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#135177 - 11/11/04 07:22 PM Kartoffelklösse
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Any hints about Kartoffelklösse success in preparing?
#135178 - 11/12/04 05:59 AM Re: Kartoffelklösse
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Make sure there are potatoes in the recipe.
#135179 - 11/12/04 08:16 AM Re: Kartoffelklösse
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Use Kashubian potatoes. But seriously, leave the potatoes in their skins and don't boil them too quickly. Peel after they cool down. There are plenty of recipes online ...
#135180 - 11/12/04 01:46 PM Re: Kartoffelklösse
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Thanks, guys. I know this is a food thread, but I figured buried down here so low it wouldn't be noticed by many. My team from school is coming over tomorrow and I'm fixing sauerbraten with gingersnap gravy for them. Usually, I just serve egg noodles with it, but the Kartoffelklösse in a cookbook sounded very tempting. However, it is a bit more complicated in numbers of steps required, so I thought I'd come here to see whether anyone had tried it. The part about poaching the potato balls sounds a little daunting because the directions are very indefinite. I don't know how the dumplings should look once poached. And, also, the suggestion of sticking a prune into each dumpling sounds tempting, too, although the prune inside, according to the cookbook, is usually served with goose rather than beef.
Hardest part of all: teaching myself how to say Kartoffelklösse: car TOFF fell KLUR suh (my untrained assumption)
#135181 - 11/12/04 02:02 PM Re: Kartoffelklösse
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I'm not brave enough to try something new on company, Mizz T. What I would do is buy a package of frozen (or chilled) spätzel and just boil it up-- it's like gnocchi and goes well with sauerbraten.
Now you have another German word to curl your umlauts around.
#135182 - 11/12/04 02:14 PM Re: Kartoffelklösse
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As you know, Mizz B, my cooking is extraordinarily limited and my friends always enter my kitchen with care. If all else fails, I have a big bag of gingersnaps and a gallon of milk we can share in front of the fire. I will definitely try the Kartoffelklösse if for no other reason than I'd like to see this happen:
The dumplings are supposed to sink to the bottom of the poaching pan and then rise up again. Imagine that! A resurrection of dumplings! Well worth the try.
#135183 - 11/12/04 08:20 PM Re: Kartoffelklösse
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I'm fixing sauerbraten
Traditional Rhenish Sauerbraten is made with horse. I have always been sorry that I didn't try it at the one restaurant in Bonn which still served it On Tuesdays if I remember correctly.
You cook them live ravvies doncha? 10 to 15 minutes and they should rise to the surface. I'd second Anna's suggestion of spaetzli. If you make too many Kartoffelklösse you can slice the remainder the next day and fry them in butter. Yum! I'll try to dig out my pre-war bride's gift cookbook auf Deutsch and translate the recipe for Kartoffelklösse for you. (I found it at a book recycling bin once, and have always had great fun with it, though it's being written in Fraktur slows one's reading down.) Anywho, I looked up Quatsch once to see how to make some dishes with this interesting dairy product. It started with how to make Quatsch. Hot damn!
Have you ever seen a German peeling a potato after it's been cooked? Stab it with a fork. Hit it moderately with a butter knife. Peel away the skin in a few quick peels.
Good luck with the dinner.
#135184 - 11/13/04 07:15 AM Re: Kartoffelklösse
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The potatoes are boiling now. My mother weighed them: just slightly over the two pounds required. Thanks for the fork/knife hint, jheem. I'd never eat a horse though I've eaten like one at times. The roast has been in the marinade crock for four days now, so it's full of flavor. The marinade tastes just as it should with that slight hint of ginger. I follow an old recipe that calls for leaving the roast in the refrigerator 12 hours and out for another 12, on and off, for four days, but I've heard that some marinate the roast for 36 days. Amazing. I don't have the patience to wait that long. Oh, and I decided to stuff each dumpling with freshmade croutons--three inside each--as one recipe creator suggested.
#135185 - 11/13/04 08:02 AM Re: Kartoffelklösse
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Oh, and I decided to stuff each dumpling with freshmade croutons--three inside each--as one recipe creator suggested.
Some Yuletide versions of the recipe call for a pitted prune to be inserted into each the dumpling. Traditionally served with goose. I looked in the old cookbook, but it just said to cook the dumplings in boiling meat broth or salted water for ten minutes. It's one of those old-fashioned cookbooks that assumes you pretty much know what you're doing, and just reminds you of stuff. I have another German cookbook from the '60s, and it's more handholding in its approach. Dust your hands with flour when forming the dumplings, etc. Did you make Rotkohl to go with your Sauerbraten?
#135186 - 11/13/04 12:38 PM Re: Kartoffelklösse
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If the rotk. is red cabbage, yes, it's on the menu.
I formed the dumplings; they're chilling now so I can poach them right before serving. I had a dry (wet) run on one, and it came out excellently! I tried it in some of the boiling marinade that will later be transformed into gingersnap gravy. It was a very good dumpling--and I especially liked the potato-flour combination. This should be a fun evening on a cold November night.
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ALBUQUERQUE — U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici and Gov. Bill Richardson this morning will unveil news about "major jobs and economic development" in eastern New Mexico, according to a press advisory released Wednesday.
"It deals with the dairy industry," said Chris Gallegos, a spokesman in Domenici's office. "It will be big news for Curry and Roosevelt counties."
Area dairy farmers have been negotiating with officials from a cheese processing company to build a cheese plant in the area, but no one directly involved in those discussions would confirm that's the topic of today's announcement.
Wayne Palla, chairman of the southwest area council of the Dairy Farmers of America, said he planned to be at this morning's press conference.
"I know what the announcement is, but I can't tell you until after it's made," he said Wednesday evening.
Mike McClosky, CEO of Select Milk Producers based in Artesia, also will attend the press conference, Palla said.
The senator and governor will make the joint announcement as part of their ongoing effort to work together to create jobs in New Mexico, the press release stated.
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Before today's game against the Dodgers, the Phillies rookie pitcher Vance Worley was hearing his name tossed around in the same sentence as "Rookie of the Year." But after allowing five runs in the first inning, Worley looked more like a regular rookie than an award-winning one. The Vanimal lost a bit of his bite today.
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Saw this game locally on T.V.
It was a battle from both sides. Like neither team wanted to win the game.
For a while there I really didn't think that the Phillies were going to win this game.
They have had a great year to this point. Let's see them finish it off strong.
When I look back at the first inning of that game, the Dodgers should have had an extra run if it was not for dumb Navarro trying to go to third base. He should have been happy at 2nd base. What was he thinking. Navarro: You are a catcher! Dodgers had the opportunity to get even more runs. Then Mattingly taking out Billingsley knowing full well what our bullpen has been with the exception of a few there.
