| Borough initiative must include trust
When Gov. Ed Rendell approved a state budget that included a $1.7 million transportation revitalization plan, many wondered where the money would come from. As legislators continue to squabble over potential sources of funding, such as tolling Interstate 80 and leasing the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is bracing to be stretched to its limit. With many structurally deficient bridges and public transit systems desperately in need of funding, smaller community projects risk finding themselves on the back burner for years, maybe even decades. Given this, it seems like the perfect plan for PennDOT to begin its "turnback" program with several roads in State College, including College and Beaver avenues. The program lets PennDOT turn over control and responsibility of certain roads to smaller municipalities.
A climate for eurosceptics
Undaunted, the EU climate change alarmists told us Kyoto is therefore just the beginnning. There hasn't been any discussion among economists or scientists about what the consequences for the world's food supply or the world's economy would be if for example the USA were to implement these drastic cutbacks. Nor is there any discussion of how the EU will persuade the US to adopt a mandatory program which will clearly weaken its economy when it agrees with China and India that they should not have to make comparable cutbacks. Their argument is that the "industrialized" nations created the problem so they alone should make the sacrifices. What they are telling Americans is that they should live more poorly so that Chinese and Indians can live better. Now how does Europe expect to sell that to a nation which is on the verge of an open trade war with it already? .
Cahokia man charged in Belleville bike trail attack
A 35-year-old former Cahokia man has been charged with knocking down and groping a woman as she jogged in August 2006 on the MetroLink Bike Trail in Belleville. Michael W. White, who has no permanent address, was charged Feb. 1 with aggravated criminal sexual abuse, aggravated battery and criminal sexual abuse. His bond has been set at $200,000. The woman was jogging on the trail near McKinley Avenue the night of the attack when the suspect knocked her to the ground, got on top of her, covered her mouth with his hand and grabbed her breast, police said. He let go after she managed to kick him in the groin. Since then, emergency call button towers have been installed along Belleville bicycle paths with the help of proceeds from the 2007 Tour de Belleville.
Claims about climate change rebutted
CAFE standards literally saved the American auto industry from itself. They were producing gas-guzzling lemons in the 1970s. When the Arab oil barons decided to insert the reamer up America's collective kazoo, Americans turned to Japanese-built cars that got better gas mileage. CAFE standards forced our automakers to build a better product and made them viable again. Then they circumvented the CAFE standards by selling light trucks as passenger cars or sport utility vehicles (SUVs). Judging from their sales trends, it's only a matter of time before they come crawling again, hat in hand. Citizens in USA produce an average of 24.3 tons of CO2 emissions per year while the average for the world is 5.6 tons of CO2 per person per year. Global warming deniers refuse to face these facts because of gluttony, greed, fear, and stupidity.
London Fashion Week: Armand Basi / Nicole Farhi / House of Holland
You have heard about the bicycle built for two. But how about the dress built for two, or even three? There was not a hint of size zero as the Armand Basi collection took to the catwalk in the Banqueting Rooms at Whitehall, during London Fashion Week yesterday. .
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