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Why didn’t I use pervious concrete for my driveway? – Fresh Dirt – Sunset.com – Pervious concrete is basically concrete without the sand. And the absence of sand creates a lot of void space. 15-30%. That is enough, according to the Pacific Southwest Concrete Alliance, for 3-8 gallons of water per minute to pass through each square foot. That is equal, says the Alliance, to 6,000 to 17,000 inches of rain per day. Even an El Nino won't produce more than that.
No right to bear unlicensed machine guns, federal court says / The Christian Science Monitor – CSMonitor.com – “Whatever the individual right to keep and bear arms might entail, it does not authorize an unlicensed individual to possess unregistered machine guns for personal use,” said the three-judge panel of the Sixth US Circuit Court of Appeals.
No right to bear unlicensed machine guns, federal court says / The Christian Science Monitor – CSMonitor.com – “Whatever the individual right to keep and bear arms might entail, it does not authorize an unlicensed individual to possess unregistered machine guns for personal use,” said the three-judge panel of the Sixth US Circuit Court of Appeals.
Southwest bags more fliers by not imposing fees – The Denver Post – While the airline cut capacity by 5 percent in 2009, it added service to four new airports — New York LaGuardia, Boston, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Milwaukee. At the same time, he said the airline has gained a 1 percent market share and even has offered all employees raises during one of the worst financial slumps in airline history.
The President on Preliminary Findings Regarding the Attempted Terrorist Attack | The White House – I wanted to speak to the American people again today because some of this preliminary information that has surfaced in the last 24 hours raises some serious concerns. It's been widely reported that the father of the suspect in the Christmas incident warned U.S. officials in Africa about his son's extremist views. It now appears that weeks ago this information was passed to a component of our intelligence community, but was not effectively distributed so as to get the suspect's name on a no-fly list.
Retirees Flock to Mexico for the Sun and the Health Care | PBS NewsHour | Dec. 28, 2009 | PBS – Thousands of Americans are coming to places like Puerto Vallarta, not to dip their toes in the warm Pacific, sip a margarita, or browse a crafts fair. No, they are coming for health care, in many cases, care they could never afford to acquire in the United States.
New equation for comfort – The Denver Post – The Apex boot essentially is a snowboarding boot inserted into a lightweight carbon fiber frame. The external carbon fiber structure provides the lateral stiffness and forward lean required to make skis perform, but can be removed easily for walking.
Italian town where a White Christmas is a police matter | World news | The Guardian – Some 3,000 people have marched through the town in protest at the operation, which the Vatican called "sad and distressing". But it has been endorsed by Silvio Berlusconi's government. Visiting nearby Brescia, where he announced the opening of a detention camp for suspected illegal immigrants – a so-called centre for identification and expulsion – Berlusconi's interior minister, Roberto Maroni, a leader of the League, complimented Coccaglio's mayor.
N.M. teacher claims lottery prize 2 hours before it expires – Lottery News – With only two hours to spare, an Albuquerque teacher claimed a $10,000 Powerball prize scheduled to expire today at 4:30 p.m.
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- Camping 101: What to Take & Where to Go – If you are a working stiff, a 3-day camping trip is the ideal way to recreate yourself. Sneak out of work for a day and a great big adventure lies before you. But so many of us have no gear or no experience here in the mountain west. And many would like to get started camping but really have no idea how to begin without going broke at REI. So here are some thoughts from a person who has camped out for over 50 years and just last summer camped his way across America hauling everything on a bicycle.
- An Evolutionary Explanation for Sexual Smell Differences | Wired Science from Wired.com – "Women have a larger interest in reproductive events because they have fewer opportunities for passing on their genes than men," said George Preti, a Monell Chemical Senses Center organic chemist.
In a study published Monday in Flavour and Fragrance, Preti and colleagues found that women were able to detect body odors masked by other fragrances. Male noses quickly lost the scent.
- After earthquake, Italians ask questions about building codes | csmonitor.com – Four days after a devastating earthquake in central Italy left more than 280 people dead, attention is turning to whether a culture of impunity toward building codes contributed to the high number of casualties.
Many of the centuries-old buildings in L'Aquila, where the 6.3-magnitude quake struck overnight Sunday, sustained severe damage. But newer buildings were also affected. With Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi vowing to rebuild the stricken town, some experts say, more stringent building codes are needed – along with tougher enforcement to ensure compliance.
- Al Jazeera English – Middle East – Iraqi protesters call for US exit – Abdel Wahab Al-Qassab from the Strategic Studies Centre in Doha, Qatar, which researches political and military strategies, said that Iraqi public opinion is overwhelmingly in favour of US forces leaving the country.
