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The Royals are running, not on the base paths or away from opponents. But right at them…with their arms. The pitching is showing fans what they should be able to expect for several years with three 24-year olds, a second-year pitcher who drew Rookie of the Year consideration and a 2007 All-Star who's signed for three more years after this one.
Gil Meche (the 2007 All-Star) went right after the Red Sox last night and the Royals won their third in a row and eighth in their last 11, dating back to Meche's win on July 24 over Tampa Bay. To catch up with the rolling Royals rotation, let's go Around the Horn…
The starters are starting their third lap around since the pitching surge began. Gil Meche has compiled three victories, allowed just four earned runs in 20 innings (1.80 ERA) and struck out 21 during his three turns. Meche's win last night put him over .500 for the first time this season, thanks to his 7-1 record and a 2.66 ERA over his last 11 starts.
While Meche has been the horse, the rest of the rotation has done its work as well. Their composite record over the 11-game stretch is 7-2 with a 3.03 ERA. Meche, Zack Greinke, Kyle Davies, Luke Hochevar and tonight's starter Brian Bannister have allowed 22 earned runs in 65.1 innings with 52 K's.
Tonight Brian Bannister is looking to extend the stretch and get a win for himself. Bannister recorded a career-high for strikeouts last Wednesday in Oakland, but settled for a no decision in a game the team eventually won in extras. He'll face a Boston team which fell one K short of its season high (13) last night.
Mike Aviles may not qualify for the official batting title, but he qualifies for the rookie title and he sits 30 points higher than any other first year player – in either league. The White Sox' Alexei Ramirez entered today at .308 compared to Aviles' .338.
With his honors as Royals player of the Month for July and Co-American League Player of the Week being announced yesterday, Aviles officially announced himself to the rest of the Majors. But he's been hurting opponents for virtually all of his two-month career. Once he got his feet settled under him, he busted out.
As always, the League adjusted. He slumped briefly (his average never dropped below .273) and then he adjusted back. Around the Horn overheard hitting coach Mike Barnett talking about Aviles earlier today. He said he told Aviles what pitchers were doing to him to frustrate him by pounding him with fastballs inside and then getting him to chase sliders out of the zone, down and away. Barnett told Aviles to return to what he does best. Aviles went out the next day in Tampa and, in a 10th inning at bat, laid off three fastballs up and in. All were called for balls. He laid off another slider down and away which caught the plate for a strike. Then he made the Rays' Dan Wheeler pay by depositing the next pitch – a mistake to Aviles' power zone – into the stands.
Within a few days, Aviles was back to doing what he has established his does best, praying on opponent's mistakes and spraying the ball all over the park.
The Royals were notified of their pending suspensions for Sunday's incident with the White Sox. Zack Greinke and Miguel Olivo are both appealing their five-game suspensions…Manager Trey Hillman, however, will serve his one game suspension tonight. Bench coach Dave Owen will take his place at the Royals helm…Mike Aviles has scored at least one run in eight straight games…Joakim Soria has at least one save versus every American League team after picking up his 32nd of the season last night over Boston.
This week is the 16th annual Royals Blood Drive. Around the Horn is planning on donating Thursday during the team's off day. Needles? We're not scared of needles!
As for promotions this week, Larry Gura will be in town Saturday, both as a Bobblehead (it's the giveaway that night) and in person (signing autographs from 4:30 to 5:15 on the Royals dugout). Then Sunday is Sluggerrr kids T-shirt day. Hope to see you out here.
Tonight's lineup:
Aviles SS
German 2B
Teahen RF
Guillen DH
Butler 1B
Gordon 3B
Buck C
Gload LF
Maier CF
Bannister P
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Comparison photos of McCarty Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska. McCarty glacier retreated ~20 km between the period these two photos were taken and is not visible in the 2004 photo. Prior to this, McCarty achieved its maximum known extent circa 1850 approximately 0.5 km from its position in 1909 and was relatively stable at that time [1]. Most of the observed retreat occurred before 1964, and this glacier is even known to have advanced some (at least 0.6 km) during somewhat colder conditions in the 1970s, before retreating 0.4 km between 1984 and 2002 (Hall et al. 2005).
As McCarty Glacier is a tidewater glacier, i.e. a glacier which terminates in ocean water but is sufficiently thick to keep from floating, its behavior can respond somewhat erratically to climate change. Glaciers of this type are often some of the fastest in retreat because glacier thinning can cause partial flotation and the infiltration of sea water under the glacier that aids in the calving of icebergs and further retreat. As a result the rate of retreat, once triggered by climate perturbations, may more strongly correlate to channel depth than to the actual changes in temperature or precipitation (Vieli et al. 2002).
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- [abstract] [full text] Dorothy K. Hall, Bruce A. Giffin, and Janet Y.L. Chien (2005). "Changes in the Harding Icefield and the Grewingk-Yalik Glacier Complex". Proceeding of the 62nd Eastern Snow Conference.
