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January 22nd, 2011 by cheapcar
Flood Damaged Cars For Sale
Flood-damaged cars headed to market
* Mark Hinchliffe and Brendan Quirk * From: The Courier-Mail * March 13, 2008 11:00PM
(editor's note: although this article is some years old, the information is nonetheless still relevant)
THOUSANDS of flood-damaged cars are about to hit the second-hand and auction markets in Queensland.
While most will be advertised as flood damaged, others may be offered for sale without buyers being told of the damage.
About 700 vehicles swamped in Queensland and NSW during flooding last month will be auctioned on Tuesday in Brisbane with about 1000 more in Townsville, of which 400 will be auctioned on Monday.
These are the first of thousands of written-off flood-damaged vehicles to hit the Queensland used-car market.
Insurance industry representatives said they had written off more vehicles than normal because of the lack of skilled repairers to work on the damaged vehicles.
The written-off vehicles up for auction will be declared as flood damaged to buyers and will be repairable – but not all will be driveable.
What to check for:
- The glovebox for a tide mark
- Under the seat mountings for signs of water
- Debris in suspension components
- Open the fuse box and check for debris or rust
- Lift seat covers and inspect original fabric
- Get a V-check from Queensland Transport detailing whether a Queensland-registered vehicle was classified as a repairable write-off Source: RACQ
RACQ technologies manager Steve Spalding said buyers should be aware of the repercussions of buying these water-damaged vehicles.
"Unfortunately, many of the problems with these cars won't become evident until some time in the future, even 12 months or longer down the track," he said.
He also warned there were several ways flooded vehicles could be offered for sale without the buyer being notified:
• A vehicle can be placed on the "repairable written off" register, repaired, inspected and then taken off the register.
• Dealers and private agents buy flood-damaged vehicles at auction houses are not obliged to pass on this information to subsequent purchasers.
• Flood damaged cars from NSW can be sold in Queensland without any history of damage.
• Private owners of flooded vehicles have no obligation to declare the damage to buyers.
Members of the Motor Trades Association of Queensland must declare a vehicle's damage under the association's code of conduct, chief executive Aivars Blums said.
Dealers' conduct also was governed by the Fair Trading and Property Agents and Motor Dealers acts, he said.
Although he acknowledged leaks in the system, he rejected any further tightening of laws.
"I don't think you can ever come up with a water-tight situation that totally protects consumers," he said.
Mr Spalding warned new vehicles damaged in floods would not carry manufacturer warranties.
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Excellent documentary about Michael Morton who was wrongly imprisoned for the brutal murder of his wife. Twenty-five years later the truth comes out (both DNA proof someone else committed the crime, and the suppressed evidence by the prosecuting attorney that would have exonerated Michael). A disturbing look at our legal system. posted Jun 30, 2014 at 4:03PM
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A magical, unusual read. I loved every minute of this beautiful novel set in the Alaskan wilderness. posted Jun 30, 2014 at 11:38AM
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Only child Roz Chast has written an excellent graphic memoir about dealing with her aging parents who had reached their nineties. Her mother is a real handful and her father is so sweet. You will laugh and cry as you read this raw, often hilarious book. posted Jun 6, 2014 at 10:09AM
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MOSCOW — Russia's Parliament on Wednesday gave overwhelming preliminary approval to a measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children, a harsh retaliatory move against US human rights legislation.
But the proposal appears to be too extreme for some senior Russian officials. The foreign minister and the education minister spoke out flatly against an adoption ban, and the speaker of the upper house of Parliament, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, suggested the lower house members were letting emotions overtake rationality.


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Was it a case of murder or an act of love? In the eyes of the law, such human complexities don't matter. There is no charge of mercy killing.
In Tucson, Sandy Garfinkel had not asked to be treated any differently than a common killer. Immediately after taking his wife's life in December 2009, he called the police to confess. Then he tried to take his own life with a drug overdose, but he recovered. Garfinkel, a surveyor who was in and out of work and struggling financially while caring for his dying wife, took the prosecutor's offer of a plea to second-degree murder, which carries a prison sentence of between 16 and 22 years.