Oh well. Maybe the Dodgers can beat the Astros. No matter, I had fun at the stadium and I can't wait for the rookie Eovaldi tonight to get this second start. Love rooks!


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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) An Annapolis woman is behind bars, charged with stabbing a relative during Thanksgiving dinner.
It happened Thursday at around 9:30 p.m. in the 1100- block Madison Street.
Police say 27-year-old Shenika Allsup stabbed her half brother, 23-year-old Deonte Wallace, in the neck with a serving fork after the two got into a heated argument at the table.
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She probably found out he was cheating on her.The difference between pigs and people is that when they tell you you're cured it isn't a good thing.
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Home List of Titles Influence of process parameters on the nitriding of steels by plasma immersion ion implantation
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/231746
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- Nitriding of steels by Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation (PI3) allows access to a large process parameter space. Although the parameters associated with the high-energy ion bombardment (implantation energy, high-voltage pulse length and frequency, ion current density and time-averaged dose rate) are important, the treatment temperature and plasma parameters such as ion density, excited neutral density and plasma potential also play a vital role. Previous investigations have been hampered by the use of the high-energy ion bombardment to heat the workpiece. In this paper, we present the results of a study in which the treatment temperature and the ion bombardment were decoupled by radiatively heating. The effect of varying high-voltage pulse length, repetition rate, total implanted dose, plasma density and potential on the nitrogen uptake during PI3 treatment depends strongly on whether nitrides are formed in the surface (e.g. Ck45 mild steel) or nitrogen is incorporated in solid solution (e.g. X6CrNiTi 1810 austenitic stainless steel). In the first case, nitride formation can be suppressed by increasing the high-voltage pulse frequency or can be enhanced by treating at a high pressure or plasma potential. In the second case, the thickness of the modified layer can be increased by increasing the ion current density or time-averaged dose rate. In both cases, nitrogen uptake by direct thermochemical absorption from the plasma is significant.
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Congtras to Mao with the 6th JC title!
Poor Akiko. I thought she was going to win. I'm glad she still is going to Worlds and 4CC though!
There is something fundamentally wrong with ladies skating right now and we saw a glimpse of it during the SP - the winner was someone who landed a Triple Toe + Double Toe combo and the 2nd place finisher merely did a single loop and one Triple, a Flip. Both skaters scored 60+ for such performance. Heck, in 1982, ladies could do better than that, if CoP was implemented back then.
Fastforward to the LP, Mao Asada eventually won the LP with 4 clean triples, not counting the Lutz because it received overall negative GOE and most likely a wrong edge take off. So a lady who merely landed 4 clean Triples not only won but with a score of 130+? Whereas the men went the complete different direction, the ladies are not stagnant, they are regressing and downright depressing to watch. For this sport to grow, the ladies cannot afford to produce champions who can be beaten by women 3 generations before them, even prior to the time of Midori Ito, that's just insane to think about in 2012.
The sad truth is, this Japanese Nationals is merely a reflection of the ill in ladies skating given the same phenomenon is observed elsewhere as well.
I pray that this situation will change soon.
Oh my god! I love Kanako's LP sooooo much! Of course maybe it's because I'm a fan of Piazolla music but still, I love the arrangement and the choreography. It seems like she did a lot better in the second half of the program compared to the first half. What I like about her is that when it goes well on the ice, it appears on her face right away and it makes me smile. Although the downside is that she shows her nervousness on her face as well but I believe she can work on that
Funny thing is if you add their TES from SP and LP, the difference between Mao and Kanako is only 0.01 point. I don't want to imply anything here but it's just interesting.
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The Associated Press | December 28,2012NAIROBI, Kenya The director of the Pumwani Maternity Hospital, located in a hardscrabble neighborhood of downtown Nairobi, freely acknowledges what hes accused of: detaining mothers who cant pay their bills. Lazarus Omondi says its the only way he can keep his medical center running.
Two mothers who live in a mud-wall and tin-roof slum a short walk from the maternity hospital, which is affiliated with the Nairobi City Council, told The Associated Press that Pumwani wouldnt let them leave after delivering their babies. The bills the mothers couldnt afford were $60 and $160. Guards would beat mothers with sticks who tried to leave without paying, one of the women said.
Now, a New York-based group has filed a lawsuit on the womens behalf in hopes of forcing Pumwani to stop the practice, a practice Omondi is candid about.
We hold you and squeeze you until we get what we can get. We must be self-sufficient, Omondi said in an interview in his hospital office. The hospital must get money to pay electricity, to pay water. We must pay our doctors and our workers.
They stay there until they pay. They must pay, he said of the 350 mothers who give birth each week on average. If you dont pay the hospital will collapse.
The Center for Reproductive Rights, which filed the suit this month in the High Court of Kenya, says detaining women for not paying is illegal. Pumwani is associated with the Nairobi City Council, one reason it might be able to get away with such practices, and the patients are among Nairobis poorest with hardly anyone to stand up for them.
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The state Department of Education is also in the caucus' crosshairs this session, which begins Wednesday, and the GOP agenda includes requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls. The latter item drew immediate criticism from West Virginia's election chief, Secretary of State Natalie Tennant.
November saw the GOP enlarge its share of the House from 35 to 46 of 100 seats. The results improve Republican chances at forcing measures toward votes on passage, as GOP delegates have tried during past sessions with several of the proposals discussed Tuesday. The election results also strengthened their hand in committees, with just one or two seats separating them from the majority Democrats in several cases. Democrats maintain a more solid majority in the state Senate.
Nearly all of the Republican delegates attended a press conference in the well of the Capitol Rotunda heralding their upcoming agenda. The lawmakers spoke in general terms about the agenda's goals: improving public education and creating jobs by combating regulation and outdated state policies. They decried the state's unemployment rate, with 59,700 West Virginians unsuccessfully seeking work in December, according to figures adjusted to reflect seasonal hiring trends.
"We have an historic opportunity to move our state forward to address the serious economic challenges our citizens face," said House Minority Leader Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha.
The House GOP plans to ask voters to amend the West Virginia Constitution's tight control of taxes on non-real estate property – cars and boats as well as business equipment and inventory – to allow lawmakers to cut and eventually repeal them. As counties and their schools rely on property taxes, Republican propose to offset some of the resulting revenue loss by tapping any increase in natural resource severance tax revenue from the state's massive Marcellus shale natural gas reserve.
GOP delegates also vowed to shift public school spending and resources from the state Department of Education to the 55 county school systems. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, a Democrat, is expected to follow through this session on an audit that found public education stymied by bureaucracy and rigid rules.
