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[?]Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
Just a white flower and a bicycle, nothing more.
I had taken the flower image in the morning, and when I took the bicycle image, my thoughts were no more with photography. I had already decided to buy a new graphics card, a […]
Learning to See
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[?]Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
Learning to operate a camera is something anybody can do. Learning to “see” photographs is an ongoing experience for me. As I stood under this yellow umbrella at a food vendor’s stand at Folkmoot last Saturday, I thought it might make a good photo. The sun shining […]
Woods, Walks & Economics
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[?]Submitted by Craig Photography Blog
I am 40 years old and I walk in the woods everyday…my life is good.
I am convinced that the interesting connections between my walks in the woods and my personal creativity are enormous. I have been filling my journal up with all kinds of stuff after […]
Puppy Safety Outdoors: Keeping Your Puppy Safe When Venturing Outdoors (Part 2)
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[?]Submitted by Natural Pet Health Blog
Puppy Safety Outdoors: Keeping Your Puppy Safe When Venturing Outdoors (Part 2)
Allowing your puppy to venture outside during his early months means that you have to follow a strict and watchful eye over the little guy. There are dangers lurking everywhere and because your puppy is […]
Dog Training: Correct Heel Methods (6)
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[?]Submitted by Natural Pet Health Blog
Now its time to find out if your dog has truly learned how to heel and execute an automatic sit.
Give him the command Heel and make any necessary corrections for poor heeling or lack of attentiveness to bring him up to the proper mental level of […]
Police Dogs (2)
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[?]Submitted by Natural Pet Health Blog Practically every city across the nation, as well as other parts of the world, recognizes the high value of a well-trained police dog.
Studies of selected areas where crime rates are unusually high show that the introduction of the police dog has been the major factor […]
Save Your Skin and Your Money
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[?]Submitted by Natural Remedies
You can save your skin, and your money with effective, natural sunburn remedies, says Sarah Noel.
It seems simple: Protect your skin with sunscreen to avoid sunburn.
But sometimes you might forget, and it’s hours before it becomes evident you’re burned. For serious burns, seek medical attention. But to get […]
Does Natural Penis Enlargement REALLY Work?
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[?]Submitted by Natural Remedies
Just as many women want bigger breasts, many men want a bigger penis, but penile augmention has never caught on the way breast augmentation has. Men are understandably reluctant to let a surgeon use a scapel on their “manhood.” Is there an alternative for men? Does natural penis […]
A comic with a fatal disease
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[?]Submitted by Denerstein Unleashed
According to the new Judd Apatow movie, “Funny People,” Adam Sandler has become part of comedy’s old guard. Thinking of Sandler, who plays a stand-up comedian who makes dopey movies that appeal to five-year-olds, as a gray beard of humor depresses me, but that may be part of […]
North Of 49
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[?]Submitted by Northwest Harley Blog
RCMP
I’m talking 49th parallel, don’t cha know. Better known as the great white north…. Canada, eh!
I’ll be off line riding for several days and comments will be delayed as I schlep the Harley toward Calgary, you hoser. I’ve socked some away for a brewski […]
Harley-Davidson Mistake Part Deux
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[?]Submitted by Northwest Harley Blog
I called it – sort of! I questioned Harley-Davidson’s marketing tactics HERE and HERE in rolling out a guaranteed trade-in value program on its Sportster model.
I disagreed because I just didn’t see the value prop or customer pull this program offered in these difficult economic times. […]
Market Scan for Small Cap Stocks on July 30, 2009
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[?]Submitted by Ducimus Plinius
Market Scan for small cap stocks
at the close of the markets on July 30, 2009
The table below identifies the stocks returned on my scan of the US markets for small capitalizations stocks likely to display the characteristics of stocks entering Phase II, as described by Stan Weinstein.
