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Family seeks answers in woman's death in Vietnam
Asian media outlets link tourist deaths to possible chemical poisoning
LAKE GENEVA, Wis. - A Wisconsin woman who went abroad to teach English this summer never returned home, and her family is looking for answers as to what caused to her death.
"It's been 3 ½ months, and we don't know any more now than we did in the beginning," said Velma Jacobs, Kari Bowerman's grandmother.
Bowerman, 27, of Lake Geneva, died unexpectedly in Vietnam, and her family still doesn't know why.
The brief autopsy report explaining Bowerman's death hardly gives her family comfort. They claim Vietnam's government is covering up what really killed her in the interest of protecting the country's successful tourism industry.
WISC-TV found that more than half a dozen other tourists' recent deaths are similar to Bowerman's, including her own travel partner. Some Asian media reports suggest the tourists were poisoned by a chemical meant to kill bed bugs.
"Kari and I had been friends since the age of 14. We met (during our) freshman year of high school," said Jason Von Seth, Bowerman's longtime friend.
The last time the two met was in July when Von Seth took pictures of them in South Korea.
"She kind of looked into the program, and she jumped on board and absolutely loved it," Von Seth said about the two times Bowerman spent teaching English in Seoul.
It's when Bowerman and fellow teacher Cathy Huynh took a break this summer and traveled to Vietnam that things went wrong, Bowerman's family said.
"They spent time on the beach. They went to dinner. They went and had a few drinks after dinner. They went back to their hotel, and they woke up in the morning sick," Jacobs said.
Both women left their hotel on the Nha Trang coast for a local hospital. Huynh was treated and released from the hospital, but Bowerman wasn't. Three hours after being admitted, Bowerman died.
"The hotel won't talk. The hospital won't talk. The police won't talk -- nobody will talk," said Jacobs, whose frustration is compounded by the couple of sentences in an autopsy report recently released to Vietnam's U.S. Consulate from local police suggesting Bowerman died from respiratory failure and brain swelling.
"(But) not what caused it, no secondary cause, nothing else," Jacobs said.
Bowerman's low blood pressure, trouble breathing and vomiting are symptoms consistent with chemical poisoning, according to St. Mary's Hospital emergency room Dr. Kyle Martin, who isn't affiliated with Bowerman's case.
"It does, ultimately, get absorbed and metabolize where you could do an autopsy a few days later, and you may not be able to find evidence that was in the patient's body," Martin said.
Martin said chemical poisoning symptoms are similar to other sicknesses and that if diagnosed quickly, someone who has been poisoned can be treated.
Asian media outlets are linking Bowerman's death to other tourists who died in Thailand.Family seeks answers in woman's death in Vietnam
Washington state native Jill St. Onge and a Norwegian woman stayed in the same hotel when they visited the country three years ago.
Two years later, New Zealander Sarah Carter would go there, followed by Noemi and Audrey Belanger a year later. Thai police reportedly found an insect repellent meant for crops and bed bugs in the Canadian sisters' bodies. That insect repellent is banned in most countries, but it's legal in Thailand and Vietnam.
The cases have caught the attention of travel expert Peter Greenberg.
"The patterns here are quite similar," Greenberg said. "People are staying in hotels that have used these chemicals. We don't know the extent to which these chemicals were used, but that seems to be the common thread."
The mysterious trend doesn't stop with Bowerman's death. Despite leaving the hospital, her co-worker, Huyhn, died two days later.
As for the investigation, the World Health Organization told CNN that it suspects poison in the deaths but can't trace its origin.
"I guess for me, personally, I'm just wondering if another situation like this is going to occur and how many more situations like this have to occur before somebody does something about it," Von Seth said.
Until then, he's doing what he can and created a Facebook page called Protected Travels a month ago that nearly 5,000 people are following.
"Part of the reason why I started Protected Travels is to be a place to better educate people and also encouraging people to travel," Von Seth said.
"Myself, I would never go. Even if I was young, I would never go after this," said Jacobs, who waits for answers with the rest of Bowerman's loved ones.
On its Facebook page, Protected Travels said it's a community for sharing travel tips, stories and supporting the safety of all travelers.
Bowerman's family said Vietnam's U.S. Consulate hasn't shared any other information with them except for Bowerman's autopsy. A spokeswoman at the consulate said she's prohibited from speaking publicly about the case. Several senators have written letters to the secretary of state demanding answers.
To get her remains back to the U.S., Bowerman's family had her cremated. While that eliminates any chance of another autopsy, it cost $2,500 versus $14,000 to ship her body back.
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You sit too long with your legs crossed or lie with your arm under your head, and when you go to move the limb, it's tingling with a "pins and needles" sensation. But why?
We've got nerves running through our bodies that act as lines of communication between the brain and the other body parts, transmitting commands from the brain and relaying sensory information back to it for processing. With a sleeping limb, your nerves are going a little haywire because prolonged pressure has actually cut off communication between that limb and the brain. (The tingling sensation is technically called paresthesia.)
Pressure puts the squeeze on nerve pathways and blood vessels, so the nerves can't transmit signals properly, and the blood vessels can't bring oxygen and nutrients to the nerves. The cut-off interferes with the normal flow of information between the limb and the brain, and the signals going back and forth get jumbled. Some nerve cells stop sending info entirely, while others send impulses erratically.
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The problem is compounded by the fact that our nerves are pretty specialized, and different kinds of nerves and sensory receptors receive different stimuli and transmit different information. (We've discussed another bodily oddity caused by this.) When the various signals get scrambled and aren't transmitted normally, the brain starts to misinterpret the info it's getting and generates an array of sensations, like warmth, numbness and that tingling feeling.
When a limb falls asleep, we usually try to "wake it up" and change positions. Blood flows back to the limb, giving a little boost to the misfiring nerves and making the tingling seem worse, but eventually the nerve signals begin to flow properly again. The pins and needles sensation is annoying for a few minutes, but it's a nice little prompt for us to relieve the pressure on a limb before serious nerve damage occurs.
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The provincial government is spending $2.3 million through the Research and Development Corp. (RDC) on research and development at Memorial University.
The money will be used to fund 17 projects tackling challenges in the oil and gas sector, particularly in harsh offshore environments. It's a growing area of interest in the industry that poses unique difficulties.
