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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Tough battle predicted in Coors Light 3 Steps To Victory Heat 2 at ...

Tough battle predicted in Coors Light 3 Steps To Victory Heat 2 at Sheffield

Tuesday?s Coors Light 3 Steps To Victory Heat 2 at Sheffield is a very tough competition, as almost every contender is in great shape at the moment. Pats Legacy is all set to fancy his chances after last month?s two terrific victories. He made two wonderful solo rides to make his opponents realise that he would be a major threat in this meeting.

Hather George is aiming high after taking three consecutive victories. After doing the goods at Nottingham, the brindle dog continued his majestic work and took the first prize twice at Coven earlier this month. In good shape, Charlie Lister?s charge is well prepared to take more.

Killieford Blaze was not impressive last time, but prior to that he won an open race in a tremendous fashion, beating Ayamzabeauty by two and a half lengths. Although the draw is a concern, it is hard to ignore the nature of potential he possesses.

Vanjohn made a few nice rides lately. He is progressing at a rapid speed. After taking a couple of wins respectively at Grade IR and A1, he moved to this class and showed the world how dangerous he could be. Despite getting bumped in the beginning, the black dog managed to finish second on the table.

Bubbly Ebony is also aiming high after a couple of classy performances in the trials. The black dog could not do well in his last few races, but the latest two trial shows are enough to believe that he is back to his best.

Airforce Frankie also has a big win under his belt. At Crayford, he bagged the first prize over a long distance of 714 metres. The black dog also looked nice in the recent solo run.

If you are a bettor, you need to make a decision very carefully. According to our calculations, Hather George is the best choice, as he is in great form. In case of a clear run, no hound will be able to stop him from bagging the first prize. Pats Legacy is the biggest threat. We wish the best of luck to all the hounds.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are the writer's own and do not reflect Bettor.com's editorial policy.

Source: http://blogs.bettor.com/Tough-battle-predicted-in-Coors-Light-3-Steps-To-Victory-Heat-2-at-Sheffield-a214667

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Mass. mosque: Bomb suspect had 2 recent outbursts

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) ? When preachers told congregants at a mosque in November that it was appropriate for Muslims to celebrate U.S. holidays such as the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving, a man who would later be a suspect in last week's the Boston Marathon bombing stood up to argue, the mosque said.

The Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center on Monday told about that outburst by Tamerlan Tsarnaev and provided more details on a second one two months later that the group had previously described.

The group said in its statement that Tsarnaev, who was pronounced dead on Friday after a shootout with police, was not a member of its Cambridge mosque but sometimes attended Friday services and daily prayers over the last year or so. His younger brother, Dzhokhar, who was captured Friday and charged Monday with conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, showed up sometimes for prayers, the group said.

Two U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Monday that the brothers were motivated by religion but appear not to be tied to any Islamic terrorist groups. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly.

Both mosque incidents happened after the older brother returned from a months-long trip to Russia last year. An aunt there said he was studying Islam but struggled to fit in.

The troublesome behavior first came in November, just before Thanksgiving, the mosque said. At a weekly prayer, a preacher gave a sermon saying it was appropriate for Muslims to celebrate American holidays. Tamerlan Tsarnaev stood up and argued that "celebration of any holiday was not allowed in the faith."

The preacher met with Tsarnaev and discussed the issue after the service.

In January, the mosque said Tsarnaev had a similar outburst.

This time, the sermon included praise for Martin Luther King Jr., and this time Tsarnaev shouted, calling the preacher a "non-believer" and "hypocrite" who was "contaminating people's minds." Congregants shouted back at him, telling him to leave, and he did.

Later, volunteer leaders of the mosque met with him and told him that he would not be welcome at service if he interrupted again. The group said he continued attending sometimes and did not cause any more problems.

