Sunday, August 4, 2013

Rain City Water Polo teams win at Nike Open tournament | Sports brief

Several Rain City Water Polo teams, including several Mercer Island players, traveled to the Nike Open Water Tournament in late July.

The 16U boys team played in the 18U bracket, winning the tournament, while the 14U boys team also played up in the 16U bracket, winning as well. The 16U girls team finished in third place overall.

Ten members of the Rain City Water Polo club were named to All-Tournament teams. They include: Taylor Powers, Chris Apodaca, Marco Stanchi, Nathan Miller, Conrad Gordan, Alicia Nordal, Mirei Yasuda, Olivia Mulholland, Annalise Nahlin and Claire St. Marie.

The teams are now participating in the U.S. Junior Olympics in Southern California.

Contact Mercer Island Reporter Reporter Megan Managan at mmanagan@mi-reporter.com or (206) 232-1215 ext. 5054.

Source: http://feeds.soundpublishing.com/~r/mirsports/~3/RG3fX-bk72c/217791171.html

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  • Corpus Christi Caller-Times - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

    Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-TimesCorpus Christi Army Depot workers Ken Weeks (left) and Ross Gonzales eat lunch at Boardwalk Caf? on Friday. They said that eating at the caf? has been their tradition and even though they are off on Friday because of furloughs, they want to still support the business. Weeks said that typically the restaurant is packed on Friday, but an entire dining ...

  • Memorial for Bennie Whisler

    Corpus Christi Caller-Times - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

    TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMESFishing guides from the Baffin Bay area leave popping corks float in the bay Monday with a message for Bennie Whisler, fellow guide who died earlier this ...

  • New BMX raceway officially open in Corpus Christi

    Corpus Christi Caller-Times - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

    CORPUS CHRISTI -- A ribbon cutting for the South Texas BMX Raceway was hosted Saturday night, Corpus Christi Parks & Recreation Department officials said. The track was planned after Rebecca and Jeff Click returned to Corpus Christi and found there weren't any options for their children to pursue their love of BMX racing. The track is located at 3701 Greenwood Drive and is ...

  • Nearly 5000 attend 15th-annual Hispanic Wellness Fair in Fort Worth

    Star-Telegram - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

    So Lorenzana and her mother, Alba Lopez, attended the Hispanic Wellness Fair on Saturday at Will Rogers Coliseum to have her vision tested for free and maybe even receive a pair of ...

  • Government officials say sequestration cuts make federal court system more expensive

    Star-Telegram - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

    mitchmitchell@star-telegram.com North Texas attorneys who defend the indigent in federal court have been forced to take between 12 and 15 furlough days during the past four months because of sequestration ...

  • Losing ground a Latino summit looks to Fort Worth

    Star-Telegram - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

    ?Republicans are trying to set Latinos back to where we were before 1965,? said Hector Carrillo, owner of a Fort Worth tax service and part of the Texas HOPE (Hispanics Organized for Political Education) meeting on civil rights, education activism and legal ...

  • Study Homeless women frequently victims of physical sexual violence

    Star-Telegram - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

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  • F-35 could spur up to 2400 new production jobs in Fort Worth by 2019

    Star-Telegram - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

    FORT WORTH ? More than 2,400 manufacturing jobs could be added at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth over the next several years if production ramps up as expected on the F-35 joint strike fighter, officials ...

  • MST Texas? Eddie Gossage not a fan of potential IndyCar race at Austin

    MSNBC - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

    with Austin, Texas? Circuit of the Americas about a potential race next season, you knew Texas Motor Speedway president/GM Eddie Gossage would have something to say about it. The brash promoter of the 1.5-mile oval in Fort Worth, Texas has always been keen on protecting the market for TMS? annual IndyCar showcase, the Firestone 550. Already frustrated that a second IndyCar race in ...

  • Alcoa Texas Roadhouse reopens after chemical accident

    Knox News - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

    Alcoa Fire Department Capt. Tom Clark said fire personnel were dispatched at 9:42 p.m. They were at the restaurant in four minutes and they left at 11:41 ...

  • Rangers cant overcome first-inning runs off Garza

    Texas Rangers - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

    TEX@OAK: Garza goes the distance vs. the A's OAKLAND -- Rangers starter Matt Garza pitched his first complete game in his last 33 starts Saturday afternoon. It was also just the second complete game by a Rangers pitcher this season. But Garza also gave up first-inning runs for the first time this season and his complete game came in a losing effort. The A's scored three runs in the ...

  • Porter urges team to pay attention to details

    Houston Astros - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

    Email MINNEAPOLIS -- Astros manager Bo Porter has spoken more than once about the 2013 season being a learning experience for his team, which is the youngest in the Majors. And the learning just doesn't take place on the field. Porter has stressed to his players to not only learn from their own mistakes, but other people's mistakes as well. "Watch the other team's players, ...

  • After two days off Altuve in Saturdays lineup

    Houston Astros - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

    Email MINNEAPOLIS -- The Astros' starting lineup looks a whole lot better with Jose Altuve in it. Altuve rejoined the lineup on Saturday against the Twins after missing the previous two games with a sore left quadriceps muscle. He entered the game hitting .284 with four homers and 34 RBIs and was third in the American League with 26 stolen bases. "You never want him to come out of ...

  • Astros tab righty Peacock for series finale

    Houston Astros - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

    Email MINNEAPOLIS -- Right-hander Brad Peacock, who has been putting up terrific numbers at Triple-A Oklahoma City, will be recalled to make the start in Sunday's game against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field. The Astros were forced to find a starter for the series finale after Dallas Keuchel came out of the bullpen and worked 1 2/3 innings in a 13-inning loss to the Twins on Saturday. ...

  • Man shot by detective remembered

    KXAN 36 - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

    AUSTIN (KXAN - A 32-year-old man killed in the officer-involved-shooting was laid to rest Saturday. The funeral of Larry Jackson Jr. started around 1 pm in the afternoon. Family members and friends of Larry Jackson Jr were still visibly emotional because of what they're calling a senseless shooting. As they arrived at the Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, unanswered questions still lingered as to ...

