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New for 2010 is the DT Swiss RRC 770F Clincher Front Wheel – 66mm. These wheels are produced using pioneering carbon rim technology to be not only one of the lightest wheels on the market but also the stiffest. The…
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ACLU Sues Arizona for Refusing to Provide Driver's Licenses to Illegal Aliens
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Rep. Gingrey Challenges the Granting of Social Security Numbers to Illegal Aliens with Deferred Action Status
In its lawsuit, the ACLU challenges the executive order on two grounds. First, the complaint alleges that Governor Brewer's executive order is preempted by federal immigration law under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution (U.S. Const., Art. VI, Cl. 2) because:
Second, the complaint alleges that Governor Brewer's executive order violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution (U.S. Const. amend. XIV) because it treats other deferred action recipients and other classes of lawfully present grantees, like temporary protected status grantees, differently than the similarly situated DACA grantees.
The complaint asks the federal court to declare Governor Brewer's executive order unconstitutional and preliminarily and permanently enjoin its enforcement.
Governor Brewer has defended her executive order as necessary to uphold an Arizona state law that prohibits the granting of state benefits to illegal aliens. (Executive Order 2012-06) Brewer reasons that because the DACA program "does not and cannot confer lawful or authorized status or presence upon the unlawful alien applicants," granting driver's licenses, i.e., a state benefit, to DACA grantees would violate Arizona law. (Id.)
The Obama Administration has yet to weigh in on the lawsuit, but earlier this year Administration officials reportedly stated that it is up to the states to decide whether to allow DACA grantees to receive driver's licenses. (The Lookout, Aug. 16, 2012; see also CBS5AZ.com, Aug. 15, 2012) Similarly, Ian Grossman, vice president of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators has stated, "[t]he consensus is that well, we have our rules of who's eligible for a license... At the end of the day, it's a state-issued document, and the state has the authority to determine who is eligible for that document." (CNN, Aug. 22, 2012)
Last week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6429, legislation that would repeal the visa lottery and transfer those 55,000 green cards to aliens with STEM degrees from U.S. universities. The bill, authored by House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX), passed by a vote of 245-139. (See Roll Call Vote #613) While the yeas and nays fell largely along party lines, interestingly 48 members did not vote. (Id.)
The outcome of the vote no doubt represents the mix of good and bad provisions in the bill. While H.R. 6429 at first appeared to be a welcome shift from unskilled to skilled immigration, FAIR opposed the bill because that change came entirely at the expense of American students. First, through the creation of a new student visa program, the bill encourages an unlimited number of foreign students to attend U.S. universities and major in STEM fields. It then offers up to 55,000 green cards to those foreign students who obtain PhDs or Master's degrees in STEM fields. Thus H.R. 6429 creates competition for American students of math and science both during the admissions process and then upon graduation. To make matters worse, the bill grants the Department of Homeland Security discretionary authority to waive labor certification provisions designed to ensure that foreign workers do not displace Americans. (See FAIR Press Release, Nov. 27, 2012; FAIR Legislative Update, Nov. 26, 2012)
Friday's vote was the second time in three months that the House had voted on H.R. 6429. In September, the bill received 257 votes in favor and 158 against, but did not pass because it arrived on the floor via the Suspension Calendar, which requires a two-thirds majority for passage. (See Roll Call Vote #590) After the bill failed, the authors changed the bill to attract more votes, but ended up only making the bill worse. One change was the elimination of a provision that banned universities from paying recruiters of foreign students on a per-student basis. Another was the resurrection of the V visa program, which accelerates immigration into the U.S. by allowing green card holders who marry after they arrive to circumvent the normal waiting lines to bring in spouses and minor children. (See FAIR Legislative Update, Nov. 26, 2012 for more detail on these provisions)
But both times, Democrats voted against the bill not because it hurts American students, but because they want to preserve the visa lottery and incorporate any new immigration measures into a "comprehensive" immigration reform bill next spring. (See The Hill, Nov. 30, 2012) This week, the White House similarly said it would not support any incremental immigration legislation. (Id.) Based on these objections, several political observers are now calling the STEM bill dead on arrival in the Senate, even if there is an attempt to bring the bill up for a vote on the Senate floor. (See National Journal, Dec. 2, 2012)
Last Tuesday, Republican Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), and John McCain (R-AZ) introduced their version of the DREAM Act, which would grant amnesty to illegal aliens up to the age of thirty-two. (View Hutchison-Kyl press conference here, Nov. 27, 2012) Called the "ACHIEVE Act," S. 3639 creates a new, tiered nonimmigrant visa program, the W-visa, that puts illegal aliens on a path to a green card and subsequent citizenship. (Roll Call, Nov. 27, 2012)
Under the Republican plan, illegal aliens would be eligible for a W-1 visa if they:
Once an illegal alien receives a W-1 visa, the alien has six years to obtain a bachelor's, associate's, vocational/technical, or graduate degree, or to complete four years of military service. If the alien meets this threshold, the alien is then eligible for a W-2 visa. Under a W-2 visa, an alien must then either maintain employment for 36 months, or be enrolled in or complete a graduate degree program within four years.
Then, after the four-year period is up, an alien who has fulfilled the requirements of a W-2 visa becomes eligible for a W-3 "permanent nonimmigrant" visa. Although the authors of the ACHIEVE Act say it does not provide a special pathway to citizenship, the W-3 is renewable indefinitely in four-year increments, and its recipients are free to adjust status to a green card via pathways already set up under current law.
In addition to the above provisions, S. 3639 creates a special path to a green card for aliens on a W-1 visa who have served four years in the military and are honorably discharged. Those aliens may bypass the W-2 and W-3 visa programs and directly apply for legal permanent residency through a process to be determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security in regulations.
The Senate authors of the ACHIEVE Act complimented their own work. "Only those who have abided by our nation's laws, while residing within its borders, would be eligible for continued legal status….," reads a joint statement by Sens. Hutchison and Kyl. (See Sens. Hutchison and Kyl Press Release, Nov. 27, 2012) "We have attempted to accommodate those with the ambition to pursue useful educational degrees, or serve in the U.S. military," it continued. (Id.)
