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General Discussion
Lynch syndrome is an autosomal dominant cancer predisposition syndrome characterized by an increased risk for colon cancer and cancer of the stomach, small intestine, upper urinary tract, liver, brain and skin. Women with this condition also have an increased risk for cancer of the lining of uterus (endometrium) and ovaries.
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Poling supports pay raise bill
CHARLESTON – The bill that would give magistrate court personnel a raise passed the House of Delegates Wednesday with the support of Wood County's only Democratic delegate.
Delegate Dan Poling, D-Wood, said he voted in support of HB 2434 because the House had approved a similar bill last year and the money was already earmarked for the proposed raises by the Supreme Court of Appeals, which oversees the state's magistrate court system. The original bill did not make it through the state Senate last year and the money has been sitting unused, Poling said.
"I voted for it last year and I voted for it again this year," he said.
A 53-45 party-line vote sent the bill to the state Senate, the first from the House to cross over since the Legislature convened Feb. 13. Passage followed an hour-and-a-half debate and Monday's failed GOP attempt to block the bill from proceeding.
One Republican, Delegate Bob Ashley of Roane County, broke party ranks to pass Wednesday's bill.
Poling said there was a lot of debate on the bill as well as a lot of showmanship.
"I am all for debate," he said. "I think we should hear all sides of an issue."
Republicans have accused Democrats of fast-tracking the bill for passage after a procedural maneuver brought the bill to the floor for a vote. Democrats had blasted Republicans, saying they had a chance to object but did nothing.
Poling said the bill would help equalize magistrate court salaries across the state, especially in counties that lost population, which affected how magistrates were paid. Magistrates got a pay cut, due to changing population numbers in their areas.
The Legislature has little say in what the Supreme Court budgets money for or how much it budgets for, Poling said. The Supreme Court sets its own budget. It does submit the budget to the Legislature, but lawmakers cannot take away from it.
Poling said if the Legislature had stricter control over the court's funding, he would be more in favor of moving around unused money to take care of other needs. In this instance, that was not an option.
"The money was just laying there," Poling said. "I say use it."
West Virginia sets two pay levels for magistrate courts, based on a county's population.
Wednesday's bill would place all magistrate courts in the same, higher-paid tier. That would restore the salaries of the 10 magistrates while raising that of 38 others to $57,500 a year.
The measure would increase annual pay for 23 clerks by $5,160 to $44,720, and for 48 magistrate assistants and five deputy clerks by $3,300 to $39,348.
GOP critics invoked caseload figures to argue against equalizing salaries with rural counties not having the caseloads to justify the pay increase.
There are counties that have two magistrates, Poling said. One is always on call and one has to be available if the other is sick. The caseloads for those magistrates can equal or be greater than one magistrate has in other counties, he said.
"I do not think they are overpaid," he said. "It is equal pay for equal work."
Local lawmakers have said the bill would have no impact on magistrates in Wood County since they are already in the top tier in the salary definition.
GOP lawmakers have pointed to departments having to make budget cuts during a tight budgetary process and how other state employees are not getting a raise this year.
Delegate Anna Border, R-Wood, said it was hard to believe this bill was so important to so many lawmakers.
"I can't believe that this is the number-one priority, to give politicians a raise when we have over 59,700 of our family, friends and fellow West Virginians who are unemployed," she said. "This bill will not help them at all."
(The Associated Press contributed to this story.)

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Will InoSasu happen? If so, what will happen to Sakura? ~_~
Nah Sasuke is all for Akamaru..
yeah Akumaru is way better than Ino
lol no, just no haha
this isnt final fantasy noctis and stella...sry
Sasuke's in love with Ramen guy, ever since that first faithful encounter in the Forest during the Chuunin exams :')
Just no.....
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Just no.....
Yes..you can't deny there's a thing going on with Sasuke and...Akamaru.
Sasuke and Akamaru has my vote. Make a poll.
he will end up with (suck)ura..even if i doubt that anyone will end up with anyone else.
that chapter didnt prove sasuino like everyone think it prove sakuino
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Dr. Shyam R Varma
Hi I'm 24 year old recently I used public washroom few days ago but now I got urinary Infection please suggest any medication.
I am having testicles pain from 2 months ,now I am having pain in bladder and abdomen also and burning sensation in urine, I got my sonography and urine test for the same a month ago ,everything was normal, my partner also suffered from uti kind of thing in the period, as I have studied in internet these symptoms could be of chlamydia please suggest how my problem can be detected and cured.
I ve an issue of urinating often. For this issues, I don't drink much during travel & also before sleep. Frequent urination is a part of sugar problem or is it normal to few people? Please advice.
Hi, I am 19 and I have been experiencing major itching an burning sensation while peeing and release of white fluids from vagina since past week. Can you tell me the reason and how to cure. Do I need to see any doctor for this?
My age 21. Am male and pain through pass urine after three days to start puss. Am go to doctor he suggest the culture and senstivity test result is negative, so suggest how to solve the problem.
Kidney stones are formed in the body when mineral deposits in the kidneys tend to crystallize into stones. They may occur in any part of the urinary tract such as bladder, ureters and the urethra. This is a very painful condition, but not a life threatening one. However, in case the pain may become severe; then you may require surgery to treat this condition.
The symptoms of kidney stones are:
- Passing urine may cause pain
- You may have severe pain below the ribs
- Passing of urine which may be colored
- Vomiting and nausea
- You may feel the need to urinate frequently
- You may suffer from frequent chills and fever
- The urine may be smelly and cloudy in its appearance and color
Ayurveda is a holistic method of treatment as it focusses on rooting out the cause of the disease while improving your overall wellbeing. The various "doshas" in the body need to be balanced in order to treat the disorder. The ayurvedic remedies for kidney stones are:
- Diet: The first and the foremost remedy for kidney stones is rectifying your diet. You should eat nutritious and balanced meals to keep your body in optimal shape. Make sure you include lots of fruits and vegetables in your diet.
- Exercise on a regular basis: It is advisable to exercise on a regular basis as it keeps your body healthy. Do cardio exercises to improve your blood circulation. You may include strength training in your workout to increase muscle mass, which will lead to fat loss.
- Herbs: Consuming a mixture of honey and tulsi is a preventive measure for kidney stones. Drinking strained water after boiling radish seeds is another great remedy that is used to treat kidney stones.
- Avoid junk food: Restrict consumption of junk foods as it can create an imbalance of the doshas in the body which may lead to various diseases. Replace junk foods with healthier choices such as nuts and seeds which provide essential nutrients to the body. Maintain a healthy meal routine at proper timings.
I had klebesia urine infecfion and kidney stone and deficiency of vit d. I am habing issue my fat is increasing and whole body pain and skin wound on some area and urine infection sometime and white discharge problem.
We had sex on 21st of November and my wife's last periods started on 9th November. Now she got some bleeding on 7th December and it stopped on 8th. She is having backache and frequent urination. Is she pregnant?
I am suffering from prostatitis. Irritation in bladder. I can't bladder empty. Doctor give me Trimethoprim 100 mg .is this a correct antibiotic for prostate. Doctor said that many antibiotic doesn't get into the prostate .is this antibiotic work on my prostate infection. Please Reply me.
'Kidney stones' is a disorder of the urinary tract wherein stones form in the kidney. This happens when solid particles in the urine become concentrated; the solid particles mostly being acid and mineral salts. This disorder can affect any part of the urinary tract: from the bladder to the kidneys. The treatment for this disorder is designed depending on the severity of your symptoms.
Once affected by this disorder, pain in the lower abdominal region will be common. The pain may get aggravated when you urinate. You may also exhibit symptoms of vomiting, nausea and a constant urge to urinate. Hematuria (presence of blood in the urine) is another symptom common to this disorder.
