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The Girl Scouts and Planned Parenthood
The information in this section will show that a number of Girl Scout councils have partnered with or currently partner with Planned Parenthood Federation of America to provide controversial sexuality education to girls. It will also show numerous other ways the Girl Scouts connects girls to people, organizations or websites that promote Planned Parenthood.
Question: Why, in official statements of policy, does Girl Scouts headquarters continue to mislead the public by repeatedly insisting they do not partner with or have a relationship with Planned Parenthood without clearly disclosing the relationships many of their councils have had or currently have with this controversial organization?
Click here to watch a video of former Girl Scout CEO, Kathy Cloninger, admit on national TV that GSUSA partners with Planned Parenthood to bring sexual information to girls.
Question: Are Girl Scout families aware that a substantial number of Girl Scout councils have admitted on a survey that they partner with Planned Parenthood?
Click here to see a video clip from The O'Reilly Factor regarding this survey.
Click here to listen to a GSUSA spokesperson claim that GSUSA headquarters has never partnered with Planned Parenthood. She then states that although under GSUSA policy Girl Scout councils (which actually implement the programming with girls), are free to partner with Planned Parenthood, she is not aware of any that do.
Question: If GSUSA itself has never partnered with Planned Parenthood, why did they allow their logo to be printed on Planned Parenthood's brochure advertising a controversial event "Nobody's Fool: Dating, Love, Sex, and HIV?"
Click here to see this brochure with the Girl Scout logo on it.
Question: Are parents of Girl Scouts aware that Planned Parenthood promotes teaching children by the time they are five that "it's normal to touch one's sex organs for pleasure" and among other things that their website promotes masturbation, teaches youth they can have "safer sex" using "sex toys," and that safe sex can include "cybersex" and "phone sex?"
Click here to see Planned Parenthood's instructions for youth on sex toys and "safer sex." (WARNING: This material may be offensive to some readers.)
Click here to see Planned Parenthood promote "cybersex" and "phone sex" to youth in order to lower the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease. (WARNING: This material may be offensive to some readers.)
Click here to see a video that exposes Planned Parenthood's "Take Care Down There" series depicting youth exposing themselves to each other and engaging in various controversial sex acts. (The "Take Care Down There" coverage begins at 1 minute 17 seconds. No genitals are shown. WARNING: This material may be offensive to some readers.)
Click here to see a music video for teens from Planned Parenthood's "Take Care Down There" series, the lyrics of which are entirely slang terms for male and female genitals. (WARNING: This material may be offensive to some readers.)
Question: Are parents aware that if their Girl Scout council partners with Planned Parenthood their daughters may be exposed to sexually graphic booklets like, It's Perfectly Normal, which was distributed to 700 Girl Scouts in Texas? This booklet condones masturbation and contains explicit cartoons of couples having sex and a boy putting on a condom.
Click here to see some of the drawings in It's Perfectly Normal. (WARNING: These may be offensive to some readers.)
Question: How can Girl Scouts of the USA justify allowing their Girl Scout councils to partner with Planned Parenthood when such partnerships can result in connecting Girl Scouts to explicit and dangerous sexual advice like that found on and linked to on the Real Life Real Talk website?
Click here to see a Planned Parenthood publication stating that the NYPENN Pathways Girl Scout Council was also partnering with Planned Parenthood on this project in 2010.
Click here to access a video on the Real Life Real Talk website showing how a teenage lesbian comes out of the closet by kissing her girlfriend in front of her heterosexual friends, and then click on "Lipstick."
Click here to see where Girl Scouts browsing on the Real Life Real Talk website can link to Sex, Etc. A Website By Teens for Teens where among other things:
(WARNING: This material is very graphic; however, you can safely click here, then click on "LGBTQ" to see just the list of explicit topics covered without being exposed to the graphic materials.)
Question: Why did the GSUSA website direct girls to learn about teen pregnancy by going to www.stayteen.org, which refers pregnant girls to Planned Parenthood?
Click here to see where this stayteen.org webpage refers girls to Planned Parenthood.
Question: Why did the Girl Scouts feature Marie Wilson, staunch abortion supporter and defender of Planned Parenthood as a keynote speaker at a national Girl Scout convention?
Click here for Wilson's Huffington Post article defending funding for Planned Parenthood.
Click here to see a letter signed by Wilson criticizing the pro-life position of a New York politician.
Question: Why did a Girl Scout council select Pam Smallwood, a woman with a 30-year career with Planned Parenthood in Waco Texas, (10 years as CEO) to honor as a "Woman of Distinction" for girls to emulate?
Question: Why did yet another Girl Scout council honor a state representative who voted in favor of Planned Parenthood's abortion issues 100 percent of the time and who has a long history of speaking out in support of LGBT rights?
Click here to see page 25 of the Girl Scouts' Cadette Media workbook that refers girls to Media Matters.
Question: Why did the Girl Scouts select as a 2011 convention speaker and thus a role model for girls, Annise Parker, the mayor of Houston, who presided over the opening of the largest Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in the Western Hemisphere, and whose lesbian partner is the treasurer for a Planned Parenthood PAC?
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Holiday Menu Suggestions (+Giveaway)
The holiday season is the perfect time to prepare a pretty table filled with fancy dishes. Last year, Lulu and I spent the holidays with my parents in Paris. This year, I'm catching up and I'm preparing dinner for my husband's family. I have a vague idea of what the menu is going to be and if you're also still wondering what to prepare, I've gathered a few of my favorite holiday recipes. Enjoy!
Today's giveaway is a gift pack from John Kelly Chocolates. The company specializes in elevating fudge with the use of high-quality ingredients. The chocolate pieces are enormous, adding to the decadence of the product. The chocolate walnut bars, which are my favorite, are so dense and chocolate-y. I also enjoyed the hawaiian salted fudge bites. For a chance to gorge on all the fudgy goodness from John Kelly Chocolates, just enter on the 25 Days of Giveaways page.
Make sure you're a fan of PhamFatale Facebook fan page and John Kelly Chocolates or follow @Phamfatalecom and tweet about this giveaway. To make it easy, you can just copy and paste this tweet if you'd like: "$99 Chocolate Tower #Giveaway from @Phamfatalecom and @jkchoc: http://bit.ly/sp4V7y".

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CHURCH OF ST MARTIN AND ST WILFRID, LEWES ROAD (north side)
Ms Mary Allison
Date Photographed:
27 May 2005
Date listed:
20 August 1971
Date of last amendment:
26 August 1999
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577-1/28/383 (North West side)
20/08/71 Church of St Martin and St Wilfrid
(Formerly Listed as:
St Martin's Church)
Anglican church. 1872-5. By George Somers Clarke Junior, for
the 3 sons of the Reverend Henry Wagner in memory of their
father. Yellow brick in English bond with dressings of red
brick, stone and terracotta; roof of tiles. Chancel and nave
under a single roof, north and south aisles, south-west porch,
bellcote (all directions ritual).
EXTERIOR: all windows pointed-arched with hoodmoulds. Plinth
with terracotta offset, and cornices of red brick throughout,
that over clerestory with dentil work. East window of 5 lights
with Y-tracery in stone; corner buttresses with several
offsets terminating in octagonal pinnacles of red brick with
stone finials; south-east side chapel flanking the choir and
first bay of the sanctuary, with a rounded stair turret at its
ritual western end having bands of red brick to the upper
stages, small windows with trefoil tracery in terracotta, and
rounded hipped roof; 2 pairs of lancets with one additional
lancet; the lean-to roof of the side chapel continues over the
south aisle which is blank apart from a pointed-arched
entrance with chamfered sub-order; clerestory to nave and
chancel, 16 windows, being chamfered and sub-ordered lancets
with the hoodmoulds linked to form a string course; red brick
bands at sill and springing level.
Gabled porch with side buttresses, elaborately sub-ordered
arch framing a pair of pointed-arched entrances set back, the
inner order of stone; corbelled terracotta panel of St Martin
and the Beggar, modelled in high relief, in the tympanum. The
gabled west end has 5 closely-spaced lancets, the central one
slightly wider, with a 5-light composition of stepped lancets
over, the whole flanked by setback buttresses with several
offsets terminating in pinnacles as at the east end. The north
aisle is like the south, with a sub-ordered west entrance.
1914-18 war memorial at west end in the form of a gabled
crucifix over an inscribed Portland stone panel in the form of
a retable.
