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Sunday, October 14, 2012
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Lone survivor testifies at Ohio Craigslist trial
AKRON, Ohio (AP) ? Hoping to land a farm job and move close to his family, Scott Davis met his new boss and walked with him through the autumn-color woodlands of southeast Ohio last year.
Then he heard the click of a gun at the back of his head.
"I spun around," the soft-spoken Davis told a hushed courtroom Friday at the murder trial of Brogan Rafferty, a 17-year-old charged in a plot to lure victims through phony Craigslist job offers. Three men were shot to death. Davis was the only victim to survive and tell his story.
Gently prodded by the prosecutor, Davis testified that he pushed the gunman's arm away and got shot in the arm. Then he began a race for his life through the brush, the sound of gunfire ringing through the trees.
Davis told a harrowing story to jurors, saying he ran through the woods and hid for seven hours. "I was worried about bleeding to death," he testified.
Prosecutors say the plot involving Rafferty and Richard Beasley, a self-styled chaplain and the alleged triggerman, targeted men desperate for work who responded to Craigslist job ads.
Davis, 49, described how he responded to one such ad, sold his South Carolina business and moved last year to be closer to his family in the Canton area.
Davis said he, a man who called himself "Jack" and Rafferty shared a restaurant breakfast before Rafferty drove the trio to an isolated Noble County farm, ostensibly to show Davis where he would be working as a farmhand and live in a trailer with hunting rights.
Prosecutors say "Jack" was Beasley, Rafferty's mentor. Beasley, 53, of Akron, has pleaded not guilty and will be tried separately.
According to Davis, "Jack" urged him into a wooded area to look for farm equipment and eventually suggested that the two turn back.
"I heard a curse word and then a gun cock," Davis testified.
Davis said he turned around and found himself face-to-face with a handgun. He said he pushed the weapon aside, was wounded in the arm and fled as "Jack" fired at him.
Davis said he ran as fast as he could "but I kept falling down." He said he eventually hid in a creek bed and tried to stop the bleeding amid rising pain. Fearing loss of blood would kill him, Davis said he climbed to a hilltop in the moonlit night to look for a house. He found one and managed to get there and ask for a phone to dial 911.
"I was getting weak at that point," Davis testified.
Under questioning by prosecutor Emily Pelphrey, Davis identified the younger accomplice by describing the defendant's courtroom outfit.
Under cross-examination by defense attorney John Alexander, Davis testified that "Jack" had orchestrated the farm visit and fired at him.
Alexander posed repeated questions fingering Beasley as the mastermind, each time beginning, "'Jack' was the one ... "
In her opening statement, Pelphrey said Rafferty chose to participate in the three killings and Davis' wounding, even if he wasn't the triggerman. Rafferty, of nearby Stow, kept his head down and took notes as the alleged plot was detailed for the jury.
Pelphrey showed the jury timelines for each victim and said they had been desperate to improve their lives or find "the light at the end of the tunnel." A photo of each victim's grave was shown on a big TV screen as she spoke.
The defendant was a quick student of the alleged plot and "a student of violent crime," Pelphrey told jurors.
"He made the choices he wanted to make," she said.
Alexander told jurors Rafferty never participated voluntarily and was afraid that Beasley would kill him and his relatives if he didn't cooperate. As for the alleged plot to lure job-seekers, Alexander said, Rafferty "had no idea any of this was going on."
The first killing came without warning for Rafferty, according to Alexander. Afterward, Beasley warned Rafferty to keep quiet by reminding him that he knew where Rafferty's mother and sister lived, the defense lawyer said.
That was an implied threat, Alexander said. "He would kill them if Brogan says anything," Alexander told jurors.
The body of David Pauley, 51, of Norfolk, Va., was found on Noble County property owned by a coal company and often leased to hunters.
Timothy Kern, 47, of Massillon, was found in a shallow grave near an Akron-area shopping mall. He had been shot in the head.
The body of Ralph Geiger, 55, of Akron, was found in Noble County, dead of a gunshot wound to the head.
Beasley was a Texas parolee who returned to Ohio in 2004 after serving time on a burglary conviction. He was awaiting trial on prostitution and drug charges when authorities took him into custody.
