MORIAH, N.Y. -
Two beaches in the town of Moriah have reopened.
The Moriah Town Beach and the Port Henry Village Beach closed earlier this week due to unsafe levels of blue-green algae.
The New York Health Department gave the OK to reopen the beaches Thursday night.
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The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), will join with representatives from IndustriALL, the newly formed global union, at the Farnborough Air Show on July 10-11 to remind visitors, vendors and customers that there would be no aerospace industry without the contributions of thousands of highly-skilled workers who belong to some of the worlds most progressive trade unions.
Its time to give proper credit to the men and women at aerospace companies and vendors who consistently produce the worlds most technically advanced products with a degree of skill that is unmatched anywhere in the world, said IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger, who also serves as one of three IndustriALL vice presidents. We also will be monitoring the growing aerospace industry in countries like China, often with the help of U.S.-based aerospace companies.
Buffenbarger will also chair a meeting in London with representatives of the IndustriALL Aerospace Sector. The meeting will serve as a forum to strengthen the Global Alliance of Aerospace Unions that was formed in Seattle, WA in 2010 and to establish tools for global organizing and collective bargaining in the aerospace industry.
The IndustriALL delegates will also consider establishing an annual award to be named each year in conjunction with the Farnborough and Paris Air Shows to recognize the aerospace company that is best committed to working with its unions and honoring international labor standards to produce the best products in the industry. A second award will be considered to recognize the aerospace company thategregiously fails to respect workers fundamental human rights, including the right to form a union and to engage in collective bargaining.
The IAM is one of the largest industrial trade unions in North America, representing nearly 700,000 active and retired members in dozens of industries. For more information about the IAM, visit http://www.goiam.org.
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Friday, July 6, 2012
IN CELEBRATION of nutrition month this July, the Baguio City Nutrition Council (BCNC) replicated popular cooking shows on television and sponsored a marketing and cooking contest participated by six districts, father-daughter/mother-daughter tandem last Monday at the Health Services Office.
Winning the top place with an hour-and-a-half marketing and preparation time was Aurora Hill-Engineers Hill district with a chicken-vegetable and tofu menu, while Atab-Scout Barrio district came next with omelet and ginataan.
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Coming in third was City Camp-Asin with Shrimp and Chicken with malunggay, while Loakan-Pacdal, Campo Filipino and Lucban Districts were fourth, fifth and sixth with their fish-meat-vegetable concoctions.
The pairs were judged according to their marketing skills, as the ingredients were provided by the BCNC; palatability, costing per serving, presentation, table setting and conformity to the nutrition month theme, Pagkain ng Gulay Ugaliin, Araw-araw Itong Ihain.
The cooking pairs provided their own cooking equipment and the required proper attire. They also had their own table settings and dining paraphernalia, with barangay-recommended dining guests.
All these were taken into consideration by the judges: Marcia Espinueva of the Department of Agriculture, Cynthia Garambas of the Benguet State University, Charlene May Dulnuan of the University of the Cordilleras, Juliet Calpatura of the Baguio General Hospital and Wendy Mana-a of the National Nutrition Council as judges of the event. (Julie Fianza)
Published in the Sun.Star Baguio newspaper on July 07, 2012.
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Thomas E. Haynesworth at a December 2011 press conference with Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Shawn Armbrust of the Mid Atlantic Innocence Project.
Prompted by DNA testing in recent years, authorities in Norfolk and Carroll County are investigating several possible, decades-old wrongful convictions.
Virginia Department of Forensic Science has disclosed DNA test results for more than 70 persons where testing of biological evidence discovered in forensic case files from 1973 to 1988, failed to identify the convicted person.
The test reports were released in response to Freedom of Information Act requests from the media and the Innocence Project made possible -- as of July 1 -- by special legislation passed by the Virginia General Assembly this year.
Failure to identify a convicted persons DNA in evidence, primarily blood and semen, can be consistent with and even prove innocence but may mean nothing.
However, as permitted by the legislation, the department said two Commonwealths attorneys are withholding four reports involving five people four in Norfolk and one in Carroll County -- deemed critical to ongoing criminal investigations.
Amanda M. Howie, a spokeswoman for Gregory D. Underwood, the Norfolk Commonwealths attorney, said that of 11 reports sent to Norfolk for consideration, they objected to the release of four concerning 3 individuals and 2 cases.
Howie wrote in an email that, Our objection is appropriate as our legal review of the original circumstances of each case associated with the (reports) is still ongoing.
She said that in every case sent to her office, a thorough, routine process is followed to determine what, if any, legal impact the testing and resulting (report) has on the case.
