In truth, the attitudes of the candidates' strategists towards the climate issue, and towards science policy in general, may be quite similar to those of moderators Crowley, Lehrer, and Schieffer. "I've talked to political operatives, and they think science is a boutique issue, like changing to the metric system or something," says Shawn Otto, the CEO of the nonprofit group ScienceDebate.org, which focuses on trying to inject discussions of science-based issues into presidential and other campaigns. "They don't see votes in it."
An Afghan Army captain named Hamidullah whose unit was not directly involved in the shooting said the Americans now were so skittish that they could not be bothered to give deference to common military courtesies. [...] When Captain Hamidullah approached the American sergeant in charge of the checkpoint to explain that they just wanted to let their colonel get through, the sergeant brusquely waved him away and told him not to come back. “So what do you think: I have five emotional soldiers behind me seeing their captain disrespected. I am a captain, he was only a sergeant,” he said. “My solders were ready to shoot him in the face.”
When Captain Hamidullah approached the American sergeant in charge of the checkpoint to explain that they just wanted to let their colonel get through, the sergeant brusquely waved him away and told him not to come back. “So what do you think: I have five emotional soldiers behind me seeing their captain disrespected. I am a captain, he was only a sergeant,” he said. “My solders were ready to shoot him in the face.”
Even though sales are still very low, new home sales have clearly bottomed. New home sales have averaged 364 thousand SAAR over the first 9 months of 2012, after averaging under 300 thousand for the previous 18 months. Sales are finally above the lows for previous recessions too. This was slightly above expectations of 385,000, and was another fairly solid report. This indicates an ongoing recovery in residential investment.
This was slightly above expectations of 385,000, and was another fairly solid report. This indicates an ongoing recovery in residential investment.
[Google street-view] now has brought its all-seeing eyes - mounted for the first time on a backpack - down into the Grand Canyon, showcasing the attraction's most popular hiking trails on the South Rim and other walkways. [...] As the sun rose Monday, Luc Vincent, Google engineering director, strapped on one of the 40-pound backpacks and set down the Bright Angel Trail to the Colorado River - a nearly 10-mile hike that goes from 6,900 feet in elevation to 2,400 feet. He hiked back up from Phantom Ranch, which can be 30 degrees warmer than at the rim, through the South Kaibab Trail and also gathered data on other trails.
As the sun rose Monday, Luc Vincent, Google engineering director, strapped on one of the 40-pound backpacks and set down the Bright Angel Trail to the Colorado River - a nearly 10-mile hike that goes from 6,900 feet in elevation to 2,400 feet. He hiked back up from Phantom Ranch, which can be 30 degrees warmer than at the rim, through the South Kaibab Trail and also gathered data on other trails.