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Rep. Peter King, a New York Republican and influential member of the House Homeland Security Committee, said the U.S. response to the Syria situation will influence another regional proliferation issue -- Iran's potential development of nuclear weapons.
Obama "time and again has basically said that Iran will not be allowed to have nuclear weapons, that's the red line," King told CNN on Monday, adding that failure to enforce a similar threat against Syria on chemical weapons would undermine the president.
"This is as much a warning to Iran as I see it, as it is action against Syria," King said.
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"Without their participation, it looks as if this is just a Western-vs.-Islamic struggle. It's not," said Reed, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. "This is to vindicate a basic rule of international law that these weapons will not be used, not by Iran, not by any power."
Reed said the most realistic option would be cruise missiles launched from U.S. Navy ships at sea, noting that "we can have precision weapons that could be fired and keep our aircraft out of Syrian airspace and away from their anti-aircraft systems."
"The most effective targets would have command-and-control, because you could send a signal to the Syrian regime that if they don't agree to international standards, if they don't make it clear and make it obvious that they're not going to use these weapons, and that we can inflict additional damage on their command-and-control," he added.
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While U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday that the use of chemical weapons was a crime against humanity and must be punished, certain opposition by Syrian ally Russia and possibly China undermined the possibility that the Security Council would support a military mission.
Instead, a limited coalition of NATO partners such as Germany, France and Britain -- all of which have called for action against Syria -- and some Arab League members appeared more likely to provide political backing for Obama to order U.S. missile strikes.
Marie Harf, a State Department spokeswoman, said Kerry spoke Monday with his British, Jordanian, Qatari and Saudi counterparts, as well as the secretary-general of the Arab League.
The diplomatic efforts appeared to be working, with an Arab League spokesman condemning the al-Assad regime Tuesday for the chemical attack.
In another move, the United States postponed its involvement in talks scheduled for this week in Geneva on seeking a political solution to the Syrian civil war. Russia expressed disappointment at the U.S. decision and warned against any Western military strike on Syria.
Last month, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey provided Congress with a list of declassified U.S. military options for Syria that emphasized the high costs and risks of what he said would amount to "an act of war" at a time of deep budget cuts.
Dempsey's letter, dated July 19, listed U.S. assets in the region including Patriot missile defense batteries in Turkey and Jordan, as well as F-16 jet fighters positioned to defend Jordan from possible cross-border trouble. In addition, the Pentagon has sent four warships armed with cruise missiles to the region.
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• Cruise missiles fired from one of four Navy destroyers deployed in the Mediterranean Sea. The missiles would be used to strike "command and control" facilities such as command bunkers, or the Syrian regime's means of delivering chemical weapons: artillery batteries and launchers. There is no indication that the missiles would strike actual chemical weapons stockpiles.
• Military jets firings weapons from outside Syrian airspace. This option carries additional risks and is considered less likely.
To Aaron David Miller, a vice president at the Woodrow Wilson International Center, the situation is forcing Obama to shift from being an "avoider-in-chief" regarding military involvement in Syria.
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God is science. If you're a man of science, then [science] is the only faith we need." Since a character uttered those words three seasons ago on Fringe, now in its final season on Fox (Fridays, 9/8c), the crime show spent its first four seasons crafting an engrossing and personal rebuttal of that declaration.
Last season's finale—which one critic called the show's "ultimate statement on scientific hubris"—made it clear that Fringe's main arc was always about the motivations and consequences of playing God. As the series ends, it will be remembered as perhaps the most captivating and nuanced exploration of science and faith ever shown on television.
Having made that ultimate statement on the arrogance of playing God,Fringehas now moved onto a short 13-episode final season where the show has completely switched gears—"freezing" its characters for more than 20 years in a strange substance to awaken them in a totalitarian society where they are the world's only hope.
Co-creator J. J. Abrams (Alias, Lost) conceived Fringe as a marriage between mythology- heavy but ratings-light serials (the kind you have to watch every week to keep up) and Nielsen-juggernaut crime procedurals (the kind you can jump in at any time and still "get" it). Fringe had decent ratings the first year, but as the show moved from cleanly-resolved crime-of-the-week episodes into deeper, serialized mythology, the ratings began to slip. Fox kept Fringe on the air thanks to critical praise, a cult following, and hopes of reaching the traditional threshold of 100 episodes for syndication—thus earning back some of its lost money. (The finale will be episode number 100.)Now that it no longer has to make good ratings to survive, Fringe has gone off the rails into deep mythology—with no sign of it's old case-of-the-week structure.
