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2014: A year after her twerk-filled performance set tongues wagging, Miley Cyrus took a different approach, stopping short of the stage after winning Video of the Year for "Wrecking Ball." Instead, she sent a young man identified as Jesse Helt to accept her award on "behalf of the 1.6 million runaways and homeless youths in the United States who are starving, lost and scared for their lives right now." Cyrus appeared to be near tears as Helt, who said he was homeless, read his speech.
2014: Beyonce and Blue Ivy steal the show, with the singer's 2-year-old daughter getting much camera time sitting on Jay Z's lap during her mother's 16-minute performance on stage. Her father then carried her onstage to present Beyonce with the MTV Michael Jackson Vanguard Award, declaring her "the greatest living entertainer."
2013: Miley Cyrus' performance of "We Can't Stop" turns heads with her skimpy outfit, twerking and several crotch grabs. But it's her collaboration with Robin Thicke for "Blurred Lines" that causes a gasp among the crowd. Cyrus strips down to a nude bra and underwear and grinds her body against Thicke.
2013: Justin Timberlake earns a standing ovation as he sings and dances his way through his most recent hits, working backward to the worst-kept secret in Hollywood: Timberlake and his former boy band brethren *NSYNC reunited on stage.
2011: After wowing the audience with a tightly choreographed performance of "Love on Top," Beyonce finishes off the song by opening her jacket to rub her growing baby bump.
2011: Lady Gaga channels her male alter ego, Jo Calderone, to perform "You & I" and accept awards for Best Video with a Message and Best Female Video during the ceremony. She also presented Britney Spears with the Video Vanguard award, but struck out when asking the singer for a kiss.
2010: Lady Gaga attempts to start a new fashion trend by wearing a dress made of meat.
2009: In arguably the most memorable moment in MTV Video Music Awards history, rapper Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for Best Female Video for "You Belong with Me," grabbing the mic with the words "Yo Taylor, I'm really happy for you, I'ma Let you finish" before proclaiming that Beyonce's video for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," nominated for the same award, was "one of the best videos of all time."
2009: Lady Gaga gives an over-the-top performance of "Paparazzi" that sees the singer covered in fake blood by the time the song is over.
2009: Nearly three months after her brother's death, Janet Jackson performs a tribute to the late King of Pop.
2007: Britney Spears' much-hyped comeback falls flat as the singer gives an underwhelming performance of her new song "Gimme More" that saw her badly lip-synching while struggling to keep up with her backup dancers.
2003: In a shocking opening performance of "Like a Virgin" and "Hollywood," Madonna and Britney Spears lock lips. Following the kiss, Madonna also plants a kiss on fellow performer Christina Aguilera.
2002: Nearing the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band open the VMAs by performing the 9/11-inspired song "The Rising" in front of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. After finishing the song, Springsteen and his band played for more than an hour for the fans who had gathered for their performance.
2002: During the ceremony, Eminem gets into an altercation with the celebrity-mocking puppet Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, shoving the puppet during its interview with Moby, whom the rapper also bashed during his acceptance speech later in the night.
2002: While Springsteen's opener was a highlight of the show, it ended on a down note with a dreadlocked and out-of-breath Axl Rose leading his crew of replacement Guns 'N' Roses members through their first big TV performance and the band's first American performance since the mid-1990s.
2001: Performing for the second year in a row, Britney Spears gives a memorable rendition of "I'm a Slave 4 U" with a snake wrapped over her shoulders.
2001: Michael Jackson (arm raised) returns to the spotlight with a surprise appearance near the end of *NSYNC's performance of "Pop." The King of Pop showed off his signature dance moves while then-*NSYNC member Justin Timberlake beat-boxed in the background.
2000: Leading off the show, rapper Eminem gives a memorable performance of "The Real Slim Shady" that started outside Radio City Music Hall with more than a hundred lookalikes at his side. He led his clones inside the building and down the aisles to kick off the show.
2000: Performing "Oops… I Did it Again," Britney Spears rips off her black suit to reveal a flesh-colored bodysuit underneath, causing many viewers to squint to make sure the pop singer was actually still clothed.
2000: As Limp Bizkit is being presented the Best Rock Video award, Tim Commerford, bassist for fellow nominee Rage Against the Machine, runs up onstage and climbs a piece of the stage set. There he remained during Limp Bizkit's acceptance speech, despite encouragement from singer Fred Durst and the audience to jump. Commerford was removed by security during the commercial break and spend the night in jail.
1999: With co-presenter Lil' Kim wearing only a shiny purple shell pasty over her left breast, Motown legend Diana Ross couldn't resist reaching out and playfully copping a feel while Mary J. Blige looked on.
1997: Puff Daddy performs an emotional version of his hit single "I'll Be Missing You" in memory of the recently murdered Notorious B.I.G., bringing along Biggie's widow, Faith Evans, R&B group 112 and Sting, who sings the song's sample of his original vocals from The Police's "Every Breath You Take."
1997: While accepting her Best New Artist award, Fiona Apple goes into meltdown mode with a rambling speech in which she bashes MTV and celebrity culture. The memorable acceptance speech included Apple explaining "this world is bulls---" and quoting Maya Angelou in telling fans to "Go with yourself."
1996: David Lee Roth joins his former Van Halen bandmates onstage for the first time in a decade. However, the reunion would be short-lived. Eddie Van Halen took exception with Roth's mugging behind Beck after the band presented him with his award and a potential reunion was soon declared off again.
1995: A year after his infamous onstage kiss with then-wife Lisa Marie Presley, Michael Jackson opens the VMAs with an epic 15-minute medley of his hits, including "Billie Jean," "Beat It," "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" and "Black or White."
1993: Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" video wins four awards, including Video of the Year. Neil Young also joined the band onstage for a performance of "Keep on Rockin' in the Free World." Pearl Jam would respond to the attention by not making another video until 1998.
1992: After MTV told them they couldn't play their song "Rape Me," Nirvana gives the network brass a heart attack by launching into the first few chords of the song before starting into the previously approved "Lithium" instead. The performance was also notable for Krist Novoselic's bass toss at the end of the song, with the bass conking him on the head on the way down, and for drummer Dave Grohl grabbing the mic to taunt Guns 'N' Roses lead singer Axl Rose.
1992: Luke Perry introduces Howard Stern as his superhero alter-ego "Fartman," with the radio shock jock descending to the stage wearing a pair of open-backed gold spandex pants while fart sounds fill UCLA's Pauley Pavilion.
1991: You can't see it here, but Prince performed his song "Gett Off" in a striking yellow suit that would have been eyecatching even before he turned his back to the camera to reveal the pants had no fabric covering his derrière.
1991: Weeks after making headlines for his arrest in an adult movie theater, Paul Reubens (aka Pee-wee Herman) makes his first public appearance since the arrest, uttering the line "Heard any good jokes lately?"
1990: Madonna goes full-on Victorian for her performance of "Vogue."
1989: Comedian Andrew Dice Clay gets himself banned from MTV "for life" after going off script and delivering some of his signature dirty nursery rhymes during his appearance.
1989: Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora of the rock group Bon Jovi go unplugged with acoustic versions of the band's hits "Wanted Dead or Alive" and "Livin' on a Prayer."
1984: During the first-ever Video Music Awards, Madonna performs her iconic hit "Like A Virgin" while wearing a combination bustier/wedding gown and rolling around on the ground.
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Ohio Northern University announces undergraduate commencement speaker and award recipients
Ohio Northern University has announced that Robert Manning, Mars Exploration Program chief engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., will be the guest speaker at ONU's undergraduate commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 12, at 2 p.m.