There is no single known cause for kidney stones. These stones occur when certain solid particles such as uric acid and calcium are present in the urine in large amounts. However, certain factors that increase the risk of kidney stones are:
- Family history of kidney stones
- Lack of sufficient water in the body or dehydration
- Eating foods which are loaded with sugar and salts
- Obesity
Ayurvedic treatment
Ayurvedic remedies for kidney stones are natural and free from side effects. Apart from relieving the symptoms, they also help in improving your overall well-being. These remedies balance the various doshas in the body and thus, lead to improved functioning of the abdominal organs. The Ayurvedic remedies for kidney stones are
- Stay hydrated: Staying hydrated is the basic you can do to either prevent kidney stones or treating the condition. Dehydration is one of the most important causes for the formation of kidney stones.
- Avoid certain foods: You need to avoid consumption of certain foods such as apples, tomatoes and cheese which increase the risks of kidney stones.
- Exercise on a regular basis: You need to chalk down and stick to an exercise regimen to keep your weight at optimal levels. Remember that obesity is a major contributor to kidney stones.
I am 21 years old female I have uti and I have used antibiotics for 3 days prescribed by doctor for 3 days symptoms gone they are coming backslightly do I need urine test and what will that reveal?
Red colored urine is something my mum experienced. What could be the issue? She has a sever stomach pain as well.
I have bubbles in urine which looks like white bubbles. I had urine routine which has pH level of 5 and nothing else. Please suggest.
I have pain in my anus while motion & while washing after motion, from few days right now paining little whole day, I am in panic when I seen little blood last day when I touch my anus please suggest what may be the problem.
Mara urine korta time dard hota ma bohot jaga dikhaya koi bolrahaha apka urine road small hota ja rahi mas barkar koi bolrahiha kuch nahi majar mara dard thik nahi ho rahiha.
Why Urine irritation problem occurs?
I am 38 years old I am suffering by IgA nephropathy (Minimal Change disease) for last five years. I was advised to take defza 40 mg alternate days tablet previously by the nephrology doctor at trivendram. Now I am unable to consult him and find another one at nagercoil and taken tests found that my albumin level in urine is 24 hrs urinal protein is 1500 mg/l. Now I am advised to take less tablet and vitamin protein tablet. Which shall I follow other tahn albumin imy kidney function are normal.(creatine and all are normal)
How much NCCT (abdomen )and urine kidney function cost and. Is my kidney swollen. As I have told ultra sounds shows hydronephrosis and hydroureter. Well I just had ultra sound and KUB X-ray n some 1 told me that I have hydronephrosis n hydroureter .n which means I have fluid is increasing in my right kidney well. Is that true?
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"Our scrimmage on Saturday was horrible; tonight we were much better. We were in the net and didn't beat ourselves," said Chenette.
Game one saw Sinton take a quick 6-3 lead before a kill by Jessica Perez tied the game at 8-8. Madison McVay then served the Ladycats to a 17-13 lead, including an ace. Taylor Sutton added a tip for a point later in the game as G-P built a 21-17 edge, and later McVay added a kill as the Ladycats took a 23-19 lead on their way to winning game one 25-22.
The Ladycats fell behind 2-6 as game two started, but G-P cut the margin to 7-8 after Emily Mackay tipped one over the net. Sinton then extended their lead to 18-13, but the Ladycats would rally to tie the game at 20-20. Mackay later picked up a kill to tie the game at 23-23, and she picked up two straight service points as G-P went on to win 25-23.
Game three of the match went to Sinton 25-17 before the Ladycats captured game four 26-24. The fourth game saw 13 ties, including a tie at 24-24 after Courtney Richard came up with a block for a point. McVay then came in to finish up things by picking up the final two points from the service line for G-P.
"We were resilient today, had great rallies; this is a young group, and they are coming together with positive energy," Chenette said.
McVay finished with 10 kills, six digs and five aces on the night, followed by Jessica Perez and Emily Mackay with five kills each. Taylor Bluemel added 10 assists and Baylee Halliwell had nine, Bridget Polasek finished with 10 digs, Courtney Richard added three aces while Mackay, Richard and Audrey Ritchie each had a block for the Ladycats.
The Ladycats will be at the CCISD Spikefest Tournament this weekend. They open Pool play on Friday at the old Ray High School Gym. G-P plays Laredo United South at 10:30 a.m., Mission at 12:30 p.m. and close pool play against host Ray at 1:30 p.m.


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Job descriptions are important. Not only do they tell us what were are supposed to be doing, but they are also used for performance reviews which are tied to raises. No small thing! Jesus gives a job description for Christians in Mark 8:34, "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me." (NIV) Every job has an element of self-denial. You don't get to show up whenever you like and do whatever you want. You have to show up on time and do what you were hired to do. Every job requires us to follow someone. We all have a boss or bosses and if we don't follow them we won't have a job for long. Or we have customers and if you don't follow them then you'll be out of business. But the cross is a seemingly odd way of describing a disciple of Jesus. It would have been especially strange for the first disciples to hear Jesus talk about taking up their cross since they did not fully understand that Jesus would die on a cross and then be raised from the dead. For us today, the cross often a mere symbol of the Christian faith. However, the Roman cross was a inhumane killing tool. It's purpose was to publicly torture someone to death ... slowly. Prisoners were forced to literally carry their cross beam to the place of their execution, through the city streets for all to see. The motivation was powerful – This is what happens when you are disloyal to Rome! The cross was such a terrible way to die that Romans were forbidden from executing their own citizens with it. And this is the imagery Jesus used to describe the job of His followers.
But, Jesus gives reasons to take Him up on His job offer. Mark 8:35-37, "For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? For what will a man give in exchange for his soul?" (NASB) You may have picked up on the repetitive use of the word "for." Jesus is linking all these arguments to the call to discipleship. He understands that what He is asking is not going to be easy, so He gives us two big reasons to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him: 1. We cannot hang on to this life or that which we might acquire during our time on this planet, but if we give our lives to Jesus we will have eternal life. 2. It would be a bad deal to trade our soul for even the best stuff this world has to offer since stuff is of far less value than soul.
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Rescued hunter grateful
The hunter who was reported missing on Cheat Mountain last month said he is grateful for everyone who helped search the woods for him.
Dave Bickel, 57, of Shaffer's Run was hunting with friends on Cheat Mountain above Huttonsville on Sept. 24 when he became separated from the group and was reported missing.
Bickel recently told The Inter-Mountain the Sept. 24 excursion was his first bear hunting trip. After losing contact with the other hunters in the afternoon, he walked through the woods all that night, resting periodically.
"I thank God for watching out for me," Bickel said. "He took care of me."
Bickel said he found a creek the next morning and was able to follow it out of the woods until he came to a residence. He then was given a ride back to his home.
"I was dehydrated and my legs hurt but I never felt as though I was lost," Bickel said.
The rescue operation, involving a coordinated search in the last known area where Bickel was seen, included state Division of Natural Resources representatives, area fire department personnel, the West Virginia State Police, Pocahontas County Search & Rescue, the American Red Cross, and the Randolph County EMS, and was overseen by the Randolph County Sheriff's Office. The search extended into the morning hours of Sept. 25, officials said.
Bickel told The Inter-Mountain he would also like to thank the many hunters and their families who helped in the search. He said these men and women combed the mountain side searching for him all day and on throughout the evening. Bickel also wants to acknowledge a woman who brought food and supplies to the first responders on site.
The U.S. Forest Service has suggestions for safe hunting and to avoid becoming lost while hunting:
Tell someone close to you where you are going to hunt and your anticipated return time and be familiar with the area in which you plan to hunt.
Dress properly and be prepared for the worst possible conditions. This can include bringing heavier clothes (dressing in layers) or a spare set of dry clothes along with wearing bright colors to increase your visibility.
Carry with you a first aid kit, battery powered flashlight, cellular phone, water and food stipends. These can be beneficial in case you do become lost in the forest.
For more information and hunting tips go to www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE-DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5330495.pdf


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SAN ANTONIO — As usual, Eastern New Mexico University teams didn't fare all that well in Lone Star Conference preseason polls, released on Tuesday at the league's media day.
The exception was men's cross country, where the defending LSC champion Greyhounds were a solid pick to repeat their first league title.
