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Posted 17 October 2012 - 07:01 AM
..The new hypothesis also says that life existed before the first cell,in the form of chemical reactions.Scientists have accepted that life was originated from a single cell,which was the first cell on earth, and composed the first thing that was a form of life. The evolution of this cell had as a result the formation of life the way that we know and see today. A problem with this idea is that, as we know, if we had just a single cell in earth right now, and out of it there was nothing, then not only this would not lead to the formation of more complicated forms of life,but this single cell soon would be dead.Despite of that,most scientists accept the single cell theory.The new theory that we introduced claims that the existence a first single cell was not necessary to start the evolutionary process that would lead to life as we know it today, but says that life preexisted , because even a single chemical reaction is a form of life.The creation of the first cell actually is the result of the existence of life.
The property of reproduction in living beings that are chemical reactions seem
s to actually be a result of the energy that forces the chemical reactions to continue happening.Life continues because chemical reactions continue.Reproduction seems to be one of the most ancient properties.
Lets see now another problem: In the beginning, life on earth was simplier than today. That means that there was a system of chemical reactions that gave its place to a more complicated one.This sounds a bit strange because if a system of chemical reactions does not get energy from outside, leads to an equilibrium state. If we accept that our new theory is true, means that there had to be an external source of energy{probably the large quantities of energy that comes everyday on earth from the light of the sun that lead not only to the survival of the first forms of life, but also to their survival of the first forms of life, but also in their evolution.Imagine that with the help of a sourse of light we cultivated in a way,some chemical reactions in a small place.After a period of time,they are getting more and more complicated.Lets hypothesize that someday the whole system becomes extremely complicated.We could not see nothing more but a mixture of colours and shapes.This is life.But human is a part of this complicated system which means that he sees things in a mirror like way,because he is in the system.so it is very difficult for him to see life in an objective way.
living organisms normally are not dying because the chemical reactions that are composing them are continuing happening.if we analyze all these reactions we will have a very good view to their homeostasis.As we said we are seeing the world from the inside , or else in a mirror like direction, because we our selves are part of things, so we appreciate things from its results.We think that homeostasis is a very magical and perfect mechanism, because we are the result of homeostasis, but the theory that we analyzed says that homeostasis simply is the cataloge of the chemical reactions that are still happening, and just because they keep happening, the organism is alive.The complex organic compounds that are composing living creatures probably are the results of many years of reactions, or else they are the fingerprints of the reactions from the beginning of all the reactions till today.
We are the results of all these , and so it is normal to think that if something was not the way it is, WE would not be there, the way we are!So we think that they are essential for us and everything was arranged perfectly, and if something was a bit different ,we would not be there, but as i told everything depends on who is the observer.We are a changing complex, and everything that happens lead to us.We see things from the opposite side though.
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Posted 17 October 2012 - 08:31 PM
Lets hypothesize that we make the hypothesis that:No living organism is possible to remain unchanged structurally.
I would argue that your criteria is required for life, but not sufficient for it. By that simple definition, fire is alive. So is a rusting piece of metal, or an eroding piece of rock, or a sand dune shifting in the wind.
Viruses and prions are an interesting class. I would argue that they are not in fact fully alive (viruses are closer than prions). Viruses have part of the machinery necessary for life, but are not fully alive by themselves - they must commandeer a living cell in order to fill in the missing gaps. A prion can only produce more prions in the presence of the correct precursor protein - it is essentially a misfolded protein that can "recruit" properly folded ones into the same misfunctional conformation.
I think that life evolved from simpler self-replicating molecules. You can thing of them as precursors to life, if you like, or nearly-life. You are correct that there must have been precursors that were simpler than what we consider to be life now, but just changing the definition to be looser doesn't really answer the question.
Posted 17 October 2012 - 08:38 PM
I'm sure there was a period that we would consider to be a fuzzy gray area between life and non-life. Maybe bare replicating molecules that did little else but copy themselves on a substrate. Maybe some two stage process, where one molecule would catalyze the creation of a second, and the second would catalyze the creation of the first. Maybe some combination of the two, and other combinations unknown.
But this isn't a new hypothesis. It's pretty much mainstream as far as I've read.
And btw, minos, welcome to Cloudy Nights!
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Posted 19 October 2012 - 09:35 AM
I would posit that one does not have to state that as a hypothesis. It is an observable condition, i.e. a fact. As is often said, change is the only constant.
"The complex organic compounds that are composing living creatures probably are the results of many years of reactions, or else they are the fingerprints of the reactions from the beginning of all the reactions till today."
Posted 19 October 2012 - 01:56 PM
a simple chemical reaction as long as it happens ,is the simpliest form of life
So by this definition seeds are not alive? Spores are not alive?
Hmmm, further speculation: are sperm and unfertilized eggs alive?
You can create cell-like vacuoles containing chemicals that are reacting...are they alive?
Not so simple, eh?
Pesse (Welcome to the worm hole) Mist
Posted 19 October 2012 - 02:04 PM
For myself, I feel there is no dividing live..just a sliding gray scale from muck to complex life.
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Posted 19 October 2012 - 02:52 PM
So by this definition seeds are not alive? Spores are not alive?
Well, those are again a bit of a special case. Spores and seeds are in stasis - not currently living, but with the potantial to come to life given the correct conditions.
You can create cell-like vacuoles containing chemicals that are reacting...are they alive?
If they aren't capable of self-replicating, then no.
Posted 19 October 2012 - 03:52 PM
So are viruses alive?
Or consider some seeds/spores. They can exist for hundreds, if not thousands of years, without any metabolism- an anabiotic state. However given the correct environmental conditions are still capable of germination, growth and reproduction.
I agree with Pess. Where do you draw the line?
Posted 19 October 2012 - 04:36 PM
Pick a spot, and draw it.
For the definition of life, I like this one:
Viruses come close, but not quite. They cannot reproduce without a suitable host cell, they do not grow (they make exact copies of the same size), nor do they metabolize (they rely on the host cell's machinery for that), nor do they perform homeostasis (they again rely on the host cell to perform that function). They do respond to stimuli (binding to a host cell), they do reproduce, and they do adapt. So 3 out of 7 ain't bad, but it ain't life.
Seeds and spores are capable of germinating into life, but they are in a state of stasis. I would classify them as "potential life" until they germinate, then they are alive.
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This was a long time ago and I was wondering if those experiments or something similar had been done recently to try & get further up the ladder of Life?
Posted 21 October 2012 - 01:33 AM
Many years ago, experiments were conducted in which electrical fields were generated in a sealed container containing various elements and compounds. The result was a gooey mess that contained amino acids, that were explained as the 'building blocks' of life.
This was a long time ago and I was wondering if those experiments or something similar had been done recently to try & get further up the ladder of Life?
I think the problem you would run into after makeing the AA's, is time.
Posted 23 October 2012 - 12:15 PM
Life is a creation of our mind, to describe anything that is like us,eg an ongoing system of reactions.It doesnt exist as an objective thing in the universe.For example a stone that is travelling million light years away from earth, can only see a soup of random, meaningless chemical reactions near the surface of earth, because it is not participating in the system.....
It is not necessary that the first self replicated thing created protolife...instead (near)self replication could be the result of the fact that the reactions were continuing to happen in the young earth(and so we,as the result, judge it from the opposite direction).
Posted 23 October 2012 - 01:51 PM
So by this definition seeds are not alive? Spores are not alive?
