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(The image of the pictograph is of a Chumash painting in Santa Barbara.)
UPDATED June 18
It's a deal … maybe
After a half-century of delays, and just when you thought the mandatory cleanup might finally move forward at the contaminated Boeing-owned Santa Susana Field Lab (SSFL), yet another signed agreement seems to be poised to fail. The December 2010 consent agreement signed by the Department of Energy and NASA with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, the agency in charge of the cleanup, might have been the final agreement that would see actual progress in remediating the witch's brew of toxic chemicals, heavy metals and radiation that permeates the compound, the residue of a Cold War.
Agencies and others in the agreement, however, are now sending mixed signals as to their future intentions, adding a level of confusion and uncertainty, beginning with the ownership of SSFL.
"Boeing owns most of SSFL and the federal government owns the remainder (all of Area II and a portion of Area l)," said Merrilee Fellows, NASA Public Affairs Officer for SSFL. "These federal lands are referred to as "owned by the federal government and administered by NASA." The portion of SSFL occupied by DOE is owned by Boeing and leased by DOE.
Advocates of a thorough cleanup of the pollutants, despite some reassurances, may feel the final deal slipping away from them. Some blame Boeing, officials at DTSC, mid-level managers at NASA, mid-level managers at the DOE and the Santa Ynez Chumash Tribe.
It has been nearly 54 years since the defense contractor site at SSFL experienced a partial meltdown at one of the 10 experimental nuclear reactors in Area IV of SSFL. Located on a mountaintop straddling the border between Simi Valley and Chatsworth, the SSFL site is only 30 miles from downtown Los Angeles. The 1959 nuclear accident lasted for two weeks, during which time radiation was vented over the San Fernando Valley on a daily basis.
In 1996, Boeing purchased Rockwell International, which included the Rocketdyne division, which had conducted tens of thousands of rocket engine tests over the years. The 1959 partial meltdown occurred under the ownership of Atomics International. Although Boeing has since sold Rockwell International, it has retained ownership of SSFL. As the current owner of most of the site, Boeing is now responsible for remediating the contaminated site to the standards which are required.
Ever since the 1959 hushed-up brush with nuclear disaster was uncovered in 1979, a parade of contracts, consent agreements, promises, threats and court actions have failed to get the poisons off the mountain and out of the groundwater. During that time, radioactivity, heavy metals and deadly chemicals have soaked the SSFL compound. When California passed a law in 2007, SB 990, that required all of the stakeholders to clean up the mess to the most stringent standard — agricultural — Boeing decided instead to sue California in federal court. Boeing prevailed and the case is now on appeal. To understand what is happening to the current agreement, you need to know the standards of cleanup. The strictest standard is agricultural, clean enough to grow food, which is also referred to as the original background standard, the amount of radiation that existed in the background before anything was built on the land. The next standard is residential, which is clean enough for houses to be safely inhabited. Third on the list is industrial. And the least strict standard, that which can have the highest radiation reading, is open space. That is the standard for public parks because people are only exposed to the radioactivity for a few hours at a time.
Boeing insists that it is continuing to abide by an early consent agreement.
"In 2007, Boeing signed a consent order, a comprehensive cleanup agreement with the Department of Toxic Substances Control and continues to comply with it," said Boeing spokeswoman Kamara Sams. "Our site will be restricted and preserved as open space parkland. However, we are committed to cleaning up the site to a suburban residential level, which provides 10 times more safety than what's required for open space or parks in the state of California."
It has been 54 years since the defense contractor experienced a partial meltdown at one of the 10 experimental nuclear reactors
in Area IV of Santa Susana Field Laboratory.
Sams said that Boeing has removed or treated more than 74,000 cubic yards of soil site-wide. Sams also said that 400 structures have been dismantled and that a state-of-the-art groundwater treatment system has been installed.
An invitation was extended to the community to "attend one of our frequent walking and bus tours so they can see the progress at the site for themselves."
Nuclear expert Dan Hirsch is the co-founder of Committee to Bridge the Gap, a nonprofit nuclear policy organization focusing on issues of nuclear safety, waste disposal, proliferation, and disarmament, and has been actively trying to get SSFL cleaned up for 30 years.
"The site is heavily contaminated with radioactivity and toxic chemicals. That contamination includes soil, groundwater and surface water," said Hirsch. "The Los Angeles Regional Quality Control Board has cited SSFL for scores of violations of water pollution limits in recent years; i.e., contamination has been migrating offsite in surface runoff whenever it rains. Contaminants have been found at the nearby Brandeis Bardin Camp Institute and the Sage Ranch Park, part of the Santa Monica Conservancy, as well as two proposed housing developments. A quarter of the water wells in Simi Valley have been found to be contaminated with perchlorate. The TCE plume, which covers a significant portion of the 2,850 acres of the site, has migrated offsite as well."
Mark Malinowski of DTSC said, despite the Boeing water treatment system, it could take centuries to get rid of the contaminants completely. He said the geology of the site is fractured rock and very complex.
"Contaminated groundwater that is caught in a dead-end fracture cannot be easily removed," Malinowsky said. "Some chemicals stick to the rock and soil. Stuck contaminants can be at concentrations that continue to contaminate the groundwater. Pump and treat can be a very time consuming and expensive approach. Pumping will have to continue for many more decades."
The guys in the white hats?
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was given $41 million in stimulus money to establish which radionuclides are still present and their potency. The survey was also expected to compare the current readings to the original background levels.But after some samples were sent to various labs, trouble began — the background information was not being uniformly calculated.
Gregg Dempsey of the EPA offered an explanation at a community meeting in Simi Valley on December 11, 2012.
Dempsey said the labs were the problem. "We really had to spend a lot of extra time with them [the labs] on making sure that the data product they got to us could be validated," and there was difficulty determining the background levels of remediated areas.
According to the EPA website, there are massive amounts of hazardous chemicals and radioactive substances littering SSFL, including some of the most toxic substances known to man such as dioxins and plutonium.
"Past site operations have resulted in soil and groundwater contamination. Primary chemical contaminants include a variety of radionuclides, trichloroethylene (TCE), perchloroethylene (PCE), metals and petroleum hydrocarbons . . .. It is estimated that more than 500,000 gallons of TCE is beneath the site. Radionuclides associated with (Area IV) nuclear operations include tritium, plutonium-238, plutonium-239, iodine-131, strontium-90, cesium-137, cobalt-60, thorium-228 and uranium-235."
A 2006 UCLA study estimated that the chances of getting cancer from the toxins were statistically higher for workers who had been at SSFL for several years. On the DTSC website, a warning about offsite migration was issued.
"The following chemicals should be considered for continuing offsite monitoring: PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), PCDDs (polychlorinated dibenzodioxins)/PCDFs (polychlorinated dibenzofurans), perchlorate, beryllium, asbestos, arsenic, chromium, mercury, lead, N-nitroso-dimethylamine, TCE, and DCE.
"A comprehensive offsite monitoring of radionuclides is warranted given the recent detection of tritium at levels as high as 83,000 pCi/L (PicoCuries per liter) in new groundwater wells. Some radionuclides to monitor offsite include: tritium, cesium-137, strontium-90, radium 226/228, plutonium-238, thorium-230, and uranium-235.
