Tripp coming home today to finish his recovery

Just a quick note to say how grateful I am for all the prayers, encouragement, and practical help that is being showered on our family ... on. But God had other plans. I've learned so much in the past five days as He has shown me how much God [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 15:37:20

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LEED Certification in Your Remodeling and Construction Projects

LEED Certification in Your Remodeling and Construction Projects So you’re getting ready to remodel your home and you want to go green as much as possible because you’re trying to be more environmentally responsible… and you also wouldn’t mind saving some money on utilities and maximizing your home’s resale value. Where do you start? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 15:45:25

Words from the (investment) wise 12.28.08

Investors spent the holiday-shortened Christmas week in an un-merry mood, digesting more gloomy economic data and taking stock of a tumultuous 2008. With the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Index down by 35.8% and 40.6% respectively for the year to date, many investors would be anxious to wave the old year goodbye [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 12:31:33

Brandeis U is a Terrorist Sanctuary

If there is anything worse than a self-hating Jew is a self-hating Jewish university. Brandeis, bills itself as a non-sectarian Jewish University ... -out, she was carrying plans to bomb various U.S. landmarks and to kill former Presidents Carter, Bush [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 02:04:44

Weekly Roundup - December 16 Edition

Here's this Tuesday's delivery of the "Weekly Roundup"...Libraries of Early America: Project AnnouncementThingology (LibraryThing's ideas blog) - Dec 15, 2008Have you ever wondered what books Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson had in their personal libraries? [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 15:30:00

Common Backyard Plants That Can Kill Your Dog

Common Backyard Plants That Can Kill Your Dog January 19th, 2009 · No Comments For those of you that are gardeners, ... even a simple Oleander leaf in the adjustable height dog feeder or elevated dog feeders can be fatal within an hour to your dog! There are literally over 1000 different kinds of flowers and house [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 04:46:46

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (Dec 22 – 28, 2008)

Investors spent the holiday-shortened Christmas week in an un-merry mood, digesting more gloomy economic data and taking stock of a tumultuous 2008. With the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Index down by 35.8% and 40.6% respectively for the year to date, many investors would be anxious to wave the old year goodbye [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 14:24:18

PMI Winter 2009 Risk Index Indicates Broader Risk of Home Price Declines

posted by Steven Wevodau WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., (NYSE: PMI - News) ... of the nation’s 50 largest MSAs have an elevated or high probability of seeing lower house prices ... U.S. Market Risk Index(SM). The index shows that the risk of lower house prices two years [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:12:58

Filling the New Line Gap

The Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, one of the AFM venues Kristin here- The 2008 American Film Market started yesterday. Like the film festivals at Cannes, Toronto, and, increasingly, Berlin, the AFM is one of the major places where independent and foreign-language films get sold [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 16:48:19

The 2008 NFL Regular Season: The Football Gods at Play

The Green Bay Packers: Living Up to a Monkey’s Expectations While it seemed many sports pundits and fans alike had high hopes for the 2008 Green Bay Packers and fully expected them to continue their winning ways with first-time starting QB Aaron Rodgers at the helm, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 14:08:34

Coalition for limited government thrives in Montana Legislature

In November, the Republican Liberty Caucus helped elect five new State Representatives to the Montana House ... Rep. and RLC ally Scott Mendenhall of Helena has been elevated to the Number Two post in the House ... a strong coalition for limited government in the Montana House. According to newly elected State Rep [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 20:20:31

The Wikipedia list of never built Disney Attractions, Theme Parks, Resorts, and more...

You all know the great Wikipedia web site, right? Well, last week i had a big surprise when i found this "List of never built Disney attractions" page ! I don't know who had the good idea to do this list, but it's pretty well done, and there is even some projects i've never heard about before! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 18:36:00

France braced for 'rebirth of violent left'

Despite claims of exaggeration, government reports insist a new generation of extremists will soon launch a wave of sabotage and bombingsJason Burke ... , describe an "elevated threat" from an "international European network ... with a strong presence [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 09:59:00

TUESDAY JANUARY 06, 2009

THIS SITE SUPPORTS ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, EMS CREWS, IN ADDITION TO ALL SERVING IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, NO MATTER WHERE YOU MAY BE NEW BRUNSWICK HIGHWAY HIGH RISK MOOSE & DEER LOCATIONSNEW BRUNSWICK HIGHWAY VIDEO CAMERASNew Brunswick Weather: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 23:59:00

West Seattle snow and ice: Friday morning (etc.) updates

(scroll down/refresh for frequent updates, in the main text below and in “comments” - INFO LINKS: WSB TRAFFIC PAGE WITH CAMERAS - METRO ROUTE STATUS LIST - SEA-TAC FLIGHT STATUS - REGIONAL SCHOOL STATUS - we have a report of one OPEN West Seattle School, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 13:31:35

Translating Fed Speak

Yesterday the Fed released the minutes of their latest meeting. These provide an excellent overview of the US economy ... manufacturing, construction, retail, financial activities, and business services. Indicators of hiring plans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:30:00

Translating Fed Speak

Yesterday the Fed released the minutes of their latest meeting. These provide an excellent overview of the US economy ... manufacturing, construction, retail, financial activities, and business services. Indicators of hiring plans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 15:30:00

Dawn Patrol

Welcome to the Dawn Patrol, our daily roundup of information on the War on Terror and other topics - from the MilBlogs and other sources around the world. If you're a blogger, you can join the conversation. If you link to any of these stories, add a link to the Dawn Patrol too and your trackback will be added to the list [more...]