House Minority Whip Daryl Cowles said fellow Republicans will act boldly if Tomblin does not.
The House Republican agenda includes a new mid-level court to resolve complaints that the state Supreme Court does not fully hear. The high court recently rewrote its appeals rules in response to such criticism. Armstead, a lawyer, said they do not go far enough.
Armstead said House Republicans will advocate a marriage amendment and seek to stop the Medicaid funding of abortion, as they have in prior sessions. He added that economic measures are their top priority.
The voter ID proposal would mandate a form of photo identification while helping those who don't have one. West Virginians now must provide proof of their physical address when they register to vote at a state or county office. They must then sign a poll book, which contains a copy of their signature, before they cast their ballot.
Voters who register by mail must show identification the first time they show up to vote. Tennant, a Democrat, blasted the proposal as an attempt to suppress voter turnout. Democrats continue to outnumber Republicans among voters by close to 2-to-1.
"The Republican Party in West Virginia wants to pass oppressive laws that make it harder for an eligible citizen to exercise their right to vote," Tennant said in a statement. "They are proposing solutions to fix a problem that doesn't exist. What we should be focusing on is helping election officials maintain voter registration rolls and new technology like electronic poll books that help keep track of those who have already voted."


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Using the scriptures from Acts 11, the Rev. Wally Schievelbein, pastor, relates how Peter attempted to demonstrate to the members of the Jerusalem church that God's intention is to love Gentiles as well as Jews. When the circumcised believers criticized Peter, he defended himself from their accusations.
Peter explained how when he was in Joppa praying he had a vision of a large sheet coming down from heaven, covering four-footed animals, breasts of prey, reptiles and birds of the air. Peter heard the voice of the Lord requesting that the kill and eat of these creatures.
Peter refused by stating he has never eating anything profane or unclean. The heavenly voice declares that what God has made clean should not be called profane. After the voice speaks a third time, the sheet and creatures are pulled up again to heaven.
Pastor recalls the learning basic that he derived from Texas Lutheran University was how to think. The students can best experience learning in small class ratio because it is hard to stand out in a 400-plus group. Teachers in smaller groups are better able to influence the lives of their students.
Peter, denying that he had ever consumed anything unclean or profane, is shown by God there is more than one way to consider a situation. God wanted Peter and his followers to know there is more than one way to reach a goal. An example of this diverse thinking was of the alternate routes besides Highway 123 to follow in reaching Seguin to Kenedy.
Small colleges like TLU tend to expose students to different things more completely. Teachings can be more individualized. One learns to see many situations with new eyes. Classroom and dormitory living happenings bring abut what it means to be human and possibly to be Lutheran.
When Peter tries to dictate to God what one is to believe, God replies back, giving other choices. With this new method of consideration, all churches and followers are included in God's grace no matter if they are Lutheran, Baptist, Methodist or other denominations. There is no difference since God has called us together as his followers with the purpose of loving one another and not letting anything come between our relationship with God and prayer. No one should worry; God's love is eternal.
Good Shepherd Lutheran welcomes everyone to participate in the May 5 service at 10:45 a.m.


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Seattle's Only Thrill
At the break the Mariners were only 7.5 games back. But let's face facts here. This team is not going to win anything this year. Even the normally untouchable Saint Ichiro has been taking flak from fans and commentators. Those 110+ win seasons remain nothing but a distant and faded memory.
But all is not lost. Maybe the Mariners don't win but at least they can still entertain. Or at least their fans can:
Just don't tell the kid that Michael is as dead as the Mariners' chances at the pennant.
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At least the kid was having fun. He probably has no idea that his team has hit the skids. Poor King Felix.


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Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre is expected to be named offensive coordinator at Oak Grove High School in Hattiesburg, Miss.
Favre and his wife, Deanna, live near the school, and he often works out with the football team during the offseason, according to the Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald.
"He is taking a job out there," Favre's agent Bus Cook said. "He is going out there, and it will give him something to do."
Favre was out of football last year after a 20-year NFL career that included three MVPs and a Super Bowl championship.
WDAM in Hattiesburg reported that the Lamar County School Board is expected to meet Monday night.


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Let's Be Honest: No One Is Closing Tax Loopholes
After the lack of journalistic vigor displayed during Barack Obama's magnificently ambiguous 2008 campaign, it's comforting to see so many reporters clamoring for details about Mitt Romney's policy proposals.
Romney, you see, has a tax plan — a vague plan that relies on the sound notion that tax cuts can generate economic growth and even, consequently, raise revenue. Many in the media disagree. But as Harvey S. Rosen, an economist at Princeton University, recently wrote, "under plausible assumptions, a proposal along the lines suggested by Governor Romney can both be revenue neutral and keep the net tax burden on high-income individuals about the same."
The problem is that keeping the plan revenue-neutral (SET ITAL) on paper (END ITAL) can be achieved only by closing tax loopholes. Which loopholes? We don't know. Romney, as vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan explained, believes "the best way to do this is to show the framework, show the outlines of these plans and then to work with Congress to do this. That's how you get things done."
This might be solid political reasoning, but in reality, it's not going to happen. And the problem isn't that wealthy oil barons or special interest lobbyists love loopholes (they do); it's because we do.
There are numerous arguments for closing loopholes or eliminating most "tax expenditures" and deductions. Liberals argue that under this system, the wealthy and corporations make out like bandits. Free market advocates argue that loopholes can often distort the market by incentivizing the wrong kind of activity. Many argue that simplifying the tax code would save Americans tons of money and create a more equitable system. Others contend that these tax loopholes are "costing" — as if Washington had some divine claim to your money — the federal government about a trillion more dollars a year.
But any tax expenditures, or loopholes, worth undoing already enjoy huge support from the electorate.
Will anyone really eliminate the 401(k) exemption, which allows us to park tax-free dollars in a retirement fund? Or how about that mortgage-interest tax deduction, which allows us to deduct interest from our taxes, or the capital gains exclusion, which allows us to keep any profit we make on our homes? What about the deduction for state and local taxes? How about charitable deductions?
Even completely counterproductive loopholes will be tough to eliminate. Take the preferential tax provisions offered to employer-sponsored health insurance. Because Obamacare didn't bother to get rid of it or extend it to individuals, many Republicans believe eliminating it would only induce more employers to drop employees into those government-run fabricated "exchanges."
It's not that Obama doesn't favor closing loopholes. He has, for instance, made the gutsy suggestion to eliminate "corporate jet" loopholes, from which we could fund government for a few hours. Because when the left says loopholes, it means any provision that helps big business or fat cat bankers — anything, in other words, that encourages investment. One of the most often cited of these loopholes is "carried interest," which allows hedge fund managers and others at investment firms to pay capital gains tax rates rather than income tax rates.
