ingram have both run the ball well in the last two weeks, leading Vitt to say that the backs were underutilized in the early part of the season. Sproles' absence gave the team more of a reason to use them, raising questions about how all the pieces will fit once he's back. There are worse problems to have, especially in a season that started with four straight losses.


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Publicized and idealized all over the world, California has a formidable reputation as a terrestrial paradise of sun, sand and surf, also boasting fast-paced, glitzy cities, primeval old-growth forests and vast stretches of deserts. While it's been the source of some of the country's most progressive movements, from the protests of the Sixties to modern environmentalist, civil rights and various reform activities, its economy has only just started to recover from the 2008–12 state budget crisis, bankruptcy narrowly avoided. Nonetheless, California's GDP remains bigger than that of most European countries, and regardless of its economic ups and downs, the "Golden State" retains an unbreakable grip on the world's imagination, thanks in large part to Hollywood.
California is far too large to be fully explored in a single trip – much will depend on what you're looking for. Los Angeles is easily the biggest and most stimulating city: a maddening collection of diverse neighbourhoods, from the Mexican and Japanese enclaves downtown and family fun of Disneyland to the glitz of Beverly Hills and craziness of Venice Beach, knitted together by miles of traffic-clogged freeways. To the south, the more conservative metropolis of San Diego has broad, welcoming beaches, great food (featuring delicious tacos considering its proximity to Mexico) and a renowned zoo, while further inland, the deserts, most notably Death Valley, make up a barren and inhospitable landscape of volcanic craters and saltpans that in summer becomes the hottest place on earth. Heading north, the central coast is a gorgeous run that takes in lively small towns such as Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz.
California's second city, San Francisco, is a European-styled jewel whose wooden Victorian houses and steep hills make it one of the world's most distinctive and appealing cities. To the east, mesmerizing national parks include Yosemite, where waterfalls cascade into a sheer glacial valley, and Sequoia/Kings Canyon with its gigantic trees, as well as the ghost towns of the Gold Country. North of San Francisco the countryside becomes wilder, wetter and greener, peppered with volcanic tablelands and verdant mountains.
As you might expect, a car is necessary for exploring much of California (see our feature on the best California road trip routes). A city such as Los Angeles couldn't exist without the automobile, and in any case driving down the coastal freeways in a sleek convertible is too much fun to resist. And if you plan to do any long-distance cycling, travelling from north to south can make all the difference – the wind blows this way in the summer, and the ocean side of the road offers the best views.
Brief history
Spaniard Juan Cabrillo first sighted San Diego harbour in 1542, naming it California after an imaginary island from a Spanish novel, but in 1602 Sebastián Vizcáino bestowed most of the place names that still survive; his exaggerated description of Monterey as a perfect harbour led later Spanish colonizers to make it the region's military and administrative centre. Father Junípero Serra first established a small Catholic mission and presidio (fort) at San Diego, and by 1804 a chain of 21 missions, each a long day's walk from the next along the dirt path of El Camino Real (The Royal Road), ran from San Diego to San Francisco. Native Americans were either forcibly converted to Catholicism or executed, with disease killing off those who managed to survive the Spanish onslaught.
Mexico gained its independence in 1821, taking control of California, but Americans were already starting to arrive, despite the immense difficulty of getting to the Mexican state – three months by sea or four months by covered wagon. The growing belief that it was the Manifest Destiny of the United States to cover the continent from coast to coast, evident in the imperialist policies of President James K. Polk, soon led to the brief Mexican-American War. By January 1847 the Americans controlled the entire West Coast, and Spanish-speaking Californios were gradually marginalized. In 1850 California became the 31st state.
The Gold Rush of 1849 made not just California, but insured that the American West would be colonized in a matter of decades. A mere nine days before the signing of the treaty that ended the Mexican-American war, flakes of gold were discovered in the Sierra Nevada, leading to a rush of prospectors from all parts of the world. It took just fifteen years to pick the land clean of visible gold, and the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, linking the gold fields to the rest of the USA. Due to cut-rate rail prices and the lure of a dry, toasty climate and bountiful citrus groves, hordes of newcomers came from the Great Plains to Southern California and helped make Los Angeles the state's biggest city. Thanks to this migration, along with periodic real-estate booms and the rise of the film industry, California became the nation's fastest-growing state. Heavy industry followed during World War II, in the form of shipyards and aeroplane factories.