"The work performed by these researchers will help strengthen the reputation of our province and that of Memorial University as a global centre for solutions to challenges in the oil and gas industry," said Innovation Minister Susan Sullivan, calling the province a world leader in ocean technology.
"This work will also help strengthen partnerships between academia and industry in the oil and gas sector, and that is a very important detail. In any economy there is always the risk that academic research and business interests are addressed independently of each other."
The projects are aimed at top researchers, and the funding will help the university purchase specialized equipment and provide better training for students.
"Through collaboration we will turn our natural resources in oil and gas into human resources in a sustainable, knowledge-based economy, and truly that's what it's all about, isn't it?" Sullivan said.
Christina Bottaro is involved in one of the projects. Her team is developing oil-spill detection technology for use in remote, harsh Arctic environments.
If the work is successful, it will allow companies to detect oil spills in near-real time.
"As human activities move into deeper oceans, remote locations, and harsh and cold environments such as the Arctic, the limitations of current sensor devices have become more obvious," said Bottaro.
"The financial support from RDC has been vital in taking our research from lab-based proof of principle to a commercially viable remote sensing system, and in doing so has allowed us to provide a remarkable interdisciplinary environment for the training of chemistry and engineering students as well as other scientists."
Bottaro said if all goes well, her team will have a prototype sensor ready for testing within the next two years.
Other projects include the development of a high-speed thermal imaging system, methods to aid in Arctic pipeline design, and improving the functionality of evacuation systems on ice.
"Some of these projects will succeed, some will fail, but the most important thing is that we're building knowledge in areas where this province should be strong and in areas where there's a great economic potential," said Glenn Janes, chief executive officer at RDC.
"Each of these projects in an investment in the strongest area of our economy at the moment — oil and gas."
Janes remarked on the competitiveness of developing these technologies and said Newfoundland and Labrador could potentially provide solutions for countries around the world.
"We're assuming, and rightly so, a leadership role," he said.
The government funding has also leveraged $4.4 million from other funding sources for the research.


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Shares of networking processor maker Ezchip Semiconductor (EZCH) are up $3.57, or almost 16%, at $26.07, bouncing back from two weeks of concern the company was going to be designed out of Cisco Systems (CSCO) routers.
You'll recall that the stock plunged 20% on September 12th when Cisco announced it had introduced a new networking ASIC of its own, the "nPower" line of chips, and the Street suddenly wondered if Ezchip would lose the business, with Cisco making up 40% of Ezchip's business, on average. The stock received further warnings from analysts the following week, before issuing its own defense of its business on September 17th.
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Jackett keeping up the pressure
Wolves will head into FA Cup action at Oldham with a reminder from Head Coach Kenny Jackett of the qualities required to be successful.
Jackett expressed his disappointment with the team's performance in Tuesday's 2-2 draw at Carlisle, particularly the second half, some rare criticism after a generally impressive start to the season.
The Head Coach is keen to ensure the squad maintain their hunger and desire on the back of a run which has taken them four points clear in the automatic promotion places with a third of the campaign gone.
"Attitude, mentality, commitment to the group, commitment to the club are big things in terms of my management," he said.
"It's been good so far but you can't just rest on that, you have to keep trying to improve and continue to show that level of commitment.
"We do respect the opposition and know what's coming at us, but then after that, it's about ourselves – our players and us as a team playing well and playing to our maximum and showing a hunger and desire to want to do well for the club.
"And if we can get those attributes going consistently then we can pick up the right results.
"If you looked at our record and our league position, they are very good, but anyone who's seen the games knows they've been hard fought and our two this week have been no different.
"Everybody inside the club would have all taken our points total at this stage.
"While you'd say, we've dropped two divisions in two years and we're hoping to go back up, everyone was saying in the summer that it certainly won't be easy for Wolves this season in this division and everyone knows that.
"But in terms of a points total to try to get one of those three promotion places, we're on target so far and well set."
Oldham excelled in the FA Cup last season, and ran Wolves close in the Sky Bet League One encounter at Molineux just over a fortnight ago, leaving Jackett under no illusions about the weekend's first round tie.
"We do want to go to Oldham and give a good account of ourselves and win if possible," he added.
"It's going to be a tough game because Oldham are a tremendous cup side and we know it will be a big task for us.
"But that's our next challenge and it would be terrific to have a cup run this season."
With Kevin McDonald still likely to be missing on Saturday with his hamstring injury, Jackett is mulling over his midfield options.
Dave Edwards has been battling for a first team place since recovering from an early season injury, and Jackett has confirmed the Welsh international remains very much in his plans.
He explained: "He's been substitute pretty regularly since coming back from injury and hasn't had much chance or many minutes on the pitch.
"But he's a player who can play a few roles.
"I think his last start was against Sheffield United at home but he's had several weeks training and he's had several Under-21 games since then so I've seen an improvement in his match sharpness and his fitness.
"He's a person and a player who I value having around, and, should things need to change through injuries, suspensions or the side doesn't look right and personnel has to change, I'm pleased I have that option there on the bench ready to go because his attitude is excellent."
And Jackett isn't considering releasing any senior players on loan at the present time, with the emergency deadline three weeks away.
"People ask me about loan players but from the third Thursday in November (28th) there's a five-week window through to January 1 where we can't sign any loan players," he added.
"There are up to seven games for us in that spell and we're going to need everybody and a big squad now as we're coming up to such an important period.
"I think we play Peterborough and Leyton Orient in that time and they're big games, so I'm not necessarily suddenly looking to let players go out on loan in the next couple of weeks.
"At the same time I'm not desperate to sign a player in any particular position because we don't have anybody there to fill or because we've got injuries.
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"But in terms of that period - the next two weeks – every manager in the league will be looking to be as strong as he possibly can, whether that's holding onto his own and drawing the wagons around them or bringing in players from outside."
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CES 2012: Intel -- 2012 is the Year of the Ultrabook
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Intel's CES kickoff was all about mobile -- but not about smartphones or tablets
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If taking on ARM Holdings, Ltd. (
) in the mobile space is a bit of a gamble for the world's largest maker of personal computer CPUs -- Intel Corp. (
) -- consider ultrabooks the company's way of hedging its mobile bets.
