Get out of my bike lane Oct 24, 2009
Given our natural advantages, we should have named one of our cities after the Madonna del Ghisallo, the patron saint of cyclists. So why don't we have better cycling infrastructure. (FOX61, CT)
Tekbali: Libya is more than Gadhafi Sep 30, 2009
Tekbali: Libya has a rich heritage with great natural advantages. By Yusra Tekbali Special to CNN. (CNN -- US)
Wind power a factor in sea plan for East Coast Sep 25, 2009
The eastern market offers natural advantages for the wind power industry, including a long, shallow coastal shelf that makes building wind turbines cheaper and easier than in deeper waters, said Mandelstam, who serves as chairman of the American Wind Energy Association's Offshore Wind Working Group. Those wind turbines would also serve a market 00002F52 that already faces some of the highest electricity prices in the country because of its reliance on fossil fuels. (Concord Monitor)
Banks given too much power, says Keating Sep 23, 2009
Measures such as the deposit and funding guarantee, although necessary to stabilise the sector, have served to underpin the natural advantages the big banks already have over their international rivals. The big four are now writing more than 90 per cent of the nation's new mortgages, compared with about 60 per cent before the crisis. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Why Charging Just a Little Can Be Smarter Than Charging Nothing at All Sep 17, 2009
There are also natural advantages to charging a price -- for starters, revenue, which can fund such extravagances as marketing and support. Google's free cell-phone operating system, Android, has had a tough time competing with Apple's iPhone in part because Apple has the funds to spend big sums on advertising and to staff its Genius Bars. (FastCompany)
Laying odds on Dancing: Who will win? Sep 15, 2009
There are few reliable rules anymore, so all you can do is look at who has natural advantages and disadvantages. After that, it's anyone's guess how it will play out. (MSNBC -- News)
Editorial: California Dream still inspires many Aug 30, 2009
With our natural advantages in climate and geography and a culture of openness and tolerance, the state remains a place where people want to live, work and pursue their dream. The Legislature should take a timeout from its partisan squabbles and visit the leaders of these firms to learn what makes them successful and what the state can do to lay the groundwork for others to follow in their footsteps. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Wake up, Australia, and smell the hubris Aug 14, 2009
But all this fun has served to obscure a less flamboyant truth: that the Government is struggling to transform its friendless emissions trading scheme into law, even given its natural advantages of a strong mandate and continuing popularity. The Government is now using these advantages to try to bully the legislation through. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Across a hundred years, a history of living Jul 30, 2009
On the 6th of October the voters of Crandon are to decide whether Crandon shall become a city and go on to her proper destiny as one of the most important and prosperous cities of Northern Wisconsin, as she certainly is the most beautiful by natural location; or shall the wind up be as a little country town, torn by internal dissensions and entirely unable to make any proper use of the many natural advantages placed at her doors. . (Forest Republican, WI)
Hawaii may apply for spaceport license to alleviate tourism slump Jul 15, 2009
They argue that Hawai'i has natural advantages over landlocked states. Hawai'i also can use its existing aviation infrastructure, including the 12,000-foot long reef runway at the Honolulu airport, to enter the space tourism market at minimal cost. (Honolulu Advertiser)
State voters signal loud and clear: Down with taxes May 20, 2009
This is truly an economic nightmare given our economic potential, our natural advantages of climate and geography, and the benefits of our skilled work force and world-class university system. With all this, California should be leading the world, let alone the country, in economic prosperity, and yet by almost any measure, we lag far behind. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
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Sydney at No.10 - imagine where it would be if we tried May 2, 2009
Then again, Sydney does have some natural advantages. Despite being a city that (a) notably failed to capitalise on the gift of the "best Games ever" nearly a decade ago, (b) is burdened by a laughably inadequate transport system and power grid, and (c) is a metropolis deprived of barely a hint of civic vision, it still managed to make it to No.10 this week on a list of cities judged for "quality of living". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Brand New Game Apr 18, 2009
Despite fewer natural advantages in becoming a power player on the sand volleyball scene, Notre Dame is not without resources. There s a really solid community of beach volleyball in the Midwest, and the sand facility we trained at, Outpost Sports, is maybe one of the top facilities in the country, so all of those things are big and make this effort easier for Notre Dame than other Midwest schools, said Botsford. (Und.com)
Letters to the editor Apr 15, 2009
With all of California's natural advantages, it is a pity that selfish politicians and arrogant environmentalists have made our state safe for spotted owls but not for working families who depend on businesses to locate here. What is happening in our state is dwarfed by the Obama plan to save the world in 90 days on the backs of our grandchildren, which will make the United States a less-likely place for overseas investors. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
