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Normal urine is sterile. It contains fluids, salts, and waste products, but not bacteria, viruses, or fungi. Cystitis, more commonly known as a bladder infection, occurs when microorganisms, such as bacteria from the digestive tract, cling to the opening of the urethra and begin to multiply and irritate the lining of the urinary system.
Bladder infections are generally much less common in men than in women. This is because men have a longer urethra, the tube that drains urine from the bladder and out of the body. This makes it more difficult for bacteria to reach the bladder and cause infection. Although urinary tract infections in men are not common, they can be serious.
The Causes of Bladder Infections in Men
When small amounts of urine remain in the bladder, this creates a perfect environment for bacteria to multiply and cause infection. In men, this poor emptying of the bladder is often due to an enlarged prostate, called benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Because BPH commonly develops as men age, bladder infections occur more frequently in men over the age of 50.
Other risk factors of bladder infections in men include:
- Having a catheter inserted to drain urine from the body
- Having diabetes or a condition that affects your immune system
- Having another condition that affects the urinary tract, such as kidney stones, bladder stones, narrowing of the urethra, neurogenic bladder, or prostate cancer
- Multiple sex partners
- Inconsistent or improper use of latex condoms
Symptoms of Bladder Infections in Men
The symptoms of bladder infection vary from person to person and can range from mild to severe. Symptoms may include:
- Frequent and urgent need to urinate
- Passing only small amounts of urine
- Pain in the abdomen, pelvic area, or lower back
- Burning sensation during urination
- Leaking urine
- Increased need to get up at night to urinate
- Cloudy, bad-smelling urine
- Low-grade fever
- Fatigue
If the infection is severe enough to inflame the bladder wall, it may also cause blood in the urine and leave it looking cloudy. If you have symptoms of a bladder infection, it is important for you to see your doctor so it can be promptly treated.
Treatment of Bladder Infections in Men
Treatment depends on the complexities of the infection. It typically involves taking an antibiotic for one week. Antibiotics may be needed for 2-6 weeks if fever or prostatitis (infection of the prostate) is present. Most men feel better within a few days of beginning the antibiotic. It is important to take the full course of antibiotics prescribed, even when you are feeling better, to make sure the infection is completely treated. Your doctor may recommend further testing if you have other symptoms, like a fever and a recurrent infection.
Things to Watch For
Certain conditions have similar symptoms to those of a bladder infection. If you have recurring infections or if no infection can be found, your doctor may look for one of the following conditions:
- Urethritis—may be either inflammation or infection of the urethra
- Urinary stones—can sometimes develop in the bladder causing irritation and infection
- Bladder tumors
- Narrowing of the urethra
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board Michael Woods, MD, FAAP
- Review Date: 10/2017 -
- Update Date: 11/06/2015 -


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Interview: Follow-up with Rosalie Hansen
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 11:15 a.m.
The interview was conducted at the Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department by Detective Armstrong and Murphy. The interview was recorded with the witness' knowledge and consent.
- Detective Ted Armstrong
- Detective Samantha Murphy
- Rosalie Hansen
Detective Murphy: Rosalie, take a seat and for the record please state your name and address.
Rosalie Hansen: My name is Rosalie Hansen, and I live at 722 Shady Oaks Circle in Oxford.
Detective Murphy: You seem calmer than the last time we interviewed you.
Rosalie Hansen: Thanks to you, Detective Murphy, I've been able to sleep at night without having nightmares. I appreciate the help you gave me in finding a doctor to talk to.
Detective Murphy: You're welcome. I'm glad she's helping you through this.
Detective Armstrong: Rosalie, tell us again why you were at the service station.
Rosalie Hansen: I had to use the bathroom. After we called the police, I used the men's room. That's how desperate I was. The place was nasty, but I didn't have a choice.
Detective Armstrong: Are you sure you had to use the bathroom or did you know the girl? Were you involved in her murder?
Rosalie Hansen: My god! How could you think such a thing? I can't fathom any possible reason I would want to kill that girl. I didn't even know her. Besides, I could never be that cruel to anyone.
Detective Murphy: Since the last time we talked, have you remembered anything else about what happened that night?
Rosalie Hansen: When I was talking to the doctor about... what happened, I remembered that I saw that girl once a few weeks ago at the station. I was putting gas in my car, and I remember seeing her and another girl, but they didn't pay any attention to me. That girl was too busy flirting with Jimmy, the attendant. I noticed because her friend seemed agitated at her and wanted to leave. I think she was teasing him, and the friend didn't like it.
Detective Armstrong: Did you know Jimmy before this murder happened?
Rosalie Hansen: I may have seen him, but I really didn't pay much attention. I don't stop there too often. I always pay at the pump so I don't need to go inside.
Detective Armstrong: What was Jimmy's demeanor after you discovered the body and went to call the police?
Rosalie Hansen: He was very shaky while we waited for the police. He couldn't sit still. He kept saying, " Who could have done such a thing?" He said he had seen her at the station but never knew her name. He told me she would flirt with him, but he didn't think she really meant it and she was just having fun with him. He said he thought she would laugh at him if he had asked her out.
Detective Murphy: After discovering the body, did you see anything or any suspicious person hanging around?
Rosalie Hansen: I don't remember seeing anyone that looked out of the ordinary. There were a lot of police officers, and I wasn't thinking straight. Do you think the killer might have been watching us? Thinking about it sends chills up my spine.
Detective Murphy: I'm sorry that we have to bring all this back up, but we need all the information we can get to catch this killer. Have you thought any more about the man that you saw in the car that sped past you?
Rosalie Hansen: I wish I could be of more help. I've tried to remember things about the car and tried to envision the man's face, but I can't. I only remember he had dark hair. Whoever he was, I hope you find this monster soon.
Detective Armstrong: Thank you for coming in today. If you remember anything, please feel free to call.
Interview ends 11:35 a.m.

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College Humor has had quite a run of spot-on videos recasting great TV series as video game RPGs from the 16-bit era, specifically the "Final Fantasy" series. They've done "Breaking Bad," "Game of Thrones" and even "The Wire" in this style.
Next up? "Lost."
During its six season run on ABC, "Lost" inspired seemingly endless debate over its elliptical, metaphysical storylines, with fans pouring over the meaning of every nuance. Since the landmark series concluded, however, the audience hasn't been afraid to be vocal about what worked best — and what didn't.
Like the origins of the tattoos sported by Matthew Fox's character Jack.
In the third level of the game, which is based on the show's third season, Jack must dodge bad plot elements including the origin of his body art. (The tattoos were the subject of the episode "Stranger in a Strange Land," which has been acknowledged by both fans and creator Damon Lindelof as the show's creative low point.)
Don't expect any explanations or insight in this video, especially if the existence of polar bears on the islands is still a head-scratcher. But at the very least it's a welcome reminder of the joy of watching "Lost" for the first time.