  • Purple Heart Day ceremony honors recipients

    Corpus Christi Caller-Times - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

    Recipients of the Purple Heart were honored Saturday ? , August 3, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. ? at Sherrill Park with a ceremony featuring keynote speaker Ingleside Mayor Pete Perkins, Col. Ret. USMC and the Veterans ...

  • MLB Oakland 4 Texas 2

    Middle East Times - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

    Yoenis Cespedes slammed a two-run homer in the first inning Saturday and the Oakland Athletics went on to cool off Texas 4-2. The Athletics grabbed a quick 3-0 lead ...

  • Brush fire spreads east of Kingsland

    KXAN 36 - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - A brush fire is spreading just east of Kingsland in Burnet County, according to fire officials. All homes along Quarter Horse Circle are being evacuated. The Hoover Valley Fire Department called in the help of the North End Task Force, which includes several fire departments in the area. The fire started around 2 pm Saturday afternoon and firefighters say they are battling strong ...

  • Democrat proposes adoption-course before Texas abortions

    The Seattle Times - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

    AUSTIN, Texas - When he filed an abortion-related bill with only one day remaining in the recently completed second special session, Texas state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. was hoping to make a statement, not change the law - at least not right away. Lucio?s bill, requiring women to complete an adoption course before they could receive an abortion, had zero chance of passing in such a short ...

  • Texas man shoots duo that abducted him his wife

    Associated Press - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

    COLUMBUS, Texas (AP) -- Authorities say a Houston-area man turned the tables on two bank robbery suspects who had abducted him and his wife by pulling a gun on the unsuspecting duo and shooting them both, killing one of ...

  • Fee dispute between Time Warner and CBS wont affect Coastal Bend TV station

    Corpus Christi Caller-Times - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

    CORPUS CHRISTI -- A fee dispute between Time Warner Cable and CBS won't affect local stations in the Coastal Bend, Mike Nelson a spokesman with CBS Television Stations said Saturday. Nelson said only stations owned by CBS will be subject to the blackout that started at midnight on Friday. Because KZTV is a CBS affiliate, local news, weather and sports will be available in their ...

  • Corpus Christi DJ puts spin on soap

    Corpus Christi Caller-Times - Saturday 3rd August, 2013

    Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Johnny Garcia unloads bins of his Dirty Dog soap Tuesday at downtown retail store Produce in Corpus Christi. Garcia?s line of men?s soaps will go on sale this fall at UrbanOutfitters.com. Local DJ's Soap Picked up to sell nationally by Urban ...

  • Source: http://www.austinnews.net/index.php/sid/216218237/scat/42acbe017a594c30

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    Tampa Bay stocks reflect local jobs numbers (Video)

    The 15 largest public companies in the Tampa Bay area had very little movement upward Friday following the national July jobs report.

    The report showed that the U.S. added more than 160,000 jobs and unemployment dropped to 7.4 percent.

    Locally, the picture looks a little different, with hiring down 2.4 percent in July, which was reflected in the local stock performance Friday.

    Bloomin? Brands (NASDAQ: BLMN) , perhaps still riding the momentum it picked up yesterday following its second quarter results, had the largest gain of 0.44 percent.

    View the chart below for more local stock information and watch the Bloomberg video for top national stock news.

    Company Ticker Closing?price $?change %?change
    Tech Data NASDAQ:TECD $52.86 $0.01 0.02%
    Jabil Circuit NYSE: JBL $23.39 $0.03 0.13%
    WellCare Health Plans NYSE: WCG $61.28 ($0.25) -0.41%
    Bloomin' Brands NASDAQ: BLMN $25.10 $0.11 0.44%
    Raymond James Financial NYSE: RJF $45.01 ($0.06) -0.13%
    HSN NASDAQ: HSNI $63.00 ($0.74) -1.16%
    TECO Energy NYSE: TE $17.78 ($0.03) 0.17%
    Roper Industries NYSE: ROP $127.41 ($0.56) -0.44%
    Cott NYSE: COT $8.64 ($0.11) -1.26%
    Brown & Brown Inc. NYSE: BRO $33.72 $0.01 0.03%
    Sykes Enterprises NASDAQ: SYKE $17.62 ($0.07) -0.40%
    Kforce Inc. NASDAQ: KFRC $16.99 -$0.01 -0.06%
    Quality Distribution Inc. NASDAQ: QLTY $10.30 ($0.14) -1.34%
    Walter Investment Management Corp. NYSE: WAC $41.62 $0.03 0.07%
    MarineMax Inc. NYSE: HZO $11.93 $0.04 0.34%
    Jo-Lynn Brown is Editorial Assistant for the Tampa Bay Business Journal.

    Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bizj_national/~3/oqoit1HclvE/tampa-bay-stocks-reflect-local-jobs.html

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    Today in History

    Today is Saturday, Aug. 3, the 215th day of 2013. There are 150 days left in the year.

    Today's Highlight in History:

    On August 3, 1863, the first thoroughbred horse races took place at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

    On this date:

    In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on a voyage that took him to the present-day Americas.

    In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr went on trial before a federal court in Richmond, Va., charged with treason. (He was acquitted less than a month later.)

    In 1914, Germany declared war on France at the onset of World War I.

    In 1936, Jesse Owens of the United States won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics as he took the 100-meter sprint.

    In 1943, Gen. George S. Patton slapped a private at an army hospital in Sicily, accusing him of cowardice. (Patton was later ordered by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to apologize for this and a second, similar episode.)

    In 1949, the National Basketball Association was formed as a merger of the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League.

    In 1958, the nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater.

    In 1966, comedian Lenny Bruce, 40, was found dead in his Los Angeles home.

    In 1972, the U.S. Senate ratified the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. (The U.S. unilaterally withdrew from the treaty in 2002.)

    In 1981, U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike, despite a warning from President Ronald Reagan they would be fired, which they were.

    In 1988, the Soviet Union released Mathias Rust (muh-TEE'-uhs rust), the young West German pilot who had landed a light plane near Moscow's Red Square in May 1987.

