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Sprott-Shaw College shutting down Maple Ridge campus
After more than five years at the corner of Lougheed Highway and 203rd Street, Sprott-Shaw College is closing the doors of its Maple Ridge campus.
The privately-owned college with more than 15 locations across B.C. is one of the only post-secondary options for residents of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows who want to study locally.
According to Sprott-Shaw College's website, the Maple Ridge Campus has "been around for a long time, but we're a well-kept secret."
Sprott-Shaw College did not return requests for interview, however staff at the Maple Ridge campus confirmed the school would be closing down as of Friday, Sept. 28.
With the closure of Sprott-Shaw College, the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows School District's private accredited post-secondary school, Ridge Meadows College, remains as one of the only local options for students studying past high school.
Douglas College previously operated a satellite campus based out of Thomas Haney secondary. However, its presence dwindled after the opening of the David Lam Campus in Coquitlam in the mid-1990s, eventually shutting close to 10 years ago.
Bruce Grady, district principal for Riverside Centre, which houses Ridge Meadows College, says the closure of Sprott-Shaw College opens new opportunities for Ridge Meadows College, the profits from which are used by the local school district to fund public education.
"With them leaving, we can look at offering courses," said Grady. "This may open up areas we've stayed away from in the past, because students were best served by Sprott-Shaw."
Ridge Meadows College offers certificate programs in early childhood education, dental reception, computer accounting, and office administration, as well as general interest courses.
Grady said prospective students should contact the college if there are programs they are interested in that aren't offered.
"If there's a program that people are interested in, we'll look at the demand and look at getting it ready for September," he said.
Grady said while there may be little in the way of local post-secondary options, elsewhere in the Fraser Valley there are many schools competing to attract local students.
"There's been tremendous post-secondary expansion in the Fraser Valley in the past decade," he notes.
University of the Fraser Valley, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Trinity Western University, Simon Fraser University, and Douglas College each have campuses within 20 km of downtown Maple Ridge.
Sprott-Shaw College also has campuses in Abbotsford and Surrey.
? For more information about Ridge Meadows College, visit http://rmcollege.ca/
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Leukemia And Lymphoma Light The Night Walk Features Siena ...
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A co-ed event to raise awareness and funds for a great cause,?the annual Leukemia and Lymphoma Light the Night Walk will feature both the Siena Men and Women?s basketball teams along with the cheer squad as well. The event takes place on the academic quad at the center of the school?s campus.
Several players from each team will participate along with men?s coach Mitch Buonaguro, who will speak to the crowd.
Last year, thousands around the country participated and the event has helped raise millions to fight blood cancers. More then 185 communities took part last year in the Light the Night festivities. The night is not only one of remembering and raising funds but also a celebration of those who have fought different types of blood cancers and had success doing so.
Last year nationwide Light the Night events raised over $50 million. For more information you can call the NY chapter of Light the Night at (518)438-3583.
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Tenn. woman sues Southwest Airlines over hot tea spill
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A Smyrna, Tenn., woman is suing Southwest Airlines for?$800,000 in total damages after a flight attendant reportedly spilled hot tea in her lap during a?flight.
Passenger Angelica Keller filed a lawsuit Tuesday in?Nashville?s Davidson County Circuit Court alleging the Dallas-based airline?didn't?warn her of any potential danger in the delivery of hot tea, The City Paper in Nashville reported. She?suffered second-degree burns from the spill, the paper reported.
The lawsuit document?explains?that Keller ordered hot tea while on Southwest Flight 955 from Nashville to?Houston on Dec. 28, 2011. She was seated in the front of the plane at a?bulkhead window seat that had no drop-down table or flat surface. Keller had?the paper cup of hot water and a clear plastic cup with a tea bag and condiments?wedged in her lap. When she tried to take the tea bag, the hot water spilled onto?her lap in her groin area.
The lawsuit alleges that despite being fully clothed, Keller?s?skin blistered and peeled, and she has permanent scarring. Among her claims, she?is suing Southwest for negligence in not providing some type of tray and for?not warning her of the potential dangers involved in the delivery and?consumption of hot tea in the bulkhead seats.
The lawsuit asks for $300,000 ?for property damages, bodily?injury, medical expenses, pain and suffering, and other related expenses.? She is also seeking?$500,000 in punitive damages.
Southwest responded with a?statement Friday morning: ?Our Customers? safety and comfort are our top?priorities, and we safely serve millions of drinks onboard every year. The?referenced event is unfortunate and we are currently reviewing it. We can?t?provide additional details due to the pending lawsuit that was filed.?
Keller?s attorney, Robert A.?Anderson, declined NBC News? request for comment Friday.
The case draws some parallels?to the well-known case from the early 1990s, when an Albuquerque,N.M. woman sued McDonald?s over hot coffee that spilled on her lap in the car.?Following a trial, the jury found Stella Liebeck only 20 percent at?fault, and she was awarded $160,000 in compensatory damages and $2.7 million in?punitive damages.
Yale Law School professor?Steven Duke told NBC News?the major issues to be determined in this Southwest Airlines?case is primarily?how hot the water was.
?Secondary issues would be what?measures, if any, were taken to reduce the risk that the hot water would be?spilled,? Duke said in an e-mail.
Duke notes that in the McDonald?s?case, the fast-food chain had received more than 700 reports of people burned?by their coffee.
?Lawsuits based on claims of burns?from hot coffee or tea are often joked about as the prime example of a?frivolous lawsuit, as was the case with Liebeck v. McDonalds, but that case was?not frivolous,? Duke said. ?The lawsuit against Southwest Airlines may or may not be?frivolous depending on the facts of the case which are typically decided by a?jury.?
Duke believes Keller getting $800,000?is unlikely ?unless the plaintiff can prove outrageous behavior by airlines?personnel and can get punitive damages.?
Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/tennessee-woman-sues-southwest-airlines-over-hot-tea-spill-6169026
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Refs cheered at first NFL game following lockout
Referee Gene Steratore, right, and back judge Bob Waggoner, left, look around the field before an NFL football game between the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns in Baltimore, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Referee Gene Steratore, right, and back judge Bob Waggoner, left, look around the field before an NFL football game between the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns in Baltimore, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Referee Gene Steratore, left, talks with Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh before an NFL football game between the Ravens and the Cleveland Browns in Baltimore, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Referee Gene Steratore looks over the instant replay monitor before an NFL football game between the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns in Baltimore, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Referee Gene Steratore talks to booth officials before an NFL football game between the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns in Baltimore, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
BALTIMORE (AP) ? No one is complaining that the refs cost the Cleveland Browns the game. That mere fact is a major victory for the NFL and the seven-man crew led by referee Gene Steratore, who brought official harmony back to the nation's most popular league.
Cheered from the moment they walked onto the field, the men in stripes ran a smooth and efficient game Thursday night as the NFL's lockout of officials came to an end with the Baltimore Ravens' 23-16 win over the Browns.
"To just be applauded by 50,000 people prior to anything happening, it was something that kind of chokes you up," Steratore said. "It was a very special feeling."
Sure, there were calls that made both sides unhappy. Browns coach Pat Shurmur drew an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for arguing an intentional grounding call, and Ravens left tackle Michael Oher could be heard raising all kinds of beef about a holding call.
But, overall, the officials kept the game in control, curtailing the chippy play and choppy pace ? not to mention the inconsistent calls ? that had marred the three weeks of games with replacement officials.
"It was great to have those guys back," Ravens running back Ray Rice said. "It looked like they knew what they were doing."
An agreement to end the lockout was reached late Wednesday after marathon negotiations, two days after a "Monday Night Football" finish brought debate over the use of the replacements to a fevered pitch nationwide.
That game ended when a 24-yard desperation pass on the last play was ruled a touchdown ? even though replays appeared to show it should have been an interception ? giving the Seattle Seahawks a disputed 14-12 victory over the Green Bay Packers.
The stage was set for something eerily similar Thursday. A fourth-down unnecessary roughness penalty on Baltimore's Paul Kruger ? a good call, given the way he shoved Cleveland's Joe Thomas after the whistle ? gave the Browns one final play from the 18-yard line.
But Brandon Weeden's 18-yard pass sailed high as time expired. No controversial ending this time.
"I thought they handled (the game) great," Cleveland coach Pat Shurmur said. "I had all the confidence in the world that this was going to be officiated in the right way."
The newfound love for the refs was evident all evening.
About an hour before kickoff, they made their first appearance on the field and heard cheers from the early arrivals. A few minutes later, Steratore was shaking hands with Shurmur near midfield and getting a hug from Ravens face-of-the-franchise Ray Lewis at the 30-yard line.
Later, when the crew returned, they received a standing ovation and doffed their caps to the crowd. One fan held up a sign that read: "Finally! We get to yell at real refs! Welcome back!"
"It was very chaotic with the replacement refs," said Karen Riley, a 44-year-old fan wearing a Rice jersey. "They couldn't control the players on either side. There were bad calls, constantly, and in some cases refs making different calls at the same time."
When Steratore then turned on his microphone to greet the captains for the pre-game coin toss, the crowd heard him say: "Good evening, men. It's good to be back."
The stadium erupted in a roar.
"You know we always pride ourselves in being a face without a name," Steratore, a 10-year league veteran, told The Associated Press about an hour before kickoff. "This will be a little different, but I don't expect it to last too long. And that's the goal ? is that we can let them get through that portion of this. It's happy to be back, it's happy to be appreciated. But then as soon as the game starts, it's happy to disappear again and let the entertainers entertain."
The deal to end the lockout is only tentative ? it must be ratified by 51 percent of the union's 121 members in a vote scheduled for Friday and Saturday in Dallas ? but both sides nevertheless went forward with the plan to have the regulars back for Thursday's game.
So Steratore hustled to Baltimore, making the 3?-hour drive Thursday morning from his home in the Pittsburgh area. He's usually in place the day before a game, but none of his regular pregame meetings had to be changed because the Browns-Ravens game was at night.
"We've had a few weeks to actually realize that this was the first September that I was home for multiple Saturdays and Sundays for almost 30 years of my life, continuously. ... It just feels completely different," Steratore said. "To be away from something that is involved with this level of professional sport, just to come back and feel that again, it doesn't take long to realize why you were missing it as much as you were missing it."
Steratore, who is a basketball official in the Big East Conference among others, also was fully aware he would be jeered the first time his crew made a questionable call ? just like always.
"Without a question," he said. "I've been yelled at by my own children many times, so this won't be any different."
Sure enough, the same fans that cheered the coin toss let out a full chorus of boos when line judge Jeff Seeman tossed his yellow flag some 20 yards to whistle Baltimore safety Bernard Pollard for a personal foul in the third quarter. Replays showed it was a good call: Pollard led with his helmet to make contact with a defenseless receiver, costing the Ravens 15 yards in a drive that led to a field goal for the Browns.
Steratore's crew nearly made a misstep in the first quarter, incorrectly spotting the ball by 2 yards after a misapplication of the rules following a holding call on the Browns. But two members of the crew caught the mistake and notified the referee before the next snap. A brief huddle ensued, and the ball was moved to its correct spot.
The crew made it clear it wouldn't tolerate the extra shoving and yelling after the whistle that had been frequently permitted by the replacements. Offsetting personal fouls were called on Cleveland's Johnson Bademosi and Baltimore's James Ihedigbo for extracurricular roughness on a punt return in the first quarter.
Then there was Shurmur's unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Replays appeared to validate the grounding call he was trying to contest, and the coach took responsibility for his loss of temper.
"I can't do that," Shurmur said. "It's an emotional game, and I got to make sure I keep my emotions in check."
There were 18 penalties called in the game, mostly the familiar calls for holding and false start. There were two rare ? and indisputable ? whistles for fair catch interference on punt returns, and a hands-to-the-face call on Baltimore's Kelechi Osemele was so obvious that it drew three flags.
