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Nearly nine years after the game's release on Nintendo's GameCube, an Easter Egg that unlocks a verbally abusive asshole mode in Wave Race: Blue Storm has been discovered.
The code, publicized by NeoGAF forum-goer RaoulDuke, changes the normally enthusiastic and informative pit crew voices heard in the jet skiing game into that of a total prick's. Instead of delivering helpful messages, the jerkier pit crew voice will call you "pathetic," delivering deadpan insults like "You don't have an inferiority complex. You're just inferior." or sarcastically coo "Oooh, a turbo!" when you gain a power up.
Some other choice barbs include "You must have a sixth sense, because there's no sign of the other five." and "Your wins are like diamonds—very rare." Seriously, the guy's a total dick.
Here's how it's done. Fire up your GameCube (or Wii, presumably) and suffer some emotional abuse for yourself.
- Go to Options and Audio Settings.
- There's a waveform display at the bottom that changes if you press the Z Button-tap Z until the waveform looks like vertically rising fog.
- On the D-Pad, press Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, X, Z. You'll hear an audio cue if you did it right.
- Back out to the front end.
- Start a race. Pick the first guy.
- The pit crew voice will now be some dude who basically insults you the entire time. Also, the turbo becomes a little girl's voice saying "meow meow"
New code discovered for... Wave Race gamecube? [NeoGAF via Game Life]

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From the Boulder iJournal (Bob Berwyn):
"We're going to see more water restrictions … I think folks will try to step up to the plate to try and keep streams as healthy as possible," said Colorado Water Trust special projects manager Scott Hummer after attending the state's water availability task force meeting in Denver.
Only record-breaking late winter and spring snowfall could bring the snowpack close to average, weather experts said. Some towns could enact water restrictions before the spring irrigation season even begins, with only a 10 percent chance that the Colorado River Basin snowpack — the key to transmountain diversions — will rebound to average runoff.
Some automated SNOTEL sites around the state are at all-time record low levels. While the mountains should be gaining snow at the average rate of an inch per day right now, the SNOTEL data shows that the snowpack has dipped a bit just in the past few weeks, after an unusually dry January. With cold temperatures in the valleys, most streams are flowing barely above historic minimums.
Hummer said it's very rare to see drought conditions in the high country in January, and a red flag fire warning from the National Weather Service this week illustrated conditions. Forecasters said three small fires burned Jan.23 in the foothills west of Golden and Boulder.
Fire warnings in January were extremely rare 30 years ago, but have become more common in the last decade, according to Boulder-based National Weather Service forecaster Mike Baker. January precipitation has only been about 30 percent of normal in the state.
Baker said conditions are similar to the late winter of 2002 when an early snowpack meltdown and quick warmup set the stage for the massive Hayman Fire. The big-picture climate picture is also similar, with the echoes of cool La Niña still pushing the jet stream north of the area.
Baker said the outlook for the next few months isn't completely clear, with some signs that the subtropical jet stream could come to life in the spring, fueling storms especially in the southern and eastern part of the state.
There's also some hope for the short term, with at least a chance of snow the next seven to 10 days, but beyond that, dry conditions could return, said NOAA research meteorologist Klaus Wolter, explaining how a combination of cooler waters in the North Pacific and warmer-than-average Atlantic Ocean conditions favor dry conditions in Colorado.


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Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004
establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91
The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 80(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee ,
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty , in the light of the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on 1 December 2003,
Have adopted this regulation:
Article 1
Article 2
For the purposes of this Regulation:
Article 3
Article 4
Denied boarding
Article 5
Article 6
Article 7
Right to compensation
Article 8
Right to reimbursement or re-routing
Article 9
Right to care
Article 10
Upgrading and downgrading
Article 11
Persons with reduced mobipty or special needs
Article 12
Further compensation
Article 13
Right of redress
In cases where an operating air carrier pays compensation or meets the other obpgations incumbent on it under this Regulation, no provision of this Regulation may be interpreted as restricting its right to seek compensation from any person, including third parties, in accordance with the law apppcable. In particular, this Regulation shall in no way restrict the operating air carrier's right to seek reimbursement from a tour operator or another person with whom the operating air carrier has a contract. Similarly, no provision of this Regulation may be interpreted as restricting the right of a tour operator or a third party, other than a passenger, with whom an operating air carrier has a contract, to seek reimbursement or compensation from the operating air carrier in accordance with apppcable relevant laws.
Article 14
Obpgation to inform passengers of their rights
Article 15
Exclusion of waiver
Article 16
Article 17
The Commission shall report to the European Parpament and the Council by 1 January 2007 on the operation and the results of this Regulation, in particular regarding:
Article 18
Regulation (EEC) No 295/91 shall be repealed.
Article 19
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 February 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly apppcable in all Member States.
Done at Strasbourg, 11 February 2004.
For the European Parpament
The President
For the Council
The President
M. McDOWELL


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This week's challenge over at There's Magic In the Air with Paper Cupcake Stamps is a recipe challenge brought to us by Kim McDonald. If you would like to see the recipe you can find it and the challenge blog here. I used the image "My Cup of Tea" by Paper Cupcakes. I used my Bic Mark-its to color it and well, I am pretty sure as simple as it is you can figure the rest of it out! :O) This was a really quick and simple card to make and I am positive I made it in less than an half an hour; including the coloring. I think it is cute and will make a perfect girlfriend kind of card.
Well, that's it for me for this posting. I might just get to bed before 11:00PM tonight which will be such a blessing! Well, take time to smell the coffee today and if you don't like coffee try some of the spring flowers! :O) Thanks for stopping by today! I always enjoy your company!
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Obama: Ukraine, Syria aren't 'Cold War chessboard'
With the unrest in Ukraine, President Obama finds himself at odds again with Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
In recent days, his administration has expressed its frustration with Syria blowing a deadline to turn over its chemical weapons, and has stated bluntly that the reputation of Russia —Syria's chief ally — is at stake if Bashar Assad's regime doesn't quickly get in line.
But speaking to reporters during his visit to Mexico on Wednesday, Obama downplayed a U.S.-Russian competition in those two countries, while highlighting that Russia has supported the governments in Syria and Ukraine when "the people obviously have a very different view and vision for their country."
