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Home List of Titles Preventing protein adsorption from a range of surfaces using an aqueous fish protein extract
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- Title
- Preventing protein adsorption from a range of surfaces using an aqueous fish protein extract
- Author(s)
- Pillai, Saju; Arpanaei, Ayyoob; Meyer, Rikke L.; Birkedal, Victoria; Gram, Lone; Besenbacher, Flemming; Kingshott, Peter
- Abstract
- We utilize an aqueous extract of fish proteins (FPs) as a coating for minimizing the adsorption of fibrinogen (Fg) and human serum albumin (HSA). The surfaces include stainless steel (SS), gold (Au), silicon dioxide (SiO 2), and poly(styrene) (PS). The adsorption processes (kinetics and adsorbed mass) are followed by quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D). Complementary surface information is provided by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). QCM-D shows no mass increases to any of the FPcoated surfaces upon treating with Fg or HSA. Also, when Fg- or HSA-coated surfaces are exposed to the FPs, a significant increase in adsorbed mass occurs because the FPs are highly surface-active displacing Fg. Additionally, fluorescence microscopy confirms that very little Fg adsorbs to the FP-coated surfaces. We propose that FP coatings prevent protein adsorption by steric stabilization and could be an alternative method for preventing unwanted bioadhesion on medical materials.
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- Source
- Biomacromolecules, Vol. 10, no. 10 (Oct 2009), pp. 2759-2766
- Publication year
- 2009
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- Keyword(s)
- Adsorption; Adsorption process; Alternative methods; Animals; Aqueous extracts; Aqueous solution; Atlantic cod; Atomic force microscopy; Atomic spectroscopy; Bio-adhesion; Coated surface; Coatings; Fibrinogen; Fish protein; Fishes; Fluorescence microscopy; Gold; Human; Human serum albumins; Kinetics; Mass increase; Medical materials; Nonhuman; Oxide minerals; Polystyrene; Protein adsorption; Protein extract; Proteins; Quartz; Quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation; Quartz crystal microbalances; Silica; Silicon compounds; Silicon dioxide; Silicon oxides; Solvent extraction; Stainless steel; Stereospecificity; Steric stabilisation; Styrene; Surface information; Surface properties; Surfaces; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- 1525-7797
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- Copyright © 2009 American Chemical Society.
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Anti-destruction destructive dtrace script and y2k9
By bnitz on Jan 08, 2009
A while ago I kludged up this ugly, ugly hack which demonstrates a destructive dtrace script which snapshots the filesystem whenever a destructive command is run (e.g. /usr/bin/rm). It isn't useful except maybe for demos, but the idea could be used for something else. For example, you could snapshot every keystroke on Monday mornings or after a particularly happy New Years Eve especially when transitioning to or from years containing a leap day or leap second...1
#!/usr/sbin/dtrace -s #pragma D option quiet #pragma D option destructive BEGIN { self->interested =0; } proc:::exec-success /(execname =="rm") && (self->interested == 0) && (dirname(curpsinfo->pr_psargs) != ".")/ { self->interested = 1 ; printf("Someone is trying to delete %s\\n",dirname(curpsinfo->pr_psargs +3)); printf("%s %d",dirname(curpsinfo->pr_psargs+3),timestamp); printf("Snapshotting %s %d",dirname(curpsinfo->pr_psargs+3),timestamp); system("/usr/sbin/zfs snapshot rpool%s@%d",dirname(curpsinfo->pr_psargs+3),timestamp); stop(); system("prun %d", pid); }
1Sun's JDS 2 Linux distribution was based on a Linux 2.4 kernel and the following version (JDS3 beta) was to be based on a 2.6.19 kernel before Sun decided to drop the Linux kernel and focus on products based around the Solaris kernel. AFAIK the leap second bug appeared in the 2.6.22 Linux kernel. The 5000 year old time keeper at Newgrange also failed to work properly because of a bug caused by the presence of clouds between itself and the sun.
P.S. Don't ask me why we seem to get reoccurring bugs every decade, millennium, leap year and leap-second in what should have been a few score lines of date related code some of which could have been implemented a couple of thousand years ago Maybe Ptolomy's code was refined over a few hundred years without fear of patent reprisals or maybe he just spent more money on development and QA.

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Kauai police reported that a 77-year-old man has died from injuries sustained during a two-car collision in Kapaa Wednesday afternoon.
The incident occurred shortly before 2 p.m. on Kuhio Highway, fronting the Kaiakea fire station.
According to a preliminary police investigation, the Oregon man was a passenger in a Chevy HHR that was on the northbound shoulder of the highway. The vehicle was attempting to enter the northbound lane when a Ford truck, heading north, struck the car's driver side.
Firefighters, police and medics responded to the scene. Medics transported both the female driver and male passenger of the PT Cruiser to Wilcox Hospital.
The man was pronounced dead upon arrival to the hospital. Police have not yet released his identity.
The 71-year-old female driver remains at Wilcox in stable condition.
The 62-year-old male driver of the Ford truck did not report any injuries.
Kuhio Highway was closed in both directions for over two hours while police conducted their investigation and crews worked to clear the roadway.
During the road closure, police directed northbound traffic onto Kawaihau Road, while southbound traffic was diverted onto Mailihuna Road. Both lanes reopened just before 5 p.m.
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I want to get excited. I want to celebrate the win in our first game at Target Field. I want to think the Sox are finally playing up to expectations. But I'm going to contain myself and wait to see what happens in this afternoon's matinee.


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Dodgers Damaged Goods… Spring Training plans! Get Well Roberto.
Took this picture back in December when we went to Dodger Stadium to do a little Christmas shopping. We thought it was funny finding these two t-shirts in the box.
Spring Training plans this year:
My friend LTD23 and I settled on the dates we will be at Camelback Ranch! We will be there the first weekend in March and the last weekend of March. YIPPY!!! I can't wait!
We will see our beloved Dodgers against the White Sox on 3/6 and 3/7 and Monday at Scottsdale against the hated Giants. On 3/27, we will see our bums against Seattle at Camelback Ranch and Sunday we will travel to see them against Cincinnati and Monday travel to see them against Cleveland. I hope, I hope I hope I will see Bob Feller!
Get well Roberto.
Just found out that Roberto of from Vin Scully is my Homeboy is battling some health problems. He said he had about 6 blood tranfusions and the doctors don't know what it is. My thoughs and prayers are wtih you Roberto. Hopefully the doctors will find what is wrong and you can get off the D.L.
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I just made my spring training plans too! Very exciting, isn't it? And I can't wait until the Yankees come to LA in June to play your "bums." Should be a fun weekend.
Ooh, is it possibly I will be in Arizona during that time anyway, and that I might attend to equal out your Giants hatred? Possible, possible…
good for you! I love Spring Training! Hopefully this time I'll get to meet you in June!
