Why Israel must make bold move to secure Palestinian peace talks ? and Israel's future

As preliminary peace talks with Israeli and Palestinian representatives begin in Washington, Israel must make a bold move to push negotiations forward and protect its security: declaring it has no sovereignty claims to key West Bank areas and facilitating voluntary relocation of Jewish settlers.

By Ami Ayalon, Gilead Sher, Orni Petruschka,?Op-ed contributors / July 30, 2013

Secretary of State John Kerry, Israel's President Shimon Peres, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, participate in the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa in Jordan, May 26. Mr. Kerry begins preliminary talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders this week, in hopes of re-starting the Middle East peace process.

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Secretary of State John Kerry deserves enormous praise for getting Israeli and Palestinian officials to sit at the negotiating table together for preliminary talks this week in Washington ? and for even getting in the game of Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking at all.

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But for these talks to succeed, Israel must make a bold move that would help move negotiations forward, protect Israel?s security, and promote stability in the region. Given the upheaval in the Middle East and Israel?s hopes for a secure future, we cannot afford to wait for moves by the Palestinians or see whether negotiations succeed.

Mr. Kerry has been playing his cards with great skill and determination, even though the deck is stacked against him: a weakened Palestinian Authority; a divided Israeli coalition government beholden to West Bank settlers; and upheaval in neighboring countries where one of the only unifying elements is the populations? support of the Palestinian cause.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to offer less to Palestinians than his predecessor, Ehud Olmert, did in 2008, while Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cannot be more flexible than he was when he did not accept Mr. Olmert?s offer.

That?s why a bold move must be made now ? one that will increase the chances of the negotiation track succeeding while also providing a fallback plan that will prevent the situation from collapsing into the abyss should negotiations fail.

Mr. Netanyahu has already agreed to release dozens of Palestinian prisoners, most of them convicted terrorists, and press reports allege that he implicitly agreed to halt settlement construction outside the major settlement blocks. These are genuine confidence building measures that removed obstacles toward resuming the dialogue.

But more will be needed. Netanyahu should further declare that Israel has no sovereignty claims over West Bank areas east of the security fence. (This is the fence erected by Israel around the main West Bank settlement blocks and Jewish parts of Jerusalem in order to counter Palestinian suicide bombers, terrorists and hostilities.) Then Netanyahu should announce a voluntary evacuation, compensation, and absorption plan for those settlers who live east of the fence and who choose to relocate to Israel proper, thereby allowing for the two-state notion to become reality.

We at the Israeli non-profit organization Blue White Future, who are striving to secure the future of our country as the democratic nation state of the Jewish people, call these constructive independent steps. They do not create obstacles to reaching an agreement. To the contrary, they improve the prospects for achieving it.

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NBA High-5: A noteworthy summer for Blazers assistant coaches David Vanterpool, Jay Triano

The five most interesting stories, rumors and notes in the NBA:

1. Interesting summer: One week from today will be the one-year anniversary of the Trail Blazers hiring Terry Stotts as coach. After last summer's long search, this summer has seemed much quieter on the Blazers' coaching front, other than Stotts having had both his hips replaced.

But there's been some interesting activity on Stotts' staff this off-season, starting with Kaleb Canales' departure for Dallas, and the hiring of Nate Tibbetts to replace him.

This week brought news about two other Blazers assistants. David Vanterpool has apparently emerged as a top candidate for the vacant 76ers head coach spot. The news was a surprise. Vanterpool, by most accounts, is well regarded within the Blazers, and some consider him a future head coach -- the key work being future.

Vanterpool came to the Blazers last year after serving as a scout for Oklahoma City for two years. He was considered more of a front-office guy for the Thunder and might have been in line to replace Rob Hennigan as OKC's assistant GM after Hennigan was hired as Orlando GM.

The 76ers must have loved Vanterpool's interview as he does not have any head coaching experience, unless you count the every-other-game he coached for the Blazers' summer league this month. Vanterpool alternated with Tibbetts, who has been a head coach in the D-League. Before summer league started, Stotts told The Oregonian's Joe Freeman of the arrangement:

?I think Nate has really grown a lot as a coach since I first saw him in the D-League six years ago. And it?s an opportunity for David, who doesn?t have that same experience.?

Meanwhile, Stotts' lead assistant, Jay Triano, has been away from the Blazers for stretches this summer as he fulfills his duties as Canada's national coach. The Canadian national program is entering what Steve Nash calls "the golden age of Canadian basketball," the Toronto Star's Ryan Wolstat reports.

As the National Post's Eric Koreen writes, Canada's hopes used to rest on whether Nash and Jamaal Magloire were willing or able to play. Now there's hope that Canada can become a major factor in international competition, starting with next summer's FIBA World Cup.

The national team started practice this week to prepare for a series of competitions, culminating in the FIBA Americas Championship in Venezuela in September at which the top four finishers earn berths in the World Cup. The training camp roster includes such NBA players as Tristan Thompson, Andrew Nicholson, Cory Joseph and Joel Anthony.

Two other players who are unable to participate because of injuries could really boost the team next summer: Anthony Bennett, drafted No. 1 by Cleveland in June's draft, and Kelly Olynyk, who went No. 13 to Boston. Also, Andrew Wiggins, who was considered the top recruit in college basketball and will be a freshman at Kansas, could also join future teams.

Triano is serving his second stint as Canada's coach, having held the position from 1999 to 2004, but says the difference in talent is immense.

?Back in 2000 we had two NBA players ? we had Steve and we had Todd MacCulloch and we were like, ?Man, these guys are great? and we built around them,?? Triano said at a news conference. ?Now we have so many other options. The depth in our country is great.?
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2. Souring quickly: It really didn't seem to take long for Brandon Jennings' relationship with the Bucks to sour. That relationship ended this week as the Bucks sent Jennings to Detroit in a sign-and-trade deal in which Jennings signed a three-year, $24 million contract, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel's Charles Gardner reports.

The Bucks got point guard Brandon Knight, small forward Khris Middleton and center Viacheslav Kravtsov. Milwaukee's 2012-13 backcourt of Jennings and Monta Ellis has? been replaced by Knight and O.J. Mayo, with Gary Neal and Luke Ridnour also new to the Bucks.

Not sure the Eastern Conference is shaking in its boots.

