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The unexpected findings of pertussis by 16S rDNA sequencing in broncho-alveolar lavage fluid in an immunocompromised patient in an endemic setting
Abstract number: 1134_03_98
Dudman S., Jonassen T.Ø., Steinbakk M.
The immunization of infants has reduced the prevalence of pertussis in Norway, however in 1997 an epidemic of whooping cough started to spread in older children and adolescents throughout the country. Pertussis is a notifiable disease and in 2002 a total of 3182 cases were reported. The diagnosis of this disease can be made by the isolation of B. pertussis or detection by PCR from respiratory secretions, as well as using serological methods (ELISA) at our laboratory. This paper reports the results from the different methods used, and describes a case where pertussis was found unexpectedly.
All cases of pertussis were included from January 1st to October 31st 2004, and the positive rates were calculated according to the different laboratory methods. For the case of pertussis detected in broncho-alveolar lavage fluid, medical records were obtained.
A total number of 458 patients were diagnosed with pertussis during the observation period. In some patients, the organism could be found in two different specimens. 391 (15%) out of 2614 samples were found positive by serological methods. 74 (8%) out of 954 samples were found to be PCR positive. In 6 (5%) of the 110 cultured samples, the B. pertussis could be isolated from nasopharyngeal secretions. In one case the bacteria was isolated from a blood culture. In addition, one case was detected in broncho-alveolar lavage fluid, this patient suffered from chronic lymphatic leukaemia. He was admitted to hospital because of a fever, dyspnoea and a dry cough, and was diagnosed with interstitial pneumonia. 16S rDNA sequencing performed directly on the culture negative broncho-alveolar lavage fluid showed B. pertussis. The patient was successfully treated with Chlarithromycin.
In view of the epidemic levels of whooping cough, it is important to routinely screen for this disease even in patients not showing typical symptoms of pertussis but are suffering from coughing.
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I am a 10th standard student living in Nepal. I recently found a strange problem of Algebra. A teacher of mine solved the above problem in the some way (some steps jumped). The problem, as well as the solution is included in the PDF file attached herewith.
Now, I want to know whether or not the question and/or the solution are correct. Please give your opinion about the problem and the solution.
Spandan Shrestha
A.V.M. High School
Kathmandu, Nepal
Thanks everyone for the reply.
When I told the teacher who solved this question about this, he admitted the flaw, and solved it in another way, which seems absolutely correct to me. Again, the PDF file has been attached herewith.
Please see the new solution and give your opinion about it.
This part
breaks down if is rational. (I suppose x, y, a and b are all assumed to be rational numbers.) Just because theres a square-root sign doesnt mean that must be irrational. You must be sure is irrational in order for the proof to work.
By equating rational and irrational parts, we get,
Please prove that to me (or provide me with the link to the proof). I'm really confused about this one, whether I should take the absolute value, or both the positive and negative signs.when what has been shown is that:
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|By Patient (Patient) on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 11:40 am: Edit
From this morning's San Francisco Chronicle:
|By Archermom (Archermom) on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 12:20 pm: Edit
As an employee of UCLA for almost 27 yrs (and counting!) this does not surprise me. I believe there was another thread earlier this summer regarding the UCs where I mentioned this was forthcoming. When the budget controversy was in its heighth, we heard that many families decided to look elsewhere--and out of state--for college. It is truly unfortunate...and we are not optimistic about the future. It will take many yrs to recover.
|By Alongfortheride (Alongfortheride) on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 12:35 pm: Edit
Archermom, could it be in the near future that we will see the California legislature lift the ceiling on tuition as we have seen it done in my state of Texas and home state of Oklahoma?
My friends daughter attended UCLA her freshman year. She has transferred to UC-Davis to be closer to home. She also wanted to be on a campus where more students stayed at school on the weekends. She had nothing but praise for UCLA. She loved the campus and professors and in every way thought the academics were first rate. I think her 3.5 GPA reflects her enthusiasm for the academics.
I hope that the state can work out the funding for the Cal schools. California and its students have so much at stake.
|By Barrons (Barrons) on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 01:21 pm: Edit
Many similar state schools have absorbed larger cuts without a significant change in operations. UC can handle the minimal cuts it has to make with a bit of creativity and pruning of nice but not necessary programs.
|By Archermom (Archermom) on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 04:46 pm: Edit
Alongfortheride, many administrators feel that the current UC budget situation did not just happen overnight. The UCs have always prided itself in providing quality education at a very affordable price...keeping the price tag static for many yrs...when the cost of higher education has accentuated many times over. And, although the tuition has risen the last couple of yrs, it is still a basement bargain! However, I do believe that if state funding does not return to its previous level, the UCs will have to keep tight reign on enrollment and REALLY have to cut back in a drastic way. It is very discouraging...and, believe me, it's a whole lot worse from the "inside."
|By Alongfortheride (Alongfortheride) on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 06:58 pm: Edit
Archermom, there's no doubt that the UC's provide a great education for an affordable price. The scenario you have painted sounds to this outsider like a certainty. Selectivity will certainly increase (like it's not already select enough) and exceptional students will most likely find themselves looking out of state for back-ups. We have that here in Texas, but because of the 10% rule. The sad thing is that the exodus of students only accentuates the problem as their tuition money goes to the surrounding states, creating a further drain on university resources. Seems so simple to me, but politics always seem to get in the way.
|By Archermom (Archermom) on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 07:51 pm: Edit
Right now, the largest increase has hit the non-resident tuitions...especially for international students. This is to adhere to UC philosophy of educating CA students first and foremost. Most people I have talked to feel that it will hurt us in the long run...it is a bandaid at best. Over 90% of UCLA's undergrad population are CA residents...what will it be like 2 yrs from now?
|By Mom101 (Mom101) on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 08:02 pm: Edit
We in CA are continuing to compound our grave mistakes at every level of education. A generation of kids (maybe more) and the State will pay a big price. The irony is that UCs are getting more competitive to enter, but the average SAT scores at the UCs are not at the level of highly selective colleges. We've taught these kids little even before college.
|By Barrons (Barrons) on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 10:29 pm: Edit
The average SATs are lower because the UC chose not to emphasize the SAT as much.
|By Mom101 (Mom101) on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 11:13 pm: Edit
The SAT scores correlate with high CA public high school GPAs.
|By Interesteddad (Interesteddad) on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 11:20 pm: Edit
My brother, who got his PhD and taught in the Cal State system, believes that the budget cuts are long overdue.
His belief is that the state has been trying to educate too many people in the very high quality and very expensive 4-year colleges, while an excellent, more cost effective, and more appropriate for many students community college system goes underutilized.
|By Archermom (Archermom) on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 11:29 pm: Edit
Only now, the community colleges have also taken a hard hit. We are getting hit at both ends. It is not a good situation in CA.
|By Interesteddad (Interesteddad) on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 12:12 am: Edit
I think economists would point to the the current UC problems as being related to a "hidden cost" suddenly becoming not so hidden.
In most parts of the United States, the public universities are the lower cost/lower quality education option. The private colleges are the higher cost/higher quality option.