The common thread in both the three-year-old civil war in Syria and the more recent strife in Ukraine, Obama said, is a desire by people there for free speech, the right peacefully to assemble, and have their political views reflected in free and fair elections.
"Now, Mr. Putin has a different view on many of those issues, and I don't think that there's any secret on that," Obama said. "And our approach as the United States is not to see these as some Cold War chessboard in which we're in competition with Russia."
The recent political violence in Ukraine is the worst the ex-Soviet republic has faced since becoming an independent nation in 1991.
The latest unrest flared after President Viktor Yanukovych refused on Tuesday to allow a vote on a law that would have reinstated limits on his powers.
The bigger point of contention centers on tensions over Yanukovych leaning toward a closer alliance with Russia, which is ready to resume providing loans to help the country's ailing economy. The protesters want the government to form an alliance with the European Union instead.
With Syria, the Russians blocked action by the United Nations Security Council against the Assad regime for deploying chemical weapons on the Syrian opposition in an internecine war that has now killed 140,000.


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Kettlebells For Dummies
- Автор:
- Lurie Sarah
- Жанры:
- Фитнес. Аэробика; Физическая культура. Спорт
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The way to a full-body workout with amazing results by mastering kettlebells Have you heard the buzz about the all-in-one strength and cardio workout that works every muscle in the body at once? There's a reason why professional athletes and A-list celebrities are joining the Kettlebells revolution-and now you can, too! With numerous step-by-step photos throughout, Kettlebells For Dummies gives you everything you need to use kettlebells to safely improve strength, endurance, flexibility, joint durability, agility, mobility, athletic movement, and proper body alignment. Whether you're in your teens, 20s, 30s, 40s, 60s and beyond, you'll discover how this fast-growing fitness phenomenon can boost your metabolism and help you lose weight by mastering numerous kettlebell exercises. One of the most effective workouts for burning fat, building lean muscle, and achieving core strength One-hour workout can burn as much as 1,000 calories Named one of the most popular fitness trends in 2009 Whether you're a self-proclaimed gym rat or have never lifted a weight, Kettlebells For Dummies shows you that it's easy to use kettlebells to achieve a full-body workout that yields amazing results.
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talking AS FAST AS I CAN.
Publisher Ballantine Books.
Publication Date: November 29,2016
Genre: Adult Nonfiction|Memoir.
Format|Pages: Hardcover|224.
Source: Goodreads|Library.
In this collection of personal essays, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood reveals stories about life, love, and working as a woman in Hollywood—along with behind-the-scenes dispatches from the set of the new Gilmore Girls, where she plays the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore once again.
In Talking as Fast as I Can, Lauren Graham hits pause for a moment and looks back on her life, sharing laugh-out-loud stories about growing up, starting out as an actress, and, years later, sitting in her trailer on the Parenthood set and asking herself, "Did you, um, make it?" She opens up about the challenges of being single in Hollywood ("Strangers were worried about me; that's how long I was single!"), the time she was asked to audition her butt for a role, and her experience being a judge on Project Runway ("It's like I had a fashion-induced blackout").
In "What It Was Like, Part One," Graham sits down for an epic Gilmore Girls marathon and reflects on being cast as the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore. The essay "What It Was Like, Part Two" reveals how it felt to pick up the role again nine years later, and what doing so has meant to her.
LAUREN GRAHAM has been one of my favorite actresses since I have seen her in Gilmore Girls years earlier. I feel in love with her first novel, SOMEDAY, SOMEDAY, MAYBE which I read couple years earlier. When I found out that she's writing a memoir, I was excited. I had put it on hold in library even before it was out. I was curious about her, about how she got where she is now. I don't think that there has been single of her movies, shows that I didn't enjoy. I did love her character, Lorelai in Gilmore Girls the most, a character that is hard not to love and I feel like Lauren fit that character perfectly. TALKING AS FAST AS I CAN was impossible to put down, I was fascinated by Lauren's life. I also love the humor that was put into to book, made it more entertainment to read. There were few times that I wished that I had more time to read it.
I loved reading about her life and the different roles that she had, and everything that she had to do in between. I loved that little phone conversation that she had with her dad, it was fascinating to read about. Fact how she lived on houseboat for a while, I don't think that I would be able to do that if I were in her situation. I loved how she talked about her thoughts about each season of Gilmore Girls as they filmed it, and then Gilmore Girls: A Year In Life. I am there with her in Gilmore Girls: A Year In Life, it felt like it was left with cliffhanger and I am hoping that there will be more afterwards. I enjoyed the title of her memoir, TALKING AS FAST AS I CAN even if you weren't aware of who she was, the title in general would capture your attention. A title that will have your attention, along with the cover.
Now that I read her memoir, i know that she's one person that I would love to meet in the future. She sounds like she would be a blast to have around. I am hoping that she writes more books in future because not only is she talented actress but a fabulous writer. I can't wait to see what adventures she has in store for us next.
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Cherating, MalaysiaKevin (เควิน) Khaosan
Cherating started life as a traditional fishing village, and fishing is still one of the most popular forms of livelihood head. Those who like to dine on freshly caught seafood will find a large number of restaurants that serve up the catch of the day and the restaurants that line the beach offer visitors the chance to soak up the atmosphere while eating their fill. Simply choosing a spot on the sand and sunbathing for a while. Water sports are also popular, especially yachting, surfing and swimming.
Although this is the perfect place for doing nothing all day, there are plenty of things to do if you have extra energy to spare. Bicycles can be hired from most guesthouses and cycling is a great way to explore the village and surrounding area. People wave as you cycle past and beckon you to stop and shop for locally made souvenirs.
Visit the turtle sanctuary and you may be lucky enough to arrive when the turtles make their way to the shore, which takes place between June and August. The Green turtles emerge from the sea late at night during these months to lay as many as 100 eggs at a time and visitors have the chance to watch the event.
Cherating is also famed for its arts and crafts, and this is the perfect place to purchase gifts and souvenirs to take back home. Items such as pandanus leaf hats, bags and mats are all popular purchases here and make for unique reminders of your trip to Cherating.