Sens. Hutchison and Kyl said that Florida GOP Senator Marco Rubio, who has been touting but not revealing his own plan for months, provided input on the proposed legislation. Rubio's spokesman, Alex Conant, confirmed that while the Senator supports the idea behind the ACHIEVE Act, he is still working on his own version. "Senator Rubio is still developing his own alternative to the Dream Act," said Conant. "[H]e intends to introduce it in the new Congress, once he is confident it will win broad bipartisan support and be signed into law." (NBC Latino, Nov. 27, 2012)
During the first week of the lame duck session of Congress, House lawmakers passed three pieces of legislation to boost border security and increase DHS accountability. The House voted on all of the bills under a suspension of the rules, limiting debate and requiring a two-thirds vote.
First, the House passed the Mandatory Operational Control Reporting and Performance Measures Act, H.R. 6025 by voice vote. This bill requires the DHS Secretary to update Congress on the number of miles of land and maritime border that are under operational control. (See H.R. 6025 at § 2) The bill also requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the estimated number of unlawful entries along land and maritime borders of the United States using the same methodology and terminology as was used during fiscal years 2008 to 2010 to guarantee consistency in reporting methods. (Id.)
Next, the House also passed the DHS Accountability Act, H.R. 5913, by voice vote. H.R. 5913 establishes an independent advisory panel to assess DHS's management structure. (See H.R. 5913 at § 3) The panel would be required to submit a one-year and two-year report to Congress assessing the following:
Both H.R. 6025 and H.R. 5913 have been sent to the Senate for further consideration.
Finally, the House passed the Jaime Zapata Border Enforcement Security Task Force Act, H.R. 915, 397 to four. (See H.R. 915 Roll Call Vote, Nov. 27, 2012) Named after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agent Jaime Zapata, who was brutally gunned down by a Mexican drug cartel, H.R. 915 was introduced by Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) to provide a statutory framework for the existing Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST) program. BEST is an initiative designed to facilitate communication and mutual assistance between agencies at different levels of government. (See H.R. 915 at §3) H.R. 915 was amended and passed by the Senate in September and now goes to the President for his signature.
If any of these three bills are not signed by the President by December 31, they will be considered "dead" and must be re-introduced in the next session of Congress.
The Illinois Senate Executive Committee approved a bill (SB 957) which would allow as many as 250,000 illegal aliens to receive an Illinois driver's license. (Chicago Tribune, Nov. 30, 2012) The bill breezed through committee by a vote of 12-2 on Thursday. News reports indicate that SB 957 is likely to pass the full Senate next week. The bill would grant driving privileges to illegal aliens but prohibit the license from being used as a form of identification.
If passed, Senate Bill 957 would permit the state to issue temporary driver's licenses to illegal aliens who: (1) have lived in the state for at least one year and establish identity through either a consular ID or valid foreign passport. (Section 6 (a-5)) The bill further provides that a temporary driver's license would expire three years from the date of issuance shall not be accepted as a valid form of identification. (Section 6(b))
Some of Illinois' most prominent political leaders are pushing for passage of the bill as a way to "make the state's road's safer." (NBC Chicago, Nov. 20, 2012). Those in favor of providing illegal aliens with driving privileges include Governor Pat Quinn, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Senate President John Cullerton, House Republican Leader Tom Cross and former governors Jim Edgar and James Thompson. (Huffington Post, Nov. 30, 2012)
Other supporters claim the bill will increase the number of driver's with insurance. Advocate Ald. Danny Solis stated that, "Those people need to have a driver's license so they can have insurance so that when they are on our highways, and possibly get into an accident, everybody's protected." (Id.) Opponents of granting driver's licenses to illegal aliens say not so and cite to the State of New Mexico — one of only two states that grants driver's licenses to illegal aliens —which has the second-highest rate of uninsured drivers in the United States. (Fox News Latino, Sep. 9, 2012)
Opponents of the bill argue that despite the bill's language, the temporary license would become a de facto form of identification. Senator Dale Righter pointed out the "Catch-22s" of the legislation in that, "You want to find out who it is you're dealing with, but that document's not supposed to be used to tell you who you're dealing with." (Chicago Tribune, Nov. 30, 2012)
Granting driver's licenses to illegal aliens is bad public policy and repugnant to federal immigration law. It treats them as if they are legal residents and facilitates their continued illegal presence. Providing identification and driving privileges to illegal aliens only enables the illegal aliens to continue to live, work, and vote in states unlawfully.
If SB 957 becomes law, Illinois would be one of three states that provide driver's licenses to illegal aliens — along with New Mexico and Washington State. California also recently passed a law to allow illegal aliens who are granted deferred action under the Obama Administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program to obtain California driver's licenses. (FAIR Legislative Update, Sept. 4, 2012; California AB 2189)
The Illinois Senate is expected to vote on SB 957 next week. If it passes, it will be sent to the state House, which will likely take up the measure in early January.
Earlier this month, Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) challenged the Obama Administration's decision to award Social Security Numbers to alien beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In a letter to Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Michael Astrue, Rep. Gingrey wrote: "[I]t is still unclear what level of documentation will be required and what level of background checks are being conducted on the documents and the applicants. Due to this ambiguity, I call into question the wisdom of providing Social Security numbers to these petitioners," the letter reads. (Id.) (Rep. Gingrey letter to Commissioner Astrue, Nov. 14, 2012)
The letter asks the Commissioner a series of questions intended to shed light on the Administration's process of handing out SSNs to illegal aliens under DACA. Some of the questions include:
The Obama Administration has asked for an extension of its November 30 response deadline as requested in the letter. As of November 15, Georgia ranks ninth among states for the highest number of illegal aliens applying for backdoor amnesty under the program. (See USCIS DACA Stats, Nov. 16, 2012)

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One Mr. Ebrima Jallow, a fish vendor at the Serekunda market suffers mob justice in the hands of a group of women fish vendors at the Brusubi roundabout in the early hours of Wednesday,09th January 2013, over a pan of fish.
The young man boarded a taxi van from Tangi fishing point heading for Serekunda.
As the van stopped near the taxi garage to pick some passengers, a middle aged woman came after the car and told the driver not to move. She shouted: "I want this black pan down, I want it down."
