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NORD gratefully acknowledges Richard Hughes, MD, Cochrane Neuromuscular, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Disease, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK, for assistance in the preparation of this report.
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare, rapidly progressive disorder due to inflammation of the nerves (polyneuritis) causing muscle weakness, sometimes progressing to complete paralysis. GBS affects approximately only one or two people each year in every 100,000 population. Although it's precise cause is unknown, about half the patients have a gastrointestinal or respiratory infection a few days before the onset. There is strong evidence that the immune response to the infection produces a so-called autoimmune response which damages the nerves causing weakness and loss of sensation. In milder disease the damage only affects the nerve sheaths and blocks the passage of nerve impulses. This can recover in a few weeks. In more severe disease the autoimmune response damages the conducting cores of the nerves. This may take longer to recover and some people have permanent weakness.
Weakness usually begins in the feet and spreads up to the arms and trunk. Sometimes it spreads to the breathing muscles, face and throat. In up to a quarter of people with GBS, the breathing muscles become so weak as to require temporary mechanical support of respiration on a breathing machine. Feelings of tingling, pins and needles (paresthesias) and numbness (loss of feeling) are common. These reflect damage to the sensory nerves that convey feeling from the skin and joints. The abnormal feelings are usually worst in the feet and hands. The tingling may be painful and pain in the muscles may occur. The symptoms usually progress over about two weeks but the progression may be as short as one day or as long as four weeks. Symptoms usually affect both sides of the body equally.
Most people only have symptoms in their arms and legs but severely affected people have more serious symptoms. They may have difficulty swallowing and become breathless. They may have difficulty or unable to empty the bladder. Their pulse may go too fast or too slow and the blood pressure may rise too high or fall too low. Modern medical and nursing care can cope with all these problems as explained below.
Symptoms vary widely from patient to patient. Some people only develop mild weakness not affecting walking and lasting only a few weeks. Others become completely paralyzed so that they cannot even move their eyes. Improvement typically starts days to several weeks after the worst has been reached and people go on improving for several months. About 20% of patients still have disability for more than a year, for instance needing aids to walk. In people left with severe weakness, slow improvement continues for at least two years.
The cause of GBS is inflammation of the peripheral nerves, which take messages to and from the skin and muscles to the brain and spinal cord. There is strong evidence that the cause is autoimmune. The immune system produces an immune response to an infection which unfortunately cross-reacts with the nerves. It usually reacts with and damages the outer coating sheath of the nerve fibers, called myelin. In more severely affected people, this damage also affects the central conducting core of the nerve, called the axon. In some people the axon is itself the main target of the autoimmune response.
The infections which trigger the autoimmune response include:
• The bacterium, Campylobacter jejuni which causes diarrhea (often from undercooked infected chicken)
• Viruses
o cytomegalovirus which causes respiratory infection, glandular fever and jaundice
o Epstein-Barr virus which causes glandular fever
o Hepatitis E which causes jaundice
o Zika virus which causes fever, rash and joint pain
Less, usually much less, than 1 in a 1000 of people who catch these infections get GBS.
Guillain-Barré syndrome is only one of many causes of acute weakness and numbness. The diagnosis requires recognition of the characteristic symptoms and signs. Because it is rare this may be difficult for the non-specialist and referral to a neurologist is usually appropriate. Clinical examination shows loss of the tendon reflexes and supports the diagnosis of peripheral nerve disease. Two tests are commonly used to support the diagnosis:
1. Lumbar puncture to examine the fluid which bathes the spinal cord and nerve roots (cerebrospinal fluid). For this the patient lies on their side and has an injection of local anaesthetic to numb a small area in the middle of the lower back (the lumbar region). The doctor pushes a fine needle through the numb area and sucks off a small sample of the cerebrospinal fluid from the hollow canal in the vertebra. Analysis of the fluid supports the diagnosis by showing a raised protein content and normal count of cells.
2. Nerve conduction tests (often called EMG, short for electromyogram which is to say recording of muscle activity) to study the electrical behavior of the nerves. The doctor uses small electrical shocks to stimulate some nerves in the arms and legs and then records the responses in the muscles and in the sensory nerves. The recordings prove the presence of nerve damage and show whether the damage affects the myelin or the axons or both.
The doctor needs to exclude many other causes of neuropathy such as alcohol, poisons, drugs, vasculitis (inflammation of blood vessels) and cancer. (For more information on these disorders, choose "Neuropathy, Peripheral" as your search term in the Rare Disease Database.) This may require blood tests and X-Rays or scans.
The most important parts of treatment are general medical and nursing care, physiotherapy and rehabilitation. Because of the risks of breathing failure and heart-beat instability in the acute stage, people with severe disease need to be in a ward with facilities for monitoring the pulse and breathing. If breathing becomes difficult mechanical ventilation with a breathing machine in an intensive care unit becomes necessary. For this, a special plastic tube, called an endotracheal tube, connects the person to the breathing machine via the mouth or nose. If mechanical ventilation lasts more than a few days it is more comfortable to move the tube to the throat, making a small opening in the windpipe for the purpose (an operation called a tracheostomy). After recovery the tube is removed and the opening closes up. Difficulty swallowing requires insertion of a thin plastic tube through the nose into the stomach for feeding and drinking. Medicines and nursing measures treat pain and reduce the risk of deep vein thrombosis, bed sores and constipation. Physical therapy optimizes muscle strength and function and avoids muscle shortening and joint stiffness. When people become medically stable, they often move to a rehabilitation center for comprehensive physical and occupational therapy. Psychological support is important throughout the illness.
Two treatments accelerate recovery from GBS, plasma exchange (PE, also called plasmapheresis) and intravenous immune globulin (IVIg). PE connects one vein via a thin plastic tube to a machine which separates the plasma (the liquid portion of the blood) from the red blood cells and returns the red blood cells with a plasma substitute into another vein. This removes harmful substances, especially the antibodies which cause GBS. IVIg consists of giving high-doses of immune globulin (the antibodies in the blood) into a vein. The immune globulin comes from highly purified pooled plasma from thousands of healthy people. It probably works by blocking the effects of the harmful antibodies which cause GBS. IVIg is more convenient and more widely available than PE but both are equally helpful. Combining the two does not help more. Early treatment within the first two weeks after the onset of GBS symptoms is preferable. There are no other treatments which hasten recovery. Against expectations steroids have not been effective in clinical trials.
The majority of people recover completely or nearly completely. However many have mild, residual effects such as foot drop or abnormal sensation for more than two years. Persistent fatigue and pain may be problematic. Fewer than 15 percent have substantial long term disability requiring the use of a walker or wheelchair. Death from GBS is rare in countries with intensive care facilities, occurring in fewer than 5 percent of patients.
