Groundwater Flow in Basalts, Caught on Video

This entry has been cross posted at Reporting on a Revolution The volcanic rock basalt underlies the city of Pune and much of the state of ... and joints that serve to store and transmit water. I came across a construction site near my house ... at a fair pace. Take a look. Groundwater flow in Basalt This narrow flow zone which is a few feet thick [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 08:21:14

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Thornburg delisted, DTI rumors, Good news from Chase, FHA insurance fund drops, Rates lower overnight

As I was getting ready to water down my kid’s milk yesterday (hey, things are tough, and no one is immune!) ... , lobbyists are pushing the Treasury Department to consider a plan to purchase mortgage-backed securities ... . Of course, the plan is not without its critics, especially since the markets have naturally pushed [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 14:21:57

Toronto Janitors Organize for Rights, Respect and Justice

(By John Riddell from The Bullet) As darkness falls in Toronto and tens of thousands of office workers pour out of the downtown skyscrapers, ... the office towers and readies them for the next day’s activity. These buildings house Canada’s richest ... insurance, no Canada Pension Plan, no job-accident coverage. The Ontario government views them as self [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:20:36

Day 609 - Melbourne, Victoria

I am always late to get away when I have been staying with people, partly through politeness, leaving at 6am probably wouldn’t go down too well, but also when I am in a comfortable bed it’s all too easy to have a lie in. When it came to leaving Sue in Canberra I was even later, due to the fact I had lost the house keys that she had entrusted [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 01:13:00

Maybe it’s not America that needs the reboot

You may not be aware of this, distracted as you might be with Christmas and related festivities, but America is a terrible place to live ... than that.  Apparently, the escalators here are entirely too narrow to fit Friedman’s luggage (which ... reboot” and president-elect Obama’s potential $1 trillion economic stimulus plan is just the way [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 14:11:08

Four Years Wandering: The Ascension of Bobby Jindal

I guarantee an article titled similarly to this one will be written by some reconverted academic conservative at some point on or before election day 2012. This isn't that article. But it is coming. And you won't like it. Oyster continues to insist that there will be all kinds of hilarious moments and opportunities for blog snark along the way [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 22:28:37

Photo food diary Wednesday Dec 3, 2008

Started off the day today with three lightly scrambled eggs, bacon and some of MD’s home made, made from scratch, excellent pico de gallo or salsa. [ ... house and pro shop sale going on.  There were hors d’oeuvres, wine and beer.  Since I can never let ... and a quarter of a glass of EOS zinfandel.  Hey, it was a long open house with a lot going on.  I [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 07:37:41

Five Great Ways to Conquer Your Fears

Editor’s note: This is a guest post written by Doug Heacock of Underpants Office. It is a rare person who lives without fear of one kind or another ... or species turns up anywhere in my house and my wife or one of my children sees it, I have to drop whatever ... ladder while painting a house, fearing a wasp [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 23:26:03

Gentle transitions

A reader wrote to me for some help transitioning her very attached baby to a new caregiver. Here is what she said ( ... and we were literally told by docs NOT to take our baby anywhere out of the house for 8 weeks (we were ... from home - always have, and plan to always do this. However, I’m a high-strung, type A personality [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 04:06:48

Silver Star Record For Unit In Afghan Cliff Clash

Dec. 12, 2008 Lt. Gen. John F. Mulholland pins the Silver Star on one of 19 Fort Bragg Special Forces soldiers who were honored for their actions. In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Army, Capt. Kyle Walton, right, and Master Sgt. Scott Ford, left, talk to an interpreter in Eastern Afghanistan [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 11:15:54

Urban doubt-fitter

By Ryan Avent Barack Obama, man of the city. Photo: Based on image by Matthias Winkelmann The effort to save the American economy is front and center at the moment, but a term is four long years. Beyond the immediate crisis, President-elect Obama -- who hadn't exactly set a modest agenda before the economic collapse -- hopes to transform much [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:40:46

My So-Called Freelance Life: Q&A with Michelle Goodman

Our friend and admired colleague, Michelle Goodman, graciously took the time to do a Q&A with us ... you would recommend to non-freelancers who are considering picking up a copy? It’s hard to narrow ... , but here goes: Chapter 1, “Business Plan to Go,” can help you identify your entrepreneurial goals [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 17:56:32

Saturday Spotlight

Photoshop Elements!!   We probably say this every Monday, but WHAT a weekend we had here at SITS!  We'll recap for you in case you missed anything ... a little more about the blogathon, but for now plan on a day hanging around with your current SITSta's ... to some of our favorite features:LulavilleMama Kats Losin' ItPainted House New to SITS? Welcome!! [more...]