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I would like to participate in the translation of the OLPC software in Fula. Although it is spoken by 30 million in Africa (West to East), it is not on the language list. Is it possible to add a new langage? We also use unicode characters to type the language and will probably need to implement a keyboard layout (already done for Windows, see our website www.pulaagu.com)
Thanks in advance


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Ohio Jewish Chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1938-01-14, page 01
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!Q/ Central Ohio's Only Jewish Jfewspaper Iteaehin^ Every Pome fi^A \ A WEgCLY NEWSP/\PER FOR THE JEWISH HOME Devoted io AmAirican and Jewish Idcahi B-i-l- « .i-t-f-rHI-tl-t Volutnc XVII—No. 212 'COUIMJIIK^. <UHO, JANUARY ]1, vm Per Ycfir .'ji^OO; Por Copy 10c Stnctiy ConOdential TidliUs From Everywhere By I'HINKAS J. H1R0N Natl Jewisll Hosptal To HoM Three Day Conclave In New York Teshple Organizations To Present Unusual Program Tuesday GOGA rjr.Gf.KS No^v that .Koiimnnia haa Rono g fl fi a—jianlon ua, GoK.i~y«u miRht lilce lo kno^v that Premier Octavian Gofja was onco a friend ol Ihfi Jown . . . Even now ho is a member of tho board of several Jewinh cTitcrpriscs ... lie is imid to havo a weakness for Jcwisli money, and privately laughti ni an¬ ti-Semitism . . . Once he was ac¬ cused in parliament oZ bein}; tho moral insliRator of the Iron Guard'a nasasaination of Premier Uuea hi Jfl.*?n . . . Yet after that murder King Carol tried tto fict him into lho cabinet . . . Tho morj.tcr of thc Go^ju and the Cuza parties was effected in 1935 throufih thc cf- fortn of Friedrich Weber, Buebrt- rost correspondent of Hitler'a Voel- Inpcher Ucobacbter, for which little job ho was booted out o£ thc country , . . Cujp, w h o waa preaching anti-ScmitiBm before Ilitlov was born, has bfien arrest- tod ^o often for inciting against the Jcwb that hc«knowa tho insido of most of Roumnnia'n prisons very intimately . ^ . Don't pay any at¬ tention to that hooey about Rou¬ manian anti-Semites lialinr: Lupcs¬ cu because &he*ii Jewess . . , The truth is that sho is the daughter of a Jassy chemist who becamo a Catholic in order to obtain a li¬ cense . , . Her mother was born a Catholic and Magda was baptized in that faith . . She didn't knov/ she had Jewish blood until she was fully grown—and thon she revcnR- ed herself by turning- anti-Semite . . . Virtually every important an¬ ti-Semite in Roumania comes to her for advice nowadays, nnd Go¬ ga got the premiership on her re¬ commendation . . . Equally cock¬ eyed J3 the report that two of Bu¬ charest's leading liberal dailies, Bi- , mineata and Adverul, were sup¬ pressed by Goga becauso they arc Jewish-owned ... Both papert; were tiold by their Jewish publish-, tra a* ycnt ago, to avoid the anti- Somitic terror ¦ , . WE'RE TELLING YOU Whjle we're talking of Kouma- nia—did you know that King Carol hns Eome Jewish blood? . . . He's n great-grandson of England's Queen Victoria, whose husband, Princo Albert, is said to have bad a Jewifrh papa . . . Moldavln, one of the original provinces of Rou¬ mania, had a Jewish prince in thc IGth century , . * His namo was Emanuel Aaron, and he was tho natural son of a Moldavian aristo¬ crat . . . But under the rule of Prince Aaron thousands of Jev;H wore maisacred , . » The leadei and organizer of th'e women'tJ aux¬ iliary of the anti-Semitic Iron Guard is a femme by tlie namo of Rebecca Ansel nee Oksenberg . » .' llcr husband, for whoae love she abandoned Judaism, is opposed to anti-Semitism . . . Tliere have been frciiucnt mmors that among thc angels of the Iron Guard were several wealthy. Jewish induatrial- ists, notably Ma:c von Ausschnitt and Ferdinand Koszkn « . • And one of the leadres of the Iron Guard is a renegade Jew by the name of Gat^riclscu, but bom li^manuel Zipkes. . .Did you know that there is really no auch thing aa Roumanian Jewi-y? . . , Tbo Jews of Moldavia and Wallachla arc descended from tho earliest Jewish Eiettlcrfi and speak Rouma- Aiun . t . Tho Jews of Bcasurubia, acquired from Russia, speak Yid¬ diah . • . And tho Jews of Buko- vina. ceded by Austria, nnd thoso of Transylvania which used to bo Hungarian, apeak German Strange as it may accm, Bukovinan find Tranaylvanion Jewry enjoyed more freedom beforo tho war for democrncy than they do now It viras the Jews of Besfiarabia, cs- bpeoially thoso in Czernoxvtt^;, who created the concept of minority guarantees « . . NAZI STUFF Now York'a swaiiky Fifth Avc¬ nuo shopping district; will tsoon liavo a store fitted out as a cham¬ ber of horrors depicting thd Nazi terror , « * And plans aro ^already under way to act up an anti-Nazi counter-attraction to Germany's exhibit at tho lOao World's Fair .... That great "patriot" William Uudley Pelley ia defending Japan¬ ese aggression agahist China and attributing. anti-Nippon sentiment in tliis country to "Jewish poii^on" . , , Tiio Indians o? Raton, New Mexico aro mail »a blaz^a afc Ififc- (•Doniinantl on paytj H) Thiity-eighl i'eara of pcrvico to the tuberculosis poor of Amriica by tlie National Jewish Ilonpilal at Denver will bo reviewed, and plam for the cxlomion of ihis work will bc made, at the iJBlh Anti-Jewish Dm'i' h Economic Sphedi Intensified KEV. DR. Wm. S. FRIEDMAN Rnnual meeting of thc national truslcon oi the orpanir.ation in New York City on Jan. 15, IB and 17f uccurilingf tn un announcement marts thia wcels by P.iul Felix Wavburiy, Chairman ei thc New York Committee of the lIo;:spital. At thc morning scKsion of the huaincsB meeting, Kabbi l<^ricdmaii will review Ihc thiity-eiffht year fight of tho Institution against tuberculosis. At the Eamo se.i- sion Dr. H, J. Corper, interna, tionally famous Research Director of thc Hospit.il, will describe the accomplishment.^ of thc Research Departmenl:—thc only ono of its kind in the country. At tKe lunch¬ eon session, lion. Alfred E. Ben¬ esch, President of the Board of Education of Cleveland and a na¬ tional Vice-President of the Hos¬ pital, and Eev. Dr. William Kose- nau,, Professor, at .Tohns Ilopkinn University, nnd Eabbi of Eutaw Temple, Baltimore, will spealc. E. J. Schanfarber of this city is on the executive board of the National Jewish Ho.ipital. Since its opcninj?, in 1899, as thc first institution in Americas for the free care of the tubercu¬ lous poor on a national, non-scc- latian basis, the National Jewish Ho.$pital has cared for over 25,000 men, wonien und children. Last year it served 811 patients from 37 sitates. This service, conducted in ac¬ cordance with tlic Hospital's motto, "None May Enter Wlio C.in Pay; None Can Pay Who Enter" has earned national commendation for the Institution. Speaking of its work, Hon. Daniel G. Hopcr, Sec¬ retary of Commerce, recently stated: "II is a wonderful thing that such agencies as ttie Nation¬ al Jewish Hospital are devoted es¬ pecially to thc relief and care of tlic indigent without regard to raco or creed. No greater Ameri¬ can and humanitarian service is to be found anywhere." lieportfl from the various or- ijanizations aifiliatcd with the Bry¬ den Hoad Tcmpie on tlie progress of tiieir profn^am specialties plan¬ ned for the big get-together affnir lo bc held fhis coming Tuosdny ovening nt TidB o'clock nt the Tem¬ ple, promise ninch In the -way of enjoyment to all who attend. ¦ The .Rose E. Lazarus Sisterhood, of whicli Mrs. Allen Gundernhci- mor is president, will pre.sent Mes¬ dames, Ben Luiie, Lester Thai, Jack Resior, B. S. Goldman, Jack Gilbert, Ilorman Lieverman, A. J. Dwor.iky, Marcus Wolf, Mitchell Barrar, Sidney Tyroler, A. Moss, N. W. Kosehcrry, It. Levy, Allen Gun¬ dersheimer, Henry B. Wise, A. B. Weinfeld, Harry Goldberg, Herbert Wise, Mary Sehuman, E. E. Davis, Alex II. Levin, H. L. Mellman and Samuel Goldman in "Tabloid Mins¬ trel Show." Mrs. Gundersheimer is responsible for tho coaching of tbo above presentation, Mr. Sig Weisskerz, {iresidcnt of the Brotherhood, announces a "Ser¬ ies of Black-o\it3," written nnd pro¬ duced t>y I^Roy Morris and Erwin Wolf and staged under tho direc¬ tion of thc Entertainment Chair¬ man, Sidney L. Katz. Tlioae who v/ill take part aro Messrs. Albert Harris, A. J.,Dworsl(y, LeKoy Mor¬ ris, George Swerdlow, S, C. Sword- lo, Lester Thai, Sidney Katz, Er. win Wolf, Herbert Levy, Milton Staub, Louis Oppenheimer, Mor- ris Goldberg, Leo Yassenoff, Ben Neustadt, Eoy Stone, Louis Gert¬ ner, Allan Tarshish, Marcus Wolf, and Samuel Grossman. The Houso of the O'Briens," is the skit to be contributed by thc Templo Forum of which Troy Fei¬ bel is president. Samuel D. Luchs, Sol Mbrton Isaac and Mrs, Mark Feinknopf iwill appear In thc cast. Asher Moser will act as master of ceremonies iot the "Musical Moments," lo bo presenteci by thiS Young' Folks Temjils League of which ho is prciddent, Trudy nnd Lee Buch will sini; German songs; Kathryn Justcr will present a mo¬ nologue; Anita Cohane will otter, several vocal numbers; Annette Zalk and Alene Taussig are billed as Queens of Tap and Roslyn Cop¬ lon will act as piano accompanist. "The Jewish March of Time" fs being prepared by the Junior Con¬ gregation headed by Miss Elaine Ginsburg. Maurice Yalman, Eo¬ bert Birnkrant, Morton Cohen, .Tames Freidenberg, Kathryn Juster, Edwin Levin, Allen Gun¬ dersheimer, jr., Trudy Bach and Helen Friedman will take part. Mr. Samuel Goldman is tho coach. The evening will close with a social hour und refreshments. BERLIN (WNS)—Thnt I'M lo- Dignntion of Dr. lljnimar Seliacht ns minister of economic.