Most variants of GBS are treated in a similar manner with IVIG or PE. The related condition, CIDP, is also treated with PE and IVIg but, unlike GBS, it also responds to corticosteroids.
Research is ongoing to discover the best dose of IVIg and to find better drugs to prevent damage to the nerves in the acute stage.
Information on current clinical trials is posted on the Internet at www.clinicaltrials.gov. All studies receiving U.S. Government funding, and some supported by private industry, are posted on this government web site.
For information about clinical trials being conducted at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD, contact the NIH Patient Recruitment Office:
Tollfree: (800) 411-1222
Email: [email protected]
For information about clinical trials sponsored by private sources, contact: www.centerwatch.com
For information about clinical trials conducted in Europe, contact: https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/
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Goodfellow JA, Willison HJ. Antiganglioside, antiganglioside-complex, and antiglycolipid-complex antibodies in immune-mediated neuropathies. Curr Opin Neurol 2016;29:572-80.
Hughes RAC, Cornblath DR, Willison HJ Guillain-Barré syndrome in the 100 years since its description by Guillain, Barré and Strohl. Brain 2016;139:3041-47.
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Yuki N, Hartung HP. Guillain-Barré syndrome. N Engl J Med 2012;366:2294-304.
Hughes RAC, Wijdicks E, Barohn RJ, Benson E, Cornblath DR, Hahn AF, Meythaler JM, Miller RG, Sladky JT, Stevens J. Supportive Care for Guillain-Barré syndrome. Arch Neurol 2005;62:1194-8.
Cao-Lormeau VM, Blake A, Mons S et al. Guillain-Barré Syndrome outbreak associated with Zika virus infection in French Polynesia: a case-control study. Lancet 2016;387:1531-9.
Hughes RA, Brassington R, Gunn AA, van Doorn PA. Corticosteroids for Guillain-Barré syndrome. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016;10:CD001446.
Pritchard J, Hughes RA, Hadden RD, Brassington R. Pharmacological treatment other than corticosteroids, intravenous immunoglobulin and plasma exchange for Guillain-Barré syndrome. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016;11:CD008630.
Hughes RA, Swan AV, van Doorn PA. Intravenous immunoglobulin for Guillain-Barré syndrome. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012;7:CD002063.
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Meythaler JM. Rehabilitation of Guillain-Barré syndrome. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1997;78:872-79.
Support and information for those affected by Guillain-Barré syndrome, CIDP & associated inflammatory neuropathies. Guillain-Barré & Associated Inflammatory Neuropathies. 12/2015. Available at: www.gaincharity.org.uk/pdf/2016GBS_&_Associated_Acut_Variants_16pp.pdf Accessed January 11, 2017.
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Abram's work draws from his many years as a graphic designer, photographer and painter. By combining photography with painting and lighting, Abram has created works that are bold, bright, yet intense. While staying focused on his strengths in these new mediums, Abram is always searching for ways to enhance and exceed his own high creative standards. Never satisfied with the outcome, Abram has been known to work for days on end to achieve the ultimate goals of his artistic endeavors.
While many of his works are either graphic interpretations, paintings or photographic images, the new direction his artwork is taking combines these disciplines and skills, creating dramatic images on both large and small scale. Abram's unique mélange of mediums adds to the beauty of his pieces working with materials like liquid plastic, liquid porcelain and oil paint mixture. He creates transparent prints and silk screens on glass then back-lights them.

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We were supposed to head to the beach on Friday but we had a death in our church and Drew had to do a funeral on Saturday morning. As soon as he got home and got changed, we headed out. We made awesome time – 4 hours. Actually a little less.
The kids were so excited to get down there and see Mimo and her dogs. We got down there in time for dinner and then we met a friend from Winston and her girls at an Italian Ice place for a treat. Too bad it was really cool out and we were all freezing after eating our treats!
We woke up Sunday and it was cloudy all morning long. We were lazy all morning and finally the sun came out and we headed to the beach. It was a gorgeous day! The kids had a blast. Will wasn't his usual beach bum self. I'm not convinced he felt well. I don't know if it's allergies or a cold but he had out of control snot and he developed a cough. He also had a willing grandma that would let him play her phone! Sunday night we ordered pizza and took it easy. Sunday getting ready for bed I was brushing Lindy's teeth and I knocked her other loose tooth practically out of her mouth. It started bleeding like crazy and I reached in pulled it out. She was excited to have another 'window' in her mouth.
We woke up Monday morning and when Lindy looked under her pillow there was no money! But the Tooth Fairy had been there and had put $1 under her pillow. Mimo searched and found the dollar under her bed. So Lindy thought the Tooth Fairy must put the money under the bed at the beach house. ha ha. (Little Man is getting a bit jealous of Lindy losing two teeth and getting $2. He doesn't understand that in due time it will happen to him.) The rest of the day was an exact replica of Sunday. We had a lazy morning, an early lunch, and then an awesome afternoon on the beach. We grilled steaks for dinner on Monday which were oh so yummy.
Tuesday we hit the beach early in the morning and then came back around lunchtime. Mimo packed up and headed out and then we headed to Southport to look around. We went in a few shops and then ate at one of our most favorite places on earth – the Provision Company. We got the kids ice cream for a snack and we headed back to the house.
This morning we got up, got everything cleaned up, and we left around 11am. We stopped for an early lunch on the island and headed home. It was kind of nice getting home early because everything got unpacked quickly and we had a normal dinner and evening.
It really was one of the best beach trips we have had. Awesome weather and a relaxing time. I read a book. A whole book this weekend! I also looked through about 6 magazines. I did no work and that was awesome! The only thing that stunk was keeping my toe clean and clear of sand. I wrapped it up in a bunch of bandages and then wore a sock and water shoe and looked like a dork. I didn't want sand in my stiches. I couldn't get in the water or jump waves with the kids. I played some with them on the beach in the dryer sand. Thankfully the kids are so much more self sufficient at the beach that everyone was able to read and relax a bit while they played.
Tomorrow is back to life – back to reality!
I don't understand the mustache craze going on but we got in on it!The kids and their friend Paige.The Beach! Jumping waves even in the cold water.Will was under the towel playing Mimo's phone. Lindy thought the tent was a great idea.Another tooth gone!Under her pillow in a tissue.Where's the money??Mimo found it under the bed!So cute!Miss PrissThe green potty is still a beach must.Sweet boy.Our beachy family!Mimo and her grandkids.At our favorite restaurant, The Provision Company.