In California, the situation has historically been reversed, with the public system being regarded as the high quality option. Alas, it has also been the high cost option, but the true cost has been hidden as a taxpaper subsidy.
|By Mom101 (Mom101) on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 12:20 am: Edit
Our community college system is totally over loaded. A combination of budget problems at the 4 year State schools and the tech bust which has sent people back to school. I agree that the true cost has long been hidden. The UCs were too good of a deal for a long time. On local news tonight, students in the CA State system were outraged by the cost going up to $1400 per semester. Still a relative bargain to most.
|By Archermom (Archermom) on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 12:23 am: Edit
Interesteddad, I absolutely agree. We have been spoiled in CA. Families need to shoulder more of the burden...which is still a bargain deal when compared to comparable state university systems.
|By Interesteddad (Interesteddad) on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 12:49 am: Edit
BTW, I think inherent in my brother's argument is that we (as a nation) are sending kids to college who really aren't college material. The result is squandering resources on a misguided effort when the resources should probably be better spent on more cost-effective vocational training.
He has discussed this issue as it relates to two of the largest state university systems where he has taught and the number of students who simply have no business being in a 4-year college. He can't figure out what they are doing there. The students can't figure out what they are doing there. They can't be flunked out (as a matter of general policy). Yet, the taxpayers are picking up a tab of thousands a year for each one.
On a tangentially related note: There is no reason at all that UC Berkeley has to have the world's largest library to provide an excellent education. That kind of spending is just ego, pure and simple. If you want the world's largest libraries, then pony up the $40,000 a year for the Mercedes education. Want a $20,000 a year price tag? Then, you've got to give up the leather reclining seats and the burled walnut dashboard trim. but, nobody faces those choices as long as the costs are hidden.
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|Best Moveset?; Choose...
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|Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:41 am Post #1
I'll go with Charge. I don't use Special attacks often and I prefer Charge attacks over basic attacks. Characters like Kotaro and Tadakatsu are really good with Charge.
Special and Normal aren't bad either though, but I think Charge moveset is the most powerful.
|Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:37 pm Post #2
genocide nightmare
|I personally prefer charge attacks. They come in handy for late levels in survival mode, like Fuuma's charge 1 works wonders on hyper charged officers that won't budge unless struck with a charge attack. not to mention his special skill to roll during charges. Long live the Chaos Incarnate.
|Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:40 pm Post #3
Bundle of Crazy
|I actually like Special the most. My best characters are all Special types, so there. I'll post more later.
|Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:54 pm Post #4
My favourite character Sakon Shima has Special too. It's really nice for him, because his Sepcial 2 (cover fire) is useful when fightning in large crowds.
But with characters like Mitsunari, I would like to see Charge instead of Special (I don't use mines that often, although they are quite effective).
|Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:59 pm Post #5
「これ でも, 執事 デス ♥」
Normal..like Ginchiyo, Oichi and Okuni...i just love it
combo/charge is not bad too...i love Musashi's movesets
Special...they're good for their special..but i dont really like their normal attack...just too...decent...but its good
|Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:42 pm Post #6
Han's Unifier
|i like charge attacks most of all
|Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:49 pm Post #7
Emperor's Retainer
Special is also pretty good. And normal is just weak. But when fighting a character with normal moveset....it's just annoying. They just hit you with the square combo, and then you're dead. And it's impossible to do anything about it(unless you're Musashi or Keiji).
|Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:01 pm Post #8
Bundle of Crazy
|Nobunaga, No, Shingen, Mitsunari, and Ina are like my best characters. Charge is second, Magoichi and Ranmaru are my best in that area. And normal is bleh, as it takes forever for some characters to go throught their Square strings just to unleash a decent charge, and when you finally do, it's usually not that great. My best normal fighters are Oichi and Mitsuhide.
|Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:33 am Post #9
Elite Soldier
I chose charge, only because of how it was presented in SW2 compared to the others. I would choose special if there weren't so many characters who had a near useless special.
No's bombs don't effect squat. The enemy has to be standing right on them for it to work. At least Mitsunari's bombs have a pretty good effect. Still, I'd like to see his special be something else. Magic, like Kenetsugu, perhaps. The ninjas, Kenetsugu, Sakon, and a few others have really good specials. On the other hand, some of them have really crappy specials. Like really, its historically believed that Nouhime was a Kunoichi (of the seductive sorts, but still one) so why not make her one in the game? Anyway...
I also like normal for some characters, such as Ginchiyo Tachibana. Man, her charge sequence clears so bad and with all of her charge options, you have pleanty of different ways to finish off your combo. And if you use her special 2, she attacks faster, making her combos even more deadly.
So I suppose it varies between characters. Still, in percentage, the charges work for the character more often.
|Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:35 am Post #10
Bundle of Crazy
|Kanetsugu has some damn crappy specials. And his moveset is weaker than it looks.
|Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:51 am Post #11
Elite Soldier
When fighting a hyper general, his moves come in handy. Time his special 2 right and you'll stun the general and make them move in slow motion, letting you execute a combo on him before he can do anything.
Also, his XXXYY charge attack clears like hell. Though I don't often use his Special 1, I have found myself using it to get by a horde of enemies while at low health and trying to get back on the safe side of the battlefield. He's fairly fast at attacking, and his few charge attacks are pretty powerful. I find him quite useful.
|Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:30 pm Post #12
You know... I thought Ma Chao is going to be the only one obsessed with honor and justice, but no. Now we have Kanetsugu as well >_>.
He is good character but aargh... I'm already sick of Ma Chao's honor and justice and now Kanetsugu is like that. Great job Koei <_<.
|Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:02 pm Post #13
Elite Soldier
|kenshin and yoshiro are my favs and both use normal so i voted for that
|Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:07 pm Post #14
First Lieutenant
Special. Without a shadow of a doubt; normal would have to be my second because being able to do a string of twelve attacks is a great new feature unseen before in Dynasty or Samurai Warriors now. I do not like the charge movesets at all, okay you get to do many charge attacks which have immense power but actually you can't do many. You can only do a total of three normal attacks and then charges, I like to be able to utilize a six hit normal attack and then add a charge in at the end. You cannot do that with the people who actually grow with charge as their medium and I think that the normal growth is very advantageous to the charge.
However my reason for voting special is because I think all the right characters got it, there are some characters who got given normal movesets who I would certainly like to see special movesets and there are some people with charges who would be better off with normal growth; especially Tadakatsu Honda in my opinion. The growth movset is very good because you get a total of eight normal attacks (which is the same as the charge growth) but you can add charges up to (correct me if I am wrong) six hits?
The special moves are very good in my opinion, give or take maybe Mitsunari and No's because I do not use thier bombs much anyway because I see no real advantage but certainly Nobunaga has a very good charge attack and so does Nene. I based the decision nearly entirely on her but seriously, what isn't good about ebing able to pulverise the enemy with 4 Musashi Miyamotos at once? The only exception to my opinion is Ina and Magoichi who are extremely useful with the charge growth.
That's how I feel on the types of moveset growth in Samurai Warriors 2 anyway, I'd like to know if you have any comments on this and if you disagree then please say why; especially if your favourite type is normal because I think it's a very close second and I may be tempted to favour normal movesets more.