INTERIOR: walls of brick, plastered, with dressings of brick
and stone. The fittings appear to have been designed by Somers
Clarke, unless stated otherwise. Some fittings and memorials
in the church reflect the fact that it was the garrison church
for Preston Barracks nearby. Large wooden and gilded reredos
to full width of the chancel: piers of saints in niches and
painted panels depicting the ancient and modern church, with
much pinnaclework to the top. Designed c1875, made by JE Knox
of Lambeth, the figures modelled by Josef Mayer of
Oberammergau and the paintings by H Ellis Wooldridge. A pair
of deep, sub-ordered arches either side of the chancel in the
second bay, with galleries over, that to the south for a
military band and to the north for the Hill organ; deep
clerestory arcade with passage aisles except where occupied by
the organ; brick vaulted roof with stone ribs, with brick
sub-ordered arches between sanctuary and choir and between
chancel and nave; low wall between chancel and nave of
sandstone with marble coping and wrought-iron gates, a
memorial of military campaigns in Egypt, c1885; rood beam
c1875 with figures of slightly later date. Buttresses roughly
at the crossing reflect plans for a saddleback tower. The nave
arcade consists of octagonal stone columns with roll-moulded
capitals and pointed, sub-ordered brick arches; clerestory in
the form of pointed arches with passage aisles, but shallower
than in the chancel; corbels shafts over each column of the
arcade. Wooden wagon roof in panels, painted with the coats of
arms of British and American bishops. Both aisles under
lean-to roofs.
Octagonal pulpit of 1881, designed by Somers Clarke Jr., paid
for by Henry Wagner, made by JE Knox of Lambeth apart from the
side panels, carved by Trollope and Sons; oak on a plinth of
Sussex marble, the whole carried on an ogee arcade, the side
panels carved with New Testament scenes; sounding board with
brattishing and high openwork spire of 3 stages above.
Octagonal font of grey marble, the bowl carried on clustered
columns; the font cover is part of an elaborate canopy on 4
columns, in the manner of St Peter Mancroft. Reredos in
south-east chapel of mixed Baroque and Gothic design. War
memorial in first bay of south aisle has a lower, panelled
section in memory of those who fell in the First World War,
and above that a panel of c1882 commemorating the Egyptian
campaigns, designed by Somers Clarke Jr and exec by Simpson
and Co for the tiles, Lynn and Sons of Brighton for the
panelling and woodwork, and JE Knox of Lambeth for the
carving. Memorial tablets either side of the chancel to Henry
Michell Wagner, Arthur Wagner and Henry Wagner. Stained glass:
east window of 1874 designed by HE Wooldridge and made by
Powell and Co; small window in south-east chapel and another
at west end of south aisle, 1875, designed by Henry Holiday
and made by Powell and Co; the clerestory windows on the south
side of the chancel commemorate the 4 other Brighton churches
built by Arthur Wagner.
Low boundary walls to west and south of flint and cobbles with
dressings and coping of red brick; brick gate piers to centre
of south wall rebuilt.
(Carder T: The Encyclopaedia of Brighton: Lewes: 1990-;
Pevsner N & Nairn I: The Buildings of England: Sussex:
Harmondsworth: 1965-; Information from Fr Beaumont Brandie,
parish priest; Builder: 3 Sept 1881, 3 July 1882).


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Matt McKininey is the Star Tribune reporter who has covered the case of one-man crime wave Darren Evanovich, the armed robber who was killed when he pulled his gun on a good citizen who went after him after he pistol whipped a woman whom he had relieved of her purse. The incident occurred in south Minneapolis on October 21. A week later the Star Tribune published McKinney's story "Armed robber knew the right path, but was unable to follow it" (posted online on October 27).
The day that McKinney's story was published the Hennepin County Attorney's office charged Evanovich's sister with two counts of aggravated first degree robbery, one of which arose from the incident described in McKinney's article, and released a statement absolving the citizen who had come to the crime victim's assistance for acting in self-defense when he shot Evanovich: "According to witnesses, the man who shot Evanovich drove up to where he saw Evanovich going through the victim's purse and asked him if he wanted to give the purse back. Instead, Evanovich pointed his gun at the man and moved towards him, so the man in the vehicle pulled out his handgun, for which he has a permit to carry, and shot Evanovich."
The statement included a quote from County Attorney Mike Freeman commended the unnamed good citizen "for helping his fellow citizen in need" (while injecting a note of caution regarding citizens chasing after criminals on their own). McKinney covered the charges against Evanovich's sister and the County Attorney's statement in "Man who shot Minneapolis robber won't be charged."
Mitch Berg blasted McKinney's sympathetic portrait of Evanovich and his misrepresentation of the incident in which he was killed in "Matt McKinney's whitewash job." Ed Morrissey followed up in "Hennepin County makes the right choice in Good Samaritan shooting." I cited these posts and commented in "The gang that couldn't shoot straight." I characterized McKinney's October 28 story as "deeply deceptive." I confessed that I had "stupidly relied" on McKinney's story for an understanding of the case.
McKinney has now sent a message to me with a copy to Mitch Berg (how did Ed Morrissey fall outside the circle of love?) responding to the criticism of his October 28 article on Evanovich. McKinney gives as the subject of his message "a deeply deceptive blog post," which I believe refers to Mitch's post because that is the one from which he quotes in his message. McKinney explains that at the time he wrote his October 28 article he did not have access to the charges filed on that date or to the County Attorney's statement released on that date together with the charges. Here is McKinney's message in its entirety verbatim:
Regarding criticism of my reporting on the Evanovich case:
What the blogger characterizes as "loathsome bits of agenda journalism" was in fact a faithful representation of the best information we had at the time. It is only through gross misrepresentations of my story published online on Oct. 27 and in print on the morning of Oct. 28 that he made it appear as though I was withholding information.
Below is the Oct. 21 police statement from which my story was drawn.
As you will see, nowhere does it say the victim was Hispanic, nowhere does it say she was an office cleaner, nowhere does it say she was beaten in the face, sustained two black eyes and received a bad cut, things that I'm accused of withholding. What is contained in the police statement is that the victim was hit in the head with a weapon and that she suffered a cut that was "not considered to be serious." We reported that she was hit in the head with a weapon.
The blogger's larger distortion occurs when he erroneously attributes to the Oct. 21 police statement the following: that Evanovich turned and pointed his gun at the armed witness. That piece of information was not released until the afternoon of Oct. 28, when the Hennepin County Attorney's office issued an email press release that said they had determined the witness acted in self defense. We immediately put that information on line, and it was printed in the following day's newspaper on the top of the B section, a place second in prominence only to the front page.
What is contained in the Oct. 21 police statement is that the armed witness chased Evanovich to a spot near the Super Grand Buffet and shot him. That's what we reported. The police statement includes the phrase "during a confrontation," which we would later learn meant that Evanovich pointed a gun at the armed witness and told him to mind his own business. At the time the police issued their statement, we didn't know what the phrase meant. Who was confronting who? Was it a verbal confrontation? Physical? Was it merely two people facing off in a hostile situation? It was too nebulous to be of much service in understanding what had happened, so we didn't include it.
It was only in our attempt to give readers the best, most reliable and clear information that the phrase was not used. If we had known the details of the confrontation, we would have reported them, just as we did on the afternoon of Oct. 28 the minute we learned from the Hennepin County Attorney's office what had actually happened.
The blogger errs again when it comes to Octavia Marberry [i.e., Evanovich's sister]. We did not know that Marberry was part of the robbery, that she allegedly participated with her brother in the robberies or that she threatened the victim at the time the story in question was written. As with the information about Evanovich pointing a gun at the armed witness, the details of Marberry's involvement were not known until the afternoon of Oct. 28. Again, we put that information online immediately upon learning the details, and put it in print the following morning.
The Oct. 21 Minneapolis police statement on the shooting of Darren Evanovich [follows]…
Matt McKinney
I have added the emphasis above in McKinney's message. Here is the text of the October 21 police report that McKinney includes in his message:
Tonight just after 9:45 p.m. the Minneapolis Emergency Communications Center received two 911 calls. The first call indicated that an elderly female had just been robbed at gunpoint of her purse and pistol whipped in the head in the parking lot of the Cub Foods in the 2800 block of 26th Avenue South.
The second 911 call indicated that a male had been shot in the rear of the Super Grand Buffet, also in the 2800 block of 26th Avenue South. When officers and EMS arrived they found the body of an adult male in his 20's who had suffered an apparent gunshot wound.
Officers went to the Cub Foods where they were approached by an adult male who stated that he had witnessed the armed robbery/assault of the elderly female and had chased the armed robbery suspect to an area near the Super Grand Buffet. This "Good Samaritan" stated that he had a valid Minnesota Permit to Carry a Handgun and that he had shot the male armed robbery suspect during a confrontation outside of the Super Grand Buffet. He told officers where to find his handgun and he was detained for questioning.
Officers located another handgun believed to belong to the deceased armed robbery suspect near where the shooting took place.
The original elderly female armed robbery victim sustained a laceration to her head when she was pistol whipped. This injury is not considered to be serious.
An adult female was also detained for questioning in connection with the original armed robbery but was later released.