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City Council approved a $29 million plan that will shift $15 million from the Blue Ash airport deal to move utility lines and pipes in order to accommodate for streetcar tracks. The money will be reimbursed if a conflict with Duke Energy is settled in the city's favor. The city is currently trying to resolve the conflict over who has to pay for moving utility lines and pipes. If the city wins out, Duke will have to pay up, and the money from the Blue Ash airport deal will be put back where it belongs. If Duke wins out, that money could be lost forever — a worry Chris Smitherman voiced in the public City Council session. Smitherman, Charlie Winburn and P.G. Sittenfeld voted against the plan, and Roxanne Qualls, Laure Quinlivan, Yvette Simpson, Cecil Thomas, Wendell Young and Chris Seelbach voted for it.
CORRECTION: This blog originally said the entire $29 million plan will be reimbursed by
Duke. Only the $15 million from the Blue Ash airport deal will be
reimbursed if the city wins in the dispute.
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted received a failing grade from Voters First Ohio and the Ohio Unity Coalition for the way he's handled the 2012 election. The left-leaning groups criticized Husted for taking away in-person early voting hours that were available in 2008 and issues regarding provisional ballots, wrongful terminations and misleading language on the November ballot.
The Controlling Board unanimously approved $4 million Monday to conduct a study to determine possible funding for the Brent Spence Bridge. The study will look at tolls and the viability of various public-private partnerships to see how the bridge will be paid for.
Jungle Jim's is opening an Eastgate location today, and people are apparently really excited for it.
The state launched a new website to connect Ohio job seekers and opportunities in the energy industry. The website presents opportunities in advanced energy, renewable energy, energy efficiency and gas and oil.
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will be in southwest Ohio today,
and Obama will be in other parts of the state. The state is typically
considered a must-win for Romney and Ryan, but aggregate polling has looked worse lately for the Republican duo.
Speaking of Romney, he indirectly admitted he'll have to raise taxes on what he considers middle income. Remember when Republicans ran on tax cuts?
Another problem with global warming: Hotter days make people less productive, which greatly hurts economic output.
A Cincinnati research team found NFL players die often to Alzheimer's disease and Lou Gehrig's disease. The two diseases kill NFL players four times more often than the average U.S. population, and other neurodegenerative diseases kill them twice as often as the norm.
Having sex once a week instead of once a month is the "happiness equivalent" of making an extra $50,000 a year. Do not try that line at home.
Actress and acclaimed rapper Natalie Portman played up her Cincinnati ties in a Wednesday appearance at the Obama campaign-sponsored Women's Summit at Union Terminal.
The Academy Award-winner said her mother graduated from Walnut Hills High School and her grandfather — Art Stevens — grew Champion Windows in Cincinnati after starting as a door-to-door salesman.
"Because of that, I see President Obama's support of small businesses as so crucial to our economy," Portman said, adding that Obama has cut taxes for small businesses 82 times since taking office.
Portman said the Republican Party and their presidential ticket of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan did not have the best interests of women at heart. She pointed to attacks on the Affordable Care Act's mandates that insurers provide birth control to women and ensure preventative care such as mammogram screenings for breast cancer is covered, as well a bill sponsored by Ryan and embattled congressional candidate Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) that would eliminate all abortion funding except for cases of "forcible rape."
"We need to stand up for ourselves," Portman told the packed auditorium that was crowded with an audience of mostly women. "Our mothers and our grandmothers made giant steps for us. We can't go backwards. We need to go forwards."
Portman was joined by Obama Campaign National Women's Vote Director Kate Chapek, former Ohio first lady Frances Strickland, Ohio Rep. Alicia Reece and Obama campaign volunteer Mary Shelton.
An Ohio Romney rep said the campaign did not have a comment on the Women's Summit, but is hosting a "Women for Mitt" call night featuring former Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao in Kenwood on Thursday.
"Ohio women believe in the Romney-Ryan path for America that will result in lower taxes, less spending, less government and more economic growth," said a release from Romney's campaign.
The Obama event on Wednesday catered to women, with Chapek telling the audience she knew how difficult it was for women to get there with jobs and the challenge of getting their kids to school. She framed women's role in the election as a conversation.
"The conversation starts like this: women, turns out, we're not a constituency," Chapek said. "Who knew? Apparently Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, because they don't realize that women are actually a majority in this country."
She told the women gathered to have conversations with their neighbors and friends and encourage them to volunteer at phone banks or knocking on doors.
Strickland talked about the need to reconcile qualities traditionally seen as masculine — like power — with those seen as feminine — like love.
She also took the opportunity to riff on a statement made by Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who said political wives were heroes because while they're husbands were on stage in the limelight, they were at home doing things like laundry.
"I even did the laundry last night so I could come here today," Strickland said. "Even (former Gov.) Ted does the laundry."
Summit attendee Ray Boston, a 67-year-old retired writer for AT&T, said Natalie Portman's presence caught his eye.
"I'm a celebrity photo enthusiast," he said. "Nothing's official until I've taken a picture of it."
Boston said he didn't vote in 2008, but felt the upcoming November election was too important to sit out. He said he was leaning toward voting for Obama and liked his health care overhaul, but was opposed to the president's views on gay marriage for religious reasons.
Gwen McFarlin, who works in health care administration, said she was there to support President Obama. She supports his health care overhaul, but thinks it's a first step to further changes.
She said she was encouraged by the diversity of the women in attendance.
"For me, I'm sure the women who are here represent all the world, not one issue," she said. "We're here as a group of women working to empower all the U.S. and the world."