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|Sat Oct 14, 2006 5:40 pm Post #15
First Lieutenant
|Good question, most of the time I will usually use either charge or special attacks. There are some characters I have to use charge because characteer like Yukimura and Keiji dont have much good special moves. For instance Yukimura's special one dashes with a trail of flame, I didn't like that, plus I already have a Matsukaze saddle anyways, why bother calling for another horse, I dont usually need that skill anyways. Moving on, I either attack, charge, or special all the time, so thereforth I dont have a definite anwser for your question. B)
|Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:57 pm Post #16
|Yeah, but if you happen to wander away from your horse, then Keiji's and Yukimura's Special 2 comes in handy >_>. That happens to me a lot when I start killing strong hyper general. Suddenly I note that my horse is at the other side of the map.
|Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:01 pm Post #17
First Lieutenant
Same here, often I forget he has that skill and wander from my horse and I don't use it until the end of the satge. But when I do remember it comes in handy.
|Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:07 pm Post #18
Bundle of Crazy
|Some special characters don't just have 2 additional charges. No's and Hanzo's C3 has 3 different charges to them.
|Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:16 pm Post #19
|Do you know how Shingen's R+TT and R+TTT are different from his R+T attack? It always seems to cast Attack x2, Defense x2 or Speed x2 for 10 seconds, no matter which one you use.
|Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:36 am Post #20
Honor gains respect, respect earns power.
|hard for me to choose. i was hoping that all of the moves would have that many diffrent moves with them so special i guess because that powers up your R1 too
|Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:26 pm Post #21
Fire Attack, duh.
|I think Charge is the most useful. It's the one that adds to the power of a normal attack. (I think) But, Lightning Element+Charge is really good. Especially with Mitsuhide's moves. I really like is Special though. He's got that lightning-fast-slash move that really kills rows of people (if you use it right).
|Sat Oct 21, 2006 11:28 am Post #22
First Lieutenant
I'm also having this problem, though I have seen that using three triangles mainly gets attack, the two usually gets speed and one triangle is usually defence. In my experience anyway You get all three each time but the most occuring seems to be in that order.
|Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:07 pm Post #23
♥ Shang Xiang fan ♥
|I hesitated between charge and special, but I hate some specials (NouHime / mistunari...) so I said charge. However, I love some specials, like the one of Ina, or Sakon.
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|Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:04 pm Post #24
First Lieutenant
|Mostly when I battle, I do use charge attacks to defeat my opponents. One of my favorite techniques to defeating opponents is using charged moves that are unblockable to the opponent such as Nagamasa, Oichi, Hideyoshi, and Mitsuhide. There are other characters that I do use their specialties a lot such as Nene, Hanzo, Kotaro, Sakon and more. Normal attacks I do use to strike my opponent though it is weak, still my favorites are charge and specials.
|Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:01 pm Post #25
Fire Attack, duh.
|Hm.... I actually like Mitsunari's Special (even though the officers dodge it most of the time). You just gotta time the explosions at the right time. I got really good with it and the officers don't stand a chance against Mitsunari! ^^
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This is a great song; I just hope nobody would let my memory escape, because that would be a disaster. What if I forgot my ABCs?
Anyway, good music.
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Freaking Eh Man
First you made me cry with your long walk home song, now you're making me dance with this, I swear to you man, you're freaking amazing, You got a gift, and I'm so freaking thankful you're sharing it on newgrounds so I can hear it, keep it up.
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once again the man has BLOWN ME AWAY awesome song GO JASOn (you would nice bling if yo sold these in stores)note:i never usuualy talk like that XD good work (i dont care if my review is "useless")
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Swiss Stocks Are Little Changed as ECB Holds RateCorinne Gretler
Swiss stocks were little changed near a four-year high as the European Central Bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged.
Credit Suisse Group AG climbed. Temenos Group AG advanced 5.2 percent after Morgan Stanley recommended buying the banking-software maker's shares. Cie. Financiere Richemont SA fell as U.S. rival Tiffany & Co. said it sees profit at the low end of its forecast.
The Swiss Market Index dropped 0.1 percent to 7,143.73 at the close in Zurich. The gauge rallied 3.5 percent last week as U.S. lawmakers approved a compromise budget that avoided most scheduled deficit-reduction measures. The broader Swiss Performance Index fell 0.1 percent today.
"The start to the year has been really strong," said Christian Zogg, who manages about $540 million as head of equity and fixed income at LLB Asset Management AG in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. "We're seeing investors taking a breather. I don't think the advance will go on like this, though stocks still have a good risk premium."
The number of shares changing hands in SMI-listed companies was 67 percent higher than the average of the past 30 days, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
ECB policy makers meeting in Frankfurt today left the benchmark rate at a record low of 0.75 percent, as predicted by 50 out of 55 economists in a Bloomberg News survey. Speaking in Frankfurt today, ECB President Mario Draghi said the euro-area economy will slowly return to health in 2013 as the region's bond markets stabilize after three years of turmoil.
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In the U.S., a Labor Department report showed that more Americans than forecast filed applications for unemployment benefits last week. Jobless claims increased to 371,000 in the week ended Jan. 5, from a revised 367,000 the previous week. The median forecast of 48 economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for a drop to 365,000.
Credit Suisse, Switzerland's second-biggest bank, gained 0.5 percent to 25.08 Swiss francs after agreeing to sell its exchange-traded funds unit to BlackRock Inc. Credit Suisse didn't disclose the terms of the deal.
Temenos jumped 5.2 percent to 18.30 francs as Morgan Stanley raised the stock to overweight from equal weight, meaning investors should buy the shares.
Actelion Ltd. advanced 1.4 percent to 47.15 francs, rising for a sixth day. That's the stock's longest winning streak since September.
Richemont, the owner of the Cartier brand, slid 2.1 percent to 76 francs, and Swatch Group AG, the largest maker of Swiss watches, declined 0.8 percent to 495.60 francs. Tiffany, the world's second-largest luxury jewelry retailer, said full-year earnings will be at the low end of its forecast after holiday sales growth slowed in the Americas and Asia.


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January 2010
Rick Ankiel: This Man Cannot Be Serious
If I were stranded on a remote island ten years ago and I just now got back to see Rick Ankiel is playing center field for the Kansas City Royals, I would be thoroughly confused. We all know what a tremendous story Rick Ankiel's career has been up to this point. So let me be clear: as a Cardinals fan, I fully support Ricky and thank him for all he did in a Cards uniform. I wish him the best of luck.
Yet I cannot help but believe all those concussions did a smidgen more than some serious damage to his psyche.
In his welcoming press conference with the Royals last week, Ankiel mentioned that part of why he wanted to come to Kansas City was because he 'liked the direction' the team was going.
That's horse$hit.
And we all know it.
The truth is: Rick Ankiel is happy to be with the Royals because he has a job now when it looked like he might not. I can't blame the guy. I would do the exact same thing… which may or may not include my liking 'the direction' of the team.
Because, let's face it: this team ain't goin' anywhere.
Scott Podsednik. Jason Kendall. Billy Butler. Kyle Farnsworth.
These names do not a champion make.
I think the best summary of the Kansas Royals' direction, under the keen eye of GM Dayton Moore, is represented by a technical glitch which provided wonderment during the press conference.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Kansas City Royals: Team of Infinite Regress:
Hate me 'cuz I hurt feelings, just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
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Tune in Monday and Tuesday of this week. Ninemen's Morris is baaaaaaaaaaaaack…
Farnsworth in Amphibian Form
I feel like a failure. Here we are, well into 2010, and not one single update on Kyle Farnsworth. However, being the person I am, I refuse to let this situation stand. So, after some painstaking research, I found a recent video of Farnsworth in action:
Crying, orgasming and only god knows what else. The man is just full of odd noises. Hope you didn't have any romantic plans for the evening but happy Saturday nonetheless.
Unanimous & Unglamorous Consent
As a young boy growing up in the middling middle-class of US America, my dreams were aplenty.
