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Saturday, December 20, 2008
A little early
99 comments:
- Roy Hobbs said...
I'm supposed to attend a wedding on Capitol Hill at 6 PM and a reception in the same area. I live in Ballard, so I'm more than a little concerned about getting back down the hill.
Am I overreacting or should I just not go?
- December 20, 2008 at 12:39 PM
- epjmcginley said...
Snow falling at Oyster Bay (sea level).
Still a lot of snow in the trees.
Several inches already on the ground.
23.5 degrees.
- December 20, 2008 at 12:43 PM
Hi Cliff,
Snowing here pretty well now in Olympia.
Amazed at how many people are out still trying to get some last minute shopping done I gather.
Almost no has chains on and driving too fast and surprised how many people are tailgating!
Roy, I'm sure you'll be fine but watch for those others on the road!
- December 20, 2008 at 12:43 PM
- JewelyaZ said...
I'm a wimp. I'd bail. Did you see the buses hanging over I-5 after sliding through the guard rail? Not sure it's going to be much better today.
My word verification word is "anasho" -- "a no show". LOL
- December 20, 2008 at 1:12 PM
Roy - If the wedding is an important one to be at, maybe see if there is a hotel near the reception that has openings...just in case you decide to not try to get back to Ballard for the evening.
- December 20, 2008 at 1:15 PM
- Imaflatlander said...
Brier 1:27p Clouds rolled in 1-1.5 hours ago, temp rose a couple degrees to 25F. A few snowflakes starting to fall here...teasing me.
- December 20, 2008 at 1:28 PM
Waiting for this storm is like waiting for Santa Clause. I keep jumping up to look outside, and I am so excited!
- December 20, 2008 at 1:32 PM
its been snowing here in chehalis since 11 am
- December 20, 2008 at 1:56 PM
Its starting to get breezy out here in Carnation. The temp has risen 10 degrees in the last hour and the birds are frantically stuffing themselves with suet, sunflowere seed and cracked corn. Don't forget your feathered friends need sustanence to weather this storm. Set out some peanut butter if you have nothing else.
- December 20, 2008 at 1:58 PM
- thatgirl said...
I just found your blog and I love it! I'm sure I will be checking back frequently!
- December 20, 2008 at 2:02 PM
It's 2:15 and all is quiet here in Lake City, Seattle. No sign of any snow yet.
- December 20, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Any thoughts on whether planes will be taking off at Sea-Tac tomorrow morning? We have an 8AM to Chicago. We considered getting a room near the airport, but if planes are grounded we don't want to be stuck in a hotel with two young kids.
- December 20, 2008 at 2:11 PM
- Ken said...
Beautiful blue sky this morming...slate grey by noon up here in Bellingham.
- December 20, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Just watched a neighbor pour water over his car (which ran off onto his steep driveway & is now frozen) in preparation for a drive on compact snow & ice in our alley. The best part about this weather is the entertainment that goes with it!
- December 20, 2008 at 2:34 PM
Poulsbo. Gray skies, and a steady sprinkling of fine/tiny snow flakes. 2:33 pm. No wind yet.
- December 20, 2008 at 2:35 PM
Starting to see the tops of trees sway here near downtown Renton.
- December 20, 2008 at 2:41 PM
My sister on Snoqualmie Ridge says its getting windy and the sky is darkenin. Ominous....
- December 20, 2008 at 2:43 PM
Near Deer Park, between Port Angeles and Sequim
- Snowing lightly, but it is amazing how fast it seems to be accumulating. We are in a very in between spot & are waiting to see if we get 3" or 24". Love it!
- December 20, 2008 at 2:44 PM
- azure said...
all calm in Lake Forest Park. No snow, no wind at 2:45 pm
- December 20, 2008 at 2:44 PM
- danreedmiller said...
I live in Portland now but love the Cliff Mass blog. It has been basically blizzarding here since about 9 this morning, I love it but am not eager for the predicted transition to freezing rain. That's one of the few things I don't like about Portland, it is much more prone than Seattle to that most treacherous form of precip.
- December 20, 2008 at 2:50 PM
- farygica said...
Snowlakes have arrived on Lake Union at 2:52pm.
- December 20, 2008 at 2:57 PM
has started to snow ever so lightly here in the Columbia City area of Seattle. and so it begins...
- December 20, 2008 at 2:57 PM
- Matt said...
snow starting to fall on the UW campus! 2:57pm
- December 20, 2008 at 2:58 PM
The wind is just starting to pick up here in West Seattle on a bluff above Beach Drive. Small flakes of snow and decreasing visibility to the south. Love this blog and am ordering your book Cliff. Now I can't see the south end of Blake Island...directly across. Here it comes and Good Luck all.
- December 20, 2008 at 2:58 PM
- C.J. said...
Since about 2:45pm there's been steady light snow and a very gentle southerly breeze at Salmon Bay near The Locks.
- December 20, 2008 at 2:59 PM
Just starting to snow on Bainbridge Island (3:00 pm)
- December 20, 2008 at 3:03 PM
The birds are gone. This morning I had junkos and finches at the feeder. A couple of hours ago they disappeared. I wonder where they went. It's snowing in Port Townsend now.
- December 20, 2008 at 3:03 PM
Greenwood in N. Seattle is starting to see some light snow coming down (if it were rain, I'd call it 'mist')...looking forward to the drama tonight, as long as the power stays on!
- December 20, 2008 at 3:05 PM
Light steady snow here on Vashon. The main highway is fine. The Thriftway is packed with shoppers. There is another grocery store here...Sorry, that's not weather-related.
- December 20, 2008 at 3:05 PM
Started snowing here in Kingston a little before 3PM. Increasing, little flakes. No wind.
Casey Burns
- December 20, 2008 at 3:07 PM
Light snow at the airport...3:10pm...
- December 20, 2008 at 3:09 PM
- mb in Port Angeles said...
Snowing in Port Angeles with a very light wind. The warnings map http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sew/
gives a remarkably clear delineation of the Olympic rainshadow. Blizzard everywhere but here. If they're right.
- December 20, 2008 at 3:15 PM
It just started snowing in the Mount Baker neighborhood. ~ 3:15 PM
- December 20, 2008 at 3:17 PM
3:15 moderate snow fall in West Seattle
- December 20, 2008 at 3:18 PM
- Kevin Purcell said...
Light and steady snowfall on Capitol Hill, Seattle at 300 feet ASL at 3:15pm.
- December 20, 2008 at 3:19 PM
- weatherider said...
Snow just started here in Shoreline - 3:15 p.m. Very interested in how it's going to go!
- December 20, 2008 at 3:20 PM
- cp said...
Snowing at the Shoreline Library (that is closing at 4PM).
- December 20, 2008 at 3:22 PM
3:20 pm - snow falling in Port Townsend. Looks like the weather from the west & the weather from the south got to us at the same time.
- December 20, 2008 at 3:23 PM
No snow yet here in Redmond, near Microsoft
- December 20, 2008 at 3:24 PM
- Lindsey said...
Finally: Flurries in Mountlake Terrace.
- December 20, 2008 at 3:26 PM
Snowing in Leschi/Mt Baker- lightly and lovely.
- December 20, 2008 at 3:27 PM
snowing near Maltby; no wind. A great swarm/gaggle/clutch of chickadees eating suet and seeds.
