The '20s may have been roaring for well-heeled urban centers, but on the farm? Rural electricity in the 1920s was as rare as Google Fiber is today. Which makes these 1922 predictions for the farm of the future so brazen.
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CO2 Will Adversely Impact Rainfall Around the World - Green Conduct
Climate change causing greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2), will cause less rain in areas that need it most and more rain in areas that need it least. According to recent NASA findings areas that get a lot of rain will get more, those areas that get moderate rainfall will get less, and those areas that get little rainfall may get none at all.
NASA?s research is the product of an analysis of the computer simulations from 14 climate models. They span 140 years and they show that warming from carbon dioxide will change the frequency that regions around the planet receive rain.
Some parts of the world will see significant increases in rainfall. These areas include tropical zones around the equator, particularly in the Pacific Ocean and Asian monsoon regions.
While some parts of the world will suffer from too much rain, other parts of the world will suffer from extreme drought. By 2050 NASA?s research indicates that there will be no rain in much of the Southwest and California. The Amazon are also expected to suffer from ?megadroughts.?As explained in a NASA news release:
?Some regions outside the tropics may have no rainfall at all. The models also projected for every degree Fahrenheit of warming, the length of periods with no rain will increase globally by 2.6 percent. In the Northern Hemisphere, areas most likely to be affected include the deserts and arid regions of the southwest United States, Mexico, North Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, and northwestern China. In the Southern Hemisphere, drought becomes more likely in South Africa, northwestern Australia, coastal Central America and northeastern Brazil.?
Some of the most devastating impacts of reduced rainfall will be felt in areas that get moderate rainfall because this is where most people live. Water is essential for life and rainfall is also a critical element of food production. These new precipitation patterns will lead to increased water scarcity and food shortages. It is likely that this will cause major climate change related migrations.
NASA?s latest research findings are not spurious, they are corroborated a slew of other studies which have come to the same conclusions.
? 2013, Richard Matthews. All rights reserved.Richard Matthews is a consultant, eco- entrepreneur, green investor and author of numerous articles on sustainable positioning, eco-economics and enviro-politics. He is the owner of The Green Market Oracle a leading sustainable business blog and one of the Web?s most comprehensive resources on the business of the environment. Find The Green Market Oracle on Facebook and follow The Green Market Oracle?s twitter feed.
Source: http://www.greenconduct.com/news/2013/06/02/co2-will-adversely-impact-rainfall-around-the-world/
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Factory activity edges up in May but growth sluggish: Markit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manufacturing picked up slightly in May, a survey showed on Monday, though the pace was still sluggish and suggested the sector may be a drag on the economy in the second quarter.
Financial data firm Markit said its final Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to 52.3 in May from 52.1 in April, which was better than the preliminary reading of 51.9.
A reading above 50 indicates expansion.
Growth in output eased for the third straight month, with the sub-index slipping to 52.7 from 53.7, while the pace of hiring in the sector fell to a six-month low.
"The survey paints a downbeat picture of manufacturing business conditions. Output, order books and employment are all growing modestly, suggesting the sector is at risk of stalling," said Chris Williamson, Markit chief economist.
The gauge of new orders from domestic clients rose to 53.3 from 51.5, helping the main index improve slightly on April's result. That also helped make up for a decline in overseas orders, which fell for the first time in three months.
Williamson said slower growth in the factory sector was likely to contribute to weaker economic growth in the second quarter.
The economy expanded at a 2.4 percent pace between January and March, a hefty jump over 0.4 percent in the final three months of 2012.
But economists suspect a manufacturing slowdown and a drop in government spending could sap it of momentum in the second quarter, repeating a pattern seen over the past two years.
The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing purchasing managers index for April showed the sector's growth slowed. The May report, due later on Monday, was expected to show the sector remained sluggish.
Consumer spending also fell in April for the first time in nearly a year and price pressures were subdued, suggesting the Federal Reserve may have to maintain its monetary stimulus for a while yet.
The Markit index found that goods-producing firms reported higher input prices in May, though the rate of increase remained much weaker than that seen at the start of the year. Output charges rose modestly on the month.
(Reporting By Steven C. Johnson; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/factory-activity-edges-may-growth-sluggish-markit-130055806.html
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Sunday, June 2, 2013
Anthony Cardenas Charged With Vandalism For Allegedly Painting Crosswalk In California
Authorities in Vallejo, Calif. say that Anthony Cardenas painted this crosswalk at a busy intersection himself.