At the sentencing last Tuesday, defense attorney Kevin Burke called this the tragic story of a loving couple's struggle with an incurable disease. Mary Garfinkel, who suffered from Huntington's disease, had considered suicide, he said, as her condition worsened. Huntington's is a particularly brutal neurological degenerative disorder, and court records indicate that her speech was slurred, she was losing fine motor control, had become incontinent, had a clumsy walk and a swallowing disorder.
Given all of that, Sandy Garfinkel might have asked the judge to go easy on him. But he was his own harshest critic.
"I am guilty for my sins," he said repeatedly through tears, calling himself a coward and apologizing to family members in the courtroom.
A sister-in-law testified that the words "mercy" and "killing" don't belong together and that the taking of lives is God's business, but a granddaughter tearfully called Garfinkel a "good grandpa." She added, "I don't want him to be in prison for 22 years."
Even the judge, Terry Chandler, wept through the proceedings, something I've never seen in a courtroom. Chandler said Garfinkel had made "a bad decision," but the case was complicated. She sentenced him to 16 years, and Garfinkel was led away in shackles.
When we later met in jail, I told Garfinkel I understood how emotionally and physically exhausting it can be to take care of a critically ill loved one. My mother and sister are doing just that with my father. But Garfinkel, who was diagnosed with dyslexia as a kid and with bipolar disorder as an adult, refused to make excuses for what he did to Mary or for his drinking, drugging and hanging in strip joints. He was particularly hard on himself for refusing the help family members had offered with Mary.
"I pushed everyone away."
"I thought I could do it myself," Sandy said. But "I wasn't a good caregiver."
Sometimes after putting Mary to bed, he'd sneak out for a drink, he confessed. The woman he'd fallen in love with at first sight in 1989 was gone, and he couldn't cope.
"Everything became overwhelming for me."
When he decided to kill her, though, did he do it because he thought Mary wanted him to?
"Somewhat," he said. But "it was mostly me being a coward."
On Dec., 9, 2009, with no work to be had, Sandy drank away some empty hours at a bar, then went home and made beef stroganoff for Mary. They ate together and he helped her into bed early in the evening. She was watching a DVD — "It's a Wonderful Life" — while Sandy drank some more. Then he lay down next to her.
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The inkeeper was a very nice young man however he needs to be a better host. He asked that I call him with an arrival time. We agreed on 12:30. He was 20 minutes late. We got a tour and grabed the keys. When we retruned breifly he was installing new locks?? We left that time with two sets of keys to assure we would get in. When we got back at 9:30 that night we were shocked to see that he was working on the locks. He apparently left and returned as I'm sure it didn't take all day to install. Minor repairs should be done when the unit is vacant. As far as cleanleness goes I rate this as unsatiffactory. The inkeeper said he just had the place cleaned. We found food, etc in the trap in the kitchen sink. The ceiling fans in each bedroom had a thick layer of dust/dirt. The windows had dirt/dead bugs, etc. I believe that the apartment needs a good "deep" cleaning with general cleaning between each visit. My bed was clean and very comfortable. My daughter was in the other room and was not convencied that her linins were clean. All in all, I would not stay at this location again. Lots of potential. I believe it can and will be a great place to stay. I got the impression that being an inkeeper is new business for our guy. I'm sure improvements will come. .


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MADISON, Wis. (WHBL) - U-W Madison researchers are asking Iraq and Afghanistan veterans to take part in a study that could help soldiers adjust to the home-front. Veterans are known to get post-traumatic stress disorder after they come home, but U-W scientists say that not all veterans respond to conventional treatments. The study seeks to come up with new strategies for treating the post-traumatic disorder – and one of the possible options is meditation, along with breathing exercises, gentle stretching, and group discussions of what troops went through. The U-W says it's looking for effective programs that veterans can try on their own which are economical and free of side effects. U-W Madison says it's willing to pay participants up to 380-dollars plus travel reimbursements for their time. If you're interested, here's a phone number to call – 1-608-263-0803.