Since 2004, Manning has been responsible for ensuring the success of current and future missions to Mars. In early 2008, he was named the chief engineer for the Mars Science Laboratory mission that successfully landed the rover Curiosity on the Martian surface in August 2012. The mission's science goals include the investigation of the Martian climate and geology and the assessment of whether the rover's landing site inside Gale Crater has ever offered environmental conditions favorable for microbial life. Prior to these roles, Manning led the spacecraft systems engineering team for the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) project, which landed the twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity on the surface of Mars in early 2004.
Before MER, Manning was the chief engineer for the 1997 Mars Pathfinder mission, for which he also led its entry, descent and landing team. Prior to Pathfinder, he developed computers and fault tolerant electronic systems for JPL's deep space missions. Manning has worked at JPL since 1980. As a result of his successes at JPL, he has received two NASA medals and is in the Aviation Week Magazine Space Laureate Hall of Fame in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. In 2004, SpaceNews magazine named Manning one of 100 people who has made a difference in civil, commercial and military space since 1989.
ONU will award Manning with an honorary degree at the ceremony. Oscar J. and Judith D. (Jacobs) Mifsud also will receive honorary degrees.
Judith Mifsud graduated from ONU in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science in elementary education. She retired after teaching at the elementary level for 24 years. Currently, she is active in community-based service such as Interfaith Care Givers and PJs from Grandma Inc., a nonprofit organization she founded. Judith Mifsud has been an active alumna for ONU by serving on the national steering committee for ONU's capital campaign, The Campaign for Ohio Northern University's Tomorrow. She established the Judith D. (Jacobs) Mifsud Endowed Scholarship Fund to benefit students pursuing a degree in education at ONU. She is currently active in ONU's GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) program, a giving society for young alumni. In 2009, her past and current contributions were recognized when she received ONU's Distinguished Alumni Award.
Oscar Mifsud, who graduated from ONU with a Bachelor of Science in business administration in 1972, is the president and CEO of the Mifsud Group LLC, a private investment and management company, and the former president, CEO and owner of SMR Aerospace. Oscar Mifsud has generously offered his time to ONU. He has served on the ONU Board of Trustees since 2000 and, in 2007, was named vice chair of the board and a member of its executive committee. He also is a member of the board's finance, investment and trusteeship committees. In the University's recently completed and highly successful capital campaign, which raised more than $110 million, Mifsud served as national campaign chair. He established the Oscar J. Mifsud Leadership Scholarship Fund for the Dicke College of Business Administration. He received the University's Distinguished Alumni Award in 2009, the College of Business Administration's Outstanding Service Award in 2012, and the College of Business Administration's Pinnacle Award in 2013.
Together, the Mifsuds established the Mifsud Family Foundation, which provides a focus on health, education and welfare of children and families. The two also established the Oscar J. and Judith D. Mifsud Endowment at Ohio Northern University, ONU's Pay It Forward program, and the Ohio Northern Senior Send Off program.

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Paris comes to Palm Beach
- 6:51 pm Saturday, November 17th, 2012 by Robert Janjigian
Last weekend, a pretty chic tribe invaded Palm Beach.
A full cast and crew converged on a Midtown residence to shoot the spring 2013 international advertising campaign for the Paris ready-to-wear collection Paule Ka.
The line's founder and designer, Serge Cajfiner, was along for the ride, of course, supervising the presentation of the Paule Ka offerings in print and online for the upcoming season.
The collection was launched in Paris in 1988 and is sold worldwide. There are rumors that Cajfinger would like to open a boutique here in Palm Beach. He was said to be looking for locations when not working on [More]


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#116107 - 11/17/03 10:53 AM expatiate
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It occurred to me to look up its etymology:
SYLLABICATION: ex·pa·ti·ate
PRONUNCIATION: k-spsh-t
INTRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: ex·pa·ti·at·ed, ex·pa·ti·at·ing, ex·pa·ti·ates
1. To speak or write at length: expatiated on the subject until everyone was bored. 2. To wander freely.
ETYMOLOGY: Latin expatir, expatit- : ex-, ex- + spatir, to spread (from spatium, space).
OTHER FORMS: ex·pati·ation NOUN
An now I can guess etymology of "spatula", and "spatulate" (as in "spatulate fingertips".
#116108 - 11/18/03 12:08 AM Re: expatiate
Carpal Tunnel
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Loc: Jakarta
I was somewhat taken aback by the pronunciation your source gives for expatiate. I'm not even sure such a feat of articulation is possible while sober.
#116109 - 11/18/03 06:25 AM Re: expatiate
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such a feat of articulation
Kspsht? Simplicity itself. Just start off with your tongue in the K position, pull it from the back of the mouth into the S hiss, whang the lips shut into the P, re-open with the tongue slipped back into the SH position and then finish off closing the sound off in the T position. Nothing to it.
Attually®, I think it's a copy and paste art(i,e)fact involving characters not printable in AWAD fonts. Which is not to say that I can't pronounce kspsht.
#116110 - 11/18/03 10:14 AM Re: expatiate
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Loc: UK
Which is not to say that I can't pronounce kspsht.
Kspsht....DÉFENSE DE CRACHER ICI.
Gosh, gift horse, all this French is contagious...or should that be infectious...what *is the word that describes the mechanism for passing on a state of being via the internet? If it's a net then it's like fishing or trawling, so I suppose 'catching' is good enough.
#116111 - 12/08/03 12:47 PM Re: expatiate
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Posts: 1624
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Yeah, dixbie, but he didn't claim that he could say it sober!
#116112 - 01/28/04 12:43 PM Re: expatiate
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Posts: 11
Loc: North East England
You sure about the meaning of the Latin word? Lewis & Short (Latin dic) says the meaning of ex(s)patior is to wander from the course, spread out, extend, digress.
#116113 - 01/28/04 01:33 PM Re: expatiate
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Hi, Lilibet. Fancy meeting you here. I'd say Dr Bill (wwh) has a tendency to copy and paste and not pick up vowels with macrons or other extraordinary characters (see the discussion about the pronunciation of kspsht above) but I see that the o in exspatior isn't long.
#116114 - 01/28/04 01:49 PM Re: expatiate
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Dear Faldage: please don't fault me with the vagaries of
Internet software. If you knows where there's a better 'ole,
tell me where to find it.
#116115 - 01/28/04 02:05 PM Re: expatiate
Carpal Tunnel
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I ain' faulting you, Dr Bill, jus only splaining a ninnocent young lady.
#116116 - 01/28/04 02:16 PM Re: expatiate
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Der Quibblemeister is never at fault. Just ask him.
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Bucks' Przybilla suspended for throwing ball that hit ref
Center will serve suspension on Tuesday night
Published On: Dec 16 2012 11:52:49 PM CST
Milwaukee Bucks center Joel Przybilla has been suspended one game without pay for throwing a basketball that hit a referee during a game against the Los Angeles Clippers.
Stu Jackson, the NBA's executive vice president for basketball operations, announced the suspension Sunday.
The incident occurred with 1:36 remaining in the fourth quarter of Milwaukee's 111-85 loss to the Clippers on Saturday night.
The 7-foot-1 center will serve his suspension Tuesday when the Bucks host the Indiana Pacers.
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We are Korean Moms in training dedicated to psycho-analyzing our moms, reliving horrible memories of embarrassment and dread for the benefit of the public...all the while laughing like a wheezy grandpa. Someone needs to pay for our therapy...
