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DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2003
Red Roof Inns is launching its new advertising campaign today. Set to appear on radio and TV, the spots create a more memorable personality for the brand. For the creative delivery, Red Roof Inns once again sought the aid of The Richards Group, Dallas, the lodging chain's agency of record. The new campaign features Red the Bobblehead in his new role as an employee of Red Roof Inns, while highlighting the improvements being made at the brand. The TV spots will break on network TV in select markets.
"Our focus is the mid-level business traveler who expects to find the hotel room amenities that make working on the road more convenient. Features like data ports, large workstations, speaker phone and voicemail are available at Red Roof Inns, yet at a price that satisfies the budget-conscious business travelers' bottom line needs," said Carol Kirby, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Accor North America, Red Roof Inns parent company.
Each of the four, 15-second TV spots features the reinvented Red the Bobblehead, also known as the "director of guest happiness" of Red Roof Inns. As his head bobs humorously up and down, the voice-over of actor John Goodman brings Red to life.
In one spot, "Renovation," Red explains about Red Roof Inns' recently renovated and newly upgraded guestrooms, appropriately named Red's New Rooms. Red's New Rooms are being outfitted in the Columbus, Ohio, Washington D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland markets, and offer guests an even more comfortable stay. In these markets, Red Roof Inns' Business King rooms will now feature 25" TVs, built-in microwaves and mini refrigerators. The chain will renovate more than 1,700 rooms this year, and will progressively implement Red's New Rooms nationwide over the next several years.
In "Red's Hot Deals" Red tells guests about the "bundle" they can save by visiting the Red Roof Inns online. So easy to use, with only a few clicks, guests can book their trip and take advantage of the hot rates being offered during their stay. The "Free Room" spot highlights Red Roof's RediCard(TM) Preferred Member guest loyalty program. In the ad, Red reminds guests that when they stay 10 paid nights, their 11th is free - they get one "on the Roof," he says in his humorous fashion.
"The new advertising makes the Red character a bit friendlier and more lighthearted, an image which we think will resonate better with business travelers," said Chris Smith, creative writer for The Richards Group. "To accomplish this, we changed him from the voice of the road, to the voice of Red Roof Inns - what better way than to reposition him as an employee?"
Red Roof Inns, owned by Accor North America, is committed to providing its guests consistently with high quality rooms, friendly service, and competitive rates for more than 30 years. There are currently 360 Red Roof Inns conveniently located across the entire U.S., ready to please the busy and budget-conscious business traveler. Red Roof Inns is part of the Accor family of hotels. Accor is the largest owner and operator of hotels in the world with more than 3,800 hotels in 90 countries. Red Roof Inns can be found at http://www.redroof.com.
The Richards Group, located in Dallas, is the largest independent branding agency in the nation. Other agency clients include the standard-setting brands Hyundai Motor America, The Home Depot, Chick-fil-A, Nokia, Corona Beer, Fruit of the Loom, Pep Boys, TV Guide, and Travelocity. The Richards Group can be found at http://www.richards.com.
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WATER RESCUES- not a place for bunker gear
Just wanted to get the word out to any who cares. Have you ever been on a water rescue call where members show up in turn out gear? I think most of us have. After a recent class i attended we need to make it clear that no one on this type of rescue should be in any type of turn out gear! The instructor conducted a demonstration on a dummy, 175 lbs plus turn out gear. dummy also had a basic life vest on. boots filled up and dummy sank to the bottom of a 12 foot pool in under 10 seconds. pass the word. You wouldn't wear bunker gear into the hot zone of a hazmat spill, don't wear it to a water rescue!
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You are correct bunker gear should not be used at a water rescue. However if you should happen to fall into water the bunker gear will keep you afloat for a short amount of time. Training will show how a person with full bunker gear on floats longer than the ten seconds of a dummy drowning. I have had this training and know many others who have had it also. The bunker gear will keep you afloat long enough to get near the edge of a pool or out of the water.
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This is an example of a situation where it is better for firefighters to do noting in terms of an "in-water" rescue attempt than attemp an in water effort and be killed. If you do not have the equipment to perform an in-water rescue .... do not attempt an in water rescue.
How many times do you read about well-meaning career and volunteer firefighters attempting to do something they are not trained or equipped to do. If the response area has a lake, pond or river that it commonly used for recreation and a water rescue situation get the training and equipment to perform the operation. Don't wing it. Don't jerry rig some half-assed "rescue equipment" because all that will happen is the rescuers will become the victims.
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Positive preperation prevents **** poor performance.
if you have water in your fire district it didn't just appear by a miracle. Prepare for it.
As for turn out gear in water...not something I am ever going to do.
FyredUpLast edited by FyredUp; 04-17-2007 at 12:09 AM.
Basements, wells, elevator shafts, etc. can all happen to the best of us.
When I was in the military, we used to have to perform a swim test in full combat fatigues and boots. Not because we ever planned to go swimming that way, but aircraft, landing craft, and personnel transports have been known to find water at the most inopportune time.
Your turnout gear will significantly restrict your mobility, and it will add a small amount of weight. The difference between a dummy and a person, is the person is almost always more bouyant, and has the ability to tread or swim.
It is certainly not a good practice to use turnout gear for water work, especially in moving water, but it will not "Drag you down" like some will say. Many responders after Katrina used turnout pants to protect themselves from the debris and garbage under the water. It was a better risk than the risk of serious infection after an accidental cut or gash.
Uneccessary fears cause uneccessary apprehension. We should have an understanding of the limitations of our gear, but certainly not fear it.
Never argue with an Idiot. They drag you down to their level, and then beat you with experience!
mcaldwell hit it on the head....intentionally. We don't wear turn out gear for a water rescue either, but we do wear it for a boat fire. And there is great possibility that falling/slipping from the boat into the water will happen. Because of that risk, we have trained (in a pool) for falling in water with gear and SCBA on.
We have kept ourselves above water, with very little effort, for much more than 10 seconds."This thread is being closed as it is off-topic and not related to the fire industry." - Isn't that what the Off Duty forum was for?
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I'm with Bones on this one.
A couple years ago we had a guy from Marine firefighting school http://www.marinefirefighting.com show us pictures of a guy floating in full turnouts.Yes,he was in a pool and I've worked too many years on the river (Mississippi,Ohio and Tennessee) to think that's something you'd want to do regularly.
I know guys wearing the proper Type V work vest or float coats(made by Stearns for cold weather flotation that looks like a Russian great coat)that were swept away.
Have I ever done a cold water rescue?Yes.And knowing what I know now about hypothermia and what you're supposed to do,I'd have made sure we did it differently.
