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ECOLOGY
ACCORDING TO THE NY TIMES, only about a third of Prius owners purchased
the vehicle for fuel economy. Top reason for 57%: "Makes a statement
about me."
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HEALTH & SCIENCE
BBC - A colossal 28-wheel truck that will help build a major telescope
array in the Chilean Andes has successfully passed a series of tests.
The giant vehicle will heave antennas - each weighing 115 tons - up a
mountainside to the site of the array, a plateau 5,000m above sea level.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6922967.stm
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OUTLYING PRECINCTS
LA TIMES - Rudy Giuliani might as well close up shop now. Save all that
money. The same goes for Fred and Tommy Thompson, Mike Huckabee, Bill
Richardson, Sam Brownback, Tom Tancredo and Dennis Kucinich. To continue
their campaigns for the presidency would be simply futile, according to
a little-noticed historical rule. Their names are too long. American
voters, especially those in the last half-century, simply do not elect
or allow men with more than seven letters in their names to be commander
in chief. Think about it. Bush (4), Clinton (7), Bush (4), Reagan (6),
Carter (6), Ford (4), Nixon (5), Johnson (7), Kennedy (7).
All the way back to Eisenhower in 1956, who at 10 letters ties
Washington for longest presidential name.
://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-ticket29jul29,1,32806
02.story
POLITICAL WIRE - North Carolina "appears headed to becoming the third
state in the nation to abandon the winner-take-all method for awarding
its electoral votes as the House tentatively agreed Thursday to shelve
the method," reports the AP. "In its place, according to the measure
approved on a largely party-line vote, would be a more proportional
method that would reward the presidential candidate who receives the
most votes in each of the state's congressional districts."
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2007/07/29/north_carolina_
headed_towards_proportional_electoral_vote.html
"ANYBODY GONE into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for
arugula. I mean, they're charging a lot of money for this stuff." -
Brack Obama speaking to farmers in Iowa about the lack of increase in
crop prices. There are no Whole Foods stores in Iowa
DEMOCRATS STILL PRESSING FOR EASILY HACKED VOTING MACHINES
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4888
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CITIES & TRANSPORTATION
DAVID SMITH, OBSERVER, UK - Scientists have invented a roadside camera
that can count the number of people inside a moving vehicle. The
technology could be used to catch lone motorists who abuse
congestion-easing car-share lanes. These lanes give priority to vehicles
carrying at least one passenger, but can be misused by solo drivers who
hope they will not be seen. Some even place human-like dummies in the
seat beside them to create the illusion of a passenger. The new Dtect
system, which rapidly projects an infrared scan through a vehicle's
windscreen, can distinguish human skin from mannequins, dogs or other
diversions. Its inventors hope it will be in use before the end of the
year.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/jul/29/
motoring.transportintheuk?gusrc=rss&feed=technology
DC EXAMINER - Reducing congestion on the nation's increasingly crowded
road network demands some type of toll or surcharge to inspire the use
of transit, carpooling or off-peak commuting, the Government
Accountability Office contends in a new report. . .
http://www.examiner.com/a-853437~Report__Tolls_may_be_
best_way_to_reduce_congestion.html
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CORPORADOS
PR WATCH - Based on the survey results of 300 public relations firms
around the world, The Holmes Report estimates that the industry is
"generating at least $7 billion in fee income annually, employing in
excess of 50,000 people, and growing by at least 8.5 percent a year."
The newsletter notes that 1,500 firms did not respond to the survey,
which makes their estimate a "best guess". "The way in which most large
communications holding companies have chosen to interpret Sarbanes-Oxley
regulations makes it almost impossible to secure accurate and verifiable
information about the size and performance of their individual operating
units," the newsletter states. The survey did not include PR
professionals employed by government agencies, trade associations,
non-profit groups or corporations.
http://www.prwatch.org/node/6299
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FURTHERMORE. . .
BBC - Birth control is to be used on pigeons in California in an effort
to combat the "unmanageable" mess their increasing numbers are causing.
Animal rights groups support using the contraceptive in preference to
other methods such as gates which give electric shocks and poisoning.
OvoControl P, which interferes with egg development, will be put in bird
food in new rooftop feeders in Hollywood.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6921979.stm
INTERVIEW WITH JOHN HODGMAN
http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=1544
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ECOLOGY
ACCORDING TO THE NY TIMES, only about a third of Prius owners purchased
the vehicle for fuel economy. Top reason for 57%: "Makes a statement
about me."