Police have said a halfway house he ran in Akron was a front for prostitution. Authorities said he was a mentor for Rafferty and had befriended him.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/lone-survivor-testifies-ohio-craigslist-trial-165144271.html
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Two toddlers critically hurt?by aunt's Rottweilers
By NBC News staff
Two toddlers in Ohio were critically injured in an attack by their aunt?s three Rottweilers, according to local reports.
Richland County Dog Warden Dave Jordan said immediately following the Thursday attack family members took the dogs to a vet in Ashland, Ohio to be euthanized, the Mansfield News Journal reported.
The dogs will be tested for rabies by the Richland Health Department.
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The toddlers -- Kaitlyn O?Brien, 22 months, and Reagan O?Brien, 3 -- were flown to an Akron hospital, which said Friday it couldn?t release any information about them, the News Journal reported.
Richland County Sheriff?s Deputy Joe Lewis told the newspaper that the girls? aunt, Sandra Lynn Kinstle, went on a walk with her two nieces and three Rottweilers -- a male and two females.
Reagan reportedly ran ahead, and the male Rottweiler, which weighed about 180 pounds, chased and attacked her. The other two dogs followed and then turned on Kaitlyn.
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The aunt then reportedly covered the girls with her body to stop the dogs and was injured. She was listed in fair condition at a Mansfield hospital Thursday.
Jordan said the owners reported having no previous problems with the dogs.
No charges were immediately filed.?
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Friday, October 12, 2012
Video: Biden, Ryan pick up where presidential debate left off
NYT: After meningitis death, family members ask why
Diana Reed tried massage and acupuncture, but neither eased her neck pain. She may have injured herself while helping her husband, Wayne, who has Lou Gehrig's disease.? Finally, she decided to try a series of steroid injections. Less than a week after her last one, she died of fungal meningitis.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/vp/49379916#49379916
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Poison Nil: Snake and Scorpion Antivenoms Set for First Update in 60 Years
The National Autonomous University of Mexico has become a global leader in developing a new generation of treatments for bites from poisonous critters, some of which have cleared FDA hurdles
Alejandro Alag?n plays "yo-yo" with a male black widow spider outside his lab in Cuernavaca. The males, while just as venomous as the females, are far smaller and thus unable to puncture human skin. Image: Erik Vance
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On a dark night in the late '80s Alejandro Alag?n was working in his garden near Cuernavaca, Mexico, when he felt a sharp pain in his hand while moving a rock. He flipped the stone over and saw an especially poisonous scorpion squashed beneath it.
Another person might have headed immediately to the hospital. But Alag?n, a molecular biologist and antivenom researcher, happened to have just the right treatment at home. But he decided not to use it.
"I didn't want to use antivenom until the very end because, I said, 'well I keep talking about all these symptoms, I really need to know what's actually going on,'" he says. "I decided to wait. And I got really sick."
At first Alag?n started slurring his words as if inebriated to the point where he had to write notes to his soon-panicked wife. Then he started producing large amounts of "gastric juices" and throwing up to the point where he couldn't breathe between retches. "Then I said, 'this is the time for antivenom,'" he says. He injected himself with the milky liquid and 15 minutes later he could breathe easily again; 30 minutes later he had fully recovered.
That is the almost magical quality of antivenoms, such as the ones that Alag?n now designs through the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Soon after you take them the symptoms just evaporate. Over the past few years the university and Alag?n?who is a charming blend of doctor, chemistry nerd and bug lover?have become global leaders in developing a new generation of antivenoms for poisonous critters around the globe. Several of the new remedies are even clearing the high hurdles of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), including a version of the scorpion cocktail he used on himself, which was approved by the FDA last year as well as a black widow drug that is in phase III clinical trials.
Foiling the black widow
In the U.S. black widow bites send about 2,500 people per year to the hospital. In Mexico that number is closer to 4,000. The bite itself is small and painless?so much so that many don't even know they've been bitten.
"The black widow spider is relatively aggressive compared to other spiders," says Susanne Spano, a doctor at the University of California, San Francisco?Fresno Department of Emergency Medicine, who sees an unusually large number of bites. "You don't really have to be doing anything to the spider and it will bite you."
