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The Little Rock Zoo will be hosting its fifth annual "Hiland Dollar Day" this Saturday at which adults and children can visit the park for $1 dollar admission.
Zoo Director Mike Blakely announced the dollar day Thursday at a news conference outside the tiger enclosure. This event is sponsored by a donation of $10,000 from Hiland Dairy, which is just a portion of the $50,000 Hiland has donated to the zoo this year, zoo spokesman Susan Altrui said.
Walt Coleman, controller for Hiland Dairy in Little Rock, attended the announcement, congratulating zoo officials on the improvements he has seen since his childhood.
"I've been coming to this zoo for a long time, I've lived here my whole life and so I've seen the tremendous changes and tremendous improvements that have gone on at the zoo," Coleman said. "This is an opportunity for us and all the folks at Hiland Dairy to give back to the community."
Dollar Day will include special activities throughout Saturday, including talks with the animal trainers and two showings of the Animal Ambassadors show, Altrui said.
The news conference was followed by a showing of the now 8-month-old tiger cubs who, along with their parents, played with ice chunks given to them by the zoo staff. Kate Barszczowski said the tiger cubs were growing a little too quickly from their cute and cuddly infancies for her taste, and that they are all healthy and will soon be moving on to other zoos across the country while their parents stay in Little Rock.
Dollar Day will last from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and last admission will be at 4 p.m.


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How does a socialist state negotiate its way within global capitalism? It feels each stone on the bed of the stream with its feet before proceeding (as Deng Xiaoping out it). Let me give a few examples, drawn from Adrian Chan's Chinese Marxism. Each of them provides a partial answer as to why China did not suffer any great pain with the Asian Economic Crisis of the late 1990s and now the Atlantic Economic Crisis that began in 2008. (Another part of the answer is, of course, the massive integration of the economy and the government in what some may call a planned economy, but what is perhaps better called a 'focus-field' system.)
An indication may be found already back in the early 90s. In 1993, inflation was running at 25%; by 1997 it was 2%. At the same time the economy 'grew' by that steady average of 8-9%. How was this managed? Instead of 'opening' the economy up to international speculation and competition, China retained control of its currency and the exchange rate, thereby protecting itself from the ravages of the international money market. Even now, the government refuses to make the currency fully convertible – much to the fury of regimes such as the USA. The result is that the state retains fiscal control and yet encourages enterprises, both local and international, to prosper and survive and thereby reduce inflationary pressure.
A similar level of control over the currency took place during the Asian Economic Crisis of the late 1990s. Despite the fact that most of the other currencies in South-East Asia did plummet, and despite the threat of Moody's to downgrade the credit ratings of China and Hong Kong, the government refused to devalue. Why? One reason put forward was that China was thereby helping the struggling Asian economies to get back on their feet, since their exports were now considerable cheaper. Another reason is that the government was keen to block currency traders and manipulators from attacking its own banks.
Here the successful defence of Hong Kong and China shows how such a policy works. Many Asian countries were attacked by manipulators, forcing the central banks to use their reserves, usually in US dollars, and when they were depleted, to devalue and then be forced to follow the infamous harsh measures of the World Bank and IMF. In August 1997, Hong Kong itself was attacked. China immediately pledged its then considerable reserves of $140 billion (now much higher) to resist. Hong Kong threw in its own $98 billion. The result: after six weeks the attack was called off. The Monetary Authority of Hong Kong, in coalition with the Chinese central bank, had used about $30 billion to defend the Hong Kong dollar. Since that dollar had risen by $0.02, the gain was about $600 million.
Chan concludes: 'This ability of China's new socialists to take advantage of the contradictions of the capitalists would probably have been cheered on by Mao' (p. 200).


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Stampede Top Bucs In Season Opener
URBANDALE, IA -- The explosive offense that Sioux Falls Stampede fans grew to love during the 2012-13 season was on display in their season opener Saturday night as the Herd topped the Des Moines Buccaneers 6-4 at Buccaneer Arena. The Herd trailed 2-0 early in the first, but rallied for five unanswered goals en route to the victory.
Sioux Falls native Zeb Knutson tallied a hat trick while Dennis Kravchenko tallied three assists and David Jacobson stopped 13 of 17 shots to earn the victory in goal for the Herd who are now 1-0-0 on the young season.
The Stampede looked good in opening moments of the game, but the Bucs stole the momentum with a couple power play goals in the first. Ryan Galt got the Bucs on the first after he backhanded a loose rebound shot past Jacobson at 6:18. Just over a minute later, the Bucs struck again on the power play when Patrick Grasso slapped a puck in the slot through the pads of Jacobson to give Des Moines a 2-0 edge. It stayed that way until 18:33 of the period when Kravchenko and C.J. Franklin sent a pass through the slot to Knutson who backhanded a shot past the pads of Buccaneers netminder Billy Christopoulos to make it a 2-1 game. Knutson struck again with just 18 seconds remaining in the period when he one-timed a pass in the slot from Kravchenko into the back of the net to tie the game 2-2 heading into the second period. The Herd outshot the Bucs 15-10 in the period.
Sioux Falls grabbed their first lead of the game just 1:45 into the period when Cody Milan sent a puck through the crease where Michael Buonincontri slid in and knocked it through the pads of Christopoulos to make it a 3-2 game. The Herd made it a 4-2 game at 7:25 when Peter Hand's blast from the left point was tipped in by Conner Valesano and into the net. Tony Calderone added to the lead at 15:18 when he wristed a shot from inside the left circle into the upper left hand corner of the net. That sent Christopoulos, but it seemed to spark the Bucs who scored at 16:06 when Galt tipped in a puck in front of the net from Tanner Karty to make it a 5-3 score at the end of two periods.
The Bucs took that momentum into the third period and got within a goal when Galt completed his hat trick just 3:41 into the period when he tipped in a shot from Jack Jenkins. Less than three minutes later, Jenkins checked the Stampede's Hand from behind and was given a double minor and a game ejection. That put the Herd on the power play for four minutes and they took advantage, scoring at 8:16 of the period when Knutson tallied his third goal of the night by deflecting in a shot from Hand. That goal proved to be the game winner as the Stampede held off the Bucs to earn a season opening victory.
Sioux Falls outshot Des Moines 31-17 on the night and went 1-for-2 on the power play while the Bucs went 2-for3.
The Stampede return to action on Friday when they travel to Indianapolis to face the Ice at 6:05 PM.
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On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the first polio vaccine, the Salk Institute was honored with a generous gift from Michael Crick, the son of the late Nobel laureate and Salk faculty member, Francis Crick. Michael Crick will donate to the institute half of the proceeds from the sale of a 1953 letter in which Francis Crick described to his young son his recent discovery of the double-helical structure of DNA. The letter sold April 10 at Christie's auction house to an anonymous bidder for a record price of close to $6 million. The previous record holder was an Abraham Lincoln letter that sold for $3.4 million in 2008.
Former director of SIO dies
Edward A. Frieman, Ph.D., former director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a prominent national advisor to the government on issues of vital importance to defense, energy and science policy, died of a respiratory illness at UC San Diego's Thornton Hospital on April 11. He was 87.
Frieman was appointed eighth director of SIO, vice chancellor of marine sciences and dean of the graduate school of marine sciences in July 1986. He became director emeritus upon his retirement from his administrative post in 1996. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and served as assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy from 1979-81.