Even the men's soccer team, which also claimed its first conference crown last season, was relegated to last place in the four-team league's preseason prognostications by coaches, sports information directors and various media members.
ENMU's football team was tabbed for eighth place (out of nine teams), the volleyball team was picked for last in a nine-team circuit and women's soccer and women's cross country were slotted for fifth place out of eight and nine teams, respectively.
Here's a look at the polls:
Football — Defending champion Midwestern State earned 19 of 25 first-place votes and compiled 215 points to 187 for Abilene Christian, which had five first-place ballots. Texas A&M-Kingsville, fourth behind West Texas A&M, earned the remaining first-place nod.
ENMU, which went 2-9 last season (1-7 LSC), opens on Sept. 1 at New Mexico Highlands. The Hounds, under first-year coach Josh Lynn, earned 43 points in the poll to edge out Texas A&M-Commerce (39).
The schedule begins Aug. 30. Each team will play a round-robin league schedule.
Volleyball — West Texas A&M enters the 2012 season favored to win its seventh consecutive LSC title, and 17th overall. The Lady Buffs earned 21 of 27 first-place votes and had 291 points to outlast Angelo State (269 points, five first-place votes).
Texas Woman's, fifth in the poll, received the other first-place tally. The Zias (6-24, 1-19 LSC), led by veteran coach Mike Maguire, managed just 30 points in the poll.
The schedule starts in late August, with teams playing a double-round-robin league slate.
Men's soccer — ENMU (8-4-5, 3-1-2 LSC in 2011), led by fifth-year coach Harold Munoz, received only 16 points in the poll. Midwestern State earned the No. 1 spot with 35 points and seven of 10 first-place votes, followed by Incarnate Word with 29 and three, respectively.
The schedule begins in late August, and the teams will play a double-round-robin conference slate.
Women's soccer — Abilene Christian, which rolled through LSC play 13-0-1 in 2011, captured 15 of 19 first-place votes and finished with 148 points to 134 for Midwestern State, which had three first-place ballots. Texas A&M-Commerce was third with 101 points and had the final first-place tally.
Coach Todd Padgett led the Zias (8-8-3, 6-5-3 LSC) to a program-best third-place finish in the league last season, and ENMU's second LSC tournament berth.
The first matches for LSC teams are scheduled for Aug. 30. The teams will play a double-round-robin conference schedule, with the top six advancing to the league tourney at the home of the regular-season champion during the first week of November.
Cross country — After winning league and regional titles last fall, ENMU's men received 18 of 20 first-place votes and tallied with 178 points in the poll. The Hounds ended a 20-year LSC title run by Abilene Christian, which finished second in the preseason poll with 131 points and the other two first-place votes.
Four-time defending champion Midwestern State swept all 21 first-place votes and finished with 189 points in the women's poll to 146 points for West Texas A&M.


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- Description: It is becoming clear that the structural and stratigraphic complexity of modern and ancient convergent margins is the net product of multiple interacting tectonic, mass wasting, and depositional processes. These in particular include
1. Deposition and tectonic involvement of large depositional and mass wasting bodies,
2. Frontal and basal (underplating) subduction accretion,
3. Sediment and forearc debris subduction,
4. Frontal and basal subduction erosion,
5. Massive redistribution and destruction of forearc material by subducting seafloor relief, and
6. Exhumation and upward-directed emplacement of deep-seated material.
This session encourages abstracts to present onshore and offshore evidence about how the interactive workings of these and linked processes are (1) presently building the larger-scale rock fabric of modern convergent margins, and (2) built those of ancient ones exposed in coastal and interior mountain belts.
Relevant Field Trips: F7: Mélanges, HP Metamorphism, Subduction Accretion and Erosion, Subduction Megathrusts, and Ophiolites: The Franciscan and Related Rocks; F3: From Deep to Modern Time along the Western Sierra Nevada Foothills–San Joaquin to Kern Drainages; F5: Locked Rocks: Hard-to-Access Outcrops of the Mesozoic Metasedimentary Framework and Gabbroids of the Early Cretaceous Sierra Nevada Batholith.
- T2. Mélanges: Comparison and Contrast between Circum-Pacific and Tethyan Chaotic Rock Bodies and Modern Submarine Analogues. Yildirim Dilek, Miami University, dilekymuohio.edu; Andrea Festa, Università di Torino, andrea.festaunito.it; Yujiro Ogawa, Century Tsukuba-Miraidaira, fyogawa45yahoo.co.jp.
- Description: Our current knowledge of mélanges and chaotic rock bodies has been derived to the largest extent from the U.S. Cordillera concept of mélanges and its comparison with the Circum-Pacific and Tethyan mélange occurrences. However, there are some major differences, as well as strong similarities, between the mélange-forming processes that have been documented from the Cordilleran and Tethyan orogenic systems. Mélange-forming processes in Tethyan-type orogenic belts are commonly associated with passive margin evolution, subduction, and obduction of oceanic lithosphere, continental collision, and intra-continental deformation. Mélanges in Cordilleran-type orogenic belts are commonly involved, on the other hand, in the dynamics and mechanical stability of accretionary wedges, and hence are mostly the products of offscraping, underplating, mass-transport movements (olistostromes), subduction channel dynamics (flow mélanges), and mud diapirism. This session will provide an international forum for the exchange of current ideas and information about mélanges and chaotic rock bodies from the Circum-Pacific and Tethyan case studies, across the disciplinary boundaries (e.g., stratigraphy, structural geology, tectonics, sedimentology, marine geology, geochemistry, and thermochronology). Contributions covering a large spectrum of geological and geodynamic environments both on land and in modern submarine settings, in which mélanges, other chaotic rock bodies, and mud diapirs/volcanoes develop are welcome.
Relevant Field Trips: F7: Mélanges, HP Metamorphism, Subduction Accretion and Erosion, Subduction Megathrusts and Ophiolites: The Franciscan and Related Rocks; F3: From Deep to Modern Time along the Western Sierra Nevada Foothills–San Joaquin to Kern Drainages.
- T3. Oceanic Petrogenesis of Pacific-Type Convergent Margins. Tatsuki Tsujimori, Okayama University–Misasa, tatsukixmisasa.okayama-u.ac.jp; W.G. Ernst, Stanford University, wernststanford.edu; John Wakabayashi, California State University–Fresno, jwakabayashicsufresno.edu.
- Description: Pacific-type subduction zones including blueschist and forearc ophiolite assemblages have been documented for almost half a century in Phanerozoic orogenic belts. As a key proxy of oceanic plate underflow, the rocks have been intensively studied from various viewpoints and at various scales ranging from single crystals to mountain belts. However, questions remain concerning our interdisciplinary understanding of the modern and Phanerozoic style of oceanic subduction in Earth's history. This session is aimed at attracting the latest data and concepts regarding the petrogenesis of subducting oceanic slabs and forearc materials along Pacific-type orogenic belts. The classical and neoclassical multidisciplinary approaches continue to provide the opportunities to link high-pressure metamorphism to geophysical observations, to evaluate hydration and dehydration along the subduction channels and subsequent slab-mantle interaction, and to visualize more realistic ancient Pacific-type margins. Specific foci in this topical session include, but are not limited to (1) Pacific-type blueschist and eclogite facies metamorphism and related metasomatism; (2) serpentinization of the mantle wedge and emplacement of forearc ophiolites; (3) element mobility and the role of fluids within and overlying the descending oceanic slab; (4) provenance analysis of ancient blueschist belts; (5) multiple episodes and time-scales of Pacific-type mountain building; (6) comparisons between Pacific-type and Alpine-type petrogenesis; and (7) contrasting discrepancies between petrological observations and numerical modeling. The session also aims at exchanging ideas among international geoscientists applying different approaches, tests, and challenges on problems related to "Oceanic petrogenesis of Pacific convergent margins." We especially encourage contributions exploring new directions with novel or interdisciplinary techniques regarding related themes.