*! h:i't Inij- plcd tho last slender bulwark against tho complcto clinihwtion of .lews from Cerman trails nnd industry wa.i disclosed by (f scr¬ ies of new anti-Jewish dee^i^cs in the ministry of cconoinicr. I'o- tontially the' most oerious ut Hu'sb Sa nn order leducing by ICif, tlic amount of mnnufnctureil' <soo<ii that .Tewish businesses nnd f.lLtor- ic:i may buy. Jewish businaflPniun fear that this will be followed liy other cuts until they nro corap'olc- ly bankrupted. Equally far-iCMh- ing i? B decree barring privflti' in¬ surance companies from usioii Ihc services of Jewish doctors, Chinee they had previously been oiistcd^ from thc state insurance company' lists, .Jewish doctors are now de¬ pendent for nn income on piivale Jewish patients sinco non-Jewish patients boycott Jewiah doctors. At the same timo tho anti-Jowish trado boycott, which had been 9nly indifferently enforced bccaun^ of Scbacbt's firm oppoaition, has nnw been intcnsiflsd cverywhcre'i Ger¬ man Justice, official orKau of tUo legal profession, has upheld' a co-'ut decision sustaininj;; a Eovcmmcirt decree forbidding govemment 'sm- ploycs from patronizing Jowij'h shopK even,if such stores employ only Aryans who might loae thoir jobs through the banlaruptcy of their employers. Rabhi Silver Named Clhairman OJ; 1938 U. P. A. Campaig;n NEW YOKK (WNK)—Dr. Abba Ilillel Silver, spiritual leader of 'J'lio I'diiple,' Clovcland, nnd vico- prcbWcnt of thc Zionist Orgnni- zaLion of Amoricn, lias been elect¬ ed national cliairm.in of tlio Unit¬ ed Palestine Appeal for 1938 nnd v.'ill be informally inslallod in his To Spcnic On What He Saw In Rouinaiiitt And Poland Rabbi Leon Fram of Temple Beth El, Detroit, is to speak at the Hillcl Friday Fireside of Jan¬ uary 21. Ho has chosen for his bubject "Whiit I Saw In Roumania .ind Poland." A cordial invitation is extended to thc Jewish public of Columbus to hear thia most in¬ teresting talk by Rabbi Fram. Sr. Hadassah To HeaT Babbi Levinger Tuesday Eabbi Lcc J. teviiiEor will bo tho gucst speaker at the regular Senior Iladassah meeting to be lield Tiiosda.'/, Jan. IS, at 2 p.m. at the Bryden Rond Tcmpie. This meeting will be under the aus¬ pices of tho educational group. "Thcodoiu Herzl and tlio Organi¬ zation of Political Zionism" is the subject of tha Eabbi's talk. Mrs. : Fi'od Yenkin and Miss Stella B,ei;i»an, joint chairmen of tho program, will preaent jaisa Janet Newton as vocalist. Mis? Newlon is tv senior at East High and ia jnealdent of tho. music club of th)it 'school. Mi'S. Sam Gold¬ man will read tho opening prayer. ' I'lans for the annual linen shower, to ba given in February under the chairmanship uf Mrs. Mai'tio Rosenthal and Mra.' G. FrieilcnberB', iiro being foriWiUitcd. B'nai B'rith Makes 2nd Payment Ou $100,000 GrantToJ. N.^F. NEW YORK (WNS)—A remit¬ tance of IjU.VHS.ae by B'nai B'rith, ita second payment towards its $100,000 grant to thc Jewish Na¬ tional Funil in 1036, was announc¬ ed here by Dr. Israel Goldstein, president of the Fund. Tho agree¬ ment between B'nai B'rilh and J. N. F. stipulated that tho amount is to bc paid in equal installinents until tho year 1942 wh^n B'nai B'rith will observe its 100th nnni- vcrsary. Tho money is to enable J. N. F, to purchase a tract of 4,000 dunnma of land in Palestino for the establishment of a colony to bo called B'nai B'rith Nach- lath Alfred M. Cohen, Christian World Urged To War On Anti-Semitism KABBI SILVER , office by bis predecessor. Dr. Ste¬ phen S. Wise, at the National Con¬ ferenco for Palestine in Washing¬ ton, January 22nd and 23rd. Born in Lilliuaniu 44 years ogo, he was graduated from tlie University of Cincinnati and Hclirow Union Col- Bill Would Ontlffi^v ^opasranda Against Kace And Religion, ¦)' WASHINGTON, D. C. (WNS)-- It would be a criminal offcnat;^ "advise, advocate or teach V^^ .pies of government based, j/"*' *' or in part in opposition 11'" terms of a bill introduc^' ii, 'tj,| Senalo by Senator HeynOldB o| North Carolina during hia filihiml ter against the anti-lynching biii' Senator Reynolds also offered' ^t bill to cancel the citizenahip of any naturalized citizen who advo¬ cated political doctrines subversive to thu boat intereata of thc United States and to deport persona found guilty of .luch advocacy. De¬ nouncing Nazi and other subver¬ sive activities. Senator Reynolds snid both bills were sponsored by tho Army and Navy Union of the United States. in I'Jli). Por two years ho iiSI tho pulpit of a congre¬ gation in Wheeling, West Virginia dftcr which ho went to Cleveland, Ono of thc country's outstanding rabbis and nationally' known as an oriitor, Dr. Silver has beon idontiiied with many Jewish move- mcnta. Dodd Charges Clique Of Industrialists Plots Fascism Here - NEW YORK (WNS)—Charging that certain American industrial¬ ists had a great deal to do with bringing Fascist regimes into be¬ ing in Germany and Italy ond helping to keep them in power, William E. Dodd, former United States ambassador to Germany, warned that "Fascism is on the march today jn America" and thnt "it will corae in this country un¬ leaa a strong dcfenae ia act up by all liberal and progrcasivo forces." In nn interview 'with .Federated Preas, Mr. Dodd said "a clique of U. S. industrialists is hell bent to bring a Fascist state to Supplant our democratic government and aro working cloaely with tho Fas¬ cist regimes in Germany nnd Italy." Catliolic Veterans Urged To Fight Fascist Propaganda UABBI OUP'S SERMON^ At tho service on next Friday' evening, Jan. 21, Itabbi Samuel M. Gup of tho Bryden Road Tem¬ ple, will speak on tho Pulitzer Prize Play, "You Can't Tako it with You." Ho wjll discusa the merits of the play and appraiao its values. Tho public is inout Wellcome. Jewigh Radio Program On Sunday (tomorrow) at ti p. Ul., over station WHKC, Cantor P. II. Gellman »f the Agoilath Ac¬ him Synagogue wilt broadcast a program of Jewish folk magi »nd chanls. Misa Upaalio Mellman 'will play a violin solij with Miss Mir¬ iam Winter at the i>iuuo. NEW YORK (WNS) -- Fascist nnd Communist propaganda ab¬ road should bc met with counter- propaganda by Aincrican6, Col. Ale.xunder E. Anderson, command¬ er of tho KiSth Regiment of tho View York National Guard, told the convention of tho New York Stato Catholic Wnr Veterans. "Communism and Fasoism are loud talkei'S," he said, "Let's turn on our loud spcukers^igulnst them and blast them Into everlasting al¬ ienee." RABBI ZeUZER'S SERMON Rabbi Abba Ilillel Silver will speak at thc University Chapel of Ohio State Uuivctsity next Monday cvcnuifr, Jan. 17, at o'clock. 'I'he meeting is being held under thc au<jpices of the Univer.-iity "Religion in Life" week which will bring to .the campna outstanding ChrisUan and Jeivish leaders for a series of conferences and proBrams dcnllni; -witV •**•» nenciM theme RABBI PREDICTS ASSIMILATION OF AMERICAN JEWRY CINCINNATI (WNS) —The complete disappearance of thc Jews of Germany, Russia, France and Italy within one or two centuries and the assimilation of a major¬ ity, of tho Jews in the United .states and England waa predicted by Rabbi Solomon Goldman of Chicago's Templo Anshe Emet, during a discussion of tho Jew in tho modei'n state which featured tho cloaing ses'^ion of the annual general assembly ot the Council of Jcwiah Federations and Wel¬ fare Funda. Tho wenkeat among American and English Jews "will succumb to assimilation whilo the stronger will settle in Palestino, in tho Far East or in somo other part of the world where anti-Serai- tic pressuie ia not so atrong, ho aaid. "With regard to Americon Jewry, Rnbbi Goldman asserted that "al¬ ready American Jowry is' aban¬ doning thc force that woika againat aaaimilalion, Jewish education. Already, onr leading laymen are relegating it to a place of minor importance. American Jewry, is preoccupied with good-will and charity, Theae are worthy eiforts but they do not make for the preservation of a folk. H our present ideology and form of gov¬ ernment are allowed to continue, our numbers will be decimated. CHICAGO (WNS) — Warning that tho upthnist of vlrulepl anli- Semitism is only tjio symbw of a desperate and universal conHiot in which the whole Judaeo-Chriatinn tradition is being threatened with destruction, Eabbi Abba Hillel Silver, in an address at the ban-_ quet marking the opening of the silver. jubile^ celebration of thc National Federation ot Tcmpie Sisterhoods, called on tlie Christian Voi'ld to fight' nnti-Semitism aa it would anti-Christ. Mainlainingf that the triumph of Fascist and totalitarian. ideas bodes evil for every minority group and especi¬ ally for the Jews, Rabbi Silver warned that "nothing must he done, even in our eager quest for tho perfect society,' which will de¬ stroy thc aplritual independance and the moral responsibility of the individual." Mrs. Estelle M. Sternberger, ex¬ ecutive director of World Peace- ways nnd one of thc foundoia of the Federation, declared that "our' fundamental job is to save this democrncy from the casualties of Fascism." She pointed out that "Fascism is tho doctrine that ex¬ iles God ftom tho heart of man and piovides and open season for tho slaughter and dispersion of civilization's supermen." Faaciam, she paid, would "steal a page from the Bible of Ku Klux Klanism and impose upon America the myth of a native American, the counter¬ part of the Nozi myth of a blond, blue-eyed Aryan." Other speakera cited the new difficulties and new tasks' lying in the path of democracy and called [ upon women to play a leading i role in the defeat of Fascism and in building a 'world free from hate and insecurity. Eabbi George Zep¬ in, executive secretary of the Union of Auie.'iioanHcla'e'W Cengregatioiis, declared that women have a great stake in rebuilding the world. l?m- phasizing that men slave, aspire and sacrifice and go to war for women, he said tbat "for them alao, if women want democracy to triumph, if women daro will men join with women in building a new and better world." Mrs. Abram Simon of Washington, founder and honorary president of the Sisterhoods, reviewed the growth of the organization, which now has 65,000 members in 306 units, stroaaed the fact that "the future of democracy lies in the hand^ of liberalism, the same liberalism that made possible the self-omancipntion of women" and declared that "we women are ulti¬ mately pledged to the defeat of imported Fascism, Communism or Hitlprism," / Ruth O. McCnm, counselor to women at Northwestern Univer¬ sity, called upon parents to teach their children a scientific approach to life so that they may "grow np aa free as possible from muti¬ lating scars to their personality" because "hostilities, intolerance, cruelty manifested by odults