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As thanksgiving nears, it has a lot of us reflecting, thinking about all of the things we have to be thankful for. And one military family in Ahwatukee is doubly blessed this holiday.
"The feelings that you have, the relief having your son home safe."
Jerry Crutcher and his wife Rose got the ultimate gift this thanksgiving. Their son Damon is home from the army, home from the Middle East for good.
"It's an amazing feeling I can finally breathe there's no stress I'm happy," says Rose Crutcher.
After 7 years in the army, Damon Crutcher was medically discharged, suffering from a traumatic brain injury from a explosive in Iraq.
But his overall experience he wouldn't trade.
"I'm happy I did it, did a lot for me. Helped a lot of people over there and did a lot of things I set out to do," says Damon Crutcher.
Not only is he home for thanksgiving, but so is his best friend, also enlisted in the army. This is the first time the two have seen each other in almost 7 years.
"Absolutely it's good to see him, biggest thing for me, I haven't seen him in years," says Lyndon Kennon.
Lyndon Kennon enlisted in the army, following in his friend's footsteps. Now he's stationed in Alaska with his wife and little boy. He's only here for a couple weeks.
"I'm absolutely happy I joined, there's stuff you get in the military that you can't get outside of it, experiences," says Kennon.
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Released theatrically as The Wizard of Mars, this incredibly strange (and cheap) science fiction spin on The Wizard of Oz involves the journey of a stranded rocketship crew (in the far-off future of 1975), which includes an astronaut named Dorothy (Eve Bernhardt). Low on oxygen and desperate to find their missing booster rocket, they stumble upon the ruins of an ancient civilization, through which winds a paved road... constructed of strangely-familiar yellow bricks. The road leads them to the central Martian (Emerald) city, in which they are greeted with a projected message from the Wizard himself (the ubiquitous John Carradine), who tells a melancholy tale of the Martian people's fate, brought upon them by their foolish manipulations of time itself. As his visage fades, he leaves them with a small piece of this time-altering technology, which allows them to return to their ship at a point in time before the accident. Though this may seem like a novel concept in print, this is not the film to carry it off -- writer-producer-director David Hewitt's reach far exceeds his grasp, thanks to the film's abysmally tiny budget of $33,000. Famous Monsters magazine founder Forrest J. Ackerman served as a technical advisor.
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We have quite a menagerie of characters working on our show.
Chris explains how an Entertainment Weekly cover shoot led to him getting attacked by a raccoon. #GuardiansOfTheGalaxy
We have quite a menagerie of characters working on our show.
Anyone who drinks coffee has had their name spelled wrong.
Jimmy's cousin Sal pulls a lot of hidden camera pranks.
Jimmy's cousin Sal pulls a lot of hidden camera pranks.
This is our weekly tribute to the FCC where we bleep and blur things.
There are now dating sites exclusively for pot smokers.
Here in Hollywood, celebrity news breaks 24 hours a day.
Jimmy's aunt Chippy is a very opinionated lady.
Paula Deen was the shining star of the Food Network until last year.
We sent Cousin Sal to mess with tourists on Hollywood Blvd.
Reality television is wonderful and with the new Fall TV season upon us.
By now you've heard about the nude pictures that were stolen.
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Its been a while hasnt it. I would love to say that its because I've been busy and working hard, but the truth is ive just been kinda lazy. So to recap on the last few months, both the september tour with Soey and my first tour as the guitarist for Brackets Closed in February were alot of fun, and I cant wait to get back out on the road with Ants! (Graz) at the end of may, dates for that will be posted here soon.
What else? Well, ive nearly finished writing my debut album, which will be recorded over the next few months and I'm holding my breath for a September release, but again, more info on that to come.
Ive got a few shows coming up before the May tour:
Weiner Neustadt - Fuxbau W/ PJ Bond and Marc Mccabe - 24.04
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The interview was very easy. As long as your resume is exactly what they are looking for. They screen your resume for experience first and If they like what they see you shall receive a phone call for a one on one interview to make sure you truely are qualified for this position. usually they tend to hire around tornado seasons.Interview Questions
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Pico de Gallo
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Tasso Ham
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In a skillet sauté your Pico de Gallo, Tasso, Bacon, and peppers
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Over the years, I have planted many azaleas in my yard. I have some areas that take direct sunlight, but I have found that the Encore variety does very well in the sun and seems to grow very well, especially during the hot summer months.