For Jennings, the trade marks a new start. He's clearly a talented player, but his late-season clashes with interim coach Jim Boylan seemed to sour the franchise on him, as did his ludicrous prediction that Milwaukee would oust Miami in the playoffs.

Now he'll play for a true player's coach in Maurice Cheeks, who has had Rasheed Wallace and Allen Iverson to deal with, and he'll have a great example of professionalism in new teammate Chauncey Billups.

3. Off-season blues: The days when everything Oklahoma City touched turned to gold ... well, they seem to be over, at least if the off-season is any indication.

The Thunder, after trading franchise cornerstone James Harden just before last season, then lost his replacement, Kevin Martin, in free agency after Martin signed with Minnesota.

OKC targeted Mike Miller, who was amnestied by Miami, and early reports indicated that Miller would sign with the Thunder. Instead, he signed with another Western Conference contender, Memphis, for whom he had previously played for 5? seasons.

Instead, the Thunder signed two free agents -- point guard Derek Fisher and shooting guard Ryan Gomes. At 38, Fisher is a long way from his prime, and there's even less excitement over Gomes, who in 2010 was traded to Portland as part of a Blazers-Timberwolves deal that involved Martell Webster and Luke Babbitt, then waived five days later.

The Oklahoman's Barry Tramel's take on the Gomes signing: "Sorry, I can?t get excited about Ryan Gomes, who apparently is signing with the Thunder. Mike Miller? Absolutely. Dorrell Wright? OK. Derek Fisher? Fine.Ryan Gomes? Nope."

4. Kings ransom: Although Sacramento successfully staved off Seattle's bid to grab the Kings, and the team has new ownership, management and coaches, there's still work to be done to secure the franchise's long-term future in the city.

The city's attempt to build a new downtown arena has created a nasty fight with a group that wants the matter put to a public vote, the Sacramento Bee's Ryan Lillis reports. Arena proponents used a "robocall" system to contact 56,000 voters "extolling the virtues of a downtown arena" while also accusing opponents of lying.

Opponents of publicly financing the building -- the arena agreement calls for $258 million in public money to be spent on the proposed $448 million facility -- need 22,000 signature to put the matter to a public vote.

Yogi Berra was right: It ain't over till it's over.

5. European vocation: Former University of Oregon standout Arsalan Kazemi could spend the 2013-14 in Europe instead of playing for the 76ers, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

?He would get a chance to work on his game somewhere else for a year,? Philadelphia GM Sam Hinkie tells the Inquirer. ?Then [we] would have the opportunity to reassess where he is later. I think that?s an attractive opportunity for someone like him.?

Kazemi played for Philadelphia's summer league team in Orlando and averaged 4.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and 20.8 minutes and shot 75 percent from the field in five games. By most accounts, he displayed his signature energy and hustle, but at 6-foot-7, 226 pounds, he will probably have to expand his perimeter offensive repertoire to find a place in the NBA.

As a second-round draft pick, the 76ers aren't obligated to give Kazemi a guaranteed contract. If they did sign him, they could shuttle him for stretches to the NBA Development League. The 76ers have a single-team affiliation with the Delaware 76ers, which gives them control over players who are sent down.

But that would require the 76ers to sign Kazemi. If they give him a guaranteed deal, he would be paid his NBA salary for the full season, no matter if he spends most of it in Delaware. But if they give him a non-guaranteed deal then cut him, they lose his rights.

If Kazemi plays in Europe, the 76ers would not have him under contract but would retain his rights. Philadelphia is well under the salary cap for 2013-14, by as much at $18 million, so it's certainly not a luxury tax issue. But this is a franchise in serious flux, with a new GM trying to chart a path.

Note: The NBA High-5 will return Friday.

-- Mike Tokito

Source: http://www.oregonlive.com/nba/index.ssf/2013/07/nba_high-5_396.html

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LSTN Bowerys

Contrary to what often seems like public opinion (at least to an earphone reviewer), $50 is not a lot to pay for earphones. In fact, it approaches the minimum you can spend and still get some sort of pleasure out of the investment. So the first thing I noticed about the LSTN Bowerys is that, despite being $50 (direct), they look far more expensive. Reclaimed wood is used on the earpieces, and a nylon-lined cable houses an inline remote control and microphone for mobile devices. These are not materials and features typically found on budget earphones, so the next thought is: Are these are going to sound horrible because they spent all the production cost on looks, not performance? The good news for bass lovers is that the earphones actually deliver distortion-free, powerful low-end. The bad news for everyone is that they can often sound muddy.

Design
There's nothing that looks budget or cheap about the Bowerys design. A quality, nylon-wrapped cable descends from earpieces made from reclaimed wood?a striking look that comes in three different wood types (Beach Wood, Cherry Wood, and Ebony Wood?our test unit was the Ebony.) The LSTN logo is tastefully etched into the wood, so that it doesn't really stand out?it's the wood grain you notice more than anything.

An inline remote control and microphone are situated around mouth-level along the left ear's cable. The remote is of the single-button variety, which is better than no remote at all, but it means you can only control playback, track skipping, and answer calls?there's no volume adjusting here. Call clarity through the mic is par for the course in the land of cellular fidelity. Your partner will understand you just fine, and you them, but things don't always sound crystal clear, and this has far more to do with mobile fidelity than it does the mic itself.

Included with the Bowerys: three total pairs of black silicone ear tips, and a canvass draw-string carrying pouch. LSTN also donates a portion of your money to Starkey Hearing Foundation to help those with damaged hearing get hearing aides, so you can feel like you are doing a good deed by purchasing your earphones.

Performance
On tracks with tremendous sub-bass presence, like the Knife's "Silent Shout,"?the Bowerys deliver some deep low-end without any real issues. At absolute maximum volume, the earphones sound and feel as if they're flirting with distortion, but they never quite cross the threshold into real distortion?an impressive feat for a pair in this price range. Many cheaper earphone pairs will avoid distorting on deep bass tracks by avoiding reproducing deep bass frequencies altogether, but the Bowerys deliver a powerful low-frequency punch. Bass lovers will be pleased with the boosting that happens in this range, purists will not.

On Bill Callahan's "Drover," the bass boosting has a bit of a muddying effect on the mix?the drumming receives too much low-end, as do Callahan's baritone vocals. There is some high-mid sculpting that saves the guitar strumming from disappearing in a sea of low frequencies, and the vocals receive enough treble edge to more or less stay in command of the mix, but things are definitely weighted to the bass end of the spectrum in a dramatic way. In this price range, it's rare to find a pair of earphones that can deliver thunderous bass and also handle the nuances of a mix and maintain the balance, so this is not a huge surprise.

