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Starting today, the Community Health Association of Spokane is offering vaccines at all nine of its clinics on a walk-in basis to its own patients and others who need them, spokeswoman Kelley Charvet said. That includes nasal-spray, high-dose and several other options.
While they also accept insurance, the CHAS clinics will provide free vaccines for uninsured people whose families live on less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, Charvet said. For a family of four, that’s $47,100.
The health district’s anti-flu education efforts follow a steep rise in serious cases last season.
Spokane County saw a nearly 40 percent increase in flu hospitalizations in the 2012-13 flu season over the year before: 151 cases last year, up from 109 in 2011-12. The county’s flu season generally ends in March, peaking in February or March.
While they also accept insurance, the CHAS clinics will provide free vaccines for uninsured people whose families live on less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, Charvet said. For a family of four, that’s $47,100.
The health district’s anti-flu education efforts follow a steep rise in serious cases last season.
Spokane County saw a nearly 40 percent increase in flu hospitalizations in the 2012-13 flu season over the year before: 151 cases last year, up from 109 in 2011-12. The county’s flu season generally ends in March, peaking in February or March.
ESPN released its Week 1 Power Rankings
Tuesday with Seattle topping the list, just above the Atlanta Falcons
and San Francisco 49ers, both of whom received at least one first-place
vote.The Denver Broncos and Green Bay Packers — both of whom the
Seahawks saw in the preseason — round out the top five.
WEST GLACIER – The boardwalk section of the Trail of the Cedars near Avalanche Creek in Glacier National Park remained closed Tuesday after a storm late last week did minor damage to several locations on the park’s west side.
Park officials said several vehicles near campgrounds and trailheads sustained damage from falling tree debris during the Thursday storm, as did a park-owned structure near Lake McDonald Lodge.No injuries were reported. The weather brought lightning, rain and wind.
Image by Bob Shannon
Ducks rise to No. 2 in AP football poll
NEW YORK -- The Oregon Ducks climbed one spot to No. 2 in the AP
College Football poll after trouncing Nicholls State at Autzen Stadium
on Saturday.
Alabama remains No. 1 and receives 58 of 60 first-place votes from the media panel after beating Virginia Tech 35-10 to start the season.
Alabama remains No. 1 and receives 58 of 60 first-place votes from the media panel after beating Virginia Tech 35-10 to start the season.
The urine sample
One time I got sick and landed in hospital.There was this one nurse that just drove me crazy.
Every time she came in, she would talk
to me like I was a little child.
She would say in a patronizing tone of voice,
“And how are we doing this morning?”
Or
“Are we ready for a bath?” or
“Are we hungry?”
I had had enough of this particular nurse.
One day at breakfast, I took the apple juice
off the tray and put it in my bedside stand.
Later I was given a urine sample bottle to fill for testing.
So you know where the juice went.....
The nurse came in a while later, picked up the
urine sample bottle, looked at it and said,
“My, my, it seems we are a little cloudy today.”
At this, I snatched the bottle out of her hand,
popped off the top, and gulped it down, saying,
“Well, I'll run it through again.
Maybe I can filter it better this time.”
The nurse fainted... I just smiled.
“Are we ready for a bath?” or
“Are we hungry?”
I had had enough of this particular nurse.
One day at breakfast, I took the apple juice
off the tray and put it in my bedside stand.
Later I was given a urine sample bottle to fill for testing.
So you know where the juice went.....
The nurse came in a while later, picked up the
urine sample bottle, looked at it and said,
“My, my, it seems we are a little cloudy today.”
At this, I snatched the bottle out of her hand,
popped off the top, and gulped it down, saying,
“Well, I'll run it through again.
Maybe I can filter it better this time.”
The nurse fainted... I just smiled.
My Home Health Aide out Hiking in the Wilds
You really don't know the wilderness until you have seen a bear or a cougar face to face as I have but Leslie and her boyfriend/sometimes fnace' Dave is her guardian. Dave is also a good photographer. He took the picture above. How do I know? Well only two went and she doesn't know a camera well enough yet to do a self timer. And Dave....well read below. I've got her Dave...
In my groups, ones that I have created and run over 25 years of computing, my Guillain Barre group is my favorite. I can say this because I share the pain and suffering having been a Guillain Barre patient for over three and a half years now. And in this group of mine the word suffering comes to play quit a bit. We do suffer pain, sometimes it keeps us locked in our rooms silently screaming. Oh real. Yes it's real. I once had a life before Guillain Barre but I'm slowly forgetting it. That's where religion comes to play. When you're down to your last pain pill and you know that night will bring unbearable pain, you have absolutely nowhere to turn but to God. Today, by coincidence, a couple of friends who are Jehovahs Witness, came to our door and this time they showed me a quote from Rev 21:4 "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no
more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more
pain: for the former things are passed away." I rest my case
RIMFIRE
The evacuation advisory for Ponderosa Hills and areas east, along the south side of Highway 108 up to Pinecrest has been LIFTED. There are currently no mandatory evacuations or evacuation advisories for Mariposa County.Highway 120 at the Yosemite National Park boundary west to Buck Meadows is still evacuated.
