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JANUARY 16, 2015

For those readers with an interest in the enzyme industry, David Rozzell has just published his Enzyme Industry: 2014 year in Review. biocatalysis Enzyme industry news enzymes Enzyme Companies that Made News in 2014 Enzyme Industry 2014 Year in Review The concise summaries of information about key news from the movers and shakers in the enzyme industry last year may be a good guide for what to expect in the coming year. And each news highlight has […].

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DECEMBER 15, 2014

But the prospects of our trip grew even more exciting once we learned that our stay would coincide with the Conteo de Aves Arenal 2014 or 2014 Arenal Bird Count. When the proprietors of Costa Rica’s Finca Luna Nueva Lodge graciously invited Corey and me to visit, we were both thrilled at the prospect of awesome Costa Rican birds at an amazing ecolodge.

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DECEMBER 31, 2013

What was your first bird of 2014? And here’s hoping you see many great birds, including lots of lifers, in 2014! After all, 2013 was a pretty great year and there is no reason 2014 can’t be the same! Birding 2014 first bird of the year Hopefully it was better than a pigeon! Let us know in the comments…and, if you wrote a blog post or have a picture of your first bird of the year online somewhere, well, leave a link in the comments too.

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MARCH 29, 2014

I finally saw my first migratory Eastern Phoebe of 2014 today at Rockaway Community Park in Queens! As I have for the last several years, I will now ask the same question of midwesterners and northeasterners that I ask every year: When did you see your first Eastern Phoebe of 2014? Here are my arrival dates for my first Eastern Phoebes of the year for the last nine years: 2014 – 29 March.

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Environmental Economics

MARCH 16, 2014

The 2014 EnvEcon NCAA Basketball Tournament Challenge is ready to go.    To join the challenge, click here , or go to espn.com and click on 'Tournament Challenge.'  '  If you don't already have one, you will need to create an espn.com account to join.    Once you have you account created, you can create your entry and join the group EnvEcon. 

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AUGUST 25, 2014

Out of 18 books reviewed, four still make the “Not Recommended” list, with the biggest loser being Gwartney, Stroup, Sobel, and Macpherson’s Economics: Private and Public Choice (15th ed.) , hereby dubbed the recipient of the undesired 2014 Ruffin and Gregory Award for the Worst Treatment of Climate Change in an Economics Textbook (so named for a comically bad treatment of climate change in a textbook now thankfully out of print).

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Environmental Economics

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

4, December 2014.   Marine Resource Economics December 2014, Vol.   Marine Resource Economics December 2014, Vol.   Marine Resource Economics December 2014, Vol.   Marine Resource Economics December 2014, Vol.   Marine Resource Economics December 2014, Vol.   Marine Resource Economics December 2014, Vol.   Marine Resource Economics December 2014, Vol. Marine Resource Economics Vol. 29, No.

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JANUARY 19, 2014

Outlook and goals for 2014. In a funny twist of fate, it seems that 2014 will be much the same as 2012 and 2013 have been, with family trips to somewhere in France and business trips to Indonesia and Kazakhstan. The year 2014 started out as 2013 did, with a family holiday in southern France, where I was able to spot a few species I am very unlikely to see anywhere else this year. What about the competitive element in my 2014 year list? A very good start into 2014.

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Environmental Economics

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Based on revealed preference (no cheap talk treatment necessary) as submitted to the WNCW and No Depression top polls: Lydia Loveless - Somewhere Else. Hard Working Americans - Hard Working Americans. Drive-by Truckers - English Oceans. Old 97s - Most Messed Up. Lucinda Williams - Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone. Rosanne Cash - The River and the Thread. Justin Townes Earle - Single Mothers. Sarah Borges - Radio Sweetheart.

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DECEMBER 23, 2014

2014 has been a good year for us at 10,000 Birds. Larry starts us off right with an owl that makes birders drool: I was able to see and photograph many great birds in 2014 but my Best Bird of the Year would have to be the Great Gray Owl , the largest Strix in North America. Patrick had many birds to choose from for his Best Bird of the Year but he chose a new species for him in Costa Rica, a real regional rarity: My BBOTY for 2014 goes to Hudsonian Godwit.