The Bowerys deliver Jay-Z and Kanye West's "No Church in the Wild" with power in the lows, but at times things lack clarity. We get the thump of the kick drum loop, albeit with less accompanying high-mid attack than we typically hear on this track. And we get sub-bass synth hits delivered with power, but not a whole lot of definition?it almost sounds as if the synth and the loop are one, whereas a clearer sound signature would define the contour of each sound more precisely. Vocals on this track manage to avoid any sort of muddiness, mainly because no one on this track has a lower-register voice like Callahan's.

Classical tracks, like John Adams' "The Chairman Dances," fare a bit better on the Bowerys in terms of overall balance. Tracks like this often naturally favor the high-mids and brighter instruments, which means they do just fine here without much extra boosting and sculpting in the higher frequencies. The bass boosting adds a subtle low-end richness to lower register strings and percussion?things don't sound too heavily-boosted since much of the low frequency boost focuses on truly deep, near sub-bass frequencies that can exist in an orchestra, but not with the abundance they are found in electronic music or modern pop and hip hop. Thus, the large drum hits at the end sound full and powerful without sounding ridiculously over-the-top, though purists will still find the bass presence here too much.

If it's a more balanced sound you seek in the price range, the NuForce NE-650M is a solid, affordable option. If you like the idea of some bass boosting, but have some more room in your budget, the Sennheiser MM 70s deliver solid low end with balanced highs. And if you're really trying to spend the least amount of money you can without buying garbage, both the RHA MA150 and the id America New Metropolitan offer decent performance for their very-low prices. But at $50, the LSTN Bowerys are a good-looking earphone with phone controls and gobs of bass. If you prefer a sound signature that favors the low-end, the Bowerys are a budget option worth considering.

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LG Optimus G Pro: A Great (Big) $100 Android Phone

If you can first make peace with the sheer, pocket-hogging size of the thing, you'll find a lot to love about LG's beastly, 5.5-inch Android phone.

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Plastic Casing For Apple's Low-Cost iPhone Gets Confirmed In A Supplier Responsibility Investigation

Apple's plans to release a low-cost iPhone got a solid confirmation from a new report by China Labor Watch this morning. The unlikely source of the new product info was an undercover investigation into Pegatron to shed light on working conditions at the Apple supplier (which also acts as a partner to other consumer electronics makers).

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Why To Get A Debt Consolidation Loan ? Why Not To Get A Debt Consolidation Loan

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Dell?s potential savior, a $100 Android computer the size of a USB stick, now shipping to testers

Dell Project Ophelia Release Date

Dell is said to be working on a new device under the code-name ?Project Ophelia,? and reports suggest it will essentially be an Android-powered computer on a USB stick. ?The struggling PC vendor will apparently use Ophelia to help reinvent itself as company founder Michael Dell continues his efforts to take Dell private, and now the computer on a stick is one step closer to launching. According to a recent report from IDG News Service, Dell?s Project Ophelia ?can turn any screen or display with an HDMI port into a PC, gaming machine, or streaming media player,? and it?is now shipping to beta testers ahead of a public release scheduled for this fall. The device will be priced around $100, IDG claims.

[More from BGR: iOS 7 beta 4: Full change log now available]

This article was originally published on BGR.com

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Today in Washington: President Obama invites Hillary Clinton to White House lunch

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Speaks at Hendricks Chapel.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will have a private lunch at the White House today with President Obama. The White House offered no other details. Clinton is shown during an April 2012 visit with Syracuse University students at Hendricks Chapel. Dennis Nett / The Post-Standard

Washington -- Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to return to the White House today for a private lunch with President Barack Obama in a meeting that will be closed to the press.

It will be Clinton's second meeting with Obama at the White House since she stepped down as secretary of state on Feb. 1. White House officials said Sunday the lunch will be in the president's private dining room, but offered no other details about the meeting.

The meeting follows the White House announcement Sunday that Israeli-Palestinian peace talks will resume after a stalemate that lasted for years. It was not clear if Clinton has been invited to provide advice on the issue.

Clinton is the subject of speculation about a potential campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016. News of the lunch followed an announcement by the NBC television network Saturday that it will air a miniseries on Clinton before the 2016 presidential election.

NBC said the four-hour miniseries "Hillary" will star Diane Lane as the former first lady, U.S. senator from New York and U.S. secretary of state.

Contact Mark Weiner at mweiner@syracuse.com or 571-970-3751. Follow him on Twitter @MarkWeinerDC

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Pope dons Indian headdress after Brazil speech

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ? Pope Francis has delighted a crowd in Rio de Janeiro by donning a colorful Indian headdress handed to him by a member of a Brazilian tribe.

It came after the pontiff spoke Saturday at Rio's Municipal Theater to an audience mostly made up of Brazil's political, business and cultural elite.

After the talk, he was greeted by well-wishers on stage, including a few Indians.

A bare-chested man named Ubirai Matos from the Pataxo tribe met the pope while wearing a reed skirt, ornate red-bead necklace and large nose and ear piercings.

Matos took off his feather headdress and handed it to the pontiff.

Francis promptly placed it on his own head and flashed the crowd a smile.