"Municipal water supply companies using groundwater wells in Ventura and Los Angeles counties (within three miles of SSFL) should regularly monitor for perchlorate, NDMA, 1,4-dioxane, and chromium and assess the ability of their water treatment systems to remove these chemicals."
Another issue in this long-running drama is seen in the criticism that was leveled at the top officials at DTSC by Consumer Watchdog. The consumer advocate group filed a complaint with the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) alleging that Chief Deputy Director of DTSC Odette Madriago and Deputy Director Stewart Black had financial conflicts of interest through large personal investments with the very corporations they were required to regulate.
In a letter to DTSC Director Debbie Raphael, state Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett, D-San Leandro, wrote that the performance of DTSC was "failing to adequately do its job to protect California from dangerous and poisonous substances."
The Ventura County Reporter inaccurately reported on June 6, 2013, that Stewart Black, deputy director for the state Department of Toxic Substances Control, is leaving the Department. Black is not leaving. Additionally, the article may appear to imply that Chief Deputy Director of DTSC Odette Madriago is leaving the department as a result of the findings of an FPPC investigation. Madriago, unrelated to any investigation, announced earlier this spring that she has stepped down as Chief Deputy Director and is retiring at the end of the year.
NASA and the Chumash Tribe
After signing the 2010 agreement, a different arm of NASA, the Office of Inspector General, launched an internal audit that showed the standard for the contractual cleanup will cost more than a more modest cleanup of the site.
"NASA's Office of the Inspector General conducted the audit. They are a body separate and independent from the operational activities of NASA. Audits and other activities are undertaken by them at their own initiative."
Since those results were published in a report titled, report titled "NASA Committed to an Excessive and Unnecessarily Costly Cleanup," NASA has been offering reasons why it should not clean up the land to original background standard.
"NASA has agreed to clean its portion of the Santa Susana site to a level that exceeds the generally accepted standard necessary to protect human health in light of the expected future use of the site. Moreover, the cleanup is likely to cost taxpayers significantly more than the cleanup effort NASA agreed to in its 2007 Consent Order with the State of California — a remediation level that was more stringent than what would be required based on the expected use of the site."
The report then details the estimated and projected costs and truckloads, emphasizing how much more expensive it will be to adhere to the 2010 consent agreement. It also states that it cannot meet the 2017 deadline. No equation that determines the cost or number of truckloads has been agreed upon by all parties.
The EPA survey found examples of extremely high levels of radiation, 1,000 times background in one instance, but "look-up" charts needed to calculate precisely what needs to be done have not yet been created. The audit report further indicated:
"NASA, Boeing, and DOE officials told us that political interest in the SSFL cleanup is rooted in a long history of community distrust about the federal government's activities at the site, particularly the nuclear testing and research the government conducted there in the 1950s. According to DOE officials, a partial meltdown of one of the nuclear reactors at DOE's portion of the site in 1959 has been a longstanding focus of public attention and suspicion from anti-nuclear groups. DTSC also cited community distrust as one of the reasons California has taken a particularly aggressive approach to the SSFL cleanup."
NASA said it is still waiting for the results and data from the EPA survey, although the raw results were released in December, some six months ago.
After reading the NASA internal audit report, a concerned Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., sent a letter to the NASA administrator on March 29, 2012:
"I was alarmed to learn that NASA has threatened to unilaterally move forward without addressing the state's legitimate concerns and without laying the groundwork for protecting public health in a manner that is consistent with its agreement. I share California's very serious concerns about what appears to be NASA's apparent disregard of the commitment that it has made to the state and its citizens."
When asked why NASA launched its own internal audit and why it was happened after the consent agreement of 2010 had been signed by NASA, a brief reply came from Renee Juhans, executive officer of the NASA Office of Inspector General: "We have no further comment."
Further complicating the cleanup, the Santa Ynez Chumash Tribe has entered the picture and wants to buy the NASA portion of the SSFL, where the Burro Flats Painted Cave is located. The cave holds ancient pictographs, which may be the most complete in the state and are about 1,000 years old.
In a press release, referring to the agreed cleanup of the NASA portion of SSFL, tribal spokesman Sam Cohen said the Chumash are requesting the land be transferred to the tribe in fee title instead of the typical federal trust. Cohen says that fee title "prevents it from being used as a casino."
Nuclear expert Dan Hirsch of Committee to Bridge the Gap is concerned about what Cohen did not include in his statement. Hirsch referred to the routine process of changing the fee title to a trust title with the federal government. When the title is in trust, the land becomes a virtual part of the reservation and, with that change, also establishes tribal sovereignty. As such, government regulations, even on a very local level, are no longer in authority. The Indian law of the tribe becomes the law of the land.
"Once they get it into fee (title), they can transfer it into trust. They are the Santa Ynez Band that operates a casino. The amounts of money that they could bring in would be in the billions. You acquire it in fee. You transfer it into trust. And you create a casino."
"I very much respect their desire to protect sacred sites but I want to make sure any such action precludes the establishment of a casino," said Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks.
Cohen said there is no possibility of a casino on the property.
"If the tribe owns the land, we'll be in the best position to protect sacred sites," Cohen said. "We are definitely committed to the cleanup. But we are also committed to the protection of the cultural resources on the site. So far, I have not seen any conflicts between the two goals. I don't see a conflict."
NASA takes great pride in the way it has protected the Burro Flats Painted Cave and the ancient pictographs, according to NASA program director Allen Elliott, who is in charge of NASA's operations and land use.
"NASA takes its obligation for protection extremely seriously and has been very careful to limit access to Burro Flats [Painted] Cave to protect it from damage or harm," Elliott said. "The site has been under our stewardship for over 50 years and has remained undamaged. Both GSA and NASA as federal agencies recognize the importance of protecting the site in the future regardless of the ultimate owner."
NASA project manager at SSFL, Peter Zorba, is in charge of the cleanup at SSFL for NASA.
"The Santa Ynez Chumash Band is one of the 'consulting parties' under the National Historic Preservation Act, and like many other consulting parties and local tribes, has been expressing concerns regarding the proposed cleanup since our initial discussions began in 2011," Zorba said.
Parks questioned whether the Chumash, assuming they get the power of tribal sovereignty like other federally recognized tribes, would be bound by the elaborate cleanup agreement orders that apply to the portion of the sprawling facility that they are seeking.
A Los Angeles Times article on Oct. 30, 2012, reported, "Although decades of security have helped preserve the cave's painted images, Cohen said the tribe fears the effects of possible cleanup measures." Cohen describes one cleanup measure as "scraping the site clean," possibly damaging the paintings.
Rick Brausch, who is directing the cleanup for DTSC, said those fears were unfounded.
"We've heard hyperbole being kicked around about scraping the top off the mountain and it's not remotely accurate," Brausch said.
Zorba said NASA's contractual obligations will be met. "NASA remains committed to completing the cleanup of the portions of SSFL that NASA administers, regardless of any change in ownership and the timing of any change."