A plasma physicist, Frieman had extensive research interests that extended into other physical science fields, including hydromagnetics, hydrodynamics and astrophysics. He was a professor at Princeton University for more than 25 years, after which he was employed by the federal government, academia and the private sector.
Prior to joining Scripps in 1986, Frieman was executive vice president for Science Applications International Corporation, a high-technology company based in La Jolla, beginning in 1981. While at UCSD, he was also a research professor of physics at the Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics at Scripps and an adjunct professor of physics.
Frieman is survived by his wife, Joy; sons Michael (Judy) of Denver, Josh of Chicago and Jonathan (Moira) of San Rafael; daughters Wendy Frieman (Dave Johnson) of Washington, D.C., and Linda Holiner (Tim) of the Boston area; and six grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
Colleagues wishing to express condolences are invited to submit messages for web posting to email@example.com.
Private funeral services will be held by his immediate family. A celebration of his life will be held at Scripps at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to La Jolla Music Society or Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Mail Scripps donations to Scripps Institution of Oceanography, In Honor of Edward A. Frieman, 9500 Gilman Drive, 0210, La Jolla, 92093-0210.
Ship named for Sally Ride
U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the nation's newest research vessel will be named R/V Sally Ride, in honor of the former UC San Diego faculty member who was the first American female astronaut and the youngest person to fly in space. The ship is owned by the U.S. Navy, will be operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography and will have its home port at the Scripps Nimitz Marine Facility in Point Loma on San Diego Bay.
Venter Institute closer to LEED certification
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. has topped out concrete construction for the new 45,000-square-foot J. Craig Venter Institute on the UCSD campus. Designed to be the most environmentally friendly and only net-zero energy biological laboratory in the world, the $39 million facility will support approximately 125 scientists and other staff in their mission to advance genomic research and policy. The concrete work utilizes a record-high 30 percent fly ash, contributing points toward the project team's goal of obtaining LEED platinum certification, while lending to the beauty of the exposed architectural walls and columns that use Type III cement, much like the Salk Institute.


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Learn How to Disinfect Contaminated Water
|Time Required
|Long (2-4 weeks)
|You should have access to a local stream or creek.
|Material Availability
|Specialty items are required. You will need to purchase tryptic soy agar plates, droppers, and glass rods for streaking. See the Materials and Equipment section, below, for more details.
|Average ($50 - $100)
|This science fair project deals with potentially dangerous pathogens. Wear gloves when conducting the experiment. Read and follow the instructions in the Microorganisms Safety Guide. Do not drink any of the water that results from the SODIS process. See the Experimental Procedure for more information. You should always exercise caution when obtaining a water sample from a creek or a stream.
AbstractHave you ever thought about how fortunate you are to have safe and clean water coming out of your faucet? Many people in undeveloped nations don't have this luxury. But does that mean they can't have clean water at all? Is there an inexpensive way they could use to make their own clean water? In this microbiology science fair project, you will investigate whether or not sunlight can disinfect contaminated water.
To investigate the disinfecting properties of sunlight.
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Water is a precious commodity. It keeps us healthy and clean. Water is necessary for growing plants, many of which produce food for us. You probably go about your day without giving your abundant and clean water a second thought. Our towns and cities provide us with clean and safe drinking water because they have the means and infrastructures to clean and disinfect water. However, there are people that don't have the luxury of clean and safe water. The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimate that 1 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water. The lack of safe water can be due to drought, war, or perhaps a town doesn't have the money or infrastructure to provide clean water to its citizens.
Water can be contaminated with several types of water-borne pathogens. These include Vibrio cholerae (a bacteria that results in cholera), Shigella dysenteriae (a bacteria that causes dysentery), Giardia lamblia (a parasite that results in giardia), and viruses like polio. Often, when a person who doesn't have access to good health care contracts one of these diseases, it can be fatal. In fact, more than 1.5 million children under the age of 5 years die each year of water-borne diseases in Africa and Asia. These pathogens can be present in water anywhere. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the best way to disinfect water is to first filter the water and then boil it vigorously for 1–3 minutes. Let the water cool, and then transfer it to a clean container. To treat the water chemically, first filter the water and then use regular, unscented household bleach. Add two drops of bleach for every quart or liter of water, stir or shake the water, and then let it stand for at least 30 minutes. If the water is cloudy before you've chemically treated it, then double the number of bleach drops and double the amount of time that it stands. Both iodine tinctures and calcium hypochlorite are better at treating contaminated water than bleach is. However, there are significant safety issues when using these chemicals.
But what if you live in an undeveloped nation? You might not have the financial resources available to purchase chemicals. Fuel for boiling water might not even be available. In this situation, there is a water-disinfection procedure that is available, solar disinfection, also known as SODIS. This process takes advantage of sunlight, which is free and readily available, and plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles, which are available around the world.
The SODIS process is easy to follow. The first step is to find a PET bottle with a lid and clean it well. PET bottles are recyclable and have a "1" surrounded by a triangle symbol on the bottom. Then fill the bottle ¾ full with water. The water should not be too turbid. Highly turbid water protects the pathogens from the Sun's radiation. Shake the bottle for 20 seconds to aerate it. Now fill the bottle fully and close the lid. Place the bottle on a black iron sheet or on your roof, where it will have access to sunlight. Leave it in the sunlight. After a certain amount of time (which you'll be investigating in this science fair project), the water will be ready to drink.
So what exactly does the sunlight do to the organisms in the water, making it safe to drink? Light from the Sun can be separated into several sections, three of which are as follows: visible light (400–700 nanometers (nm)), ultraviolet (UV) light (10 nm–400nm), and infrared (IR) light (700 nm–1 millimeter (mm)). The UV spectrum is also separated into several portions, one of which is UVA, which has a spectrum of 320 nm–400 nm. The UVA reacts with the oxygen dissolved in the water and produces highly reactive forms of oxygen that are thought to kill pathogens in the water by causing fatal DNA damage and destroying the cell walls of bacteria. The IR portion of the spectrum heats the water. If the temperature of the water rises above 50°C, the disinfection process proceeds three times faster.
In this microbiology science fair project, you will investigate the exposure time to UVA light that is required for a bottle of water to be disinfected. You will test different exposure times and compare the results to boiling water. One of the missions of science research is to help improve human health and life. In doing this science fair project, you can become a part of that mission.
Terms and Concepts
- Pathogen
- Bacteria
- Cholera
- Dysentery
- Parasite
- Giardia
- Virus
- Polio
- Disinfect
- Solar disinfection (SODIS)
- Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
- Turbid
- Sterilize
- Reactive oxygen species
- In which parts of the world is SODIS used?
- What does UV light do to pathogens?
- Is SODIS just as effective with glass bottles as it is with clear plastic PET bottles?
- What is the technical difference between sterilization and disinfection? Is SODIS a sterilization or a disinfection procedure?
- What kinds of reactive oxygen species are created during the irradiation of oxygenated water with UVA? How do these reactive oxygen species contribute to the disinfection process?
- The Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology. (n.d.). Solar Water Disinfection—The Method. Retrieved February 22, 2009, from http://www.sodis.ch/Text2002/T-TheMethod.htm
- Wikipedia Contributors. (2009, February 16). Solar Water Disinfection. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 22, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Solar_water_disinfection&oldid=271168524
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Materials and Equipment
These items can be purchased from Carolina Biological Supply Company, a Science Buddies Approved Supplier:
- Glass medicine droppers (1 package of 12)
- Glass stirring rods (6)
- Buret support stand. Alternatively, you could use something else to clip the bulb onto, such as the bottom of a cabinet door or over a counter.