In 1986, Ronald Reagan and a Democratic Congress eliminated dozens of loopholes cluttering up the tax code. They eliminated them across all income levels — something that seems undoable in Washington today. If closing loopholes is a tool for more wealth transfer and populist histrionics, then really there is no point. Real reform on loopholes would need bipartisan agreement and a bit of courage from both sides. So please, don't hold your breath.
David Harsanyi is a columnist and senior reporter at Human Events. Follow him on Twitter @davidharsanyi.
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The Orange San Diego Intel Atom-powered smartphone will be available to buy on 6 June in the UK. The much-anticipated project marks the first X86 chip Android device in the country and the good news is that it comes at a remarkably reasonable price tag.
The 8-megapixel handset, nee the Orange Santa Clara, is capable of 1080p video capture, HSPA+ and with an HDMI-out to boot, and will cost just £15.50 a month on a two-year contract for £199.99 on PAYG, if that's the way you roll, along with the bonus tempter of 250MB of data a month for the first half of the deal.
But you'll have to be fast, because the £15 deal ends on 25 July - after which you'll have to fork out £20.50 a month for the phone on a two-year contract.
There is a 4.03-inch display on the front with a 1024 x 600 pixel resolution, making it pretty sharp. It will support Orange's HD Voice service and comes with a dab of Orange customisation, like Orange Gestures for homescreen shortcuts.
The Intel Atom Z2640 SoC (Medfield) at the heart of the San Diego is designed to maximise battery life while still offering good performance, although we'll have to get it into the Pocket-lint labs to find out just how far that claim goes.
What's promised is a 14-day standby life as well as advanced camera settings - including a rapid-fire mode with 10 shots in under a second - and the knowledge that the device will work with "most" non-Intel Android apps.
With 16BG of storage to play with, it doesn't half look like a bad option. Just a shame it only runs Gingerbread.
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Big Island police are asking for the public's help in locating a 2-year-old Lanai boy and the woman last seen with him.
Kingszon Sanchez is 2-feet-6-inches-tall, 35 pounds with long brown hair, and brown eyes.
On March 5, the child's 22-year-old mother, who is his legal custodian, gave the boy's paternal grandmother, 53-year-old Katherine Ruth Hunter, permission to fly him from Lanai to the island of Hawaii to visit her for five days.
Hunter has since refused to return the child to his mother on Lanai. Hunter is 5-feet-8-inches-tall, 170 pounds with long white hair and green eyes. She is last known to have lived in Pahoa. She is wanted for questioning in a custodial interference investigation.
Hunter's son, 25-year-old Noah Sanchez of Kea'au, is the boy's biological father. He is 5-feet-9-inches-tall, 160 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He also has an unrelated outstanding warrant for his arrest.
On March 30, the child's mother arrived on the island of Hawaii. She saw the boy, Hunter and Noah Sanchez at a Pahoa restaurant but they drove away in a blue sedan before she contacted police.
Police ask that anyone with information on their whereabouts call the Police Department's non-emergency line at 935-3311.
Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000. Crime Stoppers is a volunteer program run by ordinary citizens who want to keep their community safe. Crime Stoppers doesn't record calls or subscribe to caller ID. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.


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#209383 - 02/04/13 01:14 AM Looking for a verb...
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In talking about the size of the reservoir in New York's Central Park, my friends and I couldn't seem to find the correct verb to describe what a reservoir does for a city.
What is the verb for "to provide with a drink".
E.g. "The farm feeds the city, the reservoir _____s the city".
Hydrates is close, but it's only for water. Is there a nonspecific verb in English for this action?
Any ideas?
Dan G.
#209390 - 02/04/13 06:24 AM Re: Looking for a verb... [Re: dan144]
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Provides the city with drinking water.
#209391 - 02/04/13 08:58 AM Re: Looking for a verb... [Re: dan144]
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You feed and water livestock; I'd just say the farm feeds it and the reservoir waters it. My first thought was a bit less mundane: sustains; but that is not specific to water...except that without water we can't live.
#209392 - 02/04/13 10:18 AM Re: Looking for a verb... [Re: dan144]
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Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi
Hey Dan144, the word construction you seek might best be created rather than dug up...
pluviates: verb
ex. ...upon measured release pent up rainwater in the reservoir pluviates the thirsty city.
pluvial (adj.)
1650s, "pertaining to rain," from French pluvial (12c.), from Latin pluvialis "pertaining to rain, rainy, rain-bringing," from (aqua) pluvia "rain (water)," from fem. of pluvius "rainy," from plovere "to rain," from PIE root *pleu- "to flow, to swim" (cf. Sanskrit plavate "navigates, swims;" Greek plynein "to wash," plein "to navigate," ploein "to float, swim," plotos "floating, navigable;" Armenian luanam "I wash;" Old English flowan "to flow;" Old Church Slavonic plovo "to flow, navigate;" Lithuanian pilu, pilti "to pour out," plauju, plauti "to swim, rinse").
#209396 - 02/04/13 12:48 PM Re: Looking for a verb... [Re: jenny jenny]
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I agree with Jackie here: water - to give a drink of water to (an animal); also, to take (cattle) to the water to drink
pluviate sounds too narrow, related to rainwater: you might pluviate your cattle, but I don't think you'd want to pluviate your cat or dog.
#209399 - 02/04/13 01:25 PM Re: Looking for a verb... [Re: tsuwm]
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Also Agree with Jackie. Simple and covers the whole thing.
#209404 - 02/04/13 08:28 PM Re: Looking for a verb... [Re: dan144]
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I dunno. Water doesn't sound right for supplying water to a city. You can water an animal or your lawn or the crops, but it doesn't really work for anything else. I say just go with my original suggestion. You don't always need a single word for some concept. And coming up with some word special for the occasion just doesn't work if you expect your language to communicate. Use it and someone is just going to ask you what it means. You'll probably say, "supply water to the city."
#209408 - 02/04/13 09:54 PM Re: Looking for a verb... [Re: Faldage]
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#209409 - 02/04/13 10:31 PM Re: Looking for a verb... [Re: Faldage]
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I dunno too.. you can water your plants, water your lawn and your garden.. and evidently someone of an occasion thought to write, "Currently, only 20 per cent of the water pumped from the Tucson basin to water the city is being replaced by rainwater." [New Scientist - May 28, 1987]
#209410 - 02/05/13 05:51 AM Re: Looking for a verb... [Re: dan144]
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'The farm feeds the city' is a simplification because there is a lot more to it. Likewise I think one coùld use 'the reservoir waters the city' in the same oversymplificated way. But do you really need this single word?