We got the guy out and the port captain wanted to know if the guy could finish his shift so we got him dried out and went on.
Can you say"We was lucky."?
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We had water rescue call a while back (some dumb ***** got caught on a cliff over the water) Anyway, I responded with the engine with my gear thrown in back. I got off with my climbing helmet tac pants and tac boots. (I also am a member if a local woodlands rescue team.) Getting giggles, smirks and "What are you wearing?" question. This included the "I've made rescues like this way back...I am more qualified! I'll be down there."
Well, guess who was the first person chosen by the tech team to assist? Yep you guessed it. While I was assiting in the hot zone un-packing gear etc.. and setting everything up, the rest of the crews were standing by the trucks.
Listen to what the call is and go in prepared!
Kind like the old saying...."Don't bring a knife to a gun fight."
I've been in a pool in shoes, jeans, and a sweatshirt, and it was hard as hell to move. I imagine it would be at least twice ar hard to move in bunker gear.
To the guy who postd that link, thanks.Get busy livin, or get busy dyin. - Shawshank Redemption
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NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER be at scene of any type of water rescue in bunker gear, not pants and not a structural helmet they will kill you. That being said everyone needs still-water training. Ever seen a pool with the thin plastic cover on during the winter? Ever seen this same pool with a foot of snow on top? strange it looks just like the grass with a foot of snow. Happend to a budy of mine when he was working in colorado. How many of you take a buddy with you when you are doing a walk around? Think we are safe from that sort of thing down here in texas? 3am, 3 mobile homes and 10 acres of brush burned. We were overhauling the mobile homes, and had flowed a bunch of water. The homes were in a slight depression so the water didnt relly run off. There was about 1-2 inches covering the yard no problem right? I had seen it at a bunch of fires. The problem came as we were overhauling. I was pulling siding off of the mobile home steping to my right. I kept steping to the right pulling siding until suddenly there wasnt any ground to the right. Can bunker gear help you float yes it can, in this situation no it didnt. They were in the process of installing a septic system at this mobile home and had dug a 12' deep hole to sink the system in. At 3 am with 2 inches of water on top of everything the hole looked a lot like the grass, a pudle. Me a 270 lb fire fighter with 60 lbs of gear and a 12' pike pole went straight to the bottom. It is not a good feeling at 3am to be 12ft below water at the bottom of a hole looking up at your buddies light. I pushed off of the bottom and luckily he was able to grab my arm as it broke the surface of the water keeping me from decending once more into the pits of hell lol. He was able to hold me at the surface long enough for the rest of our ladder company and an engine company to run over and help drag me out. 270lbs of scared fireman plus 60 lbs of dry gear all suddenly wet took about 6 guys to pull out. Luckily I was fine but I did learn a few things and now the guys give me a hard time cause I will sound the ground outside at night as I walk. It could have been real ugly if my buddy wasnt right there and paying attention. How do i know it was 12' deep? We were short a 12' pike pole until we remembered it was mine and we found it just under the surface of the water in the hole.
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Yes and No. I've been to a lot of Water incidents, and I've accumulated a good deal of training on the subject. I think Bones summed it up well in his post. Firefighting gear is necessary, if you're going to engage in fire suppression, but it is not anything you want to wear around water rescue operations. One SOP that is easy to adopt, If you are doing ANYTHING within 50 feet of the water, you wear a Flotation device. My personal vest is a Stearns Type V Work Vest (Doug, sound familiar? ) and I absolutely do not go near the water without it. I can swim, but if I am injured, holding a victim, or otherwise unable to devote my full time and effort to swimming, then I become part of the problem. In December 2005, I was part of a team that made a successful grab of a guy who had turned his car over and slid into an Ice covered pond. Proper Training, Proper Equipment, good timing, and a bit of luck resulted in a live grab, and everyone went home.
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I'm sure the dummy would have sank even if it did not have boots on. There are a lot of factors in buoyancy. Water entering the boots weighs the same as the water outside the boots-it will not cause you to sink.
A few years ago, I took my crew to the local High School pool for an experiment on firefighters in water with turnouts. I have the video somewhere in my basement.
We made a few observations-
Roll on your back and you will float (at least your face will be above water).
The guys who carry the equivalent of a mechanics tools box in their pockets will sink. It only takes a pound or two of weight (ballast if you are a SCUBA diver) to make you sink.
Climbing out of the water with boots full of water (knee and full length) is next to impossible. We found that taking the crap out of your pockets and kicking off the boots greatly improved mobility and flotation.
Taking your helmet and holding it on your chest will give you some additional buoyancy. It will also trap air in the coat which will help you to float.
Your SCBA will work under water (we used Scott 4.5's). We found the 4.5's free flowed, especially if you looked up, but they still supplied air to the fire fighter.
We did these tests with a SCUBA diver next to the fire fighter.
We always use PFD's on incidents near the water.
Fire turnouts should not be used on the water. My concern is the same as mentioned above, falling into a pool or water filled pit at a structure fire.-------------------
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We went to the local pool to practice the falling in a pool scenario. We used full bunker gear with scott AP50 (4.5) airpacks. We were able to successfully float on our backs for as long as we needed, even removing your mask and stopping the flow of air you float high enough to have your face above water. Getting in and floating was easy, getting out was the hard part. Easiest way was to float/swim on your back to the end with steps and climb out. But we proved that YES we can float and YES we can survive in full gear so long as we dont panic and think about what were doing.
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When our land based Engines are assigned to augment the staffing on a Marine Co. we are supposed to board the boat wearing our work duty pants and work duty shoes...bunker pants and boots are not to be worn when near the water.
04-18-2007, 04:09 PM #18One SOP that is easy to adopt, If you are doing ANYTHING within 50 feet of the water, you wear a Flotation device."The education of a firefighter and the continued education of a firefighter is what makes "real" firefighters. Continuous skill development is the core of progressive firefighting. We learn by doing and doing it again and again, both on the training ground and the fireground."
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We try and follow the standards set forth by the NFPA for rescue tech when operating around water. Have a PFD and a throwable device when operating on a fireground near water. For example had a boat fire and you pretty much needed to be in full PPE to get the job done- RIT had water rescue stuff ready to do and a diver getting suited up.
Water rescue in turnout gear? Send your Chief back to school! We do a ton of water rescue and the turn out gear stays on the truck. We each have put on old turnout gear an gone into a pool to train for the just in case- one stud even managed to tread water for 20 minutes-rubber boots and all. I managed to get my gear off before I made it back to the shallow end. nuff said. Near drowning.
