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Cold may hold hostages, but it takes no prisoners. Cold retreats, but it signs no armistice agreements. Cold has no conscience, attacking women and children as fiercely as men. It slams you from all sides, infiltrates any hole in your defense, seizes extremities, penetrates to the core of your being. Cold is silent as a shadow, deadly as a bullet, relentless as a new missionary.
Cold is more treacherous than heat because it turns your body against you. When things get hot, clothing comes off to prevent overheating. But when the temperature falls to single digits, we grunts, we infantrymen, emulate onions. We wear wool and cotton socks inside ungainly vulcanized Mickey Mouse boots. Over skivvies we pull two sets of long johns, heavy wool pants and a shirt, thick cotton-twill field trousers, then a poplin field jacket with insulated lining, and finally a hooded parka with its own fleece liner. Steel helmets cover fur-lined pile caps. Scarves are twisted around necks. Thus cocooned while hauling a Garand or a Browning, a load of ammo and sixty pounds of field gear over steep mountains, we are soon drenched in sweat. When we are so exhausted that we can barely stand and word comes to take five, perspiration crystallizes to ice.
Now we must expose our bodies to the elements, change soaking underwear and socks for dry ones — or risk losing toes, or even a foot, to frostbite. Even after such precautions, crotches chafe and blister under the constant friction of the march.
Humping those rugged mountains consumes calories. We are always hungry. Playing at war against the time when such games become real, we eat field rations and hope for one hot meal a day, maybe breakfast. At midday we munch on the march or during brief breaks, prying out a chunk of ham-and-lima-beans or tuna-and-noodles or some other pathetic concoction with the tip of a bayonet, warming it on the tongue until it goes down without frosting the gullet. When we stop for the night, Sterno® thaws cans until we can gulp their half-frozen nutrition. We pack canteens under parkas to keep them from icing.
Despite two years in Southern California, I am a Midwesterner, and after sixteen Chicago winters, I had supposed that the Korean seasons would hold no surprises — after all, Seoul is well south of Chicago. But the peninsula is surrounded by seas that retain heat, elevate atmospheric pressure, trap cold air above the land. The Land Of The Morning Calm is scored by deep mountain valleys between almost parallel ridges running toward Manchuria. Siberian cold barrels down these natural ducts, freezing stubble in the paddies and robust mountain rivers and the tiny hairs inside our noses. Even thinking back to my boyhood and an unexpected urban hike through a Great Lakes blizzard to pay a family debt, nothing I experienced in Chicago came close to preparing me for the Korean winter of 1960-61.
In such cold, coping with bodily functions requires extraordinary effort. Voiding our bladders, the steaming yellow freezes as it reaches the ground. Our sergeants describe fastidious Wermacht soldiers on the Russian Front who pulled down trousers before squatting over slit trenches, then incurred frostbitten anuses that turned gangrenous. We pray for constipation. We hope that daylight will bring warmth enough to find relief without freezing our asses. Sometimes we are forced to emulate the Russians, who knew that filling one's pants is uncivilized and uncomfortable but probably won't kill you.
Gangrene can kill you. When it doesn't, you'll wish that it had.
At dark we fan out by squads to take up defensive positions along a ridge. The wind is a knife and the earth is frozen concrete-hard so we can't dig in. We spread ponchos and canvas shelter halves on the ground and climb fully dressed into sleeping bags — but can't stop shivering long enough to doze off. About 9:00 the thermometer bottoms out near thirty below, plus severe wind chill. In pity, perhaps, orders come down from HQ in Seoul: training is suspended. "Units will implement administrative field procedures," comes the word.
Squad fires are ordered; there is little to burn: Decades of woodcutters from tiny villages crouched in even the most remote valleys have cleared the ridges of trees. The farmers winter in their thatched huts, heating floors with homemade charcoal or the twigs and branches so laboriously cut in autumn.
We grunts circle a pile of stones and after exhausted men haul up jerry cans of diesel, slop it on the stones, light it with our fake Zippos. The wind fans the flames; two feet away, our hands thaw — but our backsides stay frozen. Turning back-to-front every ten minutes, no one sleeps. At dawn the fires are extinguished. We return to mock attack, simulated withdrawal, to pretend battle, to our all-too-real war with winter.
Days later we return to garrison, to drafty steel huts barely heated by oil stoves, to rats skittering beneath shaky plywood floors, to latrines and showers dispensing murky, undrinkable water.
To an earthly paradise.
Dante got it wrong: The damned are not doomed to sweat eternally in a toasty hereafter. Hell, as every grunt who survives a year in the Land of the Morning Calm knows, is almost as cold as Korea.
© 2000 Marvin J. Wolf
Lightning Strikes Again
I reported to Ft. Benning, GA and was assigned to the Ranger Combat Conditioning Committee. We were attached to the Ranger School, but not part of it, and that was good: Rangers earn their elite status by learning to fight under the most difficult conditions. That meant nine dirty, weary, hungry weeks patrolling swamps and mountains, eating berries, rodents and rattlesnakes and playing at war while supervised by "lane graders" who took pleasure in finding ways to challenge their charges.
My arrival coincided with the first day of a training cycle, when new students, all volunteers, are introduced to the weary weeks ahead. The students assembled in a U-shaped formation and the Ranger sergeant major introduced them to Lightning, his six-foot timber rattler. Then he put a white rabbit into the snake's cage. Lightning coiled. The rabbit froze. Finally it twitched — and faster than the eye could follow, Lightning struck. The rabbit jerked, twitched, quivered. In two minutes it was dead.
"Before today is over," bellowed the topkick, "Every one of you will handle this killer snake with your bare hands."
At that moment a staff car turned the corner and drew to a halt behind the snake cage. The rear door opened and a tall officer emerged. He wore a lieutenant colonel's silver oak leaves, and the distinctive yellow-on-brown shoulder tab that identified him as a Ranger. He strode angrily toward the formation.
"Sergeant Major, I thought I warned you about trying to scare these men with that sick, old snake," he said.
"No sir, you never said nothing about it," said the sergeant major.
"I know that snake, and he's had his fangs removed," bellowed Lieutenant Colonel Denham. "What did you do, put a drop of atropine from a gas mask kit on the rabbit, so he'd go into convulsions?"
"No sir!"
"These men are never going to learn a thing about handling snakes until you use a rattler with all his equipment," said the colonel.
"I'm telling you, Colonel, that Lightning's got all his equipment. He's a killer. He'll croak you or me quick as he did that rabbit."
"Bullroar. I'm no more afraid of that old snake than I am of the bogeyman."
"Well, if you feel so strongly, Colonel, maybe you'd like to put your money where your mouth is."
I stared at the colonel as if he was nuts. So did every one of the 200 students.
The sergeant major reached into his pocket and took out a wad of bills.
"Right," said Denham. "I'll wager a hundred dollars that I can put my leg in that toothless, sick, elderly, worn-out snake's cage and let him bite it, and be no more bothered than if I was bitten by a mosquito."
"You're on, Sir," returned the noncom.
"How about another on the side? I'll bet every man here a dollar. My two hundred dollars against your one dollar each," said Denham.
"What do you say, Rangers?" bellowed the sergeant major.
The ranks responded with a raucous cacophony of derision.
"Let's get the snakebite kit out here," yelled the sergeant major, and a medic came forward with a canvas bag adorned with a red cross.