The league's new agreement with the officials runs for eight years. Commissioner Roger Goodell acknowledged the ending of the Seahawks-Packers game "may have pushed the parties further along" in the talks.
"Obviously when you go through something like this it is painful for everybody," Goodell said. "Most importantly, it is painful for our fans. We are sorry to have to put our fans through that, but it is something that in the short term you sometimes have to do to make sure you get the right kind of deal for the long term and make sure you continue to grow the game."
The dispute even made its way to the campaign trail, with President Barack Obama's spokesman, Jay Carney, calling Thursday "a great day for America."
"The president's very pleased that the two sides have come together," Carney said.
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AP Sports Writer Rachel Cohen and AP Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner in New York, AP Pro Football Writer Howard Fendrich in Washington, and AP Sports Writer David Ginsburg in Baltimore contributed to this report.
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37 Popular Real Estate Websites
Searching for new properties and apartments has never been easy before, while selling them has also become much easier. It is due to the growth of numerous real estate websites, which not only provide information about such opportunities, but also a whole load of other information as well.
This is a list of the top real estate websites based on popularity and traffic.
1. Zillow
This online database for real estate properties has been online since 2006. It provides information of more than 100 million homes throughout the United States. Comparison tools, value change identifier tool, pictures of the property, and other basic information are some of the features available. Mortgage information, general real estate advices, and information about the real estate agents are also available.
2. Trulia
This site offers comprehensive information about the real estate properties in the United States. As well as offering the usual information like the details about the property, pictures, and prices, this site also has an estimator tool, information about the agents, and inspirations for interior design. Tips before buying or selling real estate are also provided on this site.
3. Rightmove
This is the real estate website offering databases of the properties in the UK. The site has been online since 2000. This site allows visitors to search various types of properties like apartments for sale and rent, and commercial properties for sale and rent. A price comparison tool and information about the market trends are also available, while searching for a real estate agent is also possible.
4. Realtor.com
This is the official website of the National Association of Realtors, North America. This site offers a simple, yet powerful tool for finding homes for sale, rental apartments and homes, and foreclosure listings. The site also has numerous calculators and tips for the financial aspect.
5. Yahoo! Homes
This is a division of Yahoo! and it specialises in real estate. It provides comprehensive information of the listings from the United States. There are also numerous design tips and financial advice available. Latest market news and blogs are also provided.
6. Realestate.com.au
This is a real estate site operated by the REA Group. It provides complete information of the real estate properties for sale and rent in Australia. The site also has a history of the prices for a particular region. Median house prices across the region are available as well.
7. Homes.com
This site allows visitors to search and get information about homes for sale, for rent, and foreclosed homes. It is possible to search for a home value by using estimator tools, while information on mortgage and interest rates are also provided.
8. MSN Real Estate
This division of MSN.com provides details about the properties available for buying and renting. It can also be used to advertise sites. Sellers guide, valuation tools, and a design centre are some of the intrinsic features found on this site.
9. Redfin
This real estate website focuses on the properties available for sale and rent in major regions across the United States. It is possible to learn the history of the property, information about the agents, and appropriate charges as well. The site also has a discussion board.
10. 99Acres.com
This site provides comprehensive real estate information for the properties available in India. The site provides a comprehensive inventory tool for searching various properties. There is also the market news, information about the latest real estate events.
11. Realtor.ca
This site offers the ability to search residential, commercial, and international properties in one place. Listings can be sorted based on various criterions, while properties can also be compared with each other. The site also offers information about the buyers and sellers.
12. Zoopla
This is primarily concerned with the real estate properties in the UK. It provides information about the current values and it can be compared to the history of that region. Property advice and information about the real estate agents are also provided.
13. MagicBricks
This is an Indian real estate site focusing on properties for buying and selling. It also has information about projects by large developers. Property listings available on the site range from multi-storey apartments to individual bungalows. The site also publishes the current rates and trends.
14. Domain.com.au
This site offers information of real estate listings in Australia. It provides various tools to redefine the search results based on your preference. There are blogs and market news along with tips on properties to invest. It is also possible to compare two listings.
15. FindaProperty
This is the online real estate listing site that focuses on the UK housing market. It has been online in 1997 and it currently has close to a million listings. It integrates the Google Street View along with its listings to provide further information of the property.
16. LoopNet
This is a subsidiary of the CoStar Group network. It claims to have almost a million listings worth around $ 430 billion. The site provides information about the properties available for sale and lease. There are also records of the properties. The site also have a business marketplace section to buy and sell businesses.
17. ActiveRain
This is a site primarily focused on with offering information of real estate property listings. It also features an extensive library of tips and advices provided by real estate professionals. The site also runs contests and has a blog written by the staff.
18. AOL Real Estate
This is a division of the AOL. It provides comprehensive coverage of homes for sale, rentals, and how to guides for property listings across the United States. There are various finance calculators and tips as well as videos and news about the real estate market.
19. ZipReality
This site provides a comprehensive tool for searching the property listings in any area across the United States. The site also provides access to many agents across the states. This site has been online since 1999.
20. PrimeLocation.com
Offering the listings of the properties in the UK, primelocation.com provides access to more than 13,000 listings by the top real estate agents in the UK. It has been online 2001 and is currently run by the Digital Property Group. The site also offers listings for international properties.
21. Rent.com
This site provides comprehensive information of the apartment and homes available for rent. The site was founded by eBay until recently before being sold to Primedia. It offers a $100 reward program for those completing the first lease through rent.com.
22. Apartment Guide
This site provides information about the apartments for rent and purchasing throughout the United States. It also has information about the credit score of a person, while numerous articles regarding the process of moving an apartment are also present.
23. Apartments.com
Apartments.com allows users to search for rental apartments in the United States, while also providing property owners with resources and the ability to place ads. The site also has links with movingcentre.com to help users shift to new apartments easily.