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Shut it Down
The Republicans need a new strategy for their upcoming negotiations with President Obama.: The last round, they had a distinct disadvantage where doing nothing would have led to a terrible consequence, namely everyone's taxes going up.: With these negotiations behind us, we no longer have the sun setting on good policy, which requires action for it to continue.: We now have 3 events that are coming in the first quarter of 2013 which will allow for more reasonable negotiations.: The "sequester" (automatic cuts in defense and other departments), the "debt ceiling" (increasing borrowing authority for the government), and the end of the "Continuing Resolution" (aka CR, that funds the government daily).: Of these opportunities, republicans should use the CR to make their stand.
All of the media is talking about the debt ceiling as the big showdown.: The last negotiations were bad PR for republicans in 2011.: They were also quickly followed by a credit downgrade of US debt by the rating agencies.: It is popular belief that the status of the negotiations in Washington, and the dysfunction of these discussions, is what led to the downgrade.: In fact, the lack of seriousness of the President to deal with our debt problem is what led to the downgrade.: Using the debt ceiling to be the threat, will only continue to have people wrongly looking at the process not the true problem.: Republicans should raise it enough for a year of deficit, and take default out of the discussion.
This leaves the CR for Republicans to make their stand.: If the President doesn't agree to entitlement spending cuts that will be phased in over time, in order to save our country, let the government shut down.: This will accomplish the following…
- No one can report that the republicans are risking the first possible default on US Treasuries.
- If a credit downgrade comes, it will not be because there is a risk that we will not pay our bills, it will be because we are borrowing too much, and the president is not serious about addressing spending cuts.
- The negative PR from the government shutdown of 1995-96 had many different scenarios at play.: It was heading into a presidential election year which had the senate majority leader running against the sitting president.: This shutdown would be 3+ years from a presidential election, current leader McConnell is not running for higher office, and neither is the President.
- We would actually save money during the shutdown, and cutting costs is the point.
- It would fire up a disheartened conservative base.
- It would highlight the real differences between the parties, not focus on credit worthiness.
- Non essential functions are shut down.: Maybe they can stay that way.
There is only one party in Washington who is serious about cutting spending, but it needs to be made clear to the American people.: The president keeps talking about reducing spending, but never seems to have any cuts in his plans.: The best way to highlight this is letting the CR end on its expiration date of March 27, unless the President approves meaningful cuts.: If the government shuts down due to this standoff it will not roil world markets, we will not default on our debt, and it will highlight the different philosophies in Washington D. C.
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CRYSTAL LAKE – Area residents can learn how to operate a camera beyond the "auto" setting and with those new skills, capture the national bird in its habitat with two separate photography classes offered by McHenry County College.
The first class, "F-Stops and Shutter Speeds," is offered from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 7 in Room D154 at the college, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. Students will learn what the different settings and letters mean and create the effects and results they want. The cost is $59. Use course ID: NPH S11 009 when registering.
In the "Eagle Safari" class, students will view and photograph eagles on the Mississippi River from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 5, 2013. Participants should bundle up and celebrate the New Year with some great shots of the national bird. This safari departs from Rock Valley College in Rockford. Transportation from Rock Valley College is provided. Location details will be provided the week of the safari. A longer lens camera (at least a 200mm lens) is recommended for this class. The cost is $89. Use course ID: NPH S12 001 when registering.
To register for either class, call the MCC Registration Office at 815-455-8588. For information, call Tracy Berry at 815-455-8758 or Dori Smith at 815-455-8559.


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What is in this article?:
- King Cotton and Prince Peanut expecting tough times in 2013
- Acreage cuts
- New varieties
- Cotton oversupply is a global issue, not just a problem in the U.S.
- New peanut varieties are among many technological advances that will help growers long-term, but may mean more peanuts per acre for 2013.
- Continued good prices for grain crops have ramped up pressure on peanuts and cotton to compete for acreage.
Cotton and peanuts have traditionally been among crop royalty in the South. Historically, if cotton is to be called king, surely peanuts would be the crown prince, but both are likely to face severe challenges for acreage in the upcoming 2013 planting season.
Continued high prices for grain crops, enforced by companies willing to pay Southeast growers premium prices for grain grown for livestock rations and for oil, continues to pique interest of growers.
The 10-fold increase in sorghum acreage in North Carolina from 2011 to 2012 is indicative of the interest growers are looking at higher paying, more sustainable crops than the two traditional crop leaders in the Southeast.
Few expect corn acreage to fall as demand remains strong and prices at more than double what they were three to four years ago.
Wheat acreage will likely reach record levels in the Upper Southeast in 2013. The combined impact of high grain prices will no doubt have a serious effect on cotton and peanut acreage in 2013. How big an effect probably won't be known until all spring crops are in the ground, but look for the king and prince to take a significant shot next spring.
Luray, S.C., grower Bud Bowers grows both crops. "This was the best crop of peanuts and cotton we've ever had on our farm," he says. He had dryland cotton that produced three bales per acre and dryland peanuts that produced nearly three tons to the acre.
"I'm grateful for the crops we grew this year, but I'm very concerned about the future of both cotton and peanuts, because of the pricing situation. It looks like we will grow more corn next year, but peanuts and cotton — I just don't know," he says.
Bowers story is not much different from cotton and peanut growers from north Florida to south Virginia. Most have one thing in common about future plans for cotton and peanuts — uncertainty.
Cotton is coming off a year of large acreage reductions across most of the Southeast and this year seems to be another in which grower confidence in cotton prices will cause further acreage losses.
At a recent meeting of the North Carolina Crop Consultants Association, a poll of consultants from North and South Carolina and Virginia seems to validate industry predictions for lower acreage.
In North Carolina, the largest of the cotton-producing states in the Upper Southeast, several consultants indicated an additional 10-20 percent drop in acreage is likely.


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TS&T site decision may come soon
CHESTER – Although it sat vacant for 30 years, the Taylor, Smith & Taylor pottery site will not take nearly as long to find new tenants.
In fact, an announcement may be just weeks away.
Officials with the Business Development Corporation of the Northern Panhandle, the chief economic development authority for Hancock and Brooke counties, have been working with three prospects from the oil and gas industry that are interested in the Chester site.
"Two of the companies, we're looking at hearing a decision within the next six weeks," said BDC Executive Director Patrick Ford.
All three prospects are involved with manufacturing, Ford said, and all three have made multiple visits to Chester. One has made four trips from out of state, and another, from Europe, has made five trips.
