Cousin Sam

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

In the news: Tuesday, June 5, 2012

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The food police strike again:

Disney to banish junk-food ads from kid shows

Associated Press

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Researcher: Exposure to toxins can alter DNA
John Stucke The Spokesman-Review

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Venus making transit past sun

Mike Prager The Spokesman-Review

See also (video, pictures):

NASA - The 2012 Transit of Venus

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Navy marks battle’s anniversary
Audrey Mcavoy Associated Press

see also:

Battle of Midway

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

and also:

Battle of Midway

Naval History & Heritage Command

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Music royalty performs for Queen Elizabeth II

Jill Lawless Associated Press

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Economic recovery stumbling again
May’s bleak U.S. jobs report darkens forecasts for growth
Christopher S. Rugaber Associated Press

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Improved website quickly pays off
Donor’s search leads to AIDS Coalition gift
Tom Sowa The Spokesman-Review

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Kids could get on Facebook without lyingBarbara Ortutay Associated Press

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Staving off shingles
With vaccine now available to people over 50, sufferers would

be the first to say don’t worry about cost and act now

Adrian Rogers The Spokesman-Review

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Type of carbs determines glycemic index
Anthony L. Komaroff Universal Uclick

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Peoples Pharmacy

Joe Graedon M.S

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Making the wait germ-free

Adrian Rogers The Spokesman-Review

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Monday, June 4, 2012

In the news: Wednesday, May 30, 2012

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from Huffington Post

[Information from this site may be unreliable.]

God Bless America. God Save the Queen
Whereas Americans find their identity in the future that they are building, the British find their identity in their past -- in the institutions, ideas and even buildings that tell the story of a nation that has always been a work in progress.

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from NASA

Electric Moon Jolts the Solar Wind

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from National Review

[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Spending? What Spending?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt never denied that he created Social Security. Lyndon Baines Johnson didn’t forswear any responsibility for Medicaid. Ronald Reagan never argued that his defense buildup didn’t happen. The Obama White House, in contrast, wants to wish away the historic federal spending that is one of its signature accomplishments.

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from The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)

Blood pressure treatment tested

Sophisticated computer virus hits Iran hard

Suspicion falls on Israel as ‘Flame’ infects Mideast

Ancient Roman wrecks found in deep water

Second quake at site; 16 dead

SAN FELICE SUL PANARO, Italy

Mussel infestation threatens NW waters

Seattle opposes coal-export growth

City Council cites train traffic, harm to health, environment

Five Wives Vodka found too offensive for Idaho

Polygamy Porter still on shelves

Trudy Rubin: Egyptians say no to Islamists

Artichoke appreciation

Intimidating-looking vegetable is in season, so let your imagination soar

TASTY TUBER

Jicama adds sweet crunch to Asian-inspired spring rolls

Corrected Lemon Curd recipe from FRESH

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In the news: Thursday, May 31, 2012

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Not the business of government:

In brief: New York may ban large soft drinks

New York – New York City plans to ban the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks in an effort to combat obesity.

The proposed first-in-the-nation ban would impose a 16-ounce limit on the size of sweetened drinks sold at restaurants, movie theaters, sports venues and street carts. It would apply to bottled drinks as well as fountain sodas.

The ban, which could take effect as soon as March, wouldn’t apply to diet sodas, fruit juices, dairy-based drinks or alcoholic beverages.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday that he “thinks it’s what the public wants the mayor to do.”

A spokesman for the New York City Beverage Association, Stefan Friedman, criticized the proposal as “zealous.” He said officials should seek solutions that are actually going to curb obesity.

The proposal requires the approval of the city’s Board of Health.

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Photo: Final voyage

USS Iowa (BB-61)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

USS Iowa BB-61 at anchor off of Long Beach, CA

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Caribou habitat costs studied
Federal analysis finds greatest impact on logging
Becky Kramer The Spokesman-Review

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Jim Kershner’s this day in history

Jim Kershner The Spokesman-Review

1962: Former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was hanged in Israel a few minutes before midnight for his role in the Holocaust. Eichmann’s remains were cremated, the ashes scattered in the Mediterranean Sea.

