On March 31, 2014 Senator Cantwell of Washington spoke in favor of the Excellence in Mental Health Care Act in Congress. Here is some of what she had to say on this important issue: “Mr. President, we took an important step today to improve the lives of millions of Americans who deal with mental illness. […]
Boost in China Consumption Could Mean Higher Corn Prices
I have to issue a major correction from last Thursday’s Smart Investing Daily article. In it, I said that the PowerShares DB Agriculture ETF (DBA:NYSE) was mostly made up of coffee futures. This is not the case. I relied on Yahoo! Finance’s information on the ETF’s holdings, which claimed to be accurate as of May 31, 2011. Here’s […]
A Healthcare Reform Factsheet
So many of my friends seem not to know exactly what’s in this bill (these bills, really). I offer this abbreviated list of facts and figures from the HCR bills that passed the House last night, compiled by somebody who’s been glued to the Huffington Post, Drudge, 538, the New York Times and Wall Street […]
Berlinale Forum – Born in Defiance, Surviving with Integrity
So what exactly is Forum? The question rose anew after a screening of Calimucho, when an audience member asked why such a good film hadn’t been selected for competition. Having come to Berlinale this year specifically and exclusively to view Forum selections, the question puzzled me, and set me on a path of reflection that […]
Op-Ed: Obama, Please Drop Stimulus Packages
According to press reports — and even recent suggestions by President Elect Barack Obama, now less than three weeks before Christmas 2008, and precisely one month before he takes the Oath of Office — the astute, well-meaning and determined new administration is about to make a horrid blunder: wasting what enormous tax dollars it now […]
TILAPIA MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION
Ferdinand Ganotice, Jovita Saguibo, Manuel Bilagot Edited by Marciano Paroy Jr. ABSTRACT This study was conducted to determine the rates of feeding on the growth and yield of tilapia under the prevailing climatic condition of Kalinga province. The research was conducted from June, 2005 to October, 2005. It was laid […]