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Syracuse, NY -- A Syracuse man was in stable condition Wednesday night after being stabbed near an intersection on the city's north side, according to Syracuse police reports.
Robert Manzi, 50, was treated at St. Joseph's Hospital for a half-inch stab wound to his right side, according to reports. Manzi told police that he was also kicked several times.
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Last year, the Center for Science in the Public Interest filed a lawsuit against Coca-Cola over its beverage Vitaminwater, claiming its advertising of the product is unfair, misleading, fraudulent, and deceptive. A federal judge recently ruled that the lawsuit has enough merit to go forward.
This case is significant for the nation's fight against obesity, because it's an opportunity to explore the role of sugar-sweetened beverage marketing in the epidemic.
Vitaminwater is a heavily advertised product, and one that has been quite profitable for the giant beverage company that makes it. It has flavors such as "revive," "defense," "focus," and "multi-v," accompanied by exhortations such as "kiss me, I'm healthy!" and "it's got vitamin C and zinc, to help support a healthy immune system." Ads for it are ubiquitous.

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THE MOMENT LAST DECEMBER THAT veterinarian Steven Weinstein examined the emaciated animal with the oddly bulging abdomen, he knew he was dealing with something that shouldn't happen to a dog. "She looked terrible," he recalls. "She was sick." The female Old English sheepdog had arrived at New York City's John F. Kennedy airport on a flight from Bogotá, Colombia. Suspicious Customs officials had taken her to Weinstein, who, after spotting the suspicious bulge, X-rayed her in his office. When he opened her up, he found 10 balloons, each stuffed with about half a pound of cocaine (street value $250,000)—a drug smuggler's surgically implanted booty. "I almost fell over," says Weinstein, who later nicknamed the dog Cokey. "This dog was scheduled to die a horrible death."
Soon afterward, John Erik Roa, 22, of Paterson, N.J., was arrested as he tried to claim her. Offers poured in from outraged animal lovers eager to adopt her. But since Cokey was considered evidence against Roa (who pleaded guilty to federal drug smuggling charges and was scheduled to be sentenced April 7), the Customs Service relocated her to its Canine Enforcement Training Center in Front Royal, Va., where drug-sniffing canines are taught their trade. "Even though she was victimized," says the center's director, Carl Newcombe, "she doesn't hold any grudges. The first time she came here, she sat right in my chair."
Cokey didn't make it as a drug detective. ("She likes to play, but she doesn't like to retrieve," says Newcombe.) But now recovered and 20 pounds heavier, she has a job of her own: appearing at area schools as part of the service's drug education program. At the Stafford Elementary School in Stafford, Va., Cokey recently charmed 300 kids even as her story—related by Customs agent John Krob—left them appalled.
"I learned that criminals will do anything to get what they want," said Tom Gibson, 10, afterward. Megan Vrabel, 10, agreed. "I thought it was horrible that someone would do something like that to a living, breathing animal." Newcombe's Customs colleagues feel just the same way. "Cokey has energized the folks," he says. "They realize, 'Yeah, this is a good fight.' "
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Eat, drink and be murdered! Dinner and a Murder is a real life Clue game set in prohibition-era Chicago. It takes place Thursday, Aug. 23 at the Prestige Lakeside Resort. Enjoy a Mediterranean buffet, the Dinner and a Murder game, followed by a silent auction.
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We often hear about people who go on to be a doctor because someone in their family battle a life threatening disease or someone who was inspired to create a product because nothing on the market could meet their needs. Well Jamie Collins Doss, owner of Bethesda Skincare, is one of those people. Her father had multiple skin cancers removed from his face after years of working in the field of his farm without sun protection and after becoming ill herself, Jamie's skin could no longer tolerate traditional soaps. Thus the Bethesda Sunscreen Soap was born.
Bethesda's Sunscreen Soap is a multi-vitamin bar that actually has sunscreen in it and provides you with a SPF of 10. As you wash your body it is coated with an invisible layer of protection, all the while with no artificial fragrances, coloring, fillers or binders. While containing 50 vitamins and minerals, this soap is not greasy or oily. In fact, as I used it it didn't smell like sunscreen (it smelled fresh & clean) nor did my skin feel like it had sunscreen applied to it. My skin felt soft and I liked knowing that my skin was protected even though outside of Summer, I don't traditionally apply sunscreen (unless it is in my foundation or moisturizer).
Bethesda Skincare has a fantastic program to give one bar of this soap for free to people who are battling cancer. It's called the Melanie Policy and came out of Jamie's sister battling stage 4 Colon Cancer. Since chemotherapy and cancer treatment depletes the skin of it's nutrients and causes it to become fragile, Bethesda Sunscreen Soap can help nourish their tender skin. If you are battling cancer or know of someone who is, please see the Bethesda Skincare website for more information on how to get a free bar of this soap. Above all, it is done on the honor system, so please don't "fake it" just to score something for free. (I know, but you know there are people out there who would!)
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I am glad this soap made your skin feel great, I have it on my list to get for a bunch of people as stocking stuffers (including hubby). I think it looks fab and glad it passed your approval. 🙂
Sunscreen soap, eh? I'm more than skeptical. Maybe if you wear a HAT with it!
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i read about this company a while ago. i am glad when smaller companies succeed and make us more aware about cancer and help out to those who suffer from it
Hats off to Jamie Collins Doss for creating this for her father! This makes me think of my own father who worked hard all his life and lost his life to colon cancer!
I have to agree with Suzy, I'm a bit skeptical about sunscreen soap.
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New Android 4.4 images show the KitKat easter egg, UI tweaks, and more
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1. good2great (Posts: 1042; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
why does it look so flat and plain? (the screen shots of some apps)
Are all OSs moving away from making things seem realistic?
4. Commentator (Posts: 3691; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
Android has looked like this for two years now, they're not exactly "moving away" any more.
7. NexusPhan (Posts: 625; Member since: 11 Jul 2013)
I think this is an early build. It looks almost identical to 4.0-4.3.
23. jimv1983 (Posts: 29; Member since: 10 Oct 2013)
Well, it is a minor update so I'm not sure why you are expecting any big changes.
27. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Major UI changes happen with the full .0 version updates, so I wouldn't expect it to look markedly different than 4.0-4.3. The big UI change will come with 5.0, just like it did with 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0.
9. Topcat488 (Posts: 1396; Member since: 29 Sep 2012)
First I just want to correct Michael H. about the Logo on the "kitKat", it's not a pagan symbol "Easter Egg", it's a ellipse! I'll "Passover" your Easter Egg.
In 2002, Hershey Kit Kats adopted the slanted ellipse logo used worldwide by Nestlé, though the ellipse was red and the text white.
12. bizwhizzy (Posts: 51; Member since: 04 Aug 2011)
"easter egg" as in "hidden item to find", not the shape of anything.
14. Reality_Check (Posts: 277; Member since: 15 Aug 2013)
Was that really necessary?
16. tadaa (Posts: 267; Member since: 18 Apr 2013)
oh the stupidity. and the bigotry.
37. giosoliman (Posts: 6; Member since: 04 Jan 2013)
BURN!!! haha.
44. softfurryanus (banned) (Posts: 232; Member since: 09 Jul 2013)
Wow Michael, get wrecked.
13. AnTuTu (Posts: 1580; Member since: 14 Oct 2012)
I wish the change the interface this time. Its getting kinda boring since JB's release :(
26. jimv1983 (Posts: 29; Member since: 10 Oct 2013)
They should only change it if the change makes it better. It's stupid just to change it just for the sake of changing it. Also, KitKat is not a major release it is a minor release. That is why it is 4.4 and not 5.0.
22. HansGoneInsane (unregistered)
It looks like they go for circle shaped app symbols, I like that in general. But to be honest, I think that iOS 7 looks much nicer and friendlier with its translucency and the resulting varying color scheme. (No offends meant here guys, just my opinion). I think Google (and Apple) should go in the direction of the current iPod Nano design, what do you think? I like that design and also the design of its app symbols.
2. kalloud (Posts: 148; Member since: 21 Jun 2012)
Although the rumored October 15th (tomorrow) release date is somehow confusing..
24. jimv1983 (Posts: 29; Member since: 10 Oct 2013)
It's way too late for tomorrow to be the release date. They haven't even had an official announcement yet. The invitations for the announcement event haven't even been sent yet.
