Archive for October, 2009
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[?]Submitted by Stars Over Washington Blog
Now I know that campaign promises are perilously easy to make and devilishly hard to keep once the Oval Office door shuts behind a new president but for some reason, this one mentioning C-SPAN sticks in my memory given the week’s announcement on health insurance reform […]
another sex-mad SC politician?
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[?]Submitted by Stars Over Washington Blog
Not again! But this time it’s a lower level politician caught messing around in a cemetery of all ‘romantic’ places.
Guess this may provide the weapons-of-distraction media a sexy version of a political October Surprise in time for Happy Halloween 2009. Yippy.
Fantasy Basketball Box Score Breakouts
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[?]Submitted by lester’s legends sports blog
Here’s a look at some fantasy basketball players that blew up the box score last night.
Dahntay Jones, Indiana Pacers
26 minutes, 17 points, 4-9 FG, 9-9 FT, 5 rebounds, 6 turnovers
The high amount of turnovers bother me.
Earl Watson, Indian Pacers
25 minutes, 20 points, 7-8 FG, […]
Fantasy Football Out on a Limb 2009, Volume 8
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[?]Submitted by lester’s legends sports blog
Time for another edition of Fantasy Football Out on a Limb. I scour the rosters to select a player who I feel will outperform a higher profile player in that given week. I base my decisions on matchups, how the players are trending, and the ever-important […]
Snow Day #1 in Minnesota
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[?]Submitted by Total Cycling Performance Blog
The Upper Midwest received its first real prelude to winter over the past few days. Here in the Twin Cities we’ve gotten about 4 inches of snow so far, and I know that South Dakota and Nebraska have gotten snowed on as well.
While we know […]
Lance, Leadville and Hollywood
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[?]Submitted by Total Cycling Performance Blog
Lance is a lightning rod. People either love him or hate him. With Lance, there’s no middle ground. One thing you CAN say about Lance though, is that he has re-ignited interest for cycling, for the Tour and the other races he does, […]
Back In The Saddle
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[?]Submitted by Total Cycling Performance Blog
Hi Cyclists,
I’ve been out of touch for the past couple weeks, and I apologize. Some things came up that required much of my time and attention and couldn’t be avoided. Sorry about that, but I’m back so let’s get going!
Tomorrow’s post will focus on […]
The #1 Requirement for Cycling Success is: ___________
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[?]Submitted by Total Cycling Performance Blog
If you answered ENDURANCE, you’re correct. The foundation for cycling performance is endurance. Yes, having the ability to ride at threshold for extended periods is important. Leg strength is important. Mental toughness is important. But these are all secondary to having […]
2009 CMA Award Presenters
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[?]Submitted by Country Music Alive Blog
NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.; stars of ABC’s “The Middle” Neil Flynn and Patricia Heaton; Julianne Hough; Randy Houser, Jake Owen; Kellie Pickler;LeAnn Rimes; and ABC News’s Robin Roberts, co-anchor of “Good Morning America” and host of the upcoming “Robin Roberts: Bright Lights. Big Stars. All […]
The Twilight Saga: New Moon Movie Clip – Save Her
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[?]Submitted by All Movie Replicas Blog
We found some great movie clips for the upcoming Twilight Saga: New Moon movie. These will really get your heart pumping. Check them out.
This Is It Movie Clip – Why Why
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[?]Submitted by All Movie Replicas Blog
Check out these awesome clips from Michael Jackson ’s This Is It. The clip includes excerpts from the “Why Why” rehearsal and the Drill for “Bad” and a wicked promo featurette. So, unbelievably sad that he is gone.
EDT PROTEA
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[?]Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
The EDT Protea (IMO: 9019107, Port of Registry: Limassol, Cyprus) is a dynamically positioned diving support vessel, fully equipped to perform subsea construction activities, as well as to support inspection-, repair- and maintenance contracts for offshore and subsea structures. The vessel is fitted with […]
Sailing Photo Of The Day - Open 570
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[?]Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
entrainement Open 570, originally uploaded by anthoo13.