Date: 2008-10-04 08:08:11

Sangria, Day One

November 6, 2008 in Spain, family, travel Tuesday, we spent the morning finishing up and getting out of our apartment ... of spray obscure our view of the house-covered hills of Tangiers. Soon we were docking. We wandered ... area. Our hotel was close, so we walked up cobbled streets and through narrow, hilly alleys to find [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 15:17:36

Sounds Like A Plan — The End Of One

Andy Sher reports on Republican actions in a joint House and Senate Government Operations committee that could spell the end of Tennessee somewhat ... Selection Commission,” House Majority Leader Gary Odom, D-Nashville, later said. “That’s technically what they did.” Republicans control the Senate. Democrats now control the House. But Republicans, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 12:37:38

Can Emily's List Get Its Mojo Back?

I co-wrote today's National Journal cover story about Emily's List, the Democratic women's political action committee, with my colleague (and pal) ... Clinton's failed White House bid. And we ask if Clinton's defeat, in particular, calls into question ... in the political firmament. Although EMILY's List is not to blame for Clinton's narrow loss to [more...]

Date: 2008-06-27 21:23:18

Blog Advent Tour 2008

This year I was lucky enough to sign up for the Blog Advent Tour and get to participate with a lot of my favorite people in sharing my holiday ... one for Mike. I used my stocking as a template, but I didn't allow for seams, so it's very narrow ... - the yellow Power Ranger to put in there. I plan to turn the clothespins around to the plain side [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 12:14:00

An Assessment of Bailout Bill Options from a Former Congressional Staffer

Our reader and sometimes contributor Lune worked on the Hill and was so kind as to send us his take on the choices facing the Senate and House ... be popping champagne bottles tonight in honor of the bailout plan that never was, we need to realize ... has before it: 1) The House schedules a re-vote on the same bill. Keep in mind that victory today [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 05:05:07

Franken to Coleman: Where's The Beef?

request to prevent certification of the recount until claims regarding alleged double-counted ballots are resolved ... is narrow -- 46 votes -- the only substantial group of ballots remaining to be counted are rejected ... plan that will be introduced in Congress next month away from allocating tens of billions of dollars [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 07:19:00

Talking Turkey on Trade

by Kevin Ganster Dan Christman, head the Chamber's International Division, hosted a press briefing yesterday on our trade agenda for next year ... under the next president, released Tuesday, eschew a narrow focus on approving controversial trade ... the world that free trade will be part of his plan for U.S. economic recovery. If his campaign [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 13:20:37

The Triple Whammy of Bigotry in the 2008 Election by William Cox

by William Cox featured writer Dandelion Salad www.thevoters.org Sept. 22, 2008 It’s been awhile since a black man was lynched in America, but the Rove Gang’s getting the crowd ginned up for another one and the town’s on edge. The last lynching took place 10 years ago in East Texas Bush Country when three young white racists chained James [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 21:47:21

Maria Duval - Intelligent Optimism Wins In Today's World

Intelligent Optimism Wins In Today's World The reality of today's world seems to leave little room for optimism. Almost every news story can lead because it does bleed. We hear of critical food shortages in Africa, daily gang deaths on city streets, the profiteering from child pornography, and the climatic disasters prompted by global warming [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 05:36:00

An Educator Hears A Dog Whistle in the Obamamercial

Senator Obama didn't spend a whole to of time during last night's infomercial on education policy, but in the few seconds he did talk about it, he managed to send a chill down the spine of at least one Denver-area teacher when he held up as an example of positive change the Mapleton School District in Thornton, Colorado [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 00:00:00

Sterling looses gains against majors after hitting week highs

Pound: Sterling did see welcomed gains made against both the dollar and euro on Friday, ... of a sliding dollar, but has since had to swallow not only expected weak house price data, with prices ... that it is to issue yet another banking bailout plan. We are now seeing hundreds of billions of taxpayers money [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 11:07:00