VALLEJO, Calif. -- A Northern California man is facing vandalism charges after authorities say he painted a crosswalk on a street, allegedly telling officials it was needed.
Fifty-two-year-old Anthony Cardenas was arrested Thursday morning in Vallejo and booked into Solano County Jail on suspicion of felony vandalism. Solano County Sheriff's Lt. Brad DeWall says workers spotted Cardenas committing the vandalism at a city intersection.
The intersection already has three crosswalks.
DeWall says Cardenas also painted lines through those.
State transportation workers painted over Cardenas' alleged crosswalk later in the day. A police cadet had been posted at the intersection until then to keep pedestrians from using it.
Cardenas remained behind bars Friday on $15,000 bail. Dewall says he did not have an attorney.
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No increased risk of infection for long-term sex partners of people with HPV-related oral cancers, study suggests
June 1, 2013 ? Spouses and long-term partners of patients with mouth and throat cancers related to infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV) appear to have no increased prevalence of oral HPV infections, according to results of a multicenter, pilot study led by Johns Hopkins investigators. The study?s results suggest that long-term couples need not change their sexual practices, say the scientists.
?While we can?t guarantee that the partners of patients will not develop oral HPV infections or cancers, we can reassure them that our study found they had no increased prevalence of oral infections, which suggests their risk of HPV-related oral cancer remains low,? says Gypsyamber D?Souza, Ph.D., M.P.H., associate professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is expected to present the results of her study June 1 at the 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.
HPV-related oral cancers are rising in prevalence among white men in the United States, and fear of transmitting the virus can lead to anxiety, divorce, and curtailing of sex and intimacy among couples, says D?Souza. Persistent oral HPV infections are a risk for developing oropharyngeal cancers, located at the base of the tongue, tonsils, pharynx and soft palate.
At the Johns Hopkins Hospital and three other hospitals, researchers conducted surveys and took oral rinse samples from 166 male and female patients with HPV-related oropharyngeal cancers and 94 spouses and partners. The scientists also studied patients? tumor samples and performed visual oral examinations of spouses/partners. Of the 94 spouses/partners, six were male.
More than half of patients had at least one type of HPV DNA detectable in their oral rinses, including HPV16, the viral type most commonly associated with oral and other cancers. After a year, only seven patients (six percent) still had oral HPV16 DNA detectable.
Of the 94 spouses/partners, six had oral HPV infections (6.5 percent). Among the six, none of the men and two of four females (2.3 percent) had HPV16 infections at very low levels. These infections were not detectable one year later. No oral cancers were detected among 60 spouses/partners who underwent a visual oral exam.
One spouse and one patient reported a history of cervical cancer. Two spouses reported a history of cervical pre-cancer, and three patients said they had previous spouses with cervical cancers, but these were self-reported, unconfirmed cases.
?The oral HPV prevalence among partners who participated in this study are comparable to rates observed among the general population,? says D?Souza. ?We suspect that long-term spouses and partners have been exposed to HPV, like most of us, and appear to have cleared the virus.?
D?Souza and her colleagues recommend that long-term couples need not change their sexual practices. ?Certainly, with new sexual partners, caution is always advised.?
More research is needed to determine the timeline of progression for HPV-related oral cancers and how HPV is transmitted and suppressed by the immune system, adds D?Souza.
Funding for the study was provided by the Johns Hopkins Innovation Fund and the Richard Gelb Cancer Prevention Award.
Scientists contributing to the research include Neil Gross from the Oregon Health & Science University; Maura Gillison from the Ohio State University; Sara Pai from Johns Hopkins; Robert Haddad from the Dana Farber Cancer Center; and Marshall Posner from Mount Sinai Medical Center.
ASCO Abstract #6031: Oral HPV infection in HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer cases and their spouses.
Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/health_medicine/genes/~3/ViWwN0OExCc/130601133643.htm
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UNC Wilmington eliminates Army with triple play
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) ? Corey Dick homered and had three of UNC Wilmington's 16 hits, and the Seahawks eliminated mistake-prone Army from the NCAA tournament Saturday with a 9-5 victory that ended on a bizarre triple play.