Relevant Field Trips: F7: Mélanges, HP Metamorphism, Subduction Accretion and Erosion, Subduction Megathrusts and Ophiolites: The Franciscan and Related Rocks; F3: From Deep to Modern Time along the Western Sierra Nevada Foothills–San Joaquin to Kern Drainages; F5: Locked Rocks: Hard-to-Access Outcrops of the Mesozoic Metasedimentary Framework and Gabbroids of the Early Cretaceous Sierra Nevada Batholith.
- T4. Ophiolites and Suture Zones. Yildirim Dilek, Miami University, dilekymuohio.edu; John Wakabayashi, California State University–Fresno, jwakabayashicsufresno.edu; John Shervais, Utah State University, john.shervaisusu.edu.
- Description: Both accretionary and collisional orogenic belts are common around the Pacific Rim and in other regions of the world. These include different ophiolite types that formed in diverse tectonic settings, ranging from mid-ocean ridges, suprasubduction zone environments, and plumes. Emplacement of these ophiolites into continental margins is a first-order tectonic phenomenon, reflecting both the original igneous development of ophiolite, and subsequent tectonic evolution or transitions. The relationship of ophiolites to suture zones is more varied than commonly thought. Evaluation of the ages, regional structural context, tectonomagmatic affinity, and emplacement mechanisms of the existing ophiolites, and reexamination of the nature and distribution of the suture zones, will lead to a better understanding of the mountain building processes and continental growth. This session is aimed at providing a forum for presentations and discussions on all aspects of ophiolites and suture zones, based on interdisciplinary studies and latest data and interpretations. In addition to studies of on-land exposures, we encourage contributions from modern ophiolite factories (IBM, Tonga, Andaman Sea, Melanesia, Woodlark Basin) derived from drilling and diving results.
Relevant Field Trips: F7: Mélanges, HP Metamorphism, Subduction Accretion and Erosion, Subduction Megathrusts and Ophiolites: The Franciscan and Related Rocks; F3: From Deep to Modern Time along the Western Sierra Nevada Foothills-San Joaquin to Kern Drainages.
- T5. Critical Zone: Where Rock Meets Water and Life at Earth's Surface. Clifford S. Riebe, University of Wyoming, criebeuwyo.edu; Leonard S. Sklar, San Francisco State University, leonardsfsu.edu; Kate Maher, Stanford University, kmaherstanford.edu.
- Description: Understanding the chemical, physical, and biological processes that modulate Earth's surface is important across a diverse range of problems, from assessing soil and water sustainability over human timescales to understanding weathering-related feedbacks in Earth's long-term climate evolution. Sediment, as both the byproduct and matrix of weathering and erosion, is central to the interplay of climate, tectonics, and lithology in Earth-surface dynamics and the sedimentary record. Increasingly, questions about landscape evolution and its sedimentary byproducts are being tackled in exciting, cross-disciplinary studies of the "Critical Zone"—defined as the near-surface environment where water, rock, air, and life meet in a dynamic interplay that generates soils, sustains ecosystems, and shapes landscapes. This session solicits contributions that discuss studies of physical, chemical, hydrological, and biological aspects of Earth-surface dynamics. Contributions that address cross-disciplinary, process-based research are especially encouraged.
Relevant Field Trip: F1: Critical Zones in the NW Sierra Nevada.
- T6. Using Detrital Zircon Age Data to Reassemble the Cordilleran Jigsaw Puzzle. Trevor Dumitru, Stanford University, tdumitrustanford.edu; Elizabeth Miller, Stanford University, elmillerstanford.edu.
- Description: Detrital zircon dating is a powerful tool for deciphering ancient sediment dispersal pathways and using them to reconstruct ancient paleogeography, paleotopography, and orogenic evolution. This session welcomes contributions in these areas toward reconstructing portions of the North American Cordillera as well as orogenic belts worldwide.
Relevant Field Trips: F7: Mélanges, HP Metamorphism, Subduction Accretion and Erosion, Subduction Megathrusts and Ophiolites: The Franciscan and Related Rocks; F3: From Deep to Modern Time Along the Western Sierra Nevada Foothills-San Joaquin to Kern Drainages; F5: Locked Rocks: Hard-to-Access Outcrops of the Mesozoic Metasedimentary Framework and Gabbroids of the Early Cretaceous Sierra Nevada Batholith.
- T7. Hydrogeologic Issues of Irrigated Agricultural Regions—Problems and Solutions. C. John Suen, California State University–Fresno, johnscsufresno.edu; Dong Wang, USDA Agricultural Research Service, dwangfresno.ars.usda.gov.
- Description: The world's food security hinges on irrigated agriculture. Yet such irrigated farmlands are currently facing a host of sustainability issues. They are being degraded by salinization, waterlogging, groundwater depletion, contamination, etc. The San Joaquin Valley, being the most productive agricultural region of the world, serves as an archetypical example. Researchers of these and related issues throughout the world are invited to present their findings and perspectives, and they may also offer possible mitigation plans or conceptual solutions.
- T8. Quantitative Approaches in Sedimentology and Stratigraphy. Mara Brady, California State University–Fresno, mebradycsufresno.edu.
- Description: Quantitative interrogation of sedimentary deposits provides powerful information that can be used to better constrain depositional controls and preservational biases in the stratigraphic record. This session seeks contributions from studies of a range of depositional systems throughout Earth's history and seeks papers that highlight the use of quantitative methods in various topics within sedimentary geology, including but not limited to the following: sequence stratigraphy, cyclostratigraphy, allogenic versus autogenic forcings, chrono-, chemo-, and biostratigraphy, sedimentary basin modeling, and actualistic studies of modern depositional environments.
- T9. AFC Processes in the Formation of Intermediate Magmas from Mantle to Crust. Michael Farner, Rice University, mfarner01gmail.com; Cin-Ty Lee, Rice University, ctleerice.edu.
- Description: Andesites and granodiorites are the most common rocks in modern subduction zones. In addition, the composition of the continental crust appears to be andesitic in bulk, but, despite the prevalence of these intermediate compositions in the continents, the petrogenesis of intermediate rocks is not completely understood. One prevailing view is that intermediate rocks represent hybrid products of mixing between fractionating mafic and felsic end-members in AFC–type processes (e.g., assimilation fractional crystallization), resulting in cooling and fractional crystallization of mixed intrusions as well as assimilation of felsic country rock or melts derived from crustal anatexis. Exactly how such mixing occurs, however, is unclear. For example, an open question is how lithologies with such different bulk compositions can be efficiently mixed within magma chambers given that the solidi of mafic and felsic magmas are so different, and consequently, their rheological contrasts are high. Abstracts relating field, laboratory, and theoretical studies to better document and understand when and where in the crust AFC processes are likely to be most efficient are encouraged. In particular we are interested in, but not limited to, the following questions: What is the best way to quantify mixing in magma chambers? Where in the crust is mixing most efficient and does this position vary with tectonic environment or background deviatoric stress state?
Relevant Field Trips: F2: Granite, Glaciation, and Rockfall in Yosemite Valley, California; F3: From Deep to Modern Time along the Western Sierra Nevada Foothills-San Joaquin to Kern Drainages; F5: Locked Rocks: Hard-to-Access Outcrops of the Mesozoic Metasedimentary Framework and Gabbroids of the Early Cretaceous Sierra Nevada Batholith.
- T10. Reconstructing the Pacific–North America Plate Boundary Through Late Cenozoic Time. Scott Bennett, University of California–Davis, sekbennettucdavis.edu; Rebecca Dorsey, University of Oregon, rdorseyuoregon.edu; Michael Oskin, University of California–Davis, meoskinucdavis.edu; Michael Darin, ConocoPhillips, mike.h.darinconocophillips.com.