Went on a mutual aid call once during a flood and watched several departments operate from john boats and a canoe with guys in turnout pants and boots- it's amazing what you see sometimes."If Prometheus was worthy of the wrath of heaven for kindling the first fire upon earth, how ought all the Gods to honour the men who make it their professional business to put it out?"
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OK, I just had to address this one....I'm assuming the dummy was a Rescue Randy or some such thing? Yes, he will sink in a swimming pool, even without the turnout gear AND while wearing a life vest. Why? Because the human body, being about 96% water, is already near neutral buoyancy. A life vest only provides something like 15 lbs. of additional buoyancy. Rescue Randy has NO natural bouyancy, so he defeats that 15 lbs of lift from the life jacket, no contest. The bunker gear has NOTHING to do with the equation.
At the plant where I work, many years ago, the Marine Department (ship and barge loading dock on the Mississippi River) wanted to do a "man overboard" type drill. They strapped a life jacket on our Rescue Randy and dropped him off the dock, hoping to then "rescue" him from the water. Unfortunately, they didn't understand bouyancy and poor Randy sank to the bottom of the Mississippi River like a rock. He hasn't been seen since.
Sounds like the instructor in this case did not do his homework or was trying to demonstrate a concept he did not fully understand. Turnout gear will, in fact, assist you in floating by trapping air. We have done drills during water rescue class where we went into the pool in full bunker gear and practiced various floating and maneuvering techniques. Nobody sank to the bottom.
I'm not advocating working around water in turnout gear. This was more of a survival technique, as in what to expect if you are working around water and you happen to fall in. Water rescues call for their own specialized gear.Chief Dwayne LeBlanc
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I have personally done this type of drill.
I floated for a good couple of minutes with turnouts on, in a semi-sitting position. Definately was not "dragged down" by the turnouts.
It was nearly impossible to achieve negative bouyancy with an SCBA on. I had to wear a scuba wieght belt to get down under water.
The SCBA worked just fine under water at ~15feet, a little compression around the face seal caused a little discomfort, but nothing bad. There was a normal level of air flow, and no free-flow.
All in all, wearing an SCBA under water will work in a pinch as a SCUBA system, which was the point of the drill, although some type of a weight belt will be required.
And turnouts will keep ya up for a little while.
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Yes,Chief.They're rated to provide 17.5 pounds of buoyancy.An adult male weighing 180 lbs buck nekkid "usually" needs 8 lbs of buoyancy.Add VHF radio,knife,clothes and steeltoed boots that a towboater carries and you need about that much extra.
The only fireboat I've seen was Paducah Ky's barge paid for by the local towing companies and manned on call by a PFD(no pun intended) truck company.They'd carry their bunkers with them but worked in station clothes and Mk Vs unless they went up on the platforms where the nozzles were.Then they'd wear the coat under the vest to stay drier.
Supposedly,my department which has the majority of the marine companies in their district was to train on that barge but we never did during my time there.For some reason,very few of the members wanted anything to do with water flowing at 5-8 mph.
To expand on my"water rescue" experience,on McKeller Lake here in Memphis,a guy had slipped in some loose grain and fallen overboard in mid 30s temps.I had no idea what the water temps were that January day but it couldn't have been too much warmer than the air.The barge had just been pulled from a grain dock which is where the spillage had happened and the freeboard from the barge deck was about 13" or 14".
We pulled him straight up out of the water(about the only thing done right)and got him to the galley of my boat to rewarm him with coffee and blankets.He was the only guy that day that didn't know to bring extra clothes during winter so we turned the stove up on high and dried his clothes so he could go back to work as the port captain wanted.
If it happens again,even if I am not a pilot,the boat is immediately going back to the dock to meet an abulance no matter what the port captain says.
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Thanks. I have a Aluminum Frame/Stainless Blade folding knife, a Lightstick, and a couple of Aluminum Carabiners hanging on my vest. Aluminum?? Yeah, gotta bit of maintenence there, but the light weight makes it worthwhile. Funny, spilled grain never crossed my radar, I thought the wires were the worst thing on the barges.
Flowing Water.......... At flood, the streams that we deal with are doing that and then some.
Memphis may be at a more Southerly location, but that water probably came from Minnesota or Wisconsin..........
Stearns makes a great dry suit, except for the hands, and I'm usually in one on Water calls, either because of the temperature or the contamination in Floodwater.
They're called "Port Captains" because the office wants them where management can keep an eye on them.......Last edited by hwoods; 05-14-2007 at 11:40 PM.
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That was our Dept that did the Turnout's in the water. It really wasnt bad to float or swim the the gear. With the SCBA on its quite easy. Should you find your self without an SCBA, just stay on your back, try not to let the remaining air out of the suit and get to shore. if there is no shore and you have to float it out for a while, use your helmet as a float. if no helmet. turn your boots upside down and catch air in them and stick em under your arms.
we make fun of the flotation device SOP all the time, PFD's have sometimes been worn while washing dishes. you can also use them for other things. we recently had to rescue a Horse from a lake shore, we used the PFD to kepp the horses head above water, and to also shield his eyes while performing the extrication.
my experience is same as mittle's.
On another note, how many times have you seen FF's wearing the heavy, neoprene Stearns immersion or "ice rescue" suits near/on moving water?
Talk about dangerous... there's been more than 1 FF killed wearing that style suit in moving water, yet you see it all the time.
Dwayne - I wonder how many LODD's Rescue Randy has had? I know we've had some "traumatic amputations"... no drownings that I know of, though!Last edited by Resq14; 05-15-2007 at 02:26 PM.
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Foreword by Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence.This groundbreaking book, from one of the global innovators in the integration of brain science with psychotherapy, offers an extraordinary guide to the practice of "mindsight," the potent skill that is the basis for both emotional and social intelligence. From anxiety to depression and feelings of shame and inadequacy, from mood swings to addictions, OCD, and traumatic memories, most of us have a mental "trap" that causes recurring conflict in our lives and relationships. Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and co-director of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center, shows us how to use mindsight to escape these traps. Through his synthesis of a broad range of scientific research with applications to everyday life, Dr. Siegel has developed novel approaches that have helped hundreds of patients free themselves from obstacles blocking their happiness. By cultivating mindsight, all of us can effect positive, lasting changes in our brains—and our lives. A book as inspiring as it is profound, Mindsight can help us master our emotions, heal our relationships, and reach our fullest potential. less
Random House Publishing Group; January 2010
320 pages; ISBN 9780553907100
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Chapter OneA Broken Brain, a Lost Soul
The Triangle of Well-Being
Barbara's family might never have come for therapy if seven-year-old Leanne hadn't stopped talking in school. Leanne was Barbara's middle child, between Amy, who was fourteen, and Tommy, who was three. They had all taken it hard when their mother was in a near-fatal car accident. But it wasn't until Barbara returned home from the hospital and rehabilitation center that Leanne became "selectively mute." Now she refused to speak with anyone outside the family-including me.