I. Intel Pins Notebook Hopes on Ultrabooks
At its opening press conference at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, Intel and general manager of the Intel PC Client Group, Mooly Eden -- wearing his distinctive beret -- took to the stage pitch Intel's vision of ultrabooks as the next-generation evolution of the notebook.
Ultrabooks are Intel's term for thin notebooks that are under 18 mm, but still pack enough of a computing punch to outwork their netbook predecessors.
The world's first ultrabook-like notebook was arguably the MacBook Air, which launched in Jan. 2008, using Intel chips. But Intel differentiates ultrabooks from luxury thin notebooks like the MacBook Air by saying that the idea with the ultrabook is to
hit a "mainstream price point"
After cooking up the term and
bandying it about in Spring 2011
, Intel got official with the ultrabook specification in September 2011. 2011 was not a stunning introduction for the format. Taiwan's Acer, Inc. (
) and ASUSTek Computer, Inc. (
) both hoped to sell 200-300k ultrabooks in 2011. But actual sales came in closer to 100k units,
according to sources
But if ultra-book sales weren't exactly ultra in 2011, reserve your judgements until 2012 rolls around.
II. Penetrating the Market
In 2012 Intel says over 75 ultrabook designs will land, with virtually every major OEM dropping their own ultrabook du jour. Contrast that to 2011 when only a handful of designs crept onto the market and you'll start to see why Intel is confident 2012 will be a big year for the devices.
Globally laptops in 2011 are thought to have sold around 375-400m units. So ultrabooks were a mere fraction of a percent of total notebook sales. But in 2012 Intel expects ultrabooks to account for more like 10 percent of total sales, a trend that will continue in later years until the ultrabook displaces the traditional notebook PC.
The big driver of increased ultrabook adoption will be the company's
Ivy Bridge
chip line
, a chip built on an ultra-tiny 22 nm process and utilizing
advanced 3D FinFET transistors
for superior power performance.
Using the new chips Intel is able to lose the socket and bulky heatsink of traditional 30 W (average) notebook CPUs, replacing it will a lighter 17 W (appr.) chip soldered directly to the motherboard via a ball grid array (BGA) and with a new ultra-thin heat sink composed of new materials.
Intel has also dumped $300M USD in an Intel Capital fund to promote reductions in the weight and thickness of other components, such as the hard drive and optical drives. The idea is to not just make the kinds of hardware needed for killer ultrabooks, but to make it cheaply via the economics of scale.
By combining its form factor gains with
Ivy Bridge
with those of its hardware partners, Intel is able to deliver the razor-thin devices it once dreamed of. "We've been able to translate inches into millimeters," says Mr. Eden.
"People want their notebook to be nice, small, sleek, sexy," and the ultrabook delivers all of those things, Mr. Eden says.
III. Touching and Speaking to Your Ultra-Book Love
If you ask Intel's Mr. Eden, Intel wants you to love your Ultrabook. To do that it wants to give you new ways to interact with the device.
Mr. Eden says that despite dramatic improvements in transistor counts and computing power, not much has been done hardware-wise to improve the user interface in the personal computer world. Taking the audience on a trip down memory lane he quips -- "When you look at the man-machine interface we didn't do a lot... I always say, DOS was a very user friendly operating system because you need a lot of friends to operate this operating system."
In 2012 Intel's partners will deploy ultrabooks with touch. It says that in test cases users used touch extensively to close windows, to select regions of the screen, and to scale content. Of course touch in Windows currently is a hodge-podge of clunky interfaces built atop Windows 7. So don't expect touch ultrabooks to really land in full force until the touch-centric Windows 8 drops sometime next fall.
To show off the potential of touch, Intel played with a prototype device dubbed Nikiski running Windows 8. The device had a transparent touchpad, which stretched the full length of the non-keyboard region of the laptop. When your palms were on part of the touch region, it recognized and ignored them, allowing you to type normally.
When you folded the device shut, Windows 8 showed criticial info -- such as appointment times -- through the transparent window. Better yet, you could interact with this scaled-down interface on the shut ultrabook, by click the two-sided transparent touchpad.
Besides touch Intel is also bringing near field communications (NFC) support to the ultrabook world. In a demo, the Intel CPU interfaced with an NFC reader in the touchpad area of an ultrabook, validating a credit card. Users simply followed the instruction from the web interface and tapped their card on the TouchPad, when instructed to do so. Using the compatible web interface Mr. Eden used the NFC to recognize and validate his credit card purchase of a "generous" gift for an Intel employee -- a hotel reservation for a bit of post CES R&R.
Last, but not least Intel is partnering up with Nuance Communications Inc. (
), makers of Siri and the voice-control in Ford Motor Comp.'s (
) SYNC infotainment system. In 2012 Nuance will introduce 9 language natural speech input to Intel ultrabooks. The lanaguages supported will be the "best ones" as Nuance quipped -- English, Mandarin, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, and Portugese.
Of the cool upcoming ultrabook features, this was probably the one that went least discussed as Nuance didn't spill much in the way of specifics on where we might see voice hooking in to Windows 7 or Windows 8 interfaces. But one likely application would be a button-press activatable voice search/query along the lines of the T-Mobile "Genius Button" or Siri.
IV. The Best of the Rest
Here's everything else newsworthy from Intel's press conference...
How powerful
Ivy Bridge
? Intel showed off some neat demoes:
One of Intel's staffers showed off their dance moves -- dancing to everything from LMFAO to Vanilla Ice... Awkward.
China's Lenovo Group, Ltd. (
) showed
its new ultrabook
running the latest in image processing software from ArcSoft. Using the turboboost functionality found in
Sandy Bridge
Ivy Bridge
chips, the software was able to seamless import over a hundred 3 MB photos from a vacation, allowing for quick edits; a one touch slide show demonstration; and an email option that compressed the images over a hundred times to the size of just a couple megabytes for the entire collection and then deposited them as attachments to the email.
