Environment: A journey of discovery on the L.A. River - latimes.com

A journey of discovery on the L.A. River

An expedition along a muddy stretch of the waterway offers a glimpse into the potential recreational and environmental jewel running through the city.

Looking from a bike trail near Griffith Park (Zoo Drive and the 134 Fwy), the Los Angeles River flows towards downtown Los Angeles during part of its 51-mile route through 13 cities. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times / July 28, 2010)

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Automotive X Prize Finalists (PHOTOS): 9 Cars That Could Change The World

They're aerodynamic, they're snappy, and, best of all, they're efficient.

The Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize has announced the finalists in its competition to develop a new breed of energy efficient vehicles.

Just 9 cars (down from 136) remain in the competition, which aims to "inspire a new generation of super fuel efficient vehicles." The cars, which go through a grueling series of tests and technical inspections to determine their road-worthiness, must be able to handle real-world scenarios. "It is about developing real, production-capable cars that consumers will want to buy, not science projects or concept cars," the X Prize Foundation explains.

Check out the finalists in the slideshow below, then vote for your favorite on the X Prize website.

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The Cruelest Month - Suffering Through, Rather Than Savoring, Summer - NYTimes.com

The Cruelest Month

Out of Frying Pan, Into August

By SAM DOLNICK

Published: July 30, 2010

In this month of record-contesting heat, a West Village epidemiologist has given up washing her clothes because her building’s ground-floor laundry room feels like a hot, stale dungeon. A former dancer who lives near Prospect Park has all but given up clothes, cooking dinner in her underwear though she knows the neighbors can see.

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One woman who lives near Prospect Park sheds her clothes to cook in her hot kitchen, even though the neighbors can see.

If the high and low temperatures in Central Park on Saturday average at least 77.5, July 2010 will rank as the hottest month in New York since records began in 1869. Stephen Fybish, a weather historian, has delved into the numbers, from the National Weather Service, for these other highs and lows:

¶July 6 was the hottest day this month, hitting 103 (and 97 in Mr. Fybish’s Upper West Side kitchen). The highs on July 6 from 1999 to 2009: 101, 79, 72, 82, 89, 81, 82, 77, 83, 79, 83. The only years that have had temperatures topping 103 are 1918 (Aug. 7), 1936 (July 9) and 1977 (July 21).

¶This June was hot, too, creating the hottest June-July combination on record, with an average of 78.1 degrees (runner-up: 1966, with 77.6). If August averages 76.1 degrees or higher, 2010 will be the hottest June-July-August ever, beating 1966.

¶Actually, it has been the warmest March through July on record, averaging 65.5.

¶July 21 is the date that has reached 100 the most times, in 1926, 1930, 1977 and 1980; this year, it was 93.

¶Number of July 2010 days that topped 90 degrees: 16, tying with July 1966 for fourth place.

¶Number of July 2010 days that topped 89 degrees: 21, ranking second behind 1993.

¶Warmest July night on record: July 7, 2010, tied with July 15, 1995, at 84.

SAM DOLNICK

The Cruelest Month

A weeklong series as July heads to the record books as the hottest month in New York City.

Related

• The Cruelest Month: Water Vendors Profit From the Heat (July 30, 2010)

• In the Garden: The Seeds for Surviving a Scorching Summer (July 29, 2010)

• The Cruelest Month: In a Sweltering City, It’s Coolest Before Dawn (July 28, 2010)

• The Cruelest Month: The Numbers Behind a July That’s Headed for the Books (July 27, 2010)

• City Room: Tell Us How the Heat Has Changed Your Life (July 28, 2010)

And one couple near Union Square have given up cooking altogether, letting takeout containers stack up as their formerly busy oven sits idle.

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Jewish Group Opposes Muslim Center Near Ground Zero - NYTimes.com

Debate Heating Up on Plans for Mosque Near Ground Zero

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Ilario Pantano, center, has made a planned Muslim center near ground zero part of his Congressional campaign in North Carolina.

By MICHAEL BARBARO

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In Maine Village, Lobster Goes Briskly - Traffic, No - NYTimes.com

n Maine Village, Lobster Goes Briskly; Traffic, No

Craig Dilger for The New York Times

Summer in Wiscasset, Me., means traffic and lines at Red’s Eats.

By ABBY GOODNOUGH

WISCASSET, Me. — The summer traffic backups in this village of old sea captains’ homes are infamous in Maine, lines of inching cars and trucks that seem to extend all the way into autumn.

Craig Dilger for The New York Times

The Sottnik family, on vacation from their home in Parker, Colo., eating lunch after standing in line for more than an hour at Red’s Eats in Wiscasset, Me.

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An employee finishes assembling one of the lobster rolls for which Red’s is famous. The sandwich sells for $14.95.

Some blame gawking drivers, or the short, tight curve of U.S. 1 heading into town, or the lower speed limits in the historic district.

Others say it’s the fat, buttery lobster rolls at Red’s Eats, a seafood shack with a fanatical following that sits hard along the highway here, just before the bridge out of town.

