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1. Homeschool Freedom Prevails In California.

Author

Smith, Mike

Subjects
HOME schooling laws, EDUCATIONAL law & legislation, TEACHER certification, NONPROFIT organizations, ACADEMIC freedom, LAW
Published
2018

2. California: New Firefighting System Boosts State's Capabilities.

Author

Smith, Mike R.

Subjects
*FIREFIGHTING, *MILITARY airlift, *FIREPROOFING agents
Abstract

The article reports on the enhancement of the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS II) of the 146th Airlift Wing owned by the California Air National Guard. Deputy commander Lieutenant Colonel Dave Condit is hopeful that MAFFS II will improve the firefighting capability of the unit. The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection expresses that MAFFS is capable to disperse more than 3,000 gallons of fire retardants per load.

Published
2009

3. ON THE BLOCK.

Author

Adkins, Greg, Wren, Jennifer, Bell, Carrie, Biermann, Rachel, Comander, Lauren, Dodd, Johnny, Ellenson, Ruth Andrew, Dagostino, Mark, Felder, Rachel, Hamm, Liza, Hannah, John, Keel, Beverly, Labossiere, Regine, Rosenberg, Sharon Harvey, Sanikangiwa, Amina, Smith, Mike, Stueven, Michele, and Truesdell, Jeff

Subjects
ACTING awards, CELEBRITIES, AWARDS
Abstract

Mentions how actress Megan Mullally is selling her two-bedroom Mediterranean-style home in the Hollywood Hills in California. Her plans to purchase another home; How Mullally won a Screen Actor's Guild Award.

Published
2003

4. Ryder: Auction Hero.

Author

Adkins, Greg, Wren, Jennifer, Bell, Carrie, Biermann, Rachel, Comander, Lauren, Dodd, Johnny, Ellenson, Ruth Andrew, Dagostino, Mark, Felder, Rachel, Hamm, Liza, Hannah, John, Keel, Beverly, Labossiere, Regine, Rosenberg, Sharon Harvey, Sanikangiwa, Amina, Smith, Mike, Stueven, Michele, and Truesdell, Jeff

Subjects
SHOPLIFTING, CHARITABLE uses, trusts, & foundations, COMMUNITY service (Punishment), ACTIONS & defenses (Law)
Abstract

Actress Winona Ryder is looking to unload the merchandise she stole from a Beverly Hills Saks Fifth Avenue in 2001. On April 7, 2003 Judge Elden Fox commended Ryder for completing 480 hours of community service following her shoplifting conviction last December. Her lawyer, Mark Geragos, asked the judge whether she could auction the more than $5,500 worth of clothes and accessories--Ryder had reimbursed Saks for the goods--and donate the proceeds to charity. Geragos's question awaits a final ruling.

Published
2003

5. Balloons.

Author

Smith, Mike and Seely, Loren

Subjects
*HOT air balloons, *AEROSPACE industries, *TECHNOLOGICAL innovations
Abstract

Focuses on the advancement in balloon technology in 1998. Developments on long-duration balloon program of United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Result of Winzen Engineering's flight testing of a stratospheric balloon; Information on planetary aerobot developed at Jet Propulson Laboratory in California.

Published
1998

6. Epidemic vs. endemic.

Author

Smith, Mike and Riggs, Jason

Subjects
EPIDEMICS, ENGLISH language terms & phrases, HEADLINES, HIV
Abstract

The article comments on a front-page headline in the "Bay Area Reporter" periodical, which suggested the end of the HIV epidemic in San Francisco Bay Area, California. The front-page paper focused on the reclassification of the epidemic as "endemic". The two terms have different meanings in epidemiology, culture, and colloquial language.

Published
2007

7. Potential for Psorophora columbiae and Psorophora ciliata Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) to Transmit Rift Valley Fever Virus.

Author

Turell MJ, Britch SC, Aldridge RL, Xue RD, Smith ML, Cohnstaedt LW, and Linthicum KJ

Subjects
Animals, California, Female, Florida, Mesocricetus virology, Rift Valley Fever virology, Rift Valley fever virus physiology, Viremia virology, Culicidae virology, Insect Vectors virology, Rift Valley Fever transmission
Abstract

Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) continues to pose a threat to much of the world. Unlike many arboviruses, numerous mosquito species have been associated with RVFV in nature, and many species have been demonstrated as competent vectors in the laboratory. In this study, we evaluated two field-collected Psorophora species, Psorophora columbiae (Dyar and Knab) and Psorophora ciliata (F.) for their potential to transmit RVFV in North America. Both species were susceptible to infection after feeding on a hamster with a viremia of 10(7) plaque-forming units/ml, with infection rates of 65 and 83% for Ps. columbiae and Ps. ciliata, respectively (with nearly all specimens becoming infected when feeding on a hamster with a higher viremia). However, both species had a significant salivary gland barrier, as only 2/35 Ps. columbiae and 0/3 Ps. ciliata with a disseminated infection transmitted virus by bite. Despite the presence of the salivary gland barrier, due to the very high population that can occur and its propensity to feed on large mammals, Ps. columbiae might play a role in amplifying RVFV should that virus be introduced into an area where this species is common., (Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America 2015. This work is written by US Government employees and is in the public domain in the US.)

Published
2015
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