24. ListingBook.com
This site offers information about the listings in a certain locality along with the information about the neighbourhood. It also offers information about the sold and competing properties. The site offers two different sections: one for agents and one for individuals.
25. Rentals.com
This site provides listings about the rental homes, apartments, foreclosures, and vacation rentals. The site has an inventory to find a property manager, while visitors can also list their properties on this site.
26. ForRent.com
Run by Rent Media Solutions, forrent.com allows visitors to search homes and apartments available for rent throughout the United States. It also provides other resources like free quotation for moving and storage, and getting a job.
27. RE/MAX International
This is the official website of the RE/MAX International real estate company. It allows worldwide search of apartments and homes for buying and renting. It also covers foreclosure and commercial properties. There is a learning centre with various tips and advices.
28. FrontDoor.com
This site lists homes, apartments, and condos throughout the United States of America. It claims to have more than a million listings in total. Guides and tools are available for both buyers and sellers. It also provides a selling tool for real estate agents, while also offering free real estate buying guides.
29. HotPads.com
This is the site offering information about the homes available for sale, foreclosures, and rent in the United States. Aside from offering these listings, the site also has guides for both renting and buying. An insurance centre and various calculators are also present on this site.
30. Point 2 Homes
This site allows users to search for property listings via the map. There are listings for foreclosures as well. Real estate agent information can also be found on this site along with blogs and information about the neighbourhood.
31. KW.com
This is the official site of Keller Williams Realty organisation. The site claims to have more than 5 million property listings. This site specialises in offering information about luxury homes, while commercial real estate listings are also covered.
32. Har.com
This official site of the Houston Association of Realtors provides almost 60,000 officially verified properties. Aside from offering information about the homes and rental properties, the site also provides comprehensive information about the neighbourhood facilities like schools.
33. Movoto
This offers listings of homes on sale and those available for renting purposes. Various demographics are available for buyers, while market statistics are available for the sellers. Comprehensive information about the Movoto real estate agents is available as well.
34. Weichert
This site provides complete information about the listings for buyers, while visitors are also allowed to sell their properties. Various mortgage information and tips are provided to the readers. There is comprehensive information of the open houses in a particular region.
35. Century21
Century 21 offers real estate listings for personal homes throughout the United States. Buying and selling advice are available on this site along with various tools like mortgage and amortization calculator designed to get the maximum value.
36. My New Place
This real estate site offers listings for buyers and sellers throughout the United States. It claims to have more than 6 million listings. Renter?s tools and guides are available on this site. It is possible to search for only pet friendly apartments.
37. HomeFinder.com
HomeFinder can be used to find for homes available for sale and rent, while details of homes available on auctions are also present. The site provides information about the agents and brokers, while also focusing on the mortgage aspect through tools and calculators.
Note: We already published a list of vacation property rental websites few days ago.
Source: http://www.bloghug.com/real-estate/
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Hear this: Earphone cords make cool portraits
By Courtney Garcia, TODAY contributor
The Internet has helped promote artists who work with such varied mediums as hole-punch dots, breakfast foods, and pennies. The latest unexpected art tool? Those oft-tangled earphone cords that come with your iPods.
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One of the portraits created with earphone cords.
A project devised by Amsterdam-based marketing agency Etcetera and CGI post-production studio Souverein consists of a series of portraits created out of the twisty cords of earbuds. It was created for a promotional campaign surrounding T-Mobile?s ?Life for Sharing? collaboration with Deezer music, and is meant to highlight a new streaming add-on for mobile phones that allows users to create playlists and share them with their friends.
To embody the musical camaraderie, the promotion crew decided to bring their friends to life with cords.
?We made portraits of people who created a playlist with earphones, which symbolizes someone?s personal taste of music,? Stan van Zon, creative director of Etcetera told NBCNews.com. ?We started with photos of random people. Then we had a sketcher take a look at it, and emphasize the true characteristics with just a couple of strokes. We simplified these sketches to make the complete drawing with just two single strokes.?
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The company is working on a project where anyone can create an image using the cords.
From there, the design was given to Sovereign, a company who specializes in image manipulation, CGI/3D, Photography and Fine Art printing.
?They prepared the job by modeling all kinds of earphones, just to see what works best,? van Zon explained. ?Black lines, black earplugs, not too much design-y stuff, and an off-white background.?
While the project began for advertising purposes, the flair of the idea has already inspired new editions. The original models were based on the faces of colleagues and friends, but Etcetera is working on a project that will enable music lovers to create their own portraits with earphones in conjunction with their personal playlists. Their plan is to?have the computer produce an earphone image based on someone?s Facebook profile or another photo available online. That portrait will then become a kind of album cover for the person?s playlist.
These renditions will likely prove a simpler task to construct than their prototypes.
?When the means to make an expression are so limited, really everything needs to be exactly right,? commented van Zon. ?Of course, this also depends on the specific characteristics of a person. With a nose twice as big as usual, it?ll make the job somewhat easier.?
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Verizon FiOS TV Media Server due in the coming months, delivers content to 3rd party devices
Fall is officially here and we're closing in on the final quarter of 2012, a time when products usually get real or fade into the vapor forever. One that we've been waiting to hear about just got a little more real as the Verizon Media Server (VMS), which Big Red teased last December and promised in 2012, got a little mention in the company's latest comments to the FCC. While attempting to persuade the FCC to standardize an IP content interface and delay the December 2012 deadline, Verizon revealed that the rollout of its new product will begin in the coming months. The full feature set of this server is still unknown, but one interesting feature is its ability to stream multiple high-def stream simultaneously to 3rd party devices connected to your home network. Of course without a industry wide streaming standard -- again, like Verizon is requesting the FCC to ratify -- who knows exactly what devices could be in the mix.
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Amazing view of Universe captured
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has produced one of its most extraordinary views of the Universe to date.
Called the eXtreme Deep Field, the picture captures a mass of galaxies stretching back almost to the time when the first stars began to shine.
But this was no simple point and snap - some of the objects in this image are too distant and too faint for that.
