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https://www.ncscooper.com/cascade-shores-family-cited-for-viking-funeral-at-scotts-flat-lake/#.WTnE4d1-NJ6.facebook Family Cited For Viking Funeral on Local Lake Chip Day 5-6 minutes Photo taken seconds after the explosion on Scotts Flat Lake. Cascade Shores, CA — A local family from the Cascade Shores housing development is in hot water for attempting to cremate a deceased relative on Scotts Flat Lake earlier today. The Barstad family recently suffered the loss of the family’s patriarch, Norman Barstad, who had lived with the family at their Spanish Lane home. The senior Barstad, who was 92 years old when he passed last week, requested that he receive a full Viking burial on the water. The family agreed to his last wish. Unfortunately, neither the Nevada County Health Department nor the Sheriff (who answered numerous 9-1-1 phone calls) seemed to think this was a good idea. “Generally, the burning of bodies on an open and public water space is frowned upon,” said Nevada County Sheriff Keith Royal in a prepared press statement. “And although there are no specific laws preventing a traditional Viking funeral on Scotts Flat, you can’t just set stuff on fire and send it off into the lake. Especially things as explosive as this.” According to witnesses at the lake, the Barstad family gathered on the shore of the Nevada Irrigation District-owned lake around 11 AM on Friday. A large Dodge truck was towing what appeared to be a homemade pontoon boat. There is some debate about the make-up of the boat. Some said that it looked like a pile of logs; others said it looked like a re-purposed pontoon boat covered in kindling. What is not in question is what happened once it arrived in the middle of the lake and detonated. “Yeah I was fishing,” said area handyman Hank Snow in a Scooper telephone interview. “I saw these guys lower this homemade pile of sticks down the boat launch ramp. I didn’t think much of it because, well, you know, this is Nevada County and I figured it was a back-to-nature type of thing. But when no one got on the boat and then about 200 yards out it exploded into flames, I was like, ‘holy [redacted]’ and I called 9-1-1. There was debris flying everywhere. I think I got hit with a detached finger.” Jimmie Barstad, the son of the incinerated father who organized and built the cremation boat, said that he may have “overstocked” the vessel with too much gasoline and surplus illegal fireworks from the last 4th of July. “Well, I wanted to make sure that it went off and worked,” said a somewhat proud and nervous Jimmie Barstad. “So I really stuffed that thing with everything flammable I could find. I just didn’t think gasoline would explode like that. I thought it would work more like the lighter fluid on my Weber grill. So the explosion scared the heck out of everyone. We’re still picking up pieces of Dad all over Cascade Shores.” Instead of engulfing the senior Barstad in gentle and majestic Viking flames, the homemade barge violently exploded, sending bits of the senior Barstad flying over Cascade Shores. While some of the remains of Mr. Barstad immediately disintegrated from the intense explosion, some body parts landed around the development. “I heard this explosion in the distance,” said Cascade Shores resident Sherry Smith. “I didn’t think much of it at first because we’re always hearing crap like that up here. You know, shotguns and whatnot. It wasn’t until I heard a thump on my metal roof. I went outside and right as I looked up, part of a leg slid down and whacked me in the head. It was pretty horrible.” Other neighbors reported mostly wood debris in, on, and around their properties. One local family was struck by flying fragments while using their powerboat. “We were out there with the family,” said Stacy Grant of Nevada City. “We had borrowed my Dad’s boat and were tooting around the lake. We didn’t see the explosion. We heard it. We were up by the dam, which was kinda far away. We still got showered with a bunch of sticks and things. I hope they were just things.” As for the Barstad family, they have no regrets about giving their patriarch a proper Viking burial. “It’s the Viking way,” said Jimmie Barstad describing the last wish of his now incinerated father. “We were happy to pay the fine to give Dad the burial he wanted. We knew there would be some risk, but this is Nevada County and we hoped that no one would notice or care that much. Turns out we were correct, except for the Sheriff and County officials. I hope to have my burial on Lake Tahoe someday. But that will be a trickier one for my kids to figure out. I’m glad they got to see their Grandpa leave us like this. It was a special day for everyone.”

Very simple, the media has been hounding Trump non-stop. A research group tracked CNN's coverage for a day and over 90% of their coverage/guests were negative/anti-Trump. Obama was a deemed a Saint and above reproach by the media. Regarding Special Counsel, they have never prosecuted anyone for the reason or "crime" they were tasked to investigate but prosecuted smaller characters for procedural errors like testimony inaccuracy. Think Scooter Libby or Martha Stewart.