Intel's Irish subsidiary Havok showed a physics demo running on
Ivy Bridge
. Mr. Eden played the demo, which involved shooting a rocket at a gorge-spanning timber-plank railroad bridge. Shooting the bridge, Mr. Eden derailed an oncoming train in real-time, spilling its precious cargo of thousands of ultrabooks. All of the elements were rendered in real time with pseudo-realistic physics. There was a bit of slowdown when the explosions landed, but overall
Ivy Bridge
's upgraded GPU looked very smooth.
As mentioned
Ivy Bridge
will be Intel's first CPU to have an on-die DirectX 11 capable GPU. DirectX -- Microsoft's Corp.'s (
) proprietary graphics API -- is the most used graphics standard in the PC industry. The demo ultrabook ran the high-definition DirectX 11 game Formula 1 2011, with no noticeable lag or slowdown.
Intel showed off a nifty troll demo... TROLLOLLOL!
Intel hints at a "very unique" announcement by CEO Paul Otellini and new vice president Will.I.Am at tomorrow's CES keynote. Now any announcement featuring Will.I.Am seems likely to be "unique", but we're hoping this is the rumored smartphone announcement. So if you're more excited about where Intel is going tablet/smartphone-wise, versus where it's going with ultrabooks, stay tuned for tomorrow's press conference.
Intel will launch its new advertising campaign -- "A New Era in Computing" in Spring 2012. The campaign will try to pitch to the public that ultrabooks are the next great thing in mobile personal computing.
Intel showed off a humorous commercial from
ultrabook partner Toshiba
Corp. (
). Check it out:
Stay tuned for tonight's Microsoft keynote address and for tomororow's keynotes by Qualcomm Inc. (
) and Intel.
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First, remember that the sale of a console costs the manufacturer money. Second, recall that the manufacturer and Publisher does not profit from the sale of a used game. Basically, a person who only plays used games costs the manufacturer money for the console, and it's never recovered, that person is not only not a revenue generator, he's literally an expense.
Microsoft doesn't actually lose money. If the person who only or mostly plays used games doesn't buy MS's console, MS doesn't take a loss on the sale. That event alone improves the profitability of the console.
Second, those people go over to Sony. So instead of both MS and Sony taking a share of a population that causes them to lose money, Sony shoulders the entire burden alone. Sony is left trying to recover the losses from only a portion of their customers, while the other portion never ends up being a revenue generator. The more consoles Sony sells, the more money it loses. Selling 20 million consoles isn't all that great when only 5 million of them are ever going to generate revenue for you. In contrast, if MS sells 5 million consoles, all 5 million of them will generate revenue and recover the loss of the sale.
I havent met a person that has never bought at least one new game
this article is assuming 25% of out of 20 mil will buy new games which is laughable
What a shitty article.
First, remember that the sale of a console costs the manufacturer money.
Second, recall that the manufacturer and Publisher does not profit from the sale of a used game.
I know. The only used games I buy are the ones that are 2-3 years old. Why would I buy a newer game used when the price difference is only $5-10?
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These magnificent, world-famous stained-glass windows, designed by Marc Chagall, represent the twelve sons of Jacob, and, to a lesser extent, the twelve tribes of Israel.
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Earlier this week it was revealed that country superstar, Jason Aldean, would be hitting the road on a nation-wide tour. On Thursday of this week his official tour dates were announced and it was revealed that the country crooner would be visiting historic stadiums during this tour instead of more traditional venues. The singer's Night Train tour will take him to Fenway Park, Wrigley Field and the University of Georgia Stadium in what promises to be one of the most unique musical tours of 2013. Immediately after the singer's unique venue choices were revealed tickets went on sale for the event. Those looking to catch the superstar live will want to act quickly as tickets are expected to sell out.
Meanwhile another legendary super star, only from the TV world, was under the spotlight this week thanks to her new Broadway play reveal. The play is called "Scandalous" and it is the brain child of television star Kathie Lee Gifford. The show began their highly anticipated previews this week with the official opening slated for November 15th. Fans of the television personality looking to see this one of a kind production live will have the chance in just a few weeks to see the star with this momentous Broadway debut.


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Ahhh. NIce to see the Crazy Cats again Belle! Lovely photos and I really like your arrangement and use of the curled paper and how you put your beautiful background together. I also really like your title and the ribbon running down the side along with the fancy pearls. Pretty layout!
I'm pretty envious of your large group of friends & your many activities. The layout is lovely - such pretty colors and texture on your papers. The chain is a great feminine touch, too.
Ah the Crazy Cats make another appearance! The soft colours are great for all your outfits. Love the curled paper and the pretty gingham ribbon.
Beautiful. Love the soft colors you choice, curl edges and the blending. I would love to copy cat this layout. Great work!
I love how you put this together, especially the curled paper and the pretty ribbon and jewels. Nice to see the Crazy Cats! I'm jealous.
I love your blending on the main photo, and the curled papers. The colours work really well with your photos.
Pretty layout and I like the soft colors and the gingham ribbon. How nice to have such a large circle of friends.
I love the curled corners and ribbon. What beautiful photos you have to scrap! Thanks for joining the challenge!
Great pictures!! You look wonderful! Pretty arrangement and colors and I really like the ribbon weaving around the photos. Very, very nice blending! It looks so natural I almost didn't notice it. Lovely page, Belle!
I love seeing pics of the Crazy Cats again, Belle! What fun you all must have! You look beautiful and I love your layout with the pretty ribbon weaving through it all. Love the curled page and I agree that your blending is just awesome! Beautifully done!
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This has to be the best place we have ever stayed in with 3 children. We used Fairmont gold on our last visit and got to sample life in a beautiful suite with fantastic service. Everything about this hotel is superb, visited many times and can't wait to go back. Only negative is that it can be expensive....but so worth it!!
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This hotel has it all!!! Services, Quality, Family value for the 4/5* hotel, Excelent fool and best location in Whistler! Located right next to the Wizered expredd on Blackcomb mountain you have schofer services with your ski to the front door, few amazing heated pools and spa so everyone in the large hotel can get in after a long day on the mountain with pool side drink services. Rooms are great with 2 x queen beds or 1 large king housekepping great. Worth all the extra pennies
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Upon enrollment, Vectren will install a small, radio-controlled device on the appliance(s) at no charge. Then, during times of peak load and if needed, the device(s) will be activated to briefly cycle off these appliances to conserve energy. The device works just like a home thermostat, so there is no danger of damage to the appliance(s). The cycling off period typically only occurs for a few minutes at a time during several hours of a day on days of peak electric demand, which usually occurs between noon and 6 p.m.