The Minneapolis Police Department Homicide Unit is investigating this case. Anyone with further information about this incident is asked to contact homicide investigators by calling the TIPS Line at 612-692-TIPS (8477).
Investigators will complete their investigation in the coming days and present their case to the Hennepin County Attorney's Office to determine what, if any, criminal charges are warranted.
The identity of the deceased and his exact cause of death will be released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office at the completion of their initial investigation.
I took from McKinney's October 28 story that the good citizen had chased Evanovich down and shot him in cold blood. That is the way McKinney's story reads. That is why I characterized McKininey's story as deeply deceptive. That is why I say I stupidly relied on McKinney's story for my understanding of the case.
McKinney now asserts in his defense that he didn't mean to deceive, that his story was only unintentionally deceptive. Yet on the crucial point, which I have emphasized in McKinney's message above, McKinney states that he resolved the ambiguity of the October 21 police report simply by omitting any reference to the confrontation, which turns out to be the key to understanding the incident.
Is that the way they teach you to do it in journalism school?


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In this edition of "Makeup Wars" we are talking about our Valentine's Day looks. In my case, I associate Valentine's Day with Pink and tend to stick with that color family, but keep my eyes pretty simple since Pink around my eyes ends up making me look like I have another case of "Pink Eye", so, no good on me.
Check out what I would use:
So, this is what I would use. What do you do for your Valentine's Day look? Do you vamp it up? Go all sweet and romantic? Or is it just another Thursday to you?
Now, go check out what these other lovelies are doing for their Valentine's Day:
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It's always surprising when a massive corporation decides to introduce consumer friendly policies. Obviously Sony wants people to buy more PS Vitas, but it's still impressive that it's just giving away Vita versions of games like Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time with PS3 versions that are going to be sold for $60 regardless. On Monday, it appeared that Microsoft would finally reconsider some of the more byzantine and vicious monetization policies in its entertainment business. It would still charge people to play together online through Xbox Live, but it would finally stop using Microsoft Points, its virtual currency, for downloadable purchases. The reasoning was sound: The Windows 8 platform would unify all Microsofts platforms—PC, Windows Phone, and the still unannounced Xbox 720—and digital shopping transparency would speed adoption of the platform.
Turns out that Microsoft won't be engaging in any consumer friendly activity after all, as the company confirmed on Wednesday that it was not just keeping Microsoft Points, it would further confuse its audience by using real money prices on other platforms.
"Microsoft Points continue to be the currency for purchasing content for the Xbox 360 console," a Microsoft spokesman told The Verge. When it releases on Oct. 26, though, Windows 8 will let users purchase goods, even through Xbox Live, using local currency or Microsoft points. "Current Xbox Live customers may also make a purchase using points."
Any customers looking for parity between their Xbox Music and Xbox Video accounts between their Xbox 360 in the living room and, for example, a Windows 8 laptop taken on the road will be out of luck.
Microsoft's confirmation that Microsoft Points are here to stay on the Xbox 360 does not mean that its policy won't change when the next console arrives. The Xbox 720, sometimes called Durango, will run on the Windows 8 operating system according to Microsoft's Brian Hall, so it's reasonable to expect that by the time it releases in 2013/2014, Microsoft will finally stop charging consumers for virtual currency packs that leave them with credit they can't spend.
The time for Microsoft to begin changing its policies is now though. If Windows 8 is going to be successful as a core for the company's growing entertainment businesses, it needs parity across all platforms. Restricting options on the Xbox 360, and continuing to charge for services like online play as part of Xbox Gold, is only going to alienate consumers increasingly accustomed to free play and real money pricing on platforms like iOS.


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MEDFORD, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, one of four justices to dissent from a June decision by the court that struck down a portion of a federal law defining marriage as between a man and a woman, said on Thursday he has not given his views on the constitutionality of gay marriage itself.
"I haven't expressed my view about gay marriage," Scalia, a noted conservative said, adding that the decision itself only applied to a narrow piece of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act.
"The issue in the DOMA case was not whether the Constitution requires states to allow gay marriage. That was not the question at all," Scalia said at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, outside Boston. "The question is whether Congress can define marriage in all of the statues that Congress enacted to mean only marriage between a man and a woman."
In his dissenting opinion on that ruling, Scalia, who was appointed to the court by President Ronald Reagan in 1986, wrote that the majority ignored procedural obstacles he said should have prevented the court from taking up the matter in the first place.
Despite the DOMA ruling and another June ruling that knocked down a 2008 California state law that forbade same-sex unions, the Court has stood back from the gay-marriage debate, instead allowing it to play out state by state.
Currently 13 U.S. states, including much of the northeast, recognize same-sex unions. The issue is now being fought out in states, including New Jersey where a state court last week issued a ruling that would allow gay nuptials to begin on October 21, although an appeal is expected. In Pennsylvania, a county clerk has appealed a court decision ordering him to stop issuing marriage licenses to gay couples.
Scalia, who takes an "originalist" approach in his decisions, which means he tries to frame legal decisions by what the writers of the Constitution and subsequent amendments meant, allowed that it is possible the issue will find its way back to the court.
"I'm waiting for the second shoe to drop," said Scalia, the longest-serving member of the U.S. Supreme Court
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Last week, chipmaker Intel introduced its new Core i7-980X Extreme Edition processor, a new $999 high-end part built almost exclusively for gamers and high-end computing enthusiasts using the company's 32nm architecture. And, wasting no time, high-end boutique PC makers have begun announcing Core i7-980X options on their high-end gaming rigs, with Dell subsidiary Alienware, Maingear, Velocity Micro, Digital Storm, CyberPower, and others all adding the processors to their desktop options. Of course, these systems aren't inexpensive, and the full benefits of the six-core chip won't really be seen until games and other software are optimized to take advantage of all the multithreading potential—but for folks who have to be on the cutting edge, the edge just got sharper.
It's almost impossible to run down specs of high-end gaming PCS because they're available with such a wide variety of options and configurations: what's a dream machine for one high-end customer is anathema to another. But the starting prices on these rigs should provide a hint: Velocity Micro's Z55 starts at $2,824 with a Core i7-980X; Maingear's Shift X58 starts at $3,290; Alienware's Area-51 ALX rolls in at $3,999, CyberPower's Black Mamba starts at $4,225, and Digital Storm's Black Ops Extreme starts at $5,642.
Announcing the chips, Intel said that it intended the Core i7-980X Extreme Edition to be the top of its desktop heap, but also to be a limited edition part aimed at the high end of the computing market. What might be more interesting is to see how Intel's six-core chips—like the Core I7-980X but also the new server-oriented Xeon 5600—trickle down into professional and media-creation systems from makers like HP and Dell…and, of course, Apple's Mac Pro line.


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Types of breast cancer found in women are:
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Cancer occurs when cells in the body divide without control or order. Eventually these uncontrolled cells form a growth or tumor. The term cancer refers to malignant growths. These growths can invade nearby tissues including the lymph nodes. Cancer that has invaded the lymph nodes can then spread to other parts of the body. The lymph nodes associated with breast cancer are in the armpit, above the collarbone, and in the chest.
It is not clear exactly what causes these problems in the cells, but is probably a combination of genetics and environment.
Breast cancer is more common in Caucasian women, aged 50 years and older. Other factors that may increase your chance of breast cancer include:
Studies show that most women with known risk factors do not get breast cancer. Many women who get breast cancer have none of the risk factors listed above except age.
When breast cancer first develops, there may be no symptoms at all. As the cancer grows, it can cause the following changes:
These symptoms may also be caused by other, less serious health conditions. Anyone experiencing these should see a doctor.
The doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. It will include a breast exam and blood tests.
Imaging tests can help diagnose and evaluate the extent of the cancer. Imaging tests include:
Your doctor may need to test your breast tissue and adjacent lymph nodes. A sample will be removed and sent to a lab to look for cancer cells. This can be done with different biopsy types, including:
If cancer is present, your doctor may order tests to learn about the type of cancer. These may include:
The physical exam combined with all of your test results, will help to determine the stage of cancer you have. Staging is used to guide your treatment plan. Like other cancers, breast cancer is staged from I-IV. Stage I is a very localized cancer, while stage IV indicates a spread to other parts of the body.
Cancer treatment varies depending on the stage and type of cancer.
A combination of therapies is most effective. For example, radiation may be used before surgery to shrink the tumor or after to make sure all the cancer has been removed.
Treatment options include:
The goal of surgery is to remove the tumors and any affected tissue.
Radiation therapy is the use of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. The main types of radiation include:
is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells. It may be given in many forms including pill, injection, or IV. The drugs enter the bloodstream. They travel through the body killing mostly cancer cells. Some healthy cells are killed as well.