Nuclear watchdog Hirsch is concerned, however, about possible failure to remove the contamination if the land eventually falls under national sovereignty.
"From a safety standpoint, if they [Chumash] acquire the land before it is cleaned up, there are serious questions as to whether or not the cleanup can even occur," he said. "The Native American tribe is arguably sovereign. Therefore, federal environmental laws do not apply?"
Local politicians demand cleanup
Many local agencies and groups have formally signed resolutions demanding that Boeing and the others clean up the mess so no one else is exposed to the hazards that are present.
The Ventura County Board of Supervisors and the city of Simi Valley have passed resolutions confirming their expectations that SSFL will be cleaned up to the standards in the 2010 agreement. Recently, the Los Angeles City Council passed a similar resolution.
L.A. City Councilman Dennis Zine was one of the sponsors and explained why the city of L.A. is so concerned about the pollutants remaining at SSFL.
"The site is on the fringe of Ventura County but the impact is on Los Angeles," Zine said. "We are concerned with health standards, health issues, cancer from the heavy metals and absorption into the groundwater supply. We've been discussing this cleanup for years. It's been a very long song and it doesn't seem to end the talking, with very little actual activity taking place on the cleanup. I think one of the problems is, who is in charge?"
Congresswoman Julia Brownley, D-Thousand Oaks, said she expects the cleanup to proceed according to the agreement. "I want to make sure that NASA and DOE uphold their commitment to clean up the property. I want to make sure that both DOE and NASA have the appropriate budget available to them for cleanup."
If this dysfunctional co-existence between a toxic mountain and an urbanized area is our legacy from the Cold War, did we really win?


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SALEM - A Salem High School social studies teacher has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into allegations made by some students last week, Superintendent Tom Bratten said.
The superintendent was contacted Wednesday and said he couldn't go into detail about the allegations.
Salem Police Det. Dave Talbert also couldn't go into detail, but said by phone that he was investigating a possible situation involving a female student and male teacher related to an incident that occurred on March 18, a day that students were out of school for a snow day.
He said he received a tip from the parent of one of the student's friends on March 22 and contacted both the school and Children Services. The female student is a 17-year-old junior, Talbert confirmed.
He said the investigation is in the preliminary stage. At this time, he's "conducting interviews, talking to witnesses and gathering information."
Bratten said the students approached Salem High School Principal Dr. Joe Shivers with the allegations on March 21 and he in turn contacted Bratten, who explained the district has protocols in place that must be followed.
That evening, Bratten said he called the teacher and told him there were "allegations of a serious nature" and he had to be put on paid administrative leave.
District officials started investigating, talking to students and legal counsel. He said the police contacted the district the next day. When asked why the district didn't contact the police, he said they were following their protocol.
"When gathering information, you don't just jump to conclusions," he said.
Whenever any type of allegations are made, he said their protocol is to place the employee on paid administrative leave, then conduct an investigation. He explained that the reason behind paid administrative leave is the fact if a situation turns out to be true and if a teacher has been continuing to teach, then students have been placed at risk. With a teacher on leave, they can investigate without that risk. The safety of the students is their first concern, he said.
"We're trying to make sure we do what we need to do by the letter of the law," Bratten said.
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Another great show. For me I tried Linux a few times on the nags of some of my friends, but always come to the conclusion that Linux has two big drawbacks:
1. I have a set of applications that I'm used to and learning new ones is out of the questions... and of course there is no Visual Studio.
2. Linux constantly wants attention and I don't want to give any time to the OS I'm on.
So Win 7 is best for me... it's fast, silent and does the job the way it should. And that is also the thing why upgrading to Win 8 is out of the question for now... to much attention.
Erm Paul, that isn't quite what I said at all about backward compatibility :/
I love my Windows Phone etc but I try and avoid the arguments about which is better etc, no one will ever win those. It is all about personal preference and there is no right answer.
Laura is so Sexy. More cleavage please!!
@Lexian: If this show is going to have more cleavage, it's going to come from Paul.
@dtower: Well, quite a few niners agree with me, lookie:
It was during 2nd grade in high school I had a discussions with one of the media teachers during an ICT class. The media class (and teachers) are fully iFanBoy, meaning they (almost) only use Apple devices for whatever they do during school and free-time. The teacher told me that on Mac you could create the most beautiful applications there was. I looked at a bit weird at him, turned around my laptop and said to him: "You see this program? It is called Visual Studio. With this you can basically create any application there is: everything from a cook book program for your mother or a web server." Probably the funniest discussion I ever had with an Apple fanboy.
I'm happy to see that you guys are working on your Facebook app again. I remember my experience with the current Facebook application on my Lumia 800 was that it was plain slow. I did not see why the menus where lagging and why it took so long time to start the application and load stuff on it. It ended up for me to use other apps for Facebook which had some iframe-like integration of the web-version of Facebook. But it is nice to see it is finally getting worked on
I loved the phone wars commercial. I just roll my eyes at these iDroid users. (Did I just coin a new term - iDroid?)
One thing that I think Microsoft needs to do (and it has little to do with its products) is that they need to produce more commercials that actually explains what people can do with its products. (Microsoft has done more of this lately and I am glad.)
I live in a big city where there are lots of people commute by train. I think it would be a huge selling point if people saw that they could do real work as well on their commute using a tablet / convertible / Windows Phone in Microsoft Office.
Highlight live tiles in a commercial.
I found that a lot of my time is spent correcting the misinformation that's out there.
Recently I debate almost daily with my friends about this. but it gets really boring really fast so I now just do a "smoked by Windows Phone"-type thing. Then I just do like the great ones, drop the mic and walk off.
I try to be kind through it all though, they've suffered enough. But seriously, everybody is entitled to use and like whatever it is they want. I just love these thing so I want them to do it too but I certainly won't fight them over it. Some people really get worked up.
Drop the contracts and go with T-Mobile you can get the Nokia 521 for 149.00 and $50 a month no contract service for Unlimited Text, Talk and 500 MB of 4g speed of unlimited data. For an additional $10 you can get 2 gig of 4g speed of unlimited data.
I just share my knowledge of the product and let the individual make their own assessment. One thing I've recalled from college and other communication classes you can have a good discussion until someone says "I feel ....." that's when you call it quits.
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Ben Harper acoustic concert in Florence
Ben Harper announces Five Italian dates of his new acoustic tour that started in early November from California. Ben Harper will be in Florence on May 10 at Teatro Verdi at 20:45
Tickets are already on sale from 27 November.
In his new tour Ben Harper will revise his entire career, from the first album Welcome to the Cruel World , until the more recent Get Up .
These dates Italian :
May 9 - Padova - Gran Teatro Geox
10 May - Florence - Teatro Verdi in Florence b>
May 11 - Rome - Auditorium Parco della Musica
May 13 - Milan - Gran Teatro Linear4Ciak
May 14 - Turin - Teatro Colosseo in Turin.
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Babcock vs. Quenneville.
Posted 13 May 2013 - 01:51 AM
Does Detroit have Joel figured out? Or were the various prior circumstances entirely a function of the teams playing, and not the coaching strategies?