In particular, I dreamed of a day when I would succeed as a professional baseball player. Wearing the mask behind the plate, I envisioned catching the called third strike to win the World Series… rushing to the mound, hugging my pitcher, shouting til I lost my voice.
Seemed glamorous.
So too did aspiring to be a great leader. Always the smooth talker with a penchant for spontaneous charm, I reckoned I had the skills to become a good politician.
Neither dream became reality; and poor old me had to settle for co-writing a hit baseball blog.
But that's okay.
I mean, I still wish I could have lived out those Major League aspirations… but when it comes to politics, I couldn't be happier that I eschewed it all the way. (Yeah, I just said 'eschewed'. I like that word. Eschew. Say it with me. Eschew.) Because to be honest, politics is boring as hell. Oh sure, the Jack Kennedys and Bill Clintons and Ronald Reagans and Barack Obamas make it look flashy and fun and cool; but most of what goes on behind the political scene is as boring as Tommy Lasorda is fat.
A lot.
Of course, you wouldn't know it by watching this clip, which just happens to be the most exciting exchange on the senate floor since Strom Thurmond admitted he still owned slaves. Okay, he didn't admit that, but he probably should have.
Will the Senator from Connecticut please continue…
Oh, sorry. You're still reading? Cool.
So, what did we learn? Franken is an ^ss. McCain is old. Lieberman is confused.
Don't hate me. 'Cuz I'm right.
Happy Friday!
PS, Thanks so much for all the kind well wishes you sent me on my birthday. Much appreciated! Fist bumps all around!
The Usual Suspects
What do you get when you cross an evil, faceless corporation with the soulless smile of a clown?
Ok, yes, that is a valid answer. But what I was really looking for is this:
It may be cute. It may be funny. But to paraphrase close personal friend of RSBS, Keyser Söze, "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he was a funny clown commercial."
The 31st Edition
Despite knowing my friend, Jeff Lung, for more than a decade now, I'm always surprised by how I can still see him in new and different lights. There's Jeff playing baseball:
…..of the shower (while oddly wearing a catcher's mitt).
And of course there's Jeff in the nonexistent backseat of a minivan:
Sorry I can't be there sipping with you on your birthday this year, Mr. Lung, but I hope it's a good one.
One More Goat for the Midwest
In the pantheon of sporting goats, none has a more hallowed place than the guy who brings the season to an end. Sometimes it's a team effort (the 2009 Detroit Tigers along with the 2007 and 2008 Mets come to mind) but sometimes a single man takes that entire burden onto his shoulders and says, "Yes, I can and will end this season for myself, my teammates and the fans." Brett Favre is just such a man.
Being a fan of a team in the NFC North, Favre has been a thorn in my side for years now. I was more than happy to see him leave the Packers and I wished him nothing but ill when he made his return to the barren wasteland of the North. However, it warmed my soul to see him end this season the same way he ended the last couple: throwing an interception. He is the career leader after all. It's only fitting.
I guess the only important question left now is not will he come back….again, but rather, would you call him the Bill Buckner or the Brad Lidge of NFL football? Me, I'm going with Lidge.
They Call Me Chief Running Joke
In baseball, if it's a joke you want, it's the Pittsburgh Pirates you get. No question.
In US American politics… Sarah Palin.
Television? The Office's "that's what she said" bit.
And now, for your viewing pleasure, two of those three… put together:
Hate me 'cuz I know magic, just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
Eureka at the Edge of Consciousness
Do you ever have a revelation right as you're falling asleep? Where something just kind of hits you and then a second later you're out? For instance, the other night I was drifting off when it struck me that I really don't want to be killed by a crocodile. The whole ripping and tearing and drowning, I'm just not interested.
These little eureka moments on the threshold of sleep, somnolent epiphanies perhaps, usually disappear, replaced the next morning by a feeling of loss, like something was in your grasp and then faded away. But not always. Just like my Archimedes moment with the crocodiles the other evening, this morning I woke up with a similar sensation. Let me explain.
Last night I went to bed a little confused after reading Jeff's post. I mean, he knows I like girls and I wondered why he would make insinuations about my sexuality. It just didn't make sense to me. I know it had nothing to do with what I posted the other day because it's obvious that I'm just trying to help him with a very real problem. But as I sank into sleep with these thoughts orbiting around my head, awareness suddenly exploded like a supernova.
Let me take you back a little. Those of you who read this blog regularly or know Jeff well undoubtedly also know that he is infatuated with Asia. The art, the languages, the religions, the peoples. There is no aspect he does not love.
But, if you follow pop culture, you realize that within this arena there are barely understood subcultures, fringes on which things happen that are often hard to fathom. And if you watch 30 Rock or read the New York Times you have become acquainted with possibly the most incomprehensible subculture.
Having watched this episode of 30 Rock just the other day, it's no surprise that both the show and the article were on my mind as I went to bed. And when that mixed together in my head with a comment that a reader made the other day about substituting a blow-up doll in place of a girlfriend for Jeff, well, I had my eureka moment.
Yes, that's right. I could barely believe it myself but all signs point to Jeff being in a long-term relationship with some sort of body pillow. The lack of a girlfriend. The callously strewn about accusations. The down feathers that always seem to be stuck in his hair. All are signs pointing toward the inescapable truth.
Now, I am unable to comment on the veracity of reports that this body pillow sports an Albert Pujols jersey. And I almost certainly do not believe the recent rumor that this pillow may actually be Jeff's common-law wife. That being said, it would explain a lot.
Really, though, I'm here to be a friend and that's why I just want to say, "Jeff. It's all right. You can come clean. You're among friends and we support you." So, how about it Mr. Lung? Wouldn't you feel better being able to live your life out here in the open with the rest of us?
"No Man Knows the Day or the Hour" Except Maybe Tupac
Why anyone gifted enough to become a Major League Baseball player would ever give it all up to pursue a priesthood that follows an entity as tangible as the tooth fairy is certainly a question I cannot answer.
Perhaps Grant Desme can.
Because after a promising minor league career in the Oakland A's organization, Desme got a call from God (I hope it wasn't a collect call 'cuz gee whiz the sky is way high up and way far away!) and now he's leaving baseball all together… to become a priest.
Yeah. Okay. Have fun with that, dude.
If you can, Mr. Desme, please hurry up and learn all there is to learn about the church so you can answer the questions this guy can't:
First of all, Tupac did know he was gonna die. He also knew he was gonna die young. He said it many times. And it's on the internet.
Secondly, being a black man does not automatically make you an authority on Tupac. I am white; but I know more about Tupac than I do about myself. So eat it, pal.
And finally, if you have watched "all the videos on Tupac" you would know that Tupac prophesied his own, early, tragic death… that he and Jesus are in the same category (both saviors to many, both prolific speakers, both attained mythic status), only we have more proof that Tupac rose from the dead than we do Jesus.
Grant Desme, you have a lot of work ahead of you in setting the story straight. Good luck, and hopefully we will all meet up at that great "gangsta party" in the sky.
Don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
P.S. I really appreciate the idea of you all helping me find a woman to take out on a date. That is very kind of you; maybe I should help Allen find a boyfriend on the internet. It's been a while since he's dated a real nice guy, you know, so maybe I should help him out. I mean, that's what friends are for.
An Existential Crisis….and You can Help!
Sometimes, rightfully or wrongfully, things go to our heads. Now, we've had a great couple of years here at RSBS, even if the results of this past year weren't quite what we're accustomed to. It appears, though, that half of the RSBS team, the half that doesn't look like Joe Maddon, has taken this as a mandate to run rough-shod over all that we hold dear.