What happens next is cripplingly painful stomach cramping that can last up to two days as the venom affects the connection between muscles and the nerves that control them. It's only deadly to the very old and young but is so painful, Spano says, that historically many doctors have mistaken it for a ruptured appendix.
Antivenom is essentially a molecule that hunts down toxic venom and chemically changes it to something that cannot interact with the body. "Imagine that you are throwing large balls of sticky glue at the venom, and it will only stick to the venom and not to the other stuff," says Eric Lavonas, with the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center in Denver.
Since the 1950s pharmaceutical company Merck had manufactured antivenom for black widow bites, but it has never been a big seller and causes very rare side effects, so in 2009 the firm limited distribution. In the '50s, as now, antivenom was made by injecting the target venom into animals that had powerful defenses?in this case a horse?and then harvesting and purifying their natural antibodies. In the case of black widows, the antibody is a Y-shaped molecule with a forked end that attaches to the venom. But the tail (the bottom of the Y) can interact with the human body and occasionally cause a negative reaction to the antivenom?in one case with a fatal result. Although such reactions are incredibly rare, many doctors preferred not to use Merck's aging recipe. Both Lavonas and Spano say they were trained not to use the black widow antivenom and to just treat the pain for a day or even two.
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Marketing your products to different outlets will generate more income
When most people start a business, the focus is entirely upon the specific type of service or product that the company offers. If your business is a widget maker, then by gosh, that?s what you are going to do. You are just going to make widgets, and you are going to get mighty good at it. However, you might find that you are missing some good opportunities in other areas, where you can expand your little widget empire and find ways to make some more money. It does not mean that you have to give up on or change your widget making strategy. It just means that you have to add to it. Here are some examples of how you might be able to do that.
Other, Similar Products
The first and most natural thing that you are likely going to want to do is look into exploring other types of similar items. If you are making handbags or purses currently, then you might want to look into expanding your line to include wallets. It?s a simple way to add some more revenue outlets to your business, but it is certainly not the only method. In fact, it might not even be the best method.
Write About It
Something else that you might want to try is writing about your business. If you are a candle maker, then you could write a couple of simple tutorials and post them online as a form of promotion to drive more traffic back to your site, where you sell those candles. You could also go more in depth and create a book in both print and digital, which you could sell online and offline. Depending on the types of business that you are in and your niche, you may even want to look into getting a publisher rather than self-publishing.
You will be able to make money each time your book sells, and you will be able to get more people interested in your company and your business. This can, in turn, lead to the next way that you can make money.
Speaking Engagements
Whether you are holding a class or giving a lecture at a convention, it is possible to earn a fine living as a speaker. No matter what your area of expertise, there is a good chance that you can find other people who not only want to listen to you but who will also pay to listen to you. Even better, you can sell your book at those speaking engagements.
You can find quite a few other outlets to make more money. What are some of the avenues that you are choosing to use and how successful have they been?
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
HBT: Ryan says Hamilton stopped dipping too soon
Nolan Ryan spoke with ESPN Dallas about Josh Hamilton?s late season struggles. ?Ryan beat back the notion that Josh Hamilton somehow quit on the team ? which should go without saying, but whatever ? and noted that to the extent he had issues late, it was because he was simply in an unfamiliar situation and didn?t quite know how to respond.
That seems reasonable. This, less so:
?His timing on quitting smokeless tobacco couldn?t have been worse. You would?ve liked to have thought that if he was going to do that that he would?ve done it in the offseason or waited until this offseason to do it. So the drastic effect that it had on him and the year that he was having up to that point in time that he did quit, you?d have liked that he would?ve taken a different approach to that. So those issues caused unrest, and it?s unfortunate that it happened and the timing was such as it was.?
He may be right that quitting affected Hamilton adversely, but given that Major League Baseball is trying to get players to stop using smokeless tobacco right now, banning it in the minors and fining guys who use it conspicuously in the bigs, someone at the league office probably won?t care too much for this sentiment.
Seems to me that there?s never a bad time to quit a bad habit. If the baseball suffers, it suffers. Life and health is more important.