all arise from hostilities during tho childhood of those individuals." An international radio broadcast fea¬ tured addresses by Lily M. Mont¬ ague, secretary of tha World Un- ion for Progressive Judaism, speaking from London, and Mrs. Albert J. May, aecond vice-presi¬ dent of the Sisterhoods. N^W YORK (WNS)~No Am¬ erican who really believes in dem¬ ocracy can successfully represent tho United States as ambassador in Berlin at tlio prpseiit timo, t)r. William E. Dodd, retiring ambas¬ sador to Germany, declared on his return ,to this country. Bitterly assailing dictatorships everywhere but especially in Germany, ho in¬ timated that hia resignation was due not only tp his inability to remain silent in the faco of Nazi oppression but bccauso of tho Stato Depaitment'a refusal to ba i up his stand in refusing to allow the United States to be repreaented- at the Nazi Party Congress. In a written statement handed to newspaper men, Dr. Dodd made hia poaition clear. In his state¬ ment he said "another method of government has been adopted from Rome to Tokio. Over that vaat area freedom of religion has ceas¬ ed to exist and universities no longer govern themselves. In a singlo country 1,000 professors and teachers in high achools have been dismiaaed, the Rockefeller Foundation having given more than ?B00,000 to help the helplosa. "While those regulations have been applied, leaders in several countries have undertaken to dis¬ ss, expel or imprison Jews. Theie ia no doubt; that Hebrewa have at times profiteered, but what other race haa been free of auch members? However, any one who knows the facts of 1B14- 20 cannot forget that Jews fought bravely on both sides of the terri¬ ble war and somo outstanding mcmbetn of tho raco gave milliona of dollars to help save helples.i, even atni-ving Germans in 1918-20. In a vast region whoro religious freedom ie denied, where totelloc- tual inll^iaUve and discovery aro liot allowed niid whoro race hat¬ reds nro cultivated daily, whot can a roprchonlativo of the United Statea do? Yot democratic peo¬ ples hiust maintain their faiths at home; thoir representatives must try to imprdve international co- operationj tiitd on proper occa¬ siona thoy muat remind men ,o£ tho importance of world peace, easier commeMlal relations and- the Bignificanco of democratic civilization for which peoples struggled since the 10th century. "With theso ideals in mind, I' felt that I must repreaent my country tho best I could ivhilo dwelling among tbo Germans, nat¬ urally moto democratic than any^ otber race ia Europe, Could ona bo sncceasfnl? I made addresses ' on suitable occasions and describa , our international difficulties, never criticising the- govemraent -to which I had been sent. When in¬ vitations to pajtisan groups wero sent to me I maintained the atti¬ tude which our country haa niain- . tained" since the presidency of George Washington. Was it thft duty of representatives of demo¬ cratio countries to attend confer¬ ences where democracy waa ridi* culed and attacked? I cannot thinlt so; and, a great number of eminent Germans always agreed with me." Rabbi Nathan Zelizer will bpeak at the Broad St. Temple on Fri¬ day, Jan. 21, at (t p.m. on the thome—"They Who Think In Turma of Othera." Cantor Gottcs- inun and hid choir will sing. The public is invited. 'I'o Address Young Group Of A, A. Congregation Eabbi M. Ilirschiuirung will de¬ vote hi^ Sabbatli niorning sermon o!' Jan.' 15, nt 10 ¦ a. m., to tho youiiif men oi the Agudath Achim congregation who iiad recently ar¬ ranged to conduct religious ser¬ vices under thtir own auspiees onco a month. Tho subject of bia strmon will bc "Youth I'ay- cholosry." The gioup consists mostly of lions of .ABudatU Achim niciinbora ond others, many of lAlLm arc studeuta (it lho Ohio Sti Iv University. Jft.- q. ^Ig^Ha.^uT¦*"'i'\g^JS CINCINNATI (WNS)—A work¬ ing agreement between the United Palestine Appeal and the jQint Distribution Committeo for 1938 to 'conduct non-competitive cam¬ paigns in Welfare fund citiea aa they did in 1937 was urged in a resolution adopted at the iifth an¬ nual general assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. William J. Shro- der of Cincinnati, president of the Council, reported that membership in the organization has grown from 14 federations in 1932 ~ when it was established to 112 federations in 94 cities of the United States and Canada in 1938. In his repoi't Mr, Shroder described increasing lay intereat in Jewish group af'^ fairs and said there waa "an uft- mistakable shift from sectarian Jewiah philanthropy to maturing of an intereat in general probiema aitectlng the Jewish group ns a whole." . He also pointed to the development of Jewisb 'community councila in many cities where re¬ presentatives from all diverse ele¬ ments of Jewish population meet to d^al with problems involvfag the wholo Jewish group beyond imme¬ diate philanthropic needs. Be¬ eause of atrengthening of the ap¬ peal of national, European and Palestinian couses. Julitin H. Krolik of Detroit, re¬ sorting for the committeo on Jew¬ ish community councila, said that the virtual end of immigration hns mmm Sol Maggied and Alex Schoen¬ baum, two outatandine linesmen of the Ohio State Football Bduad, who were placed on the 193'7 All- American Jewiah football team Aiex Elolioenliamu iBol ^^sgiMi. chosen by Irv Kupcinet, sports editor of the Ohio Jewiah Chion¬ icle and other "Seven Aitts" asso¬ ciated nowapapera, will bo honor¬ ed at a banquet next Thursday evening, Jan. 20, at tho Fort Hayes Hotel. Siinilur aftaiio ere being held in many collego cities thru¬ out the coiintry where other mem¬ bers, chosen on tho first Jewish team, nro enrolled. Theae events are being sponsored by A. Z. A. (Junior order of B'nni B'rith) tho local chapter No. 1B6 being head¬ ed by Harry Schlonsky, 023 Gil¬ bert St. , Among thoso who will appear on tho evening's program are coaches ¦ Francia A. Schmidt nnd Ernie Godfrey, newspaper aports writers aud B'nai B'rith aud A. Z, A. dignitaries. The showing on tho screen of the best Ohio Stato football gamea uf 1937 and un ex¬ cellent floor show will feature the entertainment arranged fur this occasion, A full i;oui'io diimcr, tbo price of which la $1,10, will bo aerved promptly nt 0:30 p. in, Reservations for tho football banquet should bo mado al onca with any A. Z. A. commitlea mem¬ ber OC by calling thei Clironida office AD 2981. given American Jewiah comihunl- ties a greater stability because sharp linea of division aro disap- pearing. George Backer, vice- chairman'of ,the Joint Distribution Committee, told the meeting that American Jewry mbat give of their resources "not from motives of pi¬ ty or indignation, but beeauae they believe that the onswer of the ci¬ vilized to the asaanlts of hatred and ignorance and barbariam is tho protection of the aasaulted." B. C. Vladeet, president of tho American ORT and of the Jewish Labor Committee, declared that fe- ' derations and welfare councils had greatly cot(tributed to the organi¬ zation of tho Jewish community but Tvnmed that "they must not bo limited to the middle class." Em¬ phasizing that the main problem in Jewish welfare work is 'whether the class interests of financial sup- porter^ or tb© national intjerests of constituents ¦would prevail, Mr. Vladeck said "thero are ot least 300,000 Jewlssli workers In tho United Statea. The majority of them are organized in trade unions and nre a. part of tha American labor movement. Jewiah labor wishea to cooperate in Jewish com¬ munity lifo and to contribute to it." In o discussion of "Tlio Cultur¬ al and Vocational Adjustment of Jewish Youth," James Marshall, vica president of the New York City Board of Education, said that "quite apart from any nnti-Jew- ish prejudico, Jowish youth cannot succeed, cannot make tho boat of their capacities or their lives un- less nil young people similarly sue ceed. If we are to plan for Jew- i.',h youlh, wo must plan for nil youth." Ho also emphaaized that CCokHiiimiJ on pago 2) teo Marks Gives .^1000 ¦ To Hillel Foundation A gift ot ,?l,O0f) has been mado to tho Ilillel Student Loan and Scholarship Fund by the jVinelia and Juliua Marks charitable foun¬ dation of Columbus. The gift cama to ths foundation through Mr. Leo Marks, tiiiatco of the fund. It will be udCiI tu reiilcuiah the Hillel student loan fund and to establish a steriea of achularshlps to be adudnistiired by a cammlttCia of tlio Hillcl Advisory Board. In¬ formation about applicuttonfl for nclioljArehip awtitda will be re¬ leased in the near futuro. Mr, Murks recently muiie u gift of $160,000 to tho Childrciis' Hoa- I pital. .•¦Vf «?'¦ <i^h'l ¦-•• -^-.'wt' J?.,sL'J-^-W?-1 r ¦"' r. •"'i-'-^iifri-iS':
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Press release 03/2009
Calipso Satellite Switches to Second Laser
A space-borne lidar mission developed by [no-lexicon]NASA [/no-lexicon]and the French space agency Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) has successfully made the switch from its first laser to its back-up, guaranteeing a continued stream of data that is allowing scientists to better understand the complex roles clouds and aerosols play in Earth's climate. The extended data set will help capture the pattern of year-to-year variations in cloudiness and the distribution of elevated dust layers that have been difficult to predict in climate models.
The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) mission is now operating on its redundant laser, which was designed as a contingency in case of a problem with the primary laser. A slow pressure leak in the canister that housed the primary laser, which the CALIPSO team had been aware of since launch, made the switch necessary. The backup laser, which stood ready for nearly three years, sent back its "first light" image on March 12. The instrument is now operational and undergoing a review of its calibration. The release of standard data products from CALIPSO should resume in late April. Eventually data from mid-March on will be processed and the total gap in data products will be limited to about 10 days in early March.