After reading rancormacs' financial debacle, I think that should be added as an example of what is wrong with the AF. Failing to properly pay your people or making that process incredibly complicated is absolute BS. Step one to good leadership is taking care of your people.

It had to be the Russians!! It could not have been 30 years of shady dealings and "mis-speaking" (i.e. lying). Failing to campaign in critical swing states? The Russians caused that! Set up a home brew server in your bathroom? Russians! Have your housekeeper access and print your classified? Was she Russian? Probably. It's the only thing Democrats and liberals can hang their hat on beside putting that hat on the head of their extremely poor choice of candidate and admitting their error.

The FAA is going to allow single pilot ops? You mean the same FAA that just recently allowed WiFi to be used forward of the cockpit door despite it's common use for how many years? The same FAA that required the iPad to withstand a FL600 decompression? I wish I could remember the iPad G load requirement but I don't recall the number. I do recall thinking that the iPad surviving if we encounter such a G load would be the least of my worries. Never say never but I'm doubtful. Odds favor cargo, if at all.

When he jumped out in front of cameras last summer and provided the list of criminal acts regarding emails by Clinton and then stated no reasonable Prosecutor would file charges based on intent which doesn't even exist in the statute, he should have been fired within 6.9 minutes. The flail that has been generated by his office is doing nothing but stirring up hate and discontent on both sides of the political spectrum. Laws should provide clarity, not confusion and he has certainly fanned the flames of the latter.

Statistics don't lie, only statisticians do. Could the 11,500 hour pilot be a part timer Guard/Reserve type that was flying with a regional until hired by Delta? I've not encountered any animosity in the cockpit regarding mil vs civilian. Heard lots of "I'd tried" or "I wanted to" regarding getting into military flying, however. Most of those guys are 10+ years as wide body Captains so I'm not hearing too much regret in their voice, though.

The original Hawg going old school medieval on jihadists. I give it two tusks up!

Let's see.....you sort through scads of people looking for both mental and physical attributes that will make them among the best aviators in the world. Once you find these people, you train them to use their mental and physical talents to operate high speed, sophisticated machinery. Among these skills is the always functioning, never ending risk versus benefit cost analysis. Is the weather good enough to get in? Can I get to my alternate? Do I have enough energy left to put my nose on the bandit and kill him? Does the AF really care about my future? How do the hoops required to get a shot (but no guarantee!) at that future weigh against the hoops required for an alternative path outside the AF? I find it rather rather amusing that the AF management (notice I didn't say leadership) is surprised at the departure of their prized masters of cost benefit analysis. So, as opposed to Chang's happy talk pile of BS, I would suggest that the AF needs to make the path to a successful AF career very transparent. You want to fly? You can fly. You want to drive the bus? You have a drive the bus path. Rated and non-rated are not equal. Hence, the terms "rated" and ""non-rated." Not everybody gets the same trophy. Move the risk versus cost benefit analysis further towards the benefit side of the equation, make it easier to get there with fewer hoops, i.e. BS, and fewer unknowns.

It's a type of gambling machine in Glasgow, Scotland. "Ah lost a wee bit ina sloot machine."

bbc.com Indonesian man's body found inside python - police - BBC News Image copyright West Sulawesi Police Image caption Police said they had cut the snake open and found the man inside A missing Indonesian man was found dead inside the body of a python, according to local police. Akbar went missing on Sunday on the island of Sulawesi, after leaving to harvest palm oil. In the search for the 25-year-old, police told BBC Indonesian that they had found a huge snake they suspected had swallowed the man. The reticulated python, reported to be 7m (23ft)-long, was cut open and the man's body was found. Video shot by police showed the snake being cut open with a long knife, slowly revealing the man's clothed body. How can a snake eat a human? Reticulated pythons are among the world's longest reptiles and suffocate their victims before swallowing them whole. Pythons rarely kill and eat humans, although there are occasional reports of them swallowing young children or animals. Image copyright West Sulawesi Police Mashura, a spokesperson for the police in West Sulawesi province told BBC Indonesian that villagers reported to police that Akbar had been missing for 24 hours. Police then conducted a search and found the snake near the family's palm plantation. "They didn't find him (Akbar), but the villagers saw an unmoving python in the ditch. They grew suspicious that maybe the snake had Akbar. When they cut it open, Akbar was inside the snake," Mashura, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, said. Village secretary Salubiro Junaidi told The Jakarta Post: "People had heard cries from the palm grove the night before Akbar was found in the snake's stomach. "When the snake was captured, the boots Akbar was wearing were clearly visible in the stomach of the snake. "Resident cut open the belly of the snake and Akbar was lifeless." Nia Kurniawan, from Brawijaya University, told BBC Indonesian that a python of this size would hunt for large prey, such as boars or wild dogs. While they normally avoid human settlements, they would see palm oil plantations as a good hunting ground, he said, as they attract animals like boars, primates or dogs. The reticulated python (Python reticulatus) Is the longest snake in the world Is believed capable of reaching over 10m (32ft) in length The longest in captivity is held in Kansas City, US, and measured 7.6m (25ft) in 2011, according to Guinness World Records Lives in forestry, is normally fearful of humans and is rarely seen Is often treated as a sacred animal in parts of Indonesia when caught Is one of dozens of python species, which are found in sub-Saharan Africa, Australia, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, China, and Southeast Asia