In our first weekly therapy sessions, we spent our time in silence, playing some games, doing pantomimes with puppets, drawing, and just being together. Leanne wore her dark hair in a single jumbled ponytail, and her sad brown eyes would quickly dart away whenever I looked directly at her. Our sessions felt stuck, her sadness unchanging, the games we played repetitive. But then one day when we were playing catch, the ball rolled to the side of the couch and Leanne discovered my video player and screen. She said nothing, but the sudden alertness of her expression told me her mind had clicked on to something.
The following week Leanne brought in a videotape, walked over to the video machine, and put it into the slot. I turned on the player and her smile lit up the room as we watched her mother gently lift a younger Leanne up into the air, again and again, and then pull her into a huge, enfolding hug, the two of them shaking with laughter from head to toe. Leanne's father, Ben, had captured on film the dance of communication between parent and child that is the hallmark of love: We connect with each other through a give-and-take of signals that link us from the inside out. This is the joy-filled way in which we come to share each other's minds.
Next the pair swirled around on the lawn, kicking the brilliant yellow and burnt-orange leaves of autumn. The mother-daughter duet approached the camera, pursed lips blowing kisses into the lens, and then burst out in laughter. Five-year-old Leanne shouted, "Happy birthday, Daddy!" at the top of her lungs, and you could see the camera shake as her father laughed along with the ladies in his life. In the background Leanne's baby brother, Tommy, was napping in his stroller, snuggled under a blanket and surrounded by plush toys. Leanne's older sister, Amy, was off to the side engrossed in a book.
"That's how my mom used to be when we lived in Boston," Leanne said suddenly, the smile dropping from her face. It was the first time she had spoken directly to me, but it felt more like I was overhearing her talk to herself. Why had Leanne stopped talking?
It had been two years since that birthday celebration, eighteen months since the family moved to Los Angeles, and twelve months since Barbara suffered a severe brain injury in her accident-a head-on collision. Barbara had not been wearing her seat belt that evening as she drove their old Mustang to the local store to get some milk for the kids. When the drunk driver plowed into her, her forehead was forced into the steering wheel. She had been in a coma for weeks following the accident.
After she came out of the coma, Barbara had changed in dramatic ways. On the videotape I saw the warm, connected, and caring person that Barbara had been. But now, Ben told me, she "was just not the same Barbara anymore." Her physical body had come home, but Barbara herself, as they had known her, was gone.
During Leanne's next visit I asked for some time alone with her parents. It was clear that what had been a close relationship between Barbara and Ben was now profoundly stressed and distant. Ben was patient and kind with Barbara and seemed to care for her deeply, but I could sense his despair. Barbara just stared off as we talked, made little eye contact with either of us, and seemed to lack interest in the conversation. The damage to her forehead had been repaired by plastic surgery, and although she had been left with motor skills that were somewhat slow and clumsy, she actually looked quite similar, in outward appearance, to her image on the videotape. Yet something huge had changed inside.
Wondering how she experienced her new way of being, I asked Barbara what she thought the difference was. I will never forget her reply: "Well, I guess if you had to put it into words, I suppose I'd say that I've lost my soul."
Ben and I sat there, stunned. After a while, I gathered myself enough to ask Barbara what losing her soul felt like.
"I don't know if I can say any more than that," she said flatly. "It feels fine, I guess. No different. I mean, just the way things are. Just empty. Things are fine."
We moved on to practical issues about care for the children, and the session ended.
A Damaged Brain
It wasn't clear yet how much Barbara could or would recover. Given that only a year had passed since the accident, much neural repair was still possible. After an injury, the brain can regain some of its function and even grow new neurons and create new neural connections, but with extensive damage it may be difficult to retrieve the complex abilities and personality traits that were dependent on the now destroyed neural structures.
Neuroplasticity is the term used to describe this capacity for creating new neural connections and growing new neurons in response to experience. Neuroplasticity is not just available to us in youth: We now know that it can occur throughout the lifespan. Efforts at rehabilitation for Barbara would need to harness the power of neuroplasticity to grow the new connections that might be able to reestablish old mental functions. But we'd have to wait awhile for the healing effects of time and rehabilitation to see how much neurological recovery would be possible.
My immediate task was to help Leanne and her family understand how someone could be alive and look the same yet have become so radically different in the way her mind functioned. Ben had told me earlier that he did not know how to help the children deal with how Barbara had changed; he said that he could barely understand it himself. He was on double duty, working, managing the kids' schedules, and making up for what Barbara could no longer do. This was a mother who had delighted in making homemade Halloween costumes and Valentine's Day cupcakes. Now she spent most of the day watching TV or wandering around the neighborhood. She could walk to the grocery store, but even with a list she would often come home empty-handed. Amy and Leanne didn't mind so much that she cooked a few simple meals over and over again. But they were upset when she forgot their special requests, things they'd told her they liked or needed for school. It was as if nothing they said to her really registered.
As our therapy sessions continued, Barbara usually sat quietly, even when she was alone with me, although her speech was intact. Occasionally she'd suddenly become agitated at an innocent comment from Ben, or yell if Tommy fidgeted or Leanne twirled her ponytail around her finger. She might even erupt after a silence, as if some internal process was driving her. But most of the time her expression seemed frozen, more like emptiness than depression, more vacuous than sad. She seemed aloof and unconcerned, and I noticed that she never spontaneously touched either her husband or her children. Once, when three-year-old Tommy climbed onto her lap, she briefly put her hand on his leg as if repeating some earlier pattern of behavior, but the warmth had gone out of the gesture.
When I saw the children without their mother, they let me know how they felt. "She just doesn't care about us like she used to," Leanne said. "And she doesn't ever ask us anything about ourselves," Amy added with sadness and irritation. "She's just plain selfish. She doesn't want to talk to anyone anymore." Tommy remained silent. He sat close to his father with a drawn look on his face.
Loss of someone we love cannot be adequately expressed with words. Grappling with loss, struggling with disconnection and despair, fills us with a sense of anguish and actual pain. Indeed, the parts of our brain that process physical pain overlap with the neural centers that record social ruptures and rejection. Loss rips us apart.
