'It's all about the money': Heading to oil jobs in North Dakota

Time profiles people who have migrated to North Dakota looking for work.

"The car business beat me around a lot and I got laid off and knew someone out here so I gave him a call and he was looking for some help," says Craig Bitter in the video documentary.

"It's all about the money. It's the only reason people come out here, I am pretty sure. I think if they say something else they are lying."

North Dakota has America's lowest unemployment rate. ABout 30,000 workers are employed in the oil and gas fields, a six-fold increase over eight years.

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Woman's fatal fall from Six Flags coaster probed

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ? A woman who died while riding a 14-story roller coaster at Six Flags amusement park in North Texas apparently fell from the ride, police said.

Park spokeswoman Sharon Parker confirmed that a woman died while riding the Texas Giant roller coaster ? dubbed the tallest steel-hybrid coaster in the world ? but did not give specifics of what happened.

"We are committed to determining the cause of this tragic accident and will utilize every resource throughout this process," Parker said in a statement Saturday. "It would be a disservice to the family to speculate regarding what transpired."

Arlington Police Sgt. Christopher Cook told The Associated Press that police believe the woman fell from the ride at the Six Flags Over Texas park. He added that there appears to have been no foul play.

Cook also said police, fire and emergency medical services responded to the park around 6:45 p.m. Friday in reference to a woman who had fallen from a train car while riding a roller coaster. He said the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman was not immediately identified by authorities.

The amusement park and the Texas Department of Insurance, which approves amusement rides and ensures they are inspected, are further investigating the accident, Cook said.

Carmen Brown told The Dallas Morning News that she was waiting in line to get on the Texas Giant and witnessed the woman being strapped in ? and then what ensued.

"She goes up like this. Then when it drops to come down, that's when it (the safety bar) released and she just tumbled," Brown, of Arlington, told the newspaper.

Six Flags said the ride would be closed while the investigation continues.

At 14 stories high, the Texas Giant has a drop of 79 degrees and a bank of 95 degrees. It can carry up to 24 riders. It first opened in 1990 as an all-wooden coaster and underwent a $10 million renovation to install steel-hybrid rails and reopened in 2011.

Six Flags Over Texas opened in 1961 and was the first amusement park in the Six Flags system. It is 17 miles west of downtown Dallas. The park's first fatality occurred in 1999. A 28-year-old Arkansas woman drowned and 10 other passengers were injured when a raft-like boat on the Roaring Rapids ride overturned in 2 to 3 feet of water.

There were 1,204 ride-related injuries reported in the United States in 2011 ? about 4.3 for every million visitors ? according to the National Safety Council's most recent data. Of those, 61 were deemed serious, the March 2013 report said, and roller coasters accounted for 405 injuries.

Fatalities were not listed in the report, which was prepared for Alexandria, Va.-based International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions. Also, only 144 of the 383 amusement facilities with rides in the United States responded to the survey.

A 2005 report to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimated just over four people died annually on amusement rides from 1987 to 2002. The estimate includes both mobile amusement park rides and fixed-site rides.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/womans-fatal-fall-six-flags-coaster-probed-023406248.html

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Report: NSA bugged European Union offices, computer networks

By Annika Breidthardt and Ben Deighton, Reuters

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The United States has bugged European Union offices and gained access to EU internal computer networks, according to secret documents cited in a German magazine on Saturday, the latest in a series of exposures of alleged U.S. spy programs.

Der Spiegel quoted from a September 2010 "top secret" U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) document that it said fugitive former NSA contractor Edward Snowden had taken with him, and the weekly's journalists had seen in part.

The document outlines how the NSA bugged offices and spied on EU internal computer networks in Washington and at the United Nations, not only listening to conversations and phone calls but also gaining access to documents and emails.

The document explicitly called the EU a "target".

A spokesman for the Office of the U.S. Director of National Intelligence had no comment on the Der Spiegel story.

Martin Schulz, the president of the European Parliament, said that if the report was correct, it would have a "severe impact" on relations between the EU and the United States.

"On behalf of the European Parliament, I demand full clarification and require further information speedily from the U.S. authorities with regard to these allegations," he said in an emailed statement.

American fugitive Edward Snowden has taken his low profile to a new level. A week ago he landed Sheremetyevo Airport's transit zone to take refuge, and no one has spotted him since. NBC's Jim Maceda reports.

Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn told Der Spiegel: "If these reports are true, it's disgusting.

"The United States would be better off monitoring its secret services rather than its allies. We must get a guarantee from the very highest level now that this stops immediately."

Snowden's disclosures in foreign media about U.S. surveillance programs have ignited a political furor in the United States and abroad over the balance between privacy rights and national security.

According to Der Spiegel, the NSA also targeted telecommunications at the Justus Lipsius building in Brussels, home to the European Council, the collective of EU national governments.

Without citing sources, the magazine reported that more than five years ago security officers at the EU had noticed several missed calls and traced them to NSA offices within the NATO compound in Brussels.

Each EU member state has rooms in Justus Lipsius with phone and internet connections, which ministers can use.

Snowden, a U.S. citizen, fled the United States to Hong Kong in May, a few weeks before the publication in the Guardian and the Washington Post of details he provided about secret U.S. government surveillance of internet and phone traffic.