As home to the Beats in the 1950s and the hippies in the 1960s, California was at the leading edge of global cultural change. The economic counterpart of this shift also developed when Proposition 13, in 1978, augured a national trend to dramatically cut taxes at the cost of government solvency (not resolved until the passage of Proposition 30 in 2012 signalled a dramatic reversal). The 1980s saw further right-wing gains, with a string of laissez-faire Republican governors, and the 1990s crash-landed in economic scandal, a depressed housing market, rising unemployment, gang violence and race riots in LA – compounded by earthquakes, drought and flooding.
Some of the glow has further come off the golden state in the twenty-first century, but countless new migrants – many from Latin America – continue to arrive. One of these immigrants, Austrian Arnold Schwarzenegger, had the good fortune to become a well-paid action movie hero before taking his place as 38th California governor, and the misfortune to rule during the recent, severe economic recession, which helped weaken the state's economy and pop the unemployment rate above twelve percent. By 2013 the Democrats had a majority in both houses of the state legislature, and Jerry Brown, the Democratic governor who replaced Schwarzenegger in 2011, signed a balanced budget for the state, its first in years, ushering in what Californians hope will be the beginning of a sustained recovery.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
A Cheap Husband
1. Do you like that we use cloth diapers? Yes.
Why? They are cheap and I don't have to change any. (FYI he has never been big on helping with diaper changes, cloth here did not change much of anything.)
2. Which do you like better snaps or hook and loop? Hook and loop, snaps take too long. (Can you tell he is a get it done now and quick type guy?)
3. What were your thoughts on cloth diapering when I first brought up using cloth? Will it save us money and do you have time to do cloth.
4. Did you care that I wanted to do cloth? No. You would have done it anyway. (Can you tell I like to do things my way?)
5. Are you still ok with me doing cloth? Yes.
Why? It saves money and I don't have to haul out bags of diapers anymore.
So in the end all my husband really cared about was the money. He even said he didn't mind hauling out diapers it is just a perk that he no longer has that job. I have a cheap husband. He will buy anything if in the end it will pay for itself and keep on working. I don't think he really understands that I have more diapers than I need just because I love trying all types of diapers!
So I wonder if I am saving money. I will begin to save more money now because I have had to put a ban on diaper buy for myself for at least a few months! It is an addiction I know I share with many cloth diapering mommas! I am a bit sad that I won't get to use them on another child as our surprise set of twins became our 4th and 5th children. I hope I can pass them on to a new mom to help her on the cloth diapering path.
By Alyssa N.
27 comments:
- Ashley said...
I am with you on this one :] BF is all about the money too
- August 10, 2010 at 12:46 AM
- JustCorey said...
my husband is pretty muich the same way.. he is into frugaltiy more than anything... he doesnt do laundry, he doesnt do diaper changes... and he would see not having to haul dirty diapers as a perk also :)
thanks for sharing... now i know i am not alone
- August 10, 2010 at 1:04 AM
- onetallmama said...
Love this. My husband is also Norwegian (not 100% though) and loves cloth because it saves us money.Also, he is not big on diaper changes and never has been. How nice to know there are others out there.:)
- August 10, 2010 at 1:26 AM
- Alycia said...
haha great post! DF is the same way- we thought about using sposie inserts at night but his response to the $5/week cost was "I didn't buy all these cloth diapers so we could spend money every week!" If only he knew how much our stash was really worth...I think he knows but plays dumb lol
My feelings are as long as hubby agrees for one reason or another we're on the right track!
- August 10, 2010 at 8:05 AM
- Christine said...
My husband is probably mostly concerned about money too. As am I. But he is also very fashion conscious and will make sure that the diaper cover matches the outfit. I think he likes that CD coordinate so well. I've even been given permission to buy some more diaper covers in other colors to match other outfits.
- August 10, 2010 at 10:35 AM
Hah! My Hband had the same feelings about snaps... they took too long. I had to remind him that they would be harder for our son to get off of himself as he got older, and that it's not all about what's easy for him.
- August 10, 2010 at 11:27 AM
My husband is all about saving money too... But he is doubtful that I can "do it" (that says challenge??!!)
Since this little one coming is a true surprise blessing, I am s-l-o-w-l-y..... collecting diapers, I don't know what type I like best, I don't have the buns readily available yet! And since what I did have for my older girls are long since gone.... umm yeah, learning a whole new world!
However- luckily, (if it is easy....) my husband will change diapers- as will those older daughters!! YAY! now to keep adding to that collection... hopefully I will have enough when he gets here that I won't have time to use disposables.......