“I’ve seen people stop their cars and jump out just to take a picture,” said Frank Risell, who owns a bed-and-breakfast in Wiscasset. “Day and night, it’s a problem.”

For at least half a century, townspeople have fervently debated how to solve the traffic problem.

They have considered putting a pedestrian bridge over U.S. 1, removing the parking spots along it or even spending $100 million to build a bypass around the town, an option that gained momentum this spring when federal officials approved a route for it.

But Mr. Risell is among a handful of people circulating an even bolder idea: moving Red’s, which, in various incarnations, has drawn crowds to the corner of Main and Water Streets since the 1930s.

“My message to Red’s,” said Morrison Bonpasse, who lives in neighboring Newcastle and leads a community group opposed to the bypass option, “is, ‘You’re a wonderful business, you’re good people, but please, you have to move.’ ”

His group, Route One Alternative Decisions, dismisses the proposed bypass as a waste of money — and eventually of gas, since it would take drivers on a longer route. In addition to moving Red’s, they want a pedestrian bridge or tunnel, off-street parking and other less costly alternatives. “It just seems like an awful lot of money to waste on a seasonal issue,” Mr. Risell said of the bypass plan. “In the middle of winter, you could go out and sleep on Route 1.”

Others, including Sean Rafter, a ninth-generation Wiscassetite, want a bypass but not along the federally approved route, which the Army Corps of Engineers in May deemed the “least environmentally damaging” of three proposed corridors. Mr. Rafter — who, like Mr. Risell, lives near that route — said it would keep traffic too close to town, ruin the view of the tidal river that borders it and displace too many residents who would have to surrender their land.

He, too, would like to see Red’s move. But state transportation officials, who have studied the traffic problem for decades, said the lobster shack was only a small piece of it.

“The vehicles are already pretty well stopped at that point,” said Kat Beaudoin, chief of planning for the Maine Department of Transportation. “So it’s hard for us to conceive that that is all of the problem.”

Debbie Cronk, who took over Red’s with her siblings after their father, Allen Gagnon, died in 2008, has refused to even respond to the idea.

“I don’t want to give them any ammunition,” she said minutes after Red’s opened on Thursday, a line of customers already snaking around the corner in sweaty pursuit of the $14.95 lobster roll. “It’s an institution. It’s an icon.”

Ms. Cronk said she would not reveal where she stood on the bypass issue because her customers were divided over it. She did, however, say that business has been “fabulous” this season, that Red’s was just written up in a Norwegian newspaper and that her new book, “Red’s Eats: World’s Best Lobster Shack,” written with Virginia Wright, was doing well.

Ms. Beaudoin said that some 25,000 vehicles passed through Wiscasset on peak summer days, compared with roughly 15,000 in the winter, and that the state hoped to move ahead with the bypass project.

“If we walk away today on the basis of Wiscasset’s dislike,” she said, “we are not coming back. We would have such a hard time reinitiating the process and getting through the environmental regulations. It’s not getting any easier, and the money is getting scarcer.”

Shopkeepers on Main Street, as U.S. 1 is known in town, are as divided as everyone else on the bypass. Some think it would hurt business to divert traffic around the town; others, like Robert Snyder, an owner of American Antiques & Folk Art, said it would save Wiscasset.

“We want people to come to town,” Mr. Snyder said, “but we also want the right kind of business. Nobody wants more and more and more tourists. Nobody would benefit from that — except maybe Red’s.”

Even Red’s customers, he posited, must not like “sitting there and getting truck exhaust blown in their face.” The shack is too tiny for indoor seating, so diners eat at picnic tables out back or stand on the street — a less attractive option not only because of traffic, but because precious bits of lobster might tumble to the ground.

Ms. Beaudoin said a completed bypass was 10 years away at the very least. Mr. Snyder said he no longer expected to see it in his lifetime, and Mr. Rafter, whose mother asked that her ashes be driven across the bypass once it was built, has wondered whether his own children will have to do him the same favor.

Outside Red’s, some who waited in lines of up to an hour this week said they would keep coming regardless of whether a bypass someday diverts drivers around town. Patrick McMenemy of Saco, Me., said he could not help stopping every time he passed through.

“You figure if the lines are that long,” he said, “it has to be good.”

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Hawkins street “ Just when i thought i was out they pull me Back in” Shame on NJ

Today i returned to the Hawkins street school area where i had taught for five years. Taught here until the Governor cut my after school program………taught here until the city and the state decided that they didn't have any money in the budget for these kids….for these people in and around Newark.

I was stunned to see the kids that i had left at the school. Stunned that they missed me so and that i missed them so.

This is the hottest summer on record, and we have left our children to fry in the sun, to hack out their poor and neglected lives alone………….

Their was one saving grace in this. my ex boss, this beautiful Puerto Rican woman is still there. Working out a trailer but still there.

We were having a meeting about a mural that i am doing up in this area. So i got to see all of my old students and parents and inspect the place that I had grown to love.

