Archive for Monday, September 29, 2014
Everything But The Squeal: How The Hog Industry Cuts Food Waste
Large-scale hog operations get a bad environmental rap. But when it comes to processing the animals, the industry is a model of efficiency, making use of every last bit in sometimes surprising ways.
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After Fire, FAA Orders Review Of Contingency Plans, Security
On Friday, a contractor intentionally set fire to an FAA air traffic facility that has caused flight delays and cancellations for days.
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Obama: U.S. Underestimated ISIS, Overestimated Iraqi Army
In an interview with 60 Minutes the president, citing the director of national intelligence, acknowledged that U.S. intelligence overestimated the ability of the Iraqi army to fight the group.
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Sierra Nevada challenges NASA plans to replace the shuttle
Sierra Nevada is protesting NASA’s decision to replace the shuttle with capsules developed by Boeing and SpaceX. The company’s legal challenge is unusual. NASA has said little about why it chose Boeing and SpaceX to fly astronauts to the International Space Station and not Sierra Nevada. Now Sierra Nevada has filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office. Dan Gordon is an expert in procurement law at George Washington University. He says most federal contracts go unchallenged. “It’s very rare that the GAO issues a decision saying that the contracting agency violated procurement law. That happens a few dozen times a year out of the 2,000 or so cases the GAO gets each year.” Sierra Nevada says its proposal meets ...
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California Enacts ‘Yes Means Yes’ Law, Defining Sexual Consent
The new law requires an "affirmative consent" and states that consent can't be given if someone is asleep or incapacitated by drugs or alcohol.
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More Active Play Equals Better Thinking Skills For Kids
How long can you sit still in a desk? How about your 7-year-old? Maybe you could both use a break. A study shows that kids who get to run around and play after school are better at paying attention.
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Japan’s Mt. Ontake Is Still Erupting; Warnings Are Reviewed
Rescue efforts have again been halted; at least 36 people are feared dead in the aftermath of Saturday's eruption that caught hundreds of hikers by surprise.
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