It also blooms twice a year and has beautiful flowers in both spring and late fall. The problem? I cannot find this plant being sold anywhere. It used to be sold at all the local nurseries including Home Depot and Lowe's. However, I have not been able to find any new plants for some time.
Why are Encore azaleas no longer locally available? Or is there a grower I could contact directly?
I would appreciate any information you could provide to me, as I believe Encore azaleas are far superior to other varieties sold locally, especially those that bloom only in the spring and cannot take direct summer sun and heat.
Jim Noble, Folsom
Robert E. "Buddy" Lee of Independence, La., developed the Encore azalea series in the early 1980s, according to UC master gardener Liz Haines. His intent was to hybridize azaleas that would bloom in both spring and fall. He bred for blossom color, foliage and flowering period.
Lee developed Encore by crossing spring-blooming azaleas with late-blooming Taiwanese azaleas (Rhododendron oldhamii). The Encore hybrids flower in spring, then they stop growing and set new buds, then begin to bloom again in late summer and keep blooming until the weather turns cold.
Lee's original production was six cultivars. They varied in shades of pink, orange and lavender. Some were compact in growth; others were taller and served nicely as background plants.
Now, the Encore series has 29 cultivars, all with "Autumn" in their commercial names, such as "Autumn Twist" and "Autumn Debutante."
More Encores are being developed. You should find them in local nurseries, including Lowe's.
According to www.EncoreAzalea.com (the plant hybridizer's official website), you should be able to find Encores at most Lowe's locations as well as all three locations of Green Acres (Folsom, Roseville and Sacramento), Fair Oaks Boulevard Nursery and Silverado Nursery in Sacramento, High Ranch Nursery in Loomis, Cameron Park Nursery in Cameron Park and Eisley's Nursery in Auburn.
If you don't find the Encore you want, ask the nursery to order it for you.
See all 29 varieties online at www.EncoreAzalea.com.
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Jury Duty: Leave the Kids Home Alone?
Apparently one judge thinks I can just leave 'em at home with the TV and a bowl of water.
Homeschool Mom: The Superior Court of Los Angeles thinks child care is no reason not to serve.
I have never served jury duty -- not because I'm a shirker, but because by the time I had become a citizen of this great nation, I already had two kids under 5 at home and I was the primary caretaker. Great -- until this year. A couple of months ago, I got my summons, and so I wrote in to be excused.
Here's the thing. I have two kids at home with me as I homeschool, and one of my children happens to have cystic fibrosis, which is a genetic disease that requires quite a bit of extra care. My husband and I have found our child is healthier and her care is less stressful if she can do her school at home and then do extracurricular things in the afternoon. Since I'm already at home, we homeschool the first grader as well, because it's nice to do things together. Great, except the Superior Court of Los Angeles says homeschooling, even if you have a kid with fragile health, is not a reason to be excused from jury duty. They said my request was denied and I would have to report.
Well, this is the day that I am supposed to be reporting. Notice how I am not sitting in jury duty, but sitting at my computer blogging. That's because my daughter just got out of the hospital on Saturday and she is on home IV treatment, and I have nowhere and no one with whom to leave her for five hours while I am at jury duty. I am her primary caretaker and I am trained to administer her medicine, and I am not leaving my child.
I rationalize it quite easily. There are all kinds of people right now who would be great candidates for jury duty. I am not one. People out of work, retired, people who hate their jobs and would enjoy a few days off. When my kids are able to care for themselves, I will be happy to serve.