Snowden, 30, has been holed up in a Moscow airport transit area since last weekend. The leftist government of Ecuador is reviewing his request for asylum.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions.

The North fired two missiles Saturday morning and another in the afternoon, South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said by phone. He said the North's intent was unclear. His ministry said it is watching North Korea carefully in case it conducts a provocation against South Korea.

In March, North Korea launched what appeared to be two KN-02 missiles off its east coast. Experts believe the country is trying to improve the range and accuracy of its arsenal.

North Korea recently withdrew two mid-range "Musudan" missiles believed to be capable of reaching Guam after moving them to its east coast earlier this year, U.S. officials said. The North is banned from testing ballistic missiles under U.N. Security Council resolutions.

Earlier this year, North Korea threatened nuclear strikes on Seoul and Washington because of annual U.S.-South Korean military drills and U.N. sanctions imposed over its third nuclear test in February. The drills ended late last month. This past month, the U.S. and South Korea ended another round of naval drills involving a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier off the east coast. North Korea calls such drills preparation to invade the North.

Analysts say the recent North Korean threats were partly an attempt to push Washington to agree to disarmament-for-aid talks.

In response to Saturday's missile test, the U.S. said threats or provocations will only further isolate North Korea from the rest of the world and undermine international efforts to bring peace and stability to Northeast Asia.

"We continue to urge the North Korean leadership to heed President Obama's call to choose the path of peace and come into compliance with its international obligations," said National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden.

This past week, Glyn Davies, the top U.S. envoy on North Korea, ended trips to South Korea, China and Japan. On Friday, an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned from North Korea but didn't immediately give details of his talks with officials there.

On Monday, North Korean state media showed that the country's hard-line defense minister had been replaced by a little-known army general. Outside analysts said it was part of leader Kim Jong Un's efforts to tighten his grip on the powerful military after his father Kim Jong Il died in December 2011.

The United States and Japan are participants in six-nation nuclear disarmament talks along with North and South Korea, Russia and China. North Korea walked out of the talks in 2009 after the United Nations condemned it for a long-range rocket launch.

North Korea possesses an array of missiles. U.S. and South Korean officials do not believe the North's claim that it has developed nuclear warheads small enough to place on a missile. Last week in Washington, South Korean President Park Geun-hye and President Barack Obama warned North Korea against further nuclear provocations.

Tension between the two Koreas remains high after both sides pulled out their workers from a jointly run factory complex earlier this year. The countries remain technically at war after the 1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce instead of a peace treaty.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/skorea-says-nkorea-fires-3-short-range-missiles-075933659.html

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Why blogging matters to business - Blogging Tips

Running an online business? Then you need blogs as one of the arrows in your internet marketing quiver. There?s no better way to portray your business in a good way to both prospects and repeat customers alike. Following are a few of the best reasons why you can?t afford to ignore this tool and hope to achieve online success.

A blog helps you keep in touch with your customers

This technique has a lot going for it. Blogs are informal when they?re done right because that?s the tone most often used in business advertising, but beyond that they?re easy to maintain. With any one of the popular open source formats today like WordPress, you can change the text as often as you like and even shift around the entire look of the blog by changing the template. You need to be approachable to be successful in today?s market and that means taking advantage of the flexibility that blogs can provide. You can cater the tone to specific markets or even subsections of the same group and be alternately conversational or serious and academic as the situation dictates.

A blog provides a voice for your business

Image is everything in business and that applies on the Internet just as much as it did in the old brick and mortar days. With a blog, you can manage a business image much more effectively than with other mediums. For example, you can use a blog to tell potential clients about the company culture and even use the text to help clients get more familiar with the personal goings on in the business they might not otherwise see. Remember, this is the medium that can be updated more easily than traditional websites.

?Blogs can even act as your only web presence

Starting out in business can be a costly affair and many small businesses want to keep an eye on costs when they?re first getting underway. Blogs are a cheap way of getting the word out on the goods and services you?ve got to sell. They work very well when combined with seo and a website, but can also be very effective as a stand alone internet marketing technique.

Blogs are also flexible. They can act like a newsletter, ebrochure, or in a number of other capacities. It doesn?t matter they way you choose to use them, having blogs as part of your business arsenal will increase your exposure and online sales.

Source: http://www.bloggingtips.com/2013/05/12/blogging-matters-business/

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Tony and Jessica Rush ? Empower Network Hit $1 Million In Earnings

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Tony and Jessica Rush has hit the $1 million mark in total earnings with Empower Network.

Tony Rush is one of the real characters in the network marketing and personal development industries. He has been fulltime in network marketing since 1996, continues to actively build his organization today and has consistently been in the Top 10 income earners in his company.

In May of 2005, he received the prestigious ?Rising Star Award? for being the #1 team builder in his company after only 90 days.

Co-author of ?It?s Time?.For Network Marketing?, Tony is an internationally recognized expert in creating wealth in a home-based business. As a frequent guest on radio talk shows, podcasts and a consultant for home-based entrepreneurs in other companies, Tony has been a part of thousands of success stories over the years.