- Tryptic soy agar plates, prepared (4 packages of 10). If you will not be using the plates immediately after delivery, store them in your refrigerator. Take the plates out of the refrigerator, as needed.
- Disposable gloves. Alternatively, these can be purchased at a local drug store or pharmacy. If you are allergic to latex, use vinyl or polyethylene gloves.
You will also need to gather these items:
- Metal cookie sheet
- Aluminum foil (1 roll)
- Pot, 8-quart (qt.)
- Clean glass jar with lid, should be large enough to hold the pipets
- Stove top
- Oven
- Timer or clock
- Tongs, metal
- Oven mitt
- Access to a local creek or stream
- Plastic jug with cap, 1-gal, clean
- Clamp lamp, approximately 8 1/2-inch. This item (or something similar to it) can be purchased at your local pet store.
- Daylight Blue Reptile Bulb, 100-watt (W). This item (or something similar to it) can be purchased at your local pet store.
- Note: The Daylight Blue Reptile Bulb mimics sunlight and emits UVA. In order to get similar results for each trial (versus actual sunlight), you will use the blue reptile bulb to act as the Sun.
- Plastic water bottles with caps, 16-oz., clean (6). The bottles must be clear polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. PET bottles are recyclable and have a "1" surrounded by a triangle on the bottom.
- Dark metal sheet, should be large enough to hold two 16-oz. bottles on their sides.
- Liquid measuring cup
- Pot with lid, 1-qt.
- Permanent marker
- Lab notebook
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Learn How to Disinfect Contaminated Water
Experimental Procedure
For health and safety reasons, science fairs regulate what kinds of biological materials can be used in science fair projects. You should check with your science fair's Scientific Review Committee before starting this experiment to make sure your science fair project complies with all local rules. Many science fairs follow Intel® International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) regulations. For more information, visit these Science Buddies pages: Projects Involving Potentially Hazardous Biological Agents and Scientific Review Committee. You can also visit the webpage ISEF Rules & Guidelines directly.
Caution: Do not drink any of the water during or after you have completed the experiment, or you might risk getting sick. The SODIS process is a disinfection process and not a sterilization process. It also doesn't remove chemicals from the water. The resulting water may not fulfill EPA standards for drinking water.
Note: There will be many steps going on at the same time with this experiment, so be sure to read through the procedure carefully beforehand, and keep careful track of samples, upcoming steps, dates, and times as you perform the experiment.
Preparing the Setup
The first step is to sterilize all of your tools prior to collecting the water sample. Sterilization kills all of the bacteria on the tools. Using sterilized tools prevents you from adding bacteria to the samples.
- Preheat the oven to 225°F.
- Cover the cookie sheet completely with aluminum foil.
- Fill the pot with tap water. Put all of the medicine droppers, the glass rods, and the jar and lid into the pot.
- Place the pot on the stove and bring the water to a boil. Boil all of the tools for 5 minutes and then turn off the heat.
- Using the metal tongs, lift each item from the pot and place it onto the cookie sheet. Once all of the items are on the sheet, place it into the pre-heated oven to dry. Let the items dry completely for 10–15 minutes. Carefully remove the cookie sheet from the oven with an oven mitt when the time is up.
- Use the tongs to place each medicine dropper into the glass jar. Put the lid on the jar so that the medicine droppers remain clean. Completely wrap all of the glass rods in a sheet of aluminum foil to keep them clean for the duration of the project. Store all of the sterilized tools in an area that will not be disturbed.
- Go to your local creek or stream with the clean, plastic 1-gal jug and a pair of disposable gloves. Place the jug into the water and fill it up. Avoid trapping any large particles or foreign objects in the jug. Once the jug is full, replace the cap. Take the jug back to where you are conducting your testing.
- Now put the clamp-lamp and the Daylight Blue Reptile Bulb together, following all instructions that came with the lamp. Find a quiet location near an electrical outlet. Clip the lamp onto something, such as the bottom of a cabinet door over a counter, allowing the lamp to face downward. You could also clip the lamp assembly to the top of the rod of a buret stand. Figure 1 shows this configuration with a homemade buret stand.
Figure 1. This image shows the experimental setup, with the UV light shining on the test samples (Note: the samples in the picture have not been placed on the dark, metal sheet yet, but yours should be.)
Preparing the SODIS Samples
Carefully transfer some of the water from the jug into two of the clean 16-oz. clear plastic water bottles. Follow the SODIS procedure detailed in the Introduction when filling the 16-oz. water bottles, as follows.
- Fill the bottles ¾ full with the creek or stream water and screw on the lid.
- Shake the bottles for 20 seconds each in order to aerate them.
- Now fill the bottles fully and screw on the lids tightly.
- Keep the rest of the water in the jug in a cool, dark place.
When the sample bottles are prepared, plug the lamp into the outlet and turn on the lamp. The lamp should be about 6 inches away from the counter, or from the bottom of the buret stand. Place both samples onto the dark metal sheet beneath the lamp, directly in the path of the light, to mimic the SODIS process as much as possible. Based on your background research, what does the metal sheet represent, and why it is important? Leave the light shining on the samples. Do not disturb the light or the samples until you are ready to test their bacterial content, 12 hours later.
- Note: When the SODIS process is applied in a real situation, the minimum time that the bottle of water sits in direct sunlight is 6 hours (longer if the water is very turbid). In this science fair project, you are using the lamp as a substitute for the sun. Since the lamp doesn't produce the same amount of UVA or heat as the Sun does, you will need to keep your bottles of creek or stream water under the lamp for longer than 6 hours.
Preparing and Testing the Boiling and Untreated Water Samples
Note: It is important that you observe the following agar plates at the same time. You will apply the boiled water and untreated water samples to the agar plates while the SODIS samples are still under the UV lamp. You must keep track of the time when you start and stop tests so that the observations can be compared.
- While the SODIS samples continue resting under the UV light, measure 1 cup of the creek or stream water in the liquid measuring cup and pour it into the 1-qt. pot. Place the pot onto the stove top and bring the water to a rolling boil. Boil the sample for 5 minutes. Remove the pot from the burner, cover the pot, and let the water cool to room temperature.
- Put on a pair of disposable gloves. Get a clean medicine dropper from the glass jar and attach a bulb to the top. Get out three tryptic soy agar plates and a glass stirring rod from your aluminum foil package. Suck some of the boiled (but now room-temperature) water into the medicine dropper.
- Remove the cover of one of the plates. Apply three drops of the boiled water to the soy agar. Use the glass rod and smear the water drops in a zigzag pattern on the surface of the soy agar, starting in the center—smear the water sample from the center of the plate to the edge of the plate. Replace the cover.
- Repeat steps 2–3 with the two other tryptic soy agar plates. Reuse the same medicine dropper and bulb. Using the permanent marker, note down the time, the date, and the treatment process on the bottom of the plates (in this set of trials, it is boiling; for the next set of trials it will be untreated). Discard the medicine dropper and the bulb. You can reuse the glass rod later, but you will have to sterilize it again. If you don't sterilize right away, then keep it separate from the clean glass rods and use a clean glass rod for the next trials with the untreated water.
- Keep your tryptic soy agar plates in a warm location in your house that will not be disturbed.