This brought a lot of murmuring from the vehicle by passengers. The woman screamed", my fish! My fish! Who put this over the carrier?"
A young man came out from the van and asked which pan the woman was referring to. "It belongs to me", The other woman from the other van the "banabanas", Shouted: "Thief! Thief! You stole this pan from Tangi, you men, you are fond of stealing women's fish. This pan must come down", the woman insisted.
The driver asked the young man where he got the fish and pan from, the man said he bought it from his client. The young man said the woman is mistaken; that the pan belonged to him and the lady was just accusing him for nothing. The young man laughed and said the woman could not recognize her container.
But the women were not convinced and they kept on pointing accusing fingers at him. "You are a thief, this fish will not move from here", shouted the man. "As they continued shouting at the man, all of a sudden, they jumped on him and started to pounce on him from all angles. The man was also seen defending the blows which eventually led to a brawl.
A soldier came to control the crowd and sent some onlookers away who firmly held the man by his shirt collar and asked: "What are you doing here, fighting with women over a pan of fish. Who owns the fish?" asked the soldier. The man insisted that it belongs to him. As the man tried to rush towards the women the solider asked the man to be careful and threatened to hit him if he did not calm down.
The young man insisted:"I will not allow these women to take my fish; it belongs to me. I bought it with my own money", said the young man. The soldier who was putting on a camouflage belt, but in jeans and white t-shirt, insisted that both the young man and the woman go with him to the police together with their witnesses.
As they moved for some metres, two police officers at the traffic were alerted by the commotion and they came over to intervene. They asked both the woman Hoja and Ebrima as to what transpired, both narrated their side of the story. The man said he has proposed that all of them go to Tange and inquire from where they bought the fish so that they would know who owned the fish. The man said that trip was his second trip. He said he came earlier and sold that pan of fish and returned for the second time.
The woman said that the pan and fish belongs to her; "I can recognise my container", She insisted. She was supported by the women group, "yes, the container is hers", they wailed.
The Mobile traffic officers after hearing both sides said there was an independent witness who said the container belonged to the man; that the Independent witness said he even knew the man and the place he bought the fish.
The solider interjected and suggested that they should go to police. He introduced himself to the police officer and told him that he intervened and separated the women and the man.
"The reason I came to you is that I am a security officer, but I am half dressed, you are in full uniform. But the way you are seeing things is different, they should go to the station", said the officer. The mobile traffic officer responded that the reason why they are calling for community policing is that when such things happen, they should sit and solve things amicably. "It does not mean that every little thing people have should be reported to the police station. If you take these people to the station, their time will be wasted and all their fish will get rotten. The police decided that the young man was the owner and the woman did not raise any objection.
The young man started shedding tears and said: "You should take these women to police for beating me. They did not own the fish, they know that fish is scarce so they want to unlawfully take my fish from me", Complained the young man.
The crowd began to sympathise with the young man who was asked to forgive and forget. There was general murmuring in disbelief.


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here it goes. So on Monday I dropped my iphone in the toilet for about 10 seconds. After I pulled it it started doing funny things on the screen, shorting, multiple lines on screen, etc.
so i put it in a bag of rice with silica packets for 3-4 days. On Wednesday I pulled it our and turned it on. everything on the screen worked, incoming calls, apps and texts all worked. I decided to be safe turned it off and put it back in the rice until this morning.
Again, pulled it out this morning and everything works, the water spot that was on the screen has even evaporated.
Only issue: the phone is in a continuous reboot. I have it plugged in to recharge but every 3-5 minutes it reboots.
I plugged it in to itunes and it recognized it and even updated it to 4.0.1 this morning.
It's frustrating because other than the rebooting it's like the phone was never wet. Well except the water sensors. They are pink as pink can be.
Is it rebooting because it's fried or is there a chance it may work itself out?
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Residents of Garden, Howard and Spring streets in Sag Harbor continued a call this week for a comprehensive drainage plan to combat the ravages of weather events like Superstorm Sandy on their historic homes.
And local businesses appear to be on their side.
A comprehensive drainage strategy is the root of a petition to the village which has been signed by more than 150 residents and business owners. The petition calls for improvements to the municipal drainage system, a commitment to assess future building projects in terms of drainage impact and calls for a moratorium on all development that requires the installation of an above ground septic system and changes in topography until a village-wide plan is adopted.
But there is one imminent proposal already slated to go forward which neighbors still hope to stall.
In April, the Sag Harbor Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) granted a variance that will ultimately allow William Egan to expand his Garden Street home. FEMA and county regulations require the house on the property be elevated, but it is the raising of the topography on the property — necessary to accommodate a four bedroom expansion and accompanying above ground septic system — that neighbors fear will send even more flood waters into their homes when the next big storm comes a calling.
On Tuesday night, resident Angela Scott presented the board with a new report from Schneider Engineering reviewing drainage plans associated with the Egan proposal, comparing it with the original plans filed in 2005 and 2006.
According to the report, ground elevation is different on a revised drawing as opposed to the original drawing.
"On the newer drawing, the soil boring shows that the groundwater elevation is 1.8 feet," reads the report, drafted by Steven Schneider. "The existing ground elevation is at 3.5 feet. Suffolk County Department of Health Services requires a 2.0 foot separation from the bottom of the drainage system to the ground water elevation. The separation on the drawing is negative 0.3 feet. Therefore there is insufficient separation between the groundwater and the drainage system that is proposed."
"The parcel is in a flood zone," continues Schneider's analysis. "The water table fluctuates with the tide, thus changing every day. The reliance on a test hole dug years ago is suspect at best and if the water table is higher, then the designed storm water retention system and the septic system will not comply with requirements regarding distance to water table, typically 24 inches."
"The existing property is the lowest point in the area," adds Schneider. "Changing the natural flows in the area could result in negative impacts on neighboring residential properties, the local road network and municipal drainage system."
After Scott read that letter, Mayor Brian Gilbride said that while he has empowered village planning consultant Richard Warren to explore drainage in the village, the Egan application is not before the village board and therefore they cannot intervene.
Scott argued the ZBA was only able to look at one aspect of Egan's plan — to raise steps to the renovated residence — and was in fact counseled not to consider the project as a whole. Scott said what neighbors want is some village board to address the environmental impact they believe this project could have on a neighborhood plagued with flooding issues.