- December 20, 2008 at 3:28 PM
snowing at Phinney/Greenlake
- December 20, 2008 at 3:32 PM
Be sure to also follow on
- December 20, 2008 at 3:33 PM
- Kari said...
Just starting here in South Renton!
- December 20, 2008 at 3:34 PM
Snowing lightly on north side of Queen Anne at 3:30 p.m. No wind. My street is blocked by a car (SUV)which tried to go down the hill this morning and slid into a neighbor's car. There it sits, sideways in the street until the ice thaws. Great blog, Cliff.
- December 20, 2008 at 3:34 PM
- Marie-Claude Bourque said...
Cery light snow in Wedgwood, Seattle now.
- December 20, 2008 at 3:35 PM
- Marie-Claude Bourque said...
Oops I mean "very" light snow although it is getting thicker by the minute LOL
- December 20, 2008 at 3:36 PM
Reporting from the Four Corners area of Maple Valley. The snow (small flakes) has been falling for an hour or more. The wind gusts have been steadily increasing. I'm watching swirling clouds of snow "dust" blowing off of my neighbor's house as I type this. We're definitely in the High Wind Zone here...
We're planning for a loss of power but not at all looking forward to that. It's much colder than the Big Storm two years ago. But who knows? Maybe the power will stay on. (Wishful thinking, I know!)
- December 20, 2008 at 3:37 PM
2008-12-20 3.36 pm- light steady snow in Issaquah started ~20 minutes ago.
- December 20, 2008 at 3:38 PM
Here at Alki (about 20 feet above sea level) my fresh swept deck has almost disappeared.
- December 20, 2008 at 3:42 PM
Very gray, calm and dry here in Bellingham. Getting suited up for fun snow travels this evening. Much easier to keep the cold out than the damp! I am happy til Tuesday I think.
- December 20, 2008 at 3:44 PM
- Eric Houston said...
Here in Monroe the winds are just starting to pick up as of 3:45pm. No snow yet...
- December 20, 2008 at 3:45 PM
Roy- snowing on Capitol Hill
- December 20, 2008 at 3:46 PM
Purdy-Olalla area. Started snowing about an hour ago, very lightly at first. More now, but still tiny flakes. At sea level roads were a little wet, but packed snow farther uphill. No noticeable wind yet.
- December 20, 2008 at 3:46 PM
Light snow @ 3:40 in the Kingsgate area of Kirkland.
- December 20, 2008 at 3:46 PM
- Roy Hobbs said...
Ballard has had light showers for about 45 minutes but the intensity has picked up in the last 5 or so.
- December 20, 2008 at 3:47 PM
beautiful light snow on our walk around Greenlake. It's definatly snowing harder than it was 30 minutes ago.
- December 20, 2008 at 3:48 PM
- Weatherfreak said...
Yes!!! First flakes here in SE Auburn around 2pm, snowing pretty good now at 3:45pm with a good dusting. Temp 23.2 and a very light NE wind. Really hoping the easterlies stay in Enumclaw so the snow piles up! It's going to be fun night for snow lovers.
- December 20, 2008 at 3:49 PM
It's been snowing here in Ballard since at least 3:30 PM. Started out as a very light "dust" falling but now is picking up. Flakes still pretty small, but lots of it falling.
- December 20, 2008 at 3:52 PM
- Hazel said...
Snow is coming in fast and furious on Beacon Hill...began about 20 minutes ago
- December 20, 2008 at 3:54 PM
It's been snowing here in Federal Way for about an hour now but very light to no wind. Barometer is 29.64 and going down but very slowly.
- December 20, 2008 at 3:55 PM
Light snow and still in Carnation. The birds are gone to where birds go
- December 20, 2008 at 3:56 PM
3:56pm Light snow light breeze Issaquah Plateau -Klahanie Neighborhood.....wonder how much snow and wind we'll get?!
- December 20, 2008 at 3:58 PM
I am here in Duvall. Nothing starting yet. Sure hope we don't get a repeat of 2003.
- December 20, 2008 at 4:02 PM
Yeomalt Cabin - Bainbridge Island:
Wind -calm; 29 degrees; moderate fine snow with light accumulation since 2:30pm.
- December 20, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Snowing real good in Fairwood/Renton, with a decent wind too
- December 20, 2008 at 4:12 PM
- Steve Snyder said...
My $.02 It's finally started here in Woodinville around 4pm with light breezes, but they are picking up a little. Temperature is dropping, now at 23F.
- December 20, 2008 at 4:12 PM
In Fremont a steady fall of dust-like snow covering our icy street. No wind yet.
- December 20, 2008 at 4:14 PM
Sunset Hill, Ballard, about 250 ft ASL, moderately dense fine snow, sidewalks are completely coated....
No wind to speak of....
- December 20, 2008 at 4:15 PM
We live on the west side of the snoqualmie valley right across from Duvall up on an east-facing ridge. Forecasts say "strong east winds on the west slopes of the cascades", but I think those winds funnel down the passes, not uniformly down all the west slopes of the mountains. It could be blowing sixty at north bend and be almost dead calm here
- December 20, 2008 at 4:15 PM
- zephyr said...
This is fantastic! I love the weater community I have found on this blog. I am a self confessed weather junkie and nothing is better than a good storm. Right now in Kingston (NE Kitsap) we have about 1/2 inch of snow that has fallen in the last 40 minutes. They are small flakes but thick. I have lived through blizzard conditions (the upper peninsula of Michigan(yep, Michigan Tech))so I know it isn't that bad. However, visability is about 1500 feet right now.
- December 20, 2008 at 4:19 PM
- Matthew Tyler said...
Snowing in Port Townsend, lightly as of 4pm
- December 20, 2008 at 4:20 PM
- Jim said...
Vaughn Bay, Case Inlet
.75 inches so far this afternoon at sea level. Wind north 1-5 mph.
- December 20, 2008 at 4:20 PM
Skagit County, Samish Island. Still and quiet as stone.
- December 20, 2008 at 4:21 PM
Re: Zephyr
Say ya to the UP, eh?
- December 20, 2008 at 4:22 PM
Will we have thundersnow again??
- December 20, 2008 at 4:28 PM
- AJ said...
Snowing heavy in Tacoma, streets are covered and visibility is extremely limited. No wind........yet
- December 20, 2008 at 4:34 PM
- JewelyaZ said...
Snowing hard with tiny flakes in Bellevue (Phantom Lake) at 210' elevation just west of Lake Sammamish. Very light breeze, not much to speak of really. But we have almost an inch of fresh accumulation already.
Temp 25.7 and barometer 29.77 and falling.
- December 20, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Thanks so much for your blog. I don't know how many people I've pointed towards it in the last two weeks.
I have an early vote for the naming of this event:
- December 20, 2008 at 4:40 PM
- Justine said...
It's been snowing on the west hill of Auburn for 2 hours now - covering shoveled driveways and even dusting main arterials. Very light wind moving the tops of the tallest trees. Our house backs up to a greenbelt. About an hour beofr the snow started about 15 birds were gorging on seeds in the yard. There were three woodpeckers scattedered pecking trees. This morning a hummingbird (poor thing) came to my kitchen window and seemed to be begging me for nectar so I relented and put some in the feeder. It is partially forzen and covered with snow drift, but the hummingbird has been there feeding all day. I also saw it chase off a second hummingbird that came to feed. Snow seems to be stopping ...