We were not able to make it to Scottsdale for a game, but we caught quite a few at Glendale, AZ.
Jealous of the spring training plans (i'll be stuck in brrrrrr Chicago)… why was Manny's discounted? He's still a Dodger.
Just damaged t-shirts that could not be sold at regular prices.
I can wait 'till I head south for spring training. We've got about a foot of snow up here in Canada which makes me so anxious to get down to Florida to watch some baseball and sit on the beach.
Have fun at spring training! Those plans sound great, and how amazing would it be to see Feller! I certainly hope you get that chance.
Fenway Bleacher Creature
So Mike, are you going to Spring Training? Here in the L.A. area, it has been raining but is not cold.
Fenway Bleacher,
I hope I do get a chance. I heard he always goes to Spring Training. Even though Cleveland also switched to the Cactus league.
haha Mike. We could not pass the oportuniy to take the picture, especially with Schmidt who pitched like two games for us in two years?


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At the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, some were hearing for the first time, that Pope Benedict XVI had done the unthinkable and resigned.
"It's no wonder the responsibilities are so great, at his age, it's just a little too much," said Rev. John Berger, who held Monday's mass at the church.
In 2005, Benedict, at the age of 78, was the oldest pope elected in 275 years and the first German in nearly 1,000 years.
He was also known to be shy and solitary.
Rev. Gary Secor, vicar general of the Roman Catholic Church of Hawaii, said it was who Benedict was as a person that may have given him the strength to make such a rare move.
"It's a great testament to the Holy Father's humility and his deep concern for the church that he would make this decision," said Secor.
It's unclear what's going to happen next, but Secor said it's likely the Pope will be named the pope Emeritus of Rome; he'll be in the Summer Residence temporarily and then move to the Monastery in Rome.
Even though it stunned most people, Pope Benedict now 85, was dealing not only with the job's immense daily pressures, but in his eight-year tenure, faced deep betrayal, when his own butler was convicted of stealing his personal papers.
"It was just a great insight he had within himself that he cannot continue to do the work that needs to be done," said Sister Alicia Damien Lau, who was part of a large group from Hawaii who flew to Italy in October for the canonization of Mother Marianne Cope.
She was one of the few who met him face to face.
"We were just praying that he was well enough to be able to have the canonization and to perform the ceremony and he did," she said.
She said she is grateful for the work he has done for Hawaii, but she too, saw a man who was worn down.
"I trust god is going to raise up someone who will be able to respond to these demands," said Secor.
Since the world is dealing with the resignation, instead of the death of a pope, Secor said a new Holy Father could be chosen fairly quickly.
Pope Benedict said he will retire on Feb. 28th.
He said cardinals are expected to meet by Mid-March and he believes the world may have a new pope by Easter.


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The hunt has yielded a sizable catch of small asteroids about 100. A preliminary analysis suggests that a total population of 300,000 small asteroids essentially rocks just over 1 to 3 kilometers wide (equal to half a mile to two miles) are orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in a band of space debris known as the main belt. Currently, there are 8,319 confirmed main belt asteroids whose orbits have been measured, and about the same number have been sighted but not confirmed. These pictures are a sampling of what astronomers have found. The blue, curved lines mark an asteroid's trail.See the rest:


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The most productive PG's are
1. Kidd(All around)
2. Nash(Most valuable)
3. Arenas(Best scoring)
These two guys are the future of the PG position in the NBA, they're both at the same level. Paul is underrated. Hornets were banged up, but like I said before, injuries are part of the game
4. Paul
5. Williams
These two guys are some of the most productive/talented offensive PG's you can find in the NBA, both has similar styles, both strong PG's that can pass and score.
6. Marbury
7. Davis
These are winning PG's who had their sucess in the playoffs.
8. Parker(playing with Duncan helps, Parker is still a great PG)
9. Billups
He's overrated a big, solid defender.
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On May 28, 2013, the Commissioners Court met again to discuss the problem we had over a year and half ago. Commissioner Rodriguez asked if there was anything they could do to get the tire mess cleaned up in Pct. 3 on 2nd and 3rd streets and the responsible people prosecuted.
When John Carabajal (former code enforcer) saw the code violation on the east side of town at 2nd and 3rd streets, he followed the proper procedures and filed a legal documentation on the violation. Carabajal was doing an excellent job.
When several people in Pct. 1 and Pct. 3 complained to the commissioners that Carabajal was enforcing the rules to have the guilty person prosecuted and the tires removed by the landowner, some of the commissioners made the motion to terminate the code enforcer's position due to lack of funds.
During the Commissioners Court meeting, it was stated that TCEQ had done an investigation into the matter and found that the tires were illegally dumped in the property owner's land and also that a local tire shop was responsible for hiring Mr. Ramirez, the brother of the property owner.
After a year and a half, the case has been filed; send to the precinct judge, forwarded to the county attorney and now sits on the desk of the district attorney.
If the county would allow our local code enforcers to give citations, maybe this problem would have stopped at 50 tires.
Mr. District Attorney, you should have summoned the land owner, the guilty person who dumped the tires on the property, the local tire generator (owner) and employees of the tire company and the accounting records for this improper disposal that has been and still is a health issue.
People of Bee County, do not let the Commissioners Court have us, the taxpayers, pay for this mess of cleaning up the more than several thousand tires. I believe it is the property owner's responsibility (since it was her brother) to pay for cleaning up the tires. Or better yet, get the local tire generator to pay for the mess since they were the ones to hire Ramirez in the first place.
Maybe it is time for the Bee County residents to look at how to and where to charge the officials in involved with substandard duty performance or dereliction of duty or, better yet, deliberate indifference.
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A habit of compromiseMarch 06,2013
House Speaker John Boehner has stated repeatedly that the Democrats got their tax hikes in January and so there will be no more tax hikes. Zero. Nada.
The meaning of Boehners words is that the Republicans have compromised once and so they dont need to compromise again. They gave in once, so now they are justified in their intransigence.
Boehner, however, fails to understand something important about democracy that it requires compromise all the time. Compromise is not something that happens only once only when your backs are against the wall and you have no choice. Compromise is the way competing factions reconcile their differences in order to craft solutions for the common good.
That we have different factions pursuing different interests is an inevitable fact of life, especially in a vast continental nation that is a melting pot of many peoples and economic interests. In fact, faction was a danger that the Founding Fathers were particularly wary of. They worried that unless the government was structured properly one faction could seize power to the detriment of the common good.
To prevent the ascendancy of one faction the mercantile interests of New York, the shipping interests of Boston, the planters of Virginia, slave owners they divided power among the several branches of government and between the states and the federal government.
If the passion of the moment seizes the attention of the House, which is elected every two years, then House-passed legislation must also win approval from the Senate. (Like hot tea poured into a saucer, it goes to the Senate to cool, Washington said.) If narrow regional or economic interests dominate the Congress, legislation it passes must also win approval from the president, who represents the nation. And both the executive and congressional branches are kept within the strictures of the Constitution by the judiciary, which is itself appointed by the executive and confirmed by the Senate.
