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Over the past decade, Kentucky has improved faster than any state in the nation on key higher education performance measures, according to a new report by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems of Boulder, Colo.

Over the past decade, Kentucky has improved faster than any state in the nation on key higher education performance measures, according to a new report by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems of Boulder, Colo. “Realizing Kentucky’s Educational Attainment Goal: A Look in the Rear View Mirror and Down the Road Ahead” measures Kentucky’s rate of improvement on key metrics from 2000 to 2009.

Kentucky topped all states in three areas: improvement in the percent of working-age adults with college degrees; six-year graduation rates at four-year colleges; and undergraduate credentials awarded relative to the population with no college degree.

Kentucky ranked second in the nation in the rate of improvement of younger adults, ages 25 to 44, with college degrees, as well as improvement in the three-year graduation rates at two-year institutions. Total undergraduate credentials earned here increased at a rate that surpassed all but four states.

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On a summer evening in June 2005, Susan Wallace-Babb went out into a neighbor’s field near her ranch in Western Colorado to close an irrigation ditch. She parked down the rutted double-track, stepped out of her truck into the low-slung sun, took a deep breath, and collapsed, unconscious.

A natural gas well and a pair of fuel storage tanks sat less than a half-mile away. Later, after Wallace-Babb came to and sought answers, a sheriff’s deputy told her that a tank full of gas condensate — liquid hydrocarbons gathered from the production process — had overflowed into another tank. The fumes must have drifted toward the field where she was working, he suggested.

The next morning Wallace-Babb was so sick she could barely move. She vomited uncontrollably and suffered explosive diarrhea. A searing pain shot up her thigh. Within days she developed burning rashes that covered her exposed skin, then lesions. As weeks passed, any time she went outdoors, her symptoms worsened. Wallace-Babb’s doctor began to suspect she had been poisoned.

Wallace-Babb’s symptoms mirror those reported by a handful of others living near her ranch in Parachute, Colo., and by dozens of residents of communities across the country that have seen the most extensive natural gas drilling.  Hydraulic fracturing , along with other processes used to drill wells, generates emissions and millions of gallons of hazardous waste that are dumped into open-air pits. The pits have been shown to leak into groundwater and also give off chemical emissions as the fluids evaporate. Residents’ most common complaints are respiratory infections, headaches, neurological impairment, nausea and skin rashes. More rarely, they have reported more serious effects, from miscarriages and tumors to benzene poisoning and cancer.

Science Lags As Health Problems Emerge Near Gas Fields - UK Progressive Magazine

The all-new global Ford Ranger comes to market in Australia next month, combining the toughness and capability of a pickup truck with smart technology, outstanding safety, excellent fuel economy and high standards of quality and comfort.

Ranger will be offered in three cab styles  Double, Super and Single  along with an extensive list of practical features that are available in three series choices for Australian customers. All three cab styles are among the roomiest in the segment.

The compact pickup will also come in 4x2 and 4x4 drivetrains and two ride heights with the 4x2 Hi-Rider sharing the same frame as the 4x4 model.

Totally new from the ground up, Ranger was designed and developed to be among the forerunners  if not the pack leaders  in every area that is important to the customer, especially for those who use it for both work and leisure purposes. The pickup now delivers impressive payload and outstanding towing capability and, at the same time, is fitted out with innovative and comfort features that a dual user has come to want and value.

The All-New Ford Ranger - PaddockTalk

On a summer evening in June 2005, Susan Wallace-Babb went out into a neighbor's field near her ranch in Western Colorado to close an irrigation ditch. She parked down the rutted double-track, stepped out of her truck into the low-slung sun, took a deep breath, and collapsed, unconscious.

A natural gas well and a pair of fuel storage tanks sat less than a half-mile away. Later, after Wallace-Babb came to and sought answers, a sheriff's deputy told her that a tank full of gas condensate -- liquid hydrocarbons gathered from the production process -- had overflowed into another tank. The fumes must have drifted toward the field where she was working, he suggested.

The next morning Wallace-Babb was so sick she could barely move. She vomited uncontrollably and suffered explosive diarrhea. A searing pain shot up her thigh. Within days she developed burning rashes that covered her exposed skin, then lesions. As weeks passed, any time she went outdoors, her symptoms worsened. Wallace-Babb's doctor began to suspect she had been poisoned.

Wallace-Babb's symptoms mirror those reported by a handful of others living near her ranch in Parachute, Colo., and by dozens of residents of communities across the country that have seen the most extensive natural gas drilling. Hydraulic fracturing , along with other processes used to drill wells, generates emissions and millions of gallons of hazardous waste that are dumped into open-air pits. The pits have been shown to leak into groundwater and also give off chemical emissions as the fluids evaporate. Residents' most common complaints are respiratory infections, headaches, neurological impairment, nausea and skin rashes. More rarely, they have reported more serious effects, from miscarriages and tumors to benzene poisoning and cancer.

Science Lags As Health Problems Emerge Near Gas Fields - OPB News

Yes, it's not an entirely city-fied notion, but for tough girls and tough boys across the West, the throbbing whallop and clatter of a diesel engine is indeed a thing of beauty.

If you live next to a guy who leaves his diesel work truck clattering for four hours in the morning to warm up, you may have an entirely different opinion.

So it comes as no surprise that the already solid and work-ready Chevy Silverado HD pickup line suddenly turns ultra-super macho when equipped with the optional and not inexpensive Duramax turbodiesel engine.

For about $7,000 premium on the standard 6.0-liter Vortec that's standard with the 2011 Silverado, GM will drop in a gigantic 6.6-liter beast of grunting, oil-burning calamity, able to generate 397 horsepower and a ridiculous and ungodly 765 lb.-ft. of torque. An exhaust pipe the diameter of a tree stump indicates your intentions and prowess to the world.

Mountain Wheels: Silverado's diesel power puts the heavy in Heavy Duty - Summit Daily News