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SPANISH FORT, Alabama -- The 2012 Hutton Junior Fisheries Biology Program received 79 applications this year from high school juniors and seniors and chose only 15 participants, one of whom was Spanish Fort High School graduate Katie Dankovic.
The 18-year-old was a senior at SFHS when she was persuaded by her consumer science teacher to submit an application for the internship and scholarship opportunity sponsored by the American Fisheries Society. Dankovic was selected, received a $3,000 scholarship and spent an eight-week internship being mentored by biologists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Daphne location.
The Hutton program is open to all 11th- and 12th-grade high school students regardless of their race or gender; however, the programs goal is to stimulate interest in careers in fisheries science and management among groups underrepresented in the fisheries professions, so women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Each student chosen for the program receives a scholarship and is matched with a professional mentor for a summer-long hands-on experience.
Dankovics mentors, Andy Ford and Jennifer Pritchett, said they have seen Dankovic progress throughout the weeks.
Shes communicating better, her confidence is growing and shes catching on quick, said Pritchett, a fish and wildlife biologist.
As a first-time mentor, Pritchett feels as though the opportunity benefits both herself and Dankovic.
Im trying to help pay it forward. I hope I can enhance someone elses career and my leadership skills also, said Pritchett.
Ford, who has been a mentor for three years, agrees that the experience as a mentor is rewarding.
I enjoy getting out there and helping. I think weve all had someone in some point of our career that stepped up and helped, said Ford, a fishery biologist. Its enjoyable for me to see young people coming out of school and excited about the field already.
The 2012 program, which was established in 2000, includes minority students in nearly half its positions and about two-thirds are female, a spokesman said. This year, the Hutton Scholars are working with their mentors in 13 states.
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Chinese medical devices maker, Mindray Medical International Ltd (MR), recently announced that it will present its products at the American Association for Clinical Chemistrys 2012 Clinical Lab Expo. The exhibition will be held at Los Angeles, California, from July 17 to July 19.
The sophisticated and high-profile domain of the Clinical Lab Expo attracts reputed clinical laboratory professionals. Mindray is enthused about the opportunity to participate in the conference. It will use the opportunity to display its complete range of in-vitro diagnostic products as well as new products such as BS-2000 Auto Biochemistry Analyzer and EH-2050B Plus Automatic Urine Sediment Analyzer.
The BS-2000 modular system is the companys fastest biochemistry analyzer. The output range is 2,000 photometric tests for single modules, to 4,400 for dual modules with electrolyte tests. Given its high speed and methodological traceability, the product will be beneficial for hospital and clinical laboratories with high sample volumes, adding to versatility.
Mindray believes that BS-2000 has a high level of efficiency, automation and scalability. It also boasts of the easy consolidation of the product with its future offerings.
The Automatic Urine Sediment Analyzer EH-2050B for comprehensive urinalysis of patients is for automatic detection of the presence of red blood cells and other elements in the patients urine samples. Additionally, EH-2050B can be used in conjunction with various urinary dry-chemistry analyzers. The subsequent data from such analysis can help in developing an integrated urinalysis report of the patient.
Mindray is a bellwether in the Chinese MedTech industry with a solid international presence. A key distinction with domestic competitors is that the majority of Mindrays products have CE Mark and/or Food and Drug Administration (:FDA) clearance.
Mindray remains committed to innovative and high-quality product development in order to deliver high-performance towards consumer demand. The company maintains a decent product pipeline and brings out several new products each year. New products contribute in a major way to Mindrays revenues.
The company has entered the premium segment globally, where its competitive advantage is still unclear. Also, on the negative side, health care reforms in China and the U.S. may reduce demand for Mindrays products. Competition is fierce and could lead to price erosion over time.
Mindrays competitors in different niche segments include GE Healthcare, a part of General Electric (GE), Phillips Healthcare under Philips (PHG) and Siemens (SI). Our Neutral recommendation is supported by a short-term Zacks #3 Rank (Hold).
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Spacefaring worms undergo genetic changes associated with longer lives in their Earth-bound cousins, research has shown.
A number of Caenorhabditis elegans worms were carried aboard a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) and brought back for study.
Researchers found reduced activity of five genes in the worms that, when suppressed in the species on Earth, lead to longer lifetimes.
The work appears in Scientific Reports.
The nematode C. elegans is among the world's most-studied animals.
They have been routinely taken as cargo on space missions to study in a simple organism the biological changes that future human spacefarers may face; the worms even survived the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003.
More recently, the prospects for a self-contained and self-sustaining colony of the worms were described in a 2011 paper in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
But it was also the first multi-celled organism to have its entire genome sequenced, and researchers are now getting to the bottom of what changes space travel wreaks on the worms' genomes.