Rather, this view required Hubble to stare at a tiny patch of sky for more than 500 hours to detect all the light.
"It's a really spectacular image," said Dr Michele Trenti, a science team member from the University of Cambridge, UK.
The patch of sky captured in Hubble's XDF image, compared in size to the Moon
"We stared at this patch of sky for about 22 days, and have obtained a very deep view of the distant Universe, and therefore we see how galaxies were looking in its infancy."
The XDF will become a tool for astronomy. The objects embedded in it can be followed up by other telescopes. It should keep scientists busy for years, enabling them to study the full history of galaxy formation and evolution.
The new vista is actually an updating of a previous HST product - the Hubble Ultra Deep Field.
That was built from data acquired in 2003 and 2004, and saw the telescope burrow into a small area of space in the Constellation Fornax (The Furnace). Again, it necessitated many repeat observations, and revealed thousands of galaxies, both near and far, making it the deepest image of the cosmos ever taken at that time.
But XDF goes further; it dials down into an even smaller fraction of the UDF.
Continue reading the main storyHubble Space Telescope
- The Hubble telescope was carried into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1990
- It creates images of the Universe from near ultraviolet, visible, and infrared light
- Hubble helped astronomers calculate the age of the Universe, which is about 13.7 billion years old
- The telescope is named after the astronomer Edwin Hubble
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It incorporates more than 2,000 separate exposures over 10 years using Hubble's two main cameras - the Advanced Camera for Surveys, installed by astronauts in 2002, and the Wide Field Camera 3, which was added to the observatory during its final servicing in 2009.
Beyond the visibleTo see what it does, Hubble has to reach beyond the visible into the infrared. It is only at longer wavelengths of light that some of the most distant objects become detectable.
"Modelling studies suggest that galaxies start small with fewer features and then as they grow in size they acquire the magnificent look that we can see in the closest galaxies observed in this XDF image," explained Dr Trenti.
Of the more than 5,000 galaxies in the XDF, one of them (UDFj-39546284) is a candidate for the most distant galaxy yet discovered. If this is confirmed, it means it is being seen just 460 million years after the Universe's birth in the Big Bang. Scientists time that event to be 13.7 billion years ago.
Until that corroboration, another of the image objects, UDFy-38135539, probably holds the record. We see this galaxy as it was 600 million years after the Big Bang.
But as remarkable as the XDF is, it is a prelude for an even deeper Hubble view that is likely to be released later this year. A team led from Caltech (US) and Edinburgh University (UK) has acquired more than 100 hours of additional observations, doubling the exposure time in the all-important near infrared wavebands made possible by WFC3.
The expectation is that it will contain galaxies even closer to the Big Bang.
To see the first starlight in the Universe will most likely require Hubble's successor. The James Webb Space Telescope, which is scheduled to launch in 2018, will carry a much larger mirror and even more sensitive instruments.
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Jake Gyllenhaal stars in the dangerously fast paced thriller End of Watch
AJ Parker, Contributing Writer
September 27, 2012
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End of Watch is a cop movie with a dangerously fast pulse. Written and directed by David Ayer, who wrote films like Training Day and SWAT, this action packed movie will keep you at the edge of your seat from beginning to end.
The film takes place in Los Angeles and is about two LAPD cops played by Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pe?a. As soon as the film starts you are thrown into the stress filled lives of officers Taylor (Gyllenhaal) and Zavalla (Pe?a) as they race through the streets of Los Angeles in an intense car chase.
Taylor and Zavalla are legends in the amongst their colleagues, known for being tough and getting the job done. They haven?t been on the force for that long but their close partnership and hard work has gotten them a reputation that their co-workers envy. After a few noteworthy arrests they gain the attention of a Mexican Cartel and find themselves skating on thin ice as they try to find out what?s really going on in the streets of South Central, Los Angeles.
The film is shot as if the footage was taken from the characters themselves. When the other cops at the police station ask what Taylor is doing with the camera, he tells them it is a project for school. At times this technique of using the point of view of the characters is really exciting and well put together. However, there are times when you feel like you might get motion sickness.
There are also scenes in the movie where it is rather obvious that a third person is filming, but it doesn?t take too much of the thrill away. Coincidentally, the bad guys are also rolling around with a video camera, which seems silly and unrealistic but still manages to give the audience an interesting point of view.
While End of Watch is an action movie at heart, it has many elements of a drama and quite a few scenes that will make you laugh. As soon as the characters are introduced, you become attached to them, which makes it even more nerve wracking to watch the scenes where they risk their lives.
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What really keeps your attention on the screen is how the point of view filming puts you right in the middle of the action. You feel as if you?re sitting in the squad car. When the officers leave the car for a traffic stop, you?re right behind them. The action scenes really get your adrenaline pumping and you might have to take a breath or two when they?re finished.
At the end of the day, you really can?t go wrong with this movie. It reaches many audiences because of the various genre elements that it contains. It?ll make you laugh, cringe and almost want to cry. The plot is full of twists and turns that will keep you guessing throughout the movie. I would recommend it to anyone who can put up with bad language and violence, sorry Grandma.
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Obama, Romney campaign in each other's shadow
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets veterans as he campaigns at American Legion Post 176 in Springfield, Va., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets veterans as he campaigns at American Legion Post 176 in Springfield, Va., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at American Legion Post 176 in Springfield, Va., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Barack Obama gestures during a rally in Virginia Beach, Va., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) ? President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney campaigned in each other's shadow for a third straight day, hunting for votes already beginning to be cast and arguing over who would be the better job creator.
The president rallied voters in Virginia Beach while Romney told veterans in Springfield, to the north, that across-the-board defense spending cuts scheduled to take effect in January under a deal Obama made with Congress are "a kind of a gun-to-your-head opportunity."
"It's a strange proposal in the first place," Romney told about 200 people at the American Legion post outside Washington. "It's even stranger it's being put into place."