Inspect this place, this hard core project neighborhood with a heart of gold

the thugs remembered me, the crack heads remember me and so many of them offered me smiles or nods

that i knew i had come home

My ex boss is holding down the fort all by herself

when i asked the kids what do you like about this place where you live they all said it at once.

Miss Ivi

these are the people who are holding it

down, who are the mothers to neighborhoods that the government doesn't care for

she is a shinning light in a land of darkness….still teaching still yelling still mothering……..

they come to her

I kid you not

she is the Mother Teresa of Hawkins street and she should be applauded, promoted encouraged and supported………..

The city of Newark, the Governor of new jersey.

You ought to be ashamed…………

I don't want to hear about deficits……………..this place is a deficit.

you are closing pools and programs leaving our children to fend for themselves

i dreaded returning here, for fear of what i might find

so many of the kids that i left are robbing, doing drugs or in jail.

that i had a hard time composing myself

this is our legacy to our youth

no funds

no money

no love

But we got lots of love

for Iraq and Afghanistan

we got lots of love

for prudential

and for companies

My prediction has come  true,

we are tossing out a whole generation

and i don't give a damn about hearing that their is no money

or that you are cutting back on toilet paper and company jobs

their is a name for this neglect

its is  sin

God has got to be watching this…….

it hurts me to my very soul

that this city

that this state can do this…….

to children

ok we are broke

what ever

i don't want to hear it

not when i see suffering like this

not when my kids are being locked up and oppressed by the heat

and their lives

shame on the governor

I wonder where he lives

this one

is it cool there

is your pool full

I know the mayor is trying

and that he has allot on his plate

he might just cry like i did today

i know he does

i hope he does

but tears aren't enough

find the money

give us so hope

Newark be proud

my ass

I am ashamed and humbled

but when i see Miss Ivi up there

fighting every day

small battles with big changes

it gives me hope

I wanted to retire

to fish and to plant

and to live out my old age in peace and quiet

but my soul will never be still

knowing this is what i am leaving

“just when i thought i was out, you pulled me right back in”.

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Rybkhoz Journal - From Fires to Fish, Heat Wave Batters Russia - NYTimes.com

Rybkhoz Journal

Heat Wave Batters Russia

James Hill for The New York Times

Workers moved trout into pools cooler that where they were being kept at the Biserovsky fish farm outside of Moscow.

By CLIFFORD J. LEVY

RYBKHOZ, Russia — Ivan Tyurkin trudged along a pier and surveyed the breeding ponds all around him. He did not need a thermometer to know that the water was treacherously tepid. Dead trout, drifting like buoys, were evidence enough.

Last month, they were flipping and flopping and leaping, and Mr. Tyurkin was readying for another bountiful harvest at the Biserovsky Fish Farm in this suburb of Moscow. But now, after weeks of a merciless heat wave that has found seemingly endless ways of wreaking havoc across much of Russia, the farm was in crisis.

“This is all just very difficult to believe,” Mr. Tyurkin said. “There has never been a summer like this. Never. Not once.”

That is a widely held view in Russia, a country that proudly swaggers about during the most brutal of winters, but can be ill prepared when the sun blazes. All week long, temperatures have been soaring to records, and on Thursday, they reached a recorded high for Moscow, 100 degrees. July has been the hottest month since the city began taking such measurements 130 years ago, officials said.

Much of Russia has been similarly affected. Forest fires have erupted. Drought has ruined millions of acres of wheat. More than 2,000 people have died from drowning in rivers, reservoirs and elsewhere in July and June, often after seeking relief from the heat while intoxicated. In Moscow alone, the number of such deaths has tripled in comparison with last year, officials said.

Here is how extreme it has become: Oymyakon in Eastern Siberia is considered one of the coldest places on Earth, with winter temperatures dropping to as low as minus 90 degrees. On Thursday, the thermometer also read 90 degrees. Plus 90. In the evening.

New York, Washington and many other cities in the United States have certainly suffered from their own heat waves. But most Russians do not have air-conditioners, reasoning that they are not worth the investment given the typical summers here.

As if the heat were not enough, Moscow has lately been coated with a patina of smoke from fires that have broken out in dried-up peat bogs in the suburbs. Throw open a window in a desperate bid to catch a breeze and the unpleasant smell of smoke bounds in. One of the country’s chief medical authorities estimated that walking around Moscow for a few hours was the equivalent of smoking a pack or two of cigarettes.

A little respite from the heat is expected on Friday, when the temperatures are predicted to drop to 88 degrees in Moscow, but next week, they may jump to 100 again.

When the heat wave hit Russia, agriculture seemed the first to fall victim across much of the country, with officials predicting that grain production could decline by as much as 25 percent. Now, fish farms like Biserovsky are struggling to keep their stocks alive.

Here in the village of Rybkhoz, a name derived from the Russian words for “fish production,” the artificial ponds have been nurturing fish for local consumption since Nikita Khrushchev’s time.