Well, those are again a bit of a special case. Spores and seeds are in stasis - not currently living, but with the potantial to come to life given the correct conditions.
You can create cell-like vacuoles containing chemicals that are reacting...are they alive?
If they aren't capable of self-replicating, then no.
Well Jarad, you made my case. If there are 'Special cases' then you can't make a dividing line. No matter what reasonable definition you put on life I can find a Special case exception.
Prions are just a protein but can self replicate using another cells machinery...well, you might say, they are not doing the chemistry themselves so they are not technically alive.
OK, but can YOU (you in the generic sense, of course) self replicate without help from another organism?
Chemical reactions go from simple hydrogen-Oxygen plus spark equals water all the way up to complex ballet like interactions that we unequivocally point to as the chemistry of life.
What is life? The answer becomes more complex if we ask "What is not life/"
What if we take an elephant zygote and remove its nucleus? Does it still live? What if we now insert a mastodon DNA nucleus? Did we create life?
Did the Ford assembly line build a car even though it only assembled parts built elsewhere? Does the steel foundry create the car when it creates rolls of steel? Does the stamping company create the car when it stamps out the block and covers and other metal parts to ship to the factory?
Are we only creating life when we start with the periodic table of elements and move down the tet tube assemb;y line to a fully functioning cell?
Pesse (Did Dr Frankenstein create life, or only sew some parts together?) Mist
Posted 23 October 2012 - 04:01 PM
We set a definition, then we abide by it. If we see an example that we think is mis-classified by the definition, then we adjust the definition.
I am comfortable that the current definition correctly defines prions and viruses as "not life". I don't find seeds and spores to be a problem for the definition - while they are dormant, they are not currently alive, but have the potential to come to life given the right conditions. The current definition correctly classifies them both while dormant (not alive) and after germination (alive).
For your other question, if we remove the nucleus from a cell then it is no longer alive - it cannot replicate, nor grow. If we replace the nucleus with one with a complete mastodon genome, then it is now alive again, and a different species. Does that mean we have created life? That depends more on your definition of "create" than that of "life".
Posted 24 October 2012 - 12:16 PM
I was not trying to promote a point.
I was trying to ask questions and cite examples the 'muddy' points others were making.
If you take something defined as 'not life' and you do something to it so now you call it 'alive' you have ipso facto created life. Saying you need a special definition of 'create' to go there is too much reminiscent of an ex-president asking to define what 'is' is.
I think I was trying to get across that any definition of life that includes everything is too broad to be meaningful and one that is narrowed down will inevitably exclude many, many legit examples.
Pesse (Seeds CAN reproduce--just add water. Just as I CAN reproduce--just add hot blonde) Mist
Posted 24 October 2012 - 01:32 PM
But the similarity between the two example is because the key question there is about "creating", not about "life". There is no question that what went into the factory was not a car, and what comes out of the factory is a car. So the definition of "car" isn't the issue there, and the definition of "life" isn't the issue in the other example.
Posted 24 October 2012 - 03:12 PM
I was pointing out that it is more along the line of your car example - if a factory assembles parts made elsewhere, have they "created" a car? If we inserted a genome that we had designed from scratch, I would say we have "created" life. If we insert a genome we copied from a mastodon, I am not sure how much we "created". Maybe it would be better in both cases to say "assembled". The car factory assembled the car, and by replacing the genome we have assembled a living cell.
But the similarity between the two example is because the key question there is about "creating", not about "life". There is no question that what went into the factory was not a car, and what comes out of the factory is a car. So the definition of "car" isn't the issue there, and the definition of "life" isn't the issue in the other example.
very good points.
Pesse (But I still say my Pet Rock is adorable & alive .) Mist
Posted 26 October 2012 - 08:45 PM
"...evidence for life cannot rest on morphology alone" (because other processes may mimic it)
Jason W. Higley
Posted 19 December 2012 - 12:08 PM
The basic idea goes like this:
i am arguing that life is an open system that is getting energy from the sun.BUT i am also arguing that if you consider life as a WHOLE (without dividing it into species ,organisms, etc) ,you get a sum of just RANDOM chemical reactions.
If we were totally objective observers ,or else we had nothing to do with life,we would be able to see it.But unfortunately, we cannot do that, because of our perspective.We are a small part of these reactions and we are living inside the system, so we judge from a perspective that is confusing when you are trying to study what is life.
The natural history of these reactions led to the forms we see today.Through our perspective, while we are studying this history, we see it as evolution. We see everywhere determinism, but its only because we are the results of all these.


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I have been a homeowner and business owner here in Onslow County for over 20 years.
I attended middle school, high school and college here in Onslow County. I have children who attend school in Onslow County. I am a member of the board of directors for a homeowners association. I know about making tough and responsible decisions. I have tightened my belt and had to suck it up and live within my means. This is why I say no, no, no to higher taxation.
The Onslow County Board of Education was asking for $149 million bond and now has backed it down to $75 million. When they owe � or should I say, the citizens of Onslow County still owe $77 million on $90 million in bonds from 2006 and 2008 � it is not fair to ask only property owners to pay more for services used by others.
The Onslow County Board of Education wants to pay for a proposed special election. Save this money as it is another example of wasteful spending.
The Onslow County Board of Education and Onslow County Board of Commissioners need to find other alternatives first before asking the real taxpayers of Onslow County for more money.
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n In a Jan. 25 article in The Daily News, Harry Smith, Onslow County tax assessor, says that Onslow County has a tax base of $13.2 billion. At 58 cents per $100, how much is that?
n The Onslow County property tax rate in 2010 was raised to 60 cents per $100 valuation and then dropped to 58 cent per $100 in 2012 which is where it was before 2010 because the citizens of Onslow County voted for the sales tax increase of 7 percent, which is the only fair tax because everyone pays.
n Check with the state about a special sales tax increase. Of North Carolina�s 100 counties, 76 have 6.75 percent; 23 have 7 percent; and only one has 7.25 percent � Mecklenburg for public transportation.
n The Onslow County Board of Commissioners needs to look at all areas of the budget and find cost-cutting measures for the Board of Education before they ask the citizens of Onslow County for more money!
More reasons to say no!
n What about the 17 percent insurance hike that will be hitting Onslow County homeowners effective June 1, 2013? That will make mortgage payments increase.
n What about Obama-care (taxes) that take effect Jan. 1, 2014?
n What about the downsizing of military personnel in our community as well as the loss of contractor jobs aboard Camp Lejeune referred to in a Feb. 12, 2013, article in The Daily News?
n What about the growing number of homes in foreclosure?
n If the government would tell the truth the unemployment rate, it is more like 15 percent not 7.9 percent and likely could be higher in 2014.
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I didn't get a good look at many 2012 draft eligibles this past week, but I did watch a handful of pitchers that will factor into the early rounds in the 2013 and 2014 drafts.
Ole Miss/Georgia
Bobby Wahl
I shared my thoughts on Wahl in a
previous post
. He didn't look to have his best stuff in this game, but really competed and continued to show his aggressive approach which makes him that much more difficult to hit and hit hard. He's fearless on the mound with some controlled emotion. He also didn't have his best command, but walked only 1 batter while striking out 6 in 4.1 innings. He did allow 2 ER, but none before the 5th in which he quickly induced the first batter to ground out before allowing a bloop to shallow RF, a 1B to LF a flare to LF and a single through the hole on the left side of the infield before being removed. His breaking ball was thrown more like a slow curve in this game, and he used this pitch well to get some weak swings and misses. Again, he's not afraid to climb the ladder with his fastball.