But the presidential race raced back to gaffes over trade policy when Mother Jones posted amazingly candid footage of Romney speaking to millionaires at a fundraiser. In the videos, Romney straightforwardly outlines campaign strategy. In one video, Romney said he doesn't care about getting the vote of the 47 percent of Americans that don't pay taxes because he doesn't believe he can convince them to "take personal responsibility and care for their lives." The Obama team retaliated in a statement: "It's shocking that a candidate for president of the United States would go behind closed doors and declare to a group of wealthy donors that half the American people view themselves as 'victims,' entitled to handouts, and are unwilling to take 'personal responsibility' for their lives. It's hard to serve as president for all Americans when you've disdainfully written off half the nation."
Ohioans love their local schools, a new survey shows. The survey also found Ohioans trust their local school boards of education with education-related decisions, but they really don't trust the state superintendent, governor or legislature.Hamilton County courts want to go paperless. The move would save money and space and make the system more efficient.
County budget meetings are still chugging along. Different department directors are still pleading for no cuts, but the commissioners insist cuts have to be made somewhere.
Cincinnati police announced a new Taser policy. The new policy disallows the use of frontal shots except in situations involving self-defense and the defense of others, reinforces the fact officers need to make sure such force is necessary and points out people have been injured due to Taser use. The new policy was brought about due to findings Taser use can kill in rare situations.
Cincinnati launched a national design competition for the decks over Fort Washington Way that will connect the Banks and Central Business District.
A new Hamilton County initiative to improve neighborhoods will tear down 700 dilapidated homes.
The streetcar's yearlong delay got an explanation yesterday. A few issues are to blame, including the city's ongoing conflict with Duke Energy over who has to pay for moving utility lines to accommodate for the streetcar.
The amount of people on Ohio's death row is shrinking. After Donald Palmer's execution, Ohio will drop to its lowest death row population since July 1995.
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted launched a mailing campaign to clean up voter rolls. Using data from U.S. Postal Service National Change of Address Registry, Husted mailed 70,000 former Ohioans encouraging them to cancel their voter registration. The action is a lot tamer than Republican-led efforts to purge voter rolls in other states, which states like Florida, Iowa and Colorado have backed out of — at least for now.
Duke Energy unveiled its new logo.
A new meta-analysis found fish oil may not live up to its health hype.
NASA is now saying faster-than-light travel may be possible and feasible. The technology would allow spaceships to travel to Mars in minutes. Still, the theory does have some problems.
President Barack Obama is in town today. Expect some coverage from CityBeat this afternoon. Last time Obama was in Cincinnati, he discussed gay rights, small business support and girl scout cookies. Ohio is typically considered a must-win for presidential candidate Mitt Romney, but he is currently losing in aggregate polls.
Ohio Rep. Connie Pillich of Cincinnati criticized the University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees for former UC President Greg Williams' severance package. She told The Enquirer, "It's really disappointing that the trustees would make such a decision while so many students and families are struggling with rising tuition costs. As the trustees vote to needlessly spend over a million dollars, the University is trying to decide how to fund $10 million for the Cintrifuse project and students are taking out more loans to pay a tuition that was increased by 3.5 percent this year." Williams got a package totaling $1.3 million after abruptly leaving the university, citing personal reasons. Despite the allegedly rocky past between the Board and Williams, the Board of Trustees insists it did not force him out.
Local governments setting 2013 budgets are feeling big cuts from the state government's Local Government Fund.
Eligible residents could save $163 a year with natural gas thanks to a new aggregation program in Cincinnati. The city announced Friday it's working on the new plan with Duke Energy, and customers should get details about the deal soon. The city says the deal will reach about 64,000 residents and small businesses.
Voter fraud is still not a widespread problem. A Butler County Tea Party group found zero complaints with sufficient proof to remove anyone from the voter rolls.
As part of its expansion at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, DHL is adding 300 jobs.
U.S. senatorial candidate Josh Mandel of Ohio claims he
has seen a recent surge in the polls, closing a 13-point gap. But a new
poll from Rasmussen Reports, which typically has a Republican-leaning
in-house effect, says Mandel is still very far from Sen. Sherrod Brown
in the polls with an eight-point gap. Aggregate polls show Brown leads
Mandel by 7.2 points.
There is a lot of criticism being hurled at public charter schools. While some charter schools are successful, some have serious financial and educational problems. Critics say the schools need tougher standards.Romney is facing criticism for saying middle income is $200,000 to $250,000 and less. However, Obama made a similar distinction in the past when he said income up to $250,000 is middle class. The reason for this strange distinction from both sides — most Americans would find $250,000 to be beyond middle class — is to protect small businesses. Typically, politicians try to bundle up small businesses with middle class protections, and taxing income between $200,000 and $250,000 as if it's not middle class could potentially hurt small businesses.
Dissatisfied with the lack of innovation in the iPhone 5? Apparently, you might be alone.
Scientists can now levitate fluids with ultrasonic sound.
DAYTON – Vice President Joe Biden took time at the beginning of his Wednesday campaign stop in Dayton to condemn an overnight attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans, while praising the work and courage of American diplomats and promising to bring to justice those who carried out the attack.