- Repeat steps 2–5 with untreated water from the 1-gal jug. Use a fresh medical dropper for the untreated water sample. You can reuse the same dropper for all three agar plates. You should have six agar plates.
- Let the boiled water and untreated water plates sit undisturbed for 24 hours. Do you observe any growth on the plates? Record the time, date, and your observations in your lab notebook. Check again in, 48 hours, 72 hours, and 96 hours. Record your observations each time you check. If you see any growth, count the number of bacterial colonies and record the number in your lab notebook.
Testing the SODIS Samples
- In the meantime, you will need to also keep track of the time the water samples spend underneath the UV lamp. After 12 hours, remove one of the bottles from underneath the lamp. Repeat steps 2–5 of the previous section with this SODIS sample. Use a fresh medical dropper. Again, you can reuse the same one for all three agar plates. Then perform step 7 of the previous section, counting the number of bacterial colonies, and recording the time and date in your lab notebook.
- After 48 hours have elapsed, remove the second SODIS sample from under the lamp. Repeat steps 2–5 and step 7 (all from the previous section) with this sample, using one fresh medical dropper for all three agar plates.
Repeating the Experiment
- Repeat the entire experiment two additional times, with fresh materials. Use one fresh medical dropper for each sample (untreated water, boiled water, 12 hour SODIS sample and 48 hour SODIS sample). Remember to record all your observations in your lab notebook.
- As you finish obtaining your sets of data, follow the procedure detailed in Microorganisms Safety Guide to safely dispose of your agar plates.
Analyzing Your Data
- Now analyze your data. Plot the data on a scatter plot. For the first plot, label the x-axis Treatment and the y-axis Bacterial Count at 96 Hours. For the second plot, label the x-axis Observation Time and the y-axis Bacterial Count. For this second plot, you can plot all of your data on one plot or you can make a plot for each treatment.
- How does the bacterial count change with each treatment? Is SODIS a viable treatment process? Do bacteria grow at different rates for different treatments?
Bacterial Safety
Bacteria are all around us in our daily lives and the vast majority of them are not harmful. However, for maximum safety, all bacterial cultures should always be treated as potential hazards. This means that proper handling, cleanup, and disposal are necessary. Below are a few important safety reminders. You can also see the Microorganisms Safety Guide for more details. Additionally, many science fairs follow ISEF Rules & Guidelines, which have specific guidelines on how bacteria and other microorganisms should be handled and disposed of.
- Keep your nose and mouth away from tubes, pipettes, or other tools that come in contact with bacterial cultures, in order to avoid ingesting or inhaling any bacteria.
- Make sure to wash your hands thoroughly after handling bacteria.
- Proper Disposal of Bacterial Cultures
- Bacterial cultures, plates, and disposables that are used to manipulate the bacteria should be soaked in a 10% bleach solution (1 part bleach to 9 parts water) for 1–2 hours.
- Use caution when handling the bleach, as it can ruin your clothes if spilled, and any disinfectant can be harmful if splashed in your eyes.
- After bleach treatment is completed, these items can be placed in your normal household garbage.
- Cleaning Your Work Area
- At the end of your experiment, use a disinfectant, such as 70% ethanol, a 10% bleach solution, or a commercial antibacterial kitchen/bath cleaning solution, to thoroughly clean any surfaces you have used.
- Be aware of the possible hazards of disinfectants and use them carefully.
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- Prepare samples and place them outside in direct sunlight. Follow the SODIS process. Does sunlight kill bacteria? What is the difference in latitude between where you live and Africa? Does this difference affect the efficacy of SODIS?
- Try using different-colored PET bottles. Does the color of the bottle affect the efficacy of the SODIS process?
- Does changing the orientation of the bottles affect the efficacy of the SODIS process? Try changing the orientation and find out.
- Does increasing the potential for reactive oxygen species increase the efficiency of SODIS? You'll need to do some background reading about how reactive oxygen species are formed and think about what additives could be introduced to the water to promote reactive oxygen species production.
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I don't understand....the subs aren't censored. What you must think should be there was just added in. Ass and damnit is about as bad as the language gets, anything else was just added in as in the first place Japanese doesn't have the curse words comparable to English and secondly Bleach is basically a PG show when its timeslot is taken into account. They use the honorifics, and while some feel attacks should be translated to english I personally prefer the original. The whole moon fang whatever just sounds corny in my opinion compared to the original. Also this is a professionally subbed version.
Building a turtle fence.
Again, you have kindof proven my point even with DB helping you. 1) Generally speaking they are right, cept they aren't making any profit and (hopefully) neither is the person downloading them.
Not making a profit does not make it legal. It is copyrighted material.
You go ahead and go continue downloading your illegal fansubs, but do not try to make up crap that they are actually legal.
So my logic is quite sound thank you very much. Remember that not all people on the internet live in the oh-so arrogant United States of Crapmerica.
You're calling me arrogant when you have to emphasize how bad my country supposedly is by putting "crap" in it?
Okay, whatever.
As for "supporting the industry" I'm sure they get by just fine in Japan and other countries where it's on TV. If the Dubbing wasn't so bad plus the fact it's so far behind up where I live I would be watching it on TV myself.
Yes, but the "industry" in whatever your country is surely works as a middleman meaning that what money that goes towards it gets split towards Japan as well. But I guess since it's "getting by just fine in Japan", it doesn't matter. But let me tell you that it does matter to other people. People that care about legality and supporting the things they like. Maybe it wouldn't be sooo far behind if there was a lot of demand for it.
Oh and to make me seem like not such a bad guy. I normally pay for things when I think payment is due, but I'm not gonna pay for a lower quality product when I know there's something better for free.
Okay, so prove to me that it is actually a lower quality product. None of that "they cut out the cussing" argument either, because it has already been addressed a billion times on this forum that DB added a lot of cussing.
If you don't want to pay, you wait a week. You are not entitled to watch it for free to begin with, and if you think so you are only fooling yourself.
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You are all just mad because you have to pay for something now, whether it's by watching an ad or paying the $7 a month.
Really, you should all STFU since you obviously could care less about what happens. All you want is free stuff because apparently you all have some thought that you are entitled to it for living.
I don't think I'm entitled to free stuff. I DO however think that I am at least entitled to getting quality product for something I DO pay for (hence why I go and buy songs from iTunes when I can instead of torrenting them).
It's just inexcusable when the free stuff is better than the payed stuff. At least we know the people subbing for free are fans of the Anime just like we are unlike some corporate a-holes who just want the anime for the money.
Yes, but the "industry" in whatever your country is surely works as a middleman meaning that what money that goes towards it gets split towards Japan as well. But I guess since it's "getting by just fine in Japan", it doesn't matter. But let me tell you that it does matter to other people. People that care about legality and supporting the things they like. Maybe it wouldn't be sooo far behind if there was a lot of demand for it.
I found it funny how you ONLY talk about Japan when I clearly said "Japan and other Countries"
Okay, so prove to me that it is actually a lower quality product. None of that "they cut out the cussing" argument either, because it has already been addressed a billion times on this forum that DB added a lot of cussing.
Was there even much cussing in the DB vids? It never bothered me enough to really take notice. Though if you read the Manga there's a bit of cussing sometimes too, though from what you're saying the scanners add that in as well. To be perfectly honest I can't prove or disprove if the videos themselves are better quality or not. But I can assure you the service itself is lower quality (and so is CRs community).