First it was the questionable Zack Greinke post. And now we have the ogling of half naked Cubs fans. I'm not saying I'm completely opposed to all this. I'm just asking, "Where does it end?"
Great thinkers have always had their weaknesses which sometimes led to misguided attempts at misguided pursuits. And my dear friend, Mr. Lung, is no exception. It has been awhile since he has known the pleasure of a woman's company and I can't say that I fault him for this current acting out. It's normal and at RSBS we don't judge.
However, we must have our standards. Dating someone who is not a baseball fan is one thing. They can be taught. But becoming enraptured by a girl who openly supports the team you claim to detest? Have you no shame, sir?
Yes, I have dated Yankees fans before and I am not proud of that. But I have resolved never to do it again. Better a life of celibacy than the self-loathing that goes with dating the evil empire.
But I think Jeff will need a little more help. This has gone beyond the point where mere shame will keep him from slipping down that long, dark, Cubbie-blue tunnel from which I fear he will never escape.
No, desperate times call for desperate measures and that's why I am putting out the call now for all of our readers to help out. Help us find the girl who can save Jeff from himself and this gradual descent into purgatory. It would be nice if she lived in the Chicago area and she doesn't have to be a Cardinals fan. I think we'd be all right just as long as she doesn't support the Cubs. Although you could get a few extra points from me if she was a Tigers fan. You know, for the irony.
You have your mission. Now let's get out there and find this woman! She must exist somewhere.
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I was accepted to the San Francisco Academy of Art U. last year, now im trying to pay for it. Vote now! PS..i know there is competition out there, and i know that some of you will give me a lower rating to increase your chance of winning, but that wont work. What goes around comes around, and I love competition.
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The Dairy Council held its Milk and Sport: A Healthy Legacy conference on the 9th of October at the Institute of Physics in London. The programme for the day was as follows:
The afternoon session took the form of a panel debate on sports supplements. The discussion was Chaired by Dr Lewis James from Loughborough University and the panellists were Dr James Betts, University of Bath, Professor Kevin Tipton, Stirling University, Suzane Leser, Vice Chair of ESSNA and Nutrition Manager for Volac International and Dr Kevin Currell, Senior Performance Nutritionist, British Triathlon, Canoe Union and Speed Skating.
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Here's some driving for you
Take it up with Vantage Point Video, misrepresentation/false advertising isn't it. Do let us know how you get on.
I expect that Block has more fun as he makes more money than most on here, so he is obviously an utter failure in life.
Um, there is some (pretty fricking large) middle ground between being really very talented, and being 'an utter failure in life'.
Just saying.
I expect that Block has more fun as he makes more money than most on here
Wow. Odd view on life. Guess my local drug dealer must be having way way more fun than me then. Why do wealthy people commit suicide then?
Those Swiss (think it's Swiss) hillclimbs sure make ours look a little lame!
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White supremacist posters on campuses play on ignorance and fear within the very institutions that should be our...
By Aaron Glantz
With almost 15 million Americans unemployed, Congress has a moral obligation to pass another jobs bill. But it also has a moral obligation to ensure that those who need the jobs the most are not left out in the cold.
President Obama and Congress need to pass a new jobs bill, and they need to make sure this one reaches Americans who are the most hard hit.
A year after the first stimulus bill became law, the Labor Department reports the unemployment rate for whites is falling (to 8.7 percent in January), but it continues to rise to 16.5 percent for blacks. And Latinos have an unemployment rate 50 percent higher than whites.
The reasons for these disparities lie at least in part in the unfair and unjust way the initial stimulus package has been implemented. A series of investigations coordinated by New America Media, where I work, show that over the last year those dollars have systematically bypassed communities of color.
In the last year, 98 percent of stimulus contracts from the U.S. Department of Transportation have gone to white-owned firms. Similarly, a new government-backed small business loan program created by the stimulus benefitted white-owned businesses 91 percent of the time.
These disparities run across almost every government agency that received money under the Recovery Act. Of the 630 grants given to arts organizations by the National Endowment for the Arts, for example, less than 2 percent went to Latino organizations.
In Minnesota, the apportionment of stimulus dollars has been so unfair that community leaders have begun circulating a petition formally requesting that their state immediately terminate all federally funded transportation contracts. Nine projects with estimated costs at more than $91 million are located in the Twin Cities' outer suburban ring, while Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, which has the highest proportion of blacks and other people of color in the state, received the lowest amount of transit work ($3.8 million) among the state's eight U.S. districts.
There is some reason for hope, however.
The Obama administration has finally pulled stimulus funds from an agency for failing to comply with federal civil rights laws. The case involves BART, Northern California's commuter rail, which sought to use $70 million from the stimulus to build a spur to the Oakland airport that would travel through — but not stop in — impoverished East Oakland.
In a Feb. 12 letter to local officials, Federal Transit Administration head Peter Rogoff said BART's plan failed to comply with Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits agencies that receive federal funds from using discriminatory practices.
The money now appears destined for local bus and streetcar services, which had been targeted for massive cuts and fare hikes.
With almost 15 million Americans unemployed, Congress has a moral obligation to pass another jobs bill. But it also has a moral obligation to ensure that those who need the jobs the most are not left out in the cold.
Aaron Glantz is an editor at New America Media and author of the book "The War Comes Home: Washington's Battle Against America's Veterans" (University of California Press). He can be reached at email@example.com.
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Trump's politics are not the problem.
By Wendell Berry
Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front
Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and to die. And you will have a window in your head. Not even your future will be a mystery any more. Your mind will be punched in a card and shut away in a little drawer. When they want you to buy something they will call you. When they want you to die for profit they will let you know. So, friends, every day do something that won't compute. Love the Lord. Love the world. Work for nothing. Take all that you have and be poor. Love someone who does not deserve it. Denounce the government and embrace the flag. Hope to live in that free republic for which it stands. Give your approval to all you cannot understand. Praise ignorance, for what man has not encountered he has not destroyed. Ask the questions that have no answers. Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest. Say that the leaves are harvested when they have rotted into the mold. Call that profit. Prophesy such returns. Put your faith in the two inches of humus that will build under the trees every thousand years. Listen to carrion—put your ear close, and hear the faint chattering of the songs that are to come. Expect the end of the world. Laugh. Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts. So long as women do not go cheap for power, please women more than men. Ask yourself: Will this satisfy a woman satisfied to bear a child? Will this disturb the sleep of a woman near to giving birth? Go with your love to the fields. Lie easy in the shade. Rest your head in her lap. Swear allegiance to what is nighest your thoughts. As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motions of your mind, lose it. Leave it as a sign to mark the false trail, the way you didn't go. Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection.
Wendell Berry is a poet, farmer, and environmentalist in Kentucky. This poem, first published in 1973, is reprinted by permission of the author and appears in his "New Collected Poems" (Counterpoint).


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Skip to comments.Disaster Dozen: 12 Myths of Disaster Preparedness
Posted on 09/07/2012 2:23:13 PM PDT by Kartographer
1. If something happens all I have to do is call 911.
2. All I need is a 72-hour kit with a flashlight, first aid kit, some food and water, and a radio.
3. My insurance policy will take care of everything.
4. Good preparedness is too expensive and complicated.
5. We can only form a neighborhood group through FEMA, the Red Cross or local law enforcement.
6. In a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) terrorist attack, were all dead anyway.
7. Nothing like that could ever happen here.
8. All I have to worry about is my own family.
9. If preparedness were really important it would be taught in school.
10. I can get free preparedness information on the Internet.
11. Full preparedness means I have to get a lot of guns and be a survivalist.
12. If something really bad happens, no one will help.
Preppers' PING!!