Just playin Chris, you know I love you!
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lilja is about the sweetest kitten we have raised here
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Posted 13 May 2013 - 01:53 AM
meaningless stat.
Posted 13 May 2013 - 06:47 AM
has quennville ever had the better team, up until now?
meaningless stat.
Does the best team always win??
Useless post.
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Just playin Chris, you know I love you!
lilja is an icelandic pony
lilja is an average high girl with blond hair and very sexy
lilja is about the sweetest kitten we have raised here
lilja is the comatose victim of a questionable accident
Posted 13 May 2013 - 06:58 AM
Also every time we've been Q haven't we gone to the cup? I think I remember a stat like that floating around. Regardless, this is the best team Q has had to ice against us (that I can remember) so all of that goes out the door.
Edited by Number19, 13 May 2013 - 06:59 AM.
Posted 13 May 2013 - 07:15 AM
You can have the fastest car but if you can't drive you'll never win.
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Posted 13 May 2013 - 07:18 AM
edit: Aww poop....I deleted all my photos form imageshack and it deleted these two...oh well it was just two photos comparing death stares....
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The Red Wings Need Pugnaciousness...
Posted 13 May 2013 - 08:15 AM
I know the Hawks are better but I can't help but feel like the series will be more run and gun. As long as we can score more than 2 goals a game we will be fine.
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Posted 13 May 2013 - 02:52 PM
Babcock >>> Quenville and the whole league knows it. It's a fact not an opinion. However, Hawks talent >>> Red wings talent.
In the end, it will come down to who chokes and who doesn't. We need another Perry type fluff from Hawks star players.
Edited by kickazz, 13 May 2013 - 02:53 PM.
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Posted 13 May 2013 - 03:43 PM
Quenneville was on the score today and they asked him about never beating the Wings in a series... he laughed and said he beat us as an assistant in Colorado in 96 (the year they won the cup) and that season we had like 130 points so it was a big deal to beat us.
Posted 13 May 2013 - 05:08 PM
I will take Babcock over Quennvelle anyday. Go Wings!
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Posted 13 May 2013 - 06:45 PM
We just need to work harder than these guys for 60 minutes and we will beat these guys. Take shifts, periods or games off and they will kill us..alot of skill over there.
"Hard Work Beats Talent When Talent Refuses to Work Hard"
Posted 14 May 2013 - 07:03 PM
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Posted 14 May 2013 - 07:07 PM
Q has a cup behind his belt. He is a good coach. Is he as good as Babs? I don't know.
All I hope for is this team to put forth a good effort and at least go 6 games in the series.
Posted 14 May 2013 - 07:16 PM
This series may come down to the coaching, matchups, willingness to change on the fly, etc. I don't see this being a battle of goalies, or defenses, and I wouldn't be surprised if one game there are 10 goals scored between the two teams.
Kann man nicht binden sind nicht verwandt
In Funken versunken steh ich in Flammen
und bin im Wasser verbrannt
Im Wasser verbrannt
Posted 14 May 2013 - 08:28 PM
Whether Quenneville is behind the bench or not, the Hawks are by far the favored team. They beat us every game this season and outscored us 12 to 5. I think the depth of their team will play a much bigger role than anything Babcock can pull rolling lines. If you forced me to bet, I'd say we won't get out of this series. Nevermind any random Joel Quenneville stats. I'll sure hope otherwise though.
To beat them, we'll have to outwork them like we did the Ducks, but more consistently, and need a lot of luck.
Edited by Seraph, 14 May 2013 - 08:33 PM.
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When magic strikes and Atlanta goes to pieces, it's a job for Kate Daniels…
Drafted into working for the Order of Merciful Aid, mercenary Kate Daniels has more paranormal problems than she knows what to do with these days. And in Atlanta, where magic comes and goes like the tide, that's saying a lot.
But when Kate's werewolf friend Derek is discovered nearly dead, she must confront her greatest challenge yet. As her investigation leads her to the Midnight Games—an invitation only, no holds barred, ultimate preternatural fighting tournament—she and Curran, the Lord of the Beasts, uncover a dark plot that may forever alter the face of Atlanta's shapeshifting community…
"Splendid…an edgy, dark fantasy."—Patricia Briggs
"Kate is a great kick-ass heroine, a tough girl with a heart, and her adventures…are definitely worth checking out."—Locus
I was intrigued by the idea of a necromancer raising armies of undead and sending them off. Usually the necromancers in popular culture tend to be portrayed with an army of skeletons or zombies. My husband co-writes with me, and one evening we were talking about it and the question came up, "Why can't they control vampires, too?" Things progressed from there and the mindless monstrosity vampires made it into the manuscript.
Were there books that you read as a child that led you to write the kinds of stories you write now? Who are some of the authors you read today?
I grew up in Soviet Russia, and SF/F was mostly not allowed, unless it portrayed "the glorious vision of the Communist future". I read everything that was allowed, and when the Iron Curtain fell, western SF/F flooded Russia. (Some of it was pirated, but I didn't know at the time.) I remember reading Tolkien, Clifford Simak, Robert Sheckley, Asimov, Harry Harrison, Stanislaw Lem, and Robert E. Howard. I loved Conan.
Today I try to read widely. A lot of it is nonfiction, but I really enjoy thrillers, especially those with a scientific bent. I very much enjoy the works of Robert Parker, Thomas Harris, and Mario Puzo. Dean Koontz is another favorite. I'm a bit obsessed with David Gemmell and Terry Pratchett. In addition to those authors, I read an embarrassing amount of romances, in particular Joanna Lindsey. Unfortunately, I don't read as much in the Urban Fantasy/Paranormal area as I used to, but there are several authors I enjoy: Mark Del Franco, Meljean Brook, Nalini Singh, and Jeaniene Frost.
The Atlanta Kate Daniels inhabits is an alternate version of our own world, one where magic comes and goes like the tide. Why didn't you want magic to always be present in the world of your books? What kind of new storytelling opportunities does this allow you?
I think it's more interesting to have the chaotic waves. The constant jig of magic and technology keeps the characters on their toes. One moment spells work, and the next they don't and my guys have to think on their feet. It lets me put them into difficult situations. I think it also adds to the atmosphere of the world—it's drowning under the relentless assault of magic, and the last chunks of technological might are slowly melting like icebergs in warm water.
You've written a novella (forthcoming, in Must Love Hellhounds), as well as your full-length novels. Is the process different? How?
The novella is written from the point of view of Andrea, who is Kate's best friend. She had a completely different voice, so that was a challenge. But most of all, it's really difficult to pack a story into a shorter length. I always somehow end up thinking too big for the required length.
A unique feature of your Kate Daniels novels is the appearance of lesser known or non-Western mythologies and magic (speaking as someone who was obsessed with myths and fairy tales from around the world as a child, I love how you do this). In Magic Strikes, Kate takes on the Rakshasas of Hindu legend. Why Rakshasas? How do you decide which mythologies to explore? Are there other myths you'd like to use in future books?
