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Who is that person in the photo?
I've often mocked elected officials, appointed leaders, celebrities and other public figures when they insist on using dated head shots in published materials.
Now that the shoe is on my foot, I'm a little less inclined to rush to judgment.
How many times have you picked up a newspaper to see a photograph of a public figure that was several years old? We, in the newspaper business, call these head-and-shoulder photos "mugs" or "mug shots," and at any given time we have hundreds on file. That's not to say, however, that we have hundreds of current photos on file, but our library of computer files and hard photos are filled with pictures of lawmakers, company officials, columnists, school superintendents, government managers and plenty of other folks.
And a lot of those pictures are more than a few years old.
In this digital age, capturing new photographs are one of the easiest — and possibly the cheapest — things to do. Yet, whenever there is a column or news article about one of these folks, it seems that we, in the newspaper industry, publish "moldy oldy" photos. Here, a man's photo features a full head of hair, while in real life, his scalp is a little more skin-tone. There, a woman has short hair, even though the last time we saw her, she had long hair. Young faces get older, in real life, but their pictures never age, while dark hair never grays in our "mug shot" files.
Often those photographs are submitted to newspapers, like The Observer News Enterprise, by the individuals themselves. In many cases, once a person is elected or appointed to a position, or they submit an initial photo, they'll never send another one, leaving us no choice but to publish the photo year after year. In other cases, the newspaper is to blame — I admit I've accidentally placed an older mug shot photo when a more current version has been available. I'm sorry if that made someone look younger than they really are.
Regardless of the cause, I've often laughed when I see an old photo published for someone who has grown older, balder, fatter, or just plain different. I laughed, that is, until I realized that I am one of those people clinging to an old photograph and self images from my youth.
That's right, take a quick look at my mug shot included with this column. I admit it isn't exactly current. Since it was taken, probably three years ago or so, I have lost weight – as much as 20 pounds. I have lost hair -- a countless quantity of follicles have just fallen away. Even the sign behind my head has changed.
Yet, every week my column publishes, readers get to see the same old picture of me standing outside The O-N-E building. And while friends, family and even my boss has encouraged me to get a new column photo, some how, some way, I never can … find time to do it.
As a result, I am no better than the "ageless" politician, whose official photograph never changes. At the same time, though, I have a better understanding of why these folks cling tightly to the use of old photos. Simply put, these photos are an easy way for us to hang on to our youth. In my mug shot, I may look fatter than I am today, but I also look younger. I have more hair, and the hair I have in the picture looks pretty good, too. I like the way the light captures the gleam in my smile, and heck that's a pretty good smile. All in all, it's a good photo, and yes it may not be exactly what I look like today, but I like it.
Alas, it is not representative of the "real" me in 2010, and as a result, by hiding from the camera today, I am not better than the politician who clings to a 10-year-old image of themselves.
With that in mind, the last thing I want to be included in a group of folks afraid of seeing their current photos in newspaper. So with a little urging from my boss, my wife and my co-workers I am resolving to capture a new photo for this column. That is, if I can ever find the time and the photographer to take my picture. Does anybody have a camera?
Michael Willard is the publisher of and a columnist for The Observer News Enterprise. His column appears in the weekend edition.


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Oct 29, 2007
Oct. 29, 2007
Megan Lewis ran to a first-place finish at the Big West Conference Cross Country Championships to take the individual title and help the 24th-ranked UCSB Gauchos win the team crown.
Lewis, a senior from Tracy, Calif., settled into the front of the pack early, but at the halfway point she started to push the pace and take over the race. She ended up finishing with a time of 21:16, 19 seconds ahead of teammate Bethany Nickless, who was second.
The Gauchos tallied 44 points to top the eight other teams in the meet. UC Riverside was second with 57 points and UC Irvine was a close third with 59 points.
Lewis will be in action Nov. 10 at the NCAA West Regional in Eugene, Ore.

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Huntington North, Leo latest additions to new NHC
More alignment shifting was approved by the remaining six teams in the former Northeast Hoosier Conference on Thursday as the schools welcome Leo and Huntington North to the list coming in 2015-16.
Norwell principal Mark Misch who is also the president of the NHC, made the announcement concerning more news on the yet-to-be-named conference coming in a few years.