- Description: This session addresses long-standing questions concerning Pacific–North America relative plate motion on the San Andreas fault, Walker Lane, Eastern California Shear Zone, and Gulf of California transform fault system since its inception ca. 28 Ma. Insights from geologic mapping, stratigraphy, geochronology, paleomagnetism, geophysics, and related datasets provide critical constraints on the history of dextral offset along this 2,500-km-long transform plate boundary. Recent studies have made important new advances on this problem, but the challenge that remains is to integrate observations into a coherent model for the evolution of the plate boundary through time. Unresolved controversies include, but are not limited to (1) total dextral offset across the San Andreas fault north of the Transverse Ranges, (2) disparate estimates for total offset across the southern San Andreas fault, (3) cumulative distributed shear in the Walker Lane and Eastern California Shear Zone, (4) age of marine incursion in the Gulf of California–Salton Trough, and (5) distribution and timing of dextral strain across the Gulf of California since middle Miocene time. We invite contributions from local to regional to plate-boundary scale studies that offer new insights from constraints such as offset geologic markers, basin analysis, and geodetic studies, with particular interest in map-view reconstructions that integrate multiple, diverse datasets.
Relevant Field Trips: F6: New Views on the Evolution of the San Andreas Fault Zone in Central California and the Carrizo Plain; F3: From Deep to Modern Time along the Western Sierra Nevada Foothills-San Joaquin to Kern Drainages; F1: Critical Zones in the NW Sierra Nevada.
- T11. The Engineering Geology of Transporting Water in the Western United States. Cosponsors: GSA Engineering Geology Division and Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (San Joaquin Valley Chapter, Sacramento Section). Jerome V. De Graff, USDA Forest Service, jdegraffcsufresno.edu.
- Description: Throughout the western United States, many miles of canals, pipelines, penstocks, and other water conveyances exist. These vital conveyances sustain irrigated agriculture, municipal water supply, industrial operations, and hydroelectric power generation and are built across a geologically diverse landscape, making them vulnerable to breaching due to earthquakes, landslides, and foundation soil conditions. This technical session will examine and describe the environmental impacts of breaching and efforts to address the vulnerability of these important engineering works.
Relevant Field Trips: F6: New Views on the Evolution of the San Andreas Fault Zone in Central California and the Carrizo Plain; F2: Granite, Glaciation, and Rockfall in Yosemite Valley, California; F8: Debris Flows in Recently Burned Watersheds in the Southeastern Sierra Nevada.
- T12. Quaternary Environmental Change; The Cordilleran Record and Its Implication for Our Future in a Changing World. Peter K. Van de Water, California State University–Fresno,pvandewatercsufresno.edu; Mathieu Richaud, California State University–Fresno, mathieucsufresno.edu.
- Description: The U.S. Cordilleran region provides a unique perspective on environmental change, with its wide range of elevations, steep gradients of precipitation and temperatures, and dynamic geomorphology that is responding to changing conditions. In addition, the bordering ocean drives much of the climate and is a major influence because of its proximity. The Quaternary history of this area provides not only the backdrop to the environment that we see today but also a greater understanding of the range of future events that we might expect. This session invites researchers to present detailed records of past and present changes to our environment that will provide a perspective on the likelihood and extent of future conditions. We look forward to including a wide range of paleo-environmental to geomorphological research that spans all periods of the Quaternary.
Relevant Field Trips: F6: New Views on the Evolution of the San Andreas Fault Zone in Central California and the Carrizo Plain; F2: Granite, Glaciation, and Rockfall in Yosemite Valley, California; F1: Critical Zones in the NW Sierra Nevada.
- T13. Irvingtonian Paleoecology of Western North America. Robert G. Dundas, California State University–Fresno, rdundascsufresno.edu; Eric Scott, San Bernardino County Museum, escottsbcm.sbcounty.gov.
- Description: This session will provide an opportunity for numerous Pleistocene researchers to present new data and synthesize earlier data concerning terrestrial paleontology, palynology, and paleoclimatology of the Irvingtonian North American Land Mammal Age (ca. 1.9–0.24 Ma).
Relevant Field Trip: F4: Middle Irvingotonian Fairmead Landfill Fossil Site and Fossil Discovery Center of Madera County, California.
- T14. Quaternary Geology of California's Central Valley and Its Relevance to Water Infrastructure. Justin Pearce, j.pearcefugro.com; Janet Sowers, j.sowersfugro.com; Jennifer Wilson, jm.wilsonfugro.com; Cooper Brossy, c.brossyfugro.com—all with Fugro Consultants Inc.
- Description: The performance of California's water conveyance and flood protection infrastructure within the Central Valley impacts nearly all California residents. Understanding the diverse geologic deposits and structures that underlie this vital system of levees, canals, pipelines, dams, and reservoirs is critical to identifying the potential vulnerabilities to the system and developing appropriate solutions. We invite contributions from studies of the Quaternary geology of the Central Valley by academics, consultants, agencies, and researchers whose work has direct relevance to the development, performance, reliability, and maintenance of California's water conveyance and flood protection infrastructure.
Relevant Field Trip: F3: From Deep to Modern Time along the Western Sierra Nevada Foothills–San Joaquin to Kern Drainages.
- T15. Undergraduate Research Posters. Chris Pluhar, California State University–Fresno, cpluharcsufresno.edu.
- Description: This session provides an opportunity for undergraduates to present their research. All topics and areas of research are welcome.


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11 and 8 in an offense like this is really mediocre, especially since his defense hasn't been good as advertise.
Marbury > Duhon.
I told you guys Duhon was a nice guard during the off-season and I was accused of being a Bulls fan in disguise by you know who. Now that Jamal is gone look for Duhon to step up his scoring to fill in the gaps. The Starbury crew is just hating the fact that the Knicks have moved on without thier boy. Just like that jealous ex-girlfriend that tell your new girl a bunch crap about you just to salt your game. The fact is Duhon never was the first option in Chicago and was buried on the bench behind Captain Kirk and Air Gordon. He was benched at the end of the season for skipping practice to attend the Duke-NC game. When the Bulls finally let Duhon off the bench, he dropped 35 on the Celts. Duhon was a great addition for the Knicks and it great to finally have a floor general again that will do what's good for the TEAM.
11 and 8 in an offense like this is really mediocre, especially since his defense hasn't been good as advertise.
Marbury > Duhon.
Duhon has cleary more than lived up to the Knicks highest hopes and seems to be improving as he gets to the know the system and players better.
Right now, he's the most valuable player on the team. He brings everything to the team that we needed. He plays hard, puts the team first, is a leader, and knows how to make the players around him better. He's not the most talented player in the world athletically etc..., but he's one of the best PG's in the league because he knows how to play winning basketball and doesn't focus on his own scoring stats.
man when they signed Duhon i was mad cause i thought that he'll take marburys place(which he did) but he waaaaaaay passed my expectations and i'm happy it happened
Duhon has been the Knicks MVP so far hands down, and deserves to be their captain.
I don`t get it. Knicks fans are sometimes hard to understand / satisfy. When Walsh signed Duhon a lot of people wrote that it was a bad idea. Now the season started and Duhon plays very well. But there are still Knicks fans who claim that he is not the right guy for the Knicks. It's stupid.
Comparing Duhon to Marbury is just stupid because Marbury's time with the Knicks is up. He had about 4 years to prove to be the go-to-guy- All he showed was the fact that he is a 10 years old kid captured/trapped in the body of a 30 years old man. I feel sorry for him. He is talented but he suffers from mental disorder. He needs help.
Duhon might be a role-player. But nobody can deny that he does'nt make a good job.
I am fed up with Marbury's situation. Walsh has to find a solution asap.
Last edited by Musa; Dec 03, 2008 at 15:48.
Steph has nothing to do with it!
Not to mention 11 and 8 dont fully tell the story of Duhon's production, Duhon has not been turning the ball over I think he has something like 35 ast to 5 to's in the past two games, I don't care who's offense you're playing in that is getting the job done.
I'll say it again...Dantoni is to PGs as Walsh was to NFL QB's. But that is not to say Duhon hasnt been solid for us! And Coach K was right about him doing better than we all predicted.
You're saying 11 and 8 is not enough, but I doubt you predicted even those numbers for him this season!
"I'd Rather Melo shoot with 3 men on him than Jefferies shotting wide open"
-Jeff Van Gundy
GetReal and NNY bring up great points I can't deny.
Duhon's best quality is keeping his turnovers low.