"We better let someone hold the bet, because after Lightning bites him, the colonel will be on his way to the hospital," said the sergeant major, looking around. Just then a field ambulance, emblazoned with a huge red cross, turned off the blacktop and onto the gravel street. The sergeant major stuck two fingers in his mouth and let out a shrill whistle. The ambulance stopped and the driver's head poked out the window.
"Bring that meat wagon over here, Specialist, I'll have a load for you in a minute," bellowed the noncom. The driver rolled up, then unbuckled a canvas stretcher. I stepped out of the shade to see, and the sergeant-major yelled at me to come over.
"This damn-fool has just bet these Rangers a dollar apiece that he's not afraid to stick his leg in the cage with Lightning. Will you hold the bet, young sergeant?" he said.
I was speechless.
"Won't take a minute, Sarge. Help us out here." So I walked up and down the ranks, collected a dollar from each man, then took the sergeant major's money. Colonel Denham handed me three crisp hundred-dollar bills.
An almost palpable hush descended on the ranks as Denham strode resolutely toward the wire mesh cage. The sergeant major took out a key, broke open the heavy steel lock, pulled it off the hasp. Then he hesitated.
"You really want to do this, Colonel? Ol' Lightning could kill you."
"I'm not afraid of being gummed by that senile, toothless snake," roared Denham.
The sergeant major shook his head in disgust. He took a big forked stick from the top of the cage, then opened the door a few inches. Someone in a back rank coughed, and then it was dead quiet. Denham put his right leg in the cage.
Lightning had flowed to the center of the cage, where he wound himself into a huge coil. When Denham's leg moved, ever so slightly, the snake struck at the khaki trousers, recoiled, struck again.
Denham didn't even twitch.
The sergeant major forced the huge snake to the rear of the cage with the forked stick, then jammed the lock on the hasp.
Four hundred unbelieving eyes followed Colonel Denham as he strolled over to me and stuck out his hand. I handed him the money.
"Sergeant-major, I'll be back at the end of the course, and I expect to see a healthy, poisonous rattlesnake by then."
The sergeant major's mouth hung open. He snapped his jaw shut and swallowed.
"Yessir," he said.
The staff car rolled up and the driver scurried around to open the rear door. The sergeant major exchanged salutes with the colonel, then turned back to the company.
And as Lieutenant Colonel Ernie Denham, who had left most of his right leg behind in a blazing Sherman tank during the Battle of the Bulge, got into the car, he carefully rolled up his pant leg to reveal the wooden prosthesis that had replaced it.
"See you in nine weeks," he said to the sergeant major, who as a teen-aged PFC had pulled Lieutenant Denham from the burning tank.
The sergeant major turned back to the troops. "Today, Rangers, we have learned about the dangers of making assumptions, the importance of planning, and the powerful effect of surprise," he said. He went on to say that after Denham lost his leg, he spent years in hospitals, learning how to walk. He could have retired on a nice pension, and spent his life mourning his lost limb. Instead, Denham fought to stay on active duty. Anybody who ever spent an hour around him would never again believe that having only leg is a handicap if you don't want it to be.
So I'll bet $200 that after stumbling around swamps and mountains for weeks, sore, exhausted, bug-bit and ravenous, what kept some of those 200 students from quitting Ranger School was the thought that one-legged Ernie Denham became a Ranger AFTER he lost his leg.
© 2000 Marvin J. Wolf
Magnitudes of Loss
It was late; I adjusted the Coleman® lantern until the mantle barely glowed, checked my M16 on a hook near the door, noted where I'd left my helmet and flak vest, then removed my boots, loosened my belt, and stretched out on the canvas cot. I closed my eyes, let myself drift off.
About eleven the monsoon returned and the roar of raindrops on a sheet tin roof woke me. I set the field phone buzzer to maximum volume. Pulling a poncho liner over myself, I tried to sleep. I'd been in Vietnam for nine months, however, and had seen terrible things. Sometimes I had nightmares.
Somewhere in the twilight between sleep and awareness, during a lull in the storm, I heard a single Click! from the buzzer — as if some errant electrical impulse had passed through it, perhaps only a single electron, just enough to nudge the striker against the bell once. I pried the receiver from its spring-loaded clamps and put it to my ear.
"First Air Cavalry Public Information Office," I said. "Sgt. W___ speaking."
A faint voice danced on the crackling line. The static receded and I heard a voice, and then another, tinny but clear and urgent in the darkness.
"Golf Course Tower," said the louder voice. "Use two-one right."
The Golf Course was the nearby division airfield.
"Copy two-one right," echoed the fainter voice. "Got a load of stiffs for the morgue."
Every hair on my body stood up.
"You'll see the field hospital on the right, halfway down the runway. The morgue is just beyond. Taxi over. Try not to blow it down."
"Hello!" I shouted into the phone. "Golf Course Tower, do you copy?"
I heard only the snap and hiss of an open line. I was on a telephone, and, amazingly, listening to a radio conversation. How could this happen? Again I shouted into the mouthpiece. Again I listened.
"Copy a load of stiffs?" said the Tower.
"Roger. Nineteen KIA. Mortar platoon got overrun."
My testicles shriveled, my guts churned and I choked back bile. A mortar platoon. A mortar platoon. Oh God, I thought. Not Paul. Not Sam.
The voices faded. I jammed the handset against my ear but heard only static, like grease writhing on a distant grill.
A year earlier, Paul and Marie Harrison had been my next-door neighbors. Paul was the All American Boy, ruggedly handsome, muscular, well grounded in common sense. He laughed often, worked hard, made friends easily.
He got drafted. Soon afterward, for complicated reasons, I decided to re-up. By chance we both wound up in the First Air Cav. Paul became a mortarman. I was a combat photographer.
Marie wrote me often, urging me to look after Paul. There was little I could do; he was in a rifle company; I was in PIO. We both spent most of our time in the field. We met twice, spoke on the phone a few times. But Marie wrote regularly; I knew how much she needed Paul.
A mortar platoon overrun. There were dozens of mortar platoons shi
But if it was — what about Sam Castan?
Sam had appeared four days earlier, at dusk, a slender man in his early thirties. Hardly had he introduced himself when the first Vietcong rocket screeched overhead. A moment later a muffled thud rose from the airfield. Then another screech, and another thud.
We spent the night in a bunker that doubled as my darkroom.
By morning I had come to know an admirable man. Castan was a rising star at LOOK, the picture-heavy newsmagazine. With his Roman nose, penetrating eyes and open, charming way, Sam was a gifted raconteur. He made me feel that he'd been everywhere and done everything. Self-deprecating, worldly, he perched comfortably at History's elbow to record what passed before him with wit and insight. I saw in Castan exactly the professional that I aspired to become.
The story that brought him to the Air Cav, his own idea, was the effect of a single American death. At that time about 200 GI coffins left Vietnam each week; he wanted readers to see the magnitude of that loss by illuminating the effects of just one death. Sam's plan was to join an operation; if someone was killed, he'd follow the body back for burial, along the way interviewing the deceased's buddies, family and friends. While treading close to the macabre, Sam felt that his story would provide the profound personal dimension lacking in faceless casualty lists.
I suggested that Castan join a brigade-sized foray called Operation Crazy Horse, set to kick off the next day. Paul's Charlie Company would be part of Crazy Horse; by escorting Castan I could spend time with both.
But as we were about to leave, my boss, Major Siler called me back.
"Castan's cherry was popped a long time ago," he said. "He doesn't need babysitting, and I've got things for you to do around here." Siler had in mind a pile of paperwork that I'd been avoiding for weeks.