With Army trailing by four and no outs, Jon Crucitti struck out with two runners on ? and both running on the pitch. Lead runner Michael Sands was caught between second and third, and retreated to second, where Grant Van Orden was already standing. Third baseman Ryan LaGrange tagged Van Orden out, and Sands inexplicably broke for third, where LaGrange threw to catcher Drew Farber for the final out.
The Seahawks (38-22), who scored nine runs in the first four innings, got two RBIs each from Tyler Molinaro and Matt Keeler.
Army (29-23) had just seven hits. A three-run sixth pulled the Black Knights within 9-5, but they left the bases loaded in the eighth.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/unc-wilmington-eliminates-army-triple-play-213246138.html
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Massachusetts Senate race called 'toss up': Could GOP surprise again?
The Cook Political Report has announced it's shifting its prediction for the Massachusetts Senate race from 'leaning Democrat' to 'toss up.' In 2010, Republican Scott Brown won a similar special election.
This combination of photos shows Democrat Rep. Ed Markey (l.) and Republican Gabriel Gomez, candidates for US Senate in the June special election, being held to fill John Kerry's former Senate seat.
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Their turnout is low, the partisanship of voters is high, and those running have to campaign without the energy boost of other candidates vying for office all around them.
In Massachusetts this June, that volatility could make for a tighter-than-expected contest in the race for John Kerry?s former Senate seat, according to a new analysis by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.
The Cook report announced Thursday that it was shifting its prediction for the race from ?leaning Democrat? to ?toss up,? although the group acknowledged it still had its ?thumb on the scale? for Democrat Edward Markey, an 18-term congressman who has consistently polled ahead of his Republican rival, businessman Gabriel Gomez.?
?In truth, we have had a difficult time accepting the idea that this race might get close,? wrote Cook?s Jennifer Duffy. ?At the same time, Democrats nominated a long-serving member of Congress at a time when Congress is an almost universally unpopular institution. It doesn?t help that Markey has not had a competitive race in decades.?
As the report notes, there?s still a lot going against Mr. Gomez in this race, right down to the basics: He?s a Republican paddling through a deep sea of blue. Registered Democrats outflank their GOP counterparts in Massachusetts by a margin of 3 to 1.
He also has less money, less clout, and less of an organizing base to kick-start get-out-the-vote efforts than does Mr. Markey, who brought first lady Michelle Obama to Boston earlier this week for a swanky lunch that raised more than $700,000 for his campaign.
Cajoling would-be voters to the polls will be key in this race, says Marc Landy, a political scientist at Boston College, because in a special election, ?it?s all about turnout.?
Specifically, more than half of Massachusetts voters are registered as independents, and Gomez will need to get as many of them as possible to the polls June 25.?
Recent history suggests that?s possible. In 2010, Republican Scott Brown won a similar special election on the strength of his support from independents, who voted for him 2 to 1 over Democratic Martha Coakley, according to a postelection poll by The Washington Post.
In a Public Policy Polling survey released in mid-May, Gomez had 56 percent of the independent vote ? up from 47 percent at the beginning of the month.
But polls for special elections are notoriously hard to read, the Cook analysis points out, since it?s hard for pollsters to accurately predict who will vote. That?s led to a wild range of margins in this campaign so far, with polls showing Markey leading by anything from three to 17 points.
Although Markey remains solidly ahead, this election is about more than who wins next month, Mr. Landy says.
?If Gomez were even to come close to Markey, that would indicate some real displeasure with the [Obama] administration in Massachusetts,? he says.
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NWS: Number of Midwest, Plains tornadoes unclear
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ? National Weather Service meteorologists say it's unclear how many tornadoes touched down Friday evening.
Dozens of tornado warnings were issued across a wide swath of the Midwest, including Oklahoma and Missouri, as a large storm front moved through the region. Nine died and dozens were injured.
Weather service meteorologists said Saturday that crews have to assess the damage before determining whether it was caused by tornadoes or severe thunderstorms. Cars were toppled on an interstate in the Oklahoma City area, and aerial images showed damaged to homes and businesses in the suburbs of St. Louis.
They said they expected to have an estimate by Saturday afternoon.
A cold front will move through the Plains and Midwest today, lessening the chances for severe weather.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/nws-number-midwest-plains-tornadoes-unclear-133458553.html
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