Home Question of the Day Question of the Day: What Was Your First Gun? Question of the Day Question of the Day: What Was Your First Gun? By Robert Farago - May 27, 2011 50 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Email ◀Previous Post Next Post▶ Your firearms Rosebud, as it were. ◀Previous Post Next Post▶ RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Why Would Someone Open Carry A Sub-Compact Pistol? Question of the Day: What Does SHTF Mean to You? Have You Carved Your Pumpkin Yet? 50 COMMENTS The first firearm my Dad specifically purchased for me, afte just a little begging, was a Ruger Single Six .22/.22 mag – I loved that thing! Reply A Marlin Golden 39 in the summer of ’76. Still a great shooter after all of these years. Reply My first baby was a CZ-83, i’ve been collection since, and it’s still my CCW option. Love the little fella. Greetings From Brazil. Reply I shot my Grandfather’s 22 and 20ga until at age 14 I got my own Remington 40X Range Master 22 single shot target rifle. This served me well for local club and later ROTC rifle team competition. Then I quit shooting it and decades later sold it. Big mistake! ;-> Reply First gun I bought for myself (which is why I count it as my “first” gun) was my beloved Star 30M. Still a fantastic shoot after all these years. Reply The first that I used was dad’s old K-Mart Special No4Mk1. Too bad that it was “bubbaized” or I would convert it back to military specs. The first that I bought, through my dad when I was 16, was an M1 Garand. Reply Remington Sportmaster Model 512 .22. The first firearm I bought for myself was a Remington 870. Reply Marlin 25N, about 10 years ago I still have it, and shoot it regularly, and in fact, I free floated the barrel on it last weekend. Reply Other than toy guns as a kid, my first was a Sig P239 in .40 S&W that I bought when I was in my early 20s. Sadly sold it after a few years when finances were tight. Reply Glock 21. It’s had its internals upgraded a number of times, and the night sights are dead, but it still shoots. Reply My pop gave me a Ruger Bearcat for my birthday in 1974 – I believe it was the last year of the “old model”. Still use it to control the squirrels around the cabin. It’s smooth as silk and shoots pretty straight after 37 years and God knows how many rounds. Reply A parts 1911 made from an WW2 era Ithaca slide, Auto Ordnance frame, and GI replacement barrel. No idea how it got that way, and I didn’t ask the guy who gave it to me. It was payment for a week of watching his house. Eat his food, sleep in his bed, and watch his TV and I get a free 1911? Yes Sir! I certainly caught the 1911 bug, 4 out of my 5 handguns are 1911s or 1911 style handguns. Reply My first shotgun was (is, I still have it) a Browning Lightning 12 gauge that belonged to my granddad. I was given this gun back in 1979. My first rifle was (is, I still have it) a Remington Gamemaster 141 .35 cal. Got this one from my granddad too. My first semi-auto handgun was an Interarms Silver Cup 1911 that I bought in May of 1997. I wish I still had it but it was sold to finance a 92FS Inox. So at least it went to a good cause. My first revolver was a Taurus Model 66 Stainless .357 I bought in June of 2003. I still have it and it performs security duty in casa Fritz. All of these guns get taken out to the range as often as possible. No safe queens. That Browning and a box of clay birds is the most fun you can have with your clothes on. Reply remington 870 Reply My dad gave me a Remington Nylon 66 fifty years ago. Not a day goes by when I don’t think of him, and that little .22. Reply My first rifle, was a Mohawk Brown nylon 66, still have it. My first pistol was an R.G. industries 22lr, 8 shot revolver. It really puts the cheap in Saturday night special. A cop gave it to my mother for protection. Reply My first gun was/is a Springfield Armory TRP. It’s still in my collection and I shoot it at least every 1-2 weeks. Reply First gun: Hercules .22 single shot pellet rifle. It still shoots well, and is a good teaching aide. First “real” gun: 1938 Turkish Mauser, 8mm. Got it at Big 5 for $100 some 14 years ago. It kicks like the proverbial mule (it can, and will, rattle your teeth if your cheek weld is not just so) and spits a very impressive 5 foot fireball out the business end. After 70 years, it still shoots straight. Reply Sad to say it was a Goverment 9mm and M-16 for me, although I did shoot 1903 Springfields and M1 Garand on my highschool rifle team. Reply A 12-gauge H&R single-shot. Shooting 3″ magnum BB shot through a 5-pound 12-gauge probably wasn’t the best choice for a skinny teenager, but it taught me not to fear recoil. Not too much, anyway. Reply Glenfield model 60 my brother got me for my birthday. First gun I bought was a Marlin 336C. The Glenfield was retired several years ago but I still have the Marlin. Reply A Remington single shot .22 bolt action that some SOB stole from me about 30 years ago. My dad gave me that gun and has since passed away, sure wish I could find the SOB who stole it. Reply Anschutz 1903 bolt action 22 target rifle during my days on the junior rifle team at Massasoit gun club in RI. Reply A used J.C. Higgins .22 single shot bolt action w/ manual cock on the back of the bolt, received Christmas of 1979 IIRC. My stepmother carved my initials on one side of the stock & an eagle in flight on the other & my father refinished the stock, hand rubbed tung oil… Reply First purchased handgun was a Bersa Thunder .380. First purchased long-gun was a Remington 870. Reply Nylon 66. Still have it. Wish I had a dozen more! Reply My first real gun was a Daisy BB gun I got for Christmas when I was eight (which was 33 years ago? Really?). My first firearm was a Marlin Model 60 I got a couple of years later. My dad bought it for me when it became apparent that I was a pretty good shot for the 4-H rifle team. I still have the barreled action and trigger group from that Marlin, and planning to get a replacement stock for it sometime. Reply Shotgun: Winchester Model 42 .410 I learned my lesson with this one–Never, ever sell a gun. Rifle: Norinko SKS Handgun: Springfield 1911 Reply A Gene Autry cap gun Reply The first one I’ve fired? M-16, it actually belonged to the USCG, but it was in my care, custody and control for years. First one I’ve owned is my current 6 month old Beretta PX4 .40. I’ve discovered in the last 6 months that they are addicting. You can’t just have one. Reply I learned to shoot a Marlin Model 60 .22LR when I was probably 10 or 11. My sisters actually bought me a Remington 870 for my 18th birthday which was what really got me into guns. The first gun that I bought for myself was a Savage Edge in .308. In the three years since then I’ve bought a half dozen more guns. My first handgun was a Springfield XD40SC. Reply Remington “Nylon 66” – .22 LR – 15 rd tube mag with one of the first synthetic stocks. My Grandma bought it for me with Green Stamps…. how things have changed. Reply In the late 50’s my mom took away an old no-name Belgian top-break .44 from an inebriated friend. After he sobered, he told my mom to keep it. I fired thousands of rounds of the old Speer reusable plastic .44 primer powered rounds in my basement. I also bought several boxes of the Herter’s (the REAL original Herter’s) reusable plastic .44 rounds and, and fired the heck out of them. Back then (in the early 60’s) large pistol primers were dirt cheap and I bought them by the thousands from Herter’s. I used those reusable plastic .44 rounds until the primers fell out, or the plastic bullets were hopelessly mangled. After several thousand rounds were fired, the hammer on the .44 finally broke, and the pistol was so loose and worn out, that I sold it for a few dollars at a gun show to a guy that was going to break it down for parts. The first firearm I ever bought myself in the mid 60’s (actually my older brother bought it because I was too young) was a Marlin 989M2 22lr carbine. Now almost 50 years old, it is still in excellent condition, and in my gun safe; I still fire it occasionally. As soon as I turned 18 (mid 60’s) I purchased at a gun show in Greenbelt Maryland a mint Belgian Mauser in .30-06, which is also now in my gun safe and fired occasionally. A short time later, at another Greenbelt gun show, I purchased my first handgun, a surplus, unfired, Remington Rand 1911A1 that was wrapped in brown wax paper. Several thousand hardball rounds later, it is still in mint condition. Reply Mosin-Nagant 91/30 cheapo gun I could afford considering I only worked part time. Never shoot it anymore but can’t get myself to sell it either. Reply Savage 300 win mag Reply Age 7 (1959), a Remington 514 single shot 22 rifle. It got traded for something else after a couple of years but ended up back in my possession in 1982 as a wedding present from a neighbor who bought it from the store my dad had traded it to. Reply First gun I ever shot was my Dad’s 9mm EAA Witness. He’s since moved on to higher quality arms. My first firearm purchase was a 91/30 Mosin Nagant. As a poor college kid it was all I could afford. But it made an impression, and to this day I’m a big fan of old mil-surp bolt-actions. The first handgun I bought was an old Ruger Security Six with a lot of holster wear. Again, all I could afford as a poor student, but that old work horse is still more than serviceable. Reply Western Field .22 bolt action. I’m the third generation to own it and some day my progeny will get it as their first gun. Reply After my Grandfather passed in the summer of ’98, the garden where he’d throw all of our pumpkin seeds after every Halloween sprouted some of the best looking pumpkins I’d ever seen. Then groundhogs ate them all. My Dad took me out to K-Mart, and we picked up my first gun, a blued Ruger 10/22 Carbine (I was ten). The first couple rounds he fired at the hogs went right into the shed, but I spent many days after school just waiting in the kitchen window to get a shot off at those groundhogs. Many thousands of rounds later (and about 5 groundhogs) it is still one of my favorites. Reply The first gun that was “mine” was a Ruger M77 Mk II in 30-06 that my father bought me as a hunting rifle. It kicks like a pissed off mule, but it’ll group under an inch at 100 yards. The first gun I bought myself was a Marlin 925. I put a Burris 4x scope on it, and it has rid many pastures of gopher infestations. Reply First thing I bought was a Beretta 92FS. Second was a Beretta Tomcat .32. Reply a 10/22 with synthetic stock i got for my….10th birthday? First I bought for myself when I moved away for college about 5 years back was a used mossberg maverick 88 shotgun, cheap, but reliable! in that 5 years my collection has grown way more then I let my parents know 🙂 Reply The first gun I owned was some kind of a .22 rifle, a birthday gift from my godfather. Lucky for me it stayed in the closet and my father didn’t pass on the obsession for guns that many of your father’s passed on to you. That is where it comes from isn’t it? Reply That would make an interesting poll, too: where did you come by your love (or animus) for shooting? Reply That would be cool. I would be interested. Reply I think I was 10 when I got my Savage Model 24C in 22 WMR and 20 gauge. Great gun; I still have it. Reply H&R single shot .410 as a Christmas present one year. My dad took me out to shoot it that afternoon, we scared up a covy of quail and I took one on the first shot out of the gun. Quite a thrill for a kid of about 7 or 8. Reply My dad bought me a Remington 572 when I was ten. First firearm that I bought myself was a S&W model 28 4″. Reply Today I just got my first gun, I am 17 and bought a Yugoslavian SKS at the local gunshow. It is amazing with a bayonet and grenade launcher, to bad I cannot get grenades. I go to army basic training in 10 days, so itll be awile before I get to even shoot it Reply My first gun was a .410, went partridge hunting with my dad. The good ole days. Reply LEAVE A REPLY Cancel reply Please enter your comment! Please enter your name here You have entered an incorrect email address! Please enter your email address here Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email.