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JANUARY 5, 2014

Birding 2014 listing year list Once again it is a new year and once again I will commit to listing the birds I see during the year! We have no plans beyond Broome whatsoever at the moment, so we did put a fair bit of an effort in on New Year’s Day together to get a good start. There was one big problem that really restricted what we would see and that Cyclone Christine had just travelled down the coast from north of us and had brought flooding rain.

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Environmental Economics

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Barbara Harrison  MRE  Editorial Assistant and Technical Editor 1998–2014 (p. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Editorial. 199)   James Anderson, Cathy Roheim, and Marty Smith. Stable URL: [link]. Articles. Increasing Pressure on Unregulated Species Due to Changes in Individual Vessel Quotas: An Empirical Application to Trawler Fishing in the Baltic Sea (pp. 201-217)   Barbara Hutniczak. Stable URL: [link].

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JANUARY 10, 2014

On a larger scale, I have no particular plans to get outside the ABA area in 2014, but I would like to time a trip back east with the spring migration this time around, and it’s been far, far too long since the west coast has seen hide or hair of me. One more thing – I don’t know whether 2014 will bring any new bird tattoos, but if it does, you guys will be the first to know.

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Environmental Economics

MARCH 26, 2014

From the inbox: Thank you again for attending the Recreational Fisheries Constituents Workshop this past January. A website with materials from the workshop is now available at [link]. You  You will find a detailed agenda, with a summary of key discussion points and comments, copies of the presentations (where the author granted us permission to post it), a workshop summary, two factsheets on data and models, and a list of participants.

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MARCH 7, 2014

I visited Hong Kong from February 20-27, 2014. The sprawling city-state of Hong Kong is, without a doubt, one of the great capitals of the world, a gleaming metropolis where centuries of Eastern and Westerns culture blend with commerce to produce a true 21st century society. Despite impressive, often rampant development, Hong Kong reserves 40% of its land as greenspace. The result is a nature lover’s paradise rich with mountains, beaches, and birds. Lots and lots of birds!

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MAY 1, 2014

  Marine Resource Economics March 2014, Vol.   Marine Resource Economics March 2014, Vol.   Marine Resource Economics March 2014, Vol.   Marine Resource Economics March 2014, Vol.   Marine Resource Economics March 2014, Vol. Special Feature.   Steering the Global Partnership for Oceans.   Joshua Abbott, James L. Anderson, Liam Campling, Rögnvaldur Hannesson, Elizabeth Havice, M. Susan Lozier, Martin D.

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

In 2014, the winery released Besieged, a blend of petite Syrah, Carignane, Zinfandel, Syrah, Alicante Bouschet, Barbera, and Mourvedre grapes. Ravenswood Winery: Besieged (2014). The post Ravenswood Winery: Besieged (2014) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. It’s no secret that beer and wine share a common heritage that dates back to the earliest days of human civilization.

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Environmental Economics

AUGUST 25, 2014

Natural hazards: UTC time: Sunday, August 24, 2014 23:16 PM. Your time: Sunday, August 24 2014 7:16 PM. No tsunami statement issued. Magnitude Type: md. USGS page: M 2.4 - 4km NE of Blowing Rock, North Carolina. USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist. Reports from the public: 17 people. via earthquaketrack.com. No one in my family believed me

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JANUARY 15, 2014

2013 was a strange year for me, staring in the UK, ending in Borneo and spending large tracks of the year not really seeing many birds in New Zealand. In many ways that seems to be the pattern, as the major holiday breaks for New Zealand are over December and January; the year before I started in tropical Queensland and ended in Thailand and the UK.

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Elephant Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Arts & Culture Inspiring (Wow) WAYLON: Editor''s Picks #blacklivesmatter #icantbreathe 2014 current events ISIS maya angelou new year Robin Williams Silence “We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh.

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Environmental Economics

MAY 26, 2014

  Marine Resource Economics June 2014, Vol.   Marine Resource Economics June 2014, Vol.   Marine Resource Economics June 2014, Vol.   Marine Resource Economics June 2014, Vol.   Marine Resource Economics June 2014, Vol.   Marine Resource Economics June 2014, Vol. Introduction.   2013 NAAFE Forum: Special Issue Introduction.   Juan Carlos Seijo, Sherry L. Larkin and Charles M. Adams.