I drove Sam to the Twelfth Cav, introduced him to Charlie Company's topkick and hung out with Paul for a bit. That night I wrote Marie, assuring her of Paul's good health.
And now this weird telephone call. I was spooked.
I called Graves Registration, woke an officer and asked what he knew about 19 dead in a mortar platoon.
"This can't wait until morning?" he growled.
I explained about the radio conversation on my field phone. The officer's voice grew thick with sarcasm.
"Give Major Feldman a call in the morning."
Feldman was the division psychiatrist.
I sat, thinking. Was I nuts? Had the war finally got to me?
I called the Tactical Operations Center and a sergeant I knew. I said I had an inquiry about an overrun mortar platoon with 19 KIA. What could he tell me?
He promised to check; when he called back he said that nothing like that had been reported.
I'd been dreaming, I decided. It seemed real, but it was absurd that I could have overheard radio traffic on a telephone. Worried about Sam and Paul, my mind had played tricks me. Exhausted, I lay down and slipped into deep, dreamless sleep.
The phone rang, loud and clear, and a sergeant with a deep, almost sepulchral voice said he was calling from the morgue. He had a body that he thought might be a civilian.
"Any newsmen you can't account for?" he asked.
I fought for breath, a fish jerked from a lake. The only reporter I knew about was Castan. Calm down, I told myself. Some newsie might have joined a unit in the field without bothering to check in; it wouldn't be the first time.
The morgue sergeant said they'd need an ID on the body. I pulled a poncho over my head and ran a few yards to Siler's hooch.
"I met him for two minutes," said Siler. "You spent hours together. This one's yours."
The morgue was a mile's march; my dread grew with every step. From time to time I tilted my face skyward and let falling drops wash away my tears.
My mind cowered behind a wall of numbness as I stepped inside the morgue tent and identified myself to a staff sergeant. He shook out the contents of a plastic bag.
"Recognize any of this?" he said.
I saw Hong Kong coins, keys, a folding knife and a Zippo lighter engraved with the LOOK Magazine logo. On the other side were initials: S. C.
"Might be Castan's lighter," I said.
I followed him down a canvas corridor to a chamber cluttered with wooden tables. Naked bulbs dangled from overhead cords. Each table had a body bag. The sergeant consulted a zipper tag, glanced at me, opened the bag halfway and stepped back. Somebody moved in behind me to work over another body. Squinting, I hunched forward.
I was empty, spent, unutterably weary. Why Sam? What a waste, I thought. I tried to pull myself together.
"That's Castan."
"Need you to sign the death certificate, identifying him," he said.
Turning to leave, I glanced at a body on the table: Paul Harrison. Gruesome wounds marred his chest, limbs and abdomen but his face was unmarked and strangely peaceful. A sergeant put two pieces of paper in front of me, and I signed them. I don't remember walking back or telling Siler what happened, but somehow I did.
Later I learned a little about how Sam and Paul died: Helicopters had dropped Charlie Company on LZ Hereford, a jungled slope 20 miles east of our basecamp. As the rifle platoons moved down the mountain, looking for the enemy, the mortars remained to support their advance.
But in the thick elephant grass just above Hereford waited 100 heavily-armed men of the North Vietnamese Army, so well concealed that the rifle platoons passed right by them. When these platoons were far down the mountainside, out of sight, the NVA fell on the lightly-armed mortarmen. They radioed for help but by the time the rest of Charlie Company returned, the fight was over. Three badly wounded men hid in thick brush; everyone else was killed.
Several weeks later another Air Cav unit fought this same NVA regiment; among the gear and equipment we recovered from the battlefield were Sam's cameras and exposed film. Sam's last photos included several of a mortarman using a bayonet and a shovel in desperate hand-to-hand combat. The very last exposure shows this soldier's death:
It was Paul.
When I returned from Vietnam, I went to see Marie and her toddler daughter. Many years later we reconnected. Marie was still teaching third grade. She had remarried and borne a second daughter, but I soon realized that as much as Marie learned to love her second husband, she never entirely got over Paul's loss. We stayed in touch until her death two years ago.
Memories of Sam haunted me for decades. I felt complicit in his death; if I hadn't wanted to see Paul, Sam would have accompanied another unit. With the arrival of the Internet and other research tools, I discovered that Sam had shortened his name from Castagna and that a plaque in New York's Overseas Press Club honors his memory. I wondered how his death had affected his wife, Frances, who had remarried and was known as a gifted poet and writing teacher.
Thirty-three years after Sam's death, I was finally able to meet Frances. I told her how Sam found himself at LZ Hereford and asked her forgiveness for sending him to his death.
"There's nothing to forgive," she said. "You couldn't know what would happen and you only were trying to help Sam."
I had told that to myself for years, but I needed to hear it from Frances. A great burden lifted from my soul.
Only then did I stop dreaming about my awful night in the morgue, and only then did it occur to me that if Siler hadn't prevented me from escorting Sam, surely I would have died with him at Hereford.
I don't know if I'll ever find meaning in the lives of those who died in Vietnam, but from Marie and Frances I learned that hearts heal and lives go on. I have researched radio phenomena and learned how it was possible to pick up nearby radio transmissions on a telephone, especially in wet weather.
But I will never understand how, at precisely the moment when a pilot radioed the tower that he was bringing Paul and Sam's bodies to the morgue, a single chirp from my telephone summoned me to listen.
© 2000 Marvin J. Wolf
Caroline Lee
When my turn for R&R came, I chose Hong Kong, primarily because my photographer pals assured me that shopping for cameras there was cheaper and required less hassle than in Tokyo.
After a few hours of air-conditioned splendor, our 707 charter dropped down out of the clouds, threading the gap between mountains and skyscrapers to land with a roar at Kai Tak Airport. I might have found the approach exciting if I hadn't made too many assault landings in C-130s.
Herded off the plane, we were whisked through Customs and onto Army buses, officers on one, senior noncoms on another and the rest of us enlisted swine on the third. We drove slowly past a row of hotels, stopping at each as a beefy Special Services—not to be confused in any way with Special Forces—noncom bellowed out hotel room prices, meanwhile suggesting that the lower-ranking among us should choose one such place or another. I remained until there was no one but me and the burly Special Services sergeant. "What are you waiting for, the Ritz?" he bellowed.
I strode the length of the bus and sat down in the front row.
"I wanted to ask where you'd stay, if you were here for a few days and didn't want to be around a bunch of drunken snuffies dragging whores up and down the hallways all night long," I said.
He looked at me like a long-lost brother.
"A man after my own heart," he said. Ten minutes later he dropped me at a backstreet Kowloon hotel; after a shower and a late lunch I found the camera store that Henri Huet had suggested and spent the rest of the afternoon happily trying to decide what to buy on my limited budget. I came away with two Nikon lenses, a tiny, half-frame Olympus with wide-angle lens, and, because PIO's aged Remingtons were worn-out relics, an Olivetti portable typewriter.
After dropping my treasures at the hotel I was ready to play. Sure, I wanted a girl. Hell, I needed one. But I had done my homework, interviewing several guys returned from Hong Kong; I was looking to avoid the flocks of whores working the R&R hotels and the Suzie Wongs bleeding sailors in the storied bars of the Wan Chai District. Surely, I thought, there had to be at least a few Hong Kong girls who could sustain the illusion of a doomed romance for three or four days.