    In 1993, the Senate voted 96-3 to confirm U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

    Ten years ago: The Episcopal Church's House of Deputies further paved the way for the Rev. V. Gene Robinson to become the church's first openly gay elected bishop, approving him on a 128-63 vote. Annika Sorenstam completed a career Grand Slam at the Women's British Open, beating Se Ri Pak by a stroke in a head-to-head showdown. Hank Stram, Marcus Allen, James Lofton, Elvin Bethea and Joe DeLamielleure were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

    Five years ago: Nobel Prize-winning Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn died near Moscow at age 89. Al-Qaida confirmed the death of a top commander (Abu Khabab al-Masri), apparently in a U.S. airstrike in Pakistan; he was accused of training the suicide bombers who'd killed 17 American sailors on the USS Cole in 2000. At least 145 people were killed in a stampede of pilgrims at a remote mountaintop Hindu temple in India.

    One year ago: The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly denounced Syria's crackdown on dissent in a symbolic effort meant to push the deadlocked Security Council and the world at large into action on stopping the country's civil war. Michael Phelps rallied to win the 100-meter butterfly for his third gold of the London Games and No. 17 of his career. Missy Franklin set a world record in the 200 backstroke for the 17-year-old's third gold in London. Falling at speeds of up to 220 mph, nearly 140 skydivers shattered the vertical skydiving world record as they flew heads-down in a massive snowflake formation in northern Illinois.

    Today's Birthdays: Author P.D. James is 93. Football Hall-of-Fame coach Marv Levy is 88. Singer Tony Bennett is 87. Actor Martin Sheen is 73. College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Lance Alworth is 73. Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart is 72. Singer Beverly Lee (The Shirelles) is 72. Rock musician B.B. Dickerson is 64. Movie director John Landis is 63. Actress JoMarie Payton is 63. Actor Jay North ("Dennis the Menace") is 62. Hockey Hall-of-Famer Marcel Dionne is 62. Country musician Randy Scruggs is 60. Actor Philip Casnoff is 59. Actor John C. McGinley is 54. Rock singer-musician Lee Rocker (The Stray Cats) is 52. Actress Lisa Ann Walter is 52. Rock singer James Hetfield (Metallica) is 50. Rock singer-musician Ed Roland (Collective Soul) is 50. Actor Isaiah Washington is 50. Country musician Dean Sams (Lonestar) is 47. Rock musician Stephen Carpenter (Deftones) is 43. Hip-hop artist Spinderella (Salt-N-Pepa) is 42. Actress Brigid Brannagh is 41. Country musician Jimmy De Martini (Zac Brown Band) is 37. NFL quarterback Tom Brady is 36. Actress Evangeline (ee-VAN'-gel-een) Lilly is 34. Actress Mamie Gummer is 30. Country singer Whitney Duncan is 29. Actor Jon Foster is 29. Singer Holly Arnstein (Dream) is 28. Actress Tanya Fischer is 28. Pop-rock musician Brent Kutzle (OneRepublic) is 28.

    Thought for Today: "The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides." ? Henri Frederic Amiel (ahn-REE' fred-deh-REEK' ah-mee-EL'), Swiss critic (1821-1881).

    (Above Advance for Use Saturday, Aug. 3)

    Copyright 2013, The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

    Source: http://news.yahoo.com/today-history-050206767.html

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    Shark found at door of 'Sea Dog' pub on Nantucket

    In this photo provided by pub manager Jimmy Agnew, a dead shark lies at the entrance of the Sea Dog Brew Pub Thursday morning, Aug. 1, 2013 in Nantucket, Mass. It was not known how the shark arrived at the door of the pub. It was removed by the town's department of public works. (AP Photo/Jimmy Agnew)

    In this photo provided by pub manager Jimmy Agnew, a dead shark lies at the entrance of the Sea Dog Brew Pub Thursday morning, Aug. 1, 2013 in Nantucket, Mass. It was not known how the shark arrived at the door of the pub. It was removed by the town's department of public works. (AP Photo/Jimmy Agnew)

    (AP) ? A cleaning crew has found an unexpected mess after arriving at Sea Dog Brew Pub on Nantucket: a 5-foot-long shark blocking the door.

    Pub manager Jimmy Agnew says he doesn't know why anyone would have dumped the sea creature there.

    Nantucket's public works department hauled the dead shark away after its discovery around 7 a.m. Thursday.

    But Agnew said the pub fielded calls and questions all day long after word got out about the land shark.

    He said a comedian whose band performs at the pub also posted a series of jokes about it on Facebook.

    One suggested the shark went to Sea Dog "to meet his chums."

    Associated Press

    Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/aa9398e6757a46fa93ed5dea7bd3729e/Article_2013-08-02-US-ODD-Nantucket-Land-Shark/id-cbc98028c4df40e3bdcfe0efa5dfd200

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    TSA Union Lauds Senate Passage of Helping Heroes Fly Act

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees today applauded the Senate's passage of the Helping Heroes Fly Act, introduced by Sens. Mark Pryor and Kelly Ayotte. This bill, spearheaded by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, had wide bipartisan support in both the House and Senate. AFGE supported the bill since its inception because of its language that addresses the needs of America's veterans while traveling through airport security and the training opportunities it provides for Transportation Security Officers (TSOs).

    "TSOs are committed to protecting the safety and security of the flying public, especially our nation's veterans," said AFGE National President J. David Cox Sr., who is also the chairman of the AFL-CIO's Union Veterans Council. "About one-quarter of the TSO workforce is comprised of veterans--many of them veterans of the recent military conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. They continued their service to the public by working on the front lines of air security at the Transportation Security Administration. With the passage of the Helping Heroes Fly Act they look forward to ensuring that the wounded warriors they encounter at checkpoint are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve during the screening process."

    AFGE is the exclusive representative of the more than 45,000 TSOs nationwide and looks forward to working with the agency to ensure the proper implementation of the training procedures associated with this legislation.

    The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union, representing 670,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia. For the latest AFGE news and information, follow us on Facebook?and Twitter .