He?s been a featured speaker in several major cities in the United States as well as in Sydney Australia; Rome, Italy and Cancun, Mexico and has shared the stage with Bob Proctor (from the movie, ?The Secret?), Michael Losier (author of ?The Law of Attraction?), Phil Keoghan (host of ?The Amazing Race?), Lynn McTaggart (author of The Field and The Intention Experiment) and many more.

He currently serves on the Executive Marketing Council for a leading direct-sales company and also hosts the popular ?Wake Up To Success? call heard daily by thousands of network marketers in more than 65 countries each week.

He lives in Alabama with his wife Jessica, three sons and a dachshund named Bentley.

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Obama meets Arab Americans ahead of Mideast trip

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Just days ahead of his Mideast trip, President Barack Obama on Monday met with about 10 leaders of Arab American groups who encouraged him to deliver a message of hope to the Palestinian people even if he is unable to immediately deliver a peace plan with Israel.

Obama met with the officials Monday, four days after meeting with Jewish leaders as part of his preparation for the visit.

The White House has not publicly announced the dates for the trip. Israeli news media have reported Obama will arrive on March 20. Obama will also make stops in Ramallah and Jordan.

In a statement, participants said they offered Obama "recommendations for the vital message that he should convey to the Palestinian people."

Jim Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute and one of the participants, said Obama would not have the opportunity to make a speech to the Palestinian people.

"But there are opportunities for him to say things that get into the public discourse about America's commitment to them, about America's understanding of their situation," he said.

The meeting took place in the West Wing's Roosevelt Room, just steps away from the Oval Office. Participants said that in addition to Obama, members of his national security team and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett also participated.

One participant in the meeting, who requested anonymity to discuss private conversations, said he got the impression that Obama was treating his Mideast visit as an "exploratory trip." He said both sides emphasized the need for follow-up after the trip to ensure momentum doesn't fade away.

Warren David, president of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, said he left with a "bittersweet feeling."

"But more sweet than bitter, more optimism," David said. "Many, many Arab-Americans are disappointed. Many voted for the president ? more than ever before ? because they felt this president would move the peace process forward."

Zogby added: "I personally don't expect that he's going to come back with a formula to make everything go away, but the conversation begins and we want to be part of that conversation. Bringing us in was an important start."

In his meeting last week with Jewish leaders, Obama downplayed expectations for the trip, saying he did not intend to deliver "grand peace plan." But according to one participant in that session, Obama said he could still initiate such an effort in coming months.

In their joint statement Monday, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, the American Federation of Ramallah Palestine, the American Task Force for Palestine and the Arab American Institute said, "The United States, through sustained, balanced, constructive engagement, can facilitate a peaceful, lasting resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict-a resolution that is essential to long-term security in the Middle East."

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Associated Press writer Josh Lederman contributed to this report.

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Largest-ever Mardi Gras float has a little hiccup

NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? In a city known for overindulgence, maybe the largest-ever Mardi Gras float was a little too much.

The 330-foot long super float built by the Krewe of Endymion had to be separated in half to make a turn during its parade Saturday. New Orleans Police Officer Shelton Carr says the float was separated and then re-attached so it could continue to roll.

The turn was only a minor hiccup. The parade actually finished its route ahead of schedule.

The float ended its journey at the Superdome, where thousands of revelers were decked out in black tie attire. It was the first major event at the venue since the Super Bowl power blackout.

The multimillion-dollar float holds more than 200 riders. The parade's celebrity grand marshal was Kelly Clarkson.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/largest-ever-mardi-gras-float-little-hiccup-030225467.html

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Google Plus is really Google?s version of Google. It?s the groundwork for a level of search quality difficult to fathom based on what we know today. It?s also the Borg-like hive-queen that connects all the other Google products like YouTube, Google Maps, Images, Offers, Books, and more. And Google is starting to roll these products all up into a big ball of awesome user experience by way of Google Plus, and that snowball is starting to pick up speed and mass.

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Military autopsies: What new findings reveal about heart disease

Newer research shows U.S. servicemen who were autopsied showed signs of heart disease that researchers say highlights an ongoing need to help prevent the disease, beginning early in life. The surprise is that even 27 year olds were found tohave severe coronary heart disease.

The finding, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), December 26, 2012, found an 8.5% prevalence of coronary artery disease in servicemen autopsied between 2001 and 2011.

The study, conducted by Bryant J. Webber, M.D., of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md., and colleagues included all U.S. service members who died of combat or unintentional injuries in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn.

Severe heart disease found in young service members

The researchers classified heart disease findings as mild, moderate or severe. Severe coronary atherosclerosis was present in 2.3 percent of service members; moderate in 4.7 percent, and minimal in 1.5 percent.

Severe atherosclerosis was defined as 50% or more narrowing of the arteries that supply blood flow to the heart.

As expected, high blood pressure and cholesterol in addition to obesity was associated with a higher prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD).

Other factors linked to heart disease among service members whose average age was just 26 included lower education level and higher body mass index upon entrance into the military.

Even though the findings show heart disease prevalence is on the decline compared to what was discovered from military service member studies from the Korean and Viet Nam wars, there is still a need for further improvement.