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West Fairlee is a town in Orange county, Vermont. It was formed in 1797 in Vt. The probate district for West Fairlee is Bradford, while the court district is Orange. For more information, contact the town at P.O. Box 615, West Fairlee 05083. On the attached map, West Fairlee is shown as 11 in Orange county.
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PVP in Dark Souls II is mostly a straightforward affair — You invade or duel, kill your target, and then finish with a condescending gesture. But what about when you pretend to be a friendly, neighborhood co-op partner? Hilarity, that's what.
Watch as Yogscast YouTuber Strippin' trolls unsuspecting players into thinking they can totally trust him, only to murder them quickly and easily. Some background: the basis of this video is the White Ring, which is traded by the Dyna and Tillo at their nest in exchange for Smooth and Silky objects. It's a ring that gives you the outward appearance of a totally friendly, white phantom. Now go to the Grave of Saints or the Door of Pharros and enter into the Rat King Covenant. By becoming a ratbro, you pull random trespassing players into your world while in either of the locations.
Of course, any experienced player who knows how summoning or the Rat King Covenant works will probably catch on, but there's always a steady stream of gullible players in Dark Souls II.
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A reader sent me the link to an essay by Paul Joseph Watson on Alex Jones' Prison Planet website.
Watson's article of Nov. 26, 2012, carries this very attention-grabbing title: "Brzezinski: 'Populist Resistance' is Derailing the New World Order."
"New World Order" (NWO) is a loaded term that refers to a conspiratorial plan by a group of global elites to abolish nation-states and replace them with a one-world government.
Zbigniew Brzezinski is the former National Security Adviser to President Jimmy Carter. Before he joined the Carter administration, Brzezinski was a political science professor at Columbia University and a protegé of Henry Kissinger.
Watson began his essay with:
During a recent speech in Poland, former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski warned fellow elitists that a worldwide "resistance" movement to "external control" driven by "populist activism" is threatening to derail the move towards a new world order.
Brzezinski had delivered that speech at the European Forum For New Ideas (EFNI), an organization that Watson describes as advocating "the transformation of the European Union into an anti-democratic federal superstate."
In concluding his essay Watson then reiterates the NWO theme:
This is by no means the first time Brzezinski has lamented the burgeoning populist opposition to external domination by the global elite. During a 2010 Council on Foreign Relations speech in Montreal, Brzezinski also warned that a 'global political awakening,' in combination with infighting amongst the elite, was threatening to derail the move towards a one world government.
Watson's essay got my attention because Brzezinski's speech:
- Confirms that there really is a global elite who have a plan for a "new world order"; and
- The alternate media of the Internet, blogs, and talk radio have so succeeded in informing Americans about the NWO that we have "derailed" the elite's plan!
So I got to work writing a post with this introduction:
If you're still skeptical that there's a global elite or that this elite has a plan to install a New World Order under one government, this news should turn you into a believer.
Watson's article on Prison Planet includes a YouTube video of 6+ minutes from Brzezinski's speech. Wanting to know more about what Brzezinski said beyond the bare bones that Watson conveyed, I decided I would watch the video and transcribe what Brzezinski said. So I spent half a morning playing and stopping the video so that I could write down what Brzezinski said.
Imagine my surprise when, after listening to the entire 6:24 minutes long video and reviewing my transcription, I discovered that NO WHERE IN HIS SPEECH DID BRZEZINSKI EVER MENTION THE WORDS "NEW WORLD ORDER"!
Instead, his speech was about how the 20th century had been the American Century but that the 21st century likely will not be. America can no longer dominate the world because of a worldwide "populist resistance," especially in the Middle East and southwest Asia.
This is a standard and not particularly novel thesis held by academics in the political science subfield of international politics and foreign relations. I myself had said this countless times in teaching my university students on World Politics.
It may turn out that Zbigniew Brzezinski in fact is an elitist who plots for a New World Order, but he didn't say or do that in his speech at the European Forum For New Ideas. By mischaracterizing Brzezinski's speech in NWO terms, Paul Joseph Watson had misled his readers, whether intentionally or unintentionally. Doing that ill serves those among us who have a legitimate concern about the NWO because it plays into the hands of our opponents who then use this to bash and dismiss us as tinfoil-hat conspiracy kooks.
You can see for yourself. Here is the video of Brzezinski's speech, followed by my transcript of most of what he said (I stopped transcribing toward the end because it was clear Brzezinski was not talking about the NWO):
Zbigniew Brzezinski: "A truly American domination is no longer possible. That is so for several reasons.
In recent decades, worldwide social change has experienced an unprecedented worldwide acceleration, particularly because of instant mass communication, such as radio, television, and the Internet, which cumulatively have been stimulating a universal awakening of mass political consciousness. The resulting widespread rise in worldwide populist activism is proving inimical to external domination of the kind that prevailed in the age of colonialism and imperialism.
Persistent and highly motivated populist resistance of politically awakened and historically resentful peoples to external control has proven to be increasingly difficult to suppress, as guerrilla warfares in Vietnam, Algeria, or Afghanistan have amply demonstrated. And as the rising turmoil in both the Middle East and Southwest Asia are foreshadowing.
At the same time, the acquisition by major powers of weaponry of increasingly destructive capabilities has made the notion of victory in a nuclear war prohibitively costly. That has prompted a degree of self-restraint that was absent in the pre-atomic age in relations among major powers.
Last but not least, the ongoing shift in the center of gravity of global political power from the West to the East, dramatized by the rise of China and of Asia more generally, signals conclusively the onset of a historically new and more complex distribution of global power.
In that much more complex historical and geopolitical setting, democratic America admittedly is still the world's most powerful, the richest, and the most influential state. Therefore much depends on how America conducts itself in world affairs…."
Brzezinski then proceeds to lament how the partisan divide in the United States has become increasingly bitter, which makes more difficult the conduct of America's foreign relations and the formation of our foreign policy. He ends this segment in the video by naming the other world powers — China, Russia, Germany, France, Great Britain, Japan, Australia — who have transformed the world from a unipolar world of a single superpower (the USA) to a multipolar world of several great powers.