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MTV Networks has announced the formation of a new studio called 345 Games, which will be tasked with developing games based on intellectual properties from both Comedy Central and Spike TV.
The studio's first two planned titles, Deadliest Warrior: Legends and Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon, will both be offered as downloadables on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network for $10 each.
As one would expect, Deadliest Warrior: Legends, based on Spike TV's hit series, is a sequel (of sorts) to the multi-platform downloadable Deadliest Warrior: The Game. It will feature "new heroic warriors, new fighting options, a more precise projectile system, more arenas and a new campaign mode."
Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon, based on Comedy Central's animated series Ugly Americans (see top-image), is a side-scrolling, cooperative shooter for up to for players. The game's original script is being crafted by the show's writers and creators, and the show's actors are contributing their vocal talents - though a new character will be introduced, as well. According to the announcement, "players will hit the streets to clean up the chaos and prevent the impending apocalypse by resolving case files and fighting otherworldly citizens."
Neither game has a release date, at this time.

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I know it seems illogical but the last couple of days during heavy rain and going through large puddles, my Wh/mile has increased from my avg. 320 to about 400 Wh/mile. Just wondering if anybody else have similar experience?
When there is rain there is wind as well. Both create more resistance and it will take more energy to power the car.
Make sense. In fact I just did a drive from San Jose to Colfax (about 190 miles) in my ICE for the first time in (forever) due to the bad weather and even in the ICE driving in the downpours I noticed that I went from 20.2 mpg to 18.6 on the trip. I would normally take my MS but due to the horrible weather I decided to take the SUV.
BTW: Glad I did - 4:30am as I was driving northbound on hwy 680, all 4 lanes were closed and all traffic diverted off the road through the mud, over a curb. Even though the MS would have been ok, glad I didn't need to subject my 21" tires/rims to that mess.
Yup, I saw much higher than usual drain on my drive coming back from Oregon in heavy rain all the way.
My Wh/mi is the highest in a cold rain, plowing through water into a headwind. On some types of pavement I can run over 400 average, on other surfaces around 380. It seems like asphalt is much worse than concrete. It is probably due to depressions in the asphalt.
Posters here have also commented that the increased density of air in the rain/fog is enough to noticeably increase energy usage.
Effective of water on rolling resistance...
Today driving in varying conditions saw 380 at 60 in the rain vs 300 at 70 on dry with similar flat terrain.
Yes, wet pavement is a big and little talked about energy drain. The resistance from rain in the air increases drag but the biggest component is that interaction of rolling tires with water on the streets.
Think of following a vehicle closely on the highway. There may be little or no rain at the time but the pavement is wet. You can barely see from all of the water kicked up by the vehicle in front of you. A significant amount of energy is transferred to the water in this process and it is seen in increased rolling resistance.
Some hypermilers "ride the ridges" driving toward the edge of the lanes to avoid driving through the rain-filled ruts worn in highways by the generally-centered traffic.
Some do it to avoid hydro-planing.
Some go side to side to practice their half-pipe.
Cute! Seen any 1080s?
thanks for everyone's comments.
Just as a point of interest, high humidity air (not counting liquid water that might be suspended in it) is actually less dense than low humidity air.
Remember that tires are designed to move water out of the way of rubber so that rubber contacts the road. This is why they have the channels in the tread. Moving that water is essentially pumping a lot of water mass out of the way which of course uses additional energy, reducing fuel economy.
Think of water as thin glue trying to stick your tires to the pavement.