- August 10, 2010 at 12:29 PM
- Kara - Wife, Momma, Doula said...
LOL...That is how I got my hubby to OK cloth diapering. I had to work the figures out of how much it would save us and that he would never have to clean the dipes or rinse the poop out. He was sold after that!
- August 10, 2010 at 12:56 PM
- Crystal said...
Although my husband likes other things about cloth diapers (hold poo better, less trash, etc.) saving money is definitely the thing he likes best about using cloth. He is quick to tell others about just how much money you can save when we're sharing our cloth diaper love with interested (or not so interested) folks.
- August 10, 2010 at 12:59 PM
- MieVee @ MummysReviews.com said...
Fortunately, hubby and I agreed on the same reasons: good for baby's health, save money then the environment. He helped out with diaper changes often in the early days when I was overwhelmed. So far so good. :)
- August 10, 2010 at 1:02 PM
- Jen said...
My husband was all about the $$$ too. He doesn't mind cloth diapering though. He'll do everything except the prefolds!
- August 10, 2010 at 1:09 PM
- Sabrina said...
haha it is totally the opposite at my house. I like to know where every penny goes. Beside cloth is so much fun for me.
- August 10, 2010 at 1:40 PM
- Shay said...
Sounds like my husband!
- August 10, 2010 at 2:11 PM
- Sarahjenne said...
Yep, my husband is pretty much the same as yours when it comes to his opinions about cloth. I am going on a buying ban, too. We have more than enough, but fluff is addicting! I keep telling myself that we will still save money because we're planning on more children.
- August 10, 2010 at 2:23 PM
- Me said...
My husband is on board with whatever I want to do. Saving money is one of my reasons, and he's cool with that. ;-) I guess I'm one of the lucky ones? DH helps out with the diaper changes when he's home.
- August 10, 2010 at 4:06 PM
- miranda said...
Sounds just like my husband!
- August 10, 2010 at 4:06 PM
- Melody said...
Yeah, DH is pretty much only in it because I want to but also for the money savings.
- August 10, 2010 at 4:24 PM
I've yet to "show" my husband how we are saving by CDing--all he sees is that I continue to buy diapers. I should do a spreadsheet, but alas who has the time. I love him for letting me CD our littlest one.
- August 10, 2010 at 9:03 PM
- Jessica said...
I have to say my husband is very involved and would have answered all those questions the same way. I think he likes the fact that is different though. Gives him bragging rights.
- August 10, 2010 at 9:38 PM
- Karrianne said...
I really thought my husband would have an aversion to using cloth. He actually has helped change quite a few diapers for each of our 3 children. I was nervous to bring it up. But when I asked if we could try cloth, he shrugged and said, "sure." like it was no big deal. I showed him which ones needed inserts or prefolds and he was good! He still changes diapers like it's no big deal. LOL I'm still a little in shock of how easy it was to get him on board. His only request was that he didn't have to do the laundry... which has never been his chore in all our years of marriage, I've always done that, so no big deal there! :)
- August 11, 2010 at 1:32 AM
- Peggy G said...
I sold my hubby on cloth diapers by figuring out how much we would save before our LO was potty trained. Plus the fact that we could potentially sell our stash if this little guy ends up being our last. So yeah, my hubby is just like the rest. He is most interested in how much money it will save him. He will however change our LO's diapers as long as they are prestuffed and ready to go.
- August 11, 2010 at 1:36 AM
- T said...
Money and time. Oh, well. As long as you get your fluff. (Not having kids at all would save money and time.)
- August 11, 2010 at 6:19 AM
- Whitney said...
ah, i love this post so much. especially the "he doesn't even know i have more diapers than i need because i like to try different types of diapers" part. :D
- August 12, 2010 at 1:35 AM
- Shannon said...
My hubby would say the same thing- cost! (I have spent more that I was originally planning though!) He will change a pocket and a prefold to a pocket but he's never really changed a poopy cloth dipe and never used a prefold. BUT I do love it!
- August 12, 2010 at 12:18 PM
- Jenn said...
My husband is all about the price. He doesn't change many diapers (I think we're up to 4 in almost 3 months) so he doesn't care about functionality. He is just happy not to be hauling out dirtys, making midnight runs for new diaps, and saving a small fortune.
- August 13, 2010 at 2:38 PM
- PhotogMom said...
