New Market Indicator Says Bullishness Overdone?
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I would like to share with you the birth of a brand new kind of stock market indicator—an indicator that, if correct, suggests that the "good old days" for stocks may be coming to an end quicker than we think. Whether my new indicator will pass the test of time, I do not know. But I do think it is as valid as any other indicator and may well be worth keeping an eye on. I call it the "expanding car indicator" and right now—in spite of growing unemployment, economic chaos, soaring medical/food costs, and a total lack of organic corporate growth—it is still flashing "bull." Or at least it seems to be. However, as I will explain, with this particular indicator, all may not be what it seems... Here is how it works.
And Now Move on To...Car Length?
So, now that I have your attention, you are no doubt wondering how the "expanding car" theory works? Well, let's travel back in time for a moment to the early sixties. This was the period when the baby boomers, known for their daring and unconventional attitudes, were just entering puberty and preparing to ultimately take an unsuspecting world by storm. While these youngsters were discovering chemical stimulants and rock music, their parents, who were children of the War Era, were as conservative as extra starch on a white shirt. While dad went to work (usually) in a suit and tie, his children were heading to school wearing Madras shirts, sideburns, and bellbottoms. The economy of the time reflected this clash of cultures. In the early sixties, there was a sense of unease (remember the Bay of Pigs?) and the markets reflected this. Inflation was minimal, yields were solid and unwavering, and stock growth was respectable yet conservative. People were economical. Value was primary. Excess was shunned.
In 1963, Oldsmobile introduced a small economy car called the "F-85." It was functional and durable and really nothing to get excited about. The length of the car—this was an economy car, after all—was precisely 188 inches. Over the next decade and a half (approximately), the world went nuts. Opposing social forces (Vietnam on the one hand, the Beatles on the other) split people apart. The baby boomers came into their own. So did Women's Lib, birth control, and free love. McDonald's, which had opened in the fifties, began its rapid expansion of something the pundits would later call "fast food." IBM was establishing itself as a force to be reckoned via something it called the "mainframe." And TV had become so powerful a force of persuasion that if it did not happen on TV, it did not happen at all. By 1977, that F-85 model (which now had a new, sexier, name—the "Cutlass") had grown to 207 inches—a gain of more than 10% in 14 years—with an accompanying increase in weight and a decrease in miles per gallon. It no longer looked or drove like an economy car, but that did not stop the buyers. Everyone was partying like it was...1977? Except that there was very little actual partying going on. The truth was that rampant inflation early in the decade accompanied by a four-fold increase in the price of oil (as a result of ongoing shenanigans in the Middle East) had left the west in a state of delayed shock. Sure, Olds was heavily advertising a bloated and oversized version of its 1963 original, but no one was buying it—literally. By 1978, the car companies (then, as now, always a little late to the party) realized they had to do something to make up for their overly optimistic ways. The Japanese were now in the market. "Corollas"—Toyota had been in the U.S. since the fifties!—were being snapped up by U.S. buyers like hot dogs at a home game. So in 1978, Oldsmobile had a brainstorm. Let's make the Cutlass (formerly the F-85) a leaner and lighter car, then sell it as a combination economy/luxury vehicle...? And indeed it did. The leaner and meaner 1978 Cutlass had a length of 188 inches. If that number sounds familiar, it is because—wait for it—the "new and improved" Cutlass was exactly the same length it had been when it first debuted in 1963! The model—and indeed the entire economy—had come full circle.
So, What Is the Indicator Saying?
Triple-Digit Upside for Direxion Shares Exchange Traded Fund Trust?
I would like to share with you the birth of a brand new kind of stock market indicator—an indicator that, if correct, suggests that the "good old days" for stocks may be coming to an end quicker than we think.
Whether my new indicator will pass the test of time, I do not know. But I do think it is as valid as any other indicator and may well be worth keeping an eye on.
Let's start with a similar (but different) non-traditional indicator. Look at the infamous "skirt" or "hemline" test.
Pundits noticed that during the "Roaring Twenties," just before the Big Crash, skirts got shorter and shorter. Through the thirties, forties, and fifties, against the cautionary backdrop of depression and war, they got longer and longer. So, when times are bullish, hemlines are shorter; when they are bearish, hemlines are longer. The indicator is that simple.
And Now Move on To…Car Length?
So, now that I have your attention, you are no doubt wondering how the "expanding car" theory works?
Well, let's travel back in time for a moment to the early sixties. This was the period when the baby boomers, known for their daring and unconventional attitudes, were just entering puberty and preparing to ultimately take an unsuspecting world by storm.
While these youngsters were discovering chemical stimulants and rock music, their parents, who were children of the War Era, were as conservative as extra starch on a white shirt. While dad went to work (usually) in a suit and tie, his children were heading to school wearing Madras shirts, sideburns, and bellbottoms.
The economy of the time reflected this clash of cultures. In the early sixties, there was a sense of unease (remember the Bay of Pigs?) and the markets reflected this. Inflation was minimal, yields were solid and unwavering, and stock growth was respectable yet conservative.
People were economical. Value was primary. Excess was shunned.
In 1963, Oldsmobile introduced a small economy car called the "F-85." It was functional and durable and really nothing to get excited about. The length of the car—this was an economy car, after all—was precisely 188 inches.
Over the next decade and a half (approximately), the world went nuts.
Opposing social forces (Vietnam on the one hand, the Beatles on the other) split people apart. The baby boomers came into their own. So did Women's Lib, birth control, and free love. McDonald's, which had opened in the fifties, began its rapid expansion of something the pundits would later call "fast food." IBM was establishing itself as a force to be reckoned via something it called the "mainframe." And TV had become so powerful a force of persuasion that if it did not happen on TV, it did not happen at all.
By 1977, that F-85 model (which now had a new, sexier, name—the "Cutlass") had grown to 207 inches—a gain of more than 10% in 14 years—with an accompanying increase in weight and a decrease in miles per gallon. It no longer looked or drove like an economy car, but that did not stop the buyers. Everyone was partying like it was…1977?
Except that there was very little actual partying going on.
The truth was that rampant inflation early in the decade accompanied by a four-fold increase in the price of oil (as a result of ongoing shenanigans in the Middle East) had left the west in a state of delayed shock.
Sure, Olds was heavily advertising a bloated and oversized version of its 1963 original, but no one was buying it—literally.
By 1978, the car companies (then, as now, always a little late to the party) realized they had to do something to make up for their overly optimistic ways. The Japanese were now in the market. "Corollas"—Toyota had been in the U.S. since the fifties!—were being snapped up by U.S. buyers like hot dogs at a home game.
So in 1978, Oldsmobile had a brainstorm. Let's make the Cutlass (formerly the F-85) a leaner and lighter car, then sell it as a combination economy/luxury vehicle…?
And indeed it did. The leaner and meaner 1978 Cutlass had a length of 188 inches. If that number sounds familiar, it is because—wait for it—the "new and improved" Cutlass was exactly the same length it had been when it first debuted in 1963! The model—and indeed the entire economy—had come full circle.
All this is important because your writer has noticed that, as the markets today get progressively crazier and continue to shed whatever scant reason they started with, the very same thing is happening today.
First, the people at Honda have been messing with your head. What started off as a small economy car (just like the Cutlass did in 1963) has morphed into a seriously bloated set of wheels.
Second, the actual amount of growth in this specific "expanding car" is significant. The Honda Civic has silently grown more than 30% (WOW!) when no one was looking—along with the economy, consumerism, car leases, easy money, central bank interference, and you name it.
For those of you who find this indicator intriguing, I should quickly mention another aspect of it.
Remember how in 1978, when GM "lowered the boom" on its rapidly expanding line of "economy" cars and made them small again, they were actually responding to events that had happened a year or two earlier…?
Because the car biz is capital-intensive and involves such a complex supply chain, this new indicator I am showing you tends to be a trailing indicator, not a leading one.