- December 20, 2008 at 4:41 PM
- signalius said...
I want to call it "WYZZYRD BLAST 9000"
- December 20, 2008 at 4:42 PM
- charles said...
Again, a nice thrust-vault earthquake would really top off the evening!
Nobody thought the stock market would slip, either!
- December 20, 2008 at 4:43 PM
- Alan said...
NE Portland has had the perfect snowstorm today: east wind from the Columbia River Gorge + moisture from the west. The closer to the Gorge, the colder the temperatures and stronger the winds.
I wish there were a blog like this for PDX...anybody know of one?
- December 20, 2008 at 4:47 PM
- signalius said...
Saw a flock (or is it gaggle?) of elegant white geese fly by Ballard in a V pointing south. Never seen them before. A little black on their wingtips. Snow geese?
- December 20, 2008 at 4:47 PM
In NE Seattle, light steady snow. No wind.
- December 20, 2008 at 4:49 PM
- zephyr said...
Say ya HEY to the UP!
- December 20, 2008 at 4:51 PM
- fjblau said...
Wind light out here in Sammamish... no snow yet...
http://www.seattlebuskers.com/wx for data!
- December 20, 2008 at 4:55 PM
5pm West Seattle. mild dusting of snow, air is still with no wind.
The weather report caused most of our guests to cancel for our annual Solstice potluck. All are sitting home scared.
$300 and two days of preparation down the drain.
Not to mention the Fremont Arts Council is likely going to go bankrupt because of their cancellation of their winter fundraiser.
People who moved to Seattle need to take weather reports with a grain of salt and learn to brave the weather!
- December 20, 2008 at 4:59 PM
Not a twig stirring yet, still waiting upslope of Marysville.
- December 20, 2008 at 5:01 PM
- Imaflatlander said...
Sounds like everyone is getting very small, fine snowflakes. I wonder what determines size and shape of flakes?
BIRDERS - birds and critters need water too, especially when everything is frozen!
I cast my vote for "Solstice Storm", nice tag to whoever came up with it.
- December 20, 2008 at 5:09 PM
For those of you interested in current Seattle wind speeds, here are the WSDOT bridges stats:
520 - http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/bridges/sr520/
I90 - http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/bridges/i90/default.aspx
Just for fun, you could try to correlate the real time data with Cliff's computer model charts that he attached to his previous post.
- December 20, 2008 at 5:09 PM
It is like a Blizzard in Bellevue. An inch of ice on the roads in places still left from before. The snow started about an hour ago, it never made it over 27 in downtown Bellevue. Now, the fine snow is falling heavily. Police are directing traffic.
- December 20, 2008 at 5:09 PM
I also saw a large gaggle of white geese with black wingtips fly over Issaquah this morning at around noon. I'm sure they were snow geese. I've seen them up around Mt. Vernon, but I've never seen them down here before.
- December 20, 2008 at 5:13 PM
"Solstice Storm 08"
gets my vote!
- December 20, 2008 at 5:20 PM
What can we put out for birds if we do not have seed, etc? I saw a mention of peanut butter - smear some on tree branches? Nuts?
I have been seeing them around looking for food and I want to help but am unprepared...any specifics would be appreciated.
- December 20, 2008 at 5:33 PM
- JewelyaZ said...
Ahhhh! Nothing like the hot tub when the water is 95 degrees and the air is 25! The open-air cabana keeps most of the snow out but enough breezed in to cool our faces... lovely. The kids were really jazzed about being outside barefoot in the snow and not being cold. LOL
The breeze is light now but I am guessing it will be worse later tonight. Stay safe everyone... I can't wait to read Cliff's reviews of how the models panned out. It does look to be a so far, so good kind of thing.
I am also curious about what determines snowflake size. I guess it has to do with the winds and circulation aloft, and how many times the snow circles through the cloud before falling... the little tiny flakes like we're getting now probably don't drift around building size in the clouds for long at all before they fall/blow to the ground. Big fat flakes dawdle around up there and get coated a few times (or have more time to build some size). Am I right?
- December 20, 2008 at 8:15 PM
Dude- it's been a while since your last post. this is an historical event. let's hear some thoughts!
- December 20, 2008 at 10:06 PM
- nocurling said...
snow has pretty much stopped here in east olympia. and there's been no wind.
keep warm.
- December 20, 2008 at 10:18 PM


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Prior to the pipeline rupture at Mayflower Exxon had conducted a number of tests to determine if there were defects in the pipeline which might cause the pipe to rupture.
A 22 foot rupture in the Exxon-Mobile Pegasus pipeline near Mayflower, Arkansas on March 29, 2013 sent an estimated 210,000 gallons of thick Canadian crude oil flowing down the streets of Northwoods Subdivision and into a cove of Lake Conway. The Pegasus pipeline is 850 miles long running from Patoka, Illinois to Corscina, Texas. The pipeline was built in 1947-48 by a long defunct Youngstown, Ohio business.
Hurst Metallurgical Laboratories Inc. was employed to examine the Mayflower ruptured pipe and after completing its testing issued a 250 page report in which it determined "hook cracks" more than 13 inches long in the seam of the pipe caused the pipe to rupture.
Prior to the pipeline rupture at Mayflower Exxon had conducted a number of tests to determine if there were defects in the pipeline which might cause the pipe to rupture.
One test was conducted in 2006 after Exxon shut down the Pegasus pipeline from 2002-2006 and the Federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration required Exxon to test the pipeline for defects. Exxon used what is called a hydrostatic-pressure check to find defects and The Federal Pipeline Safety Administration released a 160 page report showing that test revealed 12 defects in the pipeline:
Four defects in a 42.75 mile test section under the Oakdale, Illinois station.
One defect in a 33.54 mile test section under the Cherokee, Pass, Mo., station.
One defect in a test section under the Donaphin, Mo., station.
Two defects in a Glenwood, Arkansas 19.25 mile test section.
Two defects in a Foreman, Arkansas 34.07 mile test section.
Two defects occurred at milepost 298.1 and 294.1 in a 15.76 milr test section near Conway, Arkansas
This 2006 test did not indicate any defects in the pipeline in the Mayflower, Arkansas section where the March 29, 2013 rupture occurred. Exxon said it had repaired the defects revealed in the 2006 test and was allowed to begin using the pipeline in February 2006
In 2010 Exxon ran two inline inspections on the Pegasus pipeline. One test was to test for metal loss on the entire 850 mile pipeline. In its 630 page report on this test The Federal Pipeline Safety Administration said the problem was not confined to one or two pipe segments. "The seam weld defects and metal loss defects are distributed throughout the pipeline. Approximately 12% of the total number of spools contain a seam weld defect or a metal loss defect," the report stated.
The 120 page report covering tests on the 142.68 miles of pipeline from Doniphan, Mo to Conway, Arkansas revealed five seam weld defects and 5,510 metal loss defects. Of the 5,510 defects seven were "axial orientated seam weld metal loss and were classified as metal loss touching or crossing the seam weld". The remaining 5,503 were manufacturing and metal loss features in the pipe's main body.
