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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reorganized his governing coalition and canceled a call for elections less than a day after his cabinet agreed to hold them early this September.
For Canada, this is welcomed news. Any shift in Israel's government would pose a challenge for this country's Israel policy, which often confuses support for Netanyahu with support for Israel.
An assertion that Israel has "no greater friend in the world than Canada" might not work if Israel was led by a left-wing labour government or the centrist Kadima party, unless Canada was prepared to offer a mea culpa and sail with the winds in a new direction, abandoning the principles behind its so-called principled stance vis-à-vis Israel.
There is no better example of the hole Canada is digging itself as a result of its unyielding commitment to Netanyahu, mistaken for a commitment to Israel, than the Netanyahu government's recent decision to expand settlements.
In April, Netanyahu's government legalized three settler "outposts" in the Occupied-Palestinian Territories. For over a decade, these and other similar outposts have been considered illegal by Israeli governments and did not count as established "settlements."
The Supreme Court has ordered certain outposts dismantled and criticized the government for not following through. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, or more accurately a Supreme Court and a yet-to-be state of Palestine, the Netanyahu government pre-emptively decided to turn these outposts into official settlements, also illegal under international law.
The legalization of the outposts was the first time Israel established new settlements since the 1993 Oslo Accords. It was a move by a Prime Minister who in September stood before the UN General Assembly and proclaimed, "I want peace" and that the settlements were "an issue that has to be addressed and resolved in the course of negotiations."
Negotiations -- for too many meaningless reasons where it is possible to apportion blame on both sides, have not been forthcoming. Should they resume, Netanyahu can now benefit from new "facts on the ground" making the matter more complicated. Israel's settlement enterprise has expanded; Palestine has gotten smaller.
Prime Minister Netanyahu is not ignorant. He would not have permitted the settlement approval now only to have them dismantled later; they are here to stay. The only issue to be "resolved in the course of negotiations" is for the Palestinians to now accept this.
Canada had no reaction to this troubling development. It never saw fit to express so much as concern, let alone disapproval, at this detrimental, unilateral, and above all, illegal move. Instead, our silence spoke louder than words.
Would Canada have reacted with similar silence if an Israeli government decided, as per Israeli and international law, that the outposts have to go -- that radicals who have taken up illegal residence have undermined Israel's commitments to democracy and the rule of law for too long.
Netanyahu will not be Prime Minister forever. Will our priorities and concerns then shift to whatever the new ruling party sees them to be? Alternatively, if the outpost legalization was one that Canada supported out of principle, because it genuinely believed it to be in this country's best interest vis-à-vis Israel and not just because it was carried out by Netanyahu's government, would Canada speak out against the dismantling of West Bank outposts? Would Canada express concern that one party was making unilateral moves that were unhelpful in bringing about a resolution to the conflict?
The answer to that ridiculous question is "No." And the reason is simple: more so than 100 speeches, dismantling illegal outposts is one of the surest, unilateral moves Israel can make to display a seriousness about its commitment to peace and a two-state solution. This is not about evacuating the entire West Bank or uprooting and demolishing established settlements with tens of thousands of inhabitants.
On the contrary.
Taking down illegal outposts signifies that Israel is standing up to small contingents of radical Israelis bent on destroying the prospects of peace, bringing Biblical prophesy to the 21st century at the expense of justice and equality, and undermining Israel as a democratic state built on the rule of law.
If Canada's policies on Israel/Palestine demonstrated the slightest bit of nuance and desire to use its credibility with the Israeli government to help end the conflict, our government would have indicated this to its "best friend" and suggested a more prudent course of action. But instead it said nothing, leaving two equally troubling conclusions.
Either the Canadian government doesn't understand the significance of the outposts, what their legalization means, and the effects on the peace process, or it doesn't care.


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UCSD Head Coach Corrie Falcon calls senior swimmer Beth Dong "the comeback kid," and it's safe to say few collegiate athletes have had to overcome what the Long Beach native has to get back to the top of her sport. After a stellar youth career, Dong, suffering from severe scoliosis, had surgery that included the placement of a metal rod in her back. All was fine until her sophomore season at UCSD when she developed continual pain in her back and sickness that was at one point considered life-threatening. Doctors eventually determined that her issues were caused by infection stemming from the rod. It was removed and Dong has been on an upward trajectory ever since, getting back to the NCAA Division II Championships last March and breaking a school record at last month's Arena Invitational. "Beth is an all-around dependable performer in almost any event and any stroke," says Falcon, "but she's also developed into a leader for us both vocally and by example. She has a wisdom about her that I think might have a lot to do with the fact that she's been to the bottom and has worked her way back up." A visual arts major at UCSD's Warren College, Dong spoke recently about her recent successes, what it takes to be a collegiate swimmer and her hopes for this year's NCAA Championships.
Q-On the second night of the recent Arena Invitational, you went 4:18.01 in the 400 IM, dropping more than five seconds off your previous UCSD best and bettering three-time NCAA champion Alex Henley's school record by two-tenths of a second. That seemed to take a lot of people by surprise. Were you surprised?
DONG-I was actually very surprised! But I had confidence going into the race just because I knew that I had done the training to succeed.
Q-At the same meet, you nearly broke the UCSD standard in the 1,650 freestyle, set by Sophie Levy in 2006. What has been behind your recent resurgence?
DONG-Honestly , I think that finally being healthy mentally and physically has been so important. Also I am a captain this year which has pushed me to be a leader outside and inside the pool. It has been an inspiring job and I really believe it has helped me succeed in my endeavors.
Q-You've had more than your share of setbacks during your UCSD career. Talk about what you've had to overcoming since arriving at UCSD and how, if at all, that makes reaching your current level more gratifying?
DONG-Well, I guess it started when I was 14 and found out I had really severe scoliosis and had to have spinal surgery to fuse metal rods into my spine. After that long ordeal I went back to swimming and came here, the lovely UCSD. Then, last year I learned that the rods had gotten infected and I would have to have them removed or I wouldn't live to see the next year. That was the point where I really had to sit down and make the decision to be strong and fight. I had the surgery to take out all of the hardware in August of 2011, got back in the water with the Tritons in December, and now here I am! I thank God every day for restoring my health.
Q-The last time you'd posted the kind of marks you did at the Arena meet, you were 14 years old. What were your emotions when you did it at 14? Two weeks ago?
DONG-I think at 14 you really never appreciate anything, especially your physical abilities to recover. I'm 21 now, so when I could get up and finally break that seven-year record I was completely overjoyed. It's definitely a lot harder now, but that's what makes it so gratifying.
Q-The 400 IM is generally regarded as one of your sport's toughest events. Run us through your approach to each segment of the event. Which is your favorite? Is there one that your dread?