41. LoveHater (Posts: 176; Member since: 09 Oct 2013)
I feel fishy about Android kit kat Sign up page ,, it wasn't for earlier versions,,, i think thay r going to unvil it online and those who register wil receive all the information right in there inbox
3. iyngr (Posts: 72; Member since: 14 Jul 2013)
Guess the Best 1 w'd be Voice Control / Always on Assistant Update.
5. Kitkat_4.4 (Posts: 74; Member since: 03 Sep 2013)
Settings icon sucks tbh. :(
6. Cyberchum (Posts: 675; Member since: 24 Oct 2012)
Yummy, can I have nine today, can't wait no longer???????
8. joaolx (Posts: 364; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
Android looks bad in tablets. Everything is streched and looks exactly like a phone. No differences except blank and useless place and it seems to get worse with every new release. I wish they changed it.
10. blazee (Posts: 407; Member since: 02 Jan 2012)
I disagree. Nothing looks stretched and or uselessly blank on my nexus 7
18. CanYouSeeTheLight (Posts: 1116; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
Yes it does, this image proves your point quite nicely.
Wait, what?
19. bucky (Posts: 2576; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
What looks stretched there? I'm confused
29. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10456; Member since: 14 May 2012)
... Idk if you're trolling or telling the truth.
30. CanYouSeeTheLight (Posts: 1116; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
He said Android on tablets looks exactly like a phone, but iOS UI is the same be it on iPhone, iPod, iPad, the iPad looks particularly bad because of the huge space between app icons.
35. bucky (Posts: 2576; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
I see what you're saying there but the pic is of the home screen. He obviously meant applications.
36. taikucing (unregistered)
lol.. so much unused spaces. and looks ugly too
11. ilia1986 (unregistered)
Can't wait!!! :)
15. twens (Posts: 978; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
I am the only one. I feel androids UI needs a big changed. I am getting bored with this holo theme already.
17. theaztech (unregistered)
how could you possibly be getting bored. I doubt youve used every single mod availbe for your phone on the forums.
21. good2great (Posts: 1042; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
lol to enjoy android you have to go on forums and try themes? that sucks...
twens is right!!
time for something new android!
25. kozza3 (Posts: 698; Member since: 17 Oct 2012)
no to enjoy android you simply use android, to change the way the UI looks you have the option to check out the forums if you choose to go that route. the selection of themes available for the CM theme engine is amazing BTW
39. good2great (Posts: 1042; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
been there done that.
20. Klamba92 (Posts: 210; Member since: 25 Jun 2012)
While I was hoping for a ui change like card ui, I am not getting bored of holo, still really like it. But the great thing is if you don't the ui you can always change through custom launchers. I'm using themer beta for now, really loving it!
28. Miracles (Posts: 560; Member since: 31 Aug 2013)
Am I missing some major information or something -_-
Wasn't the next version of Android going to be called KitKat?
31. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Yes, but the KitKat deal was done last minute, and considering most leaks are from prototypes/early betas, a lot of them still have the KLP name. It still is going to be called KitKat, but a lot of leaks are showing KLP because they aren't from recent models.
32. Miracles (Posts: 560; Member since: 31 Aug 2013)
Ahh that makes more sense. :D
33. werthedroids (Posts: 60; Member since: 15 Sep 2013)
I like the design of ics and jb. a LOT. this isn't as good. please don't screw it up google! I was hoping they would adopt the light "cards" look in all system apps in KitKat
34. The_Innovation (Posts: 610; Member since: 18 Jul 2012)
I have to be plainly fair here. After reading all the bashing on iOS 7, and comparing Android 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, and now 4.4....it's the same thing. Does it have more features than iOS? Definitely. But so did Android 2.2, that's not the point. iOS 7 was a pretty big leap from 6. This, not really.
38. av911 (Posts: 190; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
Why would you expect 4.4 to be a big leap? If that's the case, it would've been 5.0.
45. The_Innovation (Posts: 610; Member since: 18 Jul 2012)
Simply because so much time has passed since 4.0 was released. Where is 5.0, then? When it's Apple, it's the Devil. When it's Google, it's all praise and celebration.
43. techguyone (Posts: 199; Member since: 18 May 2013)
You're not comparing like for like, 4.4 is a point change from 4.3, ios has gone from ver 6 to ver 7,
Better to wait for android 5.0 then compare that with android 4.0 and see if you can spot some more significant differences.
46. The_Innovation (Posts: 610; Member since: 18 Jul 2012)
Yes but look how much time it takes to reach 5.0. That's my point. Yet, no one seems to complain about these minor updates. Also let's be fair, a new "Name" is pretty much a brand new release. So 4.4 is technically 5.0.
40. casualavi (Posts: 48; Member since: 02 Oct 2013)
Since this is Android 4, there will not be major UI changes but yes, features keep on adding like more user profiles, tap to pay, etc. The Holo UI will likely be changed on Android 5..
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Parents say the Fisher-Price Fold 'N Stow Swing (Est. $100) makes traveling a breeze, plus it has a smaller footprint than a full-size swing, without sacrificing all the bells and whistles. It has six speed settings, two recline positions and 10 music options, and parents say it's very easy to take on the go or move from room to room.
Like other portable swings, the Fisher-Price Fold 'N Stow Swing is very low to the ground and only takes batteries. However, reviewers are very pleased with the sound quality, considering its size. Complaints about this swing are sparse, but some parents find the lowest speed too fast for newborns. Other reviewers note that the mobile seems boring to some babies.
The Fisher-Price Space Saver Swing & Seat (Est. $80) can lock into place and vibrate gently. Reviewers say the Space Saver is easy to assemble and transport, and most are satisfied with battery life. They also like the colorful design, but some say the padding is thin and that newborns may slump without extra head support. Others say the included toy bar is boring and awkwardly placed and that there doesn't seem to be much difference between the swing's six speeds.
The Bright Starts Comfort & Harmony Portable Swing (Est. $70) is a longtime travel-swing favorite. Parents say the frame is easy to set up and folds nearly flat, making the swing an ideal choice for parents who frequently hit the road. The Comfort & Harmony has a five-point harness, but some reviewers say their babies slip out of the harness when the seat is in its upright position. It's probably not the best choice for a full-time, dedicated swing as many owners say the swing's motor lacks power when supporting a heavier baby, and there are some reports of swings that would work only when they were empty. It's important to note that all swings will slow down somewhat as your baby gets heavier.
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Bridget Moynahan welcomed a baby boy on Wednesday in Los Angeles. "Mother and baby are doing well," her publicist, Christina Papadopoulos, tells PEOPLE.
The actress, 36, announced in February that she was expecting her first child with her ex-boyfriend, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, 30.
The couple split in December after a three-year relationship.
During her fifth month, Moynahan talked to Martha Stewart about becoming a mom, saying: "I'm a little nervous, 'cause I haven't done it before."
On Monday, Brady, 30, called impending fatherhood "a very joyous, happy situation," and on Wednesday he was missing from practice, according to the Boston Globe.
While the Patriots declined official comment on Brady's whereabouts, the newspaper reports he hitched a lift to L.A. on the Kraft family's private jet.
Entertainment Tonight said he was seen at hospital in Santa Monica – with flowers.
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Community members, including Radiation Ranger "The Good Reverend John" Southwick, attended this three hour event with Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles' Denise Duffield, EnviroReporter.com's Michael Collins and Committee to Bridge the Gap's Dan Hirsch participated by telephone. SSFL and Runkle Canyon Project Director Rick Brausch headed meeting. When asked if Runkle Canyon developer KB Home would be willing to clean up the property's high strontium-90 and heavy metals to background, Brausch said "We have no grounds to compel it nor have they offered it." Brausch said that there were only 22 new soil samples taken to be tested for Sr-90, or one sample for every 72.5 acres of Runkle Canyon. "No decisions have been made on the [Runkle Canyon] project," Brausch said, adding, "This is not meant to be a lifelong process." "We're trying to get to the right answer," Brausch summed up. "We don't know what that particular answer will be." The spirited conversation spanned three hours with Collins questioning how one or two surface water samples, oddly containing no arsenic since nearly all California water contains arsenic, could be used to alleviate KB Home's potential obligation to test for heavy metals on its property. Hirsch pressed for additional strontium-90 and cesium-137 soil testing in order to insure 'community buy-in' to the results. "We reserve the right to compel actions based on environmental conditions," Brausch concluded. "My apologies for [DTSC] stumbles, gaffes and missteps."