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A series of thunderstorms moving across western North Carolina has triggered major flash flooding, inundating roads, apartments and parts of several counties.http://news.yahoo.com/heavy-rains-cause-flash-flooding-north-carolina-201832512.htmlSat, 27 Jul 2013 16:18:36 -0400Associated Pressheavy-rains-cause-flash-flooding-north-carolina-201832512Update: 3:41 PM The National Weather Service has issued a Severe T-Storm Watch until 11pm for the areas in yellow below, this does include Dallas and Tarrant Counties. Another abnormal July cold front is moving [?]http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/07/26/345pm-t-storm-watch-until-11pm-storm-chances-this-evening-then-a-brief-cool-down/Fri, 26 Jul 2013 16:46:41 -04002013/07/26/345pm-t-storm-watch-until-11pm-storm-chances-this-evening-then-a-brief-cool-down/<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/europes-largest-ever-telecommunications-satellite-launches-indian-weather-184423152.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b40MiNLTrihqzLJ..OxYEg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Europe%27s_Largest-Ever_Telecommunications_Satellite_Launches-6ad9743b9c6dfef28e7cfdf91d7cecb3" width="130" height="86" alt="Europe&#039;s Largest-Ever Telecommunications Satellite Launches With Indian Weather Probe" align="left" title="Europe&#039;s Largest-Ever Telecommunications Satellite Launches With Indian Weather Probe" border="0" /></a>PARIS ? A European Ariane 5 ECA rocket on July 25 successfully launched Europe&#039;s largest-ever telecommunications satellite and a meteorological spacecraft for India in the rocket&#039;s 56th consecutive success.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/europes-largest-ever-telecommunications-satellite-launches-indian-weather-184423152.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 14:44:23 -0400SPACE.comeuropes-largest-ever-telecommunications-satellite-launches-indian-weather-184423152<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/europes-largest-ever-telecommunications-satellite-launches-indian-weather-184423152.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b40MiNLTrihqzLJ..OxYEg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Europe%27s_Largest-Ever_Telecommunications_Satellite_Launches-6ad9743b9c6dfef28e7cfdf91d7cecb3" width="130" height="86" alt="Europe&#039;s Largest-Ever Telecommunications Satellite Launches With Indian Weather Probe" align="left" title="Europe&#039;s Largest-Ever Telecommunications Satellite Launches With Indian Weather Probe" border="0" /></a>PARIS ? A European Ariane 5 ECA rocket on July 25 successfully launched Europe&#039;s largest-ever telecommunications satellite and a meteorological spacecraft for India in the rocket&#039;s 56th consecutive success.</p><br clear="all"/>Say what you will about us millennials?we?re a wilting bouquet of narcissistic, socialistic, overeducated, underemployed, tatted-up hipsters who still live at home?but, from this day forward, don?t you dare say we?re climate change deniers.http://news.yahoo.com/young-voters-climate-deniers-ignorant-touch-crazy-184303009.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 14:43:03 -0400Takepart.comyoung-voters-climate-deniers-ignorant-touch-crazy-184303009A summer cold front arrives from the northwest this afternoon. It?ll bring us some decent storm chances later today, even a slight risk of severe weather. By tomorrow we?ll enjoy cooler weather (and even slightly [?]http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/07/26/storms-chances-today/Fri, 26 Jul 2013 06:11:35 -04002013/07/26/storms-chances-today/<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/being-outdoors-perilous-during-thunderstorms-003443353.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mToIK2V21x50OYOgfOM8OQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/828199b3dd8e8918380f6a706700eace.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Wednesday, July 24, 2013 photo provided by the Coconino County Sheriff?s Office shows the rock wall believed to be where a victim was sitting when lighting stuck Tuesday at the Le Fevre Overlook on Highway 89A, some 8 miles north of Jacobs Lake, Ariz. A married couple was killed and a teenage boy injured when the lightning struck, authorities said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Coconino County Sheriff?s Office)" align="left" title="This Wednesday, July 24, 2013 photo provided by the Coconino County Sheriff?s Office shows the rock wall believed to be where a victim was sitting when lighting stuck Tuesday at the Le Fevre Overlook on Highway 89A, some 8 miles north of Jacobs Lake, Ariz. A married couple was killed and a teenage boy injured when the lightning struck, authorities said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Coconino County Sheriff?s Office)" border="0" /></a>FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) ? The deaths of two people at a scenic overlook in northern Arizona this week bring to 14 the number of people killed by lightning strikes in the U.S. this year, according to the National Weather Service. Many of the victims were enjoying summertime activities like sightseeing, boating, camping and fishing. Weather experts say when thunderstorms roar, you should get out of the water, drop the sporting equipment and flee to a safe area inside a building or a vehicle.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/being-outdoors-perilous-during-thunderstorms-003443353.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 20:35:09 -0400Associated Pressbeing-outdoors-perilous-during-thunderstorms-003443353<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/being-outdoors-perilous-during-thunderstorms-003443353.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mToIK2V21x50OYOgfOM8OQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/828199b3dd8e8918380f6a706700eace.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Wednesday, July 24, 2013 photo provided by the Coconino County Sheriff?s Office shows the rock wall believed to be where a victim was sitting when lighting stuck Tuesday at the Le Fevre Overlook on Highway 89A, some 8 miles north of Jacobs Lake, Ariz. A married couple was killed and a teenage boy injured when the lightning struck, authorities said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Coconino County Sheriff?s Office)" align="left" title="This Wednesday, July 24, 2013 photo provided by the Coconino County Sheriff?s Office shows the rock wall believed to be where a victim was sitting when lighting stuck Tuesday at the Le Fevre Overlook on Highway 89A, some 8 miles north of Jacobs Lake, Ariz. A married couple was killed and a teenage boy injured when the lightning struck, authorities said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Coconino County Sheriff?s Office)" border="0" /></a>FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) ? The deaths of two people at a scenic overlook in northern Arizona this week bring to 14 the number of people killed by lightning strikes in the U.S. this year, according to the National Weather Service. Many of the victims were enjoying summertime activities like sightseeing, boating, camping and fishing. Weather experts say when thunderstorms roar, you should get out of the water, drop the sporting equipment and flee to a safe area inside a building or a vehicle.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/weird-weather-dry-seasons-start-earlier-wetter-221316079.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WQ1WBtH52rfzplD4ALkauw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/flooding-vicksburg-110512-02.jpg1320192772" width="130" height="86" alt="Weird Weather: Dry Seasons Start Earlier, Are Wetter" align="left" title="Weird Weather: Dry Seasons Start Earlier, Are Wetter" border="0" /></a>Call it weird, call it extreme, maybe even call it the new normal. Wild weather in the United States in the past decade has amassed a long list of toppled records and financial disasters.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/weird-weather-dry-seasons-start-earlier-wetter-221316079.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 18:13:16 -0400LiveScience.comweird-weather-dry-seasons-start-earlier-wetter-221316079<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/weird-weather-dry-seasons-start-earlier-wetter-221316079.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WQ1WBtH52rfzplD4ALkauw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/flooding-vicksburg-110512-02.jpg1320192772" width="130" height="86" alt="Weird Weather: Dry Seasons Start Earlier, Are Wetter" align="left" title="Weird Weather: Dry Seasons Start Earlier, Are Wetter" border="0" /></a>Call it weird, call it extreme, maybe even call it the new normal. Wild weather in the United States in the past decade has amassed a long list of toppled records and financial disasters.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/why-price-tag-global-warming-just-went-60-162020917.