But how can I honestly trust a guy like Duhon who has had an up and down career to stay 11 and 8 which is most likely his prime.
Duhon just reminds me of Charlie Ward, which is why a lot of Knick fans are happy with him at PG.
Unfortunately, we don't have the championship caliber team that Ward was an asset on.
Duhon would fit better as a back up PG...in the future, he's a professional with nice work ethic and knows how to limit turnovers which is vital.
In order to be successful we need a more DYNAMIC PG.


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Unfortunately, a whole slew of Hollywood directors have ignored this decree and have remade such untouchables as "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," "Psycho" and "Planet of the Apes."
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A sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania, doesn't just come along every day.
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Trying to remake this movie would be biting off more than even Jaws himself could chew. Granted, the special effects might be more sophisticated in a remake, but the sheer genius of the original would swallow any attempted recreation whole.
This movie has prevented millions of people from swimming in the ocean for the rest of their lives -- that is how scary it is!
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My DS has been on a nursing strike for about 3 1/2 weeks . I think we are towards the end of this strike, as Noah is gradually starting to nurse while he is awake and alert instead of when he is asleep. It seems that he will only nurse on the right side and he will start to get really upset when I try to nurse him on the left side. He will push me away and scream the moment I lay him down to nurse on the left side (I am amazed at how strong he is!). Has anyone experienced having their baby favor one side over the other? I know that I produce more milk on the right side, but I really want him to nurse on the left side as well so that I can keep my supply up.
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If you've got an email address -- and who doesn't these days? -- chances are you've received the occasional cautionary tale that just has to be true because it happened the emailer's father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate.
Those foreboding stories most often turn out to be little more than urban legend, but are spread easier than ever before thanks to today's technology.
Stories of organ harvesting, gang initiations, secret cookie recipes and terminally ill children are some of the most common subject matter in email chain letters.
Many times these emails do not go directly to your spam folder because they are sent from a trusted friend whose heart is in the right place.
So the next time your friend Bob or your aunt Jane tells you to SEND THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW, do everyone a favor and don't!
For the sake of saving us all, here are the top five most circulated Internet urban legends, and how long they've been around.
No. 5: Out go the lights
Known as the "Lights Out" legend, this one advises readers to heed this warning: If an oncoming car doesn't have its lights on, do not flash your own head lights, or risk death.
The email goes something like this: "Please spread the word. A police officer I know that works with the DARE program at my son's elementary school is warning drivers to not flash their lights at night to oncoming cars without their headlights turned on. This is a common gang member initiation game."
The email goes on to say that the gang member is instructed to then turn around and kill the first helpful driver who flashes their lights.
Snopes.com, the quintessential source online for true and false urban legends, said this rumor actually started in 1993 using the same idea, but with Hell's Angels biker gang in California as the perpetrators.
It's most likely not a gang member with his lights off, just another knucklehead driver sharing the road with you.
No. 4: The knockout perfume
Another email cautionary tale of woe concerns strangers in mall parking lots who ask the unsuspecting to sniff ether-laced perfume.
This is another read this or "fear death" legend. If the person actually sniffs the perfume offered by the pesky strangers, they will pass out, be stuffed in the trunk of a car, and robbed and beaten.
In 1999, Mobile, Ala., police supposedly received a claim from a woman who was "rendered unconscious after smelling an unknown substance" by someone who approached her in a bank parking lot. She told them when she awoke, she had been robbed. Blood tests found that she had no foreign substances in her body, so her story remains debated. This may be where this hoax began.
We don't know about you, but the same rule applies to people in a parking lot asking us to smell something as it does for those annoying people in the middle of the mall who want to clean our glasses or jewelry: Go away.
No. 3: Don't drink Coke on (fill in the date)
There have always been stories of a kind stranger giving a tip to someone (usually an elderly lady) in line at a grocery store after she helps him pay his tab, but the "Don't Drink Coke" legend got a jolt of new life after 9/11.
This urban legend claims that Arabs working in a Coca-Cola factory have tainted the product to coincide with a certain date.
The email goes somewhat like this: "THIS IS TRUE or THIS REALLY HAPPENED! So and so's son works at Quickie Mart. There was an Arab man in line and he was $1 short for his groceries. An elderly woman gave him the dollar. He waited for her outside of the store and said 'You people don't do things like that for us so I'm going to do something nice for you.' He told her not to drink any Coke products on Sept. 11."
This particular version seems to have started in 2002. Coca Cola has received so many inquiries about it, they actually posted a response on their website.


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The Smartest Man In Baseball
In my four years as a PawSox broadcaster, it would be hard to pick a favorite player.
But smartest player? That's easy – Yale University grad Craig Breslow.
(photos courtesy of Kelly O'Connor)
Craig usually had a book in his hands on the long bus trips and I used to get a kick out of asking him about his latest reading material. One season he decided to study the greatest speeches in history from the likes of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, and Winston Churchill. Earlier this year, the Wall Street Journal named him "The Smartest Man in Baseball."
Oh yea, he's also a terrific pitcher.
Breslow pitched for the Pawtucket in 2006 and 2007 and was chosen for the Triple-A All-Star Game each season. After appearing in 13 games for Boston, he's pitched for Cleveland, Minnesota and Oakland over the past two years. This season he made 77 relief appearances to rank second in the American League and posted a 2.60 ERA in 60 games with the Athletics.
I'm writing about Craig today because on Saturday night (November 7th) he's hosting "The 2nd Annual First Pitch Celebrity Gala" at the Omni Hotel in New Haven, CT. Nomar Garciaparra is the guest speaker and several major leaguers are scheduled to attend.
For more information, check this link or call 203-502-0007.
When Craig was 12-years-old, his older sister Lesley was diagnosed with cancer. Thankfully, she underwent successful surgery and has been cancer free for 16 years. But the memory of the ordeal his family went through helped inspire Craig to form "The Strike 3 Foundation" which raises funding for childhood cancer research.
"The visionary in me sees the day when all cancers are eradicated," Breslow writes on the foundation's website. "The realist understands that the first steps toward this feat are to heighten awareness, raise support, and encourage cancer research. To that end, I am excited by the prospects that our partnership with some local cancer treatment centers offers. United in our goal, we hope together to hasten the arrival of the day when no child with cancer goes uncured."
Last year's gala raised more than $100,000 and Breslow is hoping to raise even more money this year.
If you live in New England and don't have plans on Saturday night, you should consider making the trip to New Haven and supporting a great cause.
Say hi to Craig for me. And ask him what he's reading these days.
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It was a wonderful evening, but unfortunately the two times I saw Craig he was hustling to one place or another, and I thought it would be bad form to tackle him at his own event. I'm tremendously impressed by what he has done with his foundation, and how committed he is–plenty of players who've made a lot more money than he has haven't given back a fraction of what he has. It was great to see Nomar; it was heartbreaking to hear the mom of one of the youngsters Craig had been close to speak of the loss of her son. I'm proud to support his foundation.


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Groupon says it will name your baby for $1K
Company: Let us gift your sweet child with a moniker for the ages
The naming of a new child can be an exhausting task with lifelong ramifications. But the deal-of-the-day gurus over at Groupon want to take the fuss out of titling your offspring with their latest promotion: Groupon will name your kid for $1,000.
According to the company, the deal is a real offer that is set to expire Wednesday night and must be used by Dec. 10. It is also only good for humans, no pets.
The deal states that, "Upon your child's birth, Groupon will relieve you of the burden of naming your baby by bestowing a specially selected, custom-first name upon your infant son or daughter."
The company said it will email each purchaser of the deal with "A name for their child based on the name's aesthetic value and for how it might look emblazoned on a trophy one day."
As of Wednesday morning, six brave souls have taken Groupon up on the offer by purchasing the deal. However, no details have been released about the identities of the Grouponees or any names they've been pitched.
For those not expecting a special delivery anytime soon, fortunately, Groupon said the deal can also be purchased for friends and family members.
To purchase the deal, click here.