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Green (Living) Review

MARCH 31, 2014

In 2014 it finally came to the London area and this made it possible for those of us who cannot or do not wish to travel by car to actually attend it and the venue chosen, though still a little off the track, so to speak, in the form of Alexandra Palace in the London Borough of Haringay, is probably the best location possible. Alexandra Palace Edible Garden Show 2014 Paul Smith Associates (Media Consultants) Ltd

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DECEMBER 26, 2014

Another year slipping away with but one more weekend to imbue 2014 with magical memories? You’ve got one more weekend to pad your year list and make your Best Bird of the Year 2014 one for the ages. Is this all there is? With hope, you’ve carpe’d every diem over the past twelve months, but don’t ease up on the throttle just yet. Corey and I will both be in NYC this weekend, one for holiday fun and the other to track down a rare vagrant.

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DECEMBER 28, 2014

The calendar year 2014 has just about run its course. What a way to end 2014’s birding. And that’s a wrap. It’s all over but the year bird counting, so take stock of any species you’ve added this weekend. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was New York State’s first Couch’s Kingbird in the incongruous location of the West Village in Manhattan.

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JANUARY 18, 2014

This year Redgannet has agreed to include birds on his year list only if they are logged from a site that he has either not birded before, or has not visited for more than 5 years. Whilst his nomadic lifestyle allows him to bird all around the world, he tends to favour certain spots and sticks to where he knows. If he is to become a better birder, he must try harder! So this year he will have to stretch his wings a little and explore further afield if he is to amass a decent roll call.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2014

The year 2014 is approaching its imminent end, which means different things for different people. For those of us interested in observing avifauna, the last six or so weeks of a year offer enough time and opportunity to finish up with the year list we’d love to look back on. Have you been working on yours? I was both surprised and pleased to spy a Bald Eagle flying over my house, which is quite uncommon so far from the lake.

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Green Prophet

MARCH 28, 2014

Energy 2014 earth hour Burj Khalifa Earth Hour energy conservation Middle East WWF It’s Earth Hour this weekend, which means you have the chance to join millions of people around the globe in a united effort to consume less energy. With the recent report confirming that industrial civilization is on the brink of absolute collapse , it is more important than ever to unplug and reduce your dependence on grid energy. The first Earth Hour took place in 2007.

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OCTOBER 12, 2014

Why is camping so interesting? I ask because, despite my deep affection for warmth, indoor plumbing, and uninterrupted Internet access, I found myself and my family enjoying an overnight out of doors. Camping and birding both fall under the category of “nature” activities, yet the two seem only tangentially related. How many of you birders enjoy camping and how many of you would rather skip the whole thing?

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AUGUST 29, 2014

Ready to close the books on the summer of 2014, northerners? Keep your eyes to the skies for chickadees and t**s. We in the United States like to usher out the season in style with a three-day weekend. While we used to honor the American Labor movement during this time, we’ve turned our collective focus from work to play and plenty of it. Hope you’re on board!

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

Keep your eyes to the skies for vultures circling for fresh meat. Do you think vultures find zombies confusing? This Friday brings a macabre parade of little monsters to those parts of the world that celebrate Halloween. The following day comes El Dia de los Muertos. Both holidays can be fun, but neither are particularly birdy unless you count sexy Halloween birds. Since I’ve been working weekends, I haven’t had much luck hustling up interesting bird sightings.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

American fashion dictates that we retire our white shoes and frocks once the sun sets on Labor Day. Most blame snooty millionaires and sloppy September weather for the changes, but we birders know better. Fall migrants are on the wing, which brings the teeming multitudes of avian observers out in force. What’s the connection? Easy… good birders don’t wear white !

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Green (Living) Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

DJ Turfcare PARKS & OPEN SPACES SALTEX 2014 DJ TURFCARE used lOG SALTEX to launch the new Plugger PL415, a pedestrian aerator that incorporates the best of other Pluggers in the range. The robust ''unibody'' is designed for ease of maintenance and the reciprocating tine action PL415 is able to work in tight spaces. A choice of tines makes this an essential piece of kit for fine turf managers – and the narrow build makes this Plugger ideal for areas with small gateways.

