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Foundation hands out millions in grants
VENICE — So far this year, the Gulf Coast Community Foundation has awarded more than $4.28 million in grants.
Most of the grants, more than $4.15 million, were by individual philanthropists and organizations for whom the foundation manages their charitable giving.
A complete list is on GulfCoastCF.org.
Osprey Junction Trailhead opening
OSPREY — Biking and hiking enthusiasts will celebrate the opening of the Osprey Junction Trailhead on the Legacy Trail from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today.
Sarasota County Parks and Recreation and the Friends of the Legacy Trail are sponsoring the event at the 10-acre, dog-friendly park at 939 E. Bay St. While supplies last, free backpacks and bicycle bells will be given to those who arrive by bicycle or foot.
Fun for families in Nokomis. Dogs, too.
NOKOMIS — Sarasota K-9 Search and Rescue, which assists law enforcement in tracking missing people, is encouraging supporters to bring their dogs to its Family Fun Day.
Demonstrations and other activities will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at Nokomis Community Park, 34275 Nippino Trail. For more information, go to k-9sar.net.
Punta Gorda police staffers honored
PUNTA GORDA — The Punta Gorda Police Department honored several staff members at a recent awards ceremony.
The recipients include:
-Corp. Thomas Quegan and Patrol Officer Bonnie Sills, Life Saving Award
-Officer Larry Schrader, Officer of the Year
-Telecommunicator Audrey Denis, Civilian Employee of the Year
-Volunteer Mary Robson, Roger W. Fenneman Volunteer of the Year
-Lt. Jeffrey Woodard, Customer Service Award
-Operational Proficiency Team, Exceptional Team Performance of the Year
-Lt. Christopher Salsman, Exceptional Duty Award
-Officer Katie Heck, Special Recognition Award
-Yvonne Kirdy, Family Member of the Year Award
-C1 Bank, Community Alliance Award.
Olde Englewood marking Earth Day
ENGLEWOOD — The Olde Englewood Village Association will celebrate Earth Day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The Earth Day Festival in the 300 block of Dearborn Street will feature plant vendors, yoga, arts and crafts, an organic juice bar, live entertainment, a raffle, "earth friendly" presentations and more.
Ringling docent to discuss collection and acquisitions
VENICE — A docent for the Ringling Museum of Art will discuss its art collection. recent acquisitions and special exhibition schedule.
Karen Kopp's presentation will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Venice Library, 300 S. Nokomis Ave.
In Brief: Gulf Coast grants, Osprey trailhead and more
Foundation hands out millions in grants


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White Dolly Switch
A gently rounded dolly or tumbler switch manufactured from a modern, white plastic. The proportions (measures 2in diameter and protrudes 1.75in) and colour are both suitable for restoration jobs that encompass the late 1920s to the end of the 1950s. This switch is suitable for both 1- and 2- way applications.
Early Electric Switches.
When Edison and Swan first tried to popularise their new electrical lighting systems for domestic use their main competitors were the gas lighting companies. Heavy marketing was required to help potential customers understand the advantages of the new invisible power source and, Edison particularly, endeavoured to develop all the accessories necessary to make installation easy. Electricity was far less dangerous than gas, it was cleaner, did not smell, was instant in its operation and gave a brighter light.
To help his customers make the transition from gas to electricity, the earliest electrical switches were of a rotary type - one that emulated the gas tap that the public had been used to. Up until the first world war (in Britain at least - in US for longer) these switches were available. But, at least from the 1890s, numerous companies began to develop the toggle, tumbler, rocker or dolly switch that we know today.
All examples, until the advent of plastics (in this case Bakelite), were mounted on a ceramic insulating base. This was coloured black, brown or white and the switch mechanism was enclosed by a brass cover (or rarely a ceramic cover that could be ordered decorated in gold leaf and colours). The earliest were ribbed or fluted, popular until the 1920s, thereafter the cover was usually smooth.
These brass covers could be ordered in special finishes - the General Electric Company offered Oxidised Silver, Antique Bronze and Copper coatings. From the late 20s and early 30s the new material, Bakelite, found a use in electrical fittings. In the UK at least, these were available in mottled brown, marketed as Walnut, or white. Catalogues from the late 1960s were still carrying dolly switches made in Bakelite, but brass covered switches had disappeared in the wake of the second world war when metals were scarce.
Bakelite - Leo Hendrik Baekeland was born in Ghent, Belgium, in 1863. He emigrated to the United States in 1889. His first major invention was Velox, a photographic printing paper that could be developed under artificial light. Baekeland sold the rights to Velox to George Eastman and Kodak for one million dollars in 1899. He then started his own laboratory in Yonkers, New York, where he invented Bakelite in 1907, a synthetic substitute for the shellac used in electronic insulation and an alternative to celluloid, a very inflammable mouldable resin.
Bakelite was made by mixing carbolic acid with formaldehyde, and is considered the first plastic. In 1909, Bakelite was introduced to the general public at a chemical conference as Baekeland founded the General Bakelite Corp. In 1944, Baekeland died at the age of eighty years in Beacon, N.Y.
Bakelite was used to manufacture everything from telephone handsets and costume jewellery to engine parts and insulation for electrical parts.

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Downgrade rights have been a long-standing feature of Microsoft's operating system licensing. They allow users to buy a license for the latest version of the operating system, and then use that license with an earlier incarnation. Volume license users have long had a broadly unrestricted right to downgrade; though unsupported, they could choose to run Windows 95 if it suited their needs. OEM licenses, sold with preinstalled copies of the software, also have downgrade rights, but unlike the volume license kind, they tend to be restricted to specific versions.
Windows 7's OEM downgrade rights, available for Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate, were originally due to expire this October. Microsoft has now announced that these end-user downgrade rights are being extended further.
OEMs themselves will have to stop preinstalling downgraded copies of Windows XP on October 22, 2010. However, end-users will now be able to downgrade PCs with OEM installations of Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate to the corresponding version of Windows Vista or Windows XP Professional, and will be allowed to do so for the duration of Windows 7's lifecycle.
Microsoft says that this change is in response to business demands; it would be confusing if some Windows 7-licensed PCs included downgrade rights but others did not. The change in policy means that the licensing conditions will be uniform, and the same conditions will apply regardless of when the machines were purchased.
The company did not explicitly state which lifecycle. Under current rules, OEM availability ends two years after the next operating system is released. Presuming that Windows 8 lands in late 2012 (for a three-year release cycle), that would mean that OEM licenses of Windows 7 would be available until late 2014. Beyond that, customers would have to use volume license downgrade rights.
The supported lifecycle is longer; consumer editions of Windows 7 will receive mainstream support until 2015, and corporate editions until 2020. If this is the lifecycle that OEM downgrade rights are tied to, it would extend downgrade rights to 2015 (for Windows 7 Ultimate) or 2020 (for Windows 7 Professional). Though this interpretation has been widely reported across the Internet, it seems hard to reconcile with Redmond's current stated availability policy.
The chance of a computer bought in 2020 working flawlessly with Windows XP is slim—indeed, even in 2015, Windows XP's hardware support is likely to be problematic—so even if the 2020 date is accurate, it is unlikely to have any practical value.
This extended availability also does not appear to impact the support schedule for the old operating system; Windows XP support is due to expire in April 2014. So not only will the operating system be unlikely to work, it will be insecure, too.
Those businesses dependent on OEM rather than volume licenses will, no doubt, welcome the change. Microsoft's own figures say that three-quarters of businesses still use Windows XP in some capacity, so the ability to buy machines with the right to downgrade will certainly find its uses.
However, Windows XP's dominance is certainly diminishing. Microsoft says that 65 percent of companies either have started their migration to Windows 7 or will do so within six months, rising to 89 percent planning to do so within 24 months—upgrading just in time for the release of Windows 8.
Moreover, the wisdom of buying new hardware just to run Windows XP is increasingly questionable. Microsoft is not going to decide one day that every post-Windows XP operating system was a grave error, and is not going to undo all the changes in those operating systems that cause software and device driver incompatibility. The company has moved on. Going forward, the compatibility situation is only going to get worse: new technology like USB3 and LightPeak will become mainstream, new processor extensions such as Intel's AVX will start to gain traction, and even hard disks might start to forfeit Windows XP compatibility.
Though Microsoft has repeatedly relented, extending Windows XP availability and support, it is sticking to its guns when it comes to the necessity of the platform changes that Windows Vista and Windows 7 have made. If a business absolutely must use Windows XP to run some essential software, Microsoft's solution is virtualization. Any company hoping to stick with the obsolete platform indefinitely is setting itself up for disappointment.