Date: 2008-06-27 15:33:04

Puno: Keep off judiciary Kampi solons may back impeachment

By Norman Bordadora, Gil C. Cabacungan Jr., Christine AvendañoPhilippine Daily InquirerFirst Posted 01:01:00 01/12/2009MANILA, ... an incumbent House member despite the concurrence in mid-2008 of 14 justices.An impeachment complaint ... impeachment, which requires the vote of one-third of the 235-member House of Representatives. Once [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 03:45:47

Today’s Science Policy News for December, 16th 2008

A look at today’s science and health policy news: Obama picks Salazar as Interior secretary L.A. Times– President-elect Barack Obama plans to name Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.) to lead the Interior ... White House energy and climate office and the appointment of a Nobel Prize winner to run the Energy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 15:38:32

E3 08: Dragon Age Origins impressions

Filed under: Features, RPG Our very last E3 2008 appointment was, ironically, not at the Los Angeles Convention Center but at a nearby hotel ... is walking around the fantasy land's stronghold where he comes across a man in an elevated cage [more...]

Date: 2008-07-18 22:30:00

Crystal Ball Gazing: Visualize the Dow at 6,000 By Mike Whitney

Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney 07/24/08 “ICH” Last Wednesday, at an improvised press conference, George Bush gave what may have been the most comical performance of his eight year presidency. Looking like the skipper on the flight-deck of the Hindenburg, [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 01:20:32

West Seattle snow: Monday afternoon-evening (etc.) updates

(scroll/refresh for ongoing updates; see today’s earlier coverage here; for a list of handy links and closed/open reports, CLICK HERE) ... elevated road structures, streets near hospitals, and bus routes. SDOT continues to deploy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 21:50:54

The Inauguration Train: Obama and Pluto Pull into History

Dear Friend and Reader: Jan. 17, 2009 at 7:10 PM EST, the Inauguration Train and President-elect Barack Obama rolled into Union Station in Washington, DC hauling 250 years of history and a whole lot of Pluto in Capricorn along with him. Two weeks after Americans elected Barack Obama as the their next president, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 16:01:57

Book Excerpt: First Place 4 Health by Carole Lewis

It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour ... stop every morning. One day, early in the school year, before she got back to the house, she heard [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 07:00:02

The Sellers Aren’t People, They’re Banks

The Monterey County Herald reports from California ... Attorney Annie Michaels.” “O’Meara, reached at his Pebble Beach home, said he plans to fight ... on the project, with O’Meara losing his Pebble Beach home, a house in Bass Lake and two houses in Fresno.” [more...]

Date: 2008-06-30 22:28:53

AIG To Absorb $5 Billion in Losses From Securities Lending

AIG To Absorb $5 Billion in Losses From Securities Lending Elevated biomarkers predict risk for prostate cancer recurrence Tunguska Meteorite ... defeat House Protects Grand Canyon National Park From Nearby Mining Jason Thompson Drafted No. 12 ... AIG To Absorb $5 Billion in Losses From Securities Lending AIG plans to absorb $5 billion in losses [more...]

Date: 2008-06-27 13:46:11

News and Commentary

Israel Kills Scores in Gaza Air StrikesReutersGAZA (Reuters) - Israeli warplanes pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 229 people in one of the bloodiest days for the Palestinians in 60 years of conflict with the Jewish state [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 10:52:00

Salon Radio: Jane Hamsher

(updated below) The Accountability Now money bomb from last week raised close to $175,000 (once offline checks are counted) ... -- aimed at several of the more than 200 co-sponsors of the war-justifying House Resolution 362 [more...]

Date: 2008-08-15 18:56:05

DrumBeat: October 16, 2008

The Peak Oil Crisis: The Crash of 2008 Despite the dramatic drop in oil prices during the last three months, recent developments have only made the supply and demand situation worse. Oil consumption in the U.S. has fallen by 1.8 million barrels a day (b/d) [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 13:20:00

MO-Sen: Rounding Up the Potential Candidates

Brilliant state roundup. Fronted by Erick. But don’t forget to put the state in the tags or it won’t show up on the state blogs ... accomplishments as Treasurer was the implementation of a terror free investing policy for the state’s pension [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:00:08

West Seattle snow: Sunday afternoon (etc.) updates

(photo courtesy Katie M - send pix to editor@westseattleblog.com) Find morning/afternoon updates, photos, comments here ... and other elevated road structures, streets near hospitals, and bus routes. Twenty one SDOT workers [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 21:07:14

'Battlestar Galactica's' Ron Moore addresses the shocking developments of 'Sometimes a Great Notion'