CALIPSO makes unique vertical profile measurements of clouds and aerosols. Aerosols are suspended particles from fires, industrial activities and natural processes that are one of the least understood weather and climate variables. CALIPSO's lidar instrument measures the altitude and thickness of aerosol and cloud layers in the atmosphere. It also measures particles' size, whether they are spherical or non-spherical and whether they are composed of water or ice. CALIPSO's observations complement data recorded by four other satellites flying in formation called the A-Train, which provide an unprecedented comprehensive global view of atmospheric chemistry and composition within eight minutes of one another over the same ground track.
First operational in June 2006, CALIPSO's primary laser generated more than 1.6 billion pulses of light and 20 terabytes of data that scientists from around the world are using to investigate our global integrated Earth system. More importantly, the CALIPSO data are giving scientists new insight into processes that control how aerosols are formed and dispersed, how clouds form and dissipate, and how aerosols and clouds interact.
The CALIPSO team became aware before launch that the pressure canister that housed the primary laser had a slow leak. The decision to launch was made because it was expected the primary laser could still complete the three-year prime mission. If it could not, the back-up instrument could take over. Early this year the laser showed unstable behavior consistent with low canister pressure. An investigation determined that turning on the backup laser now was the best solution.
"We designed the system with the ability to change to a back-up laser," said Chip Trepte, CALIPSO's project scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center. Trepte compared building in the second laser to carrying an extra flashlight on a long camping trip. Very few lasers of the type used in CALIPSO had been flown in space before. It was unknown how it would perform in the hostile space environment. The back-up laser provided assurance that the mission would meet its objectives.
"The good news is we turned on the second laser that had been idle for three years, and it's working as well as the primary laser did early in the mission," Trepte said. "The pressure in the second laser canister is quite high, and it should be able to operate for many more years."
Throughout the CALIPSO mission, NASA and CNES have worked closely, from developing the mission, building the satellite platform and integrating the payload to monitoring the instrument and processing its valuable measurements.
"Even though we are on each side of the Atlantic, we work as a single, integrated NASA-CNES team," said Nadège Quéruel, mission operations manager with the CNES team.
CALIPSO is a joint effort between NASA and CNES. NASA and Ball Aerospace designed the lidar instrument; CNES and Thalès Alenia Space, previously Alcatel Space, built the [no-lexicon]Proteus [/no-lexicon]satellite platform.


text: Duck Trek: Story Story Posted 01-23-2012 A Late Christmas Present Arkansas duck hunt creates lasting memories By: Steve Wright, OutdoorChannel.com ST. CHARLES, Ark. — Randy Papa, the owner of Ducks-n-Dogs Hunting Lodge, increasingly finds himself on the telephone with youngsters inquiring about a duck hunting trip. "I've had kids call me as young as 12-years-old," Papa said. "Finally, I'll say, 'Have you talked to your dad yet?' They'll say, 'No, but I'm going to.'" That's not exactly how George Bachmann and his three sons found their way from Greensboro, N.C., to this area in the heart of Arkansas' duck hunting country. Bachmann and his wife, Anita, decided this would be a Christmas present for their three sons — Cole, 19, Connor, 17, and Harrison, 15. The number of duck hunters in the U.S. has decreased by one-third since the 1970s. But based on the hunters at Papa's lodge on Dec. 28, there appears to be a youth movement in the sport. Four fathers were there with sons. "He didn't want to go on a cruise or a beach trip; he wanted a duck hunt," said Vance Tiller of Charlotte, N.C. This was his son's senior trip before he goes to college next fall. Duck hunting is a family tradition for Greg Dvorak of New Prague, Minn., who was there with his adult sons, Mike, 34, and Jim, 29. No matter what their age, Papa enjoys putting on a show for his customers. But he especially enjoys taking youngsters who are experiencing Arkansas duck hunting for the first time. "Kids calm me down," said, Papa, 45, who says he got hooked on hunting ducks at age nine. "I can get on their level. They're learning. They're all ears. They'll listen to me better than the adults most of the time. "They've heard about Arkansas being the duck capital of the world. Seeing 500 ducks is a dream to them. I want to show them something they've never seen before. I want them to love this like I do. "When I show them 30,000 or 40,000 ducks, their mouths drop. Before they ever fire a shot, they say, 'Dad, we're coming back here.'" Papa has long been obsessed with duck hunting. When Papa and his wife, Cindy, started dating, Papa's mother warned her to wait at least two duck seasons before marrying him, so she'd know what she was getting into. She did. And they're still married. Cindy helps at the Ducks-n-Dogs Lodge in addition to working as a legal secretary. Papa has hunting access to hundreds of acres of flooded fields over a three-county area near the White River National Wildlife Refuge. In the funnel that is the Mississippi Flyway, this is the spout, where the wide-ranging flight paths from the north converge in the south. The White River National Wildlife Refuge stretches 90 miles and ends where the White River and Arkansas River drain into the Mississippi River. Part of the magic of coming to this area is simply seeing waterfowl in flight almost everywhere you look, including seemingly endless clouds of snow geese. "There are just thousands and thousands everywhere," said Connor Bachmann. "I wish I could stay here a month." But seeing waterfowl and being some place where they want to land within shotgun range are two different things. When hunting is over each morning, Papa and the other guides working for him hit the highway, scouting for the best opportunities the next day. "I go where the birds are," Papa said. "We do so much scouting in the afternoon. If you don't ride every day, you don't know where to go in the morning. "We call it getting zone. We don't think about what's happening in the city. We don't think about what's happening nowhere but right here, and how to kill a duck." At shooting time on Thursday, Dec. 29, it was obvious Papa's homework had paid off. Under a star-filled sky at 6 a.m., Papa and guide Jason Loyd had driven seven hunters in Polaris four-wheelers to a 50-foot wooden hunting blind. The blind looked like a large brush pile between two flooded sunflower fields. Papa is big on camouflaging the 14 blinds he has scattered over a 40-mile radius of White River bottomlands. "We put new brush on them every 10 days," Papa said. Even with all the oak branches and cane hiding the blind, Papa further stresses camouflage. George Bachmann's three teenagers hardly needed any encouragement to apply camouflage face paint. "I've looked across a field at the blind, and the guys that don't have it look like they're waving a flag," said Papa. Papa gave a brief speech on hunter safety, concluding with, "You keep your (shotgun) safety on until you raise your gun to shoot. I don't want to hear any safeties clicking while we're sitting in the blind." Legal shooting time (30 minute before sunrise) began at 6:40 on this day, and the ducks responded on cue. Over the next 10 minutes, four ducks got within shooting range of the blind and four ducks fell – three mallards and a wigeon. "That's four-for-four," said Papa, as his 2 ½-year old black Labrador retriever, Tim, brought a mallard drake back to the blind. "They don't call me Randy Papa, "The Duck Stoppa," for nothing." Over the next hour, the accuracy would diminish, but the shooting wouldn't. There was hardly a minute when ducks weren't in the vicinity of the 300-decoy spread in front of the blind. When a group of green-winged teal buzzed the blind and two fell dead after a volley of shots, Connor Bachmann said, "I don't think I've ever unloaded my gun that fast in my life." His older brother Cole responded, "My shoulder is starting to hurt." It helps to have more than one person blowing a duck call when you're trying to sound like not one duck, but dozens of ducks. Papa and Loyd worked in tandem – varying the pitch and cadence of their calls – to fill the air with mallard hen music. "Kids, we've been doing this so long, sometimes we think we are ducks," Papa said. Then he and Loyd, in an obviously well-rehearsed routine, coughed into their cupped right hands and duck feathers floated down below them. At 10:20 a.m., Papa called it a day, saying, "It's breakfast time, fellas. I hope everybody had a good time." The final tally was 25 ducks: eight mallards, seven gadwalls, six green-winged teal, two shovelers, a wigeon and a beautiful long-sprigged pintail drake that Mike Dvorak had killed on the last shot of the day. During the almost four-hour hunt, there hadn't been a period longer than 20 minutes between shots. The daily bag limit is six ducks, but no one was complaining about not reaching the maximum. "This is the best Christmas present I've ever gotten," said Connor Bachmann. It turned out to be an expensive one for George Bachmann. Two of his sons had killed their first mallard drakes, which was only fitting on a hunt to Arkansas, where an estimated 700,000 mallards were killed last season, more than twice that of any other state. Those two greenheads and fully-plumed shoveler drake would be going to a taxidermist. On the drive to St. Charles, Bachmann had taken his sons to Mack's Prairie Wings, the waterfowl hunting superstore located in nearby Stuttgart, where they'd purchased a case of shotgun shells. On the way home, they repeated the stop, to replace the case of shells fired over two days of hunting. "This trip was everything I hoped it would be," Bachmann said. "The boys will remember this the rest of their lives. "This is our future. It's important to build this into our family heritage." On the long drive back to Greenboro, N.C., Bachmann and his sons decided to make this trip again next year. For Randy Papa, "The Duck Stoppa," it was all in day's work. "I just want to make it special for them," Papa said. 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The Big Picture: One Day in November
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Look, laws passed is only 10% of the work done. 90% is in execution: executive power. The laws america has are good enough, the real power is in the executive, like the example I gave of Obama exercising his executive power to not enforce federal Marijuana laws where marijuana is permitted by the state i.e. California's Medical Marijuana.
Remember the serving President also chooses Supreme Court Judges. You may not keep up on politics but their decision have HUGE ramifications!
I don't think you realise how significant the President is on SO MANY MANY DECISIONS!
Stop voting for a PRESIDENT and expecting the CONGRESS to change! Voter turnout in congressional elections is even lower, why? Because people like you say "it's futile". This is the same logic of insignificance-individual-contribution that pirates use to pirate their games, yet act surprised when they favourite studios turn bankrup to spite playing all their games... by pirating them.