Michael Palazzone
: Palazzone pitched a very good game opposite Wahl, going the distance while striking out 8 and not walking a batter. We've been following Palazzone for a very long time, as he started the 2007 PG/Aflac All-American Classic for the East squad and made a name for himself with a very sharp curveball. He still has the curveball, but didn't use it in the first inning, saving it for later to give hitters something different to look at while changing their eye level. The pitch has a very pronounced 12-6 break, although it isn't a true power hammer since it is thrown in the low to mid-70s. His changeup is also a very good pitch, and he command his sinking fastball well. He tops out in the upper-80s and around 90 mph, using the lower half of the zone well. He is composed on the mound and knows how to pitch, and also has a lean, projectable build, although as a college senior he likely isn't going to be packing on many more pounds.
NC State/Clemson
Carlos Rodon
: Kendall Rogers recently profiled Rodon in
this feature
. He's a very well put together athlete that looks every part of his listed 6-foot-3, 234-pound frame. He has a power arsenal highlighted by his fastball that peaks around 97 and sits at 93-95 that also has very good late, sinking life, as well as a nasty slider that projects as a ++ pitch. There is some deception out of his hand making him that much more difficult to hit, and he attacks the strike zone with an advanced, aggressive approach. He hit the corners well and like Wahl has the ability to elevate his fastball to get a K. Overall he moves his fastball around, using the pitch to set up the rest of his repertoire. He did throw 129 pitches in this game, as he was over 100 in the 6th, so I wasn't thrilled to see that from any college pitcher, much less a freshman.
Richie Shaffer
: Shaffer didn't do much in this game facing Rodon, but overall continued to show a good overall presence and approach in the batter's box, with very good bat speed and extension. His power potential is evident even when he's not hitting the ball, as he's plenty confident in his abilities to put a big swing on a ball he thinks he can drive.
Aaron Nola
This was my first time seeing Nola this year, his first appearance after he was sidelined for a week or two. I really liked the way Nola pitched, pounding the strike zone with a steady diet of sinking fastballs and curveballs, breaking out a polished fading changeup in the latter innings of his 5 inning appearance. He's yet another slender athlete with a high waist that really projects well physically. He competes on the mound and is aggressive, creating some deception out of his hand making his stuff seem that much higher. His fastball tops out in the low-90s, usually sitting in the upper-80s, with a low-70s curve and a changeup right around 80. The only ER he gave up in this game was a solo shot in the 1st, otherwise he cruised, and did a nice job getting out of a 1-out bases loaded jam in the 3rd. His advanced feel for changing speeds while adding good movement on all of his pitches should allow him to enjoy great success at the college level, and if he adds a few ticks to his fastball as he fills out the next 2-3 years, he could blossom into a frontline starter at the pro level as well. For now, he, Eades and Gausman form one heck of a weekend staff, McCune fits perfectly in a swing/mid-week starting role, while Bourgeois, Cotton and Goody create a formidable trio out of the 'pen.
JaCoby Jones
Every time I've seen Jones play this year he has a big hit, and he has the natural strength to drive the ball even when he doesn't get a good swing on it. In this game he drilled a double over the CF's (Taylor Dugas) head. His upper half is more developed than his lower at this point, and he continues to make solid plays at second despite a lot of people thinking he'll eventually have to move to the OF.
One additional note, keep an eye on New Mexico 3B
D.J. Peterson
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Spc. Ivan Pimentel, 75th Training Command, removes his M40 protective mask after entering the nuclear, biological and chemical chamber as part of a a mystery event at Fort McCoy, Wis., June 25, 2013. At this point in the competition, competitors are experiencing a lack of sleep and the physical demands required of them. The mystery event is one of many events that will test each competitor both physically and mentally in order to determine the top two of 39 best warriors that will move up to the next level in the competition, the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition. (U.S. Army photo by Staff. Sgt. Amanda Smolinski)
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I love my Remington model 788 7mm-08, it has killed coyotes, deer, antelope, and my first bull elk at 400 yards. It does have a very short barrel though, kicks like a mule. I have been really impressed with the lack of drop too.
The 7-08 is a heck of a gun. Especially if you reload, then you can really maximize its capability. I shoot 120 grain tsx's out of mine right around 3025 fps and 140 grain accubonds at 2900 fps. Deer dont stand a chance. Just like most any gun, with plenty of practice and the right optics you can kill past 300 yards with 08 with plenty left to spare.
You might have fun with a Stevens 200 7mm, I think retail is $420 you could buy a trigger for $135. Reload 160 class bullets of choice to about 3050fps.
.280 Remington would be my choice.
I'm a previously confesed 284 hater. Oh I tried to come over to the caliber. Tried a 700 mountain rifle in 7-08 the instatnt they were available. It turned out to have a chamber problem and had to go back to Remington. They turned it around in short order,and off to the range we went. No love there. Maybe it was the rough start we got off to. Maybe it was the fact it didn't like any 150gr bullet I threw at it. Don't know,but I sent it on it's way. There was a 280 M77V about that time as well. I shot the heck out of it but couldn't justify the weight of the rifle for a big game round and fell out of love with it too. There is the semi custom M700 LA 284 Win too. The picture of accuracy. I'm still waiting for it to worm it's way into my heart. It's a wonderful round in a very accurate rig. Just not all warm and fuzzy about it yet.
My brother in law on the other hand fell in love with the 280. Then the 7 RM. His adamant pro "7" position prompted me to do more study on the subject. The huge following the 7RM had driven me to reconsider it. On paper it isn't anything special. Heck the old ought 6 will run with it out to 400yds. With a 180gr bullet to boot. The 7 Remmy is anything but exciting with the bullets over 160gr. Okay,but nothing special. Then it happened.
2 years ago I bought a T3 in 7 Remington Magnum. Mostly because I needed a gun fix,and didn't have a 7 mag in the T3 yet. I justified the purchase by dubbing it my daughters elk rifle. I figured she could handle the recoil just fine.(it is VERY pleasant to opperate). There are some high quality bullets in the 140/150gr range that I figured she would do fine with at a minimum recoil. Good trajectory. Quality factory fodder on every street corner. Yada yada yada. Off to the range we go again. It all became crystal clear. The thing shot VERY well with 140gr Sierras. Better yet with 150gr bullets of any brand. I took 2 deer with it the first fall,3 weeks after firing the first rounds from it. One was a doe at 300yds 2" under the chin. The thing almost shoots it self. Stupid simple to own and opperate. Little felt recoil. Endless componant options as well as factory fodder. All with 20gr less charcoal than the Ultra. What's not to like?
From all that. 35 years of justifying not owning one. I have come to the conclusion that my next rifle to end all rifles is inevitable. Within the year I will settle on one very nice,light,accurate rifle to be my last. A life time of being a gun looney. Owning something like 75 different factory offerings,in a myriad of different chamberings. Buying,tweaking,testing then trading. I'm burned out and ready to concentrate my efforts in the preference point system and spending as much time as I can in the Rockies. This rifle is going to be the 7 Remington Magnum. Throated for the 160gr bullet. In a 24" barrel. I won't argue for it,or against it. I've owned rifles that would leave the 7RM for dead. The 338 Win Mag. The 300 Ultra. The 300 Win Mag. All make a better argument for the one gun battery. It's not just about the numbers. I've run them to death. It's about what feels right,and the 7 RM suits me right down to the ground.