The candidates' debate spread across the airways in Virginia and a handful of other swing states where the campaign is being waged in its final days. Obama released the latest in a series of new ads his campaign has produced featuring a secret recording of Romney saying that 47 percent of Americans believe they are victims and are dependent on government. The latest spot features audio of Romney speaking over photos of people who might fit into that 47 percent category: women with children, veterans, Hispanics and working-class women.
Obama also released a lengthy two-minute commercial in which he speaks into the camera and describes a "new economic patriotism" that he says will create 1 million manufacturing jobs, cut oil imports and hire thousands of new teachers.
Both ads are set to air in New Hampshire, Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Iowa, Nevada and Colorado. They were not running in North Carolina, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, underscoring the states where the president's campaign contends the election is truly being fought.
Although Election Day is six weeks away, ballots are already being cast in some of those swing states.
"It's game day in America," Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters traveling with the president. She noted that Thursday marked the start of early voting in Iowa and that Virginia was sending out absentee ballots.
Obama drove home his commercial's message at the rally, promoting the "new economic patriotism" as rooted in a belief that a growing economy begins with a strong middle class. "I don't think we can get very far with leaders who write off half the nation as a bunch of victims, who never take responsibility for their own lives," Obama said.
Romney argued Obama doesn't deserve another chance to improve the economy, pointing to the Commerce Department's announcement hours earlier of sluggish economic growth in the last quarter. The growth rate was lowered from a previous estimate of 1.7 percent to 1.3 percent for April-June because of the severe drought that reduced farm production in the Midwest.
"Our economy needs to be reinvigorated," he said. "We can't afford four more years of the last four years."
In Virginia, where the military is crucial, Romney said the pending defense spending cuts would devastate the military and eliminate jobs in the state. He said it is "unthinkable" that the U.S. would cut its commitment to the military in a world that remains "troubled and dangerous."
Romney and other Republicans have tried to blame Obama alone for the defense cuts, especially in Virginia. But the GOP overwhelmingly backed the reductions when Congress passed the legislation in August 2011.
Romney has said it was "a mistake" for Republicans to agree to the deal.
Amid both campaigns' hunt for working-class voters, Romney released a new ad Thursday aimed at coal miners. It included video of Obama as a candidate in 2008 saying he would support laws to force emitters of greenhouse gases to buy allowances at auction. "So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's just that it will bankrupt them," Obama says in the ad.
Meanwhile, new Republican-leaning independent groups have entered the presidential advertising fray as polling suggests Romney's campaign may be losing ground against Obama in key states such as Ohio and Florida.
The commercials, aimed at voters who supported Obama in 2008 but are now undecided, join those from the campaigns and outside groups swamping a narrow and possibly shrinking map of competitive states in the fast-moving presidential contest. Americans for Job Security launched an $8.7 million ad buy in six battleground states, while the Ending Spending Action Fund, a new conservative group bankrolled by billionaire Joe Ricketts, was set to debut a $10 million, four-state ad campaign on Thursday.
Obama supporters also are working to keep Romney's "47 percent" comments alive. Democratic super PAC Priorities USA Action and a political group tied to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees released a radio ad in Ohio and Virginia airing the remarks. The ad, part of a $1.25 million radio buy, tells listeners Romney's "just not looking out for us."
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Pickler reported from Washington. Associated Press writer Matthew Daly in Virginia and Beth Fouhy in New York contributed to this report.
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WELL?.Getting closer to Augusta seeing the light ? Health ...
In June of 2010 it was discovered that patient(s) that had been at Acadia Hospital for treatment were having lots of issues arise in the court system and with CPS ( DHHS )?It appeared that these two places were remaining a little to close.
It has been a long drawn out process to open Augusta?s eyes to this..However, things are in the works now for Augusta to realize this. I cant wait to actually not worry about this issue. It appears that disadvantaged people (? disabled?) ( I personally do not like that word?) may have had to toe the line unlike other non disadvantaged people. I believe that lots of things will happen in the coming year(s) with these groups of people, I know that Thursday at 1:30PM at the Disability Rights Center in Augusta is Hosting a Candidates Forum with Governor Angus King, State Senator Cynthia Dill and Secretary of State Charlie Summers the info about that can be obtained by calling: Rick Langley at 1.800.452.1948 at the Disability Rights Center. ? This Senate race has received national attention ? the Washington Post referred to it as ?the most important Senate race of the year? ? and this forum offers a powerful opportunity for people with disabilities to impact the policy debate.
Please join us for this important event!
This forum is sponsored by the Disability Rights Center together with the Maine Developmental Disabilities Council, Alpha One, Speaking Up For Us, Advocacy Initiative Network of Maine, Consumer Council System of Maine, Maine Parent Federation, STRIVE, Iris Network, Maine Center on Deafness, Southern Maine Parent Awareness, Autism Society of Maine, GEAR Parent Network, Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies, and Maine APSE.
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Bonus 'Breaking Dawn' Scene: What Will It Be?
With news of a post-credits scene, 'Twilight' Tuesday shares our predictions and wishes.
By Kara Warner
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in "Breaking Dawn - Part 2"
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Fitbit Zip
Fitness trackers, like the people they're meant for, come in plenty of shapes and sizes. The latest addition to this category of wearable devices that act essentially like pedometers, only smarter, is the petite Fitbit Zip.?Our Editors' Choice for fitness gadgets is the outstanding Fitbit Ultra, a sleek and compact device that provides a wealth of easy-to-understand information about your health. However, the company will soon retire the product and replacing it with two new options: the soon-to-be released Fitbit One, which is very similar to the Ultra except with modified look, and the tinier, lower-cost Fitbit Zip.
At $59.95 (direct), Fitbit Zip caters most to price-sensitive folks. No other good-quality fitness gadget I've seen comes in under $99, from the bracelet shaped Nike+ FuelBand ($149) to the boxy MP3-playing? Motorola MotoActv ($249.99) . If cost is your primary concern in choosing a fitness tracker, Fitbit Zip may be an ideal option.