AIRS-LA: Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles with reader Joel Jurka. Begins about 2/3rds of way through 26 minute tape.
This document was mass e-mailed to commenters who generated over a hundred pages of comments, none of which DTSC specifically answers here. In fact, these responses seemed cut and pasted from the July 22, 2010 letter DTSC sent to KB Home.
On the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, Simi Valley's Radiation Rangers take Runkle Canyon developer KB Home to task after news that its former head, Bruce Karatz, was convicted of four felonies secretly backdating stock options to the tune of $6.6 million and then lying to regulators about it. The Rangers are happy that Karatz may be incarcerated but point out that the residents of the Simi and San Fernando valleys still have to contend with one of Karatz's most controversial aquisitions under his tenure at KB Home: Runkle Canyon. The Rangers demand that KB Home clean up the canyon which appears contaminated with high radiation, chemicals and heavy metal yet is planned for a 461 home community. Click link below to read more.
California EPA's Department of Toxic Substances Control issues a new draft consent order regarding the cleanup of the old Rocketdyne Santa Susana Field Laboratory that now includes site owner Boeing and requires that the company, NASA and the Department of Energy adhere to the strictest cleanup standards passed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2007. Environmental activists like Simi Valley's Radiation Rangers are thrilled by this renewed effort to remediate the pollution left at the site contaminated by chemicals and radiation and home to America's worst uncontained nuclear reactor meltdown. See link below for more information.
Photographs of the worst nuclear reactor disaster in U.S. history that happened just outside of Los Angeles July 13-26, 1959. They were taken by John Pace, an eyewitness to the Sodium Reactor Experiment meltdown, who spoke with us in an exclusive interview that took place, sadly, at the same time singer Michael Jackson died.
"This is a picture of the men trying to unstick the second fuel rod that broke off in the reactor, Pace told EnviroReporter.com. "They are looking under the lead shield of the Fuel transporter trying to see where the broken fuel rod was stuck at. They are on top of the reactor getting radiation from the reactor core through the open fuel rod hole with the fuel rod half in and out of the reactor. You will see one man with a gas mask on and the other laying down looking under the lead safety shield with a flashlight and no gas mask breathing in all that radiation.
"This is why I took this picture; because of it being so dangerous. I used a company camera not mine to take this picture. I took this picture from the SRE control room through the window looking out in the High Bay area."
Will new Department of Toxic Substances Control leadership in Runkle Canyon mean that DTSC will actually take citizen and media concerns seriously over development of this property that borders the nuclear area of Rocketdyne? EnviroReporter.com analyzes what the department has previously ignored. Click link below to read more.
The Radiation Rangers ask why it sounds like the cleanup plan for Runkle Canyon is being decided without public input by the Department of Toxic Substances Control. Considering the stakes in the controversial canyon, where KB Home hopes to build 461 residences, the Rangers are demanding answers. Special week-long report. Click link below to read more.
According to an analysis of a five-year study by a panel of independent scientists convened years after the incident, the SRE accident spit out up to 459 times the amount of radiation released during the 1979 meltdown at Three Mile Island.
Fifty years later, the contaminated site has yet to be cleaned up, although this month two federal agencies promised to plow ahead without the site's current owner, Boeing. And in March, the Department of Energy provided $38.3 million in funds to complete the radiologic survey of "Area IV" as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Unlike the then-remote hilltop it once was, now more than a half million people live within 10 miles of The Hill, and downtown Los Angeles is 30 miles away.
"I sometimes wonder if we're talking about the same place," says the Reverend John Southwick of the Radiation Rangers. "Not only are DTSC's orders to KB Home inadequate, unless the instructions for more radiation testing are significant; the department missed the most important stuff." Click link below to read more.
The Joan Trossman Bien/Miller-McCune Interview with Boeing – August 14, 2009
(Bien conducted this interview as part of our co-bylined August 24, 2009 Miller-McCune article "50 Years After America's Worst Nuclear Meltdown – Human error helped worsen a nuclear meltdown just outside Los Angeles, and now human inertia has stymied the radioactive cleanup for half a century.")
EnviroReporter.com has discovered evidence that Boeing-supplied documents contain false data as it pertains to Runkle Canyon, which calls into question whether additional sampling and testing in Runkle Canyon may be necessary to fully and accurately investigate the nature of the contamination and its source. Click link below to read more.
LA Weekly – July 22, 2009.
50 Years After a Santa Susana Nuclear Accident Holds Up Land Development Click link below to read more.
Documentarian Michael Rose is also the person who, in 1979 as a student at UCLA, unearthed news in an Another Mother for Peace pamphlet that would lead to revelations that the nation's worst nuclear meltdown happened 30 miles northwest of downtown LA at something called the Sodium Reactor Experiment. Working on his Masters in the Motion Picture and Television Department, Rose ended up collaborating with Dan Hirsch of the Committee to Bridge the Gap, a nuclear watchdog group now based in Santa Cruz.
Walsh's 13 pages of "Comments on the Runkle Canyon Response Plan" include photographs and maps.
Walsh first questions the interpretation of the strontium-90 data found in Runkle Canyon by the developer's lab Dade Moeller & Associates:
While we appreciate the need to potentially use data already generated to date, we feel it crucial to point out that independent review of that data should include a detailed explanation for the contradiction between the summary of the data, and the data itself (i.e. strontium-90 exceedences). This goes further than to merely underestimate the results, they in fact, describe exceedences to the strontium-90 results as being within range that they define. Six of the seventeen original samples submitted exceeded the MDA in concentrations that ranged from 4.756 pCi/g in SS-6 to 0.686 pCi/g in SS-16.
The Dade-Moeller report summarizes these same results to mean that no exceedences occurred. There have been many concerns about the independence and quality of the analysis of this contractor. This "inaccuracy" constitutes a material misrepresentation of fact, through omission and unsupported conclusions, which make trusting the conclusions of these reports, impossible. These questions remain unaddressed and we feel they are primary to the task of determining the trustworthiness and accuracy of the data collected and analyzed to date so that a truly informed and protective decision can be made on the Runkle Canyon project.
Frustration over the use of inaccurate maps of Runkle Canyon relative to its proximity to the lab are voiced:
One of the greatest concerns we have about this project is the proximity to the Field Lab and the fact that these maps continue to be used, shows a blatant attitude of misdirection. This issue has been brought to the attention of the regulator (CalEPA Department of Toxic Substance Control), and the developer, as well as the recent Simi Valley Acorn and Ventura County Star, but clear-retraction is the responsibility of the developer, and needs to occur within this current evaluation and be done prominently in each of the newspapers who have been writing on the subject, and all project materials distributed need to be replaced with accurate factual information that includes a prominent map that shows the border.
Local residents participate in public hearings about land-use and proposed development, ENTIRELY on the basis of proximity to their lives. To mis-state the location and proximity of these hazards is to blatantly falsify the impacts of this project, and must therefore be corrected with equal muster.
It is important that the regulator and the developer understand the basis for the community's concerns: The environmental hazard findings coincide with the community's concerns over the proximity of Runkle Canyon, LLC., to the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. If the basis for concern is distance, and the developer publishes a map (including to the press) that falsely creates a buffer-zone of land to "allay fears of proximity," that does not really exist, that is then a fraudulent representation of this project and its' potential impact to the neighboring residents as well as the future residents planned within the project.
On Runkle Canyon's groundwater, Walsh begins first by quoting Dade Moeller's report which dismisses Rocketdyne as the chemical culprit in the canyon:
"Conclusions and Recommendations": The Rocketdyne facility located to the east of the southern 715 acre parcel is reportedly the origin of groundwater plumes of degraded groundwater, containing perchlorate and TCE, that have migrated offsite to the east and southeast of the Runkle Site. Based on the reported magnitude and direction of degraded groundwater originating from the Rocketdyne facility and the results of soil, surface water, and groundwater samples collected from within Runkle Canyon it does not appear that the historic sources originating from the Rocketdyne facility are adversely affecting the Runkle property. Further evaluation of chemicals of concern potentially originating from the Rocketdyne facility appears unwarranted at this time." (P. 21/150)
This conclusion is questionable. TCE, which has a plume of subsurface contamination in Area IV above the 11-acre drainage into Runkle Canyon, has been detected in Runkle Canyon groundwater. Perchlorate has been detected in the site's groundwater at levels ranging up to 55 times the Public Health Goal. The surface water has been impacted by high levels of arsenic, chromium, nickel, vanadium, barium, cadmium and lead. The surface soil has high levels of some of these heavy metals as well as strontium-90.
