Hydrogen Leak Grounds Shuttle Endeavour
Shuttle Endeavour won’t be launched before Wednesday and a conflict with a moon mission and a looming launch deadline could push the agency’s next International Space Station assembly mission to mid-July. That was the word at a news conference Saturday about 90 minutes after a hydrogen gas leak near the end of an external tank [...]
‘Moon’ Features Moments of Gravity in Space
Ground Control to Major Duncan: You’ve really made the grade. “Moon,” a superb first feature directed by Duncan Jones (David Bowie’s son) and starring an im-pressive Sam Rockwell, is an intelligent, evocative and deceptively low-key sci-fi adventure. The minimalist production design renders the futuristic setting gritty and realistic. This intensifies an intriguing story that focuses [...]
How to Get a World-Record High Score
So, you’re pretty good at games, huh? If only there was a way to prove it to the world. Oh, wait, there is: The Twin Galaxies Intergalactic Scoreboard (http://twingalaxies.com) is the Guinness-endorsed clearinghouse for videogame high scores, and adding your name to the list is easier than you think (and I should know: I have [...]
A Silly Game of Connect-the-Dots
When an abortion provider in Wichita, Kan., was murdered, the predictable chorus pointed fingers at Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly. After all, O’Reilly had said that George Tiller was a “baby killer” and had railed against the doctor’s late-term abortion practice for years. He must be to blame! No one bothered to ask whether Tiller’s accused [...]
New FSU Budget Calls for Elimination of 200 Jobs
Florida State University is set to unveil a three year proposal that would cut $56 million from the university’s budget and lay off as many as 200 faculty and staff. The university’s budget crisis committee has been meeting since December and released a plan Friday that would help it meet its goals. The plan, to [...]
My Air Conditioning System is Leaking
My brother, Ed Miller, Jr., President of Snyder Heating and Air Conditioning, recently told me of an A/C Unit trouble call the company received. “This lady called and said her ceiling had a leak and that our A/C unit we installed must be responsible.” he said. Snyder receives approximately 30 similar calls a day. “Some [...]
Employed Seeing Tough Times as Well
People who still have jobs are faring worse than at any time since the Great Depression, a USA TODAY analysis of employment data found. Furloughs, pay cuts and reduced hours are taking a toll on workers who so far have escaped job cuts. The employed worked fewer hours in May – an average of just [...]
Tobacco Regulation Bill Heads to Obama
President Barack Obama on Friday hailed final congressional approval of federal tobacco regulation as a major step in protecting American consumers. He said he was looking forward to signing the bill, which gives the federal Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate the manufacture, marketing and sale of tobacco products. A White House signing [...]
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