Trout is a relatively new venture for the Biserovsky farm, underscoring Moscow’s prosperity. In Soviet times, trout — let alone fresh trout — was viewed as a delicacy, but these days, it is much more available. It often retails for about $5 to $7 a pound.

Biserovsky also produces carp, which is heartier and able to endure warm water, so that harvest is not at risk — at least not yet.

The farm said it had been expecting to harvest 100 tons of trout this year. Some died. The rest were prematurely sold — often at deep discounts — before they could be killed by the rising temperatures. About 30 percent of the live fish were in such bad shape that they could be used only for fish meal and other low-grade products.

With the current harvest gone, Mr. Tyurkin, who oversees the trout ponds at Biserovsky, has been intent on rescuing next year’s stock. His workers have been crowding the juvenile fish into a single pond that they have tried to cool down, as if it were a refugee camp for survivors of a great meteorological cataclysm.

“We realize that this may not have a great chance of succeeding, but if we don’t do this, they won’t have any chance at all,” Mr. Tyurkin said.

He explained that trout thrive in water that is 55 to 62 degrees. In recent days, the water temperature has spiked to as high as 85 degrees near the surface. The trout swim deeper to seek cooler water, but the lower they go, the less oxygen is available. They either overheat or suffocate.

Yuri Baranov, Biserovsky’s marketing director, said the heat had even paralyzed the farm’s ability to receive shipments of live trout that are raised elsewhere and then trucked here to be fattened up to their sale weight, usually about two pounds.

“All around Russia, even in the north, they are having the same problems,” Mr. Baranov said.

For now, the Biserovsky workers are pumping air into the ponds for the remaining stock, as well as circulating cooler water sucked up from the depths.

Mr. Tyurkin, with his expansive belly and equally expansive manner of talking about fish, was clearly pained by it all.

“These are like my children,” he said. “We see them when they are little hatchlings, then we watch them grow. And normally, you see the result of our work. But now, just look at this. They start dying, they float, and that’s it.”

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Rumored details of the wedding of former first daughter Chelsea Clinton to longtime boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky have been leaking out in the press for weeks, from what food will be served to what the bride will wear to what songs guests will dance to. And here, we’ve put them all in one place! (Much of the speculation, we’re sure, will shake out as fact, but the Chelsea's day: What we know - KIKI RYAN | POLITICO CLICK

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Three months ago, Arizona GOP Gov. Jan Brewer was in a fight for her political life. Her support for a sales tax increase had alienated her from her party, her approval ratings were in the dumps and she faced a handful of primary opponents looking to deny her nomination to a full term in office.

Today, however, Brewer’s star is on the rise. Her primary challengers have dropped out, she leads comfortably in the polls and her endorsement is highly sought after outside Arizona’s borders, where her stature is growing among conservatives.

It’s a remarkable reversal of fortune, and it’s one largely due to one thing — her signing of the state’s controversial new immigration law, a measure that she didn’t even publicly embrace until after its April passage.

“This is similar to a Sarah Palin-type rise in stature nationally,” said Republican Chuck Gray, the state Senate majority leader. “Prior to the signing of [Senate Bill] 1070, [Brewer] had no more notoriety than any other governor in the country.”

Brewer’s national backers aren’t concerned about what point she jumped on the bandwagon. They just know her as the face of Arizona’s illegal immigration resistance.

“Gov. Brewer is a leader and well-recognized and respected for her decisions in Arizona, particularly on immigration,” said Cinamon Watson, a spokeswoman for Colorado GOP Senate candidate Jane Norton, whom Brewer endorsed this week.

The fact that Brewer, a former secretary of state who assumed the governorship in January 2009 when Janet Napolitano resigned to become homeland security secretary, has developed a national profile in such a short period of time is a testament to the fury surrounding the state’s new immigration law.

She practically has a standing weekly appearance on Fox News host Greta Van Susteren’s show. On Tuesday evening, Brewer was

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How to Perform CPR

Learning how to perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) saves lives. While no statistics are available on the exact number of lives sudden cardiac arrest claims per year, approximately 335,000 people die annually of coronary heart disease without being hospitalized – or about 918 Americans each day, according to the American Heart Association (AHA).

Conventional CPR consists of chest compressions and rescue breathing. The American Heart Association continues to support this approach to CPR, but recent research demonstrates that rescue breathing may be unnecessary and potentially detrimental in cases of cardiac arrest. In the interest of presenting complete information, however, ACEP is including instructions on how to provide rescue breaths in this guide for laypersons who choose to employ them.

The tips provided below are based on procedures recommended by the AHA and are not a substitute for formal training in CPR. The AHA and the American Red Cross offer CPR courses; to register, contact the AHA at 1-800-AHA-USA1 or your local American Red Cross chapter. Everyone in your family should take one of these courses, and you should have your CPR skills tested at least every two years.

Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) are increasingly available at many locations, such as shopping malls and airports. They are small, lightweight devices used to assess a person’s heart rhythm. An AED can detect the need for and administer an electric shock to restore a normal heart rhythm in people with sudden cardiac arrest. ACEP supports widespread distribution of AEDs, as long as it is coordinated with existing EMS systems and includes proper training. Logical places for AEDs include police cars, theaters, sports arenas, public buildings, business offices and airports. An increasing number of commercial airplanes are now equipped with AEDs and enhanced medical kits.

CPR is typically administered in cases of cardiac arrest. Signs of cardiac arrest include an absence of heartbeats, blood flow and pulse. When blood stops flowing to the brain, the person becomes unconscious and stops regular breathing.

The ABCs of CPR are Airway, Breathing, and Circulation. This acronym is used to help you remember the steps to take when performing CPR.

Airway

• If a person has collapsed, determine if the person is unconscious. Gently prod the victim and shout, “Are you okay?” If there is no response, shout for help. Call 911 or your local emergency number.
• If the person is not lying flat on his or her back, roll him or her over, moving the entire body at one time.
• Open the person’s airway. Lift up the chin gently with one hand while pushing down on the forehead with the other to tilt the head back. (Do not try to open the airway using a jaw thrust for injured victims. Be sure to employ this head tilt-chin lift for all victims, even if the person is injured.)
• If the person may have suffered a neck injury, in a diving or automobile accident, for example, open the airway using the chin-lift without tilting the head back. If the airway remains blocked, tilt the head slowly and gently until the airway is open.
• Once the airway is open, check to see if the person is breathing.
• Take five to 10 seconds (no more than 10 seconds) to verify normal breathing in an unconscious adult, or for the existence or absence of breathing in an infant or child who is not responding.
• If opening the airway does not cause the person to begin to breathe, it is advised that you begin providing rescue breathing (or, minimally, begin providing chest compressions).

Breathing (Rescue Breathing)

Pinch the person’s nose shut using your thumb and forefinger. Keep the heel of your hand on the person’s forehead to maintain the head tilt. Your other hand should remain under the person’s chin, lifting up.

• Inhale normally (not deeply) before giving a rescue breath to a victim.
• Immediately give two full breaths while maintaining an air-tight seal with your mouth on the person’s mouth. Each breath should be one second in duration and should make the victim’s chest rise. (If the chest does not rise after the first breath is delivered, perform the head tilt-chin lift a second time before administering the second breath.) Avoid giving too many breaths or breaths that are too large or forceful.

Circulation (Chest Compressions)

After giving two full breaths, immediately begin chest compressions (and cycles of compressions and rescue breaths). Do not take the time to locate the person’s pulse to check for signs of blood circulation.

• Kneel at the person’s side, near his or her chest.
• With the middle and forefingers of the hand nearest the legs, locate the notch where the bottom rims of the rib cage meet in the middle of the chest.
• Place the heel of the hand on the breastbone (sternum) next to the notch, which is located in the center of the chest, between the nipples. Place your other hand on top of the one that is in position. Be sure to keep your fingers up off the chest wall. You may find it easier to do this if you interlock your fingers.
• Bring your shoulders directly over the person’s sternum. Press downward, keeping your arms straight. Push hard and fast. For an adult, depress the sternum about a third to a half the depth of the chest. Then, relax pressure on the sternum completely. Do not remove your hands from the person’s sternum, but do allow the chest to return to its normal position between compressions. Relaxation and compression should be of equal duration. Avoid interruptions in chest compressions (to prevent stoppage of blood flow).
• Use 30 chest compressions to every two breaths (or about five cycles of 30:2 compressions and ventilations every two minutes) for all victims (excluding newborns). You must compress at the rate of about 100 times per minute.
• Continue CPR until advanced life support is available.

Using an AED in conjunction with CPR:

• If using an AED in the case of a heart attack or cardiac arrest, single shocks should be followed by immediate CPR for two minutes. Heart rhythm checks should be performed every two minutes (or after giving about five cycles of CPR); the AED will provide audible prompts at the appropriate intervals. See AED section for details.
• If using an AED on a one- to eight-year-old child, use a child-dose-reduction system if available. (However, do not use child pads or a child dose on adults in cardiac arrest because the smaller dose may not defibrillate adults properly.)

CPR for Infants (Up to One Year Old)

Airway

With infants, be careful not to tilt the head back too far. An infant’s neck is so pliable that forceful backward tilting might block breathing passages instead of opening them.

Breathing

Do not pinch the nose of an infant who is not breathing. Cover both the mouth and the nose with your mouth and breathe slowly (one to one and a half seconds per breath), using enough volume and pressure to make the chest rise.

With a small child, pinch the nose closed, cover the mouth with your mouth and breathe at the same rate as for an infant. Rescue breathing should be done in conjunction with chest compressions. (See next section.)

