I think I saw somewhere an estimate that the current annual total of boats doing the Loop stands at around 500. That is not a large number and would therefore have little political clout. The downward trend in power boating is all too evident when looking at the current boat market.

The 58 million households that heat by natural gas will pay only slightly more than last year - an estimated $889 for the October through March heating season, an increase of 3.6 percent.

But scientists meeting in Copenhagen dismissed those estimates as too conservative, saying new data suggests that sea level rise could exceed 39 inches (1 meter) and is unlikely to be less than 20 inches (50 centimeters).

But scientists meeting in Copenhagen dismissed those estimates as too conservative, saying new data suggests that sea level rise could exceed 39 inches (1 meter) and is unlikely to be less than 20 inches (50 centimeters).

But fuel mileage is estimated at 40 mpg in the city and 43 mpg on the highway. This is less than the 48/45-mpg of the 2009 Prius, but because the new Insight offers some nifty digital fuel-mileage aids on the dashboard, it may draw interest from younger buyers who love video games.

* Scientists: Acidity in much of the Sound can be lethal http://www.seattlepi.com/local/423250_sound12.html Much of the acidification -- an estimated 24-49 percent -- is the result of the ocean absorbing increased carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The carbon dioxide is coming from such sources as industrial emissions and car exhaust...

It is estimated that nearly 16,000 properties will need to be addressed by these programs. As the Areawide Database Manager for the TSP project, this position serves as the technical expert responsible for maintaining information on several database systems and for the development of business intelligence products.

It is estimated that nearly 16,000 properties will need to be addressed. Funding for this work comes from the Asarco bankruptcy settlement. This project position is currently funded through June 2021. This position is open until filled, with initial screening on December 21, 2012.

Of the estimated 1,200 community college presidents, "only about 100 are African-American CEOs," says Dukes, a contributor to a new anthology from African-American community college presidents, titled The Chocolate Truth: An Anthology of Perspectives from Community College CEOs.

That helped account for an estimated 6-percent enrollment increase at SUNO this fall, after a double-digit decline last spring. Like some other historically black colleges struggling to fill their seats, SUNO is courting more Hispanic students.