DONG-It is definitely a rough one. My strategy is pretty simple - swim smart. I usually have to really push the fly and back in the first half because the third hundred is the stroke I DREAD- breaststroke! During the breaststroke I merely try to hold on for dear life and wait for the freestyle, my saving grace! And if I've swam a smart race I can bring it back fast.
Q-What is the single most important characteristic necessary to be a successful collegiate swimmer? How do you feel you stack up in that category? Who on your current team do you think best exemplifies it?
DONG-Perseverance! Swimming asks a lot of the individual mentally and physically, but if you have the gumption you WILL succeed. I have had the privilege to learn that throughout my life. I think Olivia Fountain is someone who I have seen that bursting through. She came from a background of very minimal swimming and dove right into the UCSD swim scene with fervor (pun intended) I don't think many people could have done what she has without an iron will to stay strong and carry on!
Q-The swimming season is a long one, basically six-plus months of training for what you hope is one perfect four-day stretch in March. What pushes you through the training?
DONG-The team is honestly why I still sit here today. I would probably say that the fact our sport is almost solely based on our training is the hardest part. We have to push our bodies to the physical limit every day in order to be better, faster swimmers. This is truly only possible if you have people to share that responsibility and struggle with and I would not like to do that with anyone but this amazing team!
Q-How did you get your start as a swimmer? Did you have anyone you emulated as a young athlete? What do you remember from your first competitive experience?
DONG-My siblings, who are much older, swam, therefore, as a young kid who looked up to her siblings I naturally chose to swim as well. I began swimming competitively at the age of five but one of my first memories of the pool was earlier than that. At three, I swam one crooked lap of backstroke across the pool and my mom gave me a medal. She's amazing.
Q-Your brother, Jake, had a solid swimming career at UCSD? Was he part of your reason for coming to La Jolla? What else attracted you to UCSD?
DONG-It's funny because I actually wrote off UCSD completely at first just because my brother had gone here and I wanted to be "different." But then I came on a recruiting trip and I fell in love with the team and the coaching staff. Something special was going on here and I wanted to be a part of it.
Q-You initially swam at UCSD for Coach Scott McGihon. Now, Corrie Falcon and Matt Macedo are co-head coaches. What are the strengths of those three coaches?
DONG-Scott was awesome, he was never afraid to lighten the mood with a not-so-funny joke but also knew when to get down to business and focus. Corrie and Matt were both VERY respectable swimmers in their time which has given them the experience and passion to become top tier head coaches. Throughout these experiences they have gleaned important knowledge and techniques that they have shared with us today. But don't be fooled by their tough façade, they are a pair of goofballs just like anyone else.
Q-UCSD, unlike many college teams, does not separate its men's and women's swimming programs. Do you think that is a positive?
DONG-Absolutely. I don't know where I would be without our men's team. We are such a big dysfunctional yet loving family. Having both genders together allows us to grow closer as a team and push each other in different ways, even if that means pushing each other's buttons sometimes. (which happens more frequently than not J) But I wouldn't trade it for the world.
Q-Is there a member of the current team that you find inspiring? Incredibly funny? The most intelligent?
DONG-Someone who inspires me every day is my teammate and roommate Casey Adams. She is the best combination of smart, compassionate and hard-working and she helps me get through every single day. If I want to laugh I go to Paul Guzman, a long time friend and satirical whiz kid. As for intelligent, Natalie Mouzooni is one of the sharpest gals I know. Some would even call her a genius.
Q-Aside from swimming, what are some aspects of college life at UCSD that you enjoy most?
DONG-I find myself really enjoying the location - sunny and beautiful! The people - down to earth and focused on what's important-and the academics. I'm proud to be a Triton.
Q-You're a visual arts major, hoping to get involved in post-production of films. Assuming you have more than just a passing interest in that area, what are your three favorite movies and what recent movie would you recommend?
DONG-Ooooh. Now we are getting to the serious questions. Hmm... I don't like to play favorites but I would have to say The Princess Bride, Coraline, and Bright Star are on the top of my list. I recently saw Life of Pi and I would recommend seeing it in 3D because it was visually incredible with an accompanying story that will leave you breathless.
Q-The 2013 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships are set for Birmingham, AL in March. Are you excited about competing in the South?
DONG-I am extremely pumped. Mostly for the sweet tea, barbeque and hush puppies!
Q-How does the NCAA meet differ from the average invitational? What do you remember most fondly about past NCAA experiences?
DONG-Nationals is simply on another level. You compete with people from all across the country, even the world sometimes which is something in itself. My favorite part of Nationals is looking up into the stands on the last day and seeing all of the alumni and parents en masse clothed in Hawaiian shirts, a UCSD tradition. It's great to see how supported we really are.
What would make the outcome of this year's meet a success in your mind?DONG-If this team swims with all the courage and heart that we have built together throughout our time here in San Diego I will see that as pure SUCCESS! But if we're getting technical, a national championship would be pretty cool too.
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The 2011 AAA Photo Contest is a showcase of anthropology at its best. Of the 93 photos submitted, AAA members selected their favorites in each of the four categories: Practice, People, Place and Process. You can view the top 20 photos in Anthropology News. Here on the AAA blog, we will feature several of the photos in this blog series, Photo Friday.
Title: Place Jemaa el Fna—Arret sur
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Contest Category: Practice
Caption: This photography seems to beg to ask: In what space and time is this taking place? Is this a Rembrandt? A Delacroix? Or is it photography? While the bird's eye view participate in questioning the form, for the acute eye, this "arret sur image" reveals objects and actions conjugated at the present tense superposing past and actual practices where transit locals, nomads and tourists. Time is being stopped in a multi-layered storytelling of immaterial quality. The place is "Jemaa el Fna," declared by UNESCO Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. In my visual anthropology practice, I am particularly interested in drawing from interstice places where emerge and overlay more than one reality.
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An Israeli air strike targeting a car in Gaza City on Thursday killed at least two Palestinians and injured two others, Palestinian medical and security sources said. The Israeli army confirmed its strike, which Palestinian security sources said was carried out by an Israeli drone.
"The remains of two Palestinians were brought to Shifa hospital in Gaza City and two others were injured in the raid, which targeted a civilian car," medical sources told AFP.
Israel said one of the dead planned a "terror" attack on the Egyptian border. In recent days, the Israeli media reported security forces were put on high alert in fear of attack on its southern border.
Today's strike came a day after Israeli warplanes carried out raids targeting what the military said was a Palestinian militant cell planning to launch rockets into Israel. The strikes killed one Palestinian and wounded two others in an area east of the Zeitun neighbourhood, the Islamic Jihad movement said.


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"We live in a system where the person who authorizes authority is politically accountable to the people whom they have authority over. We don't vote for BLM, we don't vote for Juan Palma, we don't vote for Ken Salazar, we don't vote for the Department of Interior. To me it's completely contrary to the whole nature of our republic to have federal appointed officers to come and enforce laws," said Commissioner Phil Lyman.