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In the present longitudinal study, led by John Nurnberger from the Indiana University School of Medicine, examined the lifetime prevalence and early clinical predictors for psychiatric disorders in 141 high-risk children and adolescents from families with a history of bipolar disorder.
The researchers found a significant difference between the high-risk families and a group of healthy control families. By age 17, the lifetime prevalence of a major affective disorder (such as depression or bipolar disorder) was more than 23 percent in the high-risk cases, but only just about 4 percent in children of mentally healthy controls.
Overall, the prevalence of bipolar disorder was 8.5 percent in the high-risk cohort, while no bipolar disorder was reported in the control group. The risk for developing bipolar disorder was more than 5 times greater in the children of families with bipolar disorder than in those from the families in the control group.
In high-risk children a childhood diagnosis of an anxiety disorder or a childhood disorder like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) significantly predicted the onset of major affective disorders later in life.
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Monday, March 31, 2008
no words Monday
Posted by Fireman John at 12:29 PM 3 comments
Thursday, March 27, 2008
things to keep
My friend Mike sent this today.
what a powerful message for anyone;
and especially for us in recovery.
Though not always easy, it is becoming
simpler to see the glass as half full today.
Outlook is paramount when dealing with
life's ups and downs.
gratitude was the topic today;
I shared that I am grateful for
the patience to walk as far out
of the forest of addiction, that I
had progressed into.
it's uncanny that my last post
was titled, "things to avoid".
Posted by Fireman John at 4:36 PM 0 comments
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
things to avoid
things for me to avoid;
romancing the high...or euphoric recall,
remembering only the fun, and exciting times.
negative nellies...those who just can't stop whining.
extremists...anyone too gung-ho on any cause
the "always happy" people...life just isn't that great all the time for anyone!
outbursts...the old reactive method of instantly lashing out
rushing...causes big trouble on the road(see above)
self-pity...just when you think nobody is worse off than you,
you watch the evening news.
egomania...a big problem for some alky's, and very self-destructive
over dependence on anyone...that includes spouses, sponsors, therapists, & clergy.
Posted by Fireman John at 6:33 PM 1 comments
Saturday, March 22, 2008
My keys to recovery
These are the keys I use to augment and reinforce my recovery;
1. Admitted I had progressed from moderate to heavy, to abuse
and finally to dependence on alcohol, resulting in my behavior to
become irrational and irresponsible.
2. Came to believe I could resist the impulse to drink, and
develop the ability to refrain from drinking.
3. Strove to maintain a balance between free will and
dictates of my conscience.
4. Took stock of my personality traits and habits and
how they related to the progression of my drinking.
5. Commenced to take whatever means necessary, to
address any underlying psychological or emotional issues,
that may have contributed to my addiction.
6. Having experienced gradual psychic and emotional
progress, I continued to address any traits which
needed improvement.
The use of these keys has yielded many positive changes
in how I view myself, and interact with those around me.
Posted by Fireman John at 7:47 PM 1 comments
Thursday, March 20, 2008
a snowbird in Arizona
its been since 2/4 that i have been away from connecticut
and the joys of freezing cold temps and slippery roads.
myself and those vacationing from michigan, iowa, Minnesota and
canada are labeled "snowbirds".
I do have the advantage of driving cars with arizona plates,
so i am spared the looks of disdain from some of the locals.
while i do experience some guilt that i am here and Deb
is back home running the sober house; I know Roger is
there as hands-on manager.
there is no shortage of meetings either; though the average
length of sobriety is over 20 years!
april 3rd we have a wedding to attend in las vegas.
gee, not too much drinking, gambling or showgirls there!
just another chance to observe those who can drink
safely; hopefully do just that, & without embarrassing
themselves in the process.
Posted by Fireman John at 12:59 AM 3 comments
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
celebrity DUI
Dawn Wells, the actress who played Mary Ann on the television show "Gilligan's Island," has been sentenced to six months of unsupervised probation after police found marijuana in her car during a traffic stop. The 69-year-old actress will also have to pay a $410.50 fine under a plea agreement that dropped driving under the influence and possession of a
controlled substance charges.
famous folks never cease to amaze me with their antics.
so many rich celebs who can afford chauffeurs, insist on driving
drunk and high.
every day there is an athlete, actor, singer or politician busted
for endangering their life or the lives of others.
just another example of the non-discriminatory aspect of addiction.
Posted by Fireman John at 1:13 AM 0 comments
Thursday, March 13, 2008
honesty is among the most important facets of recovery.
in my many attempts at sobriety, I prided myself at the
level of veracity I came in with.
I guess much of that came from my upbringing and
having a good conscience.
the problem arose in the fact that my level of honesty
was clouded, when it came to being true to myself.
"little by slowly", as my friend Molly shares, is how the
alcohol haze dissipated, allowing me to see the deception
involved by omission, or selective memory loss.
being truthful in all my affairs is gratifying and calming.
there is no need to remember to tell the truth.
Posted by Fireman John at 5:12 PM 1 comments
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
12 rewards of the steps
1. Hope instead of desperation.
2. Faith instead of despair.
3. Courage instead of fear.
4. Peace of mind instead of confusion.
5. Self-confidence instead of helplessness.
6. Self-respect instead of self-contempt.
7. The respect of others instead of their pity or contempt.
8. A clean conscience instead of a sense of guilt.
9. Real friendships instead of loneliness.
10. A clean pattern of life instead of a purposeless existence.
11. The love and understanding of our families instead of their doubts and fears.
12. The freedom of a happy life instead of the bondage of an alcoholic obsession.
Posted by Fireman John at 1:15 AM 1 comments
Friday, March 7, 2008
today the topic was step 3.
there were at least 50 people in the room.
in the time allotted, a majority of them were
able to share.
it occurred to me that back home in Ct.,
less than 20 would have been able to speak.
i surmise there is a level of fairness here among
the mostly retired group, that we don't have.
as for the step; i have no idea what God's will
is for me.
what i do know it is not to be unfaithful
all the things i became, as the result of excessive drinking.
today i am able to balance free will with God's will, to the
best of my ability.