This Rube Goldberg contraption is less efficient than a parliamentary system where the executive is drawn from the members of parliament. Thus, in England the majority party rules without check from another house or an executive with veto power (or the senatorial filibuster).
The only way the cumbersome American system can operate is if both parties understand the necessity of compromise. Members of Congress of both parties and both houses must recognize that for them to do the nations business they must take into account where the other side stands.
But that isnt the starting point from which the Republicans are operating. Republicans, especially in the House, are able to maintain their rigid anti-tax position because many of them have been elected from conservative districts where uncompromising ideological opposition to government is a dominant view and members risk rejection by voters if they waver in opposing new taxes. Thus, the wave of conservative tea party members who came to power in 2010 came not to do the nations business in the only way that business can be done but to enforce the narrow view of their districts.
At present Republicans, including the speaker, continue to repeat the falsehood that President Obama has failed to present a plan that would serve as an alternative to the budget cuts created by sequestration. What they mean to say is that Obama has failed to present a plan that would not require compromise from the Republicans. Obama proposes closing a variety of tax loopholes to raise revenues, plus a variety of budget cuts, including cuts to entitlement programs.
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With its solar arrays deployed, the Dragon capsule is on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) and should dock with the station on Friday.
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John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, issued this statement on behalf of The White House regarding the launch:
Congratulations to the teams at SpaceX and NASA for this morning's successful launch of the Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Every launch into space is a thrilling event, but this one is especially exciting because it represents the potential of a new era in American spaceflight. Partnering with U.S. companies such as SpaceX to provide cargo and eventually crew service to the International Space Station is a cornerstone of the President's plan for maintaining America's leadership in space. This expanded role for the private sector will free up more of NASA's resources to do what NASA does best -- tackle the most demanding technological challenges in space, including those of human space flight beyond low Earth orbit. I could not be more proud of our NASA and SpaceX scientists and engineers, and I look forward to following this and many more missions like it.
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For Immediate Release
January 23, 2013
Education Funding Advisory Board: Double education investment by $4.7 billion; current resources a `failure of the state's moral and fiduciary responsibilities'
New report highlights funding gaps and growing low-income population, now half of all students
SPRINGFIELD – The Education Funding Advisory Board (EFAB) submitted its recommendations for adequate education funding in a report to the General Assembly that calls for more than $4.7 billion in additional funding. The report also recommends further study of current state funding formulas.
"We appreciate the steadfast work of this panel of volunteer experts,'' said State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch. "While the state continues to struggle with an epic financial crisis – and our population of low-income students continues to rise - it remains important for us to analyze and reflect on what resources are truly required to support good instruction and learning so that students are best prepared to succeed."
EFAB, chaired by Sylvia Puente, executive director of the Latino Policy Forum, is required under state law to make recommendations to the legislature concerning General State Aid (GSA) for districts, specifically to advise where to set the statutory minimum per-pupil funding level – called the 'Foundation Level,' and the necessary amount of supplemental poverty grants for districts with a high percentage of children from low-income families.
The 12-page EFAB report details the state education budget's recent funding shortfalls, the rapid growth of the GSA supplemental poverty grant in relation to the corresponding increase in low-income students and the advisory panel's recommendations for Fiscal Year 2014. A copy of the EFAB report can be found at http://www.isbe.net/EFAB/pdf/final-report-01-13.pdf.
In recent years, funding for GSA, like many state programs, has fallen short. General State Aid has been prorated for the past two years, with payments at just 89 percent of the amount owed to districts this current year. As a result, the GSA foundation level of $6,119 per student can't be met. If that statutory level had been lowered to an amount that appropriations could afford, it would have been set at $5,734.
That reality contrasts sharply with what the EFAB recommends is necessary to fund education in Illinois. The group, using a national funding model, reports that adequate funding would mean an increase of $2,553 per pupil, raising the foundation level to $8,672 per pupil, or an additional $4.7 billion in total GSA funding.
"While tough economic times have become the 'new normal' in Illinois, we can't afford to backslide on our investments in our most vulnerable learners," Puente said. "The significant gap between EFAB's recommendation and our state's fiscal realities presents challenges. But success stems from high expectations. State officials must set the bar high — both for education funding and for students' academic outcomes — lest frustrating achievement gaps continue to persist for too many students in our state."
The report details the increase in low-income students, nearly half of all Illinois students are now classified as low-income, noting the growth has taken place in all geographic regions of the state but most dramatically in the collar counties where districts saw a nearly 44 percent increase in their low-income population since Fiscal Year 2011.
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The report, submitted Jan. 18 by the five-member panel, concludes, "While EFAB recognizes the dire financial position of the State of Illinois, the lack of adequate funding for basic education is a failure of the state's moral and fiduciary responsibilities," and goes on to urge the Governor and the General Assembly to work together to increase the resources available for public education in order to help children succeed in the 21st Century global economy.
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- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 small green pepper, chopped
- 1 small sweet red pepper, chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped celery
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1-1/2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1-1/4 cups uncooked long grain rice
- 2-1/2 cups water
- 1-1/2 teaspoons rubbed sage
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- In a large nonstick saucepan, saute the onion, peppers and celery in oil for 2 minutes. Add mushrooms and garlic; saute 3 minutes longer or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Stir in the rice, water and seasonings; bring to a boil.
- Carefully transfer to a 2-qt. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Cover and bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until rice is tender. Yield: 7 servings.
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|"Space Seed"
|TOS, Episode 1x24
Production number: 6149-24
First aired: 16 February 1967
Remastered version aired: 18 November 2006
|25th of 80 produced in TOS
|22nd of 80 released in TOS
|11th of 80 released in TOS Remastered
|22nd of 728 released in all
| Teleplay By
Gene L. Coon and Carey Wilber
Story By
Carey Wilber
Directed By
Marc Daniels
|3141.9 (2267)
|Arc: Khan Noonien Singh (1 of 2)
The Enterprise discovers an ancient spaceship carrying Augments from 1996 Earth, including their leader, Khan Noonien Singh.
In 2267, the SS Botany Bay, a DY-100 class starship, is discovered drifting in space by the USS Enterprise. Faint heart beats are detected, without any sign of respiration.
Act OneEdit
Spock is unable to identify the vessel. Captain Kirk, Scotty, historian Lieutenant Marla McGivers, and Doctor McCoy board the ship to investigate the life readings while Spock commands the Enterprise. Because of the fragmentary historical records on the era, the Enterprise crew mistake the ship's crew for refugees from the Eugenics Wars. Scotty takes note of the life support systems coming back on.