Five male sea lion yearlings on Sunday, July 17, emerged from kennels perched on the sand at Aliso Beach and flippered toward the rolling waves of the Pacific Ocean.
First, two went out together, then three more ran out. The group gathered at the water with two — seemingly kissing — then they swam out together leaping through the waves.
Each was rescued and cared for at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center, which takes care of pinnipeds, sea turtles, and other ocean life found across Orange County beaches from Seal Beach to San Clemente.
The pups born on the Channel Island rookeries a year ago each were dehydrated and malnourished. But over the weekend, they were able to return back to live in the wild on their own.
While most were found in the sand, Chassis — hence his name — was found inside the chassis of a truck in Huntington Beach. PMMC’S Dr. Alissa Deming calls him “quite a character” for his naughty behavior, which continued while he was at the center.
Then there was Yoshi, who was rescued in San Clemente. He was first found by animal control who then alerted PMMC, Deming said.
Flint, who had an abscess, came in with “terrible pneumonia,” and Deming found a rock in the animal’s stomach. Sometimes sea lions are so hungry that they’ll scoop up rocks just to fill their bellies.
Poirot was found near Huntington City Beach, and Trifecta was discovered near the Newport Beach Pier.
The group is among the more than 100 animals the marine mammal center has responded to since January.
While Deming calls the season “average,” rescue teams discovered more deceased animals on the beach than in past years — including the nine dolphins crews found that were either dead or in their last breaths.
In February, rescue teams picked up 21 dead sea lions, six on a single day. Each animal had distended stomachs filled with recently eaten squid. Deming sent tissue out for testing, and she suspected acute toxicity, but the results came back “inconclusive.”
In the past, sea lions have become ill from toxic algal blooms that occur when the ocean temperatures warm. But, that usually isn’t the case in February.
“We’re still researching,” she said. “We’ve partnered with a group focusing on toxic blooms to better understand the results.”
Since that event, PMMC stopped releasing its animals for a while, and it still has about 30 in-house.
“We held them up because we didn’t want to release healthy patients into the ocean that could resort in mortality,” she said.
For now, the tide of dead animals has stopped. And Deming said she appreciates all the animal care groups in the county that frequently assist with identifying marine mammals in need.
“It is so important for us to look deeper into the ocean’s health,” she said. “It’s teetering now, and it’s time to act so we can get the ocean back into a healthy state.”


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The game Immortal Redneck is already released on Linux, Mac, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Switch in the USA and UK.
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Immortal Redneck is a FPS set in Egypt with rogue-lite elements. Frantic gameplay, twitch controls and an arcade-style feel meet randomly generated dungeons, a complete skill tree, permanent death and 9 classes with different traits.

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The special nature of this story is its many climaxes that border on false endings and also how Gibson's character responds to the ransom demand of $2 million.... it is Gibson who sells us on it and sells it well.
There are more climaxes in here than in a Swedish blue movie. This is not to say you won't be thrilled, charged up and put through the ringer at times, but your intelligence will need to be shoved under your seat like warm, flat soda.
That's interesting stuff, but it doesn't play out with a lot of smarts. And the opportunity to end Ransom on a creepy note of unpredictability is forsaken for the usual glass-shattering, bullets-flying finale.
Its major sin -- a certain ineluctable improbability -- is pretty much offset by the moments of winsome humanity Gibson finds for his freebooter; by the rich, nicely tuned portrayals of the other actors; and by director Ron Howard.
This is a blueprint for mainstream moviegoing, but be forewarned that the finale is surprisingly down-and-dirty. In this case, though, the violence blisteringly redeems what has been a merely OK thriller.


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It was well worth the wait for the St. Michael’s Dragons girls’ basketball team.
After having all their games in December cancelled due to weather, the girls unleashed on the Noble Central Blades. The final score was Dragons, 53 and the Blades 27.
“For the first game of the season, I am happy with what they did,” said Dragons coach John Lowry.
Fierce interior defence and rebounding were keys to the victory, according to coach Lowry.
“Our defence is about keeping them out of the key,” he said. “Once they get into the key then we try to push them out.”
The plan worked well until the fourth when fatigue, a common early season plague, reared its ugly head. By then, however, their win was sealed.
Carlee Fitzpatrick and Jayden Kennedy led the Dragons’ attack with 18 points and 10 points respectively.
Fitzpatrick and Kennedy were keying in all game, one with great shooting and the other with positioning and smooth-finish down low.
It was not a two-pony show, though. The Dragons led a balanced attack. Eight players had their names fill up the score sheet.
“Our offence has started popping and the defence will come too,” said coach Lowry.
As the team has not been able to practice since Dec. 17, Coach Lowry did not feel the Dragons had their game legs quite yet.
He was also concerned the school’s testing break will prevent them from sustaining momentum.
So it goes with high school athletics, the Dragons will have to adapt and overcome if they want to enjoy continued success.


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Top 5 things we learned: LaBelle renews with its own; Riverdale-Fort Myers would be nice; South's line woes
Top five things we learned (or were reminded of) Friday night:
1. There’s always hope.
It’s been years since the immense community pride for which LaBelle is known was able to translate to the football field.
As losing records replaced winning records year after year, participation dwindled, belief waned, and the successes of more than a decade ago became just a wistful memory.
But this season, the Cowboys (4-1) finally have the size, speed, depth and talent to win again, and it’s partly because the message from inside the program finally got through to those outside it.
We need you.
Week 6 rankings:The News-Press High School Football Power Rankings
On the heels of sixth-year coach Chris Siner and his staff having developed the players LaBelle has had in house, the Cowboys were able to lure others in school to the sideline.
“They could have played but never really wanted to,” said senior linebacker Agustin Perez, whose class helped lure what he said was about 12-14 players who hadn’t been on the team back into uniforms.
“We stepped up and said, ‘We need you all.’ You’ve got to do something. They played in middle school, but then they stopped because we never really had a good season here.”
The return of a number of older coaches also is making a difference this year, said Siner, who was head coach at Mariner for three years before taking over at LaBelle but knew well of its rural pride and potential from his 10 years as an assistant at Immokalee.
“I was intrigued by it,” said Siner, also the LaBelle athletic director.
And of course not absent from the equation is long-time former LaBelle coach Ron Dunbar, who still teaches at the school.
Dunbar’s last football season at LaBelle, 2007, also was the program’s last with a winning record. Following that 7-4 campaign, the team was a combined 23-80 entering this year.
“He’s still here and gives me a lot of advice,” said Siner, who has Dunbar using Hudl.com to look at game film. “He really helps me. He’s always helping.”
After a 4-0 start, LaBelle suffered a setback Friday night, falling 34-20 at home to similarly resurgent long-time rival Bishop Verot.
But for the first time in a long time, LaBelle has the look of a playoff team, which comes as a welcome sight to those in a proud community that, for all the years of struggling, never lost hope.
Game of the Week:Bishop Verot beats LaBelle physically, mentally in 34-20 win
“They always come out here and support us, honestly, whether we’re losing or winning,” Perez said of LaBelle’s faithful crowds, who get their next big game Friday at home against St. John Neumann (4-0).
“Verot was a very good team. It’s just mistakes being made on both sides of the ball. But Monday morning we’ll fix it, come back for Friday and have it for St. John Neumann.”
2. We don’t – and maybe won’t – know who’s Lee’s best.
It’s too bad Fort Myers and Riverdale aren’t in the same classification, because we won’t get to see a meeting of arguably Lee County’s two best teams this year.
Following Fort Myers’ 28-20 home loss Friday to Charlotte, Riverdale (5-0) replaces it atop The News-Press Power Rankings in Week 5. Fort Myers (4-1) drops to No. 2 going into Friday’s Class 6A-District 11 opener at home against No. 3 Lehigh (3-0).
But with Riverdale in Class 7A, the best we’ll be able to use the rest of the season is the eyeball test to see who might be the better team.
What we learned, Week 4:Milledge, Rosales small but special; Cape a real thrill
What we learned, Week 3:Bad blood is overrated, another North football baby
3. Binky still has Sammy’s number.
Fort Myers still leads the all-time series against Charlotte by a wide margin, 42-24-1, in a series that goes back to 1935.
But long-time Tarpons coach Binky Waldrop holds a big edge over Green Wave coach Sam Sirianni Jr., a friend and former opponent when both played at the schools they now coach.
Charlotte’s 28-20 win Friday at Fort Myers improved Waldrop’s edge over Sirianni to 15-6 since 2002, Sirianni’s first season taking over as head coach for his late father.
Waldrop, in his 29th season at Charlotte, arguably has had more talent on average than Sirianni, especially during a seven-win stretch from 2006 to 2011, which included one playoff meeting.
But Charlotte has won four of the last five since Fort Myers swept regular season and playoff meetings in 2014, 31-21 and 33-26, respectively.
That includes Charlotte’s 28-24, double-overtime postseason win in 2016 with what would have been Sirianni’s first berth in the state Final Four on the line.
That win, just as Friday night, came after Fort Myers led 14-0 at home.
The less bad news for the Green Wave is the postseason, where the friends are even, two wins each.
Given history, another epic contest may be in the near future.
4. Lehigh has to get sharper.
The Lightning (3-0), No. 3 in The News-Press rankings, deserve all the credit in the world for rallying from a 17-0 deficit after three quarters in a 20-17 win Friday at Lakewood.
But it’s as much a reflection of how much talent Lehigh has to be able to wholly dominant for a 12-minute segment as it is of how inconsistently mistake-prone it has been in all three of its wins.
With games against No. 2 Fort Myers (4-1), No. 5 Cape Coral (4-0), perennial playoff contender Lakeland Kathleen (2-2) and No. 1 Riverdale (5-0), the Lightning will have to be better throughout.
5. South’s youth is only half the problem.
Dropping to 0-5 with 12-0 home loss Friday to an average Palmetto Ridge (2-2) squad, South’s problems given its array of youth are understandable.
What’s perhaps more troubling for the Wolfpack is a clear decline in an area where they can’t hide it: the offensive line.
A year ago, the superb gifts of all-everything senior Jeshaun Jones and enough savvy play from fellow senior Tyler Lackey at quarterback papered over the glaring deficiencies up front.
With both gone, senior running back Freddie Ward and sophomore Marco Cardona have had little room to run, and sophomore quarterback Damian Bloomer, a promising young two-way talent, has had little time to throw.
Senior Julian Durham and speedy sophomore Malik Curtis are not the problem at receiver either.
South’s coaching staff is too good not to come up with solutions in the long run. With dismal offensive results thus far this season, though, they haven’t found them yet.
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La próxima conferencia del proyecto CHPM2030 se celebrará en Delf, Holanda. Todos los colegiados están invitados. Para más información en los siguientes links y noticia:
Why to attend the event: Discover new insights into the energy transition and how it affects geosciences
The world is changing, the energy industry is changing, and geologists needs to change with it. As we consider renewable energies, new models on how to distribute energy to its users, policies to encourage initiatives and our remaining dependency on the traditional energy industry, it remains uncertain how our society will come through the energy transition and where geoscientists will fit in the mix. Will they still have a central role and how will geoscientists adapt to this new world?
The workshop’s morning session will be discussing European policies that have been adopted to encourage the energy transition in order to gain an understanding of how these policies will provide directions for future developments: “Policy discussed by policymakers”.
The aim for the afternoon is to present actual projects where geoscience plays a key role in the implementation of the energy transition: “Projects presented by geologists for geologists”. In this context, an overview about the main outcomes of the CHPM2030 project will be provided, technological aspects will be highlighted and an outlook on the future economic development of the CHPM technology will be provided.
High-level speakers: Several key note speakers have confirmed their attendance
- Haitze Siemers (Head of Unit of the ‘New energy technologies, innovation and clean coal’ unit, DG Energy, European Commission)
- Ruud Cino (Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs & Climate Change)
- Vitor Correia (President, European Federation of Geologists)
- Lucia van Geuns (Strategic Advisor Energy, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies)
- Adele Manzella (ETIP-DG; Italian National Research Council)
An optional fieldtrip “Exploring the Anthropocene”, on the Sedimentary dynamics of the Dutch coast – showing how the current Dutch landscape was formed during the Holocene sea level rise – will be organised on 24 May.
Full information is available at https://eurogeologists.eu/euroworkshop-geology-energy-transition/