If you don't want to pay, you wait a week. You are not entitled to watch it for free to begin with, and if you think so you are only fooling yourself.
Why wait for a week when someone has it available within hours just like CR?
Ultimately, if it is oh so illegal to be downloading and watching fansubs then why doesn't the various governments done more about it? I know why!! BECAUSE THEY ONLY CARE WHEN YOU MAKE A PROFIT OFF OF IT!!
Bleach is a PRODUCT. It is made to make your money.
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correct and that is ok and they deserve to make money off of it. Downloading it is illegal and immoral and nothing you say will make a difference there. They are attempting to do things about it as you would know if you followed the news. But even if they didn't do anything about it that would not make it right for you to do it. You are entitled to only what you pay for, why wait a week when people have it up for free, because viewing it for free is wrong.
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Sorry but I think it's complete crap that we "non-payers" can't properly keep up on a show we enjoy watching without paying for something that was easily accessible and free before. DB was doing an awesome job and you didn't have to pay for that "premium". Yay, capitalism & licensing strikes again. *storms off*
Yes as they should since the people who make the anime deserve money for their work.
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correct and that is ok and they deserve to make money off of it. Downloading it is illegal and immoral and nothing you say will make a difference there. They are attempting to do things about it as you would know if you followed the news. But even if they didn't do anything about it that would not make it right for you to do it. You are entitled to only what you pay for, why wait a week when people have it up for free, because viewing it for free is wrong.
At this rate our argument isn't going anywhere, neither of us on either side is going to budge so I'm going to make one final, broad statement.
The Internet is meant for everyone who uses it to share information and content that they create. The added conception that this content has to be payed for was added in later and while it is fine and dandy. Is a choice given to those willing to pay for such content. If you are unsatisfied with that which you purchased (or were thinking of purchasing) then why should you be forced to pay when the Internet was meant to share content for free anyways?
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Its really funny to read many of the posts on CR complaining of the inconsistencies or mistranslations when it comes to Bleach's subs here, while the threads themselves are so riddled with misspelled words and bad grammar as to make the worst hack job of a subtitling track look like world class poetry. As for anyone who thinks it is not illegal to d/l fansubs you are wrong. Doesn't matter whether it is for profit or not nor where you live, (well unless you live in the 7 or 8 countries out of the whole world who are not signatories of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works nor WIPO.) It really just boils down to having to now pay in order to get something that was free before, unless you live outside the areas covered under CR's Bleach license; that's a different story. Maybe the quality is not a good as it once was, but at least it is now legal to watch (in the countries that they have licensed it for so far....I will agree that it is unfortunate for those who live outside those areas, but I'm sure with such a big title as Bleach they are working to get more areas available... it's only logical seeing as how this would generate more revenue by getting more subscribers.) Personally I think the video quality is just fine (I guess I can't compare it to a fansub as I do not watch them) and I am glad that I can now once again pick up Bleach, although I am a bit behind seeing as how 168 is as far as I got. Hopefully they will be able to license the backlog soon.
lol at u for a massive fail
do we get paid to post our complaints? nope but i paid for a service that im not happy with i see everyone has attacked the people who havent paid and started another Db shitstorm but i gave u guys a chance. whoops hang on ur not one of the guys ur just a fanboy/girl
look i dont want to start a war here but ive got somthing to stand on ive paid for somthing and i want some sort of quality and some decent subbing. i mean if i bought the DVD id take it back...... i think we all would Db droped bleach for their own free will for the DB people having a back ake read the post posted on their site
Crunchyroll Does Not Force DB to Drop Bleach
As most of you are probably aware, Crunchyroll has recently acquired the rights to simulcast Bleach. As we previously stated, DB will therefore be dropping the project. We will release one more episode so that our staff can say goodbye to one of our favorite shows, and so we can conclude the project with having subbed 225 total episodes of Bleach. This means that Bleach 274 will be DB's last episode of Bleach.
Please note that Crunchyroll did not in any way force, coerce, recommend, or suggest that we drop Bleach. DB has in fact not had any communication directly with Crunchyroll regarding this issue or any other. We are dropping Bleach because we support legal alternatives to fansubs and we hope you will too. As with Naruto, the best way to make sure this service is giving you what you want is to give it a chance and then send your feedback to Crunchyroll and to Viz, preferably framed in as polite as a way as you can manage so they might actually listen to you.
DB is also officially dropping Ookiku due to its having overloaded timecop's hate circuits. We will continue to sub Hakuouki and perhaps the occasional episode of Pythagoras Switch, and will hopefully have fun new projects in the future!
Finally, and as always, this decision is not up for negotiation, so don't bother writing to us and trying to change our minds. People who do so will NOT be banned, but WILL be doused in honey and left in lafnear's ant-infested yard.
Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer. ~Shunryu Suzuki
Now lets get to the point of all this people dont want to pay for it then dont.......
people who have paid for it and are not happy then complain.....
Megamanx266 wrote: Internet was meant to share content for free anyways?
Correction, the Internet was made to distribute information and YOUR content free if you so choose.
I think I have made my point, so I don't really care anymore. If you guys feel nothing about hurting the industry you supposedly love, then so be it. All I wanted was for someone to admit that they don't really know if DB was higher quality, they just like saying it.
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NekoKari wrote:
Explain to me how this makes any difference?
Point is, shitty subs. I'm sorry that I wasn't specific enough for you.
Alright,n ow explain to me. What exactly do you mean by shitty subs? As far as I know is Viz accurate with their translations, it is a professional company after all. Now, if you can backup your claim, I'll accept it.
i think she means that they are mainly not correct.....
When you are translating a language you cant just do a streight translation you need to go deeper into it and make sure that what you are writing makes sence.....
some of the subbing does not make sence. from my own japanise translations altho i am a beginer even i would translate them differently.
Some parts of it are just too long winded i mean its all prevailing to use big words and all.... but some times they are just not needed...
this is how alot of people translare engish and chinese when i was a teacher over their for 4 years (oral english only to kindergarten) but from watching the other teachers and my chinese assistant teachers they are always the first to grab the crappy electronic dictionary with Thesaurs and choose the biggest word in the hope that it will make it better.......
and as a few posts before you wanted some evidence so here u are
I stopped watching Bleach since everything CR removed all licensed material back then. I can't remember which episode I left out on, but I'm certain it wasn't in the 200's . . .
Cyberpirate , i would gladly pay dattebayo to sub bleach again, but I WILL NOT PAY Crunchyroll to do the same. It's not the quality, it's the attitude and the way they do the subbing. Don't pick on others for nothing when you don't know a damn thing about anime, and aspecialy about Bleach. I'm trying to keep myself from not saying bad workd around here so you're a lucky man.
doonster, you're right, DB didn leave Bleach on there own but what is the couse of them doing so...yes..it's on everyone's lips...crunchyroll . As far as i can see from your previews post..DB do sub better than the crunchyroll team, so.. when i made the petition for crunchyroll to get the rights for Bleach i made it with 1 condition. That DB sub it...Seems nobody took in account that fact.
(Another minus for crunchyroll).
Now...crunchyroll started Bleach with old ep and the last ep 275. GREAT!!... not in all countries....great
DB subbed ep of Bleach all online till 274 GREAT!!...in all countries...GREAT!!!
You tell me witch one's better?
