The other relates to controlling activities which could damage the national grid or put it at risk.

Submissions close 30 November 2007. They go to: Ministry for the Environment, PO Box 10362, Wellington, email standards@mfe.govt.nz. More information is at http://www.mfe.govt.nz/laws/standards/electricity-transmission-public-notice.html

Saving Seabirds

The Ministry of Fisheries (MFish) has published proposals outlining best practices for lessening the likelihood of fishing-related seabird deaths. These would apply to all trawl and longline vessels.

Seabird species globally are facing a number of threats, both at their breeding sites and when they forage at sea. One of the main threats is through fishing activity. In longline fisheries, the baited hooks float on, or just below, the surface for a short time before they start sinking.

Wednesday, February 20th

CARAG — The former Music-Go-Round building at Lake Street and Fremont Avenues was demolished earlier this month to make way for construction staging for the Calhoun Square parking ramp.It’s a first step toward the Hennepin Avenue & Lake Street center’s long-awaited redevelopment planned to begin this spring. Demolition work and site clearing began Feb. 6 and was scheduled to last seven to 10 days, said the center’s general manager Gayle Siegler, who works for Minnetonka-based Capital Growth Madison Marquette (CGMM). CGMM manages the Calhoun Square property for owner BlackRock, a New York-based investment firm that bought the mall for $47.3 million last August.Development plans were scheduled to go before the city’s Plan Full Article .

Medical Tourism Creates Thai Doctor Shortage

Members of the Thai navy row a Royal barge on the Chao Phraya River in front of Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok. Siriraj, a public hospital, was founded by the royal family more than a century ago to provide free care to the Thai people. STR/AFP/Getty Images

American Standard finishes year with Trane ride

It has been anything but a standard year for American Standard.

The Piscataway-based company completed the sale of its renowned bath and kitchen business and spun off its vehicle-control systems operation to focus solely on its more-profitable air-conditioning and heating systems.

And Wednesday, it completed its three-way business split by announcing its name change to Trane, to identify with its popular HVAC brand.

"Everyone has been clearly focused on the separation plan, and we're in the final stages," company spokesman Skip Colcord said.

It was February when American Standard Chief Executive Officer Fred Poses announced that the company, which employs about 1,450 in New Jersey, would separate into three units in the hopes of creating greater shareholder value for its varied operations.

McCain seen as Republican choice

In my candid opinion,, I believe the world and America needs a good change for the younger generation to lead with young spirit,, unadulterated.

Amy Winehouse Sends Shout-Out To Husband At Brit Awards; Plus 50 Cent ...

The post simply reads, "Not ALL news in the music industry is bad these days," with a link to a story about the collapse of the record label. Earlier this week, TVT officially announced that it will be filing for bankruptcy after 23 years in the business. ...

A woman accused of stalking Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington was sentenced Wednesday to two years behind bars, for using her work computer at Sandia National Laboratories to track and harass the singer and his wife, Talinda. The AP reports that Devon Townsend was given 60 days to surrender to a minimum-security prison in Phoenix, where she'll receive mental-health care. She had pleaded guilty to stalking and other counts. According to court records, Townsend said she obtained family photos, monitored voice messages and traveled to Arizona to meet Bennington using information she'd learned about his travel plans.