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Breaking: IUE-CWA Files Charges Against Whirlpool
Whirlpool has taken the war against American workers to a new level by threatening to blacklist people who speak up
by James Parks, Feb 25, 2010
IUE-CWA Local 808 today filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against Whirlpool, alleging the company interfered with workers’ rights by threatening employees if they participate in a rally tomorrow to protest a plant closing.
Whirlpool announced it is closing the Evansville, Ind., refrigerator plant, laying off 1,100 workers and sending jobs to Mexico.
The charge stems from a memo by Paul Coburn, vice president for Whirlpool’s Evansville Division, warning workers not to participate in a march and rally tomorrow to save their jobs. Coburn’s memo, contained in an internal company newsletter, said employers in the future might not be willing to hire workers who participate.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, who will speak at the rally tomorrow, said:
Whirlpool has taken the war against American workers to a new level by threatening to blacklist people who speak up. They don’t just want your job, they want your first amendment rights, too.
Show solidarity with the Whirlpool workers, 900 of whom are members of Local 808, by signing an online petition urging Whirlpool to reverse its decision and Keep It Made in America: Save Our Jobs. Click here to add your name to the more than 50,000 who already have signed.


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By Francesco Guarascio
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The migration and security challenges faced by the European Union need to be addressed with a different funding system which would give the EU a direct share of national tax revenues, former Italian prime minister Mario Monti said.
Monti, who was a European Commissioner between 1994 and 2004, chairs an EU advisory group on reforming the common budget that will deliver its final report to the Commission this week.
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In an interview with Reuters, Monti said a different budget is needed because the EU is acquiring new tasks to deal with the migration and security emergencies.
He warned that change would not be easy to achieve but may be hastened by the prospect of reduced security support from EU's main ally, the United States. President-elect Donald Trump has hinted at the possibility that Washington may reduce its involvement in EU defense.
"Trump is an unexpected external variable which will accelerate certain reflections, especially on security issues," Monti said.
Last week German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on European countries to increase security cooperation and spending because there was no "guarantee of perpetuity" in relations with the United States.
Monti's report suggests the EU should be funded mostly with direct revenues, which now account for about 10 percent of its budget, rather than with indirect transfers from national governments that cause regular wrangling among capitals.
Money could come from a share of national taxes and duties on electricity, motor fuel, financial transactions or "other revenue stemming from EU policies", the report says.
Monti stressed the reform would "not increase the size of the budget nor the tax pressure on EU citizens and companies", because more revenues from taxes would be offset by lower national transfers.
The current EU budget, totaling around one trillion euros, runs from 2014 till 2020. It is likely to be reduced after Britain, one of its main funders, leaves the European Union.
Monti said Brexit offered a chance to be more ambitious on the budget reform because it would rid the bloc of Britain's traditional reluctance to address the topic and would eliminate the "intractable problem" of the British rebate, under which London ends up paying less into the EU budget.
But he acknowledged that other countries will oppose reforms. Any change on tax and funding issues require the backing of all EU states. The EU executive Commission is expected to start talks this year on a reformed EU budget for the period after 2020.
(Editing by Catherine Evans)

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With every other attempt to put together a convincing Russiagate case having failed – the indictments against Manafort, Gates and Papadopoulos make no allusion to the collusion allegations at the heart of it, and the FBI has now admitted to Congressional investigators that it cannot verify the Trump Dossier, the document which appears to have triggered the whole inquiry – it seems that the pressure is now increasingly on Michael Flynn.
Shortly after the indictments against Manafort, Gates and Papadopoulos I speculated that an indictment against Flynn might be pending. News that his lawyers have broken contact with the President’s lawyers hardens that suspicion. There are also rumours that Special Counsel Mueller may also be considering an indictment against his son.
The trouble is that nothing that is known about General Flynn’s activities during the 2016 election campaign give any reason to think that he was involved in any sort of illegal collusion with the Russians.
The only case that can convincingly be made against him is that he failed to register under FARA in connection with paid lobbying work he did for a foreign government. However the government in question is Turkey not Russia.
I wonder whether this may explain the otherwise highly oppressive and legally dubious decision to force RT to register under FARA as a foreign agent?
Flynn did appear on RT on a number of occasions, and did attend an RT dinner where he was famously photographed sitting at the same table as President Putin.
This post was published at Zero Hedge on Nov 24, 2017.