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HEALTH & SCIENCE
BBC - A colossal 28-wheel truck that will help build a major telescope
array in the Chilean Andes has successfully passed a series of tests.
The giant vehicle will heave antennas - each weighing 115 tons - up a
mountainside to the site of the array, a plateau 5,000m above sea level.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6922967.stm
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OUTLYING PRECINCTS
LA TIMES - Rudy Giuliani might as well close up shop now. Save all that
money. The same goes for Fred and Tommy Thompson, Mike Huckabee, Bill
Richardson, Sam Brownback, Tom Tancredo and Dennis Kucinich. To continue
their campaigns for the presidency would be simply futile, according to
a little-noticed historical rule. Their names are too long. American
voters, especially those in the last half-century, simply do not elect
or allow men with more than seven letters in their names to be commander
in chief. Think about it. Bush (4), Clinton (7), Bush (4), Reagan (6),
Carter (6), Ford (4), Nixon (5), Johnson (7), Kennedy (7).
All the way back to Eisenhower in 1956, who at 10 letters ties
Washington for longest presidential name.
://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-ticket29jul29,1,32806
02.story
POLITICAL WIRE - North Carolina "appears headed to becoming the third
state in the nation to abandon the winner-take-all method for awarding
its electoral votes as the House tentatively agreed Thursday to shelve
the method," reports the AP. "In its place, according to the measure
approved on a largely party-line vote, would be a more proportional
method that would reward the presidential candidate who receives the
most votes in each of the state's congressional districts."
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2007/07/29/north_carolina_
headed_towards_proportional_electoral_vote.html
"ANYBODY GONE into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for
arugula. I mean, they're charging a lot of money for this stuff." -
Brack Obama speaking to farmers in Iowa about the lack of increase in
crop prices. There are no Whole Foods stores in Iowa
DEMOCRATS STILL PRESSING FOR EASILY HACKED VOTING MACHINES
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4888
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CITIES & TRANSPORTATION
DAVID SMITH, OBSERVER, UK - Scientists have invented a roadside camera
that can count the number of people inside a moving vehicle. The
technology could be used to catch lone motorists who abuse
congestion-easing car-share lanes. These lanes give priority to vehicles
carrying at least one passenger, but can be misused by solo drivers who
hope they will not be seen. Some even place human-like dummies in the
seat beside them to create the illusion of a passenger. The new Dtect
system, which rapidly projects an infrared scan through a vehicle's
windscreen, can distinguish human skin from mannequins, dogs or other
diversions. Its inventors hope it will be in use before the end of the
year.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/jul/29/
motoring.transportintheuk?gusrc=rss&feed=technology
DC EXAMINER - Reducing congestion on the nation's increasingly crowded
road network demands some type of toll or surcharge to inspire the use
of transit, carpooling or off-peak commuting, the Government
Accountability Office contends in a new report. . .
http://www.examiner.com/a-853437~Report__Tolls_may_be_
best_way_to_reduce_congestion.html
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CORPORADOS
PR WATCH - Based on the survey results of 300 public relations firms
around the world, The Holmes Report estimates that the industry is
"generating at least $7 billion in fee income annually, employing in
excess of 50,000 people, and growing by at least 8.5 percent a year."
The newsletter notes that 1,500 firms did not respond to the survey,
which makes their estimate a "best guess". "The way in which most large
communications holding companies have chosen to interpret Sarbanes-Oxley
regulations makes it almost impossible to secure accurate and verifiable
information about the size and performance of their individual operating
units," the newsletter states. The survey did not include PR
professionals employed by government agencies, trade associations,
non-profit groups or corporations.
http://www.prwatch.org/node/6299
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FURTHERMORE. . .
BBC - Birth control is to be used on pigeons in California in an effort
to combat the "unmanageable" mess their increasing numbers are causing.
Animal rights groups support using the contraceptive in preference to
other methods such as gates which give electric shocks and poisoning.
OvoControl P, which interferes with egg development, will be put in bird
food in new rooftop feeders in Hollywood.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6921979.stm
INTERVIEW WITH JOHN HODGMAN
http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=1544
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