One gun nuts opinon.
i have room full critters that have fallen to the mighty little 7-08. Grizzly bear, elk, caribou, mule deer, moose, yada yada. To me I think it is the best all purpose round there is. longest ranged kill @ 462 yards on a caribou. My dad killed a bull with it @ 392 yards last fall with one of my 7-08s. I have my 12 year old son banging a 12"x12" gong @ 500 yards with a kimber 7-08. Lite recoil, easy to reload, the cheapest of the 284 calibers to reload, bullet selction, and time proven 308 case whats there not to like about the mighty little 7


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|Re-1J board meeting set for May 1
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Holyoke School District Re-1J Board of Education will meet Tuesday, May 1 at 7 p.m. in HJHS Room #218.
Included in the superintendent's report will be school climate survey results, DAAC's recommendation on finals/finals exemption and presentation of budget priorities.
Action items on the agenda include new hire, letter of resignation and first reading of grading policy and regulation.
Also on Tuesday night's meeting agenda is development of budget parameters and discussion of athletic department goals.
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Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - James White ran for four touchdowns and
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White finished with 109 rushing yards on 15 carries and also added a 3-yard
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third straight Rose Bowl, where the Badgers will meet Stanford on Jan. 1.
Ball ended with 202 yards on 21 totes, while Melvin Gordon tallied 216 yards
and a touchdown on just nine carries as Wisconsin snapped a two-game slide.
Curt Phillips completed 6-of-8 passes for 71 yards in the win.
Taylor Martinez threw for 184 yards with two interceptions on 17-of-33
efficiency for the Cornhuskers (10-3, 7-2), who had won six straight entering
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Loyce's Group
To help expand her business, Loyce has requested a loan of 150,000 Ugandan Shillings from BRAC Uganda. The loan will be used to buy a variety of vegetables, and will help Loyce to generate greater profits and boost her business to increase her income. Loyce hopes that in the future she will be able to put her children through school.
Loyce is a member of BRAC's Empowerment and Livelihood for Adolescents (ELA) program. In addition to microfinance loans, the program provides both a safe place for young Ugandan women to take part in group activities and a forum for life-skills training.
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This loan is part of BRAC Uganda's Empowerment and Livelihood for Adolescents (ELA) program geared toward helping young women realize their full potential. The comprehensive curriculum of the ELA program includes training in life skills and the creation of adolescent clubs for ELA participants to discuss social issues and play games. Older ELA members are offered training in specific income-generating activities and can receive microfinance loans to support their enterprises. The ELA program has expanded rapidly since the beginning of 2008. Today, there are over 1,000 adolescent clubs reaching more than 40,000 young women across Uganda.
About BRAC UgandaThis loan is administered by BRAC Uganda, a registered non-governmental organization (NGO) in Uganda that is also a part of the BRAC international network. BRAC Uganda attempts to address poverty through a holistic model, offering programs in education, health, water & sanitation, agriculture, and microfinance. BRAC Uganda's microfinance program aims to provide the poor with easy, reliable, and efficient access to institutional financial services, and reaches over 150,000 families in Uganda. For more on BRAC Uganda, please see our partner page, and join our lending team, Friends of BRAC Uganda.
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
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Sir Paul McCartney has reworked his Christmas song "Wonderful Christmastime" with a cappella group Straight No Chaser.
The former Beatle first had a hit with the holiday single in 1979, and now he's giving it a makeover for the vocal act's "Under the Influence: Holiday Edition EP," which will be released on Oct. 29.
Straight No Chaser's Don Nottingham says, "The list of musical living legends starts with Paul McCartney. If you'd asked me five years ago – or even five months ago – what collaboration would be totally unfathomable for me, I would have said McCartney. To have him on a song with us is totally unbelievable and a true honour."
The group's most recent Under The Influence album featured collaborations with Phil Collins, Rob Thomas, Dolly Parton, Seal and Jason Mraz.


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Digital Piano
A.Most Roland pianos are equipped with MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) connectors. MIDI allows your piano to communicate with another MIDI device, such as a computer equipped with a MIDI interface.
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Port of Oakland's Maritime Chief Shares His Vision: Part I
June 05, 2014 - SCMR Editorial
Port of Oakland Director of Maritime John C. Driscoll has now been at his post for nearly a year. In this exclusive two-part interview, he shares some of the lessons he's learned so far, and relates his vision for the future.
Supply Chain Management Review: We see a trend toward more regional port cooperation in the Puget Sound and San Pedro Bay. Will Oakland begin to work more closely with SF Bay Area ports in the future?
John Driscoll: The Port of Oakland will continue to collaborate with regional and statewide ports. A good example is related to the port security grant program. The Ports of Oakland, Richmond, San Francisco and Stockton are interdependent upon the same contiguous body of water. We worked together to develop a five-year plan to enhance maritime security in our region. Also, we are a member of the California Association of Port Authorities, an organization dedicated to maintaining California's leading role in the maritime industry. Even though our ports are competitors, together we can be more effective in addressing issues of common interest such as infrastructure and port security funding as well as sharing the latest innovations on environmentally friendly technology to enhance our operations.
SCMR: Industry analysts suggest that the new P3 and G6 alliances may have a negative impact on Oakland. What assurances can you give shippers that enough direct inbound calls will be sustained?
Driscoll: We anticipate that as a result of these alliances we will see larger vessels in the 8,000 to 10,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) range calling ports more frequently. We are big-ship ready with two mega-terminals, ample capacity, deep water at 50 feet, and post-Panamax cranes. These alliances could actually bring us new cargo. The development of alliances is clearly a focused effort on the part of the shipping lines to consolidate business and reduce costs. Because the Port of Oakland has the capacity and infrastructure to handle bigger containerships, we are in a good position to establish new inbound service calls. We have already had ship calls at the Oakland seaport in the near 14,000 TEU range. We can accommodate some of the largest vessels in the world with our existing facilities.
SCMR: Starting early next year, the resurrected U.S. carrier, SeaLand, will be coming back under the auspices of Maersk Line to serve existing Intra-Americas service network. Given your experience with both lines, will you be exploring the potential for more calls at Oakland?
Driscoll: We are definitely interested in growing more business volume and are looking at every opportunity to do that, including Intra-Americas service. Not only do we have the capacity and infrastructure to build our maritime business, we have other advantages. The Port of Oakland has two Class I railroads, UP and BNSF, at the seaport which means efficient and convenient rail access to inland points in the US. The other advantage the Port of Oakland has for Intra-Americas goods movement is the Marine Highway between the Ports of Oakland and Stockton. This is an opportunity to move heavy cargo on the new barging service and avoid the over-the-road weight restrictions.
SCMR: With the Panama Canal expansion moving ahead on deadline, what changes may shippers expect in your operations?
Driscoll: I don't think the percentage of cargo through the Canal will change significantly. Some shippers may choose to take the slower route through the Canal if they can find a way that works for them both financially and operationally. Import cargo favors inland point connections—so the West Coast will continue to attract imports.
At the Port of Oakland we will continue to move a lot of export cargo, in particular time-sensitive goods such as agricultural and reefer cargo. The Port of Oakland remains a strong, viable port of choice because of its proximity to Asia, big ship infrastructure, two Class I railroad connections (UP and BNSF), and the major Northern California domestic market. We are already seeing some containerships at the Oakland seaport that are too large for the expanded Panama Canal to handle.
Additionally, we reconfigured some of our terminals last year and created operationally the third largest marine terminal on the U.S. West Coast. This enhances our ability to handle the trend toward larger containerships on the trans-Pacific routes.