On board the Botany Bay, Scotty confirms that the vessel is Terran in origin. Lt. McGivers says that the ship is a sleeper ship, designed for long periods of interplanetary travel. One of the life units is then activated, and it is suspected that the man in this unit is the leader. Scotty notes the various ethnicities of the surviving crew of the vessel, still in suspended animation. The man asks how long he had been on the vessel; Kirk estimates the time at two centuries.
Act TwoEdit
Kirk orders McCoy and the unidentified man to sickbay on the Enterprise. McCoy is amazed at the physical and recuperative power of the man.
Scotty notes that twelve of the life units had failed, leaving 72 alive from the 1990s. Spock can find no record in the vessel. Kirk suspects that since Botany Bay was an Australian penal colony, this might have been a way to deport criminals. Spock refutes this, having no other explanation of his own. Spock also notes the extremely low probability that a vessel of this type could have survived for so long, and managed to leave Earth's solar system. Kirk orders the Botany Bay to be put under tow, and to set course to Starbase 12.
In sickbay, Kirk comes to speak to the man. McCoy notes his superior bodily strength and efficiency of his lungs, hinting at his Augment origin. Lt. McGivers arrives, while Kirk chides her on her performance on the landing party.
The man then awakes from his slumber and stretches, and notes a scalpel on the wall. He takes it, and moves back to his bed, feigning sleep. McCoy arrives to check his vital signs, and the man reaches towards McCoy's throat, threatening him with the scalpel. McCoy sarcastically, and in an admirable display of calm, says that if the man wished to kill him, it would be best if he would cut the carotid artery, just under the left ear. The man says he admires such bravery, and lets McCoy take back the scalpel. The man demands to speak to the captain of the vessel, and McCoy calls Kirk, saying he is a man with "many questions."
Kirk arrives, identifies himself as the captain, and asks the man his name. The man avoids the question, and asks what the ship's heading is. Kirk answers that it is Starbase 12, a planet in the Gamma 400 star system, the command base in that sector. The man identifies himself simply as "Khan." Kirk attempts to question Khan further, but he declines to elaborate on his history, acting fatigued. He says that he was once an engineer of sorts, and would like to study the ship's technical manuals. Kirk and McCoy then show him how to use the computers to access such information.
However, the individuals are all genetically-engineered "super-Humans" and their leader is Khan Noonien Singh, one of the worst tyrants ever seen on Earth.
Act ThreeEdit
Khan seizes control of the Enterprise after coercing McGivers to help him. With McGivers help, Khan beams over his fellow supermen from the Botany Bay and together, they cut off the life support on the bridge until Kirk decides to cooperate.
Act FourEdit
The bridge crew suffocates to the point of passing out. When they awaken, they are being held at phaserpoint by Khan's men in the briefing room while Khan holds Captain Kirk captive in Dr. McCoy's decompression chamber, and the rest of the bridge crew in the briefing room. Khan threatens to kill the captain if Kirk's crew doesn't join with him.
McGivers comes to Kirk's aid by knocking out the guard watching him. Spock floods the ship with knockout gas, but Khan is able to avoid the gas by escaping to engineering and cutting it off, rigging the ship to blow up. Kirk and Khan come to blows in engineering, with Kirk eventually defeating the "super-Human" by knocking him out with a club and saving the Enterprise from destruction. Kirk drops all charges against Khan and his people, and gives them the option of settling on the uninhabited world of Ceti Alpha V, an offer which Khan accepts. McGivers is given the option of a court martial for treason or going with them; she chooses to go with Khan.
As soon as Khan and his people leave, Kirk and Spock express an interest in returning to Ceti Alpha V in a hundred years to learn what crop will sprout from the seed they planted, unaware of their eventual re-encounter with the genetically superior tyrant fifteen years later.
Log EntriesEdit
- "Captain's log, stardate 3141.9. A full hour has elapsed since interception of the strange vessel. Our presence alongside is still being completely ignored. Although our sensors continue to show signs of equipment and life aboard, there's been no indication of danger to us."
- "Captain's log, supplemental. Alongside the SS Botany Bay for ten hours now, a boarding party of engineering and medical specialists are now completing their examination of the mysterious vessel. Attempts to revive other sleepers await our success or failure with the casualty already beamed over. Dr. McCoy is frankly amazed at his physical and recuperative power."
- "Stardate 3142.8. They have my ship, discarding their own worthless vessel. Only moments of air left on the bridge now. Commendations recommended for Lieutenant Uhura, Technicians First Class Thule and Harrison... Lieutenant Spinelli... and, of course, Mr. Spock. I take full responsibility... I take full..."
- "Captain's log, stardate 3143.3. Control of the Enterprise has been regained. I wish my next decisions were no more difficult. Khan and his people, what a waste to put them in a reorientation center... and what do I do about McGivers?"
Memorable QuotesEdit
"I fail to understand why it always gives you pleasure to see me proven wrong."
"An emotional Earth weakness of mine."
- - Spock and Kirk, as the Enterprise encounters the Botany Bay
"Your attempt to improve the race through selective breeding."
"Oh, now wait a minute. Not 'our' attempt, Mr. Spock. A group of ambitious scientists'. I'm sure you know the type. Devoted to logic, completely unemotional..."
- - Spock and McCoy, on the Eugenics Wars
"I signed aboard this ship to practice medicine, not to have my atoms scattered back and forth across space by this gadget."
- - McCoy, before beaming over to the Botany Bay
"Insufficient facts always invites danger, captain."
- - Spock, on the mystery surrounding the Botany Bay crew
"Well either choke me or cut my throat! Make up your mind!"
- - McCoy, as Khan chokes him with a scalpel in hand
"Where am I?"
"You're in ..." (Khan squeezes McCoy's neck) "You're in bed, holding a knife at your doctor's throat."
- - Khan and McCoy, in sickbay
"Superior ability breeds superior ambition."
- - Spock
"Would you reveal to war-weary populations that some eighty Napoleons might still be alive?"
- - Spock, on the potential threat of the passengers of the Botany Bay
"A beautiful woman. My name is Khan. Please sit and entertain me."
- - Khan, meeting McGivers for the first time
"But I caution you. Such men dare take what they want."
- - Khan, before kissing McGivers
"Tyranny, sir? Or an attempt to unify humanity?"
"Unify, sir? Like a team of animals under one whip?"
- - Khan and Spock, on the reign of the dictators during the Eugenics Wars
"You have a tendency to express ideas in military terms, Mister Khan. This is a social occasion."
"It has been said that social occasions are only warfare concealed."
- - Kirk and Khan
"You fled. Why? Were you afraid?"
"I've never been afraid."
"But you left at the very instant that man needed courage."
"We offered the world order!"
- - Kirk and Khan
"Go or stay, but do it because it is what you wish to do."
- - Khan, to McGivers
"He was the best of the tyrants and the most dangerous."
- - Kirk on Khan, during the Eugenics War
"We can be against him and admire him all at the same time."
- - Kirk and Spock, on Khan
"The trip is over. The battle begins again. Only this time it's not a world we win. It's a universe."