"(This) brave — and it's not hyperbole to say brave –— ambassador was in Benghazi while the war was going on. Our ambassador risked his life repeatedly while the war in Libya to get rid of that dictator was going on," Biden said.
"These men are as brave and as courageous as any of our warriors."
The Tuesday attack took place during a protest against an amateur short film made in the United States that protesters say insulted the Prophet Muhammad. U.S Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three of his staff members were killed.
"Let me be clear — we are resolved to bring to justice their killers," Biden said.
The vice president made no mention of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's criticism of the Obama administration's response from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, which he characterized as "akin to an apology" and a "severe miscalculation," but the vice president quickly segued into politics, alluding to Romney's relative lack of experience in foreign policy.
"The task of a president is not only to defend our interests and causes and the cause of freedom abroad, it is also to build a nation here at home, to which the entire world can look and aspire to be like," Biden said. "Whether we do that and how we do that, that is literally the essence of the choice we face in this presidential election. It really is that basic, and foreign policy is not some sideline to all of this."
The Romney campaign in Ohio was quick to respond, calling Biden's remarks "hypocritical" in an emailed statement.
"Vice President Biden's appearance in Dayton only served further damage to his credibility as he reprised hypocritical and widely debunked attacks against Mitt Romney. Not only did the Vice President mislead Ohioans, but he attacked Mitt Romney for supporting the same tax policy the Obama Administration supported just last year," Romney Ohio spokesman Christopher Maloney wrote.
"With today's Census report showing nearly 1 in 6 Americans living in poverty and incomes continuing to decline, it appears that misleading attacks are all the Obama campaign has left to offer 400,000 Ohioans looking for work."
Maloney's email also fact-checked a claim made by Biden during his speech. Biden said that he opposed the so-called "territorial tax," which he said would allow American companies that invested abroad to avoid paying taxes in the United States.
The email included links to an Associated Press fact checking article that concludes that Romney's proposal was aimed at encouraging investment in the U.S. rather than overseas.
Biden spoke to a packed house at Wright State University in Dayton, with overflow crowds estimated in the hundreds viewing in separate rooms in the Student Union.
The vice president reiterated many of his usual stump speech points — the Romney tax plan's negative effects on the middle class, the benefits of the Affordable Care Act and the Obama administration's commitment to manufacturing — but much of Biden's speech focused on education. He said a president Romney would cut funding for Pell Grants, meaning many students in the audience would have to leave school. He also lauded President Barack Obama's administration's enactment of a tax break of $2,500 for every family that sends a child to college.
The usually bombastic Biden wasn't without his gaffes. Twice he referred to Wright State as "Wayne State," which is in Detroit, despite a large Wright State University banner displayed in the conference room where he gave his speech.
The crowd was quick to correct him after the second time he misspoke.
"Wright State, which also includes Wayne State," Biden said after he was corrected, eliciting laughs from the audience.
The Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber released its positions on this November's ballot issues. The chamber supports the Cincinnati Public Schools tax levy and Hamilton County mental health and services levy, but it does not support extending City Council's terms to four years. The chamber also opposes Issue 2, which would place the redistricting process in the hands of an independent citizens commission instead of a commission run by politicians. The chamber said it opposes Issue 2 partially because it excludes "some Ohioans" from the redistricting process. The excluded Ohioans are lobbyists and politicians, who have a vested interest in redrawing district boundaries in politically advantageous ways in a process known as "gerrymandering." In Cincinnati's district, the district was redrawn by the Republican-controlled commission to include Warren County, which puts more emphasis on the rural vote that tends to vote Republican instead of the urban vote that tends to vote Democrat. CityBeat previously covered the redistricting issue here and here.
Related to Issue 2, the controversial ballot language that was approved by the state seems to be weighing down the amendment. Public Policy Polling said voters are confused by the ballot initiative.Ohio State Auditor Dave Yost found Value Learning and Teaching (VLT) Academy, a charter school in downtown Cincinnati, to be wasteful and unethical. According to a state audit, the school had multiple instances in the 2010-2011 school year in which it made excessive payments in possible conflicts of interest.
In another audit, Yost also criticized his own political party. Yost found the Ohio Republican Party accepted prohibited contributions and improperly spent money.A recent police chase that resulted in a crash and the the injury of minors is coming under scrutiny. The cop involved was found to be in violation of department procedure.
Even though he resigned abruptly, the University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees is considering separation payments for former UC President Greg Williams. Board Chairman Fran Barrett says the payments will tie up "loose ends" and buyout Williams' tenure.Gov. John Kasich is asking public colleges to collaborate on a funding formula. He says the schools should have a better idea than the state government of what they need. The schools previously collaborated on a construction wishlist, which apparently impressed Kasich.
A proposed state policy will force schools to keep better
track of who is kept in seclusion rooms and for how long, but the
details will be closed to the public.
The fired Democrats suing Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted will be getting their day in court. Yesterday, a federal judge agreed to a hearing on Sept. 21. The fired Democrats are suing Husted after he dismissed them for attempting to extend in-person early voting, which broke Husted's uniform rules on voting hours.
Even Republicans are now demanding more substance from presidential candidate Mitt Romney.A North Dakota college football player says he got kicked off his team for kissing his boyfriend.
Scientists planted false short-term memories in the brains of rats.