This Geocon report says it examined other reports to help form the conclusion that these substances aren't coming from Rocketdyne and don't need to be further evaluated. In the May 8, 2003 Miller Brooks Phase I & II report performed for GreenPark Runkle, it says regarding perchlorate: "The source is thought to be the SSFL facility." Please remember that we do not have any evidence to demonstrate another possible source up in the canyon, and the fact that Simi Valley stopped looking, is not the same as finding evidence to the contrary. What we have here is evidence of perchlorate at Runkle Canyon and an operational facility that used perchlorate just above the site.
Walsh on groundwater-monitoring and offsite migration of radionuclides, chemicals and heavy metals possibly from the massive lab uphill of Runkle Canyon:
Runkle Canyon should be monitored for the foreseeable future due to the high levels of perchlorate previously found, and the verified presence of TCE, NDMA and other potential contaminants of concern. We hereby request that continued monitoring be done to determine the impacts to the groundwater, until proper and complete characterization of the groundwater at the SSFL is completed.
"Analytical results of surface water samples collected from East and West seeps in Fishtail Area that are not produced in a report. Samples were collected by Miller Brooks on April 5, 2005." This idea of selectively picking and choosing the results to report on, creates an unacceptable level of bias to downplay the contaminant findings and suggest that "less looking" is appropriate. (P. 5/150)
Inaccurate claims of groundwater pumping are made here, when the pumping according to Boeing's own statements, was turned off in 2000. "Historic pumping depressions at Rocketdyne have limited the movement of degraded groundwater beneath the property and have essentially confined the extent of known groundwater contamination to the area beneath the facility. Offsite migration of degraded groundwater has been identified in isolated areas along the northwest and eastern property boundaries." (7/150) This brief, and insufficient statement of conditions of the groundwater work at SSFL, is inappropriate here as it leaves the impression that the groundwater issues at the SSFL are resolved, which clearly, they are not. There are many plumes at the site and the primary work done on groundwater characterization has been to support their own assumptions, which are based on not finding these COCs in other areas of the site and surrounding areas. The fact that they are present at the Runkle property directly contradicts the claim that it has only been found in these "well-defined areas."
Historic meeting of the Department of Toxic Substances Control and citizens of the Simi and San Fernando valleys takes place January 28, 2009 in Simi Valley City Council Chambers. Committee to Bridge the Gap president, Dan Hirsch, rips Response Plan as "propoganda" and says 2004 Environmental Impact Report for Runkle Canyon, approved by City Council, was "fraudulent." Click link below to read more.
This is the flyer soliciting comments which when responded to, in September 2010, consisted of identical cut and paste documents to each of the commenters taken from a letter to developer KB Home. DTSC's profuse apologies do not change the fact that there was no attention paid to the comments which were from communities members and this reporter, Michael Collins. This blatant dismissal of the community's concerns breaking department policy further compounded by repeated scientific blunders and oversights are the most egregious that this reporter has experienced in his environmental investigative reporting.
D'Lanie Blaze's imaginative take on a possible Disney-themed advertisement for the KB Home development in Runkle Canyon. Disney and KB recently signed an agreement to have Disney-themed rooms and interior designs in new KB Homes like the ones planned for next to Rocketdyne.
The Simi Valley City Council indicated "support" for a new Runkle Canyon Supplemental Environmental Impact Report after the Radiation Rangers' presentation at milestone meeting. More environmental tests were also ordered by State EPA of developer KB Home. DTSC's Norm Riley said that he would review 2007 heavy metals tests of Runkle creek by the City and by the Radiation Rangers. Click link below to read more.
This presentation shows more good scientific acumen than the DTSC has displayed during the entire breadth of its "work" on Runkle Canyon. That became abundantly clear in the Fall of 2010 when DTSC's Runkle Canyon Response Plan comments, once again, made major mistakes regarding both heavy metals and radioactive problems facing the KB Home development.
During the debate over whether Runkle Canyon's surface water is a drinking water source for Simi Valley, a number of folks have insisted that it isn't, including members of the Department of Toxic Substances Control. Indeed, Runkle Canyon drains into the Arroyo Simi which replenishes the aquifer under Simi Valley which is pumped out and blended to be served up to citizens in the east part of the valley. During wet years, as our Runkle Ranch photographs show, that means a lot of water. During drier times, as shown in this gallery, the topography, signage and sewers clearly show that what comes down Runkle Canyon comes out the tap in Simi Valley.
A number of these photographs, at the end of this gallery, show the 11-acre drainage leading off of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory's Area IV, where most of Rocketdyne's nuclear work was done. In 1959, the worst meltdown in American history took place there, followed by at least two other partial meltdowns. Radiation contamination emanating from Area IV is thought to be why Runkle Canyon has tested so high in strontium-90 in tests performed by the developer in the late 1990s.
This map on page 14 of 17 pages of this report shows possible offsite disturbance around the lab with the greatest single concentration is on Runkle Canyon property that is slated to be dedicated open space. DTSC has not examined this document in its decision to proceed with a cleanup plan that doesn't take into account this area that could contain hazardous dumping. Perhaps future hikers will discover more than just great views hiking up Runkle Canyon near the Rocketdyne perimeter.
Ironically, just across the fence in Area IV of Rocketdyne, the place may be cleaned to background. The highlands of Runkle, however, will not even be investigated, at least not by KB Home or some entity hired by Boeing or the developer.
Dan Hirsch's testimony about the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in front of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate Oversight Hearing on Cleanup Efforts at Federal Facilities, Washington, D.C.
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) chairs this committee and has had a long working relationship with Hirsch that has yielded a number of notable achievements including the Sep 3, 2010 Agreements in Principle to have NASA and the Department of Energy clean their areas of SSFL to background levels of contamination.
This 14 pages of testimony gives a precise and expansive view of the problems that have plagued SSFL resultant of sloppy and deliberately dangerous ways of using and disposing of lethal toxins.
The very same company that bagged part of this ten year contract with the Department of Energy is the same company next door in Runkle Canyon seeing if there is any excess strontium-90, maybe from the DOE-owned nuclear facilities in Area IV of adjacent Santa Susana Field Laboratory. The Radiation Rangers and Rocketdyne activists have called this a conflict of interest that calls into question Dade Moeller's limited work in Runkle Canyon.
This nine page document was completely ignored by DTSC even after the departure of Norman E. Riley as Runkle Canyon project manager.
EnviroReporter.com's 28 pages of questions and comments on the inaccuracies of some of these reports were totally ignored as were all of the scientific work you see laid out here on this timeline. The citizens of Simi Valley will have to deal with the consequences of this deliberate shunning of serious scientific analysis of the contamination problems plaguing Runkle Canyon. Those citizens will include the future residents of KB Home's development.
EnviroReporter.com completes analysis of thousands of pages of reports submitted by developer KB Home to Department of Toxic Substances Control as part of Voluntary Cleanup Agreement signed in April. Other critical documents were also analyzed, revealing that radiological and chemical contamination in Runkle Canyon may actually be worse than previously publicly known. Click link below to read more.
EnviroReporter.com publishes extensive chromium analysis of Runkle Canyon "soil" sample taken by the Radiation Rangers and given to DTSC for analysis.
WHITE BLIGHT exposes Runkle chromium problem in Ventura County Reporter. Terry Metheny hands out papers at DOE data gap meeting that evening in Simi Valley. DTSC begins campaign to discredit chromium finding, even though it came from their own lab but failed to note, and question Runkle Canyon chromium-impacted sample collected by Radiation Rangers John Southwick and Frank Serafine and given directly to now-retired DTSC Runkle Canyon project manager Norman E. Riley. Efforts to question this sample continue through time at least as long as this entry update, October 8, 2010.
Ventura County Reporter and Collins win first place for News Feature (print under 100,000 circulation) for "Dirty Business" Runkle-related cover story at the 50th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards. Collins and Duffield win Online Journalists of the Year.