The discussion questioned dealt primarily with whether or not Forest Service law enforcement officials have authority to write tickets on county roads. Sherriff Rick Eldredge said that according to Forest Service regulations, they can write tickets on county roads, but Sheriffs throughout the state do not believe they have the right to enforce state law, according to Utah statute.
Eldredge said the Sheriff's Association is lobbying state and federal legislators to change the federal law,
Eldredge supports a bill in the works for next year. "This is something that the Sheriff's in the West are trying to push because we are the ones that have all the public lands." said Eldredge. "It is the job of the sheriff to be in charge of law enforcement in the county."
Eldredge said officers for the Forest Service typically write tickets for land management types of issues, which are then handled in a federal court.
Commissioner Bruce Adams asked if Forest Service law enforcement officers can write a speeding ticket on a county road.
Eldredge said they do not have authorization to do so, although they will argue that they have that right. According to his recollection, Eldredge said that it has not happened in San Juan County but it has been a problem in other counties.
Adams asked about requests that the Sheriff receives from BLM, Forest Service, and Park Service asking to be deputized to act in behalf of the sheriff in the county.
Eldredge said, "I won't do that" and told the Commission that since those people work for outside agencies they do not answer to him and therefore he would not authorize them as they would not be accountable to the sheriff.
Resident Monte Wells questioned why if the Sheriff is the highest legal authority, why state patrol, fish and game, and chiefs of police are not under his control. Eldredge said that Chief's are over the cities, and only in a state of martial law would the sheriff take over authority.
Eldredge said that state agencies are their own entities and have their own agencies. Eldredge reported that the Sheriff's Office has a great working relationship with the other state agencies and are kept informed when they are working on something in San Juan County.
Eldredge said that the state agencies answer to the Governor, who is elected by the people.
The Commission approved a capitol purchase request from Sheriff Rick Eldredge for jackets for the Sheriff Office employees and staff in the amount of $2,520. The money from the purchase comes from a contract negotiated with the BLM to receive funds for law enforcement provided by the Sheriff's Office on their lands within the county. Eldredge said that they have a similar agreement with the Forest Service. The agreement is for $5,000 for the year.
The commission approved the use of $10,650 from the Navajo Revitilation Fund for reimbursement on the installation of wireless broadband at the Mexican Water Chapter. The commission was told that a cell tower has been installed in the area as there are no land phone lines available in the Mexican Water area.
The commission approved a request from San Juan County Library Director Dustin Fife to promote Nicole Perkins at the Blanding Library to a leadership position as part-time lead.
Fife said that the position will continue to be part time, but will provide a hierarchy to keep the library running efficiently when Fife is taking care of other duties with the library throughout the county and on the state level.
Several other hires were made to fill part-time and seasonal positions including Cal Dean Black at the Blanding Senior Center, Jacob Regalado as a surveyor's assistant and Trey Esplin, Regan McDaniel and Josh Keyes as weed sprayers.


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Our favorite kid lawyer is back! Theodore Boone: The Activist, the fourth installment in John Grisham's middle-grade series, doesn't hit shelves for another three months, but fortunately we've got an exclusive look at the cover, as well as an excerpt from the book itself.
Thirteen-year-old Theo isn't your regular teenager: He's spent more time in the courtroom than out of it. Thankfully, Theo's managed to clear his name after being falsely accused of vandalism and theft, but the excitement never ends for the young legal eagle. This time, he finds himself on the wrong end of a fight with the state over plans to build a bypass outside of his town of Strattenberg. Many, including the Governor himself, are in favor of the new bypass — but the construction threatens Theo's friends, who will lose their family farm if the plans go through. Can Theo save the day? Check out the cover and exclusive excerpt below:
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Anti-badger cull protest in Somerset
Around 250 people took part in a rally and march in Taunton against a third round of badger
culling due to start this autumn. The event was organised by the Badger Trust and membersnof Somerset Against the Badger Cull and the Somerset Badger Patrol. The autumn cull sees a continuation of trials in West Somerset and Gloucestershire. Further pilot culls are planned in Dorset and Devon.


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The state funeral of Syrian President Hafez Assad got underway Tuesday to the sound of a 21-gun salute, as soldiers bore his coffin covered in the national flag from his home in Damascus.
Preceded by a military band and troops carrying wreaths and followed by official and family mourners, including Assad's son and designated heir, Bashar, they marched slowly towards the central Ummayad Square where tens of thousands of people awaited them.
The cortege moved down one side of a dual carriageway road, towards the square, while in the other lane mourners kept pace, the women ululating and joining the men in joined the men in chanting religious and nationalistic slogans of praise to Assad and Bashar.
"God, Syria, Bashar and that's it," they chanted over and over again.
They also urged "paradise to open your gates for your visitor Hafez Assad", who died Saturday aged 69 after ruling Syria with an iron fist for 30 years.
At Ummayyad Square the coffin was transferred to a gun carriage, complete with cannon, towed by a six-wheeled military truck.
After making the tour of the huge square, passing through the vast shouting throng, which was kept from encroaching on to the road by troops lining the route, it headed towards the palace, five kilometers away on Qasyun hill overlooking the capital, where Assad received his foreign guests.
The cortege moved through the wide palm-lined streets, followed by two ambulances and a fleet of black limousines carrying the official mourners.
There it was to lie in state for five hours while foreign dignitaries and other mourners paid their respects before being flown to the north for burial in Assad's home town of Qerdahar 300 kilometers from Damascus – (AFP)
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The 81st straight week of the Grey's Anatomy Insider Caption Contest proved to be a good one for sure. Let's take a look at who won this week's caption contest, which used a photo from the episode "Physical Attraction, Chemical Reaction."
While there were many great Grey's Anatomy captions and pieces of dialogue between Alex and Lexie sent in to use as captions, we chose She'sGotMyMcLife! as this week's winner. It was difficult to choose from all the great captions we received but this one was our favorite. It seems to sum everything up so well.
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An arbitrator has ruled that a former top Toyota attorney turned whistleblower can submit internal Toyota documents in court in order to prove his claim that the company asked him to hide evidence of product defects from the public.
Dimitrios Biller, former managing counsel for Toyota, handled product liability suits for the automaker, and claims it regularly hid evidence of safety defects from regulators and the public. As part of a "civil racketeering" suit against Toyota, Biller had sought to place into evidence what he claims are four boxes full of internal Toyota documents that will show he was asked to hide facts from plaintiffs during product liability lawsuits.
The automaker had sought to keep the documents under seal, saying attorney-client privilege meant that former company lawyer Biller had no right to disclose their contents. However, retired judge Gary Taylor, the arbitrator in the case, ruled last Thursday that the documents were admissible under a so-called "crime-fraud" exception.