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Giants beat Reds in 10th, cut NLDS deficit to 2-1
Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Homer Bailey throws against the San Francisco Giants in the first inning during Game 3 of the National League division baseball series, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Homer Bailey throws against the San Francisco Giants in the first inning during Game 3 of the National League division baseball series, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
A Cincinnati Reds fan holds a sign supporting starting pitcher Homer Bailey prior to Game 3 of the National League division baseball series against the San Francisco Giants, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker watches from the dugout in the first inning during Game 3 of the National League division baseball series against the San Francisco Giants, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
Former Cincinnati Reds pitcher Tom Browning throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to Game 3 of the National League division baseball series against the San Francisco Giants, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
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CINCINNATI (AP) ? Third baseman Scott Rolen's error with two outs in the 10th inning gave San Francisco the go-ahead run, and the Giants edged the Cincinnati Reds 2-1 Tuesday night to cut their NL playoff deficit to 2-1.
The Giants avoided a division series sweep when Rolen, an eight-time Gold Glove winner, bobbled Joaquin Arias' short-hop grounder and threw late to first.
San Francisco was held hitless into the sixth by Homer Bailey, managed only three hits overall and struck out 16 times.
But the Giants got two hits in the 10th and were helped by a passed ball.
Left-hander Barry Zito will start Game 4 on Wednesday for the Giants. The Reds have to decide whether to try ace Johnny Cueto, forced out of the opener with spasms in his back and side.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Technology At Seattle's Space Age World's Fair
Harriet Baskas
10/09/2012
TRANSCRIPT
During the 1962 World's Fair, the future was front and center. Astronaut John Glenn had just orbited the earth and NASA was ready to launch the first communications satellite that could both send and receive signals.
Audio: "That satellite of course is the TELSTAR. One hundred and seventy pounds of complex electronic equipment that receives signals beamed from earth, magnifies them 10 billion times and rebroadcasts them back to earth."
When Telstar first launched, on July 10, 1962, only audio signals of phone calls were bounced between earth and space.
Stein: "And then a few weeks later, they did a television bounce. Most of Europe got to see scenes of America and most of America got to see scenes of Europe."
Becker: "And it broadcast scenes from the fair."
Historylink staff historians Alan Stein and Paula Becker wrote "The Future Remembered ? The 1962 World's Fair and its Legacy." They say that first live international TV broadcast was a very big deal.
Stein: "This was huge. The fact that people could see this while it was happening."
Becker: "Because it was broadcasting scenes like Rockefeller Center and Mount Rushmore and to have the fair be one of those American iconographic things that was broadcast ? although the fair had only been open, for what three months ? that was really important."
Satellite technology was definitely 21st century. The fair also promised technological changes for daily living here on earth.
Music: "Century 21 ... how will life be in the 21st century? "
In the Bell Systems Pavilion, lovely young ladies informed fairgoers that just dialing a phone number was old?fashioned. Call?waiting, call forwarding and phones that had their dials replaced with push buttons were around the corner.
Audio: "Hi! This is the Bell System's new touch tone dialing. With this indicator you see how many seconds you save in the new way."
For those on the go, there was the bellboy ? later known as the pager.
Audio: "When someone calls and you are out ? you can be reached by dialing your bellboy?code number. Buzz. When you get a signal on your bellboy you can go to a phone and call your office or home one and get the message."
Stein: "It was this big, hurky device. It was about the size of a TV remote. About twice as heavy".
And all it did was rattle in your pocket when somebody wanted to contact you. This was brand new.
Of course, cellphones made pagers obsolete. But those original models are still around: at Seattle's Museum of Communications.
Barger: "I've have a display of bell boys in here and I'm gonna grab a couple of them."
Museum volunteer Rich Barger worked at regional phone companies for 45 years. He says Seattle World's Fair officials were the first to be issued pagers.
Barger: "It showed the public that hey, here's what's coming. It's going to be available very shortly. So it was a good marketing ploy."
The museum also displays the first cordless phones. They were invented to solve a problem at the revolving restaurant on top of the Space Needle, says Knute Berger, author of "Space Needle: The Spirit of Seattle."
Berger: "They wanted to have phone service at your table because that's what every great fancy restaurant ? you could phone from the table. With cords it wouldn't work. So they actually had the phone company ? Pacific Northwest Bell ? actually invented a form of wireless phone that connected the phone to a radio transmitter that then connected you with an operator so you could have a cordless phone at your table while you were rotating and you could make a call. And that was one of the first times that was ever done."