Saturday, October 18, 2008
#51 Talking Smack
42 comments:
Wow! I thought my KM-in-Law was the only one to say "Geh", prior to talking smack about someone (usually it it about a Korean Preacher). After reading this blog, I realized my KM-in-Law is just like all of the others. She came to visit us (I'm white -- boy was the difficult for her) and I took her to the local Korean food store. The cashier rung up the purchases and I just stood there -- after all, I not going to eat the Kim Chi and fish eggs -- she then said, "Well, pay her!" She then started devouring the fish eggs. I pointed out that I had never seen her eat those type of fish eggs. She replied that she usually does not buy them because they are too expensive.
- October 18, 2008 at 8:39 PM
OMG this is my mom TOTALLY! LOL!
- October 18, 2008 at 11:14 PM
- Julie said...
Oh man, Korean moms are really bad about the smack talk, but Korean grandmas take the cake. On my son's "dol," the highlight of a new mom's achievement, one grandma came up to our table to congratulate me on raising a beautiful boy. I thanked her graciously as she slipped a gold ring onto his finger. Then she turned to me and said so ALL 200 PEOPLE CAN HEAR, "But come on, Julie, you still look pregnant! For the love of God, go on a diet!"
So yeah, I gave that halmoni the stalest rice cakes. That was all the revenge I was able to think of at the time. Shame!
- October 19, 2008 at 12:18 AM
talking smack is a way to pass the time...it's like seinfeld on crack...it's fun to watch so long as you're outside the range of fire...
otherwise, you're an ant being burned alive by a magnifying glass...kids can be cruel but KMs will beat the crap out of those kids and give them an inferiority complex that they will suffer under for the rest of their lives...
eh?..(sniff)...what's that smell?...smell's like something's burning...oh god....
- October 19, 2008 at 12:29 PM
- Alex C. said...
Brilliant as always...
- October 19, 2008 at 1:42 PM
- dreams2ashes said...
"whisper on steroids,"
- October 19, 2008 at 4:03 PM
Too funny...but I think this description fits my halmony more than my mom.
You should blog on forms of punishment..like chasing their kids with fly swatters, brooms, sticks they take off of the trees in your backyard, clothes hangers, etc.
- October 19, 2008 at 4:37 PM
- kijest said...
yeah! what's up w/the FAT TALK? why is that her favorite diss? my mom also likes to comment on my large teeth and bowleggedness...she said it's because farm women used to strap their babies to their backs whilst picking rice.
good times...good times.
(while i am bucktoothed and bowelegged, i'm quite fetching...i possess the much coveted asian attributes of tallness, fairness, eyelid-folds 'good hair')
- October 19, 2008 at 6:01 PM
- Linh said...
This is so dead on! lol. I may not have a Korean mom, but she's Asian nonetheless. Most of your posts describe her perfectly!
- October 19, 2008 at 6:23 PM
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- October 19, 2008 at 9:49 PM
I don't know if this is just my mom.. but you should talk about how korean moms like to call you out of the blue and tell you not to go out or do anything today (of course, except attending class) because she had a very bad dream last night and bad things can happen to you today.. so you spend the rest of your day paranoid as hell!! i don't know, maybe this is just my mom..
- October 20, 2008 at 1:14 AM
- DJ said...
Omg, this blog is hilarious...you should do stand up comedy. XD
- October 20, 2008 at 10:02 PM
- alice said...
i just wanted to say u make me laugh until i cry ;) seriously u describe my mom and my aunt oh geez im saving from reading all ur posts so everytime i feel down i can read on of yours!!!
- October 20, 2008 at 10:24 PM
- Jennifer said...
i came across this site, and I wanted to say it's hilarioussss I laugh every time.
- October 21, 2008 at 3:39 AM
- ~ Sil in Corea said...
BWAAAHHHHAHHHAHHH! You tell 'em, gal. All so True!
- October 21, 2008 at 9:14 AM
- pandy said...
It's not just the KM's or even women who engage in the smack talk. Even kindly old hara-buhji's will not hesitate telling someone to their face that they're fat and ugly!
This national rudeness is directly related to the Korean epidemic of plastic surgery. And the reason why so many reasonably good-looking people carry around ugly babies. (That's right, I'm not exempt from smack talk! Some babies are not as cute as others, and you can't fool DNA. It's just the truth.)
But it's no problem, just wait 'til those babies are old enough, and they can be cut-n-sewn to new, more pleasing shapes!
- October 21, 2008 at 7:28 PM
- thwany said...
- October 22, 2008 at 12:19 PM
This is classic Korean Mom. I've gotten the smack-talk-treatment more times than I can count. This blog is dead-on.
Also, I don't know if this is just my mom or all Korean moms, but maybe a future entry could be "not believing expiration dates". Seriously. My mom has given us milk weeks past the expiration date, claiming it is "still good". One year, she even reused the halloween candy from the year before, becoming angry when her children told her that no one wants expired candy. To her, it was not expired.
- October 23, 2008 at 12:05 AM
Congrats to you on your hysterical blog. Not every post is true for every mom, but most made me laugh like crazy.
You might never run out of ideas, KMs being crazy as they are, but here are a couple if you want:
- going to the gym to do "oon-dong" but basically just sitting around in the sauna or pool
- the korean-mom-run, which is a cross between speed walking, shuffling and keeping your fists up
- gardening
-hitting/spanking/using a meh-meh (even when you're already an adult)
- advanced degrees. PhD or MD
- October 23, 2008 at 10:35 AM
- Heather *IsaBella and Harrison's Mommy* said...
I thought you were talking about a situation I was in recently with my KM! Yes, she says it just loud enough for everyone to hear, and yes, she mixes up the Korean with English so you can get the gist of it and yes, I am mortified when she does it! About 1 month after the baby was born, she asked me why I hadn't lost the weight yet - that everybody she knows has gone back to their prepregnancy size within 1 month! Yeah, I guess all her friends are celebrities...
Love always,
- October 25, 2008 at 5:01 AM
- Renee said...
You are too funny. Well I don't have a Korean Mom, but I do have a Scottish Mom. Moms being Moms the world over there are so many similarities but yes there are differences too.
Anyway, I have Stage 4 Inflammatory Breast Cancer and since there is no Stage 5. I write a blog too and it is
I wanted you to know that I read two blogs for laugh therapy and yours is one of them.
Thanks for the laughs.
Renee Khan
- October 25, 2008 at 12:04 PM
- Sang-A Bae said...
I just read your whole blog from #1 and IT'S SOOOO TRUE (except my mom isn't as radical as the Korean mom described in this blog, but I definitely had moments where I read a post and I was like, "OMG ROFL THAT IS SOOO TRUE!!!!") it's so hard to find blogs nowadays that'll really make you laugh out loud.
Awesome! I'll definitely be looking forwad to your next post. :D
- October 26, 2008 at 4:45 PM
- Pajeon Princess said...
I swear to God I almost cried with laughter reading this. ...the stank eye...that phrase should go in the dictionary. genius.
- October 27, 2008 at 5:35 PM
- Jade Park said...
omg rofl, lmao at the quote "Geh, THONG, nuh-moo SHOW-heh...OH MY GOD."
can hardly breathe, laughing so hard. just said it aloud to my husband who doesn't speak Korean and he's laughing his ass off too.