Posted by Fireman John at 11:29 PM 0 comments
Sunday, March 2, 2008
to be free
from glenda of "my sobriety space";
To Be Free This Day,
From the sickness of consumption
To Be Free This Day,
To think, feel, and function
To Be Free This Day,
From it's cunning control
To Be Free This Day,
To replenish my soul
To Be Free This Day,
Not to burden or blame
To Be Free This Day,
From the sorrow and pain
To Be Free This Day,
Is a blessing indeed
To Be Free This Day,
Is mine only need
a little inspiration and a reminder of the freedom
we can have today.
I am learning how to live in the present...
learn from the past,
and prepare for the future.
Posted by Fireman John at 10:41 PM 2 comments
Saturday, March 1, 2008
new cures for addiction?
from stanton peele;
Newsweek's March 3 cover announces that new drugs are changing the way we fight addiction. This follows Time's July 5, 2007 cover story on the same topic and New York Times Magazine's June 25, 2006 story. We know two things – we haven't licked addiction yet, and by the time the same story is repeated each year, everyone seems to have forgotten the previous one.once again a media frenzy dispensing misinformation about the futile "war on drugs"
i'm unaware of any new drugs on the horizon that show any promise in combating
the ever increasing substance abuse problem in America.
now that 1 of every 100 Americans is in prison; a large percentage due to drug convictions,
is anyone in charge aware that incarceration is not the answer.
simple economics prove that for every dollar spent on treatment,
we save greatly on the reduced costs of crime, medical and enforcement outlays.
the future depends on proactive education and treatment; reduce the demand
for drugs by offering help rather than punishment.
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Crystal Palace appear to have pressed pause on a move for Malky Mackay to take over at Selhurst Park with caretaker boss Keith Millen expected to be in charge for Saturday's meeting with West Ham.
Betting was suspended on Tuesday evening as former Cardiff boss Mackay appeared destined to replace Tony Pulis as manager at Palace.
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With Glenn Hoddle and Tim Sherwood other favourites to take over at the club, Palace do still have options after seemingly deciding against Mackay, but chairman Steve Parish will be keen to appoint someone soon having stressed he wanted a quick resolution to the club's managerial post.
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With Britain's population ageing fast and greater numbers of people unable to control their finances unassisted, a record 250,000 powers of attorney are being registered each year. The attorney system enables family members and others to take legitimate control of someone else's affairs.
The relevant government authority – the Office of the Public Guardian – is struggling to keep pace, and registrations of new attorneys currently take more than three months to process. A spokesman told the Telegraph's Your Money it was "recruiting additional staff" and the processing period would "shortly" be reduced to eight weeks.
The increase in numbers of attorneys is resulting in more disputes among families. The will, trust and estate division of national law firm Irwin Mitchell, for instance, has experienced a 75pc increase in attorney-related disputes in 12 months. And at the Financial Ombudsman Service, which arbitrates disputes between individuals and finance firms, new complaints concerning powers of attorney are up by 40pc since the beginning of 2013 and running at 35 a month.
More worrying are weaknesses inherent in the attorney system that surface only when abuses take place. Such a flaw has cost stepsisters Jacqui Cusick and Linda Highton (pictured above), both daughters of Albert Regan, who died in 2011, almost 12 years of anxiety and tens of thousands of pounds.
Albert Regan
Albert, born in 1919, established a successful business following service in the Second World War. In 2002 he granted his long-standing and trusted financial adviser enduring power of attorney over his affairs, hoping that if his own capacities should diminish his money could be safely managed without either daughter – both of whom had access to his accounts – being troubled. This gave the adviser immediate access to Albert's money.
Under the legal processes then in place the onus lay with the attorney to register his powers only when the "donor", Albert, was no longer fit to manage his affairs (see below).
The two sisters cared for their father in the following years while his health deteriorated. Their doubts about the probity of the financial adviser grew, with him refusing to answer their questions or discuss their father's affairs without the arrangement of costly meetings. Linda believes Albert "lost capacity" – a technical term where powers of attorney are concerned – around 2004. This is the point at which the adviser should have registered himself as attorney, which would have triggered checks. But, breaking the law, the adviser never registered.
In 2007 it was discovered that the adviser had invested £90,000 of Albert's money into a highly risky, unregulated property venture, along the way earning handsome commission. By then the two women were seeking to have themselves appointed as attorneys, which eventually took place in April 2011 – days before Albert's death.
After recourse to lawyers and the financial ombudsman, the firm to which Albert's adviser belonged paid back the £90,000. The adviser himself ceased practising in 2009. Linda said costs left the estate roughly £30,000 short.
With Jacqui, she sought recompense from RBS, Albert's bank, which had allowed the £90,000 and other illegal payments to be made. The bank has denied acting on an invalid power of attorney, telling Your Money that "the responsibility for the registration of the document lies with the attorney". It said it put a stop on his accounts as soon as it became aware of Albert's incapacity, which was in 2010.
Linda said: "It's not about the money as much as justice. This has been a very difficult process where we have had to learn a great deal about the law. It's also painful, because behind this is a terrible betrayal of trust.
"Our father thought he was acting in our best interests. He would have been horrified if he knew what we were to go through."
Your attorney could 'run amok'
Key to the nightmare endured by stepsisters Jacqui Cusick and Linda Highton, reported above, was the fact their father had established an "enduring" power of attorney rather than a "lasting" power of attorney. The latter replaced the previous system in 2007 and was introduced explicitly to limit the risks emerging in the earlier regime.
The basic difference is that with the "enduring" model the attorney is officially registered – and hence their appointment brought to the attention of other family members, who might object – only when the donor loses the capacity to manage their own affairs. This could be too late if an attorney is not acting in the donor's best interests.
Under the safer, "lasting" system, this checking process happens at the outset, ideally while the "donor" – the person whose affairs are at stake – is still perfectly fit. And under the "lasting power of attorney" system, someone independent of both the donor and the attorney is required to certificate the arrangement.
Adam Draper, a partner at solicitors Irwin Mitchell, said: "The enduring power of attorney regime was ripe for abuse. It placed an awful lot of trust in an individual without scrutiny or supervision. Effectively, the attorney could run amok with the donor's money. Under the lasting power of attorney system, the checking process is brought forward."
