New Mexico eyes spaceport boom with Virgin Galactic
May New Mexico Magazine champions Spaceport America with a Spaceport history trail of 52 sites. Branson touts the state while Gov. Martinez promotes the project and a Carpe Manana tourism slogan. Spaceport jobs and 200000 visitors projected by 2014 amid 52 destinations.
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Editorial: Postal bailout a dead letter
The Senate bailout of the Postal Service postpones reforms and would waste nearly 11 billion. It delays cost reductions while labor costs dominate, ignoring necessary restructuring to compete with private couriers. House GOP opposition and internal service concerns argue the bill buys time but raises long term costs.
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Notable May 2 historical milestones across centuries
On May 2 2011 Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan by U S forces and buried at sea. Leonardo da Vinci died May 2 1519 at Cloux France. Stonewall Jackson wounded at Chancellorsville May 2 1863 and died eight days later. Hudson's Bay Co chartered in 1670.
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Budget Reform in Dave and Thatcher Compare Government Cuts
The piece contrasts the 1993 film Dave with real world spend cut efforts from Reagan era reforms to OMB Circular A-76. It discusses privatization as a path, citing Margaret Thatcher’s approach and the idea that government functions could be better handled by private entities. It notes Mitt Romney as a potential future reformer.
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Kevin Kline
Charles Grodin
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Carbs Good and Bad Rules for Wise Choices
Doonesbury discusses distinguishing good carbs from bad carbs. He explains glycemic load and digestion rates, favoring whole grains with intact fibrous casing and labels like 100 percent whole wheat.
Roswell student named OEA Student of the Month
Cynthia Montoya 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs Emilio Montoya of Roswell has been chosen as Goddard High School Office Education Association Student of the Month. She works at RISD central office handling switchboard transcripts filming and record verification and says the job taught responsibility and new skills. She is a Goddard French Club member who traveled to Washington DC last year with Close Up to study government and history and has two years in the OEA chapter at Goddard.
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