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Paper Train Full Version
Do you remember the good old Paper Train game we used to love back in 2011? Well, the game is back, basically the same with just one little tweak. Now you can play any game level you like, they're all unlocked. Practically you don't need cheat code or walkthrough anymore since you can repeat the desired level a million times until you solve it. Let's remind the rules: You control the railway traffic to make sure all trains pass the junction points safely and no animals (cows) get hurt. You control the train movement with the switch which turns the green and red lights on and off, by which you signal the train to either stop or to get going. Use only mouse to control the railway switch or to make the cow go in opposite direction in case you can't avoid the collision. If you save the cow's life you get bonus points. The idea behind each level is to solve it by the lowest number of mouse clicks possible. The future of the paper railway is in your hands! Here's the previous, i.e. the original version of Paper Train.
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The Tradition Continues… On the Trail with Western Jubilee
"Western Jubilee is a premier label in the field of Western/cowboy music. Just take a look at their artist line-up: Don Edwards, Sons of the San Joaquin, Waddie Mitchell, David Wilkie and Cowboy Celtic, Red Steagall, Wylie and the Wild West, Rich O'Brien, Norman and Nancy Blake, and more. This album is a generous 20-track survey of some of their best work" – Bill Yates, Root 66
- The Old Chisholm Trail – Peter Rowan & Don Edwards
- Sierra Nevada – Sons of the San Joaquin
- Sage & Cedar/ Shendoah – Don Edwards & Waddie Mitchell
- Wheels – Rich O'Brien
- My America – Red Steagall
- By the Silvery Rio Grande – Don Edwards with Norman Blake and Nancy Blake
- The Drover Road to Amulree – David Wilkie & Cowboy Celtic
- Unclouded Day – Sons of the San Joaquin
- The Brazos – Katy Moffatt
- Velociraptor Rag – Tom Morrell
- Don – Waddie Mitchell
- Whoopi Ti Yi Yo – Don Edwards
- Grandpa's Barn – Norman Blake & Rich O'Brien
- From Whence Came the Cowboy – Sons of the San Joaquin
- Hooves of the Horses – Wylie & Wild West
- Way Out West in Texas – Don Edwards
- International Glenn – Glenn Ohrlin
- Come and Dine – Rich O'Brien
- He's Runnin' Out of Roundups – Sons of the San Joaquin
- No Second Chance – Waddie Mitchell


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Our main location has been downsized because of the demands of Linda's social work job. Customers who have been to the shop will remember our furniture gallery in the back of the shop; that is our primary location now, which can be accessed through the rear of the building (off Park Street).
There are signs in our rear windows saying "Retail Shop", "Antiques" and "Heritage Collectibles"; although the door is a plain steel one that may look rather institutional.
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The claws came out on The Glee Project this week, and for once, Lindsay wasn't the one causing the trouble.
Alex started telling others in the house how great he is, especially at dancing. Meanwhile, others criticized him for not being a good dancer at all.
Samuel had to freestyle rap, and he used a rap style he learned from Hannah, including saying the word "skidoosh." He took all of the credit for the idea and didn't even mention Hannah's name. Samuel was the challenge winner this week, and got to spend time with Harry Shum Jr., otherwise knows as Mike Chang on Glee.
Matheus let the success so far get to his head, and he started to become a bit cocky. He even snapped at Damian.
Episode details
The first song performed was Hey, Soul Sister by Train.
The song for the music video this week was U Can't Touch This by MC Hammer, and the cast had to rap. It was interesting. It came off looking and sounding a bit awkward, although some of it was good.
McKynleigh was criticized for acting too much for stage work, and not for recorded video.
Alex was criticized for not being on the top of his game. He even said that he didn't want to win the competition today because someone else deserved a chance to shine. As if he would be the obvious winner if he tried!
Hannah was told that even though she wasn't the best dancer, she did really well.
The bottom three was comprised of Matheus, Alex and McKynleigh.
McKynleigh's song was Last Name by Carrie Underwood. She sang it well, as she should, since she said she sings it in lots of country competitions. She was told that she needs to find her ferocity.
Alex got I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston. When Alex performed, his talent was evident, but he sounded like he was really trying to show off. He was told that he needs to be a bit more humble. Then, we got into the emotional stuff. Alex told us how he's insecure about being gay because he was told during his whole life that being gay is bad. He said his mom is the only one in his family who knows, and she said she'd love him unconditionally. (I think that some others in his family might have had an inkling, and they certainly know now!)
Matheus was given Down by Jay Sean. He did make the song is own, even taking off his shirt during his performance. However, he was criticized for not taking notes well during the music video shoot.
In the end, McKynleigh went home. I agree with the decision made by the judges - she just didn't have the memorable personality that many of the other contestants had.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
The Glee Project: The Attitudes Come Out
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For many people, the word "sushi" evokes images of a quiet, traditional restaurant offering a variety of raw fish dishes served with tea.
A visit to one of the three Globefish Sushi & Izakaya restaurants in Calgary turns that impression on its ear faster than you can say unagi.
Globefish burst onto the scene in 2006, bringing its popular izakaya style with it.
"Izakaya" is a style of food originating in Japanese sake bars that serve tapas-sized dishes and encourage the after-work crowd to snack and drink sake or specialty beer in a fun, lively environment.
Calgary's first izakaya-style restaurants have proven a hit with sushi-seekers, as witnessed by the restaurant being voted a winner in the Sushi Restaurant category of the 2013-14 Calgary Herald Readers' Choice Awards.
Getting the nod from discerning diners is welcome validation for the three owners and all the staff at the Globefish locations in Kensington, Marda Loop and Chinook Centre.
"It's so fantastic that we have had such strong support in the community, so we most importantly would like to say thank you for the continued loyalty," says co-owner Tammy Warabino.
Over the past seven years, Globefish has amassed a regular clientele eager to see what will appear on the menus.
"We like to keep our menu innovative. Chefs in each location will create a variety of izakaya and rolls, and the whole staff gets together to judge what we think customers want for the new menu," Warabino adds.
With a fusion of traditional and western fare, Globefish promises something for everyone.
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Ballerina Dad
Attending his daughter's holiday dance recital should be easy for pro hockey player Patrick Barnes. Showing up in a tutu, however, wasn't exactly part of the plan. And yet the holidays get even more interesting when he bumps into Lee, the man he let get away years ago.
Ballet instructor Lee can't believe who just walked into his studio. He also can't believe how quickly the flare of attraction between he and Patrick resurfaces, despite the years that have gone by since they last spoke.
Once upon a time, they let opportunities get away. Is it possible they'll now have the chance to pursue the spark that has come back to life after just one conversation?
Holidays are a time for giving, and neither Patrick nor Lee are about to take this particular gift for granted.
[Ballerina Dad is a 15,000-word holiday novella.]