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/q4pdYhGLP.aBIzrG1swXGA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Why_the_Price_Tag_for-4c189e5fb93ddd35d88d50e1c13ff2b6" width="130" height="86" alt="Why the Price Tag for Global Warming Just Went Up by $60 Trillion" align="left" title="Why the Price Tag for Global Warming Just Went Up by $60 Trillion" border="0" /></a>$60 trillion dollars is enough money that you could spend $1 million every minute for a century and still have about $7.5 trillion (roughly the GDP of China) left over. The world will end up spending it a lot faster than that, though, according to new research published in Nature. If the melting in the Arctic remains unchecked, the resulting release of greenhouse gasses from just one region of the world will make addressing climate change $60 trillion more expensive.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/why-price-tag-global-warming-just-went-60-162020917.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 12:20:20 -0400The Atlantic Wirewhy-price-tag-global-warming-just-went-60-162020917<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/why-price-tag-global-warming-just-went-60-162020917.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/q4pdYhGLP.aBIzrG1swXGA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Why_the_Price_Tag_for-4c189e5fb93ddd35d88d50e1c13ff2b6" width="130" height="86" alt="Why the Price Tag for Global Warming Just Went Up by $60 Trillion" align="left" title="Why the Price Tag for Global Warming Just Went Up by $60 Trillion" border="0" /></a>$60 trillion dollars is enough money that you could spend $1 million every minute for a century and still have about $7.5 trillion (roughly the GDP of China) left over. The world will end up spending it a lot faster than that, though, according to new research published in Nature. If the melting in the Arctic remains unchecked, the resulting release of greenhouse gasses from just one region of the world will make addressing climate change $60 trillion more expensive.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-video-watch-us-heat-2100-221440308.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/khZDgNerqBkBMcHYKLON4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/Temperature_2100.jpg1374703438" width="130" height="86" alt="NASA Video: Watch US Heat Up by 2100" align="left" title="NASA Video: Watch US Heat Up by 2100" border="0" /></a>The United States will be a much hotter place at the end of the 21st century, according to a new climate change visualization released by NASA this week.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-video-watch-us-heat-2100-221440308.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 18:14:40 -0400LiveScience.comnasa-video-watch-us-heat-2100-221440308<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-video-watch-us-heat-2100-221440308.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/khZDgNerqBkBMcHYKLON4Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/Temperature_2100.jpg1374703438" width="130" height="86" alt="NASA Video: Watch US Heat Up by 2100" align="left" title="NASA Video: Watch US Heat Up by 2100" border="0" /></a>The United States will be a much hotter place at the end of the 21st century, according to a new climate change visualization released by NASA this week.</p><br clear="all"/>A Republican Secretary of State Urges Action on Climate Changehttp://news.yahoo.com/republican-secretary-state-urges-action-climate-change-110100019.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 07:01:00 -0400Scientific Americanrepublican-secretary-state-urges-action-climate-change-110100019WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp on Tuesday was awarded an Air Force contract worth about $101 million over a decade, to modify the U.S. defense weather satellite program, the U.S. Department of Defense said. The contract work will be performed by Lockheed Martin Space System Corp in Sunnyvale, California, and is scheduled to be completed by October 2020. The program collects various weather, oceanographic and solar data for the Defense Department, and is managed by the Air Force Space Command. It has been in operation for about 50 years. ...http://news.yahoo.com/lockheed-snags-contract-u-defense-weather-satellite-program-221511202.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 18:15:11 -0400Reuterslockheed-snags-contract-u-defense-weather-satellite-program-221511202Entergy Corp. says more than 15,000 customers are without power in Arkansas' Pulaski County as severe thunderstorms roll through the area. Meanwhile, the National Weather Service issued a flood advisory ...http://news.yahoo.com/storms-knock-power-15k-central-183804126.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 14:38:04 -0400Associated Pressstorms-knock-power-15k-central-183804126Scattered rain and above-normal temperatures continued to boost crop development in South Dakota over the past week. The Agriculture Department says in its latest crop and weather report that there were ...http://news.yahoo.com/rainy-warm-weather-continues-boost-132831468.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 09:28:31 -0400Associated Pressrainy-warm-weather-continues-boost-132831468With the summer storm season upon us in full force, you're bound to hear emergency broadcasts, news reports, and videos of massive thunderstorms, with commentary and terminology you might not be familiar with. Knowing what those words mean can tell you a lot more about what's going on than just what's shown on the screen. Here are six lesser-known terms that are associated with the storm season.http://theweek.com/article/index/247150/6-strange-terms-for-weather-phenomenaTue, 23 Jul 2013 06:30:00 -0400The Week (RSS)article/index/247150/6-strange-terms-for-weather-phenomena(Reuters) - A surface low pressure system located couple of hundred miles south-southeast of the Cape Verde Islands has a medium 40 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone during next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said early Tuesday. Showers and thunderstorms have become a little more concentrated near the center of the storm system and it is expected to move west-northwestward at 15 to 20 miles per hour, the Miami-based weather forecasters said. ...http://news.yahoo.com/nhc-says-40-percent-chance-cyclone-near-cape-052154564.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 01:21:54 -0400Reutersnhc-says-40-percent-chance-cyclone-near-cape-052154564<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/antarctic-evidence-reveals-past-melting-180116325.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qfpV7u4KWMeY56eAi_dd5g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/satellite-image-of-antarctica-lrg.jpg1374514757" width="130" height="86" alt="New Antarctic Evidence Reveals Past Melting" align="left" title="New Antarctic Evidence Reveals Past Melting" border="0" /></a>One of the wild cards in estimating future sea level rise from global warming is the enormous East Antarctic Ice Sheet, which holds more freshwater in its icy expanse than the whole of Greenland.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/antarctic-evidence-reveals-past-melting-180116325.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 14:01:16 -0400LiveScience.comantarctic-evidence-reveals-past-melting-180116325<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/antarctic-evidence-reveals-past-melting-180116325.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qfpV7u4KWMeY56eAi_dd5g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/satellite-image-of-antarctica-lrg.jpg1374514757" width="130" height="86" alt="New Antarctic Evidence Reveals Past Melting" align="left" title="New Antarctic Evidence Reveals Past Melting" border="0" /></a>One of the wild cards in estimating future sea level rise from global warming is the enormous East Antarctic Ice Sheet, which holds more freshwater in its icy expanse than the whole of Greenland.</p><br clear="all"/>Ken Cuccinelli, the conservative firebrand running for Virginia governor, has taken lots of heat for his views on climate change. The state's attorney general drew a national spotlight for his investigation of University of Virginia climate scientist Michael Mann, and his skepticism of the science that human activities cause global warming. He's been attacked as an ideologue and is the target of an aggressive campaign by the League of Conservation Voters.http://news.yahoo.com/terry-mcauliffe-flip-flopper-thats-just-fine-green-053657417.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 09:32:56 -0400National Journalterry-mcauliffe-flip-flopper-thats-just-fine-green-053657417KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda expects its July coffee exports to fall 3 percent to 300,000 60-kg bags compared with the same month in 2012 due to unfavourable weather conditions, the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) said in a report seen by Reuters on Monday. "In Central Region, the weather has been generally very hot and dry... there were fears that the hostile weather may affect development of the coffee berries and consequently reduce volume and quality of coffee expected to be picked next harvest season," state-run UCDA said in its June monthly report. ...http://news.yahoo.com/uganda-july-coffee-exports-seen-edging-3-pct-103705816.