For the first four seasons, Fringe followed a federal task force called the Fringe Division, which investigated crimes committed by "mad scientists" who crossed moral lines by abusing peripheral sciences like nanotechnology, parallel universes, and psychokinesis. FBI agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv) led the team, assisted by eccentric scientific genius Walter Bishop (John Noble) and his jack-of-all-trades son, Peter (Joshua Jackson).
Unlike a typical crime show, Fringe's bad guys weren't itching to get rich or take over the world. Instead, the villains were a parade of broken people trying to control things that humans normally can't—in essence, trying to play God. A clear message: the use (or misuse) of any gift or ability begins in the heart, with all of its motives and emotions—pure or otherwise.
At the center of it all was Walter Bishop, a reformed mad scientist with a conscience—and a poignant foil to each week's baddie. Humbled, broken, and seeking forgiveness for a long-ago trespass, Bishop now uses his mind for good. But 20 years ago, he was arrogant, convinced that anything the human race could achieve should be achieved. He believed his intellect made him a god; morals had nothing to do with science. When wrecked by terrible tragedy, Bishop used his knowledge of parallel universes to commit a heart-wrenchingly awful act—and it changed him. "Before [that], I had never believed in God," he later revealed. "But it occurred to me …that my actions had betrayed him."
Eventually, Bishop swings from hating God for letting bad things happen to desiring his forgiveness, pledging to never violate his will again. Today's Bishop, then, is defined by a self-imposed penance—and a startling twist on Jesus' metaphor of plucking out your eye if it causes you to sin.
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Ellen Edgerton
Great article, and well timed - Science Channel is starting reruns of Fringe tonight (Tuesday, November 20), so those who are unfamiliar with this wonderful show can watch the whole story from the beginning.
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Wow. I never thought about this show this way in all of its contents. I really enjoy it. At first I was a little taken, but once I watched the first season, I could not wait to see the other seasons. I never watched it when it was on TV, I just started couple weeks ago. I love this show and I hate it will not be continued for the fall. I love the characters,my favorite is Walter Bishop. He really makes the show. Even thought the show is ending, I will go out and purchase the set and keep in my library of Great movies..
This is my favorite show, and I've often wondered why I saw so little written about it here, when it had so much to do with questions of faith and love. It is an extremely well written, thoughtful, intelligent show, and the acting is wonderful. I will dearly miss it when it goes off the air in January.


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New details now on a technological breakthrough that has incredible benefit for people who are paralyzed.
Doctor Mark Siegel is a member of the fox medical eighteen and a professor of medicine at NYU's -- -- medical center.
Doc thanks for joining us.
Shouldn't -- -- -- and this is great stuff in this holiday season we are looking at a miracle type treatment using a robot were paralyzed people can walk again.
-- visited mount Sinai hospital here in New York won -- thirty hospitals around the country that are experimented with this so called the act so skilled and -- 48 pound computer driven motor device.
-- caught -- with many -- -- a 34 year old who was paralyzed from the waist down -- a horrible car crash.
Many calls himself a test pilot for this game changer the -- so skeleton project he's thrilled to be back on his feet.
And he says the benefits go beyond the possibility of walking again.
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Them -- basing everything.
That is absolutely incredible so who came up with this actual skeleton.
Limited I was after the US military they said how we gonna take 200 pounds and put on someone's back and make it go across the desert in the answer was this robot.
It's a real but the real life Iron Man.
It uses to lithium batteries motors computer chips and a hand operated console the rehabilitation medicine people got ahold of it.
And now it is immediate potential for home use it's a friendly robot petty and it allows a paralyzed person to use arms and upper body to start the motion.
And then the function of the moving his legs.
Is left to the acts of skilled.
I talked to the chairman of rehabilitation medicine of mount Sinai in charge of the project doctor -- arson.
And he said years of research on chemicals and nerve growth factors for paralysis.
Haven't borne fruit.
Now they're being a -- -- by this dazzling new robot technology lets watch doctor ignores.