In plain English, that means that although the indicator is still flashing "bull." In fact, the fundamentals of the market might have already begun to turn.
And the car companies just haven't figured that out yet.


In last week's Oakland Tribune (1/9/14) Joel Parrott called for unity to launch the Oakland Zoo's disastrous expansion plan in Knowland Park, a plan reminiscent of many grandiose projects that appeal to a seductive illusion. Parrott lashed out at park proponents who aren't buying that destroying park land to create an illusory experience is better than holding on to the real deal. The California Trails project would fence, grade, and destroy 56 acres of prime park land in an effort to transport visitors back in time to pre-1850 California and charge them for the experience. To sell the deal, zoo execs have resorted to using secrecy and truth twisting to make some of the more problematic aspects of the project go away.
Their decision to sink huge resources into the project is already proving costly to the public, the park, and the zoo itself. Last year the zoo spent over $1 million trying to pass a county parcel tax (Measure A1) it claimed was crucial to maintain existing zoo operations. The measure lost—in part because opponents publicized the fact (buried in the fine print) that these tax funds could be used to build the expansion. But instead of scaling back its plans, the zoo plunged blindly on. Last month the zoo's Board announced that it was taking $1.3 million from operations to put into "capital projects", and had taken out a $10 million bridge loan.
The City has been complicit in depriving the public of a fully informed decision on this project by never enforcing submissions of financial information required under the zoo Management Agreement. In 2011, despite the fact that the expansion would be one of the largest capital projects in a city increasingly unable to pay for basic services, and ignoring public protests, the City Council approved the project with no capital spending plan.
Parrott falsely claims that voters approved this project. In 2002 Oakland voters passed Measure G, providing $23 million for a $40 million Wild California project on 40 acres. No location was specified, and many voters assumed the zoo would use the abundant land available within the zoo's current footprint. Today's project would cost $60 million and fence and destroy 56 acres of the richest and most sensitive lands as well as the most frequently visited portion of the park. Parrott's claim that this project would "protect and enhance Knowland Park and its plant species" would be laughable if it weren't tragic. Once destroyed, the rare plant communities in the project area will be gone forever. And zoo execs have insisted on keeping their options open to develop even more of Knowland Park.
The distortions continue. Documents from a Public Records Act request revealed that to obtain the $7 million State Parks grant that Parrott claims is evidence of state and public support of this project, the zoo had to tell a real whopper: that the whole project would cost just $23 million (at the same time it was telling the City that the total cost was $72 million). The reason? The application required Parrott to certify that the grant would complete full funding to build and operate the project. It was not true then, nor is it now.
The high costs of the project were pitched as economically beneficial to the City, including construction contracts that would produce jobs and fatten the City's taxes. But the recently completed vet hospital shows that the zoo doesn't play fair when it comes to city law. The project cost approximately $12 million (exact figures not released), but not one contract for that project was submitted as required to the City's Contract Compliance Unit to ensure zoo compliance with City laws requiring that 50% of the contracts go to Oakland companies and small businesses and that there were no conflicts of interest (zoo Board Members include developers).
One of Parrott's most astonishing claims is that the zoo will be an effective steward of the park. The zoo has had decades to earn that honor, but despite the fact that it gets millions of dollars in public subsidies annually, it has spent almost nothing to care for the park beyond its footprint. Instead, it has dumped manure and trash in the highlands, and spread french broom and other weeds up into the more pristine portions. French broom removal around the vet hospital is not voluntary—it is required mitigation for that project. Community members, not the zoo, have been the true stewards of the park: the California Native Plant Society and Friends of Knowland Park have spent thousands of hours in efforts to bring the park forward out of obscurity and give it proper care by wrenching out broom, taking the public on guided tours, inviting experts in natural resources to help conduct surveys, creating a trail map and website to guide visitors to the wonders of the park. Most importantly, we have advocated tirelessly for the protection of the park while behind closed doors the zoo has relentlessly pressured regulatory agencies to grant them permits by arguing for less environmental protection.
Perhaps to deflect attention from his own false statements, Parrott says park proponents state "mistruths" and demonstrate a "blatant disregard for facts." Ironically, he ends his comments with the most outlandish "mistruth" of all—that the project "will open Knowland Park to the more than 700,000 guests who come to the zoo every year." Parrott knows full well that this city park has been open and free to the public since 1975 when it was deeded to the people of Oakland by the state under the provision that it always remain a public park. But the zoo project would fence off scenic walking trails and other popular sites and charge admission fees to areas that were formerly free to the public.
We believe it's imperative that the City wake up and reconsider the environmental and financial disaster that will attend the launching of this project. The very secrecy surrounding its funding is fair warning that the deal is unsound. Without public scrutiny of the finances, it's likely that, if permitted, the zoo will fence and grade the site, digging itself further into a financial hole, hoping that the opposition will go away. But the future of funding for this project through completion and the accompanying increase in operational expenses leave little room for doubt that the zoo will be back asking for more money from the public, despite the fact that the heart of the park will have been destroyed.


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FHP releases dramatic video of chase with suspected Home Depot thieves
The Florida Highway Patrol released a 17-second clip of troopers chasing the suspects in a stolen white pickup truck after a Jan. 10 theft at Home Depot.
FHP releases dramatic video of chase with suspected Home Depot thieves The Florida Highway Patrol released a 17-second clip of troopers chasing the suspects in a stolen white pickup truck after a Jan. 10 theft at Home Depot. Check out this story on tallahassee.com: https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/2020/01/15/fhp-releases-dramatic-video-of-chase-with-suspected-home-depot-thieves/4478895002/
Democrat staff report Published 1:12 p.m. ET Jan. 15, 2020 | Updated 1:31 p.m. ET Jan. 15, 2020
The occupants of the truck allegedly stole more than $3,000 in merchandise from the store just before the vehicle pursuit. They were driving a truck reported stolen from South Carolina.
"Occupants of the pickup truck had over 20 outstanding warrants, some of which were for burglary and armed robbery," said Maj. Chris Blackmon. "The driver of the truck lost control of the truck, and the truck rolled onto the passenger side. There were no injuries.
Four people were taken into custody on theft and other charges: Charles A. Chiles, 54, Reginald J. Henderson, 52 and Casey Lyday, 27, all of Greenville, and Katrina M. Supple, 46, of St. Marks.
More: Four arrested in chase after Home Depot theft
Contact Jeff Burlew at jburlew@tallahassee.com or follow @JeffBurlew on Twitter.
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Teachers 'school' Fla. lawmakers on funding
TPD IDs man found dead in woods; won't release name
TPD: Man stole FedEx truck and drove onto TLH runway
Gillum legal expenses mount under fed probe
Sen. Montford pushes COLAs for state workers
Brandes bill could allow grandparents more visitation rights

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The Barefoot Computing project is about providing free high quality resources to help Primary school teachers with the computer science elements of the new computing curriculum.
A set of easily understood teacher notes that provide clear definitions for and explanations of the key computer scienceconcepts and approaches behind the new Programme of Study.
Free exemplar teaching resources which support the teaching ofthese key concepts at KS1 and KS2, wherever possible using cross curricular contexts to help bring the topics to life and showhow computing can be integrated with other subjects.
A programme of 800 free teacher workshops being run across England by Barefoot partner organisations facilitated by volunteers from the computing industries and universities.
The next volunteer training session is taking place on 15th December at Winchester Science Centre. See the events page for more details and to register.


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Secret Service Agent Arrested in Undercover Sex Sting
A uniformed Secret Service agent was arrested Thursday for allegedly sending a nude photograph to someone he believed to be a 14-year-old girl.
According to a CNN report, Delaware State Police apparently caught the agent in an undercover sting operation, after he allegedly sent several messages to an officer posing as a young girl.
Some of the messages were reportedly sent from the White House grounds.
The incident is the latest casualty for the Secret Service, whose reputation has been tarnished over the past two years by a series of scandals involving agent misconduct.