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Exploring the Spessart-Main region in every direction: You can do just that on the Spessart Hills Trails 1 and 2, which take you to the most scenic places that the Spessart hills nature reserve has to off er.
The Spessart hills make up one of Germany's largest single expanses of forest. The Spessart Hills Trail 2 crosses the Bavarian Spessart nature reserve from north to south – from the climatic health resort of Heigenbrücken to the river Main. Via Waldaschaff you pass spectacular vantage points and romantic valleys before reaching the peaks above Mespelbrunn-Hessenthal. The Spessart Hills Trail 1 and Spessart Hills Trail 2 intersect near Waldaschaff. The pilgrimage church in Hessenthal is home to a particular gem – the Lamentation of Christ (1490) by Tilman Riemenschneider. From Volkersbrunn you can enjoy far-reaching vistas of the Main valley with the Odenwald forest in the distance, and from Geisshöhe hill a mesmerising panorama across a sea of wooded peaks as far as the Taunus hills. Past idyllic Lake Wildensee you reach Stadtprozelten on the Main river. Henneburg Castle, one of the loveliest castle ruins in Germany, sits in splendour above the town.
Tip: Gothic pilgrimage church, Mespelbrunn-Hessenthal
The oldest building in Hessenthal's fortified church complex is the Gothic pilgrimage church, which was built in 1439 as the burial church for the Echter von Mespelbrunn dynasty. The new church contains the Crucifixion Group by Hans Backoffen (1519) and the Lamentation of Christ by Tilman Riemenschneider (1485).
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Head out to the Comedy Cabana to see Tim Statum's hour long comedy routine. Tickets are $15.
Entertaining audiences wherever he goes, Tim is a Birmingham native who will keep you in stitches with his southern style humor and storytelling. You've seen him headline at the Comedy Club Stardome and other clubs throughout the Southeast. From South Carolina to Arkansas all the way to Las Vegas, Tim incorporates real-life stories of growing up in the country with classic stand up comedy to provide a hilarious evening for all ages.Next Date:


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After months of planning to have our Holiday Boutique, it was time to roll up sleeves and get busy. Since I work in my Studio daily, I literally had to wait to the last-minute in order to clear everything out. I've planned all along to paint the floor, re-do the walls, get rid of the ugly lights, etc. Having this event on the calendar made it a priority….. as work and opening a new business had kept this on the back burner.
As an artist my mind is always designing and decorating the spaces around me. It's this blessing of vision, clearly a gift from God, that keeps the wheels spinning and allows me to create. The frustration comes into play because there are not enough hours in the day to create….. and change….. and build….. and invent and seek out.
There have been so many years in my life where I tried to do it all myself. I did do it all and it didn't work. I could have never reached the point I'm at…. which by the way….. isn't close to where I'm going…. if I hadn't surrendered to the fact that it's not just getting up everyday and working your tail off!
Believe it or not…. this time last year…. I didn't know I would be here today. I had been struggling to get out of a bad place in my life. My relationship with God was in an OK place, but I hadn't learned to listen! (my mama would agree for sure…. LOL) Just last Thanksgiving, I didn't have enough money to buy a turkey to feed my family. Meanwhile, I pressed forward and helped deliver turkeys and all the trimmings to families in need with Wave City Care….. quietly keeping my painful and embarrassing secret. Thank God I sold a piece of furniture that day and was able to buy groceries. Did I mention I was driving a BMW? LOL! Yes, I've had a lot of money…… and I've lost a lot of money!
I've learned that through my blessings, my prayers, my perseverance, my hard work, etc…… that I can't do it all myself. Without the obvious help from the Big Man…. I could never accomplish my goals and dreams without my family, my friends and those great people I've been fortunate enough to have work with me at CHARTREUSE.
I used to have the mentality of "getting by". I didn't have the understanding that I needed to take risks and hire people I didn't think I could afford. I had a hard time asking for help and lacked the confidence to delegate. I'm proud to say that's no longer my way of thinking. I COULD NEVER HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT HELP! Take a look at the photos. I did a lot of the work…but so did a few other people. And without their help it would never have happened. (see the event photos on facebook for the latest look of the studio)
So…..THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HELPED MAKE THIS DAY POSSIBLE! I LOVE YOU…. I APPRECIATE YOU.


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STOR? Wasn't that IKEA's name before it became IKEA or was it an IKEA knockoff?
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STOR? Wasn't that IKEA's name before it became IKEA or was it an IKEA knockoff?
STOR... without the 'E.'
I thought about something today: if you use your own reusable bag at Target, they credit you $.05 for each one. But if you use NO BAG AT ALL, you get nothing for it. Hmm...
On one occasion, I had them give me the $0.05 for not using a bag. My concern is that they'd be too daft to give credit for a non-Target bag, but would not realize you brought the Target bag.
My real issue is the "plastic bag mafia" and their influence on stores. The friendliest cashier will become a wall of unspeaking evil if you say, "I don't need a bag." Doesn't matter if it's just one item. They don't like it. And, if you do need a bag (say you're getting six small things, just enough that you can't be sure of carrying them out without dropping them), you won't get just one.
In honor of today being "Small Business Saturday," I tried to buy some trading card sleeves from a local card shop. I was by far the oldest person in there, including the employees. I asked if they had any 9-card holders, and was told "no" straight out. The other employee said that they got some in a little while ago (at a card shop?), and the other went looking for them. The first guy thought they were a buck a piece (?!?), but after a couple texts and two phone calls (apparently calling "Hugo" was the wrong person to ask) they ended up as $.25 each. I bought $2 worth, no tax was charged.
I heard a radio commercial saying that THIS weekend the 27th is Small Business Saturday. I spent my two buck$ for NOTHING! :rolleyes:
A K-Mart, when paying by CC, I used the little terminal in line. Then, I had to sign the paper receipt (odd...), but the cashier asked if I had a pen (no, that's why I expected to use the electronic styllus on the terminal). When I said no, she had to go to another cashier to find one (and it was one of those pens that looks like a flower). All for less than $5 in purchases.