State Auditor Dave Yost released an audit today looking at Value Learning and Teaching (VLT) Academy's 2010-2011 school year, and the findings are not pretty. The charter school, which is located in downtown Cincinnati, was found to be potentially overpaying in multiple instances — including potential conflicts of interest.
"Those who are entrusted with taxpayer dollars must take special care and spend them wisely," Yost said in a statement. "This school appears to have management issues that must be addressed quickly."
In a potential conflict of interest, the school paid Echole Harris, daughter of the school's superintendent, $82,000 during the school year and $17,000 for a summer contract for the position of EMIS coordinator, who helps provide data from VLT Academy to the state. Mysteriously, the school did not disclose the summer contract in its financial statements. The school says the superintendent abstained from all decisions related to Harris and presented the summer contract to the school board. Still, Yost referred the situation to the Ohio Ethics Commission.
The audit also criticized VLT Academy for approving a $249,000 bid for janitorial services that were owned and provided by a school employee. The bid was the most expensive among other offers ranging between $82,000 and $135,600. According to the school's own minutes, "Each company states that they can deliver a work product that will meet or exceed the standards provided in our checklist," adding little justification to the high payment and potential conflict of interest. The school insists its pick was the best qualified because it offered additional services. The bid approval was also referred to the Ohio Ethics Commission.
The school was found to be overpaying its IT director as
well. Keenan Cooke's salary for the 2010-2011 school year was supposed to
be $55,000, but the school overpaid him by $3,333 with no record of
intent. The state asked for Cooke and Judy McConnell, VLT Academy's
fiscal officer, to return the excess payment to the state. The school acknowledged McConnell's responsibility.
To make the potentially excess payments worse, VLT Academy had a net asset deficiency of $412,754 as of June 30, 2011, according to the audit. The school promised the auditor it will cut costs and find revenue generators to make up for the loss.
President Barack Obama will visit Cincinnati Monday. No
details were given for the event. Last time Obama was in
Cincinnati, he held a town hall meeting to tout his support for small
businesses and the LGBT community. Ohio is considered a vital swing
state for the presidential election, and it's widely considered a
must-win for Republican candidate Mitt Romney. However, after the
Democratic National Convention, aggregate polling at FiveThirtyEight and
RealClearPolitics hugely favors Obama, establishing many paths for the
Democrat to clinch the presidency. Obama could lose Ohio, Virginia and
Florida and still win the election, which shows how many options he has to victory.
The 2013 Hamilton County budget process is "challenging," says Commissioner Greg Hartmann. He says the county is dealing with a $200 million budget instead of the $300 million budget of six years ago, which is presenting new problems. Hamilton County Sheriff Si Leis said budget cuts could lead to up to 500 jail bed cuts. CityBeat previously covered the county commissioners' inability to tackle challenging budget issues — sometimes at the cost of the taxpayer.
State Auditor Dave Yost says his investigation into attendance fraud at Ohio schools could last well into the year. The investigation, which began after Lockland Schools in Hamilton County were found of attendance fraud, is slowed down by the state's data-reporting system, according to Yost. Schools may falsely alter their attendance reports to improve grades in the state report card.Secretary of State Jon Husted has been sued again. This time he's being sued by the Democratic Montgomery County election officials he fired. The officials tried to expand in-person early voting hours in Montgomery County to include weekend voting, but the move violated Husted's call for uniform hours across the state.
The Ohio EPA will host a workshop in Cincinnati on Sept. 25. The workshop will focus on the Ohio Clean Fund and other tools and incentives to help individuals and groups embrace clean energy.
For the first time since December, Ohio's tax collections were lower than expected. The state was $43 million below estimates in August.
A study found wind power could meet the world's energy needs. Wind currently supplies 4.1 percent of the United States' energy needs. Obama greatly boosted the production of wind energy with tax credits. Romney vowed to repeal the tax credits in a brief moment of substance.
Vice President Joe Biden will make a stop at
Cincinnati this weekend. Cincinnati has quickly become a pivotal part of
the presidential election. Ohio is widely considered to be a must-win for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. However, polling in Ohio has consistently favored President Barack Obama and Biden in the past few months, although Romney did receive a decent bump in Ohio during and after the Republican National Convention. A similar bump could come for Obama and Biden after the Democratic National Convention, which ended last night. Last week, Romney was also in Cincinnati. CityBeat covered Romney's rally here.
The national economy added 96,000 jobs in August, pushing the unemployment rate down to 8.1 percent. The amount of jobs added is less than economists expected, even though it does signify some good news.Ohio may delay its new letter grading system for schools. The system is a lot tougher on schools and school districts than the previous system. Using data released by the Ohio Department of Education, CityBeat previously found the new system would flunk 23 schools at Cincinnati Public Schools.
The Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission ruled Cincinnati Police Chief James Craig must take Ohio's standard police exam. Craig insists he shouldn't have to take the exam due to his extensive experience.The Horseshoe Casino is coming along quickly. It is currently 75 percent complete and still expected to open spring 2013.
Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble may be cutting more than the originally planned 5,700 non-manufacturing jobs next February. The company is also planning nine new product launches.On the bright side, Kohl's is hiring 1,200 seasonal workers for its Monroe facility.