The agent allegedly requested meetings and sexual encounters with the state trooper who was posing as the girl.
Reports indicate that he asked the following in one of the messages: "What would make you more nervous, riding on the motorcycle with me or having sex with me?"
The agent reportedly turned himself into authorities on Monday. He has been charged with attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor.
The Secret Service did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
"Sexting" is now a common phrase used to describe sending pornographic images through cellular devices. When a person under the age of 18 is photographed, regardless of consent, the acts of both taking the photo and sending it to another person are illegal.
At Whittel & Melton, our Florida Sex Crimes Lawyers understand the devastating and lasting consequences that can result from a sex crimes conviction. Our firm can provide you with a free consultation to help you possibly avoid a prison sentence, the loss of your rights and sex offender registration. Call us today at 866-608-5529 or contact us online to learn more about how we can help you.
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New Racing tamiya trf
Christopher Krapp joins Tamiya's TRF Racing team.
Christopher Krapp has signed for Tamiya's TRF racing team. The former Kyosho driver has proven time and time again that he is a fanta...
https://www.thercracer.com/2015/04/christopher-krapp-joins-tamiya-trf.html
Christopher Krapp has signed for Tamiya's TRF racing team. The former Kyosho driver has proven time and time again that he is a fantastic racer with multiple worlds final appearances. He joins fellow countryman Marc Rheinard and recently signed Naoto Matsukura to help create a formidable team. This move should also destroy any doubts about Tamiya's commitment to 1/10 onroad racing.
Christopher started out racing Tamiya cars and had this to say:
First, I would like to thank Team Kyosho for their great support over the last 9 years. They always thrusted in me and we had a good time together. Personally I want to thank Chikuba-San, Mitsuo-San, Kenji-San and Daniel Haas and Frank Lemke.
But now it's time for a change. I am very excited and huge motivated for the next races and challenges.I chose Tamiya/TRF because they always have the best touring cars on the market and best quality.
For me it is like coming home because I began my racing with Tamiya chassis and won the Tamiya World Championship 2007 in Japan.
My first race with the Team will be this week at the ETS in Italy and I can't wait to race and work with my new Team members.
A big thanks to Tamiya/TRF for giving me this opportunity and see you at the racetrack.
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I'm not a runner, I only run when chased. However, I found this new Nike product – NIKE : Overview – a little bewildering. Apparently, you plug some doo-dad (yes, that's my technical term for it) into into your iPod and through the power of …. something, your iPod and your Nike shoes communicate. Your pace, distance run, and time are all recorded, and spoken to you a la the Star Trek computer.
Has the iPod become the new killer must have toy? If my sneakers can talk to my iPod, what's going to happen next? I set up a 'cooking dinner' playlist and the damn thing tells me how many calories I'm adding each time the olive oil gets added to the pan?
My wife and I both have Nanos – presents to each other for our honeymoon , so I'm not saying anything bad about iPods, but, come on!
She's looking for a new car, as a matter of fact, and one of the options is a permanent iPod cable – which has to be a big improvement over the FM transmitter.
That is just an over-fancy pedometer. It guesstimates your distance based on the "average" stride times the number of steps you take when you run. It does seem like it can give you run time, or what a watch does now.
If you really want to be accurate & fancy, use a Garmin Forerunner 205. It's a wrist GPS that gives you total run accuracy to 3 feet. Its what all us triathletes use these days.


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The Obama Record
Robert Watson: There is a lot of misinformation circulating on talk radio, at town hall meetings, in the blogosphere, and around office water coolers about President Barack Obama. For instance, Obama is criticized for allegedly doing nothing and for doing too much. While Obama, like all presidents, has made mistakes, his presidency has thus far been marked not just by bitter opposition but by an ambitious array of initiatives and numerous accomplishments. His is turning out to be one of the most active presidencies in history.
Robert P. Watson
There is a lot of misinformation circulating on talk radio, at town hall meetings, in the blogosphere, and around office water coolers about President Barack Obama. For instance, Obama is criticized for allegedly doing nothing and for doing too much. While Obama, like all presidents, has made mistakes, his presidency has thus far been marked not just by bitter opposition but by an ambitious array of initiatives and numerous accomplishments. His is turning out to be one of the most active presidencies in history.
Following is a list of initiatives that are either being pursued or have been achieved by the Obama Administration (through March 2010).
Ordered the White House and all federal agencies to respect the Freedom of Information Act; Bush era limits on accessibility of federal documents have been overturned (2009)
Instructed all federal agencies to promote openness and transparency as much as possible (2009)
Placed limits on lobbyists' access to the White House (2009)
Placed limits on White House aides working for lobbyists after their tenure in the administration (2009)
Signed a measure strengthening registration and reporting requirements for lobbyists (2009)
Ordered that lobbyists must be removed from and are no longer permitted to serve on federal and White House advisory panels (2009)
Companies and individuals who are delinquent on their taxes or owe back taxes are no longer allowed to bid for federal contracts (2009)
The White House website now provides information on all economic stimulus projects and spending, along with an unprecedented amount of information on our government (2009)
Ended the Bush era practice of circumventing established FDA rules for political reasons (2009)
Ended the Bush era practice of having White House staff rewrite the findings of scientific and environmental regulations and reports when they disagreed with the results (2009)
Limited the salaries of senior White House aides (salaries cut to $100,000) (2009)
Has urged Congress to adopt "Pay-Go" (whereby each dollar of spending is offset by a dollar in cuts or revenues, which was used in the `90s but abandoned in the `00s) (2010)
Has been holding open meetings with Republican leaders who complained of a lack of access and information (2010)
Phasing out the expensive F-22 war plane (which wasn't even used in Iraq/Afghanistan) and other outdated weapons systems (2009)
Announced his intention to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay – though the closure has been delayed due to opposition it is still on the agenda (2009)
Attempting to house terrorists at a new federal "super max" facility in the US (2009)
Cut the expensive Reagan era missile defense program, saving $1.4 billion in 2010 (2009)
Cancelled plans to station anti-ballistic missile systems in Poland and the Czech Republic (2009)
Replacing long-range, expensive missile systems with more efficient smaller systems (2009)
ncreased US Navy patrols off the Somali coast in response to pirating (2009)
Established a new cyber security office and appointed a cyber security czar (2009)
Ordered the first nation-wide comprehensive cyber threat assessment (2009)
One-year extension on some provisions of the PATRIOT Act (2009)
Iraq & Afghanistan
Began the phased withdrawal of US troops from Iraq (2009); continuing the withdrawal (2010)
Authorized the use of more unmanned warplanes/drones (Predator, Reaper, etc.) in Iraq/Afghanistan (2009)
Authorized the deployment of 17,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, which had been pending for months during the previous administration (2009)
Changed the US military command in the Afghan conflict (2009)
Tasked the Pentagon to reorganize US policy in Afghanistan; the new policy includes 30,000 additional troops deployed, priority training of Afghan forces, developing agriculture and infrastructure, limiting aerial bombing, etc. (2009)
Ordered the Pentagon to send additional helicopters to assist US marine and special forces units in Afghanistan (2009)
Increased unmanned drone strikes on Taliban and al-Qaeda targets in Afghanistan (2009)
Ended the Bush era "stop-loss" policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan longer than their enlistment date (2009)
Visited US soldiers in Afghanistan (2010)
Ordered the Pentagon to cover expenses of families of fallen soldiers if they wish to be on site when the body arrives back in the US (2009)
Ended the Bush era "blackout" imposed on media coverage of the return of fallen US soldiers; the media is now permitted to do so pending adherence to respectful rules and with the approval of the fallen soldier's family (2009)
Ended the Bush era "black out" policy on media coverage of war casualties – full information is now released (2009)
Ordered better body armor to be procured for US troops (2009)
Funding new Mine Resistant Ambush Vehicles (which are needed because of susceptibility of the old hummers to roadside explosives) (2009)
Working to increase pay and benefits for military personnel (2009)
Improving housing for military personnel (2009)
Initiating a new policy to promote federal hiring of military spouses (2009)
Ordered that conditions at Walter Reed Military Hospital and other neglected military hospitals be improved (2009)