Prevention of coronary artery disease has to start early

The authors write: "Military and civilian health care systems should continue to help patients reduce their cardiovascular risk factors, beginning in childhood and continuing throughout adult life. Despite remarkable progress in prevention and treatment, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States and other developed nations, and even small improvements in the prevalence of smoking and other risk factors may reduce death rates further and prolong healthy lives."

Studies show children can develop risk factors for heart disease as early as age 5. One such finding showed 5 to 17 year olds have at least one risk factor for coronary artery disease. One of the largest risks cited is increased rates of childhood obesity.

In 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics suggests children receive at least one cholesterol screening blood test before age 21 in recommendations that also drew some criticism.

They also recommended if dietary and lifestyle changes fail to lower lipid levels after six months, children over age 10 should be placed on statin drugs ? anti-cholesterol prescription medications.

Weight loss, smoking cessation, consuming a Mediterranean or primarily plant based diet with plenty of fresh food, avoiding excess salt, keeping stress levels manageable (perhaps by changing your perspective) and regular daily physical activity are all known and proven interventions for the whole family that can ensure a longer and healthier life.

Heart disease leads to major disability, produces a heavy financial burden on our health care system and on individuals and leads to the need for medications that can have adverse side effects and are also costly.

What you can do

It?s also important to know you really can reverse existing coronary artery disease. Dean Ornish who is a pioneer has a program that ? only if you?re serious ? can help turn your life around. His program is proven to reverse even severe forms of coronary heart disease without drugs or surgery.

You might even consider the Ornish diet, which was ranked #1 by U.S. News & World Report for the past two years. His program is offered at hospitals throughout the U.S. and is covered by Medicare.

The autopsy finding from young service member autopsies supports the notion that heart disease is a progressive disease that starts in childhood and highlights the need for strong public health messages that can curb the incidence of heart attack, stroke and other types of cardiovascular disease that kills 600,000 people in the United States each year. The good news is it's possible to reverse heart disease and plenty of tools to tap into if you're motivated.

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patelpartiv: When Going To An Eye Doctor | health and fitness article ...

Your eyes are very important for you need the sense of sight to be able to do most of your activities. That is why it is important for one to visit an eye doctor in San Antonio even though he has no problems with his vision. When visiting an ophthalmologist, patients should also prepare themselves.

One thing that you need to do when you want to seek an ophthalmologist in San Antonio is to look for a doctor that will examine you. This can be an easy task if you already have someone that you always go to. However, if this is not the case for you, you should do your homework before going to anyone's clinic.

Even if you will only go to the visit to for a San Antonio eye check up, preparation is still something that is necessary. This is because it can help make the examination or check up easier on your part. Doctors would appreciate it if their patients are prepared for this helps make the session faster and more productive.

Part of the preparation is to get all the necessary things ready before you will go to the clinic. To know what you should bring or do, contact the clinic and ask for the necessary instructions. If you are wearing an eyeglass or contact, you will be asked to bring this. It is also better if you can list your allergies and health history.

If you have health insurance, find out first if this will be accepted in the clinic where you will go to. It would be too inconvenient to go there only to find out that you are not covered. You will also need to bring with you your insurance information for this will be needed by the clinic or any other health facility.

You should take note of the tests the might be done to you. If you know what kind test will be done, you can prepare yourself properly. There are some tests that need some preparation. Doctors will usually tell their patients what to do in advance. If the test is going to impair your vision temporarily, make sure to bring someone with you.

Once you are finished with your visit, you need to be sure that you have taken the necessary things with you especially your prescription. Do not leave is you still have many questions. It is better if you will talk with your doctor while he is still around.

An eye doctor in San Antonio can help you take care of your vision. It is advisable for adults to go to him to have themselves checked. This helps avoid vision problems and deal with issues right away.

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Take One: 3 Reasons You Should be Marketing on YouTube | Miami ...

Real estate marketing on YouTube? It may seem crazy, but it's a fantastic medium for real estate agents.

By Peter Ricci

The goal for any real estate agent is to find a fresh, exciting marketing platform that can render their properties and business in a new, enticing manner to potential clients, and Internet video, YouTube specifically, is a fabulous way to accomplish such a goal.

Though it may seem strange to equate ?YouTube? and ?business? in the same breath ? this is, after all, the domain of cute cats, laughing babies and FailBlog ? but YouTube really is a great medium for business, especially real estate-related business, and we?re going to list three reasons why in our first story on YouTube.

Real Estate Marketing on YouTube: 3 Reasons

Reason One: YouTube is Darned Popular
Marketing is almost always the most effective when it utilizes a popular medium, and the popularity of YouTube and Internet video on the whole is exploding. Not only is YouTube the second most popular search engine on the Internet by volume, but according to the latest numbers from?Nielsen, Americans stream as much as 15 billion videos a month, and Internet video has increased in viewings by 35 percent year-over-year. And if that weren?t enough, the CISCO VNI Benchmark Report estimates that Internet video traffic will make up 54 percent of all consumer traffic by 2016. So for its popularity alone, you should be strongly considering YouTube marketing.