The Stanislaus National Forest Closure Order for the Rim Fire area has been expanded along the northern end of the fire's edge. Please see the closure announcement and closure area map for more details. Note that the Dodge Ridge Ski Area is still open.
Smoke from the Rim Fire has settled into Yosemite Valley, Wawona, Foresta and other areas, causing air quality impacts. This will persist for the next few days, particularly in the morning hours.
The Stanislaus National Forest Closure Order for the Rim Fire area has been expanded along the northern end of the fire's edge. Please see the closure announcement and closure area map for more details. Note that the Dodge Ridge Ski Area is still open.
Smoke from the Rim Fire has settled into Yosemite Valley, Wawona, Foresta and other areas, causing air quality impacts. This will persist for the next few days, particularly in the morning hours.
Very active fire behavior occurred again today on the East sides of the fire. This produced running surface fire with torching, crowning and spotting. Moderate rates of spread were observed both in advancing surface fire and backing fire. Heavy fuels continue to experience complete combustion with high probability of ignition. Wildland Fire Modules are assigned North of Cherry and Eleanor Lakes to monitor the fires advancement and contain spread in the rocky terrain where fingers of sparse fuels are present. Line construction with burnout is planned as necessary South of Harden Lake in Yosemite National Park. Continued burnout operations are planned in Yosemite National Park along Tioga Road as conditions allow. Additional burnout and reinforcement of control lines to the north /northwest of fire will continue. Patrol and mop up will continue as needed, until significant moisture is received.
Janice Smith was born and raise in the place called Alberta, Canada. Her picture above gives you and idea about why she decided to start using a camera. She is good friends with our own Rick Price and what a mentor Rick is to all. Sometimes however, Rick will disclaim that he can take landscapes so Janice picks up where Rick THINKS he left off. Frankly I think they are both not only good, but live in areas where one should have two things...a camera and a gun.....oh and maybe a fast horse.....and you know how to ride!!!
Officials in Cassia County say a 10-year-old Burley girl was
accidentally shot during a family hunting trip in south-central Idaho.
The sheriff's office reports the family called 911 at about 10 a.m. Sunday. The girl was taken by ambulance to the hospital in Rupert and later flown to Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City. Officials did not release her condition.
HELENA — Medical marijuana businesses worried that federal agents will close them down now have a road map to avoid prosecution, courtesy of the Justice Department's decision to allow legal pot in Colorado and Washington state.
The agency said last week that even though the drug remains illegal under federal law, it won't intervene to block state pot laws or prosecute as long as states create strict and effective controls that follow eight conditions.
"The DOJ is saying you guys need to color inside the lines," said Teri Robnett, founder of the Cannabis Patients Action Network, a Westminster, Colo.-based medical marijuana advocacy group. "If you color inside the lines, we'll let you keep your crayons.
The sheriff's office reports the family called 911 at about 10 a.m. Sunday. The girl was taken by ambulance to the hospital in Rupert and later flown to Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City. Officials did not release her condition.
HELENA — Medical marijuana businesses worried that federal agents will close them down now have a road map to avoid prosecution, courtesy of the Justice Department's decision to allow legal pot in Colorado and Washington state.
The agency said last week that even though the drug remains illegal under federal law, it won't intervene to block state pot laws or prosecute as long as states create strict and effective controls that follow eight conditions.
"The DOJ is saying you guys need to color inside the lines," said Teri Robnett, founder of the Cannabis Patients Action Network, a Westminster, Colo.-based medical marijuana advocacy group. "If you color inside the lines, we'll let you keep your crayons.
Picture by Rob Fry is one of his thousands. Rob helped design the logo for our original systems. He is a photo nut as many others and he is a good one. His wolf images are unbelievable. We shall ask him if he minds sharing some with us.
Prehistoric Climate Shift Linked to Cosmic Impact
Sep. 2, 2013 — For the first time, a dramatic climate shift that has long fascinated scientists has been linked to the impact in Quebec of an asteroid or comet, Dartmouth researchers and their colleagues report in a new study funded by the National Science Foundation.
The event took place about 12,900 years ago, at the beginning of the Younger Dryas period, and marks an abrupt global change to a colder, dryer climate, with far-reaching effects on both animals and humans, the scientists say. In North America the big animals, including mastodons, camels, giant ground sloths, and saber-toothed cats, all vanished. Their human hunters, known to archaeologists as the Clovis people, set aside their heavy-duty spears and turned to a hunter-gatherer subsistence diet of roots, berries, and smaller game.