The following therapies may be used in conjunction with chemotherapy:
Cancer treatments can cause some side effects like nausea, anemia, pain, or bone loss. Other medications or treatments may be needed to minimize these problems throughout your cancer treatment.
Finding breast cancer early and treating it is the best way to prevent death from the disease. Breast cancer does not cause symptoms in the early stages. It is important to have screening exams and tests. These steps can help to find the cancer before symptoms appear. The following recommendations are for women with no symptoms who are not high risk for breast cancer:
If you have an increased risk of breast cancer, you may need to start having mammograms earlier. You and your doctor can decide on the best screening schedule for you. It is important to note that mammograms are the most sensitive test currently used to evaluate the breast, but they will miss 10-15% of breast cancers. Mammograms also have a false positive result about 33% of the time. A false positive result occurs when a test suggests an illness that actually does not exist.
There are 2 medications to prevent breast cancer in high-risk, postmenopausal women. These medications increase your chances of having blood clots and stroke. Talk to your doctor about whether medication is right for you.
If you are at very high risk for breast cancer, surgery to remove your breasts before you get cancer (a procedure called prophylactic
mastectomy) may be an option.
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Chair: Brian Moore
Eligibility: Participation is by invitation only. GNCC clubs are invited through a process mandated by the Grand National Curling Club based on the number of adult male members of each club.
HistoryThe Gordon International Competition was first held on February 8th, 1884 in Montreal between two rinks each from the United States and Canada, and was won by the Milwaukee Curling Club, 36-28. Thus began a long-standing friendly rivalry and fellowship between the Canadian Branch of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club and the Grand National Curling Club. Each year, representatives of these curling or-ganizations compete for the Gordon International Medal, originally pre-sented by Mr. Robert Gordon of the St. Andrews Curling Club of New York. Mr. Gordon was born in Dumfries, Scotland on November 17, 1829, and came to New York in 1849.
The 2018 event marks the 135th year of the Gordon International Competition, and the 123rd time the competition has been held. The competition was not held in 1885-87 (smallpox epidemics), 1892-93, 1897-98 and 1902 (lack of ice), 1916-18 (World War I), and 1945 (World War II).
Until 1901, competitions were played with two rinks to each side. Today, matches are typically contested with 20 rinks per side playing two games each when held in the United States, or 20 American rinks playing two games each and 40 Canadian rinks playing one game each when held in Canada. The outcome of the match is determined by the total number of stones scored by each side in the two Gordon medal games. In the 122 prior competitions, the Canadians have won 92 matches, the Americans 30. The Americans won the Gordon Medal for the first time in 29 years in 2012, and the first time since 1969 away from home in Montreal. The American side won four of the last seven matches. Teams also typically compete in a series of friendly games prior to the main event. Last year in Montreal, three friendly games were contested by 20 rinks. The event will be split between Utica and Rochester in 2018.
Two other awards have been added to the Gordon International Competition over the years. In 1968, Addison Hastings of the Ardsley Curling Club presented the first Gordon Interna-tional Bowl—now the Add Hastings International Bowl—to the Canadian Branch of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club. This award is given annually to the rink on either side that has the largest plus score in any single Gordon medal game.
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Lilit Vardanyan doesn't have to look far for inspiration. In fact, the Burbank High junior needs to look no further than her family when it comes to encouragement on the tennis court.
Vardanyan's uncle is former tennis professional Sargis Sargsian, who won one singles and two doubles titles during his career on the ATP Tour. Sargsian participated in three Summer Olympic Games, in 1996, 2000 and 2004, and reached career-high rankings of No. 38 in singles and No. 33 in doubles in the world during 2004.
Sargsian also lost to Andre Agassi in the $50,000 HealthSouth USTA Challenger of Burbank at the Burbank Tennis Center in 1997.
"When I first saw him playing when I was about 4 or 5, I really didn't understand how good of a player he was," Vardanyan said of Sargsian, who came to watch some of the single player's matches this season at Burbank. "I just thought 'oh, he's playing, that's nice.'
"But when I became 10 or 11 and I started competing, I started to realize how good of a player he really is. I would go over to his house and watch the DVDs of him playing. And every time I watched him, it kind of inspired me. I wanted to be like him."
Vardanyan is coached by her grandmother, who she was named after. Her grandmother also helped train Sargsian.
"She knows a lot about tennis, and she's helped me a lot," Vardanyan said of her grandmother.
With motivation and support from her family, Vardanyan has developed into an accomplished athlete. Her skills as a singles player were never more evident than this past season when she enjoyed a wildly successful junior campaign with the Bulldogs. Along with losing just two sets the entire season, Vardanyan also captured the Pacific League singles championship and advanced to the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section Individual Tournament.
Behind Vardanyan, Burbank won a share of its first league title since 2002 and advanced to the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division II playoffs.
It is because of her accomplishments that Vardanyan has been named the 2013 All-Area Singles Player of the Year by the writers and editors of the Burbank Leader, Glendale News-Press and La Cañada Valley Sun.
With all of her individual success this past season, it would be understandable for Vardanyan to dwell on her personal accomplishments. However, what was most important to her was the fact that her Burbank team was able to win a share of the league championship.
The Bulldogs split their two matches against the Apaches. The team notched a win at Arcadia when it beat the hosts, 10-8, on Sept. 17. The Apaches were ranked No. 2 in the division and the Bulldogs were not ranked among the top 10.
"That was such a big win for us," Vardanyan said. "We had never beaten Arcadia at their place, so it was huge. Some of our seniors were crying and they were really emotional about it."
The two teams met again Oct. 10 at Burbank, with the Apaches holding on to win by just two games, 9-9 (79-77).
"Even though we lost that second time, we were able to win a part of league and that's all that matters," Vardanyan said. "We are just so proud of that league title."
Vardanyan, who went 56-2 during the year — dropping just one set during the regular season — went from concentrating on her team to focusing on herself at the Pacific League Tournament in late October. She was able to advance to the singles final at Pasadena High, but then ran into some trouble.
Seeded No. 1, Vardanyan didn't play well early in her championship contest against Arcadia's Sharlene Song and, as a result, trailed in the opening set by four games. But she fought back and won six straight games to capture the first set and finished the comeback by taking the second set against the No. 2-seeded Song, as she walked off the court with a 7-5, 6-3 victory to secure the singles championship.
During the first set, Burbank Coach Loi Phan suggested that Vardanyan switch up her strategy and go from a power game to more of a finesse game, mixing in more slices and drop shots. Vardanyan heeded the advice, and began to play better.
"That's the great thing about Lilit; she is very coachable and she listens to suggestions," said Phan, who was named the All-Area Coach of the Year. "A lot of players won't listen to advice. It doesn't matter how good you are as a player, if you're not coachable than it's just no use for a coach.
"I put my two cents in, yes, but she was the one who carried it out and she was the one who made it happen. She just has a great attitude, she listens and she just wants to get better. Those are things a coach just loves to see."
Vardanyan was also able to enjoy success at the CIF Southern Section Individual Tournament. Advancing to the second day of the event Dec. 4 at Whittier Narrows Tennis Center in South El Monte, she began her day by winning an up-and-down match against Jennifer Audra of Arlington, the No. 1 player from the Inland Valley League. The Bulldog won the first set, 6-3, but couldn't close out the contest and, as a result, lost the second set, 7-5. However, Vardanyan rebounded, taking the third set, 6-2, and earning herself a spot in the quarterfinals with the 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 win.
That set up a quarterfinal contest against top-seed Annika Ringblom from Peninsula, who won the Bay League championship. Unfortunately for Vardanyan, she was just no match for the seasoned senior, losing, 6-1, 6-1.
"She was very good, and I tried my best," Vardanyan said. "But it was a very great experience for me. It motivates me to want to come back next year."
With a mild demeanor and a workmanlike approach to her game, Vardanyan has earned the admiration of her teammates, some of whom say the junior is always willing to take the time and give them tips and help with their game.
"She is just a great person in general, and I think everyone on the team looked up to her," said Burbank freshman singles player Nicole Merrit, who was an All-Area pick. "She is a very fair person and she never treats her opponents badly. She is aggressive on the court, but she never loses her temper."
With time now to reflect on her successful campaign, one might expect Vardanyan to take some time off and relax after a hectic season. However, she said she will be busy almost every weekend taking part in junior tournaments.
In addition, although her senior season at Burbank is more than eight months away, Vardanyan said it's never too early to get prepared for her final year with the Bulldogs.
"I just want to get better and be the best that I can be," she said. "I want to be ready for next year, and I know I will have to work hard to do what I want to do. But I really can't wait."


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Bull Profile Series: Bull II, 1973
58.2 x 83.8 cm (23 x 33 in)
Edition: 100, 13 AP, 4 TP, 1 RTP, 1 PPII, 3 GEL, 1 C
Materials: Lithograph and line-cut on Arjomari paper
Markings: Signed rf Lichtenstein 73 in pencil lower right, numbered in pencil lower left, blindstamp lower right
Printer: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Catalogue: Corlett 117
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From the Bull Profile series.