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Guys like Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit are probably more beaten than Goldberg and they NEVER took or even asked for as much time off as Bill supposedly NEEDED. Essentially he came back because the fans kept bugging him too and he was sick of hearing it. He truly is a man of the fans. Goldberg would like to think that he evolved as a wrestler, but will still keep what brought him to the top in WCW, the intensity and power. They just HAD to squeeze in a clip of Goldberg spearing Bret Hart. I guess the temptation was too much for Vince to handle. Bill wants to jump right into the action and prove himself against the current wrestlers in the WWE. Bill honestly thinks that the Rock is the best in the business. Now he starts kayfabing, saying how the one thing he doesn't like about the Rock is how he thinks that HE is the best. Before being a God in wrestling, you have to beat everyone, including Bill Goldberg. The rest of this segment is just a recap of the feud between the two. Fascinating. Segment 1: 0/1 Bradshaw and Ron Simmons visit some of the soldiers who were shot in Iraq. The army dude in charge calls the duo "Heroes of sports". Simmons makes a conscious effort to thank all the troops. I always wondered, when someone like Bradshaw visits the troops, do the generals and what not explain just WHO Bradshaw is before he shows up? Do you think the soldiers are told to cheer for him? I only ask because I highly doubt Bradshaw is a household name, yet he did get a big pop a few months ago when he went to Afghanistan. From there the two visit a national cemetery and place a wreath on a soldier's grave. Lastly they go to the Pentagon and see where the military decisions are made. Unfortunately for Bradshaw all the classified information is off limits. Yes, he actually said that. This show is really not going very well. Segment 2: 0/2 Kurt Angle has been suffering from chronic neck pain and migraines for the last seven years. Since he reaggravated his neck injury about a month ago, he has been taking painkillers on a daily basis. Karen Angle mentions that he has had neck pain for as long as she's known him. At WrestleMania, Kurt had Brock in the anklelock and Brock kicked him off, causing Kurt to hit the back of his head on the mat. At that point he heard a pop. He says that after the F5, he knew that was all his neck could take. His current list of injuries includes calcium buildup in his neck, numerous bone spurs and two herniated disks, which in turn caused nerve damage and numbness in his arms. Dr. Hae-Dong Jho explains the surgical procedure. Some clips of the surgery are shown. Afterwards, Kurt is obviously still drugged up, but he claims to be pain free and if he doesn't reinjure his neck over the next few years, he would know that he made the right decision. Segment 3: 1/3 Back to Goldberg and how he attained so much success in wrestling. He was a football player at first, but since he wore a helmet like everybody else, he was nothing special. That is where wrestling comes in. Clips of his debut match against Hugh Morrus are shown. "First impressions are everything." He doesn't know where he would be if it wasn't for wrestling. He liked the locker room atmosphere, being part of a team, and independently making it to the top. He felt very guilty for getting pushed harder than guys that were in the company for years. Winning the title from Hulk Hogan in the Georgia Dome was the coolest experience of his life. He had a number of friends and old teammates in the crowd that night. I don't care what anybody says, THAT was the night that Hogan passed the torch. Goldberg closes the segment with the usual motivational speech. I liked this segment because I was a fan of early-Goldberg, which was what was featured here. Segment 4: 2/4 From the Vault: WWF Title Cage Match- Bob Backlund vs. Jimmy Snuka ~ May 19, 1980, as chosen by Tommy Dreamer It seems like they are resurrecting this segment YET AGAIN. Odds of us seeing another one next week, I would say 20% if that. Let's see if the matches are clipped to all hell like they usually are. This was of course from Madison Square Garden. It is famous because this is the first time Snuka climbed to the top of the cage. Generally everyone thinks the first time he did that was against Don Muraco, but in this match he misses the splash. He hits it against Muraco. In a strange bit of trivia, Tommy Dreamer, Bubba Ray Dudley and Mick Foley were all in attendance for this match. Obviously none of them knew each other at that time. We join as Snuka slams Backlund and drops a forearm from the second rope. Backlund stops Snuka from walking out the door. Backlund knocks him off his feet with some rights. Snuka stops Backlund from leaving. Bob throws Snuka face first to the cage. Backlund slingshots him into the cage again, as Jimmy is a bloody mess. Backlund grinds his face into the cage. Snuka starts to mount a comeback with some Fijian chops. Snuka slams him in the middle of the ring and comes off the top with a kneedrop. Superfly with a suplex. He climbs to the top of the cage, he leaps and MISSES. WOW, he had some great distance with that one. This gives Backlund the opportunity to crawl out the door. Segment 5: 3/5 Torrie Wilson did a Playboy autograph signing in New York City. Torrie thinks that the guys are so adorable when they act all tough in front of their friends, but can't even look her in the eyes once they get to the table. She adds that the WWE fans are the best in the world. Next week: NOTHING!! That probably means another rerun. I'm not complaining. Segment 6: 3/6 The show started off miserably, but the relatively lengthy Backlund-Snuka match helped to put it over the top. If they keep the From the Vault segments at that length, I sure as hell wouldn't mind. That is of course if they actually remember to do the segment ever again. It was also nice to hear from Kurt Angle and see some early Goldberg clips. For the five of you who are ordering the PPV tonight, enjoy it. Drop me a line. Take a look at my Archives. Check out my Amazon Wishlist. My DVD List (Profiler Version) My DVD List (Aficionado Version) 1. The Smart Marks 2. Wrestling Headlines 3. Wrestling Nation 4. Smark Talk 5. Old School-Wrestling 6. The Wrestler Online Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Friday, July 29, 2011
Keenan Milton #5.
Royal Flush.
The only New Yorker on the team puts down a smooth switch inward heelflip in SF.
I have to give some props to the guys who do the Skim The Fat website. I have no idea if they read this or if they will ever update their site again, but it is a very useful tool to have for tracking down bits of skateboarding history.
Transworld - October 1999 Volume 17 Number 10
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Andrew Reynolds #4.
Organ Donor.
I had a change of plans and figured I'd just finish the week out with Fourstar for today and tomorrow. Maybe I'll even get a shout out on Crailtap.
Transworld - August 1999 Volume 17 Number 8
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Colin McKay #3.
Aces High.
After watching Alex Perelson's part in Since Day One a few times, I've been on a Colin kick. There are some definite similarities between the lip tricks that Alex does and what Colin did way back in Questionable. One video reminds me of the other. I need to watch the Chocolate Tour again sometime soon.
For some more older school vert, check out the Chromeball Incident today for Joe Lopes. Classic.
Transworld - February 1999 Volume 17 Number 2
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Mike Carroll #8.
Crack Raider Razor.
I've been feeling the old Fourstar ads from underneath a pile of day job work. Expect another one tomorrow.