What's the point in announcing it, and saying left and right.."WE GOT BLEACH RIGHTS TO SHOW IT FREE" when 70% of the world's population can't see it???? Seriously how many countries can't see it compared to the countries that can.
Dattebayo is the best and they will remain the best.
whatever , DATTEBAYO subs > CR subs - PERIOD.
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i'm waiting for the 1st few epis...
i don't wanna watch the recent epis yet..
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not until the vizard arrives... wohoooooooo!!!
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I have to also say i am totally ashamed of not acknowledging my fellow bloggers for the awards they have bestowed on me. I truly appreciate it....i just have the memory of an amoeba (no discussion on this topic..ms. S the highly reputed one :D ).
Priya of Indian Khana has passed on the 'Blogging with a purpose' award...Thank you Priya...much appreciated....
JZ of Tasty Treats has passed me the Yum Yum award..Thanks for giving it to me..makes me feel good :)
Also Laavanya has tagged me for a book meme. Here are the rules
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And the honest gal i am ...i did pick up the book i was reading...and here it goes....may be boring..don't hate me for it....would be hard..i know :D
"Mentors are not necessarily people who make you feel good about yourself or tell you that you can do anything you want to do. Sometimes the best mentors provide tough love by being critical as a means of teaching. Kroger's Dave Dillion told the story of two contrasting mentors he had early in his career."
This excerpt is from "True North" by Bill George with Peter Sims. Jeeves had borrowed it from the library and liked it..so i am giving it a whirl..it is really good.
As for tagging...i think the whole blogging community has done it ;)
Here is a recipe i made somewhere in May..yeah...it has been patiently waiting in the drafts for me...like the tons of other things i am yet to do :D
PEA CHUTNEY ....maybe i should call it pea mash ;)
1. Peas - 1 frozen pack - the small one
2. Cherry Tomatoes - 425 gms (the small box you get)- halved
3. Red onion - 1 medium
4. Garlic - 4 pods
5. Green chillies - 2
6. Cumin - 1 tsp.
7. Oil - 1 tbls
8. Salt to taste
9. Red chilly - 1 tsp.
1. Boil the peas with a little salt and keep aside to cool. Drain the water....and if you are obsessed on healthy eating...you can reserve the water for soup or something...if you are normal ;)(kidding!!)...do this in the sink.
2. Heat oil in a wok..add the cumin..onions..garlic...green chillies...tomatoes and fry in medium heat for 15 minutes..till everything is cooked and mushy.
3. Add the salt (remem you added some to the peas when you were boiling it)..peas..red-chilly and cook for 5 minutes. The go ahead and mash it...now it is up to you..on how you want the texture...i like to have to some substance and body to it and not a smooth paste...also my arms were hurting ;)...so decided to put a stop to this :D
It was really yummy...would be great as a spread on bread.
This is so freakin easy....
1. Lentils - 1/2 cup each - i used - Moong...Toor...Red...Channa
2. Urad Dal - 1 cup (you need a lil more urad)
3. Red Chilly - 4
4. Cumin Seeds - 1 tbls
5. Salt to taste
1. Soak the dals with the red chilly and cumin seeds for 4-6 hours..you can soak more if you wish...but 4-6 hours are more than enough.
2. Grind to a smooth paste and add the required salt to it. I usually add the salt when i am grinding...makes like so much easier ;)
3. The batter is ready....now all you gotta do is make dosas.
I do hope i am more regular in visiting all the amazing sites....and maybe blogging too....
21 comments:
- Nags said...
looks like something i can use right now - some protein dosas!
- Sat Sep 13, 09:11:00 PM EDT
- WIMO said...
Pea chutney..how novel
- Sat Sep 13, 10:38:00 PM EDT
- Uma said...
congrats on all the awards. Pea chutney and the dosas are mouth-watering.
- Sat Sep 13, 10:51:00 PM EDT
Ms S the reputed one didn't know you had amoebic memory - she thanks you for letting her know!
- Sun Sep 14, 12:46:00 AM EDT
- Happy cook said...
You may call it what ever you like, but they look delicious
- Sun Sep 14, 05:15:00 AM EDT
- Divya said...
Congratulations on your award! Pea chutney and dosai... oh how I wish I could have them for breakfast now!
- Sun Sep 14, 11:11:00 AM EDT
- Sig said...
don't you know that amoeba is one of the most intelligent creatures around? 99% of its body mass is brain... ok, I totally made that up :)
That book sounds like a total delight (where is the rolling eyes icon when you need one? :) :D
- Sun Sep 14, 02:51:00 PM EDT
- ANJALI J. said...
healthy dishes.. pea chutney seems very interesting to me..
- Sun Sep 14, 03:22:00 PM EDT
- Hima said...
Protein dosas are tempting rajitha. Pea chutney sounds interesting..
- Sun Sep 14, 11:23:00 PM EDT
- news.linq.in said...
Hi Rajitha!
Really good to see your recipe post after so long but thats like grand come back ;)i must say.
Peas chutney & protein Dosa is sounding new & different...will love to try & eat.
Yummy Post!
- Mon Sep 15, 03:14:00 AM EDT
- Vij said...
hi yah
Lovely dosa.... makes me feel hungry!!
Quite nutritious too
- Mon Sep 15, 04:38:00 AM EDT
- Kitchen Flavours said...
Wow somethng new and looks colorful and bright. Must try!
- Mon Sep 15, 05:14:00 AM EDT
- Sangeeth said...
congrats on ur awards!!!
- Mon Sep 15, 09:52:00 AM EDT
- easycrafts said...
thats a new and interstin combi..got to try it soon
- Mon Sep 15, 10:15:00 AM EDT
- Laavanya said...
What an absolutely healthy, filling combination... I would never have thought of pea chutney - looks so yummy.
Thanks for doing the meme Rajitha.
- Mon Sep 15, 04:32:00 PM EDT
- VEGETABLE PLATTER said...
lovely .. love the pea chutney .. looks really cute
- Wed Sep 17, 06:18:00 PM EDT
- Cynthia said...
Congratulations on all your awards!
- Wed Sep 17, 07:16:00 PM EDT
- Rajitha said...
nags..it is so easy..and tastes really good...
S..u are kidding me right..with all those spellos and other crap..u gotta know it by now!
happy cook..glad to see u back..hope u had a fun vacation to india
divya..it is super easy to make...easier than soaking for 12 plus hours
sig..aww..u sure do know how to make a girl feel good...okay maybe next time i will write a few lines from the X rated novel i am reading...that should get me a thumbs-up from you :D
hima..u are a health-nut i know..u will like this
vij..it was yummy!
KF..it is nutritious..in plan with my healthy eating trend..gos knows how long i will keep up with it tho!
sangeeth ..thnks!
easy..do try..adn lemme know
laav..u know u do not have to thank me for the meme...it was filling..
VP..thnks :)
Cyn..thnks!! gotta pop in ur site soon...
- Thu Sep 18, 01:13:00 PM EDT
- Richa said...
pea mash sounds like a good idea if running low on vegs!
- Thu Sep 18, 01:51:00 PM EDT
- SriLekha said...
ware wah! what a delicious and healthy recipe!
Visit my blog while u find time and join in the chicken event going in my blog!
- Fri Sep 19, 05:40:00 PM EDT
- Raaga said...
How're you?
