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IT may be an NCAA Division II program, but there is nothing second-rate about the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the nation's oldest Black athletic conference.

Education behind bars: Marymount Manhattan College

The first hint comes when you read the titles of the books on Aileen Baumgartner's desk: Reporting Vietnam, Democracy in America, Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre.

Creating the resilient community college

A community college is always a reflection of its community, and LaGuardia Community College is no exception.

Career college librarians introduce themselves:

Career colleges have gone by many names: for-profit schools, nonpublic trade schools, proprietary schools, "those schools with the late-night TV ads."

"We are the community's college"

For many organizations, the call to write a mission statement yields a document that is placed in a desk drawer while business proceeds as usual. But,

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Wind Turbine Generators Kill Birds Can It Be Prevented

One problematic feature with wind power is that birds often fly into the wind turbine blades and get struck and then break their wings and die. In fact it is so common that now some environmental activists, which have always been very pro-wind generation due to the environmental aspect of it, are having second thoughts.Some laugh it off and say well maybe the wind generators will prevent the migratory birds from spreading bird flu to local regional bird species? But really that is not very funny and the issue is real. Recently this was addressed in an online think tank and several ideas came up such as a screen like on a fan in your home or flashing lights of bright low wattage LED, which could be seen day or night.One think tank member, Joe, stated; "Birds fly into my window when blinds are not on the window, if I closed them to a open angle they stay away, maybe if blades are made more visible to the birds the deaths will be reduced.

".Indeed what if the blades themselves were painted or coated to reflect a flashing or unpleasing light towards the birds and they would automatically fly away from them or see the spinning blade and turn. Well it just might work, in fact it is worthy of a try. Meanwhile one has to ask how many bird strikes per year would such a blade coating undertaking save? We must consider this on new wind turbine generator blade manufacturing and think on this in 2006.

."Lance Winslow" - Online Think Tank forum board.

If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; http://www.WorldThinkTank.net/wttbbs/.

By: Lance Winslow

Career Education

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