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Associated Press reporters Eileen Sullivan and Pete Yost in Washington and Arsen Mollayev in Makhachkala, Russia, contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/mass-mosque-bomb-suspect-had-2-recent-outbursts-014641792.html

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Unique New Maid Right Franchise Kicks Off Launch ? Successful ...

The new Maid Right Franchise is the first residential cleaning brand available for Master as well as Unit franchisees. Growth of Maid Right will be built based on the Master/Unit business model used by sister company Jan-Pro, who has built over 10,000 Franchisees globally.

Alpharetta, GA (PRWEB) April 23, 2013 - Premium Franchise Brands LLC, a holding company of Jan-Pro Franchising International, Inc. (Jan-Pro), and Maid Right Franchising LLC, announced today the official launch of their new Maid Right Professional Grade Home Cleaning Franchise.

A unique concept within the residential cleaning franchise arena, the Maid Right Home Cleaning Franchise is the first and only residential cleaning franchise in America with the Master/Unit business model concept. This is the franchise concept wherein a Master Franchise controls a defined territory, and builds by adding Unit Franchisees within that territory. The two-tiered concept has been proven successful with sister company, Jan-Pro, who using it, has built an organization with over 10,000 franchisees globally.

The new Maid Right franchise gains much through the relationship with sister company Jan-Pro, namely the power of the Jan-Pro brand, a proven playbook for success, as well as world class support and experience with cleaning and franchising from an established company of 20+ years.

?We feel that the launch of Maid Right will be one of the most energetic growth opportunities of any franchise in years,? said Danessa Itaya, Vice President Maid Right. ?Many cleaning industry sources have told us that the Master/Unit concept is needed in residential cleaning. Maid Right is providing just that.?

As part of the Maid Right team, Itaya brings a wealth of residential cleaning experience, with over 18 years in the residential cleaning industry, over 10 years in multi-brand franchising, and has an extensive background in systems and new franchise development. Having a complete franchise development team for the new Maid Right franchise is an approach that Premium Franchise Brands feels will super charge the launch.

?The time is right for the Maid Right franchise concept,? said Rich Kissane, President & CEO of Premium Franchise Brands. ?There is a need for a new and different approach in residential cleaning, one that finally addresses the issues of high customer turnover and the quality of service offered.?

Today, the home cleaning industry has an average customer retention time of only about 6 months. One reason for this short time period is that in many cases, the homeowner does not get the quality of service they were expecting, as hourly paid cleaning crews come and go. Maid Right is out to change this industry standard and is committed to long term customer retention and high quality service.

Longer customer retention will come for Maid Right, due to the fact that the Unit Franchisees will be owners and more invested in establishing trust with customers. Innovative products and services will be provided to help franchisees in this area, like EnviroShield, the unique branded system that delivers 100% disinfection coverage.

?By having Unit franchise owners do the cleaning, they are definitely more invested in the residential customer, and are committed to providing the best in professional service,? continued Itaya. ?The result is a win/win situation for all involved, and long-lasting customer relationships.?

Both Master and Unit owners will have strong support in helping develop their business, through the company?s MaidView Software System and Processes. Master Franchisees will have thorough support, which will include ongoing advanced training, a service center, a business coach, webinars, hotline, regional meetings, call center, SEO, and more.

Premium Franchise Brands is currently in the stage of interviewing Master Franchise interested parties. Inquiries should contact Brad Smith at brad.smith@premiumfranchisebrands.com.

About Premium Franchise Brands

Premium Franchise Brands LLC is a franchise development company, representing Jan-Pro Franchising International, Inc, and Maid Right Franchising LLC. Jan-Pro was founded in 1991 by Jacques Lapointe in Providence, Rhode Island, with a desire to offer the highest quality cleaning techniques and systems available. Currently, the Jan-Pro team is comprised of business leaders with experience from around the world, as well as seasoned cleaning industry executives. Today, the international company structure is comprised of over 10,000 Master and Unit franchisees. Jan-Pro regularly receives inquiries and accolades nationally as well as internationally. Maid Right Professional Grade Home Cleaning is a franchise, focused on strong customer retention, and is currently being initially launched domestically in America.