Ultimately beneficial cargo owners will be asking themselves some critical questions when considering moving their goods through the Panama Canal: Would the route through the Panama Canal require a beneficial cargo owner to provide significantly more inventory due to the longer amount of time the goods are on the water; would more time on the water drive up supply chain costs due to more vessel fuel consumption; and will Gulf Coast and East Coast ports be able to finance and construct the infrastructure needed to support large import volumes?
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The Kansas Board of Education hearings on proposed revisions to the state science standards, which were widely condemned as a kangaroo court or show trial, commenced on May 5, 2005 in Topeka, Kansas.
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|McCook, Neb., Farm and Ranch Expo set for Nov. 20-21
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With record cattle prices the last two years in southwest Nebraska, northwest Kansas and northeast Colorado, the McCook Farm and Ranch Expo in McCook, Neb., is the place to be. The Expo will return to the Red Willow County Fairgrounds on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 20-21.
The show opens at 9 a.m. both days and closes at 7 p.m. the first day and 4 p.m. the second. Admission and parking are free.
To kick things off, there will be a free producers' breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20 in the community building.
"It's a great place to come see the newest and latest in farming and ranching practices and technology," said Darren Dale, owner. "We are expecting 350 vendors from 20 states, Canada and Australia."
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From the kitchen of Becky Witter
½ cups packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1¼ cup light corn syrup
3 tablespoons butter
¼ salt
3 eggs
1½ teaspoon vanilla
1 cup whole walnut pieces
1 unbaked 9" pie shell
Mix brown sugar and flour in sauce pan.
Add corn syrup, butter & salt.
Warm over low heat just until butter is melted.
Beat eggs with vanilla.
Stir in sugar mixture.
Pour into pie shell; sprinkle with walnuts.
Bake on lower rack of oven at 375 degrees for 40 – 45 minutes, until filling is set in center.
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Someone really smart in Todd Portune's office warned his or her superiors that the monthly first-Wednesday siren test might scare the living hell out of tens of thousands of foreign people visiting Cincinnati for the World Choir Games, so there will be no siren test this month.
River Downs applied for some slot machines, the second racetrack in the state to do so.
Here's the latest person to write about how screwed Mitt
Romney is due to the constitutional health care mandate or, more
importantly, the similar one he passed in Massachusetts. MSNBC says the Bain attacks are hurting Romney. And
Mother Jones says this: "Romney Invested in Medical-Waste Firm That
Disposed of Aborted Fetuses, Government Documents Show."
And Obama is "feeling the pain" of campaign fundraising. Whatever that means.
Here's all you need to know about torture in Syria. Thanks, Human Rights Watch.
Anderson Cooper publicly announced that he's gay after a discussion with friend and journalist Andrew Sullivan of The Daily Beast regarding celebrities coming out. Cooper emailed Sullivan about the matter and gave him permission to print it.
"I've also been reminded recently that while as a society we are moving toward greater inclusion and equality for all people, the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible. There continue to be far too many incidences of bullying of young people, as well as discrimination and violence against people of all ages, based on their sexual orientation, and I believe there is value in making clear where I stand.
"The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn't be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud."
Chrysler's sales are up 20 percent, but the company hasn't specifically thanked JLo for boosting the Fiat marketshare.
Scientists are saying that recent heat waves, wild fires and other seemingly random natural disasters are due to global warming. And we thought it was only going to be our kids' problem. :(
Meanwhile, European physicists hope to find the God
particle by the end of the year, explaining the creation of the world.
Here's video of a British guy trying to explain what the particle is
using a plastic tray and ping pong balls.
The NFL is going to back off some of its local blackout
rules. Teams now must only hit 85 percent of their ticket sales goal
rather than 100 percent to avoid making local markets watch crappy
regional games instead of their favorite teams. That means more Bengals games, less crappy Browns broadcasts.
While anti-urban Cincinnatians gripe over the twice-approved $95 million streetcar project — some going so far as to attach anti-funding amendments to federal bills that will never be included in the final legislation — authorities on the other side of the river are demonstrating just how little $20 million on transportation funding can provide. The state will widen KY 237 in Boone County using elevated ramps to allow for left-hand turns, adding a freeway-style element to the residential/corridor area. The two-year project will be paid for using Federal Surface Transportation Program funds.
Starting this fall all students in Newport Independent Schools will get free breakfast and lunch because the district is participating in the Community Eligibility Option in President Obama's Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.
CBS News says Chief Justice John Roberts initially sided with the other four conservative justices but wasn't prepared to strike down the entire health care law. Roberts wrote the court's majority opinion, which upheld most of the legislation.
Here's three ways the ruling hurt Mitt Romney, according to the Boston Globe.
The Mark Wahlberg/teddy bear film, Ted, brought in $54.1 million over the weekend. CityBeat's film dude said it was good, too.
Scientists say they are on the verge of finding a "God particle" that could explain the creation of the universe.
For particle physicists, finding the Higgs boson is a key to confirming the standard model of physics that explains what gives mass to matter and, by extension, how the universe was formed. …
Rosen compared the results scientists are preparing to announce Wednesday to finding the fossilized imprint of a dinosaur: "You see the footprints and the shadow of the object, but you don't actually see it."
Spain won the 2012 European Championship soccer tournament on Sunday with a 4-0 victory over Italy. The Spanish team is being considered one of the greatest ever, as it has won three straight major tournaments, including the 2010 World Cup and 2008 Euro.
Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls responded to Rep. Steve Chabot's Wednesday attempt to block federal funding for Cincinnati's streetcar construction by calling it "an outrageous interference in local government decision-making." The Enquirer today recapped the situation, which involves Chabot adding the following amendment to a massive federal transportation bill: "None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to design, construct, or operate a fixed guideway project located in Cincinnati, Ohio." The amendment has little chance at being included in the final passage of the bill, as the Senate and President Obama would both have to approve and sign it.
A parody video of a Western & Southern PR representative explaining why the insurance company should build condos at the site of the century-old women's shelter has earned a response from W&S. The company's VP of public relations told The Enquirer: "Whoever created the video, we think it's unfortunate that they've taken this approach," he said. "We think it's a distraction from finding a win-win for all involved." The video is no longer available on YouTube, however, due to "a copyright claim by Canipre inc."
Speaking of funny videos, MSNBC posted this video of Rep.
Jean Shmidt apparently reacting to someone incorrectly telling her that
President Obama's health care law had been struck down. Schmidt can be
seen twisting around and making strange screaming sounds.
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It was "Rich People Voice Their Concerns Night" at city councils across town last night, as proponents of the $1 sale of Music Hall packed Cincinnati City Council chambers even though the proposed lease deal wasn't on the agenda. Mayor Mark Mallory insisted that any middle ground that will allow the nonprofit Music Hall Revitalization Co. to renovate the building will require that the city retain ownership.
Across town (and about 10 miles northeast toward the area with mass trees), Madeira City Council shot down a plan to develop a luxury apartment complex on Camargo Road. Council voted 6-1 to scrap the plan for a 184-unit complex after residents who voiced concern said the complex would be "too dense" and take away from the city's single-family character. Word on the street is that the Council majority didn't want scumbag renters like this guy to be able to move into the neighborhood and start playing music really loud out of their car stereos.
Cincinnati City Council yesterday pretty much canceled its plans to build an atrium at City Hall. Six council members approved a motion asking administrators to shut it down, and City Manager Milton Dohoney says he'll abide by it even though he technically doesn't have to because the funding was approved in a spending ordinance.