Transworld - April 1999 Volume 17 Number 4
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Monday, July 25, 2011
Patrick O'Dell.
I said on Thursday that the next post would be epic. Sorry if you were expecting Andy Roy, Dustin Dollin or somebody along those lines.
Pat used to be a staff writer and photographer for Thrasher. He has since moved onto documenting important figures in skateboard history for Vice Magazine with his great Epicly Later'd series. He also directs the occasional music video.
Are those Vitas?
Dennis McGrath took the photo.
Big Brother - November 1999 Issue 54
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
Dave Carnie & Rodney Mullen.
Dave and Rodney break down the anatomy of a freestyle board.
Freestyle boards were usually 7 to 7.5 inches wide and about 28 inches long, if memory serves me correctly. They were very flat with minimal kick in the tail and none in the nose. Nose and tail were roughly equal in length.
One thing they didn't mention was wheel size. Freestyle wheels were usually about 55 mm. This was considered smaller than what was normally thought of as a street wheel at the time, which would have been in the 58 to 62 mm range. A few forward thinking street skaters started riding freestyle wheels in the early 1990s to facilitate more technical tricks.
I've just been picking random things out from Big Brother that were skateboard related for the week. I maybe should have done a week of product reviews, where Carnie's creative writing really shined.
I'm taking tomorrow off from work so there might not be a Friday post. Or there might be. Either way Monday or Friday will be epic.
Rick Kosick took the photo.
Big Brother - November 1999 Issue 54
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Sean Cliver #2.
Cliver survives a trip to Japan with Jeremy Klein and Heath Kirchart.
The number of the beast is happening at the Chromeball Incident today. I had thought of doing something for my 666th post, but lost count along the way and never came up with anything. Looks like I blew it for 900 by using Hawk's famous spin last week.
Big Brother - March 1999 Issue 46
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Pat Canale.
One of the many things that Big Brother gave us was the jaded video reviews of a Mr. Pat Canale. If something was good he would say so and if something wasn't good, he would say so as well. It's sort of like the internet is today, except Canale manned up and used his real name instead of hiding behind an anonymous tag. Cylde Singleton also deserves credit for keeping video reviews real. This was often a point of contention that Big Brother had with Transworld, as many of their video reviews tended to be way too positive for middle of the road skate flicks.
Big Brother - May 1999 Issue 48
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Dave Carnie.
When I've been going through magazines looking for stuff to scan, I never find much I feel like using in Big Brother. I want to use things from Big Brother, but nothing ever looks good. Then it occurred to me that what set the magazine apart from the others was the quality of the writing. You looked forward each month to reading about what zany antics the crew had been up to. This product review is a perfect example of that.
Is that Earl Parker behind the product reviews header?
Note: That's a Darkstar Mako Urabe pro wheel in the middle.
Rick Kosick took the photo.
Big Brother - October 1999 Issue 53
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Friday, July 15, 2011
Tony Hawk #2.
Remember the night when skateboarding made ESPN's SportsCenter?
Tony landed the first 900 after trying the trick off and on for a decade at the 1999 X-Games. It should be noted that Danny Way almost made one in the Santa Cruz Speed Wheels video Risk It from 1990.
I miss when wheel companies would put out videos. It's probably not feasible in today's economy.
The only photographer who caught the trick on film was Rob "Whitey" McConnaughy.
Big Brother - October 1999 Issue 53
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Bucky Lasek.
Bucky has been around a long time now. He came up in the glory days of Powell Peralta and even turned pro for them. In the years since he has ridden for Birdhouse, New Deal, Natural and Element. He recently built a gigantic concrete bowl in his backyard that is scary to just look at the pictures of. I can't imagine skating it. Much like Bob Burnquist, Bucky pioneered a lot of switch and technical tricks on vert. He could also skate street and mini ramps. Probably still can.
His first name is Charles.
The new Torey Pudwell video comes free with the new issue of Thrasher. If you hate watching things online like me, this is nice. Torey does some amazing tricks. I think it's fascinating that in a skateboard world where rail riders and huge gap jumpers are the big thing that the two leading candidates thus far for Thrasher's S.O.T.Y. don't skate either of those things and work off refining more pure street skating from the early to mid 1990s. Pudwell carries on with ledge trick evolution from the Plan B/EMB days (and let's throw in the Storm here, too) while Dennis Busenitz progresses the concept of a line. Refer to Tim & Henry's Pack of Lies, the Stereo videos, parts of Girl videos and Jason Dill's effort to bring back pushing in Mosaic among other things. I watched the parts from Pudwell and Busenitz back to back last night before going to bed. One interesting thing I noticed was that I doubt I could name all the tricks that Torey does, but could do that easily for Dennis. Make of that what you will.
Also in the new Thrasher, my friend Matt's Fluke Fanzine gets a good review. Finally, there is a tiny photo of my friend Chip from The Body in the SXSW article. Too bad there's no caption, but he still made the mag since the band was part of Thrasher's concert event.
Dave Swift took the photos.
Transworld - January 1999 Volume 17 Number 1
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Peter Hewitt #3.
Peter during the 151 days before becoming an Anti-Hero. 151 was done by Imperial, which included Maple and Dynasty as well.
I finally got my first request from somebody for sponsorship. They wanted to know about sending a link for some footage for the team manager to check out. I'll get right on that as soon as I actually make products or hire a team manager. Please don't hold your breath waiting.
Michael Burnett photographed the sequence.
Thrasher - August 1999 Volume 19 Number 8
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Paul Zitzer.
Paul is from Milwaukee. He rode for the New Deal and Birdhouse prior to Far East. He is a writer for the Skateboard Mag these days.
Slap - January 1999 Volume 8 Number 1
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Monday, July 11, 2011
Colin McKay #2.
Alright, back to business.
I noticed that I sort of neglected transitions during my trip through 1998, so I figured I'd start the look back at 1999 with a week of vert.
Colin took street tricks to the ramp as is illustrated by a frontside Caballariel kickflip. He got a lot of coverage in 1999 for both street and vert.
Thrasher - March 1999 Volume 19 Number 3
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Friday, July 1, 2011
Keenan Milton #4.
8/4/1974 - 7/5/2001
The decades are flying by.
I know this photo has been on the internet already, but it hasn't been on here yet. It's so perfect.
I'm taking next week off. Enjoy the holiday weekend in both the US and Canada. It's going to be the year before the year 2000 starting on July 11th. I went with a Les Savy Fav reference instead of Prince.
Slap - March 1998 Volume 7 Number 3
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Sure, but I don't want a cold, wet hand!
You need a crochet stubbie holder.
Always a talking point when you whip one out at a party or down the pub.
These crochet stubbie holders are simple to make and are a great way to use up leftover yarn from your stash.