Reason Two: Efficiency
Real estate is a numbers game ? the price of residences, the amount of property taxes, commission rates, etc. ? but it?s also a strongly sensuous field, meaning the senses play a huge role in the appeal of a property; and video is able to efficiently incorporate many different sensory details in a short span of time. Just think: In a 30-second video, you could show the image of a property and the sounds of its landscape, along with textual information about the home and even still images to further complement your video. And all that information can be edited and syndicated for not just YouTube, but iTunes, Pinterest, Flickr, Facebook and your personal website and blog.

Reason Three: The Human Touch
One of the struggles of real estate is capturing the emotion of a property, the spark that allows potential homebuyers to see themselves as the home?s new owner. Video can be a great way to capture that in how it emphasizes the human touch. You can speak on video; you can appear on camera; you can emphasize certain qualities of the property; you can play music, etc. Altogether, you can utilize a wide number of tools to fully show why a home is right for someone!

Let?s not get ahead of ourselves here, though, because as with any form of marketing, there are severe pitfalls to using YouTube and Internet video for your marketing needs. As Rich Brooks pointed out on Social Media Examiner, 35 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute; how can you stand out and produce great videos? That will be the focus of our next article!

Source: http://miamiagentmagazine.com/take-one-3-reasons-you-should-be-marketing-on-youtube/

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'Cheapskate' gets wife to eat theater trash

TLC

By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, TODAY

Movie concessions are awfully expensive, but that doesn't mean moviegoers should pinch pennies by rooting around for half-consumed snacks from the theater trash. Well, unless you're Roy Haynes, who appears on Tuesday night's episode of the TLC show "Extreme Cheapskates."

Roy actually forks over the cash to take his wife to a movie, but brings his own fruit to snack on. That's not enough for his wife, who wants some actual movie-theater popcorn.

Leaving his wife in the theater while he goes to throw away the peel from the home-brought banana he just snarfed, Roy halts at the theater trash can -- and the mental-cheapskate wheels start turning.

From one trash can, he retrieves a popcorn bag with some kernels still in it. From another, he rescues a soda cup with ice and some liquid still inside. He then takes the items into the men's restroom and dumps out the contents before bringing the cup and bag to the snack bar to utilize the theater's free refill policy. (Hey, at least he washed out the soda cup!)

When he presents the treats to his wife, she's so thrilled she kisses him. But how will she react after she watches the episode and learns that her goodies were recycled garbage?

Roy's episode of "Extreme Cheapskates" airs Tuesday night at 10 p.m. on TLC.

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Dot Earth Blog: Two Views of a Storm in Climate Context

4:38 p.m. | Updated with more scientists? input at the end. }
In the hours before Hurricane Sandy thundered ashore, igniting power stations and Queens neighborhoods and darkening urban and rural communities alike, I filed two pieces for Dot Earth. The first, ?The #Frankenstorm in Climate Context,? was on the storm in the context of climate history and the science pointing to greenhouse-driven climate change. The second was on the impact of our tribal nature on climate communication, including my own.

Yesterday, as the winds here in the Hudson Valley rose but before my second piece was posted (and before our power and Internet access were cut as a tree fell down the road), I received an e-mail message from Dan Miller, an engineer and?venture capitalist?with deep climate concerns, whose name will be familiar to some here because?he helped James Hansen, the NASA climate scientist, craft ?Game Over for Climate,? a May Op-Ed article in The Times.

Miller strongly disagreed with my discussion of the science revealing past patterns of extreme storminess in the Northeast and the science pointing to a rising human influence on some (but not all) kinds of extreme weather. The exchange is worth posting here now (Miller gave permission), to give you a sense of how intelligent people with related, if not identical, goals can interpret a large body of science very differently:

MILLER:

I just read your piece on Hurricane Sandy, where you make the claim (or at least imply) that it is difficult to attribute the storm to climate change. ?You point to studies that show that hurricanes have intensified 4 times since the last ice age with a period of about 3000 years.

Your intent is to imply that the current record-breaking storm may be due to natural variation rather than man-made climate change (or at least it?s hard to tell the difference). ?As you know, ?The climate has changed before!? is one of the myths that climate change deniers repeat the most. ?Of course, the fact that climate change has changed before is, itself, not a myth. ?However, the implications of the claim that the current changes we are observing are not man-made and/or will not be dangerous are myths.

Do you really think the fact that waters are warmer and atmospheric moisture content is higher now due to man-made global warming (not to mention the ?blocking high? over Greenland due to Arctic climate change) may be less of an influence on Hurricane Sandy than some other currently unobserved changes to our climate that occurred 3000 years ago?

I have a prepared a Climate Change Briefing for Policy makers at the request of a congressman which I have attached for your review [available here]. ?On the last page of the document I address the ?But the climate has changed before!? myth. ?Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions about the briefing.

I also refer you to a piece I wrote long ago?comparing climate change to the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.?In that piece I point out that NASA managers asked Thiokol engineers to first prove that the shuttle would blow up in order to scrub the launch. ?Of course, that is the wrong question! ?They should have asked for assurance that the flight would be safe in order to launch.?Your piece on Hurricane Sandy (and others, like your response to Jim Hansen?s Op Ed on the increase in extremely hot summers) are from the point of view of the NASA managers deciding to launch the Challenger. ?While there is a plethora of evidence suggesting that the path we are on is fraught with peril, you seem to want to focus on the uncertainties in the details of the evidence, rather than taking the prudent course.
When you have the largest Atlantic storm in recorded history that is being feed by unusually warm ocean waters (+5?F) and is being steered in a very unusual direction by a ?3-sigma? blocking higher over Greenland after the largest Arctic sea ice melt in human history, you might want to consider the ?steroid? hypothesis a bit more.