Full preparedness means I have to get a lot of guns and be a survivalist.
Well, yes..
Please add me to your ping list.
In particular, I am hunting good ideas for purchased food to go stick in my cellar (dry, 50 degrees year around).
13 - have a battery-powered radio available so you can stay informed on what's happening if the power goes out - during Hurricane Irene last year our power was off for fourteen hours but our battery radio was almost useless - except for sporatic bits of information on the storm, most radio stations kept on with their same inane programming of crappy music and occasional callins about what was going on in some guy's local neighborhood - we finally managed to tune into the sound channel of TV channel 6, which is at the ultra low end of the FM band, and they were doing running updates of where the storm was and where it was going - so much for battery power.....
For those who are just starting or are old hands at prepping you may find my Preparedness Manual helpfull. You can download it at:
For those of you who havent started already its time to prepare almost past time maybe. You needed to be stocking up on food guns, ammo, basic household supplies like soap, papergoods, cleaning supplies, good sturdy clothes including extra socks, underwear and extra shoes and boots, a extra couple changes of oil and filters for your car, tools, things you buy everyday start buying two and put one up.
As the LDS say When the emergency is upon us the time for preparedness has past.
Or as the bible says: A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
NIV Proverbs 22:3
There is no greater disaster than to underestimate danger.
Underestimation can be fatal.
And that's a bad thing?
I have a 1500W power inverter in my Jeep. Great for running a few things in an emergency.
Find a radio with NOAA channels on it.
As a food service professional, and a cheap barstid, I suggest just buying more of what you normally buy, when it's on sale. Over the years, I've saved about 20% by buying in bulk on sales items that I'm going to use anyway.
It pays in 2 ways: Original savings on the sale price, and secondary savings over time, because you KNOW the price isn't going to go down on anything in the grocery store.
A victim?
1. If something happens I could call 911. Of course, that might make the problem far worse. Whether to call 911 is a decision to be made based on whether an official response is more likely than not to be helpful.
2. I should start with a 72-hour kit with a flashlight, first aid kit, some food and water, and a radio. From that point, I should expand my preparations based on resources, needs, and anticipated emergency situations.
3. My insurance policy will take care of everything covered in the policy, eventually, and if the company is not overwhelmed by the situation.
4. Good preparedness is too expensive and complicated to do all at once, but small steps one at a time can add up to good preparedness.
5. We can only form a neighborhood group through contact with our neighbors. It is critical to know which neighbors will be helpful in defending the community and which are likely to pose an immediate danger to others.
6. In a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) terrorist attack, there will be survivors even near ground zero. In Japan, 597 people survived within 1 km of the detonation sites, including Akiko Takakura at 300 m. Tsutomu Yamaguchi was outside 1km but was burned and injured in Hiroshima before returning to his home in Nagasaki in time to be burned and injured in that detonation.
7. History repeats itself.
8. All I have to worry about is my own family, my friends, and especially those neighbors and strangers who are not my friends and are not moral people.
9. There are many really important things that are not taught in school, and since the mid-1960s preparedness has been one of them. Fortunately, the Boy Scouts teach many aspects of preparedness and will continue to do so despite liberal hatred for moral values and for independence.
10. I can get free preparedness information on the Internet. [This one - not a myth - was right!] One of the best sources is http://tomeaker.com/kart/Preparedness1j.pdf from Kartographer.
11. Full preparedness means I have to get the right guns or self-defense equipment and be ready to respond as necessary to violence or evil in order to survive.
12. If something really bad happens, some people will help, but it may not be quick, it may not be the government or others some would expect to see helping, and we will not get help or even neutrality from everyone we encounter.
Why isn't it?
"What exactly is the opposite of a survivalist?"
A fatalist.
Canned goods will last 25 years in that environment. If you you doubt me I will send you statements from canned foods producers.
canned white potatoes
canned vegetables
canned chicken
canned beef (http://keystonemeats.com) good products
canned corned beef
canned mushrooms
canned soups (ready to eat, not reconstitute)
canned beans (black, refried, etc.)
[airtight containers: ball canning jars are very good]
white rice stored in airtight containers (indefinitely)
oatmeal in airtight containers (very long time)
Dried beans in airtight containers (very long)
Pasta in airtight containers (very long)
Rice noodles in airtight containers (very long)
Pilot crackers (canned - 30 year shelf life)
Peanut butter (several years, easy to rotate)
Juices bottled in *glass* (several years at least)
You would be surprised how cheap 6 months of food will be using these types. Maybe a little boring after a few weeks, but in the crunch you won't complain.
First aid supplies, antibiotics, cigarettes, booze, feminine hygiene products all make for good storage and make great trade bait. Most people forget they need these basics. When the zombies come you will need surplus to barter with.
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What kind of wax does she use to coat what kind of cheese and where does she store it afterwards?
That's close to a fatalist who believes everything that happens is preordained to happen and one can't change it.
There are going to be a lot of dead people in both categories (and I don't care 'cause I can't change them beforehand and don't have enough to feed them afterward).
I will feed my extra liberal sister-in-law and her husband because they helped me so much when my husband was very ill. I love them but they are to the left of Stalin and admit it. They know I am a prepper and think I'm nuts. They live on the coast and have NO preps of any kind.
It's a given they'll be the first ones knocking on your door.
"A Zombie! ;-)"
That's a better answer than my brainy one of "fatalist".
I was watching the show and reading my iphone at the same time, but I think I remember she used a special cheese wax and dipped it or brushed it with a natural boar's bristle brush. She gave a recommendation of the product on her site, and it was from a specialty cheese store. Then she recommended hanging it in a cool space, like a basement, where she has them in nets hanging from the rafters. I think they need air circulation. They do get more ripe, but they don't spoil. I remember eating a guoda-type cheese in the Philippines, and we didn't refrigerate the new product. Hard cheeses are the ones she puts-up-—literally. Isn't that exciting? Helps round out your need for protein in your preps. I found her site kind of hard to navigate. There is a search box, but no where to find what was already posted.
The last time they were here a number of months ago, they told me they aren't worried about the future until global warming stops food growing in their area of south Texas, then they will go to California where his brother is because that place will be fine. I said nothing, just nodded my head like they were right.
They are coming to visit either this coming Sunday or next Tuesday and be here several days. They sleep in a bed under which is mountains of Rainey Day food. They don't know how lucky they are that I would save their liberal lives.
The last time they were here a number of months ago, they told me they aren't worried about the future until global warming stops food growing in their area of south Texas, then they will go to California where his brother is because that place will be fine. I said nothing, just nodded my head like they were right.
They are coming to visit either this coming Sunday or next Tuesday and be here several days. They sleep in a bed under which is mountains of Rainey Day food. They don't know how lucky they are that I would save their liberal lives.
Wrong kind of battery powered radio - I prefer mine to tune from 144Mhz to 148Mhz ;-) It also helps if you have a decent antenna - a car mount works.
Tuck your head between your legs, ..............
Bless their hearts.
Yep. That and "Duck and Cover".
Ammo will be the new money.
A democrat.
Wowza. I'm thinking new pants might be in order after that ka-boom.
I didn't know anyone survived that close. Thanks for the data.