I started with a magic circle, then crocheted 6 stitches and increased in regular multiples until I had a flat circle of 30 stitches. Stop increasing to 'turn the corner' and just continue until you have reached the desired height.
These things fold up nice and flat – totally portable.
I live in Melbourne which is a '4 seasons in 1 day' kind of place, so I always have my umbrella in my handbag. I keep mine on the end of my umbrella until I need it. Just sayin'.
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Loma Prieta announce 'Self Portrait' and European tour dates
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Millions of Americans will suffer from nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite while battling cancer and other serious illnesses this year. And few things stomp chemo-nausea like the 30 year-old, now-medical marijuana strain, Blue Cheese, beloved by pretty much all of Western Civilization, and available regularly at Bay Area dispensaries.
The Green Cross in San Francisco has an exemplary batch of this fruity, funky alternative medicine, which is a light, airy, throwback compared to the dark, dense modern hits like Girl Scout Cookies or GDP.
Blue Cheese comes from UK Cheese and Blueberry – two, decades-old, elemental lines of ganja. UK Cheese is an iconic F1 variation of the famed Skunk #1 lineage, and was reportedly popularized by an alternative squatters commune called Exodus in the early '90s.
Blueberry is even older – a '70s mix of Mexican Oaxaca, Purple Thai, and Afghanistan buds that can smell like a blueberry. Together – they're basically globalization enshrined at the DNA level.
The Green Cross' batch was grown indoors in Mendocino, CA. and was fluffy, light green and dark green with orange pistils, and pungent. Growers have told me they abandoned Cheese after one cycle, as an unmistakable cheese-funk gets into your clothes and permeates the hair, they moan. But the Blueberry really brings all of its floral, sweet, fruity notes to bear, restraining cheese's nostril attack.
The leafy, light, long bud shape is a hallmark of its tropical ancestry, but the trichome production is all afghani. Grinding elicits even more blueberry-funk, and Blue Cheese' smoke is medium-bodied and spicy.
This 80% indica-dominant strain has a medium-level of THC (16.5%, with .1% CBD, and no CBN). And fast-acting inhaled THC – usually in joints, pipes, or more healthy vaporizers – brings on appetite like few medicines on Earth, doctors report. There are about 60 other cannabinoids in cannabis, and there's something else in Blueberry that seems to ratchet up the munchies. Patients also report using this strain for stress, saying it causes relaxation without being sedative. Thirty dollars per eighth at The Green Cross through August 18. How berry.


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Glorious snapshots from the annual competition in Southern California.
Surfing canines took the spotlight at the fifth annual Surf City Surf Dog competition in Huntington Beach, California, yesterday.
The dogs, dubbed "sur-furs," competed in four different weight classes, ranging from 20 pounds to over 60 pounds. There was also a special "tandem" category, where the plus-one is either the owner or a second dog. Canine competitors were awarded big points for standing on all fours and for completing the longest or biggest rides.
In the following photos, see how the brave sur-furs got on their boards with the help of their owners and eventually wiped out on their own.


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1. The Holy Scriptures found in the Old and New Testaments are the inspired and very Word of God.
2. The Apostle's, Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds faithfully summarize the orthodox, Scriptural, and Apostolic doctrine of the church and ought to be believed by Christians everywhere. These creeds are not just "historical documents," but rather exemplify and summarize the living faith of the church, as does the statement or Definition of Chalcedon.
3. The major decisions of the 7 Ecumenical Councils (Nicea I, 325; Constantinople I, 381; Ephesus, 431; Chalcedon, 451; Constantinople II, 553; Constantinople III, 681; and Nicea II, 787) are accurate and faithful to the apostolic, biblical, universal, and traditional faith (classical Christianity).
The following, somewhat detailed confession is a more comprehensive summary of what has already been provided above, using the Lutheran Augsburg Confession, Anglican Articles of Religion, Eastern Orthodox Catechism, and Baptist Faith and Message, to demonstrate the classical Christian faith from a "Mere Christianity" perspective:
1. There is one Divine Essence which is called and which is God: eternal, without body, without parts, of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness, the Maker and Preserver of all things, visible and invisible (Augsburg Confession, Article I); God is a Spirit…all-good, omniscient, all-just, almighty, omnipresent, unchangeable, all-sufficing to himself, all-blessed (Longer Catechism of the Eastern Church); and in unity of this Godhead there be three Persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit (Anglican Articles of Religion, I).
2. The Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, and of one substance with the Father, took man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance: so that two whole and perfect natures, that is to say, the Godhead and manhood, were joined together in one person, never to be divided, whereof is one Christ, very God and very man, who truly suffered, was crucified, dead, and buried, to reconcile His Father to us, and to be a sacrifice, not only for original guilt, but also for actual sins of men (Anglican Articles of Religion, Article II).
He descended into hell, and truly rose again (complete bodily resurrection) the third day; afterward He ascended into heaven that He might sit on the right hand of the Father, and forever reign and have dominion over all creatures, and sanctify them that believe in Him…This same Christ shall openly come again to judge the living and the dead (Augsburg Confession, Article III).
3. The Holy Spirit, proceeding from the Father and the Son, is of one substance, majesty, and glory with the Father and the Son, very and eternal God (Anglican Articles of Religion, Article V). Together with God the Father and the Son, He gives life to all creatures, especially spiritual life to men, and is communicated to all true Christians (Longer Catechism of the Eastern Church). He inspired holy men of old to write the Scriptures, convicts men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment, cultivates Christian character, comforts believers, and bestows the spiritual gifts by which they serve God through His church (Baptist Faith and Message).
4. Since the fall of Adam all men born in the natural way are born with sin, that is, without the fear of God, without trust in God, and with concupiscence; and that this disease, or vice of origin, is truly sin, even now condemning and bringing eternal death upon those who are not born again through baptism and the Holy Spirit (Augsburg Confession, Article III). And this infection of nature does remain, yes, in them that are regenerated, whereby the lust of the flesh is not subject to the law of God. And although there is no condemnation for the them that believe and are baptized, the concupiscence and lust has itself the nature of sin (Anglican Articles of Religion, Article IX).
5. In the life of the world to come, those who believe, who love God, and do what is good, it shall be so happy that we can not now even conceive such happiness; from the contemplation of God in light and glory, and from union with him; the body will too be glorified with the light of God; Those who are outside of Christ in a state of unbelief will be given over to everlasting death, not because God willed them to perish; but they of their own will perish, because they receive not the love of the truth, that they might be saved (Longer Catechism of the Eastern Church).
6. The Manhattan Declaration, Colorado Statement on Biblical Sexual Morality, and the Danvers Statement accurately represent the biblical, historical, and orthodox worldview in regards to marriage, family, and sex.