While Runkle Canyon sits undeveloped, the developers continue to pay fees and taxes. "If they spent just a tenth of that on testing and remediating the property, KB Home wouldn't be sitting with this turkey right now," says Radiation Ranger "The Good Reverend John" Southwick. "Now the housing market is shot and even if it weren't, there's not enough water for those hundreds of homes they want to build just over the hill from the part of Rocketdyne where the meltdown was."
Riley sends Serafine test results of the white substance. Test indicates high levels of chromium, nickel, molybdenum, potassium and iron.
When the DTSC sent its analysis of the white rocks given to Norman E. Riley by two Radiation Rangers, they didn't even bother to see what the results were before shipping them off. The Rangers were shocked at the results, results reporter Michael Collins reported on in "WHITE BLIGHT - Runkle Canyon's Chromium Conundrum" in the Ventura County Reporter, June 26, 2008.
The article reveals the high levels of heavy metals in the evaporate that the DTSC didn't bother to look at (but sure did bother to question the veracity of the sample and honesty of the men who gave it to Riley - Rev. John Southwick and Frank Serafine. Unfortunately, intimations that somehow the residents have an agenda which then makes them suspect of spiking the sample, have been repeated even after Riley "retired." If only DTSC had devoted as much time to the actual science that they are charged with as it has trying to undermine the residents with blatantly false promises of public participation and input, it might have successfully done its job in accurately apprising whatever contamination needs to be remediated in Runkle Canyon.
EnviroReporter.com's Michael Collins pens article about this for the Ventura County Reporter entitled "REASSESSING RUNKLE - KB Homes and State agree to cooperate on troubled Simi canyon."
One of these exhibits shows how much DTSC initially charged, or more accurately clipped, KB Home for all the supposed expert work did on the Runkle Canyon project: $114,884. Judging from what what has transpired during the time that was written until now, October 18, 2010, the work DTSC did was not even worth a tenth of that amount.
This document shows that the levels where screening is necessary have been far exceeded in Runkle Canyon. This is the most precise document found to date that, by inference, can Runkle Canyon's chromium conundrum can be best assessed.
KB Home and the Department of Toxic Substances Control sign a "Standard Agreement for participating under California's Land Reuse and Revitalization Act (CLRRA) Program," which is intended "for the review of documents, and possible assessment and/or remediation of the Site." KB Home agrees to supply DTSC with at least 41 extensive reports and documents for their inspection and pay for the $114,884 that this initial work will cost. DTSC's SSFL project manager Norm Riley will head Runkle Canyon investigation which could lead to long-term remediation activities that KB Home will fund. Development now becomes incumbent on DTSC's determination if the land is safe. The department will involve the public in decisions made about the site and KB Home's Chuck Heffernan promises "full cooperation" regarding Runkle Canyon to reporter Collins April 18. The Radiation Rangers and fellow citizens rejoice at the news. f the EPA's background number for strontium-90 in the area."
Southwick and Serafine give white substance to DTSC's Norm Riley at SSFL workgroup meeting. Riley says he will have it tested.
Rev. Southwick and Frank Serafine discover mysterious white substance in Runkle Canyon.
The Ventura County Reporter publishes "DOWN THE TEST TUBES - KB Homes' Runkle Canyon radiation tests questioned as more groundwater pollution is found and developer negotiates cleanup agreement with state." Reporter Collins writes "While the Rangers wait for the city and developer's reports, a new document discloses a previously undetected carcinogenic contaminant in Runkle Canyon groundwater, trichloroethylene (TCE). The Reporter has obtained a December 2007 study of offsite pollution around SSFL prepared by an Arcadia-based environmental engineering firm MWH for Boeing, NASA and the Department of Energy which shows that TCE has been detected in approximately 10 percent of several dozen groundwater samples collected on Runkle Canyon property."
In reaction to reports in the local media that KB Homes and the city's strontium-90 tests had come back showing extremely low numbers, Rev. John Southwick writes to the city of his concerns. "Are we to believe that Runkle Canyon's soil, which is next to the site of this country's worst nuclear meltdown, the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), tests cleaner than the background readings of Sr-90 in the area?" Southwick writes. Citing the higher prior reports, he reasons that "…the City's recent split-sample results are nearly 104 times lower than these previous results. This demands explanation and hence our request for the entire Environmental, Inc. report which is a publicly-paid-for document and therefore, by law, you must provide."
When Southwick finally receives the entire report he sends it to Collins who sees that the only scientific reference as to the method of "split-sampling" used by the city's lab is from 1967 and by a department no longer even in existence! The city's lab had used a 41-year old set of procedures laid out in "Radioassay Procedures for Environmental Samples" by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare -- Environmental Health Series, January 1967.
No one at the City of Simi Valley noticed this. Obviously, there are more recent and accurate procedures for testing for strontium-90 in soil developed by the Environmental Protection Agency which was created by then-President Richard Nixon and began operation December 2, 1970.
"KB Homes has tried to assure the citizens of Simi Valley that the land is safe from Sr-90 contamination and generated their own Dade Moeller report," Southwick continues in his letter, which also demanded the developer's laboratory analysis which he finally received April 15. "This average is just 26.9 percent of the EPA's background number for strontium-90 in the area."
KB Home hires Dade Moeller & Associates to test Runkle Canyon's soil that has repeatedly tested high for the radionuclide strontium-90.
Dade Moeller's results are not only a fraction of previous tests, they are a fraction of even background. Community members, including the Radiation Rangers, dismiss results.
Mid-December, 2007: KB Homes approaches the state's Department of Toxic Substances Control and begins negotiations on a "Voluntary Cleanup Agreement" for Runkle Canyon. As part of that agreement, KB Home provided DTSC with 41 reports on Runkle Canyon. These documentswere later analyzed by EnviroReporter.com and the analysis was proved to DTSC on July 7, 2007. The DTSC has just become the lead agency to oversee a new agreement that would clean up the Santa Susana Field Laboratory up to strict EPA Superfund standards and leave the remediated Rocketdyne lab undeveloped and donated to the state as parkland or open space.
On page 7 of this 11 page, 4.16 MB MWH report explored in this timeline's Dec 13, 2007 event, it shows TCE detection in Runkle Canyon. The tainted water is in a well that used to water cattle. The reasons for this TCE detection may indicate that the plume of trichloroethylene under Area IV of the lab is larger than previously indicated. Or it could mean that it's from a source originating above ground. In either case, Mayor Paul Miller ordered the well that pulled up the TCE-tainted groundwater shut two years ago though there is no indication from KB Home whether that was done.
In our latest LA Weekly article on Boeing's Santa Susana Field Laboratory, "Wrinkles in Runkle Canyon – 50 Years After a Santa Susana Nuclear Accident Holds Up Land Development" we talk about the cleanup of the 2,850-acre site which will cost hundreds of millions and is supposed to be completed in 2017. We also talk about the top Boeing environmental official on the site giving false information about offsite pollution in neighboring Runkle Canyon, where KB Home wants to build 461 homes about a mile from the site of the nation's worst meltdown in 1959.
The article states:
In late 2007, Boeing supplied the state regulators in charge of the cleanup, known as the Department of Toxic Substances Control, with a 199-page Offsite Data Evaluation Report, which explained the results of 60 years of "off-site media sampling and testing data for chemical and radiological contamination" that had been collected by Boeing, NASA and the Department of Energy within a 15-mile radius around the Santa Susana Field Laboratory.
Bizarrely, the report claims that during those 60 years, Runkle Canyon's ground water and soil were never tested. But, in fact, at least one test was conducted, according to a 2007 report prepared for Boeing and obtained by the Weekly.
Signed under penalty of perjury by Thomas D. Gallacher, Boeing's director of Environment, Health and Safety at the laboratory, the report also says that the area where most of the nuclear work was done — Area IV — does not border the adjacent Runkle Canyon. Yet the report has maps illustrating that picturesque Runkle Canyon does indeed border Area IV. One map also shows evidence of toxic trichloroethylene in the Runkle Canyon ground water.
Boeing, which bought the huge laboratory acreage in 1996, has not yet responded to L.A. Weekly's questions about these issues.
So why does this matter? If Boeing is giving the government agency in charge of the cleanup, the Cal-EPA's Department of Toxic Substances Control, false documents about the facility and offsite contamination, then how will the pollution, onsite and offsite, be cleaned up effectively? Is this monumentally important document inadvertently false or deliberately misleading?