I found her the next day in an out-of-the-way restaurant in which my fair hair and pink skin stood out. She was dining with several half-grown children, running back and forth to fetch them dishes from the kitchen with an easy familiarity and when I caught her eye she gave me a dazzling smile.
I started for her table but she intercepted me. "Not here," she murmured, pressing a card into my hand. The card directed me to exactly the sort of Nathan Road bar that I'd been avoiding: loud, smoke-filled and crawling with girls dedicated to vacuuming the pockets of visiting American servicemen.
She called herself Caroline Lee— not her real name, I'm sure—and she was really quite special for a working girl anywhere—and I don't mean just her looks. We spent three lovely mornings sight-seeing and hand-holding; afternoons she disappeared for several hours—perhaps, as she explained, to care for an extended family that included siblings, elderly parents, an aunt and young cousins—and then found a good restaurant for a leisurely meal, followed by a night of gentle sex and much holding. I'm not sure which I needed more.
Her story, which even then I supposed might have been partly true, was that, desperate for money to support her siblings when their parents died, she had gone to work in a bar. Finally she had saved enough, with partners, to open a restaurant—but still needed to work as a bar girl several nights a month. With such a history, marriage to a respectable Hong Kong man was out of the question. A GI had proposed to her, she said, but she couldn't leave her family and move to America.
We parted as old friends; I gave her the sum she'd asked for and all my remaining my cash. On the flight back to Vietnam I regretted not taking her address, before accepting that I would never know what became of her.
Later, back at Tansonnhut and drowning in the stifling heat, crushing humidity and stomach-churning stench of jet fuel, I waited hours for an up- country flight. Returning from a latrine call I found a young GI, dressed in civvies for R&R, squirming with anticipation in the next chair. He was perhaps nineteen, fair hair cropped close—a strapping, eager kid from the Big Red One, the First Infantry Division, who wanted everyone to know that he'd volunteered for an extra ninety days on LRRP—long range recon patrol—just to get a second R&R and return to Hong Kong and the girl he'd met there.
Before I could refuse he thrust a packet of photos at me. I recognized with a start the colorful logo on the envelope as twin to one in my AWOL bag. He pulled out pictures of his Hong Kong fiancée, the girl he was going to marry and take back to Kansas or Oklahoma or some such place—and I found myself looking at the lush curves, the long, shiny dark hair, the flawless olive skin, Eurasian eyes and the slightly off-kilter and unmistakable nose of Caroline Lee.
"Her name is Caroline," he gushed. "Isn't she beautiful?"
He'd met her on her very first day as a hostess in a bar on Nathan Road, he said, and he'd been sending money every month so she wouldn't have to work there. His Mom was okay with him marrying a Chinese girl who might be a little bit Portuguese on her mother's side. He didn't care if she'd maybe been with another man before they met because she was special. They were in love.
"Very pretty," I said, biting my tongue and agonizing over what, if anything, I should tell him. I settled for keeping my mouth shut and hoping that when he got to Hong Kong he wouldn't be able to find the lovely Caroline.
It was a long flight back to An Khe.
© 2001 Marvin J. Wolf
FROM Marvin J. Wolf
On this page are true stories, magazine articles, excerpts from books and unpublished works, short fiction, and photographs, each offering a glimpse of my life, work and times. Your comments welcome. © Marvin J. Wolf. All rights reserved.
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Cute, cuddly and covered in soft brown fur, otters look like teddy bears that can swim. But travel back six million years to the wetlands of southwestern China, and there roamed an ancient relative to these creatures that was more fearsome than adorable.
Known as Siamogale melilutra, this newly discovered extinct otter was about the size of a wolf and had strong-looking jaws. A team of scientists from China and the United States described the new species based on a cranium, a mandible and some teeth they found in a coal mine.
"It's huge, it's bigger than anything I've ever seen in terms of otters," said Denise Su, the curator and head of paleobotany and paleoecology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and an author of the paper that appeared Sunday in The Journal of Systematic Paleontology.
Many otters today, like the marine otter or North American river otter, are about the size of a small dog. Some, like the sea otter or giant river otter, can grow to more than 75 pounds. But none are as large as S. melilutra was; the team thinks the otter measured about six feet long from snout to the tip of the tail and weighed about 110 pounds.
The key to figuring out how big the extinct otter was came from the fossil of its cantaloupe-size cranium. But when the team found the skull, special steps had to be taken to unlock its secrets.
"It was squashed flat like a pancake because of the fossilization process," Dr. Su said. "But we were lucky because it just sat there."
She said all the pieces were still there, the breaks were clean and the edges fit well with each other, so essentially what they had was a deflated cranium. To "inflate" it, they performed a CT scan on the fossil and then digitally reconstructed it.
With their visualization of the head, they could extrapolate how big the body was by comparing its proportions with that of modern otters.
The researchers aren't sure why the otter was so big. But they noticed during their examination that its teeth may have been useful for crushing prey. Xiaoming Wang, curator and head of vertebrate paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and lead author of the study, thinks it may have something to do with the large mollusks that shared its swamp.
He speculated that the otter might have mostly preyed on the clams and shellfish, rather than on the large land animals that lived in the area. Being large would have been evolutionarily advantageous for a creature that had to crush through hard shells for food. In the future the team will test how powerful the otter's jaws were, hoping to figure out whether the beasts were strong enough to break the large shells.


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If you have recently installed a new Windows Server 2016, it is a good practice to assign it a user friendly server name and change its date, time and time zone to match your location. Changing the Server Name Step 1: Press Windows
How to Configure DHCP with PowerShell
PowerShell commands are an easy way to save a lot of time as system administrator. In this article, I'll show you how to configure DHCP from PowerShell. I have following information including scope, and router gateway IP. DHCP DNSServerIP="192.168.1.10" DHCPServerIP="192.168.1.10"
How to Check the PowerShell Version on Windows
If you want to check which PowerShell version are you using, execute either get-host or echo $PSVersionTable on PowerShell with elevated privileges. The latest version is 5.1 and it is available in the newer generation of Windows Server 2016. PowerShell Versions
How to Create an Active Directory Account Using Powershell in Windows Server
Creating new AD accounts or removing AD accounts is a day to day task for a system administrators when new employees may be joining or any existing employee may be leaving the company. While the GUI is an easy way
How to Turn Off Firewall in Windows Server 2016
The Windows Firewall is included in every Windows operating system to keep our computer safe from bad guys. However, if you are using Windows Server 2016 in your data center, you may be using a dedicated firewall as replacement. It
How to Keep Installed Drivers After Running SYSPREP
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LuminoCity Winter Festival Lights Up Randall's Island For The HolidaysThe festival opens to the public Saturday and runs through Jan 5, 2020.
The Nose Knows: FDNY K9s Help Solve Arsons And Other CrimesWeighing in at just under 70 pounds each, Bucca and Pete pack a type of crimefighting muscle different than any other firefighter. They're part of the K9 arson squad.
Governors Ball Music Festival Kicks OffThe festival, which features music, food and art, takes place over three days, wrapping up on Sunday.
Massive Security Presence In Place For Governors Ball Music FestivalTerror scares like the one in Germany, and attacks like the one that took place in Manchester have security officials on high alert heading into summer concert season.
NYC's 5 Best Mini Golf Courses For Kids, AdultsMini though these mini golf courses may be, they're huge fun for New York families. Get the family out to enjoy spring's green on the greens at the best mini golf options in the city.