To learn more about Maid Right visit http://www.maidright.com

SOURCE: Premium Franchise Brands

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Ecology, economy and management of an agro-industrial Amazon frontier

Public release date: 22-Apr-2013
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Agriculture intensification could spare large tracts of tropical forest

Published today, a special issue of the Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society Biological Sciences, addresses a major challenge facing our society: feeding a global population that is simultaneously growing and increasing its per capita food consumption, while preventing widespread ecological and social impoverishment.

According to Michael T. Coe, Senior Scientist at The Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) and one of the issue's co-editors, "One important finding presented in these papers is that landowners respond quickly to external and internal forces, particularly signals from government and market forces to be better land stewards."

The special issue contains 18 articles from researchers in Brazil, the United States, and Europe. The articles focus on the agricultural transformation of the southeastern Amazon and address three primary topics:

Trends in land-use change in Mato Grosso, Brazil (MT);
Ecological and social consequences of land use change;
Landscape management strategies that can reduce environmental degradation in agricultural frontiers.

Primary conclusions of the papers include:

Trends in land-use change in Mato Grosso, Brazil (MT)
Analysis shows that MT's development from 1990 to 2005 was largely based on economic activities that resulted in deforestation, forest degradation, and associated socio-ecological consequences. During this period, approximately 70,000 km2 of forests were converted to low-productivity pasturelands, which degraded streams, increased disturbance (for example, via escaped forest fires), and altered the regional climate. Policies enacted as early as 2004 began reversing those trends. The national standard for Brazil was to set policies to reduce Amazon deforestation by 80 per cent by 2020; MT formulated its own goals, achieving remarkable results by the late 2000s.
Emphasizing this, lead-editor Paulo Brando, Scientist at the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) and Visiting Fellow at WHRC, said "The widespread reduction in Amazon deforestation is a great achievement, but forest fires, logging, pesticides, etc. still threaten the integrity of tropical ecosystems. Best agricultural management practices could minimize their impacts, being a key instrument to secure the health of forests and streams in the Amazon and in other tropical regions."
Ecological and social consequences of land use change
Ecological and social problems related to land management remain, including degradation of forests by the combination of human-induced fires and drought; impoverishment of aquatic ecosystems through the widespread application of agricultural chemicals and lack of stream restoration; and loss of indigenous peoples' livelihood options because of ecological degradation. Furthermore, forest conversion is expected to increase with increasing national and international demand for soya, beef and/or palm oil.
Landscape management strategies that can reduce environmental degradation in agricultural frontiers
A major challenge for sustainable management of tropical agricultural landscapes is highlighted: to transform low-yield, high-deforestation production systems into high-yield, low-deforestation ones. Extensive tracts of land in Brazil's cattle ranching frontier, could undergo these transformations where approximately 200 million hectares of pasture sustain notoriously low cattle densities. Recent declines in MT's deforestation, coupled with increases in crop and cattle productivity, suggest that agriculture intensification could spare large tracts of land for tropical forest conservation.

Co-editor Ruth DeFries of Columbia University notes that "The experience in Brazil's southern Amazon illustrates that deforestation can be controlled simultaneously with increases in agricultural production, but policies and incentives to reach these objectives are not yet in place in many other tropical forest regions."

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The Woods Hole Research Center: The Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) is a private, non-profit research organization focusing on environmental sciences. Our scientists combine analysis of satellite images of the Earth with field studies to measure, model, and map changes in the world's ecosystems, from the thawing permafrost in the Arctic to the expanding agriculture regions of the tropics. We work locally and regionally, with in-depth expertise and collaborations in North and South America and Africa; and we also work globally, focusing on how humans are changing global cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and water. We merge natural science with economics to discover sustainable paths for human prosperity and stewardship of the Earth's natural resources.