    SOURCE American Federation of Government Employees

    Source: http://news.yahoo.com/tsa-union-lauds-senate-passage-helping-heroes-fly-204400372.html

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    Saturday, August 3, 2013

    He?s ?High? on Weiner: Rent guy McMillan endorses Anthony for mayor

    Anthony Weiner has gotten support from just about the only person in politics weirder then him ? The Rent is Too Damn High Party candidate Jimmy McMillan.

    McMillan, 66 ? a political activist who says he plans to run himself this year ? showed his love for Weiner by putting up a picture on Twitter of himself hugging Weiner and a message saying, ?Jimmy McMillan officially endorses Anthony Weiner.?

    He also told the Politicker Web site, ?We all are freaky. He just exposed his freaky-ism in the wrong way,? referring to Weiner?s habit of sexting women shots of his crotch.

    Jimmy McMillian

    Source: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/he_high_on_weiner_jSy6tJ8UyxNIXRiExbOxhP?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Local

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    Friday, August 2, 2013

    August

    August is the Mississippi of the calendar. It's beastly hot and muggy. It has a dismal history. Nothing good ever happens in it. And the United States would be better off without it.

    August is when the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, when Anne Frank was arrested, when the first income tax was collected, when Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe died. Wings and Jefferson Airplane were formed in August. The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour debuted in August. (No August, no Sonny and Cher!)

    August is the time when thugs and dictators think they can get away with it. World War I started in August 1914. The Nazis and Soviets signed their nonaggression pact in August 1939. Iraq invaded Kuwait Aug. 2, 1990. August is a popular month for coups and violent crime. Why August? Perhaps the villains assume we'll be too distracted by vacations or humidity to notice.

    August is the vast sandy wasteland of American culture. Publishers stop releasing books. Movie theaters are clogged with the egregious action movies that studios wouldn't dare release in June. Television is all reruns (or worse?new episodes of Sex and the City). The sports pages wither into nothingness. Pre-pennant-race baseball?if that can even be called a sport?is all that remains. We have to feign interest in NFL training camps. Newspapers are thin in August, but not thin enough. They still print ghastly vacation columns: David Broder musing on world peace from his summer home on Lake Michigan? Even Martha Stewart (born Aug. 3) can't think of anything to do in August. Her Martha Stewart Living calendar, usually so sprightly, overflows with ennui. Aug. 14: "If it rains, organize basement." Aug. 16: "Reseed bare patches in lawn." Aug. 27: "Change batteries in smoke and heat detectors."

    You can't get a day off from August, because it is the only month without a real holiday. Instead, the other months have shunted onto this weak sister all the lame celebrations they didn't want. Air Conditioning Appreciation Week, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Week, National Religious Software Week, Carpenter Ant Awareness Week: All these grand American celebrations belong to August. Is it any accident that National Lazy Day, Relaxation Day, Deadwood Day, and Failures Day are commemorated in August?

    August is the month of vagueness. October is the 10th month, March is the third month. What's August?bet you can't remember. Does it have 30 days or 31? You have to recite the rhyme to figure that one out. The great writers of history forget August: It rates three mentions in Bartlett's Quotations, compared with a dozen for December and two dozen for March.

    The people with August birthdays are a sorry bunch. Sure, Lyndon Johnson, Barack Obama, and Bill Clinton * were born in August, but the other presidential Augustans are Herbert Hoover and Benjamin Harrison. Film is represented by Robert Redford and Robert De Niro?but also by John Holmes and Harry Reems. Third-raters populate August: George Hamilton, Danny Bonaduce, Rick Springfield, and Frank and Kathie Lee Gifford were born then. August gave us Fidel Castro and?Yasser Arafat. In art, August offers Leni Riefenstahl, Michael Jackson, and Danielle Steele. (To be sure, not everything that happens in August is so terrible. Raoul Wallenberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Herman Melville, and Mae West were born in August. Richard Nixon resigned in August. MTV launched in August. And Jerry Garcia died in August.)

    August can't even master the things it is supposed to do well. Despite its slothful reputation, it is not the top vacation month; July is. Nor is August the hottest month (on the East Coast, at least). That crown, too, is July's. August is when the garden starts to wither, and when the long summer days cruelly vanish.

    We should rage, rage against the dying of the light. The United States desperately needs August Reform. Purists will insist that we shouldn't tinker with the months, that August should be left alone because it has done workmanlike service for 2,000 years. That's nonsense. Calendars are always fluxing. August itself was a whimsical invention. In 46 B.C., as part of a broad calendar change, Julius Caesar added two days to Sextilis, an old 29-day month. In the reign of his successor, Augustus Caesar, the Senate voted to change Sextilis' name to "Augustus" (as the Senate under Julius Caesar had renamed the month before, "Quintilis," "Julius").

    August was created by politics, and it can be undone by politics. For too long, bureaucrats in Washington have been telling you how you must divide up your calendar. But these are your months, and you should be able to do with them what you like. Genuine August Reform will be hard. It will require tough compromises to protect the special interests of September and July. (And who better to sponsor this revolution, incidentally, than Sen. John McCain?birthday Aug. 29?)

    Source: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/assessment/2001/07/august.html

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    Ontario Centre of Excellence Voucher for Innovation and Productivity

    The Ontario Centre of Excellence (OCE) is now offering the OCE Collaboration Voucher Program in order to connect Ontario small and medium-sized businesses with research institutions that may help them overcome obstacles to improve productivity, performance and competitiveness. Post-secondary collaboration credit offered through the OCE?s Voucher Program are not Ontario small business grants, but rather as the name suggests vouchers that can be redeemed for research services from participating Ontario research institutions.?bigstock-Business-innovation-creative-i-38799352

    OCE Collaboration Voucher for Innovation and Productivity Allows Access to Multiple Canadian Small Business Grants through a Single Application

    The Collaboration Voucher for Innovation and Productivity allows Ontario small and medium-sized businesses the opportunity to apply for the Voucher program and 4 Canada small business grants simultaneously through a single application to the program.

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    Stay connected with Mentor Works for greater details regarding program eligibility and the application process by signing up for our Canadian government funding weekly e-newsletter.