I am really bugged that the Los Angeles Superior Court does not take into consideration a person's personal right to care for their own child in the manner (said person myself) sees fit. I would have to find a babysitter that could administer meds and who could do her schoolwork with her. The only person who could do that is my husband, and he has a job and was already called for his own jury duty. Do they expect moms who cannot find childcare to leave their progeny at home on their own? Should we crate them like puppies until we get back? Then you have a choice between trouble with children's services or the judicial system. Now I am going to be a fugitive from justice, but unlike those really cool anti-heroes, I'm going in my minivan with my three kids.
|Homeschool Mom: Pam Heilman is a California Credentialed Teacher who once won some body lotion in a raffle at the Y. She is currently residing in Southern California with her husband Eric, and homeschools their three children.
Asinine on the part of the system where you live. Where I live, you'd probably be excused with no further questions. I was excused as I was BFing. My husband was excused when he was our sole source of income a few years back as I was unemployed (his company did NOT pay for days taken for jury duty).
If she weren't in fragile health, I'd recommend taking the kids with you to prove a point. As she is in fragile health, would a written doctor's statement declaring what her needs are and how meds are to be administered etc. be something that might help you out?
I remember one year my mom got out of serving because she was a sahm and cared of my stepbrother who has ceribal palsy (sp?). I don't blame you for staying home, I would too. You live in one crazy state.
screw em. you have a perfectly good reason not to go. tell the state to make child care cheaper and to pay for a nurse and then you can go.
I got it twice and felt horrible, first time though I was breastfeeding our newborn. Second time it was just me with our three children, I was pregnant and husband was serving in Iraq. I explained I also drove very little. the first time I didn't drive at all and we had one car which the husband needed for work.
I think with your circumstances you should've been excused. Like the other commenter you could've appeared with your child to prove the point.
Shame on you. You could have used this as a lesson for children on civic duty. All you gave is a bunch of excuses to justify your stance. You taught your children they you are above the law and that civic duty is not important. You failed this parent test in my book. Also, as a parent you need a plan. Who takes care of your other child while you are at the hospital. Plan ahead and train someone to help you. Your kids are worth it.
@dee that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. She's doing a damn good job as a parent. I believe most courtrooms don't allow children inside, anyways.
In Texas, if you are caring for a small child or elderly, you are excused. If you don't have transportation, you are excused. And its illegal for businesses not to pay for days taken off for jury duty.
Some people just don't understand.
Rita, being a grown up means you have civic responiblity. Having a back up plan is as a parent is smart. I never suggested that she take the kids to court. I suggested she teach them how the judicial system should work. Having a jury of ones peers is important. I am sure she has a babysitter for date night or Moms club. Grow up and have a plan in place for other important events. God help her if she or husband were in an accident ect if she does not have a plan. Training someone to help her is smart. It is what responible parents do.
If you think the judge did something wrong or was unacceptably unfair, California has an agency that might be able to look into it:
It's the California Commission on Judicial Performance.
With her daughter just coming home from the hospital the only place for her to be with her children was home with her children.
This article just irritates me to no end, being an American Citizen means it is your civil duty to report for jury services. It is one a privileges of being a citizen. It is a right for any individual to have a jury by trail. I agree with Dee, it sounds like you made a bunch of excuses just so can justify not reporting for jury duty. If you can't make in that time, most courts in the State of California will give you a postponement for a later time, so you can make arrangements to have someone care for your children. Another thing, that irritates me is if you would have showed up like asked. When the judge asks the jurors if there any reason why they can't serve on a jury, you would have explained your current situation of caring for a sick child and that it would be a hardship for your family. I guarantee you that the judge would have excused you and thanked you for showing up. And guess what, your obligation to serve as a juror would have been done for a year. Why do people want all the rights of being a citizen of the United States but none of the duties?
I personally would LOVE to sit as a jurist. I have been called up 3 times. Twice I didn't even step foot in the courtroom because when I called the phone number the night before my number group wasn't selected to come in. The last time I went and sat in to hear the case but after all the questions by the judge I wasn't selected. Oh Well maybe some day :-) and trust me I understand that a lot of people aren't like me and don't want to serve but I really agree with the fact that it is your civil duty and you really should have a backup plan for your child during the day just in case of any kind of emergency.
So says people who probably have perfectly healthy children.
I served jury duty because I wasn't excused. I got my hubby to work from home that day, even though his work was pissed about it.