- - Khan, greeting his revived followers
"Your air should be getting quite thin by now. Will you surrender the bridge?"
"Academic, Captain. Refuse and every person on the bridge will suffocate."
- - Khan and Kirk
"Nothing ever changes, except man. Your technical accomplishments? Improve a mechanical device and you may double productivity but improve man and you gain a thousand fold. I am such a man."
- - Khan, to his hostages
"My vessel was useless. I need you and yours to select a colony planet, one with a population willing to be led by us."
"To be conquered by you... a starship would make that most simple, wouldn't it?"
- - Khan, on his intentions for the Enterprise and McCoy retorting
"Each of you in turn will go in there! Die while the others watch!"
- - Khan, to his hostages
"It does not matter, the captain is dead. Take Mr. Spock next."
- - Khan
"If I understood your manuals, that's an overload in progress. Your ship flares up like an exploding sun within MINUTES!"
- - Khan, setting the Enterprise's engines to overload
"I have five times your strength. You're no match for me!"
- - Khan, shortly before being incapacitated by Kirk
"Those men went on to tame a continent, Mister Khan. Can you tame a world?"
- - Kirk, before exiling Khan to Ceti Alpha V
"I will take her. And I've gotten something else I wanted. A world to win, an empire to build."
- - Khan's last words at the hearing
"It is better to rule in hell than serve in heaven."
- - Kirk to Scott, quoting John Milton's Paradise Lost
"It would be interesting, captain, to return to that world in a hundred years and to learn what crop has sprung from the seed you planted today."
- - Spock, unaware that he and Kirk will encounter Khan again in fifteen years
Background InformationEdit
Story Edit
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is the sequel to this episode while Star Trek Into Darkness portrays a different set of events leading to Khan's introduction to the 23rd century.
- The Eugenics Wars, and the notion of genetically augmented Humans, has also served as background for TAS: "The Infinite Vulcan" as well as several episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise: "Borderland", "Cold Station 12", and "The Augments".
- In "The Augments", Khan and his followers are referenced by Malik.
- When he accepts the punishment of exile, Khan alludes to the rebellious angels' exile to Hell in John Milton's Paradise Lost. Kirk clarifies by quoting part of Satan's speech: "Here we may reign secure; and in my choice / To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell: / Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven" (Book 1, 261-63).
- Although Kirk inquires as to the exact date of the launch of the Botany Bay, he never receives an answer. The non-canon novel The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2 revealed that it was launched from Earth on January 5, 1996 and began its journey through space six days later.
Script Edit
- In writer Carey Wilber's original treatment, the Khan character is a Nordic superman named Harold Erricsen. This evolved in the first draft, where the character first introduces himself as John Ericssen, but is later revealed to be Ragnar Thorwald, who was involved in "the First World Tyranny". Thorwald is more brutal in this version of the story, where he dispatches the guard outside his quarters with a phaser. (Star Trek Magazine issue 120, The Star Trek Compendium, pp. 57-58)
- Wilber used the 18th century British custom of shipping out the undesirables as a parallel for his concept of "seed ships", used to take unwanted criminals out to space from the overpopulated Earth (hence the name Botany Bay). Is his original treatment, the Botany Bay left Earth in 2096, with 100 criminals (both men and women) and a team of a few volunteering lawmen aboard. (The Star Trek Compendium, p. 57)
- James Blish uses the name Sibahl Khan Noonien in his adaptation of the episode for Bantam Books' Star Trek 2.
- According to StarTrek.com, an earlier version of the script had the SS Botany Bay as a CZ-100 class ship located by the USS Enterprise in the Coalsack.
- There are scenes in the Second Revised Final Draft, dated 13 December 1966, that were either unfilmed, or not aired:
- Lieutenant Marla McGivers has a scene with Yeoman Baker in which Baker informs her that Lieutenant Hanson wants to go to a ship's dance with her. McGivers tells her to tell Hanson to get lost, that she is waiting for a man who will "knock down my door and carry me to where he wants me."
- This Yeoman Baker then has a couple lines of dialog as the court recorder at Khan's trial. According to Bjo Trimble's Star Trek Concordance, Barbara Baldavin's name appeared on Desilu call sheets as playing Baker.
- A line of Kirk at the end of the episode was scripted but cut from the filmed episode, saying he hopes Khan and his followers will not come looking after them. However, James Blish includes this as the last line of his write-up of the episode in Star Trek 2. [1]
Cast Edit
- George Takei (Sulu) does not appear in this episode. Neither does Walter Koenig (Pavel Chekov), although Khan remembered him years later. There are several non-canon explanations for this, all pointing to some off-screen contact between the two characters.
- The script featured a female character named Baker, who was a friend of Marla McGivers. Her scene was filmed, and Baker was played by Barbara Baldavin, who previously appeared as Angela Martine in "Balance of Terror" and "Shore Leave", but it ended up as a deleted scene. Several sources still claim Baldavin as appearing in this episode as "Baker". [2]
- John Arndt (Fields) was a regular extra; he also played unnamed crewmen in "Miri" and "Dagger of the Mind". When Arndt appeared in "Balance of Terror", his character was named Fields. His part seems to have been edited out of this episode.
- This is the only appearance by John Winston as Kyle in which he has no dialog.
- The Augment hypoed by McGivers in sickbay was previously seen as a member of the Alpha 177 science team in "The Enemy Within"; he is later seen as a Klingon in the final planet scene in Kor's office in "Errand of Mercy" and as another Klingon in "Day of the Dove". The identity of this extra is not known.
Costumes Edit
- At the banquet, Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Scotty are the only officers wearing dress uniforms.
- This is the only episode in which Scotty wears his dress uniform without his ceremonial tartan.
- Lieutenant McGivers wears no braid on the sleeves of her uniform.
- Khan goes through a record five changes of costume for a male cast member of the original series: He is draped in gold mesh when he is brought back to consciousness; he is then in a short-sleeved sickbay tunic while recuperating; during his scene with McGivers in her quarters and while at dinner, he is seen in a jacket with oval patterns; while consulting with Kirk in his quarters, he is in an Enterprise engineering tunic; and finally, when he returns to the Botany Bay, he wears the red jumpsuit of his fellow exiles.
Sets and Props Edit
- Although only one hallway of the Botany Bay is seen in detail, the design crew took the time and effort to build the beginnings of several other corridors with their own life support canisters, despite their only being seen for a few seconds.
- In this episode, "The Menagerie, Part I", and "The Menagerie, Part II", we see the other end of the briefing room set – a wall with a viewing screen was added in. Usually the room is only seen from the end nearest to the door. However, the rotating viewer, usually seen on the top of the table, is missing here.
- One of the instruments on the back wall of the Botany Bay eventually found its way to the transporter room, as a scanner (with an added viewer that was similar to the one on Spock's science station) in the second season.