PLAN WOULD LET FBI OPEN INVESTIGATIONS WITHOUT CLEAR BASIS FOR SUSPICION

A Justice Department plan would loosen restrictions on the Federal Bureau of Investigation to allow agents to open a national security or criminal ... on the details said Wednesday. The plan, which could be made public next month, has already ... and take other investigative steps “without any basis for suspicion.” The plan “might permit an innocent [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 20:17:44

burning thanksgiving calories

with my ultra coming up quickly, i've been packing on the miles in the hopes of getting a solid handle on how my body will react to running longer ... that make the tougher bits completely worthwhile. so, my plan was to run from the house to the park ... and then back to the house.  i estimated that it was going to be right at 30 if not a little bit [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 22:18:53

Negotiating in Coalitions: some thoughts

A few people have asked me about the how to handle negotiations in coalition like the one proposed by the Liberals, NDP and Bloc ... these benefits is are not. Specifically, there are a fixed number of seats in the house ... that is narrow in scope (my understanding is that it focuses largely on creating an economic stimulus [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 22:18:14

CONGRESS WANTS TO RESTRICT DRUG ACCESS

In Britain, a government agency evaluates new medical products for their "cost effectiveness" before citizens can get access to them ... Institute. Here in the United States, President-elect Barack Obama and House Democrats embrace ... access to medical products based on narrow cost criteria, but provisions tucked into the fiscal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 13:46:56

Night Pleasures - Sherrilyn Kenyon

Amanda came awake to an awful throbbing in her head. She felt terrible. What had hap.... She tensed as she remembered the unseen man. His words. Terrified, she pushed herself up, and quickly learned she was on a cold concrete floor, in a very small, dust covered room... And handcuffed to an unknown blond man [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 12:48:59

Roundtable

Jim: The election was Tuesday, Barack Obama won. That is among the topics for this roundtable. Book discussion lovers should be aware that C.I. has a feeling literary criticism will be brought up in this roundtable as well. This is a rush transcript. Illustration is by Betty's oldest son. We have someone new participating so let's get started [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 16:59:36

My List and Motivations

I have a list of things I've been thinking about or jotting down since before the New Year started. I have things I want to do ... out all the closets in my house and get them organized. (How am I doing? I've gotten one organized and cleaned ... up with a budget and am going to try to stick to it. My plan is to pay off medical bills [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:18:00

Tuesday Traps: The Xmas Files

T’was the night before Christmas and throughout the guildhouse, no thief was stirring, not even the king mouse… ... s an Eladrin,” claimed another, “that’s how he gets into everyone’s house.” Nervous whispers flew around ... old man with a whole lot of toys, and this year our plan is foolproof!” For many rogues, Father [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 08:40:45

Sunday Money Roundup - Fall Is In The Air Edition.

It is that time already when you live at 7,500 feet…nights are dipping down into the 40’s but daytime highs are still in the 80’s ... on - Cash Money Life I needed to clean the oven before we move out of the house, so I decided ... carefully analyze. I managed to narrow the choices into three and here are some pros and cons of each [more...]

Date: 2008-08-31 13:00:20

OC Blog News Roundup - November 6, 2008

Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain: Carona Trial: Ex-Assistant Sheriff Says He Was Promised Power (OCR and LAT) ... Orange County by a narrow margin, but took Costa Mesa by six points. Woman, 77, Faces jail Because Of Aging House (OCR) Orange officials have taken her to court; they say they just want code [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 16:33:54

Obama: 'hope over fear'

Obama takes office, saying choose 'hope over fear'By TERENCE HUNT, Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON – Stepping into history, ... , of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions — that time has surely passed ... control of the White House by Bush, who leaves Washington as one of the nation's most unpopular [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 18:15:00

Settle: Dating Capital and the Disillusionment of the Romantic Ideal

It’s come full circle ladies.  The first generation to come of age steeped from birth in the dogma of feminism is entering their latter reproductive years.  These Wonder Women want to have it all and be utterly independent and yet fulfill their idealized Disney romance.  This is the archetype typified in the enormously (among women) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:41:46

A Tear in the NATO Bulwark

By Walter Mayr How should NATO approach Russia? Contrary to Germany, the Baltic countries and Poland want to enlarge the alliance to include Georgia and Ukraine. With NATO foreign ministers meeting this week, the alliance has hardly ever been so at odds. The road from “new” to “old” Europe passes through Russia. The 1,795-kilometer (1,115-mile) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 02:40:17

