Archive for September 18th, 2014

18
Sep
14

Night owl chat 2 – A Scotsman on a Horse

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Continue on, night owls.

18
Sep
14

Night owl chat – The Massed Pipes and Drums – Edinburgh Military Tattoo

What, it’s #indyref night!

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Chat on, night owls!

18
Sep
14

Laughter: A Great Way To End The Day

https://twitter.com/juliussharpe/status/510505739488460800

https://twitter.com/juliussharpe/status/510164494434066432

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https://twitter.com/juliussharpe/status/509001174305873920

https://twitter.com/GaryJanetti/status/510845733369438208

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https://twitter.com/GaryJanetti/status/509137577178595328

https://twitter.com/thesulk/status/505728355002757120

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https://twitter.com/thesulk/status/510594288196284416

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https://twitter.com/thesulk/status/509392325924368384

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https://twitter.com/DabAggin/status/510992404183539712

18
Sep
14

A Tweet Or Two

7:0 EDT: President Obama will deliver statement on Congress approving request to arm Syria rebels

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https://twitter.com/drgrist/status/512624351418781696

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https://twitter.com/pourmecoffee/status/512592686071951360

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https://twitter.com/JRehling/status/512710325078982656

18
Sep
14

Chat On

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Note from BT: Amk? –>
18
Sep
14

Chat Away

18
Sep
14

A Leader Who Cares About Climate Change? That’s President Obama

think-progress

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Coral Davenport: U.S. Moves To Reduce Global Warming Emissions

The Obama administration on Tuesday announced a series of moves aimed at cutting emissions of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, powerful greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. The White House has secured voluntary agreements from some of the nation’s largest companies to scale down or phase out their use of HFCs, which are factory-made gases used in air conditioning and refrigeration. Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Red Bull, Kroger, Honeywell and DuPont, the company that invented fluorinated refrigerants, have agreed to cut their use and replace them with climate-friendly alternatives.

Over all, the administration estimated that the agreements announced on Tuesday would reduce cumulative global consumption of HFCs by the equivalent of 700 million metric tons of carbon dioxide through 2025. That is about 1.5 percent of the world’s 2010 greenhouse gas emissions, or the same as taking 15 million cars off the road for 10 years. “Every drumbeat in this symphony helps. It drives it along. This is part of that drumbeat,” said Durwood Zaelke, president of the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development, a research organization. “The benefits from cutting non-CO2 come much faster,” he added. “CO2 is like a supertanker – you can stop it, but it keeps drifting for a long time. Cutting HFCs are like stopping a steamboat. You stop it and that’s that.”

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18
Sep
14

Rise and Shine

The First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, visits St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, September 17,2014

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Today (all times Eastern)

10:45: The President participates in an Ambassador Credentialing Ceremony

12:30: White House press briefing

2:0: The President meets with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine

3:55: Attends a DNC fundraiser, Washington DC

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 The First Lady at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis yesterday:

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More video here

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MoooOOOooorning again! I’m frankly overwhelmed by the excited reaction to my stick people – fear not, there will be more later.

18
Sep
14

Early Bird Chat

On This Day: President Barack Obama reacts to a photograph during an interview with David Letterman during a taping of the “Late Show with David Letterman” at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York, N.Y., Sept. 18, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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