- The unique engineering "clubs," one of which Kirk used to subdue Khan during their fight, were never used or even seen in another episode. Nor is the collection of ancient medical instruments that adorns the wall of sick bay. The mirror that figures during McGivers' hairdo scene, however, is seen again in "The Deadly Years".
- The cryogenic chambers from the Botany Bay were recycled and built into the sickbay set from season 2. Also, one of them served as the decompression chamber in "The Lights of Zetar".
- William Shatner's phaser is accidentally knocked off his belt when he smashes the glass to free the reviving Khan aboard the S.S. Botany Bay. The phaser can be seen falling to the floor (when viewed in slow motion) as Shatner uses the flashlight (that Scotty had been carrying in his right hand) on the window. Scotty can be seen grabbing the flashlight off the transporter console just before they beam over.
Effects Edit
- The effects scenes featuring the Enterprise and the Botany Bay were filmed at Film Effects of Hollywood.
- The Botany Bay was later recycled as the ore freighter Woden in "The Ultimate Computer".
Production Edit
- Most of the music used in this episode is taken from "Charlie X", composed by Fred Steiner. Some of Alexander Courage's cues from "The Cage" can also be heard, most notably the "Talosian illusion" theme.
- There is a fairly egregious continuity error in this episode. In the transporter room, Scotty (wearing a red shirt) and Kyle (wearing blue) are manning the controls at the beginning of the scene. Scotty leaves to join Kirk, McCoy and McGivers on the transporter pad, presumably leaving Kyle to operate the controls. Yet, we see the red-sleeved arm of Scotty activating the transporter.
- One questionable take from this episode occurs when the camera pans over the mostly unconscious bridge crew as Kirk records his captain's log with commendations for the fallen crew. There are seven visible people on the bridge, but seem to be eight in total (with the navigator, later seen in Khan's prisoner's row but not in the bridge sequence). From the beginning of the pan it shows Spock, Uhura, Brent (played by Frank da Vinci), Leslie (played by Eddie Paskey), a red-shirted extra (played by Ron Veto), Spinelli and then Kirk. Kirk reads off the names of only five crew members however: Uhura, Thule, Harrison, Spinelli and Spock. It seems that one reference is intended to be to the Eddie Paskey character, but that is unlikely since Kirk mentioned both with the rank "technician first class" and the Leslie uniform has lieutenant stripes. While it is odd that Leslie (and the unnamed-in-this episode navigator who is sometimes referred to as Hadley) was skipped in the mentions, it leads to the conclusion that the red-shirted man was Harrison (or possibly Thule, who remains unseen, unless it was meant to refer to blue-shirted Brent).
- The preview trailer for this episode has the stardate as 3142.3.
Production TimelineEdit
- Story outline by Carey Wilber, 29 August 1966
- Story outline, 1 September 1966
- First draft teleplay (Act 1) by Carey Wilber and Gene L. Coon, 7 December 1966
- Second Revised Final Draft by Gene L. Coon and Carey Wilber, 13 December 1966
- Filmed in mid-December 1966
- Original airdate: 16 February 1967
- Rerun airdate: 24 August 1967
- First UK airdate: 27 September 1969
Remastered InformationEdit
- "Space Seed" was the eleventh episode of the remastered version of The Original Series to air. It premiered in syndication the weekend of 18 November 2006. For the revamped episode, a highly detailed model of the Botany Bay was created, aged and weathered appropriately.
- The next remastered episode to air was "The Menagerie, Part I".
Video and DVD ReleasesEdit
- UK VHS release (CIC-Arena Video): catalog number VHL 2057, April 1983
- This release included "The Changeling" and was originally unrated, as it was released prior to the Video Recordings Act 1984. After 1985, it was given a rating of PG.
- Original US Betamax release: 1985.
- UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 13, catalog number VHR 2306, release date unknown
- US VHS release: 15 April 1994
- UK re-release (three-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 1.9, 30 December 1996
- Original US DVD release (single-disc): Volume 12, 23 May 2000
- As part of the TOS Season 1 DVD collection
- As part of the TOS Season 1 HD DVD collection
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- James Doohan as Scott
- Blaisdell Makee as Spinelli
- Nichelle Nichols as Uhura
- Mark Tobin as Joaquin
- Kathy Ahart as a Crewwoman
- John Winston as Transporter Technician
Uncredited Co-StarsEdit
- Barbara Baldavin as Baker (scenes deleted)
- Bobby Bass as a security guard
- William Blackburn as Hadley
- Frank da Vinci as Brent
- Joan Johnson as a female guard
- Robert Justman as Security Guard (voice) [3]
- Eddie Paskey as Leslie
- Jan Reddin as a crewwoman
- Ron Veto as Harrison
- Joan Webster as a nurse
- Unknown actors as:
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- Chuck Couch as Khan's stunt double
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How to Handle the Steroids Era
Before I start officially blogging all about Spring Training, there is one very important issue I would like to address. Many of you know my opinions on steroids, but I haven't talked about it in a while. Believe me, my opinion has not changed, but with Mark McGwire FINALLY admitting to have taken steroids throughout his career; I think that it is a necessary topic to address.
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if you ask me… i think that it would be more sensible the idea of putting an asterisk next to the name… because i think that it would be an eternal indication, for the HOFer and for the fans, that person used performance enhance drugs and in the long run it would be a burdon that the player would have to carry until his death, the possibility that he was a "cheater" (maybe they really used them to recover earlier from a injury… who knows)
now… you raise into the conversation two names… pete rose and shoeless joe…
pete sadly made something really bad (betting) whether it was in favor or against the reds… it doesn't matter… he did it and not as a player… as a manager and shoeless, by his numbers seems that he didn't participate on the scandal, but he did recieve a bribe, making him an accomplice.
the real question is ¿are pete and shoeless more guilty than the steroid era players? i know that they are different scenarios and different eras… but still… if you ask me… joe should enter into the HOF, pete should be consider and the steroid players… if they enter, with an asterisk
Because it is a whole collection of players, as well as an era baseball, I'd say give those players an exhibit in the Hall of Fame. Not inaugurating them officially in the Hall, just an exhibit representing what they mean't to the sport, and what they mean to the sport going forward.
That way they have their place in the Hall – and at the same time – their exploits are not being condoned. I guess that could be approach #4. Similar to you, I've thought deeply on the subject as well. That is the only way I can justify them being there.
My answer is I don't know. I really don't. Every time I start thinking about the subject, my eyes cross. I'm not of the opinion that Pete Rose should be in the Hall. But if cheating is cheating, then how do you deal with pitchers who used spitballs to get batters out? What about greenies? Players have been trying to get a competitive edge forever. I'm in no way excusing steroids users – far from it. I'm just not sure how you punish them for using before the substances were banned. Maybe the asterisk is the right solution, but is it just for steroids or other offenses?