New technology was also featured in General Electric's Home of the Future exhibit. There, a perfectly coiffed homemaker had conveniences that included a push button sink, remote control draperies and a computer with access to an entire library. All things, it turned out, homeowners could soon have.
Becker: "That's the thing about this fair. The future seems not so far away."
Historylink's Paula Becker says even though this World's Fair was billed as space age, the technological dreams presented were really quite grounded.
Becker: At the 1962 Seattle World's Fair the future felt more like a road we were already on. So it's less foreign less predictive and more like something we're on our way to.
Audio: "As the present unfolds, see what the future holds ? You're elated ? fascinated."
I'm Harriet Baskas, KUOW News
? Copyright 2012, KUOW
Special thanks to our engineer on this series, Tom Stiles. Thank you to the staff and volunteers at Seattle's Museum of Communications.
Source: http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=28149
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5 Mistakes to Avoid During Health Insurance Open Enrollment - Mint
The last few months of the year usually mean it?s time to think about choosing new health benefits. Some people see Open Enrollment as an opportunity?this is your chance to switch plans! But for most, it?s a looming headache: time to stress about choosing the right benefits. Again.
It could be that there are just so many more options today than ever before. Several years ago, most employers simply gave you a choice between a low-cost HMO and a more expensive PPO.
Now, the options have multiplied into an extended family of acronyms. To make things worse, employers and health insurance companies are pushing more costs onto consumers, which means it?s even more important to make sure you are getting your money?s worth.
As you approach your Open Enrollment period, here are 5 common mistakes, and how to avoid them.
Doing nothing
Almost 9 out of 10 of us just keep the same benefits we had last year. That?s not necessarily a problem; especially if you?ve done your research and your needs haven?t changed.
Just make sure nothing substantial has changed about the plan either. Sometimes premiums increase or benefits get cut, and over time, the plan that was once a good deal may not be the best choice for you anymore.
Shopping only by the premium
It?s easy to focus on how much health insurance will cost you each month because it?s a clear, predictable expense. But don?t overlook what you?re paying for or you may find yourself facing big costs later on, like high deductibles or co-insurance.
Over-insuring
It?s possible to purchase more insurance than you need. While good-for-you from a health perspective, this might not be that great from a financial stance.
This doesn?t necessarily you should choose the cheapest plan if you are a healthy individual?because we are all at risk for unexpected medical events.
It might mean choosing a plan that has a more limited network, like an HMO, if you are not seeing any specialists. Or choosing a high deductible plan if most of your visits are routine preventive care.
Under-insuring
Of course, you don?t want to go too far in the other direction by choosing too minimal of a plan either. If you choose a high deductible plan, you should be able to pay the deductible at any time if needed.
In an ideal world, you?d have lots of time to save up cash to cover your deductible in an HSA linked to the plan. But if you enroll in a high deductible plan, and suddenly have some medical bills before you?ve accumulated enough in your HSA, you could be in trouble.
Ignoring the health savings accounts
FSAs (Flexible Spending Accounts) and HRAs (Health Reimbursement Accounts) are pretty much the equivalent of free money. But there are estimates that as few as 20% of people set up an FSA when it?s offered.
If you?re turned off by the idea of keeping receipts and faxing photocopies, give these savings accounts another chance. These days, most issue debit-like cards and many merchants are set up to automatically recognize FSA or HRA eligible expenses?so you can spend easily.
You should still keep receipts as proof, as you might still need them for certain expenses. But the tax savings are well worth the work.
Happy enrolling!
Tomer Shoval is the CEO and Co-Founder of?Simplee, a free online personal health care expense management tool. Connect with him on?twitter,?facebook?or?email.
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Columbus Day: Your guide to the top 5 political events today
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures during a rally in Abingdon, Va., Friday. On Monday Romney will give a speech on his foreign policy views. (Steve Helber/AP)
Mr. Romney can?t get enough of the commonwealth of Virginia. He made his first public campaign appearance there after last week?s debate, and now on Monday, Romney is back in the Old Dominion to give a major foreign policy address at Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Va.
The speech, which will commence shortly after 11 a.m., could give a window into topics of contention at the next presidential debate, which will focus on foreign affairs. In excerpts released Sunday night, Romney attacks the president for what he describes as a listless approach to foreign policy broadly and the Middle East in particular.