"No one has looked at this drainage plan with any concern about what the impact could be on the neighbors," she said. "We are not saying they cannot build, but we would like you to review what their drainage plan is."
Mayor Gilbride said he would turn the documents over to building inspector Tim Platt for review.
D.A. Pennebaker, another neighbor, passed out petitions to the board, noting there were a number of letters from local businesses supporting the proposal. He suggested the board could also look at extending the village's wastewater treatment plant services into the neighborhood as a means of alleviating the need for septic systems, improving water quality and drainage. Funding, he added, could be found through state and federal grants.
Trustee Robby Stein agreed this was something that should be explored, but added it is a costly process for each homeowner — having to abandon a septic system and pay to hook up to the village system, which could run in the thousands of dollars.
Even in the last big rain storms, countered Pennebaker, the neighborhood has contended with septic systems that simply refuse to work.
"You can't flush your toilet," he said.
Stein said he would like to see the village develop a comprehensive plan.
"When I look at the village budget issues, this is a big area we have to look at," said Stein.
Apparently, some local businesses agree.
Save Sag Harbor board member and Howard Street resident Mia Grosjean read a letter from veterinarian Dr. Barry Browning , one of 19 local business owners who have signed the petition.
Browning recounted the harrowing events during Superstorm Sandy, which brought little rain but a tidal surge that overwhelmed the bulkhead on West Water Street and for an hour and a half poured about eight million gallons of flood waters into the Long Island Avenue, Bridge Street neighborhood and below into Garden, Howard and Spring streets.
Browning asked the village to develop a plan to reduce rainwater runoff, maintain a better pumping system with frequently cleaned drains and back-up electricity in the event of a power outage like what occurred during Superstorm Sandy. He also asked the village to have a sandbag program in place to increase the height of the West Water Street bulkheads and develop an emergency hotline able to reach village officials during such an event.
Dottie Simons, the president of retail operations for Dodds & Eder on Bridge Street also called for a review of the village drainage system in a letter submitted to the board.
"Operating from Bridge Street, we are in the front row, in the middle of the whole problem," she wrote. "There is clear indication that it is time to address these issues, and resolve them."
"We suffered losses in the flooding totaling $80,000," she continued. "We are a new business in this village that had invested a great deal of effort, money and time in renovating this building to become part of the community and cannot afford to suffer such a loss like that at anytime."
Mayor Gilbride praised police, fire and ambulance personnel for their response during Sandy and said the tidal surge would not have been aided through the pump system.
"Quite honestly, I am 65 years old and I don't ever remember water coming over West Water Street to that extent," he said, adding Superintendent of Public Works Dee Yardley has fixed or replaced much of pump systems regardless. He reiterated that Warren is looking into the village's drainage system in advance of hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted an "extremely active" 2013 hurricane season.
At Scott's pressing, Mayor Gilbride noted the Egan application in particular will come before the village's Harbor Committee for review before it can move forward.
Under the Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan's policy number four, the committee is charged with minimizing loss of life, structures and natural resources from flooding and erosion.
Included under that chapter is a mandate the committee "manage development in flood plains so as to avoid adverse environmental effects, to minimize the need for structural flood protection measures, and to meet federal flood insurance program standards."


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Bill R
12/13/2012 03:52
the animal has a voice.
Bill S
12/23/2012 01:32
I love this project. You have, in my opinion, taken exactly the correct approach design-wise to this project. The sound of the finished engine is amazing and somewhat surprising. It has more of a vintage V8 automobile engine sound than a Harley. I'm looking forward to the continuation of this project.
12/26/2012 12:49
something precious in this world
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01/05/2013 03:27
really fabulous work, beautiful engine. how will the engine be offered in the US so that the bike can be licensed? i guess it will have to go into an already licensed bullet 500 right? bet you'll sell a million of them to indians where emmissions laws are likely not as strict.
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Hi Barney...yup, I think the simplest way would be to install it into an already registered Bullet. Also, looking at the large number of aftermarket Harley based V twin engines available for installation into custom frames, I'd say a kit-built bike would also be possible depending on laws in your particular state.
Jeetendra Jagwani
03/18/2013 23:31
Still do consider coming out with mod kits for the Indian market.
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Hey this thing is kool!
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Fun, Fun, Fun, written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, was a hit single by The Beach Boys that was released in 1964 on the band's album Shut Down Volume 2.
The Wilsons' father, Murry, always the critical conservative, denounced the whole idea for the song as immoral, and tried to prevent the group from recording it. The song, backed by a single-only mix of a cover version of Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers' "Why Do Fools Fall In Love", became a top-five hit. This argument set the seed for further deterioration in the family. It finally led to Murry being sacked as The Beach Boys manager a few months later when "I Get Around" was about to become the first number-one single for The Beach Boys.
The opening electric guitar introduction of the original version of the song was based on Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode, which was released in 1958.
In the United Kingdom the single was released in March 1964 through Capitol Records. However, the single failed to chart. In Australia, the single peaked at the number 6 position, which was the band's highest charting single in Australia at that time. In West Germany, the single became their first single to chart in the country when it peaked at the number 49 position.
In February 1996, the Status Quo version of the song, featuring The Beach Boys, was released under Polygram Records as a single in the United Kingdom. The single, featuring another artist on the B-side, peaked at the number 24 position on the charts.
The song was covered in 1996 by the then-current lineups of The Beach Boys and Status Quo (see Don't Stop), with a new verse written for the song. The Beach Boys sang mainly backing vocals, with Status Quo's Francis Rossi performing the lead vocal for the entire song, except the new verse, which was sung by Mike Love. The instrumental track was released on the 2001 album Hawthorne, CA.
The song is also regularly released on many of the band's greatest hits albums including the 1974 chart topping compilation Endless Summer; the 1986 compilation Made in U.S.A.; the 1993 box set Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys; the 1999 compilation The Greatest Hits - Volume 1: 20 Good Vibrations and the 2003 compilation Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys
This song was performed by Brian Wilson and the ensemble that performed for An All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson in 2001, which was later released on DVD.
Caleigh Peters, a pop rock musician, performed a cover of this song for the soundtrack of Herbie: Fully Loaded, a Walt Disney Pictures movie released in 2005.