The state auditor released a new audit detailing the use
of state airplanes. According to the report, Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor used
several routes "for convenience" to get closer to an airport near her
home. Ohio House Speaker William Batchelder also used a plane to go to a
private event. Taylor and Batchelder both reimbursed the state.
Scientists made a monkey control a robot hand with his mind.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Saturday laid out five steps that he said would have America "roaring back" during his first campaign stop since formally accepting the Republican nomination.
At Cincinnati's Union Terminal, Romney was joined on stage by his wife Anne, who spoke briefly, echoing her convention speech meant to humanize her husband.
He said his plan involved encouraging development in oil and coal, implementing a trade policy that favored American companies and not "cheaters" like China, making sure workers and students had skills to succeed in the coming century, reducing the deficit and encouraging small business growth.
"America is going to come roaring back," Romney told the crowd of thousands packed inside Union Terminal.
Not everyone was so impressed with the GOP nominee's promises.
About an hour after the Romney campaign event, Cincinnati Democratic leaders held a news conference to rebut the Republican's speech.
"Much of his (Romney's) speech was like his speech in Tampa, which is where Romney gave Cincinnatians nothing more than vague platitudes, false and misleading attacks without one single tangible idea on how to move forward," said Democratic/Charterite Cincinnati City Councilwoman Yvette Simpson.
Simpson, along with Democratic Councilman Cecil Thomas and Bishop Bobby Hilton, attacked the tax plan put forward by Romney and his running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan. They said it would cut taxes for the richest Americans while raising taxes on the middle class by about $2,000 per household, citing an analysis from the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center.
"Mitt Romney's plan would take Ohio and Cincinnati backwards, and we don't have time to go backwards," Hilton said.
Hilton credited Cincinnati's revitalization and urban development in part on federal money obtained from Obama's stimulus plan.
"We deserve better than this. We deserve better than Romney/Ryan," he said.
Romney would have disagreed with Hilton's assessment of Cincinnati's growth. During his speech he praised Ohio Gov. John Kasich, crediting him with bringing jobs and businesses to the state.
Romney also took time to attack President Barack Obama's record in office. The GOP nominee said in preparation for his convention speech he read many past convention speeches — including Obama's.
"He was not one of the ones that I wanted to draw from, except I could not resist a couple of things he said, because he made a lot of promises," Romney said. "And I noted that he didn't keep a lot of promises."
Romney also criticized what he called the bitterness and divisiveness of Obama's campaign, saying as president he would bring the country together. He mentioned the "patriotism and courage" of the late Neil Armstrong, who was honored in a private service in Cincinnati on Friday.
"I will do everything in my power to bring us together, because, united, America built the strongest economy in the history of the earth. United, we put Neil Armstrong on the moon. United, we faced down unspeakable darkness," Romney said.
"United, our men and women in uniform continue to defend freedom today. I love those people who serve our great nation. This is a time for us to come together as a nation."
The candidate's remarks ignited the crowd of thousands, many of whom wore shirts with slogans like "Mr. President, I did build my business," in response to a remark made by Obama about businesses being helped to grow by government contracts and infrastructure, and "Mitt 2012: At least he never ate dog meat," referring to a passage in Obama's 2008 memoir during which he recalls being fed dog meat as a boy in Indonesia.
Steve Heckman, a 62-year-old environmental consultant from Springfield, Ohio, said he voted for Obama in 2008 but will likely vote for Romney in this election.
He said he'd written "some pretty ugly stuff" about Romney in the past but felt jobs was the No. 1 issue and thought the Obama administration's policies were sending them out of the country.
"The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has, to me, become a little too almost like a fringe group, putting so much pressure on businesses that they are moving to Canada," Heckman said. "Things like air permits, the EPA is taking too long to issue them. It's not just power plants they're affecting, but all manufacturing."
Heckman said he didn't blame the president personally but thinks whoever he put in charge of the agency is being too strict.
"I grew up when the EPA was first put in place in the '70s, and they were, in my opinion, doing God's work," he said, citing the cleaning up of rivers such as the Cuyahoga near Cleveland, which famously caught fire because of pollution in 1969.
"I support the EPA, but it's driving businesses out of here."
Speaking ahead of Romney were U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, Sen. Rob Portman, U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot, Ohio treasurer and GOP senatorial candidate Josh Mandel and Republican U.S. House candidate for Ohio's 2nd District, Brad Wenstrup.
"This election is all about changing Washington," Mandel said. "The only way to change Washington is to change the people we send there."


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As they prepare for an athletic Marshall team to come rolling into town Wednesday night, Southern Miss took in a tough three hour work-out today.
"Today we worked on a lot of our cut and drive action on our offense, and we worked on entry into the post," senior Rashard McGill said in an afternoon interview with GoldenEaglePride.com. "We also went through some offensive sets and new stuff that we put in.
"We always focus on defense and we went over schemes and what we might see from Marshall in a few days."
The Eagles have won 7 in a row, and couldn't have a better start in the conference. McGill said the good start all boils down to one thing.
"It just comes down to everyone buying in," he said. "That's the reason for our success, we are all on the same plane and pulling for one another. This is a team, and a collective unit that always works together."
McGill alluded to the success on their home court lately, and he says the players have been feeding off playing in front of the home crowd at Reed Green.
