| Climbers Missing on Mount Hood Call to Say They're on Way Down
PORTLAND, Ore. A pair of climbers missing in treacherous weather on Mount Hood reported by cell phone Tuesday that they were on their way off the mountain after getting lost and spending the night in a snow cave. The men, described as experienced climbers, had been due off the mountain Monday afternoon. One of the men called his girlfriend Tuesday to let her know they had dug into the snow for shelter when conditions became so bad they could not continue, said Detective Jim Strovink of the Clackamas County sheriff's office. Although they had been expected to be somewhere above Timberline Lodge, where they parked their car, they turned out to be at an elevation of only about 3,800 feet, near a tree line on the 11,239-foot mountain, Strovink said.
siren call from Canada writes:
The worst two PM's of Canada has been in Canada's history was no doubt Jean Chretien Head Master of the librano mafia (adscam, Hrdc scandal, Gun registry, Shawingate) and Brian Mulroney (Airbus ) . Both were also backstabbers ..Chretien backstabbed Paul Martin and John Turner. Mulroney backstabbed Joe Clark. Posted 15/12/07 at 12:29 AM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment .
OTI to Present at the ROTH Capital Partners 20th Annual Growth Stock ...
FORT LEE, N.J., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI) , a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions for homeland security, payments, petroleum payments and other applications, today announced that it will be presenting at the ROTH Capital Partners 20th Annual Growth Stock Conference on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 8:00am Pacific Time. The conference will be held at the Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel Hotel in Dana Point, CA. To schedule one-on-one meetings with management please contact Roth Capital Partners or visit the conference website at http://rothconference.com/. On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI) is a leading contactless smart card solutions provider. Applications developed by OTI include product solutions for: 1.
Two murders and two life sentences won't alter one convict's ...
You search for events within a 10-mile radius of 75232, which is part of Texas Senate District 23, the delegate-rich and racially diverse area (blacks do most of the heavy ballot-box lifting) that played a major role in the Democratic courthouse cleaning in the '06 election. You hit the "find" tab and read the results: "Sorry no events were found based on the search above." You go to mybarackobama.com and are sent through a series of similar prompts. This time, you are informed that there are 15 events that match your search criteria. You expand your search to 50 miles for Obama and come up with 44 hits; doing the same for Clinton, you find 10 events. These listings offer a snapshot of the grassroots operations of both campaigns in Dallas County—a telling glimpse into the ground war of the presidential candidates as they do battle for what has become a must-win state for Clinton.
Abusive parents risk permanent removal of children
ABUSIVE Queensland mums and dads will have one year to become better parents or risk having their children taken away permanently. A new child-protection unit comes on line next month charged with getting parents of at-risk children to clean up their act. The 31-person team will initially focus on 200 case files where babies and toddlers have experienced serious physical, sexual or other abuse more than once. Specialist "reunification" officers will first work with parents to help improve parenting skills. But if parents fail to lift their game within 12 months, "permanency planning" officers will switch to finding the children loving homes via long-term guardianship orders or adoption. The move marks the advent of the State Government's long-awaited One Childhood One Chance policy.
Consequences of GM Crop Contamination ‘Are Set to Worsen’
The consequences of contamination between GM crops and non-GM varieties will be much more serious with the next generation of GM crops, an influential group of US scientists has warned. Mixing between GM and non-GM varieties has already caused serious economic losses for producers in lost sales and exports. But the consequences of mixing will be much more serious with new crops that are altered to produce pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals, the scientists argue. The crops could harm human health and be toxic to wild animals. "What would be the impact societally, economically if for example, cornflakes were contaminated by some sort of drug or chemical? I think it would be a vast impact economically," said Karen Perry Stillerman, senior food and environment programme analyst with the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Energy bars taste like candy, packed with protein, but most don't need ...
Wrapped like little stocking stuffers in colorful foil, protein bars beckon from the checkout stands at sports stores and nutrition centers. With flavors such as "S'mores" and "Cookies and Cream Caramel Crisp," and packed with as much as 30 grams of protein, they offer weightlifters and extreme athletes a siren song of rippling muscles in a gooey kid's bar. "Adding protein is an attempt to aid the person that's trying to manipulate their body composition," says Jeff Kotterman, a licensed sports nutritionist and director of the National Association of Sports Nutrition in San Diego. "This (is) for someone who wants to lose body fat and maintain muscle." .
Inventing "The Cylie Rule"
A dog that goes to school is a good story. It's not this story, but it would be a good one.
Another good one is any story that renews your faith in human kindness. And that story did just board the bus.
It takes place in De Smet, S.D., and it began nearly two years ago with a bump on Cylie Pastian's right leg. That bump turned out to be bone cancer. There were weeks of chemotherapy, multiple surgeries, and worst of all
"I guess not being at school very much," Cylie said.
"I'm sorry, I must have misunderstood," Hartman said. "I thought you said I missed going to school."
Cylie said, yeah, "I missed going to school."
Not so much the work, of course, as the friends and especially the basketball.
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