According to Karen Tyrone, vice-president of Exxon-Mobile Pipeline an in-line inspection in February 2013, less than two months before the Mayflower pipeline rupture "didn't identify the defects in the Mayflower segment but the results were still being studied."
In preliminary reports and supporting documents of a $4.5 million three year study by Battelle Memorial Institute of Columbus, Ohio and posted on the web site of Pipeline Safety Administration 1,840 pipeline accidents /incidents occurred between 2002-2010.
The kind and number are: Corrosion-- 477, Material/weld—244, Excavation—232, Equipment failure—224, Natural forces—190, Incorrect operation—106, Other outside forces—104, Pipe seam—75, Other—188.
Republican Congressman Tim Griffin of Little Rock recently told Exxon-Mobile officials, "federal regulations to ensure the integrity of pipelines are not sufficient to detect deficiencies and prevent an oil spill" and Exxon-Mobile should perform additional testing on the 13.5 mile segment which runs through the Lake Maumelle area.
Congressman Griffin for more than a year before the Mayflower pipeline rupture was advocating construction of the Keystone oil pipeline which would save the Koch brothers $3 billion a year and SPONSORED a bill to force the Obama Administration to approve the Keystone pipeline WITHOUT the environmental review now required by law.
Congressman Griffin has not explained why he supports construction of the Koch brothers Keystone oil pipeline without regulations and why Exxon-Mobile should conduct MORE testing than regulations require on the Pegasus oil pipeline. Is it possible the $167,000 campaign contribution Koch brothers made to Congressman Griffin had some effect on his position on oil pipelines?
(Paul Rawlings of Heber Springs contributes monthly to the editorial pages of The Sun-Times)


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Who said teachers didn't work summers??? Well, some of the Troup County School System (TCSS) Science and Social Studies teachers are getting prepared to teach new elective courses and state standard changes. Starting in August, middle school students will have student choice class options that are geared to their interest. Classes like Medical Detectives, Chess, and SAT Prep will be offered. In TCSS's high schools, a renewed focus on career pathways like Robotics, Fine Arts, Engineering, and Healthcare will be offered as well.
Here, middle school teachers Lisa O'Neal, Courtney Agurs, and Tiffany Graham are participating in a "Testing the Senses" lab during training at Auburn University for the new TCSS elective class, Medical Detectives. This is just one of the exciting new programs that will be offered in TCSS schools in the fall!


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Canada's dollar (FOREX:CADUSD) fell a third day as the government of its largest trading partner remained shut amid a political impasse about budgeting and lifting government borrowing authority.
The currency reached a four-week low as crude oil, the nation's largest export, declined and gold fell for a second day. A report yesterday showed Canada's trade deficit widened in August even as exports to the U.S. that reached the highest since the end of 2011. Jobs growth slowed last month, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists before the government report on Oct. 11.
"We've seen some signals the U.S. slowdown may spill over to Canada, and we've had some weak trade numbers," Shaun Osborne, chief currency strategist at Toronto-Dominion Bank's TD Securities unit in Toronto, said by phone. "The Canadian dollar has really been sidelined and moving sideways for the past couple of weeks and I don't think that's going to change in the near term."
The loonie, nicknamed for the image of the aquatic bird on the C$1 coin, declined 0.2 percent to C$1.0384 per U.S. dollar at 9:55 a.m. in Toronto, after reaching the weakest level since Sept. 9. One Canadian dollar buys 96.30 U.S. cents.
The currency traded weaker than its 50-, 100- and 200-day moving averages for a second day. Crude oil futures dropped 1 percent to $102.50 a barrel in New York while gold futures lost 0.9 percent to $1,306.88 per ounce.
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The White House plan to nominate Janet Yellen, who is seen as sympathetic to the central bank's stimulus measures, to lead the Federal Reserve sparked a rally in stocks. S&P 500 futures rose 0.3 percent. The minutes of the Fed's last policy meeting may provide more insight into the U.S. central bank's plans for monetary stimulus.
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Linn County Undersheriff Bruce Riley said Friday that Utah Highway Patrol officers found evidence linked to the slaying of 48-year-old Wayne Klavano when they arrested Travis Powers of Windsor, Colo., and Daniel Armbrecht of Pagosa Springs, Colo., on Tuesday.
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Warning: This story involves a terrorist's nightmare
As new olim and residents of Jerusalem, Israel, we went out one night for a couple of hours to a wedding. Upon returning, we found that our home had been burglarized. The bars on the back door were ripped out and thieves not only took irreplaceable, sentimental items and valuables, but trashed the place and took away our sense of security.
There were so many robberies that night that it took hours for the overworked and underpaid policemen to arrive. But we learned two lessons: (1) Those bars on the doors and windows do nothing to keep out the bad guys, and (2) no matter how upsetting such an incident is in Israel, you may not use the word "terror."
Victims of terror are a very select group, a group to which no one wants to belong and whose next member no one can predict. 2012 was the first year since 2000 that no Israelis were killed in Judea and Samaria by terrorists.
But on December 24, 2009, Rabbi Meir Avshalom Chai z"l was murdered by terrorists near his home in Shavei Shomron. He was shot 10 times in the head as he drove home after teaching that night. Not only a beloved educator, he was a husband and father of seven children, aged 16 years to 4 months.
So why am I telling you this story now?
This week, his widow Elisheva Chai got married again. After the crushing blow of her husband's tragic death, she got her life and her children's lives slowly back together with the help of OneFamily, an organization established to help victims of terror.
Elisheva smiled and posed for photos with her beautiful family before the ceremony.
Meanwhile, the groom, Gil Efrati, was interviewed by the press. It was quite an overwhelming experience for this quiet 50-year-old social worker, never married, who quit his job in Jerusalem to move to Shavei Shomron to be with his new wife and family.
Hundreds of family and friends gathered at the Ramat Rachel banquet hall to celebrate.
Elisheva's students sang and danced.
Her sons were so thrilled to once again see Chantal Belzberg, a founder of OneFamily, that they asked for this photo to be taken.
But with the smiles there were also tears of pain and joy and thoughts of the tragic past, along with the promise of hope for the future.
Smiles and shtreimels and extended families,
dressed very differently on the outside, but all coming together as one.
In the dark, Gil Efrati stood under the chupah waiting for his bride. I thought of how earlier, while I was on my way to the wedding, a stranger on the street asked where I was going with my camera. I told him the story about this special wedding. Only in Israel. The old man smiled broadly and said "mazel tov." Bad times and good times do bring people together.
One family coming together, triumphing over terror and tragedy,
to build a new home together in Israel. What could more inspiring?
Since 2001, the OneFamily fund has supported over 1,300 injured families, 1,340 bereaved families and 983 bereaved or injured children. Wouldn't it be great if there were no more? But, the day after this wedding a young Israeli man was stabbed and injured in a terrorist attack in the Shomron.
Thank you, Elisheva Chai Efrati for sharing your inspiring story, one of turning a nightmare into what we all hope is a new beginning with a very happy ending.
It is so wonderful when we can all celebrate as one family together.
So from everyone, mazel tov! And l'chaim to Elisheva and Gil.