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The Goddard robotic Satellite Servicing Center tests and refines satellite-servicing technologies and systems to be used in space. Credit: NASA
(Phys.org) -- Envision a space with more options and increased capacity: a place where aging and ailing satellites could place a service call for a helpful boost to the right orbit, a quick repair, or a fuel top-off to keep them operating longer. According to many of the speakers and attendees at NASAs Second International Workshop on On-Orbit Satellite Servicing, such long-discussed lifeline services are more than a dream of the future; they are options that could be achievable within the next five years.
On May 30-31, more than 240 international representatives gathered at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., to discuss international near-term satellite servicing plans and delve into the issues that could either stimulate or strangle the emerging commercial servicing industry. During the event, NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) presented results to date from NASAs Robotic Refueling Mission on the International Space Station.
We were very excited to see such a diverse gathering of satellite manufacturers, fleet owners and operators, government representatives, and policy experts engaged in tackling the challenges to getting on-orbit satellite servicing off the ground, said Frank Cepollina, Associate Director of the Satellite Servicing Capabilities Office (SSCO) at Goddard.
The message from these discussions was very clear, he continued. Satellite fleet owners and operators want servicing capabilities. The technology to do these sorts of tasks is ready now. We believe its the right time to make routine and reliable satellite servicing in orbit a reality.
After welcoming remarks by Goddard Center Director Christopher Scolese, plenary speakers Kay Sears of Intelsat General, Dr. Robert Ambrose of NASA, and Prof. Henry Hertzfeld of George Washington University kicked off the event. They verbally painted a vision of a satellite-servicing-enabled world, describing the technology needed to get there, and explaining the various legal, financial, insurance and policy challenges to be navigated.
More than thirty-five speakers and session leaders gave presentations, led panel discussions, and took audience questions during the event. Queries ranged from How much would satellite owners profit from life-extension versus repair services, to, What sort of low-cost features could be implemented on satellites now to make servicing easier in the future? Speakers included representatives of governments and private industries, satellite bus manufacturers, and fleet owners and operators, as well as representatives of insurance, finance, law, and policy. Presentations from the event are available at the SSCO Workshop website.
Attendees often referred to the Five Rs of On-Orbit Servicing, or the ability to remotely survey, relocate, refuel, repair, and replace individual parts of satellites in space. Participants also discussed the sixth R related to satellite servicing: the perceived risk the first mission would, by its very nature, carry and ultimately alleviate. Attendees agreed that this is a challenge best suited for NASA to resolve.
While there has been strong interest in these sort of capabilities for decades, robotic satellite servicing in geosynchronous Earth orbit the space highway for weather and communication satellites has never before been attempted, said Benjamin Reed, Workshop Chairman and the deputy project manager of SSCO. Consistent with the United States Space Policy, NASA is actively investigating ways to remove the perceived risk and jumpstart a commercial industry to provide cost-efficient servicing solutions to satellite manufacturers, owners, and ultimately consumers.
Were encouraged by the success of the recent SpaceX Dragon launch, he continued, and are exploring how an initial shared government/commercial servicing mission could initiate a fully commercial satellite servicing capability for America.
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Excalibur Almaz Inc. (EAI) has successfully completed its Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) partnership with NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Through CCDev2, NASA is spurring innovation and development of safe, reliable and cost-effective spacecraft and launch vehicles capable of transporting astronauts to low Earth orbit and the International Space Station.
EAI, based in Houston, began exchanging technical information with NASA about its human spacecraft concept for low Earth orbit crew transportation in October 2011 under an unfunded Space Act Agreement (SAA). The company and NASA reviewed the design of the spacecraft, its systems requirements and compatibility with launch vehicle alternatives. Additional milestones included presentations on how the company plans to test and integrate its spacecraft in advance of a crewed launch. All of the EAI SAA milestones were completed by June 19.
"During this unfunded Space Act Agreement with EAI, NASA learned valuable information about how the company plans to upgrade the existing capsule with modern flight capabilities," CCP Manager Ed Mango said. "We commend the EAI team for completing all of their established milestones during this partnership."
EAI plans to upgrade human space capsules built and tested decades earlier with new internal systems and a service module. The spacecraft can accommodate three crew members and accompanying cargo during trips to low Earth orbit. It will consist of a reusable reentry capsule, launch abort system and expendable service module. EAI plans to outfit the spacecraft with the ability to land on the ground, rather than in the ocean.