REVKIN:

First, my only ?intent? is to follow the science and assess where it leads in terms of policy and personal responses.

I?d have to point out that you?re missing the point of my piece, and the significance of ?Millennial-scalestorminess variability in the northeastern United States during the Holoceneepoch,? the 2002 paper, coauthored by Realclimate?s Eric Steig, that I focus on.

The paper created a Holocene-length record of extreme precipitation, as derived from lakebed sediments across the Northeast. So it captured extreme inland rainfall from tropical systems (as in this system, Irene, Floyd, and Vermont?s epic 1927 gullywasher) as well as nor-easters and any other rare events. Second, the authors predict we?re in an era of rising storminess of that kind in the Northeast, via ocean cycles. There?s more in the paper conclusion below.

So it?s fine to talk about sea level and surge risk from hurricanes, but not fine to describe the weirdness factor in this hybrid system as somehow significantly shaped (emphasis on ?significantly?) by greenhouse forcing. And that?s what some are doing.

Here?s the conclusion:

Climate models suggest that human activities, specifically the emission of atmospheric greenhouse gases, may lead to increases in the frequency of severe storms in certain regions of the Northern Hemisphere. However, the existence of natural variability in storminess confounds reliable detection of anthropogenic effects.
During the past ~600 years, New England storminess appears to have been increasing naturally. This rhythm in storm frequency may explain some of the recently observed increases in extreme precipitation events. If the pattern of millennial-scale variability that we documented through the Holocene persists into the future, New England storminess would continue to increase for the next ~900 years. Because climate synopses compiled from instrumental records cannot distinguish underlying natural increases in storminess from anthropogenic effects, detected increases in contemporary storminess may not be a reliable indicator of human-induced climate change.

Miller:

Your response?follows the same line of thinking that I was addressing in my email to you. ?Yes, there has been more and less ?storminess? in the past. ?Yes, we may even be in for a ?natural? increase in storminess over the next several hundred years. ?But mentioning that in the context of Hurricane Sandy is an attempt (or at least has the effect) to minimize the concern about the documented changes to the climate we have already made and the predicted catastrophic consequences of staying on the fossil emissions path we are on. ?It is seeding doubt at a time when action is needed.

We have increased CO2 levels in the atmosphere by about 40% in the last 100 years (mostly the last 50 years) on the way to doubling later this century. ?The Earth has warmed up about 0.8?C (1.4?F) already due to the extra greenhouse gases we put in the atmosphere and it would have warmed even more if we weren?t also putting up smoke that reflects sunlight. ?This warming has increased Earth?s energy radiation to space, but the excess greenhouse gases are still trapping more heat than the Earth is radiating to space. ?This ?energy imbalance? is about 0.6 watts/square meter. ?This doesn?t sound like much but it is equivalent to 400,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs going off every day (see my briefing for the math).

Extremely Hot Summers (?3-sigma? events) have increased 50X (5000%) in the past 50 years. ?There is 4% more water vapor in the atmosphere than 50 years ago. ?Average ocean temperatures have increased (90% of global warming energy goes into the ocean). ?The Arctic sea ice just reached its lowest level in thousands of years and in a few years you will be able to sail a boat to the North Pole for the first time in human history.

These documented impacts all effect the strength, scale, and direction of Hurricane Sandy. ?No one is saying that a Hurricane Sandy would not have happened if not for climate change. ?But I believe there is little doubt that the record-breaking scale and potential destructiveness of Sandy is due in large part to the amplifying effects of warmer ocean temperatures, higher atmospheric moisture content, and unusual Arctic weather patterns.

Like the Space Shuttle Challenger?s NASA managers, waiting for scientific ?proof? of disaster, rather than taking prudent (and economical beneficial) steps to avert disaster, only guarantees that our children will face catastrophic consequences.

Some of the points Miller makes about Arctic influences on Hurricane Sandy and the resulting nor?easter are explored by Kevin Trenberth and other scientists in my post on the storm and climate science. Have a look.?Also check yesterday?s post on late-season hurricanes and global warming by Eric Berger of the Houston Chronicle for more on the science.

And of course I?ve never bought into the ?wait until there?s proof? approach to human-driven climate change, which ? as I?ve stressed since 2007 ? is more a challenge of risk management amid substantial and persistent uncertainty than a problem resolved by amassing scientific proof.

I still like how Carl Wunsch of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology summarized things in my 2007 article, ?A New Middle Stance Emerges in Debate over Climate? (of course that article prompted lots of slings and arrows, too):

?Climate change presents a very real risk,? said Carl Wunsch, a climate and oceans expert at the?Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ?It seems worth a very large premium to insure ourselves against the most catastrophic scenarios. Denying the risk seems utterly stupid. Claiming we can calculate the probabilities with any degree of skill seems equally stupid.?