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The China Executive wall map accurately shows locations of provincial boundaries, cities and towns, major highways and roads, rivers and waterways, and other geographic features.
Map is printed on premium quality paper stock, rolled, and wrapped in kraft paper without display packaging.
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Apparently she was £800k in debt this time! How on earth do you get that far in debt without realising it! Especially when she claims to have been trying to be careful with her money....
People will think Ive been an idiot again although Ive tried to be sensible.
Talking to a pal, she added: I am determined to get through this, and we will be OK. George has been my rock, really *supportive.
Former Atomic Kitten Kerry has started looking for new properties in the north, and will give up the five-bedroom home with grounds and a swimming pool in the next few months.
Because everyone who is trying budget rents a £3000 per month house with 5 bedrooms, grounds and a swimming pool!
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Gas rationing affects American Crystal, ag processersAmerican Crystal Sugar Co. and other key agricultural processors in the region are affected by the rationing of natural gas prompted by a Saturday morning pipeline explosion in Manitoba.
By: Mikkel Pates, Agweek
MOORHEAD, Minn. — American Crystal Sugar Co. and other key agricultural processors in the region are affected by the rationing of natural gas prompted by a Saturday morning pipeline explosion in Manitoba.
David Berg, president and CEO of American Crystal, said the carrier turned off service mid-day Jan. 25 for industrial users in the Red River Valley, to conserve fuel for residential users.
"The impact on us is that the gas-fired pulp dryers at the Moorhead and Crookston factories are turned off, and East Grand Forks is partially restricted," Berg said of the Minnesota factories on the afternoon of Jan. 26. The company is slicing at or near standard volume at all of its five factories, and it's unclear whether it can continue doing so.
Unlike Minnesota, the company's North Dakota factories use coal for their pulp drying operations, so are thus far unaffected.
"I don't know how long until the pipeline is repaired or how long we can sustain the hauling operation," Berg said. Normally, all pulp is dried and made into pellets, and sold as livestock feed. But the bulk goes to four continents. Japan, north Africa and Europe are major markets.
American Crystal typically squeezes as much water out of the pulp mechanically before it goes to the dryers. The raw stage is 88 percent moisture and comes out of the plant at about 140 degrees Fahrenheit. It is pressed to 70 to 72 percent moisture and then dried with the natural gas to the necessary 10 percent moisture level.
$67,000 per day
Typically, about 4 to 5 percent of the total beet tonnage sliced is produced as dry pulp, Berg said. Moorhead and Crookston factories are rated at a slice of about 6,000 tons per day so that means 480 tons of pulp between the two factories is $140 per ton, or $67,000 per day of lost potential revenue.
In Moorhead, shift supervisor Brent Haugen said the company was drying a little pulp using methane produced from the company's wastewater treatment facility, making about 35,000 cubic feet of the biogas per hour.
"That's only about a third to a quarter of what we normally would use to dry everything from the natural gas," Haugen said.
It isn't clear how many feedlots have been lined up to take the pressed pulp, or how much they can take.
"What can get fed to cattle will go to feed operations, but we can overwhelm them in a hurry," Berg said. "I would guess if this goes on for several days, we will wind up land-applying a sizable amount."
Similarly, Kurt Wickstrom, president and CEO of Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative in Wahpeton, N.D., said his company is slowing down its beet slice by about 10 percent.
"Our gas provider is Great Plains, which is also supplied by the company that had the pipeline issue," he said. He said the company will not be able to dry all of the pulp it normally would.
Ryan Thorpe, chief operating officer of Tharaldson Ethanol in Casselton, N.D., said he's been watching the situation but so far hasn't been affected. Tharaldson uses "an enormous amount of gas every day," but gets it from WBI of Williston, N.D. The ethanol maker pays for about 12,000 decatherms per day on a "firm transportation" basis, meaning it pays the fee 365 days a year whether it uses it or not.
"We're watching the situation every minute," Thorpe said.
Erik Brandenburg, unit direct for J.R. Simplot Co.'s potato processing plant in Grand Forks, N.D., said his company was contacted Sunday by the natural gas company and asked to cut back on usage.
"We aren't as reliant on natural gas as we used to be because we have an anaerobic digester and the ability to burn methane gas in our boilers," Brandenburg said. The company uses natural gas to heat some of its water and fryers in processing potatoes.
Brandenburg added that Simplot also has a regular, 24-hour maintenance for clean-up that was scheduled to start at 4 a.m. Jan. 27.
"We lucked out on that," Brandenburg said.
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Another Kitchen Renovation
In May after our house had been on the market for a year with zero offers, we switched Realtors. We brought in the big guns, and she came in guns blazing determined to sell it quick for us.
She had some staging comments but nothing unexpected. The greatest piece of advice she gave us was to not drop the price, but instead to update the kitchen. The reason we hadn't done that was we thought it would be too much money and still might not get us a buyer.
Here's a before picture of the kitchen:
Our new Realtor assured us we could accomplish a kitchen face lift for cheap and she even had a small army of contractors that could do the work at very good prices. The first thing on the list was granite counter tops. I am not a big fan of granite, but if that's what the buyer's want, then fine, granite they could have.
We thought it would be $3,000-$5,000 for granite but the estimate including installation came in at $1,900. Done.
We had to hire a carpenter to level the cabinets and add a little more support to a few of them. That didn't cost much.
Here's a picture of the cabinets after the carpenter did his magic and leveled them and created supports for the heavy granite.
At this point the new wood floor was installed. That was also less than expected. For a factory finished hardwood, we paid $1100 installed. And it looked amazing.
I then headed down to IKEA to buy some new appliances. We got the Nutid oven, the Eldig cooktop, and the Luftig range hood. Pretty good deal for under $1300.
Our existing dishwasher was fine, and we decided to get a refrigerator off of Craigslist to save several hundred dollars. We found a good stainless Frigidaire for $400.
The existing cabinets in the kitchen were made from 200 year old attic boards, so we felt that they needed to be saved. They were looking a bit tired, but otherwise were fine. Plus, they were huge, so ripping them out wouldn't have added a lick of functionality. Our realtor brought over a can of gel stain that had poly in it and suggested I try that in the dents and cracks to bring out the distressed areas. I did some internet research and discovered that distressed ("reclaimed") wood is all the rage. Ok, I thought, but let's take it up a notch. More dents = better!