Grief allows you to let go of something you've lost only when you begin to accept what you now have in its place. As our mind clings to the familiar, to our established expectations, we can become trapped in feelings of disappointment, confusion, and anger that create our own internal worlds of suffering. But what were Ben and the kids actually letting go of? Could Barbara regain her connected way of being? How could the family learn to live with a person whose body was still alive, but whose personality and "soul"-at least as they had known her-were gone?
"You-Maps" and "Me-Maps"
Nothing in my formal training-whether in medical school, pediatrics, or psychiatry-had prepared me for the situation I now faced in my treatment room. I'd had courses on brain anatomy and on brain and behavior, but when I was seeing Barbara's family, in the early 1990s, relatively little was known about how to bring our knowledge of such subjects into the clinical practice of psychotherapy. Looking for some way to explain Barbara to her family, I trekked to the medical library and reviewed the recent clinical and scientific literature that dealt with the regions of the brain damaged by her accident.
Scans of Barbara's brain revealed substantial trauma to the area just behind her forehead; the lesions followed the upper curve of the steering wheel. This area, I discovered, facilitates very important functions of our personality. It also links widely separated brain regions to one another-it is a profoundly integrative region of the brain.
The area behind the forehead is a part of the frontal lobe of the cerebral cortex, the outermost section of the brain. The frontal lobe is associated with most of our complex thinking and planning. Activity in this part of the brain fires neurons in patterns that enable us to form neural representations-"maps" of various aspects of our world. The maps resulting from these clusters of neuronal activity serve to create an image in our minds. For example, when we take in the light reflected from a bird sitting in a tree, our eyes send signals back into our brain, and the neurons there fire in certain patterns that permit us to have the visual picture of the bird.
Somehow, in ways still to be discovered, the physical property
of neurons firing helps to create our subjective experience-the thoughts, feelings, and associations evoked by seeing that bird, for example. The sight of the bird may cause us to feel certain emotions, to hear or remember its song, and even to associate that song with ideas such as nature, hope, freedom, and peace. The more abstract and symbolic the representation, the higher in the nervous system it is created, and the more forward in the cortex.
The prefrontal cortex-the most damaged part of the frontal lobe of Barbara's brain-makes complex representations that permit us to create concepts in the present, think of experiences in the past, and plan and make images about the future. The prefrontal cortex is also responsible for the neural representations that enable us to make images of the mind itself. I call these representations of our mental world "mindsight maps." And I have identified several kinds of mindsight maps made by our brains.
The brain makes what I call a "me-map" that gives us insight into ourselves, and a "you-map" for insight into others. We also seem to create "we-maps," representations of our relationships. Without such maps, we are unable to perceive the mind within ourselves or others. Without a me-map, for example, we can become swept up in our thoughts or flooded by our feelings. Without a you-map, we see only others' behaviors, the physical aspect of reality, without sensing the subjective core, the inner mental sea of others. It is the you-map that permits us to have empathy. In essence, the injury to Barbara's brain had created a world without mindsight. She had feelings and thoughts, but she could not represent them to herself as activities of her mind. Even when she said she'd "lost her soul," her statement had a bland, factual quality, more like a scientific observation than a deeply felt expression of personal identity. (I was puzzled by that disconnect between observation and emotion until I learned from later studies that the parts of our brain that create maps of the mind are distinct from those that enable us to observe and comment on self- traits such as shyness or anxiety-or, in Barbara's case, the lack of a quality she called "soul.")
In the years since I took Barbara's brain scans to the library, much more has been discovered about the interlinked functions of the prefrontal cortex. For example, the side of this region is crucial for how we pay attention; it enables us to put things in the "front of our mind" and hold them in awareness. The middle portion of the prefrontal area, the part damaged in Barbara, coordinates an astonishing number of essential skills, including regulating the body, attuning to others, balancing emotions, being flexible in our responses, soothing fear, and creating empathy, insight, moral awareness, and intuition. These were the skills Barbara was no longer able to recruit in her interactions with her family.
I will be referring to-and expanding on-this list of nine middle prefrontal functions throughout our discussion of mindsight. But even at first glance, you can see that these functions are essential ingredients for well-being, ranging from bodily processes such as regulating our hearts to social functions such as empathy and moral reasoning.
After Barbara emerged from her coma, her impairments had seemed to settle into a new personality. Some of her habits, such as what she liked to eat and how she brushed her teeth, remained the same. There was nothing significantly changed in how her brain mapped out these basic behavioral functions. But the ways in which she thought, felt, behaved, and interacted with others were profoundly altered. This affected every detail of daily life-right down to Leanne's crooked ponytail. Barbara still had the behavioral moves necessary to fix her daughter's hair, but she no longer cared enough to get it right.
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15 December 2011
To proponents of Detroit's "aerotropolis," the airplane could be as important to Michigan's economy in this century as the automobile was in the 20th century.
The "aerotropolis" sounds like something out of "The Jetsons" — an airport surrounded by a bustling city fueled with a constant stream of people and cargo coming and going from around the globe.
In the real 21st century, Amsterdam, Dubai and Beijing and other major cities already have booming aerotropolis developments, which, in essence, are cities themselves filled with businesses and residents whose work is dependent on easy air access.
"In a highly specialized, differentiated economy, being close to an airport is critical," said John Taylor, a transportation and supplier chain expert at Wayne State University. "There's an opportunity to bring a fair number of jobs and an improved quality of life to Southeast Michigan."
The aerotropolis is one of several initiatives to transform SE Michigan into a global freight nexus "by land, by sea, by air."
Economic developers here hope to attract hundreds of businesses and 64,000 jobs to some 60,000 undeveloped acres of property surrounding the Detroit Metro and Willow Run airports over the next 25 years.
The annual economic impact to the state of a fully utilized aerotropolis is estimated at $10 billion a year.
"All the elements are there for it to take off," said Doug Rothwell, president of Business Leaders for Michigan and a member of the Detroit Region Aerotropolis executive committee.
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Greg Lindsay, co-author of the new book, "Aerotropolis: The Way We'll Live Next," said Michigan's manufacturing and talent base, modern terminals at Detroit Metro, nearby rail lines and nonstop flights from Metro to Asia give it an advantage over competing projects in other states.
"Of all the groups in the Midwest that are trying to do this, Detroit is the only with the assets needed to make it work," he said.
Lindsay said passenger air service is even more important than rail or trucking in a growing knowledge economy:
"If you want to catalyze development, you need air service," he said. "It's about the ability to move people who are flying around with skills rather than moving boxes."
But Rothwell and others acknowledge that Detroit's aerotropolis is navigating through some nasty political turbulence and financial difficulties that are delaying its economic take-off.