    OCE Voucher and Small Business Grants Eligibility

    In order to be eligible for this program, and thus qualify for the associated Ontario business grants, businesses and their projects must meet the following requirements:

    • Project length must be 6 months to maximum of 1 year.
    • Include one or more investing companies and one academic applicant
    • Company must be based in Ontario and the commercialization and results of the project must be used in Ontario
    • Academic partner must be an Ontario accredited public academic institution (college, university, research hospital)
    • 1:1 cash plus in-kind matching is required
    • A minimum of 25% cash-contribution is required. The remainder can be in-kind.
    • OCE contributions are provided to the academic institution who is partnering with the company
    • Applicants must be in good financial and reporting standing with OCE
    • Other program partner rules and eligibility apply for Connect Canada, NSERC Engage, NSERC ARD-1 and NRC-IRAP

    Learn More about the OCE Voucher Program and Small Business Grants Canada

    To find out more about small business grants and loans programs follow us on YouTube, Google+, LinkedIn and Twitter.? You can also sign up for our Canadian business grants and small business loans weekly e-newsletter

    Source: http://www.mentorworks.ca/blog/government-funding/oce-voucher-innovation-productivity-08-2013/

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    Thursday, August 1, 2013

    Southern Co. quarterly earnings drop to $297M

    ATLANTA (AP) -- Southern Co. earnings slumped 52 percent to $297 million in the second quarter due mainly to cost overruns at a coal-fired power plant under construction in Mississippi, the company reported Wednesday.

    The utility, based in Atlanta, reported earnings of $297 million, or 34 cents per share, from $623 million, or 71 cents per share, a year ago. Earnings would have risen to 66 cents with one-time costs removed. That was two cents shy of Wall Street projections, and the price of company shares dropped less than 1 percent to just over $45 in morning trading.

    Company officials announced Tuesday that its shareholders would absorb an estimated $278 million in after-tax losses incurred while building a goal gasification plant in Mississippi's Kemper County. That project has cost the power company $611 million in after-tax charges this year.

    Subsidiary Mississippi Power has cautioned that it is still reviewing project costs. Southern Co. CEO Thomas Fanning said the latest charges are the company's best estimate, and he could not guarantee there will not be future losses on the plant.

    "I certainly hope not. I can't guarantee it," Fanning said in an interview. "The biggest remaining risk is hitting schedule. As we progress in the construction, obviously we tend to kind of hone in on what the final cost will be."

    Excluding one-time costs, Southern Co. would have earned $575 million in the second quarter compared to the $602 million last year.

    Project costs in Mississippi have dogged the company for two quarters. In a settlement with Mississippi utility regulators, Southern Co. agreed to cap costs for its customers at $2.4 billion. Customers may still have to pay off as much as $1 billion in bonds needed to finance the rest of the project, though the utility will not make a profit off that borrowed money.

    The plant uses first-of-its-kind technology that supporters say will prove the United States can still rely on coal energy even if the country moves to restrict greenhouse gas emissions. Plant Ratcliffe is designed to turn lignite coal into a gas that is then burned to generate electricity. The facility is expected to capture much of the carbon dioxide released in the process. The captured carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas blamed for causing global warming, will then be sold to companies who use it to extract oil from the ground.

    Mild weather in the Southeast and a tepid economy also crimped the power company's earnings, executives said. Sales to retail customers dropped 2.9 percent over last year as unseasonably wet and cool weather cut into demand and reduced the company's margins as swollen rivers produced more energy through hydroelectric generation.

    Fanning appeared more confident about the possibility of securing a federal loan guarantee for two nuclear reactors now under construction in eastern Georgia. While the utility earlier secured a preliminary deal to get the federal guarantees, it has not reached a final agreement. Fanning said U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz seems to view finalizing the loan guarantees as a high priority.

    "It certainly has taken on a greater sense of urgency," Fanning said.

    Southern Co. has asked Georgia regulators for a $737 million increase in its construction budget for the nuclear plant, which would raise the total to $6.85 billion.

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    Source: http://news.yahoo.com/southern-co-quarterly-earnings-drop-120826030.html

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    University of Utah scientist discovers terrifying ant species

    Photo courtesy of John T. Longino, University of Utah | U. entomologist Jack Longino has discovered and identified 33 new ant species, including this Octostruma convallis, which boasts sideways-moving jaws.

    Their wedge-shaped faces are like spine-covered shields that end with beak-like jaws bristling with sharp teeth.

    "They look a little like the monster in ?Alien.? They?re horrifying to look at up close," says University of Utah biology professor Jack Longino. "That?s sort of what makes them fun."

    Longino, an entomologist, has identified 33 new species of predatory ants from Central America and the Caribbean, according to a statement from the U. He named the monstrous-looking creatures after ancient Mayan gods and demons.

    But while the ants might look fierce under the microscope, they are also tiny ??less than 1/12 to 1/25 of an inch long, far smaller than a grain of rice or common household ants.

    They?re also nearly blind, with primitive eyes that detect light but not images, and live in the rotting wood and dead leaves on Central American forest floors. Researchers collect the ants by sifting through the dirt with specialized tools. It?s not clear how the ants find their prey, but it?s thought they coat themselves in a thin layer of clay for camouflage.

    Once they catch it, though, the insects don?t exactly eat their prey, which researchers presume are soft-bodied insects, spiders, millipedes and centipedes. Adults only consume liquids, so they bring the hapless bugs back to their larvae, which eat the prey and regurgitate it so it can be eaten by the adults.

    Longino identified and named 14 new species of the ant genus Eurhopalothrix in a study published online Monday in the journal Zootaxa. It has also accepted a second, upcoming study by Longino identifying 19 new ant species from the genus Octostruma, bringing his career-long total of new ant species discovered to 131.

    The ants? namesakes include Zipacna, a violent, crocodile-like Mayan demon; Xibalba, or a "place of fear," for an underworld ruled by death gods, and Hunhau, a Mayan death god.

