Felicity Barringer's Links
Environmental Reporter, Editor of Bay Area Report, The New York Times
San Francisco, CA
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Felicity said:
Associated Press reports that predators of endangered salmon may find themselves endangered.
Quote: A California sea lion last week became the first salmon predator to be euthanized this year under a program that has been denounced by those who say there are far greater dangers to salmon - including the series of hydroelectric dams on the Columbia. This is the second year of the program, which is administered by wildlife officials in Oregon and Washington and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Added: March 8, 2010 at 8:40PM EST
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Christopher Beam says no, and explains why. (Greece may be a different story.)
Added: March 8, 2010 at 8:37PM EST
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Berkeley's $1.5 million pay-for-solar-installations-through-property-taxes program may have had but modest success, but imitators are legion.
Quote: The state of California is considering expanding the program by another $25 million and taking it to surrounding counties. Renewable Funding, the investor in the Berkeley bond, says it is setting up similar agreements with other local governments. Added: February 1, 2010 at 9:44PM EST
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The decennial headcount is upon us, and we're come a long way from racial categories like "quadroon." But there's a ways to go.
Quote: One change being tested: deleting the word Negro. Others include combining queries about Hispanic origin and race into one question and getting rid of the word race in the question altogether. Those modifications could have a lasting impact on how Americans think about race. Added: January 24, 2010 at 8:10PM EST
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Columbia's Law School Magazine hosts a conversation among law professors about the future of marriage in the United States.
Quote: Four legal scholars document their thoughts on marriage for same-sex couples in a series of back-and-forth emails-no moderator, no referee. Added: January 23, 2010 at 4:36AM EST
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Chegg.com is to campus bookstores what Netflix is to Blockbuster. CA students could copy VA counterparts and save on textbooks.
Quote: Chegg.com has rented more than 2 million books to students at more than 6,400 schools since it was launched nationally in 2007. Students can rent books by the semester, quarter or summer at rates that vary depending on the popularity of the title and when the semester starts. But the books are usually at least half off retail. Students hang on to the orange boxes and mail the rented books back at the end of the semester for free. Added: January 18, 2010 at 2:16AM EST
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Imagine someone on Palo Alto's California Avenue pulling out a badge and saying they'd been deputized to go after trees?
Quote: The arborist made an executive decision to perform an amputation on the spot, twisting the branch over and over until it snapped, while leaving the bark on the trunk intact. To the owner of a nearby restaurant, the emergency procedure looked suspiciously like vandalism. Threats were made to call the police. Added: January 6, 2010 at 6:04PM EST
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How a blogger and academic spent his Christmas holiday -- poking around the obscurer regions of the city's municipal code.
Added: January 6, 2010 at 1:52PM EST
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Economist columnist on the wait for broadcast-quality TV on mobile devices. The Japanese aren't wait.
Quote: The Japanese have been watching wansegu ("1seg") television since 2005. Millions of commuters with video-enabled phones in their pockets face tedious daily journeys on crammed commuter trains-with little elbow room for anything more than texting, playing video games or watching television on their phones. The reception isn't great while traveling at speed and doesn't work at all underground. But the quality is improving all the time. Added: January 4, 2010 at 8:21PM EST
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Nothing beats the conceit that language can be purged of words we don't like. The effort to do the impossible is irresistible.
Quote: A former public relations director, Bill Rabe, and friends created "word banishment" in 1975 at a New Year's Eve party and released the first list on New Year's Day. Since then, LSSU has received tens of thousands of nominations for the list. Added: January 1, 2010 at 5:33PM EST
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