I had a great time at Whitetail yesterday with Zachary, Brian and Finnegan; we all took a day off to hit the slopes when nobody else was there. It was cold as hell but sunny, so we were able to keep warm enough to stay alive, and got somewhere between 15-20 runs in on the beginner/intermediate slope to work on our skills before the sun went behind the mountain.
I’m coming up on my eight-year cancer checkup in April, where I’m hoping they’ll tell me I have no new passengers aboard. But the idea that it could return later in some other form has always been in the back of my mind; How would I know it’s back until it’s too late to treat properly?
Researchers are discovering dormant tumour cells, also known as disseminated cancer cells, in association with breast, prostate, lung, colon and other cancers, and these cells are increasingly implicated in some metastatic cancers. An estimated 30% of people who have been successfully treated for cancer might harbour these cells, although unpublished work suggests they could be even more common.
There is a field of cancer research dedicated to finding out why it comes back and how it’s triggered, but it’s still early days and there don’t seem to be any clear answers yet.
The New York Times has a frame-by frame breakdown of the murder of a Minneapolis woman by ICE agents on Wednesday. This is shameful behavior from a government agency. The fact that they are allowed to wear masks is inexcusable. None of these ‘agents’ have been taught de-escalation, which should be the first thing they rely on when dealing with the public, not reaching for their gun.
I don’t care who you are or what politics you belong to, but everything I have ever seen or have been told is that when a police officer or federal agent are involved in a shooting, THEY DO NOT GET TO LEAVE THE SCENE. They are held at the scene, their weapons are confiscated, and an investigation begins as soon as the area is secure. This guy, later identified as Jonathan Ross even though he was wearing a mask, jumped in another SUV and sped away from the area.