Governor's Ball 2016 Complete Festival GuideDetailed guide to the Governors Ball on Randall's Island in New York City
Randall's Island To Host Two Multi-Day Music Festivals This SummerWhile Randall's Island will hold two music festivals this year, the Parks Department has denied all permits for multi-day festivals at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park this summer.
Seen At 11: ATF Fights Fire With Fire In Lesson On ArsonArson is one of the most unimaginable crimes, and one of the hardest to prosecute because so much of the evidence destroyed.
Connector Between Randalls Island, Bronx Set To Open This SummerThe $6 million project will link the Bronx to the island with a quarter-mile stretch running over a pedestrian bridge.
FDNY Firefighter Reunites Dog Missing For 5 Months With OwnerAbout a month ago Kelly spotted what he thought was a scraggly-looking greyhound while working an overnight shift at the firefighting facility on the island.
Man Pleads Guilty To Narcotics Charge In Electric Zoo Overdose DeathAn upstate New York man has pleaded guilty to a narcotics charge in a prosecution that arose after an overdose death at a New York City music festival.
Luke Brian, Brad Paisley To Headline Country Music Festival In NYCA new three-day country music festival starring Luke Bryan, Brad Paisley and Dierks Bentley will debut in New York City next summer.
NYC First Responders Test Readiness With Simulated Bus Crash DrillThe workers were tested on their ability to control the flames, find the injured and give them emergency medical treatment.
Thousands Kick Off Avon Breast Cancer WalkA two-day journey for those on a mission to raise money for breast cancer research began Saturday.
Severe Weather Injures 2, Causes Damage & Throws Wrench In Holiday Weekend PlansSevere weather swept through the Tri-State area on Sunday, injuring two people and throwing a major wrench in Labor Day weekend happenings.


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Oak Park Dental StudioJoseph Lepkowski, DDS
6630 W. Roosevelt RoadOak Park, IL 60304 Call: (708) 386-2233
Fax: 866-216-6177
Meet the Staff
Meet Our Friendly Oak Park, IL Dental Office Staff
Dr. Lepkowski leads our team of experienced professionals. We are proud to announce that our staff has over 125 years of experience combined! We all share the belief that your care should be comprehensive, courteous and responsive to your individual needs and preferences.
Our technical team includes three Certified Dental Assistants who are trained and educated in the latest techniques used in dentistry. From oral care instruction to Laser treatments, rest assured you are in good hands.
Our Registered Dental Hygienist, Phyllis, is a caring professional devoted to the prevention of disease and the promotion and improvement of your oral, as well as your overall health. Our Hygienist performs not only your periodic professional cleanings, but also plays an important role in preventing life-threatening diseases such as cancer, diabetes, stroke, and heart attacks.
The Oral Health Report by the US Surgeon General concluded that if left untreated, poor oral health acts as the silent factor promoting the onset of life-threatening diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.
Our Patient Care Coordinators greet you when you arrive or phone and make every effort to accommodate your schedule when making appointments. They understand work and family demands and will work with you to fit in an appointment to keep your smile healthy. And, when it comes to insurance benefits and financial arrangements, they are experts. After one visit, you will see that our customer service is second to none.
Phyllis Pizzoferrato, RDH
I have been a dental hygienist for thirty-six years, and my passion for dentistry is real. I genuinely care about my patients needs and enjoy finding methods to improve their oral health. I strive to provide exceptional dental care while building confidence, trust and friendship with each patient. Staying current with continuing education courses allows me to deliver the latest techniques and technology.
As a new member of Oak Park Dental Studio, I have truly loved and appreciated the welcoming environment, exceptional staff and friendly patients.
I have a husband, daughter, and two pugs - Brutus and Rocky - that enrich my life everyday. In my free time, I love to travel and cook.
Beatrice, Certified Dental Assistant
I have been with Oak Park Dental Studio since 2003. I started part-time, never imagining that it would open up a whole new world to me. I love my job as a full-time Dental Assistant here. It's so gratifying to be able to help our patients every day! I'm certified in coronal polishing and the application of sealants. Also, I speak both English and Spanish, so that is helpful for our Spanish speaking patients.
Colleen, Certified Dental Assistant
I've been a dental assistant since 1989, and I just love it. I'm certified in coronal polishing, and the application of sealants. I'm a member of SOKOL and the Illinois State Dental Society. When I'm not working, I'm spending time with my family. I coach my kids t-ball and softball teams, and assistant coach gymnastics. I love to play sports, and play on volleyball and softball teams myself. We love to vacation in Michigan whenever we can.
Mary, Patient Care Coordinator / Certified Dental Assistant
My career in dentistry started in 1978, when I started working with my family dentist. I loved it so much that I went to school to further my dental administration and assistant skills. I still go to school regularly to stay up-to-date on the newest techniques and technologies. I'm certified in coronal polishing. In my free time, I love the outdoors - running, biking, hiking, and most importantly spending time with my animals and my friends!
Diana, Patient Care Coordinator
I have worked in the administrative area of the dental field for nearly twenty years. I bring to this practice a desire and ability to serve with patient accounts, insurance concerns, scheduling, and doctor/patient interactions. I have been married 28 years and have enjoyed raising my two beautiful daughters. I love cooking, crafts, spending time with my family, and travel.
Lisa, Accounts Specialist
For over 10 years I've been keeping Oak Park Dental Studio running smoothly from behind the scenes. With a background in accounting, I look to maximize your insurance benefits and process your claims quickly. I love working as part of this professional team who takes pride in providing such high quality care to our patients. I have four children, and love to spend time with my kids outdoors and vacationing at the beach every summer.
Sophie & Lucky
Sophie and Lucky were fixtures at Oak Park Dental Studio for years - greeting and bringing comfort and love to all our patients and visitors. Sadly, they both passed on in the last year after a life full of love and fun with their Daddy, Dr. Joe.
Sally, our newest family member, is a Golden Retriever who was born on June 20, 2017. She loves to play and she also loves to nap! Stop by and meet her soon!


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New Hope has an elected 7-member Borough Council which plays a central role in borough government. Council sets policy, enacts legislation, adopts budgets, controls expenditures, appoints advisory commissions and boards, and hires employees. Council members are elected to four year terms, with either 3 or 4 members up for election every two years.
Council elects a president, vice-president, and president pro tem from its ranks. The president, in cooperation with council, establishes standing committees and makes appointments thereto. These standing committees generally consider all matters pertaining to a particular area of public policy, such as land use regulation, historic preservation, or recreation, and make recommendations to the full council.
Workshop meetings are held at 4 p.m. on the first Monday of each month in the Community Room. Meeting dates and times are subject to change.
The public is encouraged to attend and to participate fully at all public meetings.
Executive sessions are held prior to the regular meetings at 6 p.m. in the Borough office building at 123 New Street and are not open to the public.
Connie Gering, President
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"Respiratory issues are rampant around here. The traffic kicks up dust, and when they build new well pads, it creates a lot of dust as well. They moonscape them, meaning they destroy any vegetation, so it just becomes a big mud slab, and there's nothing to catch or hold the dust they're kicking up. So people are breathing those fine particles in, and often it's full of chemicals, from absorbing anything coming off the rig. And then over west of town, we've got a liquid natural gas plant, where they condense gas and burn it off. So you've got stuff like that going on. The wind blows west to east, so it seems to just congregate here in Rifle, from all the wells in the Parachute area, and in Mesa County, where they get pollution from Utah."