However, given the mere $30 price difference between Zip and the new Fitbit One, I'd rather pony up for the latter. Fitbit Zip does an admirable job of counting steps taken and miles walked or run, but it lacks a few features that I think are worth the extra money. While I have not yet formally tested Fitbit One, I can safely say based on experience with Fitbit Ultra (and word from the company that functionality will be nearly identical) that the altimeter and sleep data you get with the more expensive gadget are extremely cool. Plus, Fitbit One, which I got some hands-on time with pre-release, has an even more attractive design than Ultra. The Zip, in comparison, looks a little cheap.
Design
When I say Fitbit Zip is tiny, I mean I've eaten pieces of candy bigger than this thing. It's 0.2 by 1.2 by 1.8 inches and weighs 0.3 ounces. Also included in the package are a color-coordinated rubbery case with clip, so that you can secure Fitbit Zip to your clothes, and a USB plug-in device that enables wireless syncing to your Fitbit account (more on that in the Set Up section).
This wireless activity tracker comes in five colors?white, black, lime, magenta, and blue. To me, the white and black look more sophisticated than the other sporty colors, so I opted for a white test unit.
In the center of the plastic body, a simple dot matrix display shows the time, how many steps you've walked (on a midnight-to-midnight cycle), total distance in miles, calories burned, and a happy face to reward you for staying fit. Compared with the slick Fitbit One, the Zip?s gray display looks downright schlocky.
Fitbit Zip has no buttons to press, instead relying on a simple tap to cycle through the information. The display goes to sleep when you?re not active to conserve battery power.
Set Up
Unlike most other fitness tracking devices that need to be connected by a cable to your computer and recharged every so often, Fitbit Zip is entirely wireless and runs on a watch battery, which you can replace when it dies, but should last several months.
Out of the box, you plug in the USB syncing connector into your computer, which initiates a download of the Fitbit software. You'll also see prompts to log into your Fitbit account, or create a new one if you need.
The Fitbit Web account is really the heart of the program, and it works with a number of other apps, such as Lose It! and MapMyRun, as well as physical devices for health and fitness, including the Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale, which automatically logs your weigh-ins to the account to track your weight effortlessly.
For all the Fitbit components to work properly, you do need to enter into the Web account your height, weight, age, and sex. All that information stays private.
With a Fitbit account set up, you can clip Fitbit Zip to your clothes or tuck it in your pocket, and go about your normal day. When you're in range of your computer with the USB stick, all your data will wirelessly upload to your Fitbit account.
Web Account Features
Fitbit Zip will keep track of the ground you cover every day, but it won't count stairs or hills that you climb any differently, as the Fitbit Ultra and One do (climbing stairs burns about four times as many calories as walking on flat surface). All this activity is uploaded to your account, where you can view intuitive graphs of your progress.
You can set up goals, like losing weight or simply taking more steps in a day, and Fitbit will keep an eye on your progress.
The Web account is comprehensive. You can manage your calorie intake by logging foods and drinks you consume, and also entering special activities in addition to walking to ensure you get credit for burning more calories. For example, if you swam three-quarters of a mile in 35 minutes while not wearing the Fitbit Zip?which is water- and sweat-resistant, but can't be worn in a pool?the Web account will computer how many additional calories you burned. Fitbit Zip only tracks walking, jogging, and running, but that's true of nearly every fitness tracker I've seen.
A journal section also appears in your account for keeping notes, as well as areas for monitoring sleep, blood pressure, and glucose if you have the appropriate devices or want to manually enter information.
The Fitbit Ultra and its successor the Fitbit One include automatic sleep tracking data, which I really enjoy seeing, but this capability didn't make it into the lower-cost Fitbit Zip.?
Should You Zip?
Miniscule, yet effective, Fitbit Zip certainly does meet the needs of anyone looking for a good quality fitness tracker at an affordable price. But seeing as you only have to shell out an extra $30 for the upcoming Fitbit One, which will replace Fitbit Ultra (our Editors' Choice), the added cost seems worth it. Fitbit Zip doesn't look as sharp as the Fitbit One, nor does it track your sleep or give you credit for additional calories burned when you climb stairs. And with any of the Fitbit devices, you get the same great Web account for free. The Fitbit Zip might make sense if you're unsure of your commitment to using a fitness tracker in the first place, but for everyone else, I recommend spending just a little more for the Fitbit One.?
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Summer for Chrome Provides Biographical Details for People Mentioned in News Stories [Video]
Chrome: Keeping track of everyone in the news isn't easy. Summer is an extension for Chrome that provides short, biographical info on everyone mentioned in a news story without having to leave the page you're reading.
Currently, Summer works with about 60 different news outlets, including The New York Times, Forbes, ESPN, and more. When you're reading a news story on one of these sites, Summer shows a small tab on the right side of the screen that you can expand and learn more about the people mentioned in the story. When you select a person, you get a short bio, a recent YouTube clip, and a Twitter account (if they have one). For the most part, Summer is unobtrusive, but it's handy when you need it.
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Obama sits down with David Letterman - should Merkel take notes?
President Obama made a smart move by going on the Late Show with David Letterman, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel could benefit from something similar? if only she could pull it off.
Seated with talk show host David Letterman, U.S. President Barack Obama makes an appearance on the 'Late Show with David Letterman' at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, Tuesday.
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EnlargeThanks to a heads up from the local news last night, I got to watch President Barack Obama on the "Late Show with David Letterman." I figured if it was big enough to make the nightly news I should watch, but I didn't expect much more than staged jokes, dull conversation, and campaign messaging.
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But after the initial chitchat ended ? and President Obama had the audience on his side after cracking a joke about not wanting to see host David Letterman naked ? I understood why the president went on air with the late night host. I also wondered whether it was something German Chancellor Angela Merkel should consider when running for re-election next year.
The setting is perfect: It's free television time on a national level and gives the incumbent a big platform for presenting both his ideas and his personality. I didn't expect Mr. Letterman to let Obama talk about the national debt for more than three minutes, let alone the gridlock in Congress for almost four, but that's what he did.