Please, PLEASE vote! You don't have to announce your vote and argue your point or have to take abuse for voting for one or the other, you should exercise your most solemn right: the right to a secret vote. If anyone ever asks you "well who did you vote for" tell them it is a secret. If they bark at you "why won't you tell your vote" because it is supposed to be a FREE VOTE! Having to explain your stance limits your vote by your ability to explain and defend it.
You NEVER have to publically justify you vote, even the the point of never having to announce your vote. But please, PLEASE, actually follow your decision through. Votes are won by SUCH SLIM MARGINS. Literally, whether you vote one way or another can have a HUGE significance one the outcome. Do not buy into the LIE that your vote is worthless.
Why choose between Halo and Voting? I can do two things...
Yeah, it's just when people move that they have to re-register. As far as I know, there is no way to register online, and we definitely don't have a way to vote online because there is a lot of fear of people hacking the system in favor of one candidate or the other.
On the voting places, as far as I know they are only allowed to be housed/held in government or certain public buildings(like schools).
The city I live in has a total area of 23.36 square miles (60.5 km^2), and a estimated population of around eighty-one thousand. So it is basically a little bit bigger than your city, and only has a little less than half the number ofinhabitants I tried to find out how many voting places there were during the last presidential election, but I couldn't. I would say that being generous with the number, I would say that there would be no more than 15 places. They just don't let any old place house voting areas. They have to be large enough to hold many people and also be a secure setting so things stay under control.
Pretty damn inspirational words. Ever think of running for a political office yourself?
Being serious, though, you do bring up a good point. Heh, you've at least convinced me. :) I guess I could go out and vote, then.
Who says that you NEED to grab a game on release day? For that matter, these big games ALWAYS get a midnight release, so we might as well just pick it up then. November always seems to be a good month to release games. Look at last november. We got Skyrim, Assassins creed revelations, saints row 3 and a couple others that weren't nearly as fun.
This is a rambling, incoherent post that means nothing and adds nothing to the conversation. The only intent is to take a jab at the US and show off poor grammar. I'm guessing you're from the UK since you sound like all the other America hating Brits on this site. Seriously, go fuck yourself.
Nice SMT Nocturne reference.
I'm surprised at how jaded many of the posters here are. Yes the average american is at a disadvantage when large corporations can pour millions of dollars into lobbying for their interests, but our votes still count even if not 100% of what they should.
I also can't understand how people can claim that the two candidates are the same. Anyone who is actually aware of the current issues contested between the candidates, and women in particular should be very involved as there are some REALLY big issues related to them, will know that the two candidates are most definitely NOT the same thing.
I saw a previous poster call Obama a war monger. Really? For going after the people who were responsible for 9/11 instead of Iraq and for, just a few days ago, announcing the end and demobilization of the U.S. army in Afghanistan since we killed the person we were after?
I'm willing to bet good money that 99% of the people here making sweeping generalizations about the candidates or expressing their cynicism for the system don't actually know what is actually current in politics. Even if you felt helpless to cause change, you should still educate yourself. Most of you jaded types just come across as being ignorant. Again, if you are a woman and you can tell me with a straight face that both candidates are the same then you need to get up-to-date on politics ASAP. Your pay and your right to health services are in jeopardy at the moment on account of the differences between the two candidates.
Hmm....I never really noticed this. Maybe it's because i have no idea about American politics or the fact that 6/11 was election day, but now that you mention it, it does sound rather iffy. Probably nothing.
Anyway, great episode this week, looking forward to next week's.
I don't care if it's interpreted as laziness. Until they get rid of the "two" party system, voting is a joke. This country is a joke. Ron Paul is best for the job. Ron Paul can not win, so I'm not going to vote, because I'm "lazy".
I don't get it, what is your problem with the two party system?
Don't act like you are limited to two choices, you can vote in the primaries/caucuses
And stop going on with this "laziness" straw man, I NEVER suggested nor insinuated that, and you insinuate that IS my point with putting "lazy" in quotation marks as if it is relevant to my post and "I don't care if It is interpreted as laziness" as if I or anyone on these forums thinks that.
I'll spell it out what I think is wrong with your reasoning, your idealism is at odds with democracy. If people only ever voted for their IDEAL candidate then NO ONE would EVER vote! I'd really like James Randi to be President of the united states, it's NOT going to happen but that's not a reason not to vote (the fact that I'm not a US citizen is the reason).
He's a question, did you vote for Ron Paul in the Caucus? If not, then you can't really complain he isn't one of the candidates. And if he isn't a candidate, then that doesn't mean you cannot vote for the politicians who most closely match his policies. Remember DO NOT hold the illusion that not voting for either means you won't get either.
Be honest, between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, there IS one you rather have in office come 2013?
As Brit I have to warn against a 3 party system, right now our parliament is split three ways and it is a complete mess, not as bad as the mess of the Weimar republic that was so fractured that the Nazis were able to seize power but it's no advantage.
I would be among the first to go republican bashing over this if it made sense. They are the logical target. What with all the extra corporate backing Romney has & the voted suppression. Hope Microsoft pushes the date back a day or two for the USA.
Something the slimiest of our politicians and CEOs might pull but i don't think this was anymore than one dumb-asses stupid date planning. Unless... The person choosing the date was extra crazy and wanted to influence votes on his own. Doubt it though. Probably multiple people picking dates.
Obama. By far i would take a man whose promises mean fuck all, over a crazy man whose promises are only to those that pay him loads of cash.
Give me ten reasons why Ron Paul would make a good president. From what i understand hes not for fixing our system, he would destroy what safeguards it had against corruption.
I think the appeal of Ron Paul is that he (claims to) have answers, he has a radical plan and lots of "pro active" solutions.
The problem is his strategy is crazy. It sure seems appealing on the surface but it is extraordinarily naive, it's something more likely to be heard in Berlusconi's Italy than in any fiscally responsible nation.
Reminds me of a satire I saw in year-2000 making jokes about how two presidential candidates were so similar they seemed like clones, then the punchline was they were in fact clones. But turns out this was a topical joke on the year-200 presidential election claiming that Al Gore and George W Bush were indistinguishable... REALLY!!?!? Is that how it seemed at the time?!?!?
The problem is everyone takes what politicians say in campaigns at face value. But the thing is they all hire PR-consultants who studied in the same universities, they all come to the same conclusion on what is the best thing to say to get elected, so everyone says the same thing.
NO! This is why it is so valued to have Presidential Candidates who have held some sort of political office BEFORE. You judge their validity as president hugely on how they acted when they were in that office. Like how when Rick Santorum when a senator claims that homosexuality should be banned (and considered it as immoral as) child abuse or bestiality. Now in the campaign he never said anything so extreme, you judge them by what they DON'T want to talk about!
Don't watch any of the campaign ads, there are plenty of political commentators out there who will dig through the candidate's dirty past and reveal where they REALLY stand on these matters.
what would be his tagline?
Finish the Fight... 4 more years
that... scares the hell out of me to be honest. but then again... american politics? bah! it was never really gonna get any scarier and face-palm inducing than it already was.
*double post. delete me!*
Glad this didn't turn into another Halo-bashing episode.
The federal election date is the first Tuesday of November, however this means a little less with the adoption of early voting, and relaxed requirements for absentee voting. Federal law also requires all employers to allow employees the opportunity to vote even if it means that person has to leave work early with out penalty. Thirdly by federal law each poling location is to be open from 6am-7pm, and anyone whom is in line to vote by 6:59.59pm is allowed to vote. There is no law in the united states that forbids commerce from being committed on any election day.
this conspiracy banks on the fact the young people still like Obama anymore or that Romney will be the candidate (hey i'm a paultard, can't help it) Personally i'm pre-ordering halo 4 so i couldn't give less of a shit which came first. because halo will be there for me, and which ever politician (if it comes down to Romney or Obama) will still ultimately fuck me, because both are corrupt, corporate loving, retards on the far right or far left instead of being a classical (also read as 'true') liberal or conservatives which is now considered libertarian.
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The Dolphins have fallen, dethroned as AFC East champs, banished from another postseason thanks in part to a season-ending three-game slide.
This offseason is dedicated to getting the franchise back to the playoffs. The best way to do that is by addressing the shortcomings that surfaced in 2009 and finding ways to fill the voids.
"I wasn't kidding myself... I knew we won eleven games [in 2008] and I knew we had a ways to go," coach Tony Sparano said. "Then we got into [the season] and I felt we obviously had our goals. I believed wholeheartedly we had a good enough team to win the division, and we didn't. We are in a situation right now where we need to get some things fixed."
But what needs fixing most? In this statistical breakdown the Sun Sentinel examines the numbers, analyzing where positive progress was made this season, identifying where the team held steady and calling out the unit that stunk up the field.
Running game
The Dolphins invested nearly $155 million in its offensive line, and the unit paid off, plowing open running lanes for Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams, despite numerous serious injuries that prompted a guard rotation.
Key stats: The offense finished fourth in the NFL with 2,231 rushing yards, averaged 4.4 yard per carry and was tied for the NFL lead with 22 rushing touchdowns. The Dolphins averaged 139.4 rushing yards this season despite a drop off at the end caused by Brown's season-ending foot injury. During the final five games, team averaged 102.8 rushing yards.
Compared to 2008: The Dolphins finished 2008 with 1,897 rushing yards, averaging 4.2 yards per carry, and scored 18 rushing touchdowns. That's good enough for 118.6 yards per game, which made Miami the NFL's 11th best rushing attack.
In perspective: The Dolphins might have done more and won more if Brown wasn't lost to injury -- allowing the Wildcat to thrive -- and if Williams didn't physically wear down from shouldering the full workload in the final seven games. The run-game improvements prove this regime can achieve its goals when it's a high priority – and owner Steve Ross opens up his wallet.
