Thursday, May 1, 2014

News Clips For The Day


NY Teen Accepted to All 8 Ivy League Schools Picks Yale – NBC
Associated Press
May 1, 2014

The Long Island high school senior who was accepted to all eight Ivy League schools says he is heading to Yale.
Kwasi Enin announced his decision during a news conference at William Floyd High School Wednesday with the type of fanfare usually reserved for college football and basketball recruits. 

Enin, who scored 2,250 out of 2,400 on his SAT, was accepted by Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Yale and the University of Pennsylvania earlier this year. He also was accepted at Duke and three State University of New York campuses.

Enin said the school's inviting atmosphere, emphasis on music and financial aid offerings all contributed to him choosing Yale.

At the news conference in the school gym, Enin thanked his parents and educators who helped him along the way.
"Without their assistance, I would not be in this position," he said. "I would not have had the initial drive to strive for excellence."

His proud mother said her son is "proving himself to be on the right path." She and her husband have sought to instill "strong moral qualities" in Enin and his sister since they were young, she said.

"We are so proud and so excited about all that he has achieved," she said.

His father said he has always been strict about his children's academics.

"I told him, 'Look, your worst grade in school should be a 95,'" he said.

Principal Barbara Butler said Enin "exemplifies the greatness in William Floyd, and how hard work, dedication and taking advantage of opportunities pays off."

Enin said he would like to go to medical school and become a doctor. He said he hoped the attention to his story inspired other kids to appreciate higher education.


William Floyd High School
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/new-york/districts/william-floyd-union-free-school-district/william-floyd-high-school-13862

09–12 Grades 
2,928 Students 
174 Teachers

William Floyd High School
240 MASTIC BEACH RD 
MASTIC BEACH, NY 11951
Phone: (631) 874-1660

District: William Floyd Union Free School District

Overview
At William Floyd High School, students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement® course work and exams. The AP® participation rate at William Floyd High School is 16 percent. The student body makeup is 52 percent male and 48 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 36 percent. William Floyd High School is the only high school in the William Floyd Union Free School District.

Rankings / Awards
This details how this school compares with others based on U.S. News ranking criteria.

Medal Awarded
None 

National Rank
Unranked

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Students / Teachers
These counts and percentages of students and teachers are from data reported by schools to the government.

Total Enrollment
2,928 

Total Minority Enrollment (% of total)
36% 

Total Economically Disadvantaged (% of total)
22%
 
Full-Time Teachers
174 

More About Student Body

Test Scores

U.S. News calculates these values based on student performance on state exit exams and internationally available exams on college-level course work (AP®/IB exams).

Proficient in English
92% 

Proficient in Math
88% 

College Readiness Index
12.8 

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School Data

School profile information is based on government data.
Grades Served
09 – 12 

Setting
Large Suburb 

Charter School
No 

Magnet School
No 

Receives Title I Funding
Yes 

District
This information relates to high schools run by this school's state operating agency. Many districts contain only one high school.

Total Schools
1 
Total Students
2,928 

Proficient in English (district average)
92% 

Proficient in Math (district average)
88% 

College Readiness (district average)
12.8 




Kwasi Enin, who scored 2,250 out of 2,400 on his SAT and was accepted to 13 highly rated universities around the country, chose to attend Yale “for “the school's inviting atmosphere, emphasis on music and financial aid offerings”. Thanking his parents and the educators who helped him, he said “Without their assistance, I would not be in this position. I would not have had the initial drive to strive for excellence."

His mother stated that she and her husband have emphasized “strong moral qualities” in both their children. His father stated in regard to academics, that he “has always been strict about his children's academics. "I told him, 'Look, your worst grade in school should be a 95,'” The Principal Barbara Butler said Kwasi shows “how hard work, dedication and taking advantage of opportunities pays off." Kwasi said he would like to become a doctor and that he hoped his story would inspire other children to “appreciate higher education.”

This story has all the elements of school success for minority students. It starts with an academically advanced school. This school isn't a charter school or magnate school, or a private school. It does appear to be located in an economically “comfortable” community, and perhaps significantly, has no more than 36% minority students. That may mean that gangs of kids who are into drugs and NOT espousing “an appreciation of higher education” are absent or truly a minority in that school. Above all, however, his parents emphasis on “high moral values” was undoubtedly a large factor.