?Hope is not a strategy,? the excerpts read. ?We cannot support our friends and defeat our enemies in the Middle East when our words are not backed up by deeds, when our defense spending is being arbitrarily and deeply cut, when we have no trade agenda to speak of, and the perception of our strategy is not one of partnership, but of passivity.?
Romney promises to use ?clear conditions? on US aid to Egypt to influence the newly formed government, vows to get weapons to Syrian rebels who ?share our values,? and will ?recommit? the United States to establishing a Palestinian state alongside Israel.
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Demographic miracle in the deserts: Some plants in arid regions benefit from climate change
ScienceDaily (Oct. 8, 2012) ? Dryland ecosystems cover 41% of Earth's land surface. These ecosystems are highly vulnerable to global environmental change and desertification. But climate change seems to have a positive impact on some plants. A study involving the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock has come to this conclusion.
Using demographic methods, ecologist Roberto Salguero-G?mez investigates desert plants to find out how vulnerable they are to climate change. The results of his newest study are surprising: Climate change may have a positive impact on some plants.
Climate models used by scientists to forecast the effect of climate change on the various ecosystems predict a bleak future for these regions: temperatures will rise, there will be less rain, and it will rain more erratically -- all conditions seemingly unfavorable to plants.
To measure the impact of climate change on the dynamics of plant populations, researchers to date have mostly worked with average values, such as average temperature or average rainfall. "This is a method commonly used, but it cannot be applied to desert plants," says researcher Roberto Salguero-G?mez of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.
Dryland plants cannot really be compared to plant species growing in other latitudes, where weather conditions are fluctuate less. Dryland plants have adapted to the extreme climatic conditions of arid regions in the course of evolution, even under conditions of no climate change, and they benefit from it.
Some plants produce dormant seeds in years of heavy rainfall. The seeds of other plant species have something like a sensor to detect the level of rainfall: not enough rain drops falling to secure their life until they reproduce and they will not germinate. A lot of rain after years of drought, and they start to grow. The advantage is that many other plant species -- competitors for space -- have a low drought tolerance and this has thinned out the total population, freeing up space where individuals, who have waited for the big rain, can spread.
"Using average precipitation values to predict plant population dynamics does not correspond to the physiology of these plants, a physiology that is unique," sums up Roberto Salguero-G?mez.
It is for this reason that he, together with his colleagues Wolfgang Siewert and Katja Tielb?rger (University of T?bingen) and Brenda Casper (University of Pennsylvania) have looked anew at two long-term studies that documented the population size of two desert plant species, one each in the USA and Israel, over a number of years.
Based on the data of these studies, a climate model and a demographic calculation method, the researchers have developed a new model that provides insights into the future dynamics of plant populations. The results, recently published in the scientific journal Philosophical Transactions B of the Royal Society of London, are astounding: Changing weather conditions do not seem to harm the population of these plants; quite to the contrary, they seem to benefit from it. "The plants adapt quite well," says Roberto Salguero-G?mez. They seem to have a sizeable buffer to adapt to climate change."
It is of great important to continue to observe and investigate these dynamics, he stresses, for example to assess which measures are best suited to alleviate poverty in the long run and where to apply them. Most dryland areas are located in the poorest regions of the world, i.e. Africa, Central Asia, and South America. Many people living there have to make a living from the scarce resources these barren regions offer. And there will be more of them as, undoubtedly, the share of dryland will increase due to climate change, desertification and other human-driven activities. It is thus all the more important to assess what impact climate change will truly have on plants that serve as food for people and livestock in these areas.
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Monday, October 8, 2012
Facebook pitches new $20 million "Sponsored Stories" settlement
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What Is a Good Credit Card Deal? | 50 Plus Finance
You must have heard people say ? ?I got a good credit card deal?. So if you happen to be looking for a credit card at that moment, do you just go with what your friend has told you as a good credit card deal??
Let?s check what one can term as a good credit card deal. A credit card deal is good if it works for you. So, if the credit card fits into your lifestyle in a way that rakes in maximum benefits for you, that is a good credit card deal.?
Good, for credit card deals, is really a relative term and there is no credit card deal which is equally good for all.