"The crowd has been unbelievable, I just love our fans," he said. "They have been so supportive of us this season and we need them to continue winning at home.
"The atmosphere has been great. It always gives us something to look forward to and we love to play in front of our fans."
McGill is the type of player that any coach would want, because he is always putting team ahead of self. He does things that don't show up in the stat sheet but help the team in the win column.
"My role is to do whatever needs to be done for the team," he said. "Whatever needs to be done in that particular game I'll do it.
"From making open shots, to defending, rebounding, or just whatever my team needs.
"The team has responded well to our leadership as seniors. They are always asking and learning from us, especially in the conference games. We all really help each other and though we have a small number of seniors we are making a difference."
The Eagles face a stiff challenge in the Thundering Herd of Marshall (9-9) coming up Wednesday night, and player of the year candidate DeAndre Kane.
"Marshall is a very good team," he said. "Their size presents a challenge for us and they are just very talented as well.
"Kane is one of the best players we'll see this year. We have to work hard to keep them out of the paint and we must box out and play our roles on the defensive end to have a chance."
This stretch run is one McGill looks forward to with great anticipation, but he won't allow himself to look past the next game.
"It always means a lot for me to play and put on that Southern Miss uniform," he said. "I have to just take it one game at a time and not get to caught up in the fact that its my senior season.
"I want to just play it out and give everything I can on the game that lies ahead. That's all that I, and we as a team, can do. The rest will take care of itself."
The Thundering Herd and Eagles square off Wednesday night at Reed Green Coliseum. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:00.


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Video game pioneer Atari has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of a plan to split from its parent company formerly known as Infogrames.
The creator of classic video game franchises such as Pong and Asteroids will begin a sale of its assets in the next few months, in an attempt to operate as an independent company.
Instead of focusing on the home console market, where Atari rose in popularity with its '80s-era hardware, the publisher will turn to the digital and mobile space. Several titles based on classic titles including Asteroids and Breakout have launched on Apple's App Store and performed well.
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Ok, I can officially report that I am getting Really juiced about the ball. We've been working very hard to get all the evening lined out and it's all coming together.
I can't wait to see the masks for best mask competition for the free cruise. I'm sure there will be some amazing outfits and it should make for an incredible atmosphere in the Egyptian Ballroom at The Fox.
The entertainment lineup is very exciting. We're incredibly lucky to have The Prudentials playing the party. This band really knows how to electrify a room and they'll set the stage for the evening then tear it up at the late night jam!
What's really going to be sweet is watching The Pros from Arthur Murray Dance Studios perform dance routines to The Prudentials' Live Music. They'll be doing routines to Latin tunes, swing, rock and roll, big band, and R&B.
I've seen Erick Olson Perform Live and the audience is in for a treat when they see this guy on stage. He's Very funny and performs some amazing magic!
Finally, and most important, we are Very proud to be benefiting Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. This is a fantastic organization it's great to be working with them.
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We're very happy to announce that the professionals of The Arthur Murray School of Dance of Atlanta will be providing some incredible dances at the ball. They'll be performing a dance in all three sets played by The Prudentials in full flowing costume! They'll get the evening kicked off right with performances in the Ballroom set, then come back out for the "Swing and Rock and Roll" Set, and then do the Hustle in the final "R&B" set before making way for everyone to dance the night away! You'll get to see the FoxTrot, The Cha Cha and Swing dancing up close and personal and add a few moves to your own repertoire!
They may even give a few pointers out to the crowd so be ready to cut a rug at this year's hottest halloween party in Atlanta!
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An arm and a leg for a Dinka bride
Sudan | A Sudanese man will go to a lot of trouble to win a hand in marriage
"An arm and a leg for a Dinka bride" Continued...
NAIROBI, Kenya - John Daau has traded the equivalent of 70 cows to win the hand of his sweetheart Sarah in marriage. He is yet to give 30 more cows before their upcoming church wedding.
Daau is a South Sudanese Anglican priest who has been living as a refugee in Kenya since the early 1990s. He belongs to the "Lost Boys" generation of Sudan, young men and boys forced to flee their country as a result of the two-decade civil war. Daau first lived in a refugee camp in northern Kenya before going to Nairobi, Kenya's capital, to pursue university studies. Later, he attended seminary at Trinity School of Ministry in Ambridge, Pa.
In January this year, Daau returned to visit his fiancée's relatives in Nakuru, Kenya, for the near-culmination of a negotiation process that began in Juba in South Sudan last year.
For a Dinka man wanting to get married, he must be ready to give cattle, as bride wealth has to be given to the prospective in-laws. Negotiating the bride wealth, or price, is the most difficult and interesting part of the marriage customs among the Dinka, the predominant tribe of South Sudan. This is normally a prolonged discussion: It can take as long as one year. The groom and the bride aren't part of the proceedings, but both sides try to get the best deal: The bride's side wants the groom's family to pay the most, while the groom's family wants to pay the least.
The process begins with the groom first meeting young ladies from the bride's side. This is meant to declare to the bride's relatives that he has interest in her. After this, the groom and his team meet a second group composed of some more young ladies along with the bride's aunts.
In the third stage, the groom's relatives meet the bride's father and other male relatives. This is when the real negotiations for dowry begin. The bride's family puts forward a proposal, which is countered by the groom's relatives. The going rate can reach $20,000 or more, according to Daau.