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Philip Seymour Hoffman – Heartbreaking Loss of a Genius, Says PEOPLE's Critic
The Oscar winner had a transformative magic, a talent that now will never be fully realized
Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was found dead Sunday of an apparent drug overdose, was among the most acclaimed actors of Hollywood and Broadway. PEOPLE movie critic Alynda Wheat has this remembrance.
It was a gray New York City afternoon several years ago that I ran into Philip Seymour Hoffman. It was a brief encounter – as he emerged from a cab at the corner of 50th Street and 6th Avenue, I told him how much I admired his work and he responded graciously. I remember being struck, though, by the fact that he wasn t the 6'4″ mountain of a man I d concocted in my head (an image summoned in spite of the fact that he triumphantly played the diminutive Truman Capote a few years prior). No, he was only a giant onscreen. In real life, we now know, he was all too human.
Don t overlook that transformative magic of Hoffman s, because it speaks to his particular genius. The man who could turn himself into a physical manifestation of menace as a cult leader in 2012 s The Master (for which he received one of his four Oscar nominations) was the same one who embodied vulnerability in Boogie Nights and Flawless and for his Oscar-winning turn in Capote. He was both in his directorial debut, 2010's Jack Goes Boating, combining an oafish awkwardness (not to mention latent rage) with a desire to do nothing more than love and be loved by a damaged woman.
What never changed, though, was the fierce intelligence he carried into each role. His slyness as Plutarch Heavensbee in The Hunger Games series (which was still filming at the time of his death), echoes the crackling machinations of his wily political operative in The Ides of March or his Mission: Impossible III villain. Can anyone who saw Doubt have any equivocation about his ability to summon an audience s absolute empathy, while also stirring our deepest fears?
What we ve lost in Philip Seymour Hoffman is an actor of tremendous bravery; someone willing to look like a human being still in progress – or as his Lester Bangs would put it in Almost Famous ('00), someone "uncool." That of course belies the truth: He was a deeply cool actor, one who gave the sense of knowing more than he told, of having plenty more where that came from. The heartbreak is that we ll never see it.


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The figure below compares CO2 emissions, projected annual temperature change and projected change in hot days/warm nights (2045-2065).
As expected, emission levels are very low in Nepal. But, annual temperature change between 2045-2065 (relative to the control period 1961-2000) is projected to be higher than in even Bangladesh, China, India and the USA. Hot days and warm nights are expected to increase by 2.5 days and 8 days respectively between 2045-2065 (relative to the control period 1961-2000).
Data source is here. The definition of CO2 emissions per unit of GDP, CO2 emissions per capita, and the projected temperature and annual hot days/warm nights is as follows:
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per units of GDP are carbon dioxide emissions in kilograms per $1,000 of GDP in 2005 purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. PPP GDP is gross domestic product converted to international dollars using PPP rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP that a U.S. dollar has in the United States.
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per capita are carbon dioxide emissions divided by midyear population.
- Projected annual temperature change is the projected change in annual temperature in the years 2045-2065, relative to the control period 1961-2000. The range reflects the 10th and 90th percentiles of results from nine general circulation models (GCMs) at a standardized 2-degree grid, employing the A2 storyline and scenario family. Values are aggregated at the country level.
- Projected change in annual hot days/warm nights are the projected changes in the annual incidence of "hot days" and "warm nights" in the years 2045-2065, relative to the control period 1961-2000. Hot days and warm nights are those that exceed the 90th percentile of maximum temperatures and those that exceeded the 90th percentile in minimum temperatures, respectively, in the control period. These indicators are useful to understand potentially critical thresholds related to heat stress in different sectors such as agriculture and energy. The range reflects the 10th and 90th percentiles of results from nine general circulation models (GCMs), employing the A2 storyline and scenario family. Values are then calculated at the country level from 2-degree gridded data.
High-in come countries, with one sixth of the world's population, are responsible for nearly two thirds of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Methane and nitrous oxide produced by the agricultural sector account for about 10 percent of anthropogenic warming. Most of it comes from the guts of cattle and sheep. Globally, agriculture and land-use change and forestry contribute 14 percent and 17 percent of CO2 emissions, respectively. Read more here.
Though Nepal's emission levels are very low, irrespective of the unit of measurement, it is disproportionately affected by the vagaries of climate change/weather. The low contribution of enablers of climate change and its high impact on economy and livelihoods call for a balanced approach to meet growth and development needs while keeping low its impact on environment. As of now, there is a tradeoff between these two and the challenge for policy makers is to find a suitable point (say country-specific Pareto optimal point for sustainable development) based on a slew of factors such as endowment, institutional capabilities, livelihood options, infrastructure necessities (including roads, ICT, irrigation, energy) and others. The impact of climate change will alter comparative advantage on agriculture trade (and also of the industrial sector that depends on agriculture sector for raw materials), reduce livelihood options, increase or decrease the average number of warm or cold days and nights, endanger communities living in mountain and low-lying areas and impact their livelihood options, engender distress migration and may induce conflict, among others. Against this backdrop, the Rio+20 (United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development) is a crucial platform for countries like Nepal to voice their concern and seek options to balance growth (jobs enriching) and environment necessities.
Nepal will propose focusing on the following key areas of sustainable development:
- Food security and sustainable agriculture
- Water and sanitation
- Energy
- Sustainable cities
- Natural disaster
- Green job and social inclusion
- Mountain ecosystem
Nepal expects Rio+20 to:
- Renew commitment of Member States for preserving the Rio principles
- Foster implementable consensus for fulfilling the implementation gaps in the Rio declaration and other associated commitments
- Address new and emerging challenges in a fair and equitable manner based on the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities (CBDR)
Specifically, it wants developed countries to fulfill ODA commitment, ease transfer of technology, waive debt, ease trade barriers, and enhance capacity of LDCs. It expects an agreement on the Mountain Agenda adopted in 1992. It expects focus on green economy, especially support for harnessing its hydro-generation potential. It expects the Rio+20 Conference to "fully integrate the IPoA into its outcome document and underline renewed and scaled-up global commitment to achieve sustainable development in the LDCs."
Read an earlier piece on Rio+20 Summit here.


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Town officials said Thursday they intend to fire a police chief suspended after he posted online videos of himself shooting automatic weapons and going on profanity-laced tirades about liberals and the Second Amendment.
Gilberton council members made the decision Thursday concerning Chief Mark Kessler, the only full-time member of the town's police force, who's active in gun rights circles and is organizing an armed, nongovernment group that critics call a private militia.
Kessler, despite insisting he was simply exercising his constitutional rights in the videos, said the town council's decision was "no surprise."
"We knew it was coming," he said.
A closed-door disciplinary hearing earlier in the day had dwelled on allegations including that Kessler improperly used a state-administered program to buy discounted tires for his personal vehicle, failed to submit required crime data and made derogatory comments about borough officials, said his attorney, Joseph Nahas.
Nahas said the charges were trumped up to conceal the town's intent to fire Kessler for the videos. He said after the vote he'll request a public hearing at which both sides can call witnesses, as is Kessler's right under due process rules. The council would then have to vote a second time to fire Kessler.
Kessler told reporters outside his disciplinary hearing that he had been an excellent police chief and had nothing to apologize for. He said later he'd broken no laws: "None. I'd be in handcuffs."
"My message was to wake up the people who are independents," he said, "to say, 'We've had enough and something needs to change, because we're in bad shape all around. Not only here in this little town but across the nation. It's a mess.' "
Kessler solicited donations to help keep his family afloat financially during his unpaid suspension, which he said was "really stressful."
"But I feel in my heart I'm doing the right thing," he said. "Yeah, I made some videos with some choice language, but that's my right. That's my freedom."
Kessler's pro-gun videos have garnered hundreds of thousands of views online. He acknowledges they are inflammatory but says they're designed to draw attention to the erosion of Second Amendment and other constitutional rights.
Council members declined to comment after Thursday night's vote. Earlier, Mayor Mary Lou Hannon had said she found the police chief's language offensive.
Kessler, a former coal miner, often posts online radio shows about gun rights, has spoken at gun rights rallies and created a website on which he seeks recruits for the Constitution Security Force, whose stated mission is to defend the Constitution and the country from tyranny.
Gun rights activists had descended on the community of about 800 people, in Schuylkill County in eastern Pennsylvania's anthracite coal country, to show support for Kessler, some carrying flags and displaying weapons.
Constitution Security Force member Bob Gardner traveled from Philadelphia.
"Mark has gotten railroaded," said Gardner, who carried a semi-automatic AK-47. "He was exercising his First Amendment rights by backing it up with his Second Amendment rights."
In January, Kessler drafted a resolution the borough adopted that calls for nullifying any federal, state or local regulations that infringe on the Second Amendment.
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text: The curtain rod is finished in pewter and has a classic square finial. Can be used to hang any curtains � rod pocket, tab tops or grommet styles. The rod has a balanced design with one center rod and two adjustable end rods that provide a symmetrical custom look. Rods are made of steel, finials of iron. The included brackets can project from 3.5� to 5� from the wall. All mounting hardware is included. The holdback and clip rings are sold separately. You can create a double or triple rod with the addition of the Add-A-Rod, also sold separately. Available in Pewter.