"Because of today's markets and the amount of money these companies are investing, you generally don't come to terms on an agreement after one meeting," Ford said. "It should take this much time to close a deal. We just remain patient and steadfast in making sure that we do not leave any question unanswered or any stone unturned."
Helping the BDC in its efforts is the fact that the TS&T pottery site is now listed and promoted on the West Virginia Development Office's website for available properties. A delegation from the WVDO came to Chester in January to scope out the property and gather information for posting to the website, WVDO.org.
Companies that search the Internet for developable land in the United States can now find a wealth of information about the TS&T site online, including location, size, transportation and utilities.
The website has aerial photos of the cleaned-up property, a topographical map, a map showing Chester's location relative to the rest of the state, and an aerial map with floodplain information.
"What people really like about the area is its central location in the Marcellus and Utica shale exploration," Ford said. "And all the prospects are really excited about the volume and quality of the labor pool that they can draw from."
Prospects also have researched and commented on the skills of the workforce, the area's investment in education, including the building of a new elementary school in Weirton, and the quality of life in Hancock County, Ford said.
Ford also has been showing the recently-acquired Wheeling Currugating property in Beech Bottom, which the BDC bought in November from bankrupt RG Steel, as well as the two football stadiums purchased by Hancock County commissioners in December.
The BDC bought the old TS&T site in June 2011 for $135,000, ending 30 years of speculation about what would happen to the closed pottery. Work on demolishing the buildings and remediating the hazardous materials, including asbestos, on the eight-and-a-half-acre site began in April 2012 and was completed in December.
Total cost of demolition and remediation was $1.1 million – a funding package gathered from West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, Hancock County commissioners, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other sources.
As with the cleanup, marketing of the site for economic development purposes also is dependent on cooperation from local government, Ford said.
"Our city officials, county officials, state delegates and senators … are quick to respond with everything (companies) need to make the decision to locate to West Virginia in general, and the Northern Panhandle in particular," he said. "We want 'em here."
Chester is more attractive to the European prospect, whom Ford cannot identify because of a non-disclosure agreement, because of TS&T's close proximity to the community.
"The Chester site … molds well with the European model. They want to be part of a campus setting in a community," Ford said. "When you look at extending a walking trail along the (Ohio) River, pedestrian connections to the central business district, it lends itself to a campus setting – and it stands out to the European prospects."
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Good afternoon. Just days remain in this highly contested election season, but it is the fall veto session and the spring session with a new governor and a potentially transformed legislature that pose the greatest possibilities and challenges for the future of public education in our state.
Below is the guest commentary/letter to the editor that I have submitted to the media statewide. It serves as yet another reminder to lawmakers and all Illinois citizens that the perfect storm is upon us. It is up to all of us to ensure that public education not only survive the storm, but thrive in its aftermath.
Also in todays message:
Additional public hearings scheduled on assessment/accountability
Application deadline nears for ISBE vacancies
State Board meeting summarized: October 16-17, 2002
Burroughs Award nominations due soon
Illinois and Public Education: Penny Wise Pound Foolish
Commentary/Letter to the Editor by State Superintendent of Education Robert E. Schiller
The conventional wisdom of paying a little now to save a lot later is everywhere in our daily lives. As any homeowner knows, it is cheaper to patch that small leak in your basement today than it is to clean up after the flood and replace the contents.
Then why are we so penny wise pound foolish when it comes to educating our children? You have probably heard the startling comparison Illinois schools annually spend as little as $4,000 to as much as $17,000 per student, while we spend more than $21,000 to imprison an adult and more than $50,000 to incarcerate a juvenile.
We have lost sight of our priorities and consequently have put our public schools in a terrible bind by pitting our demand for higher student achievement against declining state and local funding.
Unquestionably, student achievement in Illinois must improve. About 37% of elementary students failed to meet state reading and mathematics Standards in 2002. Achievement is significantly lower among poor children, especially black and Hispanic students. Based on current trends, Illinois will fall short of meeting the federal goal set out in No Child Left Behind that all students meet reading and math Standards by 2014.
Yet every school funding study done in Illinois has inevitably concluded that, overall, it will take more money to provide our children with an adequate education, and even more money to help low-income students catch up and keep pace academically.
Schools, like many families and businesses, must tighten their belts when money is short. That will work for a time, but eventually, the quality of education, like the quality of life, declines. Our schools rural, urban and suburban are caught in that decline. The current funding system for schools is too inadequate and inequitable to support the kind of school improvement efforts we need to increase student achievement.
About 61 percent of our districts are operating in a deficit. That number can only rise as state revenue continues to decline in a recession economy.
About $173 million was cut from the states education budget from last school year to this school year.
It will take $300 to $350 million in new funds for next year just to maintain school spending at current levels as the states total budget deficit climbs to nearly $3 billion.
While local property taxes in the aggregate are increasing, many of the increases are offset by tax caps, Tax Increment Finance (TIF) districts, Property Tax Appeals Board decisions and declining farmland assessment.
49th in the difference in revenue per student between the states highest and lowest poverty districts
48th in the share of school funding provided by the state (approximately 36%)
36th in state and local funding effort for education per $1,000 in personal income
34th in total state and local tax burden as a percent of personal incometed for the cost of living.
Where does that leave us? State revenue is declining and its sources are limited. Local tax revenues are being eroded. We are asking our schools and our students to do much more with much less.
In the most recent national Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll, nearly 60 percent of the people said they would increase state taxes to avoid education cuts. On October 6, the Daily Southtown in suburban Chicago report poll results that indicated 50.5% of Illinoisans would favor increasing the state income tax in exchange for lower property taxes and more funding for education. But is there enough political will among our candidates and elected officials to revamp the entire school funding system in the near future?
These are big questions that clearly have no easy answers. It often takes a crisis to move a state to make big decisions to solve complex problems, and the solutions will not come from the top down. They must come from the bottom up, from a public groundswell, a grass-roots movement that raises public discussion about the school funding crisis to its highest level and gives lawmakers the support they need to make those big decisions.
Talk to your neighbors, your family and friends, your colleagues at work about the funding issue and possible solutions. Talk to the candidates, then your newly elected lawmakers, about concrete, viable solutions for adequate state revenue sources and more equitable ways to distribute state funds to schools. The crisis is here, today, and it is yours and mine to solve for the sake of our 2.2 million children in school today and for the generations to come.
Reminder Application Deadline Nears for ISBE Vacancies
Applications for the management vacancies at ISBE are due November 6. Information and an application form are available at http://www.isbe.net/isbesites/isbevacancy/VL02-03.pdf.