There is so much out there, so many different unique myths. I feel kind of like a kid in an ice cream shop: a wealth of flavors. It would be a shame not to try them all.
Why rakshasas in particular… I was fascinated (and still am) with India. I blame the Jungle Book. My first encounter with rakshasas came when Shere-Khan, the tiger, pushes into the wolf den and the mother wolf tells him that her name is Raksha and he's welcome to try out her teeth. I had read the story as a child and looked up raksha. Some sources said it meant protection and some said it meant demon. That trail led me to rakshasas and once I read the Ramayana, I knew I had to do something with that mythology.
That's mostly how Gordon and I pick the myths—something fascinates one of us. For the fourth book, we're hoping to include elements of Jewish mysticism and some Babylonian folklore.
What advice do you have for people trying to break into writing?
Read as much as you can, write as much as you can, and when you're ready, educate yourself about the publishing process. Writing is immensely rewarding but it is a hard
Curran, the Lord of the Beasts, is the leader of Atlanta's shapechangers (and Kate's on-again, off-again love interest). He's also a were-lion. How does his lion side affect his behavior? Did you research lions in order to develop his character?
Curran's lion side is actually a prehistoric American lion, panthera leo atrox, and some of his behavior is quite lion-like. He's territorial. He tends to place a lot of value on teamwork among shapeshifters, shaping them into a pride of sorts. He also tends to be a bit autocratic in his approach, but I'm not sure how much of that can be blamed on
Which of your characters would you most like to be friends with?
Aunt B, the alpha of the boudas (werehyenas.) We would have tea and gossip.
OK, here's where we go all fangirl on you—are Kate and Curran ever going to get together? WHEN?
That's for me to know and you to find out. But I'd read Book 4 if I were you.
Can you give us any hints about what's next for Kate?
The next book after Magic Strikes will be rough for Kate. She will have to make choices she won't like. The confrontation with her father is growing closer and closer, and the threat she faces in the fourth book is directly connected to her family and blood.


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Aarau is located by the southern foot of the Jura foothills in the centre of the big city triangle of Zurich, Basel and Lucerne. The central location was recognised early on which is why Aarau for a brief few months in 1798 was Switzerland's first capital and home to Switzerland's first Houses of Parliament.
The many painted eaves, the so-called "Dachhimmel" which predominantly date from the 16th century when the town underwent considerable extension, are a special feature of the old town of Aarau. It's for this reason that Aarau is regarded as the town of beautiful gables.
And Aarau continues to display an appreciation of art: the Aargau Art Museum featuring an extension designed by the famous architects Herzog & de Meuron offers architecture and art exhibitions setting high standards. The «Naturama», Aargau nature museum, is not your run-of-the-mill museum: animals, plants, exciting video films highlight the interaction and areas of conflict between nature and man in Aargau.
The Roggenhausen Wildlife Park has wild animals in their natural habitat as well as a Nature Trail. Cycling and walking trails alongside the River Aare and the Jura slopes provide the perfect opportunity for some pleasant physical exercise. But to see the people of Aargau really enjoying themselves you need to come to one of the local and historic traditional events, such as the «Maienzug» in July, the «Bachfischet» or «Rüeblimärt».
The Canton of Aargau boasts a great many castles, including some of Switzerland's most impressive such as the Lenzburg, the Hallwyl Water Castle and the Habsburg Castle - main residence of the famous dynasty from the the 10th century onwards. And Brugg, Baden and Zurich are a very short journey away. The Vindonissa Museum offers an opportunity to discover traces of the Romans and Windish is home to the biggest and best-preserved amphitheatre in Switzerland. And there are also a lot of historic towns, such as Bremgarten, Zofingen and others, to visit in the Canton of Aargau.
The fine painted decoration beneath the overhanging roofs of houses in the City of Beautiful Gables are unique. This lively community is renowned for its many events – and for its art gallery.
The fine painted decoration beneath the overhanging roofs of houses in the City of Beautiful Gables are unique. This lively community is renowned for its many events – and for its art gallery.
- Painted eaves («Dachhimmel») – the most beautiful eaves in Switzerland.
- Aargau Art Museum – extension designed by internationally renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron.
- «Naturama» nature museum – entertaining and informative insights into themes relating to nature in the Aargau.
- Aquarena Bad Schinznach – thermal bathing in three pools covering an area of 600 square metres at a temperature of 35°C - the benefits of the spa were first enjoyed by bathers in 1658.
- Bally Shoe Museum in Schönenwerd – unique exhibition about the history of footwear.
- Hallwyl Castle – most beautiful water castle of the Canton of Aargau, built on two islands.
- Lenzburg Castle – it is well worth making your way up to the Lenzburg because it houses the History Museum of the Canton of Aargau as well as affording a fabulous all-round view.
- Thai temple in Gretzenbach – only temple of its kind in Switzerland.
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- Theatertage Aarau – amateur theatre festival representing all ages, from young people to senior citizens (June).
- Maienzug – 400-year-old tradition bearing testimony to the custom of pupils and teachers going into the forest to cut rods. This activity was called «Meyen» (first Friday in July).
- Aarau open-air cinema – one of the most beautiful horse race courses turnes into a cinema (August).
- Bachfischet – public festival celebrating the return of the water after the bed has been cleaned (September).
- Rüeblimärt – Bpopular event focussing on the carrot in all its shapes and guises in the so-called «carrot» canton (November).


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The 2011 NBA Draft Combine is in full swing today from Chicago, IL, and it's been an exciting couple of days of drills and player interviews.
Notable names like UConn's Kemba Walker and San Diego State's Kawhi Leonard didn't work out yesterday, but are participating in drills today. Kyrie Irving went one step further and didn't participate in any of the available activities yesterday, and won't today either. He will undergo the standard medical tests and interviews though.
While it's nothing new to have projected top picks sit out some of the drills, ESPN's Chad Ford speculated that Irving may have something to hide by not participating.
"I wonder a little bit whether Kyrie Irving is afraid of what [participating in drills] is going to show. He's a good athlete, but not an elite athlete. He's not going to test like John Wall tested. He's not going to test like Blake Griffin tested, and maybe there's a little concern there. Maybe that's the thing he has to hide."
But while most of the top picks sat out, there were some notable players improving their draft stock with effective workouts.
Enes Kanter ran the floor extremely well, and showed great strength in the post. Marshon Brooks caught several eyes with his play, and he may be headed into the first round as a result.
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A district judge has granted a change of venue for the man suspected of killing two girls near Weleetka in 2008.
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Within the field of molecular biology, quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) processes enable the simultaneous amplification and quantification of target DNA sequences. As an important experimental procedure, qPCR can be applied to a broad range of different scientific study areas, including drug discovery and medical research. Carried out in three basic phases—denaturing, annealing, and elongation—one PCR experiment typically consists of 20 to 40 cycles in order to obtain significant exponential growth of the target sequence.
As the basis of real-time monitoring, dual-labeled probes (also known as fluorescence-quenched or self-quenching probes) are important tools. Oligonucleotide probes that are complementary to a section of the target DNA can be labeled with a 5´ fluorescent dye and a 3´ quencher.