1970: A magnitude 7.9 earthquake in Peru claimed an estimated 67,000 lives.

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even though it really is sugar:

FDA denies application to call syrup ‘corn sugar’

Candice Choi Associated Press

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Doctor K: Graves’ is an autoimmune disease

Anthony L. Komaroff Universal Uclick

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Gardening: With right spot and care, ferns can grow well in region

Pat Munts

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In the Inlander:

Holding Court

Justice 2.0

How justice could work in Spokane County

In the news: Friday, June 1, 2012

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Gary and So Yi Duek Angell own Rocky
Ridge Ranch nine miles north of Reardan.

from The Fig Tree:

In Community Supported Agriculture, customers take risk with local farmers to strengthen diversified, organic farms

Small-scale organic farmers attune to new ideas to be sustainable

Most Rev. Desmond Tutu, archbishop emeritus of the Diocese of

Cape Town, South Africa at the Gonzaga Univerity graduation

Graduation speakers call the class of 2012 to dream and to collaborate with God to make God's dreams reality

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Venus takes center stage in upcoming rare sky show

ALICIA CHANG Associated Press

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Same-sex marriage advocates win legal victory

David G. Savage Tribune Washington bureau

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Dragon delivers goods for SpaceX

NASA promises long future after textbook private mission

Marcia Dunn Associated Press

Capsule returns with load after 9-day trip to space

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House rejects sex-selection abortion ban

Jim Abrams Associated Press

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Jim Kershner’s this day in history

Jim Kershner The Spokesman-Review

1812: President James Madison, in a message to Congress, recounted what he called Britain’s “series of acts hostile to the United States as an independent and neutral nation”; Congress ended up declaring war.
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Tribal dancers share heritage

Maria Gonzalez Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

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Final Windows 8 beta released

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Paralyzed rats able to walk after treatment

New technique may help humans, researcher says

Malcolm Ritter Associated Press

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Rural areas need more health care investment

Commentary from the Moscow-Pullman Daily News

There is no reason rural areas in the West can’t have the same quality medical care as urban areas. Yet that is not the case in some parts of states like Idaho and Washington.

With baby boomers – including doctors – retiring by the millions, there is an increasing need for more health care practitioners in underserved areas.

According to the National Center for Biotechnic Information, about 20 percent of the U.S. population, about 50 million, live in rural locations, while only 9 percent of the nation’s physicians practice there.

The WWAMI program has been working on the shortage problem since its founding 40 years ago.

The Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho regional medical program is run through the University of Washington School of Medicine and includes students whose tuition is, in part, subsidized by the five states.

The students attend their first year of medical school at their home-state universities. On the Palouse, that’s the University of Idaho and Washington State University. Their second year is spent in Seattle. They then have several options in completing their medical education.

A medical education isn’t cheap. Physicians starting out can expect to do so with more than $150,000 in debt.

Unless some of that debt is subsidized, newly minted doctors are forced to urban areas, where they can specialize in a more lucrative practice.

Rural practitioners won’t get rich with many of their patients on Medicaid and Medicare. Their reward will be knowing they made a difference in the lives of rural residents.

There are more applicants than seats in the WWAMI program, a problem to be solved by the state appropriating more money to fund extra students. The average state support for a WWAMI student was $41,877 in 2011.

Last year, 149 people competed for the 20 seats reserved for Idaho students. Statistically, only 49 percent of Idaho graduates return to practice in the state. That’s not many for a state with a population of more than 1.5 million.

The Idaho Legislature has toyed with increasing the number of spots for years but has failed to do so, claiming a poor economy.

We, however, look at the $42,000 a year per student as a much needed investment in rural Idaho health care.