- Thu Oct 16, 02:24:00 PM EDT


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Eighteen teams churned ice cream at Tuscaloosa Chevrolet on Saturday in hopes of winning the Golden Scoop. In the end, it was the team from Eagles' Wings of Tuscaloosa with its cantaloupe-flavored ice cream that took home the grand prize of $1,000 and the coveted Golden Scoop at the Ice Cream Churning Championships.
Eighteen teams churned ice cream at Tuscaloosa Chevrolet on Saturday in hopes of winning the Golden Scoop.
In the end, it was the team from Eagles' Wings of Tuscaloosa with its cantaloupe-flavored ice cream that took home the grand prize of $1,000 and the coveted Golden Scoop at the Ice Cream Churning Championships. Sandra Pike, who founded Eagles' Wings with her husband, Jerry, said the recipe belonged to her father, who died six years ago.
"We had a contest at our church and he came and asked me, 'I want you to change your peach recipe to cantaloupe,' " Pike said. "I said, 'Dad, I don't know about that.' But he said, 'Well, let's just try it.' We took it to church and he won. ... When I heard about this, I thought this has got to be for dad."
Eagles' Wings is a nonprofit organization for adults with special needs. Pike's son, who is 28 despite doctors having predicted he wouldn't live past age 3, has Marshall-Smith Syndrome, a rare disease that affects bone maturation in children.
"We're going to be moving to our new facility in the next couple of weeks," Pike said.
She said the prize money will go to Eagles' Wings to help with the move.
Tuscaloosa Chevrolet and Alabama Credit Union partnered to host Saturday's first Ice Cream Churning Championships. The event served as a fundraiser for Secret Meals for Hungry Children, a partnership between Alabama Credit Union, regional food banks and volunteers to discreetly provide weekend meals for children identified by school officials as going without nutrition outside the school week.
Kelley Porter, marketing manager for Alabama Credit Union and program director of Secret Meals for Hungry Children, said the event was also a good way to bring awareness to the program.
"It's about this time that we start kicking off the program with school starting, so it's really good timing to bring awareness to Secret Meals," she said.
Porter said she was happy with the turnout and was looking forward the most to trying the peach-flavored ice cream.
The Pearson family, who made peach ice cream, took home third place and $100. Second place and $250 went to The Dairy Divas.
Four friends — Dino Sarris, Phillip Ritchey, Marie Sarris and Kristina Roberts — made up The Dairy Divas, who made baklava ice cream. They said that if they won, the prize money would go to help Marie Sarris, who recently graduated from nursing school and is headed to North Carolina for a job opportunity.
"My mom makes homemade baklava," Dino Sarris said. "One day we decided to mix it in with homemade vanilla to see how it was, and it turned out pretty good."
During the hour the teams were allotted to churn their ice cream, the four friends were forced to use hand churners after their electric churners broke.
Following the hour of making ice cream, the teams passed their creations to nine judges who tasted and rated all 18 flavors based on taste, texture, coloration and uniqueness.
The judges were Gary Harris from WVUA-TV, County Commissioner Jerry Tingle, Steve Swofford of Alabama Credit Union, Betty Slowe and Jim Rainey of The Tuscaloosa News, Probate Judge Hardy McCollum, Tuscaloosa City Councilman Harrison Taylor, County Commissioner Bobby Miller, Brookwood Mayor Alton Hyche and Northport Mayor Bobby Herndon.
Hyche said he had never eaten 18 bowls of ice cream in one sitting and wouldn't be in a rush to try to do it again.
"It was very good," he said. "That cantaloupe was really impressive; it was different and unique. The peach, strawberry and mint — they were all very good."
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12:24 p.m. VATICAN CITY — Argentine Jorge Bergoglio has been elected pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Pope Francis.
11:20 a.m. VATICAN CITY — The Catholic church has chosen a new pope.
White smoke is billowing from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, meaning 115 cardinals in a papal conclave have elected a new leader for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.
The new pope is expected to appear on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica within an hour, after a church official announces "Habemus Papum" — "We have a pope" — and gives the name of the new pontiff in Latin.
The conclave was called after Pope Benedict XVI resigned last month, throwing the church into turmoil and exposing deep divisions among cardinals tasked with finding a manager to clean up a corrupt Vatican bureaucracy as well as a pastor who can revive Catholicism in a time of growing secularism.
11:26 a.m. Tens of thousands of people who braved cold rain to watch the smokestack atop the Sistine Chapel jumped in joy when white smoke poured out, many shouting "Habemus Papam!" or "We have a pope!" — as the bells of St. Peter's Basilica and churches across Rome tolled, signaling a pontiff had been chosen.
The pope, whose identity isn't yet known, is due to emerge from the loggia overlooking St. Peter's Square to deliver his first words as the Bishop of Rome.
Elected on the fifth ballot, he was chosen in one of the fastest conclaves in years, remarkable given there was no clear front-runner going into the vote and that the church had been in turmoil following the upheaval unleashed by Pope Benedict XVI's surprise resignation.
A winner must receive 77 votes, or two-thirds of the 115, to be named pope.
The conclave played out against the backdrop of the first papal resignation in 600 years and revelations of mismanagement, petty bickering, infighting and corruption in the Holy See bureaucracy. Those revelations, exposed by the leaks of papal documents last year, had divided the College of Cardinals into camps seeking a radical reform of the Holy See's governance and those defending the status quo.
— Associated Press
UPDATED: Catholic church has new pope, Argentine Jorge Bergoglio
12:24 p.m. VATICAN CITY — Argentine Jorge Bergoglio has been elected pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Pope Francis.


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Effingham County Sheriff's deputies arrested a couple wanted on drug charges in Savannah late Friday night.
Holly Skipper, 23 of Rincon, and Joseph Mikell, 24, also of Rincon, were sought following a drug arrest Thursday in Westwood Heights Subdivision.
Deputies went to the home in 100 block of John Glenn Drive on Thursday to make a probation violation arrest, sheriff's office spokesman David Ehsanipoor said.
While the deputies were at the front door a man, later identified as Andrew Mikell, was overheard talking on a speaker phone with another man, later identified as Joseph Mikell.
Joseph Mikell told Andrew Mikell to not let the police inside until he came and got his drugs, Ehsanipoor said.
"Patrol deputies secured the scene and contacted other ECSO investigators who obtained a search warrant. Once the search warrant was executed, more than two pounds of marijuana, several firearms, and other items used to sell marijuana were discovered," Ehsanipoor said.
Deputies then arrested Andrew Mikell, 19, of Rincon who was charged with possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug related objects.
"Just after 11 p.m. last night, Effingham County Sheriff's investigators located Skipper and Joseph Mikell at the Travelers Inn on Ogeechee Road," Ehsanipoor said.
Skipper and Andrew Mikell have been charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
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Moses Ssebaggala has a heart for children in his native Uganda. That's why he runs Children Safe Uganda, which has an orphanage, helps poor communities to support education and address issues such as clean water, and helps find U.S. sponsors for needy children.
To get to his ministry today, he had to overcome a difficult childhood and a break with his Muslim father after he became a Christian.
He's in Modesto to spread news of his work at the invitation of Shared Blessings, a Modesto-based nonprofit that supports three similar agencies in Uganda and one in India. Shared Blessings will hold a reception for Ssebaggala on April 11, with more information about his ministry.
"He had a very hard childhood himself, and when he sees children who are needy and wanting, he wants to help them," said Audrey Foster, director of Shared Blessings. "One evening, he saw on the TV news these five little abandoned children who had been picked up by the police and were sleeping in the jail cells. And Ugandan jails are really bad.
