Let's not play that game Jul 3, 2007
Where you'll find me on a Friday night: cooking and playing cards with friends, dining at a new restaurant or. A 34 year-old transplant to metro Atlanta who has found her dating experience here. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Notes: Halos to cut ties with Hillenbrand Jun 28, 2007
"Shea loves to play the game of baseball. When you love to play the game, and you feel that you still have the ability to play, to contribute, that's your driving force to play the game. It's not to get paid.". Listen up: "We got to turn the page on this one, come back out here tomorrow afternoon and just get into our game, play better. The Royals are a young, aggressive club, and they've taken it to us these two games. They just kept pounding us. They hit the ball, they hit the long ball, they... (MLB.com -- Anaheim Angels)
An AP Member Exchange Feature Jun 12, 2007
Anaconda native Schnabel, his wife Lyza and children Becca, 9, and P.J., 5, are the driving force behind the project, an endeavor born out of love of family and a good brew. "We wanted something we could have together," Schnabel said Thursday as his children played in the gutted parking garage at the brewery's future home. (Helena Independent Record)
Spanish, Chinese won't be Greek to these kids Jun 10, 2007
30-day news archives. "Some public school immersion programs already exist in Florida, including Greek-language charter schools in Pinellas and Pasco counties, but the state does not track them.A Brevard first Besides launching the district's first language immersion program, Palm Bay Academy also will be the first district school to offer Chinese, one of eight "critical need" languages the Bush administration is pushing Americans to learn.Despite perceptions otherwise, American-born Elena... (Florida Today)
Brewing Butte beer Jun 10, 2007
Anaconda native Schnabel, his wife Lyza and children Becca, 9, and P.J., 5, are the driving force behind the project, an endeavor born out of love of family and a good brew. We wanted something we could have together, Schnabel said Thursday as his children played in the gutted parking garage at 45 W. Galena, the brewery s future home. (Montana Standard, MT)
'Success is impossible without air travel' Jun 5, 2007
" Batzel, 62, says he's been energized by his experience with Galaxy and believes he now has "20 good years" left to continue in business. He regards his company's success as the product of creative thinking, and also credits his nephew Lee, who serves as partner and vice president of operations, to be a positive and driving force. "As a company we have fertile engineering minds, and we're unencumbered by thinking that certain solutions are the way it's always been done," says Batzel. "As... (Pennsylvania Northeast Business Journal, PA)
New man at helm of BHP breaks the mould Jun 1, 2007
That is a throwback to the the fiery six months when Brian Gilbertson was BHP Billiton CEO. Mr Gilbertson was the driving force behind the creation of the out-of-Africa minerals group Billiton before its 2001 merger with BHP. Mr Gilbertson left abruptly in 2003 after scaring the BHP Billiton board with over-the-top acquisition ambitions. Mr Kloppers is the among the last of the senior Billiton executives left at BHP Billiton. (The Age, Australia -- Business)
The many faces of Seth Rogen keep them laughing May 30, 2007
As directed and written by Judd Apatow, co-creator of Freaks and the driving force behind Virgin, this R-rated relationship romp is a profoundly crude yet good-hearted exploration of how a pothead slacker and high-on-ambition TV journalist deal with the consequences of a drunken one-night stand. Nine months of consequences, that is. (USA Today)
Hunting the prizeHow scientific are Japan's current whaling programmes? May 26, 2007
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Novak sours on GOP hopes... May 12, 2007
Even the Taliban in Afghanistan, where we should be focused instead of Iraq, has gone from nonexistent preinvasion to the driving force in Afghan politics. We preach Democracy yet our best friend is General Musharraf in Pakistan, leader of the ilitary coup that overthrew the Democratically elected govt. (The Drudge Report)
Selden: Forgotten Holocaust May 9, 2007
Technology was harnessed to the driving force of American nationalism, which repeatedly came to the fore in times of war, and was fashioned under wartime conditions, beginning with the conquest of the Philippines in 1898 and running through successive wars and police actions in Latin America and Asia that spanned the long twentieth century. In other words, technological fanaticism is inseparable from American nationalism and conceptions of a benevolent American-dominated global order. (Zmag.org)
Cherry L. Emerson; arts patron cofounded an engineering firm May 5, 2007
He was a driving force in the festival's efforts to raise funds for a new concert hall and steered organizers toward engaging the talents of world-renowned acoustic architect R. Lawrence Kirkegaard , said Deveau, artistic director of the festival. Organizers hope to start construction on the hall in January. (Boston Globe)
Breakthrough in Nanotechnology (APIO) May 3, 2007
With every successful investment I've made, there's always a driving force behind the company. API is no exception. (Newsmax)
LISTMANIA: Most successful Cache business people. May 1, 2007