Is -- -- be the breakthrough -- allow them to -- back on the feet.
And and perhaps -- a lot stronger than we will see.
The missiles from the biology of these cellular based research in the mother's lap and interest across the world.
That it went down failures cost up to 140000.
Dollars for single unit that's a lot will insurance coverage.
But the potential upside here is huge and units like this may one day soon be available for paralyze patients everywhere.
Replacing many of the common uses of the wheelchair petty and future is now that hands and -- a ball.
-- technology instead of chemicals this is the wave of the future and he was such a happy person many said this changed his life.
Yeah I you could tell he said his confidence and everything we'll see what happens with the insurance doctor Marc Siegel registered otherwise you can't.
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WASHINGTON - Sen. Lindsey Graham threatened Tuesday to block Senate consideration of President Obama's nominee to head the CIA in retaliation for the Obama administration's failure to provide more details about the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
The South Carolina Republican's threat to place a hold on the nomination of John Brennan as CIA director raises doubts about a second senior national security leadership pick by Obama, with several senators already questioning former Sen. Chuck Hagel's qualifications to be defense secretary.
Graham, a Senate Armed Services Committee member who served as a military lawyer in Iraq and Afghanistan, voiced concerns about Hagel, a former Republican senator from Nebraska who was nominated Monday. But Graham indicated likely support for Obama's pick of Sen. John Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat, to be secretary of state.
Criticism over the Benghazi assault, which killed four Americans, from Graham and fellow Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire contributed to U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice's decision last month to withdraw her name for consideration as secretary of state.
Graham brought up Rice again Tuesday in explaining why he is weighing a block of Brennan's nomination to head the CIA.
"I have not forgotten about the Benghazi debacle and still have many questions about what transpired before, during and after the attack on our consulate," Graham said in a prepared statement.
"In that regard, I do not believe we should confirm anyone as director of the CIA until our questions are answered - like who changed Ambassador Susan Rice's talking points and who deleted the references to al-Qaida?" Graham said. "My support for a delay in confirmation is not directed at Mr. Brennan, but is an unfortunate, yet necessary action to get information from this administration."
White House press secretary Jay Carney on Tuesday criticized Graham for threatening to delay Brennan's nomination.
"It would be unfortunate, I think, if in pursuit of this issue, which was highly politicized, the Senate would hold up the nomination of John Brennan to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency," Carney said. "As the president said yesterday, that post, as well as the position of secretary of defense, secretary of state - these are essential positions that need to be filled, if possible, without delay."
Obama chose Brennan, who has held several senior counterterrorism posts under Obama and President George W. Bush, to replace David Petraeus after the retired general resigned after acknowledging an extramarital affair.
Appearing on a radio show in South Carolina, Graham contrasted his opposition to Hagel with his likely support for Kerry, both of whom he served with in the Senate.
"Chuck Hagel's positions on Iran and Israel are dangerously out of the mainstream," Graham said. "He was one of 12 senators who refused to sign a letter to the European Union asking that Hezbollah be designated a terrorist organization.
He asked that Israel negotiate directly with Hamas. And he was one of two senators who voted against sanctions against Iran, saying we should have direct negotiations."
By contrast, Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, "has been Foreign Relations (Committee) chairman for years; he's pretty good on Syria; he's certainly qualified; his views are in the mainstream," Graham said.
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The games of the XXX Olympiad are underway in London and already memorabilia from the games, including torches used in the Olympic relay, have been put up for sale.
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Gerry's collection includes the program for the Opening Ceremony on July 29 1948.
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Maternity swimwear used to be scary. Check out this vintage maternity swimsuit from the '70s we found on Pinterest. It's chartreuse and turquoise. It's got a weird panel for your tummy. And it predates Lycra, so we can only imagine how baggy it would have looked on an actual woman. Luckily, we live in a [...]
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One of my favorite pieces of maternity wear is a tie-front cardigan from Liz Lange Maternity that I ordered from eMommie. I love the fabric (a super-soft knit) and the color (a soft gray that goes with everything). Every pregnant woman needs a long, tie-front cardigan, I've decided. Get one that falls to mid-thigh and [...]
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I took the plunge, you guys. For months I've resisted buying the high-belly maternity pants. They just looked so… strange to someone who loves low-rise jeans. And I'll be honest: I was afraid my husband would laugh. So I was trying to get by with the low-belly pants they recommend for earlier pregnancy – but [...]