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Earlier this week, members of the Child Care Aware® of America Policy Team jumped on a plane and went to Tampa for a one-day on-site Advocacy Training. They worked closely with the Children's Forum in Tallahassee to put together a jam-packed agenda for each of the 60 attendees at the training.
The morning started off bright and early with an ice-breaker session where each attendee went around stating their name, organization and the name and location of their elementary school. Everyone in the room was quickly flooded with memories of early learning and the opportunity to better the quality of early education for today's children.
Following the first session, the team jumped into the meaty information. There was a brief lay of the land presented by Phyllis Kalifeh of the Children's Forum and Ted Granger from United Way. This was followed up by a presentation and conversation related to advocacy versus lobbying. Great discussion was had about where the line is drawn and how far organizations can go on the advocacy front.
At 10am, Shannon Rudisill, Director, Office of Child Care called into the training and gave a real-time overview of the new HHS Proposed Rule. We then discussed the new CCDBG bill, the President's Early Learning Agenda and how Florida can weigh in on each of these opportunities.
The morning session wrapped up with a breakout where each team of 6-8 discussed current challenges, what they would do if they had a magic wand and what the reality looks like in the state of Florida.
After the breakout groups posted their ideas on the wall, the team began working on state advocacy over lunch. While enjoying salads, each attendee learned about parent and child care provider engagement and how to build a state advocacy day in the state of Florida. The discussion then jumped into how crucial social media is in today's advocacy world, inspiring many attendees to jump on Facebook and Twitter to learn more.
The day then wrapped up with a final breakout and team presentation of each group's roadmap for the future. Each attendee then went around the room sharing takeaways, bright ideas, next steps and new information learned from peers. One idea learned during the session was to always bring someone to a training with you as you never know who will attend and become an early childhood advocate. One attendee even brought the mayor's wife!
Overall, the day was full of information, resource sharing and network building. Everyone left the training with a renewed passion, ready to improve the quality of child care in the state of Florida.


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View Student Self-Service account
Each student has an account where tuition & fees, room, board, insurance, loans, grants, scholarships, payments and miscellaneous charges are applied. Students can view their statement by logging into their Self-Service account.
Guide to viewing your Statement in Self-Service ↪
* See Tuition & Costs for a list of applicable charges.
Statements Schedule
Student Accounts produces electronic statements on the first working day of each month. The due date is approximately three weeks later.
- Fall 2020 — Statements available July 9; Due July 30, 2020
- Spring 2021 — Statements available December 1; Due December 22, 2020
Granting Others Permission
Students can also grant parents and others direct access to view their statements.
- Students, see how to grant access to a parent/other guest
- Students, log into Self-Service and grant access to parents or others
- Parents, follow the instructions in the e-mail you receive when your student registers you for the Denison Parent Proxy system. Also, see how to access information.
- Parents, login to Parent Proxy (requires parent/other Proxy login)
Each time a statement is produced, an email is sent to the student's Denison email address, as well as to any email address with current access to the student's statement (via the Denison Parent Proxy system).
Students have the option of paying the full amount due in July and December or choosing a Monthly Payment Plan offered through Tuition Management Systems. Families who prefer greater flexibility may consider loans.
Understanding Your Statement
The first four digits indicate the calendar year; the last two indicate the semester; (i.e., "201640" indicates Fall Semester of 2016):
- 20 = Spring
- 30 = Summer
- 40 = Fall
Previously Billed Balance
The Total Billed Balance as of your last Statement of Account.
Total Billed Balance
The net result of the Previously Billed Balance, current charges, payments and financial aid (not including Authorized Financial Aid). This is the amount that will appear as the Previously Billed Balance on your next statement.
Authorized Financial Aid
This section lists any pending Federal Direct, Perkins or institutional Loans for the current semester. These loans will be credited to the student's account ten days prior to the start of the semester, in accordance with federal regulations.
Total Due
The Total Billed Balance less any Authorized Financial Aid. This is the amount you should remit by the due date.
Students may view their account or electronic statement online via their Self-Service account. Students may also contact Student Accounts directly with questions about their account.
Parents and others may view the account or electronic statement online via their Parent Proxy system account.
Electronic statements are produced on the first working day of each month. The due date is approximately three weeks later. Statements can be viewed by logging in to your student Self-Service account.
While statements are produced each month, there are two major billings each year. Fall Semester charges are billed the first working day of July, and Spring Semester charges are billed the first working day of December.
Once charges have been billed and the initial due date has passed, a 1% late fee will be assessed each month until paid. This includes amounts left unpaid because financial aid (e.g., scholarships, loans, grants), monthly payment plan amounts, etc., are not received by the due date.
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The Activity Fee provides basic support to the Denison Campus Government Association and the organizations they sponsor. It allows students to participate in a number of activities and events on campus with no out-of-pocket expense.
The Health Center Fee is required of all full-time students regardless of whether or not they have chosen to participate in the Plan 2 - Student Health Insurance Plan. It provides basic support to the Student Health Service and covers general operating expenses. Students may visit a doctor at the Health Center at no charge; however, fees for supplies and services (e.g. inpatient care, medicine, laboratory tests and procedures, office surgery and medical equipment) will be charged to the student.
Please visit Student Insurance for more information on the Plan 2 - Student Health Insurance Plan.
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For more details or to obtain a petition form, contact the Registrar's Office. A part-time student (8 hours or fewer per semester) is charged the hourly rate for each semester hour of credit.
If there is a credit balance on your account, you may request a refund by completing a Request for Refund form.
Financial aid (scholarships, loans, grants, etc.) will not be refunded until after the tenth day of classes of the semester for which they were awarded. Normal processing time for refunds is ten days. You may request the refund be sent to you or your parent.
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Jul 21, 2011 – German researchers who were the first to release the initial genome sequence of the Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak strain published their in-depth findings yesterday, which found that it differed from a 2001 strain found in Germany, but that both could have evolved from a common progenitor.
The group, based at the University of Munster and University Hospital Munster, published their findings in Public Library of Science (PLoS) One.
Dr Dag Harmsen, one of the coauthors, said in a Public Library of Science press release that the group's work represents the first use of a next-generation sequencing platform called the Ion Torrent PGM to assist with outbreak analysis in real-time.
The group's report describes how they compared the outbreak strain sequence with an E coli O104:H4 isolated in 2001 from a German patient who had hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a serious kidney complication. They also determined that the outbreak strain didn't derive from a type isolated in Africa in the late 1990s, as initially thought.
Dr Helge Karch, senior author of the study, said in the statement, "This study underlined the great importance of the long-term storage of historical HUS isolates that were collected by us since 1996 to understand the evolution of highly-pathogenic EHEC strains."
Today's publication of the E coli genome findings is the latest turn in a race to publish sequence findings in peer-reviewed publications, Nature News reported today. Its report noted that a German group from the University of Gottingen published its genetic analysis of two outbreak isolates on Jun 28 in Archives of Microbiology. In that study, researchers compared the current outbreak strain with an African E coli O104:H4 strain from the 1990s.
Dr Mark Pallen, from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, told Nature News that the findings in the two published studies don't differ much from what other scientists documented earlier through "crowd-sourcing" on public domain sites.
He said in the report that the Munster group was the first to define the outbreak strain, which allowed diagnosis and surveillance. The main competition point now is to find clues about the outbreak strain's evolution.
In other developments, a report recently posted by German's Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) said in a task force update that as of Jun 23 lab experts have tested 10,291 food samples, and none were positive for the E coli O104:H4 outbreak strain. The BVL findings were first reported today by Food Safety News.
Germany's Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) conducted tests on seeds from the sprout producer identified earlier in the outbreak as the likely E coli source. Though none tested positive, the agency said it's possible that the contaminated seeds were no longer in stock, and that the negative tests don't rule out seeds as a possible outbreak source.
Trace-back investigation of seeds used at the farm pointed to fenugreek seeds exported from Egypt. Three infected sprout farm employees had worked with the fenugreek sprouts, and the BVL report said it's not clear if the employees contaminated the sprouts or if the sprouts sickened the employees.
The BVL's update also included a slide presentation it gave to the European Commission on Jul 21.
So far 3,923 E coli O104:H4 infections have been reported from EU countries, according to an update today from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The total includes 770 HUS cases and 43 deaths. Since yesterday Germany and France each reported one HUS case, and Germany reported three cases without HUS. France excluded one previous E coli case.
See also:
Jul 20 PLoS One study
Jul 21 Nature News report
Jun 28 Arch Microbiol study
Jul 21 Food Safety News story
Jul 21 ECDC update


