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Gary Conley - Conley Capitol

Steve Mims - Sports

Christine Padovan - Vapes

hops will be able to sell off whatever stock they have before the ban comes into place.  Disposable vapes will be banned in Jersey next year, it has been confirmed.  The States Assembly approved the propositions from the infrastructure minister who was concerned about the environmental effect of single-use vapes.  The States agreed unanimously, with 45 votes for and 0 votes against.  Shops will be able to sell off whatever stock they have before the ban comes into place.  The aim is to address the environmental impact from disposable vapes which contain plastics, metals, and a lithium battery.  The aim is to address the environmental impact from disposable vapes which contain plastics, metals, and a lithium battery. Christine is An author and respected advisor on toxicology based on personal and professional experience.  She's the founder of Paladina International, which provides teaching services in assisting those who believe they have been or are experiencing poisoning from intentional, accidental or environmental sources. Her websites heavymetalpoisoncenter.com and thepaladina.com have helpful information on forensic toxicity testing, study links, consult support and safe detox protocols

Mike Pungercar - Honor Flight

Leroy Chiao - NASA Astronaut

Commander Leroy Chiao Former NASA Astronaut on Imminent Launch of Lunar Lander Mission IM-2 Athena to Establish First Cellular Network on Moon & Bring America Closer to Claiming its Share of Moon’s South Pole Region  NTUITIVE MACHINES’ LUNAR LANDER MISSION IM-2 ATHENA: Just as America got discovered in 1492, the U.S. now amps up its attempts to lay claim to the moon’s south pole region while countries like China and Russia look to do the same. It’s a very real battle for the new frontier. Could this battle lead to World War Three? The U.S. aims to establish the first cellular network on the moon, as ‘Intuitive Machines’ launches the second lunar mission lander, Athena, in early 2025. Intuitive Machines is a NASA-funded company engaging in communications testing with Nokia and building the infrastructure for humans to hopefully one day live on the moon. COMMANDER LEROY CHIAO: *Former NASA astronaut & International Space Station commander. *Works in business, consulting, & space education. *Co-founder/CEO of OneOrbit, a training & education company. *Left NASA in 2005 following a fifteen-year career with the agency. *A veteran of four space missions. Most recently served as Commander and NASA Science Officer of Expedition 10 aboard the International Space Station. *Has logged over 229 days in space - over 36 hours of which were spent in Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA, or spacewalks). *Holds academic appointments at Rice University and the Baylor College of Medicine. *Served on the White House appointed Review of U.S. Human Spaceflight Plans Committee in 2009 & served on a NASA Adv. Council Cmte (2009-2020). *Also speaks Mandarin, Chinese, & Russian

Pet of the Week - Lucky Paws

Meet Beethoven, the sweetest, goofiest, most gentle and funny dog you'll ever come across. His charming personality is guaranteed to bring laughter and joy into your life. Beethoven's loyalty is unwavering, always there to provide comfort and companionship. He's a big goofball who instantly loves everyone he meets, always ready to greet you with a wagging tail and a friendly bark. As for cats, we're not quite sure how he feels about them. Adopting Beethoven means bringing home a loyal friend who will always be there to cheer you up, make you laugh, and give you unconditional love. Beethoven is waiting for a loving home where he can share his boundless joy and affection.
 
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Katie Brown - Scorpion Creek Ranch

Phil Sklar - National Bobblehead Day

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Bill Chadwick - Geophysicist OSU

Bill Chadwick Geophysicist at Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center.
 
Volcano predicted to erupt off the Oregon Coast...Connection if any to the Cascadia Subduction Zone...could it have had anything to do with the recent earthquake in N. Cali?     
An undersea volcano is likely to erupt sometime in 2025.
This much advance notice is a big deal, because forecasting eruptions more than hours ahead is “pretty unique,” says geophysicist William Chadwick. But 470 kilometers off the Oregon coast and over a kilometer beneath the waves, a volcano known as Axial Seamount ticks all the boxes that hint at imminent activity, Chadwick and his colleagues reported December 10 at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union in Washington, D.C.
 