For Obama it was a way to reach voters who might not be interested enough in politics to follow election coverage closely but enjoy their late night talk shows. His choice of words might have been simple ? referring to "two wars on a credit card" when talking about the national debt ? but his message, peppered as it was with stories about his children and the White House garden, stuck.
Germany has already adopted the US debate culture, so why not appear on talk shows too? Former Chancellor Gerhard Schr?der tried that when he appeared on the popular evening game show "Wetten, dass...?" ("Wanna bet this...?) in 1999, but it didn't really catch on with other politicians. Last year Chancellor Merkel turned down an offer to appear on the show, which was hosted by the popular Thomas Gottschalk until the end of last season.
Maybe it's because Merkel is not quite the hip politician Obama is and likes to keep her personal life private. But even though German elections are never as personality-driven as they are in the US, the candidates still need to appeal to voters, and this is an ideal way to do that.?
Take former Minister of Defense Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, who stepped down in 2011 after the disclosure that he had plagiarized his doctoral thesis. Even in the middle of that controversy, he remained one of the most popular politicians in Germany, partly because he knew how to spin the headlines with well-crafted appearances, showing up in an AC/DC T-shirt at a concert or getting his picture taken at tourist hub Times Square on a trip to the US.
Even if Merkel does not want to trade personal stories with Letterman like Obama did, appearing on a carefully chosen entertainment TV show and sharing just a little bit of about her personal life while going long on economic policy and government spending could be an easy way to get the message out to the average Joe ? or in this case, Otto Normalverbraucher.
Rumors are that Mr. Gottschalk is planning a comeback with a show airing on public broadcaster ARD. That could be a nice match.
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The Most Anti-Environmental Congress in U.S. History Seeks Reelection
With all the climate-related disasters that unfolded this year?wildfires and floods and extreme heat, not mention the Arctic sea ice that melted to a record low level?you would think that Congress might get the message that action on climate change is a necessity.?
Did they??Definitely not. Since January 2011, one out of every five votes in the U.S. House of Representatives was to undermine environmental protections?315 votes out of a total of 1535.
This makes the current U.S. House of Representatives the most anti-environment Congress in history, according to a report by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA), from the Committee on Natural Resources.?
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The votes weren?t cosmetic either?they were efforts to weaken environmental oversight legislation like the Clean Air Act, a forty year old law that regulates air pollution, which the Environmental Protection Agency has estimated will prevent 230,000 pollution-related early deaths by 2020, and provide more than 2 trillion in economic benefits.?
The House?s anti-environment votes largely fell along party lines, according the report: 94 percent of Republican members voted for the anti-environment positions, while 87 percent of Democratic members voted for the pro-environment positions.?
Here?s a rundown of the most egregious voting patterns, care of Representatives Waxman and Markey: ?
-?77 votes were to undermine Clean Air Act protections and ?block EPA regulation of toxic mercury and other harmful emissions from power plants, incinerators, industrial boilers, cement plants, and mining operations.?
-?39 votes were to weaken protection of public lands and wildlife, including removing protections for certain over-exploited or endangered species like wolves and sea turtles.
- 31 votes were to undermine Clean Water Act protections, including votes ?to repeal EPA?s authority to stop mountaintop removal mining disposal; and to block EPA from protecting headwaters and wetlands that flow into navigable waters.?
- 37 votes were to block action to address climate change, ?including votes to overturn EPA?s scientific findings that climate change endangers human health and welfare,? and ?to prevent the United States from participating in international climate negotiations; and even to cut funding for basic climate science.?
Yes, that?s right. Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives want to overturn EPA?s scientific conclusion that climate change endangers human health and welfare.
That climate change is real and caused by human activity is a conclusion shared by 97 percent of scientists. The remaining three percent? Skeptics whose level of expertise is far below that of their peers.
Manmade climate change impacts human health and safety?that much can be deduced by the average American who has suffered extreme heat waves. But if that?s not enough, a report from the National Institutes of Health paints a terrifying picture of how climate change endangers human health?excruciating heat, degraded air quality, flooding, and an increase in bacterial infections, to name a few. ?
Unsurprisingly, the oil and gas industry has emerged as a big winner in the slew of anti-environment votes in the House. Since 2011, the House voted 109 times to implement policies that enrich the oil and gas industry, including votes to block clean energy development, fast-track the Keystone XL pipeline, and weaken environmental, public health, and safety requirements for oil companies. ?
Common Dreams points out that Republicans were the overwhelming recipients of campaign contributions from oil and gas companies?they raked in four times the amount of money from Big Oil than their Democratic counterparts.
So it should come as no surprise that on Friday afternoon, the GOP majority passed the ?Stop the War on Coal Act,? H.R. 3409, which would significantly weaken regulations that protect our air, water, and natural environments from over-pollution by coal fired power plants and other industries.
Despite the fact that the Senate will almost certainly strike it down, according to the New York Times, and that President Obama has already threatened to veto it, the one hundred twelfth?House of Representatives decided to leave their chambers with a bang?after passing the Act, the House adjourned until mid November, off to campaign for reelection on a full time basis.
Between now and Election Day, we might do well to remind them that they work for the taxpayers?all of whom will be experiencing the effects of climate change in the future.
When voting, what priorioty dp you place on a politicians' environmental voting record? Explain in the comments below.
Related Stories on TakePart:
? Climate Change Deniers in the House of Representatives Targeted for Defeat
? Ex-Sierra Club Chief Carl Pope: It's Time to Tax Carbon Pollution
? Will the Drought Dry Up Obama's Chances?
Alison Fairbrother is the director of the nonpartisan Public Trust Project, which investigates and reports on misrepresentations of science by corporations and government. She has written for the Washington Monthly, the Washington Spectator, Grist, and Politics Daily, among others. Alison is based in Washington DC. @adfairbrother | TakePart.com
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/most-anti-environmental-congress-u-history-seeks-reelection-162721938.html
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