Beginning the process of reforming and restructuring the military (initiated by Bush but abandoned after the war in Iraq began) to a post-Cold War, modern fighting force… this includes new procurement policies, increasing size of military and special ops units, establishing new technology and cyber units, etc. (2009)
Ended the Bush era practice of awarding "no-bid" defense contracts (2009)
Improving benefits for veterans as well as VA staffing, information systems, etc. (2009)
Authorized construction of additional health centers to care for veterans (2009)
Suspended the Bush era decision to purchase a fleet of Marine One helicopters from foreign suppliers in favor of American made helicopters (2009)
Ordered a review of the existing "Don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military (2010)
New GI Bill for returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan (2009)
Foreign Policy & International Relations
Closed the Bush era "secret detention" facilities in Eastern Europe (2009)
Ended the Bush era policy allowing "enhanced interrogation" (torture); the US is again in compliance with Geneva Convention standards (2009)
Restarted international nuclear non-proliferation talks (Bush withdrew from them) and reestablished international nuclear inspection protocols (2009)
Reengaged in the treaties/agreements to protect the Antarctic (2009)
Reengaged in the agreements/talks on global warming and greenhouse gas emissions suspended under Bush (2009)
Visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office (2009)
Banned the export of cluster bombs (2009)
Overturned Bush era plans to increase the US nuclear arsenal (2009)
Authorized the Navy SEALS operation that freed by force the US shipping captain held by Somali pirates (2009)
Restored the US commitment to the UN population fund for family planning that was suspended under Bush (2009)
Instituted a new policy on Cuba, allowing Cuban families to return "home" to visit families (2009)
Extended an offer of engagement (free from sanctions and penalties) to Iran through December 31, 2009 (Iran did not accept the offer) (2009)
Sent envoys to the Middle East and other parts of the world, reengaging in multilateral and bilateral talks and diplomacy (2009)
Authorized discussions with North Korea and the private mission by former president, Bill Clinton, to secure the release of two Americans held in prisons (2009)
Authorized discussions with Myanmar and the mission by Senator Jim Web to secure the release of an American held captive (2009)
Renewed loan guarantees for Israel (2009)
Signed the USIFTA trade agreement with/for Israel (2009)
Authorized a $550m advance for Israel (six months prior to the scheduled date) in order to accommodate Israeli's economic and financial needs (2009)
Continued agreements with Israel for cultural exchanges, immigration, etc. (2009)
Spoke on Arab television, spoke at an Egyptian university, and met with Arab leaders in an effort to change the tone of US-Arab relations (2009)
Ordered the US to finally pay its dues to the United Nations (2009)
Attended the Summit of America's meeting in Trinidad and Tobago (2010)
Invited the Israeli Prime Minister to Washington; met with him (2010)
Dispatched several envoys and initiated talks with numerous nations (2010)
Increased infrastructure spending (roads, bridges, power plants…) after years of neglect during the Bush era (2009)
Authorized the US auto industry rescue plan and two GMAC rescue packages (2009)
Authorized the housing rescue plan and new FHA residential housing guarantees (2009)
Authorized a $789 billion economic stimulus plan (1/3 in tax cuts for working-class families, 1/3 to states for infrastructure projects, 1/3 to states to prevent the layoff of police officers, teachers, etc. at risk of losing their jobs because of state budget shortfalls) (2009)
Instituted a new rule allowing the public to meet with federal housing insurers to refinance (in as quickly as one day) a mortgage if they are having trouble paying (2009)
Authorized a continuation of the US financial and banking rescue plans initiated at the end of the Bush administration and authorized TARP funds to buy "toxic assets" from failing financial institutions (2009)
Authorized the "Cash for Clunkers" program that stimulated auto sales and removed old, inefficient, polluting cars from the road (2009)
Convened a "jobs summit" to bring experts together to develop ideas for creating jobs (2009)
Ordered the FDIC to beef up deposit insurance (2009)
Ended the Bush era policy of protecting credit card companies; in place of it are new consumer protections from the credit card industry's predatory practices (2009)
Authorized the federal government to make more loans available to small businesses and ordered lower rates for federal loans to small businesses (2009)
After former presidents of both parties refused such action (George W. Bush refused four times), Obama placed a 35% tariff on Chinese tires and a few other products such as pipes after China was found to be illegally "dumping" exports below cost (2009)
In November 2009, Obama extended unemployment benefits for one million workers
and expanded coverage for some existing homeowners who are buying again (2009)
Called on Congress to deliver a "Jobs bill" (2010)
Credit card companies are prohibited from raising rates without advance notification or arbitrarily if customers are paying bills on time (2010)
Negotiated a deal with Swiss banks to permit the US government to gain access to records of tax evaders and criminals (2009)
Ended the previous policy of offering tax benefits to corporations who outsource American jobs; the new policy promotes in-sourcing investments to bring jobs back to the US (2009)
Signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act which provides small tax cuts for 95% of "working families" (2009)
Convened an advisory board that is looking into simplifying the tax code (2009)
Ordered the closing of offshore tax safe havens (for individual and business tax evaders) (2009)
Reduced taxes for some small businesses to stimulate the economic recovery (2009)
Extended the Home Buyers Credit for first-time home buyers (2009)
Proposed doubling the child tax credit (2010)
Called for the repeal of the capital gains tax for small businesses (2010)
Proposed rolling back the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans (families earning over $250,000/year) (2010)
Ordered all federal agencies to undertake a study and make recommendations for ways to cut federal spending (2009)
Ordered a review of all federal operations to identify wasteful spending and practices (2009)
Established a National Performance Officer charged with saving the federal government money and making federal operations more efficient (2009)
Overturned the Bush era practice of not listing certain federal programs in the federal budget (in an effort to hide programs and make the budget look smaller); such "off budget" items are now included in the annual budget (2009) (2010)
Full appropriations for war are now included in the budget (2009) (2010)
Funds for emergency appropriations are now included in the budget (2009) (2010)
Proposed a three-year freeze on federal discretionary spending beginning in 2011 (2010)
Is in the process of cutting 120 federal programs identified as either wasteful or unnecessary (2010)
Established a bipartisan commission on fiscal responsibility, staffed by House and Senate members and private citizens, tasked with submitted proposals to balance the budget (2010)
Removed Bush era restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research (2009)
Federal support for stem-cell and new biomedical research (2009)
Expanded the SCHIP program to cover health care for 4 million more children (2009)
Established an independent commission to make recommendations on slowing the costs of Medicare (2009)
Reversed some (but not all) of the Bush era restrictions that prevented Medicare from negotiating with pharmaceutical firms for cheaper drugs, allowing government to again competitively bid; negotiated with drug companies for them to lower their costs (2009)
Expanding vaccination programs (2009)
Issued new disease prevention guidelines and priorities for the CDC (2009)
Authorized the FDA to finally begin regulating tobacco (2009)
Tasked federal labs to prioritize research on and deployment of H1N1 vaccines (2009)
Asked multiple congressional committees to bring forward a healthcare reform bill; held numerous public hearings and town halls on the issue (2009) (2010)
Healthcare reform (32 million additional Americans will receive healthcare coverage and costs will be lowered for most Americans; the total cost to the government is $940 billion over 10 years; many of the goals phased in over four years) (2010)
Components of the bill:
Prevents insurance companies from denying coverage to individuals/family members with pre-existing health conditions; a temporary plan is being developed to cover high-risk individuals with pre-existing conditions until the full reforms go into effect in 2014
Prevents insurance companies from placing lifetime limits on benefits
Bans "rescission" so insurance companies can't cancel coverage if individuals keep their policies current or if they become ill
An individual's out-of-pocket healthcare expenses are capped
Closes the "donut hole" (Part D) for Medicare prescription drug coverage (under Bush, Medicare helped pay for drugs up to $2,600 and above $4,550, but individuals had to pay 100% of the costs in between these amounts); now Medicare helps cover costs irrespective of the amount – seniors will now pay only 25% of drug costs up to $4,550 and only 5% of drug costs above that amount
In 2010, an emergency provision will offer seniors a $250 rebate on the costs incurred within the "donut hole"
