"They shouldn't be able to tell us what flag we can fly, " said Peter Parente, president of New Rochelle's United Veterans Memorial and Patriotic Association.

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But some communities are still cut off by road, and we can't fly to them because of the bad weather.

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"We know that honeybees can fly over 10km from their hive to a patch of flowers to collect food (nectar and pollen) and then fly home - a round trip of over 20km, " says Dr Raine.

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If there is something that can have a big negative impact on the community like commercial fly-tipping we think in a situation like that it is justified that we can put a camera in a remote proximity to try to get those people who are doing that crime and catch them and bring them to book.

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"My dream is that these transposable elements will be tools that we can use to make the mouse more like the fruit fly, " says David Largaespada, a researcher at the University of Minnesota.

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Except, of course, you can't make that change on the fly -- so we had to trek back home to change the setting.

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We can lessen the requirements so more women qualify, but when bullets fly, truth will prove costly.

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Lecturers could also lecture from wherever they are (home, office, classroom), and we can invite the best lecturers for a variety of topics without having to fly them across the globe - not a minor detail in a carbon-conscious world.

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"We're not saying if you don't fly first class you can't fly, " he says.

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"We're the only city that has a city center airport where tourists and business people can fly right to within walking distance of the major venues, " said John Morand of the Toronto Harbor Commission.

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