"The interchange of technical information between the EAI team and the NASA Commercial Crew Program during the past year has been a very positive and important step toward the completion of our commercial transportation system," said Buckner Hightower, EAI chief executive officer. "NASA's feedback related to clarification of commercial crew transportation requirements was of significant assistance to support our efforts to provide safe, reliable and cost effective space transportation for both commercial and government customers."
All of NASA's industry partners continue to meet their established milestones in developing commercial crew transportation capabilities.
For more information about NASA's Commercial Crew Program, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The corridors of Harvard Medical School might be leading to Native American communities on the Plains.
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Brandon Universitys medical school recommendation report has been submitted to the province.
President Deborah Poff, along with representatives from BU, the University of Manitoba and other committee members, met Tuesday to discuss the feasibility study that had been completed by two consultants.
Poff submitted the report Thursday and will be meeting with the Council on Post-Secondary Education on July 13.
Poff wouldnt discuss the recommendations, but said she was pleased to see it moving forward.
Itll feel better when we know what people are going to do with it, she said.
Last spring, the Manitoba government provided $350,000 to conduct the feasibility study to determine how enhancing medical education in Brandon can help to increase the number of doctors across the province.
The study is looking at a variety of options, including a stand-alone medical school in Brandon, a satellite program expansion from the University of Manitoba in partnership with BU and a continuation or expansion of existing models of rotational and educational experiences.
Earlier this year, Poff said she would like to see the university involved in medical education either stand-alone or partnered.
The recommendation report was originally supposed to be submitted to the Council on Post-Secondary Education on March 31, but was given two extensions.
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Andy Griffith's death certificate says the actor died of a heart attack, after years of suffering from other illnesses, including coronary artery disease.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. A Libertarian is planning to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie in this falls general election in Kentuckys 2nd District.
Craig Astor, former chairman of the Larue County Republican Party, will make his candidacy official on Monday by filing the necessary paperwork in the secretary of states office.
The 49-year-old Astor, an ordained minister from Hodgenville, will also face Democratic nominee and perennial candidate David Williams in the Nov. 6 election. Williams has run unsuccessfully for a litany of offices over the years.
Astor campaign manager Ken Moellman said he believes this will be a good year for Libertarian candidates because of what he sees as dissatisfaction among voters with Republican and Democratic standard-bearers on the national level.
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LAS VEGAS - To begin: This is not a story about Ron Paul.
Not exactly, anyway. And yet to get where we want to go we will start at OPA!, a Greek restaurant on the edge of town where Clark County Republicans and tea party conservatives gathered on Nevada primary night for what looked undeniably like a Ron Paul rally.
In one corner was Cindy Lake, acting chair of the Clark County Republican Party and a delegate to this summer's Republican National Convention. A self-described "libertarian Republican constitutional conservative," Lake became a Paul convert in 2007 after she heard him advocate for something she passionately supports: the freedom to buy raw milk.
Nearby stood Megan Heryet, celebrating her GOP primary victory in a state Assembly race. Heryet, a real estate agent, substitute teacher and mom, is hardly a Paul fanatic. But she did back him in Nevada's caucuses earlier this year, primarily because she is a big proponent of being free to make decisions such as choosing to give birth to her second child at home instead of a hospital. "It's about being left alone," she said.
And there were the Bunce brothers, Richard and Carl, who marshaled a four-year "Paulist" takeover of the Nevada Republican Party. The tax system is their biggest irritation. "This is the land of the free," said Carl. "How free are we when we've got a government that can choose how much money we keep in our paycheck?"
But we promised this wouldn't be about Ron Paul and, in fact, it really isn't. Rather it's about unpasteurized milk and home births and taxes and, yes, freedom.
Something's going on in America this election year: a renaissance of an ideal as old as the nation itself - that live-and-let-live, get-out-of-my-business, individualism vs. paternalism dogma that is the hallmark of libertarianism.
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Paul, the Lake Jackson congressman and GOP presidential hopeful who champions small government and individual liberty, is one manifestation of it. We saw that with his rising popularity during the Republican presidential primary season and, now, the recent "takeovers" of political conventions in Nevada, Minnesota, Maine, Louisiana and elsewhere that will result in a sizable faction of Paul delegates at the GOP convention.
There are questions of how all of that might affect the choice of a GOP vice presidential candidate and the Republican Party platform.
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The Toronto Island ferries have never been all that convenient, especially on hot summer days, when lineups make it an ordeal just to buy tickets (which, by the way, are now $7, round-trip, for adults). This year, Transport Canada has exacerbated the problem by forcing the Citys three main ferries to meet marine safety standards by reducing the number of passengers they carry. Fortunately, there are other ways to make the trip.