Although no new "enduring" arrangements were entered into after 2007, all those set up beforehand remain valid. And they are still being registered with the Office of the Public Guardian at the rate of almost 20,000 a year.
Julia Abrey, a specialist in law concerning the elderly at Withers, pointed out another weakness in the previous system. "The point of registration is when the dirty laundry tends to come out, such as disputes between siblings."
She is an enthusiastic proponent of lasting powers of attorney and has been involved in streamlining the registration process. The amount of time taken to register shouldn't matter, she said, where families are planning well ahead.
But she also pointed out the benefits of using a professional attorney, such as a solicitor or financial adviser, as opposed to a family member.
"Professionals are usually insured so if something does go awry there could be recompense," she said.
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Carolina Herrera
Born and raised in Venezuela, Carolina Herrera was exposed from early on to international culture and fashion. As she elegantly puts it: "My eye was accustomed to see beautiful things".
"I have a responsibility to the woman of today — to make her feel confident, modern and above all else beautiful."
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With the encouragement of legendary Vogue editor Diana Vreeland, Carolina Herrera shows her first collection at the Metropolitan Club in New York
Carolina Herrera designs Caroline Kennedy's wedding gown
Carolina Herrera introduces her first bridal collection
Carolina Herrera launches her first fragrance
Carolina Herrera launches her first men's fragrance, Carolina Herrera for Men. A fresh, masculine Eau de Toilette with tremendous character, imbued with charm and elegance.
"I have a responsibility to the woman of today — to make her feel confident, modern and above all else beautiful."
Carolina Herrera De Baez joins as creative director at Herrera's House of Fragrances
Launch of 212 Men
Carolina Herrera opens her first flagship boutique on Madison Avenue and 75th Street in a four story landmark building.
Herrera introduces CH Carolina Herrera, a lifestyle collection with ready-to-wear and accessories for men, women and children, the first store opens in Madrid, Spain.
Carolina Herrera receives the Council of Fashion Designers of America "Womenswear Designer of the year" and the Glamour "Woman of the Year award"
CH Carolina Herrera fragrance is born.
The CH Carolina Herrera fragrance is an invisible accessory, the final touch, the last detail-the perfect balance between comfort and freshness. It is sensual and complex, and at the same time fresh and optimistic.
The Council of Fashion Designers of America honors Carolina Herrera with the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award
Herrera receives the distinguished "Mercedes-Benz Presents" title for her Spring collection
Carolina Herrera designs the dress Bella wears for her wedding to Edward in Twilight: Breaking Dawn 1
Carolina Herrera launches her eyewear collection
Herrera receives an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, NY
Herrera receives The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology's Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion
Carolina Herrera launches fragrance collection, Herrera Confidential. Herrera Confidential effortlessly challenges both contemporary and traditional values, always staying true to the Herrera ethos: incorporating the most luxurious and natural fragrances, pushing scents to the limit and daring to explore the unexpected
Carolina Herrera unveils the Spring 2016 Collection at The Frick Collection, marking the first fashion show at the venue
With over 72 shows and 37 years of fashion, Carolina Herrera takes her final bow after presenting her Fall 2018 collection at the Museum of Modern Art.
Carolina Herrera appoints American Designer, Wes Gordon as Creative Director.


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The Pagani Zonda R was supposedly the last hurrah in the Zonda line, but one filthy rich American buyer's convinced them to build one more, the Zonda HH. The one-off convertible uses all the top shelf pieces and no restraint.
The all-carbon-fiber car is fitted with nothing but the best, the 680 HP Mercedes V12 from the Zonda Cinque, the titanium exhaust, the carbon ceramic brakes, the lavish interior. It's all there, it's all Zonda, and it's the only one they'll ever make. We're banking on the HH being the buyers initials. Too bad Howard Hughes is long gone or it would've been a dead giveaway.


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Holiday Festival still seeking vendors
There is still time for vendors to sign up for booth space at the annual Holiday Festival of Lights, which is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 7, along Cape Coral Parkway.
The festival, title sponsored this year by CenturyLink, centers around the Big John's Center, where the city Christmas tree will be lighted at a ceremony that will start about 5:45 p.m. Mariner and Cape Coral High bands will perform at the start of the ceremony that climaxes with the arrival of Santa Claus and the tree lighting.
According to Chamber of Commerce special events coordinator Amanda Schurko-Brunson, 92 vendors already have signed up for booth space. A 10×10 booth space for chamber members is $199 and $250 for nonmembers and the chamber offers tent packages for which tents are provided for the vendor. Visit the Holiday Festival of Lights website for vendor guidelines and application forms.
"We have plenty of open spaces left," said Brunson. "We will take vendors all the way up until the day before the festival."
The festival, which has been a city tradition for more than 20 years, starts at 4 p.m. and runs until 10 p.m.
Visitors can roam the streets shopping at existing businesses and street vendors. Food and beverages are available along with the tiny tots train and snow drift for kids, and a live show in addition to the high school bands, remarks from dignitaries, Santa Claus and the lighting of the Christmas Tree.


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'Breaking Bad' bill added to larger tax package
Gov. Susana Martinez says she's happy to sign package
New Mexico's "Breaking Bad" bill will get a second chance at being signed by Gov. Susana Martinez.
The original bill was vetoed by Martinez, but the original parts of the bill were absorbed into a larger tax package over the weekend.
Martinez said she's happy with the proposal.
"I'm happy to sign the film incentives so that we can send the message to the film industry that New Mexico is open for business," Martinez said.
Even after a long day of filming one of the last episodes of "Breaking Bad," actor Bryan Cranston kept an eye on the Legislature and the future of the bill.
"I see now it's the 'Breaking Not So Bad' bill," Cranston said.
Co-star and Albuquerque native Steven Michael Quezada said the bill will help him produce his own independent series, "Duke City."
"It's big for me. I'm trying to do my own television series. I can go to investors and say, "Thirty percent of what you spend in New Mexico ... can help with the budget,'" Quezada said.
Cranston said the issue goes beyond the financial incentives. Additional incentives mean more jobs for New Mexicans working behind the camera.
"This is actual technical employment and something I think they can take for the rest of their lives," Cranston said.