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    US economy recovery sustainable? Jobs growth improves, but challenges remain

    The US economy managed to stay on track last quarter, defying fears of another spring swoon, but doubts remain as to whether it will finally gain the kind of sustained momentum that has proved so elusive since the recovery began four years ago.

    The mixed picture facing the country was evident Wednesday, as the Commerce Department reported that the economy, adjusted for inflation, expanded at a better-than-expected annual rate of 1.7 per cent in the April-June quarter, even as inflation-adjusted growth in the first part of the year now appears slower than first thought. In a separate statement after a two-day meeting of policy makers at the Federal Reserve, the central bank said the economy was on a "modest" trajectory but gave no clue as to when it might start tapering back its huge stimulus efforts.

    Like economists, traders, as well as the 12 million unemployed Americans looking for work, the Fed is struggling to gauge whether better growth does indeed lie ahead.

    Optimists point to improved levels of job creation in recent months, a more robust housing sector and a surging stock market that has lifted the value of investment and retirement accounts for millions of consumers. Pessimists focus on the fact that the estimated economic growth rate of about 1.4 per cent so far in 2013 is well below last year's levels of 2.8 per cent, even as automatic cuts in federal spending and higher taxes continue to bite.

    There were pockets of strength in Wednesday's data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, all of which will be subject to further revision as the Commerce Department gathers more information about the economy. For example, residential fixed investment increased by 13.4 per cent, a sign that housing continues to rebound. Personal consumption rose 1.8 per cent, as consumers showed some resiliency, especially given the increase in payroll taxes at the beginning of 2013.

    Wednesday's report also comes as government experts introduced the first comprehensive change in four years in how the economy is measured. They revised figures all the way back to 1929, while also restating more recent data to show the 2007-09 recession was slightly milder than originally estimated and growth in 2012 was a bit better.

    Still, economists emphasized that although the economy's performance in the second quarter was significantly stronger than had been feared - Wall Street experts forecast growth would come in at just under 1 per cent - big challenges remain.

    Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/us-economy-recovery-sustainable-jobs-growth-improves-but-challenges-remain/articleshow/21526347.cms

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    Friday could be D-Day in MLB drug investigation

    NEW YORK (AP) ? Friday could be D-day for Major League Baseball's drug investigation.

    Deliberations over suspensions in the Biogenesis case could stretch out for the rest of this week and delay announcements, two people familiar with the talks said Tuesday.

    It appeared several of the dozen or so targeted players were likely to reach agreements on their penalties and avoid grievance hearings, one of the people said Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity because no statements were authorized.

    Both said MLB hopes to announce the penalties for all players involved at the same time.

    Three-time MVP Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees and four 2013 All-Stars ? Texas outfielder Nelson Cruz, San Diego shortstop Everth Cabrera, Detroit shortstop Jhonny Peralta and Oakland pitcher Bartolo Colon ? are among the players who have been linked in media reports to Biogenesis. The closed Florida anti-aging clinic was accused by Miami New Times in January of distributing banned performing-enhancing drugs, sparking MLB's investigation.

    Others linked in media reports include Toronto outfielder Melky Cabrera, Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli, San Diego catcher Yasmani Grandal and Seattle catcher Jesus Montero.

    Melky Cabrera, the 2012 All-Star game MVP while with San Francisco, served a 50-game suspension last year for elevated testosterone, as did Grandal and Colon, the 2005 AL Cy Young Award winner.

    Players who don't reach agreements can ask the players' association to file grievances, which would lead to hearings before arbitrator Fredric Horowitz. Discipline for first offenders under the drug agreement usually is not announced until after the penalty is upheld, but there is an exception when the conduct leading to the discipline already has been made public.

    In addition, MLB may try to suspend Rodriguez under its collective bargaining agreement instead of its drug rules, which would lead to the suspension starting before the appeal.

    Milwaukee outfielder Ryan Braun was the first player to reach an agreement with MLB. The 2011 NL MVP accepted a season-ending 65-game suspension last week. Braun tested positive for elevated testosterone in October 2011 but a 50-game suspension was overturned the following February by an arbitrator who ruled Braun's urine sample was handled improperly.

    Rodriguez appears at risk for the harshest penalty. The Yankees are expecting him to be accused of recruiting other athletes for the clinic, attempting to obstruct MLB's investigation, and not being truthful with MLB in the past when he discussed his relationship with Dr. Anthony Galea, who pleaded guilty two years ago to a federal charge of bringing unapproved drugs into the United States from Canada.

    "A-Rod was my teammate in New York. I'm glad he was my teammate," retired pitcher Roger Clemens said Tuesday in Boston, where he was at Fenway Park to mark the 25th anniversary of manager Joe Morgan's team that won the 1988 AL East title.

    "I did things to make him feel comfortable. I did that for all of my teammates," Clemens said. "I think I was a pretty solid teammate."

    The seven-time Cy Young Award winner was acquitted last year of federal charges he lied to Congress when he said he didn't take steroids or human growth hormone.

    Clemens would not give his thoughts on MLB's Biogenesis investigation.

    "I've got my own feelings on particular people in MLB, you know, how they approached my situation," he said. "I don't know about it, and I don't care about it, to tell you the truth."

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    AP freelance writer Ken Powtak in Boston contributed to this report.

    Source: http://news.yahoo.com/friday-could-d-day-mlb-drug-investigation-012227607.html

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    Five fall focuses for Florida football



    In this April 6, 2013 file photo, Florida's Tyler Murphy looks to throw during the Orange and Blue Debut at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville.

    GAINESVILLE SUN FILE PHOTO / DOUG FINGER

    Published: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 7:06 p.m.
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    GAINESVILLE - While the rest of campus continues to slumber through the final weeks of summer, it's back to the practice field for the Florida football team, which opens preseason camp Friday.

    As is usual with any preseason camp, questions and themes abound for UF with the start of the season now just a month away.