For the past decade, a suite of devices have been monitoring Axial’s every action — rumbling, shaking, swelling, tilting — and delivering real-time data via a seafloor cable. It’s “the most well-instrumented submarine volcano on the planet,” says Mark Zumberge, a geophysicist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif., who was not involved in the work.
But in November, a particular milestone caught Chadwick’s eye: Axial’s surface had ballooned to nearly the same height as it had before its last eruption in 2015 — fortuitously, just months after monitoring began. Ballooning is a sign that magma has accumulated underground and is building pressure.
The 2015 swelling allowed Chadwick, of Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, and colleagues to predict that year’s eruption — “our best forecasting success,” he says. The recent swelling, along with increased seismic activity that indicates moving magma, has led the researchers to narrow in on the next one.
The broader team of Axial researchers also has a new tool for estimating the day-of magma burst that will set things off. And other researchers recently used artificial intelligence to dig into recordings of earthquakes that preceded the 2015 eruption and identified exactly what patterns they should see hours ahead of the next one . “Will this precursory earthquake detection work?” Chadwick asks.
Silver machinery sits against a collection of large lava rocks in an underwater ocean photoThe edge of the 2015 lava flow at Axial Seamount (the dark lava at right) where it overlies older sedimented lavas (lower left).Bill Chadwick/Oregon State University, ROV Jason/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
If it does, it will be a field day for volcanologists such as Rebecca Carey (SN: 1/25/18). Detecting early warning signals offers the “exciting opportunity to deploy remotely operated vehicles to catch the eruption occurring,” says Carey, of the University of Tasmania in Sandy Bay, Australia. In addition to volcanology insights, she says, catching the eruption in the act would offer a glimpse into its effects on hydrothermal systems and biological communities nearby.
For human communities, volcanoes on land generally pose a bigger hazard than ones underwater do (SN: 9/2/22). But there are exceptions. For example, the 2022 Hunga Tonga eruption in the South Pacific Ocean triggered a tsunami that caused an estimated $90 million in damages (SN: 1/21/22). In general, Chadwick says, “forecasting is difficult.” One disincentive for experimental forecasting on land is the risk of false alarms, which could cause unnecessary evacuations, and future distrust . At Axial, he says, “we don’t have to worry about that.”
Forecasting is only possible thanks to extensive monitoring data and knowledge of how a specific volcano behaves. “There’s no crystal ball,” says Valerio Acocella, a volcanologist at Roma Tre University in Rome. Rather, predictions are based on the expectation that when a volcano’s activity reaches some threshold that it reached before, it may erupt.
Geophysicist Michael Poland of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Wash., agrees. Because most of today’s efforts rely on recognizing patterns, he says, “there’s always the risk that a volcano will follow a pattern that we haven’t seen before and do something unexpected.” Both Poland and Acocella hope that forecasts will evolve to be based on the physics and chemistry of the magma systems that underlie a volcano.
Until then, scientists will learn what they can from any successes. And Axial is a good place to try, Acocella says. It has relatively frequent eruptions, and each one is an opportunity to test ideas. That regular behavior makes Axial “a very promising volcano,” he says. “We need these ideal cases to understand how volcanoes work.”

Sharon Ramage - Divorce Day

Is "Divorce Day" a real thing? Do divorce attorney see a surge of inquiries on the first Monday in January? Why do so many couples call it quits in January Hold onto your wedding rings, everyone, for Divorce Day is approaching.
Falling on the first Monday of the New Year – which in 2025 is January 6th – 'Divorce Day' marks the date when lawyers reportedly see a spike in couples filing toend their marriages after the festivities are over.
 
Happy New Year!
 
While it is true to say that after Christmas there tends to be a rise in enquiries,Julian Bremner, divorce specialist and partner at Rayden Solicitors, says the reality is that more divorces commence in late January or early February.
 
However,there are several reasons why Christmas can be a testing time for relationships– for a start, spending prolonged periods with family over the festive season.
 
"For many, Christmas is a wonderful time of year full of good memories,"Bremner previously told Yahoo Life. "For others, Christmas can be a more trying period.
 
"It can create needless tension within a family as arrangements for Christmas Day etc are entered into. It may also mean spending time with people that you ordinarily would not want to."
 
"The weather and lack of transport can sometimes mean that you are forced into proximity with people you may not have been getting on with or, in the case of your soon-to-be former partner, are thinking of divorcing," Bremner continues.
 
"So while Christmas is a joyous time for some, for others it can be a minefield of stress and strain."
 
All of this can bubble to the surface over the Christmas period and test relationships which may already be in difficulty.