Meanwhile other Midwest cities, including Indianapolis and Columbus, are moving aggressively on projects of their own that threaten to divert development from Detroit.
"They'll get there before us, if we're not careful," Rothwell said.
Spearheaded by Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano and Detroit business leaders, the aerotropolis was formally launched after passage of state enabling legislation last year.
The Next Michigan Development Corporation law allows as many as five regional geographic entities to offer a variety of economic incentives to businesses that locate near major transportation facilities, such as airports
It's the centerpiece of a plan to boost "multimodal" commerce in Michigan, tying together air, rail and truck-based shipping into a seamless transportation system.
"Logistics and transportation have huge implications for growing the economy here," said Doug Smith, senior vice president of strategic partnerships at the Michigan Economic Development Corp.
Flint, Grand Rapids, Lansing and Traverse City also are interested in gaining Next Michigan status for aerotropolis developments surrounding airports in those cities, Smith added.
Detroit's aerotropolis effort grew out of a 2006 study prepared for Detroit Renaissance — now Business Leaders for Michigan — that recommended Southeast Michigan utilize its considerable air, rail and truck assets to become a global logistics hub.
The study noted that 40 percent of the value of world trade was transported by air and that world air cargo traffic was expected to double by 2020.
Detroit Metro, which serves 30 million passengers a year, is the second-largest hub and primary Asian gateway for Delta Air Lines.
And Willow Run, which serves cargo, corporate and general aviation clients, handles 200 million pounds of cargo a year. It's Michigan's fourth-largest airport.
Nine local government entities in Wayne and Washtenaw counties have formed the Detroit Region Aerotropolis Corp., which allows the aerotropolis to offer businesses a variety of incentives to locate near the airports.
Those incentives include 10 tax-free Renaissance Zones and property tax abatements for companies locating outside of the Renaissance Zones.
"This is about jobs, jobs, jobs and getting people back to work," Ficano said when former Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed the Next Michigan legislation on Dec. 15, 2010. "Next Michigan is pivotal in continuing regional collaboration and elevating Michigan as a great place to do business."
The aerotropolis corporation began operation in February.
But a huge shake-up in Ficano's administration and a wide-ranging FBI investigation of Wayne County finances, including the airport authority that governs Detroit Metro and Willow Run, have nearly stalled progress.
Metro Airport CEO Turkia Awada Mullin was fired in October after it was revealed that she'd received a $200,000 severance payment when she voluntarily left her job as the county's top economic development official to become the airport chief. Mullin filed a lawsuit against the airport authority board on Dec. 8 seeking her job back. She claimed she'd been illegally fired by the board in a private meeting.
Last month, airport authority Chairwoman Renee Axt resigned three days after Ficano asked authority members to step down if they had conflicts of interest with the county.
And Azzam Elder, Ficano's right-hand-man on the aerotropolis project, was suspended from his job as deputy county executive in October for his role in the Mullin severance payment scandal. Elder resigned his job last month.
At the moment, the aerotropolis corporation is being run by interim executive director Bryce Kelley, a longtime Wayne County economic development official.
In addition to the political upheaval, Rothwell said efforts to develop the aerotropolis are being hampered by a lack of operating funds.
"The problem is the (Next Michigan) legislation doesn't provide a revenue stream to fund the executive director's position. There is no revenue stream to pay for overhead. It's very under-resourced."
Around $1 million was raised from corporations and foundations to pay for a business plan and start-up costs. And Wayne County has kicked in money for operations, Rothwell said.
The aerotropolis has hired San Francisco-based Applied Storytelling to brand and market it, but needs additional funds for a marketing campaign. The aerotropolis is seeking about $200,000 in marketing funds from the MEDC "and they have not said 'no,'" Kelley said.
Lindsay said the biggest possible negative of the aerotropolis is that it could attract companies that might otherwise locate in a revitalizing downtown Detroit.
"The larger question is whether building a whole new business district around those airports is the best thing to do," he said.
Dozens of companies have located in the aerotropolis region over the past several years, including a General Electrics wind turbine and research center in Van Buren Township that employs 1,200 workers.
So far, though, the only companies that have taken advantage of Next Michigan financial incentives are Kalitta Air and Kalitta Charters out of Willow Run Airport. The two companies have received tax incentives valued at $8 million for investments that have created 140 jobs, Kelley said.
No companies have located in the aerotropolis Renaissance Zones so far.
Gov. Rick Snyder has been working to wind down various Renaissance Zones, saying they have been ineffective in creating jobs and investment. But spokesman Ken Silfven said there are no plans to try to remove Renaissance Zones authorization from the Next Michigan development law.
Smith said the MEDC is "certainly not encouraging" other regions of the state seeking to build aerotropolis-type developments using the tax-free zones.
With or without Renaissance Zones, Rothwell said the approximate $500 million in business investment that has occurred since plans for Detroit's aerotropolis were drawn up points to its future success.
"It's been a very quiet process," he said. "The limited marketing effort shows it's got a lot of potential."
2 comments from Bridge readers.Add mine!
I wouldn't trust Bob Ficano to fly a paper airplane without getting a kick back from a contractor. I don't know how such a proposal can be considered with so many allegations of corruption swirling around Wayne County and the running of Metro Airport.
Mr Rothwell and his associates and gov have spent years telling us how broke the state is and that we cannot continue to help people, yet they ( Rothwell and friends) continue to dig there paws into the taxpayers pocket to fund business community projects that may or may not pan out. Seems like the " Free Market" that these people keep touting ought to fund the airtropolis that they want, not the tax payers.
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Issue No. 23, Article 3/October 7, 2011
More Strobilurin Fungicide-Resistant Strains of the Causal Agent of Frogeye Leaf Spot of Soybean
As I reported a year ago in the Bulletin (issue 23, October 8), Cercospora sojina) resistant to strobilurin fungicides were documented for the first time in western Tennessee in 2010. Since then, similar findings in southern Illinois and western Kentucky have been confirmed from samples also collected in 2010. Additional samples were collected from soybean fields this year, and isolates of C. sojina were recovered and tested for strobilurin fungicide resistance. The counties in Illinois and Tennessee that were found to have fungicide-resistant strains of C. sojina in 2010 also had fungicide-resistant strains present in 2011. In addition, new counties in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri have been confirmed to have strobilurin fungicide-resistant strains of C. sojina (Table 1).