If you could enter this discussion, what would you ask either of us? I?ll alert Miller as questions come in (and I?ll answer those directed at me).

4:38 p.m. | Updated | I read Mark Fischetti?s piece on global warming and hurricanes in Scientific American just now, which points to a recent PNAS study finding ?a statistically significant trend in the frequency of large surge events? from tropical cyclones in the Atlantic.

The same paper was discussed in my Sunday post, and when I reached out to other scientists, it didn?t get a very promising reception. Both Tom Knutson and Gabriel Vecchi, veteran hurricane-climate researchers for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, offered detailed critiques that I added as comments on Sunday. Comments are easy to miss, so here are excerpts and links:

Knutson:

On inspection, I am cautious about making too much of this result, as it appears to be a case of marginal significance for several reasons:

1) The start date in 1923 is a relatively low period in landfalling and basin-wide hurricane/or tropical storm time series with relatively higher activity in the late 1800s. This can be seen for example in Fig. 3 of this web page that Gabe Vecchi and I have.

Our experience is that starting a trend in a relatively low point of a slowly fluctuating time series can sometimes lead to findings of statistical significance which don?t hold up as the record is further extended (e.g. extended further back in time or new years added on the end). [Read the rest.]

Vecchi:

This is an interesting paper, but I share the concerns that Tom has raised. In addition, although they have shown a correlation between their surge index and measures of hurricane activity, it is far from a 1:1 relationship (correlations of 0.5-0.6 indicate that this index shares about 25-36% of its variance with direct hurricane measures, leaving over 60% to be explained). As can be seen in the plot if the two indices in 2005, the biggest storm surge indices do not match the biggest ACE events (and vice-versa). That makes sense, since there are many factors that impact storm surge, of which intensity is only one. For example, the trajectory, speed and size of the storm all influence storm surge. Therefore, one needs to be wary about over-interpreting these results. Peak surge has shown a trend, but what does that tell us about storms themselves? What is behind this trend?

I find the correlation to SST a bit of a non-sequitur given that the factors responsible for the surge trend are not clear. Is this sea level rise? Stronger storms? Storms with different tracks? Starting in 1923 adds to the problems in interpreting the trends. [Read the rest.]

Source: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/30/two-views-of-a-superstorm-in-climate-context/?partner=rss&emc=rss

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E. Donnall Thomas Dead: Father Of Bone Marrow Transplant Dies At 92

-- E. Donnall Thomas, a physician who pioneered the use of bone marrow transplants in leukemia patients and later won the 1990 Nobel Prize in medicine, has died in Seattle at age 92.

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center announced the death Saturday. A spokesman said the cause was heart disease.

Thomas' work is among the greatest success stories in the treatment of cancer. Bone marrow transplantation and its sister therapy, blood stem cell transplantation, have improved the survival rates for some blood cancers to upward of 90 percent from almost zero.

This year, about 60,000 transplants will be performed worldwide, according to the Hutchinson Center.

"Imagine coming up with an idea, making it a reality and touching that many lives," said Dr. Fred Appelbaum, Thomas' friend and the director of the center's Clinical Research Division.

Thomas took after his father and became a doctor after getting his medical degree from Harvard. In 1956, he performed the first human bone marrow transplant.

Thomas, along with a small team of fellow researchers, including his wife Dottie, pursued transplantations throughout the 1960s and 1970s despite skepticism from the medical establishment.

They sought to cure blood cancers by destroying a patient's diseased bone marrow with near-lethal doses of radiation and chemotherapy and then rescuing the patient by transplanting healthy marrow. The aim was to establish a functioning and cancer-free blood and immune system.

The procedure would go on to become the standard treatment for many sufferers of leukemia and lymphoma.

"He was brilliant, he was incredibly generous and he was quick to deflect praise from himself to the individuals around him," Appelbaum said.

"At the same time, while he was quiet and modest, he was stubborn," he added. "He believed in what he was doing and he was going to make it happen. It's hard to imagine today how hard it was to make this reality because it was against the prevailing medical wisdom."

Thomas joined the University of Washington faculty in 1963. In 1974, he became the first director of medical oncology at the Hutchinson Center. It is now one of the world's top cancer treatment and research institutions.

Thomas also edited the first two editions of the bone marrow transplantations reference book, "Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation," which would become a bible for the field.

"To the world, Don Thomas will forever be known as the father of bone marrow transplantation, but to his colleagues at Fred Hutch he will be remembered as a friend, colleague, mentor and pioneer," Larry Corey, president of the research center, said in a statement.

Thomas is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.

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Should an ambulance be required at high school football games?

STOCKTON, Calif. (KCRA) ?

The stadium at Lincoln High School in Stockton was silent Friday night after Sierra Ridge quarterback Isaiah Horton didn?t get up for nearly 10 minutes following a helmet-to-helmet hit in a game against Brookside Christian High School.

Spectators at the game said it would take 15 minutes before an ambulance arrived at the scene to take Horton to a hospital, where he was diagnosed with a concussion.

Horton is recovering from his injury and is reportedly doing OK, but some who were at Friday night?s game are wondering why it took so long for the ambulance to arrive, and if it should be required to have an ambulance at all games.