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MAY 4, 2014

One of the many ancillary benefits of becoming a birder, apart from an elevated social status and encyclopedic knowledge of taxonomy, is a subtle grasp of phenology. But you don’t have to be wise to nature’s ways to realize that spring is mighty slow to fully bloom in some parts of the world. The birds seem to be dragging their proverbial heels this year, but migration still rewards those who would brave the bitter May chill!

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Now that autumn has fallen, my part of the world feels like summer. Hopefully, October offers more of the same! My best birds this weekend were American Goldfinches on purple coneflowers, which is where I like them best. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a surprise Marsh Wren which popped up out of the reeds while Corey was busy counting Chimney Swifts feeding low over Willow Lake in Queens on Saturday morning.

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MAY 18, 2014

We birders seem to keep our own arcane calendar, with weeks and months symbolized not by numbers but rather by avian avatars. Each phenological totem evokes the confluence of time, climate, and geography that tells a richer story of a place than simply its position relative to the sun. Most North American birders I know would definitely represent the month of May with a bright and sprightly wood-warbler, though the argument about which bird would best serve would be epic indeed.

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Environmental Economics

JANUARY 28, 2014

And yes, reissues are allowed on the John's top 10 albums list: Great news alt.country fans! On January 28th, Legacy Recordings will reissue Uncle Tupelo‘s widely acclaimed debut LP, 1990?s s "No Depression." " The release will be a special two-disc expanded edition featuring rare and previously unreleased material. Of course, the influential alt.country trio would later birth Wilco (Tweedy) and Son Volt (Farrar.). "No

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JULY 6, 2014

Quick show of hands… how many of you in the U.S. kept a special eye out for Bald Eagles ? My favorite sighting this weekend was not of the regal representative of my nation’s pride but rather a single brilliant Indigo Bunting at Lake Skaneatles. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a bird that has frustrated him for quite some time now.

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MAY 26, 2014

We’re a little slow to discuss this weekend’s birding because many of us in the U.S. are still enjoying a beautiful Memorial Day. But if you’re eager to share the spoils of your recent avian adventures, let the bird bragging commence! While I saw some pretty special species this weekend, the most special was the Gray Catbird because my sweet 7-year niece totally got into finding one; I think I’ve found the next generation birder in the family!

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JANUARY 12, 2014

Less than two weeks into the new year and I’m already used to writing 2014 instead of 2013. That must be a new record! This weekend, I took time to appreciate the sight of ten American Robins congregating in a leafless tree. The use of the robin as a symbol for spring seems inapt considering how beautiful those rust red breasts appear in the gray of winter.

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Green (Living) Review

MARCH 31, 2014

by Michael Smith (Veshengro) North London Waste Authority has be attending the Edible Garden Show on the weekend of 28 to 30 March 2014 and this is where I met them on Friday, March 28. Check out their website at [link] LondonWaste Ltd can be found on [link] © 2014. Edible Garden Show 2014 London Waste Ltd NLWA North London Waste Authority Wise Up To Waste

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MARCH 13, 2014

The calendar says that this is the last weekend of the winter of 2014. Keep your eyes to the skies and look out for bull dust ! For those of us in the northeastern United States, this winter has been rough. Even if you snapped enough Snowy Owl photos to make a bird-a-day calendar, you’ve got to be sick of the excessively frigid temperatures and relentless precipitation. I’m writing this still aching from shoveling the 18+ inches that blanketed Rochester yesterday.

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MAY 11, 2014

What a weekend for those of us experiencing the exhilaration of spring migration! Assuming that your over-worked eyes are as blurry as mine at the moment, we should get right down to business and talk birds… The best of the many warblers I uncovered at Cobbs Hill this weekend was an entirely improbable Kentucky Warbler.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Let a hot Merritt Island sunset keep you warm! Here in the northeastern United States, stultifying forces assail us from every side. Not only has the polar vortex established a permanent chill in our collective bones, but those who care about such things must also endure the winter doldrums. Very little is happening on the birding front these days.

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