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I’ve always been fascinated by crow intelligence and at the same time amazed how few people recognize this intelligence especially since, according to some cognitive research, theirs exceeds that of dogs. This video lecture from a writer Joshua Klein, who has been involved with an amateur study of corvid behavior, highlights this.
Of course [...]
More Web Sightings hereBisphenol A or BPA is an important industrial chemical used in the manufacture of polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins. The plastics industry maintains that BPA is completely safe. But academic and government researchers say the chemical needs to undergo a new risk assessment.
...Read MorePercholorethylene, commonly known as perc, is used by about 80 percent of U.S. dry cleaners to remove stains and clean clothes.
When first introduced to dry cleaners in the 1930s, little was known about its health effects, and it was considered something of a miracle chemical because it could be aggressive on stains, but was not [...]
...Read MoreThe principle of maximum diversity operates both at the physical and at the mental level. It says that the laws of nature and the initial conditions are such as to make the universe as interesting as possible. As a result, life is possible but not too easy. Always when things are dull, something [...]
Money quote that I overlooked in the previous post on Wal-Mart expansion aspirations:
Wal-Mart Chief Executive Officer Lee Scott said earlier this year that he expects zoning laws to get tougher in the years to come, so Wal-Mart is eager to ramp up expansion now.
Source: CNN/Money
Wal-Mart to open 270 to 280 supercenters next year – Oct. [...]
The Institute for Ecosystem Studies was founded in 1983 by the eminent ecologist Dr. Gene Likens in Millbrook, NY. The IES is a research insitution dedicated to the “creation, dissemination, and application of knowledge about ecological systems.”
I came across this book review in the 1 January 2006 voume of “Landscape and Urban Planning” for The Limitless City: A Primer on the Urban Sprawl Debate:
The book provides an excellent, in-depth look at the issues of sprawl and does a good job of separating the real issues from the myths surrounding sprawl…
The author [...]
Wal-Mart marches on in Upstate:
The Potsdam Town Planning Board has finally given the go ahead for a Wal-Mart Supercenter on Route 11. Members unanimously approved the final site plan review.
The 184,000 square foot Supercenter will include a grocery store, gas station, tire lube, and garden center. Four-hundred full and part-time jobs will be created.
Source: Wal-Mart [...]
More interesting trends in New York Agriculture.
Nearly a third of the state’s farmland has changed hands in the past five years and some 50,000 acres a year are being lost to encroaching development, a just completed survey of New York’s rural landowners will show.
The change in ownership on 30 percent of New York’s farmland is [...]
Number of Walmarts stores in New York State :: 100 and counting
A recent editorial slamming the Driscoll administration has the ironic title of Broken Record. A Broken record more aptly applies to our local rag; the Post-Standard’s lack of editorial standards and obsequious attitude towards the Destiny USA project and the world of Bob Congel in general disgusts me. Note that this editorial runs [...]
Orion Bus Industries located Oriskany, NY State has been awarded $249 million Hybrid fueled bus contract.
Governor George E. Pataki [Oct. 19th] announced that Orion Bus Industries has been awarded a $249 million Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) Hybrid fueled bus contract – – and as a result will retain its entire workforce of 500 employees with [...]
http://www.thedailystar.com/news/stories/2005/10/21/soil3.html
Wal-Mart is coming to Granby and Granby is laying out the welcome wagon. The “other” perspective from Fulton shows how much Wal-mart can shift the center of gravity in a community….
While Granby has started to lay out the “welcome wagon” for the new business, its neighbors in Fulton could begin looking at damage [...]
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