While the California Interscholastic Federation recommends there should be a doctor or EMT at all games, it is not required. ?

"It is up to the school board in each district to vote on their guidelines," says CIF Commissioner Pete Saco.

It is also up to the home team to hire the emergency personnel, which on Friday night was Brookside Christian since the game was played on a neutral field at Lincoln High School.

The principal of Brookside Christian, Dennis Gibson, said a registered nurse was at Friday night?s game. An ambulance was called to the stadium after the nurse was told that Horton had suffered an injury a few weeks before.

Some schools, like Stagg High School in Stockton, require an ambulance to be on stand-by for home games.

Saco said that this is not the case for all schools and that cost can play a role.

Saco said it costs schools $140 per hour to have an ambulance at a game, which can total $500 a game.

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Fortescue Seals US$5 Billion Debt Facility, Mulls Mine Restart

Published October 14, 2012

Dow Jones Newswires

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. (FMG.AU) Monday said the completion of a US$5 billion debt facility will allow it to consider restarting a new mine development in Western Australia state's Pilbara region should iron ore prices continue to recover.

The world's fourth-largest iron ore miner by output upgraded the facility to US$5 billion from US$4.5 billion to pay off existing loans and provide a liquidity buffer.

"Subject to iron ore market conditions, this additional liquidity will enable detailed consideration of the recommencement of the Kings expansion," the company said.

The Perth-based miner in September set a near-term production target of 115 million metric tons a year by deferring development of its Kings deposit. It had previously targeted an expansion to 155 million tons of production capacity by June 2013.

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Judy Garland's 'Wizard of Oz' dress up for auction

FILE- This 1939 file photo provided by Warner Bros. shows, from left, Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Judy Garland as Dorothy and Jack Haley as the Tin Woodman in a scene from "The Wizard of Oz." Judy Garland's original costume from "The Wizard of Oz" will be up for sale at Julien's Auctions in November 2012. (AP Photo/Warner Bros., File)

FILE- This 1939 file photo provided by Warner Bros. shows, from left, Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Judy Garland as Dorothy and Jack Haley as the Tin Woodman in a scene from "The Wizard of Oz." Judy Garland's original costume from "The Wizard of Oz" will be up for sale at Julien's Auctions in November 2012. (AP Photo/Warner Bros., File)

This undated publicity photo provided by Julien's Auctions shows the original costume worn by Judy Garland in the film "The Wizard of Oz." The dress will be on view at London's Safford Hotel Oct. 9-14, 2012, before being exhibited on Nov. 5 through 9, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Julien's Auctions)

FILE - In this 1939 file photo provided by Warner Bros., Judy Garland portrays Dorothy in a scene from "The Wizard of Oz." Garland's original costume from "The Wizard of Oz" will be up for sale at Julien's Auctions in November 2012. (AP Photo/Warner Bros., file)

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The Dorothy dress is going up for auction.

Celebrity auctioneer Darren Julien says Judy Garland's original costume from "The Wizard of Oz" could sell for half a million dollars when it hits the auction block next month.

The white puff-sleeve blouse and blue gingham pinafore has inspired countless Halloween costumes since the film was released in 1939. Although several identical dresses were made for the production, the dress to be sold is the only version seen in the film and the only complete original dress to survive.

The outfit will be on view at London's Stafford Hotel beginning Tuesday, before being exhibited at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills, Calif., Nov. 5-9, prior to the auction Nov. 9-10.

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Online:

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Sr Benefits Specialist-Retirement - HigherEdJobs

Job:	Human Resources
Primary Location:	Georgia-Atlanta
Organization:	Human Resources
Hiring Range:	NS
Schedule:	Full-time

Description:

Job Purpose: Provide plan administration and customer service with regard to the Institute's various retiree benefits plans. Serve subject matter expert in educating active and retired population on retiree benefit options and matters.

Major Responsibilities:

• Serve as primary point of contact and subject matter expert on retiree eligible benefit options and matters.
• Investigate and resolve issues or respond to questions related to retiree benefit plans and rules.
• Develop communications strategy to aid in educating active and retired population on retiree benefit options and matters.
• Update and maintain web content on retiree related benefit information.
• Interact with carriers and vendors regarding plan administration for retiree eligible benefits.
• Manage retiree open enrollment process in accordance with Institute standards and timeframes.
• Perform related analysis and develop metrics and reports.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources or related field
• Work Experience: Four to five years job related experience
• Skills: Ability to organize work, determine priorities, handle multiple tasks, and problem solve.

Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

• Preferred Certifications: Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) certification

Impact & Influence: This position will interact on a regular basis with: pre- and active retiree faculty and staff. This position typically will advise and counsel: faculty, staff, retirees, and HR representatives. This position will supervise: NA.

Department Description:
Georgia Tech offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to meet the diverse needs of our faculty and staff. Our benefits are competitive and are an important component of the total compensation package. Georgia Tech offers a robust choice of health and welfare plans including medical, dental, vision, flexible spending, disability and life insurance plans.

Georgia Tech is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law. Consistent with its obligations under federal law, each company that is a federal contractor or subcontractor is committed to taking affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified women, minorities, disabled individuals, special disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam era, and other eligible veterans.

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