Rep. Moe Maestas, D-Albuquerque, was on the phone with Quezada earlier Sunday to give him the news that Martinez plans to sign into law the film incentives.


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INFLUENTIAL PAIRS (Karl Fulves & Roy Walton): A deck is shuffled and a spectator sorts the cards face up according to colors. You follow the moves of the spectator and at the end the colors have separated!
UNSURPASSED (Aldo Colombini): A blue-backed card is placed in a red-backed deck. Three cards are removed from the red deck. The blue card vanishes from the red deck and reappears between the red-backed cards!
DUP-LICATES (J. K. Hartman): A version of the traditional Do As I Do theme without the initial exchange of the decks. You and a spectator pick a card from two decks and they match!
RED AND BLUE CARD TRANSPO (Harry Carnegie): Some cards are taken from a red deck and some from a blue deck. One card is switched and all the other cards follow their leader!
THE RED AND THE BLUE (Alex Elmsley): Two decks of cards, one blue and one red. Each deck changes color except for two previously selected cards!
TWO DECKS, TWO CUTS (Aldo Colombini): Two decks of cards are cut in the middle by two spectators. They find two matching pairs. The procedure is repeated finding two more matching pairs!
PLUNGER COINCIDENCE (Chet): Two cards (say the black Fours) are placed on each side of a freely selected card in one deck. The two fours of the other deck are shown and placed reversed in the middle of the deck and capture the duplicate of the previously selected card from the other deck!
MATE-HEMAGIC (Aldo Colombini): A deck is placed aside and from another deck two spectators each select a card. The duplicates of these cards are taken from the other deck and they are shown to have the same color on the back. All the other cards have different colored backs!
SIGN PROOF (Francis Haxton): You sign a blue-backed card which is shuffled in the deck by a spectator. The spectator deals cards on the table until he feels to stop. Taking a card from a red deck, this is placed on top of the cards dealt and the deck is assembled. The card below the red card is the signed one!
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One Direction were shooting their next music video yesterday at the seaside!
The boys were hanging out at Clevendon Pier in Somerset, being silly, playing football and swinging around on lampposts.
Here are some photos from the shoot…
Yes, it does look like the coldest music video ever made (including Let It Go from Frozen).
We have no idea what song this video's for. It could even be an advert or a TV show bit, but we'll let you know as soon as we find out.
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The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday that 275,000 organizations have lost their tax-exempt status because they failed to file required annual reports for three straight years.
The tax agency said it believed that the vast majority of those groups are no longer in existence, but it said it was setting up procedures to help those companies that sought reinstatement.
It said the names of the organizations would be made public soon.
IRS data shows that there were more than 1.8 million tax-exempt organizations in 2010. About two-thirds of those are religious and charitable organizations, but also included are labor and agriculture organizations, business leagues, social and recreation clubs, war veterans' groups and others.
The agency said that last year it published a list of at-risk groups and gave smaller organizations an additional five months to file required reports. It said about 50,000 organizations filed during this period.
"During the past several years, the IRS has gone the extra mile to help make tax-exempt groups aware of their legal filing requirement and allow them additional time to file," IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said in a statement.
The agency said that the status revocation will not affect people who previously donated to organizations on the list but that those organizations will no longer be eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions and any income they receive may be taxable.
A 2006 law requires most tax-exempt organizations to file an annual information return with the IRS. It automatically revokes the status for organizations that fail to file the required papers for three consecutive years. The list pertains to organizations that did not file reports for 2007, 2008 and 2009.


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I like this pick for position – though I must say I know very little about Sherrod in particular. He looks huge and report is that he's a bright guy. Seems to fit the mold. I just like adding to our depth along the line with Clifton getting close to being done.
Pack selects OT Derek Sherrod
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Dave K Says:
April 28, 2011 at 11:07 pm |
Seems like a good value pick at #32. He has the size, arms, and build to be a LT. From what I read he is a very smart and high character guy. Not a power blocker but has great feet for a big guy. Sort of like Clifton.
Sits a year behind Clifton which keeps Bulaga at RT which might be a better spot for him. Let's Lang slide over to LG which MM has indicated might be his best spot. Could be a special group of big guys protecting the franchise QB for a long time.
CindyV Says:
April 28, 2011 at 11:07 pm |
The first pick by the Packers to protect Rodgers is fine by me.
Rusty Says:
April 28, 2011 at 11:59 pm |
Can't really complain about this one much. Sounds like his primary weakness is being understrength. Seems like a solvable problem.
We should also remember, Clifton does not practice. Assuming Cliffy stays healthy enough to play Sherrod will be able to practice with the first team every day. This seems like the perfect situation.
Still really want another OLB…
PackerBelle Says:
April 29, 2011 at 9:00 am |
I think this a good pick. Bulaga has been great taking over for Tauscher but we need someone for when Clifton can't go anymore. I can't say I know much (or rather anything) about this guy but most of the commentary seems fairly positive. He's quick, he's big and he needs to work on getting a little stronger – something I think is very fixable. And anything that will protect Rodgers from getting hurt is a good thing in my opinion.
Dave K Says:
April 29, 2011 at 10:03 am |
Funny stuff coming out about the draft. Angelo tried to trade up with the Ravens to pick Carimi. I guess he was worried about the Packers making the same trade and jump in front of them to get their player like they did last year with Burnett. But, Angelo forgot to phone the trade into the league. Ravens thought the Bears were on the clock and missed their pick. The Ravens got their guy a few picks later but now have to pay him more because they picked him earlier then if the trade had gone through and they do not get the 4th round draft pick. They are pissed and want a 4th round pick from the Bears. Angelo was still lucky to get Carimi a few picks later but I'm guessing he just burned a bridge as far as dealing with another team.
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April 29, 2011 at 1:30 pm |
that is hilarious!
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Scott W. Says:
April 29, 2011 at 11:25 am |
The suckitude of the Bears continues….


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Chernobyl – 25 Years Later
"When I was invited to come work in the Exclusion Zone, the first words that came to mind were: Chernobyl, radiation, mutations, and cancer." — Max relating how he came to work in Chernobyl.