Individuals living at or below the poverty line were eligible for healthcare under Medicaid, but by 2014 individuals/families living slightly above (making up to $14,404/$29,327) the poverty line will also be eligible for benefits
Individuals/families making less than $43,320/$88,200 per year will qualify for government subsidies to help purchase health insurance
All individuals must have health insurance or face a government fine; all large (over 50 employees) employers must offer health insurance to employees or pay a fine
Small businesses can get a tax credit if they offer health care
There are hardship exemptions if individuals can't afford health insurance
Families can keep their children in college on their plans through age 26
Promotes health insurance "exchanges" so consumers can buy "wholesale"
Creates consumer assistance offices to help consumers file complaints or appeal decisions from insurance companies; beginning in 2011, insurance companies can no longer make excessive rate hikes without justification and approval, and those doing so may be barred from participating in new health insurance exchanges
Funding sources:
Large employers (over 50 workers) that don't offer health benefits will be charged a $2,000/worker fee; if the employer offers coverage but employees instead purchase federally subsidized insurance the fee is $3,000/worker receiving federal subsidies or $750/worker (whichever is lower)
Annual fees on pharmaceutical companies ($27 billion), health insurance companies ($60 billion), and medical device-makers ($20 billion)
Annual penalties on individuals who do not have health insurance (up to a maximum of $695/person)
Increase in the Medicare payroll tax from 1.45% to 2.35% for individuals making $200,000+ and families making $250,000+
3.8% tax on unearned income for millionaires
Insurance companies will be subject to a tax on each high-end insurance plan (so-called "Cadillac" plans) they offer
Illegal immigrants are not eligible for insurance or subsidies
By Executive Order, such federal funding can't be used for abortion
The federal government will assist states by covering all of the increased expenses of expanding Medicaid coverage (90% of costs after 2020)
Removed a ruling that now allows individual states to enact automotive fuel efficiency standards above federal standards (2009)
Offered attractive tax write-offs for those who buy hybrid automobiles (2009)
Overturned Bush era rule to weaken the Endangered Species Act (2009)
Announced plans to purchase fuel efficient American-made fleet for the federal government (2009)
Ended the Bush era policy of not regulating and labeling carbon dioxide emissions (2009)
Signed a measure requiring energy producing plants to begin producing 15% of their energy from renewable sources (2009)
Announced that the federal government would reengage in the long-delayed effort to clean up "Superfund" toxic waste sites (2009)
Announced the long-term development of a national energy grid with renewable sources and cleaner, efficient energy production (2009)
Proposed a new refuge for wild mustangs (2009)
Cancelled several Bush era mountain-top removal and mining permits (2009)
Reengaged in international treaties and agreements to protect the Antarctic (2009)
Asked Congress for an energy reform and "cap and trade" bill (2009)
Developing plan to lease US coastal waters for wind and water-current energy production (2009)
Overturned Bush-era policies that allowed uranium mining near national parks such as the Grand Canyon (2009)
Expanded the Petrified Forest National Park (2009)
Signed the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act that protects millions of acres of scenic, historic, and recreational lands and trails (2009)
Requiring that government buildings and facilities be retrofitted to save energy costs (2009)
Authorized studies in several western states to determine how to support large-scale solar installations (2009)
Attended the Copenhagen talks and, after the talks were stalled, negotiated an international (voluntary) agreement on reducing carbon emissions and raising funds to assist developing nations in offsetting carbon emissions (2009)
Banned importation of pythons (in response to a growing population of pythons damaging the Florida Everglades) (2009)
Committing the federal government to increasing research and use of renewable, clean energy sources such as wind, biomass, etc. (2009)
Called for exploring the possibility of additional off-shore oil drilling in the Gulf, Atlantic, and off Alaska (but not in ANWR) (2010)
Agreed to consider increases in nuclear energy production and requested a study on the feasibility of nuclear power plant construction (2010)
Instituted enforcements for equal pay for women (Lilly Ledbetter Bill) (2009)
Appointed the first Latina to the Supreme Court (2009)
Held the first Seder in White House (2009)
Appointed a diverse Cabinet and diverse White House staff (2009)
Spoke at the annual dinner of the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights organization (2009)
Signed the first major piece of federal gay rights legislation that includes acts of violence against gays under the list of federal hate crimes (2009)
Reversed the Bush era practice of politicizing Justice Department investigations and prosecutions against political opponents (2009)
Pushing for some of the 9/11 perpetrators to be tried in federal court (2009)
Signed an extension of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Bill to provide federal research and support for treating the disease (2009)
Allowed the State Department of offer same-sex benefits for employees (2009)
Proposed that the Pentagon repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy; placed a "freeze" on current efforts to remove alleged homosexuals from the military (2009)
After eight years of neglect, the Justice Department and EEOC are again enforcing employment discrimination laws (2009)
Convened the White House Tribal Nations Conference, inviting representatives from 564 federally-recognized Indian tribes (2009)
Provided increased school projects for Indian lands and increased funds for the Indian Health Service (2009)
Signed an Executive Order mandating that his Cabinet develop plans to work with and consult Indian tribes on issues impacting Indian lands (2009)
Commissioned a study to develop alternatives to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (2010)
Called for federal agencies to look into recognizing gay partnerships in terms of benefits (2010)
Signed an Executive Order for the President's Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (2010)
Increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (2010)
Authorized construction funds for high-speed, broadband Internet access in K-12 public schools (2009)
Increased funding for school construction (2009)
Increased funding available for student loans (2009)
Expanded the national youth service program (2009)
Streamlined the federal student loan process to save $87 billion over the next 10 years (2009)
Changed the rule to allow students struggling to make college loan payments to refinance their loans (2009)
Beginning discussions with Congress for education reform (2009)
Initiated a "Race to the Top" competitive federal grant program for states who develop innovative policies (2009)
Instituted a "judgment review" allowing families with student loans to petition to have their current financial status determine the loan rather than the previous year's finances (2009)
Launched "Educate to Innovate," a public/private partnership making $236 million available for science, mathematics, and technology education programs (2009)
Proposed capping the maximum amount students must pay on student loans (as percentage of their income) (2010)
Proposed reducing student loan obligations for individuals going to work in community and public service jobs (2010)
The federal government will offer direct student loans, cutting out the cost of private banks ("middle man") who increase the costs in order to make a profit (2010)
Other Policies & Initiatives
New federal funding for science and research labs (2009)
Signed national service legislation; expanded national youth service program (2009)
Increasing opportunities in AmeriCorps program (2009)
Ordered a review of hurricane and natural disaster preparedness (2009)
Instituted a new focus on mortgage fraud (2009)
Demonstrated an immediate and efficient response to the floods in North Dakota and other natural disasters (2009)
Ordered that funds be released and red tape be streamlined for the ongoing Hurricane Katrina recovery effort in the Gulf Coast (2009)
Ordered the DEA to stop raids on medical marijuana usage (2009)
Ordered a review of existing "mandatory minimum" prison sentencing (2009)
Signed an order to limit airport tarmac delays and the time passengers had to sit in the plane/on the tarmac during delays (2009)
Restored the EPA to "Cabinet level" status (this was the case under Clinton but not Bush) (2009)
FEMA once again reports directly to the president (this was the case under Clinton but not Bush) (2009)
Beginning discussions with Congress for comprehensive immigration reform (2010)
Commissioned expert panels and reports from NASA; announced a new direction for human space flight that involves funding a new heavy lift-launcher and jettisoning the Ares 1 program; boosting NASA's budget by $1 billion in 2011 (2010)
Haiti Disaster Response
Timely and massive relief effort in response to the January 2010 earthquake and ensuing humanitarian crisis (2010)
Components of the response:
The FBI's National Center for Disaster Fraud was tasked to look into possible fraud with organizations soliciting funds for relief
Announced the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund
Established an emergency Haiti Task Force in the State Department
Established a website with information, resources, and a posting of a "person finder" online to help families and friends to locate loved ones
Joint aid and relief planning with the U.K.