For the Dinka, the bride wealth is always paid in cows and the number depends on many factors. These include the height of the bride; the taller she is, the more cows she might attract. Also, competition among other interested men may become a determining factor in bride wealth payment. If there is competition, the relatives of the bride keep the cattle from the competitors separated until the highest bidder finally takes the girl!
Dinkas are mostly cattle keepers, and they have myths depicting how, since the beginning of time, a man's work has always been to tend cattle. With their relative wealth derived largely from farming, Dinkas have become the most populous tribe in South Sudan. Many played a significant role in the liberation of the country, including the late leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement, John Garang, the late and imposing 7-foot-7-inch NBA player Manute Bol, and Francis Deng, a diplomat who currently serves as UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. Salva Kiir, the first and current president of South Sudan, also comes from the tribe.
The Dinkas are divided into clans. Some clans have established a standard of bride wealth payment at 30 cows. I asked Daau how young people manage to acquire this number of animals. "Since marriage is communal, it is the man's relatives-both from the mother and the father's side-who contribute to help raise the required number of animals," he said. Even so, he added, for many young Dinkas coming up with 30 cows is a tall order.
Even as the practice of negotiating a bride price in cows endures, it's not without its critics. Martin Olando, dean of students at Kenya's Bishop Hannington Institute in Mombasa, is a researcher on the subject. "Many young men strongly believe that it is an old practice and a source of exploitation that ought to be done away with," he said. They argue that since God has given all things, then women should be given freely in marriage, he said.
Olando maintains that Dinka wives under the custom become a slave to the husband's family, so that even if the husband dies, the wife cannot remarry without the consent of the husband's family. "Some parents have commercialized the practice, thus losing the original meaning of friendship and social bonding," Olando said. They demand expensive bride wealth gifts, which must be given for the marriage to be consummated. Instead of bringing together hitherto unknown families and clans, it has ended up making women their husbands' property, he said.
At the same time, others see nothing wrong with bride wealth practice. They say that since the Bible records the practice, it must be divine. Africans who value bride wealth highly tend to oppose anything that seems to interfere with it.
Given the overwhelming problems of war and poverty, Daau says that the practice has made it difficult for young men to find wives for marriage. "That is why many young people in our community are unable to get married," he said. "They end up impregnating young girls or eloping and running away from home."
Daau is just one example of many young Sudanese who go through the rigorous and expensive traditional process before marriage. For young Sudanese who reside out of the country-in the United States, Canada, or Australia-they often feel compelled to send more money than going rates to help relatives arrange for their marriages, Daau said.
Thus for Dinka men, finding a wife for life means spending an arm and a leg.
-Moses Wasamu is a 2012 World Journalism Institute/Africa fellow and editor of South Sudan's Christian Times, a newspaper published in Nairobi


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It's been a couple months since our last installment on the STREET RODDER Project Shop Truck buildup, but the crew at Hot Rods By Dean in Phoenix has not been resting and progress on our Shop Truck is going faster than we can get it into the magazine.
This month we're looking at the installation of sealed beam headlamps and a front bumper. Those parts, like many on this truck, came from Chevs of the 40's. We've been impressed by the amount of products Chevs of the 40's has for '37-54 Chevrolet trucks and cars. If you're restoring or customizing one of these vehicles, sooner or later you'll probably end up talking to these guys.
In this case, we're not restoring or customizing anything. Everything on our Project Shop Truck is brand-new stuff. Our Dynacorn-bodied 1947 Chevy pickup is being created entirely from easy-to-find aftermarket parts just because we wanted to see if it could be done. So far, so good.
Keep reading to see how easy it is to install headlamps and a front bumper on your own restored, modified, or repro parts project truck.
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The gasket was secured into place using eight of these fasteners, called spring type U nuts, which hold the screws in place.This rubber headlamp gasket provides the seal for the headlamp housing. Before going any further, the gasket was test-fitted to make sure it would fit correctly on the opening of the Dynacorn body.Dean Livermore at HRBD told us you can find these U nuts from automotive fastener companies such as Au-ve-co Products (www.auveco.com).The headlamps are held in the opening by the retainer rings (arrow) fastened in place by their outer tabs.This rubber seal was attached to the inside opening of the outer trim ring by four wire retainer springs to provide a snug fit between the bezel and the headlamp.Fitting the retainer springs in the rings takes a little manual dexterity, a little patience, and a little luck, but once they're in, they'll stay in.
All you need for the job is a re-popped bumper from Chevs of the 40's, a pair of Y-style bumper brackets, mounting hardware, and a truck to mount it to.The easiest procedure is to mount the bumper to the brackets and the brackets to the frame. The smartest way is to trial mount the brackets on the frame first to make sure everything lines up right. Each bracket mounts to the 'rails with three bolts.The slotted mounting holes in the front bracket were off about 3/4 inch from the bumper. Williams had the situation remedied quickly by adding a little more angle to the front of the brackets in a vise.
We're making real progress on Project Shop Truck and the headlamps and bumper look great. Someday maybe we'll see a cool-looking push board in place of the bumper, just like in Josh Shaw's illustration. That's the best thing about street rod projects; you can do whatever you want.


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