But you know what, had he not be able to, I would have skipped it in a second. I'm not about to hire a sitter to care for my child when they have no knowledge of her disorder.
And guess what, I don't go out on Mom's Nights Out or date nights, because my child has an illness. I know odd, isn't it.
@Rita - that's not entirely true, that its illegal for businesses to not pay you for jury duty days. There is no federal law stating such, it depends in which state you live.
As my husband was considered "hourly" and not "salaried", he was not paid for hours not worked.
They cannot punish you by firing you, docking you further hours, threatening your job, etc. That is federal law.
California has some interesting things in place, I wonder if any of them apply?
I lean toward Dee and Jen's points—we are lucky enough to have the opportunity to be jurors. And just because you're a stay-at-home mom doesn't excuse you. It's probably inconvenient for most people (to lose money while not working, or get very behind on work, etc.), but I wholeheartedly agree with Jen's statement: "Why do people want all the rights of being a citizen of the United States but none of the duties?"
As a matter of fact, my youngest daughter has severe asthma. I have spent more than my fair share of time in hospitals. I also show up when called for Jury duty. I also maintain a relationship with my husban. Why, because I trained my mom and sister to help with needed. I have also trained one of my friends college age daughter to administer breathing treatments. I strive for my daughter to have as normal of childhood as possible. I learned how important it was to have help. You can't do it all yourself.
write to the state senate, governor, county mayor, etc. make them aware of these unfairness.
Jury duty must be performed by people who want to do and are very willing to participate….Those are the only people who should do this. In certain countries they have a terrific system where they screen interview and choose people who volunteer and are willing participants….They are always called and they do not have all the nonsense that America has….
Yeah Berniece, America sucks…you should go and live somewhere else.
I forgot to mention that not wanting to serve as a juror does not make you a bad citizen or undeserving of citizenship. This is what the system would have you feel or believe. Lots of people I know that serve on juries are hardly good citizens or people. Stupid system….


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Bob Bickel, chairman of eXo and owner of RunSignUp.com, has blogged about how the competition created by the Hudson/Jenkins split could have a positive impact on both communities. He perceives a fresh sense of energy in the Jenkins community, but also a new approach within the Hudson community, with Oracle and Sonatype defining their own roadmap and perspective on how the project will move forward. Bickel believes Hudson will now follow a process much closer to Maven, although he comments "it is kind of a shame that Oracle did not put more resources on the project until this whole upheaval. It is also a shame that Sonatype did not contribute code to the community until they could really control the roadmap." Sonatype's Jason van Zyl has previously spoken out in favour of Hudson, stating that "continuing the Hudson with Oracle is what we feel is best."
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Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is asking for the public's help to find a Tier III sex offender wanted on a warrant for failing to verify his address. Investigators with the Lucas County Sheriff's Office issued a warrant for the arrest of Michael Vanscoder Dec. 14, 2012.According to public records, Vanscoder, 30, was convicted in 2004 and in 2009 of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. Records indicate his crimes were committed against juvenile females.
He was released from prison in May 2012 and last registered his address on 17th Street in Toledo in October. Vanscoder has several tattoos, including a cross on his right hand, tattoo sleeves on both arms, and several tattoos on his neck. He is described as 6 feet tall weighing 200 pounds. He has blonde hair and blue eyes.Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Michael Vanscoder should contact the Lucas County Sheriff's Office or the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation at 855-BCI-OHIO. Copyright 2013 Toledo News Now. All rights reserved.
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Basal Cell Carcinoma - the most common type of skin cancer. It grows slowly and rarely spreads, but can damage nearby tissue. It usually appears on the areas of skin that have been exposed to the sun.
Breslow Depth (also known as Breslow thickness) - A measurement in millimeters of the depth of tumor invasion. Breslow depth is considered the single most important prognostic factor for primary melanomas.
Chemotherapy - the use of chemical agents or anti-cancer drugs in order to treat or control a disease.
Biochemotherapy - this is a powerful combination of chemotherapy drugs used with biologic agents such as Interferon and Interleukin. This type of therapy is reserved for stage IV or advanced stage melanoma.