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Editors note: Compiled from reports to Tacoma Police.
Feb. 5: The live-in boyfriend didnt feel like leaving when his girlfriend kicked him out. He bluffed a victim story and blew it. Boyfriend was 23. He called the cops and said Girlfriend cut his face bad.
Three officers converged: McKinley Avenue East, 3700 block. They took a look at Boyfriend. The right side of his face was nasty: deep wound, vertical gash from forehead to cheek, a blackened, scabbed-over trench.
The damage looked a little old. No fresh red on Boyfriends face, no blood spatters in the apartment.
Boyfriend told a story. He fought with Girlfriend. She told him to get out of her apartment. She called him a bitch and a punk. Boyfriend said he couldnt leave because he had nowhere to go, and Girlfriend got mad and punched him, and she had something in her hand that he couldnt see and she cut him while she punched him. He said he tried to dodge, but she got him anyway.
Officers said the wound looked old. No new blood. Boyfriend said that was because she cut him last week in the exact same spot.
The trench on Boyfriends face marked a dead-straight line, almost mechanical. Boyfriend said he got it while ducking and dodging the assault.
Girlfriend was 26. She worked at a child-care center. She told the cops her side. She told Boyfriend to get out again. He wouldnt go. They argued verbal only. He left. She said she didnt punch him or cut him.
Boyfriend texted her. Girlfriend showed the message to the cops. Boyfriend threatened: Hed report her for assault. He tacked a picture of his messed-up face to the end of the message.
Girlfriend said the cut was self-inflicted. Boyfriend did it to himself a week earlier by accident. Boyfriends mother knew about it. The cops called Boyfriends mother. Mom said her son cut himself a week earlier.
Officers told Boyfriend they were filing an informational report and nothing more. Boyfriend complained. He wanted charges against Girlfriend. He wanted her arrested.
An officer broke the news: Boyfriends mother said the cut was self-inflicted. Boyfriend laughed. He walked away and swore.
Feb. 5: The woman in the apartment had a swollen face. She was 23. The officer asked how she was doing any other injuries? I just feel like Ive just been punched in the face, she said.
The officer asked who punched her.
It was John! she said.
John lived in the same apartment building in the 3200 block of Union Avenue. He was 65. The woman said hed been drinking all day. The womans sister, 21, said the same thing.
The two women said theyd been at a party at Johns earlier. Older sister needed to get her medication, she said, so both women started to leave. Just as they got back to their unit, John showed up behind them, angry and drunk.
John said the older sister stole cash from his apartment: $3,000. Older sister denied it. John shoved his way into the apartment and shook the sister by her shoulders, demanding the money. Again, she denied it. John shoved her into her bedroom doorway, she said. He yelled at her again to return the money. Sister denied taking it. John punched her in the face. Sister said shed call police. Younger sister yelled at John to leave. John left, then came back and yelled some more. Older sister called 911.
Officers went to Johns apartment. They saw bottles everywhere: hard liquor and beer, and glasses with leftover drinks. John was there. He reeked and slurred. He complained about the stolen money.
John said he left the cash on the counter. Yes, unsecured. When he noticed, he went to sisters apartment and confronted her. He denied forcing his way in, denied hitting her. Officers told him younger sister backed up older sisters story.
They are both liars, John yelled. Both of them. Why would I hit her?
The math was simple: two to one against Johns denial. Officers arrested him and booked him into the Pierce County Jail. Prosecutors subsequently filed charges of first-degree burglary.
Feb. 6: The 16-year-old Tacoma kid learned a lesson about sharing with the wrong people.
He was waiting for a bus in the 1900 block of Tacoma Avenue South. Another man approached him. The man was somewhere between 20 and 30, a small guy, maybe 5 feet tall, 130 pounds. He wore a green hoodie, a black puffy vest and white shoes. His hair was short and brown, and a small beard covered his chin. The man asked the kid for money. The kid said he didnt have any. The man asked to use the kids phone to call a friend. The kid handed it over: a Samsung Captivate Glide.
The man took it and told the kid to follow him. They walked up the hill and into an alley. The man spoke.
This is how its going to go down, the man said. Im not going to rob you.