We decided to go with cloth because we want to cut down on waste and money. However, I'm not sure how our wallets will fare with a 37% hike from the water company. Our electric company is raising rates...line dry it is!!! :)
As far as getting hubby on board: I had to buy BG 4.0. I'm using Flip prefolds & inserts. Too much work for him. I also spray down the poopy dipes. Whatever it takes for him to use cloth!! :)
- August 14, 2010 at 12:01 PM
- a said...
I could probably save more money, but it is fun to buy cute fluff. But I can honestly say that by my daughter's first birthday, I will not have spent $1000 like I would have with sposies.
Plus, even if I did, at least they will be used over and over instead of sitting in a landfill not decomposing.
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"Luca is a prodigious talent and has the potential to become a really top player in a few years. It goes without saying that we will do everything to give Luca every opportunity to progress in his career," said Lee Doyle, chairman of 110sport group.
Young Brecel certainly is a very promising talent. If you read my feature on him in last June's Snooker Scene you will know that he suffers from a form of autism, but this seems to leave him clear-minded at the table.
Graeme Dott beat him 5-4 in the World Series grand finals last year and was very impressed, saying: "He seemed very calm and I think the key thing is that he hits the ball like an adult. You get a lot of kids who kind of slap the white but he hits it with authority without hitting it hard. He cues really well."
Brecel is also a snooker obsessive. He recorded every match from last season's World Championship and has watched them all.
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It's futile making predicitons about his future but it's also exciting to have a young talent emerging from mainland Europe where snooker's popularity has increased in recent years due to Eurosport's coverage.
Brecel is also excited to be in such exulted company. "Just to see my name alongside some of the most famous names in snooker gives me a real thrill," he said.
"This is just a fantastic opportunity for me. With all of 110's history and achievements, it's like joining Manchester United!
"Naturally I want to go as far as I can in the game and I have many ambitions; to become a regular on the Main Tour, to become the first player from mainland Europe to break into the top 16, and to win titles."
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I already have played him last year and he's a natural talent. You will see a few more 147's on telly when he'll join the main tour in a year or two.
Surprisingly, this is only the second belgian player to really break through to the top since snooker started here about roughly 25 years ago (Bjorn Haneveer being the first; he's back in the main tour again this season).
By joining the 110's group, Luca will get the opportunity he needs to play the snooker elite's top.
"Good luck, mate!"
- 8:23 pm
Hopefully Brecel will be successful. Its good to see european talent emerging,and it would work wonders for Belgian snooker if he were to reach the level of Robertson and Ding, making the game even more international. Its strange to think that 25/30 years ago we had South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Canada all represented at the highest level with India, Malta and Usa bringing up the rear. I suppose its the classic catch 22. You need players from a particular country to succeed before the game becomes popular enough to justify a ranking event in that country, but kids are less likely to take up the game withouf major events in their homeland. Hence the domination of British/Irish players for the last 2 decades.
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Good luck to the young man. hopefully he can give snooker the much needed boost it needs. And it definitely needs it. Only a few years ago tickets for finals were always sold out months in advance. Yet tonight tickets are still available for Sunday's Masters final. What has become of our great sport. Hopefully it isn't terminal.
- 11:27 pm
Brecel is ampidextrous too.
A precocious talent.
- 11:42 pm
I hope he gets the chance to play in a ranking tournament in his own country. Dave do you know if Hearn is actively looking at getting a European tournament going?
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A secret is wasted if not shared
Hi Dave.
How's tricks! It seems that snooker has Another Prodigy, this time a lad from Belgium. I hope Dave that the WPBSA or 110 sports isn't relying on another Ronnie or a group of Ronnie's to save the pro game.
It cannot be said with more emphasis Dave: The game is "Awash" with talent. A BBC guarantee that each player will play a 147 each session will not make the game popular. The game is almost one hundred years old and still in its infancy and needs change.
Top class snooker by Ronnie does not entertain, except to us "Snooker Addicts" and some serious professionals that play as well as Ronnie but continually fail to get the "Big Hand".
Snooker is the game of the future and cannot fail. This may sound a wee bit crazy Dave to your Dave Den blogs. "Snooker doesn't know what it doesn't know". Me hey you
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- 7:53 pm
The game is awash with talent...due to all those registered Fine Art snooker coaches, eh mate?
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To the Editor:
Is it me, or have others also noted the slow and steady decline in the environs of the Rockville Centre railroad station?
It is apparent to even the most passive observer that a group of wayward regulars inhabit the station waiting room, platform and surrounding area. I have great empathy for the homeless and genuine concern for the emotionally impaired. My concern extends to those in need of assistance.