Citation: Ecology, economy and management of an agro-industrial frontier landscape in the southeastern Amazon, 2013 Brando PM, Coe MT, DeFries R, Eds. Phil Trans R Soc B 368: http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/368/1619.toc.

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Ecology, economy and management of an agro-industrial Amazon frontier

Public release date: 22-Apr-2013
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Contact: Ian Vorster
ivorster@whrc.org
Woods Hole Research Center

Agriculture intensification could spare large tracts of tropical forest

Trends in land-use change in Mato Grosso, Brazil (MT);
Ecological and social consequences of land use change;
Landscape management strategies that can reduce environmental degradation in agricultural frontiers.

Primary conclusions of the papers include:

Trends in land-use change in Mato Grosso, Brazil (MT)
Analysis shows that MT's development from 1990 to 2005 was largely based on economic activities that resulted in deforestation, forest degradation, and associated socio-ecological consequences. During this period, approximately 70,000 km2 of forests were converted to low-productivity pasturelands, which degraded streams, increased disturbance (for example, via escaped forest fires), and altered the regional climate. Policies enacted as early as 2004 began reversing those trends. The national standard for Brazil was to set policies to reduce Amazon deforestation by 80 per cent by 2020; MT formulated its own goals, achieving remarkable results by the late 2000s.
Emphasizing this, lead-editor Paulo Brando, Scientist at the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) and Visiting Fellow at WHRC, said "The widespread reduction in Amazon deforestation is a great achievement, but forest fires, logging, pesticides, etc. still threaten the integrity of tropical ecosystems. Best agricultural management practices could minimize their impacts, being a key instrument to secure the health of forests and streams in the Amazon and in other tropical regions."
Ecological and social consequences of land use change
Ecological and social problems related to land management remain, including degradation of forests by the combination of human-induced fires and drought; impoverishment of aquatic ecosystems through the widespread application of agricultural chemicals and lack of stream restoration; and loss of indigenous peoples' livelihood options because of ecological degradation. Furthermore, forest conversion is expected to increase with increasing national and international demand for soya, beef and/or palm oil.
Landscape management strategies that can reduce environmental degradation in agricultural frontiers
A major challenge for sustainable management of tropical agricultural landscapes is highlighted: to transform low-yield, high-deforestation production systems into high-yield, low-deforestation ones. Extensive tracts of land in Brazil's cattle ranching frontier, could undergo these transformations where approximately 200 million hectares of pasture sustain notoriously low cattle densities. Recent declines in MT's deforestation, coupled with increases in crop and cattle productivity, suggest that agriculture intensification could spare large tracts of land for tropical forest conservation.

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Vietnam police seize 53 king cobras from car

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) ? Vietnamese police say they have seized 53 king cobras from a car in Hanoi and arrested the driver.

Officer Dang Van Hanh said Monday the live snakes were taken to a wildlife rescue center near the capital where they treated before being released into the wild.

King cobras are the world's longest venomous snake, and grow up to 5.5 meters (18) feet.

The meat of the king cobras is considered a delicacy by some in Vietnam, where hunting and trading the snakes is banned. The snakes are also sometimes preserved in traditional medicines.

The snakes, which were kept in green sacks, were seized Friday.

Hanh said the car driver told officers he was paid to transport them. Local media reported he was paid under $50.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/vietnam-police-seize-53-king-cobras-car-102847104.html

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Rescuers struggle to reach China quake zone as toll climbs

By Michael Martina and Maxim Duncan

LUSHAN, China (Reuters) - Rescuers struggled to reach a remote, rural corner of southwestern China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing from the country's worst earthquake in three years climbed to 208 with almost 1,000 serious injuries.

The 6.6 magnitude quake struck in Lushan county, near the city of Ya'an in the southwestern province of Sichuan, close to where a devastating 7.9 quake hit in May 2008, killing 70,000.