Swim for it Pro The Islands are about 1.5 kilometres away from the mainland. The world record for swimming that distance currently belongs to Sun Yang, of China, who did it in about 14 minutes and 34 seconds, during a 2011 competition. Thats about the length of a typical ferry journey. Con A normal person, swimming in Lake Ontario rather than in an Olympic-sized pool, would obviously take some amount of time longer, depending on their swimming ability. Also, anyone attempting to swim to the Islands would be risking their safety. Torontos inner harbour gets a lot of boat traffic, and Toronto Port Authority rules prohibit swimming outside designated areas.
Rent an unpowered boat Pro Paddle Toronto, at Queens Quay and Rees Street, will rent a kayak or canoe to anyone with paddling experience (and they offer lessons for anyone who lacks that experience). The City allows unpowered boaters to drag their craft up onto the Islands shores, so this is effectively like having ones own, personal ferry. Just beach the boat in a safe location and enjoy the weather. Con A two-person canoe goes for $60 a day, which is $23 more, per person, than a ferry ride. A two-person kayak is $85. Also, canoeing or kayaking requires a certain amount of athleticism. Most people are able to make it to the Islands in 20 or 30 minutes.
Take a water taxi Pro This is probably the most convenient way to cross the water. Passengers are ferried across the harbour by an experienced boater, then dropped off near picnic areas or other island attractions. Con Toronto Harbour Water Taxi, located at the foot of York Street, charges $10 per adult, one-way. Thats more expensive than the ferry. But passengers dont necessarily need to pay return fare. Since there are no ticket booths on the Islands, taxi riders can take the ferry back to the mainland for free.
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Enemy Japanese soldiers are torn to pieces in Defend the Diaoyu Islands. Screengrab: Wired
A new iPad game called Defend the Diaoyu Islands takes an ongoing dispute between China and Japan and makes a game out of it one that paints the Japanese as invaders and tasks you with brutally killing them.
The conflict concerns what Japan calls the Senkaku Islands, a small chain of islands situated between Okinawa, Taiwan, and mainland China. Japan has controlled the islands for decades, first claiming them in the 19th century.
China believes that Japan ceded its authority following its surrender in World War II. No one lives on the islands, but recent years have seen non-lethal maritime confrontations between the Japanese coast guard and encroaching vessels from China and Taiwan.
Defend the Diaoyu Islands, published by Shenzhen ZQGame Company, depicts the islands as sovereign Chinese territory under siege from the Japanese. The website Mobisights translates the App Store description as follows:
Defend the Diaoyu Islands, for they are the inalienable territory of China! Recently, the Japanese government has been saber-rattling, making attempts to seize the Diaoyu Islands and even arresting our fishermen compatriots while selling off fish from the islands. Today, you can vent your anger by trying this game demo, working together to eradicate all Japanese devils landing on the island and turning them back towards their own lands. Defend the Diaoyu Islands!
The game is free and only available on the Chinese iTunes store. Wired was able to download and play it.
The Japanese enemies range from World War II soldiers to stereotypes such as samurai, sumo wrestlers, and ninjas. No Chinese soldiers are depicted on the battlefield.
Players defend a wall on the left side of the screen by tapping and swiping on the Japanese forces, hurling them into the air or dragging them across the ground. The Japanese are not merely killed: They flop around like rag dolls and become dismembered after a few strikes.
More powerful weapons are unlocked as the game goes on, fueled by a rage meter that is refilled by spirits that float up from Japanese corpses.
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Texas ranks among the worst in the nation in health care services and delivery, according to an annual scorecard issued by the federal Agency for Health Care Research and Quality. Two local state lawmakers hold out little hope the situation will improve.
In nine out of 12 categories, Texas rated weak or very weak. The only area in which Texas earned the average ranking of good was in maternal and child health care measures. Out of a possible 100 points, Texas earned 31.61, while Minnesota, the highest-ranking state, scored 67.31.
We need health care reform, said state Rep. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, who acknowledged the federal study and a lineup of similar rankings consistently place Texas at or near the bottom in taking care of its own.
Hughes does not envision the recently court-approved national health care plan boosting the states standings on the federal scorecard.
We desperately need health care reform, but what is offered to us is anything but, he said.
The federal agency identified 155 areas in which it could compare the quality of health services across the country, such as infant mortality and obesity rates.
Researchers used that data to generate national and regional averages for each area, and they then compared each state to the national and regional averages to generate a score.
The report is designed to help politicians, policy makers, private insurers and state and federal agencies identify strengths and weaknesses in state health care programs.
State Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview, wasnt convinced the state should be in the health care business in the first place.
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