Chest Compressions on Infants

• If alone with an unresponsive infant, give five cycles of CPR (compressions and ventilations) for about two minutes before calling 911 or your local emergency number.
• Use only the tips of the middle and ring fingers of one hand to compress the chest at the sternum (breastbone), just below the nipple line, as described in the table below. The other hand may be slipped under the back to provide a firm support. (However, if you can encircle your hands around the chest of the infant, using the thumbs to compress the chest, this is better than using the two-finger method.)
• Depress the sternum between a third to a half the depth of the chest at a rate of at least 100 times a minute.
• Two breaths should be given during a pause after every 30 chest compressions (a 30:2 compression-to-ventilation ratio or two breaths about every two minutes) on all infants (excluding newborns).
• Continue CPR until emergency medical help arrives.

Small Children (ages one to eight)

• Give five cycles of CPR (compressions and ventilations) for about two minutes before calling 911.
• Use the heel of one or two hands, as needed, and compress on the breastbone at about the nipple line.
• Depress the sternum about a third to a half the depth of the chest, depending on the size of the child. The rate should be 100 times per minute.
• Give two breaths for every 30 chest compressions (30:2 ratio) or two breaths about every two minutes.
• Continue CPR until emergency medical help arrives.

• How to Perform CPR

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Compression-only CPR found effective

Two studies of CPR techniques find that chest compressions alone, without forced breathing, are effective in helping victims of heart attacks.

Two new studies conclude that "hands only" chest compression is enough to save a life. (Haraz N. Ghanbari / Associated Press)

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Chest compressions alone are as effective in rescuing victims of heart attacks as conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation that combines compressions with forced breathing, researchers said Wednesday.

Studies in Washington and Sweden confirm the growing idea that the breathing component of CPR is necessary only for children and those who have suffered drowning or who have respiratory problems. Recent guidelines based on these and earlier studies may overcome some of the fears of bystanders who are reluctant to initiate CPR because of the danger of infectious diseases.

"These studies reinforce the message that the American Heart Assn. has been promoting since 2008," said Dr. Michael Sayre, a professor of emergency medicine at Ohio State University in Columbus and a spokesman for the heart association. "When you encounter a person who has collapsed suddenly, the best thing to do is to call 911 and then push hard and fast on their chest. It's simple, and something anyone can do even if they don't have any training."

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Communities that are already using the new approach are seeing dramatic increases in survival of people who experience heart attacks, said Dr. Paul E. Pepe, head of the emergency medicine department of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. Several years ago, Pepe incorporated the findings into guidelines prepared for the National Academies of Emergency Dispatch.

In smaller communities around Dallas that have been able to implement the guidelines quickly, survival rates have as much as quadrupled, Pepe said. In Dallas itself, which has been slower to implement them because of its size, survival has increased by as much as 60%.

The national average survival rate for heart attacks outside the hospital is about 4% or less, Pepe said, and only a quarter to a third of those who could survive are actually getting CPR, so significant numbers of people could be saved if CPR were used more widely.

Studies in animals have shown that halting chest compressions to blow air into the patient's mouth reduces blood flow by a startlingly large amount. And the breathing drill, in any case, may not be necessary: For most patients who suffer a heart attack, the blood will contain some oxygen for at least several minutes.

"What we have learned is that continuous blood flow, even if it is not fully [oxygen-] saturated, is probably much better in terms of helping restore spontaneous circulation," Pepe said.

The two new studies, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, were similar in design. In one, conducted by Dr. Thomas D. Rea of the University of Washington in Seattle and his colleagues, 1,941 heart attack victims were included. In the second, conducted by Dr. Marten Rosenqvist of the Karolinska Institutet of Stockholm, 1,276 victims were studied.

In both cases, 911 operators randomly instructed callers to administer either conventional CPR or only chest compressions. Rea and his colleagues found that 12.5% of those given only compressions survived to be discharged from the hospital, compared to 11% of those given conventional CPR. Rosenqvist and colleagues found that the 30-day survival was 8.7% for those given compressions only, compared to 7% for those given conventional CPR.

In neither case were the differences statistically significant.

"Both types of CPR performed by a bystander are beneficial, and the benefit is well above not doing anything," Rea said. He hopes that the ease of doing compression alone will increase CPR rates up to at least one in two "and therefore save a lot more lives."

thomas.maugh@latimes.com

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Free outdoor concerts in New Jersey: Hubert Sumlin, Billy Paul, Houston Person, others | NJ.com

Free outdoor concerts in New Jersey: Hubert Sumlin, Billy Paul, Houston Person, others

Published: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 6:16 PM Updated: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 6:42 PM

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The great blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin presents a free concert Aug. 8 at Duke Island Park in Bridgewater

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It's almost August, so time is running out to take advantage of the free, outdoor concerts that are plentiful in New Jersey during the summer months. Here's a roundup of some of the shows that remain.

Here are some of the free, outdoor concerts that will be presented in New Jersey in the weeks to come.

BLOOMFIELD

Free Summer Concert Series, at Venner Park water fountain

July 29: No Name James and Butterball
Aug. 5: Hey Tiger
Aug. 12: Jazz Prophets Ensemble
Aug. 19: No Name James and Butterball

Shows at 4 p.m. Visit bloomfieldcenter.com.