Leslie Robinson
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It is Mizzou meme mania. Columbia Missourian staffers at the University of Missouri recently provided an overflow of word-image combos aimed at capturing the backstage stresses and excitement of the student press experience.
As the greatest blog in all the land J-School Buzz confirmed, "[T]hey are shining light on particular events that reporters feel obligated to complain about in a humorous, yet charming way. Not only are they very endearing, but rumor has it that [Mizzou] J-Schoolers are very intrigued and even addicted to these amusing little memes."
Below are three samples culled from the nearly 40 offerings currently viewable on the "Meme-sourian" post, part of a blog kept by Missourian reporter Alicia Stice. Collectively, they are quite possibly the funniest things I've read this year. (Note to Ms. Stice and colleagues: Please make more.) Happy Holidays!


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As with any kind of medical treatment, there are possible pros and cons in the use of chemotherapy for ovarian cancer. The primary advantage of chemotherapy is its potential for effectively treating cancer when used alone or in conjunction with other types of cancer treatment. Chemotherapy might reduce or eliminate a tumor, lengthen life expectancy or improve quality of life. The main disadvantage of chemotherapy is the likelihood of physiological side effects, such as hair loss or nerve damage. The use of chemotherapy versus alternative treatments can be based on an individual's overall state of health, the stage at which the cancer is diagnosed and other factors.
Chemotherapy for ovarian cancer can be used as a standalone treatment but is sometimes considered to complement other forms of treatment. As adjuvant therapy, chemotherapy can be employed after the surgical removal of a tumor as a means of attacking potentially hidden cancer cells. The use of chemotherapy as neoadjuvant therapy might be prescribed to reduce the size of a tumor before surgery or radiation. Palliative chemotherapy is the use of cancer-killing drugs to relieve cancer symptoms and maintain quality of life.
Ovarian cancer can sometimes be treated with intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy, which is the administration of chemotherapy agents via the abdomen to target a localized tumor. IP chemotherapy might offer a greater rate of effectiveness for ovarian cancer than intravenous (IV) chemotherapy. Abdominal pain is a common side effect of IP chemotherapy, but pain medications can be given to counteract this effect.
Chemotherapy for ovarian cancer can have side effects ranging from mild to serious. Chemotherapy agents are designed to kill rapidly growing cancer cells, but these drugs also negatively affect some types of healthy cells, such as hair follicles, bone marrow and digestive tract cells. Thus, chemotherapy side effects might include loss of hair from the scalp, face and body. The loss of white blood cells can lead to increased chances of infection. Damaged cells in the digestive tract might be associated with side effects such as mouth sores, diarrhea or frequent urination, as well as mild to severe nausea.
Some individuals in chemotherapy treatment could experience mild symptoms that affect daily functioning or quality of life. "Chemo brain" is the informal name for memory problems and/or cognitive difficulties that sometimes result from the use of chemotherapy. Many cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy feel moderately fatigued, which can affect day-to-day routines. A metallic taste in the mouth, sensitivity to odors and unusual aversions to specific foods are other potential effects that can affect quality of life.
Two serious complications that can potentially arise from the use of chemotherapy are weakness of the heart muscle, or cardiomyopathy, and nerve damage in the fingers and toes, or neuropathy. These side effects could be temporary or permanent. Potentially, the use of chemotherapy for ovarian cancer could increase the likelihood of other cancers occurring later in life.
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Hi all! I have a customer whose ladder feet have become (or maybe always were) about 4 inches away from the wall. The ladder still functions appropriately however it is a commercial pool and they are worried about a possible pinch hazard. I am looking for solution that does not involve concrete work. Any help is appreciated!!


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– Anas Aremeyaw Anas has appeared at the Conference Centre hours before the viewing of his video
– Hundreds of Ghanaians have trooped into the centre ahead of the premiere
– Former president of the republic, John Agyakum Kufuor, has had the chance to watch the full explosive video by Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has appeared at the Accra International Conference Center (AICC) where his video on the corrupt practices in Ghana football will be shown.
Checks by YEN.com.gh show that hundreds of Ghanaians have turned up at the conference center hours early before the premiering of the video. So far, there have been excerpts of the video on social media and it has generated much heat and controversy.
READ ALSO: Kwesi Nyantakyi breaks silence on his arrest and Anas video in revealing police statement
Security is tight at the venue with high-tech scanners and heavy presence of the police deployed to ensure safety.
The mood of the former president after watching the video has been that of shock, anger, and tears, reports say.
Kufuor's reaction after watching the disturbing video has been a call for all the perpetrators to be brought to book under the justice of the law.
I want the nation to be shocked by this practice, this evil. I believe Ghana is a country of laws and the investigations should be put to work and the outcomes be applied strictly according to law, Kufuor revealed to Anas after watching the video.
Thousands of Ghanaians across the country will watch the explosive video at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) today, June 6th and June 7th. Already, tickets have run out as many others scuffle for the ones left.
So far, The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has made some changes at its top hierarchy following an emergency meeting. To this end, the head of the MTN FA Cup committee, Kurt Okraku, has been appointed as the new vice president of the GFA.
It is not clear what might have triggered this decision by the football association but there are suspicions this could be a timely reaction to the premiering of the investigative piece by Anas Aremeyaw Anas of Tiger Eye PI
The BBC World Service released an exclusive video of the 'Number 12' investigative piece by the controversial journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
The video, which shows parts of the much-anticipated video by Anas, has scenes of referees and powerful faces under the Ghana Football Association (GFA), exchange wads of cash – both in local and foreign currencies – just to influence the outcomes of matches played by the Ghana Black Stars and other local leagues in the country.
Anas Aremeyaw Anas has been respected as the most feared investigative journalist in Africa. Having used deep investigative skills to uncover grave cases of corruption in Ghana and across the African continent.
The investigative journalist uncovered so many corrupt practices from the Tema Ports, Judiciary, Police department and now the Ghana Football Association.
READ ALSO: BBC drops first one minute of Anas' explosive video
There is no denying the fact that so many people want to clear Anas off their path. He is an investigative journalist and would do everything possible to get in his way and if possible annihilate him. It is for this reason that Anas would always have to watch his steps just so he does not risk losing everything he spent years building.


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London - Kristen Stewart never wanted to sell herself like a product. The 24-year-old beauty knows exactly what it's like to be mobbed by screaming fans, having starred in the popular teen Twilight franchise alongside heartthrob Robert Pattinson.
While some celebrities might relish the limelight, Kristen has always held back a little, often criticised by the media for her less-than-jolly demeanour. 'At the start, the main thing was to set boundaries,' she explained to the German edition of Glamour magazine when asked about her sudden fame. 'What do I share, what don't I? What is the right way to behave? I found that difficult.
'I've always thought it embarrassing when actors find themselves so interesting that they're willing to sell themselves like a product. In order not to go that way, I must have gone a little too far in the opposite direction. 'Kristen and her Twilight co-star Robert dated for a while, with the relationship ending in 2012 when the actress was photographed kissing married director Rupert Sanders. She later issued a public statement, apologising to the people she'd hurt.
In general, Kristen will only speak out when she has something important to say. 'The things I talk about have to be deep and meaningful,' she explained. 'I try very hard not to portray a false image of myself or to be someone I'm not. For example, I wouldn't give an involved statement about a topic I know nothing about. I try to be honest. That's why I always think long and hard before I speak. But that often gets twisted.'


