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In Kansas City, MO, there is an old limestone mine that had seemed perfect to house a data center. With numerous benefits to give the potential center, it seemed they were the best choice, and yet they lost the project. Why? They lost because they didn't provide tax breaks. Several huge companies have turned down the potential site in favor of going to Kansas, or in one case, North Carolina. They lost these major projects because of the simple factor of not having tax breaks. "There were people who wouldn't even come and look," said Ora Reynolds, president and chief executive of Hunt Midwest Enterprises Inc., which has been marketing its SubTropolis caves. She says she has learned that financial incentives were "absolutely crucial." This competition between states has been hap...

Like the 113.5 million people who garden annually in the U.S., the citizens of Encinitas, California, are ready to reap their harvest now that their community garden is finally finished. According to a recent story by the The San Diego Union-Tribune, the garden has been seven years in the making, and the community couldn't be happier to see the fruits of their labors blossoming. Gordon Smith, member of the garden board, remembers all of the steps that they had to take in order to complete the garden, like overcoming financial setbacks and zoning problems. "I know it's taken a long time, but it's almost been worth it." The garden is now far from all the strife of the past, and is available for visit at 441 Quail Gardens Drive, across from the San Diego Botanic Garden, as well as the S...

Grant Dawson was set to make his first television and Resurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA) debut but ended up getting foiled by the hot tub he was sitting in to cut weight just days before the fight. Dawson (7-0), who trains at Victory MMA, was at Prairie Life Fitness in Lincoln, Nebraska, early last week attempting to cut weight for his scheduled fight on Friday, Sept. 25. Unfortunately, he didn't make it to weigh-in, according to mmafighting.com. Part of his regimen was soaking in the hot tub water for 45-minute intervals. After a couple hours in and out of the hot water he began to feel the sensation of his skin burning right off of him and had to be rushed to a nearby hospital. "It was probably the most pain I've felt in my life," Dawson said. "It really felt like something w...

The human teeth are one of the most durable structures found in the world and can take years of constant use without serious signs of damage. This durability is due to the unique molecular structure of thousands of micro-platelet layers aligned together perfectly. Scientist have now found a way to mimic the pattern found in natural teeth into their newly created, stronger-than-ever artificial teeth. The technique, called magnetically assisted slip casting (MASC), was utilized by André Studart and his team at ETH Zurich. To create the teeth, researchers made a plaster cast, which is used as a mold. The mold is then filled with a suspension of magnetized aluminum oxide platelets, which fills the pores from the mold and solidifies from the outside in. To achieve the complex layer struct...