"In terms of looking at all the areas that Leo and Huntington North presented, we felt like those two were the most similar to us from demographics to facilities to the sports being offered," Misch stated.
With Carroll and Homestead being forced out by the other conference members due to their size and expansion. Homestead currently has 2,260 students enrolled, while Carroll has 2,048.
Huntington North is no slouch in the enrollment department and would be the clear winner in school size with 1,750 students.


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Cat, Rat & Dog
Stefania Barbier 2/18/2008 11:58:18 PMnooooooooooo!!!!! nooooo wayyyyyyyy!!!!!! how????? WOOOW Kristi, amazing find and capture!!!!! #858041
Ronald F. Fischer 2/19/2008 8:51:24 AMNow if this doesn't depict deversity (the monthly theme) I don't know what does!! Awesome capture!! #5516184
Melinda F. Schneider 2/19/2008 9:01:50 AMVery cool, Kirsti! #5516243
Jessica Jenney 2/19/2008 11:27:42 AMIncredible capture, Kristi! Can't we all just get along!? #5516792
Kristi A. Howson 2/23/2008 10:12:16 AMThanks so much Stefania, Ron, Melinda & Jessica for your wonderful comments!!! #5539715
Lisa J. Boulden 2/23/2008 7:12:24 PMNow THAT's diversity!
Bill Knaps 2/23/2008 9:13:13 PMAmazing Kristi. Just called my wife in her to see your beautiful Gallery and she notice the cat and mouse and dog, cat and mouse. She said she saw them on TV. Small world isn't it. Bill #5542130
Leslie McLain 2/27/2008 9:21:13 AMAmazing photo. I read about this delightful trio in the Santa Barbara newspaper (I live in Pismo Beach). It's very cool that you were able to capture them. #5562006
Kristi A. Howson 3/7/2008 9:05:03 AMThanks so much Lisa, Bill & Leslie for your wonderful comments. I think this guy and his pets are on State Street nearly every day. The day I took this image another guy was doing a documentary on him. #5607095
Darryl Wilkinson 3/16/2008 12:30:58 AMExcellent catch and concept, Kristi! Congratulations on the POTD award!!! #5648089
Evy Johansen 3/16/2008 12:49:41 AMLOL... What a wonderful image, Kristi!!! Big congratulations on your well deserved POTD!! #5648119
Robert K. Bemus 3/16/2008 1:03:34 AMGreat capture, Kristi!! Congrats on your POTD!!! #5648146
Karen Engelbreth 3/16/2008 1:11:59 AMLOL - fantastic capture - a big congrats on your POTD, Kristi! #5648165
Carolyn M. DAlessandro 3/16/2008 1:30:26 AMNice POV..we have one of those trio's here in SF too...Must be the new trend. Congratulations on your POTD! Well done!! #5648178
Renee Doyle 3/16/2008 1:34:27 AMI'll never know how you got these guys together like this but it is so delightful Kristi!!! Fun and fantastic POTD!! Congratulations!! #5648184
Susie Peek-Swint 3/16/2008 2:28:01 AMGreat find and capture Kristi ~ many congrats on POTD! #5648210
Nick Lagos 3/16/2008 2:41:35 AMGood on you matey....a wonderful award for this unique capture.... congratulations... :) #5648217
Chris Ebben 3/16/2008 3:33:56 AMVery well spotted & taken. I looked it up & found a entries of the group on YouTube. Thanks for sharing=^..^= #5648277
Michelle Alton 3/16/2008 4:01:47 AMWonderful capture and great POTD, Kristi. I love the diversity in this group!