The man said he needed to find his friend. He said hed be back in two minutes with the phone. He told the kid to wait, and walked away.
The kid waited about a minute. Realization sank in. The kid walked home and told his stepfather what happened.
The stepfather took the kid back to the location. No sign of the man in the green hoodie. The stepfather told police hed called the phone carrier to report the theft. A worker tried to ping the phone, but had no luck. The stepfather told the carrier to deactivate the phone. Officers filed the theft report for information purposes.
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Posted 15 August 2003 - 08:17 AM
This is my first post in this excellent forum which I have recently discovered. Go easy on me people!
I ahve been using a number of websites and free downloaded programs, such as 'Even Better Keywords' and 'Good Keywords', Google and Overture's suggestions.
However, after browsing the topics here, is it really worth investing in WordTracker, when all of these free resources are available? If so, what are the real advantages that WordTracker offers over the competition?
Many thanks,
Posted 15 August 2003 - 08:28 AM
Well the investment in Wordtracker is not all that much (you can pretty well do all your keyword research for one site for as little as $7, or you can use the free trial version) but it does get you lots of target keyphrases with some traffic estimates in very short order.
I do believe that once you settle on some good keyphrase candidates you should use some other sources to check the traffic figures, and maybe to augment your keyphrase list. If you are looking for keywords to use on Overture then thats the place to go to research yoru traffic, and same for Google.
Posted 15 August 2003 - 09:48 AM
For both my professional and personal projects, I would not be without Wortracker.
What I like -
- large number of search engines and pay per clicks analyzed
- ease of exporting into excel for evaluation
- a custom ranking system and standard numbers so I can best choose what I want to evaluate based on
- saves projects if needed
- alternative suggestions are great
- dig feature allows me to get very specific
Posted 15 August 2003 - 10:30 AM
I would say that Wordtracker is worth every penny. It really helped me out recently. I'd done some research on keywords but when it came to checking them out on wordtracker I unearthed quite a few that I hadn't thought of and they turned out to be pure gold.
Posted 15 August 2003 - 10:50 AM
I use Wordtracker and think it is a useful program. I don't have enough volume to subscribe full time so I buy a month at a time as needed. However I think you can accomplish much of the same thing with other tools. Maybe I'm not using it correctly, but if you discount the value of the KEI factor which everyone seems to do, then I think Wordtracker is over priced.However, after browsing the topics here, is it really worth investing in WordTracker, when all of these free resources are available? If so, what are the real advantages that WordTracker offers over the competition?
Think of the other services you can get for the same money. In Canada you can get a full time DSL Internet connection for the same price. When compared with this Wordtracker is too expensive.
Posted 15 August 2003 - 10:27 PM
Although I haven't used the paid version, I feel that the trial version gives you enough to get going with your site.
Posted 15 August 2003 - 11:44 PM
To use it for a single day is only like $7. I think most anything which COULD be of value is worth a shot for $7.
Posted 16 August 2003 - 12:44 AM
Can you explain further how you feel being creative may negate the need for keyword research?
Posted 16 August 2003 - 04:13 AM
Be creative is always a good ideaI think if you are creative you may not have much need for wordtracker.
But according to experience of keywords analysis I can say that tools like wordtracker surely give your phrazes that you even ever imaging. Also it gives you the popularity of each query - so you can analyse which keywords should be taken into account first, which will bring you more users with less costs.
Absolutely usefull tool! BTW, there are other interesting features.
Posted 16 August 2003 - 10:46 AM
There are caveats though (and you may or may not agree with these)-
-Most of the time, the KEI is worthless
-The search engine traffic estimates are worthless
-Wordtracker has not been updated in a Loooooooong time
-They don't give you enough projects if you are using it for lots of clients
Posted 16 August 2003 - 03:30 PM
From the advice of all these posts, of which I am grateful to every contributant, I will try WordTracker on a free trial basis and evaluate for myself whether or not it is really worth the money.
Have any of you tried out Good Keywords? What do you think of it? It seems useful enough and lets you query some major players in the business. If you want to try it then: GoodKeywords and let me know of any feedback that you have. I like the fact that I can query UK Overture. It's nothing to do with me by the way, before I come across all promotional!