Sponsored a resolution in the UN Security Council for additional security and police forces in Haiti
Dispatched the US Navy floating hospital (USNS Comfort) and, within 5 days, 9 naval and relief ships, 5 Coast Guard cutters, 8 Coast Guard aircraft, and 12,000 US military personnel
Initial dispatch of several ships and cargo planes full of humanitarian aid and supplies, 6 search/rescue teams (500 personnel), and 265 Department of Health & Human Services personnel for emergency medical and aid support
Established a mobile US air traffic control center at the destroyed airport in Port-au-Prince
The Obamas did not use the $100,000 authorized (to all First Families) for the refurbishment and redecoration of the White House's private living quarters; they paid for it out of their own pockets (2009)
The Obamas reused Christmas ornaments from previous White House trees rather than buy new ones (2009)
The Obamas used LED energy-saving lights on White House Christmas tree (2009)
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize; donated the award money for the prize to several charities (2009)
Planted a garden for the White House's vegetables and flowers (2009)
Installed a swing set/playground for the Obama daughters and children of White House employees (2009)
Held over 150 public town halls, press conferences, interviews, etc. in first year in office (official numbers are not available on such things, but this seems to be a new record high)
Less than 30 days of vacation in first year in office (official numbers are not available on such things, but this seems to be a new record)
Dr. Watson directs the American Studies program at Lynn University in Florida. Prior to joining Lynn's faculty in 2007, he spent 15 years teaching at several universities around the country. Robert has published 30 books and roughly 150 scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia essays on topics in American politics and history.
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Tropical Storm Henri - September 22-25, 1985
Henri formed in a trough of low pressure that trailed behind Tropical Storm Fabian. A low
pressure center developed along the trough north of Hispaniola on the 18th and drifted northwest
to the east of the Bahamas and northern Florida over the next 3 days. A high pressure system north
of Bermuda had been hampering its poleward progress. Late on the 21st, reconnaissance aircraft
found a tropical depression. The system intensified, becoming a tropical storm early on the 23rd
about 100 miles offshore the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Upper level winds increased from
the southwest, and Henri weakened thereafter, becoming a tropical depression as it made its second
landfall near the Rhode Island/Connecticut border. Thereafter, it became a frontal wave which
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Florida's University Athletic Association board approved an $84 million budget for 2008-09 at its meeting Monday afternoon. Although much of the figures don't matter to the fans, here are a few tidbits found in the budget materials…
**UF will pay a $600,000 guarantee to Hawaii for its Aug. 30 game against the Warriors and $450,000 to the Citadel for the Nov. 22 game. Those are one-time deals. UF will pay $400,000 to Miami when it visits Nov. 6 but likely will receive that money back when it visits South Florida in 2013. The Gators also will receive $500,000 to travel to Tallahassee, the normal bounty for the road team in the UF-FSU series.
**The Gators will play 17 men's basketball games at the O'Connell Center in 2008-09. The big opponents on the home schedule include the five teams from the SEC East, SEC West foes Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama, and North Carolina State from the ACC. Before that comes the parade of patsies — Southern Utah State, Florida A&M, Stetson, Georgia Southern, Florida Gulf Coast, Longwood and two unannounced opponents in the CBE Classic in November.
**UF will play five neutral site games — Missouri-Kansas City in Orlando, UCF in Jacksonville, a game at the Orange Bowl Classic in Sunrise, Fla. (likely versus Winthrop), and two games in Kansas City in the CBE Classic. The Kansas City opponents likely will come from a group composed of Syracuse, Kansas and Washington. The Gators will also face FSU on the road, as well as the five SEC East teams, Mississippi State, LSU and Auburn.
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Threat of strike forces Chicago to cancel school re-opening plan
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Teachers across the country have been authorized by the national AFT to do anything, up to and including strike if they must, to resist reopening plans that endanger the children and themselves. | Rick Bowmer/AP
CHICAGO—The Chicago Public Schools have backed down from their plan to reopen school buildings in August despite the coronavirus pandemic.
City Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced the reversal in a morning press conference on August 5, citing health recommendations and parent and teacher concern as her reasons.
City schools will hold remote-only classes for the first quarter of the year, through November 8, she said.
The city had planned on forcing teachers to return four days a week, and students twice weekly. That led the Chicago Teachers Union, AFT Local 1, to schedule a potential strike authorization vote during the week of August 10. Now the union won't have to do so.
"Congratulations to the mayor for being willing to listen to the concerns of families, educators, community groups and health professionals," union President Jesse Sharkey said. "Now that she has stepped away from a dangerous Trump/DeVos scheme to force in-person learning this fall, we hope she will embrace guidelines set forth by real public health experts.
Just before he launched an August 3 car caravan protesting the plan, Sharkey declared that re-opening of school buildings without adequate protective measures for teachers, children, parents and staff will trigger out-of-control community spread of the virus.
The car caravan was only one of 35 carried out by teachers. Parents, students and school staff from coast to coast across the country.
Strike votes and militant action are in keeping with CTU's history. The city forced the union to walk out and stop teaching students in the nation's third-largest school district twice in the last decade. It's also tussled with Chicago's Mayor Lightfoot and her school board over keeping cops in the schools.
Both prior CTU strikes involved pay and benefits, particularly for low-paid paraprofessionals in the increasingly stratified, expensive, city. But bigger issues were preserving community schools, the reason behind the first strike first strike, and increasing the number of librarians, counselors, nurses and other support staff in the schools.
Those reasons, plus community causes, such as demanding a city commitment to build affordable housing teachers, staffers and students can live in, led to the second strike, at the start of the 2019-20 year.
The potential Chicago strike also comes just days after AFT President Randi Weingarten told her union's "virtual convention," held via zoom teleconference due to the coronavirus pandemic, that AFT locals would strike as a last resort if school systems didn't protect teachers, students and staff against the coronavirus.
It's also notable because CTU has been out in front of other unions in both striking over community causes and in mobilizing the public behind them. The first CTU strike was a precursor of subsequent teacher strikes in West Virginia, Arizona, Kentucky, Los Angeles, Denver and Indianapolis, among others.
Those teachers, with wide community support, won gains for their students, especially in GOP-run West Virginia. There, AFT and National Education Association member teachers literally shut down every school in the state until the government agreed to stop cutting health care and pensions and to give teachers their first raise in a decade.
Lightfoot, her appointed school board and city schools CEO Janice Jackson came up with a hybrid plan which apparently satisfies nobody else but them. It calls for students to attend in person two days a week and distance learn via computers and zoom the rest of the time, except for students with special needs. They, and the teachers and staff, would have to be in the buildings four days a week.
But parents also could opt out of the schools' scheme in favor of total distance learning, though they faced an August 7 deadline to decide. The whole mess led CTU President Jesse Sharkey and his bargaining team into tough negotiations with Jackson and her aides.
Even before the talks began, dissatisfaction was apparent. CTU led the "car caravan" from its offices down to the CPS offices in the Loop on August 3. Before that, CPS hosted five community teleconferences, notable for parent concerns and complaints about the CPS plan.
"There were 500-600 cars in our caravan, and hundreds of freedom fighters on foot downtown," CTU tweeted. "Once again, we are put in the position of having to save ourselves. And once again, we WILL save ourselves."
"It's not appropriate to have in-person learning in an environment with raging contagion, and our union won't stand for it," another said.
Chicago is in the midst of a new beginning. We are determined to win for students, families and communities. And we won't do that by asking nicely."