While Taylor did not state that a crime or fraud had taken place, he said a "prima facie" showing had been made by Biller that would permit the use of "otherwise-privileged material" in the case. Under California law, an exception to attorney-client privilege exists "if the services of the lawyer were sought or obtained or enabled to aid anyone to commit or plan to commit a crime or fraud."
In his ruling, Taylor noted that the exception is "very limited, and requires extreme caution in its application." Taylor did not allow all of Biller's documents to be admitted, stating that the ruling only applies on a "document to document analysis basis."
Biller applauded the ruling. "The irony here," he said, "is that Toyota feeds off a reputation of respectability and integrity, while simultaneously deceiving plaintiffs and the American judicial system in litigation."
In a statement, Toyota emphasized that the arbitrator's ruling was not a finding of fraud. "The recent ruling in arbitration with Mr. Biller is strictly limited to issues of evidence admissibility during discovery and at the final hearing in this matter," said a company spokesperson. "There has been no finding that any misconduct has occurred or that any discovery fraud took place. Further, although the ruling allows certain documents to be used in the arbitration, the order specifically requires that the attorney-client privileged materials remain confidential."
Biller Sued Toyota In 2007
Biller served as managing counsel for Toyota's U.S. operations from 2003 to 2007. In an interview with ABC News in February, Biller claimed that Toyota hid evidence of safety defects from consumers and regulators and fostered a culture of "hypocrisy and deceit."
After leaving Toyota in 2007, Biller filed suit against his former employer, alleging that Toyota "engaged in improper and illegal activities, including concealing and destroying evidence, perjury, violation of court orders, obstructing justice, mail fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit crimes."
Toyota has also sued Biller, claiming that he had violated a non-disclosure agreement he made when he left the company. Both suits are currently in arbitration.
Biller said he has four boxes worth of documents that he claims were deliberately withheld from plaintiffs' lawyers suing Toyota in product liability lawsuits, despite court orders requiring that the automaker disclose the information.
"They were hiding evidence, concealing evidence, destroying evidence, obstructing justice," said Biller.
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Toyota said in an earlier statement that "Mr. Biller continues to make inaccurate and misleading allegations about Toyota's conduct, which we strongly dispute and will continue to fight vigorously."
Biller turned over the documents to Congress as part of its investigation into Toyota's sudden acceleration controversy. However, until last week's ruling, he had been prohibited from using the documents in court.


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Capitol Theater Paranormal Investigation
In 1939 the theater received its Art Deco facelift but in 1974 the theater was closed as a 'first-run' movie house and shifted to theatrical productions and classic movies.
In the spring of 2010, the Shadow Chasers investigated the Rome Capitol Theater to document accounts of the hauntings at the site. The investigation started as the theater was closing up after the Saturday night movie.
The team divided into two teams to investigate the main auditorium sweeping for any anomalies. The primary anomalies were revealed as high EM from the aisle lighting from the seats. One peculiarity was a heightened EM field in the air above the ground floor seats.
Phil and Josh proceeded to investigate the dressing rooms under the stage while Kate and Courtinie moved to the concessions area to the second floor offices behind the balcony. While in the dressing room area Phil and Josh heard voices that they were able to record on camera. At the same time Kate and Courtinie heard voices coming from the stage area without any personnel visible.
Continuing the investigation into the maintenance tunnels Josh and Phil encountered a high energy field that drained all of the power from all of their electronics. As they started out of the tunnels to retrieve additional equipment they witnessed a ghostly cat that vanished into the prop-shop.
Kate and Courtinie were able to communicate with a spirit in the balcony through the use of a PX. The investigation concluded with the capture of a number of anomalous photos and EVPs.
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In the spring of 2011 the team was requested back to conduct a ghost hunting training session for a number of individuals. This time the team divided into four separate teams of trainees. Kate and Courtinie led their teams to the balcony and the second floor offices while Josh led his team into the dressing room Phil was on the stage demonstrating the Full Spectrum(Para-Spectrum) Camera to his team when he snapped a burst series of the main auditorium. A phantom figure appeared on the left staircase in one of the three shots while there were no individuals on the stairs at the time.
One of the trainees had the vivitar nightvision camera and was consistently taking pictures. Approximately a few moments after the Full Spectrum camera captured the phantom figure the trainee captured another phantom figure on the stairs to the balcony with no people in the frame.
The most startling event of the evening was actually at the conclusion to the night. Phil and his team were talking with the administrator of the Theatre on the second floor when everyone glimpsed a figure go into the front offices and slam the door. The administrator responded "Did you just see someone shut that door?" The nods from everyone in the group sent the administrator racing downstairs to come in through the front entrance to the second floor offices. When the administrator returned he had to unlock the door that everyone had witnessed a figure open and close. The administrator informed us that there was no plausible way for someone to open and close the door let-alone get out of the building without anyone noticing.
The hauntings of the Rome Capitol Theatre have proven that they are more than legends and rumors from the history of the location. Even with a large number of people on-site, the paranormal activity


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Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth star in this retelling of the classic tale about an Evil Queen who puts a hit out on a woman destined to be even prettier than she. Opens June 2, 2012.
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Hurricane Sandy's howling winds, flooding rains threaten New England
Storm could hit between Virginia and Maine
As Hurricane Sandy's howling winds and rains lashed precarious shantytowns, stranded travelers and caused rivers to rise dangerously as it roared across Jamaica, the threat that the storm will wreak havoc somewhere on the East Coast has increased greatly in the past day, forecasters said.
The National Weather Service said Wednesday night that the storm could hit anywhere from Virginia to Maine.
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"This is now a very significant threat," said Storm Team 5 meteorologist Harvey Leonard. "My confidence is growing. Expect beach erosion, coastal flooding, wind damage and possibly flooding early next week," said Leonard.
Should Sandy make landfall south of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Emergency Management said concerns would be for high winds and coastal flooding. Should Sandy make landfall north of Massachusetts, concerns would be for significant rainfall and fresh water flooding.
"A direct impact to Massachusetts would cause concern for freshwater and coastal flooding as well as significant wind damage and associated widespread power outages," MEMA said in a statement.
Forecasters have issued tropical storm warnings and watches for parts of the southeastern coast of Florida and Keys expecting that state to feel the impact Friday.
At least one person was killed in nearby Haiti after being swept away by a rushing river.
In some southern towns on Jamaica, several crocodiles were caught in rushing floodwaters that carried them out of their homes in mangrove thickets. One big crocodile took up temporary residence in a family's front yard in the city of Portmore.
By Wednesday evening the storm's eye had crossed Jamaica and emerged off its northern coast near the town of Port Antonio, meteorologists said, but rains and winds continued to pound the Caribbean island.