Booze - I'm getting a small still. About 10L worth should provide a couple of liters of white lightening. Sugar and yeast and some water on the fire. Been reading up on it and it's not all that complicated really. JRTFM!!
They will have to get to where you are... in a real emergency, that might not be so easy to do without a plan, firearms, and tools.
You might not have to feed them after all.
If you do, make them work for it. I don't know if you remember the old bumper sticker from hitchhiker days "Gas, grass, or @$$, no-one rides for free"
In my world... that phrase, said by an older southern lady is an ominous thing. ;)
Hey. I just checked them out. Not just for the canned meat. This steak package comes in at about $4.30 a pound.
Steak Box I - 14 lbs.
2 Ribeye Steaks
2 New York Strip Steaks
2 Sirloin Steaks
2 Rib Steaks
3 lbs Cube Meat
2 T-Bone Steaks
2 Porterhouse Steaks
Price: $59.95
Oh jeez. Each of these bullet points needs a page or two of footnotes, additions and exceptions. Let me add a few:
13) Don't be stupid.
14) Be stubborn only when it matters. Change your mind when proven wrong.
15) In an emergency situation or a defensive position, if you are not improving your situation you are wrong.
16) Keep your perspective and do not waste your strength. "Fatigue makes cowards of us all." - G.S. Patton
17) Contamination conquers determination, so keep it clean.
18) Murphy's Law: "If anything can go wrong, it will, and at the worst possible time."
19) Cheops' rule: "Nothing is done on time or under budget."
20) The fourth law of thermodynamics: "There is never enough of the right kind of fuel and energy."
Amen on keeping it clean. More people died in WWI from disease than from the fight.
I want a crank radio with NOAA on it....anybody know where to get them?....I have a plain crank/solar radio already....
the solution may be worse than the initial problem...
My suspicion is that our money will fade due to high inflation. Why make people personally angry by taking their money, when you can inflate all money in circulation and achieve the same goal impersonally.
"I prefer a radio (several radios) that tune from DC to daylight, and can transmit."
Ahh, got radios. Must have three emergency ones, and the latest one, several months old, is a Sony for hearing ham operators.
That's another reason I have to save my liberal kin. The husband is a ham operator, a licensed electrical engineer, and when he comes in my house, he wants a list of items that need to be fixed. He works every second he is here or he isn't happy. Wears his gun in his fanny pack. In his van, Carries everything he needs to fix anything on earth.
AND, HE LISTENS TO EL JAZEERA NEWS - SAYS THAT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT TELLS THE TRUTH - but, I can't refuse to feed him because he's a communist, 'cause he could save my life - he would kill anything that came near me without batting an eyelash.
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As Resident Evil news continues to pour in, we have yet another piece of info that will be helpful to Resident Evil fans, particularly those who own a 3DS. Mercenaries, the first Resident Evil title to hit the 3DS, will contain a demo of the other RE exclusive on the 3DS, Revelations.
Mercenaries is a portable version of the Mercenary modes from Resident Evil 4 and 5 with an emphasis on killing enemies while also fighting a ticking clock. Revelations takes place between RE4 and RE5 reuniting playable characters Chris and Jill and showing the events from the formation of the BSAA to the beginning of RE5.


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New England Beans And Brown Bread
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New England Beans And Brown Bread is a pretty easy brew and will not take much of your time for the preparation part. This easy to prepare dish can be added to your party menu confidently. Just give this yummy New England Beans And Brown Bread a try.
|Olive oil
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Chopped onion
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|2 Clove (10 gm), minced
|Apple cider
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Maple syrup
|3 Tablespoon
|Balsamic vinegar
|2 Tablespoon
|1⁄2 Teaspoon, dried
|Dry mustard
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Ground cumin
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Canned navy beans
|32 Ounce, drained
|Brown bread slices
|8 (0.5 Inch)
Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
Add onion and garlic; saute 3 minutes or until tender.
Stir in cider and next 7 ingredients; bring to a boil.
Reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 30 minutes.
Serve beans with brown bread.
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During the taping of the Boys vs. Girls episode of ABDC, I got the chance to speak with the friendly and laid back Justin Chon. The 27-year-old actor recently received national attention for his performance as Eric Yorkie in Twilight and is currently on the heels of another success: the upcoming film Crossing Over, an intense drama that weaves together several vignettes about immigrants in Los Angeles.
Why was he hanging out at ABDC, you ask? It turns out that Justin's apparel store, Attic, which is located in San Diego and in his home base of Orange County, is currently supplying clothing for the boys of Quest Crew. In this two-part interview, we touch upon his past work, his inspirations, his dream projects and his ethos on acting. I enjoyed getting to know this passionate young actor, and I hope you guys will, too.
TJL: Can you tell us more about your store?
JC: It's called Attic, and every season we've provided clothing for certain teams, and this year, we ended up providing clothes for Quest.
TJL: So, it's more like an urban style, street wear kind of store?
JC: Yeah, and I'm out here to support the show and support them [Quest] and check it out [ABDC]. I'm a huge fan of the show.
TJL: In regards to your store, do you do any designing for the lines? Or is it consigned?
JC: No, it's not consigned. We have accounts with different brands, and I'm not really too involved with the buying, but one of my best friends [James Yang] runs the store with me. He's mostly in charge of that. But yeah, we just kind of got together and started buying a lot of clothes we like and [are] selling them now, yeah.
TJL: Very cool. It's great if you can make a living doing that.
JC: Yeah, definitely.
TJL: I understand that your father was an actor in Korea, right?
JC: Mmhm.
TJL: What was that experience like for you, and how did that impact you as a kid?
JC: When I was young—growing up—I used to watch his black and white movies, and it definitely influenced me a lot because I was just like, "That's possible?" Even back then, that was like in the 60's, so that drove me to kind of follow my dreams. But there's a little bit of a difference. He did it out of necessity; he needed to make money. I always had an interest in acting, but he allowed me to be like, "Okay, well, you can do it."
TJL: Did he have any words of advice for you when you started getting into acting?
JC: I mean, he's just like, "It's a really lonely road. It's a really hard life, but if you're up for it, go for it." And he gave me a few acting tips, and he continues to critique my work. [laughs]
TJL: And what's his best advice so far?
JC: I would say… he says all the time, "You gotta make it real. You gotta make it truthful."
TJL: And on that subject—on Eric Yorkie—what sort of preparation went into that role? Because it's not typical [in mainstream American media] that a person of Asian descent is given a role that actually transcends all colors and barriers.
JC: Yeah. I just thought of it not in terms of color. I was just like, "What does this kid [Yorkie] need, and what does he want? And what's his main driving force in life?" I just figured that he's just like anybody else. He really wants to be liked, but really liked to an extreme. So, at his school—I boiled it down to one word: he's like a diplomat.
TJL: Yeah, he is.
JC: Yeah, so he's the type of guy in your school where he's friends with one guy from each crew.
TJL: Ah, the interloper.
JC: Yeah! [laughs] So, he just drifts around. He has his little clique, but he's in with everybody. So, he obviously has to be in a good mood all the time and [be] very energetic and [be] someone that people want to be around. And he might not be funny, but he tries to be.
TJL: Will we be able to expect to see him in the subsequent [Twilight] films?
JC: I think so, I think so.
TJL: People like [Yorkie]—when they're always trying to please other people—are sometimes very repressed on the inside because they can't show anger or loneliness, so will you eventually get a chance to play any of that in the later films?