Unraveling the riddle of Runkle Canyon will partially rely on the accuracy of the documents supplied to DTSC. EnviroReporter.com has discovered evidence that Boeing-supplied documents contain false data as it pertains to Runkle Canyon. This suggests that additional sampling and testing in Runkle Canyon may be necessary to fully and accurately investigate the nature of the contamination and its source.
On Dec. 13, 2007, Boeing supplied DTSC with a 199-page "Offsite Data Evaluation Report" that "summarizes and evaluates the results of offsite media sampling and testing data for chemical and radiological contamination collected by Boeing, NASA, and DOE within a 15-mile radius around the Santa Susana Field Laboratory over a nearly 60 year time period."
"I certify under perjury of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted," wrote Thomas D. Gallacher, Boeing's director of the lab's Environment, Health & Safety. "I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations."
However, the report says on 1-18 (p. 37 in the PDF) that "Runkle Canyon and the SSFL do not share a common property boundary," when maps in the document show that it clearly does. The document goes on to say "No environmental investigations have been performed by Boeing, NASA, or DOE on the Runkle Canyon property" when the map showing toxic trichloroethylene hits in Runkle groundwater is on page 184. The last page of this report combines the two notions by showing the groundwater sampling spot on Runkle Canyon and the common Rocketdyne border and saying, in conclusion, "Offsite sampling sufficient with no data gaps."
California penal code states that in order for perjury charges to stick, the phony information must be statements "which he or she knows to be false." So Gallacher may not have committed perjury if he didn't know that the report Boeing submitted to DTSC had at least two significant falsehoods. But not knowing this, especially the fact that Runkle Canyon borders the lab's nuclear Area IV, would suggest he and his team are incompetent. And if this were true, how can the entire report be trusted? Back to square one?
Norman E. Riley writes KB Home "strongly" suggesting that the developer welcome a site investigation by the department because of concerns over Rocketdyne's offsite contamination potential.
"[M]any questions have been raised about the possibility of contamination in the direction of... Runkle Canyon to the west of... the SSFL," Riley wrote. "We take those concerns seriously."
But not that seriously as the record then began to bear out under Riley. Higher hopes for the new Runkle Canyon project manager, Rick Brausch, have been dashed because of the subsequent ignoring of hundreds of pages of public comments and questions about the Runkle Canyon Response Plan and rhetorical apologies for not consulting with residents.
DTSC did, however, stall the project as the building market went into the toilet once the Great Recession began in the fall of 2008. DTSC's dawdling did much to thwart the developer's dreams of building out Runkle Canyon even though the department essentially let KB Home off of any substantial remediation of the property.
DTSC's Norman E. Riley writes City of Simi Valley City Manager Mike Sedell informing him that DTSC had contacted KB Home that day about contamination concerns in Runkle Canyon. Riley goes on at length about all the things DTSC could command KB Home to do if a deal is struck. True to form, those grand ideas of testing drainages leading off of the Rocketdyne lab into Runkle Canyon were never acted upon.
EnviroReporter.com has no information that would explain why DTSC came into the Runkle Canyon situation, after first blowing the City of Simi Valley off about the issue, filled with energy and realistic conceptions of what should be investigated in the canyon and then, subsequently, do the bare minimum employing bad science all the while misleading the community that the department was actually doing anything solid to solve the toxics issues plaguing the property.
Cover story appears in the Ventura County Reporter entitled "DIRTY BUSINESS - New law cleaning up Rocketdyne for parkland may not stop adjacent KB Home development pushed by Simi Valley City Council."
Note: On June 21, 2008, the article wins the Ventura County Reporter and Michael Collins wins first place for the LA Press Club Daily/Weekly News Feature story, circulation under 100,000.
Davis, California-based Larry Walker writes in his report that since Runkle Canyon surface waters do not have a "Municipal and Domestic Supply (MUN) beneficial use, that State rules regarding drinking water supplies do not apply.
This is debatable as it is common knowledge that Runkle Canyon Creek empties into the Arroyo Simi which waters the aquifer underneath the city which is drawn and blended for drinking water.
Check out these amazing videos of one of the most dramatic nights in the battle over Runkle Canyon.
"Corrupted Nature clip 24 -- Runkle Canyon is Contaminated!"
Posted July 26, 2008 by Brigham Maher: "Simi Valley City Council, Local Activists speaking out about contaminated Runkle Canyon. The city is under some kind of impression that the land is safe for development of homes. Runkle Canyon is about a mile away from one of the only uncontained Nuclear meltdowns in the world. The worst ever in United States History."
Simi Valley City Council meeting October 22, 2007 where, in public comment, Brigham Maher, Adam Salkin, and David Carey express their opinions and observations about Runkle Canyon.
"Corrupted Nature clip 25 -- Runkle Canyon is Contaminated!"
Posted July 27, 2008 by Brigham Maher: "Residents speaking out against the possible development of homes on Nuclear contaminated Runkle Canyon located in Simi Valley California."
Simi Valley City Council meeting October 22, 2007 where, in public comment, Rev. John Southwick, Stephanie Hyatt, and Terry Matheney talk about Runkle Canyon.
"Corrupted Nature clip 26 -- Runkle Canyon is Contaminated!"
Posted July 27, 2008 by Brigham Maher.
Simi Valley City Council meeting October 22, 2007 where, in public comment, Holden Bonwit, John Luker, Bill Bowling, and Christina Walsh speak about Runkle Canyon.
Posted July 27, 2008 by Brigham Maher:
"A Simi Valley city council meeting where local residents spoke out against the KB Home building project that has been planning to build homes in Runkle Canyon, a piece of property adjacent from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. A piece of property proven to be Contaminated with high levels of Strontium-90, Cesium-137 and other dangerous radioactive contaminants. High levels of perchlorate were detected in Simi Valley's well water."
Simi Valley City Council meeting October 22, 2007 where, in public comment, Christina Walsh, Mary Wiesbrock, Mayor Paul Miller and Council Member Barbra Williamson express their opinions and observations about Runkle Canyon. Williamson and Walsh having an informative exchange showing the divide in perceptions of the issue.


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BOCA RATON, FL (December 6, 2011) – Patricia Liehr, Ph.D., R.N. and LisaMarie Wands, Ph.D., R.N. both faculty in Florida Atlantic University's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, recently concluded a seven-year study examining stories of health shared by 23 people who survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 70 years ago. The study also sought to identify the turning points that moved participants along over their lifetime.
Liehr and Wands teamed with researchers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, who interviewed 28 survivors of the Hiroshima counter-attack by the U.S. that occurred four years after Pearl Harbor. The members of the research team came from countries that exerted aggression on each other within the expanse of five years during World War II. Findings from their research can be found in a recent issue of the scholarly journal, Advances in Nursing Science.
"Wartime trauma exerts a toll that challenges the human spirit for both aggressors and sufferers of aggression," said Liehr. "We found that a central turning point for Pearl Harbor survivors was 'honoring the memory and setting it aside.'"
Common themes revealed the surprise of being attacked; approaches used to persevere in the immediate aftermath and throughout more than six decades; and hopes and dreams for peace, both personal and global. Survivors expressed a concern that their stories touch younger generations to discourage aggression and to promote peace. Regardless of experience or nationality, participants moved through wartime trauma by connecting with others, pursuing personal and global peace.
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Liehr and Wands have been working with Katy Morris, a doctoral student in FAU's Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, to develop a documentary/verbatim play for her dissertation. The play is being written as a dramatic expression of the story of health since surviving the bombings of World War II. The play is intended for middle and high school youth and it will contain lessons related to history, social science and health. It will debut in fall 2012 in Florida and spring 2013 in Japan.
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The original Metro 2033 was somewhat of a shot in the dark, the kind that THQ had earned respect amongst a key demographic for taking chances on. A literary based first-person shooter (FPS) that hedged its bets between story and action, the videogame was met with significant critical acclaim and built a strong following simply due to being a unique experience. Aiming to capitalise on this individuality, Metro: Last Light is a sequel that knows the strengths of its forbearer and builds all them exponentially, while still failing to overcome some of its flaws.