Michelle #5648321
Joy Rector 3/16/2008 4:25:39 AMcongrats on the POTD #5648366
Elizabeth J. Bernier 3/16/2008 4:29:06 AMWhoo hooo POTD!!!! I just love this capture of this amazing little trio!!!!Makes me think of an Aesops fable...just fabulous!!!!Great angle and timing!!!! #5648372
Lynne Morris 3/16/2008 4:42:44 AMWTG Kristi, huge congratulations on this wonderful POTD. #5648399
Terry Cervi 3/16/2008 5:26:41 AMCute as can be, Kristi! Congrats on your super POTD! #5648540
Sharon F. Morris 3/16/2008 5:35:51 AMCongrats Kristi on your POTD. Such a cute capture. :-) #5648573
Susan M. Smith 3/16/2008 5:47:03 AMWhat an unusual group and wonderful capture! Congrats on your POTD Kristi! #5648605
Josselyne Klecanda 3/16/2008 6:00:33 AMVery creative,Congrats! #5648670
David Phalen 3/16/2008 6:13:38 AMBIG Congrats on a well deserved POTD!! #5648719
Leslie McLain 3/16/2008 6:16:41 AMCongratulations on your POTD. A great photograph. #5648723
Ronald F. Fischer 3/16/2008 6:23:45 AMCongrats on this awesome POTD!! #5648736
Ken Smith 3/16/2008 6:36:51 AMCongratulations, Kristi. A unique shot! #5648771
Lisa J. Boulden 3/16/2008 7:53:56 AMCongrats on this cute POTD!
Margaret Anna Durkin 3/16/2008 8:29:26 AMCongratulations! WOW- what a grate capture! I looked at your Beautiful Gallery.- amazing #5649153
Corinne M. Thompson 3/16/2008 8:45:43 AMCongrats on your POTD for this unique image! #5649189
Cyn Valentine 3/16/2008 8:47:19 AMWTG Kristi!! Congratulations on your POTD! #5649191
Toni Hopper 3/16/2008 9:15:43 AMHey, maybe the presidential candidates should take a lesson! hah! cute photo! #5649289
Suzanne R 3/16/2008 9:48:40 AMCongrats!! Now, if we could all just get along like this!! Wonderful! #5649435
Philippe Vieux-Jeanton 3/16/2008 9:57:11 AMVery cool capture! Congratulations on your POTD!! #5649481
Charlene Taylor 3/16/2008 10:04:15 AMHi Kristi,
Toni Riggs 3/16/2008 10:51:57 AMAmazing theme entry, congrats! #5649653
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 3/16/2008 1:19:47 PMCongratulations on your potd, great timing and cool capture! Excellent entry Kristi! #5650136
Jean E. Hildebrant 3/16/2008 1:34:46 PMCongrat's on the POTD! What a cute find! #5650201
William C. Raco 3/16/2008 6:45:44 PMHow cool!
Terry L. Ellis 3/16/2008 6:46:51 PMKristi, congratulations on such a cute and beautifully captured POTD! Fantastic find! #5651110
Kristi A. Howson 3/16/2008 7:32:09 PMThanks so much every for all of these wonderful comments. Thanks also to the judge who chose this. You All have made my day. This was taken on State Street, Santa Barbara. I had heard of this guy but this was the first time I saw him. At the same time someone else was doing a documentary of him but they stopped and let me get a few shots. #5651304
John C. Nyren 3/18/2008 9:05:43 AMGreat Job - Congratulations!
- John #5658092
Diane Dupuis 3/22/2008 8:55:10 AMHa! So glad to see this one in the finalists pool!! #5676805
Michelle Alton 3/22/2008 1:17:29 PMThis was CERTAINLY a candidate for Finalist, and I'm so glad that it worked out! All the Way!
Karen Engelbreth 3/22/2008 1:41:49 PMCongratulations Kristi :0) #5678480
Terry L. Ellis 3/22/2008 3:35:20 PMSuch a fantastic finalist, Kristi! Congratulations again! #5679218
Sam Britt 3/22/2008 5:54:25 PMCongratulations, Kristi. Adorable finalist. #5679996
Leslie McLain 3/22/2008 5:57:15 PMCongrats on an amazing finalist. #5680012
Colette M. Metcalf 3/22/2008 6:49:25 PMCongratulations:) #5680294
Corinne M. Thompson 3/22/2008 7:00:46 PMCongrats on your Finalist Kristy! #5680387
Stefania Barbier 3/23/2008 12:57:28 PMwoooooowww Kristi HUGE congrats both for your POTD and your finalist!!!!!!! #5684116
Cora Miller 3/23/2008 11:18:06 PMNow that's something you don't see every day! A double congratulations to you, Kristi, for your POTD and for making the finals too. #5685930
Claudia Kuhn 3/24/2008 6:17:03 PMCongrats on your wonderful 2nd pl. win Kristi! #5691368
Patrick Rouzes 3/24/2008 6:22:24 PMCONGRATULATIONS on this amazing WINNER,Kristi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #5691435
Cyn Valentine 3/24/2008 6:40:07 PMCongratulations Kristi on this great winner!!! #5691588
Renee Doyle 3/24/2008 7:16:53 PMWTG Kristi!!! Big congrats to you!! #5691937
Sam Britt 3/24/2008 7:19:29 PMCongratulations on this winner, Kristi! #5691964
Leslie McLain 3/24/2008 7:51:19 PMCongrats on your amazing winner. #5692168
Colleen Farrell 3/24/2008 8:42:03 PMWTG! Congrats on your win, Kristi! #5692454
Elida Gutierrez 3/24/2008 9:11:33 PMCongratulations!!!