"The Younger Dryas cooling is a very intriguing event that impacted human history in a profound manner," says Mukul Sharma, a professor in the Department of Earth Sciences and one of the authors of a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). "Environmental stresses may also have caused Natufians in the Near East to settle down for the first time and pursue agriculture."
That these powerful environmental changes occurred is not in dispute, but there has been controversy over why they happened. The new PNAS paper focuses on one cause: a comet or meteor striking Earth.
The classical view of the Younger Dryas cooling interlude has been that a surge of meltwater from the North American ice sheet was behind it all. According to this theory, a large quantity of fresh water accumulated behind an ice dam. The dam suddenly ruptured and dumped all this water into the Atlantic Ocean. The sudden influx is thought to have shut down the ocean currents that move tropical water northward, resulting in the cold, dry climate of the Younger Dryas.
However, Sharma and his colleagues from Dartmouth and other institutions have discovered conclusive evidence linking an extraterrestrial impact with this environmental transformation. The PNAS paper presents a scenario in which a meteor or a comet collided with Earth.
The report focuses on spherules, droplets of solidified molten rock expelled by the impact. The spherules in question were recovered from Younger Dryas boundary layers at sites in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the layers having been deposited at the beginning of the period. The geochemistry and mineralogy profiles of the spherules are identical to rock found in southern Quebec, where Sharma and his colleagues say the impact took place.
"What is exciting in our paper is that we have for the first time narrowed down the region where a Younger Dryas impact did take place," says Sharma, "even though we have not yet found its crater." There is a known impact crater in Quebec -- the 4-kilometer-wide Corossal crater. However, based on mineralogical and geochemical studies, it is not the impact source for the material found in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
People have written about many impacts in different parts of the world based on the presence of spherules. "It may well have taken multiple concurrent impacts to bring about the extensive environmental changes of the Younger Dryas," says Sharma. "However, to date no impact craters have been found, and our research will help track one of them down."
Sep. 2, 2013 — For the first time, a dramatic climate shift that has long fascinated scientists has been linked to the impact in Quebec of an asteroid or comet, Dartmouth researchers and their colleagues report in a new study funded by the National Science Foundation.
The event took place about 12,900 years ago, at the beginning of the Younger Dryas period, and marks an abrupt global change to a colder, dryer climate, with far-reaching effects on both animals and humans, the scientists say. In North America the big animals, including mastodons, camels, giant ground sloths, and saber-toothed cats, all vanished. Their human hunters, known to archaeologists as the Clovis people, set aside their heavy-duty spears and turned to a hunter-gatherer subsistence diet of roots, berries, and smaller game.
"The Younger Dryas cooling is a very intriguing event that impacted human history in a profound manner," says Mukul Sharma, a professor in the Department of Earth Sciences and one of the authors of a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). "Environmental stresses may also have caused Natufians in the Near East to settle down for the first time and pursue agriculture."
That these powerful environmental changes occurred is not in dispute, but there has been controversy over why they happened. The new PNAS paper focuses on one cause: a comet or meteor striking Earth.
The classical view of the Younger Dryas cooling interlude has been that a surge of meltwater from the North American ice sheet was behind it all. According to this theory, a large quantity of fresh water accumulated behind an ice dam. The dam suddenly ruptured and dumped all this water into the Atlantic Ocean. The sudden influx is thought to have shut down the ocean currents that move tropical water northward, resulting in the cold, dry climate of the Younger Dryas.
However, Sharma and his colleagues from Dartmouth and other institutions have discovered conclusive evidence linking an extraterrestrial impact with this environmental transformation. The PNAS paper presents a scenario in which a meteor or a comet collided with Earth.
The report focuses on spherules, droplets of solidified molten rock expelled by the impact. The spherules in question were recovered from Younger Dryas boundary layers at sites in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the layers having been deposited at the beginning of the period. The geochemistry and mineralogy profiles of the spherules are identical to rock found in southern Quebec, where Sharma and his colleagues say the impact took place.
"What is exciting in our paper is that we have for the first time narrowed down the region where a Younger Dryas impact did take place," says Sharma, "even though we have not yet found its crater." There is a known impact crater in Quebec -- the 4-kilometer-wide Corossal crater. However, based on mineralogical and geochemical studies, it is not the impact source for the material found in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
People have written about many impacts in different parts of the world based on the presence of spherules. "It may well have taken multiple concurrent impacts to bring about the extensive environmental changes of the Younger Dryas," says Sharma. "However, to date no impact craters have been found, and our research will help track one of them down."
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