Metro: Last Light wastes no time in getting the player involved in the action, with blood literally on their hands within ninety seconds of pressing Start. You are now in this world; a moment's peace and a potential chance to bond with your fellow man undermined by the savage brutality of this new, hellish world. It's not for you to question the trials that have been so unfairly placed before you; it's simply your duty to survive.
Just a few moments later and you're up-to-speed with everything going on in the manmade cavern that is now your home. You were once something special, and you did something special, and you've been given a reward that is small to some but for those clinging to every last scrap is seen as a sense of empowerment. However, this is not your destiny – no simple disorganised military post would ever be enough for you – so it becomes your job to fight back against the swelling tide, undermining a conspiracy and fighting a vicious evil.
The pacing of Metro: Last Light however is clearly the product of a novel writer, as it stands out from the run of the mill FPS experience like a saw thumb. Close to that of BioShock Infinite to begin with – though Metro: Last Light takes less time to cut to the chase – there are essentially four types of gameplay sequence in Metro: Last Light: plot development, combat against humans, combat against mutants and atmosphere centric set-pieces. These combine into a videogame that will feel immediately familiar to fans of the BioShock or Half-Life series, but in an entirely unexpected way.
Of the two combat types, it's the fights against the human opponents that are arguably most enjoyable. Convincing the player that stealth is the best option by ramping up the difficult upon exposure in much the same fashion as Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Metro: Last Light is very generous with its line-of-sight. Players can be moving around mere inches from the enemy, but as long as they remain crouched and avoid the very obvious pools of light they will easily avoid detection. Stealth kills are the gruesome solution to most fights against human opponents, while mutants ask for an investment in firepower.
There are many different types of mutant in Metro: Last Light, from slug type creatures that spit a noxious chemical to armoured mantis' to flying beasts that will lift you off the ground only to drop you back down from a great height. The change-up of tactics between mutant types is interesting, but there are those who simply aren't much fun to fight. Those which look like decaying wolves will spring and bounce far too erratically for anything other than spray-and-pray tactics, while some of the boss fights are the entire opposite, preferring to rely on plan and execution as opposed to blind luck.
Metro: Last Light looks significantly better in its final form than it did when Electronic Theatre previously had hands-on tome with an in-progress build, far more than you would expect of any videogame, let alone one which has been beset by some unexpected turbulence in the form of publishing agreements. Quite simply, Metro: Last Light's visual design is fantastic. It's a varied, believable world with a cast of characters who mostly manage to side-step expected archetypes, and with a voice cast of such a high standard you would hope they would have lines worth playing with. Metro: Last Light is a technical knockout, and proof that current-generation hardware still has more to give.
Metro: Last Light is more than a pleasant surprise; it's a story lead adventure that lives up to the expectations set by its predecessor in creating an imaginative world of pain and sacrifice. Digging beyond the player will find beauty, but the fact that the hours will pass without a second thought as you are compelled onwards is Metro: Last Light's biggest achievement. In a recent preview Electronic Theatre was very harsh on Metro: Last Light, picking up on many flaws that existed and worrying that the overall quality of the production was not what consumers would be expecting. On this occasion we are very happy to have been wrong, as Metro: Last Light has turned out in fine form as a fresh, addictive adventure through a unique and interesting world.
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The Images are okay for small prints but not for more. Why so much zoom and then so bad quality?
The pro focus mode seems a bit rubbish, and at level 3 it makes your face look like an alleyway :)
Fuji made good improvements to the HS20 - HS30 line, it is definitely an interesting upgrade from those models. But let's face it a small sensor, specially EXR type, won't do any magic no matter how fancy is the package. Plus U$500 for that is a bit too much. In my view Fuji should drop the HS line entirely and dedicate to the X-Sn line as the top bridge cams on the market. I'll just wait for the X-S2 with the new X-Trans sensor of the X20,
I'm sure it will be the best bridge around.
Hey I am a Nikon and Cannon fan but the Fuji film in my mind isn't exactly the best.
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Why so much zoom and then so bad quality?
Sensor size - a 1000mm lens on a 1.2 inch.
Image Quality = 4
Please! I do not understand
Image qualitiy is poor.
I really feel Fuji are missing a trick with their HS line of cameras.
The pro's- great handling and layout (and glad the HS30 ditched AA power…)
The Con's- Ghastly IQ- and from what I can see, the HS50 doesn't buck the trend.
That EXR sensor is CRAP… Stop it Fuji, please… you're ruining a potentially decent,fun camera.
For goodness sake, drop in a standard issue 12mp (or so) sensor in it and stop messing about.
Hell,I'll even turn a blind eye to the poor edge sharpness at wide angle if you ditch that sensor…!
And in the meantime,I'll stick with my fast,sharp Panny FZ-150….
I had for 2 weeks used the smaller HS35EXR I had other camera brands Olympus, Leica and my Nokia 920 but this HS35EXR is fun to use it can do so many things with a picture thats the other don´t allow me to do, when I process them DxO the pictures from all my cameras looks same. So I will only imagine what this HS50EXR can do and maybe I buy it just to try it out. Photography is fun and not only picture perfect specifications, the EXR sensor is playing with light and another way to understand the light processing and discover how the eye functions and see things.
I have previously been using an Olympus PEN PL-1 for over a year, but without splashing out more money on a bigger lens, then having to carry the extras around with me, I decided the smarter option would be to go with the HS50EXR. I really liked the large zoom capabilites it had, and the fact it looked more like a conventional DSLR then my Olympus. After a week and a half of owning it, I have to say I'm thorough disappointed at the image quality. I know the sensor is small, but I found that unless you happened to be shooting in strong bright light with an ISO of 100, there was a good change the images would start being affected by noise - at 800 ISO I found the noise really obvious, and the colours were also bland and soft. I have tried all various combinations of settings and had the same results. Even more annoying than the noise was the paint-brush effect - fine if the image is view at a small size, but zooming in it is clearly noticable. I also found the effects under the EXR mode (Resolution Priority/High ISO & Low Noise/D-Range Priority) made no noticible differences at all. I'm so disappointed with the camera I'm now returning it for a refund and splashing out on a proper DSLR: a Nikon D7000. I would say that the HS50EXR is good for beginners, but I've had better results from my cheaper point-and-shoot Cannon iXUS. All in all I feel the camera is really a gimmicky, dressed-up-as-a-DSLR point&shoot; camera and a too-high retail price!
Hace dos semanas que me hice con la nueva fuji HS50EXR, es fantastica en todos los aspectos, de hecho todo lo que he leido se queda corto, tiene una optica fujinon que es una perita en dulce, soy proprietario de una nikon D5100 y lo siento por ( LOS PURITAS DE LAS REFLEX) pero para poder conseguir los mismo resultados con una reflex tendria que gastarme una fortuna en objectivos, ademas todos los extras que tiene la HS50EXR no los tienen las reflex , en el apartado de video tampoco se queda corta ya que graba video FULL HD a 60fps hasta HS 320×112 a 480fps, la verdad me encanta descubrir ciertos movimientos en camera super-lenta, esteticamente es preciosa y muy agradable al tacto, te da ganas de empuñarla y la calidad de los materiales no tienen nada que envidiar a los de la nikon, por lo contrario son mas agradables.
En resumen es una camera fantastica sin los engorros de los cambios de objectivo de una reflex, una todo terreno para cualquier ocasion con la cual seguro tendreis unos resultados fenomenales.
Your sample images are not really fair as they are mostly at high ISO. Plant images, which are good for judging the quality of the due to fine details are all at 400 ISO. You give a photo of a wall at 100 but that is no good to judge the image quality.
With the Canon HS510 all images are at base ISO 80, so it unfairly represents the Canon. Can you upload some more ISO 100 images?
The reviewer seems to have forgotten about the excellent video function. Apart from that, much of the text has been copied form the HS35EXR review…which was itself copied from the HS20EXR. LOL. I know there's some similarities, but they're very different cameras.
Anyone who has owned a previous FujiFilm EXR bridge camera will find this latest version a breath of fresh air. They have listened to criticism and corrected almost all the old issues - even the video autofocus works properly now :-)
bought the camera hs50 pics so bad returned as faulty oh dear Fuji your gonna go bust with this crap
You STILL didn't understand that you MUSH shoot 8MP with ALL EXR cameras? Really? RTFM!
i like this camera cause very easy for beginner
Thank you hs50exr, very easy for use.
