| EC urged to put brakes on M74 project
The Greens claim ministers and the companies involved in the tender process broke two key European Union directives and are calling on the EC to intervene and halt the project.The official complaint is the latest stage in what has been a protracted battle between the environmental lobby and the Scottish Government over the £500 million project.While the complaint to the commission represents the last possible attempt to stop the M74 extension, it is also one of the most serious and potentially most important moves by the environmentalists so far.If the EC does decide that ministers broke the rules, then, at the very least, it will put back the project by several years and could even signal the end for it altogether.The extension is designed to link the M74 to the M8, west of the Kingston Bridge in Glasgow.
July 2006
Going for a full month, we did not have tons of money, so Mom for pack the basics of kitchen goods, her spices, dry and canned goods, and few extra things that she knew the cottage did not have. Dad did not sleep well the night before so most the time he would pack the car the evening before. Mom would try to let Dad get a couple of hours of sleep before the long drive from Ohio to the Cape. We would normally leave late and drive through the night and get to the Cape around noonish. We tried to stop once and that was a disaster as no one sleep and it was a waste of money. Even into my years of driving, we have done the same. Only now that it is just my wife and I we do try to find a place to stop over night to and from. Personally I would rather get there and have more time for the Cape.
Piano Wire Puppeteers: The Constitution, Media & Dennis Kucinich
It's been an odd week. For me, a particularly odd week. But that's another story. So, wait a minute. Iran DOESN'T have nuclear weapon capability??? So, who are we gonna bomb? I want to bomb somebody! Didn't Senator Clinton just vote in essence to give President Bush the power to bomb Iran? If he had done it last week, would that have made her right? I mean, if she knew then what she knows now? Or am I getting that backward? Golly, I'm confused. And what about President Bush? This week, Vladimir Putin, the man Mr. Bush said he "Looked into the eyes of and found to be very straightforward and trustworthy." So much so, he was "able to get a sense of his soul." Well that soulful fella has just successfully coalesced the most dangerous power base in Russia since the Cold War amid rumors that include allegations he ordered the assassinations of journalists and imprisonment of noted proponents of freedom (Oops).
Phillies - Rollins excited about having Feliz join the infield
JIMMY ROLLINS bopped into town, expecting to talk about winning the National League's MVP award. Instead, he found himself fielding a question that made his face break out in a grin as big as if he'd just started a tripleplay. "We got Pedro Feliz? Really?" he said last night before the annual Philadelphia Sports Writers Association dinner at the Crowne Plaza in Cherry Hill. "I didn't know that. That's great. That's great. Oh, man. Not too many ground balls will be getting through that left side again." Well, technically, the Phillies haven't signed the free-agent third baseman just yet. Feliz still has to pass a physical and the team still has to make room on the 40-man roster. But every indication is that within a few days it will become official that Feliz, the 32-year-old righthanded hitter who until now has spent his entire career in the San Francisco Giants organization, has agreed to a 2-year deal with an option for 2010 worth a reported $8.5 million.
Movement afoot to boost care for cats
Oh, how the mighty hath fallen. Experts say the cat, once worshipped as a god in ancient Egypt, is now suffering from an image problem. The result is a movement within the pet-products and -care industry to promote kitty equality. The pet business, it seems, has gone to the dogs. More than a third of the country's 90 million cats have not been to a vet in the past year, according to a survey by the American Pet Product Manufacturers Association. Even though there are 20 percent more cats in America than dogs, because cat people tend to own more than one, Americans simply spend more on their dogs. During the past 12 months, for instance, dog owners spent an average of $217 on food while cat owners spent $188. "Cats are not highly valued in our culture," says Donna Mlinek, feline programs manager for the Denver Dumb Friends League.
The 1918 influenza quarantine
Today the Gothic Gates of campus may appear to separate Yale from the rest of New Haven. In 1918, this barrier was taken to the extreme. That year, under fear of the influenza virus, the University placed itself under a virtual quarantine. Although the wrought-iron gates could not keep the pandemic — the largest and most wide-spread in history — from spreading, the University isolated all students and faculty to minimize the health threat brewing in the city. Already, because of America's simultaneous involvement in World War I, Yale had been transformed into a military training ground for the Army and Navy, with strict regulations governing daily life for civilians and soldiers alike. And with the flu and Yale's subsequent lock-down thrown into the mix, the divide between Yale and the city became even more apparent.
Analysis: no easy option for non-believers
While this may not be a problem for the lapsed faithful, for non-believers it is not an easy option. To secure a place in many oversubscribed faith schools, parents will be expected to go to Church, preferably with their children, every week for at least two years. And that is before the child has set foot in the premises. Buying into the catchment area — an option that a majority of parents surveyed say they would consider — is not easy either as houses near the best schools can cost up to an extra £100,000. .
Biodiesel greases the skids Local supplier Blue Sky to supply recycled ...
Biodiesel from Blue Sky sells for around $3.80 a gallon. The brothers make 50 to 75 cents a gallon in profit. They sold 30,000 gallons in November and expect to make about 2.8 million gallons in 2008. Eventually, the plant will ramp up to 20 million gallons a year, Ralph MacIntyre said. Greasing the skids of the local economy (so to speak), Blue Sky has five employees and expects to employ 30 people once it hits full production capacity. And the MacIntyres aren't the only .
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