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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
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Captain's Quarters: "The Pakistani Army has deployed 2500 troops to the Swat region specificially to engage a Taliban leader and his followers. Maulana Fazlullah conducts radio broadcasts from the Swat valley to organize resistance to the Pakistani government on behalf of the Taliban in an area that had been a popular tourist region until the rise of "militancy."
"2008 pres"
7:23:03 AM 
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Hillary Clinton rolled through Denver on Tuesday, according to The Rocky Mountain News. From the article:
The Hillary Clinton with the high negative ratings, the polarizing former First Lady who even some Democrats worry might drag down the rest of the ticket if nominated for president, didn't show up in Denver today. Instead, a comfortable, smiling, crowd-inspiring Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived 15 minutes early on the outdoor stage at Metropolitan State College. Granted, she had to reference her note card before she could thank Big Head Todd and the Monsters -- one of Colorado's most famous rock bands ever -- for warming up the crowd and debuting a new song, "Blue Skies," in her honor. But she delivered the rest of her 25-minute speech without notes, with feeling, and to constant, resounding applause.
More coverage from The Denver Post.
More coverage from TalkLeft.
Political Wire: "A new Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll shows that Sen. Hillary Clinton has opened up a 31-point gap over Sen. Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential race, leading 48% to 17%. John Edwards is in third place with 13%. In the Republican race, Giuliani is backed by 32% of likely Republican voters, more than double the support of his closest rival, Fred Thompson, who has 15%. Following closely behind are Sen. John McCain, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee. Giuliani's lead is his biggest of the year in this poll. However, Clinton runs ahead of all Republicans in general-election matchups, with only Giuliani coming close, trailing by 6 points."
"2008 pres"
7:06:18 AM
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From The Environmental News Network, "Nitrate found in precipitation occurring in rural areas of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States is primarily caused by emissions from stationary sources located hundreds of miles away, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study. Stationary sources include coal-burning power plants and other industrial facilities. Although vehicles are the single largest emission source of nitrogen oxides in this region, distant stationary sources may have a greater impact on nitrate found in rain and snow.
More from the article:
The study, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, presents the first large-scale investigation of nitrogen isotopes in precipitation. The authors analyzed stable nitrogen isotopes at 33 long-term National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) monitoring sites. The NADP is a cooperative nationwide program that measures air pollutant concentrations in rain and snow at more than 250 stations across the United States, most of which are deliberately located in relatively rural settings away from urban, industrial or agricultural centers. Nitrogen oxides originate from the burning of fossil fuels, including emissions from motor vehicles, electric utilities and other sources. Power plants and other stationary sources emit pollutants high in the atmosphere that can be transported for long distances before falling to the ground, while vehicles emit pollutants through tail pipes close to the ground where they are more likely to be deposited over shorter distances near roadways. Further, a portion of emissions from all sources may be deposited on the landscape in gaseous forms such as aerosols and particles in addition to precipitation. Thus the authors urge caution when interpreting their results, stating that both stationary sources and vehicles are important contributors to air pollution throughout the region. "Our results highlight the need to improve our understanding of the fate of vehicle emissions; one way we can do this is by expanding monitoring networks to include more urban sites," says Elliott.
The abstract of the ES&T article is available on-line at http://pubs.acs.org/journals/esthag/index.html, under the Articles ASAP tab. Full text for the ES&T article can be obtained from Michael Bernstein, Office of Communications, American Chemical Society, (202)-872-6042 (m_bernstein@acs.org).
"2008 pres"
6:33:31 AM
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