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For all the Winners.
Monika Sapek 3/24/2008 9:27:33 PMBig congratulations on your Second Place Win, Kristi!
Evy Johansen 3/24/2008 10:39:49 PMBig congratulations on your wonderful win, Kristi!! #5692995
Robert K. Bemus 3/24/2008 11:37:58 PMCongratulations on this classic win, Kristi!!! #5693081
Stefania Barbier 3/25/2008 12:38:18 AMGORGEOUS winner KRISTI! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! #5693180
Tiia Vissak 3/25/2008 12:48:54 AMcongratulations on your winner! #5693215
Ross Throndson 3/25/2008 6:17:54 AMLOL....Wow....What an Amazing Capture, Kristi.....Huge Congratulations on your Win!!! #5694528
Terry L. Ellis 3/25/2008 6:32:01 AMCongratulations, Kristi! A fantastic Second Place win! What a shot! #5694609
David Phalen 3/25/2008 7:42:33 AMBIG Congrats on another great Winner!! #5694948
Ronald F. Fischer 3/25/2008 8:07:56 AMCongratulations on this awesome WINNER!!! #5695082
Jeff Robinson 3/25/2008 10:37:00 AMCongrats Kristi on your Fantastic Win! Jeff #5695873
Connie J. Bagot 3/25/2008 11:52:21 AMCongratulations Kristi---a wonderful winner and super photo of the day. I absolutely love it! #5696241
Deb Holmes-Hatfield 3/25/2008 12:49:13 PMCongrats to you Kristi! Way to go! #5696540
Corinne M. Thompson 3/25/2008 7:26:21 PMCongrats on your win! #5698447
Jill Flynn 3/26/2008 5:33:59 PMWhat a capture ... really brings a smile to my face Kristi! Congratulations on your win! #5702877
Dominick M. Dimacale 3/27/2008 5:40:26 AMCongratulations Kristi on your win.
Dominick #5705088
Colette M. Metcalf 3/27/2008 12:53:43 PMCongratulations, Kristi!! WTG!!! #5706671
Darryl Wilkinson 3/31/2008 11:32:47 PMCongratulations on this terrific win, Kristi!! #5726657
Karen J. McDowell 4/1/2008 6:45:22 AMVery cute, Kristi..congrats to you! #5728029
Nick Lagos 4/6/2008 2:42:49 PMBig congrats on your big second and all the awards this has received Kristi....well done matey #5752604
2ND Place, POTD. Santa Barbara Icon On State Street. This one with all three in the frame. F5.6, 1/125, 800 ISO 800, 112mm (28-135mm) (Diversity, Feb08)
Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/125 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 800, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 112.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 40D
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Do you guys likes Yuna?
She sang a song with Owl City recently!
Last year, Samsung and Yuna collaborated to make a song titled [Sparkle].
I was given the opportunity to work with the Sparkle team.
Thank you so much Leo Burnett, Najib, Shahril and the awesome peeps of Motiofixo.
Here's the music video.
Hope you guys will enjoy it!
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When I was a kid, there was television and there was reality. They did not overlap.
We would watch the Rose Parade on television New Year's Day, and it was magical. Spectacular. A transformative experience, like when "Bewitched" suddenly came out in color.
The Rose Parade became real to me one year when my parents bundled my sister and me up in winter coats, piled us into the station wagon (you know, the one with the seat belts irretrievably stuck down into the crack in the seats) and brought us to Pasadena at dawn on New Year's Day. I want to say it was 1972.
The kids from "The Brady Bunch" were on a float, smiling and waving, and for the first time in my life, TV and real life merged into one. There, not 50 feet from me, was Maureen McCormick, "Marcia" herself, the only important woman in America. (If you were male, and over the age of 8 in 1972, trust me, she was the only woman in America.)