Sheet: 68.6 x 88.9 cm (27 x 35 inches)
Lichtenstein explored the 'progression' of an image from 'representation' to 'abstraction' in both paintings and prints of the early 1970s. In 1972 he executed the painting Pitcher Triptych. The following year, at Gemini G.E.L. from February to September, he completed the six multimedia prints of the Bull Profile series and the three of the Bull Head series. The painting Cow Triptych followed them in 1974, and Lichtenstein periodically returns to this compositional device, as in the Tel Aviv Mural (1989). Lichtenstein's bulls relate to Theo van Doesburg's Composition (The Cow) (1916-17) and to Picasso's eleven Bull lithographs (1945-46).In both the Bull Profile and Bull Head series, Lichtenstein combines line-cut with lithography and screenprint. In 1989 Lichtenstein gave permission to Artists to End Hunger, Inc., to reproduce the Bull Profile series on a set of six 13-by-13-inch porcelain plates in an edition of fifty, plus six artist's proofs. The publication was for the benefit of the International Art Show for the End of World Hunger, in which Lichtenstein's print series was exhibited.


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As professional observers provide isoncampaign.org notes on their observing runs, we will add them to this page. Send your own brief observing notes via our contact form or directly to Mike Kelley (UMD). Observing reports are meant to highlight everyone's progress or struggles observing this comet, in order to aid and/or encourage future observations, and provide critical input for target of opportunity programs.
2013 Dec 3: rh=0.3 AU, Δ=0.8 AU, V~? mag
- Karl Battams (NRL) provides some analysis of the post-perihelion observations of the comet with the STEREO A spacecraft's HI-1 instrument:
"A broad and diffuse remnant of comet ISON is still visible in the STEREO HI-1A images. Due to a complete lack of any kind of central condensation, photometry is impossible at this stage, but a good-by-eye estimate would be that the comet remnants continue to drop at approximately half a magnitude per day, and in the most recent images appear to be around magnitude +11. While the comet is expected to leave this field of view around December 7, 2013, we suspect it may fade below the instrument's ~ +13.5 limiting magnitude before this time."
2013 Nov 27: rh=0.1 AU, Δ=0.9 AU, V~? mag
- Matthew Knight (Lowell Obs.) measured the comet with the SOHO spacecraft's LASCO instrument:
"Comet ISON has brightened dramatically since it entered the SOHO C3 (note that C3 is the name of the telescope, it is not referring to the molecule) field of view yesterday. In the clear filter images it had an apparent V magnitude of 2.5 on Nov 27.05 when it entered the field of view and has increased steadily in brightness to mag 0.5 on Nov 27.54. Note that it began saturating the detector soon after entering the C3 field of view and I am employing a correction that I developed for C/2011 W3 Lovejoy. This brightening behavior is similar to typical brightening by Kreutz comets in the SOHO fields of view."
- Karl Battams (NRL) provides further analysis of Knight's photometry:
"Based on the photometry, and the visual appearance of the comet in the SOHO LASCO data, we have updated the Current Status page to tell observers to plan for a negative magnitude object. A conservative estimate would be -1, but -3 or -4 is certainly reasonable at this point.
- Nicolas Biver (LEISA, Obs. Paris) reports on observations with the IRAM 30-m telescope:
"Around 10-12 UT HCN has been marginally detected in comet ISON suggesting a production rate of HCN on the order of 4E26 molecules/s at 0.122 AU from the Sun. Take this as a very preliminary result.
2013 Nov 26: rh=0.2 AU, Δ=0.9 AU, V~? mag
- Matthew Knight (Lowell Obs.) measured the comet with the STEREO A spacecraft's HI-1 instrument:
"ISON has continued to brighten in the STEREO-HI1A images over the last 36 hr. As of Nov 26.54 it is approximately a V magnitude of 3.9 in an 11.7 arcmin diameter aperture. Just looking at the lightcurve by eye suggests that there may have been an outburst from roughly Nov 20-22 which was superposed on a steadily brightening curve."
2013 Nov 25: rh=0.3 AU, Δ=0.9 AU, V~? mag
- Matthew Knight (Lowell Obs.) measured the comet with the STEREO A spacecraft's HI-1 instrument:
"As of Nov 25.63 ISON has an apparent V magnitude of 4.4 in an 11.7 arcmin diameter aperture in STEREO-HI1A images. It has trended smoothly brighter over the preceding ~0.5 day. I have not noticed any significant difference in the coma morphology since my previous report." (70 arcsec pixel scale)
2013 Nov 24: rh=0.3 AU, Δ=0.9 AU, V~? mag
- Michael Combi (Univ. of Michigan) reports Ly α observations of comet ISON with the SOHO spacecraft and SWAN instrument, continuing from the Nov 9 report:
"After Nov 7 it increased by factors of 2 every one to three days for the next two weeks. On Nov 16.6 and 19.6 we find a water production rate of 4e29 molecules/s followed by a factor of 5 increase to values about 2e30 molecules/s from Nov 21.6 to 23.6. ISON is now in the SWAN solar avoidance area until a few days after perihelion."
2013 Nov 22: rh=0.4 AU, Δ=0.9 AU, V~4 mag
- Matthew Knight (Lowell Obs.) measured the comet with the STEREO A spacecraft's HI-1 instrument:
"Comet ISON had an apparent magnitude of 4.3 in an 11.7 arcmin diameter aperture on Nov 20.97 as viewed by STEREO-HI1A (Δ=1.0 AU; approximately V magnitude)."
- M.A. DiSanti and B. Bonev (NASA/GSFC) report on observations using CSHELL at the NASA IRTF telescope:
"We had photometric conditions for the last pre-perihelion day with CSHELL (solar elongation 20 deg). We focused on a continued deep search for HDO, but aspects of the volatile chemistry were also done (HCN, NH3, C2H2, C2H6/CH3OH), plus a re-visit of CO once the geocentric Doppler shift returned, passing +10 km/s around 21:30 UT. H2O was measured in three settings (including the CO setting) and we should have a handle on production rates soon."
2013 Nov 21: rh=0.4 AU, Δ=0.9 AU, V~5 mag
- Matthew Knight (Lowell Obs.) measured the comet with the STEREO A spacecraft's HI-1 instrument:
"Comet ISON had an apparent magnitude of 5.0 in an 11.7 arcmin diameter aperture on Nov 22.21 as viewed by STEREO-HI1A (Δ=1.0 AU; approximately V magnitude)."
- Emmanuel Jehin and Cyrielle Opitom (Univ. de Liège) measured the comet with the STEREO A spacecraft's HI-1 instrument:
"We observed with TRAPPIST for the last time, ISON. It was 6 degrees above the horizon and clear sky. The comet is still intact showing the usual shape of the coma. After the outburst of 19 Nov, the Qs have stabilised yesterday morning and, from data taken today, may be dropping. The maximum of the outburst, Nov. 21.37: Q(OH) = 1.08 (+/- 0.58) x 10**29 molecules/s, Q(CN) = 1.60 (+/- 0.18) x 10**27 molecules/s, Q(C2) = 2.52 (+/- 0.12) x 10**27 molecules/s, Af(rho) = 5820 +/- 644 cm. Two bright jets perpendicular to the tail are visible and there is no indication yet of splitting or disruption." (Opitom et al. 2013, CBET 3719)
2013 Nov 20: rh=0.5 AU, Δ=0.8 AU, V~5 mag
- Carl Schmidt (U. Virginia) reports on observations with the BU Imaging Spectrograph at McDonald Observatory:
"We observed arcminute spatial coverage of H20+, Na and C2 bands at a resolution of 30000. In wide-field imaging, the sodium tail grew significantly overnight between Nov 19th and 20th UT, then extending more than a full degree of sky."
2013 Nov 19: rh=0.5 AU, Δ=0.9 AU, V~5 mag
- Emmanuel Jehin and Cyrielle Opitom (Univ. de Liège) report a new outburst of comet ISON, observed with the TRAPPIST telescope:
"Since last night (Nov 19) comet ISON is getting brighter again! After the drop of the last 5 days, all the Qs have been x ~5 in about 48 hours. This looks to be a new outburst linked to the active regions, as the jets are today strong again. We hope to be able to point the comet again the next 2-3 nights, at 10 deg above the horizon during nautical twilight."
- N. Dello Russo and R.J. Vervack (JHU/APL), and M.A. DiSanti (NASA/GSFC) report on observations using CSHELL at the NASA IRTF telescope:
"Between 17:00 and 23:15 UT, the comet was observed with high spectral resolution (R ~ 22,000) in eight grating settings between 2.84 and 5.00 microns. The following species were detected: H2O, OH, NH3, NH2, HCN, CN, C2H6, C2H2, CH3OH, H2CO, and OCS. A preliminary analysis indicates a water production rate between about 1.5 and 3e29 molec/s. Determination of abundances relative to H2O and any productivity variation over the observing time period are in progress."