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Marg Helgenberger is pictured with William Petersen, Jorja Fox, Eric Szmanda and Paul Guilfoyle on the set of the series finale.
“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” stars return to the set one last time before the show ends for good. The original cast, including Marg Helgenberger (Catherine Willows), William Petersen (Gil Grissom), Jorja Fox (Sara Sidle), Eric Szmanda (Greg Sanders) and Paul Guilfoyle (Jim Brass), have been pictured together as they’re filming the series finale.
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Taking place a few years after the Legacy of the Force trilogy (which I haven't read yet), Han Solo and his wife Leia have a new ward named Allana (for those of you who haven't read that trilogy either, I won't reveal who that is). On a routine flight onboard the Falcon, Allana finds a weird contraption on the ship, something which Han surprisingly has no clue about what it is. Meanwhile, a pilot from the time of Emperor Palpatine's ascension, who was flying the Falcon (though it was called something else) on a last ditch mission until a collision in space, has awoken from his sixty year coma with a phrase in his mind and a determination to discover just what the Republic senators had hidden in his ship that was so important. For that, he'll need to find his old ship. Needless to say, these stories end up intersecting.
The concept behind Millennium Falcon is actually quite nice: a pleasant little treasure hunt for the Solos after the horrible events of Legacy. In fact, that's the tone that Luceno sets throughout the book. There is very little real sense of danger anywhere in this book, which makes the one or two places where there is a little danger seem completely out of place, not to mention tacked on. The Solos backtrack along the Falcon's previous owners; meanwhile, Jadak is moving from his time forward, and the inevitability of their meeting just hangs throughout the novel. The plot jumps back and forth between the two, and occasionally also covers a collector of "Republicana" (mementos of the days before the Emperor) who is also determined to find whatever treasure Jadak is seeking.
There are a few scenes here and there that look like they'll lead into the next series (as advertised in the back of this one, so that's not a guess), but these also feel out of place in what seems otherwise to be a standalone adventure. In fact, if this is supposed to be some kind of bridge between the two series, it makes the whole book seem even more inconsequential and pointless as nothing really happens except these couple of scenes. Maybe the new series will end up making this a crucial book, but that doesn't prevent the reader from asking "what was the point of this again?" at the end of this book.
This would all be fine if Luceno had written a book with interesting characters and situations. Unfortunately, he hasn't. Han and Leia are, as usual, great (they're hard to get wrong, though Luceno has succeeded with Han before). It's the rest of the characters who I really had trouble caring anything about. There were quite a few owners of the Falcon between Jadak and Han, and I only cared about a couple of their stories, thus making the others' stories truly boring. Chapter-ending cliffhangers are brought to uninteresting conclusions (one of them is actually resolved "off camera"!), the stories being told by the previous owners didn't grab me at all, and the stench of mediocrity just shone through this book like a beacon.
In fact, some of the stories just seemed like an attempt to showcase a "great idea" Luceno had but didn't want to build a full story around. Ohhhh! What if there was a planet that took our litigious society to an extreme, and judges and lawyers are the celebrities! Ohhhh! How about a planet with an intergalactic pet show, where some of the owners are even weirder-looking than the pets!!! Ohhhhh, please. And don't get me started on the coincidence that brings all three sets of characters together for the finale.
That's not to say that the book was all bad, of course. There are a couple of nice nods to the old Brian Daley Han Solo books (I caught two of them from memory, but he may have referenced all three). It was fun to see Leia and Han (and Allana, too, but I'm not familiar with her character) all enjoying themselves a bit after all of the horror they faced in the previous series. There are also a few good humorous spots in the book, especially those involving Jadak's co-opted companion, Poste.
Overall, though, Millennium Falcon doesn't live up to its namesake, and the ship may never forgive Luceno for it. It's filler material in the grand Star Wars saga, but even filler material is supposed to be *good* filler. This isn't, and it seems like such a waste.
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The Assassination of the Archduke
In The Assassination of the Archduke, Greg King and Sue Woolmans offer readers a vivid account of the lives - and cruel deaths - of Franz Ferdinand and his beloved Sophie. Combining royal biography, romance, and political assassination, the story unfolds against a backdrop of glittering privilege and an Imperial Court consumed with hatred, taking readers from Bohemian castles to the horrors of Nazi concentration camps in a compelling, fascinating human drama. As moving as the fabled romance of Nicholas and Alexandra, as dramatic as Mayerling, Sarajevo resonates with love and loss, triumph and tragedy in a vibrant and powerful narrative. It lays bare the lethal circumstances surrounding that fateful Sunday morning in 1914, examining not only the Serbian conspiracy that killed Franz and Sophie and sparked the First World War but also insinuations about the hidden powers in Vienna that may well have sent them to their deaths.
With a Foreword from the Archduke's great-granddaughter, Princess Sophie von Hohenberg, and drawing on a wide variety of unpublished sources and with unique access to previously restricted Hungarian and Czech archives, including Sophie's diaries and family papers, King and Woolmans have written the most comprehensive account of this momentous event available in English. In doing so, they offer readers an intriguing and startlingly revisionist look at this most famous of Archdukes, his family, and their momentous collision with destiny in 1914.
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"No minority school can be abandoned to its fate"
In the statement made by the Association of Western Thrace Minority Schools Councillors Association, a call for nomination was made to the parents for the upcoming councillor elections.
In the statement made on the social media account of the Union of Councillors, it was stated that the calendar for the election of the committees of councillors will be announced in the coming days.
Calling on the parents of minority schools, the Union of Councillors invited the parents to apply for candidature and stated that no minority school can be left to its fate.
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As it is known, the Boards of Councillors in our minority schools are elected every 3 years. The term of office of the current Boards of Councillors will expire on 31 December 2023.
In the coming days, it is expected that the election timetable for the appointment of new Boards of Councillors will be announced.
We invite all parents of minority schools to apply for candidature in accordance with the schedule to be announced.
Let us not forget that the Boards of Councillors are the administrators of minority schools and no minority school should be left to its fate."


