dadbo46

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    Actually, at the time of Sandy's precicted landfall, the storm is expected to be "extra tropical.' In simple terms, it means that Sandy's core is cold in nature rather than than war as in a hurricane.

    Further, the National Hurricane does not tract extra-tropical storm systems, local weather offices do. Hence, there have been no hurricane warnings issued along the northeast coast.

    Wile I understand that their needs to be rules, this is causing confusion among the public.

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    From today's NY Times. Could this be coming to your community ?

    CAMDEN, N.J. — Two gruesome murders of children last month — a toddler decapitated, a 6-year-old stabbed in his sleep — served as reminders of this city’s reputation as the most dangerous in America. Others can be found along the blocks of row houses spray-painted “R.I.P.,” empty liquor bottles clustered on their porches in memorial to murder victims.

    http://www.nytimes.c...h_20120929&_r=0

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    From today's NY Times. Very interesting:

    Prolonged CPR Holds Benefits, a Study Shows

    When a hospital patient goes into cardiac arrest, one of the most difficult questions facing the medical team is how long to continue cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Now a new study involving hundreds of hospitals suggests that many doctors may be giving up too soon.

    http://www.nytimes.c...study-says.html

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    From today's Albany Times-Union:

    ALBANY, N.Y. -- Jeffrey Wright has been battling to keep his job since 2010 when he was placed on medical leave by the city.

    Wright, 36, was an Army Reserve staff sergeant who served in Iraq from February 2004 to March 2005 and became a firefighter in 2007. He was notified in writing last December by fire Chief Thomas Garrett that he was being targeted for termination. Wright said he has been undergoing treatment since 2009 for PTSD related to his combat service and has not worked since February 2010.

    http://www.military....html?ESRC=eb.nl

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    From today's NY Times:

    U.S. Is Urged to Change Its Firefighting Air Fleet

    WASHINGTON — The best aircraft to fight the growing number of Western wildfires would be dozens of modern “scooper” planes that fill their bellies with water skimmed in seconds from a lake or river, and not the slower helicopters and tankers now in use, according to a study released on Monday by the RAND Corporation. But the chief of the federal Forest Service, which commissioned the study, has rejected its central finding.

    http://www.nytimes.c...dit_th_20120730

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    Do we know for sure the new position has to be Civil Service? It seems many times that these positions end up being at will-meaning that they serve at the pleasure of the City Manager or Council. Plus if they have to write it into the charter they will probably write it to favor them. It sounds like they already have canidates which makes me wonder how they advertised the job.

    I believe that the job title of "Fire Chief" is a civil service classified position. If, however, the municipality decides to create the position of, say. "Fire Commissioner" or "Fire Director" and state that the position is appointed, well, then I guess that they can do that.

    Lots of variables here.

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    More on the status of Scranton, Pa.

    http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/24/12924619-scranton-pa-workers-will-get-paid-in-full-for-now?lite&__utma=14933801.368662465.1343152795.1343152795.1343152795.1&__utmb=14933801.5.10.1343152795&__utmc=14933801&__utmx=-&__utmz=14933801.1343152795.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)&__utmv=14933801.|8=Earned%20By=msnbc%7Ccover=1^12=Landing%20Content=Mixed=1^13=Landing%20Hostname=www.nbcnews.com=1^30=Visit%20Type%20to%20Content=Earned%20to%20Mixed=1&__utmk=254006536