P.S. $7 for a DSL connection in Canada? Bargain. It's currently about $30 (US) here in the UK for a 512k connection! Will now be creating a new topic called 'relocating my www.thephonecafe.com business to Canada'!
Posted 17 August 2003 - 02:34 AM
Wordtracker has not been updated in a Loooooooong time
AFAIK the Wordtracker database is updated every day with fresh results of the last day, with the fresh results replacing the oldest results so that you have 60 days of searches in the DB. I am pretty sure this is happening regularly as I often have to pause my keyword research on WT while I wait for them to update the DB.
Posted 17 August 2003 - 09:36 AM
AFAIK the Wordtracker database is updated every day with fresh results of the last day, with the fresh results replacing the oldest results so that you have 60 days of searches in the DB.
I should have been clearer- I meant the user interface. They have been promising great new updates, but they have not shown up yet!
Posted 17 August 2003 - 09:49 PM
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Posted 17 August 2003 - 10:18 PM
Wordtracker does not obtain its results from Google but from metacrawlers. If you want to check in google the only way I know of is to start an Adwords campaign and use the google tool.
The period covered by the wordtracker database is 60 days not 60 months.
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TOLEDO — It is difficult to imagine a more low-key, no-frills, bona fide rock star than Bob Seger.
His "Rock and Roll Never Forgets" tour will kick off tonight in Toledo's Huntington Center — with a follow-up show on Friday — but with almost no fanfare.
No grand news releases beyond an email blast. No greatest-hits package, DVD retrospective or new album. Both Toledo shows are nearly sold out; obviously, demand remains high for Seger's timeless classic rock.
The native of Dearborn, Mich., and his Silver Bullet Band have played dozens of shows in Ohio, dating from their years hustling as a bar band in the 1960s.
His concerts two years ago in the Huntington Center were raucous celebrations on a tour that he said at the time was a test of his voice's ability to hold out over several dozen dates. It must have worked; Seger, 67, is booked into April.
His popularity stems from his high-energy shows, which combine Detroit grit with sophisticated songwriting skills and a string of hits that include Night Moves, Main Street, Still the Same, Shakedown, Hollywood Nights, Old Time Rock & Roll and Rock and Roll Never Forgets.
He is also one of rock's all-time nice guys. During the tour, he plans to play a few shows with buddies Kid Rock and Joe Walsh, although they aren't scheduled for Toledo.
The 19-show tour — which will include a show on April 9 in the Nutter Center at Wright State University near Dayton — will take him deep into Canada and throughout the northern United States.


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A cerebral aneurysm is the dilation, bulging, or ballooning out of part of the wall of a vein or artery in the brain. Cerebral aneurysms can occur at any age, although they are more common in adults than in children and are slightly more common in women than in men.
An unruptured aneurysm may go unnoticed throughout a person's lifetime. A burst aneurysm, however, may be fatal or could lead to haemorrhagic stroke, vasospasm (the leading cause of disability or death following a burst aneurysm), hydrocephalus, coma, or short-term and/or permanent brain damage.
The signs and symptoms of an unruptured cerebral aneurysm will partly depend on its size and rate of growth. For example, a small, unchanging aneurysm will generally produce no symptoms, whereas a larger aneurysm that is steadily growing may produce symptoms such as loss of feeling in the face or problems with the eyes.
Immediately before an aneurysm ruptures, an individual may experience such symptoms as a sudden and unusually severe headache, nausea, vision impairment, vomiting, and loss of consciousness.
Aneurysms may burst and bleed into the brain, causing serious complications including haemorrhagic stroke, permanent nerve damage, or death. Once it has burst, the aneurysm may burst again and rebleed into the brain, and additional aneurysms may also occur. More commonly, rupture may cause a subarachnoid haemorrhage (bleeding into the space between the skull bone and the brain). A delayed but serious complication of subarachnoid haemorrhage is hydrocephalus, in which the excessive build up of cerebrospinal fluid in the skull dilates fluid pathways called ventricles that can swell and press on the brain tissue. Another delayed postrupture complication is vasospasm, in which other blood vessels in the brain contract and limit blood flow to vital areas of the brain. This reduced blood flow can cause stroke or tissue damage.