- November 6, 2008 at 11:18 PM
"Geh, THONG, nuh-moo SHOW-heh. FAT sah-rahm THONG WEAR hah-myun ahn-dweh! OH MY GOD"
- November 7, 2008 at 11:21 PM
- Stacy said...
this is too hilarious
- November 8, 2008 at 3:21 PM
I've been reading your blogs for a while now, and I notice a growing trend in your posts. It's disconcerting to see that, instead of nullifying stereotypes against Korean/Korean Americans, you continuously partake in amplifying them. I understand that some of your posts are meant to be humorous in context, but please consider the new stereotypes you are creating when others view your blogs. For example, the post about Korean mothers "talking smack". Truly, what percentage of Korean moms do you suppose do this (or even take it to the next level)? Are you saying that Koreans are genetically predisposed of "talking smack"? Which gene would express that? Or does our culture encourage this? If so, which aspect of Korean culture is responsible for providing such an atmosphere? I surely don't know of any. My mom doesn't do this, neither do any Koreans moms that I know. Please, I don't mean to be judgemental because I despise heuristic assumptions placed on people, but you are very reminiscent of Margaret Cho; and NO, I do not mean that as a compliment.
- December 27, 2008 at 5:27 AM
so true, especially talking smack about fat people.
- January 21, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Jaden Choi, I'm going to go out on a limb here- this blog is mainly read by Koreans with Korean moms. This site provides far more humor, therapy and acceptance than fostering stereotypes and putting Koreans down.
I'm going to go out on another limb- judging from the fact your name is Jaden, I'm going to assume your parents are very Americanized (perhaps 1st or 2nd generation with advanced degrees). Either that, or you picked that name out for yourself because there's no way an immigrant parent would name their kid Jaden. If so, maybe it makes sense your KM does not exhibit the traits highlighted in this blog.
Chiyo, please go on. This is the closest thing to therapy my cheap Korean ass will afford. I don't know what I would do without it. Power to a sista.
- March 10, 2009 at 11:20 AM
Yes! Smack talk. I'm 25 and live outside the house. Whenver I come home, I get pummelled with verbal bullets: your hair looks gross, your clothes look cheap, why are you not married, etc etc. From the moment I step in the door, it's nothing but cut downs. I was upstairs once and I heard my dad say loudly to my mom, "I think something's wrong with her brain." I'm surprised I haven't been committed to an institution yet.
- March 10, 2009 at 11:23 AM
I came across your blog accidentally and have only read a few of the posts. At times I was horrified, and at times I couldn't control my laughter. You see, I am a KM -- a Korean Mom. I have never responded to a blog, but here I am ... anonymously (what did you expect from a KM???)to say that I am partially guilty of some of the things I've read, BUT I am proud to say that I am NOT guilty of talking smack. So all you young ladies who are not moms yet, or are moms of youngsters, here is a warning from a current full-fledged KM: when you open your mouth and hear your mom, shut your mouth! Hopefully, we can break some of the chains that antagonize us, so that in 20 years, I will not have to read another blog from your children complaining about how negative their KMs are!
Ladies and gents, just parenting is hard enough. You do have to admit, that your moms, living in a foreign land, speaking Konglish, have indeed done a good job -- well, the best they could under the circumstances, otherwise, you wouldn't be where you are.
Thank God for your moms and go give them a hug. Tell them their sacrifices are appreciated. You might be surprised at what happens next. After all, KMs are condescending, critical, hypocritical, overbearing, pompous women who thinks their children are the paramount of humanity! (at least in front of other KMs!)
- March 14, 2009 at 6:07 AM
Ya know, I never understood what good is using your foreign language skillz to talk behind (or in front of, I guess) someone's big ol' back if you're going to speak the key words in English??
Funny, funny post.
- March 23, 2009 at 9:33 PM
- Henrique said...
I found your blog a couple of days ago. It's hilarious! I'm a Brazilian studying in Korea, and my roommate is Korean. He always tells me stories about his mom, but now with this blog, I'm helping him understand the situation. You should have a version of this blog written in Korean... there's a lot of people here that need help! haha.
- July 1, 2009 at 8:28 AM
- IRON said...
Hello, I'm a korean born and raised in seoul for about 19 years and,
I found your blog just yesterday. and I'm so much surprised at your post!
whenever I see ur "EACH" sentence,
I'm like " OH MY GOD!! It's totally her!! my mom's there !!
oh wait.. are you my sister?
It's not only just funny but also freaking me out!
"nuh-moo ya-heh" (on streets) and "ne-ga mot-sal-a"(punish time)
WOW.. this blog really need the korean version, so all of my friends could get ROFL moments !!
just genius !
and I can see that you so much love your mom.
Love for all korean moms//
- July 26, 2009 at 6:21 PM
- Nanci said...
Once I invited a college friend over and she helped herself to rice by scooping it up from the forbidden center zone of the immaculate zen-like rice mound inside the cooker. After sucking air through teeth (code for watch out, someone's tired/had a bad day/no 3 strike policy only 1), the smack talk began, "Juh gah she-nah...RICE uh-tuh-keh buhlut upshee puh? AMERICANS soo-noon, ah la juh ya deh. CRAZY sah-lam gah-chee ha neh. Yuh jah ga weh goo-leh?" "dddtttch!" (that sound KM's make with their tongues when they disapprove and believe there is zero hope left for you).
Your blog is spot on about KM's. God bless them and have mercy on us!
- October 29, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Absolute Genius.
I'm an English guy living in Seoul who can speak Korean.
Once a Korean Mom talked smack about me in Korean in the 7/11... I was young and inexerienced and had the gall to talk smack back... I know better now...
- March 23, 2010 at 10:59 PM
- Jen said...
Every weekend my husband and I would go to a Korean grocery store. The ajima loved my husband. I don't know if it's because he smiles a lot or because he's a doctor but this ajima adored him. He's not even Korean! I'm the one who is Korean! One day after paying our bill she asked me if I was his mother. She then gave me the stank eye after I said no.
- November 10, 2010 at 12:47 PM
- Dori Dori! said...
this is actually very sad. korean moms talk really cruel talk. my mom always ridicules (now my sister tag team smack talks) me, about how I look, intelligence, everything.
she tells me I am fucked in the head and that I need to see a psychiatrist.
sometimes it gets too much, it makes me want to commit suicide I tell her. she says suicide and depression is for pussies and that I am not a man.
- November 11, 2010 at 5:57 AM
- Soo-jin said...
I realize I am late on the game in regards to finding this blog, but my sister and I are sobbing from laughter. It's like we are all brothers and sisters, with our KMs!
- March 30, 2011 at 10:47 PM
- ijoemonkey said...
I love how you wrote up a KOREAN conversation and it's still totally understandable!
- April 26, 2011 at 2:43 PM
- Unknown said...
it's not just Korean mothers.. Koreans are very honest about their appearances and others, especially women/girls. I can talk to my Korean friends about my weight, pimples and everything without everyone being that sensitive about it.
- September 15, 2011 at 9:46 PM
talking smack applies to all mother
once my mum talk smack about me with my sister, then couple days later she started to talk smack with my other sister about the sister she talk smack with about me,
its a hobby i tell ya
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Madden NFL 12 ReviewBy Mike D'Alonzo - Posted Aug 30, 2011
The Madden series is as dependable as the calendar when it comes to marking time. This year's edition is better in some ways, but not as good in many others, as its predecessor. The end result is a surprisingly hollow version of the normally outstanding football simulation.
The Pros
- Solid, dependable Madden experience remains mostly unchanged
- Improvements like Cut Days and customizable playbooks are nods to fans
- New collision system makes hits look vicious
The Cons
- Game presentation is a little off from previous iterations
- Online play has some lag issues
- Too much extra content without attention being paid to the game itself
Madden NFL 12 Review:
Like an old friend once again returned to mark the passage of the years, Madden NFL 12 comes to us to remind us that, though there might have been a chance we'd lose the actual 2011-2012 football season, we were never in danger of not getting our hands on a copy of EA Sports's flagship game. However, some of the uncertainty of the world of actual football seems to have crept in, and makes the overall effect feel like there was too much work to get done at the last moment, leaving the game with a sort of hollow feel.