I'm not sure about the legality argument, as steroids are illegal to use in the United States period, regardless of whether they are against the rules in the MLB. They all shot up behind the scenes. They knew it was wrong.
I think the asterick works the best, and I suppose you could apply it retroactively where it applies. You'd have to figure that out though, which would be a whole other can of worms. You could say, for instance, that Roger Maris deserves an asterick because it took him more games to beat Ruth's record, but I'm pretty sure it took Ruth more games to beat the record at the time, too. (Don't quote me on that, though.)
Nice work, Elizabeth. It's been a treat to watch you grow as a writer and you're really hittin' the mark. Keep it up. As for your conclusion, I can see eye to eye with ya there. Then again, they did the asterisk thing with Maris and he getting an extra week of games to accomplish the task. Nowadays we think that was wrong of baseball fans and writers to do. Back then it was pretty much universal. I wonder what we'll think of this steroid era and its asterisk marks 50 years from now.
I'm not sure what I think. I have my opinions about drugs and alcohol which cause harm to other people as well. Excellent post!! P.S. Andre Ethier is really a super nice guy, too.
I would not let anyone using steroids into the HOF and If they ever make it, they better do have an BIg asterick! I would permit Showless Joe Jackson first.
It has been a pleasure reading your posts since I started coming here! Keep up the great work!
I think that if a player is caught once usding 'roids, they should get a year suspension from MLB. A second time: banned from the game. I know that that is a little big harsh, but steroids cannot be tolerated. Good post!
Great article.
I think that you put them in the Hall. You have to judge each player by the era they played in and let the pieces fall where they may.
I'm able to compare Reggie Jackson to Paul Waner and take the era difference into account. Should be same with steroid era.
Sorry I'm just catching up to this post. I want you to know I respect every individual letter you type. I emphatically have to disagree with your claim the DH was the/a catalyst for the steroid era. I am not disagreeing with your opinion about the DH. I just think we are talking semantics here. I believe you want to blame, as catalysts of the steroid era, as you say with idiotic contracts, is the "Marvin Miller Era". It was he who busted Baseball's Reserve clause and allowed for players to negotiate freely for their services versus the old system of indentured servitude. Free market is what made salaries skyrocket. The system was already in place. Steroids were just the latest way for players to satiate their greed for even more money. Salary Arbitration is the second biggest reason for skyrocketing salaries, again an instrument won by Marvin Miller in court vs. Baseball. Since the DH was instituted, it's been more of a failure than anything else. Like I said I think we're just talking semantics here because I don't disagree with your descriptions of player motivations. The DH was a brain-child of Charlie Finely, A's owner to boost offense cause he thought pitchers were dominating and the game was becoming boring. I realize that may be precisely your point though.
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This is an interesting issue. Personally, I am not as offended by te Steroid era. Maybe I have a cynical view of society in general but I truly believe that today's steroids were yesterday's greenies–before that it was something else. I do not believe that the game (or any sport, for that matter) has ever been "clean." I also have qualms about throwing stones. For one thing, I cannot say with complete honesty that I wouldn't have done the exact same thing, were I in the position of a player like A-Rod or Ortiz or Clemens. I just can't. If it came down to a chance to do something (illegal or not) to help me achieve my dream, I believe that I could do anything. The competitive advantage that was gained (in some cases, more pronounced than others) would be incredibly enticing–particularly if I was watching others in my own clubhouse as they got better and better.
If estimates are correct, the majority of ball players were experimenting with steroids, which pretty much leveled the playing field. Obviously, historical comparisons would be skewed but that is always the case when you start comparing one generation to the next. Secondly, as a fan, I was cheering on each of those tainted home runs in 1998. So wasn't I just as complicit as Bud Selig and the owners?
As for the Hall of Fame, my opinion is that you put them all in. This was an easy discussion when the players in question were villains–Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens. Now we have beloved figures in the game who have admitted to using or have been outed–Andy Pettitte, Alex Rodriguez (straddles the line between hero and villain, but I adore him) and David Ortiz. For me, I don't want to imagine a baseball HOF without A-Rod in it.
Pete Rose is different. What he did was clearly against the rules of baseball. It was also an act that completely benefitted himself. I think we'd all have to be blind to ignore the significant advatage that Papi and Manny's steroid use gave the Red Sox. That certainly doesn't make it right–it just is.
After some time has passed and we get some distance from the anger and disillusionment, I think this era will be seen in a completely different light.


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José Aliseda, who took office in January, said that these most recent events would make anyone take stock.
"You hear about it in other countries, but you don't hear about it here," he said.
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"They don't know what this is about," Aliseda said. "It is pure speculation.
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"Or it is meant to intimidate for something they are going to do in the future."
Intimidation is a common tactic for prison gangs like the Aryan Brotherhood.
Formed in the '80s, the gang instills in its members the motto, "God forgives; brothers don't."
This group is known for its violence, including all members signing blind faith agreements to carry out orders without question. Refusal could mean a beating or death.
There is some merit to the belief that the gang would want vengeance for the actions of Texas law enforcement.
Shortly after a significant November indictment for various incidents, some of which occurred in Kaufman County, the Department of Public Safety sent out a notice that the gang could be planning retaliation.
"High-ranking members... are involved in issuing orders to inflict 'mass casualties or death' to law enforcement officials who were involved in cases where Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (members) are facing life sentences or the death penalty," according to the DPS bulletin as reported by area newspapers.
Aliseda said that with the state prisons in Bee County, gang members are likely among the population.
"They are in our prison units," he said.
And its not just the Aryan Brotherhood. That also means Mexican Mafia, Texas Syndicate and Tanglo Blast, all of which are considered even more significant than the brotherhood, according to ranking by the DPS.
Whoever is responsible, Aliseda is confident they will be caught.
"I think the FBI and the state law enforcement will solve this one," he said.
Aliseda, who sounded Tuesday morning as though he had given this much thought, said that he first began rethinking security when the first killing occurred back in January.
"When I first heard about the incident two months ago, I looked into it, and the law does allow me to carry," he said. "I talked to my staff to see where they were on the issue.
"I also took steps to safeguard my home."
Part of that home security plan is simply knowing his neighbors.
"I try to keep a good relationship with my neighbors — a lot of them are law enforcement," he said.
He added that, while he has taken extra precautions, he isn't going to live in fear.
"I am taking it seriously," he said, adding that the killings appear to be localized and not the start of an epidemic like what is occurring in Mexico. "But I am being logical about this.
"I am hoping it is an isolated incident."
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While the St. Louis Cardinals' starting rotation enjoys the type of success only attributable to their communitarian growing of porn mustaches, I think it is paramount that we remember and tribute the original porn 'stache advocate and universal party animal: Keith Barlow Hernandez.