Clark Level - a staging system that measures the depth of invasion of a primary melanoma lesion, ranging, from Level I (limited to the epidermis) to Level IV (invading the subcutaneous fat).
Immunotherapy - also known as biological therapy is designed to help the immune system fight off the cancer cells. Interferon and Interleukin are common forms of immunotherapy for melanoma. Vaccine therapy is also considered another form of immunotherapy though still considered experimental at this time.
Lymph nodes - small bean-shaped structures that act as filters, collecting bacteria or cancer cells.
Lymphoscintigraphy - this procedure is used to identify the nodal basin(s) at risk for the spread of melanoma cancer. This is not an indication that the cancer is present in these areas, but used to locate the node(s) that needs to be removed and biopsied.
Melanoma - a cancer that begins in the cells that produce skin coloring. These cells grow abnormally and will spread if not detected at an early stage. It can occur anywhere on the body and may begin in an existing mole or develop as a new growth on the skin.
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Staging - this refers to the degree to which the melanoma has spread in the body. Stages I and II are early melanoma while stages III and IV are more advanced melanoma.
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The vast Northern Cape, the largest and most dispersed of South Africa's provinces, is not an easy region to tackle as a visitor. From the lonely Atlantic coast to Kimberley, the provincial capital on its eastern border with the Free State, it covers over one-third of the nation's landmass, an area dominated by heat, aridity, empty spaces and huge travelling distances. The miracles of the desert are the main attraction – improbable swaths of flowers, diamonds dug from the dirt and wild animals roaming the dunes.
The most significant of these surprises is the Orange (or Oranje) River, flowing from the Lesotho Highlands to the Atlantic where it marks South Africa's border with Namibia. The river separates theKalahari and the Great Karoo – the two sparsely populated semi-desert ecosystems that fill the interior of the Northern Cape. On its banks, the isolated northern centre of Upington is the main town in the Kalahari region, the gateway to the magnificent Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and the smaller Augrabies Falls National Park.
In Namaqualand, on the western side of the province, the brief winter rains produce one of nature's truly glorious transformations when in August and September the land is carpeted by a magnificent display of wild flowers. A similar display of blossoming succulents can be seen at the little-visited Richtersveld Transfrontier Park, a mountain desert tucked around a loop in the Orange River either side of the Namibian border.
Despite these impressive natural attractions, most of the traffic to the Northern Cape is in its southeastern corner, through which the two main roads between Johannesburg and Cape Town, the N1 and the N12, pass. However, given the uninspiring nature of this area, it isn't covered in this book. A less obvious way to get from Johannesburg to Cape Town involves taking the N14 through Upington, passing the atmospheric old mission station at Kuruman, then driving on to Springbok and following the scenic N7 down the coast. This route is around 400km longer than the N1 or N12 but, while the N14 has more than its fair share of long, empty landscapes, the sights along the way are more interesting.
Getting around by public transport can be a pain. While the main towns of Kimberley, Springbok and Upington lie on Intercape's bus routes (with connections to Windhoek in Namibia), many services arrive and depart at night and thus miss the scenery. Minibus taxis cover most destinations several times a day during the week, but are much reduced or nonexistent at weekends. Taxis don't serve the national parks (take an organized tour instead). Details of the most useful routes are given in the text.
Brief history
The history of the Northern Cape area is intimately linked to the San, South Africa's first people, whose hunter-gatherer lifestyle and remarkable adaptations to desert life exert a powerful fascination. Although no genuine vestiges of the San way of life can be found in South Africa (only tiny pockets remain in the Namibian and Botswanan sections of the Kalahari desert), their heritage is most visible in the countless examples of rock art across the province, and, to a lesser extent, in their ancient legends and place names. The movement of Africans from the north and east, and Europeans from the southwest, drove the San from their hunting grounds and eventually led to their extinction; yet for both sets of newcomers, the semi-desert of the Karoo and the Kalahari at first appeared to offer little more than hopelessness and heartbreaking horizons.