Don't get me wrong. Madden NFL 12 is still good, and it's certainly not a disaster by any means, but it does feel like the venerable franchise has taken a step backward in a lot of ways, which is a little disappointing.
What's Best For the Team
On the positive side of things, EA has placed a lot of importance on making changes that fans have been requesting for a long time, which means that, finally, you can create a custom playbook for your team, or change teams at the end of a franchise season. One of the most simultaneously satisfying and sad changes is the addition of Cut Days, which allows your to cut your 75-man roster through the course of the preseason, to allow you to get to your final team. There were long moments spent contemplating who to cut, and players' pleas on the way out don't make it any easier.
Also, you can now practice with your franchise team between games and before playoff games, which means that you get the chance to gameplan without having to make it count, just like you would in real life. Free agency has been beefed up, too, to get a little closer to the Wild Wild West feel of the offseason we just experienced in real life, allowing you to bid against the other 31 teams in the league to get to the player you want.
There are some curiosities, however, and I firmly believe that these are related to the uncertainty of the NFL in this offseason. Madden calls itself the most realistic football simulation there is, but, if that's the case, why don't I have a 90-man roster going into this season? Contract negotiations are based on old numbers, not the way the CBA has dictated new contracts go. These are nitpicky items, for sure, but if you only claim to do one thing and do it well, you should do it completely.
Rumblin', Bumblin', Stumblin'
Madden has always been at the forefront of sports gaming when it comes to presentation, often providing some of the best HD experiences one can have in the world of gaming, and this year's edition is still beautiful, with extra attention being paid to new cinematics and introductions that are truly breathtaking. The problem, however, is that some of the things that are typically so well done are a little off this time out. For example, your field goal team will have just finished kicking, and it will cut to an animation of an offensive huddle with completely different personnel, including your QB, who is actually on the bench.
The commentary, provided by Cris Collinsworth and Gus Johnson, is good, but often repetitive. Playing franchise mode with the Eagles, I heard Collinsworth's description of Nnamdi Asomugha in exactly the same way in each and every game. Also, not every stadium is one of the most difficult places to play on the road, but every stadium is certainly described that way.
Wrong players being namechecked, wrong numbers called, and splintered voiceover during which Johnson gamely asks questions that are never answered only adds to the confusion, which is so not like Madden that it's startling.
Never Trust Your Coordinators
Returning in a new way is the GameFlow system from Madden NFL 11, which means that your offensive and defensive coordinators call plays for you, and all you have to do is press 'A' to send them in. Here's the problem. Your coordinators are often wrong. The other team's AI is smart enough to recognize that you've run four play action passes in a row, and loads up accordingly. They are, unfortunately, smarter than your own coaching staff, which keeps calling the same play action a fifth time, ensuring a deep sack.
What it means is that you're going to have to be vigilant and learn the game and the plays you can call, instead of depending on the computer to do it for you. It's so frequently wrong that it seems like the plays might be picked at random. Also, with hundreds of plays at your disposal, why does the system continue to pick the same five plays over and over again? It's a conundrum.
Also, just so you know, if you're playing in franchise mode, even if you've been murdering teams over and over again, if you choose to simulate a game, you WILL lose that game, even if the other team is vastly inferior. Also, every two or three games you simulate means that one of your superstar players is lost for the season. It seems much more than simply random. Be aware.
Let's Play Together!
Online is, of course, really comprehensive, with head-to-head and 3-on-3 online co-op still at the forefront. Of course, when I played online, it was very, very laggy, causing my opponent (who I didn't know) to ask for a friendly quit after one quarter. The cool new online feature is Online Communities, which allows you to create and join a community of up to 2,000 players who share your preferences for online play, whether that be game length, injuries, penalties, or any number of other variables. You can play ranked matches within your community, or against other communities. This seems like a good way to weed out some of the chaff in the Madden community to make sure you get the experience you want.
Madden NFL Ultimate Team, the football version of Magic the Gathering, remains from last year if you like your football a little more on the theoretical side. New to Ultimate Team is the ability to trade players, which is nice. Madden Moments are back, consistently one of the more fun parts of the game, and this year's edition is no different, though four of the five Moments that come unlocked with the game are nearly impossible to accomplish.
Are We Rebuilding?
Overall, Madden NFL 12 is going to be satisfying to Madden fans who buy the game year after year, regardless of what's changed and what's not. Usually, steps forward are made in the franchise, but this year, it seems that the steps forward have been made in the parts of the game that aren't the fundamentals. In other words, it's just fine to add lots and lots of extras, but when the core game takes a step backward, you need to really think of what's important.
As I said earlier, I can't help but think that a lot of this has to do with the fluctuation in the world of the NFL over the offseason, and the uncertainty of what football would look like when it returned. Maybe it left a lot undone until the last minute, but this year's edition of Madden feels like a stopgap, as if we should just be happy it's here, and not necessarily expect too much more than that.


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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Reception at 11AM | Luncheon promptly at noon
San Francisco Marriott Marquis | 55 Fourth Street
Keynote Speaker
Professor Pamela S. Karlan
Distinguished member of the Stanford Law School faculty; renowned Constitutional Law scholar, Kenneth and Harle Professor of Public Interest Law; and the Founder and Co-Director of the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
Introduced by
The Honorable Goodwin H. Liu
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California
Recipient of the Mathew O. Tobriner Public Service Award
Belva Davis
Acclaimed journalist and civil rights heroine who has informed our community for more than 45 years with news of the Bay Area, and who has challenged and overcome race and gender-based discrimination in her profession.
Presented by
Edwin M. Lee
Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco
Honorary Committee
- J. Thomas Briody, Institute on Aging
- The Honorable Willie L. Brown, Jr.
- Jerome B. Falk, Jr., Arnold & Porter LLP
- Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator for California
- Dennis J. Herrera, San Francisco City Attorney
- John P. Levin, Folger Levin LLP
- Pam Moore, KRON TV
- Rose Mary Towns, Librarian (Ret.)
- Reverend Cecil Williams, Glide Memorial Methodist Church
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Our culture is absolutely obsessed with celebrities, despite the fact that, guys, they poop just like everyone else, guys. Once you realize that, it's hard to give a shit (... I'm not sorry) about the lives of the rich and famous, unless of course you happen to like movies. Because if you do, then you actually should pay attention to the comings and goings of celebrities, seeing as they can sometimes inspire the creation of some really awesome movies. And I'm not talking about A-list actors signing up for a project and finally getting it greenlighted by the studio. No, I'm talking about the time when ...
4An Arnold Schwarzenegger Speech Gave Us the Premise of Little Miss Sunshine
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The runaway success of the hit indie film Little Miss Sunshine is made even more impressive by the fact that it's a movie entirely about a family of depressing, borderline-crazy people like the drug-addicted grandpa (drugpa), the angsty son who's taken a vow of silence, and the painfully uninspiring motivational speaker father.
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Who nonetheless have nothing on parents that dress their kids up like Bratz strippers.
Stick those characters in a van and have them drive hundreds of miles to a child beauty pageant, and a heart-warming comedy-drama about the importance of family is the last thing you'd expect to happen (the first one, of course, being a trip to the hospital after everyone gets their stories straight about how they've all busted their lips at the same time). And since we're already on the topic of dysfunctional families: Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Did you know that Arnold Schwarzenegger hates "losers," going as far as to say that he despises them in a speech he gave to a bunch of high school kids? Even if you didn't, it's hardly surprising. Schwarzenegger's entire career has been built around competitions (elections, movie auditions, steroid-eating contests, etc.), slowly turning him into the sort of person who, I'm guessing, would never want to be friends with the success-challenged heroes of Little Miss Sunshine. Actually, scratch that. I know that Schwarzenegger wouldn't want to be friends with them, because according to the film's screenwriter, Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine and its cast of character were written specifically to spite the aging, loser-hating bodybuilder.