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I have two flower sketches for you today and they are going to be beautiful. Up first I will show you "how to draw a Plumeria", but they are also called Frangipanis. These beautiful blooming tropical buds can be found all over the tropical parts of the world like Brazil, Mexico and the Caribbean. The Plumeria is such a fabulous looking flower because of the subtle beauty that it holds. It has five pedals shaped like propellers, and inside each one is a distinct color. Now even though the Frangipani is beautiful, they have some side effects if you touch the sap from the plant. The sap from the plant can cause irritation to the skin and eyes if exposed to. There is a wide range of colors like pink, yellow, a combination of both and even pure white. You will also see this flower design on the backs, arms or legs of tattoo enthusiasts as it is a very popular flower tattoo. Anyways, enjoy drawing this sketch of a Plumeria or Frangipani and I will be back soon. Adios people!
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V8 and Powerbars go a long way in keeping me alive. I often have a couple of Powerbars in a Camelbak or bike messenger bag. They keep forever (or at least long enough) and do OK in the heat, although they get sort of soft. One down side is the non-recyclable wrapper and they can be sticky.LindseyRaeFace wrote:A guy gave us clif bars last year "They're kind of a commitment" he said... They saved us! Keep them in the cool place so the chocolate doesnt melt but they are great ang vegan. Like a grown up chewy bar!
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V8 for salt and vitamins, great when youre hung over
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Canned soup with pop top lids, leave it on your dash or on top of a car, somehwhere in the sun for the day, hot soup for dinner
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V8 can be left on a counter or table for a couple of days but I don't know about how well it will hold up in the desert. I'm doing my best to not bring a cooler for space and cost reasons. I can drink warm water/Gatorade, it doesn't bother me.
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When Leominster Mayor Dean J. Mazzarella recently found out that his city had been failing to collect potentially thousands of dollars in fee income that private constables are required to pay local governments, he opted for a simple, swift response. Two weeks ago, the mayor dispatched letters to the dozen or so constables operating in Leominster informing them that from now on they must pay 25 percent of the fees they collect for serving court papers, as stipulated by Chapter 41, Sections 95A and 95B of the Massachusetts General Laws. "We never took any money in, but now they'll have to comply, or we won't reappoint them," Mr. Mazzarella said. As it turns out, the situation in Leominster is not unique. In that city, only one constable had been paying the fees and filing the annual revenue report he is required to under the law enacted by the Legislature in 2003. In Worcester, for example, even the city's own contracted vendor for constable services, Francis J. Trapasso and Associates, isn't paying, yet the city has continued to regularly renew the company's contracts and reappoint Mr. Trapasso and other constables who don't pay. None of the other major private constable services working out of Worcester's busy courthouse are paying either, depriving the city of revenues and flouting a law that former Gov. Mitt Romney and state lawmakers put on the books to help raise money for local municipalities. A doubling of civil process fees accompanied the legislation. Meanwhile, the civil process division of the Worcester County Sheriff's office, which is under a similar mandate to return 25 percent of its fee revenues to the state, has turned over nearly $1 million since 2010.
Across Central Massachusetts, most city and town treasurers are routinely neglecting to collect the fees and reports, and constables are similarly failing to comply with the law, a Telegram & Gazette survey of about a dozen communities found. A few communities, including Oxford, recently started sending out demand letters. Both sides cite a litany of excuses. City officials and treasurers complain that the law lacks an enforcement provision, that they are too busy, that constables — many of whom are former police officers — can be intimidating, and that the amounts they would collect would be negligible compared to other revenues sources. In a prepared statement, Worcester City Manager Michael V. O'Brien defended the city's practice of not enforcing the law. He refused to say whether he would tie reappointment of constables to their compliance with the law. "This provision was passed by the state without input from any city or town. We look forward to a day that legislative changes make this practice structural and doable, versus cumbersome, impractical, political, and far too time consuming for the pennies collected," Mr. O'Brien said. "Pursuing these minimal returns would be a drain on the great work of the treasurer's office." And several well-known constables who acknowledged to the T&G that they have not been paying justified their non-compliance by arguing that the requirement is financially onerous and unfair and that communities don't enforce the provision. A few constables who have been turning over the required fee revenue say that while they don't like the law, they obey it because they feel they can't choose which laws to follow. "Do you understand how many things I, and all treasurers, have on my plate?" said Shrewsbury's town treasurer, Carolyn Marcotte. "I haven't had any constable turn over any report. There's no enforcement provision. It's incumbent on them."
"I am aware of the law, but I have not seen any amount of money I can speak to," said Sharon A. Lowder, treasurer-collector in Holden, adding that she has never sent out a demand letter for the fees. "If they don't report something ... we have no way to know," said Joanne Savignac, Westboro treasurer-collector. "If I were to go after this, you're talking about police officers to go after. And when you're talking about constables, it's such a small piece of the pie." When informed of the law last week, David R. Laplante, the Leominster treasurer, looked into it and found out that only one constable had paid the city. Mr. Laplante brought the issue to the mayor, who decided to use the appointment provision as a form of enforcement. In reality, not reappointing constables confers only so much enforcement power. First, constables are elected in many communities, though the law still applies to them. Also, constables can work in communities outside the one they are appointed in by obtaining a court order known as a 4C that is routinely handed out by court officials. Sheriff's deputies do not need a 4C. As for the constables, Mr. Trapasso, whose company did more than $60,000 in business last year under its city contract, in addition to its other business, argued that most of his city jobs do not fall under the requirement to pay a percentage of the fees. That is because they are not court documents but rather documents from city departments, such as inspection notices, he said. However, Mr. Trapasso acknowledged that his company, which has six employees, has not been paying the fees associated with court documents, as the law specifies. "It's kind of an unwritten rule — no one's doing it," he said. "It's totally unfair. How would you like to take half your salary and pay it to the city? "They slipped it in," he said of the 2003 law. Another constable who does a high volume of court business in Worcester, Denise Lecuyer, appeared not to be familiar with the law and its requirements.