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This tutorial will guide you in reading old Italian handwritten records. You may learn about the common challenges faced when trying to read and interpret old Italian documents.
Reading Italian Handwritten Records Lesson 1: The Italian Alphabet
This lesson will help you learn to recognize the letters used in the Italian alphabet in order to help you read, understand, and extract information from Italian genealogical records.
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Now that all the Hokage have been revived, including Minato. Could the other half of Kurama's chakra have been revived within his Edo Tensei body aswell?
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No there were only 5 things that came out of the Shinigami's belly. 4 kage souls and Oros arms.
Probably not within his edo body, but maybe his other one in his graveyard.
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Probably not within his edo body, but maybe his other one in his graveyard.
if that were true then the firt and second would still be sealed inside the thirds real body so in theory whoever was sealed along with what they sealed is released or the person who acts as the sacrifice and gets their stomach cut open (orochimaru) gets to decide what he wants to return from the death reaper seal
We'll have to wait for Kishi to explain.
If that's the case, Oro#2!
Only Tobirama is relevant.
It was never sealed inside Minato's body.. lmao.
half of Kurama was sealed into Minato and the other half was sealed into Naruto.
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Check Out Liam Neeson In The Action-Packed 'Taken 2,' Now On DVD, Blu-ray & More
His family targeted by a vengeful crime boss in Istanbul, retired CIA agent Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) fights an army of killers to ensure their safe return in "Taken 2," an action sequel from director Olivier Megaton and producer/co-writer Luc Besson.
As the families of the kidnappers killed by Mills gather together for a mass funeral, their leader Merad (Rade Sherbedgia) vows to make the man who brought them so much misery pay. Meanwhile, back in the U.S., Mills invites his ex-wife Lenore (Famke Janssen) and their daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) to join him on a trip to Istanbul after their long-planned trip to China falls through.
Later, in Istanbul, the family is settling in and enjoying the sites when Merad's gang abducts Mills and Lenore. Communicating with her father via a hidden cell phone, Kim accesses his secret weapons cache and embarks on a frantic race through an unfamiliar city in a bid to rescue her parents from certain death.
Once she manages to free her father, Mills puts his "particular set of skills" to use while attempting to rescue his Lenore, and escape Merad's unrelenting attack.
"Taken 2" arrived on Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD January 15. Taken 2 is also available on DVD featuring the Theatrical version of the movie, Alternate Ending and FX piece.


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Unsung Heroes: Rev. Ron Hari
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - In our communities, there are people every day who go above and beyond and may not get any sort of recognition. 69 News is proud to salute these unsung heroes, in a series of stories nominated by our viewers.
Sunday services at the Hungarian Evangelical Reformed Church in Bethlehem are small.
"The old Hungarian tradition [is] if the moon is shaped like we have here it means you'll always have some money in your pocket," said Rev. Ron Hari.
But with a dwindling congregation, money was hard to come by three years ago, until Reverend Hari took advantage of his Hungarian baking tradition and started making strudel and selling it.
Hari was nominated as an Unsung Hero by Christen Borso because she said he saved their church.
"He does all of this baking in order to keep the church doors open, so I thought it was very important for him to know just how important what he does for this church meant to everybody here," Borso said.
"We made $45,000 on baked goods to renovate the entire upstairs of the church," Hari said.
This year's project was the electrical wiring.
"There's no way we'd get $500 on a Sunday. People are on fixed incomes," Hari added.
But thanks to baking almost every Thursday, the Hungarian Evangelical Reformed Church with about 20 members makes that much money each week.
"If we wouldn't have started this three years ago, we would have closed. That's how bad our finances were. We're okay now," Hari said.
Hari works part-time and his take home pay is $125 a week. Obviously, he's not here for the money.
" It doesn't matter. I enjoy doing this and I have a good crew of people. And as long I don't have to wash the dishes I'm fine," Hari said.
He takes care of his congregation and his craft. And with the Hungarian moon overhead, it looks like baking will keep money in their pockets.
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Enforcement alone won't solve Rutland drug problemsMarch 19,2014
Anthony Edwards / Staff Photo Chief James Baker of the Rutland City Police Department speaks to Congressman Peter Welch about how the opioid problem in Rutland is being tackled during Monday's U.S. Senate Juduciary Committee Hearing on "Community Solutions to Breaking the Cycle of Heroin and opioid Addiction" at the Franklin Conference Center in Rutland.The following is the testimony Rutland Police Chief James Baker provided Monday during the Senate Judiciary Committee field hearing in Rutland:
Sen. Leahy and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on behalf of Mayor Chris Louras, Mr. David Allaire, the president of Board of Alderman, elected officials of Rutland City government, members of the Police Commission, the citizens of Rutland, and the men and women of the Rutland City Police Department, welcome to the city of Rutland, Vt. We are proud of this great city and we are honored you have taken the time to bring a field hearing to us to learn of the good work being done here to address the challenges of substance abuse and in particular opiate abuse.
I want to echo the comments of U.S. Attorney Tris Coffin that the city of Rutland is a terrific community with a strong and proud history. This hearing is being held in a building that is representative of Rutlands proud history. This building dates back to the 1800s when the Howe Scale Co. was based here. After years of productive output, Howe Scale fell on hard times and the company closed in the early 1980s leaving this expansive manufacturing complex, with more than 330,000 square feet, vacant. What to do with this vast structure soon became the source of intense public debate and disagreement.
The debate about the future of the Howe Center has been captured and memorialized. It serves as a reminder of the challenges Rutland has faced. It serves as a reminder of the grit of this great city. Just as Rutland created a new vision for the Howe Center, we are committed to remaking Rutland into one of the healthiest and safest cities in the United States. In fact, the Vision Statement of Project VISION is:
Reclaiming Rutland: Healthiest, safest and happiest community in America.
We have the people, the infrastructure and the will to get it done.
Not unlike other communities, the city of Rutland has faced the challenges of illegal drug activity before. In the early 1990s, as a young supervisor of a multi-agency drug task force, I worked out of Rutland and was involved in countless undercover drug operations that resulted in arrests, prosecutions and convictions for drug distribution. The drugs of choice were cocaine and marijuana. At that time, I was convinced that the resources and efforts we applied had solved the drug problem in Rutland. Fourteen years later, I became the director of the Vermont State Police and Rutland City Police Chief Tony Bossi sought help from the State Police with a new and emerging drug problem. The call for help was based on the fatal shooting on Grove Street during a drug deal and reports of violence involving firearms. The city had reached the tipping point on drug activity and violence. After a significant commitment of resources, a drug sweep rounded up more than 40 defendants in an operation known as Operation Marble Valley. The cases had strong out-of-state influences marked with a serious presence of gun culture and the drugs involved were cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin. At the press conference announcing the arrests, officials made the point that these arrests were meant to change the direction of the drug culture in Rutland.
Around the same time, under Sen. Leahys leadership, a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee field hearing was held in this very room. There was testimony about the need for prevention, treatment and enforcement. The community rallied for a period of time.
In January 2012, I arrived in Rutland as the interim chief of police to find there was yet another emerging drug challenge. This time the drug was heroin. I found a police department that was demoralized and a community with no trust in the police department. The dispirited atmosphere stemmed from the fact that there was an unrealistic expectation that the police department could and should single-handedly resolve the issues of illegal drug trafficking. As more pressure was applied to the police department to act, the more aggressive the law enforcement actions became.
The measure of success was the number of arrests made and the amount of drugs seized. The trouble with those success measures was that history clearly showed that arrests alone were not going to change the environment because it does not take into account the underlying social issues relating to drugs. Not one of the underlying issues that lead to addiction is under the control of the police, yet the solutions to the issue were laid at the doorstep of the police department. It became apparent that in order to affect change in our escalating drug crisis a crisis from our experience that originates at its base from initial addiction to prescribed medications the situation was going to require all hands on deck.