A task force established by State Superintendent of Education Robert E. Schiller is holding two additional public hearings to discuss Illinois assessment and accountability system for schools in light of new federal No Child Left Behind Act requirements (see schedule below).
Through the first three public hearings, we have gained a better understanding of what schools expect in student testing and accountability, Schiller said. The additional hearings will generate even more public input. With that feedback we are taking an in-depth look at how we can better support schools in their efforts to improve student achievement.
The Task Force on Assessment and Accountability is comprised of individuals with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. He said the group is being guided by the best research available coupled with information gained through the public hearings throughout the state.
Schiller personally co-chairs the Task Force with Robert S. Nielsen, Superintendent of Bloomington School District 87.
These individuals bring a vast amount of knowledge and expertise to this important task, and I am very grateful they have accepted this important challenge, Schiller said. The Task Force plans to conclude its review and recommendations in time for any necessary legislation to be introduced in the spring session of the General Assembly.
The focus of Task Force meetings to date has centered on steps necessary to comply with NCLB testing requirements in reading and math for grades 3-8 and an analysis of the Illinois Alternate Assessment for students with disabilities.
Thursday, November 7, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. - Homewood District
James Hart School, 18220 Morgan Street
Monday, December 2, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. - Galesburg,
Galesburg High School Media Center, 1135 West Fremont Street
Wednesday, November 6, 10
a.m. to 3 p.m.
Alzina Building, 100 North First Street, Board Room-Fourth Floor
Monday, November 18, 10 a.m.
Alzina Building, 100 North First Street, Board Room-Fourth Floor
Tuesday, December 10, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Naperville
1120 East Diehl Road
Link to: Members of the State Superintendents Task Force on Assessment and Accountability
State Board Meeting Summarized: October 16 & 17, 2002
Note: Please see October Board agenda/packet materials and/or the Twenty Minute Packet at www.isbe.net where you click on Calendars & Meetings for information about issues on the October agenda.
Quick Takes
The State Board:
· Responding to local educator concerns about creating a separate middle-grade teaching certificate, the State Board voted to focus on redesigning the current middle-grade endorsement.
ü The goals of the redesign process are to ensure that middle-grades teachers have the content knowledge and the range of skills needed to meet the unique needs of their students.
ü The State Board agreed that the study group originally appointed to review this issue should be asked to redesign the middle-grade endorsement based on standards that group had developed for the proposed middle-level certificate.
ü Once the endorsement redesign process is complete, each teacher preparation program will be expected to design coursework aligned to the standards selected for the endorsement.
ü Additional information about the endorsement redesign project may be obtained by contacting Mike Long, in the division of Professional Preparation and Recruitment Division, at 217/782-4330.
ü This Profile would result in assigning all districts a rating based on multiple indicators of financial stability.
ü Final Board action on this proposal is scheduled for November, with implementation in the spring of 2003.
ü The current system, known as the Financial Assurance and Accountability System (FAAS), uses only one measure, the fund-balance-to-revenue ratio, to determine the financial recognition of school districts. Using the FAAS, only 11 of Illinois 893 school districts are on the 2002 Financial Watch List, which was released in March.
ü The proposed Financial Profile would use fund-balance-to-revenue ratio as one of the indicators of financial condition and add four other measures to complete the picture of school district financial health. The other four measures include:
1. Expenditures to Revenue Ratio: indicates how much the district spent for every dollar received. The total expenditures for the education, operations and maintenance, and transportation funds (the main operating funds of districts) are divided by the total revenues for those funds to arrive at this ratio.
2. Days Cash on Hand: an estimate of the number of days a district could operate without additional revenue.
3. Percent of Short-term Borrowing Remaining: the total short-term borrowing allowed by law minus the percent of Tax Anticipation Warrants outstanding.
4. Percent of Long-term Debt Margin Remaining: District incurs long-term debt (repaid over more than one year) for major expenses such as construction, long-term leases, installment purchases of land, etc.)
Met with local superintendents and board members at Edwardsville School District 7
Board member Marilyn McConachie reported on the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) Conference that she and Board member Connie Rogers attended on behalf of the Illinois State Board.
ü A special conference presentation on health and physical fitness featured Illinois physical education teacher Phil Lawler, who described his innovative physical education program in Naperville School District 203. (See page 12 of the October 23rd issue of Education Week for a description of this presentation.
ü Another key presentation during the conference was a report on the progress that NASBE has made in reviewing policies to restructure high schools.
Nominations should be submitted to the address listed on the next page by the close of business on Friday, November 8, 2002. You may fax your nomination to 217/782-3097 to meet that deadline, and then follow with a hard copy for receipt after November 8. If you have questions, call Patrick Mogge or Kay Evans at 217/782-9560.
Leadership on behalf of equal educational opportunities, and
Leadership in resolving a crisis or major difficulty.
For the purpose of this award, leadership is defined as including group skills, such as consensus-building and teamwork, as well as individual traits such as vision, courage, integrity, etc.
If you are fortunate enough to have a board president who has provided outstanding leadership in one or all of these areas, we hope you will nominate him or her for the 2002 Burroughs Award. Anyone who has served as president of a local school board in 2002 is eligible for consideration, including those who might have been nominated last year.


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Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and Hybridyne Imaging Technologies, Inc. recently won the 2010 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation of the Year. The award is given out each year to a company that finds a new application for a unique technology. With funding from the Department of Energy's NNSA's Office of Nonproliferation and Verification Research and Development, BNL conducted research that ultimately led to the development of -- "ProxiScan," a compact, high-resolution gamma camera that can now be used to detect prostate cancer.
The "ProxiScan" cameras rely on cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT) gamma-ray detection material, which is incorporated into tools to help prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and crack down on nuclear smuggling across the world. With a spin off of the same technology, the cameras can be used to identify cancer tissue in prostates at an early stage, which is critical for successful diagnosis and early treatment.
As NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Anne Harrington said, "Promoting strong science and investing in research and development is critical to improving our ability to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and material. It is particularly rewarding to see those same technologies used to save lives on a daily basis."
While the cameras are currently used to diagnose prostate cancer, they can also detect cervical, colorectal and breast cancers -- and can be optimized as a surgical probe that guides the removal of cancerous tumors.
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Engine fire destroys vehicle on U.S. 50
PARKERSBURG – A car fire along U.S. 50 Monday afternoon shut down the highway for more than 30 minutes.
A Buick Century was being driven along U.S. 50 near Dry Run Road around 1:30 p.m. when the two occupants noticed fire starting to come from the engine compartment, said Kenny Moore, deputy chief for the Eastwood Volunteer Fire Department.
The people pulled the car to the side of the road and got out before the car was engulfed in flames.
"No one was in it," Moore said.