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Bank of Scotland Buildings, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0EB
Burnside Cottage, Levenwick
Shower Room
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Living Room (2)
Sitting Room (1)
Sitting Room (2)
Sitting Room (3)
Bedroom 1
Second Hallway (1)
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Traditional two-bedroomed cottage situated in scenic location in the village of Levenwick on the south-east Shetland mainland. The property enjoys magnificent unrestricted panoramic views over Levenwick Bay and across to Sandwick and Bressay beyond. Local amenities nearby include the Levenwick Health Centre and Overtonlea Care Centre, the Community Hall and Midway Stores. This property is ideal for first-time buyers or as a "summer/holiday home", viewing highly recommended.
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|Hallways, Living Room with Kitchenette off, Sitting Room, Two Bedrooms, Shower Room and Toilet
The property which was built circa. 1921/22 sits in a large garden which contains the oil tank and shed and is surrounded by a drystone dyke. There are magnificent views over Channerwick Bay and Bressay to the north east. It is situated approximately 17 miles from Lerwick and 8 miles from Sumburgh Airport and a local bus service is in operation providing regular transport to and from the North & South Mainland.
All the rooms have radiators served by the central heating boiler.
Levenwick is a small Village approx. 17 miles south of Lerwick, on the east side of the South Mainland of Shetland and 8 miles north of Sumburgh Head. It is part of the Parish of Dunrossness and the Levenwick Health Central provides medical support for the Dunrossness area.
There is also a Levenwick Campsite and Community Hall which is open from May-September.
Levenwick Bay with beach, headland walk and rock pools are a 15 minute stroll from the Campsite.
Local walks around Levenwick include broch remains, sandy beach, hills, cliffs, farmland, Lochs, marsh and moor surrounding with various wildlife.
Sunday Teas are also held throughout the year in the Community Hall.
Ground Floor
HALLWAY - (Approx. 2.15m x 0.8m) - Entrance by way of a door leading into a small corridor. Single ceiling light, smoke alarm and electricity meters. Fitted carpet tiles.
SHOWER ROOM - (Approx. 1m x 1m) - Fully tiled room with T80 Shower and vinyl flooring.
TOILET - (Approx. 0.78m x 1.8m) - Toilet and wash hand basin. Heated towel rail.
LIVING ROOM – (Approx. 2.92m x 3.5m) - With Kitchenette off (Approx. 2.2m x 1.4m). Fitted carpet tiles. Two small windows facing south west and also a skylight. Storage cupboard. Single central light. Contains the Camray boiler. Further door leading through to the Sitting Room. Telephone and television sockets.
SITTING ROOM – (Approx. 3.84m x 4.32m) - Dual aspect windows facing north east and south east. Fitted carpet. Open fire. Doors leads off to a Bedroom and a further Hallway.
BEDROOM 1 - (Approx. 1.89m x 2.6m) - Window to the south west. Fitted carpet. Central ceiling light. Telephone point.
SECOND HALLWAY – (Approx. 1m x 2.4m) - Fitted carpet tiles. Central ceiling light. Fire alarm. Understair storage cupboard. Staircase leading to Attic.
BEDROOM 2 – (Approx. 4.3m x 3.6m) - Window to the north east. Central ceiling light. Carpeted. Open fire.
ATTIC - The Attic is floored and has skylight. Fully floored.
While these contents and particulars described here are believed to be correct, they do not form part of any contract and are not warranted.
If you are interested in the property you can request a home report.
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September 2017
Rural workplaces up for accolades in Safe Work and Return to Work Award
Agriculture workplaces across Queensland have taken the Safe Work and Return to Work Awards by storm, with several businesses in the running for major honours.
Transporting and working with cattle safely: transporters, manufacturers and graziers working together
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland has been working with the Livestock and Rural Transporters Association of Queensland, cattle crate transporters, crate manufacturers and graziers to make loading, unloading and cross loading of cattle safer.
Rural producers benefit from drone technology
Rural and regional producers are making the most of rapidly evolving drone technology on farms and other remote Queensland properties - and they're seeing reduced costs and improved worker safety.
Fines for no seatbelts in tractor rollover
A mobile plant supplier and a business growing and harvesting bananas were both fined recently in the Tully Magistrates Court for their part in a potentially serious incident involving a backpacker from the Netherlands.
Submersible water pump safety warning
Consumers, especially those in the agriculture industry, have been warned of a safety issue with the KASA Deep Diver model water pump which is being sold online to businesses across Australia.
Meat processing industry kicking major safety goals
There's been a huge decline in incidents, complaints and dangerous events of 46 per cent in Queensland's meat processing industry in the eight years from 2008 to 2016.
Ride ready adverts promote quad bike safety
Looking to curb the upward trend in hospital presentations for injuries involving quad bikes, the Queensland Government ran another phase of the Ride ready advertising campaign and online competition during the September school holidays.
New on the spot fines for powerline safety breaches
Tree lopping and other agriculture businesses should be aware that two new electrical safety on the spot fines are now in effect for work around powerlines.
Controlling spills and leaks from fuel stores
While many rural workplaces store fuels on site to power their machinery, a leak from a bulk storage tank of fuel can create a significant workplace hazard and may be expensive to clean up, particularly if it enters the soil or ground water.
Health assessments target rural worker risks
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Another TV lives again!
I received a broken 27″ LCD TV and repaired it. Read the whole article in order to see how it was done and how cheap it was done. http://kaizerpowerelectronics.dk/general-electronics/27-lcd-tv-repair/
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4000 joule capacitor bank fired at maximum energy
This afternoon I had my current monitor and oscilloscope hooked up to the capacitor bank to do current measurements of the short circuit energy. The results and pictures are amazing and I am thrilled by the magnitude of the pulse … Continue reading
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First shot with 4000 joule capacitor bank!
Today I put the last parts together on small project with a large impact. A 4000 joule capacitor bank able of delivering destructive short circuit currents in the thousands. The first test was only done at 1kj to ensure that … Continue reading
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Finn Hammer and Daniel Uhrenholt show in Fredericia, Denmark.
I went to visit Finn Hammer and Daniel Uhrenholt when they were doing a show in Fredericia, Denmark at Tøjhuset as a part of a electrical car and alternative energy convention. A few pictures from around the event. Among a … Continue reading
Kaizer DRSSTC III – progress update #2
Here is an update with work that have been done last week on the large DRSSTC. This update will show you half of the mmc, the enclosure, the platform, new primary supports and the wound primary coil. Read the article … Continue reading
Kaizer DRSSTC II playing Doom 1 – Episode 1
First song played on one of my DRSSTCs is the legendary soundtrack from Doom 1 – Episode 1, this is not only cool but brings me back to a childhood where it was normal to run around with a chainsaw … Continue reading
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AP NEET Merit List 2019: Andhra Pradesh Medical & Dental Colleges Management's Association (APMDCMA) and Dr. NTR University of Health Science will announce AP NEET Provisional Merit List & Rank in 3rd week of June 2019 on the official website of Dr. NTR University.
All candidates who have filled the registration form will be able to download the AP NEET Provisional Merit List 2019 from the official website as well as from below.
Candidates are suggested to keep checking this page for more updates regarding AP NEET MBBS/BDS Admission 2019.
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AP NEET Merit List 2019 Provisional
Quick Update: Dr. NTR University of Health and Science will announce Andhra Pradesh AP NEET Merit List 2019 Provisional soon on their official website. Candidates will be able to download it from this page.