Council also voted yesterday to keep the property tax rate pretty much the same next year despite a projected deficit.
Now that the Supreme Court has temporarily upheld part of Arizona's racist
controversial immigration law, no-name state legislators in Ohio and
Kentucky plan to break out the laws they couldn't previously get passed.
According to The Enquirer's Mark Curnutte (who apparently won a
national book award for his work covering poverty in Haiti — big ups,
Curnutte!), some dudes named Courtney Combs (R-Ross Township, Ohio) and
John Schickel (R-Union, Ky.) have some great ways to rid of their states'
illegal immigrants, at least until the court strikes down the rest of
Arizona's law.
New York Times: "Arizona Ruling Only a Narrow Opening for Other States"
Housing prices are going up in most cities due to low interest rates and cheap prices.
A new Obama campaign ad refers to Mitt Romney as "outsourcer in chief." Ouch!
The War on Drugs is making the AIDS epidemic worse by driving people away from treatment, according to a report released today by the Global Commission on Drug Policy.
California condors are being threatened by lead poisoning from bullets left behind in dead carcasses shot by hunters, which the birds eat.
Facebook changed users' listed email accounts, and people on the Internet are mad. Gizmodo explains how to fix it.
The Spice Girls are reuniting to create a musical called Viva Forever! at London's Piccadilly Theatre.
The George W. Bush Presidential Library denied a request by a Democratic super PAC for documents related to Sen. Rob Portman's work in the George W. Bush administration. The library says it is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act and that all are welcome to see the documents in 2014. The super PAC, American Bridge 21st Century, has been researching GOP candidates as Mitt Romney moves closer to choosing a running mate.
"When you look at the roster of V.P. candidates, each of them is significantly flawed," American Bridge senior adviser Ty Matsdorf said in a statement. "For Portman, it is his calamitous record on fiscal issues while working at the Bush White House. It shouldn't be a shock that he is going to want to keep that under wraps for as long as possible, but unfortunately it's pretty hard to hide a record as terrible as that."
CNN is live blogging from the Supreme Court to see if there are any rulings on the health care law or immigration.
Gay pride celebrations took place in New York, Chicago and San Francisco over the weekend, and Obama organizers were there to recruit volunteers.
Spain formally asked for European aid for its banks.
The sea level is rising faster along the Atlantic Coast than other places in the world.
Facebook has created a new "find friends nearby" function that will allow users to see friends and people they don't know who are at events or social gatherings. From some Facebook engineer's comments on the story:
I built Find Friends Nearby with another engineer for a hackathon project. While it was originally called 'Friendshake', we settled on 'Find Friends Nearby' for launch (the URL was a little bit of a homage to the previous iteration).
For me, the ideal use case for this product is the one where when you're out with a group of people whom you've recently met and want to stay in contact with. Facebook search might be effective, or sharing your vanity addresses or business cards, but this tool provides a really easy way to exchange contact information with multiple people with minimal friction.
HBO's The Newsroom premiered last night, and this guy at the Toronto Star said it kind of sucked while the New York Times says CNN could learn something from it.
The Kentucky Speedway and state of Kentucky will find out
soon whether the $10 million they spent on highway infrastructure
improvements in response to last year's traffic mess at a NASCAR race
was worth it. The Speedway and Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will hold
a news conference today to outline plans to actually get all of the
race attendees into the venue to watch the race rather than sit in
traffic all day and get super mad.
A Cincinnati police officer with a long record of wrecking police vehicles was arrested on Monday and charged with assaulting a woman who he's already been charged with assaulting once before. The Enquirer detailed the disciplinary history of officer Kevin Jones, who was also charged with two counts of assault from an incident that occurred May 19.
Politico says President Obama's recent announcement of a new immigration policy that allows many young immigrants who have never been in trouble with the law to stay in the country, and even travel across its borders, was a really smart move. The policy is not permanent, which leaves Mitt Romney to answer the question of whether or not he would repeal it if elected. The idea is reportedly similar to legislation that Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, a potential Romney running mate, has been considering introducing.
"This is a stroke of political genius," Bruce Morrison told me. A former Democratic congressman from Connecticut, Morrison was chairman of the House Immigration Subcommittee, a member of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform and House author of the Immigration Act of 1990. He's now an immigration attorney and lobbies on a wide variety of immigration issues.
"Obama has taken Rubio's idea and put it into action," Morrison said. "He has given these people a work permit, the ability to remain in this country, but no permanent status." Their legal status can be terminated at any time. "But it won't be terminated by Obama," Morrison said.
A breast cancer survivor who has undergone a double mastectomy has been allowed to swim topless by the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation after stating that wearing a bathing suit over her chest causes pain.
(Jodi) Jaecks opted against reconstructive surgery. "I don't see a need to fake having breasts," she said.
"My ultimate goal is to change policy at beaches and pools, to increase people's awareness of cancer and the realities of the human condition," Jaecks told Reuters.
LeBron James and the Miami Heat won the NBA title last night, completing a 4 games to 1 series victory over the Oklahoma Thunder. It is the first title for James, who has been widely mocked for stating that he'd like to win more titles than Michael Jordan's six. James, who is 27, won his first a year younger than Jordan did, thought Jordan then won the title in six of eight years.
Two alien plants planets around the same star apparently rise in the night sky of each other, looking like a giant full moon. The planets, Kepler-36b and Kepler-36c, are 1,200 light-years from Earth and 1.2 million miles apart, the closes two planets known.
A local developer has offered to build a new jail adjacent to the Justice Center, a cost of $65 million, in return for the county leasing it for 30 years at $10 million a year, according to The Enquirer. The developer, Rob Smyjunas, said the offer isn't about making a profit, just making the county better for his and other families.
Mayor Mallory didn't answer The Enquirer's questions about the potential for a Council majority to block the property tax increase in City Manager Milton Dohoney's proposed budget. A Mallory spokesman says he'll work behind the scenes on a budget that will win a Council majority and that he's off to New Orleans for a conference on reclaiming vacant properties.
An environmental summit in Rio de Janeiro kicked off on Wednesday, with environmental groups and activists disappointed with the Rio+20's lack of progress on creating clear goals for sustainable development.
The Sanford, Fla., police chief who drew criticism for not investigating the shooting death of Trayvon Martin has been fired. Sanford City Manager Norton Bonaparte said he relieved Bill Lee of his duties because the police chief needs to have the trust and respect of the community.
A video of middle school kids in upstate New York bullying a 68-year-old bus monitor has drawn international media attention. The woman says the kids are all pretty much normal and are OK to deal with one-on-one.
The bullying continues unabated for about 10 minutes in the video, reducing Klein to tears as a giggling student jabs her arm with a book. Recorded by a student Monday with a cell phone camera, the brazen example of bullying went viral and spurred international outrage.
A population of chinstrap penguins in Antarctica has declined by 36 percent due to melting sea ice.
"Actually, in the '90s it was thought that the climate change would favor the chinstrap penguin, because this species prefers sea waters without ice, unlike the Adelie penguin, which prefers the ice pack," study researcher Andres Barbosa told LiveScience. He added that at the time, chinstraps, named for the thin black facial line from cheek to cheek, seemed to increase in numbers, with some new colonies being established. The sea-ice decline in the winter, however, has become so big that it is now impacting krill populations, said Barbosa, of the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid.
Researchers found evidence of ice on the moon.
