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In an effort to (maybe) get a pay raise and (definitely) open up other avenues to pursue in the future, I'm considering taking the two tests to become an ICC CBO. Has anyone here gone through the process, and any general thoughts, comments? I learned about a month ago that the local counties...

Interesting article here: http://news.yahoo.com/brazil-scrambles-avoid-power-rationing-costs-soar-001726144--finance.html;_ylt=AwrSyCUW5jBTIQ4AOQvQtDMD

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-f-will-the-lefts-half-century-of-denial-over-poverty/2014/03/21/1aeaff4e-b049-11e3-a49e-76adc9210f19_story.html Interesting editorial with some sobering statistics on out of wedlock births.

Hard to believe it was 25 years ago that ole Capt hazelwood tippled himself and his ship into the halls of infamy. http://www.voanews.com/content/twenty-five-years-after-exxon-valdez-oil-spill-alaska-retains-scars-/1874860.html The Exxon Valdez, after the spill...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/world/middleeast/a-ship-being-built-in-iran-looks-awfully-familiar-to-the-us.html?_r=0

Pretty sad, in retrospect, but these kinda/sorta 3D viewers were big deals back in 1st and 2nd grade.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/03/19/author-epa-playbook-report-claims-notorious-fraudster-was-behind-costly-epa/ The report: http://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Files.View&FileStore_id=b90f742e-b797-4a82-a0a3-e6848467832a

NATO's Parallel History project. There's some vetty vetty interesting stuff in here for military buffs wanting to get some 20/20 hindsight on the Cold War. http://www.php.isn.ethz.ch/collections/index.cfm

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/tech-news/happy-30th-birthday-mac-16416944

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/san-francisco-bans-sale-plastic-water-bottles-climate-change Um...OK.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/the-nsa-posed-as-facebook-to-better-spy-on-you-79363438970.html

IIRC, NJ had some substation sniping incidents recently. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304020104579433670284061220?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304020104579433670284061220.html Any power guys care to comment on this...

Interesting report. http://documents.latimes.com/what-90-cascadia-mega-earthquake-could-do-pacific-northwest/ I guess the race is on between the Cascadia Subduction and the San Andreas fault as to which will produce the next Big One in America. Maybe the New Madrid Fault wants in on the action.

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/02/14/homeland-security-takes-on-the-carrington-event/ DHS report: http://www.oecd.org/governance/risk/46891645.pdf

http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/pseudosc/masstransit.htm Rather long and somewhat dated (originally 2005, updated 2010) article, but raises many legitimate issues about mass transit and its place in America. Worth a read if you have the time.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/03/sharyl-attkisson-to-leave-cbs-news-184836.html

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/happy-birthday-world-wide-web-turn-25-n39571

http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/11/technology/web-predictions/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

http://www.aviationcv.com/pilot-forum/Thread-Buran-and-Energia-Old-Soviet-Booklet Some cool pics from an old brochure.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/skydiver-pilot-survive-midair-collision-n48116 Amazing photos.