Apparently, when Arndt had first read about Schwarzenegger's speech, he found it so horribly misguided that he had to go and punch a keyboard out of frustration. Then, when he looked up, he noticed that he'd accidentally written down the basic outline of a story about losers the audience would root for.
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And who could rock a headband 10 times better than Arnie.
Arndt then tried to figure out how Schwarzenegger ever became so rich and famous, coming to the conclusion that it was thanks to him swelling up with muscle like a giant flesh balloon, which sounds insane when you really think about it. So he looked for some other type of competition that would make you sound a bit crazy if you got really obsessed with it. In the end, he found the perfect candidate in a child beauty pageant and decided to center the entire movie on that, meaning that the Little Miss Sunshine we know and love probably wouldn't have existed without Arnold Schwarzenegger being a total ass that one time.
3The Iron Giant Started Out as a Weird Pete Townshend Rock Opera
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The Iron Giant tells the story of an amnesiac alien robot landing in Maine during the Cold War and befriending a little boy named Hogarth, who must then hide the giant's existence from the government. If you've never seen it, think something along the lines of "E.T. meets the epic finale of The Avengers."
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Then immediately start bawling your eyes out.
If you have seen the movie, then I bet your favorite part is the ending, when the giant saves Hogarth's town from a nuclear missile, seemingly sacrificing his own life in the process. But it might interest you to know that originally the film was supposed to end a bit differently, with the robot battling a "Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon" to the music of the English rock band the Who.
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Drugs may have been involved.
Before there was The Iron Giant, there first was The Iron Man, a 1968 book by Ted Hughes about an alien robot that lands on Earth, befriends a little boy named Hogarth, and then "fights" some sort of Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon. The story doesn't really provide an explanation for what the creature is. It just suddenly shows up and ends up singing a magical hippie song that brings about world peace. Yeah, it's that kind of book.
But sandwiched between the novel and the movie like a piece of delicious missing link ham lies The Iron Man: The Musical, an experimental rock opera by the Who's guitarist/songwriter Pete Townshend. Townshend discovered the book in the '80s and became interested in it due to, one would assume, its relative sanity compared to everything else he'd ever recorded. He and two remaining the Who members then decided to immortalize Hughes' story about an alien-dragon-battling mechanoid in the only way that did justice to the source material: through weird songs where Hogarth is taught about love by talking forest animals.
As you might have guessed, the musical was poorly received, although that probably also had something to do with its uninspired cover art that more resembled the logo of a PC game company:
Atlantic, Pete Townshend
"So, do you want like a robot punching an alien dragon, or ..."
"No, I have a much better idea."
However, in 1993, The Iron Man: The Musical did get its own London stage show adaptation, after which one of the producers thought that it could actually translate well to the big screen. Calls were made, and soon Warner Bros. bought the movie rights from Townshend (without whom the studio would never have heard about The Iron Man outside of a Marvel comic book) and then hired Brad Bird as the director. Bird then immediately threw out all of Townshend's songs and a lot of the original story and decided to instead base the project on one question: "What if a gun had a soul?"
When informed of this, Townshend, ever the uncompromising artist, simply replied: "Well, whatever. I got paid." And that, kids, is the inspiring story of the beautiful 1999 animated movie that got you beat up in school by making you cry in front of the whole goddamn cinema.


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Wednesday, June 18, 5:00 pm Mill Valley Community Center
Thursday, June 26 3:00 pm Mill Valley City Hall
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Join us for the final Budget Hearing on June 26.
The City uses a two-year budget format, with a new two-year budget cycle starting July 1, the beginning of the City's fiscal year. For residents, business and property owners, the development of a new budget presents an opportunity to make your voice heard about how and where you want your City to spend your tax dollars. From emergency services provided by our Police and Fire Departments and the myriad forms of programming at our Recreation and Library facilities to tangible projects like road repairs and new bicycle and pedestrian paths, the City's budget has a vast impact on the day-to-day lives of its residents and business owners. There are a number of ways for you to provide input into the budget process:
At the hearings, City Manager Jim McCann and Finance Director Eric Erickson will present to the City Council a proposed budget for 2014-2016. That budget will reflect the City Council's strategic planning process, particularly the identification of "Priority Projects" that drive the allocation of expenses in the budget. For instance, among its 2014-2015 Priority Projects, the Council identified items such as implementation of the City's new General Plan, commencing construction of the renovation of Miller Avenue, implementation of a comprehensive Communications Plan and construction of several community serving capital improvement projects, and implementing measures to address long-term pension and retirement benefit liability costs.
Revenues In 2013-2014, the City of Mill Valley had revenues of nearly $37.5 million, with 39 percent, $13.5 million, of that money coming from property taxes and another 27 percent coming from user fees for facilities like the Golf Course and the Community Center or fees associated with building permits. While sales tax accounts for 8 percent of the City's 2013-2014 revenue, another 17 percent came from taxes on things like business licenses, hotels and the Municipal Services Tax (MST), as well sewer service fees. The City is restricted in how it can spend those latter two sources of revenue. Funding from the MST, which was first approved by voters in 1987 and currently generates $1.2 million a year, is restricted to paying for road repair and maintenance and operating the City's Vegetation Management Program (more info on each below). The bulk of the City's sewer fee revenue – nearly $5.1 million in 2013-2014 – must be spent on operating, repairing and upgrading the City's aging sewer system. Here's a pie chart reflecting the City's 2013-2014 revenue sources:
Expenses In 2013-2014, the City had operating expenses of approximately $26.5 million and total expenses of $37.5 million, which includes equipment upgrades as well as the renovation of facilities like the Community Center, the Boyle Park tennis courts and the construction of new facilities like bicycle and pedestrian paths along Camino Alto and Sycamore Avenue. Public safety commands a sizable portion of the City's operating expenses, with the Police Department accounting for approximately $5.3 million and the Fire Department making up another $4.6 million. Here's a pie chart reflecting the City's 2013-2014 operating expenses:
Day-to-Day Impacts of the Budget While the City's budget has many components, you're able to see your tax dollars in action on any given day, from use of City services and facilities to the great programming being churned out regularly by our Recreation Department and Library. Capital Improvement Projects Perhaps the most tangible examples of daily budget impact are Capital Improvement Projects (CIPs), in which the City sets aside money in the budget specifically to maintain, repair or replace a physical component of the City. In the previous two-year budget cycle, those CIP allocations included:
Services Services are also a huge part of the City's budget, particularly from the Police and Fire Departments. For instance, the nearly $9.9 million combined budget of these departments not only includes outstanding response to incidents, it also features a bevy of services designed to prevent many of those incidents form occurring in the first place. They include:
Programming For those interested in top-notch cultural, educational and recreational programming, the City of Mill Valley boasts a roster of workshops, camps, and arts and entertainment events that rivals offerings of much larger cities in the Bay Area.
That roster includes:
The City of Mill Valley's Budget Philosophy The City Council has identified "prudent fiscal policies and practices" among its nine Core Values. For the 2012-2014 and the coming 2014-2016 budget cycle, that means strategically containing and reducing the City's costs associated with providing pensions and medical benefits to retired employees.
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naruto getting sharingan is very unlikely, but what i think is kakashi will get obito's second mS after he beats obito to pulp and brings him back to senses...