I got a handfull of nails, screws, bolts and other miscellany and wrapped it up in a cloth and proceeded to beat the crap out of the cabinets (and the few pieces of new wood that were added by the carpenter). Then I applied the gel stain and was amazed at how great the cabinets looked. It really brought them back to life.
Here's a picture with the finished look on the right and the unfinished on the left. It's kind of hard to tell at this point that they were going to look good.
The cabinets ended up looking amazing. It was risky bashing them with blunt metal objects, but it really paid off.
Here are some after pictures:
Total cost of kitchen renovation was just under $6000.
Appliances from Ikea: $1300
Craigslist fridge: $400
Wood Floor: $1100
Granite Counter tops $1900
Carpentry: $350
Electrical: $300
Plumbing: $50
We received an offer when we were still in the middle of renovations, and they hadn't even seen the finished product. We closed in less than a month and were super happy with our decision. I think dropping the price $10,000 would have been a mistake. It turned out to be a much better idea to spend $6,000 on the kitchen. It breathed new life into the house and got it sold!
We moved into our tiny house in Freeport two weeks ago and couldn't be happier. We are almost unpacked and everything fits just fine. I'll post some pictures when we are completely unpacked in another week. We are having house guests mid-August so we have a deadline looming to keep us motivated!


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Could be anyone really.
I'll just post the Wikipedia page.
As far as I know I don't share a birthday with a forum member, but that's mostly because this forum doesn't have a calender...
Could be anyone really.
I'll just post the Wikipedia page.
As far as I know I don't share a birthday with a forum member, but that's mostly because this forum doesn't have a calender...
Miranda Cosgrove. :D No seriously look. Most of the events are to do with war though...
Peter Dinklage, the man with the most hilarious name ever.
Oh, and Hugh Laurie of House fame
I totally claimed the ragecandybar salesman
Mike Tyson, Ralf Schumacher, Cheryl Cole and Hal Lindes out of Dire Straits are the only ones who I know anything about...
a bunch of people I don't even know....
is this really crossed-eyed?
Annie Oakley, Alfred Hitchcock, Fidel Castro, and a whole fuckton of people I know nothing about.
Pretty freaking neato.3114 BC – According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Maya calendar.
I'm exactly 6 years younger than Hilary Duff.
And 2544 years younger than Confucius.
And that's just off the top of my head.
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The word "quadragonal" is the only word with "dragon" in it where "dragon" is not a root word. That makes it awesome.
It seems that I share a birthday with Mickey Mantle, Pauline Bonaparte and a lot of unfamiliar people.
I share a birthday with Anne Hathway, the actress who played as Princess Mia in The Princess Diaries, one of my fav movies :D. Even though she was born in 1982 and me in 1998, oddly we were born on the same day.
And a ton of unfamiliar famous people share my birthday, too.......
Formerly LucarioGirl
These are a bunch of people I don't know...
However, my birthday is the day George Washington died. D:
Also, I happen to share a birthday with GrnMarvl14. xD
Did you enjoy Yoshi's Island as a kid? Do you like RPs? If the answer to either of these questions is yes, then what are you waiting for? Join my Yoshi's Island RP today! :D
My claims: Phanpy, Ice Shard, Blaine, Rock Head, Rocket (Trainer Class), Adamant, Likes to run, Black Sludge, Rugged Helmet, and Mt. Silver. :D
24 April:
Kelly Clarkson
Barbra Streisand (ugh!)
Eric Balfour
Shirley Maclaine
9th June:
Johnny Depp
Natalie Portman
Michael J. Fox
David Koepp (screenwriter)
Mae Whitman
Emperor Nero committed suicide on my birthday, and Jan Tinbergen, a Nobel Prize winner, died the day I was born.
Johnny Cash!
Mark Twain, Ben Stiller, Clay Aiken, and Prince Akishino apparently have the same birthday as me!Most Interesting Event:
2004 – Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah finally loses, leaving him with US$2,520,700, television's biggest game show winnings.
T.E Lawrence, Frank Gifford (A great American footballer), The Material Girl herself (Madonna) and Steve Carell
Also Babe Ruth and Elvis Presley both died on my birthday.
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Many countries have been in Iran's current situation: joke elections, electoral fraud that would make Mugabe think twice and a leader that thinks that ignoring the protestations of his electorate is the solution to retaining power. Once upon a time this might have worked – doubtless it has before – but not now. Whether or not this is the first new media (actual) revolution of course depends on the outcome, but there is little doubt in my mind that the internet has played a pivotal role in the process so far.
Ahmadinejad might not understand the power that Twitter, YouTube and Flickr give to the people he has ignored, and have underestimated their ability to provide footage and real-time news to the mainstream media, but given his country's history he should have remembered that power is given to leaders on trust, with conditions. After the events of this week he might retain his legal authority but he no longer has real power. There are rumours the army have been in talks today and are 'considering their position'. Moreover, the promise of a recount by the Guardian Council is hugely significant and a further weakening of Ahmadinejad's position, even though it seems opposition candidate Hussein Mousavi has refused it (his point being that the number of missing ballot papers is the issue, which a recount would not address). External media is all but barred from covering the events as many of their outlets are blocked, and Iranian TV is portraying the demonstrators as hooligans intent on smashing up their country. This is wildly inaccurate, but we only know the extent of such inaccuracies because social networking exists.
Rather than speculate on events and outcomes it would be more appropriate for me to point you in the direction of the real information. Indeed, that's my whole point: that the real information is out there, despite the Iranian establishment's best efforts, and that is only because of social networking and the internet. It doesn't have a politically biased owner, nor does it know its own content. It is the most democratic media ever invented, and that is its power. Just as in 1979, power is draining from the officials out into the streets, only this time it doesn't stop there. It carries on down their telephone lines and is disseminated globally. Everybody reading the Twitter updates of people caught in riots, watching the videos of demonstrations and reading the blogs of reporters has the power to disseminate them further. So in the spirit of revolution, see below.
