Felina

There are a lot of great loose-ends stories online about the Breaking Bad finale but my burning unanswered question this morning was what does the show's title, Felina, mean?  So I googled and got my answer. The tape in the glove compartment of the stolen Volvo gave the hint but it went over my head.....(ibtimes) Eric Brown wrote last week ~ Decoding The 'Breaking Bad' Finale: Four Theories On What 'Felina' MeansThe El Paso TheoryThis is an...

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Velda Jones-Potter Raises The Bar?

 (News Journal image)Update III: Straub covered last night's 6 hour marathon but it seems as if there are still unanswered questions. For one, how much did Foxtail Fest pay to their security company? ~ Foxtail cost city more than $18,000Update II: Comment rescue ~I can't believe I voted for you one time! Ms. Jones-Potter, your son did all this and you didn't know about it until the end?? Wrong. Lady,; you are beginning to sound like you...

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UD/TDC Update: UD, Alan Levin And Jack Markell Get A Taste Of People Power. Thank You Willett Kempton!

  (Amy Roe image Willett Kempton and John Kowalko)WOW,  Jonathan Starkey tweeted this today ~ From @GovernorMarkell on data center: "The way it works is you don't put every new development up to a public vote."  With comment rescues ~- I have elderly neighbors who have lived here 50 years and they are a wreck from all of this controversy. The people of Newark are being vilified by their own government for not wanting...

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Community Crossfire's Norman Oliver Says He Supports Tom Gordon 100% In Apology Call Over Lisa Diller And John Cartier's NCC Council Committee Conduct

Norman Oliver told me he is kickin' it tonight with a discussion (and audio replay) of New Castle County Councilwoman Lisa Diller's latest public meltdown [See: Gordon Strongly Encourages An Apology From 5th District Councilwoman Lisa Diller For Hostility Toward Administration Staffers] DEM-fave apologists are trying to spin this as a "Tommy Gordon is big bully" meme [Cassandra Marshall's A Small Request for County Councilwoman Lisa Diller] but...

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A Day Of Action In Philly Tomorrow Against Corporate Greed In Education

Philadelphia School Partnership, Gates Foundation, Mastery Charter School and other advocates of corporate education reform will gather at the Union League, long time symbol of rule by upper class elites.A Day of Action Against Corporate Greed in EducationOn Monday the corporate school reform crowd are holding a closed door assembly of rich people and their foundations to further their aim of unfettered charter school growth, privatization...

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Tomorrow, Wilmington City Council Holds 5PM Foxtail Fest Hearing And NCC Holds 6PM Regional Bear-Glasgow Community Meeting

Monday night is another one of those tri-meeting evenings! I will attend a Residents Against the Power plant meeting in Newark.But equally compelling are the Wilmington City Council 5PM hearing on the Foxtail Fest debacle ~ Wilmington Council asks Mayor Williams to answer Foxtail questions at hearingWilmington City Council President Theo Gregory said today that he hopes Monday’s public hearing to address the Foxtail Fest brings out “facts and information to bring this matter to a close and, most importantly, prevents this type of situation...

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DNREC Chasing California's Vehicle Emission Standards To Meet Clean Air Act Compliance

Delaware State House of Representatives Republican Caucus sent this along ~Environmental Officials Looking to California for Clean Vehicle RulesIn their quest to comply with the federal Clean Air Act, Delaware environmental regulators are considering adopting the most restrictive vehicle emission standards in the nation.The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has proposed adopting California's Low Emission Vehicle...

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The Cost Of Doing Business In Delaware......On Bloom Energy, Delmarva Power, Grid Reliability And The Data Centers LLC

More bad news for Delmarva Power customers.....(News Journal) Aaron Nathans reports ~ Bloom charge for Delmarva customers soarsResidential power customers will pay an average of $4.37 in November, up from $1.08 a year ago. The dramatic increase comes as policymakers sharpened their critique of the economic development project as a drag on ratepayers who are still struggling to pay their bills.The Public Service Commission staff released the monthly surcharge information for November, filed by Delmarva, on Friday. One of the four commissioners,...

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Nuke Power Update: Please Pay Attention To Fukushima's Unit Four Fuel Pool Crisis

(Forbes image)(NationOfChange) Christina Sarich reports ~Fukushima Disaster Reaches Epic ProportionsWithin as few as 60 days, Tepco will begin trying to remove more than 1500 spent fuel rods from a badly damaged area of the nuclear reactor.........Now, there is news of Fukushima’s damaged Unit 4 pool, that a Yale professor warns “is in perilous danger and could threaten all of humanity for thousands of years.” This is one of the biggest...

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