A new study has found that eating disorders are common among older women. Researchers say weight and eating concerns do not discriminate based on age.
College football BCS commissioners have endorsed a
four-team playoff format to determine college football's national
champion instead of the current computer-human two-team system. The plan will go to the BCS presidential oversight committee
on June 26 for approval.
LeBron James and the Miami Heat are one win away from winning the NBA championship after going up 3 games to 1 with a 104-98 win in Game 4 Tuesday.
Here are two ways to report the latest news regarding potential Duke Energy rate hike connected to streetcar construction:
• From The Enquirer: "Duke customers could face streetcar tab"
• From The Business Courier: "Cincinnati, Duke making progress on moving utility lines"
A 15-year-old girl was killed in Over-the-Rhine around 11 p.m. last night. She was reportedly standing with a group of people, though Police haven't released any details about the shooter.
A new poll shows support for President Obama's shift on
immigration policy.
More Asians are immigrating to the U.S. than Hispanics these days.
Adult humans are 16.5 million tons overweight, which
researchers say will threaten the world's food security and environmental
Approximately half of all new AIDS cases are occurring in the South, and the region is severely short on HIV specialists.
Attorneys for the Penn State football coach who showered with a bunch of boys are starting their defense by painting him in a positive light.
Spotify will stop charging $10 per month for use on mobile devices. Free now.
Facebook acquires Face.com. Ha.
Former baseball player Roger Clemens was acquitted of perjury charges, the latest in a bunch of wasted time by the federal government investigating athletes who can afford really good lawyers.
Ohio political season will be in full force today as Mitt Romney visits a manufacturing company in Carthage to discuss the manufacturing industry and trade, Barack Obama will be in Cleveland talking about the economy and Rob Portman, a candidate to be Romney's vice presidential running mate, will be in Washington D.C. telling the Faith and Freedom Coalition that it's still really important to have religious freedom.
Some Columbia-Tusculum residents are upset about the proposed design of new apartment buildings on the corner of Delta Avenue and Columbia Parkway. The 76-unit Delta Flats' design was apparently supposed to fit into the nearby business district, which includes the Precinct restaurant.
China doesn't want to have sanctions on Syria, and Russia is reportedly still selling Syria weapons.
OPEC has decided to keep oil output on hold, meaning Saudi Arabia gets to decide if gas costs go up.
A new poll suggests that Americans blame George W. Bush more for America's economic issues than President Obama.
HBO and showrunners for its new medieval show Game of Thrones have apologized for using Bush's head on a stake in a scene where one of the dudes shows someone a line of traitors' heads on stakes.
Surgeons replaced a 10-year-old girl's has blood vessel with one grown with her own stem cells. The vein was taken from a dead person, stripped of its cells and then coated in the girls' stem cells. Doctors says there has been a "striking" improvement in her quality of life, according to the BBC.
Nokia will cut 10,000 jobs by the end of 2013 after being hit hard by both expensive competitors like the iPhone and cheaper Android models.
San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain
threw a perfect game against the Houston Astros last night. It
included an awesome diving catch by outfielder Gregor Blanco in the
7th inning.
Mitt Romney will visit the Cincinnati area this week: tonight at a private fundraiser at the Hilton Netherland Plaza, Thursday at a Carthage manufacturing comany and this weekend to hang with Rep. John Boehner up north and probably with Sen. Rob Portman at some point. President Obama plans to be around soon, too.
Economists say Romney's job creation claims need more specifics before they'll be believable. On the other hand, Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has saved or created 1.4 million to 3.3 million jobs, according to the Congressional Budget Office, and the American Jobs Act would create 1.9 million, according to Moody's. From NPR:
+11.5 million — that's how many jobs Romney claimed last September he would create in the first term of his administration. But true to form, Romney never said how he would create that many jobs, nor has any reputable economist backed up his claim. "Nowhere in the 160 page plan could I find a stated job creation number," wrote Rebecca Thiess of EPI. "The math doesn't just appear to be fuzzy — it appears to be nonexistent." Added David Madland of the Center for American Progress: "It is a plan from the Republican candidate for president designed to maximize corporate profits. What it doesn't do is help the middle class or create jobs." Even the conservative editorial page of the Wall Street Journal called Romney's 59-point economic tome "surprisingly timid and tactical considering our economic predicament."
Democrat Ron Barber won the congressional seat left by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who survived an assassination attempt and resigned to focus on her recovery. The win gives Democrats hope for taking control of the House in November.
California could become the first U.S. State to require that genetically modified (GM) foods be labeled as such on the package if a November measure, "The Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act," passes.
What makes the referendum in California different is that, for the first time, voters and not politicians will be the ones to decide. And this has the food industry worried. Understandably so, since only one in four Americans is convinced that GMOs are "basically safe", according to a survey conducted by the Mellman Group, and a big majority wants food containing GMOs to be labeled.
This is one of the few issues in America today that enjoys broad bipartisan support: 89% of Republicans and 90% of Democrats want genetically altered foods to be labeled, as they already are in 40 nations in Europe, in Brazil, and even in China. In 2007, then candidate Obama latched onto this popular issue saying that he would push for labeling – a promise the president has yet to keep.
Retail sales were down for the second month in May. Go buy something.
More than 2,000 proposals for new internet suffixes have been proposed, including ".pizza," ".space" and ".auto."
Scientists have figured out why woolly mammoths went extinct: "Lots of reasons."