It is possible in most schools, however, for an individual student to avoid the “wild crowd," study hard and enjoy learning new things. If they do that they can make very good grades and be admitted to good colleges. This particular level of achievement requires great curriculum and teachers as well, though. Finally, though not mentioned in this article, I think a kid who achieves on the level Kwasi did has to have a rather high IQ. Many kids who really do work hard will only make B's on at least some of their schoolwork. All these factors are important for such a success story to occur. I'm glad to see that some public high schools that are not completely made up of upper middle class and wealthy students have achieved success to this level.




SpaceX Wins Court Injunction to Block Russian Rocket Engine Purchases – NBC
BY ALAN BOYLE
First published May 1st 2014

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting any purchases of Russian rocket engines for U.S. Air Force launches, due to concerns about U.S. sanctions against Russian officials.

The concerns were raised by SpaceX, which is contesting the Air Force's multibillion-dollar plan to purchase rocket cores from the company's main competitor, United Launch Alliance.

In a complaint filed this week in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, SpaceX noted that United Launch Alliance buys RD-180 rocket engines from a Russian state-controlled company, NPO Energomash. The company argued that the arrangement may benefit Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees Russia's space effort and is on a list of officials targeted by economic sanctions arising from the Ukraine crisis.

A bad bounce over 'trampoline' talk
Rogozin himself referred to the sanctions on Tuesday. He warned that they would "boomerang" to hurt America's space effort, and suggested that NASA "bring their astronauts to the International Space Station using a trampoline."

In the wake of the space shuttle fleet's retirement, NASA depends on Russian spacecraft to carry its astronauts to and from the space station. SpaceX as well as two other U.S. companies, the Boeing Co. and Sierra Nevada Corp., are working on spaceships that could eventually take the place of the Russian Soyuz capsules.

NASA says the downturn in U.S.-Russian relations has not affected operations on the space station, but Rogozin's comments didn't exactly help matters.

Purchases and payments on hold
Federal Claims Court Judge Susan Braden said her preliminary injunction was warranted because of the possibility that United Launch Alliance's purchase of Russian-made engines might run afoul of the sanctions. NBC News' past coverage of the issue was cited in Braden's ruling.

Wednesday's injunction prohibits any future purchases or payments by the Air Force or United Launch Alliance to NPO Energomash, unless and until the Treasury Department or the Commerce Department determines that the deal doesn't run counter to the U.S. sanctions against Russian officials.

Braden stressed that her ruling does not affect previous payments to the Russians, or purchase orders that have already been placed. United Launch Alliance says it already has some of the engines on hand.

The flap over the Russian rocket engines came to the fore last Friday when SpaceX's billionaire founder, Elon Musk, announced that he was challenging the deal between the Air Force and United Launch Alliance. On Wednesday, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., complained that the arrangement smacked of "cronyism." He alluded to a controversial deal that the Air Force made a decade ago to buy tanker aircraft from the Boeing Co. That deal ended up sparking a procurement scandal.

Boeing and Lockheed Martin are partners in United Launch Alliance, which is currently the only commercial venture certified to launch national security payloads for the Air Force. The joint venture is in line to launch such payloads as part of a "block-buy" arrangement. The Air Force's commitment in December to purchase 36 of United Launch Alliance's rocket cores — presumably including Russian-made engines — is part of the preparation for those launches.

SpaceX wants the Air Force to hold up on the block-buy agreement, wait until SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket gets the required certification, and then recompete the rocket contracts.

Read the full text of Braden's order issuing a preliminary injunction. Tip o' the Log to The Washington Post, which first brought the injunction to light.



http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-30/replacing-russian-rocket-engine-isn-t-easy-pentagon-says.html
Replacing Russian Rocket Engine Isn’t Easy, Pentagon Says
By Tony Capaccio  May 1, 2014 

"Among the options the Air Force is outlining for Hagel are building versions in the U.S. under an existing license from the Russian maker or depending only on Delta-class rockets that use another engine, Kendall said. The U.S. also could accelerate the certification of new companies to launch satellites that don’t use the Russian engine, he said.