Let?s check what one can term as a good credit card deal. A credit card deal is good if it works for you. So, if the credit card fits into your lifestyle in a way that rakes in maximum benefits for you, that is a good credit card deal.?
The most important thing to realize here is the word ?your? as in ?your lifestyle?. So logically speaking there is nothing like a good credit card deal. What it is - is good credit card deal for ?you? i.e. the individual who is going to use that credit card. This is because the lifestyle and the needs differ from person to person (and that is precisely the reason why every credit card supplier offers so many different kinds of credit cards).?
It might be true in some cases (where the lifestyle of two individuals/friends is similar) that the credit card deal which is good for one be good for the other too, however, this is just in a few cases.?
You can always check with your friend who has recently got a credit card deal, since that might cut down the time needed for researching/hunting-for a good credit card deal.?
However, it?s really a matter of evaluating your own needs. If you travel a lot and to far off places by air, a card that offers you good rewards/rebates/benefits on travel would comprise a good credit card deal. Sometimes the airlines themselves have their own credit card issuing/supplying company from where you can get a good credit card deal. For people shopping at a particular retail store or a shop, a good credit card deal would be a card that offers discounts, rebates and rewards on shopping.?
Again, the retail stores themselves might have credit cards on offer that could be beneficial to you. Then there are credit card deals that are linked to gasoline stores or big grocery chains. If you don?t have any specific needs, you might use a general purpose credit card that gives reward points on every purchase you make on your credit card. These points can then be redeemed for cash/rewards.?
Hence, this card could become a good credit card deal for you.?Good, for credit card deals, is really a relative term and there is no credit card deal which is equally good for all.
Source: http://www.50plusfinance.com/2012/10/what-is-good-credit-card-deal.html
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Foxconn Workers Strike, Saying iPhone 5 Demands Too High
Created: October 7, 2012 Last Updated: October 7, 2012
Chinese workers assemble electronic components at the Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn's factory in Shenzhen, 2010. In a picture taken on May 26, 2010. Work stoppage and a strike have recently been reported in a factory producing the iPhone 5. (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)
Thousands of workers at a Foxconn factory in northern China that makes components for Apple?s iPhone 5 have gone on strike, with many saying that the quality demands are simply too high, a labor rights group has said.
In recent years, there have been large-scale protests and riots at Foxconn facilities, including one that involved thousands of workers at a plant in Taiyuan. There have also been numerous suicides. There were also explosions at two plants.
New York-based China Labor Watch (CLW) said the strike at the plant in Zhengzhou, located in north-central Henan Province, began Friday and 3,000 to 4,000 Foxconn workers took part.?
?This strike is a result of the fact that these workers just have too much pressure,? CLW head Li Qiang said in a statement.
The workers told CLW that ?multiple iPhone 5 production lines from various factory buildings were in a state of paralysis for the entire day? on Friday.
\>");The workers told the labor group that Foxconn demanded they work during the holiday and raised overly strict demands on product quality without offering any training for the skills needed to complete the job, leading workers to produce products that were not up to par, and placing more pressure on them. The group said that both factory management and Apple placed the quality demands on the workers.
?With such demands, employees could not even turn out iPhones that met the standard,? CLW said. Foxconn?s ?quality control inspectors fell into to conflicts with workers and were beat up multiple times by workers,? it said. ?Factory management turned a deaf ear to complaints about these conflicts and took no corrective measures.?
There was also a fight between workers and quality control inspectors that caused damage in one of the factory?s inspection rooms and led to a number of hospitalizations, the group said. Last week, inspectors received threats and when these problems were reported to the management, they ignored them and did nothing about it.
The production problems along with being forced to work through the holiday triggered a large-scale work stoppage on the factory floor, with both workers and inspectors taking part.?
Foxconn denied any strike took place in Zhengzhou, saying the disturbances took place earlier in the week, were small, and were quashed immediately.
?Any reports that there has been an employee strike are inaccurate,? Foxconn told Reuters via e-mail. It added that ?there has been no workplace stoppage in that facility or any other Foxconn facility and production has continued on schedule.??
According to the CNET website, the Zhengzhou facility employs around 190,000 people.
?The employees always say the people outside want a job,? an employee with Foxconn told CNET, ?and the people inside want to quit.?
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