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Jeffrey Hill | Feb 5th, 2008 | Topics: | Region: | Cities: San Diego | 1

Super Tuesday, Super coverage office pool.

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Here’s a fun idea for an office pool. Have everyone in your office pick a horse (news media outlet). Every time someone’s horse is the first to declare a winner in a state, that person gets a point. Winner gets free lunch on Super Wednesday.

Try to guess who is voting for who. (Answers on page 134) Super Recap (in case you did anything else but hide in a cave and read Anna Karenina over and over again for the past year.) REPUBLICANS: Mitt Romney: Many republican faithfuls are calling him the only conservative “conservative.” Still trying to figure out if Mitt is short for anything. Mitchell? Mitsy? Mitochondria? Mike Huckabee: The former Arkansas governor whose sense of humor and strict moral values won over the evangelical vote and made Huck a true contender for the White House. Every shelf in his house is shaped like the crucifix cross. [apologies—Ed.] John McCain: The republican for everyone, McCain has made his career on defiance. Ann Coulter recently said she’d vote for Clinton over McCain—proof that pundits really don’t matter as the Arizona Senator enjoys a comfy lead. Ron Paul: Leader of the Ron Paul revolution, the Texas gunslinger is currently in fourth place, but vows to continue campaigning. DEMOCRATS Barack Obama: The lead guitarist of the 2008 presidential election and a favorite among youth, African-Americans and talk-show hosts. Teenage dream of TNAC blogger Hayley Richardson. Hillary Clinton: Two Clintons for the price of one. Often confused over who is playing the good cop or the bad cop, Clinton and Clinton have been a powerhouse in the media. She has long been considered the favorite in the race. Mike Gravel: The most amazing photo of Mike Gravel can be found on CNN. He comes from Alaska ... with a vengence?

-image courtesy of TheGlobeAndMail.com Sustainable Superbowl We’re not talking about sustainable memories of David Tyree making an amazing catch on the top of his helmet, we’re talking about the NFL making conscious strides to cut down on waste. CNN reports: “From planting 10,000 new trees in Arizona to donating thousands of pounds of leftover food to soup kitchens and shelters, the NFL Environmental Program is trying to make the pinnacle of professional football a paragon of environmentalism. Jack Groh, the program’s director, acknowledges that the league isn’t making up for its entire environmental impact. But, he said the NFL is doing a little bit more each year and that this Sunday’s Super Bowl will be the greenest yet.” European Union industries plan on cleaning up the sky Starting in 2015, jets manufactured in the EU will be quieter and less polluting. Yet another way the entire world is surpassing the United States in environmental protection. Reuters reports: “The EU has set aside 800 million euros from its 2007-2013 budget with industry committing itself to investing a similar amount in the Clean Sky project. ‘There are three main objectives: the reduction by 50 percent of carbon dioxide, halving the level of noise and reducing by 80 percent the level of nitrogen oxide emissions,’ Marc Vantre, CEO of French conglomerate Safran’s aerospace propulsion division, told reporters.” Global Warming studies say Western US in for serious drought. Go West, young global warming! Melting mountain snow is predicted to cause massive water shortages in the west. National Geographic reports: By storing moisture in the form of snow, mountains act as huge natural reservoirs, releasing water into rivers long into the summer dry season. “We’re losing that reservoir,” said research leader Tim Barnett, an oceanographer and climate researcher at the University of California, San Diego ... The researchers found that the changes currently affecting the U.S. West have less than a one percent chance of being due to natural variability, Barnett told National Geographic News.”

Kenya’s political catastrophe sends the death toll past 1,000

The New York Times Reports: “Kenya descended into turmoil after the deeply flawed election in December. The country’s electoral commission declared that the incumbent president, Mwai Kibaki, had narrowly beaten the top opposition leader, Raila Odinga, but election observers have said there was widespread evidence of vote rigging ... According to the Red Cross, most of the killings have been in the turbulent Rift Valley, where gangs from opposing ethnic groups have fought fiercely in the past few days. ‘It’s a very volatile situation out there,’ said Anthony Mwangi, a spokesman for the Kenya Red Cross. Mr. Mwangi said that more than 300,000 people had been driven from their homes and the continuing insecurity, especially in the countryside, was slowing down the delivery of food, water and tents.”

Jeffrey Hill is News Editor for Access Intelligence, a business and technology information firm, web editor for Next American City and a freelance writer based in Washington D.C.

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