SpaceX claimed in a complaint filed April 28 in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington that the Air Force illegally shut it out of the market for military satellite launches by giving a monopoly to the joint venture of Chicago-based Boeing and Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed.

The Air Force review, which hasn’t been submitted to Hagel, found that the Russian company, NPO Energomash, is “very dependent on their sales to us,” Kendall said. “That company really needs the sales. From that side of it, we’re in pretty good shape.”

The options for minimizing a cutoff have drawbacks, such as harnessing the time and know-how to build the engines in the U.S. and limited production capability for the Delta rocket, Kendall said.

The United Launch Alliance has stockpiled about a two-year supply of the engines based on the current planned satellite launch schedule, Pentagon spokeswoman Maureen Schumann said in an e-mail in March.




“A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting any purchases of Russian rocket engines for U.S. Air Force launches, due to concerns about U.S. sanctions against Russian officials.” Now this looks more like the kind of sanctions we should be applying. We should do more like this. If sanctions are to be effective, they should bite. If it means we need to gear up to be more independent, it seems to me that we can only be better off.



Many Obamacare enrollees haven't paid their premiums yet - why not?
By STEPHANIE CONDON CBS NEWS May 1, 2014

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said as much herself: "You are not fully enrolled [in Obamacare] until you pay your premium." Yet data collected by the Republican-led House Energy and Commerce Committee shows that as of April 15, just 67 percent of enrollees in the federally-run Obamacare marketplace had paid their first month's premiums.

There are a variety of factors that explain why more than 30 percent of enrollees have yet to pay. To begin with, it's worth noting that millions of Americans waited until the final weeks and days of the open enrollment period (which closed on March 31) to sign up for Obamacare. Many were allowed to finish the enrollment process after March 31, due to the flexibility the Obama administration granted. Consequently, many Americans on the new marketplace simply didn't owe any premiums by April 15.

"Americans are not in the habit of paying something earlier than they have to," said Tim Jost, a consumer advocate and professor of health law at Washington and Lee University.

Report: 67% of Obamacare enrollees have paid so far
Obamacare "is working," time to move past political fight, Obama says

Even so, the nature of the individual health insurance market -- factors like the fluidity of the marketplace and consumers' lack of familiarity with the system -- make it difficult to collect premiums from all enrollees.

Marc Boutin, executive vice president of the nonprofit National Health Council, said that getting nearly seven in 10 enrollees to pay just two weeks after the open enrollment period closed "seems quite positive." While more comprehensive data will come in later, he called it "a really good indication of the direction we're going."

"You have to recognize it's a new payment for many people, and it's not uncommon for people to miss that first payment or be confused about when to pay it," he said. From here, "I think the numbers are just going to go up."

Even so, it's unlikely the Obamacare marketplace will ever get 100 percent of its enrollees to pay their first month's premium. In 2013, before the Obamacare marketplace existed, about 90 percent of enrollees in the individual marketplace paid, Jost said.

"There's quite a bit of mobility between the individual insurance market and Medicaid and the employer-based market," he pointed out. Indeed, a recent study showed that before the Obamacare marketplaces were implemented, just 42 percent of people on the individual market kept the same plan for more than a year. It's likely that a portion of Obamacare enrollees found better coverage through an employer or somewhere else and decided not to make payments for their Obamacare coverage.

Those who do want to pay for their Obamacare coverage may not have a convenient way to do so.

"A high proportion of the people that are low-income and uninsured don't have checking accounts, don't have credit cards," Jost noted. "One thing Congress could do to help out, or the insurers could do, is create ways for people to pay their premiums in cash."

Some insurers are addressing that problem by partnering with CVS/pharmacy, which recently announced it's establishing a program to enable people to pay their insurance bills at CVS cash registers. Jost also noted that the Affordable Care Act does require insurers to accept debit card payments, which should help customers.

"This is a real problem that needs to be worked on as we draw more and more people into the insurance system that aren't in the traditional economy," Jost said.