Most cerebral aneurysms go unnoticed until they rupture or are detected by brain imaging that may have been obtained for another condition. Several diagnostic methods are available to provide information about the aneurysm and the best form of treatment. The tests that are usually used to confirm the diagnosis of an aneurysm are as follows:-
Angiography: is a dye test used to analyze the arteries or veins. An intracerebral angiogram can detect the degree of narrowing or obstruction of an artery or blood vessel in the brain, head, or neck, and can identify changes in an artery or vein such as a weak spot like an aneurysm. It is used to diagnose stroke and to precisely determine the location, size, and shape of a brain tumour, aneurysm, or blood vessel that has bled. This test is usually performed in a hospital angiography suite. Following the injection of a local anaesthetic, a flexible catheter is inserted into an artery and threaded through the body to the affected artery. A small amount of contrast dye (one that is highlighted on x-rays) is released into the bloodstream and allowed to travel into the head and neck. A series of x-rays is taken and changes, if present, are noted.
Computed tomography (CT):) of the head is a fast, painless, noninvasive diagnostic tool that can reveal the presence of a cerebral aneurysm and determine, for those aneurysms that have burst, if blood has leaked into the brain. This is often the first diagnostic procedure ordered by a physician following suspected rupture. X-rays of the head are processed by a computer as two-dimensional cross-sectional images, or "slices," of the brain and skull. Occasionally a contrast dye is injected into the bloodstream prior to scanning. This process, called CT angiography, produces sharper, more detailed images of blood flow in the brain arteries.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): uses computer-generated radio waves and a powerful magnetic field to produce detailed images of the brain and other body structures. Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) produces more detailed images of blood vessels. The images may be seen as either three-dimensional pictures or two-dimensional cross-slices of the brain and vessels. These painless, noninvasive procedures can show the size and shape of an unruptured aneurysm and can detect bleeding in the brain.
Cerebrospinal fluid analysis: may be ordered if a ruptured aneurysm is suspected. Following application of a local anaesthetic, a small amount of this fluid (which protects the brain and spinal cord) is removed from the subarachnoid space—located between the spinal cord and the membranes that surround it—by surgical needle and tested to detect any bleeding or brain haemorrhage.
Emergency treatment for individuals with a ruptured cerebral aneurysm generally includes restoring deteriorating respiration and reducing intracranial pressure. Surgery is usually performed within the first 3 days to clip the ruptured aneurysm and to reduce the risk of rebleeding. When aneurysms are discovered before rupture occurs, microcoil thrombosis or balloon embolization may be performed on patients for whom surgery is considered too risky.
Not all cerebral aneurysms burst. Some patients with very small aneurysms may be monitored to detect any growth or onset of symptoms and to ensure aggressive treatment of coexisting medical problems and risk factors. Each case is unique, and considerations for treating an unruptured aneurysm include the type, size, and location of the aneurysm; risk of rupture; patient's age, health, and personal and family medical history; and risk of treatment.
Two surgical options are available for treating cerebral aneurysms, both of which carry some risk to the patient (such as possible damage to other blood vessels, the potential for aneurysm recurrence and rebleeding, and the risk of post-operative stroke).
Microvascular clipping involves cutting off the flow of blood to the aneurysm. Under anaesthesia, a section of the skull is removed and the aneurysm is located. The neurosurgeon uses a microscope to isolate the blood vessel that feeds the aneurysm and places a small, metal, clothespin-like clip on the aneurysm's neck, halting its blood supply. The clip remains in the patient and prevents the risk of future bleeding. The piece of the skull is then replaced and the scalp is closed. Clipping has been shown to be highly effective, depending on the location, shape, and size of the aneurysm. In general, aneurysms that are completely clipped surgically do not return.
A related procedure is an occlusion, in which the surgeon clamps off (occludes) the entire artery that leads to the aneurysm. This procedure is often performed when the aneurysm has damaged the artery. An occlusion is sometimes accompanied by a bypass, in which a small blood vessel is surgically grafted to the brain artery, rerouting the flow of blood away from the section of the damaged artery.
Endovascular embolization is an alternative to surgery. Once the patient has been anaesthetised, the doctor inserts a hollow plastic tube (a catheter) into an artery (usually in the groin) and threads it, using angiography, through the body to the site of the aneurysm. Using a guide wire, detachable coils (spirals of platinum wire) or small latex balloons are passed through the catheter and released into the aneurysm. The coils or balloons fill the aneurysm, block it from circulation, and cause the blood to clot, which effectively destroys the aneurysm. The procedure may need to be performed more than once during the patient's lifetime.