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The Bucs (6-5) are winners of four of their last five games and will play two games in the next three days, with another Big South team Radford invading the Dome on Thursday night at 7 p.m. The Bulldogs (4-6) are coming off a tough 93-62 loss to No. 2-ranked North Carolina just three days ago.
This will be the first meeting between the Bulldogs and Bucs since 2003-04, when ETSU went to Asheville and enjoyed a 78-58 win. In the all-time series, the Bucs lead 12-6 and have won three in a row. ETSU will also be trying to extend its non-conference home winning streak to 10, having not lost a game inside Memorial Center since December of 2004.
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Friday, December 5, 2008
Eden Rivers' Nature's Pentacle is an EPPIE Finalist!
After a rocky November, December started out on a much more positive note. On the first day of the month, I got a wonderful little note in my in box announcing that Nature's Pentacle is a finalist in the 2009 EPPIE Competition. I'm still doing a happy dance over that one!
Here's the blurb for Nature's Pentacle, my paranormal witch ménage, available now from Loose Id :
After someone exposes their role in a forbidden, sexual rite to heal the parched earth, Matt and Lena are forced to flee vigilantes and a rogue witch. Drawn to each other despite Matt's ties to Kenji, the man who rescued him from a troubled past, they're swept into a ménage, and the three witches exchange magical traits in an explosion of power and passion.
As Matt and Lena face another pentacle rite, a violent kidnapping, and a magical duel, their attachment deepens--and so does Kenji's resentment at losing Matt. The addition of another witch to the group eases Kenji's jealousy, and sparks fly when the foursome mingles sex and magic on the kitchen floor, carrying them finally, to the love they never imagined they'd find.
And here's a PG-13 rated excerpt to introduce you to Lena, Matt, and Kenji and give you a little taste of the story:
Perhaps sensing her distress, Matt crossed the room and touched her shoulder. "Not your fault, little witch." Returning to the table, he scooped his violet glow from the bowl of oil and gestured for her to retrieve hers.
"I'm going to show you what you're feeling isn't anything you can control. I feel like I'm caught in the sun's gravitational field, and I couldn't break free of you if my life depended on it."
Curious, she reached out and called her light globe to her hand, cupping her palm to receive the slight weight. "I don't see what you--"
"Something happened during the rite--a connection between us. I think our magic got scrambled, tied together, and I want to test my theory." The streak of mud across Matt's shoulder and his tangled curls didn't do anything to diminish his beauty. When he smiled at her, his amber brown eyes glowed with warmth.
"Okay, I'll play. What next?"
"Toss your glow sphere in the air. If I'm wrong, it'll just float back to your palm."
Realizing he had no more idea what would happen than she did, she bit back a cheeky, "And if you're right?" Instead, she tossed her blue orb at the same time he launched his. When the spheres spun toward each other she let out a surprised yelp. The lights crashed together, setting loose waves of force, sound, and shimmering color.
"Get down!"
At his warning, she plastered herself flat on the rough wooden floorboards. But rather than harming her, whatever magic they'd set loose caressed her body like a warm stream. Sheets of emerald, sapphire, ruby, and turquoise arched over them like the aurora borealis.
Helpless in the wake of the unexpected discharge of power, she tensed as the door opened a crack. She staggered to her feet, attempting to gather a protective shield. "Matt?"
"'S okay. No one can cross the wards but me and Kenji. This is his place, and the magic guarding it is unbreakable."
As if on cue, Kenji--looking no less intimidating than when he anchored the rite last night--stepped into the room and gaped at the light show. "Every witch in the country is in danger, and the two of you decide to play bedroom games with your power?"
Ignoring the continuing display, he clicked the door shut, strode across the room to the table, and set down two grocery bags and his cell phone. Lena's first impulse was to grab the phone and call Serena, but she had to get something straight first.
"What do you mean, no one can get past the wards?" Bedraggled and exhausted, she drew herself up to her full five feet five inches and cloaked herself in a curtain of power. "Given the time and inclination, I could smash those wards." She fixed Kenji with a brittle stare. "And what you walked in on was an exercise to test our combined magic--not some kinky game."
"My apologies." Six feet of wiry grace wrapped in a package of soft leather shoes, tan chinos, and a plum-colored shirt, Kenji bowed. The formality that would have seemed ludicrous coming from Matt seemed natural, if slightly mocking, coming from Kenji.
Suddenly, the fact that this was one of the three witches who'd drawn molten power through her last night, bleeding her dry as she trembled and wept, hit her with the force of a blow. Kenji couldn't be much older than she was, and yet he'd earned a spot as one of the three anchors--alongside Sorren, the most powerful witch in North America.
Sweet Brighid, what had she gotten herself into? Taking a step back, she studied the lines and angles of Kenji's face. The cinnamon mocha warmth of his skin softened his sculpted features, and thick lashes shaded his deep brown eyes. Black curls fell to his shoulders, covered with a sprinkling of rain. But for all his heart-stopping beauty, every movement, every mannerism, reeked of power.
When outmatched, bluff. "I need to borrow your phone." Feigning confidence, she crossed the room to the table.
Matt, not Kenji, intervened. "You can't. It's not safe." Closing the distance between them, he covered her hand with his own as she grasped the phone. "Your sister needs to be able to say she hasn't heard from you--with 100 percent honesty. That's the only thing that will guarantee her safety--and your mother's."
Posted by Eden Rivers at 2:38 PM
4 comments:
- Minx Malone said...
Awesome news Eden!! Congratulations.
- December 5, 2008 at 11:37 PM
- Meagan Hatfield said...
Major congrats, lady!!! I'm so excited for you!
- December 6, 2008 at 11:15 AM
- Michelle said...
Hey Eden! I congratulated you on the P.I. forum but wanted to do so again here. I know you are over the moon over this. Congratulations!
- December 6, 2008 at 11:13 PM
- Eden Rivers said...
Thanks, Minx, Meagan, and Michelle :-)
- December 13, 2008 at 11:17 PM
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Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the United States House of Representatives in the 112th Congress, will speak on Presidents Day, Monday, Feb. 20, at 5:30 p.m. Sponsored by the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation, this program will take place in the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center at the George Bush Presidential Library Center. Andrew H. Card, Jr., Acting Dean of the George Bush School of Government and Public Service, will moderate a conversation with Leader Pelosi.
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Toast Skagen is a very festive and popular Swedish starter. It's not cheap - both good shrimps (preferably from the waters around the Smögen island) and whitefish roe (ideally from European whitefish/Vendance (Coregonus albula) or Powan (Coregonus lavaretus)) are pricy. But if you are looking for that special starter for a special occasion, then this is very elegant, good-looking and delicious*.
This beautiful appetiser was developed by one of the best-known Swedish culinary heroes, Dr Tore Wretman (1916-2003), who served a version of this dish in his Stockholm restaurant already in 1958. Skagen, by the way, is a name of a beautiful fishing port on the Northern coast of Denmark, which has been popular with Swedish and Danish artists for centuries. Who knows, perhaps Wretman was inspired by one of his trips to the area :)
Toast Skagen
(Toast Skagen krevetivõileib)
Serves 4
4 slices of good-quality white bread, crusts removed
butter for frying
300 g peeled cooked shrimps/prawns (fresh is best, but in brine will do)
5 Tbsp mayonnaise
1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
2-3 Tbsp finely chopped fresh dill + extra for garnishing
100-150 g bleak/whitewish roe
one lemon, quartered
Melt the butter on a frying pan and sauté the bread slices on both sides until golden. Place on a kitchen paper to drain excess fat.