Boutin noted that getting a higher portion of enrollees to pay premiums should be achievable: "You have to recognize the insurance companies obviously have a vested interest in having people pay," he said. "And obviously the people who enrolled have a vested interest" in keeping their insurance.

Still, policymakers can decide how much they want to facilitate that process. In Georgia, for instance, Republican Gov. Nathan Deal on Wednesday signed a bill prohibiting the state from spending any money to help citizens enroll in Obamacare.

A new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation suggests that a state's support could make a difference. The report compared five states that partnered with the federal government to implement its Obamacare marketplaces and found that Illinois spent the least amount per person on efforts to assist enrollees. The data collected by the Energy and Commerce Committee, meanwhile, showed that of those five states (Illinois, Delaware, Arkansas, New Hampshire and West Virginia), Illinois had the smallest portion of enrollees who had paid their first month's premiums.




“Yet data collected by the Republican-led House Energy and Commerce Committee shows that as of April 15, just 67 percent of enrollees in the federally-run Obamacare marketplace had paid their first month's premiums.” The Republicans are again making hay while the sun shines. This CBS article says that there are a number of factors in the lack of premium payments. First, due to the actual date of their enrollment, many people didn't owe anything by April 15th. Secondly, most Americans don't pay bills “until they have to.” Mark Boutin of the National Health Council is quoted as saying that 7 out of 10 is “quite positive.” He also mentioned that it is, after all, just 2 weeks after the enrollment deadline. He says, "I think the numbers are just going to go up."

Jost, consumer advocate, added that in 2013 only 90 percent of enrollees of individual plans paid their premiums, stating that Medicaid and employer-based insurance covered plans for them instead. It is also significant that before Obamacare only 42% kept the same plan for more than a year. Jost further states, “A high proportion of the people that are low-income and uninsured don't have checking accounts, don't have credit cards....One thing Congress could do to help out, or the insurers could do, is create ways for people to pay their premiums in cash." CVS Pharmacy has announced a plan that allows customers to pay their insurance bill at the drugstore's cash registers.

"'This is a real problem that needs to be worked on as we draw more and more people into the insurance system that aren't in the traditional economy,' Jost said.” How the very poor live is something we need to know more about. If I didn't keep a “cushion” in my checking account I would be beneath the limit for a free checking account at my bank and would have to pay a fairly sizable monthly fee to keep it, so it makes sense for very poor people to do their transactions in cash.

This article startlingly states, “In Georgia, for instance, Republican Gov. Nathan Deal on Wednesday signed a bill prohibiting the state from spending any money to help citizens enroll in Obamacare.” The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has reported that out of five states compared on the subject of state aid to citizens for paying Obamacare bills, Illinois has provided the least. Not surprisingly, it also has the smallest number of paid enrollees in Affordable Health Care. So it's not a simple case of the people opposing the controversial health care plan and boycotting it. It was, after all, stated in the beginning that the government would supply subsidies for those who are unable to pay, and apparently the states are expected to “partner with” the federal government in that effort. In states like Georgia and Illinois the federal government may be the only subsidy that people will get. It should be a scandal that Republicans are again playing politics at the public's expense.




Rep. Bennie Thompson defends calling Clarence Thomas an “Uncle Tom”
By REBECCA KAPLAN CBS NEWS April 30, 2014

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., is standing by remarks he made on a New Nation of Islam radio program where he alleged that criticism of President Obama is motivated by racism and called Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas an "Uncle Tom."

"Well if you look at his decisions on the court, they have been adverse to the minority community, and the people I represent have a real issue with an African-American not being sensible to those issues," Thompson, who is black, told CNN when asked to explain his comments.

While the term might be racially charged for some, for others, "It's the truth," he said.

When CNN reporter Dana Bash noted that the term wouldn't be appropriate if used by someone who is white, Thompson replied, "But I'm black."

"You're asking me the question, and I'm giving you a response," he added. "The people that I represent, for the most part, have a real issue with those decisions-voter ID, affirmative action, Affordable Care Act-all those issues are very important and for someone in the court who's African American and not sensitive to that is a real problem."

Thompson's remarks, first reported by Buzzfeed, were made over the weekend. He said that former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, whose presidential terms overlapped with Thompson's two-plus decades in the House, had not been treated with the same disrespect as President Obama.