I have loved the Rose Parade more than television ever since.
This may have fueled a subconscious impulse, 40-odd years later, to volunteer with the Tournament of Roses. If you have been to the parade, you have seen us. We wear all-white suits and red neckties, and there are almost 1,000 of us, fanned out across Pasadena on New Year's Day making sure the parade goes smoothly.
This is my sixth parade as a "white suiter," so I am here to give you, the parade enthusiast, a glimpse into just what the people who put on this annual tradition do.
The Tournament of Roses has more than 20 committees, each supporting a different element of the parade or the Rose Bowl game. My first duty, like that a lot of first-year volunteers, was overnight float protection. It's important, because the parade floats arrive on-site before midnight, get lined up and then park in the middle of a closed street.
The floats attract a lot of sightseers on foot well into the wee hours of the morning, and cars don't mix well with floats and pedestrians. So I found myself standing on a street corner at a barricade all night, keeping cars from entering the float formation area. It's a fun duty for anyone who enjoys hearing very impassioned and creative excuses from people who absolutely must get past the barricade, even though they are not brain surgeons on the way to perform brain surgery, which was the only excuse I was accepting.
The Tournament takes care of its people, too. Throughout the long night, a van came around constantly with coffee, hot chocolate and snacks. As dawn broke on New Year's Day my first year, I was greeted by an incredible sight — thousands of people bustling from every direction, carrying folding chairs and blankets, smiling like they had just won the lottery.
After a full night on the street I was chilly, I admit. (As a native Southern Californian, I have learned never to use the world "cold," lest I unleash the wrath of my Eastern friends.) But those parade-goers lit me up. Their smiles were contagious. They walked briskly, knowing they were about to kick off their new year by seeing something epic, something beautiful. By the time the sun rose high enough to reach me, I was already warm.
Another gig you do in your first few years with the Tournament takes place at the very end of the parade route, after the floats have been parked for public display. One great thing about this duty, for me, was that I not only got to rock my white suit, I was styling a white Panama hat, too. I looked like Mark Twain. You know, the young Mark Twain. Pre-mustache.
I stood next to several floats for two days and explained to the crowds of visitors the floral details they featured. A typical exchange went like this:
Visitor (generally sporting the jersey of a football team playing later that day in the Rose Bowl): "What are the teddy bear's ears made out of? Is that real hair?"
Me: "No, that's palm tree fiber. It's very realistic, isn't it?"
Visitor: "Are those beans?"
Me: "Yes, kidney beans, and these are orange lentils, that is crushed sweet rice, and this border here is black pepper seed."
Visitor: "Vegetarians must love this one. Well, it's very beautiful."
Me: "Thank you. I did it all myself." At which they would laugh, because everybody knows Mark Twain was never known for his facility with lentils.
That's fine, you say, so you got to pelt thousands of tourists with floral facts, and pose for pictures with some of them, because they could not resist the aesthetic allure of the white suit-and-hat combo. But what was the most fun you've had as a volunteer?
Like Bob Hope and Kermit the Frog before me, I got to ride in the parade.
In fact, I am riding again this year, but if I do my job right, you won't even notice me. I will ride a white scooter, wear a white helmet and escort one of the floats along the route.
It rarely happens, but sometimes a float has engine trouble or a rider on a float needs assistance, so we "float liaisons" are there to deal with it. It's a two-hour parade, and timed very precisely, so unplanned stoppages have to be handled quickly. We are trained for contingencies. We learn arm signals. We are prepared to deal with almost anything except perhaps a giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, which is unlikely, since I hear that is mostly an East Coast thing.
I admit nobody is looking at me, the scooter man. My white suit is like Harry Potter's invisibility cloak. The stars of the show are the floats. But riding in the parade is still a kick in the (white) pants.
You see the parade on New Year's Day, but not the months of preparation that went into it. A float liaison, for example, might spend 10 Saturday mornings between June and December directing traffic so that floats can safely road-test their engines and animation effects. Yes, I said June.
There is always something to do. I have assisted at the rose court tryouts and at the queen and court's coronation ceremony. Last year, I gave tours at one of the float-building barns. Leading up to the parade, there are special equestrian and marching band events. You can never have too many white suiters.