- R. Vervack (JHU/APL) reports on observations using NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft:
"The MESSENGER spacecraft has successfully imaged and obtained spectra of both Encke and ISON during their closest approaches to Mercury. Much of the data remains on the spacecraft awaiting downlink, but we have confirmed detections of H, O, C, S, OH, CS, and NH with the MASCS instrument for both comets. A press release with images and more information has been released."
2013 Nov 18: rh=0.5 AU, Δ=0.9 AU, V~6 mag
- H. Boehnhardt, C. Tubiana, N. Oklay, J. B. Vincent (Max Planck Inst. for Solar Sys. Res.), U. Hopp, C. Ries, M. Schmidt, A. Riffeser, and C. Goessl, (Ludwig Maximilian Univ.) report on images of comet ISON, observed at the Mt. Wendelstein Observatory:
"We have found another wing feature in the coma of comet ISON in images taken in the morning hours of 18 Nov. at the Mt. Wendelstein Observatory. This may indicate a second nucleus splitting. The diffuse wing structure from the previous event was also found in the same images, and it appeared more diffuse and much weaker than the days before. We would like to encourage imaging of the comet over the coming hours and days/nights as much as possible in order to follow the evolution of the features related with the new and old event of enhanced activity in this comet."
- B. Bonev and M.A. DiSanti (NASA/GSFC) report on observations using CSHELL at the NASA IRTF telescope:
"We observed comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) on UT 2013 Nov. 15, 16, 17, 18, and 22. Multiple primary (parent) volatiles were detected, including H2O, C2H6, CH3OH, CO, HCN, NH3, C2H2, and possibly CH4, plus two fragmentation products (NH2 and OH). Based on 7 spectral lines of H2O and assuming an atmospheric seeing correction (growth-factor) of 1.8, the global water production rate varied between about 1.2 and 2.6 (E29 molecules/s) during the Nov. 15-18 time frame. The possible role of short-term variability in production rates, such as could be produced by nucleus rotation, is under consideration. On UT Nov. 17 (R_{h} = 0.53 AU; Delta = 0.87 AU) we oriented the slit along the Sun-comet line (position angle = 289 degrees, as projected on the sky plane) and measured spatially resolved rotational temperatures (Trot) and column densities for H2O. We observed a decrease in Trot with nucleocentric distance, from 115 K near the position of peak emission intensity to around 90 K at projected distances offset by about 1000 km. (All results are preliminary.)" (Bonev et al. 2013, CBET 3720)
2013 Nov 17: rh=0.6 AU, Δ=0.9 AU, V~6 mag
- J.V. Keane, K.J. Meech, T. Riesen (U. Hawaii), and B. Yang (ESO) report on
observations with the JCMT:
"HCN measurements over Nov 15, 16, and 17 do show real variability. We also detected a decrease in the intensity of the HCN 4-3 line through out the day of Nov 17th. Other observers, IRTF and APEX, informally noted this behavior and our data sets agree. Our team will be observing again around perihelion."
2013 Nov 16: rh=0.6 AU, Δ=0.9 AU, V~5 mag
- Adam McKay (New Mexico State Univ.) reports a detection of the Na D doublet at 5900 Å with the Apache Point 3.5-m telescope and ARCES:
"There was Na in the spectra we obtained on Nov 15.5 UT, right after the first outburst. It was about a factor of 10 weaker than the C2 bandhead and [OI]6300 line, but clearly there."
- S. Berdyugina (Univ. Freiburg/NAI U. Hawaii) and K.J. Meech obtained high resolution spectra with Espadons on the CFHT:
"CN, CH, C2, C3, NH2 emissions were identified, as well as some other lines. It is expected that the ratio 12C/13C will be constrained, perhaps 14N/15N, and maybe D/H. O, He, and Na emissions were also identified."
2013 Nov 15: rh=0.6 AU, Δ=0.9 AU, V~6 mag
- Michael Combi (Univ. of Michigan) reports Ly α observations of comet ISON with the SOHO spacecraft and SWAN instrument:
"Water production rates derived from the Lyman-alpha observations assuming it comes from water dissociation have jumped by a factor of 5 during Nov 13 - Nov 15."(This text has been superseded by the report on Nov 24.)
2013 Nov 14: rh=0.7 AU, Δ=0.9 AU, V~6 mag
- N. Biver (LESIA, Obs. Paris), M. Agundez (Lab. Bordeauz), P. Santos-Sanz (Inst. Astrof. Andalucia), J. Crovisier, D. Bockelee-Morvan, R. Moreno (LEISA, Obs. Paris) report on observations with the IRAM 30-m telescope in Spain:
The inferred HCN production rate has significantly increased in 48 hours from (1.9 +/- 0.6) x 10**25 to (34 +/- 2) x 10**25 molecules/s on Nov. 12.39, and 14.33 UT, respectively (Biver et al. 2013, CBET 3711).
- C. Opitom E. Jehin, J. Manfroid, and M. Gillon (Univ. de Liège) report on observations with the TRAPPIST telescope:
A large outburst that started between Nov 11.37 and 12.37 UT has caused all gas production rates to rise by a factor of 1.5 by Nov 12.37 UT, and another factor of 8 by Nov 13.37 UT. On Nov 14.37 UT, Q(OH) = 1.01 (+/- 0.28) x 10**29 molecules/s, Af(rho) = 2400 +/- 296 cm (Optiom et al. 2013, CBET 3711).
2013 Nov 12: rh=0.7 AU, Δ=1.0 AU, V~8 mag
- Mike Sitko (Univ. of Cincinnati), Padma A. Yanamandra-Fisher (Space Sci. Inst.), and Ray Russell (The Aerospace Corp.) report that mid-infrared spectroscopic observations of comet ISON, acquired with the NASA IRTF and the BASS instrument, were successful. They write:
"Spectroscopy of C/ISON with a spectral resolution of R=30-120 were obtained on 11 & 12 Nov. using The Aerospace Corporation's Broad-band Array Spectrograph System (BASS). The spectra exhibited a weak silicate emission feature, being only 10% or less above the underlying continuum. The integrated brightness of the 12th was ~40% brighter than on the 11th, indicating the recent observed outburst was being detected at thermal-IR wavelengths. The observation were made during periods 1-2 arcsec seeing, and in breaks in fog and ice at the summit of Mauna Kea."
- N. Dello Russo (JHU/APL) reports on an observing run using NIRSPEC at the Keck telescope:
"No observations were obtained on C/2012 S1 ISON on UT Nov 11 and 12 at the Keck Observatory due to poor weather."
2013 Nov 9: rh=0.9 AU, Δ=1.0 AU, V~8 mag
- Michael Combi (Univ. of Michigan) reports Ly α observations of comet ISON with the SOHO spacecraft and SWAN instrument:
"Water production rates derived from the Lyman-alpha observations assuming it comes from water dissociation showed a rather flat variation from Oct 25 to Nov 7, around 2e28/s - 2.5e28 molecules/s, and then back down to 2e28 molecules/s by Nov 7. Between Nov 7 and 9 it jumped by a about a factor of 2. Because of the lifetimes of H2O and OH combined with the large SWAN field of view, changes in Q-water normally take 1 to 3 days to be seen in H." Nov 26 update: "The water production rate... remained between 2e28s and and 3e28/s from Oct 24.9 to Nov 6.9. After this it increased by factors of 2 every one to three days for the next two weeks."
2013 Nov 7: rh=0.8 AU, Δ=1.1 AU, V~8 mag
- Dennis Bodewits, Tony Farnham, and Michael A'Hearn (Univ. of Maryland) report UV observations of comet ISON with the Swift Gamma Ray Observatory and UVOT telescope:
"We obtained photometry using a broadband V filter and Swift's UVW1 filter (2600 Å FWHM=700 Å) on Oct. 7, Oct. 20, Nov. 1, and Nov. 7 (rh = 1.52, 1.27, 0.98, and 0.83 AU). The observed OH coma corresponds to water production rates of 2.0e28, 1.8e28, 1.6e28, and 2.1e28 molecules/s ± 25%, respectively, based on a vectorial model. In fixed apertures of projected radius 5e4 km at the comet, we measured Afrho values of of 750, 796, 848, and 861 cm (+/- 5%), normalized to phase of 0 degrees using the phase function by D. Schleicher (http://asteroid.lowell.edu/comet/dustphase.html). In addition, we further processed the remote Swift-UVOT observations acquired in the first half of 2013 and lowered our upper limits for the comet's water production rate. Using aperture radii between 10-20 arcsec, we find the following 3-sigma upper limits for Jan. 30, Mar. 11, Apr. 24, and May 9 (rh = 4.95, 4.50, 3.97, and 3.79 AU): QH2O <8e27, <2e27, <2e27, <1.e27 molecules/s."