This post contains extensive interviews and information about “Sometimes a Great Notion,” the Jan. 16 episode of Sci Fi's "Battlestar Galactica." Below, “Battlestar Galactica” executive producer Ronald D. Moore talks in detail about several big developments in the episode [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 07:00:00

Lower Florida Keys Real Estate 12/30-12/31/08

NEW LISTINGS: Active 12/30/08 Listing # 109939 29819 Tropical Trader Rd Big Pine Key, FL 33043-3118 Listing Price: $209,000 County: Monroe County <><> Property Type Residential Property Subtype Single Family Key/Island Big Pine Key Subdivision Tropical Key Colony Beds 2 Aprx Sq Footage-FLA 1152 Tax [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 01:05:01

Isaiah, Third

Tuesday! Best news, the week's nearly over! :D Well, not nearly, but more so than on a Monday, right? "Track a ghost through the fog ... , or Gitmo, has come to represent some of the worst aspects of the Bush Regime. Barack Obama plans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 04:00:00

Pre-senile dementia is not an illness, it's a "social" problem

I have only recently come across Phil Hope MP. He is the Minister of State for Caring. Really. He is also a shit ... are to be trained to spot the early symptoms of dementia, under government plans. Ministers also want [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 12:48:00

Double standards a threat to democracy

THE Rudd Government has some heavy holiday reading for punters this summer ... . However, genuine reform will require the Labor Party to do its own house cleaning: kicking its addiction [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 11:31:34

FIRST Wild Card Tour: First Place 4 Health by Carole Lewis

It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour ... , early in the school year, before she got back to the house, she heard the footsteps of her son [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 12:00:00

Shannon: Wrestler of the Week — Jeff Hardy

HeadLocker — Jay Shannon OWW Wrestler of the Week — Jeff Hardy Our resident philosopher, Jay Shannon, looks at the new WWE champion, Jeff Hardy. Jeff defied the odds at Armageddon and Swantoned himself into championship gold. Jeff Hardy surprised a lot of critics when he took the WWE title from Edge at Armageddon [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 23:03:18

They Say That When God Closes a Door...

He opens a window.On July 28, 2007, a lot of people thought the door had closed on their hopes of ridding Middleboro of a casino ... Healey and the Middleboro Board of Selectmen, on an elevated stage - not unlike conquering gods [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 17:16:00

LEADERSHIP, MEMBERSHIP AND DEMOCRACY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY PARTY

by Neil Davidson from SWP Pre-conference Internal Bulletin 2008. #3. In Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) ... years, he thwarts the plans of the evil millionaire Mr Potter to ruin him and take over the town [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 09:49:05

Weekly Forecast: December 15 – 21, 2008

Summary Of This Week’s Influences/All Times Listed Are Eastern Standard Time (EST) ... . These energies elevated the potential for severe weather conditions that could cause travel [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 17:46:54

Getting the most value out of Dine Out Vancouver 2009

The waning of January always makes my mouth water, as it signals the arrival of my favourite annual gorgefest, Dine Out Vancouver, ... returning from their experience.  Plan B, a Yaletown tapas lounge that I’ve never [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 02:52:03

1/12/09 If The Greenwich Post Can Get It's Local News Up Before 4 AM Why Can't A Billion Dollar Company Like Hearst Newspapers Do The Same?

Behind The Times:Once Again Everyone Else Has Fresh Greenwich News Up On Thier Web Sites, Except For The Greenwich Time And The Greenwich Citizen ... , Jan. 20 and Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 6 p.m. at Greenwich High School, Folsom House, 10 Hillside [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 08:43:00

coral reefs

What are Corals and Coral Reefs?Appearing as solitary forms in the fossil record more than 400 million years ago, ... polyps have structurally simple body plans, they possess [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 06:04:37

Moral Hazard of the Coming Mortgage Bailout

“Why am I being punished for having bought a house I could afford? ... post here) Here is the grim reality about home prices: They remain elevated by just about every [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 14:09:11

Economists React: Confidence Numbers ‘Extraordinarily Awful’

Economists and others weigh in on the plunge in consumer confidence ... of consumers are expecting simultaneous higher interest rates, lower equity prices, and elevated inflation [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 17:28:21

Dollar Falls, Bailout Hopes Cool Risk Aversion

Dollar falls against the euro, gains against the yen… Hope of bailout for U.S. carmakers boosts sentiment… Risk aversion likely to remain for some time… The dollar fell against the euro on Monday as talk of an imminent bailout deal for the three U.S [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 17:47:29

Laghi Dies, Jadot Lives

The leader of American Catholicism's remaking in the image of Pope John Paul II died earlier today in Rome -- Cardinal Pio Laghi was 86 ... cardinals were either elevated to the episcopacy or advanced [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 19:39:00

Salon Radio: Digby on the bailout

(updated below) My guest today on Salon Radio is Digby, and we discuss various political aspects of the Paulson bailout, ... bailout is basically a fait accompli. The Hill reports that House Democrats have declared [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 21:13:30

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