- Revolutionary Road… : Not Kate Winslet's account of the uprisings, but Saeed Valadbaygi's frequently updated blog of pictures and badly translated news from the streets of Tehran.
- Channel 4 World News Blog: Lindsey Hilsum's breathtaking account of her journey to Mousavi's rally on 15th June.
- #Iranelection cyberwar guide for beginners: Self-explanatory technical guide
- A blog with pictures of the ransacking of Tehran University
- Frequently updated Picasa album of the riots
- More incredible pictures in fairly high resolution
- Twitter search for the hashtag '#iranelection': Perhaps the most important place to look. Everybody talking about this subject on Twitter is using, amongst others, the #iranelection hashtag so their Tweets can be grouped in a search like this. Click on it and see for yourself. I found all of the above links from this feed.
- YouTube videos
- The BBC has a great page on events that includes a helpful Q&A
In the uprisings of 1968 the walls of Paris were adorned with maxims and short phrases that beautifully captured the zeitgeist: "We will ask nothing. We will demand nothing. We will take, occupy." – that sort of thing. In 2009, the wall is actual and virtual. Two minutes ago someone in Tehran wrote on Twitter: "140 characters is a novel when you're being shot at." If that's not on t-shirts within the week I'll have them made myself.


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Two of the four convicts facing death for the December 16 gangrape of a paramedical student on Monday filed their appeals before Delhi High Court challenging the trial court's conviction and sentence against them.
Tightening noose around heinous crime: Death sentence for Dec 16 gangrape convicts
Filing a joint appeal through counsel AP Singh,convicts Vinay Sharma (20) and Akshay Thakur (28) sought the trial court's conviction and sentencing orders on September 10 and 13,respectively,to be set aside.
Delhi gangrape: HC issues production warrant to death row convicts of the Dec 16 case
The trial court had last month awarded the death penalty to the above duo along with Mukesh (26) and Pawan Gupta (19) for raping the 23-year-old victim on a moving bus in south Delhi on the night of December 16,2012.
Delhi gangrape: Sequence of events
"The trial court's conviction and sentence orders are bad in law. The trial judge did not pay any heed to the facts of the case and applied the law contrary to the facts," the counsel said.
Indian justice system has spoken: US on Delhi gangrape verdict
Claiming that Vinay was 17-years-old and should be tried under the Juvenile Justice Act,the appeal said,"The Investigating Officer (IO) in the case should be directed to bring record of date of birth of appellant 1 (Vinay) from his native village and conduct the ossification test of the appellant."
Seeking modification in the trial court order along with acquittal of the convict,the appeal said,"Vinay was a juvenile as his age was 17 years and eight months… The court had turned down his plea for ossification test. He is pursuing his BA 2nd year from jail. The appellant is also a gym trainer and was financially supporting his family."
Saying that due to their poor financial status,Vinay had to earn to support his family.
Stating that he also used to donate blood,the appeal claimed he was not a criminal. "The person who can donate blood to save another's life can never take the life of anyone," it said.
Similarly,the appeal said about Akshay that his wife was illiterate and he had two children while his aged parents were suffering from various ailments.
The convicts also cited such grounds as that the FIR was not a substantive piece of evidence and one could not be convicted on its basis.
According to the convicts,the trial judge relied on the statements of the prosecution witnesses (PW) who are not reliable and the court should reject the statement of PW 1,the male friend of the victim.
"PW1 and the deceased were close friends… which would naturally have a tendency to exaggerate or add facts which might not have happened," the plea said.
Their appeal is likely to be listed tomorrow along with the trial court's reference for confirmation of the death penalty against the convicts before a bench of Justices Reva Khetrapal and Pratibha Rani.
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Your article was one of the best pieces on the current and future global food dilemma that I've read in many years. Society must move beyond either/or arguments and look at the whole picture, taking the best from all approaches to farming.
Clearly we need more research into sustaining and sustainable agriculture, not only to adequately feed and clothe humanity, but also to prevent the further degradation and destruction of the world's remaining wildlife habitats. Unfortunately, the public doesn't seem to understand the magnitude of the challengefeeding a 50 per cent larger global population a better diet without taking more land from nature. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, farms already occupy more than a third of total global land area.
To gain the public's attention to these critical issues, an extraordinary coalition has signed a declaration in support of saving nature with high-yield farming and forestry (
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In big cities you rarely get the opportunity to experience sweeping, uninterrupted horizons or unpopulated skylines. This 'concept' project by atelier rzbld proposes upturning the way we live in cities and imagines a new typology, in the form of a vertical cave in the arctic; a romantic version of the primitive hut and man, the intrepid explorer, exposed to the elements and awe-inspiring nature. Built on icebergs, the mobile organically stacked tower offers an ever-changing dream-like landscape to satisfy restless souls. "In a land where a day can last for six months every single predictable living styles changes".


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Most American's live with the expectation that fresh water will continue to flow freely from their faucets. The reality is that environmental degradation, an aging water infrastructure, water scarcity, job instability, and the ability to provide food for a growing population are now pressing issues.
World Water Day 2012
Theme: Water and Food Security
Official Website: UN Water: World Water Day
This year's World Water Day -- on the theme of "Water and Food Security" -- has come and gone. But below you can still find our collection of articles celebrating World Water Day as well as ideas for ways you can help protect our water resources.
Geocharts: Water Challenges Around the World
View four interactive maps that give an overview of some of the water challenges different parts of the world currently face.
Photo Essay: India, Water, Culture
Take a photographic journey from the crowded streets of Delhi, through the parched state of Rajasthan, and into the farmlands of north Gujarat to get a closer look at some of the many ways water affects the lives of millions of Indians every day.
Deeper than Water — New Video and Infographics from the Columbia Water Center
As population grows and demand for food and products increase, so does our demand for water. But in the face of growing pressure on our water resources from depletion, pollution and climate change, we need to make more of what we have.
Water, Water Everywhere, But Nary a Drop to Drink
It is a unique challenge of our generation that many in the developing world have cellular phones and TVs, but lack reliable access to water. Odd, perhaps, given that water is marketed as essential for life, a human right, and heart rending pictures of women and children walking miles to fetch water are routinely flashed to tug at everyone's heart strings.