- Scorpion biodiversity | Science Blog – Scorpions possess resistance to high temperatures and the ability to conserve water for long periods of time, and as a result thrive in hot and arid parts of the world. But is this global distribution also seen at a more local level? Reporting in the open-access, peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE April 9, Doctoral student Shmuel Raz and colleagues at the University of Haifa, Israel now show that this is indeed the case, even when European-like and African-like habitats were separated by no more than 100 metres.
- Jennifer Huard – It’s All Happening…: Winslow Sandstorm – 10am – We had just pulled over because visibility was down to… well, you can see. As soon as we pulled over, the traffic in the lanes came to a halt. Truckers slowed everyone down and stopped traffic before the idiot drivers who didn't know any better started a chain reaction pile up. No accidents to report, everyone kept their cool and no one got hurt.
We sat there for over an hour as 40mph winds whipped the dirt up, gusting to 60pmph. Soon the traffic slowly started moving, so we joined the caravan and rolled on down the highway into the clear blue a couple miles up the road.
- Rio Rancho economic outlook upbeat – New Mexico Business Weekly: – Also, the state will receive $30 million in funds for weatherization and energy efficiency programs for housing, much more than it has received in the past, Denish said. This will help people stay in their homes, she said.
Sandoval County, which has the highest foreclosure rate in New Mexico, will get about $1.7 million in neighborhood stabilization funds from the Mortgage Finance Authority to help get abandoned homes back on the market by repairing them and helping first-time homebuyers acquire them.
During a question and answer session, Sue Cleveland, superintendent of the Rio Rancho Public Schools, said the ARRA funds do present a challenge because they don’t take into account state equalization formulas for school funding. As a result, Rio Rancho will get the least amount per pupil from the ARRA funds even though the system is already struggling with growth issues, she said.
- Electric Radiant Floor Heat | Efficiency – Typical DIY bathroom electric radiant heat installations will run $300-500 over their unheated counterparts. Add in up to $750 more for professional electrical and material installation. And after the installation, the floor requires power to keep your investment producing a warm, comfortable atmostphere. So the question is: how much power will your investment consume?
- Decoding Intel’s New Logo Stickers – Columns by PC Magazine – If you go shopping for a new Intel-powered desktop, laptop, nettop, or netbook in the coming weeks, you'll notice some changes. This month, Intel updated its logos to hopefully simplify the buying experience. Along with these new logos, there's a new standardized 5-star rating system to go along. So how do you tell the difference between a Core i7 and a Celeron (aside from the price)? Well, here's a decoder ring.
- Apple – iTunes – 1 Billion App Countdown – As of today, nearly one billion apps have been downloaded around the globe. So we just want to say thanks — a billion. Download an app and you’ll automatically get the chance to win a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule, and a MacBook Pro. Just go to the iTunes Store, browse the App Store, and download your best app yet.
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But for investors who want to hedge against potential economic turmoil, "buying gold is a very good idea for 2009," says Chuck Butler, president of EverBank World Markets in St. Louis.
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Cash4Gold is completely ready and willing to screw you. They are far away (unless you live in Pompano Beach, Florida), casting a big infomercial net across late-night television, trying to snag gold as cheaply as they can from anyone. They don't care if you are insulted by the first offer, because they have a larger offer in their front pocket. A MUCH larger offer, ready to hand over as soon as you turn to exit.
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We talked to seven state troopers from across the country—Florida, New Jersey, Kentucky, Louisiana, Illinois, Oregon, and New Mexico—and asked, “What are the five best things a motorist can do when pulled over, and what are the five worst?” We wanted to know which procedures would render a traffic stop as painless as possible for both parties. There wasn’t a perfect consensus, but the answers went pretty much like this:
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It is, though, the “foreign” kebab that is being kicked out of Italian cities as it becomes the target of a campaign against ethnic food, backed by the centre-right Government of Silvio Berlusconi.
The drive to make Italians eat Italian, which was described by the Left and leading chefs as gastronomic racism, began in the town of Lucca this week, where the council banned any new ethnic food outlets from opening within the ancient city walls.
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President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress are moving to cap Wall Street bonuses and pay.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said it’s “very safe” to assume that new rules guiding the administration’s financial rescue will address bonuses and executive pay.
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“People come here because they want to work hard and get paid a lot for working hard,” one investment banker said Friday as he wended his way, lunch bag in hand, through the World Financial Center. “I think there’s a disconnect between Wall Street and Main Street.”
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