Under $5.00
Over […]
7-30-09 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com
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[?]Submitted by SmallCapVoice.com
Stocks are up sharply amid better-than-expected earnings and new data on unemployment
Major indexes are following counterparts overseas, which are rising because of upbeat profit reports. Japanese shares rose to nearly 10-month highs on better-than-expected earnings at automakers Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. European markets were buoyed by […]
AMNE and FL Sales Company Expand Agreement to Include Infinite R
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[?]Submitted by SmallCapVoice.com
NEW HAVEN, CT — (Marketwire) — 07/30/09 — American Green Group, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: AMNE) (www.americangreegroup.com) announces it has a signed a licensing deal with Ecosafe Insulation of Florida, LLC (ECOFL) to market “Infinite R,” in the State of Florida. AMNE would also like to remind shareholders Friday is the […]
A New Audio Interview with Chairman of the Board, John Pavia, of SIONIX Corporation is now at SmallCapVoice.com
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[?]Submitted by SmallCapVoice.com
SmallCapVoice.com, Inc. announced today that a new audio interview featuring SIONIX Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SINX) is now available. The interview can be heard at http://smallcapvoice.com/blog/7-29-09-audio-interview-with-sionix-corporation-otcbb-sinx/.
SmallCapVoice.com is a recognized corporate investor relations firm, with clients nationwide, known for its ability to help emerging growth companies build a following among […]
Three Notes on Budgetary Priorities
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[?]Submitted by unsettling economics
At the time that my university system faces almost half a billion dollars (yes, with a B) in budget cuts, I have felt the need to rant about budget priorities. As Joseph Schumpeter wrote: “the budget is the skeleton of the state stripped of all misleading ideologies.”
People outside […]
A MIXED MESSAGE IN GDP’S Q2 REPORT
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[?]Submitted by The Capital Spectator
It’s official: the economic contraction slowed dramatically in the second quarter. By that standard, the government can claim a victory. But now comes the hard part, and progress won’t come easily or quickly.
For the moment, however, there’s reason to cheer. The annual real change in GDP in […]
ANOTHER RISE IN JOBLESS CLAIMS
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[?]Submitted by The Capital Spectator
Today’s update on initial jobless claims reminds that the threat of economic contraction isn’t vanquished. There’s been progress, but the dark forces of decline are still lurking.
For the week ending July 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 584,000, an increase of 25,000 from […]
Fiscal Policy and Banking Sector Repair Synergies
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[?]Submitted by Econbrowser
From the conclusion to “How Effective is Fiscal Policy Response in Systemic Banking Crises?”, by E. Baldacci, S. Gupta, and C. Mulas-Granados:
This paper assessed the effects of fiscal policy responses during 118 episodes of systemic banking crises in advanced and emerging market economies. The results indicate that timely countercyclical […]
Consumer Sovereignty: Russia Edition
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
MOSCOW — Aeroflot’s symbol is still the winged hammer and sickle, but otherwise, the former communist carrier has mostly shrugged off its Soviet past. The strongest evidence yet: by the end of the year, it will fly a fleet nearly entirely made in the U.S.A. and Western Europe.
That […]
The Myth of America’s “Free Market” Health Care: It’s Free Market The Same Way Madonna is A Virgin
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Both ObamaCare’s supporters and opponents believe that–unlike Europe–America has something called a free market health care system. So long as this myth holds sway, it will be exceedingly difficult to prescribe free market fixes to America’s health care woes–or, conversely, end the lure of big government remedies.
The fact […]
Cowardly Chicago City Council Punts on Wal-Mart
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Chicago Sun-Times editorial.
The Problems With Free Healthcare Provided by Government-Run Healthcare Monopolies
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
The more money that has been spent on government-run healthcare, the less healthcare we have gotten. This kind of result is generally true of all government bureaucracies because of the absence of any market feedback mechanism. Since there are no profits in an accounting sense, by definition, in […]
Tyler Cowen: Web and Info Economy Protect Us Against Tyranny, Are Bulwarks of Our Freedom
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Tyler Cowen, one of the country’s foremost defenders of free markets and international exchange, sees his new book “Create Your Own Economy: The Path to Prosperity in a Disordered World” as an ode to the power of the individual, “and how we can all create our own liberties […]
Cuban Blogger Yoani Sanchez Gets Citation for Journalistic Excellence from Columbia University
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Announces Winners of 2009
Maria Moors Cabot Prize for Outstanding Reporting
on Latin America and the Caribbean
Yoani Sánchez is an ordinary Cuban citizen using the Internet with extraordinary power. In barely two years, her weekly blog, Generación Y, has put the rest of the […]
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