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In the news: Saturday, June 2, 2012

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Job growth falters, dimming outlook

Gloomy report setback for Obama

Don Lee Tribune Washington bureau

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Adding to the Pacific fleet

Despite major cuts expected in the U.S. defense budget over the next decade, the Pentagon plans to increase the Pacific fleet from 50 warships to 58. In addition, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that more than 40 Navy ships in the Pacific would be replaced with more advanced ships over the next five years.

But the number of warships “forward deployed” at any one time – operating in Asian waters rather than moored in U.S. ports – will grow by only four, from 23 to 27, by 2020. The reason: It is far less expensive to base troops, ships and planes in U.S. ports than abroad.

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Malodorous mountain

Jenny Barchfield Associated Press

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Jim Kershner’s this day in history

Jim Kershner The Spokesman-Review

1924: Congress passed a measure that was then signed by President Calvin Coolidge guaranteeing full American citizenship for all Native Americans born within U.S. territorial limits.

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Human stupidity strikes again.

GOP activist targeting tribal sovereignty again

Shawn Vestal The Spokesman-Review

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Flying fortress at felts

Fully-restored B-17 thrills with flights of history

Chelsea Bannach The Spokesman-Review

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

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Topical creams relieve eczema’s itch

Anthony L. Komaroff Universal Uclick

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Gardening: With right spot and some care, ferns can grow well in our region

Pat Munts

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In the news: Sunday, June 3, 2012

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Viruses suspected to be cyberweapons

Some computer attacks created by national agencies

Richard Lardner Associated Press

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Cancer drug effective with fewer side effects

Breast cancer treatment still experimental

Marilynn Marchione Associated Press

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150-plus hike Spokane River Bridge Walk

Justin Runquist The Spokesman-Review

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It's not the job of the federal government.

Uninsured population projected to grow without law
Report backs health reform

John Stucke The Spokesman-Review

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A story previously published in this blog concerns the Thompson Pass route.

Jim Kershner’s this day in history

Jim Kershner The Spokesman-Review

From our archives, 100 years ago

Plans were under way for an exciting new transportation development in the region: a highway over the Bitterroot Range connecting the Silver Valley (and Coeur d’Alene and Spokane) to Missoula and Kalispell, Mont.

Railroads already connected Spokane to Montana, but for the first time auto drivers would be able to leave Washington and head east across the Rockies.

Two roads were scheduled to be built in the summer of 1912. The first was to be “by way of Burke and Glidden Pass to Thompson Falls and then east.”

The second was “by way of Mullan and St. Regis,” which sounds like it might be parallel to the route of today’s Interstate 90.

The people in Wallace were already excited about the new possibilities. They were planning auto touring parties to Glacier Park and Yellowstone Park.

1888: The poem “Casey at the Bat,” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was first published in the San Francisco Daily Examiner.

1965: Edward White became the first American to “walk” in space.

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Huckleberries: Departing deity, other elephants in room

D.F. Oliveria The Spokesman-Review
Buh-bye, Ganesha

Ganesha, the controversial sculpture by Spokane artist Rick Davis of an Indian deity, has vacated its yearlong spot at Sixth and Sherman in Coeur d’Alene.

On Friday, the elephant-headed idol gave way to a futuristic sculpture by local artist Jason Sanchez, called “Art and Soul,” heralding a new rotation of downtown public art.

In June 2011, a few Kootenai County protesters greeted the dedication of Ganesha and 13 other pieces of public art but failed to coax churches to oppose the statue.

News of the protest reached as far as India. The furor died down quickly. At the time, Democrat David Larsen quipped to former state Sen. Mary Lou Reed that the demonstrators were really partisan Republicans who objected to Hindus stealing their mascot.
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Salmon ruling limits gold hunt
Jeff Barnard Associated Press

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Fire destroys 1880s home in Medical Lake’s heart

Justin Runquist The Spokesman-Review

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Dugout Dick’s caves filled in for safety

Associated Press

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Bentonite booms in Wyoming, Montana

Martin Kidston Billings Gazette

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Field reports: Auction to feature antlers seized from poachers

POACHING – Washington’s Department of Fish and Wildlife is giving people a chance to get a nice rack, even if they’re not hunters.