Runner up: The Dolphins were among the league leaders in both converting third downs (49 percent success rate) and preventing opponents from converting them (34.8 percent).
Run defense
The Dolphins want to have one of the NFL's most physical teams on both sides of the ball. Early in the year, the defensive front was doing its part, ranked in the top five of the league in stopping the run. But once nose tackle Jason Ferguson suffered his season-ending quadriceps injury in mid-November, the defensive line started spouting leaks.
Key stats: Opponents rushed for 1,835 yards and scored 16 rushing touchdowns. The Dolphins allowed 114.7 rushing yards per game, which ranked 18th in the NFL. Ten of the teams that finished ahead of Miami are in the playoffs.
Compared to 2008: Coincidently, opponents averaged 4.2 yards per attempt in 2008 and 2009. But last year opponents gained 215 fewer rushing yards and only scored 11 rushing touchdowns, which was tied with Dallas for the eighth fewest that season.
In perspective: It's never ideal for two safeties to lead a defense in tackles, but it happened this season because Ferguson's replacement, Paul Soliai, couldn't occupy two blockers. The front line's struggles allowed interior linemen to reach the inside linebackers. Effective 3-4 defenses need a forceful nose tackle to clog things up. The Dolphins know they must fill that void in order to make headway defending the run.
Runner up: The Dolphins finished third in the NFL in sacks, producing 44 in 2009. In 2008, the defense generated 40 sacks.
Pass defense
The Dolphins were one of the NFL's worst teams at defending the pass, giving up the most big plays through the air. Opposing quarterbacks produced a 86.9 QB rating in 2009. Only 13 teams allowed a higher total, and only one (Minnesota) made the playoffs.
Key stats: The Dolphins were last in the league in average per passing attempt (8.2) and averaged a dismal 13.3 yards per completion. The defense was tied with Detroit for allowing the most passing plays of 40 or more yards (17).
Compared to 2008: Opposing quarterbacks had a 77.0 rating (good enough for ninth) last season, averaged 7.0 yards per attempt and threw for 18 touchdowns, which is five less than what was allowed in 2009.
In perspective: Rookie cornerbacks Vontae Davis and Sean Smith cut their teeth, starting most of the season, and held their own at times. But it's clear their development could be stunted if the Dolphins fail to provide adequate safety help. While all the blame can't be placed on Gibril Wilson, the high-priced 2009 free-agent addition who doesn't have the necessary ball skills to serve as a free safety, something must be done to correct the problems.
Runner up: In 2008, the Dolphins led the NFL with a plus-17 turnover ratio. This season Miami was negative-8. Only five teams were worse.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
Effect of ocean temperature on southwestern U.S. climate analyzed
Researchers have analyzed the relationship between a natural phenomenon in the North Atlantic and the temperature and precipitation patterns in the American Southwest. They concluded that only part of the recent temperature rise in the Southwest could be attributed to greenhouse gases. A significant amount of the increase is tied to the cyclic pattern of the Atlantic multi-decadal oscillation (AMO), a manifestation of the global ocean circulation pattern. Assuming that the past is a good indicator of the future, the scientists conclude that there should be wetter times ahead. The journal Climate Dynamics reported the findings.
Significance of the research
The scientists analyzed more than 100 years of temperature and precipitation data for the Southwest to understand how they relate to the cyclic pattern of the Atlantic multi-decadal oscillation, observed in the sea-surface temperatures of the North Atlantic. Data stretching back 1,000 years shows that the AMO cycles through cooler and warmer phases about every 70 years, with some variability in the timing. The AMO has been tied to variations in temperature and precipitation in a number of parts of the globe.
The results from the historical analysis differ from other scientists' predictions of an imminent transition in the Southwest to a more arid climate. Those predictions are made by global climate models, which generally do not include effects from phenomena such as the AMO. The researchers suggest that most climate models significantly overestimate the sensitivity of temperature in the Southwest to greenhouse gas contributions. Based upon their analysis of past trends, the team projected future trends to the year 2050. They concluded that temperature in the Southwest would stay constant at about its current value while rainfall would diminish for the next few years and then increase.
Research achievements
Petr Chylek of LANL's Space and Remote Sensing group led the scientists to perform multiple linear regression analysis of surface air temperature and precipitation records provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Climate Data Center. The analysis assumed historical radiative forcing (such as greenhouse gases, anthropogenic aerosols, solar irradiance, volcanic aerosols, and the El Niño Southern Oscillation) and natural variability (such as the AMO and the Pacific decadal oscillation, or PDO) as predictors for temperature and precipitation trends. The archived data reveal a general trend toward a warmer climate but with a nearly unchanged rate of precipitation over the past 118 years.
The analysis showed that a warming trend in the Southwest from 1915 to 1935 and a subsequent cooling period from 1955 to 1975 was dominated by the AMO with only minor contributions from greenhouse gases and solar irradiance. The post-1975 warming trend is about equally split between AMO and greenhouse gases.
Similarly, the analysis for precipitation data showed that greenhouse gases and aerosols had essentially no correlation with precipitation in the Southwest, whereas the AMO and PDO did. The drought during the early 1950s was related to a rapid decrease of the PDO, and the current drought is associated with both the PDO and AMO being near their minimum values.
The researchers used the linear regression analysis to predict future trends in temperature and precipitation for the Southwest. Assuming that the AMO behaves as it has historically, the analysis indicated that the temperature in the Southwest to the year 2050 would stay constant at about its current value while rainfall would remain diminished for the next few years and then increase over the following several decades.
The research team
The Los Alamos authors include Chylek, Manvendra Dubey of Earth System Observations, Nick Hengartner of Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, G. Lesins of Dalhousie University and J. Li of the Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis.
LANL's Institute for Geophysics, Planetary Physics, and Signatures sponsored the research. The work supports the Lab's Energy Security mission area and the Science of Signatures and the Information, Science, and Technology science pillars.
Photo caption for image below: Regression model projection of the future southwestern U.S. temperature and precipitation for the case of the AMO repeating its 20th century cycle (blue curve) and for a very unlikely case of the AMO continuing its post 1975 rising trend (red curve).


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If it's escapism you're looking for this Halloween, you don't have to go far.
A seasonal retail store specializing in everything from basic trick-or-treat makeup to sophisticated, animatronic display objects is back in business for another year.
Halloween pop-up stores are not an uncommon phenomenon. Spirit Halloween in Taunton Depot plaza on Route 140/County Street and in the Swansea Crossing on Swansea Mall Drive, for example, are part of a company with more than 1,000 locations in all 50 states, as well as Canada.
If it's escapism you're looking for this Halloween, you don't have to go far.
A seasonal retail store specializing in everything from basic trick-or-treat makeup to sophisticated, animatronic display objects is back in business for another year.
Halloween pop-up stores are not an uncommon phenomenon. Spirit Halloween in Taunton Depot plaza on Route 140/County Street and in the Swansea Crossing on Swansea Mall Drive, for example, are part of a company with more than 1,000 locations in all 50 states, as well as Canada.
Spirit Halloween claims to be the largest Halloween speciality retailer in the country. It was acquired in 2009 by Spencer Gifts LLC, which for years has had a small retail store in Taunton's Silver City Galleria mall.
"Halloween is not just for kids anymore," said Lisa Barr, senior director of marketing for the New Jersey-based company.
Barr said an array of interactive displays in the store — including haunted mansion characters, a thrashing clown that shakes and laughs and zombie cats and gnome lawn ornaments — puts shoppers in the right frame of mind to buy.
She also said "sitting rooms" that afford children and adults a chance to try on costumes before buying are an integral part of the store's philosophy.
"There's nothing more frustrating than to take something home that doesn't fit right," Barr said.
Kathy Grannis, spokeswoman for the National Retail Federation, said there's been "tremendous growth" in recent years in the Halloween pop-up sector.
"There's definitely a market for it. Halloween shouldn't be taken so lightly," she said.
At the same time, Grannis acknowledges that the state of the economy and the government shutdown are, to an extent, weighing on people's minds.
A recent NRF survey indicates about 158 million consumers will buy Halloween-related products this year, a decrease from last year's all-time high of 170 million.
Shoppers, NRF says, will spend an average of just more than $75 this year compared to $79.82 in 2012 for costumes, candy and other merchandise.
But she said Halloween spending since 2005 has increased 54.7 percent. Total spending by adults is expected to reach $6.9 billion this season.
Joe Rando, whose Land Development-Northeast Inc. owns Taunton Depot, said he's grateful Spirit Halloween continues to fill the 35,000-square-foot vacancy created in 2009 after Linens 'N Things declared bankruptcy and moved out.
"They pay their rent on time, and they're really easy to work with," Rando said.
The Galleria mall, for a second year in a row, is playing host to a haunted house attraction called Ghoulie Manor. The next closest so-called haunt is the long-established Factory of Terror in Fall River.
Ghoulie Manor is located in a rear section of the mall adjacent to Regal Cinemas. It is not accessible from the mall itself and instead has its own entrance.
Proprietor Vic Bariteau said he's willing to wait until a third year, if not to make a profit, then at least break even with paying customers.
"We've been in survival mode the first couple years, but it was part of our business plan from the start," he said.
Bariteau, 45, said the threat of Superstorm Sandy last year in the week leading up to Halloween significantly hurt ticket sales.
"It was pretty devastating," he said.
Bariteau said he's on course to easily surpass the 2,500 customers who visited the haunt in 2012, when he netted just $30,000 after expenses.
Haunted houses are also a popular draw in Fall River.
