Have a heart: Maybe even a pig heart, one day. A 57-year-old in Maryland made headlines around the world today after he became the first person with life-threatening heart disease to receive a genetically altered pig heart. The surgeon who operated is "optimistic that this first-in-the-world surgery will provide an important new option for patients in the future." Some Improving Seattle news: Thanks to help from the city, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Ballard is.
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If you haven’t made your grocery run for milk, eggs, and bread yet, you might want to take a break and do that first.
The snow is coming, and although not a flake has fallen yet, local municipalities and school districts are already taking steps to prepare for the expected accumulation.
Lebanon County Weather reports that up to 18 inches are forecasted here, with a high confidence level that we will see at least a foot even if the worst of it doesn’t come to pass.
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Lebanon County Weather also notes that our region is expected to lie close to an intense band of frontogenesis, an area between two air masses, where “puking snow” is expected at rates in excess of 2-3 inches per hour. If Lebanon County were to end up in this band, 18+ inches of snow would be likely.