It was pouring rain most of today, but I needed to find some gifts. I tried my best to avoid the deep puddles when going from store to store, but at one point I realized my left foot seemed wet, so I thought I must've missed one. Once I got home... I saw that most of the heel of that shoe had broken apart and/or disintegrated?!? :confused: Talk about power shopping! No, please talk about power shopping now. :rolleyes:
I was at Walmart today and only had a couple of items and cash on hand, so I thought I would go through one of the self-checkout lanes. Well, unfortunately one of my items was Gorilla Glue, which requires the cashier to verify if I am at least 17 years old, so I had to wait on someone to come check my ID. However, the associate who monitors the self-check lanes was busy with an elderly couple at the other self-checkout register. The elderly man was in one of those power scooters and the associate had to lift every single item out of his basket and run it over the scanner and bag it for him..... :confused:
So, my question is, if you need a cashier to lift, scan and bag every item for you, then why in the world would you go through a SELF-CHECKOUT lane?
I took a reusable bag to Publix and got about 15 items. Somehow, the bag boy got all 15 items in the bag(some were bulky) and said it was the most fun and challenge he had all day. Poor kid. All the more reason to go reusable, gives the teenage boys some mental stimulation!
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Rectal cancer is a type of cancer that occurs in the cells in the rectum — the last section of your large intestine.
Rectal cancer is often grouped together with colon cancer, and together they're called colorectal cancer.
Rectal cancer most often begins in the cells that line the inside of the rectum. Rectal cancer often first forms as precancerous polyps.
Colorectal cancer screening tests can discover rectal cancer before it begins or at its earliest stages — when treatment has the greatest chance for success.
Rectal cancer treatment often involves surgery to remove the cancer. Other treatments, such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy, may be used as well.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., and Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., are ranked among the Best Hospitals for cancer by U.S. News & World Report.
Screening for cancer with colon cancer screening tests can also detect rectal cancer. Screening tests may identify rectal cancer before it begins or at its earliest stages, when successful treatment is more likely.
If your doctor suspects you may have rectal cancer or signs of cancer have been detected during a screening test, you may undergo additional tests, such as:
Which tests you undergo will depend on your individual situation
Your rectal cancer treatment options depend on the size, stage and location of your cancer, your overall health, and your preferences. Your treatment team will discuss all of your options with you and help you decide which treatment best fits your needs.
Rectal cancer treatment typically involves surgery to remove the cancer. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy also may be used.
The goal of surgery for rectal cancer is to remove the cancer and a small amount of the healthy tissue that surrounds it.
For small cancers on the surface of the rectum, surgery may be simple and require no incisions.
For larger cancers, surgery may involve removing all or part of the rectum (proctectomy). In some cases the remaining pieces of your intestine can be rejoined so that you'll expel waste normally. In other cases, your remaining intestine may be connected to your abdominal wall (colostomy), so that waste is collected in a bag on the outside of your body.
Mayo Clinic surgeons specialize in procedures that help avoid the need for a colostomy and that preserve the nearby nerves that are essential for normal bowel, bladder and sexual function.
Surgical approaches used to remove rectal cancer include:
Endoscopic surgery. During endoscopic surgery, the doctor uses a long, thin tube equipped with a camera and special tools to remove the rectal cancer. Endoscopic surgery can use cutting tools or lasers to remove small cancers from the surface of the rectum.
A specialized type of endoscopic surgery called endomicrosurgery uses a high-powered microscope to analyze tissue samples. It allows for more rapid analysis of tissue samples, so that your doctor can be sure all the cancer is removed during surgery.
Minimally invasive surgery. During minimally invasive (laparoscopic) rectal cancer surgery, several small incisions are made in your abdomen. Special tools and a camera are inserted through the incisions and allow the surgeon to remove the rectal cancer without making one large incision.
Minimally invasive surgery may offer a quicker recovery and a shorter hospital stay.
Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery. Robotic surgery is a type of minimally invasive surgery. During robotic surgery, the surgeon sits at a console and uses controls to guide high-tech surgical tools.
Robotic surgery has the advantage of allowing the surgeon to work more easily in small spaces and gives the surgeon an enhanced view of the area where the operation is taking place.
Chemotherapy is a drug treatment that uses chemicals to kill cancer cells. Radiation therapy uses high-powered beams, such as X-rays, to kill cancer cells. For certain cancers, such as rectal cancer, undergoing both treatments at the same time enhances the effectiveness of each.
Combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy is sometimes called chemoradiotherapy or radiochemotherapy. This treatment is often used after surgery in people with rectal cancer who have an increased risk of recurrence. For people with locally advanced rectal cancer, it may be used before surgery to shrink the cancer to a more manageable size.
Chemotherapy and radiation therapy may also be used on their own or in combination with surgery.
Mayo Clinic works with hundreds of insurance companies and is an in-network provider for millions of people. In most cases, Mayo Clinic doesn't require a physician referral. Some insurers require referrals or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. All appointments are prioritized on the basis of medical need.
At Mayo Clinic, digestive disease specialists (gastroenterologists) form a multidisciplinary team with experts in colon and rectal surgery, radiation oncology, oncology, pathology, and radiology to care for people with rectal cancer. Other experts are included as needed.