"I don't know what you're talking about," she told a reporter who asked why she had not been paying the fees to the city. The issue recently came to light when David H. Tuttle, chief deputy sheriff for Worcester County Sheriff Lewis G. Evangelidis, sent a public records request to the Worcester city treasurer-collector, Mariann Castelli Hier, asking for records of all fees and reports from 10 constables in the city, including Ms. Lecuyer and Mr. Trapasso. "Please be advised that no fees have been received and that the Treasury Department does not have the reports requested," Ms. Hier responded on June 6. The civil process division, which Mr. Tuttle heads, essentially is in competition with private constable companies. Like the constables, the sheriff's deputies who work for the civil process division deliver court documents and make civil arrests under the so-called "capias" process. The sheriff's deputies and the constables generally charge the same fees, which are set by law. During the tough economy of recent years, though, Mr. Tuttle argued that the private constables have started to take business away from the sheriff's division because they have an unfair advantage since most don't pay the 25 percent of their fees. Mr. Tuttle also maintained that sheriff's deputies are better trained and educated and more professional than constables on the whole; he noted that the deputies always wear their uniforms. While many constables wear street clothes, they counter that they are just as qualified to serve papers. Just like its constable counterparts, the civil process division, which is a nonprofit company, is also required by law to pay 25 percent of its civil process revenue — about $1.2 million a year in total — to the state. Mr. Tuttle provided a spreadsheet from the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association showing that the Worcester County sheriff's department paid the state $269,944 in fiscal 2012; $337,521 in fiscal 2011; and $346,481 in fiscal 2010.
"We're competing against people who are supposed to be enforcing the law, yet have a total disregard for the law," Mr. Tuttle said. "It's the city that's losing, and the taxpayers. "No one is questioning their right to operate," Mr. Tuttle continued. "We're all constables, but we're all sworn to uphold the law, yet they're not following the law and they're cheating the taxpayers." One constable who has been paying his fees and filing annual reports, Arthur C. Tatro, said he has done so unhappily. Mr. Tatro said he paid the town of Spencer about $500 last year. "Would anyone else like to give up 25 percent of their income?" asked Mr. Tatro, a former Spencer police officer. "I'm kind of a black and white guy. I don't believe in it, but it's the law. I'm doing what I'm supposed to do." Another constable who pays up, Alan R. Jeskey, a former police dispatcher from Southbridge, makes small annual payments in Southbridge, Oxford, Webster and West Brookfield. Mr. Jeskey, who operates largely on a part-time basis, said his business is small and he doesn't really compete with bigger outfits. He said paying the fees grates on him sometimes, but "in a way, I'm proud to give back to my towns." Not so for constable Edward Moynihan of Worcester, who runs Edward George & Associates as a sole proprietorship. Mr. Moynihan, one of the busiest constables in the city, said it would be financially untenable for him to lose 25 percent of his income. After it became law a decade ago, Mr. Moynihan said he "made a business decision" not to pay the fees to the city. Like other constables, he argued that the law is unfair and he noted that constables cannot pass on the increased cost of doing business to customers because fees are set by law. "It would have put me at a competitive disadvantage," he said. "I would have gone out of business."
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This lovely wrap bracelet is made with shades of red & gold seed beads. It has a goldplated clasp and a dinky tassel. The Kekere bracelet is very versatile in that it can be worn as a bracelet, necklace or anklet, the choice is yours.
Please treat your jewellery with care and make sure that all body cream and perfume is applied before putting your jewellery on.


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Apple Takes Lead in CFO Pay
Apple stock price has fallen nearly 42% from its all-time high of $702.10 a share last September, but the gadget maker has risen to the top by another measure: the amount it pays its chief financial officer.
Last year Apple awarded CFO Peter Oppenheimer a pay package valued at $68.6 million, the biggest in at least three years for any finance chief of a Standard & Poor's 500 company.
Mr. Oppenheimer received just $1.4 million in 2011 because it is Apple's practice to make stock grants—the biggest component of his 2012 pay—every two years. Last year he received a stock award valued at $66.2 million at the time of the grant; it will vest over a period of years.
By comparison, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook got $4.2 million last year, but he received stock awards the year before valued at $376.2 million. He recently agreed to tie the vesting of some of those shares to achieving company performance targets.
Apple declined to comment.
The second-highest-paid CFO was Oracle Safra Catz, who is also president of the computer software and hardware maker. Her pay for the company's fiscal year ended May 31, 2012, the most recent year for which data were available, was valued at $51.7 million. The lion's share came in the form of stock options worth $48.3 million at the time of the grant.
Oracle declined to comment.
Overall, median pay for S&P 500 CFOs climbed 2% last year to $3.4 million, nearly matching the 2.1% raise they received the year before, according to data from S&P Capital IQ. The analysis looked at summary compensation information in all proxy filings for the 12 months ended June 1 and included salary, annual bonuses, the value of stock and stock options at the time of grant, the change in value of the executive's pension plan and the value of any perks.
A Wall Street Journal survey in May found that median CEO pay rose 3.6% last year. The methodology of that study differed from the CFO survey, in part with regard to the timing of certain bonus payments and because it excluded CEOs who had been in their job less than a year.
Compensation experts said last year's modest pay increase for financial chiefs reflected the tepid but steady growth in business since the recession as well as corporate boards' desire to give top executives raises that were in line with those for lower-level workers.
"What you used to see were salary increases that outstripped the general population," said Steven Hall, an executive-compensation consultant. "What we've seen over the last couple of years is directors saying, 'Wait a minute, you want to give yourself how much of an increase? And what is everybody else getting? Why should we be paying you more, and how's this going to look to everybody?' "
Apple's one-year shareholder return for its fiscal year ended Sept. 30 was 75.6%, assuming reinvested dividends, putting the company in 17th place by that measure among the companies studied. The median one-year return among the S&P 500 last year was 14.9%.
The median stock award for the 465 CFOs in the group who got them in 2012 rose 10% to $1.2 million, up from $1.1 million the year before among the 450 CFOs who got them then. Most stock and option grants vest over a period of several years.
The third, fourth and fifth highest-paid CFOs last year were Google Patrick Pichette, with a pay package valued at $38.7 million Comcast Michael Angelakis, at $23.2 million, and General Electric Keith Sherin, at $20.2 million. Both Mr. Angelakis and Mr. Sherin hold the additional title of vice chairman. All three companies declined to comment.
In addition, more companies have been tying stock awards to performance targets, as opposed to allowing them to vest automatically based on a timetable, Mr. Hall said. He said the automatic vesting at scheduled dates was sometimes called "pay for pulse."
"Today more of those arrangements are, 'You could earn these over the next three or four years, but only if our performance is X,' " said Mark Borges, a principal at compensation consulting firm Compensia.
Proxy advisers Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. and Glass, Lewis & Co. don't view stock options as sufficiently performance based, and that has led to their reduced use over time.
Base salaries for the CFOs grew by 3.4% last year to a median of $575,000, and options awards were up just 1.3% to a median of $1.2 million. Bonuses actually fell by 1.2% to a median of $982,761, but those smaller increases were overtaken by the larger increase in stock awards.
The increased focus on pay for performance has reduced some of the perquisites that were once more common in executive-compensation plans, Mr. Hall said. "They would've had company cars. They would've had country-club memberships. You probably don't see much of that anymore."


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Monsters - Snap #319
It's the "Monsters" REMIX episode with a new performance by James Judd at Snap LIVE! in LA. Yes, this week Snap hunts the biggest game of all. From PRX and NPR, Snap Judgment proudly presents, "Monsters."
