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Hurricane Arthur Moves Away From U.S. East Coast

The extent of any damage to North Carolina’s coastline and areas just inland was unclear, and forecasters said the storm could threaten New England. Link to original: Hurricane Arthur Moves Away From U.S. East Coast Related ArticlesHurricane Arthur Nears U.S. Coast on Eve of Holiday WeekendDot Earth Blog: Keeping Track of Hurricane ArthurDot Earth Blog: On World Fish Migration Day, Recalling When America’s Rivers Ran Silver

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Supreme Court Now Playing Cute PR Games With Hobby Lobby Decision

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In Monday’s Hobby Lobby ruling, Justice Samuel Alito struck down a government requirement that employer-provided health insurance cover access to contraceptives. Among other things, Alito wrote that any requirement must be the “least restrictive” means for the government to achieve its goals, and the health insurance mandate clearly wasn’t:

HHS itself has demonstrated that it has at its disposal an approach that is less restrictive than requiring employers to fund contraceptive methods that violate their religious beliefs. As we explained above, HHS has already established an accommodation for nonprofit organizations with religious objections. Under that accommodation, the organization can self-certify that it opposes providing coverage for particular contraceptive services. If the organization makes such a certification, the organization’s insurance issuer or third-party administrator must “expressly exclude contraceptive coverage from the group health insurance coverage provided in connection with the group health plan” and “provide separate payments for any contraceptive services required to be covered” without imposing “any cost-sharing requirements . . . on the eligible organization, the group health plan, or plan participants or beneficiaries.”

The obvious implication here is that the court approves of this compromise rule. That is, requiring self-certification is a reasonable means of accomplishing the government’s goal without requiring organizations to directly fund access to contraceptives. Today, however, the court pulled the rug out from under anyone who actually took them at their word:

In Thursday’s order, the court granted Wheaton College, an evangelical Protestant liberal arts school west of Chicago, a temporary injunction allowing it to continue to not comply with the compromise rule….College officials refused even to sign a government form noting their religious objection, saying that to do so would allow the school’s insurance carrier to provide the coverage on its own.

….The unsigned order prompted a sharply worded dissent from the court’s three female members, Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan.

“I disagree strongly with what the court has done,” Sotomayor wrote in a 16-page dissent. Noting that the court had praised the administration’s position on Monday but was allowing Wheaton to flout it on Thursday, she wrote, “those who are bound by our decisions usually believe they can take us at our word. Not so today.”

For the last few days, there’s been a broad argument about whether the Hobby Lobby ruling was a narrow one—as Alito himself insisted it was—or was merely an opening volley that opened the door to much broader rulings in the future. After Tuesday’s follow-up order—which expanded the original ruling to cover all contraceptives, not just those that the plaintiffs considered abortifacients—and today’s order—which rejected a compromise that the original ruling praised—it sure seems like this argument has been settled. This is just the opening volley. We can expect much more aggressive follow-ups from this court in the future.

POSTSCRIPT: It’s worth noting that quite aside from whether you agree with the Hobby Lobby decision, this is shameful behavior from the conservatives on the court. As near as I can tell, they’re now playing PR games worthy of a seasoned politico, deliberately releasing a seemingly narrow opinion in order to generate a certain kind of coverage, and then following it up later in the sure knowledge that its “revisions” won’t get nearly as much attention.

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Keeping Track of Hurricane Arthur

If conditions align, Hurricane Arthur could break a 3,173-day stretch in which no major hurricane has made landfall on United States shores. See original article:  Keeping Track of Hurricane Arthur ; ;Related ArticlesThe Agriculture Secretary Sees a Smart (Phone) Solution to GMO Labeling FightTechnology as a Path to Product TransparencyStunning New Video View of Swimming Polar Bears ;

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With Wild Stocks of Shrimp Dwindling, Tank Farming Is on the Rise

Shrimp farmers are trying to meet the growing demand for their product, but in an environmentally responsible way. Link: With Wild Stocks of Shrimp Dwindling, Tank Farming Is on the Rise ; ;Related ArticlesArchive Dive: When Halibut Was PlentifulAsh Forests After Emerald Ash Borers Destroy ThemBiology: City Smells Confound Flower-Seeking Moths ;