Of course, odes to the mustachioed have long been a staple of the RSBS platform; yet singling out the lone ranger of 'stache stylings has always seemed too daunting a task — yes, even for us, for how does one further praise the coolest man to ever wear a uniform without coming off as… er, weird? Luckily, some smart guys with lots of time on their hands made a movie about him, and we proudly re-present it here. It's about 20 minutes long, so be prepared to go deep inside the awesomeness that is/was Keith Hernandez… and remember, the average cocaine high only lasts about 20 minutes, so you may want to plan accordingly:
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Drugs are bad. Porn 'staches are good.
Don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
(*Special thanks to Hugging Harold Reynolds for bringing this film to our attention)
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Oh you missed the porno stache of Rays reliever Dale Thayer earlier this season.
I thought Pat Burrell did his Fu Manchu as a retrospect to the Thayer stache.
The team also sported makeshift black renditions of the Thayer nose clothing during a Sunday game against the Marlins back on May 24th.
But it is always great to see the guy who started it all get some press besides a commercial with Walt Frazier.
Just For Men beard sales went through the roof in Jersey and New York.
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Yeah, I thought it was freakin hilarious when [insert inevitable Keith Hernandez/"Seinfeld" recollection response here]! I'll never forget THAT one…lol.
RR — Because of all this retro-ness I'm seriously considering shaving my goatee and going w/ the 'stache myself.
Jonestein — Indeed, there are many… but never enough!
Seriously. Julia. I just might do it to see if I can pull it off😉
No one, and I mean no one will ever overtake Sal Fasano in the category of porn mustaches. Fasano had Keith beat because Keith's a good looking guy, but Fasano looks like a typical male performer in the swingin' 70s and 80s with the beefy build and that he looks hairy and probably sweats a lot in areas we don't wanna think about.
Keith is a weird guy. He was supposed to be a guest on Ed Randle's radio show a couple of Sundays ago and he said on a Mets broadcast that he'd overslept and had to apologize to Ed. There were two messages on Keith's cell phone from the guy and I was thinking, "you didn't call to apologize to the poor *******?"
You can get the word "porn" thru, but the word schmu<k gets censored?
I've always been partial to Dennis Eckersley's 'stache myself, just because he has the mullet to go along with it.
Dr. Phil's got an epic porn stache, and I'm sorry but I'm not taking advice from anybody with a porn mustache. And I was just getting to watch that video when Jayson Werth hit a grand slam to make the score 22-1 against the Reds. Sweet deal.
http://payoffpitch.mlblogs.com New blog post.
Great entry Jeff!
An epic 'stache is the best kind of fashion statement!
I like Clay Zavada's personally.
Hopefully I can get around to that video, it looks funny.
I wouldn't get too excited about Jayson Werth hitting a grand slam off of infielder Paul Janish.
Prince — Good points, still, I think we're grading on a different scale. Mine takes into account winning and making those around you win. Would the '86 Mets have won without all that coke and swagger in the clubhouse? And, FYI, the MLBlog net nanny has Jewish roots so watch your Yiddish.
Dillon — Thanks.
Erin — Yeah, Eck was an honorable mention a while ago. He would also plunk guys at will, which made him even more bad^ss.
Phi8008 — I turned that game off after the first inning… but I'm glad Werth was able to pad some numbers off an infielder.
FBC — It's funny… and completely true. Every bit of it.
Prince — If it were off Swisher I'd be excited.
Fasano's stache should definitely make the Hall of Fame of staches, but Giambi gets into the Hall too, because his went from gray to dark brown in one season! All hail Keith though. During the Yankees' series against the Mets, he seemed to be fast asleep when the camera caught him in the broadcast booth.
When you're Keith Hernandez, Jane, even sleeping in the booth is considered golden entertainment😉
Jeff, I'm in complete agreement with Julia. I think you could pull off the mustache well… but not that I'm trying to insinuate anything by telling you to grow a porn mustache…
Emily — Well, I'm seriously thinking about it now. If I do, you can be sure I'll show it off here😉
Johnny — You're right, but his 'stache is more fit for a circus than a baseball field😉
my love for keith hernandez started when he was on seinfeld. great episodes with him!
Pittpeas — Congratulations. You have officially made me feel old… because my appreciation began in 1982 when he was wearing the birds on the bat😉
Just the other day I was telling my good friend Scott The Cubs Fan how much this year's Cardinals and their 'staches remind me of the '86 Mets…minus all the blow.
Chris — Haha! No blow (i hope) but a lot of swagger. That's for sure.


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Keeping up with Jason—traveling up a 45% grade—is about as easy as finding the proverbial needle in a haystack, or more appropriately a wolverine in the Absaroka Mountains. Nothing exists up here except swirling space punctuated by the buzz and clips of late summer crickets and the occasional rock fall set off by our boots. For Jason, it's another day in the office. He's the Executive Director of the Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative and Field Director of the Yellowstone Wolverine Conservation Study.
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Maybe it's because I am growing older, but over the past few years, I have become one of those people that does their best to keep a positive attitude and find the best in each situation. Or at least I try.
And as we all know that's not always an easy thing to do - considering everything that's going on in our society these days.
I am a firm believer that life is what you make of it, so why be a Grumpy Gert if you really don't have to be?
But once in a while I slip up and become that "Gert". The sad thing is that it's usually over something pretty silly and downright stupid. Go figure.
A week or so ago, my husband set an ice chest out beside the garage to air out. Not sure why as we don't use it all that often but apparently he had a good reason.
He came home Monday night asking me where I moved the chest to. Not having touched it, and not having noticed it there the previous couple of days, my response was that I thought he had picked it up.
Apparently not.
While the only thing I do know for sure is that it didn't grow legs and walk away, it is my belief that someone obviously needed it a whole lot worse than we did.
The upside - it's one less thing to clean and store away in the garage.
See, if you look hard enough, there's always a bright side to every situation.
In other life matters, I have to tell you that I am very proud of myself as I recently did something that I haven't done in a number of years - I read a book.
Yes, I actually sat down and read an entire book.
Not that I haven't gone to our local library numerous times in our years in Brush and picked one off of the shelf, but unfortunately once I got it home, the book would do nothing more than collect dust until it was due back in the book drop or librarian's desk.
But of course there is a downside to this situation and I hate to admit it, but it was a large print edition.
Guess that can only mean one thing - I'm getting older. Or it could be that I have bad eyesight.
Since I have been in glasses since the second grade, I'm going with the latter as that makes me feel a whole lot better.
Yes, sometimes I look at like through rose-colored glasses…and that's okay in my book.


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Marengo officials have indefinitely canceled brush drop-off at the wastewater treatment plant, as construction crews start upgrading the decades-old plant.
Officials have not decided when residents can again start dropping off brush at the plant. The city broke ground on the $12 million renovation project earlier this month. Construction may not be complete until early 2014.
Officials also announced this week that the next citywide brush pick-up will be on Monday, Nov. 5. Residents need to place all brush on the curb before the morning.
For additional questions, call the public works department at (815) 568-8972.