Table 1. Locations of confirmed strobilurin fungicide-resistant strains of Cercospora sojina. | ||
State | County | When resistance was identified |
Illinois | Gallatin | 2010, 2011 |
Pope | 2010, 2011 | |
Kentucky | Caldwell | 2010 (no samples from 2011) |
Calloway | 2011 | |
Carlisle | 2011 | |
Hickman | 2011 | |
Livingston | 2011 | |
Marshall | 2011 | |
Missouri | Pemiscot | 2011 |
Tennessee | Dyer | 2011 |
Gibson | 2010, 2011 | |
Lauderdale | 2010, 2011 | |
Lawrence | 2011 |
Strobilurin fungicide active ingredients currently registered on soybean include azoxystrobin (found in Quadris, Quilt, and Quilt Xcel), fluoxastrobin (Evito), pyraclostrobin (Headline), and trifloxystrobin (Stratego, Stratego YLD). The Fungicide Resistance Action Committee (FRAC; www.frac.info) classifies the strobilurin fungicides as being at high risk for having resistance develop in targeted fungi. Any time a fungicide is applied to a crop, a selection pressure takes place, and individuals in the fungal pathogen population with reduced sensitivity to that fungicide are selected out. With additional applications of fungicides in the same fungicide class, a greater selection pressure is applied, and the risk increases for selecting out fungicide-resistant strains of plant pathogenic fungi.
To reduce this risk, the following tactics are recommended for managing frogeye leaf spot:
- First and foremost, plant a variety with high resistance to frogeye leaf spot, particularly in areas with a history of damaging levels of the disease. Resistant varieties are the best way to manage frogeye leaf spot.
If you have planted a susceptible variety in a risk-prone area and plan to apply fungicide, choose fungicides from different classes. Preliminary results from greenhouse and field studies at the University of Illinois with strobilurin fungicide-resistant strains of C. sojina indicate that many triazole fungicides (Proline, TopGuard, Domark, etc.) and thiophanate methyl fungicide (Topsin and other trade names) were effective in reducing frogeye leaf spot severity compared with strobilurin fungicides and the nontreated control. - Apply a foliar fungicide only to control plant diseases. Every time a fungicide application is made, pressure is applied that selects out individuals in the fungal pathogen population that may have reduced sensitivity to fungicides. Applying a fungicide only when it is needed--based on disease risk and scouting observations--reduces selection pressure and slows the development and spread of fungicide-resistant isolates.
My thanks to the Illinois Soybean Association for funding much of this research. In addition, I thank Melvin Newman (University of Tennessee), Don Hershman (University of Kentucky), and others for sending samples to my laboratory for testing.--Carl A. Bradley
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Concepts such as car pooling may be alien to most of Chennai's residents. Yet, the city has been witnessing a silent revolution in shared transport over the past few years. Not many know that over 5,300 maxi-cabs operate in the city currently.
At a time when plans to introduce mini-bus services are doing the rounds, the successes and drawbacks of share autorickshaws and maxi-cabs, which are called intermediate public transport (IPT), offer important lessons.
The initial batch of maxi-cabs, which were Tata Magic vehicles, started hitting the city's roads in January 2010. By December, there were over 1,000 of them operating out of the de facto hubs in Anna Nagar, Guindy, Tiruvanmiyur, Red Hills and Koyembedu. According to the Transport Department's estimates, maxi-cabs and share autorickshaws had by 2011 started catering to about 30 lakh passengers a day, which is half the number transported by Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses.
Dramatic growth
The growth of maxi-cabs in the city has been so dramatic that registration of new vehicles was stopped a couple of months ago. Maxi-cab operation has been successful despite being illegal as a proposal mooted by the previous government to regularise private share vehicles never came through. Experts say that the whole experience underscores the need to allow competition in urban transport and evolve high-frequency feeder routes that will support the public transport network.
S.A. Vijayakumar, former head of various State-run transport corporations, says that any future mini-bus system must try and replicate the frequency of service of maxi-cabs and share autorickshaws. "The MTC operates its 3,300 buses on 600-odd routes. Studies show that if they instead operate them along 3,300 routes, with just one bus on each route, the daily earnings would drop by half. High frequency translates to more revenue. They have not realised that providing better service on each route makes economic sense."
As a result, the average operational frequency of MTC's AC bus fleet is just one bus every hour. MTC's own studies show that just by providing better frequency of services on all existing routes, a shift of 15 to 20 per cent from private modes to public transport is possible.
Abdul Rahim, a resident of T. Nagar who regularly uses maxi-cabs, says: "On a rainy evening last week, I paid just Rs.20 for a ride in a maxi-cab from Padi to Greenways Road, a distance of 14 km. I paid an autorickshaw Rs.170 to make the same journey in the other direction."
K.P. Subramanian, former professor, Urban Engineering Department, Anna University, says that though share vehicles have been successful there is no control or regulation in place.
"There is a case for private operation under a strong regulatory framework. The city's transport grid has been under a government monopoly for years and there has been no initiative. The few surveys that have been done among MTC commuters show that the level of satisfaction is very poor."
Mr. Subramanian points to Ahmedabad BRT's example which has begun collaborating with private IPT modes to bring in more passengers. The city needs to evolve sustainable partnerships with private feeder services to ease access to public transport, he says and adds that much would depend on Metro's multi-modal integration study which aims to link with IPT modes.
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Palouse Falls
Palouse Falls | |
Palouse Falls during high flow, viewed from the west side of the canyon
Location | Franklin / Whitman counties, Washington, USA |
Coordinates | 46°39′49″N 118°13′25″W / 46.66361°N 118.22361°WCoordinates: 46°39′49″N 118°13′25″W / 46.66361°N 118.22361°W[1] |
Elevation | 725 feet (221 m) |
Total height | 200 feet (61 m) |
The Palouse Falls lies on the Palouse River, about 4 mi (6 km) upstream of the confluence with the Snake River in southeast Washington, United States. The falls are 198 ft (60 m) in height.[2] The falls consists of an upper falls with a drop of ~20 feet (6.1 m) which lies 1,000 feet (305 m) north northwest of the main drop, and a lower falls, with a drop of ~180 feet (55 m).