Check Andhra Pradesh AP NEET Provisional Merit List 2019 (Available Soon)
Previous Year NEET 2018 Updates
Update 13/06/2018: Today Dr. NTR University of Health and Science has announced List of candidates who studied 10+2 in Andhra Pradesh and appeared for NEET UG – 2019 conducted by NTA. Candidates who have qualified NEET UG 2019 Exam from Andhra Pradesh can check this list. Candidate can download it from the below link.
Download List of candidates who studied 10+2 in Andhra Pradesh and appeared for NEET UG – 2019 conducted by NTA
Note: This is just a list of candidates who had appeared in NEET 2018 from AP and also studied 10+2 in AP. The merit list will be published after the registration.
As per the previous year's MBBS/BDS admission procedure in Andhra Pradesh, first Central Board of Secondary Education will send a list of candidates who have appeared in NEET UG 2019 from Andhra Pradesh to APMDCMA. And then Dr. NTR University will upload that list on their official website to let people know how many candidates appeared in NEET from AP.
Recommended Article: Andhra Pradesh NEET Expected Cut Off Marks 2019 Category Wise
After that, Dr. NTR Univeristy will start accepting counselling registration form for AP NEET MBBS/BDS State quota counselling 2019. On the basis of the received application form, University will announce AP NEET Provisional Merit List. Only those candidates will be allowed in counselling whose names will be in the provisional merit list.
Andhra Pradesh NEET Counselling 2019 Important Dates
|Date of issue of Notification to apply for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses for the academic year 2019-20
|Availability of online Application form https://apmedadm.apntruhs.in
|8.00 A.M ON 20.06.2019 to 5.00 P.M ON 24.06.2019
|Date of release of provisional merit position of all the candidates applied for
|Dates of verification of original certificates
|26.06.2019 to 01.07.2019
|Dates of exercising web options for admission into MBBS/BDS courses
|27.06.2019 to 02.07.2019
|Date of release of final merit position after verification of original certificates
|Commencement of classes
|Closure of admissions
|As per MCI/DCI schedule
AP NEET Provisional Merit List 2019
After publishing the list of appeared candidates, AP NEET State Quota Counseling registration form will be invited for MBBS and BDS Courses. As we know, there are 3 states who are not participating in NEET All India Quota Counselling 2019. Andhra Pradesh is one of them, that means all govt/private medical and dental seats are reserved for the state candidates. No candidate from other states will be allowed to take part in Andhra Pradesh state NEET Counselling.
The online counselling schedule and procedure will be soon published. It is very important to all candidates to fill the counselling registration form. No will be allowed for state quota NEET counselling without registration.
Andhra Pradesh NEET Eligibility
- Candidates from all over the country are eligible.
- Candidate must have scored 50th percentile in NEET 2019 Examination.
- The candidates also shall secure not less than 50% of marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry, Biology (Botany, Zoology) / Biotechnology in the qualifying examination (40% in case of BC, SC and ST) are eligible for admission to MBBS / BDS courses and they fulfill other relevant conditions laid down in these regulations as per Medical Council of India / Dental Council of India guidelines.
- Candidate should have completed the age of 17 years by 31st December.
- There is no age relaxation in age for any category candidate.
- All candidates born on or after 2nd January 2000 are not eligible for admission.
Important Document For Verification during the Counselling
- 10th Class or equivalent examination's mark sheet for the Date of Birth
- 10+2 Mark sheet of Andhra Pradesh Board or its equivalent examination mark sheet
- NEET 2019 Score Card
- Caste Certificate
- Character Certificate
Registration Fee: Rs. 2000/- For Management Quota
Official Website of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences: www.ntruhs.ap.nic.in
Final Word
Andhra Pradesh NEET State Quota Rank & Merit List will be published on Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences. All candidates are suggested to keep visiting this page for more latest updates.
AP NEET Provisional Merit List 2019: Download Here (Link will be activated SOON)
Note: The final merit position will be displayed only after submission of online application in response to the University of Notification and after verification of original certificates.


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The Māori Party has announced today its list for the 2017 General Election. Co-leader Marama Fox takes the top spot and Te Ururoa Flavell is next on the list.
Just three weeks until the General Election, the Maori Party's list has a diverse bunch of 26 candidates including Māori, Pacific Islanders and Asian.
"The pool of talent and skill across the entire list of candidates made the task of finalising the party rankings an extremely difficult and challenging one," says Fox
Among the 17 women and 9 men in the line-up are several small business owners, a lawyer, a librarian, a caregiver and a beekeeper.
The party's co-leaders are at the top of the list with standing MP and Ikāroa Rāwhiti candidate Fox at one and the incumbent MP for Waiariki, Te Ururoa Flavell, at two.
The latest Māori Television political poll shows Fox is behind Labour's incumbent Meka Whaitiri, who is well ahead with more than half the vote at 55% in the Ikāroa-Rāwhiti electorate. Fox is 16 points behind on 39%.
Meanwhile in the Te Tai Hauāuru electorate, Māori Television's poll shows Māori Party's Howie Tamati leading with 52% of voters supporting him as the preferred candidate. Incumbent Labour MP Adrian Rurawhe is 13 points behind at 39% and Jack McDonald for the Green Party is polling at 9.1%.
A win for Tamati on election night means that Fox will need to win her seat to secure her political future. Otherwise she will need to rely on the Māori Party increasing their party vote for her to get into Parliament as a list MP.
Flavell says Fox deserves her top spot on the Māori Party list.
"She truly is a mana wahine. I've seen her juggle nine children, several select committees, nationwide roadshows and be a voice and beacon of hope for thousands of disadvantaged whanau," Flavell says.
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"Today, it is with great sadness that I announce that the final chapter of BEST MANGA EVER will be posted in next month's Super Shounen Love Shoujo Crazy Magazine READ GOOD!," mangaka Saikou Hon told frantic members of the press. "After serializing for <longer than I should have> for <too many years>, it's finally time to end BEST MANGA EVER."
This news came as a great shock for many fans. "No, no, no, no," one fan said when I asked for comment, curled up in a ball and moaning pitifully.
"It's not over until I say it's over," said another fan. "Saikou Hon owes me for buying his books and is completely required to cater to my every whim at all times. The fact that he even took time away from drawing to have that press conference infuriates me. If he has time to talk, he has time to draw."
"See, the problem is that fans think I owe them something. I have literally never missed a deadline for all these years, and besides, the fifth anime adaptation airs next fall," Saikou Hon said in reply to these comments.
Some news outlets are reporting Saikou Hon is halting the series due to intense carpal tunnel and numerous surgeries he has had over the years to keep his hands churnin' out some sick cash.
"On the way out of the hospital once, his hand literally fell off his arm," one doctor told reporters. "Like, from the wrist up. It just... fell off. He picked it up, put it back on, and didn't even try to get readmitted into the hospital."
"I had a deadline," Saikou Hon said. "We in the industry take these things seriously."
When asked what he would do next after ending the series, Hon seemed to relax.
"I figure I will just dissolve into dust and blow away in the wind," he said. "Anything else and my publisher will find me and make me start a new series."
"I bet his ashes would taste delicious," a fan in the crowd muttered, licking her lips.
It's hard to say how we will all occupy our time after BEST MANGA EVER ends, but if there's one thing this reporter is certain of, it's that the last chapter will be a shit ending.