The Eastwood Volunteer Fire Department, the Deerwalk Volunteer Fire Department and the Wood County Sheriff's Department responded.
Moore said the problem was fire crews got the fire knocked down quickly, but it had reached the gas tank.
They kept pouring water on it to the point firefighters could get in with prybars to get the hood and the trunk open to gain access to hotspots.
"We had it under control within 3 to 5 minutes," Moore said. "However, it was 10-15 minutes before we could get the gas tank under control."
Fire crews had brought a tanker truck to the scene and ended up pouring 400-450 gallons of water on the car to get the fire out, he said.
The road was shut down for 30-40 minutes. Cars were lined up along the road with many pulled over to the sides to allow emergency vehicles through.
Moore said they kept the road closed until they were sure the fire was completely out.
Since they used so much water and the temperatures were so cold, they called West Virginia Department of Highways personnel to treat that section of road to prevent hazardous road conditions.
Crews were still gathering information on the occupants. Their names had not been released yet.
No injuries were reported. The car was a complete loss.


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You just can't script something like this
You always hear of the miracles and magic associated with sports.
But how often do we truly believe it?
I admit I have been skeptical, after all my two favorite sports teams always seem to drop the ball; West Virginia football and of course the 17 straight losing season club known as the Pittsburgh Pirates.
However, Saturaday night changed all of that. It took an extra inning baseball game to sell me with the iniative that sports dreams do come true, thanks to a miracle and a sprinkle of magic.
You see it all started Friday.
My brother and I had been looking forward to attending the Friday night Pirate game all season long. It was Andrew McCutchen bobblehead night, the only bobblehead night at PNC Park all year. We had plans to meet up with my best friend Andrew in Pittsburgh to share a nice night at the ballpark.
Instead we shared in what would be the last night with my ailing grandfather. Papaw Peaslee had been diagnosed with cancer earlier this summer and his timetable of life was greatly shortened. He passed away Saturday morning.
As sad and troublesome as it is to lose a loved one you must first celebrate the life and be happy that the suffering is over.
Papaw Peaslee was a hard working man all his life. He was a farmer who raised cattle for a living and he was darn good at it. As a city boy I rarely took interest in this lifestyle but still entrusted in the skills he taught me and the work ethic my father taught me through the hands of his father.
We did share the love of sports and especially Pirates baseball. He would take my dad to many games throughout the years at Forbes Field in the 60's. I always hear the stories of how he would reach through wire fences to catch foul balls. My father and papaw witnessed the first night World Series game ever at Three Rivers Stadium in 1971. They also shared in the first Opening Day ever at PNC Park in 2001. I unfortubately was unable to attend due to the chicken pox.
When I would visit him this summer we would talk about the Pirate's struggles and how frustrating it is to see them lose nearly night in and night out. However, through the thick and thin we always remained the most die hard of fans. Although he never got to see a winning season at PNC Park I think he had a little something to do with that Saturday's dramatic win in Pittsburgh.
Down by two in the bottom of the tenth inning the Pirate began a little rally with Andrew McCutchen lacing a double off the center field wall. Jose Tabata drew a walk. A pair of batters later Pedro Alvarez stepped to the plate.
He drilled a pitch into the right field bleachers. A walk off home run.
Something inside me knew something special was about to happen. My family shared the same sentiments as the Pirate announcers as tears flew down our faces.
"That was for Papaw!" we all said. It was true, Alvarez did that for Papaw. Although we were not at the game I still think that game and that moment will go down as one of if not the most memorable sports moment in my life. After the game manager John Russell even said,
"The heavens must have looked down and said enough is enough."
We all think Papaw had something to do with it.
Thank you Pedro for making the roughest moment in anyones life a little more tolerable.
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What a beautiful post, Matt. I have no doubt that your grandfather is looking down and smiling at what you wrote.
WOW..you got me on your side for sure!! I'm going to enjoy reading many of your previous posts here, but this one has got me and got me good!
I am the father of 6 children. They are 19 to 31. By the end of this month , I will have six grandchildren. My grandchildren are 14 months to 13, and of course the newest is not here yet but will be. They call me Papaw!!!I'm not kidding, that is one of my alias' along with Robert, Bob, Dad, Pops, Pinhead, Bubs, ********, Beisbol and a few others that are extremely explicit. Papaw is my absolute favorite and most precious.
Alright, I may fly a PITT flag in front of my house. My 20 year old is about to begin her sophomore year at PITT Titusville, she is studying to be a Physical Therapist. I'll give you a pass on WVU because you have got to be one of the young people who make me feel very comfortable about the future of our great country!! Keep it up. You can expect me to read your postings . Thank you for sharing that with me and please post on the original Pirate Message board often.
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Wonderful piece there. I think divine intervention is the only explanation for what happened that night.
Very sorry for you and your family's loss Matt. I can appreciate your city boy line, being one, but men like your Grandpa quietly did big things for this country they don't make cool TV shows about. Bless him! I would have loved to spend time talking about Forbes Field with him for a day. I'm sure the stories were incredible. My respects from my family to yours.
Awesome. Simply awesome. In the original sense of the word.
Hey Matt, its been a while. I'm sorry for your loss. What a beautiful story though. Baseball always finds us when we need it most. I'm glad Pedro made the night magical for you. Take care!
This is just amazing. Great post. Wonderfully moving. And my sincerest condolences.
Thank you stopping my blog.
It was totally for your grandpa, just had to be. It's always great to have "moments." Even when a team is slumping, there's always "moments" to love and remember.
Wow! Matt that was really touching. I'm so glad you commented on my blog or I might have missed it.
Obviously, I'm really sorry your grandfather wasn't able to see the Bucs succeed in their new yard. If it's any consolation, the 1960, 1971 and 1979 (we are family) crowns are 3 more than my Giants have enjoyed in the last 50+ years.
To answer your question, Freddy has been fun to watch defensively but his bat has been lacking. I've no doubt he'll figure it out but At&t is not quite as hitter-friendly as PNC (as you know).
Again, please accept my condolences. He'll always be with you in spirit, as you've already witnessed.
Lynn (Giantsgirl24)
That is amazing! Great, touching story!! I lost my great grandmother earlier this year and it's incredible how the simple things in life can make a hard situation more bearable! I think you just gained a new follower🙂
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However, two of the computers are laptops so I obviously take them away from the office when I visit customers. When I run Sticky Password when the computer is off the network, I get prompted that Sticky Password cannot open the password file - fair enough.
However, what would be a great feature is if Sticky Password could cache a 'local' copy of the file - or temporarily use the local backup file that is on each PC - until I connected to the network again, when it could revert to the network drive password file.
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