I am also aware of the safety and quality-of-life issues raised by the present condition. It is important to note that the station is in the heart of the village and is the first impression many visitors have of Rockville Centre.
I recognize that the MTA and its police department have the primary jurisdiction to address this matter. Obviously, it has neglected an ongoing and increasingly unsafe and complex issue.
I believe that the village government has a responsibility to act. It is time to prompt the MTA and relevant social service agencies into action. If that effort fails, the current administration must take a leadership role. Safety and law enforcement in the village is the purview of the Rockville Centre Police Department. Quality-of-life crimes are the first indicator of what may be a future increase in more serious crime.
It is unacceptable to allow this situation to escalate and hope that another bureaucracy will act. Increased patrols and a proactive effort to address this problem are overdue.
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Crazy to crack down on cabs
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The article "Cracking down on cabs" (Sept. 26-Oct. 2) illustrates the extent to which the current, out-of-control village administration has lost touch with reality. "Cracking" is an appropriate term when it comes to the thought processes on the issue.
My volunteer activities sometimes require me to be in Rockville Centre's downtown area on weekends between the hours of midnight and 4 a.m. Unlike Police Commissioner Charles Gennario, I was extremely gratified to see vehicles from almost every local taxi cab company lined up to provide transportation to the hundreds of patrons of our popular late-night establishments. It appears that Commissioner Gennario would prefer that these under-the-influence individuals stumble their way the 1/4 mile across Merrick Road and Sunrise Highway to reach Mayor Murray's favorite and exclusive taxi company, All Island Taxi.
Gennario also seems to favor the congregation of a hundred or so inebriated bar patrons, waiting at the taxi stand on Front Street for one of the maybe dozen or so vehicles All Island has available at that hour. Does the word "riot" come to mind? Better yet, perhaps Commissioner Gennario prefers that these individuals get behind the wheel of a car instead of the tiny waiting room All Island provides in cold weather.
I strongly suggest that Commissioner Gennario continue to allow enforcement of the village's taxi laws to "slip," at least during the late-night hours on Fridays and Saturdays. To do otherwise will only result in increased police overtime and increasing revenue for the village's paid ambulance service.
The benefits of a bar patron walking out the front door of a bar and into the back of a taxi is somehow lost on the commissioner. If Gennario is unable to see how public safety would be compromised by this crackdown, perhaps Mayor Murray can demonstrate some leadership and order him to do so before one of our young people is seriously injured. I would rather sacrifice a few "quality of life" hours that have the late-night downtown "resembling Queens" than read about one of our young people being struck and killed on Sunrise Highway.
Perhaps making Park Avenue a no-parking zone during these hours would provide a novel solution to resolve the double parking problem while making it convenient and safe for taxis and designated drivers to pick up under-the-weather individuals. Let's work with the reality and defer to safety and not police it into an unsafe, dangerous change in policy.
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Whilst doing a search on e-Bay for Steers-related items and after scrolling past the many, many pictures of cattle I came across a collectable card for 'Speedway Star - Ern Steers' and just had to have it. The reason; Ern Steers is my husband's grand uncle, and namesake of his father.
|Card found on e-Bay. Purchased June 2013
Ernest William Steers was born on the 6th of November 1920 in Hackney, East London, and grew up in South Tottenham. He died at the age of 52 in Hertfordshire. He was the eldest child of Robert Steers and Edith Ellen Curtis.
|Ern Steers c. 1941
Ern and his brother Robert (Bob) both had a lifelong interest in Speedway, but it wasn't until after the War ended that Ern found his way to the High Beech Training School in Epping Forest.
|Ernie mid-race for the Chads
In 1949 he signed for the Liverpool Chads and I'm reliably informed he rode in thirty-two league and cup matches.
When he left the Chads he signed for Oxford, and in 1950 rode for the newly formed Long Eaton Archers who were based in Derbyshire.
|Ernie (back row, second from left) with his Oxford Team Mates 1950
1951 he had signed with Wolverhampton and rode for them six times.
|Ernie in his Wolverhampton vest, 1951
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3A. Pre-vascular: anterior to the vessels.
3P. Pre-vertebral: behind the esophagus
4R. Lower Paratracheal: From the intersection of the caudal margin of innominate (left brachiocephalic) vein with the trachea to the lower border of the azygos vein.
4R nodes extend from the right to the left lateral border of the trachea.
4L. Lower Paratracheal: from the upper margin of the aortic arch to the upper rim of the left main pulmonary artery.