Conservatism: The Dryrot of Civilization

The Dryrot of Civilization{My view on what much conservatism amounts to after all the propaganda and status quo authoritarian enabling mind control gimmicks are removed.}Conservatism persist in defensiveness due to one overriding fact; It contours individual perception to exclude others and include exception for oneself; promoting insecurity, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 19:04:34

{No. 66 - Guest Blogger}

Today's Guest Blogger is Megan Hinckley. I have known Megan since the Summer we embarked on that awkward 7th grade journey, ... it in your window on your house or car to remind people to get out and vote. It is pretty sad to me that more people ... my love for David Archuleta... but you know--I also plan to voice my opinion at the polls .I am head [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 13:00:00

Built On A Fallacy

The Pittsburg Post Gazette reports from Pennsylvania. “Howard Hanna III has never seen a real estate market like this — and he has been keeping an eye on real estate for the past 40 years. Falling interest rates and generally low unemployment typically prompt home owners to expand their homes or trade up. But Mr [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 13:06:00

2008 in review: Top 10 stories in the Bay Area

It'll start in two days. The calendar pages will flutter from the windows and the bad-mouthing will commence in earnest. 1. Economic collapse The delicately balanced house of cards finally toppled over. Suddenly ... with the narrow passage in November of Proposition 8, writing a ban on same-sex marriage into the state [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 15:17:41

What a “rescue”… we’re “bailing”, but the boat’s still filling with water. And it’s just the beginning

Within hours of the House passage, Bush had the more than $700 billion “rescue” bill signed sealed and delivered into the law books ... , this country can’t afford Senator McCain’s plan to give America four more years of the same ... McCain’s plan to give tax breaks to CEOs and companies that ship jobs overseas, I will rebuild [more...]

Date: 2008-10-04 04:18:34

1000 True Fans

Kevin Kelly's articulation of survival on the long tail was one of the essential readings this year for anyone trying to figure out a new paradigm ... . Maybe they come to your house concerts, or they are buying your DVDs from your website ... .  This may well be some filmmakers' dream, but they might as well plan to win the lottery [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 10:54:00

WINNER! Design Challenge: Space Plan for your Living Room

Congratulations to Christine - she is the lucky winner of our first Design Challenge which was announced last month ... Hacienda located near Los Angeles. Christine wrote that they had been on a ten month house hunt and after seeing about sixty to seventy homes, they finally found their dream house! It's a three bedroom [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:20:00

Obama Inaugural Speech - Full Text - Video

As President Bush exits the world stage and Barack Obama consumes it, I have a few thoughts about two passages of Obama's inaugural speech ( ... President Obama and his new Education Secretary plan to give America the same false promise and failed ... :But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 18:54:00

Why this Conservative Government Deserves Defeat

the announcement that Arthur A. Levine at Scholastic would be buying her novel Plain Kate, and we’ve been unable to really enjoy that news what with being so sick. And the day that she’s actually feeling good, this happens? It’s almost like some crazy see-saw attempting to make things balance out [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 20:59:43

A Q&A With Novelist and Skadden Lawyer, G. Carlos Smith

To finish up this historic week, let’s take one more look at Proposition 8 in California. Again, voters approved the initiative, which adds to the state constitution the following sentence: “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” (Click here here and here for earlier posts.) [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 14:02:00

Full Text: Barack Obama on Economy | Economic Recovery and Reinvestment | January 8, 2009

(Source: Office of the President-Elect) Throughout America’s history, there have been some years that simply rolled into the next without much notice or fanfare.  Then there are the years that come along once in a generation – the kind that mark a clean break from a troubled past, and set a new course for our nation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 18:00:11

Salon Radio: Jane Hamsher & Markos Moulitsas

(updated below - Update II) In July, I enumerated just some of the instances of complicity by the Democratic Congress with the worst abuses of the Republican agenda from the time they took over control of Congress in 2006. As part of doing so, I wrote about the creation of Accountability Now, designed to address that overarching problem, [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 19:27:40

Shinseki Vindicated

He didn’t have to write a book, like former White House press secretary Scott McClellan’s What Happened, to attract universal denunciation by the White House and Republicans. Former Army Chief of Staff ... issues into his plan,” On Point II reports. “Franks in his recollections variously described [more...]

Date: 2008-07-16 23:03:40

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