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I think giving Naruto a dojutsu now especially the Rinnegan would be a bit stupid coz Kishi could have just let Konan give Nagato's eyes to Naruto after the Invasion of Pain Arc anyways. The only reason I see Naruto needing the Rinnegan is if Kishi wants to go down the foreshadowing of the SO6P where Naruto is portrayed as a savior, but this has already been demonstrated with him protecting the village so yeah - POINTLESS.
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There has been a steady decline of people using videographers in recent years due to the cost of hiring a videographer for a video that's often seen only a few times and then stored away indefinitely. Photographs are great for remembering that special day by recreating those special moments in your memory, but there's nothing more powerful than seeing and hearing the actual moments that not only bring back memories, but also allow future generations to experience the sights, sounds and feelings you felt that day.
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Marc Gunther discusses the proposed carbon-capture-and-storage plant in Texas.
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Home List of Titles A bacterial metapopulation adapts locally to phage predation despite global dispersal
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- A bacterial metapopulation adapts locally to phage predation despite global dispersal
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- Kunin, Victor; He, Shaomei; Warnecke, Falk; Peterson, S. Brook; Garcia Martin, Hector; Haynes, Matthew; Ivanova, Natalia; Blackall, Linda L.; Breitbart, Mya; Rohwer, Forest; McMahon, Katherine D.; Hugenholtz, Philip
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- Using a combination of bacterial and phage-targeted metagenomics, we analyzed two geographically remote sludge bioreactors enriched in a single bacterial species Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis (CAP). We inferred unrestricted global movement of this species and identified aquatic ecosystems as the primary environmental reservoirs facilitating dispersal. Highly related and geographically remote CAP strains differed principally in genomic regions encoding phage defense mechanisms. We found that CAP populations were high density, clonal, and nonrecombining, providing natural targets for 'kill-the-winner' phage predation. Community expression analysis demonstrated that phages were consistently active in the bioreactor community. Genomic signatures linking CAP to past phage exposures were observed mostly between local phage and host. We conclude that CAP strains disperse globally but must adapt to phage predation pressure locally.
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- Genome Research, Vol. 18, no. 2 (Feb 2008), pp. 293-297
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- 2008
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- Accumulibacter phosphatis; Bacteriophages; Betaproteobacteria; Biological adaptation; Candidatus accumulibacter phsophatis; Evolutionary adaptation; Gene expression profiling; Microarray analysis; Phagocytosis; Phylogeny; Queensland; Sewage; Sludge; Wisconsin
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- Copyright © 2008 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. This article is freely available online through the Genome Research Open Access option.
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Hey, Mat Latos, Meet an Equally Arrogant Self-Serving Professional!
The truth is: I was going to leave this one in the proverbial scrap pile of unprocessed information otherwise known as my oft useless brain, but after reading this touching letter to Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitski, I decided this might have a place.
I mean, I already infuriated Barry Zito (or at least his handlers) earlier this year by writing the truth: that during his Giants tenure, he hasn't performed as well as that lofty contract might suggest. Before I knew it he was blocking me from his Twitter account and I was wallowing in the kind of sorrow that only comes from not knowing what band Barry Zito thinks "rocks" or what type of scarf he's going to wear to the polo club to impress his famously hot girlfriends.
Whoo wee!
So I certainly hope that when I call out Padres pitching prospect, Mat Latos, for acting like a bratty child during pre-game activities at this year's Futures Game, that he doesn't block me from watching his so-called Tim Lincecum-like delivery on MLB.TV.
Oh wait. Why would I ever want to watch a Padres game? Nevermind.
Still, much like the young fireballer Latos, I too am trying to become established, to make a name for myself, to be noticed. And the truth is, Mat, you and I, we can be a team. Maybe…
First you will have to brush up on your people skills. For example, when little kids ask you to toss a batting practice ball up to them in the stands, I wouldn't fake-throw it (like one tends to do with his dog because watching a dog chase nothing is funny) then laugh with your buddies at how clever you are. And I also wouldn't spend most of that shagging time trying to launch errant balls high up into the upper decks (and fail miserably) because those balls were falling down onto we little people at high speeds and someone could have gotten hurt.
See, the thing is, Mat, I know you're young and all that talent has probably gotten to you; still, remember that you're living a dream — that you have been gifted with the ability to play a game… for a living — and that your personality on and off the field will have a whole lot to do with how we plebeian fans perceive you. Don't care how the fans perceive you? See Barry Bonds for more information on how it can go horribly wrong.
Lucky for you, Mat, I'm a pretty understanding guy. And I can be a snot-nose sometimes too. I won't fault you for that… but remember who you are aiming your snot-nosedness at, Mat. The kids. Remember the kids.
Those kids — kids who look up to you even though they have no idea who you are, 'cuz let's face it, right now you're a nobody just like Lastings Milledge is a nobody — those kids, when you mess with them, they don't take it so well.
Remember that and you will be good to go. I almost guarantee it. Okay, I sorta guarantee it.
Good luck, Mat! Hope to see you around the ballpark and maybe — if you feel lucky — you might even consider attacking my character… when you get a break from being the next Tim Lincecum that is…
Hate me 'cuz I call 'em out, just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
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And when you mess with little kids – you mess with their moms and dads who buy the tickets to the games, and t-shirts and hats…..maybe something for Mr. Latos to think about.
That's an odd picture of Latos…he looks ninety years old in the face and his arm looks like the skinny, flailing arm of one of those giant blow-up funnel creatures at an auto dealership.
Did he really fake a throw to the fans? Jeez.
I totally agree with Julia- It's pretty much just wrong.
& It's Progressive Field now. Although I call it Pro Field, hahaha. http://tribechick.mlblogs.com/ -TC
Julia — Great point. Didn't think of it that way (I've no kids) but it's very true.
Jonestein — Yep. He did. Multiple times. He thought he was soooooo funny too. Whatevs.
TC — Profield, eh? Sounds better than the oxymoron which is progressive. Nothing progressive about the '09 edition of the Indians (sorry. it's true?)
Kids remember people who are mean to them. It's like a photographic memory that they won't erase. Do something stupid to them now, they'll have their hate on you forever.
And you still have to deal with ticked off parents.
Why can't ballplayers realize that even the slightest bit of attention makes an indelible impression on a kid – for life! I'm just glad Mickey Mantle wasn't mean to me as a kid or I'd have to hate him – and that would be soooo horrible.
Ginny — True. Todd Worrell was one of my favorite players because he was so nice to me when I was a kid that first time I met him.
Jane — The Mick didn't have a mean cell in him. That (and well, because he was a phenomenal ballplayer) is why he is, THE MICK.
Just to second what everyone else has said: kids remember. Shoot, all fans remember. I'm talking to you, Joey Votto–no matter how good you get, I will remember your loud cursing during BP in front of all of us. We heard you!
What a jerk Mat Latos seems to be. And he's only a prospect! Imagine how bad it will get when he makes it to the majors. I hope you suck!
Thanks for the shout-out. I really appreciate it😀
♥ Kylie — http://kylie.mlblogs.com
Kylie — Well, I'm not gonna call him a 'jerk' after one occurrence because after all, the kid is young (was called up late last week to the big leagues) but I do consider this a warning on behalf of the fans. Your points were very valid in your letter, which inspired me to bring this up. It DOES matter how one behaves in the spotlight. It really does. Maybe Mat can learn something.
The Padres have teams on their schedule that can mash like the Brewers, Braves and Marlins. My guess is Chipper Jones, Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder will introduce him to the big leagues pretty quickly. And watching the Padres is like rubbernecking a car crash; you can't bear to look OR to look away. The Royals are almost at that point too. And so are the Mets for that matter.