The canyon at the falls is 115 meters (377 feet) deep, exposing a large cross-section of the Columbia River Basalt Group. These falls and the canyon downstream comprise an important feature of the channeled scablands created by the great Missoula Floods that swept periodically across eastern Washington and across the Columbia River Plateau during the Pleistocene epoch.[3][4][5]
The ancestral Palouse river flowed through the currently dry Washtucna Coulee to the Columbia River. The Palouse Falls and surrounding canyons were created when the Missoula Floods overtopped the south valley wall of the ancestral Palouse River, diverting it to the current course to the Snake River by erosion of a new channel.[3][6]
The area is characterized by interconnected and hanging flood-created coulees, cataracts, plunge pools, kolk created potholes, rock benches, buttes and pinnacles typical of scablands. Palouse Falls State Park is located at the falls, protecting this part of the uniquely scenic area.[5]
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In 1984 the Franklin County Public Utilitity District proposed a 30 m (98 ft) high dam be constructed upstream of the falls, allowing for a significant hydraulic head for hydroelectric power generation. This would have provided over one third of the county's power and would have reduced ratepayer charges substantially. However, the majority of the ratepayers declined to approve the investment, preserving this geologically significant feature.[3]
Palouse Falls State Park[edit]
The falls are included in Washington State's Palouse Falls State Park, which provides access to the falls and has displays explaining the region's unique geology, as well as its historical ties (the Palouse Indians and the Mullan Road both took advantage of the easy access to the plateau in the vicinity of the falls).[7]
On April 21, 2009, Tyler Bradt ran the falls in a kayak setting an unofficial world record for the highest waterfall run. Bradt's media agent released the video footage of him dropping over the falls to Sports Illustrated, who carried it on their website.[8][9] The magazine carried a two-page photo of the feat in its May 18 issue. The photos were also reproduced in Spain's Hola magazine's international issue of September 23, 2009.
Height of the falls[edit]
As a result of the unofficial world record for the highest waterfall run, questions were raised about the correct height of the main drop for the falls. In the interest of claiming a world record, Bradt's team measured the falls and determined the height was 186 feet (57 m) from the top pool immediately above main drop to the plunge pool immediately below. A regional paper, The Spokesman-Review inquired with Washington state officials and determined that the previous height measurement was performed in 1945 using earlier techniques; the state was not prepared to perform an updated measurement using laser surveying equipment. However, a Whitman College geology professor led a team of students who determined:[10]
- The height of the plunge pool and the top pool both vary with river flows, but not uniformly.
- The flow peak for 2009 was 8,300 cu ft/s (240 m3/s) on January 9 - at that time the river top pool elevation was 12 feet (3.7 m) higher than when the measurements were made on August 18.
- The estimated plunge pool elevation difference between January and August was 7 feet (2.1 m).
- Hence there is a 5-foot (1.5 m) variability in the height of falls over this period.
- The likely height of the falls at the main drop during the highest waterfall record attempt was between 175 and 180 feet (55 m).
Official State Waterfall[edit]
On February 12, 2014 the Washington State House of Representatives passed HB 2119 unanimously to make Palouse Falls the official state waterfall in Washington State. The proposal for the bill originated when a group of elementary school students in the nearby town of Washtucna lobbied the state legislature.[11]
- ^ "Palouse Falls". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ "Park Features". Washington State Parks. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
- ^ a b c Carson, Robert J.; Pogue, Kevin R. (1996). Flood Basalts and Glacier Floods:Roadside Geology of Parts of Walla Walla, Franklin, and Columbia Counties, Washington. Washington State Department of Natural Resources (Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Information Circular 90). ISBN none.
- ^ Alt, David. Glacial Lake Missoula & its Humongous Floods. Mountain Press Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87842-415-6.
- ^ a b Bjornstad, Bruce (2006). On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods: A Geological Guide to the Mid-Columbia Basin. Keokee Books; Sand Point, Idaho. ISBN 978-1-879628-27-4.
- ^ Alt, David and Hyndman, Donald (1984). Roadside Geology of Washington. Mountain Press Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87842-160-2.
- ^ "Palouse Falls". Copyright © 2009 Washington State Parks. Retrieved 28 April 2009. Check date values in:
(help) - ^ "Fall Guy: Paddling Over Palouse Falls". Sports Illustrated. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2009.[dead link]
- ^ -The Sunday Oregonian, May 31, 2009- accessed 2009-06-08
- ^ Landers, Rich (12 September 2009). "Measuring up to Palouse Falls". quoted by tricityherald.com from The Spokesman-Review (tricityherald.com). Retrieved 12 September 2009.
- ^ "House passes Palouse Falls bill". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
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What are some legitimate, cost-conscious options available for disposing of excess fabric from the fashion industry?
Waste management in the fashion industry. You know that waste management is a critical concern - imagine having to dispose of 10,000 yards of scrap material each day. Sending it to a landfill can be expensive and is guaranteed to add stress to the environment.
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Bigger security threat outside Sochi: US official
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The biggest security threat facing the Olympic games in Russia is a possible attack in areas outside of Sochi and its heavily-guarded venues, a top US counter-terrorism official said on Tuesday.
"We think the greater danger, from a terrorist perspective, is in the potential for attacks to occur outside of the actual venues for the games themselves, in the area surrounding Sochi or outside of Sochi, in the region," said Matthew Olsen, director of the National Counter-terrorism Center.
Security at the Sochi winter games has been a major focus for Moscow as well as Washington, after two deadly suicide attacks in December in the southern city of Volgograd and a stream of threats from Islamist militants in the volatile northern Caucasus region.
Speaking to the House Intelligence committee, Mr Olsen said the primary danger came from extremists with Emarat Kavkaz, or the Caucasus Emirate, which was "probably the most prominent terrorist group in Russia." "It's made its intent clear to seek to carry out attacks in the run-up to the games," Olsen said.


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Anyone know how to get a flight to Tacloban from Manila? I need to get to Leyte to cover the typhoon relief and check on a few contacts a bit inland from the airport, but it looks like the commercial flights are still grounded.
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No commercial flights to Tacloban as yet, only military. I am headed there on Tuesday 20th by ship accompanying an aid mission, returning on the morning of the 22nd. Maybe an opportunity for you – I can pass contact details of organisers if required.
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Astronomers have discovered strange and unexpected behavior around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy NGC 5548.
A team of astronomers have found at least one supermassive black holes almost always becomes active and luminous by accreting a large amount of material in luminous, gas-rich, merging galaxies.
Over billions of years, small black holes can slowly grow supermassive by taking on mass from their surroundings and also by merging with other black holes.
Experts have claimed that the notion black holes become supermassive by merging with other black holes is much more complex than previously believed.
NASA`s new black-hole-hunter spacecraft - NuSTAR - has detected its first 10 supermassive black holes, lying at the hearts of distant galaxies between 0.3 and 11.4 billion light-years from Earth.
Some of the biggest black holes in the universe may actually be even bigger than previously thought, a study that uses data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has suggested.
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission has uncovered millions of new supermassive black holes and extreme galaxies called hot DOGs, or dust-obscured galaxies.
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