What it did provide – wealth under the dusty ground – the Europeans pursued without restraint, beginning in 1685, soon after the Dutch first established their settlement in the Cape, with an expedition into Namaqualand to mine for copper led by Governor Simon van der Stel. The other Europeans who made an early impression on the province were trekboers, Dutch burghers freed from the employment of the Dutch East India Company in the Cape who wanted to find new lands to farm away from the authoritarian company rule, and missionaries, who established a framework of settlement and communication used by all who came after.
Within a few years of the discovery of diamonds in the area, a settlement of unprecedented size had grown up around Kimberley. The town soon boasted more trappings of civilization than most of the southern hemisphere, with public libraries, electric streetlights and tramways, as well as South Africa's first urban "location" for Africans and coloureds. The British authorities in the Cape were quick to annexe the new diamond fields – a move which didn't endear them to either the Orange Free State or the mainly coloured Griqua people, who both claimed this ill-defined region. It was no surprise, therefore, that at the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War in 1899, rich and strategic Kimberley was one of the first towns besieged by the Boer armies. Many reminders of the war can still be seen in the area.Read More
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Diamonds are forever
Diamonds originate as carbon particles in the Earth's mantle, which are subjected to such high pressure and temperature that they crystallize to form diamonds. Millions of years ago the molten rock, or magma, in the mantle burst through weak points in the Earth's crust as volcanoes, and it is in the pipe of cooled magma – called kimberlite, after Kimberley – that diamonds are found. Finding kimberlite, however, isn't necessarily a licence to print money – in every one hundred tonnes there will be about twenty carats (4g) of diamonds.
The word "carat" derives from the carob bean – dried beans were used as a measure of weight. (Carat has a different meaning in the context of gold, where it is a measure of purity.) De Beers estimates that fifty million pieces of diamond jewellery are bought each year – which represents a lot of marriage proposals.


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Land near GSP airport to be developedUPDATED 10:24 PM EDT Jul 30, 2013
Officials at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport say they are working on a project to develop nine tracts of land around the airport that will hopefully attract business to the area.Video Transcript
ANYTHING ABOUT THESE MEN... CALL GREER POLICE. NOW TO A NEWS 4... EXCLUSIVE. THE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... IS ABOUT TO LAUNCH SOMETHING BIG. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF... THOUSANDS OF JOBS, AND SOME BIG NAME BUSINESSES MOVING IN. YOU SEE ALL THIS LAND...? EVERY INCH... FROM THE RUNWAY.... TO THE INLAND PORT. GSP SAYS IT WANT TO PUT IT TO GOOD USE... CREATING JOBS, REVENUE AND MORE. first of all i think the economy of the The upstate is diverse there are very few areas of our entire country that can compare to upstate south carolina but I think gsp and the upstate here has something special. GSP C-O-O KEVIN HOWELL.... SAYS THE NAME OF THE PROJECT IS GSP-360. THE AIRPORT OWNS THE LAND... WANTS TO ATTRACT BUSINESES... AND THEN LEASE IT BACK TO THEM. GIVING THEM ACCESS.... AND THE AIRPORT MORE REVENUE. i think there is plenty of other industry out there for GSP and the upstate to go after. TAKE A LOOK AT THE AIRPORT'S PLAN.... THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ANYONE OUTSIDE OF THIS PROJECT HAS SEEN IT. THE AREA SHADED PURPLE.... WOULD BE ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES. THE BLUE AREA MARKS LAND BEING PRESERVED FOR FUTURE EXPANSION. THE YELLOW.... IS INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICE ZONES AND THE PINK AREA.... WHICH BORDERS INTERSTATE 85.... WOULD BE A SPACE ZONED FOR THINGS LIKE HOTELS AND RETAIL SPACE. first of all we will stress quality over quantity we've said that all along. We are going to be looking for users of this land that will help the economy and that does mean jobs. REALLY WITHOUT ANYONE KNOWING.... LAND HAS ALREADY STARTED BEING CLEARED, AND A MASSIVE DISTRIBUTION CENTER IS ALREADY... UP. WE WILL SHOW YOU... THAT AND MORE AT 6.
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