Prince — Don't forget Albert in that equation. And yeah, I feel ya on the Padres tip.
Lastings Milledge could have been a rap star. The Mets just didn't let him release the album…you can't find his music anywhere. Though perhaps I can't really call him a musician because I've never heard his stuff, and it could be total crap.
After all, if he raps about as well as he played baseball for the Nats…
But Milledge was somewhat entertaining for a while. Some of the Mets fans liked him.
So Jeff – guess who I just heard that the Cards have picked up? My favorite SS – Mr. Julio Lugo!!! Enjoy!!!
I'm not so sure if Mat Latos belongs in the Majors this early. He's the guy who goes five innings per game so it was no surprise to see him go only four on Sunday. And got the loss since the Padres couldn't score bunch of runs.
Lmao.. couldn't have said it better..
The fake toss thing is "boo his a** off" worthy.. ask Ichiro.
Hope Mat Latos gets the message.
– V [ http://flairforthedramatic.mlblogs.com ]
So true. Players need to realize that even though they're stars or stars on the rise that they're still human beings too, and it's not right to treat people that way. Well said, Jeff, well said. [applause]
IBDB — I'd pay a good $5 for that CD if you can get a hold of one.
Julia — I'm crying as I type… WTF!?!?!
Ginnny — Yeah, right down the drain.
Hyunyoung — He was on a pitch count. Tom Seaver wasn't ever on a pitch count. What is wrong with today's pitching? Oh yeah. Money.
V — What? Did Ichiro do that? Bad bad boy.
Lisa — Thanks. I love me some applause.
Yes he did.. He dropped a pop up at Yankee Stadium and the fans let him have it the next time one that was headed his way.. so after catching it to end the inning Ich fake tossed to the stands and kept the ball in his glove instead and jogged back to the dugout. Like I said.. bush league.
– V [ http://flairforthedramatic.mlblogs.com ]
Have we determined if Mat is a descendant of Ty Cobb (or maybe WC Fields)? Seems that way.
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V — Wow, how'd I miss that? And I thought Ichiro was classy. Hey, I'll trade you Latos' childishness and Ichiro's bush league for A-Rod's "Ha!" or "I got it!". Deal?
Steve — Signs point to Fields over Cobb. Cobb at least made it to the Hall of Fame.
They seem to grow them in San Diego professional sports. Ryan Leaf, Matt Bush… Mat Latos?
Cal — I appreciate the comment. Please remember, the MLBlogosphere is about sharing the love of the game by blogging and developing relationships, not just posting comments like "hey check me out". I'd be happy to drop by your blog, as I have many times, but remember this is a symbiotic relationship we all have and actually engaging in the conversation at hand will take you much further than just plugging your own stuff. You'll figure it out.
Roundrock — Ryan Leaf… somehow I had erased him from my memory. Now I remember why. Tough to be a SD sports fan, eh? Remember Gary Templeton? He wasn't brought up there, but he had an attitude problem too, which is why he was dealt for… wait for it… wait for it… HOFer Ozzie Smith.
I don't hate you cuz you're right, I hate you cuz you're funnier than I could ever be. But that's ok too, because I tried to be funny once and I ended up switching my parents' cable provider.But what's with the shot at Lastings? Give the little people a break from time to time. Ashhttp://ashleymarshall.mlblogs.com
Well that wasn't very nice! I'm guessing you mean the Tribe doesn't win much, eh? I'm going to laugh if we have a winning season next year. Hehe. & Oh well, I can take it. Thanks for the congrats, anyways. http://tribechick.mlblogs.com/ -TC
TC — I am what I am… a snarky, sarcastic know it all. I wish them the best, really. Hard to be as bad as they are this year😉
Ash — I love that you consider Lastings one of the "little people". See, you CAN be funny!!! Keep it up and you'll be just fine!
Hey, I feel your pain….in a way. Richard Justice of chron.com blocked me from following him on Twitter, and honestly I didn't say anything to justify it. I follow all the Houston sports personalities so that was weird.
Cal — No biggie. You're cool, man.
Austin — His loss, right? That's how we gotta look at it… then ruin his name of course.
Right on buddy…IT IS **ON**😉 I trash him whenever I can now. I'm trying to be careful with this pursuit because I don't want to convince any innocent bystanders that he did the right thing. B-)
Crazy thing is when they do stuff like that, they never know who the kids are or who they are related too… That sort of thing can end a career as quick as it began…. and I gotta watch the damn Padres tonight… now wouldn't you just like to throw a ball at them as they dissapear into the dug out… or maybe one of the kids uncles or some relative will be the first one he dings with a pitch in a game and he gets it back….. so many ways to see the… what goes around comes around scenario
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Perhaps Latos would act a little nicer and be more appreciate of his situation in life if he BEAT THE COOLER.
Austin — On it is… YIKES! I feel ya. It's tough takin' out someone's legs these days.
Devilabrit — Such guys usually either turn it around quick or they simply don't last too long (unless they have a huge, PED-fed forehead).
Jeremy — Sweet. I'll check it out. Mos def.
Yeah, your right. Especially with the win today, which meant we are now in 4th place instead of 5th! I am so glad about that, haha. I cant wait to blog about it tommorow, which I have to do because I wont have time to blog much anymore today. http://tribechick.mlblogs.com/ -TC
well to clear the air to all of you ignorant baseball fans…… i never fake throw a ball to kids… its always to the people who ruin it for the kids! thats right im talking about you loser bloggers who have no business talking about anything with baseball.. you people who probably didnt even make the jv team in high school! also it would be the guys who were there with thousands of cards and balls wanting to get a quick buc off of people! its pathetic.. you ruin it for the kids everytime you run over to get a card or photo signed… if any of you idiot bloggers had any free time away from ur basements and computers n had your own lives and got out of everyone elses ***** you would know im always the guy out in the dugout early signing for (THE KIDS) until the idiots arrive with their cards and photos wanting a quick buc from players….. so no jeff.. you dont tell the truth… you tell of the ******** you observe and then you are quick to judge someone because they are a public figure and you are just a blogger in your parents basement…. if you have anything further to say about me… fell free to wait until we are in st. louis and we can chat face to face! so if you want the real me and not the ******** you make me to be youll grow a pair!!
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The first successful manned Apollo mission launches, John Lennon releases the song "Imagine," George Washington gets a posthumous promotion, and Anita Hill accuses Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment, all on this day.
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Prisoners have long been known to find interesting ways to pass the time in their cells. But a librarian at the U.S. Navy's Guantanamo Bay Detention Center in Cuba said "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" is a hit with their detainees.
According to the Miami Herald, a librarian at the facility, who would only identify himself as Milton, told visiting journalists that the 168 remaining detainees at Guantanamo no longer seem to show much interest in the "Harry Potter" series of books. Instead they have been requesting DVD episodes of the '90s hit sitcom starring Will Smith.
The detainees were captured in operations around the world since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
The Herald reported that Milton offered no explanation for the popularity of the show among the center's library of 28,000 multilingual books and videos, but that the cooperative captives, who make up most of the detainees, can watch the show communally in their medium security lock-ups. The maximum security inmates, who represent about 15 percent of the population, are allowed to watch the show alone for about an hour or two a day.
He said the uniformed military officials at the center are responsible for distributing the library's material within the cell blocks.
According to the newspaper, commanders at the facility encourage the detainees to engage in recreational activities such as books, videos and soccer, to keep them distracted and to reduce confrontations with guards.
There was no word on what Western preference the detainees showed in music, or if there's been a rash of "Carlton" dancing from the Fresh Prince show seen around the complex.
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