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Image via WikipediaObama to Call for Broad Plan to Reduce Debt - NYTimes.com
By JACKIE CALMES
WASHINGTON — President Obama will call this week for Republicans to join him in writing a broad plan to raise revenues and reduce the growth of popular entitlement programs, as the battle over the nation's financial troubles moves past Friday's short-term budget deal and into a wider and more consequential debate over the nation's long-term fiscal health.
In a speech to be delivered at a university here on Wednesday, Mr. Obama will in effect come off the sidelines on the debate over reducing the nation's debt, which is reaching dangerous heights as the population ages.
After months of criticism that he has not led on budget talks, Mr. Obama will urge bipartisan negotiations toward a multiyear debt-reduction plan that administration officials said would depart sharply from the one proposed last week by House Republicans.
The Republican plan includes a shrinking of Medicare and Medicaid and trillions of dollars in tax cuts, while sparing defense spending. Mr. Obama, by contrast, envisions a more comprehensive plan that would include tax increases for the richest taxpayers, cuts to military spending, savings in Medicare and Medicaid, and unspecified changes to Social Security.
In his remarks, which come after Friday's bipartisan deal to cut domestic spending by about $38 billion for the remainder of this budget year, Mr. Obama will not offer details but will set deficit-cutting goals, White House officials said. The numbers were still under discussion on Sunday.
"He'll lay out his approach this week in terms of the scale of debt reduction he thinks the country needs so we can grow economically and win the future — a balanced approach," David Plouffe, the senior White House political strategist, said on "Fox News Sunday," one of four talk shows on which he appeared Sunday.
"Obviously, we need to look at all corners of government," Mr. Plouffe said, adding, "We're going to have a big debate."
Until now, Mr. Obama has avoided prescribing specific changes to entitlement programs like Medicare, beyond those contained in his health care overhaul. Indeed, few of the recommendations made by his own bipartisan fiscal commission were included in the budget he presented to Congress in February.
What is more, while Mr. Obama proposed a five-year freeze on the growth of domestic spending, he recommended increases in education, research, infrastructure and clean-energy programs — emphasizing that although deficit reduction is important, so are investments to create jobs and skilled workers.
The growing debate over federal spending and taxes is certain to ripple from the White House and Congress to the 2012 presidential campaign, helping to shape voters' assessment of Mr. Obama's record and challenging rivals for the Republican presidential nomination to respond, even as they court conservative voters who oppose any compromise with Mr. Obama.
Whether anything tangible comes of the debate, it will contrast the parties' visions of the role of government.
Republicans reacted skeptically to word of Mr. Obama's speech. "I sit here and I listen to David Plouffe talk about, you know, their commitment to cut spending and knowing full well that for the last two months we've had to bring this president kicking and screaming to the table to cut spending," Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the House majority leader, said on Fox.
The timing of Mr. Obama's remarks reflects a White House strategy devised late last year after Republicans won their House majority, together with the confluence of four events, two last week and two ahead.
Friday night's 11th-hour agreement on spending cuts, which averted a government shutdown, removed what had been a distraction for months over this year's unfinished federal budget. Administration officials said they also hoped that the compromise helped build trust with the House speaker, John A. Boehner, that would carry over to the larger debates about long-term spending and the national debt.
Some lawmakers said Sunday that they opposed the compromise, but leaders in both parties remain confident it will pass in the House and Senate this week.
Also last week came a moment the administration had been awaiting for months: Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, the House Budget Committee chairman, outlined House Republicans' long-term budget plan.
Mr. Ryan said it would cut $6 trillion in the coming decade, though budget analysts questioned some of the claimed savings. The plan would turn Medicare into a voucher program for future generations and slash spending for the need-based Medicaid program and other domestic initiatives, while largely sparing the Pentagon and cutting $4 trillion more in corporate and high-income taxes.
The White House settled on a strategy in December by which Mr. Obama would wait for the House Republicans to lay down their cards before he proposed major reductions in popular entitlement benefit programs, according to interviews with administration officials at the time.
Mr. Obama's budget waiting game, however, has helped to fuel widespread criticism by Republicans, pundits and some Democrats that he has failed to lead.
Another impetus to Wednesday's move is the White House's belief that a bipartisan "Gang of Six" senators will announce this week that they have reached agreement on a debt-reduction package similar to that of the president's fiscal commission.
After months of private discussions, the tentative agreement among the three Republican and three Democratic senators would cut military and domestic programs and overhaul the tax code, eliminating popular tax breaks but using the new revenues to lower income-tax rates and reduce annual deficits. It would be the model, if not in all details, for Mr. Obama's own goals, Democratic officials say.
Perhaps the biggest prod for Mr. Obama to act, however, is the need for Congress to vote to raise the legal limit on the federal debt, now $14.25 trillion. The government will hit that limit on its borrowing authority in as few as five weeks, the Treasury Department has said. Without an increase by early July, the government cannot continue to make payments on its existing debt, potentially forcing it into an economy-shaking default.
Speaking on Saturday in Connecticut, Mr. Boehner said Republicans would not agree to raise the cap "without something really, really big attached to it."
Unlike the recent spending-cut negotiations, in which Mr. Obama was not active until the final days, "he knows he has to take a greater role from the beginning" on the debt-limit measure and any companion plan for reducing debt, said an adviser who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Several presidential advisers interviewed in recent weeks said Mr. Obama has been torn between wanting to propose major budget changes to entice Republicans to the bargaining table, including on Social Security, and believing they would never agree to raise revenues on upper-income Americans as part of a deal.
Three House Republican leaders, including Mr. Ryan, were on the fiscal commission; unlike the three Senate Republicans, they opposed the recommendations because they raised revenues and did not cut enough from health care.
The risk to Mr. Obama includes further alienating liberals in his own party. Progressive groups have formed coalitions to oppose any changes to Social Security, for instance.


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Due to popular demand, here are more construction photos showing the work being done at the Jackson turnaround and the facility expansion at Ruby Junction.
First, the work being done by Ruby:
And Jackson, where Orange Line trains will continue to Milwaukie:
And while it's great and all to see the work for the Orange Line coming along, I can't help but wish the same focus was put on maintaining the existing alignment. Remember that big to-do this past March? Long story short, frontline workers had been trying to address long-standing safety issues at TriMet, including damage to the alignment that had gone unrepaired for months (example – the switches just west of the Lloyd Center platform, pictured here in July of 2012 and again in January 2013 with no repairs made). Nothing was being done internally, so the union brought it to the media, which then led to ODOT announcing an inspection. Cue a flurry of activity at TriMet which largely consisted of throwing asphalt on everything to patch the alignment up before the inspection (here are the same switches in mid-March 2013). As a result, the ODOT report didn't find any major safety concerns. TriMet claimed this as a victory and accused the union of making up safety issues to draw attention away from the negotiations. Though really, it's a dubious victory if you have to do a bunch of last minute work right before an inspection to fix problems that had been around for months – doesn't that just mean the union was right?
But, see, asphalt doesn't last forever, especially if the underlying problems weren't actually fixed (as a MOW commenter said, that kind of damage could be due to broken rail near the heel block of the switch, or waterlogged rotted ties underneath, neither of which are fixed by a fresh coat of asphalt). Check this audio from June 2013 about the same switches west of Lloyd Center, and here's how that area looks as of this month. In other words, no, it hasn't been fixed yet.
Remember those yellow cones denote a slow order – that is, a reduction in speed through this area because going full speed through damaged track would be dangerous. So, as I said earlier, while it's nice that the work for the Orange Line is coming along, I don't think that's really a valid reason to neglect maintenance on the existing alignment in the meantime. You know, safety being a value and all.