7. All truth is God's truth. Christianity is the religion of enlightenment and intelligence and in Jesus Christ are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Therefore all sound learning is a part of Christian heritage (Baptist Faith and Message).


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A Brief Bio
Singer and harper Margaret Davis inspires her audiences with her heartfelt, evocative renderings of the music of the Medieval troubadours and Celtic bards. Margaret grew up in Illinois, where she received degrees in Music and French from Knox College, sang in several vocal ensembles, studied flute, and led the recorder ensemble. She came to California to pursue graduate study in French and Provençal Medieval literature and song, after which she studied voice for nine years with internationally recognized voice teacher Lillian Loran, recorder with Eileen Hadidian, and harp with Cheryl Ann Fulton and Diana Stork. Margaret performed for six years as lead vocalist and harper with the Medieval band Gai Saber and appeared as vocal soloist with the Renaissance music ensemble The Brass Menagerie. A life-long interest in the music of her Scots Celtic ancestry led to her work with the Celtic bands Magic Fire and Four Shillings Short.
Margaret currently leads Celtic/Early Music ensemble Brocelïande, performs with Celtic rock band Avalon Rising, and co-runs Flowinglass Music with her husband, singer/guitarist Kristoph Klover.
She has performed internationally at festivals, clubs, universities, conventions, and live on the radio. Margaret has recorded 5 CDs and her music has also been featured on educational CD-ROMS, on computer games, in videos, and is widely broadcast on traditional and Internet radio stations. Her Medieval and Celtic songs have charted in the top 10 in the Medieval and Celtic genres at mp3.com, and have been featured in compilations of women Celtic singers.
In addition to her musical career, Margaret is also an accomplished artist, whose illuminated Medieval-style calligraphy can be viewed and purchased on-line. She has contributed many illustrations to Marion Zimmer Bradley's FANTASY Magazine


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TRI FIELD NOTES: Storytelling and local forest guides in Andasibe, Madagascar
September 16, 2015
by Simon Queenborough
in Tropical Resources Institute (TRI)
by Simon Queenborough
in Tropical Resources Institute (TRI)
By Justine Cefalu, 2015 TRI Fellow in Madagascar
We are sitting together in Diary's wooden house, the walls covered in cloths to keep the cold out. Diary lives at the highest point in the village, and from his door we can see the other houses dotting the hillside, the rich green of the primary forest reserve to the left and the cleared slopes for rice, pineapple and taro cultivation to the right. The rain that followed us on the two-hour walk to the village subsides and the air loses its cold edge. Diary is telling us a story, his creased face animated, his eyes wide and alive.
I am going to tell you the story of why the long-eared owl has such big eyes. Before, he could see…


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Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Why Is It So Hard?
"The deeper the wound, the slower the healing." Those aren't Steve's exact words, but I knew what he meant. We were naïve, innocent kids and they turned our world upside down.
If the violation had been only somebody beating us up on the playground that probably wouldn't change our entire life. But sexual assault permeates every part of us.
The question makes me think of a situation I encounter professionally. I'm a ghostwriter-collaborator and have made my living at this craft for thirty years. Perhaps twenty times a year someone wants help in learning to write a book, and comes to me.
I hardly know how to answer except to point out that the art or craft of writing takes time—years—of hard work and serious commitment. One reason most would-be writers fail is because they stop trying. They often pout, "Nobody will take first-time writers." "No one cares." The excuses pile up, and I heard all of them when I first started. But I persevered and it paid off.
Perseverance. Persistence. It's not a one-month rehab course.
The wound is deep. The healing is slow, but the result is worth it.
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It hurts is all I could say. It is like a splinter that is in deep & it's hard to pull it out. You got to dig deep. The splinter has to be removed before the healing can start. 35 year old wound that I protected kept hidden. I didn't let anyone touch that deep splinter that went to the core of who I was. Then I took it to the cross & gave it to my Lord & Savior. It was as if I went back 2000 years to the foot of the cross & laid it down. He gave his life for that & I can trust Him with it. It was just the beginning of Him coming into those very dark places of my life. He is gentle & kind. I am learning I can trust him with the hurt. It is hard but worth it!
- June 30, 2015 at 3:12 PM
- Roger Mann said...
I do understand about deep wounds and the need to protect them. Raised as a preacher's kid but abuse by that same preacher, I subconsciously learned not to trust the God of my father with such intimate personal pain. I could not talk to my mom, I could not talk with my father, and so I did not talk to God about something so personal and private.
So it too festered for a long time. It took me decades to find someone I trusted that I could talk to and fortunately it was a Christian. He helped me to bring my pain, anger, and resentfulness to the cross too. My victory did not happen overnight but the gentle Savior did remove the pain, lies and the anger as I was able to walk that road of forgiveness.
Learning I could trust the God of my father with the sin of my father was not easy. For years I could not even speak of it; just blocked it from memory. I clung to the fantasy of happy childhood until the fantasy fell apart as they all eventually do to the sane ones. The only thing that stands the test of time is truth and having accepted it I found I could cling to it safely. Truth may hurt but it also heals if allowed to. But yes, it was hard, very hard. The good things sometimes are.
- July 1, 2015 at 11:13 AM
- Mark Cooper said...
Roger, your phrase "Learning I could trust the God of my father with the sin of my father was not easy" has really hit me. Wow, what a statement of truth, faith, hope, trust.
It both challenges and encourages me.
- July 1, 2015 at 11:31 PM


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Once upon a time there was a beautiful Hussy, she had two adorable and rotten dogs and a dutiful husband that drove her everywhere! On one of their drives, the beautiful Hussy came across a Mexican restaurant. The Hussy wasn't hungry at the time but she made a note to check them out online...
Or something like that...
But it's not a fairy tale - it's 100% truth! And it's called Fuego. YIPPEE! As you can see - I ordered a bunch of stuff - because I couldn't decide what I wanted!
- Extra: queso, guac, avocado, pineapple, mole, mushrooms or fries
- Entree Base (rice): white, brown, Mexican, none, lettuce
- Beans: Black, pinto or refried
- Salsas: Pico de gallo, Avosalsa, Piquin, Picante, Habanero, Chile Verde, Verde, Roasted Corn, Mild, Roasted Verde and Chipotle Salsa)
- More Extras: Fajitas, Jalapenos, Lettuce, Cilantro, Sour cream, Onions, Cheese
It was a really good bowl - full of flavor and yet everything was distinct. We've ordered a minium of 3 times since this first one...We can't stop - it's so good!
