| Zoos have never been more necessary
Following the tragedy at the San Francisco Zoo, a lot of people are thinking about zoos. What happened in San Francisco was terrible, and our hearts go out to the victims' families during this difficult time. Here in Chicago, we emphasize zoo safety for animals and visitors every day and have dedicated our lives to ensuring a safe, inspirational wildlife experience for our visitors because we know the impact it can have.
Recent studies tell us that visits to accredited zoos and aquariums have a measurable impact on a person's behavior, prompting individuals of all ages to reconsider their role in environmental problems.
Each year we welcome millions of visitors including hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren, giving them the opportunity to study science and the environment outside and away from their computer screens.
Not drinking Romney's Kool-aid
In fact, I truly hope Mitt Romney stumbles and bumbles as he did in Iowa and New Hampshire two other states he was supposed to have won. The reason I hope he loses again and again is because I can never vote for him no matter whom he might run against as the Republican nominee. Ann Coulter might think of me as a "liberal" for writing this, but she's wrong when she claims her new darling has only flip-flopped on one issue abortion. Not so. I'll get to other issues he's flipped and flopped on, but maybe Ann doesn't understand Romney's position on abortion is still not clear. In fact, you could make the case his position on abortion is still unclear. Romney claims he had something of a Damascus Road conversion on abortion during his governorship as he studied the issue of embryonic stem cell research.
Parents often fumble on financial aid forms
High school seniors have been scrambling for months to complete their applications for college. Now it's their parents' turn to sweat.
The start of the year marks the launch of financial aid season, when parents fill out exhaustively detailed forms in an effort to get their share of the billions of dollars of assistance available. Unfortunately, aid forms can be every bit as unnerving as college applications. Missteps can cost thousands.
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A £4bn bridge it is - now let's get on with it
Similarly, the decision to add "multi-modal" capacity adds unnecessary cost for no real benefit. There is already a perfectly good rail bridge which has loads of capacity on it (although some tracks either side need upgrading). Make the new FRB 3 lanes and allow traffic to flow for once. .
IT'S A CHORE: But farmers have to fill out forms or possibly face ...
Last year, Tom Dancer farmed approximately 500 acres, all but a few rented, in Freehold, Manalapan and Millstone townships, growing field corn, soybeans, rye straw and wheat.
That quick profile of Dancer, a 49-year-old lifelong farmer who lives in Millstone, is the kind of information the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeks in its five-year census of farmers in the 50 states and Puerto Rico.
The census is important in drawing up farming legislation, determining how federal agriculture money is distributed and positioning farming support services, according to state Secretary of Agriculture Charles M. Kuperus and Troy Joshua, director of New Jersey farming statistics for the USDA.
Also, the census will provide financial figures for a state industry that is under-recognized in terms of dollars, said Peter J.
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