    Here are five things the Gators need to get done on the practice field between now and the Aug. 31 opener against Toledo:

    1. Groom the No. 2 QB

    Before Jeff Driskel ended up on the operating table earlier this week for appendectomy surgery, the No. 1 camp goal at QB probably was to get the No. 2 quarterback (probably junior Tyler Murphy) ready to play just in case he's needed at some point in the season. Now, the goal may be to get the No. 2 guy not just ready to play, but ready to start. Driskel's unexpected surgery could sideline him for the first two weeks of camp, and further illustrates just how fragile (and scary) the situation is at quarterback. Murphy has not thrown a pass in a college game. The other two scholarship players on the roster are a redshirt freshman (Skyler Mornhinweg) and a true freshman (Max Staver). This is going to be a crucial camp at the quarterback position, especially in the first two weeks, when the coaches must get Murphy (or someone else) not just ready to step in, but lead the offense.

    2. Settle the situation at linebacker

    With starting middle linebacker Antonio Morrison suspended for the first two games of the season, the Gators are going to have to do a little scrambling (and maybe experimenting) at the linebacker positions. The most logical scenario is for Mike Taylor to move from weakside linebacker to the middle, but that could leave a true freshman (Daniel McMillian) to start at the weakside. Another possibility is moving Taylor to the middle, switching Darrin Kitchens from the strongside to the weakside and making Neiron Ball or Ronald Powell the starter on the strongside. The coaches have planned all along to play Powell at the Buck position and outside linebacker. This may be the opportunity to establish Powell as a starter at outside linebacker, which would give the Gators a chance to have Powell and Dante Fowler Jr. on the field at the same time. The bottom line is the coaches are going to have to determine the best combination in camp and go with it.

    3. Find a second safety

    One of the biggest question marks on defense is at the safety positions, where the Gators must replace last year's starters, Matt Elam and Josh Evans. Cody Riggs, a former starter at cornerback, appears a lock to nail down one of the starting roles. The other appears to be very much up in the air heading into camp. The competition for the other starting job should be fierce between Jabari Gorman, Valdez Showers, Marcus Maye (and maybe even highly rated true freshman Marcell Harris). The leading candidate may be Maye, a redshirt freshman who was a scout-team standout last fall who has received an endorsement from Elam. Maye appears to have some of the same playmaking potential that made Elam a valuable player on defense last season.

    4. Define Purifoy's role on ?O?

    The coaches clearly want starting cornerback Loucheiz Purifoy to have an impact on offense. That's why Purifoy spent the first half of spring practice working exclusively at wide receiver. Now that they have a pretty good idea what he's capable of doing on offense, Will Muschamp and offensive coordinator Brent Pease need to determine how (and how much) they're going to use Purifoy on offense. He's an explosive athlete who could make plays down the field, but that's not going to change the fact he will remain a starting cornerback, something Muschamp has been adamant about. How much time Purifoy spends on offense may be determined by the growth of UF's young wide receivers. If a few of the young guys show they can consistently make plays, Purifoy's role on offense might be limited. If the Gators come out of camp still searching for playmakers at receiver, Purifoy could play a major role on offense.

    5. Name the replacement for Sturgis

    It's going to be close to impossible to adequately replace Caleb Sturgis, one of the all-time great place-kickers at UF, but someone is going to have to try and fill the role. It's either going to be senior walk-on Brad Phillips or redshirt freshman Austin Hardin. Phillips has limited experience (he made two-of-three field goal attempts in 2011, including a 43-yarder against Georgia), while Hardin has none. The two were basically dead-even at the end of spring practice and will continue their competition in camp. Muschamp has expressed confidence in both kickers. Phillips may have an edge in consistency, but Hardin has a stronger leg and probably a bigger upside. ESPN rated Hardin the No. 1 kicker in the nation coming out of high school in 2011.

    Source: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20130731/wire/130739919

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    Emma Roberts sports bruises after domestic dispute with beau

    EXCLUSIVE!!!

    Emma Roberts stepped out in Beverly Hills sporting bruises on her legs.

    Emma Roberts sported scrapes, bruises, and a visible bandage one week after her violent altercation with boyfriend Evan Peters.

    The 22-year-old "American Horror Story" actress stepped out in Beverly Hills on Monday wearing short overalls that revealed a constellation of bruises on her thighs and a bandage on her left elbow.

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    The young starlet, niece of Julia Roberts and daughter of actor Eric Roberts, was booked into a Montreal jail on July 7 after a fight with Peters, 26, turned physical.

    Police arrived at a hotel room the couple was sharing after receiving a report of a loud argument in the room.

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    When cops arrived, they found Peters with a bloody nose and a bite mark, TMZ reported.

    "Officers on the scene reported light injuries to both people. The female suspect was arrested, but no charges were pressed in court so she was released," a police source confirmed to the Daily News. "it is a closed case at this time."

    RELATED: EMMA ROBERTS, EVAN PETERS RELATIONSHIP IS 'EXTREME': FRIEND

    "It was an unfortunate incident and misunderstanding," a rep for the couple told Us Weekly. "Ms. Roberts was released after questioning and the couple are working together to move past it."

    On Tuesday, when news broke of the incident, Roberts and Peters were spotted hugging outside a studio where "American Horror Story" was filming in New Orleans.

    RELATED: EMMA ROBERTS ARRESTED AFTER VIOLENT FIGHT WITH BOYFRIEND

    "Their romance is pretty extreme," an insider told Us Weekly. "They just behave in a way that's very passionate."

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    Friday, July 19, 2013

    Obama wins nominee battle with Senate GOP

    The Senate confirmed President Obama?s nominees to head the Labor Department and the Environmental Protection Agency Thursday, clearing the decks of the controversial nominees that had threatened to push the Senate into a parliamentary meltdown just two days ago.

    Thomas Perez was confirmed to be Labor Department secretary on a 54-46 party-line vote after having barely survived a GOP filibuster a day earlier. Meanwhile, Gina McCarthy was confirmed to be EPA administrator on a 59-40 vote.

    If all Republicans who voted against Mr. Perez had decided to filibuster, they could have blocked his nomination. But thanks to a deal reached on Tuesday, some Republican senators agreed to let the nominees go through in exchange for Democrats agreeing not to use a parliamentary short cut to rewrite the rules and end the chance the minority to filibuster executive branch nominees in the future.