Dustman wrote on April 30, 2007 3:28 PM:"Just to cut Denver Doug a bit of slack, his mention of the Forzani Bros. and their vast Canadian enterprise in sporting goods has more than just a USU gridiron connection---I know that John Forzani was married to Linda Larsen, whose father Bob played a major role in the expansion of Al's Sporting Goods years ago. I have no idea if John/Linda are still together (though I hope so) but I believe Linda was a driving force in the Forzanis taking on the... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Charleston man is state National Guard NCO of year Apr 26, 2007
To me, warrior ethos is the driving force behind a soldier, Steidl said. It s the power to believe in yourself and perform what you need to do. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
North Korea's nuclear identity on display in parade Apr 26, 2007
Kim's switching from the Worker's Party to the military as the main driving force in society was significant because the army was "less ideological and more pragmatic" than the party, said Alexander Vorontsov, a former Russian diplomat in Pyongyang who is now teaching at the Institute of Oriental Studies in Moscow. North Korea's official media began using the term "army-first" in 1999, when Kim was struggling to tighten his grip on power in the aftermath of a famine that, according to some... (International Herald Tribune)
Church shepherds in community garden Apr 25, 2007
"It kind of segues with the Farmers Market at Broadway and Exchange (Street) which Weed was a driving force behind. "We think it's a great way to involve the residents and give that neighborhood a feeling of ownership of that part of the community. " Weed participants recently assisted with cleanup of the grassy areas by the church. It took Lagerquist with help from friend Frank Passarella and a couple of volunteers only a day or two to install 22 raised beds, bordered by pressure treated wod... (Pawtucket Times, RI)
List And Descriptions Of Va. Tech Victims Apr 23, 2007
"He has been a driving force for all of us, the guiding force.". Lauren McCain, 20, was originally from Oklahoma but most recently lived in the Hampton, Va. (CBS New York, NY)
Hopkins, Gosling share a 'Fracture' Apr 22, 2007
He describes himself as "hyperactive. I wish I could sit and relax, but I can't. I have this driving force in me that makes me move and get out of bed in the morning. It may be a kind of neurosis, but I feel happy.". On a typical nonworking day, he flits between reading, playing the piano and, more and more, painting. (Los Angeles Times)
Discoveries Thrust Cancer-initiating Stem Cells Into A Larger Role In Cancer Biology And Treatment Apr 20, 2007
"If mammary stem cells are, indeed, the driving force of breast cancer, then we need to know more about their function if we hope to create more effective therapies.". To investigate the role of the gene in stem cells, the team engineered a lentivirus to carry small interfering RNA segments that, in effect, silence the BRCA1 gene. (Science Daily)
VIRGINIA TECH MASSACRE Apr 19, 2007
We do not know what to do," his brother G.V. Palanivel told the NDTV news channel from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. "He has been a driving force for all of us, the guiding force. " Partahi Lumbantoruan Lumbantoruan, 34, of Indonesia, was a civil engineering doctoral student, according to Kristiarto Legowo, a spokesman for the Indonesian foreign ministry. Lauren McCain McCain, 20, was originally from Oklahoma but most recently lived in the Hampton, Va., area. She was planning to major... (San Francisco Chronicle)
REMEMBERING THE VICTIMS Apr 19, 2007
"He has been a driving force for all of us, the guiding force.". . (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Victims of shootings Apr 19, 2007
"He has been a driving force for all of us, the guiding force.". Partahi Lumbantoruan: Studying in USA was a dream. (USA Today)
Pitt researcher gets the inside story on how cell doors work Apr 18, 2007
Ehud Isacoff, professor of neurobiology at Berkeley who is involved in similar research, described Dr. Grabe's as "the intellectual driving force behind the research. "You have to simulate how the protein moves and that takes a lot of computer power and a lot of analytic prowess and tight logic," he said. "He combined them and came up with a model that is very satisfying and very intriguing. "It's a first-time model that's pretty convincing.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Virginia Tech Massacre: The Victims Apr 18, 2007
"He has been a driving force for all of us, the guiding force.". He is survived by his wife, Usha, and two daughters, Uma an engineering student at The University of Virginia and another daughter who is a student at Blacksburg Middle School. (Fox News -- Views)
Profiles of Virginia Tech victims Apr 18, 2007
We do not know what to do," his brother G.V. Palanivel told the NDTV news channel from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. "He has been a driving force for all of us, the guiding force. " Lauren McCain McCain, 20, was originally from Oklahoma but most recently lived in the Hampton, Va., area. She was planning to major in International Studies. Daniel O'Neil O'Neil, 22, was a graduate student in engineering and played guitar and wrote his own songs, which he posted on a Web site,... (KHOU.com, TX)
Degussa invests in Shanghai factory Apr 17, 2007
Degussa sees China as a driving force behind global economic growth and intends to increase its business in the region to 820 million euros within three years, said Yu Dahai, the firm's newly appointed China president. Yu served at Degussa's headquarters in for 17 years. (People's Daily Online, China)