BLOOMFIELD/EAST ORANGE

Summer Music at Watsessing Park

Aug. 3: Gradie Stone

Show at 7 p.m. Call (973) 268-3500 or visit essexcountynj.org

BLOOMFIELD/MONTCLAIR

Summer Music at Brookdale Park

July 30: Bobby and the Jets, Big Shot
Aug. 6: New York Rat Pack, Soul Be It

Shows at 7:30 p.m. Call (973) 268-3500 or visit essexcountynj.org.

BRIDGEWATER

Summer Concert Series, at Duke Island Park

Aug. 1: Tony Trischka
Aug. 8: Hubert Sumlin
Aug. 15: The B-Street Band (Springsteen tribute)
Aug. 22: Junior Walker's All-Stars
Aug. 29: The Jumpers Orchestra

Shows at 7 p.m. Visit somersetcountyparks.org.

CALDWELL

Summer Music at Grover Cleveland Park

Aug. 10: Jersey Sound

Show at 7 p.m. Call (973) 268-3500 or visit essexcountynj.org

CAMDEN

Wiggins Waterfront Park

Aug. 2: Buster Williams Quartet
Aug. 17: Bobby Caldwell
Aug. 31: Billy Paul, the Sweeties, Special Occasions, The Ebonys, The Ingram Brothers
Sept. 5, 2 p.m.: Backyard BBQ featuring Marcia Ball, the Radiators, Big Sam's Funky Nation, 61 North

Shows at 8 p.m. except as noted. Visit ccparks.com.

CLARK

Union County MusicFest at Oak Ridge Park

Sept. 11: The Bravery, Soul Asylum, OK Go, Mike Peters and Friends, Willie Nile, Jesse Malin, 61 North
Sept. 12: Spoon, Robert Randolph, Nils Lofgren Acoustic Duo, The Zombies, Suzanne Vega

Visit ucmusicfest.com.

FLEMINGTON

Music On Main Street

July 29: Tequila Rose
Aug. 12: Yasgur’s Farm
Aug. 26: Big City

Shows at 7 p.m. Visit historicflemington.com.

FLORHAM PARK

Florham Park Gazebo Summer Concert Series, at Borough Hall Complex, 111 Ridgedale Ave.

Aug. 1: British Invasion Tribute
Aug. 8: Jesse Garron's Tribute to Elvis

Shows at 7 p.m. Call (830) 542-9326 or visit florhamparkgazebo.com.

HOBOKEN

Summer Concerts at Sinatra Park

July 29: Smokey's Roundup
Aug. 5: Ray Medina's Orchestra C2
Aug. 12: Sinatra Idol Winners
Aug. 19: Julio Fernandez and friends
Aug. 26: Swingadelic

Shows begin at 7 p.m. Call (201) 420-2207 or visit www.hobokennj.org.

JERSEY CITY

Groove On Grove, at Grove Street PATH Plaza (Grove Street and Columbus Drive).

July 28: Jordan Piper, Sarah Talbot, The Touristas

Shows at 6 p.m. Visit grooveongrove.com.

KEYPORT

Jazz and Blues on Front Street, Keyport Mini Park, corner of West Front Street a Main Street

Aug. 5: Moose and the Bulletproof Band
Aug. 12: Nine Below Zero
Aug. 19: Goldenseal
Aug. 26: Shadetree Mechanics
Sept. 2 Colts Neck Swing Band

Shows at 7 p.m. Call 732-739-0690 or visit jsjbf.org.

LINDEN

Raymond Wood Bauer Promenade, 400 N. Wood Ave.

Aug. 3: JoBonanno & The Godsons of Soul
Aug. 10: David Cedeño & His Salsa American Orchestra
Aug. 17: The Sensational Soul Cruisers
Aug. 24: Bronx Wanderers (tribute to Frankie Valli and Dion)
Aug. 31: Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra
Sept. 7: Jersey Sound
Sept. 14: Verdict
Sept. 21: 52nd Street (Billy Joel tribute)
Sept. 28: Dara & Frank

Shows at 7:30 p.m. Call (908) 474-8600 or visit linden-nj.org.

LITTLE FALLS

Summer In the Park concerts, Main Street and Wilmore Road

July 29: FrostKings
Aug. 5: Thunder Hill
Aug. 12: The Kootz
Aug. 19: James L. Dean Big Band
Aug. 26: Sweeter Than Honey

Shows at 7 p.m. Visit abc-littlefalls.org.

LONG BRANCH

Blues By the Beach, at West End Park, corner of Brighton and Ocean Avenues.

Aug. 1: Blackberry Blues Band
Aug. 8: Moose and the Bullet Proof Band
Aug. 15: Felix Cabrera Band
Aug. 22: Shade Tree Mechanics
Aug. 29: The VooDudes

Shows at 7 p.m. Call (732) 923-2044 or visit jsjbf.org.