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Cuban President Raul Castro says he will not seek another five year term after the one he's starting Sunday ends.
He has tapped 52-year-old Miguel Diaz-Canel as his top deputy, ready to assume the presidency without any disruption.
Castro says the country has reached a "transcendent" moment in which it is ready to start transferring responsibility and power to a younger generation.
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Diaz-Canel's appointments marks the first time someone who did not directly participate in the 1959 Cuban revolution assumed such an important role.
Castro spoke Sunday evening before parliament.Raul Castro turns 82 this year and would be 86 when a new term ends.
"This National Assembly is important because it formally is going to govern the fate of the country for the next five years, which will be decisive for changing personnel — what I call the intergenerational transition," said Arturo Lopez-Levy, a Cuban economist and analyst who lectures at the University of Denver. "The intergenerational transition cannot be put off any longer."
Fidel Castro Surprises With Sunday's Cuba Parliament Appearance
The 612 legislators were sworn in during the morning and then picked economist Esteban Lazo as the National Assembly's first new chief in 20 years.
Lazo, who turns 69 on Tuesday, is a vice president and member of the Communist Party's ruling political bureau. Parliament meets only twice a year and generally passes legislation unanimously without visible debate.
Ricardo Alarcon, who had been the body's president for two decades, was not on the ballot this year.
The assembly will also nominate the Council of State, Cuba's maximum governing body, which is made up of the president, a first vice president, five vice-presidents, a secretary and 23 other members.
The president also oversees the Council of Ministers, or Cabinet.
Cuba's Raul Castro Mentions Possible Retirement
Castro has spoken in the past of implementing two-term limits for public officials up to and including the president, as well as the importance of grooming new leaders to take over from his graying generation.
"Raul Castro has said they're behind. He has set the task of promoting people from the younger generation into the leadership, but so far hasn't put them into the top-level leadership," said Philip Peters, a longtime Cuba analyst at the Virginia-based Lexington Institute think tank. "So we will see on Sunday if this is what they do."
U.S. Lawmakers Arrive in Cuba, Will Push for Release of Alan Gross
President Castro is about halfway through a program of key social and economic reforms that have already seen the expansion of private business activity, legalized home and car sales, an easing of restrictions on foreign travel and the handover of fallow state land to independent farmers.
Cuban state media said both Castros received a standing ovation when they arrived at a Havana convention center for Sunday's parliamentary gathering.
The brothers sat next to each other at the assembly, along with first vice president Jose Ramon Machado Ventura.
Foreign media were not invited to the early parts of the gathering, but were promised access to its closing moments.
Photos: Pope Benedict XVI Visits Cuba


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"Overnight, a group of engineers, tech crew chiefs and inspectors from American's Tulsa Maintenance Base evaluated airplanes at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport while other airplanes were inspected at other facilities around the country. Originally, American planned to evaluate the seats on eight Boeing 757 airplanes, but out of an abundance of caution, the decision was made to proactively evaluate a total of 47 Boeing 757 airplanes that have the same model Main Cabin seats with a common locking mechanism. Thirty-six airplanes were evaluated by maintenance personnel overnight and another 11 airplanes will be evaluated to finish the inspection.
"American's internal investigation has focused on one of three types of Main Cabin seats on the 757s and how the rows of these three seats fit into the track that is used to secure the rows to the floor of the airplanes. Our maintenance and engineering teams have discovered that the root cause is a saddle clamp improperly installed on the foot of the row leg. These clamps were used on only 47 of our 102 Boeing 757 airplanes.
"The issue does not seem to be tied to any one maintenance facility or one workgroup.
"The FAA is aware of our internal review and its findings, as well as the steps we are taking to proactively address the issue. We continue to work closely with the FAA.
"American regrets the inconvenience that this maintenance issue may have caused customers on affected flights. Safety is – and always will be – American's top concern."
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MIAMI – Jordan Beswick is charged with second-degree murder after police say he shot and killed an intruder at his home.
Defense attorneys say the case falls under the "Stand Your Ground Law," the same law currently being debated in Tallahassee.
But prosecutors say Beswick, 19, went too far and called a friend before he called police.
The fatal shooting happened Monday night in Northeast Miami-Dade.
Prosecutors say Beswick first heard a knock at the door of his apartment, but didn't answer it on purpose.
They say he then heard the person trying to open the sliding glass door in the back of his apartment and when the man entered, he pointed a semi-automatic weapon at him and fired seven shots.
Prosecutors say Beswick ran out the front door and waited a few minutes before shooting the intruder again.
The 22-year-old intruder was reportedly trying to escape at the time, but died.
Police say he was not armed.
A judge found probable cause to charge Beswick with murder.
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Materials Council is running drop-in 'Council Meetings' at Clerkenwell Design Week 2013. Attendees are invited to come down and get free materials advice on current projects. Situated in the new materials and surfaces pavilion, Covered at Charterhouse Square, Materials Council will be relocating their studio for the duration of the show and will also be displaying a selection of materials from their Whiter than White exhibition, Materials Council's inaugural exhibition launched last September. The show takes place around the Clerkenwell area of London between 21-23 May, 2013. Entrance is free and fast-tracked with registration. Registration for Clerkenwell Design Week 2013 is open now.
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Life at Whitman is about balance. It is a balance that sets you up to graduate with your backpack stuffed full of ideas, insights, values, skills, relationships, and memories to unpack, and depend on, for the rest of your life.
It's a balance between rigorous classroom learning; innovative research, internship, and study abroad experiences; and a dynamic student activities program. Between the adrenaline generated by one of the nation's best outdoor programs or the exciting intramural sports activities that more than 70 percent of Whitties participate in, and the spontaneous moments of quiet reflection inspired by a beautiful, historic campus. Between the opportunities for leadership and fun offered by Whitman's vast array of student clubs and organizations and fulfilling opportunities to participate in community service projects in Walla Walla. Between the noisy camaraderie of an impromptu game of Frisbee-golf ("Frolf" to Whitties,) and the speechless celebration of a gorgeous sunset. It's a balance between transforming individual experiences and the collaborative, shared success you only experience on a residential campus where you can interact with your friends and classmates 24/7.


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The frustration stemming from the shortage of production from Adam Dunn, Alex Rios and Gordon Beckham recently reached a boiling point between general manager Ken Williams and hitting coach Greg Walker.
Walker took issue with Williams' comments about Beckham's swing, and after he and Williams exchanged heated words in the tunnel leading to the Sox clubhouse at U.S. Cellular Field, Williams told Walker to clean out his locker, a source said.
When chairman Jerry Reinsdorf was made aware of what happened, things were smoothed over.
Williams had said he liked the swing Beckham had at college. Walker said as long as Beckham keeps working on his swing, he's OK with it. The odds that Brett Ballantini's prediction of big changes after the season is over comes true seem to increase everyday.


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Roasted tomato, basil & Parmesan quiche
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- Vegetarian
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal494
- fat39g
- saturates22g
- carbs29g
- sugars2g
- fibre2g
- protein9g
- salt0.48g
- 300g cherry tomato
- drizzle olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 50g parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), grated
Parmesan is a straw-coloured hard cheese with a natural yellow rind and rich, fruity flavour. It…
- 2 eggs
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 284ml pot double cream
- handful basil leaves, shredded, plus a few small ones left whole for scattering
Most closely associated with Mediterranean cooking but also very prevalent in Asian food, the…
For the pastry
To make the pastry, tip the flour and butter into a bowl, then rub together with your fingertips until completely mixed and crumbly. Add 8 tbsp cold water, then bring everything together with your hands until just combined. Roll into a ball and use straight away or chill for up to 2 days. The pastry can also be frozen for up to a month.
Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface to a round about 5cm larger than a 25cm tin. Use your rolling pin to lift it up, then drape over the tart case so there is an overhang of pastry on the sides. Using a small ball of pastry scraps, push the pastry into the corners of the tin. Chill in the fridge or freezer for 20 mins. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6.
In a small roasting tin, drizzle the tomatoes with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Put the tomatoes in a low shelf of the oven.
Lightly prick the base of the tart with a fork, line the tart case with a large circle of greaseproof paper or foil, then fill with baking beans. Blind-bake the tart for 20 mins, remove the paper and beans, then continue to cook for 5-10 mins until biscuit brown.
When you remove the tart case from the oven, take out the tomatoes, too.
While the tart is cooking, beat the eggs in a large bowl. Gradually add the cream, then stir in the basil and season. When the case is ready, sprinkle half the cheese over the base, scatter over the tomatoes, pour over the cream mix, then finally scatter over the rest of the cheese. Bake for 20-25 mins until set and golden brown. Leave to cool in the case, trim the edges of the pastry, then remove from the tin. Scatter over the remaining basil and serve in slices.