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A Cuisine for the Age of Us – the Anthropocene

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White Dwarf Issue 21: 21 June 2014 – White Dwarf

Issue 21 of White Dwarf welcomes the arrival of the new Ork Codex with a Battle Report where the green tide goes up against the Great Devourer. Who’s the deadliest alien in the galaxy? Find out here. It’s joined by some Middle-earth gaming, an exclusive new datasheet for Ork Looted Wagons which you won’t find anywhere else, a look at the Ork O

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Codex: Orks (Enhanced Edition) – Games Workshop

Orks thunder into battle bellowing “Waaagh!” at the top of their lungs. They fall upon their foes like an avalanche, a vast horde of barbaric greenskined warriors wielding an assortment of crude but deadly weapons. All Orks live for fighting. They are addicted to the thunderous racket of really big guns, to speeding about in ramshackle trucks and buggies, an

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How to Raise the Perfect Dog – Cesar Millan & Melissa Jo Peltier

From the bestselling author and star of National Geographic Channel’s Dog Whisperer , the only resource you’ll need for raising a happy, healthy dog. For the millions of people every year who consider bringing a puppy into their lives–as well as those who have already brought a dog home–Cesar Millan, the preeminent dog behavior expert, says, “Yes,

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Perfect Puppy In 7 Days – Dr. Sophia Yin, DVM, MS

With 400 photos and a step-by-step plan, this puppy book visually guides you through socialization, potty training, and life skills while making the process fun.   Dr. Marty Becker; “America’s Veterinarian” of Good Morning America, says, “This is like no other puppy book you’ve seen before.  It’s not just about teaching your puppy ma

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Waaagh! Ghazghkull – a Codex: Orks Supplement (Interactive Edition) – Games Workshop

It has long been said that should the disparate Orks ever unify beneath one leader they would crush all of the so-called civilised peoples of the galaxy. That doomsday draws nearer, for the great greenskin Warlord Ghazghkull Thraka has arisen, and Orks from all clans muster to his bellowing warcry. He is not just a mighty warrior, but a master strategist and

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Inside of a Dog – Alexandra Horowitz

The bestselling book that asks what dogs know and how they think, now in paperback. The answers will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human. Horowitz introduces the reader to dogs’ perceptual and cognitive abilities and then draw

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White Dwarf Issue 22: June 28 2014 – White Dwarf

They’re big, they’re angry, and they’re impervious to almost anything – we pit the new Meganobs against a variety of enemies to see how they fare. (Including an Imperial Knight!). In Codex Apocrypha, Phil Kelly digs into the background of Night Haunter, War Diary shows off Armies on Parade, in Sprues and Glue Dan shows us how to convert the Or

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Dog Training For Dummies – Jack Volhard & Wendy Volhard

Make training fun and effective This friendly guide shows you how to select the right training method for your dog, based on his unique personality, to reach your desired goals. Whether you want to teach Buddy to sit or master retrieving, you’ll get expert training tips and techniques for you and your dog — to ensure a mutually respectful relationship w

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The Art of Raising a Puppy (Revised Edition) – Monks of New Skete

For more than thirty years the Monks of New Skete have been among America’s most trusted authorities on dog training, canine behavior, and the animal/human bond. In their two now-classic bestsellers, How to be Your Dog’s Best Friend and The Art of Raising a Puppy, the Monks draw on their experience as long-time breeders of German shepherds and as t

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Codex: Orks (eBook Edition) – Games Workshop

Orks thunder into battle bellowing “Waaagh!” at the top of their lungs. They fall upon their foes like an avalanche, a vast horde of barbaric greenskined warriors wielding an assortment of crude but deadly weapons. All Orks live for fighting. They are addicted to the thunderous racket of really big guns, to speeding about in ramshackle trucks and buggies, an

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Biology: City Smells Confound Flower-Seeking Moths