- L. Paganini (NASA GSFC), G.A. Blake (Caltech), G.L. Villanueva, M.A. DiSanti, B.P. Bonev (NASA GSFC), E.L. Gibb (U. Missouri-StL), and M.J. Mumma (NASA GSFC) report on observations with NIRSPEC on the Keck II telescope:
"Estimates of the water production rate showed a significant increase to (3.1 +/- 0.2) x 10**28 molecules/s from (1.4 +/- 0.2) x 10**28 molecules/s on Oct 22-25 (cf. Mumma et al. 2013, IAUC 9261; 9263, 2). However, mixing ratios of trace species relative to water were approximately: CH4 = 0.4%, HCN = 0.06%, which were consistent (within error) with the previous estimates during late October." (Paganini et al., 2013, IAUC 9263, 3)
2013 Nov 6: rh=0.9 AU, Δ=1.1 AU, V~9 mag
- C.M. Lisse (JHU/APL), S.J. Wolk (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), D.J. Christian (Cal. State Northridge), K. Dennerl (MPI-EP), D. Bodewits (U. Maryland), M.R. Combi, S.T. Lepri, and T.H. Zurbuchen (U. Mich.) report on observations with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the ACIS-S and HRC-I instruments:
Observations taken on Oct. 31.302, Nov. 3.083, and Nov. 6.438 UT show x-ray emission over an approximately 5 arcmin diameter. Analysis has yielded a 0.3- to 1.0-keV x-ray luminosity was 3.1, 3.5, and 3.9 x 10^15 ergs/s (Lisse et al. 2013, CBET 3719).
2013 Nov 5: rh=0.9 AU, Δ=1.1 AU, V~9 mag
- Ron Vervack (JHU/APL) observed the comet with the NASA IRTF and SpeX for a third night:
"Our program's final set of pre-perihelion SpeX observations of ISON was done today. We got prism and LXD mode spectra again, and the comet has clearly started to show more thermal emission from the dust. The continuum above 2.9 μm was easily seen compared to essentially nothing on October 17 and 28. For the first time, there are hints of gas emission, mostly CH3OH near 3.52 μm though there could be also some of the regular IR emitters spread about that further analysis may tease out. Conditions continue to be mediocre overall."
2013 Nov 1: rh=1.0 AU, Δ=1.2 AU, V~8 mag
- H. Weaver (JHU/APL), P. Feldman, S. McCandliss (JHU), M. A'Hearn, D. Bodewits (UMD), M. Combi (U. Mich.) and N. Dello Russo (JHU/APL) report on observations with the Hubble Space Telescope STIS instrument:
"The visible light continuum within ~220 km of the nucleus varied by a factor of ~2 in brightness with an apparent period of ~10.4 hr, although the sparse sampling of the light curve indicates that periods within the range 8-12 hr give acceptable fits to the observations. The gaseous emissions from OH and CS also varied significantly during the course of the Hubble observations. From the emission in the OH(0,0) band, we derived Q[H2O] of 2.4e28 on Nov 1.372 UT and 2.1e28 on Nov 1.571 UT. CO did not significantly vary in two measurements of the fourth positive group near 150 nm. From these data we derive Q[CO] of 2.7e26, which gives a CO/H2O abundance ratio of 1.1-1.3%." (see also, Weaver et al. 2013, CBET 3680)
2013 Oct 28: rh=1.1 AU, Δ=1.3 AU, V~10 mag
- Ron Vervack (JHU/APL) again observed the comet with the NASA IRTF and SpeX:
"Spectra in both the prism and LXD modes of SpeX were acquired on ISON again. The comet has brightened, but between the weaker than expected productivity at this point and only fair observing conditions, no gas emission was conclusively detected. Continuum below 2.5 μm is obvious and should be useful."
2013 Oct 24: rh=1.2 AU, Δ=1.5 AU
- M.J. Mumma, M.A. DiSanti, L. Paganini, G.L. Villanueva, B.P. Bonev (NASA GSFC), E.L. Gibb (U. Missouri-StL), J. V. Keane, and K.J. Meech (U. Hawaii) report on observations with the Keck II telescope and NIRSPEC instrument:
Based on spectra taken Oct 22.6 and 24.6 UT, H20, CH3OH, C2H6, CH4, CO, and HCN were detected or constrained. The derived water production rate was (1.2 +/- 0.3) x 10**28 molecules/s. Compared to water, the mixing ratios are approximately 1.1%, 0.2%, 0.7%, <2.0%, and <0.1%. Upper limits are at the 3-sigma level. (Mumma et al. 2013, IAUC 9261 & 9263).
2013 Oct 23: rh=1.2 AU, Δ=1.5 AU
- Mike Kelley (UMD) reports on optical imaging polarimetry of comet ISON with the University of Minnesota's Mount Lemmon 60" and OptiPol instrument. He writes:
"Weather was clear for three nights. We obtained about 40 minutes each of R-band images on two nights, and I-band images on a third. The comet was too faint for our narrow-band red filter (0.68 +/- 0.01 μm). The coma is peaked at the center, similar to the recently released Hubble Space Telescope images, suggesting a 1/ρ coma continues to persist."
2013 Oct 22: rh=1.2 AU, Δ=1.5 AU
- J.V. Keane, K.J. Meech (U. Hawaii), M.J. Mumma, M.A. DiSanti, L.Paganini, B.P. Bonev, and G.L. Villanueva (NASA GSFC) reports observations using NIRSPEC at the Keck Observatory:
"Direct observations of four lines of H2O in the comet's spectrum resulted in a preliminary production rate of (1.4 +/- 0.3) x 10**28 molecules/s."
2013 Oct 21: rh=1.2 AU, Δ=1.6 AU
- Mike Sitko (Univ. of Cincinnati), Padma A. Yanamandra-Fisher (Space Sci. Inst.), and Ray Russell (The Aerospace Corp.) report that near-infrared spectroscopic observations of comet ISON, acquired with the NASA IRTF and the SpeX instrument, were successful. They write:
"The spectra, taken 18 - 21 Oct. using the SpeX spectrograph's prism disperser, spanning 0.8 - 2.3 μm, indicate that that the spectrum of C/ISON is redder than the solar spectrum. The recent spectra indicate that the flux of the comet is larger in October 2013 by a factor of nearly 4, compared to the measured flux on 11 September 2013 (UT), by M. Sitko and R. Russell. The October measurements are part of the IRTF's Comet ISON Observing Campaign. "
2013 Oct 17: rh=1.3 AU, Δ=1.6 AU
- Ron Vervack (JHU/APL) reports that near-infrared low resolution spectra of comet ISON with the NASA IRTF and SpeX were successful, through high humidity and spotty clouds. He writes:
"Prism images look good, with a reasonable signal-to-noise ratio. In the LXD images, continuum is generally easy to see up to the big water gap starting at 2.5 μm. The continuum is fuzzy with no sharp center. Beyond the gap, the continuum is much more difficult to see. It's there, but it's faint. No obvious gas emission in stacked raw data. Guiding on the comet with SpeX worked well. The integration time had to be long (10 seconds) at the start to see much, and we had to subtract a background sky."
2013 Oct 2: rh=1.6 AU, Δ=2.1 AU
- W. A. Delamere (Delamere Space Sciences), A. S. McEwen, Rod Heyd, Sarah Mattson (U. Arizona), J.-Y. Li (Plan. Sci. Inst.), and C. M. Lisse (JHU/APL) reports on observations with Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE instrument:
With images spread over four epochs and two bandpasses near ISON's closest approach to Mars, they have constrained the nucleus diameter to <1.0 to 1.3 km (Delamere et al. 2013, CBET 3720).
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I've been fascinated by the influence of the Church of Scientology for a while. The have a "Celebrity Centre" for Christ's sake…oh wait, not Christ, I think it's Xenu, right? I've seen the scary Tom Cruise videos that were leaked, if you want to see Tom Cruise in his scariest role ever, take a look.
This article by Laurie Goodstein in the New York Times is excellent and sheds some new light on the inner workings of that strange religion that to me seems like a cult. When there are punishments for leaving the church, contracts, giving up life savings, and all the other odd ways they keep their flock together it makes me think cult. Here is a snippet from the article.
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Raised as Scientologists, Christie King Collbran and her husband, Chris, were recruited as teenagers to work for the elite corps of staff members who keep the Church of Scientology running, known as the Sea Organization, or Sea Org.
They signed a contract for a billion years — in keeping with the church's belief that Scientologists are immortal. They worked seven days a week, often on little sleep, for sporadic paychecks of $50 a week, at most.