"Not asking nicely" showed up in some of the home-made signs teachers carried. "Why risk our lives? Go remote," one read.
A second sign read "6 ft, but PLEASE NOT UNDERGROUND. REMOTE LEARNING SAFEST AROUND."
And a black car in the caravan, labeled "funeral" added on its door: "We want to teach not die. Queremos ensenar no morir!"
Another sign caricatured Trump regime Education Secretary Elizabeth "Betsy" DeVos, a fierce advocate of opening all brick-and-mortar schools, come hell, high water or the corona-virus pandemic. Her boss, GOP President Donald Trump, fully agrees. AFT and NEA don't.
That sign portrayed DeVos, known for her hatred of public schools and their teachers, unions and students of color as the black-clad, skeletal Grim Reaper, wielding a scythe and standing in back of a pile of skulls below. Two rose-colored coronaviruses floated, one above her and one next to the skulls.
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The new Peanut Butter Cup Sundae (review) was decent enough to make me try the older Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Sundae.Let's see what 3 weight watchers points buys me.
Well... the cookie dough chunks look kinda weird, and if you look at the far top middle, you will see a chunk that has been burned of all moisture. It's kinda weird and apparently this box was older than it looked.
The bottom cookie layer on this one is a lot thicker so I was pretty excited, but overall it was just kind of ho hum. It's not awful and there aren't any terrible artificial flavors attacking me. It's just, well, so-so. I don't want to pick on it too much because it may have been freezer burned and also the fact that I thought I was hungry for an early snack, maybe I really wasn't. Don't be afraid to try these, I just don't foresee going back anytime soon.
While the bottom cookie layer you pictured looks somewhat appealing, those cookie dough chunks look incredibly bizarre, and I think I'd be hesitant to eat it. Although, you've now sparked a desire to make some cookie dough, so it was worth it.


Why yes, I am quoting a song from as far as I got in piano lessons on a running/reading/travel blog. What do you mean that doesn't fit? I'm a turtle and I "sped" today.
I didn't have any actual workout plans* but I headed to the gym after work because it was too late to run in the Park. When I got there the long time manager told me that it would be closing to the public at the end of September and I was very disappointed. Can't beat the location or really the price. Swarm tells me I've gone 273 times which is just mind blowing (and on top of 300+ at my old gym! I have no idea who this person is that I've become in my 30s, but I love her).
I'm going to check out Planet Fitness as there's one relatively near work and nothing between the train and my apartment. Somehow I doubt these options have gotten any cheaper in the intervening five+ years, and my gym at that time is now an expensive Crunch.I'd briefly toyed around with Planet Fitness earlier this summer when I was going through a mini kick of strength training, but ultimately never went further than opening the tab. 😮 I'm slightly worried about how I'm going to get 50 gym visits in even if I double pay September, but we'll see.
The prior one was this gem. Luckily for me today, no post-run pain. These shoes really are magic.
Shoes cameo to reward them for being magic.
PR! No achilles pain (that really was a random flare, it has been fine since. Maybe weird hills after none for a while?) and it felt good! This was the longest I've run in a couple of weeks and it was nice to see how the recent speed worked with running longer. It's not last week's flash, but I knew it wouldn't be. It certainly feels more consistent and natural, so that's a plus.
I need to get back to the longer runs, but maybe I've found a sweet spot balance of the two. (*) I need to put the training log on my phone especially since I've registered for NYCRuns' Squirrel Stampede on 9/24. Pleased to find this discount from a fellow running ambassador (I'm one for US Road Running) since I missed the early registration date. Last time I ran six miles was July 2 and last time I ran a 10K was June 10. (The mascot for the Stampede has something to say about my blog title there). So looking forward to this and then maybe the Sleepy Hollow one in October since I'm going to miss Grete's Gallop due to family plans.
Speaking of NYCRuns…thinking of doing the Cocoa Classic. I don't need a mug, but awful tempting to run a 5K on the course I ran my first to see true progress by year's end. We'll see.
On last week's walk challenge? This morning when I bought the weekly metrocard I still had $8 and change on the card. Step totals over that window?
No trains on Saturday or Sunday, walked home Friday, Monday and Wednesday.
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A window seat is a miniature sofa without a back, intended to fill the recess of a window. In the latter part of the 18th century, when tall narrow sash windows were almost universal, the window seat was in high favor, and was no doubt in keeping with the formalism of Georgian interiors. It differed much in decorative detail, but little in form.

It stood as high from the floor as a chair; the two ends were identical, with a roll-over curve, more or less pronounced. The seats and ends were usually upholstered in rich fabrics which in many cases have remained intact. The legs followed the fashion in chairs and were square and tapered, or, somewhat later, round and reeded. Hepplewhite and the brothers Adam designed many graceful window seats, but they were produced by all the cabinet-makers of the period.

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For most of us, undergoing a detox often involves drinking copious amounts of herbal juices or tea for a week or two, but not many of us apply the same practice to extracting the toxins lurking in and around our homes.
One of the most important areas to target when detoxing any home is the air quality. Things like vacuuming or the constant going in and out of your home can unearth or bring in many airborne toxins without you even realising, particularly in winter when there's more dust in the air and windows are closed to keep our homes warm. It may therefore be worthwhile investing in portable air purifiers or keeping house plants in every room as they act as natural air purifiers. It's also advisable to opt for pure beeswax candles as opposed to normal candles or scented wall plug products as these could release harmful toxins such as phthalates and benzene when burning.
It may come as a surprise, but your mattress could be loaded with flame retardant chemicals which can have a negative effect on your endocrine system. Most mattresses that were manufactured before 2015 were sprayed with these chemicals so be sure to check with the supplier or manufacturer as to whether your mattress is certified to be chemical-free. It's also worthwhile vacuuming your mattress on a weekly basis to get rid of any dust or toxins that may have found their way into your mattress during the week.
It's a scary fact, but some of your plastic-wrapped grocery products could contain traces of chemicals found in jet fuel. Furthermore, some plastic containers (especially cheap ones) can leach out a hormone-affecting chemical known as bisphenol-A or BPA, so avoid plastics marked with a BPA content of 7 and never place these in the microwave or dishwasher as BPA leaches out when heated. That said, the less plastic in your home, the better so rather store food items in glass jars or cardboard containers where possible.
A simple way to prevent toxins such as pesticides and dust from entering your home is to leave your shoes at the door, or even better, make your home a shoe-free zone. Opt to go barefoot or purchase a pair of house slippers that can be worn indoors. Alternatively, buy a doormat and place it vertically at your front door so more of the dirt and toxins can be wiped away before entering your home.
Cleaning products are perhaps one of the greatest culprits when it comes to toxins and chemicals in your home as well as a strong contributor towards respiratory issues. It's therefore strongly recommended that you look for greener, non-toxic alternatives when it comes to cleaning products. Everyday ingredients such as baking soda, water, lemon peel and white vinegar can be used as natural detergents and household cleaners and won't damage your health or the environment. For example, vinegar can be used instead of bleach and baking soda can be used to remove mould from tiles or grouting. Furthermore, essential oils like tea tree or cinnamon can be used as healthier, natural disinfectants.
One final step in detoxing is simply reading and understanding the labels of the products you buy – from foods to face creams. When it comes to skin-care products, avoid anything that includes coal tar, formaldehyde, lead acetate, petroleum (including mineral oil), phenylenediamine, alpha hydroxy acids or silica. Rather, opt for chemical-free or organic alternatives or even have a go at making your own skin care products using natural ingredients such as beeswax, shea butter or nut oils. Food-wise, don't purchase anything with artificial flavourants or colourants as these can add unnecessary toxins and chemicals into your body without you even realising.
While there are many more ways to prevent toxins and chemicals from unnecessarily entering our homes, successfully detoxing your home is more about being conscious than it is about being preventative, as we can't truly stop our homes or our bodies from being exposed to the world around us. At the end of the day, educating yourself as much as possible about household toxins and chemicals will go a long way to ensuring that you aren't exposing yourself or your family to anything harmful and that you put yourselves on the path towards a lifetime of health and well-being.