Godzilla Week
No one loves Godzilla more than Glynn. At least, that's what he thinks until he pays a visit to the heart of the monster's homeland.
Producer: Pat Mesiti-Miller
Shark Cage
Performer James Judd lights up Snap LIVE! in LA with a story about shark diving off the coast of New England.
Original Music: Alex Mandel
Performed: Alex mandel and the Snap Judgment Players
Sponsored by KPCC
The hunt for a man eating crocodile in the African Great Lakes region reveals monsters everywhere.
Producer: Anna Sussman
Bubbles the Hyena
A woman struggles with one very unusual demon.
Story by Mollena Williams
Producer: Julia DeWitt
Prison Pen Pal
When the world has labelled you a monster, how can you ever become a human again? Kay DeMartini signs up to be an anonymous pen pal to a convicted murderer, but when a lawyer asks her to reveal her identity, how can she still stay safe? Kay is storyteller who hosts Real Stories Bay Area once a month. The book mentioned in this piece is "The Four Agreeements."
Producers: Jamie DeWolf and Renzo Gorrio
The Guagee Monster
A New Mexico local legend of the Guagee Monster, a terrifying beast mutated by chemical exposure during the US government's development of the atomic bomb.
Producers: Rita Daniels and Pat Mesiti-Miller


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This according to Ray Bachman, WNST radio personality, who was in attendance at Super Bowl XLIII:
"During the game breaks at the stadium, they showed plays of the year on the video boards, among other things. Ed Reed's 108-yard return made the big screen a number of times, and as you would expect, it drew a number of boos from the Pittsburgh faithful. Then Joe Flacco's photo is flashed up there, and it says "Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year," and yet again come more boos."
For cryin' out loud, these a-holes are on vacation watching their team play in the SUPER BOWL! Yet the mere sight of anything purple makes them get their little pee pee rags all in a bunch. I can see booing Ray Lewis. I can see booing Terrell Suggs, since they all buy into that "bounty" bullshit. But Ed Reed? Super classy, plays the game the way it is meant to be played, and is beyond a shadow of a doubt one of the top 3 safeties of all time. And how do you boo Bazooka Joe? An unassuming rookie from a Division I-AA school, who even started his college career in Pittsburgh! Not to mention the guy went 0-3 against your team this year…you SHOULD be cheering him. Morons.
Oh, I know.
- Jealousy
- Fear
Jealous that, no matter how much they delude themselves, Reed is still head, shoulders, and hair above Troy Polamalu (heckuva game he had Sunday, btw). Jealous that, by way of his TWO playoff wins, Flacco had a more successful rookie season than "Ben." Fear because the 2% of Steeler fans who know even a lick about football see that Flacco is "Ben" 2.0. All the size, with a better arm, and without the holding the ball for 8 seconds too long and throwing silly interceptions like clockwork.
If nothing else, we can take solace in the fact that, even when the Ravens are nowhere to be seen, and they are watching their team on football's biggest stage…B'More is still in the heads of those towel waving goofs.
Apparently Sunday's game was the most watched Super Bowl in history. Well, I'm happy to say that those numbers had exactly zero to do with my household, as I abstained from watching the "big game" for the first time in my life. Why? Because I knew exactly what would happen. I can't comment on the officiating, because like I said – I didn't watch.
Well, that's not totally true. I DID happen to turn it on for a moment – I just couldn't resist. It was the end of the first half when I finally gave in to temptation and flipped it on – much to my pleasant surprise, the Cards were about to be at least tied, and at best (gasp!) winning going into halftime! Then came the James Harrison interception and 100 yard TD – complete with it's multiple holds and at least one blatant block in the back during the return. All of which, of course, went unflagged. At that point, my suspicions confirmed, I swore off watching any more NFL football until the 2009 season (and knowing what happened in the fourth quarter, I couldn't be happier with my decision).
Pittsburgh fans wanted this game for vindication after hearing for the last three years how the refs handed them Super Bowl XL. Somehow I doubt they're feeling very vindicated after yet another Championship where the officals are getting more ink than their team (I'm sure they're all just "haters" though, right yins?) A bit more annoyed than vindicated, I'd wager.
Bah. Whatever – it's a small price to pay for 2 Super Bowls in 4 years, and we'd surely switch positions with them in a heartbeat.
That doesn't change the fact that they are still nothing but piss rag waving cockroaches, of course. And now they will multiply yet again. Joy.


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Rio Grande Toxic Substances Study Summary
- Introduction
- Goals of the Study
- Types of Analyses
- Sites of Concern
- Implications for Human Health
- Future Study Efforts
- Conclusion
The governments of Mexico and the United States performed a joint study on toxic substances in the Rio Grande (called the Río Bravo in Mexico) from 1992 until 1994 in a major binational cooperation in scientific investigation into common environmental concerns. The results of the study were released to the public in September 1995.
The study was prompted by a widely held public concern that the river was being contaminated by toxic substances, possibly from industrial and agricultural sources near the border. The concern with industrial sources was intensified by the large increase in the number of industrial plants in recent years. There are currently over 1,400 such plants in the border region.
Additionally, many people are concerned that the quality of the Rio Grande/Río Bravo may be affecting public health in ways other than pollution by toxic substances. Some of these potential problems, which were not a part of this study, include the above-average rate of neural-tube defects in newborn infants and contamination by untreated sewage and by disease-causing bacteria. Due to resource limitations and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidelines for this particular grant effort, a decision was made to limit the study to the detection of toxic chemicals and any effects they may be having on the environment.
Information from prior studies found some evidence of contamination from toxic substances such as pesticides and heavy metals, but data on any effects of these on the environment were limited.
Goals of the Study
The main goal of the study was to see if the suspected contamination of the river by toxic substances was occurring and, if so, to assess damage from the toxic substances to the rivers aquatic animals. Finally, if toxic chemicals were found, to identify their sources.
Types of Analyses
Sampling was conducted during 199293; lab work and report writing were completed in 1994. Samples were taken at 19 main stem sites and 26 tributaries along the portion of the river that forms the boundary between Texas and Mexico. These sites were chosen because it was thought that they had a potential to be contaminated by industrial or agricultural sources. (See attached map and station descriptions.)
At each site, samples were collected of water, sediment, fish, and benthos (bottom-dwelling animals such as clams and worms). Three distinct types of analyses were done:
- Laboratory analysisto measure the presence and amount of each of approximately 150 different toxic chemicals in each of the water, sediment, and fish tissue samples;
- Toxicity teststo see if the water and sediment had any effects on the survival or reproduction of very sensitive laboratory test animals; and
- "Bioassessments" of fish and benthosevaluations of the number and types of fish and benthos to see if the populations were as plentiful and diverse as they should be in a healthy ecosystem, or if they have characteristics that indicate they are being potentially impacted. (Note: bioassessment data were gathered at only 18 of the 45 sampling locations.)