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Story: 4/10 As story goes it wasnt great but it wasnt horrible either, I started watching it in English but couldnt stand the voices so switched to Japanese early on...I hardly see alien type animes (I dont know if its because they dont interest me??) so that part was new and innovating for me. I kind of have nothing to say about this series or storyline because I felt it was all too corny for my liking, in fact I was down right bored but NOT bored enough to rate it lower that 4 out of 10... Animation: 7/10 Usually animation for me is good, this being no exception. And although the art was... See full review
So i just finished Boogiepop Phantom just a few days ago...figured why not!? LETS WRITE A REVIEW!!!! Now don't be judgy about my review because frankly I HAVE NEVER seen the original movie nor have I read the books so this is just my interpretation of the anime series itself...maybe I'll come back to it after "officially" reading the whole Boogiepop franchise... Story: 5/10 So as story comes and goes I was pretty much lost in the whole thing (again didnt see or read the original Boogiepop franchise). With every episode that came I felt even more lost, all I know is that the story was semi... See full review
Well I just finished Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry and heres my review on the whole thing ~ Story: The story I felt was terribly weak, it felt like I've seen this sort of storyline before and I wasnt that impressed with it at all. Not to mention that the story was flippin slow and for only being 12 episodes I feel an anime with that small amount of storytime left should get kicked off right away (take Puella Magi Madoka Magica for instance). Animation: Aside from poor story quality I felt that the animation was pretty good overall, the animation almost looked 3Dish with the strain... See full review
I just finally watched this remastered version and I guess I'll give my thoughts on it while its still fresh in my mind... Story: 8/10 The storyline (as being the original movie - well sort of since this ver. is the remastered ver.) is good overall the idea of a puppet created by Section 6 that has gone rouge was a pretty good idea however it was still confusing on whether or not this puppet was man-made or if it was really human at one time but then got trapped as a "Ghost" ~ The one thing that bothered me was the fact that Motoko kept taking off her clothes whenever she wanted to become... See full review
WARNING!!! MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!!! Storyline The Story of Eureka Seven is about a typical boy and girl romance with a very unique twist to it, now I can go on to the boring details on how unique it is and how different it is to other similar anime I have to say that this is nothing compared to the other anime you may think or know you've seen!! Don't try to tell me other wise because Eureka Seven is unique in its own way!! The best thing I like about Eureka Seven was the mixture of genres (which to me is the best kind of anime). Eureka Seven is mostly action , mecha and romance but it also... See full review


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Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 8 p.m. · 104 Computer Science Building
Posted March 27, 2008; 12:49 p.m.
Princeton students' videos examining African American political issues from national, local and campus perspectives will be screened at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, in 104 Computer Science Building.
As part of a fall class project, students produced personal profiles and news stories focusing on contemporary African American politics. Their interview subjects included Newark Mayor Cory Booker; Vernon Jordan, an adviser to former President Clinton; Nelson George, a writer, filmmaker and cultural critic; and Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman.
The videos were produced for the course "Introduction to African American Politics" led by Melissa Harris-Lacewell, associate professor of politics and the Center for African American Studies. Melvin McCray, an ABC News producer and 1974 Princeton alumnus, worked with Harris-Lacewell to help the students produce the videos.
The project was sponsored by the Center for African American Studies, the Department of Politics, the Office of the President, the Office of the Dean of the College, the University Center for Human Values and the Community-Based Learning Initiative.


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Those are both pretty good for lit novels. I enjoyed Huck more for some reason.
Those are both pretty good for lit novels. I enjoyed Huck more for some reason.
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With Ji'dai readin' all that (mostly) classic lit, I've been re-reading a ton of my old comics, mostly X-Men stuff from the 90's.
Ahhhh nostalgia.
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Mummy of the raincoat is a gigantic trollop.
One of the things I do is historical reenactments, I've been putting together a new "persona" (a member of the Corps of Topographical Engineers) so I've been reading info on historical survey's and other exciting stuff like that.
I hadn't posted any of my recent readings here for a while, so I might've forgotten a few. I actually have not had a much time as I used to read, but I sneak in a couple here or there.
- The first 12 books of the Series of Unfortunate Events (these are great, even if they're supposedly for kids! there's a lot of allusions and comments that I'm certain most kids might miss, and they're around 200-300 pages each, so they'll take some time to finish)
- Casino Royale (my first Ian Fleming James Bond novel... and my last one; ugh)
- SW: Dark Nest III (not too bad, but not too great either)
- SW: Dark Lord (this was one of the best SW novels I've read, ever, not just recently, with quite a bit of insider info into the mind and body of Anakin/Vader)
I'm about 1/3 through a mystery/crime novel Something Borrowed, Something Black by Loren Estleman (not bad so far)
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
I've been bogged down by Dark Nest III: Swarm War for a while myself. I just cannot get interested in those stupid bugs!
That's my jacket!
I just finished Richard Matheson's I Am Legend a few hours ago.
Wow, how the hell I've missed reading this book until now is beyond me. I am glad I did, though.
After reading the ending, I can see why Matheson's work was natural for use on The Twilight Zone.
It was great to finally read a novel that I enjoyed and I'd certainly take 100 more novels like I Am Legend over much of the "classic literature" being forced onto me in college.
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I want to read that one too but someone lost/stole the copy from the library. They did get in Matheson's Hell House, which is a pretty decent haunted house story. I Am Legend was made into a watchable sci-fi flick called the Omega Man with Charlton Heston. Heston plays the last healthy man on Earth after a plague wipes out most of mankind and mutates the remaining survivors. It was parodied on one of the Simpsons THOH episodes ("Homega Man," I think).Originally Posted by James Boba Fettfield
Heston made quite a few sci-fi films in the late 60s early 70s, which is probably what killed the genre until Star Wars revived it
Oh excuse me, my microwave Soylent Green is done.
I almost bought Hell House, too, but decided against it. Then I almost bought a three volume set that collects his short stories, but didn't do that either. I thought I should read I Am Legend and the selection of short stories it includes first to see if I like his writing style. I do, too. The man is clear and to the point and he seems (so far) to know how to end his stories in a way that you don't know what's going to happen until you finish the last sentence.
I've been curious to see The Omega Man before I knew about the novel's connection. I think there was another movie inspired by it with Vincent Price, too.
However, I would hope I Am Legend receives a proper movie adaptation that stays a bit more faithful to its source material because this novel would make a kick *** movie.
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You'd think vampires would be pretty mined out by now. Still, with the popularity of Underworld and Blade franchises, we might see a faithful adaptation of I Am Legend. Though they'd probably turn it into a dark surbuban comedy or something.
Has anyone picked up a copy of Stephen King's new one, Cell? The plot is a twist on the "Night of the Living Dead" with cell phones being the primary vector for the infection after a mysterious "pulse" turns users into vicious maniacs.
It's gonna be awhile till I get a chance to read it since the library website says my position in the holds queue is #20.
I'm holding out hope for it to be done, Ji'dai. My fear is that too many people will think it is a ripoff of other sources when in fact Legend is usually being borrowed from by the new stuff.
