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...Motor Vehicles policy so that undocumented immigrants would become eligible for full driver’s privileges. Days later, he changed the law to meet DHS regulations, proposing in its stead a split three-tier system of licenses: one for basic driving privileges, one for U.S.-Canada border transit, and another federally accepted license that would comply with the REAL ID Act of 2005. The policy change aimed to improve road safety and lower insurance premiums. Even more importantly, the legislation strove to bring an estimated 500,000 otherwise law-abiding New Yorkers into the system...
Rather than looking for a stellar wobble, Charbonneau and others are watching red dwarfs for signs of their light subtly dimming as an orbiting planet passes in front of them--a sort of mini-eclipse known as a transit. "If an Earth-size planet in an Earthlike orbit passes in front of a star like the sun," he says, "it dims the star by 1 part in 10,000 or even less." Since a habitable planet around an M-dwarf is much closer--about 7 million miles (11 million km) away--the transit lasts significantly longer. And since the star...
...call active-adult communities for folks as young as 55 in places like Colorado, Michigan and New Jersey to accommodate those who want to stay immersed in the world, even as they step back from some of its daily nuisances. The new developments ensure mobility, with access to mass transit and garages for residents who own their own cars, which make visits to family members or commutes into town easy. They are also offering a stunning mix of activities, including such options as kayaking and skydiving. They include spa-level fitness and wellness centers, college-level academic courses, resort-level...
...strategy is to try to shut down the counterfeiters and their retail outlets, rather than go after consumers. But the outlaws are outwitting the sheriff. One night last September, Pahamin and 100 officers descended on a warehouse in Johor Bahru, some 200 miles southeast of Kuala Lumpur, a transit point that had been under surveillance for months. The building was empty, its occupants apparently warned of the raid. "As sophisticated as we are," concedes Pahamin, "the pirates are more sophisticated...
...being fair that’s what you have to aim for.” Seidel, a graduate of Harvard’s Graduate School of Design who was narrowly defeated in the 2005 election, said he would solve this equation in two ways: developing higher densities around transit nodes, such as Porter Square, and making new building conform to environmental standards. But for Kelley, who was elected for the first time two years ago, the most sustainable road is the one not traveled. “The most sustainable new building project is a building that is not built...