Aortic Nodes 5-6
5. Subaortic: These nodes are located in the AP window lateral to the ligamentum arteriosum.
6. Para-aortic: These are ascending aorta or phrenic nodes lying anterior and lateral to the ascending aorta and the aortic arch.
Inferior Mediastinal Nodes 7-9
7. Subcarinal
8. Paraesophageal: Nodes below carina.
9R or 9L. Pulmonary Ligament: Nodes lying within the pulmonary ligaments.
Hilar, Lobar and (sub)segmental Nodes 10-14
10R or 10L. Hilar nodes: These include nodes adjacent to the main stem bronchus and hilar vessels. On the right they extend from the lower rim of the azygos vein to the interlobar region. On the left from the upper rim of the pulmonary artery to the interlobar region.
Thoracic lymph node map - IASLC 2009
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May is National Stroke Awareness Month
Pops F.
Saturday, December 22, 2012
By: Pops Fassett
I was a workaholic, 60+ hours a week, 6 days, for all my life. Smoked all my life until age 55, 50 years, then quit. HBP, no diet, 6', 235, loved meats and smoked meats.
I had my first stroke in 2008 at a manager's meeting at corporate. Minor setback, out 2 weeks, full steam ahead.
2nd stroke 2010 in the middle of the night, arm went numb, went to stroke therapy for 5 weeks, just wanted to get back to work.
3rd stroke 2011 at my desk, almost died, had a near-death experience, I faced it and refused, came back. That ended my work career, too disabled mentally to return, on disability.
Another stroke a month later after carotid surgery, common.
Just had a 5th stroke December 2012, was taking nsaids daily along with anti-clotting, Dr. told me not to and I didn't listen. Cancelled the effects of anti-clotting and had a 5th.
My bad, sodium naproxin for arthritis, stopped taking those now. Trying to lose weight, hard on all the meds, been to chiropractor who has gotten me moving again!!! Amazing, corrected 30+ years of problems! Now I can exercise!
Strokes are debilitating and ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT YOUR STROKE! Do so by all means possible!
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Introduced by Al Gore, Bloomberg advocates anti-storm infrastructure, but not sea walls
Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning gave what was billed as a big infrastructure speech, in which he dismissed one of the biggest-ticket infrastructure proposals of all.
"Over the past month, there's been a lot of discussion about sea walls," he said, at a speech hosted by the Regional Plan Association and the New York League of Conservation Voters in a Marriott downtown. "And it really would be nice if we could stop the tides coming in. But King Canute couldn't do it and neither can we. Especially if, as many scientists project, sea levels continue rising."
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Mayor Bloomberg routinely invokes the story of King Canute, the real ruler who supposedly sought to demonstrate that no man, not even a king, could stop the tide from coming in.
Here's how the legend goes, as per the BBC:
The first written account of the Canute episode was in Historia Anglorum (The History of the English People) by chronicler Henry of Huntingdon, who lived within 60 years of the death of Canute (1035 AD).
According to the story, the king had his chair carried down to the shore and ordered the waves not to break upon his land. When his orders were ignored, he pronounced: "Let all the world know that the power of kings is empty and worthless and there is no King worthy of the name save Him by whose will heaven and earth and sea obey eternal laws," (Historia Anglorum, ed D E Greenway).
The account shows Canute setting out to demonstrate that the tide would come in regardless, says Professor Simon Keynes of the department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge.
Bloomberg clearly thinks that building sea walls would be a fool's errand; they would cost too much and would quickly be at risk, as the oceans continue to rise, of becoming obsolete. (The mayor's opinion on the matter isn't a universal one in New York officialdom, or even within his administration.)
Rather than use sea walls to mitigate against rising sea levels, as they've done in London and Rotterdam, Bloomberg endorsed smaller (and, he argues, smarter) measures like berms, jetties, levies, and dunes of the sort that saved Fire Island from the worst of Hurricane Sandy.
The co-host of today's breakfast, the Regional Plan Association, has said the city should should look into tidal barriers, as have Rep. Jerry Nadler, and Council Speaker Christine Quinn.
In addition to his tackle box of smaller measures, the mayor said today that the city would update its evacuation zone to better represent existing and future threat levels.
(During the hurricane, some neighborhoods, including Gerritsen Beach, suffered terrible devastation, despite being outside of the mandatory evacuation Zone A.)
He also said that he'd tasked the head of the Economic Development Corporation, Seth Pinsky, with coming up with ways to deal with future storm surges, and Linda Gibbs, his deputy mayor for health and human services, and his deputy mayor for operations Cas Holloway to develop better preparedness and recovery plans for the city's hospitals.