Drain the shrimps, cut into smaller pieces (optional; I left them whole, as they look prettier). Mix mayonnaise, mustard and dill, fold in the shrimps. Taste for seasoning - if necessary, add some salt and pepper.
Spoon the mixture on top of the bread slices.
Garnish with a large spoonful of caviar and some dill. Serve with a lemon quarter.


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The Young and the Helpless
By Alfred Opp, Vancouver, British Columbia
Edited by Connie Dahlke, Walla Walla, Washington
My brother was eight years old and I was not yet 15 when the security guards took away our parents. Left on our own, we had to find ways to survive. People in our apartment house were also stressed and, fearful to be seen with Germans, they momentarily went cold on us. We wanted to stay alive and well until our parents came home. My brother and I avoided any contacts. Most of our time we spent huddled up in our apartment. My brother and I were very close, and he stood up well under this situation. As time went by, we were down to one meal a day.
It was very cold outside - people could not remember when it had been so cold. To go outside was to risk getting sick. Desperate for assistance, we thought the church might help us. One day we went looking for a church, seeking help. When we found a church, there was not a soul around. The door was unlocked so we went in. What we found was a god-forsaken place. Benches had been moved aside and the aisles used to house troops. Behind the altar we found trash mixed with human excrement. The entire building was a ransacked mess, however the altar with the crucifix was still in place. As we looked around, we found a bookmark in the debris and also a booklet. We picked both up to save them. I remember so well how we stood there, totally lost. To us it felt we had hit the wall. Feeling sad, we left and went back to our apartment. That night, like any other night, we knelt down by the bed to say the prayers Mother had taught us when we were little. This time we had the two items from the church with us. Just going to a church left us feeling good. Despite the church being full of dirt and stench. the Lord gave us a gift that provided us with some peace of mind. It was a crucial time for us and helped us maintain our inner strength.
My parents were solid in mind and character. They had good hearts and they walked a straight line, never wavering. We children were expected to work for what we got. Mom and Dad gave us an open door to gain independence. They never used scare-tactics on us to keep us from sinning. If we did sin, Father told us what we did wrong and how to fix it. If we didn't take his advice, he helped us with the strap. We received such help anytime we needed it. They loved us and we loved them. It was our parents who led us to freedom.
In our life, God is the referee. The playing field is the world around us. To win at the game, we have to train hard. If we carried extra stuffing, we worked it off. We didn't need drugs or sermon artists to do it for us. In prayer, one comes to see himself - a true picture shows up within the person. With a signal from God, our conscience paints the picture well. Minds can work miracles, and often do. Today, I thank my parents for their wisdom and leadership. Starting early, I was taught to be strong and independent, standing on solid ground with advantages that we earned. There were victories and defeats, laughter and tears and many wounds. I thank God and the people in my life that I walked away from it whole.
The apartment building we were in had five units - Polish people occupied four of these. We were the lone Germans and were not exactly welcomed. After a while it got better, but never came close to what one could call trust. We Germans were forbidden to have close contact with the Poles. The Polish people knew this, and also had no interest in becoming our friends. My mother was such a friendly person - her neighbors could not give her the cold shoulder for long. Soon the apartment building was like one family, with but one orphan. When our neighbors asked how we were doing, our answer was always "Very well." The trust of our neighbors that my folks worked so hard for, paid off in the long run. When Poland got their town back, the people in our apartment building did not report us, even though they were strictly instructed to stay away from any German, and and warned that if someone was caught helping a German friend or neighbor they would be punished.
Our neighbors refused to be intimidated, and stood by us. Two of our neighbors told us to bring our belongings to them for safe keeping. We did that gladly. What they couldn't prevent was a routine check by the local police. It was then that our parents were taken away, leaving us boys home alone. We soon ran out of most food items. There was no additional food available - you couldn't buy or even steal anything during the closing days of the war and for days after the fighting moved on. Our neighbors, Josef and Mieta Pieck had a teenage daughter, their only child. One day she mysteriously disappeared. Our neighbors were devastated. Mieta believed that if she would help us, God would help her daughter. A piece of bread from Mieta saved us from starvation. Mieta's change of heart toward us also helped us to get back in contact with our mother. We owed a lot to those people. After the war, I kept in contact with Mieta until she died. Mieta never heard from her daughter again. The world was frozen - people's hearts were cold, but Josef and Mieta had warm hearts and gave us a hand when we were in need.
" Sbosiba" -
Thank You
I can't say if the spelling here is correct. It is a beautiful word to me as is. I heard Grandpa say it to his Russian friends. I'm glad I remembered it, especially in Poland where I needed it most The Soviets made a clean sweep against the city we were in. As Germans, we were trapped and in a fight for our lives. The Polish people were starving, and so were we. For us to get food was even harder than for the Poles, because we were the hunted. My brother and I were alone in our apartment. After two weeks in this situation, obtaining food became a desperate need for us. Nobody knew where the next bite was coming from. Everything outside was frozen. Dead horses had been partly stripped for their meat. People were fearful to go out onto the street; and when they did they quickly took the nearest meat they could find. However, I never could bring myself to eat horse meat. My brother and I were down to a few potatoes and bit of preserves. These we stretched by eating only one small meal per day.
Walking the street one day, I saw some Russian supply wagons. On one an old man was sitting, eating his lunch. As I walked by, I looked at him and smiled. He smiled back. I stepped back and was looking over his horses. He saw me doing this and called me over. I knew no Russian, but felt comfortable to go near him. He said something in Russian, then gave me a slice of bread. When I said "sbosiba," his face lit up. Quickly I gestured to him that I didn't speak Russian. The old man signaled me to wait. He went to the back of his wagon, got a loaf of bread, and gave it to me. I bowed my head and said "Sbosiba, Papa, sbosiba." I then left. A smile and thanks ended that little war. Then again, the old man and I never were in it.
The holiness of the dead.
The war left our town in Poland with a gruesome picture. Dead people were seen everywhere. Some people got caught waving white sheets from an upper floor window. Not trusting anyone, snipers picked them off with ease. Their bodies were left hanging out the windows, like bedding being aired on a sunny day. It took days before they were removed. A lady from our apartment house called me over one day and warned me to not go picking through the pockets of the dead. She told me that Russians believe dead people are holy, and that disturbing them is bad luck. I assured the lady that I was not planning on doing any such thing. Days later, men showed up to take away the bodies lying about. To see them work was like watching men remove rubbish. Only later did it hit me: In war, how sacred a dead person is. But a living one isn't worth saving.
I liked pigeons - so did Bogdan.
Bogdan was the son of a Polish couple who lived downstairs in our apartment building. The family was rather private, but friendly when we met. One day Bogdan saw me leaving with a travel bag, and asked where I was going. I didn't see him that often, and when I did he was always nice to me, so I told him I was going to my grandparent's farm. He asked if I could bring back a bag of feed for his pigeons.
"You got pigeons? Back home, I had some too," I said. "I haven't seen yours. Where are they?"