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A bitter taste of dry future?
With climate changing, area may see longer periods of drought.
SPRING BRANCH — Bret Barnett stood on the dry bed of the upper Guadalupe River, which normally is a 150-foot-wide, 6-foot-deep green ribbon of cool water rolling through the limestone canyons and German towns of the Texas Hill Country.
Now it's a broad expanse of white stone, bounded by withering cypress trees that are being strangled by a punishing drought. Instead of flowing water, the only movement came from hawks, egrets and buzzards scavenging for the handful of fish remaining in a few tiny pools.
Barnett, whose riverside home now is a cliff-side home, pointed at a slim sliver of slowly moving water, a few inches wide and a few inches deep, crawling downstream.
"This is it," he said ominously.
It meandered toward a large white rock pile in the middle of the stream. The water hit the stone and was sucked downward by the thirsty limestone caverns.
And with that, the mighty Guadalupe River comes to an abrupt ending.
For the next 12 miles, an empty channel snakes through Comal County's western end, ultimately finding its way to Canyon Lake. Though the lake is 90 percent full and the river is flowing south of the dam, this stretch of the upper Guadalupe has run dry twice in the past three years, an event that hadn't occurred for 50 years prior.
The dry Guadalupe is just another cruel joke played by this year's extreme drought, a phenomenon fueled by the driest eight-month period in Texas history.
While Arizona burns and the Midwest recovers from deadly floods, Texas sits in the geographic and metaphoric middle. The Lone Star State, which has suffered its own wildfires, is hot and thirsty and there's no end in sight to the misery.
As Stage 3 watering restrictions loom for San Antonio and other Hill Country towns, possibly this week, the heat wave hammering Texas is reaching historic levels. It's been hotter and drier, weather experts say, but never this early in the summer.
Even if the nonstop assault of 100-plus days stopped right now, experts say, the drought only would get worse, since the state is entering the dog days of summer.
Beyond the impending death of thousands of St. Augustine lawns, the drought has brought South-Central Texas to its knees in other ways:
• Farmers are losing billions in income, even as livestock and commodity prices remain high.
• Rural water wells are drying up.
• Floating down the state's most scenic river, while still doable, is a hit-or-miss situation.
• Wildlife populations are being thinned, part of a natural cycle that will be felt by thousands of hunters this fall.
• Nearly every permitted water user on the Guadalupe River has been banned from drawing water or seen its allotment curtailed, including the cities of Kerrville and New Braunfels.
The drought is hitting Texas square in its traditions, too.
The heat has driven scorpions and tarantulas, seeking water and respite, into Travis County homes, say AgriLife Extension experts. Communities such as New Braunfels and Seguin are limiting outdoor grilling. Americans will celebrate freedom on July 4, but they won't be free to do so with fireworks, as most counties have banned them. Even the big fireworks show in New Braunfels' Landa Park has been canceled.
Texas summers always are hot and dry, but this one has gotten everyone's attention.
Farmer Zack Yanta said the Sunday morning crowd at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Runge, 75 miles southeast of San Antonio, doesn't hurry home after Mass.
Instead, it sticks around as the parish priest holds a prayer service, asking for divine intervention to end the drought.
And in San Antonio, Bexar Metropolitan Water District Interim General Manager Tom Gallier said, the drought may usher in a new reality.
Weather patterns, he explained, appear to be shifting to longer periods of drought followed by more intense wet periods. That means there will be many more summers like this.
"Ask the people in Santa Barbara," he said, referring to the wealthy coastal community in water-starved California. "Most years, they hire people to spay paint their lawns green.
"Welcome to the world of global climate change."
Losing lawns
Carmen Casillas, fighting to save her lawn, waters it by hand every morning, even though she knows the battle is over.
As she waters, the 86-year-old Mahncke Park resident sees the large patches of brown stretching across the front yard. Her plant and flower beds hold the crunchy remains of the once-cheery yellow daisies she planted earlier this spring.
Two peach trees, part of $300 worth of planting, are withered and brown.
"They're barely surviving," she said. "I don't know. We water it and water it and water it. It's just dying on me."
For those like Casillas, there likely will be more aggravation to come.
Although water utilities atop the Edwards Aquifer implemented a three-tiered landscape watering plan years ago, they've never escalated to Stage 3.
That will change this week.
Baring 11th-hour rains, the San Antonio Water System and other neighboring systems will announce the most drastic watering restrictions ever seen here, which kick in when the J-17 index well in San Antonio drops to 640 feet.
On Friday, the well was at 640.3 feet.
While the city won't allow landscape watering, officials say there's no cause for panic. There's still plenty of water for essential needs. SAWS will double the water pulled from an underground storage facility south of town. That extra 20 million gallons, said SAWS' Anne Hayden, will meet 20 percent of the city's needs.
But it's landscaping, which constitutes 30 percent of the city's water consumption, that's got many San Antonio homeowners burning up.
In the suburbs, a green yard isn't just status. It's a valuable commodity.
A dead yard can hurt a home's resale value, says D'Ann Harper, the city's most well-known real estate agent.
"Curb appeal is very much a part of the selling of a home," Harper said. "The yard is an amenity and it's the first thing people see when they drive up to the door. And you want that to look good."
Many homeowners have surrendered, converting to xeriscape yards that use little water.
Phil Moran dug up the grass at his house in Alta Vista and replaced it with mulch and cactuses and other drought-tolerant plants.
"I've tried for 20 years to grow grass in South Texas," he said, "and I gave up."
Homeowners unwilling to make the switch, however, face a no-win situation.
"It's cost-prohibitive to water a big yard and keep it green," she said. "But if you're selling a house and the yard is dead, a buyer is thinking, 'I'm going to have to spend $5,000 to get this yard back in shape.' And if there's a comparable house down the street with a nice yard, they're going to buy the house with the nice yard."
Crops wiped out
The drought is caused by too much La Niña and not enough El Niño. Those are the names given Pacific Ocean phenomena that can impact global weather patterns. La Niña brings hot, dry air, while El Niño brings cold, wet air.
Meteorologists theorize La Niña caused the drought, but since has backed off.
"We've shifted to a neutral pattern," said Travis Miller, an AgriLife weather expert. "That means we've got equal chances of above-normal or below-normal precipitation. It's a coin flip. And if you have equal chances, odds are it's going to be a normal summer. And that means a hot and dry summer. And that means the drought will intensify."
In the short term, says acting state climatologist Don Conlee, there's a slim chance for some rain from the tropics this week. For the end of summer, there are predictions for an above-average hurricane season, which could bring rain to the Hill Country. But in the long term, the weather models imply yet another dry winter.
For now, the drought has created cruel ironies in the Hill Country.
Beef prices are high, says David Anderson, an AgriLife economist and livestock marketing specialist, but ranchers can't take advantage of them since their costs have skyrocketed.
The drought has scorched hayfields. Cattleman have to buy hay from North Texas and move it here to feed their herds. When stock tanks dry up, ranchers have to drill wells or haul in thousands of gallons of water — cattle need 20 gallons each per day — to keep herds alive.
If ranchers try to cash out early and avoid getting into debt, their undersized cattle fetch lower prices. And by doing so, the rancher is forfeiting any future income from that animal.
Ranchers who opt to stick it out face another set of problems. Hot weather makes cows less fertile, meaning a herd won't yield as many calves in a drought. That condition can last years.
"Even if it started raining right away," said Yanta, the Runge farmer and rancher, "the effects of the drought will last for two years, at least. It's an insidious thing. It's going to impact us for a long time."
And cattle, Karnes County Extension Agent J.D. Folbre says facetiously, "is a bright spot."
Farmers are facing a nightmare scenario. Prices are high, but crops are dying.
Folbre says Karnes County cornfields have been wiped out. It's almost that bad in Comal County, where officials say the yield is 15 percent of normal.
"We're looking at record prices for corn," said Anderson, the AgriLife economist, "and this was the year to get ahead. It's very frustrating."
And, like ranchers, farmers will be feeling the effects for a long time, as soil moisture will take years to replenish.
The state already has lost $1.5 billion in farm and ranch revenue, Anderson added, but that number certainly will climb during the harvest, when crop losses will come to fruition.
The drought is cutting a wide swath through the state's wildlife population, too. Experts say native plants aren't growing quickly enough. Nesting birds won't breed, and the deer population will suffer a die-off.
"These are corrections factors that Mother Nature throws in there," said Jim Cathey, an AgriLife wildlife specialist. "They happen. They've happened over and over again. Animals are resilient."
Wells hit record lows
The drought's impact is most evident from the banks of the upper Guadalupe, where streamflows are 85 percent below normal. And that's after the river's state-appointed master clamped down on water customers.
Kerrville, for example, was cut from 2 million gallons daily to 500,000 gallons. The city, says Public Works Director Charlie Hastings, has tapped into its underground reserves and the city reservoir to make up the difference. But even those sources are at their limits.
"We just have to continue to stress conservation," Hastings said.
Tourism on the upper Guadalupe is barely hanging on.
Outfitter Bill Johnson said the water is slow and just 2 feet deep in some places.
"It will rain," said Will Stuart, who rents kayaks on the upper Guadalupe. "It always does." But for now, he said, "this is devastating for people."
In Kendall County, rural water wells are running dangerously low. On June 11, the Kendall County Utility company banned all landscape watering. And in the Cow Creek Groundwater District, General Manager Micah Voulgaris says eight of 39 water wells are at record lows.
"We can't catch up," he said. "The droughts have been back to back. And a wet September in between doesn't count."
The Trinity Aquifer, which feeds that area's wells, still is dropping. The Trinity is recharged by the upper Guadalupe, but with the streamflow so low, it's not enough, Voulgaris said.
Nor is it enough for Canyon Lake, says Bill West, Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority's general manager. Data from flow gauges indicate the lake isn't getting any water from the Guadalupe, which is its only source. While the reservoir is nearly full now, it won't be able to survive another dry winter or precipitation-free spring.
Without that rain, he said, the lower Guadalupe could be as dry as the upper Guadalupe.
Taking the punches
For this summer, however, tourism in New Braunfels is doing well, says Judy Young, the convention and visitor's bureau director.
Each year, 3 million visitors pump $469 million into the local economy.
The Guadalupe was flowing at 17 percent of its median in the recreation areas below Canyon Dam last week. Mike Dussere, who heads the Water Oriented Recreation District, says that's been enough for the area's river outfitters to find floatable stretches for tourists.
In the city, the Schlitterbahn water park is finishing new attractions. The spring-fed Comal River was flowing at 62 percent of its normal levels.
Dussere says tourists still are flocking to River Road, a popular riverside camping area.
Even Yanta, despite the financial beatdown he's suffering, isn't ready to give up.
"It would be easy to be depressed or down in the dumps about it," he said, "but I just take it as what Mother Nature gives us. We're ag producers. We take the punches as they come. "
Staff Writers Karisa King, John Tedesco, Colin McDonald and Zeke MacCormack contributed to this report.