As we began the conversation with our non-law-enforcement partners, we worked to gather a coalition of local, state, county and federal enforcement partners to change the culture and environment on the street by employing laser-focused enforcement operations. That effort resulted in Operation Fedup and was coordinated by ATF and our others partners. The first operations seized nearly 8,000 bags of heroin and approximately $90,000 in cash. That investigation led to the connection of a drug distribution network in New York City. The furtherance of the investigation under the guidance of U.S. Attorney Coffin, the DEA and FBI, revealed an organization that was responsible for up to 10,000 bags of heroin coming into the Rutland area on a continual 10- to 14-day basis. It was hard to fathom the depth of the addiction in this area that would require that amount of heroin. It was a shock to all. This was the first epiphany. We could no longer follow the methods deployed in the past if we were to move the ball down the field. The demand for opiates was outstripping our ability to be effective.
The second epiphany came tragically on Sept. 26, 2012, at about 6 p.m. on Cleveland Avenue in the city of Rutland. It was on that day that we lost one of our bright and upcoming stars. Carly Ferro, age 17, was leaving her place of work and entering into her fathers car to ride home when she was killed. Carly was killed when a car operated by an individual, who is alleged in court papers to have been huffing aerosols, lost control of the car and struck her. The incident represented yet another critical point in Rutlands history where the grit and determination of her people was defined. This tragedy became a rallying point a painful realization that what was happening in our city had to stop. The human costs were too high.
The nontraditional partners we had assembled became focused on creating metrics to measure where we were and where we needed to go. We began meeting on a regular basis and followed a path modeled and championed by Chief Mike Schirling in Burlington known as Community Intervention Team. The vision was to join together all the resources available and create a multiplier force to affect the quality of life in Rutland. We brought to the table social-service agencies, elected officials, police resources, the domestic violence advocacy community, drug court, corrections, prosecutors at the federal, state and local level, economic development officials, housing coalition officials, the faith community, mediation services, neighborhood citizens and many others.
In the early stages, the group talked and worked on strategies to create metrics using data to measure what success looked like. We worked on supporting and advocating for a methadone clinic. We worked on systems to better communicate across traditional and nontraditional partners. The energy was amazing.
The final epiphany came when Sen. Leahys staff located a grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance. Our coalition refocused and developed a grant application that created the name Project VISION (Viable Initiatives & Solutions through Involvement of Neighborhoods). The grant created a blueprint using outcome based modeling that we are following to execute our strategy.
We did not receive the grant. We think our good friends at BJA may have gotten this one wrong. However, we did not give up. The grit and determination of Rutland shined once again and we moved forward. We continued to execute our strategy, and we now have an operating structure in place. We have stayed faithful to the concept of utilizing research to validate our processes.
Project VISION serves as an umbrella group that coordinates the functions of three committees. Those committees are Crime and Safety, Substance Abuse, Prevention and Treatment and Neighborhoods and Housing. Each committee is working on unique goals to their individual committee with the understanding that they stay faithful to Project VISIONs key values of collaboration for the greater good and renewed focus on the positive.
As result of the collaboration of resources, the Rutland City Police Department is now host to a variety of nontraditional partners who operate on the guiding principle that the issues we face associated with substance abuse, mental health issues and quality of life in our neighborhoods are interconnected. That interconnection requires an integrated response.
Today, housed in the Rutland City Police Department building, we have two social workers from the Rutland County Family and Children Center, a domestic violence advocate from the Rutland County Womens Network and Shelter, an assistant attorney general, an emergency crisis intervention specialist from Rutland County Mental Health, the Rutland County early intervention coordinator, a school resource officer, animal control officer, a crime analyst and a city of Rutland building inspector. These resources are coordinated by Capt. Scott Tucker, the newly named executive director of Project Vision and the commander of the newly formed Community Outreach Division.
In the police department, we are embracing data and technology to identify where we apply these coordinated resources; never missing an opportunity to do case review, create systems of better communication and providing focused prosecution for those causing the most harm to our community. This effort coordinated daily, is brought together on a biweekly basis when all committee members attend mapping meetings. In the mapping meetings, we look at the locations and the individuals that are causing the most harm. Based on that data, we develop integrated solutions to address each of those individual situations. As an example, in many of these cases the underlying issue of substance abuse and or mental health issues have led to family violence or neighborhood unrest. By having all the resources at the table, we can develop a response that includes more than the police response. This methodology influences better prosecution for proven offenders. Unlike in the past, police suppression is not our first or only choice. We are working at root-cause issues.
It is important to note that we do still support and apply aggressive law enforcement to deal with those who choose not to meet our community norms and do serious harm. As an example, the sources of heroin that make a conscious decision to come to Rutland to deal need to understand that their behavior is not going to be accepted or tolerated. That is why we work closely with the Vermont Drug Task Force and our federal partners to apply enforcement resources. We pay close attention to those who choose to do harm in the form of violence against women and children, not accepting that addiction is the cause.
To demonstrate the determination of this great city, I would ask anyone in the room who is associated in any way with Project Vision to please raise your hands. These are the faces of determination.
As I close, I want to thank all those partners who have worked to make our story worthy of telling in front of this committee. There are too many to mention, but you know who you are.
Honorable members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, thank you for being here today to take testimony. Sen. Leahy, I thank you for your unwavering support for the city of Rutland. It is appreciated by all of us who are working tirelessly to get this right.
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KOZEL, Louise Ilovar
KOZEL, Louise Ilovar, 96, of Blaine, Ohio, passed Thursday, February 21, 2013, at East Ohio Regional Hospital.
She was born in Yugoslavia on January 12, 1917, a daughter of the late Paul and Louise Rozina Ilovar.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Kozel, a son, Edward Kozel, and a brother, Vincent Ilovar.
Louise is survived by sisters, Mildred Kaveski of Blaine, Mary Smith of Elm Grove, WV, several cousins nieces, nephews and grand children.
Friends will be received Monday February 25, 2013, from 10 a.m. until the time of service at noon at Wilson Funeral Home, 920 National Road, Brookside, Ohio, with Rev. John Mucha, officiating. Interment will follow at St. Anthony Cemetery, Blaine, Ohio.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church or Wolfhurst Volunteer Fire Department.
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RIGEL, Mary Ann (Eberle)
RIGEL, Mary Ann (Eberle), 88, of Quaker City, died Thursday at Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center, Cambridge.
She was born June 28, 1924, daughter of the late Harry McKinley and Margaret Sedgwick Eberle.
She graduated in 1942 from Quaker City High School, where she was a cheerleader and played the tenor saxophone in the band. She was also an accomplished tap dancer.
She received her B.A. in English and vocal music from Capital University and her M.A. in English from Kent State University.
She taught English and vocal music at Quaker City High School, vocal music at various elementary schools in the Madison school district, and English and vocal music at Zane Trace High School before retiring in the early 1970s. She also taught English one year at the Ohio University branch in St. Clairsville.
She was a member of the Quaker City Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday School and was organist and choir director. She played for hundreds of weddings in the Guernsey County area.
She loved the Cambridge Singers, whom she accompanied for over forty years. In 1988, the Singers created the Rigel Award to honor Mary Ann and her husband, Red, for enriching the community through their unselfish dedication to music. Every year, the Rigel Award is given to an individual in the area who has promoted the enjoyment of music. She was a Daily Jeffersonian Person of the Year in 1986.
Mary Ann enjoyed reading, was devoted to nature and animals, and unselfishly cared for others all her life.
She is survived by her husband, Everett Leslie "Red" Rigel, whom she married on December 21, 1946; three daughters, Beth (Gary) Daugherty of Columbus, Sue (Ray) Rodi of Moreno Valley CA, and Jane (Ron) Royse of Cincinnati; two grandsons, Brandan Bamfield and Alan Doll; a great-granddaughter, Naysa Bamfield; and two adopted grandchildren, Kathy Pattison and Jim Whitehair.
Family and friends may call on Monday from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at Thorn-Black Funeral Home, Quaker City.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Thorn-Black Funeral Home, Quaker City, with Rev. John Carpenter and Rev Wilbur Bragg officiating.
Burial will be at Friends Cemetery, Quaker City.
Personal condolences may be sent to the family at www.thorn-blackfuneralhomes.com