JC: I don't think in Twi—actually, I have no idea because I haven't read the scripts yet, but I know in my other movie that's coming out, you'll see a lot of drama.
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I just watched Twilight. ^^ I saw Justin!!!
Did you get any free clothes?
So is this your new boyfriend Tiff?
This guy kinda looks like a vampire…
02/21/09 4:01 am
Great interview Tiffanie! He seems like a nice guy!
02/21/09 4:00 am
Anyone thinks it's kinda sad that Justin has this bit part in a tweenie movie, yet he's Asian America's biggest male actor?
It's better than nothing.
Anyone thinks it's kinda sad that Justin has this bit part in a tweenie movie, yet he's Asian America's biggest male actor?
02/21/09 2:07 am
My sister wants to marry this guy. rofl.
So does mine! LOL
mmmmhmmm Twilight sequel. Anyone know when that's coming out?
Didn't know Justin's dad was an actor.
Looks like Crossing Over is in limited release next week: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0924129/releaseinfo
i think that means only NYC and LA gets to see it while everyone else has to wait.
Love Justin Chon hehe
Went to see Twilight like 3 times because he was so sexxxy! I can't wait for the sequel ^^
02/21/09 12:35 am
What a wonderful interview Tiffanie and what a lovely picture
The crossing over movie looks like it'll have a lot of Asians, especially south Asians. Sounds interesting to me too.
02/20/09 11:30 pm
Nice interview, thanks Tiffanie!
My sister wants to marry this guy. rofl.
Oh I remember this guy.
Yay for successful Asian male actors!!
Can't wait for part 2!
Well the Crossover movie is coming out next week so we'll see how diverse an actor Justin really is.
He's soooo sexy...but in a girly way ^^
Crossover movie plot is about border crossing issues and immigration. Could be a sleeper, literally....
02/20/09 4:11 am
what a nice fella! and what a great interview, tiff. looking forward to part 2! :D
02/20/09 3:49 am
Ooo I love Justin! Great interview Tiffanie! You're so lucky to have met him in the flesh!
A lot of times it seems that you have to get lucky in the roles you pick. I'm sure he didn't think Twilight was gonna make him this famous.


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The Death of Willie Lincoln and God's Purpose
[1] Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said:
[2] Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskillful words?
[3] Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and answer thou me.
[4] Where wast thou when I laid up the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding.
[5] Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Job: 38:1-5
For any parent, I think the death of one of their children is the worst thing imaginable. Abraham Lincoln would see two of his four sons die, Eddie and Willie, Willie dying on February 20, 1862 from typhoid fever, that great killer of the 19th century. Mary Todd Lincoln would see three of her four sons die, and witness her husband assassinated before her eyes. Small wonder that Mrs. Lincoln had a fragile grasp on reality after so much sorrow. Prostrate with grief, Mary Lincoln retired to her room for a month after Willie's death, inconsolable in the immense anguish she felt, unable to bring herself to even attend Willie's funeral. Mr. Lincoln said when Willie died, "My poor boy, he was too good for this earth. God has called him home. I know that he is much better off in heaven, but then we loved him so. It is hard, hard to have him die!" Lincoln continued his work, not having the luxury of private grief in a time of such public peril.
Dr. Phineas D. Gurley, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian church in Washington that the Lincolns sometimes attended, preached the funeral sermon. I suspect this passage caught Lincoln's attention:
His kingdom ruleth over all. All those events which in anywise affect our condition and happiness are in his hands, and at his disposal. Disease and death are his messengers; they go forth at his bidding, and their fearful work is limited or extended, according to the good pleasure of His will.
Not a sparrow falls to the ground without His direction; much less any one of the human family, for we are of more value than many sparrows.
We may be sure, — therefore, bereaved parents, and all the children of sorrow may be sure, — that their affliction has not come forth of the dust, nor has their trouble sprung out of the ground.
It is the well-ordered procedure of their Father and their God. Continue reading
The Need for Order, or "Do Something" Syndrome
In light of the horrific massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, it is disappointing but not altogether surprising that the calls to just do something to stop the violence rang out before the middle of the day. I'll address the disgusting behavior of the mass media in a later post, but wanted to focus this post on the reactions and what they might say about our overall attitudes about life and society.
Gun control activists, grieving with obvious sympathy and empathy for the victims, and of course concerned primarily about the human toil of this tragedy, took to twitter and other outlets to immediately call for stricter gun laws. Ignoring that Connecticut is hardly a modern incarnation of the wild west, they seemed to imply that if we only tightened regulations and banned guns with menacing-sounding names, then we could ensure that no more mass murders of this kind would ever occur again, so long as we all shall live.
There are many legal, constitutional, and logical arguments to be made against further restrictions on gun ownership, and Jeff Goldstein makes just about all of them here. To me the strongest arguments against the gun control crowd are the practical ones. An obviously troubled young man murders his mother, then walks to her school and guns down children and the thing we're discussing afterwards are guns? Aside from the fact that even worse crimes have been perpetrated without a single firearm being deployed, we're missing the big picture when we're debating the mechanism for carrying out a massacre and not the underlying cause or causes.
Another recurring theme is that this incident is further proof that there is no God. Deroy Murdock expressed this sentiment in the conservative on-line journal of opinion, National Review online.
Just in time for Christmas, a reputedly almighty God must have been on break Friday morning when Adam Lanza massacred 20 Connecticut school kids. These six- and seven-year-olds were far too young to choose wrongly between good and evil — that choice being the way that believers typically explain how a supposedly omnipotent, omniscient, omnibeneficent God allows such atrocities. Atop the ongoing mayhem of Hurricane Sandy, the carnage in Syria, and the burgeoning power of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, it should be clearer than ever that no one up there watches over us Earthlings. We are on our own.
Of course we've all heard this before and have addressed this in myriad ways.
What hadn't occurred to me is there is a certain commonality between those who use tragedies like this to further the fight for control and others who use it to push an atheistic agenda. Granted there is overlap between the categories, but for now we'll treat these as separate attitudes. Continue reading
When God Says "No"
Msgr. Charles Pope is a Priest in the Archdiocese of Washington. In addition to his duties as pastor at a parish in southeastern DC, he regularly celebrates High Mass in the Extraordinary Form at St. Mary's in Chinatown once a month. He is perhaps the finest homilist I have ever had the privilege of hearing on a regular basis, and he demonstrates why in this blog post from the Archdiocese's website. He tackles what may be one of the most difficult subjects that Catholics and indeed people of all faith struggle with: why does God seemingly say no to some of our prayer requests? He provides a fantastic answer, and in the process gives some guidance on he proper disposition we should have when praying.
1. Sometimes, "No" is the Best Answer – We often think we know what is best for us. We want to have this job, or we want that person to fall in love and marry us. We want to be delivered from a certain illness or receive a financial blessing. We see these as good outcomes and are sure that God must also see them this way. But God may not, in fact agree with our assessment as to what is best for us. And thus his "No" is really the best answer to our prayers.
For example we may always prefer that God answer our prayer that none of our children be born with any disabilities. But God may see that the experience of disability may be just the thing that we or the child may need in order to be saved ultimately. St. Paul prayed for deliverance from some sort of physical affliction: Three times I begged the Lord about this, that it might leave me, but he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness." I will rather boast most gladly of my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may dwell with me. Therefore, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and constraints, for the sake of Christ; for when I am weak, then I am strong (2 Cor 12:7-10).


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