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Rally Falls Short As Minnesota Season Ends 78-64
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Just as he did two days earlier, Andre Hollins was hitting 3-pointers from just about anywhere he got an open look.
Only this time, Minnesota was chasing a lead, not building one.
And while the No. 11-seed Golden Gophers rallied from a 21-point halftime deficit to pull within seven of third-seeded Florida, the Gators eventually pulled away for a 78-64 win Sunday in the third round of the NCAA tournament South Regional.
Hollins scored 25 points — he had 53 in Minnesota's two tournament games — and his hot shooting in the second half dug the Gophers out of a huge hole before foul trouble sidelined him for about four minutes. Without their floor leader and scorer, Minnesota let the Gators get away and reach the tournament round of 16 for the third consecutive year.
When Hollins left the court, the Gophers (21-13) trailed by nine. By the time he returned, the Gators were up by 12 all momentum was lost.
"We couldn't get any flow," Minnesota coach Tubby Smith said. "When your point guard is your best shooter and your best scorer, it makes it tough."
The Gators (28-7) rode into the tournament as one of the best defensive teams in the country and backed that up in their first two games of the tournament. After thrashing Northwestern State, the Southeastern Conference regular-season champs shoved aside the Gophers of the Big Ten in a 20-minute show of muscle and offensive firepower.
Mike Rosario scored 25 points for the Gators on 8 of 12 shooting, including 6 of 9 on3-pointers.
Defensively, the Gators denied just about everything the Gophers tried in the first half. Florida tied up Gophers shooters at the perimeter, challenged layups and blocked a dunk when Casey Prather stuffed Minnesota's muscular Trevor Mbakwe in a clear statement that Florida would be as tough as anything the Gophers faced in the Big Ten.
Offensively, it seemed like Florida shooters couldn't miss. Rosario made four 3-pointers and Florida led by 22 with 5 minutes left in half. Minnesota gathered itself for a brief burst when Hollins knocked down consecutive 3-pointers and a steal and layup trimmed Florida's lead to 39-23.
If the Gophers could have pulled within 10 by halftime, they might have been able to grab a lead in the second. Instead, the Gators scored nine straight points to roll into the locker room leading 48-27.
Minnesota wasn't ready to roll over just yet.
"I knew that team would have a lot of pride," Florida coach Billy Donovan said. "I knew they would respond."
Hollins made three 3-pointers in an 11-2 run that took some of the swagger out of the Gators. Minnesota kept chipping away and trimmed the Florida lead to 53-46 with 12 minutes left.
But Hollins soon picked up his fourth foul and went to the bench. The Gophers had lost their first shooting option and by the time he returned, the Gators had built the lead back to 12 before a 7-0 run all but closed it out.
The Gophers started the season 15-1 but limped into the tournament after losing five of their last 11 games. They rebounded with an impressive win over UCLA on Friday that earned Smith his first tournament victory in six seasons at the program.
Minnesota's disappointing finish in the regular season had led to some speculation that Smith's job could be in danger. After the loss Sunday, Smith said he had no indication he could be fired.
Hollins said he's excited about the Gophers' future.
"We can do some good things next year," Hollins said. "We're going to be a tough team … We had a taste of what the NCAA tournament is like and we'll have to strive to get back here."
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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National Pride on the Line
Canadian flags. Check.
Glowing hearts. Check.
The glory of a home-ice gold? So close we can tastes it.
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According to the lawsuit, UC's board of admissions also advised the school that it would not approve biology and science courses that relied primarily on textbooks published by Bob Jones University Press and A Beka Books, two Christian publishers.Now, given what I've heard about Bob Jones University, I figured that any biology text that they produce would be unlike any I'd read before. So I trotted on over to the Bob Jones University Press website to see what I could find. Looking over their list of books for "conventional schools", I found a textbook for a 10th grade biology class. The price is a bit high for me, given the quality, so I didn't order it. However, the website has a nice "see the inside of this book" feature that gives access to the frontmatter, preface, introduction, and a sample chapter. After looking at it, I think I understand why UC has problems with it.
From the Introduction:
Biology for Christian Schools is a textbook for Bible-believing high-school students. Those who do not believe that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant Word of God will find many points in this book puzzling. This book was not written for them.That's funny. There I was thinking that science is a universal concept, open to anyone who is willing to study the natural world. I had no idea that there are things in science that can only be understood if you believe what these folks do.
The people who prepared this book have tried consistently to put the Word of God first and science second...If...at any point God's Word is not put first, the authors apologize.Let's see. What we have here is a "science" textbook, written by people who have made a conscious effort to put science second. Wow. What possible reason could the University of California have for being concerned about the quality of classes using this book?
The same encyclopedia article may state that the grasshopper evolved 300 million years ago. You may find a description of some insect that the grasshopper supposedly evolved from and a description of the insects that scientists say evolved from the grasshopper. You may even find a "scientific" explanation of the biblical locust (grasshopper) plague in Egypt. These statements are conclusions based on "supposed science." If the conclusions contradict the Word of God, the conclusions are wrong, no matter how many scientific facts may appear to back them.It's nice to see how willing they are to keep an open mind about things.
Believe it or not, the book actually seems to get worse. The sample chapter provided on the website is Chapter One: The Science of Life and the God of Life. Page nine is a box that is labeled as one of the book's "Facets of Biology". The title of this particular facet is: "How God Communicates with Man". In it, we find:
Was Joseph Smith's [founder of the Mormons -tqa] revalation from God? Based on Scripture, one must say no! The apostle Paul says that if anyone (including Paul himself or even an angel) comes and preaches any other gospel, he is to be accursed (Gal 1:8).
If you want to know what this has to do with science, or why it appears in a science book, you'll have to ask someone else, because I've got no clue. It must be one of those aspects of science that perplexes those who lack the BJU-approved beliefs.
There's another Facet later in the chapter, dealing with spontaneous generation. It spans three pages, and concludes with this creationist gem:
After Pasteur's swan-necked flask experiment and thousands of other experiments supporting biogenesis, do people today still believe in spontaneous generation? Yes. Anyone who believes in evolution believes that spontaneous generation has occurred. ... If they can create life, they think they can support their belief in life's beginning without God.This chapter of the text also has some material that discusses evolution:
The idea that life comes from similar life is important. God created humans and all of the other kinds of organisms with the ability to reproduce after their own kind (Gen. 1:12, 21, 25, 28); therefore, humans reproduce humans, oak trees reproduce oak trees, and cats reproduce cats. The idea of all life forms descending from a common ancestor cell that originated from non-living chemicals is absurd.
Right. It's completely absurd to believe that humans have descended from chemicals through a long line of ancestors. It's much more reasonable to believe that humans came directly from dirt which is made from...
Looking at just the available samples from this text, I'm not surprised that UC declines to accept courses using it as the primary material as valid. I am surprised that there are apparently some schools that do.
By the way, the examples that I've quoted are by no means a comprehensive listing of everything that's wrong with the material I read. They are simply a few of the more egregious examples illustrating the comprehensively unscientific nature of this book. A thorough examination would have taken far more time than I have, and would simply have depressed me further.