    ?As we all saw this week, the Senate came together. We talked to each other, we made bipartisan progress, and we were able to reduce the gridlock and approve President Obama?s nominees, and that was a very, very positive step forward for all of us,? said Sen. Patty Murray, Washington Democrat.

    Republicans had blocked Ms. McCarthy for months as they sought to force the EPA to agree to more transparency. The agency has been accused of failing to keep electronic records such as emails, and several former officials used private email accounts to conduct agency business.

    But while some lawmakers has personal reservations about Ms. McCarthy, a longtime top EPA official, most who voted against her said they were really sending a signal to Mr. Obama to rein in the agency.

    ?My fight is with President Obama and the EPA, the regulatory agency that has consistently placed unreasonable regulations and unobtainable standards on energy production, rather than focus on efforts to develop a domestic all-of-the-above energy strategy for the future,? said Sen. Joe Manchin III, a Democrat from West Virginia, a coal-producing state where the EPA is often viewed as a hindrance to economic development.

    For Republicans, though, Mr. Perez was even more controversial. They accused him of lying, of obstructing a congressional investigation and of putting his ideology ahead of the law in his tenure leading the Justice Department?s civil rights division.

    ?Based on the evidence, Tom Perez is more than just some left-wing ideologue ? he?s a left-wing ideologue who appears perfectly willing to bend the rules to achieve his ends,? said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

    Hispanic groups had made the confirmation of Mr. Perez, the son of Dominican immigrants, a top priority, saying he would be a good addition to Mr. Obama?s Cabinet. Now they have turned their attention to the next major opening for the top job at the Homeland Security Department, where Secretary Janet Napolitano is on the way out.

    The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials said Mr. Obama should ?act swiftly to ensure his Cabinet is fully representative of the diversity of this great nation by nominating a high-level Latino candidate.?

    The Senate has now confirmed four of the seven nominees who Democrats had said must be approved in order to prevent them from using the so-called ?nuclear option,? a parliamentary tactic to change the Senate?s operating rules in mid-session and limit filibusters.

    As part of that deal, Mr. Obama has withdrawn two other nominees he made to the National Labor Relations Board, and replaced them with two new NLRB appointments.

    The two withdrawn names were controversial because Mr. Obama had used his recess powers to appoint them earlier last year, but federal appeals courts have called those nominees into question, saying the president violated the Constitution in making the appointments.

    Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/18/gina-mccarthy-confirmed-head-epa/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

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    Tuesday, May 14, 2013

    Sqigle's Earl tablet brings Android to the wilderness with e-paper, solar power

    Sqigle's Earl tablet brings Android to outdoor trekkers with epaper, solar power

    Although there's no dearth of rugged tablets, most are still built on the assumption that civilization is close at hand. Sqigle, however, suggests that its upcoming Earl tablet could work even if there's no civilization left. The new, crowdfunded Android 4.1 slate centers on a light-up, 6-inch e-paper screen that both extends the battery life to 20 hours and makes the 5 hours of solar-powered recharging sound reasonable -- theoretically, Earl never needs to see a wall outlet. It's also built to do as much as possible without leaning on either WiFi or a PC. Along with both analog and digital radio, the design should incorporate ANT+ sensor support and preloaded topographical maps. The project isn't ideally timed for outdoorsy types when it's expected to reach backers in the late summer, but the $249 advance price is low enough that it might justify a camping trip in the fall.

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    Saturday, April 20, 2013

    Cosmonauts tackle equipment installation outside space station

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida | Fri Apr 19, 2013 5:56pm EDT

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A pair of Russian cosmonauts wrapped up a 6-1/2 hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Friday, the first of up to eight outings this year to install experiments and prepare the orbital outpost for a new module, officials said.

    Flight engineers Pavel Vinogradov, 59, a veteran of seven spacewalks and Roman Romanenko, 41, a second-generation cosmonaut on his debut spacewalk, floated outside the station's airlock at 10:03 a.m. EDT/1403 GMT as the station soared 262 miles over the southern Pacific Ocean.

    The primary purpose of the 6-1/2 hour excursion was to set up an experiment that monitors plasma waves in Earth's ionosphere, the outer layer of the planet's atmosphere that extends to about 370 miles into space.

    Instruments on two boxes attached to handrails on the forward portion of the station's Zvezda module will measure low-frequency electromagnetic radiation, which, among other triggers, has been tied to earthquakes.

    At the other end of the Zvezda module, Vinogradov and Romanenko replaced a faulty laser retroreflector that is part of an automated docking system used by the European Space Agency's cargo transports. The next ship is due to launch in June.

    Before heading back into the station, the cosmonauts retrieved another experiment designed to study how microbes affect spacecraft structures and whether microbes are affected by solar activity.

    The day's only glitch occurred just before the men wrapped up their six-hour, 38-minute spacewalk. Vinogradov lost his grip on a science experiment that was slated to be returned to Earth. It floated away in the gravity-free world of space.

    The lost aluminum panel, which measured about 18 inches by 12 inches and weighed about 6.5 pounds (3 kg), had been anchored outside the station to test how various metals wear in the harsh space environment.

    It floated off in the direction of the Zvezda module's solar arrays, but engineers determined it did not hit or threaten the station, NASA mission commentator Rob Navias said.

    A second panel remains attached to the outside of the station and is slated to be retrieved on a later spacewalk.

    "So all is not lost," Navias said. "It was a minor fly in the ointment to what has been a successful spaceflight up that moment."

    While his crewmates worked outside, station commander Chris Hadfield, a Canadian astronaut, had the less glamorous task of replacing a pump separator in one of the station's toilets.

    Two more spacewalks by Russian cosmonauts are scheduled for June to prepare for the arrival of a Russian laboratory and docking module that is to be launched in December.

    The station, which is staffed by rotating crews of six astronauts and cosmonauts, is a $100 billion research outpost owned by the United States and Russia in partnership with Europe, Japan and Canada.

    (Editing by Eric Walsh, Kevin Gray and Stacey Joyce)

    Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~3/8z64pQsYsS8/story01.htm

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