Bloomberg also said, as he has before, that the city would not abandon its shoreline, which, in planner-speak, is known as "retreat," and is something that some serious urban planners think must be an option.
"We're not gonna leave the Rockaways or Coney Island or Staten Island's south shore," he said. "But we can't just rebuild what was there and hope for the best. We have to build smarter and stronger and more sustainably."
Former vice president Al Gore, a surprise guest, introduced Bloomberg's speech, and said that Hurricane Sandy was undoubtedly a result of human-induced climate change.
"Dirty energy causes dirty weather and we have to come to our senses and do someting about it," he said, adding, "What will it take for the national government to wake up, as this mayor has been telling us to do?"


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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (December 12, 2013) – Cloud Nine Lumoni's City of Weston is on track to succeed in Saturday's $75,000 Kenny Noe Jr. Handicap at Calder Casino & Race Course after a stint of northern stakes appearances and a successful track record in 2013.
"He ran the way he runs here," said trainer Antonio Sano. "He runs with a short rush. He is a horse that is already in condition. I have been maintaining him to appear in his home, because this is his home."
City of Weston won the 6-furlong Big Drama Stakes at Calder in April by ¾ of a length as well, coming up to take the win down the stretch.
The 3-year-old colt comes into the Kenny Noe Jr. Handicap with four wins, three second place finishes, and three third place results from 13 starts in 2013.
He kicked off the year with a second-place finish by ¾ of a length in his stakes debut, which came in the 6-furlong Spectacular Bid Stakes on the first of the year at Gulfstream Park. Four starts later, when City of Weston returned to stakes action in April, he earned his first career stakes victory in the 7-furlong Ocala Breeders' Sales Sophomore Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs by just a nose after a battle with competitors reaching the wire. He then achieved back-to-back stakes wins with the Big Drama score at Calder.
City of Weston ventured north for the first time in May, where he had a fourth-place finish in the 6-furlong Chick Lang Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. He returned to Calder for a third-place result in the 6-furlong Unbridled Stakes in June and a sixth-place finish in the 6-furlong Grade III Carry Back Stakes in July during his first graded stakes appearance.
While most of Sano's stakes horses ran in Florida during the summer and fall, Sano elected to keep City of Weston up north to run in four stakes races prior to returning the colt to Florida for the Kenny Noe Jr. Handicap.
"He didn't have races here in the south (for him)," said Sano. "I had to leave him up there."
The Kenny Noe Jr. Handicap will be run at 6 ½-furlongs on the main track for 3-year-olds and up. With numerous Calder stakes veterans who are older than City of Weston entered in the race – there are only four 3-year-olds entered in the field of 10, including two 3-year-old fillies – Sano said that City of Weston will do what it takes to win.
"The horse is going to run where he wants to run," said Sano. "I am not going to force him; (I am going to) let him run his way."
City of Weston picks up Luis Saez as his jockey for the Kenny Noe Jr. Handicap. They are set to break from post nine. The Kenny Noe Jr. Handicap is scheduled as the eighth race and has an approximate post time of 4 p.m.


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A dream, an idea, an adventure… with the purpose of transmitting our culture into high fashion artisan jewelry, HFM2 was created, combining textures, shapes, metals and gemstones, creating unique pieces with a very Mexican spirit. HFM2, based in Mexico City, has 4 different design styles brought together to create handmade accessories by artisans fusing ancient techniques with original and unique procedures. We are committed to high quality and best customer service. In each piece you will be able to see reflected the passion of a warm and nice country; the colors and ideas portraying diverse locations in Mexico. We selected very carefully, the best among a huge variety of gemstones and semi-precious stones.22K gold plated hoop, handwoven with freshwater cultivated pearls, with22k gold plated dragonfly and fern charms. Bright pink silk 140 cm long
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Other than his return abilities much of an upgrade would Shipley be over Jordan White ?
Rotoworld is reporting that Shipley could be a roster casualty in Cincy due to his coming off an injury as well as the team drafting Sanu and Marvin Jones.
Shipley is a smaller, slot type receiver who can also return punts and kicks. His fit on our team would most likely be as a punt returner as I dont see him getting a lot of snaps over Holmes, Hill and Kerley (if he is healthy), but could provide some insurance at the WR position.
Other than his return abilities much of an upgrade would Shipley be over Jordan White ?
I love Shipley. I wanted us to draft him last year.