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 06:37:05 -0400Reutersuganda-july-coffee-exports-seen-edging-3-pct-103705816Climate change could ensure the wipe out of the Iberian Lynx, considered the world's most endangered cat, new research from Spain suggests.http://news.yahoo.com/climate-change-could-wipe-iberian-lynx-170445697.htmlSun, 21 Jul 2013 13:04:45 -0400LiveScience.comclimate-change-could-wipe-iberian-lynx-170445697<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/thunderstorm-threat-wildcard-calif-wildfire-074626684.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oXfU8AXmrcuxzrtHYASHlA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d456cb74436d1318380f6a706700e0a7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This image provided by NASA shows the agency&#039;s Terra spacecraft photo showing smoke from a wildfire near Idyllwild, Calif., right, and the Los Angeles area, left. The blaze in the San Jacinto Mountains has expanded to roughly 39 square miles and was 15 percent contained Friday July 19, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA)" align="left" title="This image provided by NASA shows the agency&#039;s Terra spacecraft photo showing smoke from a wildfire near Idyllwild, Calif., right, and the Los Angeles area, left. The blaze in the San Jacinto Mountains has expanded to roughly 39 square miles and was 15 percent contained Friday July 19, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA)" border="0" /></a>IDYLLWILD, Calif. (AP) ? Firefighters got little help from Mother Nature on Saturday as much-needed rainfall from expected thunderstorms didn&#039;t materialize for a huge wildfire burning in the Southern California mountains near Palm Springs.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/thunderstorm-threat-wildcard-calif-wildfire-074626684.htmlSat, 20 Jul 2013 23:47:02 -0400Associated Pressthunderstorm-threat-wildcard-calif-wildfire-074626684<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/thunderstorm-threat-wildcard-calif-wildfire-074626684.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oXfU8AXmrcuxzrtHYASHlA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d456cb74436d1318380f6a706700e0a7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This image provided by NASA shows the agency&#039;s Terra spacecraft photo showing smoke from a wildfire near Idyllwild, Calif., right, and the Los Angeles area, left. The blaze in the San Jacinto Mountains has expanded to roughly 39 square miles and was 15 percent contained Friday July 19, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA)" align="left" title="This image provided by NASA shows the agency&#039;s Terra spacecraft photo showing smoke from a wildfire near Idyllwild, Calif., right, and the Los Angeles area, left. The blaze in the San Jacinto Mountains has expanded to roughly 39 square miles and was 15 percent contained Friday July 19, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA)" border="0" /></a>IDYLLWILD, Calif. (AP) ? Firefighters got little help from Mother Nature on Saturday as much-needed rainfall from expected thunderstorms didn&#039;t materialize for a huge wildfire burning in the Southern California mountains near Palm Springs.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/more-evacuate-weird-weather-fears-calif-fire-042855215.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CjSdtA4eOTmP9NOnwiz.wQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7220de4a09f0f718370f6a7067000f0f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo made Wednesday, July 17, 2013, and released by the U.S. Forest Service, a DC-10 drops fire retardant along an edge of the Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet, Calif. The blaze about 100 miles east of Los Angeles had grown to more than 35 square miles in size and had destroyed at least six houses and mobile homes. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service)" align="left" title="In this photo made Wednesday, July 17, 2013, and released by the U.S. Forest Service, a DC-10 drops fire retardant along an edge of the Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet, Calif. The blaze about 100 miles east of Los Angeles had grown to more than 35 square miles in size and had destroyed at least six houses and mobile homes. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service)" border="0" /></a>IDYLLWILD, Calif. (AP) ? Residents of another 700 homes were advised to retreat to safety on Friday as crews fighting a wildfire in the mountains above Palm Springs grew increasingly concerned about the possibility of unstable weather and erratic winds that could last through the weekend.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/more-evacuate-weird-weather-fears-calif-fire-042855215.htmlSat, 20 Jul 2013 02:19:58 -0400Associated Pressmore-evacuate-weird-weather-fears-calif-fire-042855215<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/more-evacuate-weird-weather-fears-calif-fire-042855215.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CjSdtA4eOTmP9NOnwiz.wQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7220de4a09f0f718370f6a7067000f0f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo made Wednesday, July 17, 2013, and released by the U.S. Forest Service, a DC-10 drops fire retardant along an edge of the Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet, Calif. The blaze about 100 miles east of Los Angeles had grown to more than 35 square miles in size and had destroyed at least six houses and mobile homes. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service)" align="left" title="In this photo made Wednesday, July 17, 2013, and released by the U.S. Forest Service, a DC-10 drops fire retardant along an edge of the Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet, Calif. The blaze about 100 miles east of Los Angeles had grown to more than 35 square miles in size and had destroyed at least six houses and mobile homes. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service)" border="0" /></a>IDYLLWILD, Calif. (AP) ? Residents of another 700 homes were advised to retreat to safety on Friday as crews fighting a wildfire in the mountains above Palm Springs grew increasingly concerned about the possibility of unstable weather and erratic winds that could last through the weekend.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/thunderstorms-could-hamper-efforts-subdue-california-wildfire-200431331.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pOtiMX9ue7tIhdiaH9v2CA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T200431Z_1_CBRE96I1JRL00_RTROPTP_2_USA-FIRE-CALIFORNIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A plume of smoke rises into the night sky as a wildfire, or the so-called Mountain Fire, burns near Idyllwild" align="left" title="A plume of smoke rises into the night sky as a wildfire, or the so-called Mountain Fire, burns near Idyllwild" border="0" /></a>By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Firefighters raced on Friday to buttress defensive lines against a fierce blaze roaring for a fifth day near the scenic mountain resort of Idyllwild in Southern California, as thunderstorms in the forecast threatened to hamper efforts to subdue the flames. The so-called Mountain Fire has already burned across more than 24,800 acres of dry brush and timber and forced the evacuation of Idyllwild after destroying seven nearby homes and other property in the rugged San Jacinto range, authorities said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/thunderstorms-could-hamper-efforts-subdue-california-wildfire-200431331.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 19:01:04 -0400Reutersthunderstorms-could-hamper-efforts-subdue-california-wildfire-200431331<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/thunderstorms-could-hamper-efforts-subdue-california-wildfire-200431331.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pOtiMX9ue7tIhdiaH9v2CA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T200431Z_1_CBRE96I1JRL00_RTROPTP_2_USA-FIRE-CALIFORNIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A plume of smoke rises into the night sky as a wildfire, or the so-called Mountain Fire, burns near Idyllwild" align="left" title="A plume of smoke rises into the night sky as a wildfire, or the so-called Mountain Fire, burns near Idyllwild" border="0" /></a>By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Firefighters raced on Friday to buttress defensive lines against a fierce blaze roaring for a fifth day near the scenic mountain resort of Idyllwild in Southern California, as thunderstorms in the forecast threatened to hamper efforts to subdue the flames. The so-called Mountain Fire has already burned across more than 24,800 acres of dry brush and timber and forced the evacuation of Idyllwild after destroying seven nearby homes and other property in the rugged San Jacinto range, authorities said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/07/19/weather-blog-relentless-heat/Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:36:48 -04002013/07/19/weather-blog-relentless-heat/

