Archive for February, 2010

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Retail Sales: Consumers Showing Some Life

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[?]Submitted by Businomics Blog
Today’s report on retail sales shows that consumers are loosening their purse strings, continuing a trend that is now about a year old, though with plenty of backsliding along the way.

Some of the increase in January may reflect higher prices for food, but we also saw gains in […]

Economics Newsletter: February Issue Up

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[?]Submitted by Businomics Blog
The February 2010 issue of the Businomics (R) newsletter is available. At the bottom of that page is a link to sign up. It’s complimentary to readers of this blog (free to everyone else). I have never shared the distribution list with anyone outside my […]

Alright people. 23 weeks and t…

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[?]Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
Alright people. 23 weeks and the twinlets are healthy and squirming away. 3.5 months to go! Have a safe and healthy weekend! #TGIF #Daddy

Let’s close out the week on a …

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[?]Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
Let’s close out the week on a positive note. Get your pitchforks, people. Presenting even more “Cancer Fakers” http://bit.ly/97PHME

Putting out a call for any par…

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[?]Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
Putting out a call for any parotid ductal carcinoma patients/survivors out there. We have a friend in need of peer support. #stupidcancer

Florida Cancer Cluster not to …

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[?]Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
Florida Cancer Cluster not to be confused with Honey Bunches of Oats. http://bit.ly/aXxkhv

@LATimeshealth Oldie but goodi…

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[?]Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
@LATimeshealth Oldie but goodie worth re-reading. “Healthcare Reform’s Biggest Fans: Young Adults” http://bit.ly/dbGTcK

Stewart-Haas Racing: Gatorade Duel at Daytona

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[?]Submitted by Ryan Newman News and Information
Date: Feb. 11, 2010
Event: Gatorade Duel at Daytona (non-point qualifying races for the 52nd Daytona 500)
Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Location: Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway (2.5-mile oval)
Ryan Newman Start/Finish: 2nd/8th (Running, completed 60 of 60 laps in Gatorade Duel No. 1)
Tony Stewart Start/Finish: 11th/2nd (Running, completed […]

2010 Daytona 500 Lineup And Gatorade Duel Results

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[?]Submitted by RACING NEWS DIGEST
DAYTONA 500 LINEUP

POS
CAR
DRIVER
MAKE
SPONSOR
SPEED
TIME
BEHIND

1
5
Mark Martin
Chevrolet
GoDaddy.com
191.188
47.074
Leader

2
88
Dale Earnhardt Jr
Chevrolet
Amp Energy / National Guard
190.913
47.142
-0.068

3
48
Jimmie Johnson
Chevrolet
Lowe’s
-
-
-

4
9
Kasey Kahne
Ford
Budweiser
-
-
-

5
29
Kevin Harvick
Chevrolet
Shell / Pennzoil
-
-
-

6
14
Tony Stewart
Chevrolet
Office Depot / Old Spice
-
-
-

7
18
Kyle Busch
Toyota
M&M’s
-
-
-

8
42
Juan Pablo Montoya
Chevrolet
Target
-
-
-

9
33
Clint Bowyer
Chevrolet
Cheerios / Hamburger Helper
-
-
-

10
2
Kurt Busch
Dodge
Miller Lite
-
-
-

11
78
Regan Smith
Chevrolet
Furniture Row Companies
-
-
-

12
19
Elliott Sadler
Ford
Stanley
-
-
-

13
1
Jamie McMurray
Chevrolet
Bass Pro Shops / Tracker
-
-
-

14
56
Martin Truex Jr
Toyota
NAPA Auto Parts
-
-
-

15
43
A.J. Allmendinger
Ford
Best Buy
-
-
-

16
20
Joey Logano
Toyota
The Home Depot
-
-
-

17
39
Ryan […]

Pyle’s Summer School

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[?]Submitted by Gurney Journey
In the summers of 1898 and 1899, Howard Pyle had an old mill converted into a studio for his students from the Drexel Institute. After establishing his own art school, Pyle continued the arrangement in 1900, 1901, 1902, and 1903. N. C. Wyeth spent the last summer there […]

Eskimo Kiss

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[?]Submitted by BRENDA YORK’S PAINTING A DAY

40×30″ oil on canvas, email me for more information

For my newest series, Moonstruck Chronicles, I found plenty of inspiration in all the hoopla surrounding Valentines Day. I explored the persuasion, the wooing, the seduction, the moment the earth shifts and then the aftermath: […]

Funny Valentine

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[?]Submitted by A Painting for You!

OK, gents, The Art Love Doctor is IN! You’re pressed for time and short on ideas for buying that perfect Valentine’s Day gift for your lady. Somewhere in the recesses of your mind, a slide from that art appreciation class you took as an elective in […]

Goodbye Testicles

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[?]Submitted by YOUR NEW REALITY
I’ve changed my mind. I will pay to read Rupert Murdoch newspapers online, but only if they consistently come up with stories of such a high quality as this one :

From The Sun :

The lad hallucinated for 18 hours and mutilated himself because he believed centipedes […]

HotPatterns Princess Shirt, revisited in wool tweed.

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[?]Submitted by Off the Cuff Style
This is my first version of the up-dated draft of HotPatterns’ Plain and Simple Princess Shirt.It was designed for shirting-weight fabrics, but because I wanted to make a simple “shirt jacket”, I used a lightweight wool tweed instead. And since I plan to wear this over […]

Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010

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[?]Submitted by Rock and Roll Guru Blog
Eric Clapton’s 3rd Crossroads Guitar Festival is scheduled for Saturday June 26h at Toyota Park in Chicago.
Over 20 amazing guitarists will play sidemen to each other on one stage in what is certain to be an epic gig. I am totally stoked for this one, […]

Reid Strips Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension from Jobs Bill

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[?]Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has stripped out a proposal extending the $1-a-gallon tax credit for U.S. biodiesel producers from the jobs bill expected to come for a vote once the session resumes on Feb. 22.

Valero Closes on Purchase of Wisconsin Ethanol Plant
New RFS Draws Mixed […]

Governing the Tap — The Review

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[?]Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
I wrote this review for h-net:
In Governing the Tap, political scientist Megan Mullin describes and tests her “conditional theory of specialized governance,” i.e., that the effectiveness of special districts providing drinking water, relative to water agencies that are branches of local government, depends on certain conditions (political boundaries, […]

USACE is hiring

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