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$50,000 KENT HANDICAPSUNDAY, JULY 14, 201317th RUNNING, 3-YEAR-OLD FILLIES, 1 1/16 MILES
Track Record: 1:39 3/5, Kid Katabatic (5), July 26, 1998Stakes Record: 1:41, Shampoo, 2007
Most WinsTrainer: 3, Tim McCanna (One Number Short, 1999; Dolly's Hit Lady, 2002; Gins Majesty, 2005); Doris Harwood (Shampoo, 2007; Elusive Horizon, 2008; Carrabelle Harbor, 2011)Jockey: 2, Gallyn Mitchell (No Flies On Doodle, 2009; Carrabelle Harbor, 2011)Owner: Northwest Farms LLC (Shampoo, 2007; Elusive Horizon, 2008)Track Condition: fast 13, wet-fast 2, sloppy 1Favorites: 5-for-16; Odds-on Favorites: 3-for-11 Largest $2 Win: $38.40, Que Facil Corazon, 2001; Smallest $2 Win: $3, Gins Majesty (entry), 2005Average Field Size: 6.9 (largest 11, 1999; smallest 5, 2000 & 2001)Gate-to-wire winners: Guinevere, 1998; Dolly's Hit Lady, 2002; Youcan'ttakeme, 2003;Elusive Horizon, 2008, No Flies On Doodle, 2009Smallest Win Margin: head, One Number Short, 1999Largest Win Margin: 7 lengths, Chestnut Lady, 2006Winner Bred: Kentucky 7, Washington 5, California 2, Florida 1, Oregon 1
Purse: $50,000 1st—$27,500 2nd—$10,000 3rd—$7,500 4th—$3,750 5th—$1,250
OWNERS HOMETOWNS1—Blueberry Smoothie (5)......Northwest Farms LLC (Jerre Paxton, Yakima, WA); C & M Racing (Corey Kinder, Yakima, WA; Mihai Tiru, Bellevue, WA)2—Goin to the Window (2)......Northwest Farms LLC (Jerre Paxton, Yakima, WA)Debbie Paxton, Yakima, WA 3—Strange Luck (12)......Julie Nakahara, Auburn, WA; Matt Pilot. Renton, WA;Shari Wood-Richardson, Renton, WA4—Stopshoppingdebbie (1-2)......Northwest Farms LLC (Jerre Paxton, Yakima, WA) WASHINGTON OAKS SERIESMay 26: $50,000 Seattle Handicap, 6 ½ Furlongs—Stopshoppingdebbie ($5), 1:14.41June 23: $50,000 Irish Day Handicap, 1 Mile—Stopshoppingdebbie ($3.40), 1:34.74July 14: $50,000 Kent Handicap, 1-1/16 MileAug. 10: $65,000 Washington Oaks, 1 1/8 MileSept. 8: $50,000 John & Kitty Fletcher Stakes* (WA-bred) 1 Mile*Sponsored by The Pegasus Training Equine & Rehabilitation Center
SUPER 6 HANDICAPPERSJoe Withee (EmD1): Stopshoppingdebbie, Blueberry Smoothie, Goin to the Window (1-9/$68.50)Robert Geller (EmD2): Stopshoppingdebbie, Goin to the Window, Blueberry Smoothie (3-9/$81.80)Gary Dougherty (Horse Racing Seattle): Stopshoppingdebbie, Goin to the Window, Blueberry Smoothie (3-9/$75.60)Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): Stopshoppingdebbie, Goin to the Window, Blueberry Smoothie (3-9/$124.30)Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): Stopshoppingdebbie, Goin to the Window, Blueberry Smoothie (2-9/$87.00)Jacob Pollowitz (EmD3): Stopshoppingdebbie, Goin to the Window, Blueberry Smoothie (2-9/90.60)Consensus: Stopshoppingdebbie 30, Goin to the Window 11, Blueberry Smoothie 7 (3-9/83.70)
NOTES: Stopshoppingdebbie bids to become the first horse since Shampoo in 2007 to sweep the first three races in the 3-year-old filly division. Shampoo, like Stopshoppingdebbie, was owned and bred by Northwest Farms, and Shampoo and Stopshoppingdebbie are both out of Taste the Passion, Emerald Downs' Champion 2-Year-Old Filly of 1999…Blueberry Smoothie, third in the first two legs of the series, is the first foal out of Shampoo…In other words, the 2013 Kent Handicap is pretty much a tribute to the breeding operation of Northwest Farms and Jerre Paxton…Odds-on favorites have struggled in the Kent, piling up four losses in the last five years: Exclusive Diva, 2nd at 4-to-5 in 2012, Class Included, 2nd at 4-to-5 in 2011, Ladyledue, 6th at 9-to-10 in 2009, Enumclaw Girl, 3rd at 3-to-10 in 2008…Other odds-on favorites to lose this race: Lasting Code, 8th at 3-to-5 in 2002, Shandra Smiles, 5th at 4-to-5 in 2001, and Taste the Passion, 4th at 7-to-10 in 2000. -##-


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Many of us have had important notes ruined by a spilled cup of coffee, a sudden downpour, or an errant squirt of a truck washing hose. Losing important jottings can not only hinder productivity but also affect safety. Quality technicians, foremen, and supervisors must log important details of each shift in harsh settings.
When documentation is key, it is important to have field notes you can read. That's why I was pleased to learn about a new series of notebooks designed for those of you who must write down action items outdoors.
The J.L. Darling Corp., Tacoma, Wash., has been manufacturing weather-proof paper recording products for many years. The firm's founder Jerry Darling developed Rite in the Rain paper to address that problem for the Pacific Northwest logging industry in the 1920s. Surveyors, researchers, and inspectors have been recording important information in these durable binders and notebooks. Now the manufacturer is branching out to other markets.
A few months ago, J.L. Darling launched new products designed for construction environments. The new line of books includes a Job Hazard Analysis Notebook, Job Briefing Notebook, and a Daily Log. These all-weather notebooks are conveniently sized and tough enough to keep on hand throughout the workday.
The manufacturer uses a patented substrate to create the all-weather writing paper which sheds not only precipitation, but also sweat and humidity. This paper is designed for use in extreme conditions, thus the notes are durable and easily archived as original documents. In spite of Rite in the Rain's durability, it is totally recyclable as standard paper, unlike synthetic or poly-coated papers.
These new Job Safety notebooks complement the manufacturer's other popular all-weather products, which include shirt pocket notebooks, copier paper, field books, loose leaf, grid sheets, and all-weather pens. I use their all-weather football notecards every year as a referee. I don't want to forget my great calls, or the comments the coaches yell afterward.
For more, visit the J.L. Darling Corp. at www.riteintherain.com.
For professionals who want to go paperless in a tough environment, Panasonic Solutions Co. recently unveiled the Toughbook H2, a fully rugged, ergonomic tablet PC. Designed for the construction industry, it offers the right mix of mobility, performance, and connectivity in extreme weather. It is engineered and certified for vehicle use. Best of all, the unit has been tested for durability and has a 6-foot drop rating.
Powered by an Intel processor and starting at only 3.5 pounds, the H2 delivers six and a half hours of battery life and includes fast charging, twin hot-swappable batteries. The Panasonic Toughbook H2 has a 10.1-inch dual- touch display that features exclusive technology such as anti-glare and anti-reflective screen treatments to make it easy to view in direct sunlight.
The Toughbook H2 has embedded wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, to allow workers to stay connected virtually all of the time. There are optional integrated features such as barcode and RFID readers, camera, and GPS receiver to enhance productivity.
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|Extension Corner
|Written by Tracy Trumper
What to do with your garden harvest
Do you have tomatoes, corn and zucchini taking over the counter and the refrigerator? All the fruits of your labor are now bountiful and wonderful but what to do with it all? Eating some of your fresh produce is enjoyable to a point. Try some of the following preservation techniques to save your garden produce to eat later.
Freezing: For the best quality, it is important to get your vegetables from the garden to the freezer as quickly as possible. The preserved vegetables will be great for your favorite soup, stew or chili. Frozen fruit is great in a fruit smoothie or as a topping on frozen yogurt.
Dehydrating: This process can be done in your oven, or for the best product, use a dehydrator. Dried fruits and vegetables make a tasty, nutritious snack.
Canning: From jams and salsa to pickled eggs, canning is making a comeback. However, remember to use a scientifically-sound process to prevent food spoilage and deterioration. Using a pressure cooker is the safest. A hot water bath can also be used but can be less food safe.
"Canning interrupts the normal spoilage and decaying cycle of food by heating the food contained in a home canning jar that has been closed with a two-piece vacuum sealing cap." (Ball Blue Book of Preserving, 2006)
It is recommended to take a course on food preservation to ensure proper procedures to eliminate the possibility of foodbourne illness. In addition, visit the Colorado State University Extension website for fact sheets to help safely guide you through your favorite home preservation techniques at http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/pubs.html#nutrition.
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- Pomegranate is one of the Most powerful anti-oxidant of all fruits . This fruit has Potent anti-cancer and immune supporting effects and robust against platelet aggregation that could cause heart attacks, strokes and embolic disease. It also Lowers cholesterol and other cardiac risk factors. Lowers blood pressure. Shown to promote reversal of atherosclerotic plaque and have benefits to relieve or protect against depression and osteoporosis.
Organic baby spinach
1 cup pomegranate juice
1 cup blueberries
1 cup strawberries
1 cup Red Grapes
4 dates
Blend all ingredients together in ice. This will lower your cholesterol and is delicious.