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Election of new Ross Valley Sanitary District board president causes rift

At a raucous meeting Wednesday night, the Ross Valley Sanitary District board elected its newest member, Mary Sylla, to serve as president of the board.

Supporters of Sylla and Frank Egger, the former board president who was seeking re-election, attended the meeting to lend their vocal support. Sylla was elected on a 3-2 vote with board members Egger and Pamela Meigs voting in the minority.

"It became a little bit more polarizing than I had hoped," said Sylla, who lives in Kentfield and works as program director for the Public Health Institute.

Egger said, "It was a donnybrook."

In a letter to the board, Egger recounted his efforts to keep the district afloat after the disappearance of former general manager, Brett Richards, in July 2012. Richards was arrested earlier this month in the Philippines and is facing nine felony counts including misappropriation of public funds, embezzlement and multiple counts of money laundering.

In his letter, Egger noted that the previous three presidents of the board served two-year terms and wrote that he had "worked almost full time keeping our agency afloat from July 2012 until Greg Norby came on board in mid February as interim general manager." He noted that the previous three board presidents had served two-year terms.

Egger served 39 years on the Fairfax Town Council and was the longest-serving municipal council member in California before he lost his bid for re-election there in 2005.

Sylla said she decided to run for president of the board after spending the day with Norby.

"He's such a capable general manager," Sylla said. "I just thought the board wasn't helping him to the degree it ought to be. Next year is going to be a really important year for the district."

The vote to elect Sylla was the same as last week's vote by the board on a $19.2 million revenue bond.

Egger and Meigs voted against the bond saying they had reservations about using it to refinance $11 million of existing debt. They said they supported a smaller bond to raise $8.2 million for the district to make wastewater system improvements. The board voted 3-2 to issue the bonds.

Norby said the refinancing will put the district in a better position if it needs to issue additional bonds in the future to support long-term capital projects.

In November, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board notified the district it was violating state law by allowing sewage to overflow into local waterways and failing to allocate adequate resources for repair of its failing pipes.

The water board has told the district it must come up with a short-term plan for fixing 45 pipe locations, which are most likely to fail first; a longer-term plan for repairing another 800 locations; and a strategy for producing the needed revenue for keeping all 200 miles of the district's pipes in working order.

San Anselmo Councilman Tom McInerney said, "Frank was instrumental in righting the ship at the district. With that said, Mary has been a tremendous asset to the district as well, and I think she'll do a great job as president."

Contact Richard Halstead via e-mail at rhalstead@marinij.com

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Church of England admits investing in backer of payday lender

LONDON | Fri Jul 26, 2013 7:36am BST

LONDON (Reuters) - The Church of England confirmed on Thursday that its pension fund invests in Accel Partners, the U.S.-based venture capital firm that led fundraising in 2009 for Wonga, a payday lender.

The Financial Times newspaper reported the investment a day after Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said that the church would seek to drive payday lenders, such as Wonga, out of business by launching its own credit unions. Payday lenders have been criticized for trapping borrowers in a cycle of debt.

"We will be asking the Assets Committee of the Church Commissioners to investigate how this has occurred and to review the holding in this pooled investment vehicle," a spokesperson for Lambeth Palace, the official residence of the archbishop of Canterbury, said in an emailed statement.

"We will also be requesting the Church Commissioners to investigate whether there are any other inconsistencies as normally all investment policies are reviewed by the Ethical Investment Advisory Group."

Welby, who has led the church since March, is among leading critics of firms like Wonga and Provident Financial (PFG.L), which typically provide hard-up families with loans of up to 1,000 pounds to be repaid when they receive weekly or monthly wages.

The archbishop said he had met with the chief executive of Wonga, Errol Damelin, and told him, "We're not in the business of trying to legislate you out of existence, we're trying to compete you out of existence", according to an interview in the August issue of Total Politics magazine.

The market for the loans has grown rapidly in Britain and other countries like the United States as benefit cuts squeeze poor households' budgets and traditional bank credit lines withered in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.

Public criticism of the firms in Britain has grown, too, with politicians and poverty-focused charities concerned that the high interest rates the firms charge only dig poor households into more trouble.

Wonga, one the biggest payday lenders in Britain, this month it lifted the annual interest rate on its loans to 5,853 percent.