"At my friends place," he said. He promised that when I got back, he would let me see them. When I returned from my grandparent's farm, Bogdan wasn't around, so I gave the feed to his dad. I rarely saw him after that. Later, when the Soviets moved in, I saw him more often - he was a policeman. People in our apartment then told us that he had worked for the underground disguised as a street sweeper. He had no pigeons himself - the underground had carrier pigeons working for them. Bogdan and his parents strangely kept their distance from us. They didn't harm us, but they didn't help us either. I still like pigeons. I cannot blame the pigeons for what happened. In the war, they got confused and went the wrong way.
The final solution.
A 76-year-old grandmother was a healthy person. Caring for seven children on a farm she walked a bit bent over. The Plan Makers thought she might be a burden to the family settling in. She was put into a Care Home where she suddenly died of "pneumonia." Ironically, the relatives were not allowed to visit her for fear of spreading an illness. After the war the truth came out. It was not God who called these elderly people home.
Alfred Opp is the author of "Pawns on the World Stage" - the memoirs of his childhood in Teplitz, Bessarabia and the experiences of his family in war-torn Europe (Poland during 1941-1945 before they fled to East Germany in 1945, then the reconstruction of West Germany 1945-1955).


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Healthy Snider looks to capitalize on time with Bucs
PHILADELPHIA -- Travis Snider's scouting report on Gregory Polanco is as glowing as that of practically everyone.
"He is a great player with a bright future ahead of him," said Snider, neither tersely nor begrudgingly, even though the countdown towards the projected midseason arrival of the Pirates' No. 1 prospect is presumed to coincide with that of the end of Snider's opportunity to claim right field at PNC Park.
PHILADELPHIA -- Travis Snider's scouting report on Gregory Polanco is as glowing as that of practically everyone.
"He is a great player with a bright future ahead of him," said Snider, neither tersely nor begrudgingly, even though the countdown towards the projected midseason arrival of the Pirates' No. 1 prospect is presumed to coincide with that of the end of Snider's opportunity to claim right field at PNC Park.
Last summer's acquisition of Marlon Byrd at the Trade Deadline sent Snider and Jose Tabata to the bench during the Pirates' successful stretch drive. If, with Byrd starting 2014 in Philadelphia and Polanco at Triple-A Indianapolis, Snider turns out to be nothing but a placeholder, he'll do it from a much better mental place than in '13, when a toe issue essentially robbed him of the swing that made him the 14th pick in the '06 Draft.
"It's a mental grind when you are playing in chronic pain all the time," Snider said. "Every single day was a challenge, mentally and physically, trying to be able to get quality work done and still have enough left in the tank to be able to go out and stand on your feet for nine innings.
"It was good experience in that it opened my eyes to understand that to move forward in my career, there are things I have to be careful about doing, as well as things I need to be doing more often. I need to take ownership. Bottom line is I am the one that is going to dictate my success as a player."
In the offseason, surgeons cleaned bone spurs out of the ball of Snider's left foot and removed the medial sesamoid-- the small bone on the underside of the ball. They also performed a bunion correction that involved placement of a plate and four screws.
You don't have to be a podiatrist to surmise that Snider had a down year in 2013. He hit .215 with five homers and 25 RBIs on one hot foot, and it did a number on his still-promising swing.
"My back foot being the one I push off with, the way I was going about it wasn't allowing me to stay balanced in my legs through my swing, which in turn causes you swing at more pitches out of the zone," Snider said. "And it decreases your power. Guys who have solid balance in their legs are able to drive the ball more consistently, something I was able to do for most of my career.
"Last season was a roller coaster, having some periods where I felt good or good enough to get the work in necessary to polish things up. But over time, it just wore down to the point where it was just too much."
The problem corrected, the swing on the mend through a .340 spring training, Snider has determined the last thing he needs to do is worry too much about his future with the Pirates. If he begins to consistently live up to his promise, he will land elsewhere in the Majors.
"A swing always is a work in progress," Snider said. "You have to continue to develop a routine and mindset of what you need to accomplish to stay on top of the little things that go on mechanically with your swing. For me to be successful at this level, the focus remains on what I have to do to be prepared every single day and being a good teammate."
The latter was made easier as the 2013 Pirates finally had a winning year after 20 straight losing seasons. Snider, who entered last season aware that surgery might be necessary, said he has no regrets about putting it off. He is not a regretful guy, and if he was going to be on a bench, there was no better one to be on than Pittsburgh's while the franchise turned around.
"I've never experienced anything in a professional baseball atmosphere similar to that," Snider said. "It was something every guy who was involved with will remember for a long time. It was a good taste; [it] lights the fire to make us want a lot more."
It beats a fire in your foot for sure. The Pirates not only haven't seen the last of Travis Snider, they may have yet to see the best of him.
Jay Greenberg is a contributor to MLB.com.


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While the National Baseball Hall of Fame was announcing Wednesday that three players in their first year of eligibility — pitchers Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine and slugger Frank Thomas — had been elected by the writers' association in the same year for the first time in 15 years, Rafael Palmeiro was in his Texas home putting away Christmas decorations.
The former Orioles slugger didn't realize the announcement had been made until he noticed several missed phone calls. He turned on the TV and learned he had received only 25 votes — half of what he garnered last year — for a total of 4.4 percent, which dropped him from the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot in his fourth year of eligibility.
"It is disheartening not being on the ballot anymore," said Palmeiro, who is one of only four players with 3,000 hits and 500 home runs, but is also the only one on the ballot who was suspended for failing a performance-enhancing-drug test. "I was hoping to stay on it as long as I could. Maybe gain some momentum. But it went the other way."
Palmeiro wasn't the only former Oriole to receive disappointing results due to a ballot that featured plenty of quality candidates. Former ace Mike Mussina, who won 270 games and posted a 3.68 ERA in an 18-season career with the Orioles and New York Yankees, was named on just 20.3 percent of the 571 ballots cast in his first year of eligibility — far below the 75 percent needed for induction.
Of the other former Orioles on this year's ballot, outfielder Tim Raines received 46.1 percent of the vote, followed by reliever Lee Smith (29.9 percent), starter Curt Schilling (29.2) and outfielder Sammy Sosa (7.2 percent), who now takes Palmeiro's place as the holdover whose spot is most tenuous for 2015. Former Orioles reliever Armando Benitez received one vote, and reliever Mike Timlin received none.
Those two won't be eligible next year, but the somewhat surprising ballot casualty was Palmeiro, who can't be considered by the Hall of Fame's veterans committee until at least 2026, after his class' 15 years of eligibility expires.
"I'll look at the bright side," Palmeiro said. "I'll be eligible in [12] years, and maybe at that point things are a lot different and people see it in a different light. I'm disappointed. I am not going to lie. I won't say I was hoping for a miracle and that I'd get elected, but I was hoping to stay on it a little longer."
In 2013, Palmeiro received 50 votes and was named on 8.8 percent of ballots cast. His precipitous drop-off seemingly was a testament to the number of quality candidates this year and a rule that prohibits voters from selecting more than 10 each year.
"This was the first time I didn't vote for him, and it was strictly because I ran out of space on the ballot," said USA Today national baseball columnist Bob Nightengale.
Nightengale said his 10th spot came down to Palmeiro and Sosa.