"What we try to do is keep them screaming," Tony Luizinho said. "We are trying to bring back the boogeyman."
Luizinho and his wife, Sue Luizinho, own the Factory of Terror, the haunted house at 33 Pearl St. They have run the attraction during the scream season — September and October — since 1996. They have 30 actors, 15 support people and several hundred people a night who buy a ticket and step into a maze of smoke-filled, darkened, narrow corridors to face their fears.
"We have a great draw," Luizinho said. "We have families and kids on dates. Last year, Rob Gronkowski from the Patriots came through with cheerleaders.
"We try to get in everyone's head."
The draw isn't limited to locals.
"We get people from all over," Tony Luizinho said. "People come down to Fall River from New Hampshire for our show. We get people from the Boston area, Rhode Island, Connecticut.
"Some people really like to get scared."
Mixing it up
At the Factory of Terror, the senses of sight, sound and touch get muddled immediately so that the ordinary becomes strange. Then the fun starts.
A maze of dark, narrow corridors turns unexpectedly, so you can't prepare for the walls made of skulls, the moans and shrieks, the blasts of air or light that further confuse you, or the cobwebs in your face or a laughing man with a chain saw popping out of a closet.
In one room the floor feels like it is swaying. In another the walls close in. They work with animatronics companies from Orlando, Fla., every year to keep up with what is new, Luizinho said.
"We work out new ideas every year," Luizinho said. "I have a little trouble with claustrophobia, so I always try to work that in. I talk about it with Sue and Jeff Silvia, our manager. We try to match our imagination."
Like the Luizinhos, Bariteau is also convinced that he and his staff have assembled a first-rate, haunt experience.
Bariteau prides himself on the fact that he uses his own hands to create most of the props, which includes everything from skull-embossed walls and demons to shattered skulls and severed limbs.
Unlike some haunts that offer little more than a single, twisted dark tunnel with stock characters in rubber masks and black clothing, Bariteau said he's put a lot of thought into creating his legend of Ghoulie (or Goulet) Manor.
He's increased the number of rooms within the site this year from 22 to 30. He also says 70 percent of those macabre, interconnected rooms have been altered so repeat customers don't feel as though nothing's changed. Admission is still $15.
"We've put our heart and soul into this," he said of himself, his family and a coterie of friends who take delight in being part of the operation.
Bariteau said he's managed to retain more than 80 percent of his current staff of 30. New staff, he said, must first pass a casting call audition.
"It's very theatrical. You have to be dedicated," he said.
Before opening Ghoulie Manor in 2012, Bariteau for nearly 20 years was honing his craft each year by converting his Fairhaven house into a free haunt for Halloween trick-or-treaters.
He'd previously worked as an IT systems engineer for State Street Bank and Trust Company but was a victim in 2010 of massive layoffs at the Quincy company.
Last year he remortgaged his house to kick-start his venture, making an initial investment of $90,000. Bariteau says he's spent another $50,000 making improvements and changes in 2013.
And although his season at the mall lasts less than six weeks, he's been renting the 15,000-square-foot space on a year-round basis. Bariteau said he's been very fortunate that mall management has been "overly generous" in rent rates.
"I hope we'll get the same deal again," he said, referring to the fact that the Galleria was sold last summer to a Dallas-based company.
Bariteau said operating a haunt in a mall is both a "blessing and a curse."
He notes the advantages of good security and ample parking, but he's also had to battle a stereotype that any such attraction in a mall is more likely to be "a low-quality haunt."
For the memories
Along with profits, the efforts of haunted house operators such as Bariteau and the Luizinhos are paid off in the reactions from their customers.
One family walked into the maze at the Factory of Terror, a mother and two preteen daughters who were strutting with bravado. Five seconds into the first room — after their surprise meeting with a man covered in blood — the two girls were on either side of their mother, their arms wrapped around her in a hug they probably haven't offered since they were 9 months old.
They walked into the second room like a being with three heads.
"If people get scared, we can get them out," Silvia said. "We encourage people to talk to us if they are concerned about their kids. We'll keep an eye on them.
"Of course, a few times the kids have been OK, but we had to get the adults out. That happens, too."
But not to the crew from New Bedford: Isaiah Hernandez, 14, Jonathan Morris-Conterno, 11, Richard Hernandez, 12, and Jayton Dias, 13.
"It was awesome," Isaiah Hernandez said. "And in the end, the walls were closing in and a guy came out. That was the best."
So would they do it again? Hernandez looked at his friends. They all laughed, but they were too polite to point out what a dumb question that was.
"Yeah," Hernandez said. "We'd do it again."
Scream on screen
As much as a trip to a haunted house can put a scare into visitors, they can also find themselves trembling in fear sitting on their couch at home.
Bariteau said it's a documentary movie that could put him over the top in terms of longevity and profit.
Bariteau, along with two other Fairhaven families who still do private house haunts, were the subject of a film released in 2012 called "The American Scream." Since first being screened in Austin, he says it's not only been broadcast on the Chiller TV channel, it's gotten rave reviews in Europe, Australia and even China.
"The American Scream," he said, made it onto the late Roger Ebert's final "must-watch documentary list" and was No. 1 for a few weeks on Netflix.
"That's pretty amazing — it's just mind-boggling how well it's done," Bariteau said.
Now, he said, customers are coming in asking him to sign their DVD copies.
"It's probably what's keeping us going this year," Bariteau said of the film's growing popularity.
Ghoulie Manor is open through Oct. 30, the night before All Hallows' Eve. Bariteau says it would be unfair to deprive employees the pleasure of trick or treating with their kids or attending a Halloween party.


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I just read Dana Goodyear's article in the New Yorker (August 15, 2011) entitled "Eating Bugs to Save the Planet."
Now before a gag reflex overcomes you here are some interesting facts:
- 4/5th of all animals are insects
- 80% of the world population already eats insects
- Insects are four times more efficient converting fuel to meat
Also, did you know the manna that sustained Moses and his followers in the desert was believed to be honeydew, which is excrement of scale insects? And if that isn't enough to get you on board, did you know that honey is actually bee vomit, which we can all agree is better than most vomit created from college freshmen during pledge week?
Already some restaurants are featuring insects in their dishes. Guelaguetza in Los Angeles serves grasshoppers sautéed with onions, jalapenos and tomatoes. Recent James Beard winner, José Andrés, has created an Oaxacan grasshopper taco.
Most people may see this line of dining avant-garde, but Andrés sees it as a necessary step, saying "We need to feed humanity in a sustainable way. And although delicious, 7-11's Slurpees are not the answer."
Goodyear states in her article that by 2050 there will be over nine billion people and Old Country Buffet will not be able to accommodate them all for Sunday brunch. So, insects may not be a fad or a personal choice but more of a necessity.
I know if I was on a raft in the middle of the ocean with Jiminy the Cricket, Dora the Explorer and Popeye the Sailor, and food was getting tight, the first thing I would do is ask Popeye if he needed help finishing his spinach. And if Popeye's only response was to flex his muscles, I would begin to refer to one of my raft-mates solely as "the cricket."
There may be valid reasons seeing insects as a source of food even though many hurdles must be overcome.
The Ick Factor. Let's face it, when it comes to good looking, most insects are not. Animals don't have to be cute to be eaten, but they shouldn't look like some alien nightmare with eyes bigger than heads, legs longer than torsos and wings that could be strapped to some spaceship. Plus, insects like to hang out in some nasty quarters: under damp rocks, garbage heaps, rotting carcasses or as Heather Looy, a psychologist who studies food aversions states "They (insects) go into dirty places, but so do fungi… And you don't want to know about crabs, shrimp and lobster."
Looy's right. I don't. So let's move on two number two.
The names. Termites. Slugs. Stinkbugs. Maggots. Is anybody going to eat anything with the word cockroach in it?
One way around this problem is to refer to the individual insect by the Latin name. So if anybody tries to offer you a selection of Tenebrio, take a pass unless you are a big fan of mealworms.
Unbelievable pests. When a fly lands on a hamburger to take a poop, the rest of the picnic is ruined. The last thing a person thinks when he or she sees a centipede crawling down a kitchen wall is possible appetizer. When I open a bag of old rice and see tiny little worms crawling through the kernels, I'm never going to say "Great, more protein!"
Too small. Unlike the Amazon or Africa where insects are the size of apartment dogs, the European and North American counterparts are tiny. For example it would take 1000 grasshoppers to equal a 12 ounce steak. Who has the time to round up 1000 grasshoppers for dinner? But if insects came in bigger sizes, how we approached them would be different. Or as Tom Turpin, an entomologist at Purdue, says "If there were insects out there the size of pigs, I guarantee there would be a hell of a lot of mother's who wouldn't let their kids play in the backyard."
Taste. At the latter part of the article Goodyear meets up with an entomology advocate and blogger of "Girl Meets Bug," Daniella Martin, who treats Goodyear to dinner by making a BLT. But instead of bacon, Martin substitutes drone honey bees.
"It tastes like bacon," Martin replies after taking a couple of bites.
Funny, I would think bacon tastes like bacon and bees would taste whatever bees taste like. Goodyear described the taste as leaving "a disturbing aftertaste of dried shrimp."
But that didn't seem to dampen Martin's enthusiasm for she pulled out a tailless whip scorpion from the freezer.
They say in the article most aversion to insects can be overcome by dipping them in chocolate. I think that's cheating. I'm pretty sure you can dip anything into chocolate and people will eat it. Cardboard. Credit cards. You could probably dip this tailless whip scorpion in a warm pan of melted milk chocolate and I guarantee you I would try to eat around it.


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A former ballet dancer, Cory can recite all the lyrics to Hamilton, enjoys long walks in Brooklyn, and will hug anything with fur.
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