There was a RAND study published that said building three different models specifically for each service would have been cheaper. Too late for that, I guess.

(Tapping the sarcasm detector...) Is this thing on?

Today, there's some cadet, sitting in his academy dorm room decorated to look like his mothers basement who's only wish is to be a space geek. With his thick glasses perched on his pale nose, he is going to hammer out a letter on his Doritos stained keyboard to Captain Sandecker telling him that, as a cadet, he is ready to sit in and be a satellite jockey. He was a member of the rocket club, has his HAM radio license, and is well versed in all things Dungeons and Dragons. Captain Sandecker, reflecting on the reply from one each Mr. Toro, will answer this young, ambitious basement dweller that the Satellite Operations facility is no place for an amateur, radio operator or otherwise, hazards like hot coffee or tipping over vending machines abound. Discussions of Kirk vs Picard would probably not be understood by just a cadet. Staring at computer screens is for professionals so stop calling, texting, #leaveusthefuckalone. So, the dreams of a lowly cadet get crushed because of a prior Toro Fox 2 to the face (nice shot!) of an earlier wannabe.

Named after her Aunt Mary Ann Burns?

Not necessarily, if you have your bagged packed, uniform ready to go, and are sitting in the house, maybe no big deal. But if you have just drained the oil out of your car doing an oil change or are on the road knocking out miles running or cycling, you could be in a time crunch. A long drive on short call might limit your sphere of activities.

By designing a fuselage compatible with all models, the B model was the big driver to fit the lift fan, gearbox, etc. into the jet. That compromise led to the larger compromise in aerodynamics hence the limitations on speed, turning, acceleration. It's a serious boat anchor that limited the A and C models.

Did a summer rotation during Southern Watch at Al Jaber, Kuwait. We were the 2nd A-10 squadron to fly out of there so facilities sucked. Power was sketchy and would quit so no A/C on occasion. Food was marginal with MREs or rice with breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Sleeping quarters were tents or crappy trailers. EOD hadn't swept the whole place yet so you couldn't venture too far off the marked trails. There were some F-18s there and I forget off of which boat but after a couple weeks with us they were notified they had to fly back to the boat. I've never seen a more depressed bunch of aviators. When I asked why, they said the boat was worse than our current condition.

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/articles/ncis-identifies-hundreds-of-marines-from-facebook-group 1200 names. Firing squad? Guillotine?

The fireball from the airburst is expanding rapidly: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marines-nude-photo-scandal-expands-to-military-wide-explicit-message-board/

Dang, $20+ for a movie? Screw that. I live southwest of Ft Worth in a small town and tickets are $5 before 5pm, $7 after.

Must be a suds Zen master to be able to drink beer AND ski at the same time and not spill anything.

Using the frag pattern of Tailhook and collateral damage generated as an example, I'd say this scenario has to possibility to get exceptionally ugly.

I'm trying to envision single pilot ops on a snowy day with deicing operations in LGA taxing out in the conga line waiting for takeoff and needing to do a wing inspection as you hit the end of your holdover time for the anti-ice as ground is giving taxi instructions from hell stacking up jets all over the airfield. Wouldn't want to be in the middle of that but I'd pay money to listen in on the radio and watch. That would be some quality entertainment right there.

There was a rumor that the FAA required the iPad to have a demonstrated ability to survive a rapid decompression at FL600. Sounds crazy enough to be true.