But after 13 years and growing disillusionment, the Collbrans decided to leave the Sea Org, setting off on a Kafkaesque journey that they said required them to sign false confessions about their personal lives and their work, pay the church thousands of dollars it said they owed for courses and counseling, and accept the consequences as their parents, siblings and friends who are church members cut off all communication with them.
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Should Fans Welcome a Player From a Rival Team? — Sports Survey of the Day
The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees have a well-known, longstanding, often-bitter rivalry. So when a player from either team changes sides, should fans welcome him?
In recent years, it's been hard to find a more hated Red Sox player among New York Yankee fans than Kevin Youkilis. In a new twist, Youkilis, a free agent, has reportedly signed a one year deal with the Yankees. So where does all the hatred from fans go? Does it stick around, or is all forgiven now that he has changed clothes?
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Wall Street skidded lower in a volatile, broad-based retreat Friday after an impasse on Capitol Hill dashed hopes for a prompt agreement in fiscal cliff talks.
Today's Markets
As of 1:50 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 139 points, or 1.1%, to 13172, the S&P 500 skidded lower by 15.5 points, or 1.1%, to 1428 and the Nasdaq Composite sold off by 38.2 points, or 1.3%, to 3012.
Every major sector was stuck deep in the ride, led by financial, technology and consumer discretionary stocks. The VIX, seen as Wall Street's fear gauge and a measure of equity volatility, shot up nearly 11%. Meanwhile, traders sought out the safe havens, like U.S. Treasury bonds.
Late Thursday, a GOP-sponsored bill aimed at staving off the across-the-board tax hikes associated with the fiscal cliff failed to garner enough support for a vote in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. In a last minute change of direction, House Speaker John Boehner issued a statement saying the vote wouldn't take place, calling on President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to offer a solution.
The plan was widely seen as a backup plan, so its failure rekindled concerns that the U.S. may hurtle off the full fiscal cliff come next year. That would mean painful spending cuts and tax hikes that are likely to pound the already fragile economy would go into effect.
Analysts at Nomura said in a note to clients that "it seems unlikely that any legislation to address the main fiscal cliff policies will be passed before the end of the year." The investment bank said it expects talks to carry into next year.
"It appears as though the Street is finally getting to a point of exhaustion in dealing with Washington's complete and utter incompetence," Peter Kenny, a managing director at Knight Capital wrote in an e-mail following the vote.
With an abbreviated week next week and many traders having closed out positions for the year, volume was expected to be light on the day. This often leads to a situation of higher-than-usual volatility.
Energy futures came under selling pressure. The benchmark crude contract fell $1.78, or 2%, to $88.36 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline slipped 0.69% to $2.735 a gallon.
Safe havens performed relatively strongly. Gold climbed $3.10, or 0.19%, to $1,649 a troy ounce. The yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury slipped to 1.772% from 1.799% as traders bid up the asset.
There were several economic reports on tap on the day.
The Commerce Department said orders for long-lasting goods climbed 0.7% in November from October, a bigger gain than the 0.2% economists expected. Excluding the transportation component, orders jumped 1.6%, topping estimates of a 0.2% decline.
A separate report from Commerce said consumer spending edged up 0.4% in November from October, a slightly bigger increase than the 0.3% economists forecast. Personal income climbed 0.6%, its biggest increase since February, and also higher than the 0.3% expected.
Consumer sentiment dropped to 72.9 in late December from 74.5 earlier in the month, according to a survey from Reuters and the University of Michigan. Economists expected a reading of 74.7.
The measure is especially important during the key holiday shopping season.
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The Euro Stoxx 50 fell 0.45% to 2646, the English FTSE 100 dipped 0.64% to 5920 and the German DAX dropped 0.6% to 7626.
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Sources involved in the investigation of the Sandy Hook murders gave an interview to the Hartford Courant yesterday that included some interesting updates. The paper headlines the fact that Adam Lanza had studied prior mass shootings and may have been trying to outdo killers like Anders Breivik. This is consistent with the observation that mass shooters inspire one another, which is why such incidents tend to appear in streaks. The most promising way to reduce mass shootings, constitutional restraints aside, would be press control. If newspapers, television stations, etc. were prohibited by law from publicizing such incidents, there would be fewer of them.
The investigators confirmed that Lanza used a Bushmaster AR-15 style rifle to commit his murders, and a handgun to kill himself. There had been some uncertainty on this point, because the first accounts indicated that the Bushmaster had been found in Lanza's vehicle.
They also said that "Lanza's shooting spree lasted less than five minutes and that he fired 152 bullets while making his way through two classrooms in the elementary school." This seems to contradict earlier reports that it took around 20 minutes for the police to arrive, which apparently precipitated Lanza's suicide. In any event, it would be easy to fire 152 bullets in five minutes. If this latest version is correct, it confirms the adage that when seconds count, the police are only minutes away. Realistically, only an armed person who was already on the premises could have stopped Lanza's rampage before numerous people were killed.
The investigators also told the Courant that while Lanza tried to destroy the hard drive of his computer before he attacked Sandy Hook elementary school, forensic experts are attempting to reconstruct it. Given Lanza's attempt at destruction, it seems likely that the hard drive will contain information of interest if it can be retrieved.


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Ahoy! "The war to end all wars" ended Nov. 11, 1918, when Germany signed the armistice agreement and surrendered to the Allies on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. The war didn't offically end until June 28, 1919, when the Treaty of Versailles was signed in France.
Veterans Day was proclaimed by Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president, in November 1919 to commemorate Armistice Day. Later, this day became a national holiday to honor veterans of World War I, but in June of 1954, the Act of 1938 was amended to change the name to Veterans Day to honor all war veterans.
Therefore, American Legion Posts and other military organizations across the nation will celebrate Veterans Day on Monday. Our local American Legion Newport Harbor Post 291, located at 15th Street on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, will have the Call to Order at 10:55 hours with lunch following in the main hall. National observance will be held at Arlington National Cemetery with a wreath laying-ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns, followed by a ceremony in the Memorial Amphitheater. This is the day to thank all who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Tip of the week is congratulations to CRN Digital Talk Radio, which syndicates my "Boathouse Radio Show." The company and its founder, Mike Horn, are celebrating 30 years of broadcasting and being the first to foresee a new medium for radio.
Horn was the pioneer who had the inconceivable notion of placing radio station audio onto cable TV, and reaching an audience directly through TV into people's homes.
"At first, people were not quite sure exactly what I did, but this is basically the radio dream of putting good programming together," Horn said. "I am simply distributing it in a different way and getting different types of advertisers. Everything we have looked at has come completely around. We are much like a full-service agency. If someone wants to advertise on CRN, I have no qualms about walking over to a Clear Channel station and assembling a package that is going to work.
"The thing that bothers me most is if someone questions my integrity. I must find out what causes that and clear the air. If you can do a good job for as many people as possible, you will be successful. I am passionate about what I like and I like what I am doing. If you get the chance to do what you love, it is not work."
Horn still remains a broadcaster himself with two live shows every weekday. In today's technologically advanced world, many radio hosts broadcast from their home office or a remote location as I regularly do, thus saving the long commute to the radio station. As such, Horn has a remote broadcast studio in his home and sends the live feed to the CRN engineers at the station for distribution. So, he might be still his pajamas and bunny slippers as he broadcasts his daily one-hour morning show, "What's Cookin' Today," about food, wine and travel.
"We have winemakers, great chefs and celebrities on the fast-paced show," he explained. "There are usually two interviews, as well as open segments, to discuss what is happening in the world."
Then in the afternoons is another one-hour show call, "The PM Show," which he now hosts only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Co-hosts are now filling in for Horn on Tuesdays and Thursdays to help relieve a little stress of two live shows a day.
Again, congratulations, CRN, and thanks for helping to promote recreational boating by broadcasting my boating radio show.
Lastly for all boaters, the recent USCG 11th District Local Notice to Mariners (LNM) is ready for you to download and review for items affecting your boating area. You can download the LNMs at http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=lnmDistrict®ion;=11 and the 2013 USCG Light List Volume Six at http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/lightLists/corrections/V6D11.pdf.
Please be boat smart and boat safe. Lastly, please boat responsibly and look behind you before you turn the wheel at the helm.
Tune in to the No. 1 boating radio talk show in the nation, "Boathouse Radio Show," broadcasting live coast-to-coast on the CRN Digital Talk Radio syndicated network. See times at http://www.boathousetv.com, http://www.facebook.com/boathouseradio and http://www.twitter.com/boathouseradio.
Safe voyages!
MIKE WHITEHEAD is a boating columnist for the Daily Pilot. Send marine-related thoughts and story suggestions to firstname.lastname@example.com or go to http://www.boathousetv.com.