Nearly 1,000 antlers seized from poachers over the past decade are being sold in an online auction running through Tuesday.

Mike Cenci, the agency’s deputy chief of enforcement, says it’s a great opportunity for people to own trophy elk, deer and moose racks, but it also highlights that poaching is a serious problem in the state.

Proceeds will be used to fight poaching, including offering rewards to people who report poaching incidents that lead to convictions. Info: publicsurplus.com, search under Washington auctions.

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Preserving Spokane River is group effort

Rich Landers Richl@Spokesman.Com

Cheap trips promote knowledge of river

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Make your list; Friends of Manito set for spring sale

Susan Mulvihill The Spokesman-Review

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Multiple suits target ‘natural’ food claims

Jessica Gresko Associated Press

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In the news: Monday, June 4, 2012

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

The 10 Weirdest Facts About Venus

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from The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)

Colvilles dicker over settlement

Getting There: EWU students’ device to help investigate wrecks

Rapid breakthroughs being made in fight against cancer
‘Smart’ drugs target cancerous cells only

Queen Elizabeth leads record-setting flotilla

Parade on Thames draws huge crowds

Technology’s grim reality

Leonard Pitts Jr.

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Websites go dark to protest pipeline bill

Neela Banerjee Tribune Washington bureau

WASHINGTON – Visit the Natural Resources Defense Council’s website today, and you can expect to find a black screen. More than 400 groups, including the National Wildlife Federation’s Action Fund and 350.org, a leader in the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline, are doing the same thing.

Environmental and other groups say they are staging the one-day blackout to protest efforts by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his allies to crack down on opponents of the pipeline. Nearly all Canadian environmental organizations, all four opposition parties and others will shroud their websites in black, displaying the message, “While our websites may be dark, our voices together are louder than ever.”

Construction of pipelines that would carry petroleum from Alberta’s oil sands to the U.S. is a top priority for the Harper administration and his Conservative Party. The delay of the $7-billion Keystone XL project – a result of opposition by U.S. environmentalists and objections in Nebraska to part of the proposed route – has been an unexpectedly stubborn obstacle.

The Harper government and pro-pipeline lawmakers in Canada have written a new budget bill, set to pass this month, that they say would streamline environmental reviews, strengthen pipeline safety and ensure that nonprofits work only on charitable efforts, not politics. Opponents counter that the sweeping bill would gut the country’s environmental laws and sharply curtail nonprofits’ activism.

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Then and Now: Courthouse view
Monroe Street Bridge was once made of steel

Thousands of photographs are shot every day in Spokane with digital cameras, cellphones and webcams, but when Charles Libby opened his photo studio with his sister Addie in 1898, photographs were still a novelty. Charles Libby’s photos, taken over a 60-year career, are a fascinating chronicle of Spokane’s early boom era. He climbed the Spokane County Courthouse tower to make the photo above showing the steel Monroe Street Bridge, which was replaced with concrete in 1909. Born in Olympia in 1879, Libby moved to Spokane and worked menial jobs until he could afford a camera. He made portraits, shot real estate, photographed high society events and offered aerial photography. Charles Libby died in 1966, and most of his negatives reside with the Eastern Washington Historical Society at the Museum of Arts and Culture. – Jesse Tinsley

1903: This photo by Charles Libby looks southeast from the
Spokane County Courthouse tower at the Monroe Street Bridge

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Friday, June 1, 2012

FB BACKUP June 1-15, 2012

Coleen Long > Dan Bolyard, June 1
Are you aware of this website? I thought you might be interested, along with Conor, Samuel, Carol and probably others. I emailed a question on when they have the Douglas Days to hear the organ in the Lutheran church.

http://gatheringourvoice.org/museum-stories/douglas-community-historical-association/

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