I found those four words to be common associations made by many people when I mentioned I was embarking to document Chernobyl 25 years after the accident. In this sense there are a few misconceptions worth correcting about Chernobyl.
Chernobyl – Radiation Levels in Chernobyl
The first point to clarify is that radiation levels in most of the Exclusion Zone are within tolerable limits for controlled human exposure. In some places the background radiation levels are less than twice what natural background radiation is in most of the world. The worldwide average background dose for a human being is about 2.4 millisievert (mSv) per year. Most places within the Zone oscillate between four and ten times normal background radiation levels. Such levels are within tolerable safe limits. As a point of comparison, radiation exposure in a jet airliner is at least ten times higher, and natural background radiation in Ramsar, India, peaks at a yearly dose of 260 mSv. There are notable exceptions in the Zone, where the dose is many thousand times the safe exposure level; for example the "Red Forest" , some of the exposed metal structures in Pripyat, and portions of the hospital where the first victims of ARS (Accute Radiation Sickness) were treated in the days immediately after the accident. Although the Zone is generally safe to visit, ingesting wildlife and plants from the area is not advisable. Nonetheless, nature has aggressively reclaimed the area; wild boar, wolves, and dear are plentiful and seeing them roam without fear of men is common.
Chernobyl – Touring Chernobyl
A second misconception is that Chernobyl is not inhabited. In 2011 there were roughly 3,000 government workers living in the town, usually in shifts of two weeks in the Zone and two weeks outside. The accident only affected operation of Nuclear Reactor #4, the other reactors continued to operate during the aftermath of the accident and well into the beginning of this century. Their continued function was required to feed the energy needs of the Ukraine and Belorussia until alternate sources could be brought up to par with demand. There is also considerable traffic from visitors who range from photographers and scientists to curiosos. In 2010, 15,000 registered visitors entered the Zone, most of them on half-day "tourist" visits.
Chernobyl – Pripyat is Not Chernobyl
Perhaps the largest popular misconception relates to what cities were most affected by the accident. Chernobyl is the name of both a town and the site of where the nuclear reactor exploded, but it is Pripyat, a once bustling city of 50,000 that was most affected by the accident. Its residents were evacuated three days after the accident and the city is now a ghost town and wilting testimony to Soviet architecture and design. The inhabitants of Pripyat, and the outlying villages were the most affected by radiation exposure, and it is among them, and their children in particular, that the highest incidences of cancer, malformations, and general malaise occurred.
There is much to rummage within the circumstances leading to the accident, and of course the human tragedy that ensued. Of all the suffering, what marked me most was the selfless commitment of the first technicians and fire-fighters who responded to the original explosion and tried to quell the fire. Very likely, thanks to them–the first 28 dead of ARS–a further explosion was avoided. An explosion that would likely have resulted in a chain reaction across all reactors in Chernobyl, so large, that most of Europe would be a wasteland for the next 80,000 years. How many of those names do we know?
They died a painful death. Muscle parted from bone as if boiled. During their death they endured interrogation by the KGB. They were buried in Mitino cemetery in north-western Moscow, in lead coffins to isolate their radioactive remains.
It was with these thoughts that I went to Chernobyl. I didn't know what to expect, or really, how to even develop my next work. On January 10th, 2011, the Ukranian government opened Chernobyl to tourism. Over the eve of Orthodox Chrismtas, in January I was the only visitor there and have the ignominious privilege of being the last "visitor" and being the first "tourist" , all on the 25th year since the accident.
What follows is the first of several chapters that documents my time in Chernobyl, and more exactly, in Pripyat. My hope is to rescue some of the dignity originally held by this city. I do not wish to expound the pain of the tragedy in its most notorious faces. Instead, I want to present a visual documentary and comprehensive testimony of what this city once was–an icon of a former empire and the home of thousands of discreet and anonymous personal stories that were lost.
The first series of pictures are really just snapshots that narrate my arrival to Chernobyl. Further posts will explore the city of Pripyat and the stories I found.
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In 1924, Science magazine reported on a fatal case of potato poisoning: James B. Matheney of Vandalia, Illinois, had gathered about one and a half bushels of tubers, which had turned green due to sunlight exposure. Two days after eating the potatoes, most of his family – wife, two daughters and four sons – showed symptoms of poisoning; the only exceptions were James himself, who didn't eat the potatoes, and a breast-fed baby boy. His wife, aged 45, died a week later, followed by their 16-year-old daughter. The other five members of the family recovered.
Although such fatalities are rare among human beings, farm animals often get sick or die after eating green potatoes. Symptoms include damage to the digestive system as well as loss of sensation, hallucinations and other neurological disturbances. Death can be caused by a disruption of the heartbeat.
The culprits are the toxic substances solanine and chaconine; their concentration rises sharply with exposure to light or during sprouting, and they protect the tubers from insects and disease.
Solanine and chaconine belong to the large family of glycoalkaloids, which includes thousands of toxins found in small amounts in other edible plants, including tomatoes and eggplant. These substances have been known for over 200 years, but only recently has Prof. Asaph Aharoni of the Plant Sciences Department at the Weizmann Institute in Israel begun to unravel how they are produced in plants.
He and his team have mapped out the biochemical pathway responsible for manufacturing glycoalkaloids from cholesterol. Their findings will facilitate the breeding of toxin-free crops and the development of new crop varieties from wild strains that contain such large amounts of glycoalkaloids that are currently considered inedible.
Two years ago, in research reported in The Plant Cell, the scientists identified the first gene in the chain of reactions that leads to the production of glycoalkaloids. In a new study published recently in Science, they have now managed to identify nine other genes in the chain by using the original gene as a marker and comparing gene expression patterns in different parts of tomatoes and potatoes. Disrupting the activity of one of these genes, they found, prevented the accumulation of glycoalkaloids in potato tubers and tomatoes. The team then revealed the function of each of the genes and outlined the entire pathway, consisting of ten stages, in which cholesterol molecules turn into glycoalkaloids.
An analysis of the findings produced an intriguing insight: Most of the genes involved are grouped on chromosome 7 of the potato and tomato genome. Such grouping apparently prevents the plants from passing on to their offspring an incomplete glycoalkaloid pathway, which can result in the manufacture of chemicals harmful to the plants.
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