Laboratory Analysis
The results of the first type, laboratory analysis, were then compared to screening levels to see if a problem had been detected. These screening levels can be thought of as alert levels, levels above which the chemical being measured may have the potential to cause some sort of problem.
Significantly, because the effects of any single chemical can be very different in each type of sample (water, sediment, and fish tissue), these screening levels can be very different depending on the problem being evaluated. For example, a chemical concentration limit necessary to protect human health from the eating of contaminated fish tissue is likely to be very different than the concentration limit needed to protect human health from the drinking of water containing the same chemical. In turn, that is likely to be a different level from the limit that required to protect a fish swimming in water contaminated with the chemical. In this study data were screened using state and federal criteria for protection of human health and aquatic life. If any of these various screening levels were exceeded by any of the 150 chemicals, an exceedance was reported.
Of the more than 15,000 possible toxic chemicals evaluated in the first type of analysis, a total of 48 were detected, 30 of which exceeded screening levels. In the main stem of the Rio Grande/Río Bravo, five toxic chemicals exceeded screening levels in water, eight in sediment, and 13 in fish tissue. In the tributaries 17 toxic chemicals exceeded screening levels in water, 15 in sediment, and eight in tissue.
Toxicity Testing
In the toxicity tests, the second type of analysis, significant adverse effects occurred on the main stem in just two of 114 tests. These occurred at station 1 at El PasoJuárez and station 12 at LaredoNuevo Laredo. In the tributaries, samples from 14 of the 26 stations produced significant adverse effects in at least one phase of the toxicity tests.
Bioassessments, the third type of analysis, showed that the fish and benthos communities in the main stem were generally healthy. However, two stations (2 and 12) showed a high probability of toxic chemical impact and four (3, 10, 14, 16) showed a moderate impact. Even so, biotic integrity at the affected sites indicated that any effects from toxic chemicals were relatively slight. No instances of severe impairment were observed. In the tributaries, the probability of toxic impacts was high for stations 1a, 2a, 10a, 11a, 11c, and 15a; slight to moderate for stations 3a, 7b, 9a, and 12d; and negligible for the other stations. This greater potential for problems in tributaries is probably occurring because some of them transport untreated sewage in relatively undiluted form.
Sites of Concern
All of these analyses were considered together to identify sites and chemicals of potential concern for future monitoring efforts. The 30 chemicals that exceeded screening levels were considered to be of potential concern, and were assigned an approximate level of importance based on occurrence. A high-priority group included residual chlorine, methylene chloride, toluene, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury, nickel, selenium, silver, zinc, chlordane, p,p'-DDE, dieldrin, gamma-BHC (lindane), total PCBs, and cyanide. A medium-priority group consisted of non-ionized ammonia, para-chloro-meta cresol, phenol, and diazinon. A low priority group was composed of phenolics recoverable, chloroform, antimony, thallium, bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, diethyl phthalate, and di-n-butyl phthalate.
Based on this analysis, the following stations exhibited either high potential or slight to moderate potential for toxic chemical impacts. Unlisted sites exhibited negligible evidence of toxic chemical impacts.
Mainstem Sites
High Potential for Toxic Chemical Impacts
- Downstream from El PasoCiudad Juárez (2)
- Downstream from LaredoNuevo Laredo (12)
Slight to Moderate Potential for Toxic Chemical Impacts
- Upstream from Rio Conchos confluence near Presidio/Ojinaga (3)
- Downstream from Eagle Pass/Piedras Negras (10)
- Downstream from Anzalduas Dam (14)
- Below Anhelo Drain South of Las Milpas (16)
High Potential for Toxic Chemical Impacts
- El Paso Public Service Board Haskell R. Street Wastewater Treatment Plant (1a)
- Ciudad Juárez Discharge Canal (2a)
- Manadas Creek (10a)
- Zacate Creek (11a)
- Arroyo El Coyote (11c)
- Anhelo Drain (15a)
Slight to Moderate Potential for Toxic Chemical Impacts
- Rio Conchos (3a)
- San Felipe Creek (7b)
- Unnamed Tributary South of Eagle PassPiedras Negras (9a)
- Arroyo Los Olmos (12d)
Implications for Human Health
Although the goal of this study was not to answer all of the questions that exist pertaining to the health of residents in the Rio Grande/Río Bravo area, it is natural to ask just how much insight this study gives into that subject. For now we can only look to the screening levels that have to do with human health. Because there were no exceedances of FDA action levels, no short-term risks were found for the 24 sites where fish tissues were taken for analysis. However, low-level human-health criteria, which are screening levels for long-term exposure, were exceeded in water, in edible fish tissue, or both at 22 of the 45 sites. For 17 of these sites, slight human health risks could result from regular, long-term consumption of untreated water or fish. Although risks were found for the other five sites, which are tributaries dominated by sewage effluent, they are not likely to affect human health because their waters are nonpotable and the water quality is not conducive for support of viable fish populations due to pollution from untreated sewage. All of the data gathered in this study have been made available to various state and federal agencies with health-related responsibilities for possible further analysis by specialists.
Future Study Efforts
This study has identified areas with the highest probability of toxic contamination. A second round of sampling and analysis is in progress to gain a better understanding of the location of toxic contamination and, something this first study was unable to do, to try to better determine the source of the toxic substances that were found. The second study will also provide insight into whether the problem is worsening over time.
The second study will contain the elements listed below, pending agreement between the U.S. and Mexico.
- Additional sampling will be done at the six main stem and ten tributary sites, where a slight-to-moderate or high potential for toxic chemical impact was indicated, including expanded monitoring in the vicinities of El PasoCiudad Juárez and LaredoNuevo Laredo.
- Intensive surveys will be performed on tributaries of potential concern that support significant aquatic life habitat, i.e., Rio Conchos (3a) and San Felipe Creek.
- Toxic chemical concentrations in fish tissue will be reassessed in the Rio GrandeRío Bravo stations at Foster Ranch, upstream from Del RioCiudad Acuña, upstream from Eagle PassPiedras Negras, and upstream from the old LaredoNuevo Laredo International Bridge.
- Toxic chemical concentrations in fish tissue will be assessed in the headwaters of the International Amistad and Falcon Reservoirs.
The Rio Grande/Río Bravo and its biological communities are affected by toxic contamination in relatively few locations. Not all of the potential implications for human health implications can be addressed by this study. The source of the toxic substances was not identified, but the problem is most severe downstream of the largest cities. Samples will be taken in areas that were not previously studied and additional work will be done in those areas where toxic impacts were found.