"That [Senate Minority Leader] Mitch McConnell would have the audacity to tell the president of the United States -- not the chief executive, but the commander in chief -- that 'I don't care what you come up with we're going to be against it.' Now if that's not a racist statement I don't know what is," Thompson said on the radio program.

He told CNN that many of the programs African-Americans "hold closest to their survival" like Head Start, nutrition programs and education programs are being cut by Republicans, which makes it "hard to demonstrate" that they care.

Asked again whether McConnell's opposition to Mr. Obama is racially motivated, Thompson said, "It had nothing to with that. The comments are insensitive. To say to a president that you're going to oppose anything that he puts out there is just totally..." before being asked again whether it was race based.

"Well I've never heard him say it to any other president," Thompson said.




Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi is as firmly opposed to the conservative Republicans as they undoubtedly are against him. It's good to see that the Congress does have a few liberals left. His remarks on the New Nation of Islam radio show are not shy, that is a fact, and according to a simple factual analysis they are true. When Bash challenged his statement that Clarence Thomas is an “Uncle Tom” could not be said by a white person, Thompson said, “But I'm black.” He also said, "'Well if you look at his decisions on the court, they have been adverse to the minority community, and the people I represent have a real issue with an African-American not being sensible to those issues,' Thompson, who is black, told CNN when asked to explain his comments.” He criticized Thomas' decisions on “voter ID, affirmative action, Affordable Care Act” as racially insensitive.

About Obama, “He said that former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, whose presidential terms overlapped with Thompson's two-plus decades in the House, had not been treated with the same disrespect as President Obama.” He quotes Mitch McConnell as saying, 'I don't care what you come up with we're going to be against it.' Now if that's not a racist statement I don't know what is."

About the social safety net we as liberals have worked for so many years to create, he says, “many of the programs African-Americans 'hold closest to their survival' like Head Start, nutrition programs and education programs are being cut by Republicans, which makes it 'hard to demonstrate' that they care.” I don't know if he is running for President, or if he could win enough votes even if he did – this is the first time I've noticed any coverage of anything he has had to say, but I am glad to see these comments boldly spoken and defended. I would like for some more Congressmen and Senators to step up behind him and agree.




Royals may be headed to Memphis for pal's wedding
CBS NEWS April 30, 2014

Attention, royal-watchers: newly-single Prince Harry is said to be heading stateside this weekend.

Reports say the 29-year-old prince -- who recently split with girlfriend Cressida Bonas -- and older brother Prince William will be traveling to Memphis, Tenn., to attend the wedding of their longtime friend, London nightclub owner Guy Pelly, to hotel heiress Elizabeth Wilson.

The ceremony is said to be taking place Saturday at the Memphis Polo Club, not far from Graceland.

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton told CBS News affiliate WREG, "We are working on the presumption that the royals will be here in Memphis this weekend."

"We are taking all precautions to be prepared," he added.

Wharton said his office has not been in direct contact with the royal family. WREG also spoke to Pelly at his home, and the groom-to-be wouldn't confirm if the princes were coming to town.

Britain's Mirror reports that William, 31, will fly to the U.S. for two days before heading back to the U.K. His wife, Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, was reportedly invited to the nuptials as well but declined to attend so as not to cause a "global media circus."

"If all three senior royals had gone it would have required a huge security detail flying to Memphis with them," a source told the paper. "After Australia, Kate's happy to leave William and Harry to it and spend some time at home with George."

William, Kate and George returned last week from their 10-day tour of Australia and New Zealand.




Mayor A C Wharton, who says he “presumes” the two princes will come to the wedding, said “We are taking all precautions to be prepared.” Interestingly, the groom won't confirm whether or not they will attend. He could at least help the mayor out that much, it seems to me. Kate said she isn't attending because it would cause “a global media circus.” She is looking forward to resting at home with the baby. George gave a great show while they were in Australia, interacting enthusiastically with another baby and a small kangaroo-like mammal called a “Bilby.” He is very active and alert now, and shows two teeth when he grins. He'll be grown before we know it. Meanwhile, he's really a cute kid.