I also ALWAYS get a churro! Churros are long skinny donuts that are fried and dipped in cinnamon & sugar and then filled with pudding. OMG they are so good! I love them. They originated to me at Taco Johns as a complement to my Potato Oles. :-)
Why Should You Go? It's delicious and THEY DELIVER!! WHAT THE HELL? They're quick too!


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If I edit a file with vim inside the rxvt-unicode terminal window, the
matching-bracket feature moves the visible cursor away from where it should be.
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1. vim some-file-with-brackets (perl program?)
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The cursor should indicate where you're about to insert or delete.
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Setting the terminal time to 'rxvt' fixes the problem. Vim is using
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Palace Hotel Tokyo
The Overview
Posted on November 28, 2014
Opened in May 2012, Palace Hotel Tokyo still channels the city's last half a century of history and culture. Many of the hotel's 278 rooms and 12 suites offer impressive views of the nearby Imperial Palace gardens. Meanwhile, the 1,200-square-meter evian Spa Tokyo draws inspiration from the Alps and the source of this famed aquatic brand. Dining options range from austere kaiseki dishes at Wadakura to very fine French at Crown. It's also hard to go wrong with sushi from Michelin-starred chef Shinji Kanesaka at his namesake restaurant or the tempura at Tatsumi, a six-seat bar serving Tsukiji Market's finest with sake pairings.
Tel: +81 3 3211 5211
Website: en.palacehoteltokyo.com
Published on Nov 28, 2014


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Pat Metheny
Bright Size Life, 1976
Jaco Pastorius' expansive fretless bass underpins a fluid guitar tapestry on one of the most evocative recordings from the fusion era. Metheny vibes out on "Sirabhorn" and "Midwestern Nights Dream" by tuning the string pairs of his 12-string guitar in fifths.
Travels, 1983
This rousing 2-CD live set is a great jump-off point for rockers wanting to explore jazz guitar. Jam band acolytes will dig the connection between Metheny's "The Fields, The Sky" and Phish songs like "Rift" and "Runaway Jim."
Still Life (Talking), 1987
Metheny achieves accessibility without sacrificing depth. Cognecetti may knock this as "smooth jazz," but it's hard not to get hooked on the Brazilian-accented melody of "Minuano (Six Eight)" or the Coral Sitar-driven joyride, "Last Train Home."
Pat Metheny Group, 1978
The first release from the classic PMG lineup (pianist Lyle Mays, bassist Mark Egan, and drummer Danny Gottlieb) is a must have. Metheny cops a Nashville tuning for the sprightly signature lick of "Phase Dance."
Song X, 1985
Ornette Coleman's abrasive modernism proves the perfect foil for Metheny's lyric approach on this harmelodic free-jazz adventure.
The Road to You, 1993
An energetic live recording that emphasizes ensemble playing over improvisation. Metheny's guitar synth sounds a bit 'twee at times, but the six-piece touring band is tighter than a bowline knot.
Wish, 1993
A playful Metheny moonlights as a sideman with tenor sax phenom Joshua Redman for this groovy hard-bop date.
One Quiet Night, 2003
This solo-acoustic outing proves Metheny, stripped of production, exotic instruments, and high-profile collaborators, is still a tasteful player of rare grace and vision.
Zero Tolerance for Silence, 1994
A bold artistic statement or a calculated kiss-off to fulfill recording contract obligations? Either way, it's 40 minutes of tiresome unaccompanied electric guitar feedback. Eesh!
The Sign of 4, 1997
Metheny improvs with Derek Bailey on the latter's self-described "non-idiomatic" music. Even if Knitting Factory-approved atonal abrasion is your bag, this three-CD set is a bit much.


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By Sgt. Jeannette McAllisterOctober 15, 2012
OWINGS MILLS, Md., -- The six-foot-long brown table turned on its side with metal chairs stacked precariously behind it immediately drew the attention of anyone walking into the room, but it was behind a nearby podium that a potentially deadly threat was hidden.
Although the threat was a mock explosive device, the training was real for the young warfighters assigned to 3rd Platoon, 443rd Military Police Company.
Sgt. Ryan Willoughby, a squad leader from Frederick, Md, decided to use the morning's platoon time to have his Soldiers practice room-clearing techniques and quickly transformed the Army Reserve Center here into a make-shift training environment for the company assigned to the Army Reserve's 200th Military Police Command.
Willoughby said being a Soldier is doing the right thing all the time.
"I always have them doing something; a big priority of this company is training," he said about ensuring his Soldiers stay busy with training that is relevant.
After each squad cleared the room several times, Soldiers repositioned the tables and chairs and left no evidence of military police training, as the room was used shortly afterwards for more classroom training.
"On our battle assembly weekends, we give our platoon sergeants their own time on Saturday mornings to take care of Soldiers," said 1st Sgt. Cindy Babb.
From counseling Soldiers to on-the-spot training, Babb said it has been her priority to maximize weekend training at the squad and platoon levels -- and that takes long hours and late nights of planning.
"We plan our training so the Soldiers know exactly what they're doing and due to prior planning they're not scrambling around," she said. "I give all the credit to our young leaders we are mentoring within our ranks."
Taking the helm as the senior NCO of the military police guard company several months ago, Babb said battle assembly weekends should never be a waste of time.
"It should be productive and reinforce what they know so when they leave on Sunday, they can answer the question, 'what did I get out of this?'"
Like many military occupational skills, to maintain a high-level of tactical and technical proficiency Soldiers must continue to train -- even if it is only one weekend a month.
Cpt. Matthew Gibbons, the unit commander, said Soldiers come to battle assembly to train and sustain their skill sets.
"We want to make them feel like they're going to learn something that morning when they put on their uniforms and drive to work," Gibbons said. "We must motivate our young troops, and we do that through meaningful and fresh new training."
Gibbons said focused time is time well spent so the Soldiers see value in their time away from other opportunities.
"Soldiers are going to sacrifice time away from their family and friends to come out here to maintain readiness, so if I make it worth their time then it's worth my time," said Gibbons.
After lunch, Soldiers mustered in a large formation at the nearby motorpool.
One of the Soldiers lying prone on the asphalt was Spc. Jon-Luc Hailey, a native of Littlestown, Penn.
Hailey served nine months in Afghanistan when members of the 443rd deployed, and is preparing to be a civilian police officer in Pennsylvania, he said.
"Training is more efficient, and we do more of what we're supposed to do so there's more to look forward to," said Hailey. "I love the adrenaline (I get) from being a Soldier."
As the last of the junior Soldiers drove away from the Reserve Center located just outside of Baltimore, senior NCOs and officers gathered in the company headquarters to plan future training.
"As leaders, we are dedicated to our Soldiers," Babb said. "We must ensure they walk away from battle assembly weekends wanting more training, because one day, they will be the future leaders of the 200th Military Police Command."