Student 'Aquanauts' to Tackle Water Issues
"We would like to take on international problems, problems of development, problems in the United States, but have them done with academic content and interest. Instead of people being sent to random places, we would take engineering companies that have an interest in a particular region in solving a problem, and they would bring the problem to the students."
Millennium Villages Shed Light on Water Security
Water is essential to human well-being and economic development. Today, however, water stress caused by inadequate farming practices, demographic pressure and pollution is creating unprecedented problems. Nowhere is this more visible than in the rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. As the world celebrates World Water Day on the 22nd of March to draw attention to these issues, lessons learned from the Millennium Villages Project can provide a way forward. The project's success in improving both water and food security are just some of the practical, science-based solutions that rural communities all over the world can use to extract themselves from poverty.
Urban Wastewater: One Man's Waste Is Another Man's Treasure
How can we overcome the main challenges we face in our urban wastewater systems today? Are there opportunities to improve sustainability in water treatment systems in US cities to support local food security?
What's in Your Rice? A Look at Where Rice in the U.S. Comes from
US rice production dominates our consumption at over 90% (USDA, 2012), and the question is whether or not that choice is the best one for our water and our environment.
Hydraulic Fracturing and Food Security: Can We Have Our Cake and Eat it Too?
What are the implications of hydraulic fracturing on agriculture and food security? In agricultural areas with widespread, ongoing hydrofracking, there have been incidences of livestock poisoning from contaminated surface water sources or grasses, and soil contamination from explosions, spills, flares, irresponsible fracking-wastewater treatment, and leaky gas pipes.


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The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation after a mysterious object in the skies over Denver almost caused a mid-air collision on Monday.
Investigators are reporting that the mysterious object did not show up on any known radar.
The FAA now acknowledges that the object could pose a serious safety hazard to planes in the area.
Radio transmissions from LiveATC.net confirm that a nervous-sounding pilot did indeed report a strange object at 5:17 p.m. local time on Monday evening.
The pilot can be heard telling air traffic control:
"A remote controlled aircraft, or what? Something just went by the other way … About 20 to 30 seconds ago. It was like a large remote-controlled aircraft."
The corporate jet, a Cessna Citation 525 CJ1, was flying at approximately 8,000 feet above sea level when the UFO got close enough to make the pilot nervous.
"That's an issue because now we have something in controlled airspace that poses a danger," said former NTSB investigator Greg Feith.
Feith listened to the transmissions from the pilot and thinks the object could possibly be a military or law enforcement drone, a remote controlled aircraft, or a large bird. Then again, it could be something else entirely.
"Was this an unmanned vehicle that was part of some sort of law enforcement operation? Was this somebody that had flown a large model aircraft inadvertently into the airspace? Or was it just [a bird that] caught the pilot's eye so he believed it was an aircraft but could have been a very large wing span bird," Feith said.
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Preheat oven to 375°F. Mix salt, dried thyme, and white pepper in small bowl. Rub 1 tablespoon oil over roast. Rub salt mixture over roast. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add meat and cook until golden brown on all sides, about 5 minutes. Transfer roast to plate.
Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil, shallots, and fennel to same pot. Sauté until vegetables are golden brown, stirring frequently and scraping up browned bits, about 12 minutes. Add Vin Santo; boil 3 minutes. Return veal to pot, nestling into vegetables, and top with some of vegetables. Cover; roast until instant-read thermometer inserted into center of veal registers 165°F, about 1 hour 15 minutes.
Transfer veal to platter. Mix fresh thyme into vegetables. Season cooking liquid with salt and pepper. Spoon vegetables and cooking liquid around roast.
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The number of new undergraduate computing majors among U.S. computer science departments rose an astonishing 29.2 percent this year, according to new data released today by the Computing Research Association.
The data appears in Computing Degrees and Enrollment Trends, a special report from the 2011-2012 CRA Taulbee Survey of the organization's member departments. Among schools who responded to the survey both this year and last, the increase was 22.8 percent.
Overall Ph.D. production in computing programs reported in the survey reached its highest level ever, with 1,929. This represents an 8.2 percent increase over 2010-11. Among those departments reporting both this year and last year, the number of total doctoral degrees increased by 5.2 percent. More than 55 percent of those new degree holders took jobs in industry, with the remainder finding academic or government positions, or self-employment. Only 0.4 percent reported unemployment. The survey also found that bachelor's degree production in computing fields increased by 19.8 percent overall, and 16.6 percent among those departments that reported both years.
The CRA Taulbee Survey is conducted annually by the CRA to document trends in student enrollment, degree production, employment of graduates, and faculty salaries in academic units in the United States and Canada that grant the Ph.D. in computer science, computer engineering, or information. CRA today released its Computing Degrees and Enrollment Trends, 2011-12 report. The full Taulbee dataset will be released to the public in May and published in CRA's Computing Research News.
Total enrollments among U.S. computer science undergraduates increased 10 percent in 2010, data from the most recent annual CRA Taulbee Survey show. This is the third straight year of increases in total enrollment and indicates that the post "dot-com crash" decline in undergraduate computing program enrollments is over.
The CRA Taulbee Survey is conducted annually by CRA to document trends in student enrollment, degree production, employment of graduates, and faculty salaries in Ph.D-granting departments of computer science (CS), computer engineering (CE) and information (I) in the United States and Canada. CRA today released the enrollment and degree production results (available as a pdf) from the latest edition of the survey.
Overall bachelor's degree production in computer science, computer engineering and information sciences departments in 2010 rose nearly 11 percent from that in 2009 . Bachelor's degree production in computer science departments was up more than 9 percent. The increases in new students observed during each of the past two years have resulted in increased degree production, a welcome turnaround from the past several years of declining bachelor's degree production.
Also notable from the survey:
- Ph.D. production in computing programs held steady in 2009-2010, following a drop in production last year.
- Among CRA member schools, the share of bachelor's degrees in CS granted to females rose to 13.8 percent in 2010, an increase of 2.5 percentage points over 2009. The share of bachelor's degrees in CS granted to minority students held nearly steady at 10.3 percent in 2010.
The full report, which also includes information about faculty size, demographics and salaries, graduate student support and research expenditures, will be available in May 2011 on the CRA web site.