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[?]Submitted by YOUR NEW REALITY
In Latvia, some locals tried to pass off this hole as a 50 foot wide meteor crater :
But scientists wh examined the hole claimed it was “too neat’ and had been dug by humans. By Tuesday, a group of students revealed they were responsible.
For comparison, here’s […]
Kinder side of veal?
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[?]Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
Humanely raised veal? Veal cast in a kinder light?
Today’s Washington Post offers its readers a look into a kinder, gentler, more humane veal.
Wait a second, back up. Look at that language, how it muddies up the discussion right off the bat. Veal is not raised. There is […]
“Colorado Rockies Wildflowers” ~ 7″x5″ mini A Painting a Day Hudson River School Flower Landscapes by Connie Tom
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[?]Submitted by A Painting for You!
These are lovely mountain wildflowers that have grown under the birches and pines in the rugged Colorado Mountains. They are full of joyous and vibrant colors. I hope you enjoy this painting as much as I enjoyed painting it. ~ Connie
“Delight thyself also in the LORD; […]
THE CHALLENGE AHEAD
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[?]Submitted by The Capital Spectator
Today’s update on new orders for durable goods reminds that the slash-and-burn of the Great Recession is over, replaced by the tedious business of rebuilding what’s been lost.
Once again, the news is encouraging, if only because the deep pain of the recent past fades as an imminent […]
Improving financial regulation and supervision
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[?]Submitted by Econbrowser
There were some other very interesting presentations at the conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston last week. Fed Chair Ben Bernanke spoke on Financial Regulation and Supervision after the Crisis while Princeton Professor Alan Blinder’s message was It’s Broke, Let’s Fix It: Rethinking Financial Regulation. Here […]
Consumer Confidence is a Lagging Indicator: We Should Expect Post-Recession Gloom Through 2010
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Scott Grannis: I’ve never paid much attention to surveys of confidence, mainly because they tend to be lagging indicators. As these charts show (one appears above), consumers are often quite happy until just before a recession starts, and quite depressed well after a recovery begins.
Brian Wesbury and Bob […]
Wal-Mart’s Tough New Global Rival: AUCHAN; Everyday Low Prices Backfire in China
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
BusinessWeek — Quick, what’s France’s answer to Wal-Mart? Until now, it has been Paris-based Carrefour, the global No. 2 retail chain. But increasingly, another French retailer, Auchan, is giving both Carrefour (CARR.PA) and Wal-Mart (WMT) a run for their money.
Auchan now has 132 big-box hypermarkets in China, including […]
Fourth Monthly Increase in Canadian Home Prices, Largest Four-Month Gain in More Than Two Years
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Canadian home prices in August were down 3.4% from their pre-correction peak of August 2008, 12 months earlier, according to the Teranet-National Bank National Composite House Price Index. It was the eighth consecutive 12-month decline, but the 12-month decline has been diminishing steadily since it peaked at 6.9% […]
106 Bank Failures In Perspective
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
So far this year 106 banks have failed out of 8,195 FDIC-insured institutions, or slightly more than 1% of all banks. How does that compare to previous periods of financial stress and episodes of bank failures, and is there anything positive about bank failures?
The graph above displays annual […]
The Wal-Mart Economic Stimulus Plan
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
1. In just a three-week period from October 7-27, Wal-Mart announced the opening of 22 new stores and expansions of existing stores that have added 5,340 new jobs to the local communities in 18 different states.
2. Wal-Mart recently announced Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Price Reductions, with […]
Supply and Demand in Action: 1-Way Truck Rentals
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
I’ve posted numerous times (here, here, here and here) about how one-way U-Haul truck rental rates reflect supply and demand in action and measure household migration patterns, resulting in high one-way rental prices that reflect high outbound demand (and low inbound demand), and low prices that reflect low […]
Simple Truth
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[?]Submitted by Real Simple Blog
Everybody wants Gold, ironically it’s nothing old
We want the best sold, better than what the rest hold
good things are for free, we choose honey and leave the bee
take fruit leave the tree, because outside is only what we see
life gives a knife in every strife, so we […]