OKLAHOMA CITY - A swing and a miss. And they're out.
Once again, things had lined up for the Missouri baseball team to reach the final of the Big 12 Championship at Bricktown Ballpark. All the Tigers needed to do was win.
Instead, the Tigers are back in Columbia, tending to their self-inflicted wounds and waiting for tomorrow's announcement of the NCAA field.
"We've got to put this behind us as quick as possible," senior right fielder Jacob Priday said. "New season, so to speak, starts Friday. We've got to be ready for that."
Two more errors - both by MU starting pitcher Ian Berger - helped Texas A&M snap an eight-game losing streak with a 6-2 victory yesterday in the final game of pool play. That eliminated the Tigers from tournament title contention.
Texas, which Missouri defeated on the opening day of the tournament, beat Oklahoma 11-10 earlier yesterday, and the Tigers' loss allowed the Longhorns to back into today's championship game.
Berger's own fifth-inning miscues led to a four-run Texas A&M outbreak, spoiling a tight pitching matchup with Aggies starter Barret Loux.
Big 12 Player of the Year Jose Duran hit a three-run home run and Kyle Colligan and Luke Anders also went deep for the Aggies (43-16).
Texas A&M won a record 16 straight Big 12 games earlier this season but ran into trouble down the stretch. The Aggies lost twice to Nebraska before a sweep at the hands of Texas nearly let Oklahoma State grab a share of the conference title. The Aggies then opened tournament play with two straight losses. Once thought to be a national seed in the NCAA Tournament, Texas A&M could have slipped out of the top eight.
"Today was our championship game, and we did a great job of executing," Colligan said. "We hit the ball well when we needed to. This is a big-time win."
Greg Folgia and Steve Gray homered for the Tigers (38-19), who were only outhit 7-6.
"If you look at the scoreboard, the numbers are very similar, except for the final score," Missouri Coach Tim Jamieson said. "The big three-run home run after a couple defensive mistakes on our part was really the difference in the game. Outside of that, it was a pretty evenly played game."
Errors, which cost the Tigers in Thursday night's 4-3 loss to Oklahoma, again bit Missouri yesterday.
On Thursday, with a chance to clinch their first appearance in the championship game since 2004, the Tigers committed four errors and a handful of other defensive miscues - the final one a bobbled ground ball that put the winning run on base in the bottom of the ninth.
Yesterday, the pitcher had only himself to blame.
Berger walked No. 9 hitter Brooks Raley with one out in the fifth inning. Missouri's junior right-hander then attempted to pick Raley off first, but first baseman Gray couldn't snag the throw, as he had to reach around the runner. The ball bounced into a tarp along the fence and stopped as Raley raced around to third. Colligan reached the bat out and connected with an outside curveball, punching a hit into right to score Raley. Dane Carter dropped a bunt, which Berger fielded, but the throw hit off Carter's helmet. Duran followed with a home run to left field.
"When I had to overcome" my throwing error, "I didn't," said Berger, who allowed four hits and struck out four in six innings. "Hung a breaking ball, and Duran's a good hitter, one of the best in the Big 12, and he made me pay for it."
Until that point, it looked as if it would be Missouri's third one-run game of the tournament.
Berger gave up just one hit - Colligan's third-inning home run to left-center field, which gave the Aggies their first lead of the week - through his first four innings.
Loux was just as efficient. Missouri put two runners on with two outs in the first inning, but then Loux retired six straight before Ryan Lollis' two-out single in the third. The Tigers had two runners in scoring position with two outs in the sixth, but Loux got Kurt Calvert to ground out. Missouri also wasted Aaron Senne's leadoff single in the sixth.
Other than the home run hitters, only one Missouri runner - Trevor Coleman - reached third base.
"He located his fastball on both sides of the plate and threw his changeup for a strike when he needed to," A&M Coach Rob Childress said of Loux, who scattered four hits and three walks in 61/3 shutout innings. "He didn't throw one breaking ball today."
Folgia homered to right field leading off the eighth against reliever Kyle Thebeau. Senne also drilled a ball that inning, but Colligan made a spectacular diving catch to rob the Tigers of any momentum.
"They're one of the top teams in the nation. They've proved that through the years," Priday said. "Any time you run into a team like that, it's going to be trouble."
Anders homered to left off MU freshman Nick Tepesch in the eighth. Gray homered to right off Travis Starling in the ninth.
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Kathleen Moore can’t wait to share her new novel The Jeweled Kingdom at a book launch and signing on Friday, January 20, in Bella Coola.
A multi-generational story with characters who travel between different worlds, the book is the story of three women, Moore said.
“A grandmother and her daughter escape to a farm in a valley that is very similar to Bella Coola from another dimension. They ran away from a man they called a sorcerer because he had taken control of their daughter’s husband.”
The characters in the story are able to use gems to do good things. They can channel their power through various gemstones to perform what some people would call miracles or magic.
Before the escape, the grandmother was the queen of one country and the daughter was married to the heir to the throne of another.
Upon arriving at the farm, the daughter realizes that she will have a child.
In the end, the grandmother and mother realize that the child has great power and will be the one to save everyone.
Moore started working on the book about 11 years ago, though it didn’t take that long to write it.
She has been trying to find a publisher for the last five or so years, and recently decided to go the self-publishing route.
When asked about her writing, she said that usually something suddenly interests her and she will write about it.
“I do that with my poetry as well.”
Moore grew up in Ontario. She and her husband Tom moved to the Bella Coola Valley in 1974 with three children under the age of four. They have six grandchildren.
Since 1995, they have been running a small greenhouse business.
While growing up, she enjoyed writing and for years created prose and poetry, and some of her songs were used for various celebrations. In 1967, she won the Birks Prize for English.
“My approach to writing is also very visual because stories unfold in my mind like a movie.”
A pen, ink and watercolor artist, she has exhibited her work at several exhibitions and created the cover for The Jeweled Kingdom.
“We live in a beautiful place,” she added. “The people are so friendly – you can’t beat that.”
Bella Coola Valley has been known for its creativity for years, she added.
“There are so many artists and so many musicians here. It’s impressive.”
Several books written by local authors have been published recently, including a historical book, a sci-fi romance, a mystery, a children’s book, and her YA fantasy.
He is in the middle of writing a sequel.
The book launch and signing will be held at The Art House Gallery run by the Bella Coola Valley Arts Council.
It starts at 19:00
With files from Kathleen Moore


Maryland’s four dozen hospitals are scrambling to prepare for a potential surge of patients sickened by the new coronavirus. Officials are upgrading old flu pandemic plans and inventorying protective gear, medical equipment, staff and beds.
They are, however, facing some tough math.
Federal authorities have estimated that a moderate outbreak like the flu pandemic in 1968 would mean 1 million people hospitalized, including 200,000 needing intensive care. If it’s more like the severe 1918 flu pandemic, 2.9 million could need the ICU.
If Maryland had a proportional share of severely ill patients based on its population, hospitals would need roughly 3,700 ICU beds for a moderate outbreak to 53,000 for a severe one. According to the state Health Care Commission from fiscal year 2018, the latest publicly available, the state has only about 1,200 ICU beds.
“We are sprinting to make sure we don’t have to shift to a crisis standard of care,” said Dr. David Marcozzi, who leads COVID-19 preparedness for the University of Maryland Medical System, which has about 200 ICU beds among its 13 hospitals. “We are putting every step in place so that if we do get a surge in patients, we have the ability to maintain a standard level of care.”
Marcozzi said demand for crisis care is what overwhelmed hospitals in Italy.
Maryland has a total of about 9,400 hospital beds, which serve medical, surgical, ob-gyn, pediatric and psychiatric patients. Hospitals will continue to treat patients in need, such as heart attack victims and pregnant women, but could reassess offering elective procedures, officials say.
So far, Maryland only has 12 cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, and few are hospitalized. Several are considered recovered. But the state logged its first case of “community spread,” a case in which a person did not travel to a heavily affected country or knowingly come into contact with an infected person.
More such cases are expected, said Dr. Timothy Chizmar, state EMS medical director at the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems.
MIEMSS, which coordinates the statewide emergency medical system, has been taking a daily census of available hospital beds, as well as things such as ventilators that are likely to be in high demand for COVID-19′s sickest patients, Chizmar said. Since the count began earlier this month, beds have been up to 90 percent full.
Chizmar said hospitals across the country are required by their accrediting agency to plan for surges and be able to add a minimum of 10% to 20% more beds in unused areas of the hospitals. He said they likely could add far more. They also could work with state health officials to move patients that do not need critical care and cancel elective procedures altogether.
Some already have tents set up outside to triage potential coronavirus cases, a measure that adds space and protects health care workers and other inside from infection.
Chizmar said extra medical staff could come from health care positions outside of hospitals or workers willing to add hours.
“There is an element that we don’t know what’s coming," he said. “We have had the opportunity to get a jump start on this, so I feel we have that advantage."
Chizmar said closing schools and businesses and canceling events may seem like an extreme response with so few local cases, but it’s designed to restrain the growth of cases so medical providers don’t have to face an untenable situation in which there isn’t enough care.
Health systems across the country will be tested, he said. There are more than 1,663 cases nationwide and 40 deaths reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The country has about 46,500 ICU beds and “perhaps an equal number of other ICU beds that could be used in a crisis,” according to a recent assessment from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Health Security.
But, it added, “Even spread out over several months, the mismatch between demand and resources is clear.”
Bob Atlas, CEO of the Maryland Hospital Association, said no one knows how many cases there will be, but hospital and state officials are working on “creative and flexible” ways to ensure everyone who needs care gets it.
He added that not every coronavirus patient will need the ICU. Health officials have said about 80% of cases are expected to be mild to moderate and 20% more serious.
“The question is not how many beds there are, but how many places people can be cared for when they’re ill and what is the appropriate level of care for each one,” he said.
“Hospital space can and will be made quickly available with a surge of critically ill patients," Atlas said. “Many hospitals have activated their emergency response plans to be ready for community need. ... Remember that responding to disasters is not new to hospitals. Emergency preparedness is a year-round activity that is done within each facility, health system, and region.”
For now, hospitals say they’re preparing as they go about their business of caring for patients. Johns Hopkins Medicine, for example, said it has not canceled elective procedures, though Hopkins hospitals and many others have limited visitors to protect their patients.
A real concern is the health of medical providers, said Gene Ransom, CEO of MedChi, the state association of doctors. If they get sick they can’t treat patients.
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He said it’s critical that people with symptoms do not go to the emergency room, where they can infect staff and other sick patients. They need to call their health care provider or the health department. If they are deemed a candidate for testing, officials will develop a plan, he said.
An issue so far, however, has been a lack of testing, which Ransom said means no one knows how many people already have the virus or where they may spread it, potentially including in emergency departments.
“We are sprinting to make sure we don’t have to shift to a crisis standard of care.”— Dr. David Marcozzi, who leads COVID-19 preparedness for the University of Maryland Medical System
“There is a level of anger at the federal government for how badly they have handled the issue,” he said of the slow rollout of test kits and the narrow parameters of people allowed to be tested.
The Maryland Department of Health reported Wednesday that the state had run tests on samples for about 90 people, resulting in the 12 positives. The state is no longer saying how many tests it’s running. And, beyond the state lab, officials have not said just where the samples can be analyzed after a doctor orders a test and a hospital takes a nose or throat swab.
MedChi is encouraging medical staff to use telemedicine whenever possible. Ransom said such systems even could be used to allow quarantined doctors and nurses to continue treating patients from home isolation if they are well enough.
Mostly, he said, he wants the public and hospitals to all follow guidance to prevent staff or patients from getting the new coronavirus. Hospitals need good screening processes, for example, and plans for when people come in with symptoms without calling first.
“We have to be concerned about this situation,” he said. “No physician alive has dealt with something like this. We need to act as if it’s going to be bad. If it’s really severe we simply won’t have the capacity to handle it.”