A new attempt to streamline EU patents Apr 4, 2007
"Patents are a driving force for promoting innovation, growth and competitiveness, but the single market for patents is still incomplete," McCreevy said in a statement. "In today's increasingly competitive global economy Europe cannot afford to lose ground in an area as crucial as patent policy.". (International Herald Tribune -- Money Report)
Gallo left legacy for family, wine industry Mar 27, 2007
Alfredo Koch, the new coordinator of the viticulture and enology department at Allan Hancock College, agreed Gallo was a driving force behind California wines. think he had a tremendous impact on the industry in California, Koch said. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Volcanic Plumbing Dictates Development Of Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vents Mar 23, 2007
"We've really solidified our findings in the last 18 months. The mantle is moving or flowing in one direction, and the plate boundary is trying to catch up. We've talked for years about passive flow models for ocean ridges - the mantle upwells as a passive response to plate motion. Now we see the mantle flow is not entirely passive or controlled by the overlapping plates. The mantle flow provides a driving force for plate motion. This discovery is remarkably surprising.". The area studied is... (Science Daily)
Penn study on olfactory nerve cells shows why we smell better when we sniff Mar 14, 2007
"The driving force for such synchronization remained a mystery for more than 50 years," says senior author Minghong Ma, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience. "These results help us understand how the mammalian olfactory system encodes and decodes odor information in the environment.". (EurekAlert!)
Scientist plans to crack genetic secrets of the deep - from comfort of his 100ft yacht Mar 14, 2007
The driving force behind this, self-styled maverick scientist Craig Venter, is no stranger to audacity. He was vilified by the scientific establishment for taking them on in the race to sequence the human genome. (Guardian Unlimited -- Life)
UW-Stout seeks polytechnic designation - Chancellor Sorensen makes presentation to committee on Thursday Mar 8, 2007
Sorensen said the polytechnic university designation is the driving force behind his efforts to expand the UW-Stout honors program into an honors college. Finally, UW-Stout is working on a campus physical plant master plan, which will use the polytechnic designation as its guiding principle, Sorensen said. (Menomonie Dunn County News, WI)
Joined-up writing Mar 8, 2007
For me, although the poem depends for some of its effect on the idea that the spirit of the quiet revolution lives on, I don't hear enough about the driving force of that social transformation. ("O'Leary" does not do it for me. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
'Global Warming Is Lies' Claims New Documentary... Mar 5, 2007
"If President Eisenhower had said in the mid-1960s that he, while President, "created" the Interstate Highway System, we would not have seen dozens and dozens of editorials lampooning him for claiming he "invented" the concept of highways or implying that he personally went out and dug ditches across the country to help build the roadway. Everyone would have understood that Ike meant he was a driving force behind the legislation that created the highway system, and this was the very same concept... (The Drudge Report)
Size Matters ... If You're A Rodent Mar 1, 2007
The new research in mammals adds to a growing body of evidence that sexual selection -- competition between males and potentially also choice by females -- is the driving force responsible. Citation: Steven A. Ramm (University of Liverpool), "Sexual selection and genital evolution in mammals: a phylogenetic analysis of baculum length" American Naturalist 169:360-369 (2007). (Science Daily)
The next generation of threats Feb 24, 2007
But the drumbeat is inadequate to the task and threat at hand, and is likely partly responsible for the scientific community's inability to focus public opinion -- the driving force behind political action in any democracy -- on the unthinkable dangers lying in the not-too-distant future. Before our best scientific minds can be heard, they will have to be joined by a new generation of political leaders. (Boston Globe)
Don't send the wrong message to troops Feb 22, 2007
" To Answering wrote on February 20, 2007 8:51 PM:"Obviously you the closest you got to military service is being a "Screen Beret" on your computer, because if you had been serving during those days, you would know it was a Republican Administration (Daddy Bush) that was the driving force in cuts to the military. " Rogone wrote on February 20, 2007 8:52 PM:"all of you peacenicks make me ill. (North County Times)
Next stop Iran? Feb 19, 2007
". sandy, USA--Penna...... / 8:04pm 18 Feb 2007 #84--mine's--it's the "city of Orange"--not Orange Co.........& the County goes......#86--mine's--most of our imported oil is from Mexico & Canada, however we do get from many countries, & the percentages are small.i stand by my #75 post.........the sooner the better.... Maisie / 8:05pm 18 Feb 2007 oops sorry for mixing up posts 85 and 87, I was a wee tad annoyed and off on a tangent.87, I apologise. Finnking, Finland / 8:07pm 18 Feb 2007... (Scotsman)
* World News Quick Take Feb 14, 2007