Patients who receive treatment for aneurysm must remain in bed until the bleeding stops. Underlying conditions, such as high blood pressure, should be treated. Other treatment for cerebral aneurysm is symptomatic and may include anticonvulsants to prevent seizures and analgesics to treat headache. Vasospasm can be treated with calcium channel-blocking drugs and sedatives may be ordered if the patient is restless. A shunt may be surgically inserted into a ventricle several months following rupture if the build up of cerebrospinal fluid is causing harmful pressure on surrounding tissue. Patients who have suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage often need rehabilitative, speech, and occupational therapy to regain lost function and learn to cope with any permanent disability.
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MARCH 2013 - VOL. 29 NO. 3 (Continued on page 2.) by Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News, January 23, 2013 Boulder could soon be on a long-fought path to break from utility Xcel Energy, control its own electricity and ramp up clean power. But obstacles await. For the past decade, the people of Boulder, Colorado, have pursued an elusive goal: getting more clean energy into their grid. To do so, they pushed and prodded utility company Xcel Energy to give them a say in electricity decisions. But nothing satisfied citizens and politicians, so several years ago they organized themselves into a movement for "municipalization," in which the city would split from Xcel and become its own utility. In April, the City Council is expected to vote in favor of pursuing the controversial idea, putting coal-heavy Boulder on the vanguard of efforts to break the monopoly of corporate utility companies. "Somebody has to stick their neck out and try this," said Boulder Mayor Matt Appelbaum, who believes Boulder will inspire other cities. Already, residents in Minneapolis are preparing a ballot measure by November for municipalization, and advocates in Santa Fe, New Mexico, are not far behind. Under municipalization, cities take over utilities' local electricity operations. They buy the wires, substations and meters, run the electrical grid and select which power plants will supply their power. Most Americans get electricity from mainly fossil fuel-generating plants, usually owned by large utilities. Breaking away theoretically gives cities freedom to add as much clean energy as is technically and financially possible. Boulder likely to adopt its own green utility - and risks of going solo While some 2,000 municipal utilities exist across the United States, only half a dozen were formed in recent years. Boulder's would be the first established to increase clean energy and combat climate pollution. Xcel, which operates in eight states and opposes municipalization, denies it's blocking clean energy development in Boulder. The firm is on track to meet an aggressive state requirement that utilities get 30 percent of their energy from renewables by 2020, and it has long been the nation's top wind provider. "We have always believed that we can help Boulder reach its goals quicker, faster and cheaper with us" rather than through municipalization, said Jerome Davis, Xcel's regional vice president for Colorado. But the fight is about more than just reaching renewable targets, according to Boulder Deputy Mayor Lisa Morzel, a vocal proponent of municipalization. The goal is to "decentralize, decarbonize and democratize energy," she said. In Germany, those same ideals inspired a 2000 federal law that let citizens produce their own clean power and compete with utilities, helping turn the country into the world's biggest solar market. Boulder's circumstances made it fertile soil for the effort. The city of nearly 100,000 people is one of the most politically progressive and Democratic in Colorado. It also boasts an unusually high number of climate and environmental scientists and energy experts working in nearby institutions, including the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Those citizen experts became the backbone of the municipalization movement, volunteering to carry out feasibility studies and educating the community to win residents over. Alison Burchell, an environmental geologist and one of the movement's founding leaders, said she and others revved into action in the early 2000s when they became frustrated with Xcel's continued investment in coal. The utility gets 60 percent of Colorado's electricity from coal plants, more than the national average of about 40 percent. About a quarter comes from natural gas, 12 percent wind energy and the rest from nuclear, hydroelectric, solar, oil and biomass. In 2002, Burchell helped establish a volunteer working group to figure out a long-term renewables and energy efficiency plan for the city. The City Council adopted many of its recommendations, including its first greenhouse gas reduction goal of 7 percent below 1990 levels by 2012, which it still hasn't met. Renewable energy advocates protest against Xcel Energy at the Colorado State Capitol. Credit: Community radio for northern Colorado
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Purpose | Boulder likely to adopt its own green utility - and risks of going solo by Maria Gallucci; |
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