"So it was pretty much, 'Well, Rafael Palmeiro was the only guy on the Hall of Fame ballot who ever tested positive for steroids. No one else did.' So that's why," Nightengale said. "It was the first time he was off my ballot, and I was fearful he'd fall off."
As a policy, Baltimore Sun writers do not vote for the Hall of Fame or postseason awards.
Mel Antonen, a MASN baseball analyst and contributor for SI.com, has never voted for Palmeiro or anyone else linked to performance-enhancing drug use. However, he said he was disappointed he wouldn't be able to consider Palmeiro's candidacy in future years.
"I think he deserves more time; I think time can heal all wounds. While I just wasn't ready to vote for him now, things can change, circumstances can come around and there might be reason to vote for Palmeiro down the road," Antonen said. "So I think it's a shame that he was bounced off the ballot so quickly."
One thing that won't change in the next decade is Palmeiro's story about his failed test in 2005. He continues to maintain that he injected a tainted liquid B-12 supplement from teammate Miguel Tejada and did not purposely use the steroid stanozolol just weeks after wagging his finger while denying PED use to a congressional committee.
"I'm not going to change [the story] for the sake of creating a myth," Palmeiro said. "It is what it is. It happened. It's the honest-to-God truth."
Palmeiro said he understands many don't believe him, and that he must live with that.
"I take full responsibility, accountability for my mistake. It cost me tremendously in my life. It ruined my career and now it has ruined my chance of being a Hall of Famer," Palmeiro said. "I don't blame anybody but myself. I should have known better and I should have trusted no one. You live and you learn. Some lessons are harder than others and this one I'll pay for the rest of my life."
What surprised Palmeiro even more than his low vote total Wednesday was the underwhelming response to Mussina, whom Palmeiro called "as good as it gets; he was dominating."
Antonen, for one, agreed, saying he expected Mussina to get about 40 percent of the vote — similar to what Schilling received in his first year on the ballot.
"I think it is one of those things that [Mussina] does have a lot of support out there, they just didn't vote for him this year. I think they will vote for him," Antonen said. "I think when you see what he did and how he pitched and how he stacked up against guys like Tom Glavine, who is now a Hall of Famer, there is no question that Mike Mussina should be in Cooperstown."
Even with the election of three players and the loss of Palmeiro and pitcher Jack Morris, who wasn't chosen in his 15th and final year of eligibility, next year's ballot is expected to remain full. Newcomers include Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz — who have nine Cy Young Awards among them — plus nine-time All-Star Gary Sheffield, among others. Craig Biggio, who fell two votes short of induction this year, will lead next year's holdovers.
This year's ceremony on July 27 should be well-attended and have an Atlanta Braves flair. Maddux, who won four Cy Young Awards and 355 games in his 23-season career, spent 11 seasons with the Braves, including 10 as the teammate of Glavine, who won a total of 305 games in his 22-season career. They were managed by Bobby Cox, who was one of three skippers — along with Tony La Russa and Joe Torre — selected by this year's expansion-era committee for induction.
Thomas, a career .301 hitter with 521 home runs who was named on 83.7 percent of ballots in his first year of eligibility, will be the one inductee in July who will be honored for his ability to hit a baseball.
At one point, it was thought that the sweet-swinging Palmeiro would be honored, but that won't happen for at least a decade, if ever.
Palmeiro has been considered for the Orioles' Hall of Fame, but lost out to Mussina and Roberto Alomar in consecutive years.
"It would definitely be an honor. But I just don't see it happening. It's all kind of tied together," Palmeiro said of the Orioles' Hall, before showing he hadn't lost his sense of humor.
"Any Hall of Fame would be an honor. Even if my kids made a Hall of Fame for me here in my home, I'd appreciate it. We'll have to create a Hall of Fame here at the Palmeiro house and they can put a crown on my head and that will be it."


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Globe photos of the week, Jan. 11, 2013
Globe photos of the week, Jan. 11, 2013
A chair on the ice provided a convenient place for Laurie Hawkins of Rockport to change out of his skates at Gloucester's Niles Pond.
Musa Kamara of Dorchester practiced putting at the William J. Devine Golf Course at Franklin Park in Dorchester. "It's Sunday. I just didn't want to sit inside," said Kamara.
The Boston College Eagles' Pat Mullane defended Yale University Bulldogs' Colin Dueck during third period action at Conte Forum.
An airplane headed for a landing at Hanscom Field under a colorful winter sunset.
Contrails from jets formed lines in the sky above the statue of George Washington on the Boston Public Garden.
Donald Hall of Cambridge ran at Harvard Stadium to get in shape for an upcoming ski trip.
Like many other mothers-to-be, S. Courtney Rice wore a lot of scarves a work when she was pregnant with her daughter, Molly Rice-Philp, in order to conceal her pregnancy.
The family of Almas, 8, front, and Abdulallah, 11, Alhazmi moved from Saudi Arabia to Quincy so the children could be treated for a rare genetic disorder, Diamond Blackfan Anemia, at Children's Hospital in Boston.
Former state lab chemist Annie Dookhan pleaded not guilty in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn to charges of altering drug evidence and obstructing justice.
Elizabeth Warren shared a hug with Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan prior to a re-enactment of her senatorial swearing-in ceremony at Roxbury Community College for the benefit of supporters who couldn't travel to Washington for the real one.
Police police officers bowed their heads in prayer during a plaque dedication ceremony at the Boston Police Department's Area B-2 station to honor Sergeant Horatio Homer, who became the first black Boston police officer in 1878.
Rescue workers from the Animal Rescue League and Waltham firefighters freed a deer trapped on a frozen pond in Waltham. The animal was in poor condition and was later euthanized.


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Verifying that the hardware is connected correctly for the cluster
Sun Cluster 3.0–3.1 Hardware Collection for Solaris OS (SPARC Platform Edition) http://docs.sun.com/coll/1024.1
Sun Cluster 3.0–3.1 Hardware Collection for Solaris OS (x86 Platform Edition) http://docs.sun.com/coll/1142.1
Checking the installation sequence guidelines
Check to see what guidelines apply to this example and make adjustments as needed.
Checking the installation prerequisites
Check to see what tasks you might need to perform for this installation before starting.
Running the installer
On Solaris 10, Sun Cluster software can only be installed in the global zone.
At component selection, choosing only the Sun Cluster product component
During a Configure Now installation (usually where you have chosen to install all product components), you are prompted whether to enable support for remote Sun Cluster configuration. If you select Yes, postinstallation configuration for Sun Cluster software will be easier.
Selecting the Configure Later type
If needed, manually installing the Sun Cluster support for additional features: RSMAPI (SUNWscrif), SCI-PCI adapters (SUNWsci), RSMRDT drivers (SUNWscrdt)
Refer to the Sun Cluster Software Installation Guide for Solaris OS for further information.
Following the instructions to configure the Sun Cluster Framework for each host in the cluster
Follow instructions in Chapter 2, Installing Software on the Cluster, in Sun Cluster Software Installation Guide for Solaris OS. When the Sun Cluster documentation refers to a Sun Cluster CD-ROM, substitute the name of the equivalent Communications Suite CD-ROM.
For documentation on creating resource groups and configuring data services, refer to the Sun Cluster Data Services Planning and Administration Guide for Solaris OS.