When in close proximity, the quencher will effectively block the fluorescence signal emission from the fluorophore. However, the 5´ to 3´ exonuclease activity of the DNA polymerase enzyme during the elongation phase of each PCR cycle will digest the 5´ end of the probe, separating it from the quencher, resulting in an increase in fluorescence. The level of fluorescence emitted will, therefore, be directly proportional to the amount of PCR product produced.
Common methods of fluorescent quenching use fluorescent resonance transfer (FRET), which consists of energy transfer via dipolar coupling between the fluorophore and quencher. However, this requires an overlap between the absorption and emission spectra, which complicates the already complex process of probe design, since quenchers are only functional within a limited wavelength range.
The efficiency of quenching via methods such as FRET is extremely sensitive to the distance between the fluorophore and the quencher (RFQ). By increasing the effectiveness of the quenching, background fluorescence is reduced and sensitivity is improved.
Duplex stability and melting temperature (Tm) are also important factors when considering probe design, since each denaturing phase requires that high temperatures are reached (95–96°C) to ensure sufficient separation of the DNA duplex. In subsequent annealing steps, the temperature must be lowered below the Tm to enable target nucleic acids and primers to re-bind. At this point, temperatures must remain high enough to avoid nonspecific hybridization.
The quencher and fluorophore are typically separated by between 20 and 30 bases, which limits quencher efficiency. In order to increase the effectiveness of the probe and decrease the RFQ, shorter oligonucleotides can be synthesized. However, these sequences will only hybridize strongly to complementary DNA at lower temperatures, which are unfavorable for qPCR assays.
Even with the use of Tm-enhancing modifications, such as the inclusion of LNA bases or minor groove binders, probe length is still usually between 14 and 18 bases. Any method that permits the placement of the fluorophore and quencher within closer proximity of one another will improve quencher efficiency and subsequently enhance the probe performance.
For this reason, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has developed a double-quenched probe that is stable at higher temperatures and minimizes the occurrence of background fluorescence, enabling researchers to gain highly precise and sensitive data.
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Under general supervision, inspects public and private development projects, residential improvements and rights-of-way permit work; ensures compliance with city standards, municipal codes, plans and specifications; and does related work as required.
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I'm looking forward to the year 2040, because that is when we won't be debating anymore whether birth control belongs in a basic health plan....
Froma says that contraception "goes against Roman Catholic doctrine, even though the vast majority of Catholic women have used birth control without apology." So what? Does that 'vast majority' also want their church to be FORCED to provide, against their will, free contraception? I don't think so. Froma ignores that most widely-available, cheapest form of preventing unwanted pregnancies, that all poor women--even those with NO health care insurance--can afford: Abstaining from irresponsible behaviors that are known to cause pregnancy.
Planned Parenthood's founder, Margaret Sanger, tried to keep the "undesirable classes" of people in society from reproducing, as a way of improving things for everyone else. She tried to justify forcing contraception on the underclass by pretending she was doing them a favor. She would be proud that liberals like Froma are carrying that torch today.
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It's early, but Baseball America already is out with a 2013 NCAA Baseball Tournament field projection, complete with regional assignments.
South Carolina, College World Series champs in 2010 and 2011 and the runner-up in 2012, is picked to host the Columbia Regional as a No. 1 seed.
Other Columbia Regional teams: No. 2 Miami, No. 3 College of Charleston, No. 4 Bryant (no, not Kobe).
Clemson projects as the No. 2 seed in Nashville, where Vanderbilt is No. 1, Notre Dame No. 3 and Austin Peay No. 4.
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"When they encounter something they can't do," says their mom Darla Garrison, "they don't dwell on it too long."
Indeed, Macey and Mackenzie – formerly conjoined twins who each have one leg – rely on prosthetics, but in every other way keep pace with their triplet sister Madeline.
Born attached at the pelvis with a shared third leg and entwined intestines, Macey and Mackenzie faced hurdles that would have challenged any family. Yet they carried an extra burden: Their birth parents, who had not seen a doctor during the pregnancy, had drug problems and were unable to care for them.
Happy HomeEnter Darla and Jeff Garrison. Over the years Darla, 42, a homemaker, and Jeff, 52, a construction worker, had welcomed several neglected or medically fragile foster children into their home, only to see each one move on. But they'd always wanted girls to expand their biological family of three healthy boys – Tyler, 20; Matt, 17; and Luke, 16.
Two years after doctors at Children's Hospital Los Angeles separated Macey and Mackenzie in 2003, the Garrisons adopted all three girls and moved from California to a farm in Indianola, Iowa. Their goal, as they told PEOPLE for a 2010 profile, was to create the kind of country childhood Darla and Jeff themselves had known and treasured.
Since then, Macey and Mackenzie have thrived, says Linda Kontis, cofounder of the foster-care agency that placed them.
"When you raise children who are handicapped in any way, when they're surrounded by people who treat them like regular kids, that becomes how they see themselves," Kontis says. "It wasn't just Darla and Jeff, they took in these girls as a family unit. And that's why they're fabulous kids today."
A Bright FutureMacey and Mackenzie – who each weighed 2.2 pounds at birth – have overcome learning delays to be almost equal with their peers when they enter fifth grade in the fall.
"The girls have succeeded through hard work and the commitment by their family. Their progression is wonderful and inspiring," says Children's Hospital Los Angeles Pediatric Surgeon James Stein, who performed the multi-staged separation in 2003.
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And along with Madeline, all three girls have embraced household chores, including washing dishes, putting away laundry, feeding the cats and dogs to help out their mom, who was inspired by her experience with the girls to begin studying last year for a degree in physical therapy.
"I see them actually maturing," says Darla. "Now that I'm in school, I'm not as available, and they've really stepped up. They're pretty proud of that. They do a lot for 10-year-olds, really."
But 10-year-old girls they still are. "We used to have Bieber fever, but we've outgrown it," says their mom. "We're loving on Hunter Hayes these days. And also One Direction."
Macey and Mackenzie's rapid growth required them to swap out new prostheses three times this past school year.
"We're not to the point yet where they can just go out and about with their prosthetic legs," says Darla. "It's a balance issue. You have to train and train, and that's what we're doing with them at school."
Crutches are a constant, as are the ostomy bags that each of the girls must wear and change frequently – the primary excuse for their occasional down moments.
"Ostomies do upset your daily life," says Darla. "That's a lot of responsibility for a kid to make sure everything's intact and they're not going to run into some trouble when they're out somewhere. The positive is that modern medicine has allowed them to be alive."
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Finding NormalDarla says that her daughters do everything they can to participate in activities like other kids their age.
"Mackenzie wanted to buy Rollerblades or a skateboard," says Darla. "I couldn't let her do it. She was bummed for a little while, but she got over it and found some other interest, and to me that is amazing. We talked about a bike. I'm not sure we sold her on the bike yet."
Macey speaks up for her sister: "Are you out of your mind?" she says to Darla. "How are we going to ride bikes?"
"It's possible," Darla says. "We're going to make it happen."