Welby, a former oil executive educated at Eton and Cambridge, said the church was "putting our money where our mouth is" in the plan to launch a not-for-profit financial cooperative that offers deposit accounts and low-interest loans.

He said the credit union would be engaged in its community and more professional than lenders like Wonga and other competitors, including QuidQuid and Lending Stream, but conceded that it would be a decade before it flourished, giving few details.

In a statement, Wonga's Damelin called the archbishop an "exceptional individual" and took up Welby's challenge.

"On his ideas for competing with us, Wonga welcomes competition from any quarter that gives the consumer greater choice in effectively managing their financial affairs."

Short-term lenders are coming under more scrutiny globally. The U.S. consumer watchdog said in April that new regulation could be introduced to stop the loans that trap borrowers in a cycle of debt.

Britain's consumer watchdog, the Office of Fair Trading last month vowed to crack down on the 2 billion pound a year industry and said it was investigating measures like an advertising ban.

(Reporting by Clare Hutchison in London; Additional reporting by Abhirup Roy in Bangalore; Editing by Patrick Graham and Leslie Adler)

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USC Trojans football coach Lane Kiffin is not on the hot seat entering this season.

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Consumer price rise in Japan

Japan's consumer prices rose in June for the first time in 14 months, as Tokyo looks to tackle years of deflation that have crippled growth in the world's third-largest economy.

Excluding volatile prices of fresh food, prices rose 0.4 per cent in June, the first increase since a 0.2 per cent rise in April last year, according to the internal affairs ministry on Friday.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to pull Japan out of 15 years of falling prices with active government spending, which he argues will boost the economy and eventually lead to higher pay for workers.

His hand-picked governor at the Bank of Japan, meanwhile, unleased a huge monetary easing program in April and set a two-per cent inflation target aimed at turning around the economy.

Japan's economy expanded at an annualised rate of 4.1 per cent in the first quarter, and some Japanese firms have recently announced price increases as the yen weakened sharply since late last year.

While the data on Friday may be a good sign, much of the price increase can be attributed to surging energy costs in the wake of the Fukushima atomic disaster two years ago.

The country turned to pricey fossil-fuel imports in the wake of the accident after shutting down its nuclear reactors. A weaker currency has pushed up the costs of those imports.

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Extravagant Modern Living in South Africa: SAOTA?s Kloof 151 Project

Kloof 151 project is a three storey building with parking envisioned and implemented by SAOTA in Cape Town, South Africa. The large entrance to the basement allows for direct sunlight and a pleasantly warm entrance to the house. At the ground floor, the main living room enjoys a fantastic position overlooking Clifton. The majority of the living levels ? including the open plan kitchen ? open onto the large well covered terraces to the West or North facing the mountain slope and Lion?s Head.The extreme heat and glare of the setting sun is addressed by the cantilevering balconies, extended irregular and striking hardwood screens and motorized vertical fabric blinds. These devices along with the performance glazing result in an all year round cool interior. The ground floor is bisected by a double volume to enrich the spatial experience and create a dialogue with the double volume stairwell towards the rear. The first floor of the house accommodates 4 en-suite bedrooms, a gym and a studio space. To reduce the effect of glare experienced at the house, the finishes palette is rich and in deep colors. Bedrooms are generally lighter and contemporary with accents of classic pieces of furniture and a fresh fabric selection that create tranquil spaces. [Photos and information provided via e-mail by SAOTA]

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Seeing photosynthesis from space: NASA scientists use satellites to measure plant health

[unable to retrieve full-text content]NASA scientists have established a new way to use satellites to measure what's occurring inside plants at a cellular level. Plants grow and thrive through photosynthesis, a process that converts sunlight into energy. During photosynthesis, plants emit what is called fluorescence -- light invisible to the naked eye but detectable by satellites orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth. NASA scientists have now established a method to turn this satellite data into global maps of the subtle phenomenon in more detail than ever before.

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Arctic ice melt could cost an extra $60 trillion, say researchers

Methane gas released from the melting Arctic ice could accelerate global warming and tack on an extra $60 trillion to the cost the world is expected to incur from climate change.

By Elizabeth Barber,?Contributor / July 24, 2013

A climate change model has found that methane releases from the melting Arctic could cost the world $60 trillion.

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The oil and gas industries have in recent years forecasted profits from easier access to resource fields in the melting Arctic. Northern states have welcomed the trade routes that are emerging from the thick ice?s melt. But those possible boons pale in comparison to the costs that methane emissions from the melting ice will have on the global economy, scientists have found.

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The price tag? $60 trillion ? or about the size of the entire global economy in 2012 ? according to new research that modeled the economic toll that methane gases seeping out of the Arctic would take on the world.?

?Its not just bad news for the polar bear,? said Gail Whiteman, a researcher at Erasmus University in the Netherlands and a co-author on the paper, published in Nature. ?It?s a global economic time bomb."

The Arctic is thought to contain about 30 percent of the world's undiscovered gas, as well as about 13 percent of its untapped oil. Those economic opportunities have provided major incentives for investment in Arctic oil and gas fields. Lloyd's of London, an insurance market, has projected that investment in the region could reach US$100 billion within ten years.

At the same time, thawing ice has also cleared a route for vessels there during the summer. Arctic shipping is expected to see about 40 million tons a year in 2050.

But those projected figures do not present a full picture of the economic effects of melting in the Arctic, the authors said.

The Arctic ice stores roughly 50 billion tons of methane, a concentrated gas some 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. Over the past few years, scientists have observed the gas pluming from the region?s thawing ice. That raised the question: even as profits are hauled in from shipping and drilling in the Arctic, could that methane gas be waiting to undo all those gains? Could the toll of that released gains far outweigh the rewards of melting Arctic?s ice?

Researchers used what is called the PAGE09 model to assess a broad range of risks arising from methane gas release. Their work is built on the 2006 Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change?s model, which judged the economic effect of extra greenhouse-gas emissions on such factors as sea level rise, temperature, and extreme weather risk. That model found that, as a result of global warming the world would incur a total cost of $450 trillion by the end of the century.

But seven years ago there was too little research on methane gas in the Arctic to include its influence on the global economy, Dr. Whiteman said. So this time, scientists modeled a ten-year release of the 50-billion-ton methane bubble between 2015 and 2025 and showed the effects of that decade-long burst until 2200. The model was based on the current rate of greenhouse emissions.

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