Most of the deaths were concentrated in Lushan, a short drive up the valley from Ya'an, but rescuers' progress was hampered by the narrowness of the road and landslides, as well as government controls restricting access to avoid traffic jams.

"The Lushan county center is getting back to normal, but the need is still considerable in terms of shelter and materials," said Kevin Xia of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

"Supplies have had difficulty getting into the region because of the traffic jams. Most of our supplies are still on the way."

In Ya'an, relief workers from across China expressed frustration with gaining access to Lushan and the villages beyond, up in the mountains.

"We're in a hurry. There are people that need help and we have supplies in the back (of the car)," said one man from the Shandong Province Earthquake Emergency Response Team, who declined to give his name.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs put the number of dead at 184 and missing at 24, with more than 11,800 injured.

Hundreds of armed police were blocked from using roads that were wrecked by landslides and marched in single file with shovels en route to Baoxing, one of the hardest hit areas. Xinhua news agency said 18,000 troops were in the area.

The Foreign Ministry thanked foreign governments for offers of help, but said the country was able to cope.

In Lushan, doctors and nurses tended to people in the open or under tents in the grounds of the main hospital, surrounded by shattered glass, plaster and concrete. Water and electricity were cut off by the quake, but the spring weather is warm.

"I was scared. I've never seen an earthquake this big before," said farmer Chen Tianxiong, 37, lying on a stretcher between tents, his family looking on.

In another tent, Zhou Lin sat tending to his wife and three-day-old son who were evacuated from a Lushan hospital soon after the quake struck on Saturday.

"I was worried the child or his mother would be hurt. The buildings were all shaking. I was extremely scared. But now I don't feel afraid any more," said Zhou, looking at his child who was wrapped in a blanket on a makeshift bed.

Premier Li Keqiang flew into the disaster zone by helicopter to comfort the injured and displaced, chatting to rescuers and clambering over rubble.

"Treat and heal your wounds with peace of mind," Xinhua quoted Li as telling patients at a hospital. "The government will take care of all the costs for those severely wounded."

Chen Yong, the vice director of the Ya'an city government earthquake response office, told reporters on Saturday that the death toll was unlikely to rise dramatically.

Already poor, many of the earthquake victims said the government was their only hope.

Cao Bangying, 36, whose family had set up mattresses and makeshift cots under a dump truck, said her house had been destroyed.

"Being without a home while having a child of this age is difficult," Cao said, cradling her nine-month-old baby. "We can only rely on the government to help us."

No schools had collapsed, unlike in 2008 when many poorly constructed schools crumpled causing huge public anger, prompting a nationwide campaign of re-building.

Ya'an is a city of 1.5 million people and is considered one of the birthplaces of Chinese tea culture. It is also the home to one of China's main centers for protecting the giant panda.

(Writing by Ben Blanchard, Additional reporting by Sui-Lee Wee; Editing by Nick Macfie)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/rescuers-struggle-reach-china-quake-zone-toll-climbs-032552277.html

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Monday, April 22, 2013

Watch live: Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket to lift off on test flight (update: success!)

Watch live Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket to lift off on test flight update success!

SpaceX may be the only private outfit currently shepherding cargo to the International Space Station, but Orbital Sciences, which is the second party in NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services effort, is taking a step towards its own ISS resupply missions. Today, the firm's Antares rocket will undergo its very first test flight, taking off from the space agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. Liftoff is slated for sometime between 5PM and 7PM, with an 80 percent chance of favorable weather, as opposed to the 45 percent odds and high-altitude winds that foiled its initial attempt yesterday. To watch Antares embark on its maiden voyage, hit the jump for a live video feed.

Update: Antares blasted off at a hair past 5PM and successfully separated from its mock payload. The live stream has wrapped up, but we'll slot in a video of the launch as soon as we get ahold of one.

Update 2: NASA just posted its footage of the rocket taking off, and we've placed the video after the break for your viewing pleasure.

[Image credit: NASA, Flickr]

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