Gotcha ... I think if White stays healthy, I think he sees playing time this year.
Anyway, I think kerley is more explosive at this point, esp with shipley coming off his injury. That being said, I think shipley would give us some verstatility at the position and a good set of hands returning punts.
Football outsiders had Stephen Hill and Jordan White as 2 of their top 5 WRs projected in this draft class. Its based off of explosion pretty much.
Stephen Hill scored the highest by far, Jordan White was #3. It takes like their college career, and combine numbers into account. They focus on vertical jump and 40-time, they mostly care about the first 10 yards of the 40 time though.
Shipley sucks and was overrated in his draft year imo.


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On the off chance that any of you long-suffering Catholic school lifers out there have been wondering if, in the years since you abandoned the church, it's grown any less hateful and intellectually retarded, have a look at this, my favorite part of a NY Mag piece on Archbishop Timothy Dolan.
"If you have been gay your whole life and feel that that's the way God made you, God bless you," Dolan says. "But I would still say that that doesn't mean you should act on that. I would happen to say, for instance, that God made me with a pretty short temper. Now, I still think God loves me, but I can't act on that. I would think that God made me with a particular soft spot in my heart for a martini. Now, I'd better be careful about that."
So, I ask, is being gay a character flaw?
"Yeah, it would be," Dolan says—his smile broadening. "And we are all born with certain character flaws, aren't we?"
Yes, Archbiship Dolan, you've got it all figured out. Gay men and women taking part in a loving relationship is exactly like you being an angry drunk.


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The European Union is one of the world's biggest cereals producers and an important cereals trader. Changes to the Common Agricultural Policy have gradually removed product-specific subsidies for cereals, oilseeds, protein crops and rice.
EU support for arable crops, which used to be provided through a complex system of market measures, has been simplified. Farmers no longer receive subsidies according to what or how much they produce; payments are fully decoupled. The direct payment system allows them to switch to different crops or types of production in response to market developments.
Since 2008 the different arable crops regimes have been integrated into the Single Common Market Organisation (CMO) and EU policy is limited to two main areas: intervention and trade measures.
- Intervention
Buying-in cereals and rice to public storage – known as "intervention" - was introduced to protect farmers from low market prices. Today, it is used only in cases of real necessity, providing an authentic safety-net for farmers.
- Trade
About 20% of the EU's wheat crop is exported annually, while large quantities of oilseeds, animal feedstuffs and rice are imported.
Imports of rice are subject to the issuing of a standardised import licence and, in general, payment of a tariff. For some cereals tariffs are variable, for others tariffs are fixed. In addition - in accordance with the EU's commitments under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) - a number of fixed tariff import quotas are in place at a lower or zero duty.
Exports of rice to countries outside the EU are mostly subject to the issuing of an export licence.
In terms of quantity and area, wheat is by far the most popular cereal grown in the EU, making up nearly half the total. Of the remaining 50%, about one-third is maize and one-third barley. Other cereals grown in smaller quantities include triticale, rye, oats and spelt.
Nearly two-thirds of the EU's cereals are used for animal feed, with around one-third for human consumption. Only 3% is used for biofuels.
>> Go to the Crops Market Observatory website
>> Go to the Agri-food data website
Oilseeds and protein crops
The EU no longer has any specific support measures for oilseeds. About two-thirds of the oilseeds consumed in the EU each year are produced in the EU but the EU imports about half the oilseed meals used annually in animal feed. Import tariffs for oilseeds are set at zero.
As of 2012, the EU no longer has any specific support measures for protein crops. Import tariffs for the main protein crops are set at zero.
>> Development of plant proteins in Europe
>> Go to the Crops Market Observatory website
For detailed statistical information about the Cereals & Oilseeds sector, visit the Agri-food data website.
Around two-thirds of the rice consumed by European citizens is grown in the EU. This is supplemented by imports of different varieties, mainly long-grain indica rice such as basmati from India and Pakistan. A small quantity of European rice – mainly japonica - is exported.
Crop-specific payments for rice have been abolished as from 2012.
Presentations of the EU rice market situation


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Have a look at 1thingapp.com. You can download it to your iPhone or there is a web app that works on all browsers. It's a handy little gratitude journal you can keep close by... and share with others if you wish. You can see what others around the world are grateful for... and you can reflect on what matters to you most as it keeps data on your gratefulness! It's the last thing I do before I go to bed....reflect on my day and what I was grateful for.
Happy Wednesday!