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...around the world, shoppers flock to Wal-Mart to buy everything from socks to sofa beds. In McKinney, Texas, they come for another reason: to see the wind turbine. Rising 120 ft. above the ground, it's the tallest structure in town and supplies 5% of the store's electricity. It's not the only thing that makes this Wal-Mart a green giant. There are photovoltaic shingles on the roof, exterior walls coated with heat-reflective paint and a high-tech system that automatically dims or raises the lights depending on whether it's sunny or overcast. Brent Allen...
...will be open later serving food,” Snyder said. “We hope that these new locations will help alleviate the needs of students and that everyone will continue working on finding a solution.” Two Fridays ago, between four and five, a flock of famished first years filled up on food, as a half dozen dining hall employees enjoyed some downtime before the dinner rush. Thayer resident Jennifer M. DeCoste ’09 said her 4:30 p.m. dinner would be her “last food...
Good thing. The most influential U.S. prelate in Roman Catholic history, Levada is tasked with maintaining doctrine and discipline among the 1.1 billion faithful at a time when several issues threaten to divide the flock. In November the church issued a controversial Instruction on gay seminarians. To Levada, "the document is very clear. A person with deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not suited for the priesthood." Another tricky topic: Should politicians be denied Communion if they espouse policies that contradict church teaching? Levada would like to see that debated more but says, "There are certain teachings that, as Catholics...
Sadly, for the most part, the production did not make the most of the amazing choreography—especially disappointing as audiences usually flock to Fosse shows specifically for the dancing. In many of the synchronized group numbers, the cast was noticeably out of sync...
Vaccinating against avian flu could potentially avoid those problems since inoculated chickens don't get sick in the first place. But while some European farmers have begun doing just that, the idea seems impractical in the U.S. "If you have to put down a flock, you lose maybe 50,000 birds," notes Lobb. "That is much easier than trying to vaccinate 10 billion birds, which is about what we will produce this year...