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Scientists are attempting to extract cells from a 40,000-year-old horse in hopes of using the sample to clone the extinct species back into existence. If successful, it would mark an important milestone towards the goal of resurrecting the woolly mammoth.
The frozen male foal of an extinct horse that lived 30,000 to 40,000 years ago was found in the Batagaika crater in the East Siberian taiga in the Sakha Republic in Russia a few weeks ago, according to The Siberian Times.
The Batagaika crater is a thermokarst depression or crater that began to form after a forest was cleared in preparation for a road that was to be built in the region. With the removal of the trees that protected the ground from the sun's rays, the barren ground began warming, which in turn led to the permafrost layers thawing, according to Digital Journal in 2017.
Researchers believe the exposed ice and soil along the crater's edges could hold up to 200,000 years of geological and biological history. The crater has disgorged a number of long-buried forests, the remains of mammoths, a musk ox, pollen grains, wolves, cave lions and a Bison priscus (prehistoric steppe bison).
Now scientists have a perfectly preserved foal about twenty days old of Equus lenensis (a Pleistocene horse). The baby horse is so well preserved that the skin, the hooves, the tail and even the tiny hairs in the animal's nostrils and around its hooves are still visible, reports Live Science.
Paleontologists found the mummified body of the young horse inside the 328-foot-deep (100 meters) crater, about 30 meters or a little more than 100 feet down from the top rim.
According to Semyon Grigoriev, the head of the Mammoth Museum in Yakutsk, it was thanks to the astonishing conservation power of the permafrost from the "Mouth of Hell," as locals call the Batagaika Crater, that led researchers to recover muscle tissues from the animal.
In order to clone the animal, a living cell is needed, and that involves a "cell culture." Cell culture refers to cells from the animal that have been removed and then grown in an artificial environment. Primary culture refers to the stage after the cells are isolated from the tissue and proliferated under the appropriate conditions until they occupy all the available substrate.
"Fortunately, the animal's muscle tissues were undamaged and well preserved, so we managed to get samples of this unique find for biotechnology research," Grigoriev said. Professor Hwang Woo-Suk, a stem cell and cloning researcher from South Korea is now working on a project to retrieve a living cell to use in possibly cloning the extinct horse.
Scientists at Revive & Restore are working to bring the woolly mammoth back from extinction by injecting woolly mammoth cells into elephants.
"If we manage to find a cell, then we will do our best to clone the unique animal," the professor told the Siberian Times. "We are trying to make a primary culture using this baby horse, which was discovered a few weeks ago. If we get live cells from this ancient baby horse, it is a wonderful promise to people in terms of cloning."
Hwang told the Times that modern-day horses are "very close with the ancient one," so there would be no problem getting a "very good choice of eggs" from a modern-day female horse. "If we manage to clone the horse – it will be the first step to cloning the mammoth," Hwang said.


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HawkEye 360 Selects GomSpace to Manufacture Pathfinder Mission Payload
HawkEye 360 plans to harness GomSpace's proven expertise in small-satellite radio and antenna technology for its Pathfinder mission, which is scheduled for launch and testing in late 2017.
Herndon, Virginia (August 31, 2016) — HawkEye 360, Inc., which is developing a radio frequency (RF) detection and mapping system using a constellation of small satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO), announced that it selected Danish space components company GomSpace to provide the payload for its Pathfinder cluster satellite mission.
GomSpace is providing their flight-proven software-defined radio platforms and antennas to serve as the payload for HawkEye 360's Pathfinder mission, which is scheduled for launch and testing in late 2017. By utilizing GomSpace's expertise and product line in small-satellite radio and antenna technology, HawkEye 360 is moving quickly to develop one of the world's first privately funded space-based global wireless monitoring systems.
HawkEye 360's small satellite constellation aims to enable commercial applications such as allowing government and corporate customers to dynamically monitor transportation networks across air, land and sea. For government regulators, telecommunications companies and satellite broadcasters, HawkEye 360's system is being designed to be able to monitor RF spectrum usage to identify areas of interference. The system could also help to detect and locate activated emergency beacons to improve response times in life-threatening situations.
"GomSpace has a strong, established set of small satellite components and payloads that have a proven space flight history and a record of technology innovation," said Chris DeMay, Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of HawkEye 360. "Selecting GomSpace marks an important step forward in our development of the on-orbit capabilities that will be able to serve government and commercial customers."
Space-based detection of RF signals will allow HawkEye 360 to locate and characterize difficult-to-visualize wireless spectrum information in a more accurate and efficient manner when compared to terrestrial detection and image analysis. By taking RF data and turning it into actionable information, HawkEye 360 will be able to give commercial enterprises and governments better knowledge to help make critical decisions.
"We are excited to support HawkEye 360 in their mission to launch the Pathfinder mission and to enable new business opportunities based on small satellites and our leading position within innovative radio payloads," said Niels Buus, CEO of GomSpace.
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Nevada has moose (meese?) now and they're dangerous
Increased sightings suggest moose are making Nevada home
Nevada has moose (meese?) now and they're dangerous Increased sightings suggest moose are making Nevada home Check out this story on rgj.com: https://www.rgj.com/story/life/outdoors/2017/10/06/nevada-has-moose-meese-now-and-theyre-dangerous/741650001/
Benjamin Spillman, bspillman@rgj.com Published 4:23 p.m. PT Oct. 6, 2017
Compilation of video from January 2016 and January 2017 of moose running through Northern Nevada. Nevada Department of Wildlife
Undated photo from a moose sighting in northeastern Nevada.(Photo: Nevada Department of Wildlife)
Add "moose attack" to your list of hazards in the Nevada backcountry.
The state's northern reaches appear to be home to a small but growing number of the gangly ungulates, according to the Nevada Department of Wildlife.
The increased number of sightings suggests moose are no longer just visiting the Silver State and are putting down roots.
"It's time we start talking about moose in Nevada"
Kari Huebner, Nevada Department of Wildlife biologist
"It's time we start talking about moose in Nevada," Kari Huebner, an NDOW biologist said Friday during a television interview in Elko. "We're starting to get enough sightings that we think we actually have a population here," she said on KENV Channel 10.
Nevada moose sightings in recent years have been concentrated in Elko and northern Humboldt counties. And they've included bulls, cows and calves, which suggests they're establishing a population.
Moose sighting near Winnemucca surprises wildlife officials
NDOW spokesman Joe Doucette said the department is trying to get the word out to hunters and others who spend time in the backcountry.
They're hopeful people will report sightings which would help NDOW determine how many moose there are in the state and where they're living.
Photo of moose in Elko County in 2017. (Photo: Nevada Department of Wildlife)
"It is really hard to count moose, they are often really in the thick willows, they are really in the thick alder," Doucette said. "That is one of the reasons we are trying to get information from the public."
Given the limited amount of viable moose habitat in Nevada, the driest state in the U.S., it's likely the population is small, Doucette said.
Another reason NDOW wants to alert the public is to keep hunters from shooting them. Moose hunting is illegal in Nevada.
Doucette said elk hunters have mistakenly harvested two moose in the past two years. In each instance, the hunter was cited for hunting big game without a tag.
"We are just trying to make Nevada sportsmen and people out in the field aware we have moose," Huebner said. "It really should be fairly obvious and this is why you should make sure you can see your target clearly before you ever take a shot."
NDOW also wants people to know moose can be dangerous and that anyone who sees one in the wild should view it from a safe distance.
"They just get real aggressive, more so than the other wildlife we are used to in Nevada," Huebner said.
She said cow moose with calves can be particularly dangerous.
"If anybody runs across a cow moose and she is in the trail you probably better step aside and let her go by," she said.
Moose sighting in Elko County in September, 2016. (Photo: Nevada Department of Wildlife)
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