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TWO of the biggest hitters in Northern Ireland's aviation sector have been congratulated by Down District Chairperson Councillor Maria McCarthy for their community commitment and desire to help the region's tourism sector to soar.
This week she welcomed on board B/E Aerospace, the Kilkeel-based manufacturer of seating and interior products for the global commercial airline industry, as headline sponsor of the 2013 Festival of Flight on Saturday 10 August, and introduced Belfast International Airport as an exciting newcomer to the event's already impressive list of private sector sponsors.
Councillor McCarthy said: "We are delighted to have major names in the aviation sector share our vision for what is now firmly established as one of Ireland's most exciting and best attended Air Shows.[caption id="attachment_40234" align="alignleft" width="390"] Organised by Down District Council, the B/E Aerospace Festival of Flight on Saturday 10 August boasts over 30 events, many with FREE admission. B/E Aerospace's Neil Cairns, Vice President & Managing Director and Chairman of Down District Council, Councillor Maria McCarthy, launching the festival programme with Jake Cousins and Julia Graham, (both 6) from Kilkeel.[/caption]
"Down District Council has invested and continues to invest substantially in the event which we see as not merely providing unparalleled entertainment for local communities but which is an important element of our wider tourism events strategy. Securing the backing of high profile private sector companies is a significant vote of confidence in our work and the resources which they bring allow us to take the Festival to a higher level – in that respect they are, indeed, 'the wind beneath our wings'."
The impact which the annual Festival of Flight makes on the locality's tourism and hospitality sector has also been recognised with a substantial financial injection by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board. Welcoming that support, Councillor McCarthy, added: "This is a sector which already underpins a large proportion of jobs in our region and which has the potential to grow still further. Tourism research demonstrates that, right around the world, events are a key attractor for visitors and, closer to home, the NITB is a staunch supporter of this element of our region's strategy. We are grateful for the support we have received, both in financial terms and in supporting the wide range of Down District Council initiatives."
The annual Festival of Flight attracts more than 100,000 visitors to enjoy a day of spectacular aerobatical displays over the natural amphitheatre of Dundrum Bay, enhanced with an extended programme of activity and attractions at ground level and this year promises to have that 'five star quality' with the recent announcements of the Red Arrows and the Vulcan which should see the visitors numbers climb to over 100,000.
Supporting both elements will be local traders, large and small. They not only add financial backing to the venture but also create spin off activities and cater to the wide-ranging needs of the tens of thousands of visitors who descend on the region in one amazing August weekend. Their hosting skills play a large part in determining just how many of those visitors return after the planes have gone … and their professionalism has reinforced the positive impact of the event on the local economy This will be the third year in succession that B/E Aerospace has given its financial backing to a programme which Neil Cairns, Vice President and Managing Director of the B/E Aerospace plant at Kilkeel, describes as 'a highpoint – in every sense of the word' of the company's extensive community engagement programme.
Mr Cairns said: "Ours is a serious business, but we never forget that our commercial success in the design and manufacture of seating and interior products for the world's airline industry is borne out of our passion for aviation. The Festival of Flight gives us a wonderful opportunity to share that passion with others and we are delighted to continue this much valued association.
"As one of the area's largest private sector companies, employing more than 750 people, we have a huge stake in the local community and we know that many of our own staff and their families will be amongst the audience with their eyes on the skies, waiting for the thrill of the Red Arrows soaring over the horizon.
"However, the Festival of Flight is not only about providing an amazing event for local people: it is also a significant contributor to the local economy.
"The B/E Aerospace Festival of Flight brings tens of thousands of visitors to our region to enjoy world-class air displays in a natural setting which is already famous around the world. That is a truly outstanding combination for tourists and locals alike and we congratulate the Council for continuing to invest in its success. All of us at B/E Aerospace are looking forward to being part of this thrilling programme."
Belfast International Airport will be supporting the Festival which is described as 'a landmark in the tourism calendar' as a key element of its fiftieth birthday celebrations.
Deborah Harris, Public Relations Manger added: "We are also celebrating a landmark of our own this year, for the airport is fifty years old in 2013: that is fifty years of serving the community; fifty years of connecting Northern Ireland and fifty years of memorable flying experiences.
"This will be another of those memorable experiences. This year's Festival is going to be spectacular with some amazing aircraft flying past the spectacular scenery of Dundrum Bay. 2013 represents a milestone for the airport that started life as a civil airport in October 1963. On that occasion HRH Queen Elizabeth. The Queen Mother officially opened the new terminal on the extensive site at Aldergrove. Throughout its fifty year history, Aldergrove – now Belfast International Airport – has played a central role in the economic and social life of Northern Ireland. With over 4,000 jobs and 250 businesses on sire, we contribute in the region of £400million each year to the local economy. From quite humble beginnings we now operate to around eighty domestic and international destinations with over 200 flights a day on average.
"2013 will be an occasion for us to celebrate a very special birthday and we want to thank all who enjoy the Festival for their business – and we hope that everyone has a fantastic day at this year's Festival of Flight.
"The mammoth Avro Vulcan XH558 which will be one of the star attractions at the 2013 Festival is expected to 'overnight' at Belfast International Airport after swooping in to delight the crowds on Saturday 10 August".
The Northern Ireland Tourist Board are also backing this major event and Eddie Rowan, Events Manager commented: "We are delighted to once again support the Festival of Flight in Newcastle. With a large numbers of spectators expected to attend, events such as the Festival of Flight bring domestic and international spectators to spend time in Northern Ireland. The financial benefit that these visitors bring is important for stimulating growth and delivering economic value to so many differing sectors of the local economy.
"On behalf of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board I would like to wish all visitors and participants a very enjoyable trip to Northern Ireland and to Newcastle for this exciting, action packed event."
Information about all the events in the 2013 Festival of Flight will be available shortly at www.downdc.gov.uk, www.facebook.com/DownFestivals, and twitter@DownFestival. Contact ourFestival Office on 028 4372 2222. To find out more about B/E Aerospace visit www.beaerospace.com To find out more about Belfast International Airport Ltd visit www.belfastairport.com]]>


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Legendary actor Danny Devito is mixing it up with his It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia co-stars and loving every minute of it.
"These guys from Always Sunny have added so many years to my life," said Devito about costars half his age. "What am I gonna do just sit on the porch and get bit by mosquitoes and wait for the ice cream man to come around?"
Instead of going into retirement the 65-year-old actor keeps doing what he loves. Devito was in South Philly back in June to shoot some scenes for the upcoming sixth season of FX's cult hit.
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Devito, who was nominated for an Oscar as a producer, raised some eyebrows when he jumped back from the silver screen to the small screen to join the fledgling Always Sunny for it's second season. Since he joined on the show has grown in popularity and made bigger stars of Devito's cohorts.
Why does he do it?
"You gotta get out and do stuff," he said as he took a break on a hot day.
But don't think the AARP-aged Hollywood legend always acts his age around the rest of the ASIP gang including Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day and Glenn Howerton.
"I'm more like a combination of an instigator and a father but I like to think of myself as a brother," he said
"Sometimes I let the father figure stuff go because I'm too excited about the craziness that we're going to do and I allow myself to instigate really crazy things that we shouldn't be doing."
The small statured actor didn't elaborate on that one but did explain what he likes to do.
"I like to have a party," he said with a smile. "I like to drink, I like to carry on, I like to flirt with the pretty girls, I like to hang out, you know, and if it's a dance party, I like to dance to."
Devito's love to dance (and rave next to nearly topless women for that matter) was on full display at Coachella earlier this year where he was caught on tape jamming out to Deadmau5. He explained what it was all about.
"I think you have to keep doing those things no matter how old you get," he said.
"I'm a big fan of all kinds of music, I've got eclectic tastes," he said with a smirk. "I could see Rigoletto at the Met or Deadmau5 at Coachella," he said with a laugh.
Other music on Devito's playlist includes some bluegrass, Bob Dylan, Mike Patton and even Bjork.
"Anything that tickles my fancy."
Philly is a place that always has tickled Devito's fancy. He has been coming to the City of Brotherly Love since as a boy used to tag along with his dad as the senior Devito would shoot pool in Philly.
Along the way Devito got a taste for Philly cuisine.
"I'm a foodie... I like to eat authentic food," he said as he listed everything from Termini Brothers pastries to vegetarian Chinese food amongst his favorites.
And what goes best with food?
Devito's own limoncello, duh.
But the sweet treat comes with a warning from its namesake.
"It is 60 proof so I want to say don't get out and drive around after you've drank some," Devito said.
A lesson learned the hard way, he said with a laugh.
Devito (his tight jeans?) and the gang return to the small screen Thursday night at 10 p.m. on FX.


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If you are on Twitter, I am, too.
I don't know yet how it works, but I have signed up to receive a bunch of writing tweets so I can learn how to use it.
My twitter address is furtradefamily -- should be easy for you to remember.
I described myself as a sleep deprived writer telling the story of Alexander Caulfield Anderson's journey through British Columbia's history -- true enough!
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Happy Halloween.
Here's my highly subjective list of the greatest horror films of all time.
The Top 10.
The ones that every self-respecting Halloween enthusiasts should see.
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Can't stand the silliness of "Monster Mash"?
No longer thrilled by "Thriller"?
But still need some tunes that fit the theme of Halloween?
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Here's a lil' playlist to get that costume party started right.
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—In this publicity image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Linda Blair portrays a possessed Regan MacNeil in a scene from, "The Exorcist." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Entertainment)


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