Archive for November, 2008

Can supercomputers help save the economy? (ARNnet)

President-elect Barack Obama will soon outline an economic stimulus plan that likely will include billions of dollars for infrastructure projects, such as roads, bridges and new schools.

Can supercomputers help save the economy? (ARNnet)

President-elect Barack Obama will soon outline an economic stimulus plan that likely will include billions of dollars for infrastructure projects, such as roads, bridges and new schools.

Hispanic Scholars Program Helps Rogers Students (The Morning News)

ROGERS — Hispanic students who performed well on standardized tests, but whose families do not speak English at home, can learn more about the American college and scholarship system.

Hispanic Scholars Program Helps Rogers Students (The Morning News)

ROGERS — Hispanic students who performed well on standardized tests, but whose families do not speak English at home, can learn more about the American college and scholarship system.

Russian pipeline break limits heat (UPI)

KURSK, Russia, Nov. 30 (UPI) — A rupture of a natural gas pipeline Sunday morning has left nearly 10,000 residents of central Russia without any heat services, an emergency center says.

Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald)

WELDON — According to figures released by the American Welding Society, the country is now enduring a welder shortage that will intensify for years to come. By 2010, it is estimated that there will be a shortage of more than 200,000 skilled welders in the workforce.

Details of holiday display cloaked (The Fort Collins Coloradoan)

Museum workers have begun installing portions of the city’s multicultural, inclusive holiday winter traditions display, set to open to the public Thursday.

Gardener gets it all done (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

Like many good sons, Tom Weikel tends to his elderly mother’s lawn. Welding together a wrought iron fence from scratch? No problem. Mom wants an arbor? Mom gets an arbor. But Weikel, a 57-year-old Delhi Township resident, does all this sitting in his wheelchair.

Your Community College (Coeur d’Alene Press)

Welding Technology, Nursing, Automotive Technology, Radiography Technology, Law Enforcement, Culinary Arts, Office Specialist, Machine Technology … What do these North Idaho College programs have in common?

Goodfellows: Family of 4 (soon 5) faces hardships (Houston Chronicle)

Connie and Robert try to make birthdays and holidays special for Anthony and his 1-year-old sister, Maritza, by “singing to them, but we haven’t done anything (else) for a long time. We can’t buy them anything.”

Old Celina Cemetery receiving renovations (The Celina Record)

One of Celina’s oldest landmarks will be receiving a new look during the next month, and construction is already well underway.

Family ‘respects the steel:’ Local firm builds skeleton for new hotel (Asheville Citizen-Times)

ASHEVILLE – First of all, yes, you do get calluses on your rear end from this work. And second, no, they don’t have magnets in their boots.

Welding a future (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)

Brandon Griffin has a confidence in his future that not many 18-year-old high school students can claim. Griffin has a plan, a backup plan and a second backup p …

Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald)

WELDON — According to figures released by the American Welding Society, the country is now enduring a welder shortage that will intensify for years to come. By 2010, it is estimated that there will be a shortage of more than 200,000 skilled welders in the workforce.

Your Community College (Coeur d’Alene Press)

Welding Technology, Nursing, Automotive Technology, Radiography Technology, Law Enforcement, Culinary Arts, Office Specialist, Machine Technology … What do these North Idaho College programs have in common?