Debbie Almontaser, a 15-year veteran of the school system who is the driving force behind the school will be its principal. She said that ideally, the school would serve an equal mix of students with backgrounds in Arabic language and culture and those without such backgrounds. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Soy dresses? Being green is in fashion Feb 11, 2007
Organic cotton, which makes up 95% of organic fabrics, is the driving force behind the trend. Global organic cotton sales more than doubled, from $245 million to $583 million, from 2001 to 2005. (Los Angeles Times)
Organic clothing not just for hippies anymore Feb 10, 2007
Organic cotton, which makes up 95 percent of organic fabrics, is the driving force behind the trend. Global organic cotton sales increased 119 percent, from $245 million to $583 million between 2001 and 2005. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
From Sheffield To Singapore, International Computing Grid Battles Malaria Feb 3, 2007
In the quest to find a cure scientists are using Grid computing, the major driving force for new approaches towards collaborative. . (Science Daily)
Earth-shattering Proof Of Continents On The Move Feb 3, 2007
(April 26, 2001) -- Deep beneath Earth's surface, continent-sized plumes of hot rock are floating upwards, providing a driving force for such phenomena as the movements of whole continents, earthquakes, volcanism, and. . (Science Daily)
Lifesaving Fire Equipment Coming To Hampton Roads Jan 30, 2007
"In Europe they've had some serious tunnel fires with a large loss of life and that was the driving force behind the development of the fire fighting machines," said Chief Jones. You operate them a lot like you would a remote control car, allowing firefighters and rescue teams to 'stay out' until it's safe to go in. (WTKR.com, VA)
Aerosol Pollution Slows Down Winds And Reduces Rainfall Jan 24, 2007
-- The major driving force of atmospheric circulation in the tropical regions is solar heating. Because of the Earth's 23. (Science Daily)
Harry Wise, friend of Coonskin Park, dies Jan 20, 2007
In 1994, he was a driving force behind the formation of the Kanawha County Master Gardeners Association. He was a cranky old guy, and I loved him dearly, said Mary Anne Michael, a master gardener. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Why Trans Fats should be banished from the Earth Jan 20, 2007
Cost is a driving force, Stluka said. I think it might be more the smaller companies that might see the cost being an issue. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
New Details Of First Major Urban Battle Emerge Along With Clues About Civilization's Origins Jan 18, 2007
The latest findings from Hamoukar suggest that the specialized mass-production of goods for trade could have been a similar driving force in the North. Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by University of Chicago. (Science Daily)
Closing A Loophole In The RNA World Hypothesis Jan 17, 2007
(February 16, 2005) -- A geomicrobiologist at Washington University in St. Louis has proposed that evolution is the primary driving force in the early Earth's development rather than physical processes, such as plate. . (Science Daily)
Testing Poultry Litter For No-Till Farming Jan 9, 2007
That's because the driving force behind. . (Science Daily)
Protesters decry Louvre museum's plans for global expansion Jan 9, 2007
" Prosecutors countered that the defendant deserved at least 30 years behind bars as the "driving force" behind a "workable terrorist plot. "Siraj was convicted of conspiracy last year based partly on the testimony of a police informant, Osama Eldawoody, who was recruited to monitor radical Muslims at mosques and elsewhere following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.Inside an Islamic bookstore near a Brooklyn mosque, Eldawoody wore a wire and chatted up an employee who lived with his parents... (North County Times)
We require a serious multipronged R&D program on the scale of the Manhattan Project of the 1940s or the Space Race of the 1960s, including conservation, nuclear fusion, solar, wind, coal conversion, biofuels (switchgrass, not corn), etc. More... Jan 9, 2007
TonyD wrote on January 08, 2007 12:34 PM:"I think the editors of this topics area might want to consider researching a matter fully prior to going public. When it comes to oil, oil prices (adjusted for grade quality) are set on the global market, including the per barrel price for US oil. So, foreign oil per se is not necessarily the pivotal driving force in the price of US oil and eventually gas at the gas pump. As you know, economic growth in far away places such as India and China exert... (North County Times)
Preparing for brand new conference fun’ Jan 8, 2007
I think football probably was the driving force, but I think it s going to benefit all sports in the long run. Silverton coach Tom Steer had the Foxes play a tough nonleague schedule to prepare for MWC play. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Richard Newton, engineering dean and technology visionary, dies at 55 UCB, Jan. 04 Jan 5, 2007
Newton was the driving force behind the founding of CITRIS, established in2001 to develop the next generation of technologies that will be critical to sustaining California's economic growth and global competitiveness and to solving society's most critical needs. "He always had the interest of society in his mind, so much so that CITRIS can be considered his brainchild," said Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, UC Berkeley professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences and a close friend... (University of California Newswire, CA)