I haven't started reading Cell, but I did pick it up on Sunday after much thinking and Guyute telling me to "get it now." The dedication to Matheson in the book is why I picked up I Am Legend.
I also picked up Keene's two dead books (The Rising, City of the Dead) and two horror anthologies (Dark Delicacies, The Dark Descent). I went on a kick where I decided it's time to start expanding my personal library and what better way to do that than to get some horror in there.
Been too long since I've read any horror...except for that college course in Poe last quarter.
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Carp on the fly
There is a good book with this title that warrants readiing. If the Carp are chasing each other vigorously, they are spawning and won't be interested in your flies. Look for the loneers that are actively feeding. The presentation is more similar to redffish than bones. If Mr. Carp has his nose in the mud, he won't be able to see your fly. If you can put the fly out in front of him, let it settlle to the bottom, and wait for him to quit stirring up mud before giving the fly a little strip. The fly must be moving away from the fish when you strip it. Remember, "prey does not attack the preditor." Try nymphs in the 14 to 10 range and 3x tippet. And the hooks must be sharp to stick those rubber lips.
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On Sunday I took my boat to the same place where I hooked my first carp on the fly rod about a year ago. It's a little pond that's separated from the main lake by a causeway. This pond is very shallow and it becomes a carp magnet in the spring. I went there hoping to catch my first carp of the season. The clouds made it difficult to see anything for a while, but then the sun came out and I started seeing carp feeding in the shallows and cruising along in deeper water. A couple were monsters -- maybe 25 lbs, maybe more ! Most of the time I spooked them before I could make a cast. I did make a few good presentations (well, I thought so anyway) but they didn't want my fly. I primarily used a brown woolly bugger but also tried a couple other flies. The carp weren't chasing each other around like they were last year, so the maybe the water was still a bit too cold. Oh well, it won't be too cold next time !
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Jon Jones: Rust Never Sleeps, or the Ballad of Kurt and Bones
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"It's better to burn out than to fade away."
Those words were etched into the college ruled, spiral bound notebooks of enough troubled teens in the mid-90's to probably fill up an entire landfill. The line is from Neil Young's "My My, Hey Hey," where Young takes a look at the self destructive rocker and legend that was Johnny Rotten. For kids in the 90's there would be no connection to Neil Young's song, instead it was the troubled last line of Kurt Cobain's suicide letter, where one of rock n' roll's last true heroes gave up his struggle and admitted he lost his passion for music and his fans long ago.
Great talents can come at a cost, and many will ask of what could of been if former room mate and sonic collaborator Dylan Carlson of the band Earth had never given Cobain a shotgun and had never introduced Cobain to drug culture in general. Kurt Cobain had a natural talent for composition when it came to music, but never had the patience to go down the road of mastery of the craft. That was the other big "what if" surrounding Cobain; "what if" he put in the time and the effort to really nail down the technical aspects of playing the drums, piano or guitar, how would that of affected his song writing and accentuated his natural almost freakish ability to write appealing music?
Cobain also suffered from disenchantment of his upbringing and personal life, often times creating his own unique narrative to explain events in his life to better suit the "Kurt" that he presented to the public. According to Kurt his first concert was a Melvins show, the Melvins being one of the most influential and unrelentingly independent bands of their era, when the truth was his first concert was a Sammy Hagar concert. Cobain's life story is filled with small details like this, including claims of being homeless and living under a bridge of the Wishkah River after an argument with his mother and pretending that he was a homosexual in school to be left alone. It was all to build up the mythos behind the troubled rocker, as it was more troubled and uncommon than a boy that never recovered from his parent's divorce.
So Cobain is often reflected upon for what he was; an incredible, undeniable talent who never lived up to his full potential and alienated and upset many people along the way through his erratic behavior and penchant for lying to create more interest in the public personality he had cultivated for himself. Cobain was living in a bubble of a world, where his natural talents quickly took him to the top of his game but he found himself unable to sustain it before burning himself out and ultimately deciding to end his life to secure his legacy and possibly make sense of the mess that was his life and career.
UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones finds himself in an eerily similar situation, as his freakish talents as a fighter and an athlete are unparalleled. He was able to quickly move up to becoming the champion on his weight class at a very young age, as well as had big money sponsorship offers rolling in to help support his career as a fighter and made him a huge star. When I watch Jon Jones, I marvel at his natural talents, his instincts and his ability to understand his surroundings, but at the same time I begin to see the hang ups that affected Cobain.
Kurt had the innate ability to piece together simple yet effective melodies and harmonies from his limited knowledge of the guitar, penning songs that will outlive most of us. Over the years he picked up more and more as he played music for a living, as any musician would, but he never had all of the right tools in his toolbox. Jon Jones understands when to strike, what angles to use and knows how to judge distance very well, but still lacks the polished technique and know-how to string together a series of effective strikes to damage an opponent and be considered effective. From the mistimed and sloppy head kick and looping hooks against Ryan Bader to the attempts of pulling off Anderson Silva stunts against Rampage that were met with simple jabs and leg kicks for his trouble there are some clear, glaring flaws in Jon Jones's stand up (if you choose to look at him objectively and not as a superhuman infallible being). Post-fight there were even reports of Jones having a potential broken foot, which could be a symptom of his unpolished kicking technique (Rampage really did no damage to Jones all fight). Jon Jones the fighter does many, many things well, but to ignore his flaws merely on the merits of his success is to discredit Jones, the sport and his opponents.
Jones shares Cobain's affinity for creating his own narrative to explain his personality and his life in a manner that suits his needs as opposed to reality. Jones will do interviews in a fake British accent, possibly use underhanded methods to spy on opponents, thank his god in advance for his victory and play the role of a humble, pious individual when those who have been close to him tell a different story. The Jon Jones that he and the UFC present to the world is squeaky clean and will apparently not need a maturing and growth phase that every adult needs, yet cracks show through to those that look hard enough. Jon Jones, much like Kurt Cobain, won't have time to master his craft, as he is already heralded as the best around by fans and pundits alike. Instead, he'll have to deal with his instant success and find a way to manage that while still trying to improve and not eventually be left behind. It is still too soon to say what will become of Jon Jones, but when compared to a case like Kurt Cobain, it can be hard to ignore that rust never sleeps.


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