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UNIVERSITY PARK - More important than anything any player did on the field Saturday was one declaration made by quarterback Matt McGloin after the Blue-White Game.
"The Penn State football program is in a really good place right now," McGloin said.
About 60,000 fans eager to see exactly where the program is under new coach Bill O'Brien got their first glimpse Saturday. They didn't see much of the creative, complex new offense - O'Brien said only 10 percent of it was on display - but at least the rain stayed away and the focus was entirely on football and nothing else.
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Penn State coach Bill O'Brien talks with quarterback Rob Bolden as he walks off the field on Saturday at Beaver Stadium in the annual Blue-White Game.
That wasn't the case the last time the Nittany Lions played at Beaver Stadium in November against Nebraska, but then, that seems like so long ago given all the changes that have taken place within the program and the university.
"It was a fun day for me to coach a spring game in Beaver Stadium," said O'Brien, who was met with skepticism when he was hired in early January but has won over seemingly all critics in just three short months as Joe Paterno's successor.
"We can relate to him," McGloin said of his new coach. "He's a young guy, he knows how to deal with us, he knows how to communicate with us well."
Saturday's 77-65 score sounds more like a basketball game than football, but the unusual points system aside, several things were evident:
n The defense is ahead of the offense, which shouldn't be unexpected given that it's an entirely new and complex offensive system that takes much longer than one spring to learn.
n McGloin (6-of-13, 105 yards, one TD, one interception) remains well ahead in the quarterback competition, even if he's still not an ideal starting candidate because of his inconsistency.
n Rob Bolden (7-of-14, 78 yards, three interceptions) continues to struggle throwing the ball and with his pocket awareness, leading some to wonder if Saturday was the last time he'll be seen in a Penn State uniform.
n Paul Jones (6-of-15, 113 yards, one TD, one interception) has a cannon for an arm - he threw two passes more than 50 yards with ease - but he has major issues with accuracy (both long attempts were overthrown).
n It's clear the tight ends will be used more in the passing game, as they pulled in three catches Saturday and should have had a fourth for a TD if not for an overthrow.
n The front seven on defense is the strength of the team, no surprise given the long-term success of returning assistants Larry Johnson and Ron Vanderlinden.
Perhaps the biggest football change of all probably wasn't evident Saturday, but it definitely will be this fall.
"The quarterback is in total control," McGloin said of the new offense.
That means more audibles, or more precisely, simply audibles at all.
"Last year, it was kind of, this is the play, you're going to run this play," McGloin said. "It's totally different right now. We might have two or three plays called before we break the huddle, so it's our job to get us into the right play and know what the defense is doing and make sure everybody's in the right spots."
Audibles have been very rare in PSU's offense in recent years, perhaps because the coaches were so unsure of the quarterbacks' abilities that they chose not to allow them.
McGloin estimated that there were probably less than five audibles called all last season.
"We might audible five times in one series this year," he said.
It's clear that, in this offense, the coaches place great trust in the quarterback's ability to recognize things quickly at the line of scrimmage, read the defensive formation and call the correct play.
"The quarterback's the field general out there in this offense, and we run the show," McGloin said.
That can be a good thing with an intelligent, decisive quarterback. Or a bad thing if a team doesn't have one of those.
"He's got to be able to process information in a hurry," quarterbacks coach Charlie Fisher said of the signal caller in this offense. "He's got to be able to see exactly what's going on and make decisions for us and get us to the best play possible. There's no doubt that a big part of what we want to do is get to the best play possible to give us the best chance for success."
The trust issue is vital when a quarterback has the freedom to audible so much.
"It's 100 percent," Fisher said. "There is no gray area there. You've got to be on the same page. So we spend a lot of time in meetings making sure we're on the same page because you don't want miscommunication."
Aside from calling the right plays, O'Brien said pocket awareness will be a major key for his quarterback. The coach worked with the best in the game in Tom Brady in New England, and teaching that to college kids will be a major point of emphasis.
"Having an understanding that the centers and guards set the pocket and that the tackles set the width of the pocket is very, very important for the quarterback to understand, and young quarterbacks don't always get that," O'Brien said. "And so we talk to them about hitting their back foot and climbing the pocket to respect the integrity of the pocket. That's a work in progress."
The entire offense will continue to be just that throughout the spring and summer as the players become more proficient with the terminology and overall scope of it.
"It's an exciting offense, and it's going to take the whole summer to learn it again, and camp," McGloin said. "But once we get it down, it's going to be very fun to watch us play."


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In listening to the debate over gun control, I heard an interesting perspective from James Taylor, the singer/songwriter.
I'm not certain why Taylor was asked to weigh in, other than the fact that he is famous and all of us know that famous people are the most qualified to dictate public policy.
Regardless, his comment, "We need to make some sacrifices to our [Second Amendment] freedoms to what we might want to have, in order to safeguard our children."
I find it even more curious that Taylor is pro-choice.
He feels that what happens to a woman's body should be her sovereign right. It seems perfectly logical to him that, if a woman has an unwanted pregnancy, it should be her "right" to have control over her body, regardless of the rights of the life within her or the rights of the father of that child.
Maybe Taylor should consider his own advice.
Maybe we, as a society, do need to make some sacrifices to our freedoms and what we might want to have in order to safeguard our children.
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Ten children and a school bus driver have been rescued after the bus they were in toppled into a southern Kansas creek swollen by heavy rain.
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County 911 director Chris Davis said the Douglass School District bus apparently went off a bridge about 4 p.m. Thursday.
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HUGHESVILLE — Early Saturday morning, Sun-Gazette photographer Mark Nance and I were given the opportunity to ride in a hot air balloon, as part of the "Balloonfest, Air Show & So Much More" hosted......
I am not a balloon pilot, but I can tell you the balloon is not filled with "gas", especially not "propane gas" as stated in the article. The 7-10 BTU per hour burner simply burns propane mixed with oxygen to heat the air inside the envelope of the "hot air balloon". A hot propane balloon would be much too dangerous! I guess that should have been explained better to Savannah.
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1. A guy who basks in his own faggotry.
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Cheyenne: Dude, Michael's a fucking squirl.
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A mythical creature used to distract others while in a conversation when you lose your train of thought. Derived from Pixar's movie "up" in which a squirrel distracts the dogs but never appears in the movie.
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Combination of squeal and squirm. A person initially squirms in discomfort then is moved to squeal in joy.
Becky G's Dodger Blue "When they see this cover girl, the place get nuts, mothers squirl. I'm a let that line sink in for a minute while I visit another world"
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A sweet, shortened version of the word Squirrel, frequently used by toddlers and immature adults.
Did you see that adorable grey squirl?
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squirl-A hot woman rolling in the streets or in someones posetion.Your bitch/woman
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a hot bitches puss. used in same manner a beaver.
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If you've got a thing to do, the calendar has a day to do it on, providing you're perusing the correct calendar. It's why you may have showed up a bit underdressed on Friday, national Work Naked Day.
February also features such gems as Toothache Day, Do a Grouch a Favor Day and Plum Pudding Day.