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The introduction of anthropogenic micropollutants poses an extreme threat to aquatic ecosystems and drinking water resources..
Waste water from sewage treatment plants contains numerous residues of drugs, corrosion inhibitors, pesticides, cosmetics and many other man-made substances, which have a hormone-like effect as endocrinological disruptors and which have been proven to trigger massive, in extreme cases even fatal malfunctions in the bodies of highly developed organisms.
Up to 5.000 chemicals are present in an average household, the residues of which are often disposed of in the waste water.
An additional burden of micropollutants is introduced by industry.
Studies have shown, for example, that the beta-blocker metoprolol and the anti-epileptic drug carbamazepine damage organs in fish.
Even a change in gender characteristics in fish could be documented as being caused by the contraceptive ethinylestradiol.
Even the smallest amounts (nanograms per litre ng/l) of bisphenol A (BPA) in drinking water lead to massive obesity in mice, for example, due to an increase in fat cells.
Another problem that is spreading rapidly is the fact that, due to the excessive accumulation of antibiotic drugs in rivers and lakes, bacteria is developing multi-resistance to these substances.
In Germany, for example, experiments have shown that bacteria are now even resistant to reserve antibiotics, which were designed to ensure that humans continue to be protected in the event that the effect of existing antibiotics fails.
Only by retrofitting an additional clarification stage can the continuous introduction of micropollutants into the invironment, which primarily occurs through the sewage treatment plants, be stopped.
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Intensatec has developed two water technologies based on many years of research, which can solve this problem.
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For example, a treatment plant with a surface area of approx. 100m2 for the P.II industrial can even clean 800m3 of water per hour of micropollutants and therefore not further contaminate waste water.
Processing a volume of 1.600m3 of water per hour only requires about 140m2 of space.
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Man claims to have knife during bus stop robbery
A man at a bus stop was robbed late Wednesday by another man claiming to have a knife, police said.
West Covina police Lt. Jerry Pearman said the victim, a man in his mid-20s, was at a bus stop at Valinda and Service avenues about 9:30 when he was approached by a robber described only as between 17 and 22 years old.
"(The robber) stated that he had a knife and demanded the victim's property," Pearman said. The man turned over his money, and the robber walked away.
South Hills band to host yard sale fundraiser
A yard sale benefitting the South Hills High School band program will be held from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 11 at the Covina Education Center at 160 N. Barranca Ave.
Those who wish to support the band program are encouraged to purchase something from the yard sale or donate items.
Donated items can be dropped off the day of the yard sale, or at the band room at South Hills High School, 645 S. Barranca St., in West Covina.
The program is also collecting old shoes for the Cash4Shoes drive until Sept. 21.
For more information, call the band's booster president Gerald Aguilar at 626-255-2881.
Dare to Care cut-a-thon fundraiser slated Aug. 18
In memory of Pat Allen, several downtown Covina salons will gather for the
The event - in honor of Councilman Walt Allen's late wife - serves as a fundraiser cut-a-thon, with proceeds going toward the Citrus Valley Health Foundation.
Pat Allen was a longtime resident of Covina and supported many community organizations and causes. She died at Citrus Valley Hospice after a 16-year battle with cancer.
Haircuts are $30 for women, $25 for men and $20 for kids.
For more information, visit www.cvhf.org or call 626-814-2421.
A workshop led by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health will address hoarding at 1 p.m. Aug. 30, at La Fetra Center, 333 E. Foothill Blvd., Glendora.
The free presentation will address why hoarding may be common among seniors and sheds light on how hoarding can affect those around them.
The workshop distinguishes between collecting, cluttering and hoarding, emphasizing the need for treatment for those who have a significant problem.
Pre-register at La Fetra Center or for more information, call 626-914-0560.
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Synthesis and characterization of hyaluronic acid–platinum(iv) nanoconjugate with enhanced antitumor response and reduced adverse effects
A hyaluronic acid–platinum(IV) nanoconjugate with a high drug loading capacity was developed to mitigate the side effects of platinum(II). Pt(IV), HA–EDA, and HA–EDA–Pt(IV) nanoconjugates were investigated by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, FT-NIR, and DSC. Negatively charged polymer–drug conjugates were of a uniform size around 186.4 nm and spherical in shape. In vitro antiproliferation and in vivo apoptosis assays proved that the nanomedicine possessed high cytotoxicity towards cancer cells. The enhanced antitumor effect was attributed to HA receptor-mediated endocytosis. Nanoscale conjugates exhibited desirable blood compatibility and negligible stimulation to blood vessels. The systemic toxicity study showed that polymer–drug conjugates were much safer than the parent drug evidenced by biochemical and histological analyses. The concise design of the nanoconjugate offers a simple way to overcome the toxicity and non-selectivity of cisplatin, which could improve therapeutical outcomes of platinum drugs in cancer therapy.