LYNDHURST

Music Under the Stars, Town Park, Delafield Avenue

July 28, 8 p.m.: The Cameos
Aug. 11, 8 pm..: The Bronx Wanderers

Visit lyndhurstnj.org.

MONROE TOWNSHIP

Music In the Park, at Open Grove Gazebo on the Lake, Thompson Park.

July 29: Russian Folk Trio
Aug. 5: Latin Quintet, featuring Josh Robinson
Aug. 12: Houston Person Quartet

Shows at 6 p.m. Call (732) 521-4400, ext. 134, or visit monroetownshipCulturalarts.com.

MONTCLAIR/VERONA

Summer Music at Kip's Castle

Aug 13: Garden State Concert Band

Show at 7 p.m. Call (973) 268-3500 or visit essexcountynj.org

MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP

Concerts In the Park, at Community Park Amphitheater

Aug. 12: Northern Comfort

Shows at 7:30 p.m. Call (973) 331-3305 or visit www.montvillenj.org.

NETCONG:

Borough of Netcong Concert Series, at DiRenzo Park, Dell Avenue (just off Allen Street)

July 30: Katalyst
Aug. 6: Steppin' Out
Aug 13: Renewal
Aug 27: BGB Band

Concerts at 7 p.m. Call (973) 347-7307 ext. 134.

NEWARK

Sounds of the City, Theatre Square Plaza at New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center St.

July 28: DJ show: Questlove, sHaKe
July 29: Frankie and the Family Band, Red Baraat, Darryl D’Bonneau, DJ Duce Martinez, DJ Louie Lou Gorbea
Aug. 5: Vlada Tomova’s Balkan Tales, The Tomás Doncker Band, Elisabeth Withers, and DJ Hippie Torrales
Aug. 12: Charanga Soleil, Focus Trio featuring Marc Cary, Mandingo Ambassadors, DJ Neva
Aug. 19: Darien, Kimberly Nichole, Gordon Chambers, and DJ Sabine
Aug. 26: Pasion Por La Vida, David Cedeño and His Orchestra, Pzazz Dance Company, DJ Jose Rodriguez, DJ Danny Ramirez

Shows at 5 p.m. Call (888) GO-NJPAC or visit njpac.org.

Summer Music at Ivy Hill Park

Aug. 17: Denise Hamilton

Show at 7 p.m. Call (973) 268-3500 or visit essexcountynj.org

Summer Music at Weequahic Park

Aug. 10: Harold Melvin's Blue Notes

Show at 7 p.m. Call (973) 268-3500 or visit essexcountynj.org

NUTLEY

Summer Music at Yanticaw Park

July 29: Marty Derose

Show at 7 p.m. Call (973) 268-3500 or visit essexcountynj.org

ORANGE

Summer Music at Monte Irvin Orange Park

Aug. 15: Caribbean Festival
Aug. 29: Spanish Festival

Shows at noon except as noted. Call (973) 268-3500 or visit essexcountynj.org.

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE

Concerts In the Park, at Libert Park, Main Street, Peapack

Aug. 4: Briz
Aug. 11: Tequila Rose
Aug. 18: Big Jeff (children's entertainer)
Aug. 25: Open jam session

Shows at 7 p.m. Call (908) 234-2250.

PENNSAUKEN

Twilight Concerts, at Cooper River Park

Aug. 5: City Rhythm Orchestra presents the Music of Count Basie & Sinatra
Aug. 19: The Crystals

Visit ccparks.com.

RED BANK

Jazz in the Park, at Riverside Gardens Park

July 29: Chuck Lambert, with the Al Wright Unit
Aug. 5: Tom Timko, with the Gambone Project
Aug. 12: The VooDudes, with the Gambone Project
Aug. 19: The Jazz Lobsters, with the Gambone Project

Shows at 7 p.m. Call (888) 447-8696 or visit redbanksummerseries.org.

Songwriters in the Park At Riverside Gardens Park

July 30: Richard Barone, Bruce Tunkel

Show at 7 p.m. Visit myspace.com/songwritersinthepark.

SOMERVILLE

Connie Tarantino Summer Concerts, on Somerset County Courthouse lawn

July 30: John Harrity
Aug. 6: Ginny Johnston and Mosaic
Aug. 13: Dixie Mix Dixieland Band
Aug. 20: Marshall’s Dixieland Band
Aug. 27: Gordon James

Shows at 7 p.m. Visit findsomerville.com.

SPRINGFIELD

Summer Concert at Jonathan Dayton High School

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The mayor of City of Detroit, Dave Bing, has received federal money for the demolition of 10,000 Detroit homes over the next three years. Forty percent of the city is abandoned, a vast horizon of vacant land and burned out buildings. Currently, there are 33,000 empty and unused homes in the city. Along with thousands of empty commerical buildings. Detroit Michigan is at the bottom of economic recession in the US. Nationally the US is just below 10 percent unemployment. The state of Michigan is at 14 percent. But Detroit as estimated by Mayor Bing could be as high as 50 percent.

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