2 Feet Of Rain Causes Massive Flooding In Florida, Alabama – NPR
by SCOTT NEUMAN
May 01, 2014 

Extreme rainfall in much of the East and parts of the South is causing major problems, with Florida's Panhandle and southern Alabama — which got more than 2 feet of rain in 24 hours — bearing the brunt of the onslaught.

The torrential rains followed close on the heels of a rash of deadly tornadoes that battered a broad swath of the country earlier this week, killing dozens of people.

Flood warnings for today stretch from Massachusetts to the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi. The Associated Press says the system is expected to bring heavy rain and thunderstorms to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions.

In Pensacola, Fla., it was the single rainiest day ever recorded, and people climbed to rooftops or into attics to escape the rising floodwaters. NPR's Debbie Elliot says Pensacola's high bluffs over the bay undermined the busy scenic highway there.

"Scores of motorists were stranded as water gushed over roads," she reports onMorning Edition. "At least one person was killed on a flooded roadway. Some homes are now flooded out, and entire neighborhoods are unnavigable. Boats have floated away from docks and are making landfall elsewhere."

The cause of an apparent gas explosion at a Pensacola jail that killed at least two inmates and injured dozens of others has yet to be determined, but the severe weather and flooding could be a factor.

The Pensacola News Journal quotes Ben Kitzel, who was out in a kayak with his black Labrador retriever, Abby, on board: "There's no way this flooding is going away anytime soon," he told the newspaper. It adds:

"Kitzel said he awoke about 6 a.m on Wednesday to find a foot of water in parts of his family's house near Fairpoint Drive."

Bob Barrett of NPR member station WUWF reports that in the Pensacola suburb of Gulf Breeze, officials "are still trying to access the situation and find people who need help."

"All Gulf Breeze police and fire officers have been called into work, helping with traffic control and taking care of any emergencies," Barrett said. "Some elderly and disabled residents needed help leaving their homes."

In Alabama, the National Weather Service in Mobile "is estimating that up to 26 inches of rain fell in an area around the Alabama-Florida state line Tuesday and Wednesday. It was the fifth-wettest day in 143 years for the city, according to The Weather Channel.

The NWS says 22 inches to 26 inches of rain fell over Perdido Bay, Wolf Bay, Foley and Orange Beach.

AL.com reports: "The Salvation Army will be out in Baldwin County Thursday. There are two feeding units and a disaster team in the southern part of the county. The mobile kitchens will make their way from Gulf Shores to Foley and back to Fish River, according to a spokeswoman for the Salvation Army."

In Maryland, state officials are helping to evacuate hundreds of residents of a senior apartment complex in the city of Laurel after rising water levels behind a nearby dam caused water to spill through a gap in the structure. Officials have been forced to open all seven flood gates.

And in Baltimore, rain is being blamed for a street collapse after a retaining wall failed, sending several parked cars tumbling onto train tracks below.




Two feet of rain is what we expect from large hurricanes, not thunderstorms. Of course it was a circular formation of linked storms which continued to bring in moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. Luckily for me, very little of that rain hit Jacksonville. Tallahassee and the rest of the Panhandle were included, though, along with southern Alabama. The article said that for Pensacola it was “the single rainiest day ever recorded,” sending people to their roofs and attics. “Some homes are now flooded out, and entire neighborhoods are unnavigable. Boats have floated away from docks and are making landfall elsewhere."

Laurel, MD and the city of Baltimore have also experienced flooding. A dam near Laurel had to be opened up – presumably to preserve the dam structure due to the high water levels behind it. In Baltimore a huge sinkhole opened up on a roadway, trapping cars. If this is what “global warming” is going to be about, we are in trouble both economically and with our basic infrastructure.

I have almost given up on the possibility of actually reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to a sufficient degree, though, at least until the Tea Party becomes unpopular due to their own policies. Laws forcing some issues – requiring auto, bus and truck manufacturing companies to produce all new vehicles engineered to use less gasoline and diesel, power plants fined heavily if they do not cut their emissions by using better technology or non-carbon energy sources, and whatever other methods can be found to help with the problem – all will be required. It would also help if homes and businesses would increase the use of solar and wind energy. So let's go, guys! There's a job to be done!