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Social distancing is the only way to stop the coronavirus.
We don’t yet know the full ramifications of the novel coronavirus. But four crucial facts have become clear in the first months of this extraordinary global event.
The first fact is that, at least in the initial stages, documented cases of COVID-19 seem to increase in exponential fashion. On the 23rd of January, China’s Hubei province, which contains the city of Wuhan, had 444 confirmed COVID-19 cases. A week later, by the 30th of January, it had 4,903 cases. Another week later, by the 6th of February, it had 22,112.
The same story is now playing out in other countries around the world. Italy had 62 identified cases of COVID-19 on the 22nd of February. It had 888 cases by the 29th of February, and 4,636 by the 6th of March.
Because the United States has been extremely sluggish in testing patients for the coronavirus, the official tally of 604 likely represents a fraction of the real caseload. But even if we take this number at face value, it suggests that we should prepare to have up to 10 times as many cases a week from today, and up to 100 times as many cases two weeks from today.
The second fact is that this disease is deadlier than the flu, to which the honestly ill-informed and the wantonly irresponsible insist on comparing it. Early guesstimates, made before data were widely available, suggested that the fatality rate for the coronavirus might wind up being about 1 percent. If that guess proves true, the coronavirus is 10 times as deadly as the flu.
But there is reason to fear that the fatality rate could be much higher. According to the World Health Organization, the current case fatality rate—a common measure of what portion of confirmed patients die from a particular disease—stands at 3.4 percent. This figure could be an overstatement, because mild cases of the disease are less likely to be diagnosed. Or it could be an understatement, because many patients have already been diagnosed with the virus but have not yet recovered.
When the coronavirus first spread to South Korea, many observers pointed to the comparatively low death rates in the country to justify undue optimism. In countries with highly developed medical systems, they claimed, a smaller portion of patients would die. But while more than half of all diagnosed patients in China have now been cured, most South Korean patients are still in the throes of the disease. Of the 7,478 confirmed cases, only 118 have recovered; the low death rate may yet rise.
Meanwhile, the news from Italy, another country with a highly developed medical system, has so far been shockingly bad. In the affluent region of Lombardy, for example, there have been 7,375 confirmed cases of the virus as of Sunday. Of these patients, 622 had recovered, 366 had died, and the majority were still sick. Even under the highly implausible assumption that all of the still-sick make a full recovery, this would suggest a case fatality rate of 5 percent—significantly higher, not lower, than in China.
The third fact is that so far only one measure has been effective against the coronavirus: extreme social distancing.
Before China canceled all public gatherings, asked most citizens to self-quarantine, and sealed off the most heavily affected region, the virus was spreading in exponential fashion. Once the government imposed social distancing, the number of new cases leveled off; now, at least according to official statistics, every day brings more news of existing patients who are healed than of patients who are newly infected.
A few other countries have taken energetic steps to increase social distancing before the epidemic reached devastating proportions. In Singapore, for example, the government quickly canceled public events and installed medical stations to measure the body temperature of passersby while private companies handed out free hand sanitizer. As a result, the number of cases has grown much more slowly than in nearby countries.
Finally, the coronavirus is destroying the economies of the world, it is estimated that the losses in just three months, are greater than 2.7 Trillion dollars, which can lead us to a process of global economic depression.
What can we do now, just be responsible to ourselves and the people around us, think and not stop planning our life and our events once the high peak of contagion ends and the health systems improve.


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Journal Broadcast completes sale of Palm Springs TV stations
Journal Broadcast Group Inc. said Tuesday it has closed on the sale of two Palm Springs, Calif., television stations for $17 million in cash.
Stations KMIR and KPSE were sold to OTA Broadcasting LLC. Journal Broadcast Group, a subsidiary of the Milwaukee-based media company Journal Communications Inc., had acquired KMIR in 1999 and KPSE in 2008. KMIR is affiliated with NBC and KPSE is a MyNetwork affiliate.
Journal Communications owns and operates 13 television stations and 35 radio stations in 11 states. It also publishes the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and JSOnline.com and several community publications in Wisconsin.
Kalil & Co. Inc. represented Journal Communications in the transaction, while Media Venture Partners LLC represented OTA.
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The Yankees officially announced their 2020 Spring Training Non-Roster Invitees (NRI) Monday morning, with some of the players expected to see time in the Bronx this summer.
Included among the invitees are top pitching prospect Clarke Schmidt, and veteran competitors for the backup catching position: Chris Iannetta, Erik Kratz, and Josh Thole.
Schmidt is a prime candidate to be called up this season should an injury or ineffectiveness occur in the starting rotation. There’s also the possibility that J.A. Happ could still be traded at some point.
Another pitcher hoping to wear the pinstripes this season is ex-Angel Nick Tropeano. The right-hander started 14 games for the Halos in 2018 but made just three Major League appearances last season. He missed the last two months of the 2016 season and all of 2017 due to Tommy John surgery.
Additionally, pitchers Dan Otero, David Hale, Tyler Lyons, Domingo Acevedo, Luis Avilan, and Alexander Vizcaino are among this year’s NRI list.
Otero, who was in the Yankees organization for a day back in March of 2013, spent the last four seasons with the Indians after a combined four seasons with the A’s and Giants. He made 25 appearances out of the pen last season without much success. He’s definitely looked at to add depth to the Scranton RailRiders roster.
Both Hale (20 games) and Lyons (11 games) pitched for the Yankees last season with mixed results. Lyons also appeared in one game each in the ALDS and ALCS. He’ll be competing for a lefty specialist spot.
Acevedo is a 6’7″ right-hander with a power arm and the ability to pitch in the Majors, but he needs to have a consistent season at Scranton. He threw well for the Trenton Thunder last season but didn’t make the most of his 10 appearances at Triple-A.
Avilan is a 30-year old right-hander who made 45 appearances for the Mets last season. The Yankees are the seventh organization he’ll be looking to pitch with, though he’s a longshot for a call up.
The 22-year old Vizcaino has spent five seasons in the Yankees’ farm system after being signed out of the Dominican Republic. After the 2019 season, Baseball America ranked him as the Yankees ninth-best prospect. He mixes a power fastball with a top-notch changeup.
Three outfielders are among the invitees, including one of the best names in baseball, Zack Granite (who e really could be playing in Bedrock with Fred Flintstone).
Granite spent last season playing for the Rangers’ Triple-A affiliate in Nashville after spending his first six years in the Twins organization. The local product (who grew up in Staten Island and went to Seton Hall University) made his Major League debut in 2017, posting a .611 OPS in 40 games.
Trey Amburgey and Thomas Milone are the other two full-time outfielders in camp.
Amburgey was a 13th-round pick by the Yankees in the 2015 draft and he had a solid 2019 season for Scranton. He posted a .274/.329/.494 split with 22 HR and 62 RBI in 470 at-bats.
The lefty-hitting, lefty-throwing Milone spent his first seven seasons in the Rays’ organization before inking a deal with the Bombers. He’s shown tremendous power but not much else.
Kelling Deglan and Wynston Sawyer are the two additional catchers in camp, each without Major League experience. The Rangers made him the 22nd overall pick in the 2010 draft but he has spent most of his time bouncing between Double-A and Triple-A.
Sawyer was an eighth-round pick by the Orioles in 2010. He’s also played in the Dodgers’ and Twins’ systems. A few years ago, Sawyer’s Isolated Slugging percentage (ISO) ranked high among minor league catchers but he hasn’t progressed since then.
Chris Gittens, Kyle Holder, and Rosell Herrera round out the list of 19 NRIs.
Gittens, a 12th-round pick in 2014, was impressive at Trenton last year with 23 HR, 77 RBI, and an .890 OPS. The first baseman/DH who turns 26 on Tuesday, must continue to show growth at Scranton this year if he wants to make it to the Majors in 2021.
Holder, taken with the 30th-overall pick in the 2015 draft, is a utility infielder who can play up the middle or at the hot corner. He’s a solid gloveman with a bit of pop, but doesn’t hit enough to be looked at as an everyday player.
Herrera has 149 Major League games under his belt, having played with the Reds, Royals, and Marlins over the last two years. He’s seen time at second base, shortstop, third base, and all three outfield positions. His defensive versatility gives him a chance to be the last man on a Major League roster since his hitting leaves much to be desired.
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2015 Mercedes C-Class leaked
Well just last week, presumably, someone at the Mercedes HQ leaked interior photos of the upcoming 2015 C-Class to the members of the press who circulated it on the press just so we can be the first to see it. And now, in keeping with tradition of leaking photos just before the big unveil on the stage at an auto show, the full car has been leaked.
The pictures come as a courtesy of a Spanish website, DiarioMotor, which show a sporty looking C-Class which takes its design inspiration from the CLA and the S-Class.
The full car will be revealed at the Detroit Auto Show in January next year with a few new things including airmatic suspension which we’ve come to know that the C-Class will have apart from the many more things we don’t.