Archive | April, 2010
More than 300,000 White House Visitor Records Online
In September, the President announced that – for the first time in history – the White House would routinely release visitor records. Today, the White House releases visitor records that were created in January 2010. Today’s release also includes several visitor records created prior to September 16, 2009 that were requested by members of the [...]
Continue reading...Golf Links Road And Wilmot Road Intersection Improvement Project
30 April 2010 – 12:00 pm PST
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On Monday, May 3, 2010, work will begin to improve the Golf Links Road and Wilmot Road intersection. For the first two weeks of the project, crews will be working in the drainage area, outside of the travel lanes, at the southwest quadrant of the intersection. Beginning on Monday, May 17, 2010, crews will begin [...]
Continue reading...United Airlines Successful Flight With Rentech (RTK) Synthetic Fuel For First Time In History
30 April 2010 – 11:45 am PST
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For the first time in history, a US commercial airline has hit the skies using synthetic jet fuel. A United Airlines validation flight was conducted today using Rentech’s (RTK) synthetic jet fuel derived from nat gas and converted to liquid fuel through a proprietary process. The airliner used Rentech fuel in one engine with a [...]
Continue reading...Presidential Proclamation–Jewish American Heritage Month
30 April 2010 – 11:36 am PST
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A PROCLAMATION In 1883, the Jewish American poet Emma Lazarus composed a sonnet, entitled "The New Colossus," to help raise funds for erecting the Statue of Liberty. Twenty years later, a plaque was affixed to the completed statue, inscribed with her words: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…." [...]
Continue reading...Stocks for Mother’s Day
30 April 2010 – 11:24 am PST
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Sunday, May 9, 2010 is Mother’s Day, so if you haven’t done the shopping for your mother and/or wife, then you should start now. You may want to consider a gift of some shares in companies that may participate in sales of Mother’s Day related products. Why not buy her some chocolate, flowers, and jewelry. [...]
Continue reading...Adding a Little Color
30 April 2010 – 11:24 am PST
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Two volunteers watch as First Lady Michelle Obama paints a butterfly on a wall mural at the Marie Reed Community Learning Center in Washington, DC, Yesterday the First Lady added some color to the walls of Marie Reed Community Learning Center during a Congressional Service Event, where the congressional spouses had painted murals on the [...]
Continue reading...Potential Derivative Loophole #1: Trading Facility
30 April 2010 – 11:15 am PST
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It’s Friday, so for fun let’s play financial reform loophole detective. Here’s the definition of a “swap execution facility” in Senator Lincoln’s original amendment (p. 47): Here is that language merged merged into the Dodd Bill that will be debated next week (p. 773-774). Can you find a difference? The word “trading” has been removed [...]
Continue reading...Successful Engineering Validation Flight of US Commercial Jet Using 40:60 Synthetic Jet Fuel Blend
30 April 2010 – 11:15 am PST
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United Airlines has conducted a successful engineering validation flight using Rentech’s certified synthetic jet fuel (RenJet). The validation flight was conducted using a 40:60 mix of Rentech’s synthetic jet fuel with conventional Jet A fuel in one of two engines on an Airbus 319 aircraft. The aircraft departed Denver International Airport and climbed to an [...]
Continue reading...North American Countries Target “Super†Greenhouse Gases Through Strengthened Ozone Treaty
30 April 2010 – 10:55 am PST
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The US, Canada, and Mexico have submitted a proposal to strengthen climate protection under the Montreal Protocol— the international treaty that phases out the production of a number of substances responsible for ozone depletion. The proposal targets the production and use of HFCs, a group of “super†greenhouse gases. Climate protection from the Montreal and [...]
Continue reading...Gerald Celente on Global Trends – Interview by Bill Meyer
30 April 2010 – 10:54 am PST
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Here are some Gerald Celente quotes from his interview by Bill Meyer on April 26, 2010. “Median household income is below 1999 levels. What kind of imbecile is out there saying we have to raise taxes to keep things going more?” “This is a stimulus recovery. They are printing phantom money out of thin air [...]
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30 April 2010 – 12:36 pm PST
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