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Red Hook: DeBlasio: Streetcar may not offer free transfers to subway, bus a " or even my own ferry
2016-02-18 23:36:03| Railroads - Topix.net
Tall tales: Mayor DeBlasio touts his streetcar plan, flanked by local pols and business leaders, at art venue Pioneer Works in Red Hook on Feb. 16. Straphangers may have to pay a second fare when switching from subways and buses to the streetcar Mayor DeBlasio wants to build along Brooklyn's waterfront for their ride, Hizzoner admitted on Tuesday. The news contradicts previous claims from those working on the project that it will offer free transfers between services, which the mayor couldn't guarantee because the city has only just started speaking to the state-controlled Metropolitan Transportation Authority about connecting the two.
New shape-memory polymer can lift 1,000 times its own weight
2016-02-15 16:58:37| Extremetech
Energy is stored in the crystalline structure of the polymer as it's stretched, allowing it to snap back when heated.
Former Mozilla CEOs Brave browser blocks ads by default but substitutes its own
2016-01-21 22:12:09| Extremetech
A new Web browser from former Mozilla CEO Brandon Eich is promising to make browsing safer -- in part by substituting different ads and sharing revenue between ad networks, users, publishers, and the browser company itself.
Jimmy Choo ex-boss Tamara Mellon hits back after being cleared of stealing own shoes
2016-01-17 15:04:48| Footwear - Topix.net
'I'm no Marie Antoinette': Glamorous former Jimmy Choo boss Tamara Mellon hits back after being cleared of stealing her own shoes in court triumph Tamara Mellon, the glamorous socialite behind the Jimmy Choo success story, went toe-to-toe in court with a trio of British investors who had backed her new fashion venture - and won. Now Ms Mellon has hit back at the businessmen who accused her of using the company - Tamara Mellon Brand - as a personal cashpoint and said: 'I'm no Marie Antoinette.'
YMCA of the Rockies promotes one of own to CEO
2016-01-05 15:57:21| Grocery - Topix.net
YMCA of the Rockies has chosen one of its own longtime employees to replace chief executive Kent Meyer when he retires in February. that Julie Watkins, 51, who began working at the park as a college student in 1983, is taking over the top position.
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