And, of course, there's Cow Milked While Flying In An Airplane Day, which commemorates the Feb. 18, 1930, flight of a Guernsey named Elm Farm Ollie, aka "Nellie Jay," in a Ford Trimotor airplane during the International Air Exposition in St. Louis. Nellie Jay was both the first cow in flight and first cow milked in flight. Hey, why not?
For a short month, February packs a decent punch.
The whole thing is Black History Month, to reflect on the stories and contributions of African-Americans.
Today is Super Bowl Sunday, to consider television commercials over pizza and nachos. Also, there's some sort of game.
There's Presidents Day, which commemorates closing offices once instead of 40-some times a year and counting for each American president's birthday.
February also features the Chinese New Year, Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday and Purim. Plus there's that day marked by a kid in diapers flapping about with a bow and arrow, and another that makes a fuss over groundhogs and shadows. That should be enough excitement for anybody.
Apparently not.
Periodically, I flip through the pages of the other calendars marking some of the more, uh, unusual celebrations. Fortunately, I looked closely enough to see that Working Naked Day is to be celebrated ONLY by people who work from home. Phew!
Coming up Thursday is Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbor Day. Don't be stingy and use just one.
This Friday is Extraterrestrial Culture Day in New Mexico, "to celebrate and honor all past, present and future extraterrestrial visitors in ways to enhance relationships among all citizens of the cosmos, known and unknown," according to memorial passed by the state legislature.
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Friday: Fly a Kite Day, and Laugh and Grow Rich Day.
Saturday: Read in the Bathtub Day, and Toothache Day.
Feb. 11: Don't Cry over Spilt Milk Day.
Feb. 12: Plum Pudding Day.
Feb. 13: Get a Different Name Day.
Feb. 14: Ferris Wheel Day.
Feb. 15: National Gum Drop Day, and National Hippo Day.
Feb. 16: Do a Grouch a Favor Day.
Feb. 18: Thumb Appreciation Day. Text that one to a friend. It's also National Battery Day.
Feb. 19: National Chocolate Mint Day.
Feb. 20: Hoodie Hoo Day. (You go outside at noon, wave your hands over your head and chant, "Hoodie Hoo." Why? Because it's Feb. 20.
Feb. 23: International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day, and Curling is Cool Day.
Feb. 27: Polar Bear Day (if the polar bear sees a seal's shadow --)
Feb. 28: National Tooth Fairy Day, and Public Sleeping Day.
Ah, just celebrate every day. There's always a reason, even if you have to make your own by booking a flight for you, your cow and a milk bucket.
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So, if President Barack Obama gets his way, fat-cat corporations will pay higher taxes, right? Wrong....
O has taken social security payments to "disabled" through the roof. Up 45%. Now there are only 1.67 people per recipient paying into SS. The middle class has lost millions of jobs, Obamacare will tax all except the poor, who pay no taxes at all and don't usually work.You have no idea of the ruin this communist unnatural born hater of the US Constitution(hear his 2001 radio address)is bringing on this country.Pray for the USA.
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I can only say that I am pround of my fellow West Virginians for not voting for this administration. We badly need at least one Republican U.S. Senator though.
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Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Pericozzi of Depew celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Mr. Pericozzi and Dorothy Suffoletta were married Feb. 7, 1953, in Buffalo. He is retired from General Mills; she is retired from the New York State Thruway Authority in Cheektowaga. They have five children, 12 grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.


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Removing the tumor is the only way to cure liver cancer. Taking the whole tumor out will give you the best chance of survival. However, it can be hard to remove the whole tumor, even if it has not spread beyond the liver. Surgery may not be an option for people with cirrhosis who do not have enough healthy liver tissue remaining. Surgery is not an option if the cancer has spread past the liver to other parts of the body.
For people who are not eligible for surgery (liver resection or transplant), other techniques may be used to try to destroy liver tumors.
If the tumor can be removed, it is most often done during an operation called a liver resection or a partial hepatectomy. This can be done by open surgery or laparoscopy.
A liver resection is a major operation that can have serious side effects. After surgery, you may have pain in the area where the surgery was performed. This is normal and should not last long. Usually patients with liver cancer also have cirrhosis of the liver that can complicate surgery. Your surgeon will discuss with you these and other risks of the surgery. Some of the most common other risks are:
Wound infection
Bleeding during or after surgery that may require blood transfusions
Damage to the liver and blood vessels during surgery
A liver transplant is the best option for liver cancer. It is an option for people with liver cancer who have a few small tumors that can be totally removed with the liver transplant, and sometimes for patients with liver cirrhosis with more advanced disease who cannot otherwise undergo tumor resection. A transplant is best if you are otherwise in good health and have no tumor outside your liver. Unfortunately, there is a shortage of livers. There are also side effects to both the surgery and the antirejection drugs you need after a transplant. Plus, the tumor may return after a transplant. These problems make liver transplant a limited option.
The possible side effects from a liver transplant are similar to those for a liver resection and can be serious. People who get a liver transplant must also take medicines to lower the risk that the body will reject the new organ. These medicines can weaken the immune system, raising a person's risk for serious infections. They may have other side effects as well.
Energy can destroy a liver tumor without removing it. This is called ablation. This procedure may be recommended for patients with only a few small tumors that cannot be removed with surgery. One type of ablation is RFA (radiofrequency ablation). This treatment uses a heated probe inside the tumor to kill it. You may have RFA done at the same time as surgery. Your surgeon places a scope through a small cut in your abdomen. This is called laparoscopic ablation. Or the surgeon may pass the probe through your skin. This is called percutaneous ablation.
Another option is to inject highly concentrated alcohol or acetic acid into the tumor to kill the cancer cells. This is called ethanol or acetic acid ablation. Because only small amounts of ethanol can be used, this treatment works best for small liver tumors. For this procedure, the doctor inserts a needle through the skin and injects ethanol into the tumor. This is called percutaneous ethanol ablation. RFA ablation has become more commonly done than ethanol or acetic acid ablation.
A third option in some cases is cryoablation or cryotherapy. For this technique, very cold gases are passed through a metal probe inserted into the tumor. It can sometimes be used to treat slightly larger tumors.
Because ablation does not kill healthy liver cells, it may be a good treatment for people with many smaller liver tumors. It may also be a good choice for people with hepatitis, cirrhosis, and other liver problems. Although these procedures can destroy more than one liver tumor, they are best for people with small tumors.
Serious side effects from ablation are rare, but may include pain, bleeding, and infection in the liver.
The goal of embolization is to block the blood supply to liver cancers. The radiologist puts a catheter in your groin and uses X-ray guidance to thread a catheter (a long, thin, hollow tube) into your hepatic artery. Then he or she injects special particles, coils, or oils with or without chemotherapy or radiation into some branches of this artery to stop blood flow to the tumor, which helps slow or block its growth. Sometimes the embolization materials are coated with chemotherapy (bead chemoembolization) or with radioactive substances (radioembolization) to try to kill nearby cancer cells.
Side effects from embolization are usually not serious, but can include pain, fever, infection, and blood clots in the liver and systemic effects of chemotherapy.
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