The specs for this camera are quite high considering the price point. If you wish to compare it to a dslr then you are showing your own photographic and mental limitations. Can you imagine putting a APS-C sensor in this camera and then a 24 to 1000mm zoom? It would be quite a bit heavier, much bigger, and incredibly expensive.
As it stands I've ordered this camera for holidays, days out, and as a general carry about for a one-stop solution. I don't for one moment expect that Fuji intended it to be used otherwise.
I bought this camera mainly for the manual focus ability, but as it turns out, without the typical SLR focusing methods (split ring screen, or Diamond Grid focus system or a combination of both - Yashica). This focus system was strictly via the matte screen method and though it has an outline highlight indicator which can be switched on/off via the menu system, in the end I simply left the camera use the uber fast auto focus. Also the manual focus ring practically freely spins around with no noticeable stops. The ability to use F11 was really nice and the depth of field over typical cameras in this range which stop at F5.6 was a bonus for me as I use this for the super macro abilities (two steps - macro and super macro). The lens does focus as close as 10 mm from the lens surface but it is only a slightly closer close-up than I anticipated. In the end I opted for using x2 to x4 macro filters which thankfully this camera can take (58 mm). Also I found a x2 telephoto double on eBay that screws directly to the 58 mm filter mount and it in no way reduced the F stop to any minor degree. So now my 42x is an 84x and can be digitally zoomed to 168x woo-hoo!!! screw looking at close up moon pics… I was looking at the actual craters filling the screen.
I bought this camera a week ago. Picture quality is great only at 50% crop, at 100% crops a lot of noise. Focus speed are great, very fast and image stabilization work well even at 1000 mm zoom.
In my opinion, this is 8MP camera, 16MP sensor is just to give detailed picture at 50% crop, that's why it only 8MP camera.
You are right, I use it mostly at 8Mp mode gives you more dynamic range which is more important than the extra ressolution. The real efective resolution of this sensor is about 10Mp, so there is actualy little benefit in using 16Mp mode, unless the light is perfectbwith low contrast areas shotting at iso100 and you need to crop later.
IMHO Fuji should replace the 16mp sensor by an 8 or 10Mp one, 4K TVs are out so 8mp ishould sufice, and forguet abou the exr thing.
But if you understand this is a 1/2" 8Mp camera with awesome lens that can be used up to iso400 with good quality for small prints and 4k tvs, then you will be very happy with it.
It has a 58mm thread on the lens that allows filters, macro converters, fisheye, extra tele converters, very good as a learling tool !
just don't expect th IQ of a larger sensor cam, it doesn't have one ;-)
To all Greetings
I have a 50 EXR and have shot more than 300GB of Photos and videos, since I bought it in 2014.
Let me say The Colors Reproduction is almost the same of the subject.
Recently on my Tour to Siem reep cambodia , I shot 36GB of Angkor Wat Temples , and the Images wre Great.
In fact while watching TravelXP HD channel, they show almost the same photos I had taken and is matching the images taken by the Channel using Much Superior cameras.
The Videos are great.
Thanks to FUJI , the 1000MM Zoom is wonderful
and image reproduction is great.
I will definitely Give it a 5 Star Rating
It has never Let me down
It would have been great If the 1"Sensor in XS1 wasused
Using the continuous shooting option on 3fps setting, how do I then see all 3 shots taken and save them all? Ive worked out how to see them on the camera but not on the downloaded image
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The grade III race is a key Tampa Bay Derby prep
The grade III race is a key Tampa Bay Derby prep
Prospective, a multiple graded stakes-winning son of Malibu Moon, has his first foal -- a colt -- arrive Jan. 13 at Ocala Stud in Florida.
International Star closed with a rush to overtake favored Conquest Titan approaching the wire for victory in the Grey Stakes (Can-III), his first stakes win, Oct. 5 at Woodbine.
With multiple entries in both the Grey and Mazarine (both Can-III) stakes, trainer Mark Casse is a strong threat to sweep both juvenile events Oct. 5 on the Woodbine Polytrack.
Ami's Holiday came from off the pace, unleashing a powerful surge in deep stretch in the 1 1/16-mile Grey Stakes (Can-III) at Woodbine Oct. 6 over Big Bazinga.
Multiple stakes winner Go Greeley, a nose away from being undefeated in five starts, looks for his first graded win in the $150,000 Grey Stakes (Can-III) Oct. 6 on the Polytrack at Woodbine.
Maiden River Seven handed previously undefeated Uncaptured his first loss in five races while producing a 7-1 upset in the $229,627 Grey Stakes (Can-III) for 2-year-olds at Woodbine Oct. 7.
If you like consistent, experienced Derby horses, Prospective fits the bill. read blog
Trainer Mike Maker has half the field in this year's $150,000 Claiming Crown Jewel, the featured event of five stakes to be held for the first time Dec. 3 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in Louisiana.
Trainer Mark Casse swept the top three spots in the the $193,574 Grey Stakes (Can-III) when upset-minded Prospective outfought his better- fancied stablemate Lockout by two lengths at Woodbine Oct. 9.
PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
Peaking a bit late for Kentucky Derby consideration, Derby Kitten instead prepares for the Preakness after a win in the grade III Lexington Stakes.
Odds-on favorite Rahy's Attorney, reunited with jockey Slade Callaghan, turned back Sand Cove in upper stretch and coasted to a 3 1/4-length repeat victory in Woodbine's $121,700 Bunty Lawless Stakes Oct. 23.
Blue Laser, in his stakes debut for trainer Mark Casse, outlasted Rockin Heat and Classic Legacy over the long Woodbine stretch to win the $250,441 Grey Stakes (Can-III) by a half-length Oct. 10.
In unbeaten Bear's Future and maiden Rockin Heat, Bear Stables and trainer Reade Baker have a strong pair of 2-year-olds entered in the $225,000 Grey Stakes (Can-III) Oct. 10 at Woodbine.
Queen's Plate winner Big Red Mike will attempt to add the second jewel of Canada's Triple Crown to his record when he goes to post as the 6-5 favorite in the July 25 Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie Racetrack.
Hotep, a full brother to 2009 Queen's Plate winner Eye of the Leopard, has been installed as the 3-1 morning line favorite for the $1 million (Canadian funds) Queen's Plate at Woodbine July 4.
Pacesetter Big Red Mike dug in when challenged on his inside by Mobilizer to win the $146,256 Plate Trial Stakes in determined style at Woodbine June 13.
Hollinger, the winterbook favorite for Canada's Queen's Plate next month, heads a field of eight Ontario-bred 3-year-olds entered for the $150,000 Plate Trial Stakes over Woodbine's Polytrack June 13.
Winslow Homer moved into striking position approaching the turn, Winslow Homer splits horses at the top of the lane and held off 2-1 favorite Jackson Bend to win the Holy Bull by a length in his stakes debut Jan. 23.
Jason, Tom, and Rich Nilsen of twinspires/brisnet preview the Holy Bull (gr. III) at Gulfstream, and the LeComte (gr. III) at Fair Grounds on January 23. Watch Video
The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division) has announced the top earners in the Ontario Sired Racing Rewards Program for 2009.
WinStar Farm's Super Saver romped to a five-length victory over William's Kitten in stakes-record time to win the $191,250 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (gr. II) for 2-year-olds at Churchill Downs Nov. 28.
It is doubtful another horse of Rachel Alexandra's caliber will come out of the 2009 "Stars of Tomorrow II" program, but one never knows, and that is good enough reason to watch the $150,000 Golden Rod and $150,000 Kentucky Jockey Club, for 2-year-old fillies and 2-year-old males, respectively.
Bear Tough Guy outfought Korvette Kid over the long Woodbine stretch to register a neck victory in the $197,149 Grey Stakes (Can-III) for 2-year-olds Oct. 11.
Two-year-olds are again in the spotlight at Woodbine this weekend, with the Mazarine Stakes (Can-III) for fillies set for Oct. 10 and the Grey Stakes (Can-III) following a day later. The $250,000 Polytrack events are both contested at 1 1/16 miles.
|Breeder / Owner
|Bear Tough Guy
|Reade Baker
|Ghost Fleet
|Sid C. Attard
|Korvette Kid
|Daniel J. Vella
|Danny M. O'Callaghan
|Rein King
|John P. Terranova, II
|Ring My Surprise
|Gregory de Gannes
|William's Kitten
|Michael J. Maker
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