A study found that car exhaust and other urban fumes can hurt moths’ ability to find flowers. See the article here:  Biology: City Smells Confound Flower-Seeking Moths ; ;Related ArticlesDot Earth Blog: The Agriculture Secretary Sees a Smart (Phone) Solution to GMO Labeling FightObservatory: The Secret of the Disco Clam’s Light ShowEnvironmental Agency Approves $511 Million Loan for Tappan Zee Replacement ;

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TV Strike Against Dodgers May be the Straw That Breaks the Sports Bubble

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LA Times columnist Steve Lopez thinks it’s long past time for everyone to figure out a way to end the Dodgers TV blackout in Southern California:

This all began in 2012 when the Guggenheim Group, or whatever they call themselves, paid too much money — about $2 billion — to buy the Dodgers from the hated Frank McCourt….The new owners then managed to dupe Time Warner Cable into spending an even more obscene amount — $8.4 billion — for the rights to broadcast the games on SportsNet LA.

….They figure they’ll get all of it back from you and me by raising the price of tickets and hot dogs and the fees for getting the games on TV….But in the case of the Dodgers, there was a snag along the way. DirecTV and other companies didn’t like Time Warner’s asking price for the right to carry the games, and they told the cable giant to stuff it. So the standoff continues, with half the season gone and no relief in sight.

Actually, I don’t think this is quite right. It’s not the asking price per se that cable companies don’t like, it’s the fact that Time-Warner is demanding that their spiffy new all-Dodgers channel be added to the basic cable menu. Other broadcasters aren’t willing to do this. If Time-Warner wants to set a carriage fee of $5 or $10 or whatever, that’s OK as long as it’s only being paid by people who actually want to watch the Dodgers. It’s not OK if every single subscriber has to pay for it whether they like it or not. At that point, it basically becomes a baseball tax on every TV viewer in Southern California.

Of course, this is just another way of saying what Lopez said: Everyone involved in this fiasco has overpaid. Time-Warner is demanding that their Dodgers channel be added to basic cable because they know they can never justify their purchase price if they can only get subscription revenue from the one-half or one-third of all households who actually care about the Dodgers. So they’re holding out for the tax.

I’d like to see the Dodgers on TV, but I hope everyone holds out forever anyway. It’s time for a revolt against the absurd spiral in prices for sports teams, and maybe historians will eventually point to this as the straw that finally broke the sports bubble. But that all depends on how long everyone can hold out.

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Economic Scene: Carbon Cuts Now Won’t Stop Climate Change, but Could Limit Damage

It’s too late to prevent climate change by reducing carbon emissions now. But it could help prevent even more serious damage 50, 75 and 100 years from today. Visit link – Economic Scene: Carbon Cuts Now Won’t Stop Climate Change, but Could Limit Damage Related ArticlesBipartisan Report Tallies High Toll on Economy From Global WarmingDot Earth Blog: Two Climate Analysts Weigh the Notion of a ‘Good’ Path in the AnthropoceneJustices Uphold Emission Limits on Big Industry

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Justices Uphold Emission Limits on Big Industry

The Supreme Court largely upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate emissions from stationary sources. Justice Antonin Scalia said the agency got “almost everything it wanted.” View original post here: Justices Uphold Emission Limits on Big Industry ; ;Related ArticlesDot Earth Blog: Two Climate Analysts Weigh the Notion of a ‘Good’ Path in the AnthropoceneOpinion: Lessons for Climate Change in the 2008 RecessionDot Earth Blog: Stunning New Video View of Swimming Polar Bears ;

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Two Climate Analysts Weigh the Notion of a ‘Good’ Path in the Anthropocene

Two climate scientists explore the idea of a “good” path in the age of man, the Anthropocene. See the original article here:  Two Climate Analysts Weigh the Notion of a ‘Good’ Path in the Anthropocene ; ;Related ArticlesDot Earth Blog: A Darker View of the Age of Us – the AnthropoceneA Darker View of the Age of Us – the AnthropoceneRoundup: Can New E.P.A. CO2 Rules Have a Climate Impact? ;

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