"Moses couldn't sleep that night, thinking about them. The next day, he and his teenage son took a long bus ride for hours and then walked for 5 miles to get to the police station. He told the police they would take the five little kids. ... Now these five little ones are in the orphanage he runs. There are so many stories like this. It's why we love to help Moses."
Ssebaggala, 45, lives in Gayaza, about 10 miles northeast of the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
Seven years ago, he joined Children Safe Uganda and later became its director. The orphanage has 82 children, ages 2 through 18. The community development program helps find sponsors for the neediest children and connects churches, communities and parents to help prevent early marriages (many girls are pregnant at ages 12 to 14, he said), provide clean water, support schools and spread the importance of education.
In 2012, Ssebaggala asked Shared Blessings to work with his organization. The result has been 20 children who are sponsored, along with money for education, food, scholastic materials and the promotion of small businesses run by poor families.
"I hope people will sponsor a child to go to school," he said. "An education helps prevent early marriages." It also helps, he said, in communities where there is "no water, no electricity, no transport and uneducated parents. It helps (with improvements to) make that a desirable community."
Foster said Ssebaggala is a "humble and dynamic man," who puts his ministry before himself.
"One of the things he doesn't really talk about much is that up to now, he hasn't received a salary for the work he's been doing, and it's been difficult to maintain his own family," she said. "In Uganda, you have to pay for your children to go to school. High school costs $600 a year, $900 with the uniforms and books and supplies, and a lot of people don't make that much money a year."
And unlike the United States, there is no government-provided money to care for orphans or foster children. So Ssebaggala has to find the money to care for all the children his agency supports, and sometimes children appear unexpectedly.
"One day, the local police dropped off 19 children and told him to take care of them," Foster said. "They had been kidnapped and held in a pigsty. They were being held to be sold into prostitution, slavery or as sacrifices for their devil worship."
It's those kinds of things Ssebaggala is trying to prevent. "My biggest desire is to be upright with my creator and that the lives of children, especially African children, have a desirable life," he said.
A better one than he had.
His father, a Muslim, had 11 wives, Ssebaggala said. His birth mother left when Ssebaggala was 11/2 years old.
"I don't know why she left," he said. "She was his fourth wife. I was told she was very young, only 17 years old. She may not have understood what life would be like with a man married to other wives."
Growing up with 18 siblings from so many different mothers brought challenges. "There was definitely competition," he said. Not all of the other mothers treated him well, but he remembers one stepmother who "was really kind." He was the fifth child in the family and the fourth-oldest son.
He had a good relationship with his father, he said. "Even though my father had so many wives, he loved his children," Ssebaggala said. "We used to play soccer games and ran in races. I used to enjoy singing a lot. I enjoyed drama in school. I was doing well with my father."
In Uganda, schools usually are run by private organizations. Sometimes, Ssebaggala said, he was sent to a Christian school, where he heard about Jesus. He was a devout Muslim, praying five times a day and going to the mosque on Fridays, but when he was a teenager, he developed questions about his faith.
"My imam told us to pray for Mohammed so that on the day of judgment, God would forgive him for his sins," Ssebaggala explained. "I asked, 'What about Jesus?' He said, 'Jesus Christ never died. He went to eternal life (so he didn't need our prayers).' It made a lot of questions come to my mind.
"Because I loved Islam, I didn't want to commit to Christianity. I didn't know anyone who had done that. On Friday, I was going to the mosque, and on Sunday, I was going to church. It was total confusion."
Then, he said, his school choir was invited to go to a church to sing and was asked to have someone give a sermon.
"No one else wanted to preach, so I said I'd preach," Ssebaggala said. "Afterward, an old woman came up and said, 'Thank you for your preaching, but do you know Jesus as your Lord and Savior?' I said, 'No, I am a Muslim.' She told me it was good to be a church member, but I had to find my own Jesus. I told her if I became a Christian, I could never see God. She told me to go pray for myself, and she would pray for me. I did. I committed myself to God, but I kept it to myself and didn't tell my parents."
He stopped going to the mosque on Fridays, and when he was supposed to be saying his Muslim prayers five times a day, "I was praying to God instead," he said. His new faith was ultimately revealed, however, and his father "talked to the leaders of the mosque" to get their advice. Ssebaggala said the leaders tied him up and beat him, and advised his father to kill him.
He said his father, who was also strong in his Muslim faith, knew his son was likewise devout. "Because he knew I was very committed, it was like a betrayal for him (that I had converted to Christianity)," Ssebaggala said.
He still remembers the day, Nov. 15, 1986, when his father tried to kill him for the third time: "My father chased me with an ax and threw it at me." It's the day he left home, afraid for his life. He was 15 years old.
He spent the next few years sleeping wherever he could, sometimes in churches. He often didn't have enough to eat, but he didn't tell anyone about his plight. Things began to improve after he started a gospel choir and was asked to be the music and drama coordinator for Food for the Hungry International. He worked for the organization for several years before returning to school at age 26.
"Younger people used to laugh at me," he said. "But I knew what I wanted to do – something with children. I thought there might be children who were going through what I had gone through who needed a message of hope."
He married his wife, Naomi, while he was still at school. They had four children and later adopted three others; their youngsters now are ages 4 to 18.
Ssebaggala said his father, who died in 1993 of AIDS, also became a Christian. "He remembered what I had said (after my conversion)," Ssebaggala explained. "At that time, he had three wives. He knew he could only have one wife as a Christian, so he stayed with his first wife and the other two had to go back to their families."
Three sisters and a brother also became Christians.
And Ssebaggala, who once was threatened by the Muslim leaders in his village, now counts several Muslims among his close friends.
"I'm always now telling Muslims, 'I'm praying for you. Someday you will come to Christ.' " he said with a chuckle.
Looking back on his life and challenges, Ssebaggala said, "Sometimes God allows us to go through things for a reason. Life was hard. I had nothing to eat. But it's now my testimony. The problems have made me stronger and stronger in God. I know that my Lord lives."


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Dave and Becca Rolli of DeKalb announce the birth of a daughter, Stella Grace Rolli, born Feb. 4, 2013, at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, DeKalb. She weighed 2 pounds, 10 ounces, and was welcomed by Isabelle, 3.
Grandparents are Mary Kipp of Greenwood, Wis., Jim Kipp of Viroqua, Wis., and Don and Peggy Rolli of Gratiot, Wis.
Angela and John Shoener of Somonauk announce the birth of a son, Alexander Raymond Shoener, born Jan 3, 2013, at Valley West Community Hospital, Sandwich. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces, and was welcomed home by Douglas, 6, and Grant, 2.
Grandparents are Larry and Doris Rogers of Somonauk.
Blake Anderson of Harlingen, Texas, formerly of Sycamore, and Michelle Garcia of San Benito, Texas, announce the birth of a daughter, Alexandra Michelle Anderson, born Jan. 25, 2013, at Valley Baptist Hospital, Brownsville, Texas. She weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce.
Grandparents are Tom and Jane Anderson of Harlingen, Texas, formerly Sycamore.
Great-grandparents are Rich and Sharon Luper of Colfax, Ind., formerly of Sycamore, and Elwanda Taylor of Sycamore.
Ellen Nolan of Colfax, Ind., formerly Sycamore, is a great great-grandmother. Her aunt is Lauren Anderson of Sycamore.