I have only scratched the surface. All you really need to know is that a whole lot of volunteers put this incomparable parade together for you. We don't get paid. Your smile is our pay. This is the 125th Rose Parade. That's a lot of smiles.
Me, I'll be scootering alongside the city of Sierra Madre's float. Maureen McCormick, if you are reading this, Sierra Madre's near the front of the parade. It's got people in a rowboat catching a huge fish. Keep an eye out for me. We can still make this work. I'll have a full tank of gas, just flag me down. I'll be the guy in the white suit.
Interested in volunteering? A meeting for prospective members will be held at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 30 in Tournament House. Details at tournamentofroses.com.
George Waters is a humor columnist in Pasadena. Read more of his work at TheWaBlog.com.


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LONDON -- Great start, better finish.
David Svoboda of the Czech Republic won the modern pentathlon Saturday at the London Games after matching the Olympic record in the fencing event to open the competition.
Svoboda, who won the European championship two years ago, led by just one second going into the final event, a combination of running and shooting. He briefly lost the lead after his main rival, Cao Zhongrong of China, was quicker to hit the five targets.
Svoboda, however, regained the lead in the running part of the event, throwing his arms in the air to celebrate long before crossing the line.
He finished with 5,928 points to beat silver medalist Cao by 24 points. Adam Marosi of Hungary, the 2009 world champion, won bronze with 5,836 points.
"In Beijing, I was fighting for the gold medal, but it all ended in disappointment," said Svoboda, who started as the favorite at the 2008 Olympics but finished 28th. "So I decided to fight for gold again."
Cao said he was "quite happy" with his performance after earning China's first medal in the event.
"To show your strength on the Olympic grandstand, that's great," Cao said through an interpreter.
World champion Aleksander Lesun went into the final event in third place, but needed 10 shots to hit his five targets in his first shooting round. He lost too much time there to keep up with Svoboda and Cao, and finished fourth.
Two-time defending champion Andrei Moiseev of Russia lost his chance at another gold, falling to sixth going into the final event and finishing seventh.
Svoboda matched the Olympic record in fencing by winning 26 of his 35 bouts. He equaled the mark set by Moiseev on his way to the gold at the 2008 Beijing Games.
In the swimming event, Amro El Geziry of Egypt set an Olympic record by winning the 200-meter freestyle in 1 minute, 55.70.
Three athletes managed to score the maximum 1,200 points in the riding event -- Italy's Riccardo de Luca, Hungary's Robert Kasza and his compatriot Marosi.
Athletes were awarded points based on their performance in the each of the first three disciplines. The points were then converted into a time handicap for the concluding combined event of running and shooting.
It was the first Olympics held under the sport's new format, which combines the previously separated running and shooting disciplines, basically reducing the pentathlon to four events.
Also new was the use of laser technology for the shooting, replacing a pellet pistol.
Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympics, introduced the modern pentathlon for the 1912 Stockholm Games. The premise of the competition is that of a soldier behind enemy lines, who must duel, swim, ride, run and shoot to survive.


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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Seven Wine Blogs to Be Avoided at All Costs
Forbes.com, from the magazine for folks who brought down the American economy, recently published a list of seven Must Read Wine Blogs. Naturally, this amounted to a list of the usual suspects. I was reminded of the great Woody Guthrie song, "This Bland is Your Bland, This Bland is My Bland..." But it's what one would expect from a pedestrian and dull publication that no one reads or quotes unless they've come out with their list of the world's wealthiest people, or, as I like to call them, Republicans--a pedestrian and dull list of wine blogs.
Do these seven Must Read Wine Blogs really need the help of Forbes? They've already got thousands of readers monthly. My readership hasn't increased an iota since I started this masturbatory meditation on all things wine. Not that I can tell anyway. I haven't the vaguest idea how to measure readership. I just go by the personal hate mail I receive, and, well, that's about the same. But I'm thinking of spamblocking my family. Wouldn't it have been nice if Forbes.com had shown a little initiative and highlighted seven Wine Blogs that Ought to Be Avoided at All Costs? You know HoseMaster of Wine would have been at the top of that list, though almost everyone already successfully avoids it. But the thought got me to thinking, what are the seven Wine Blogs that Ought to Be Avoided at All Costs? Which would you choose? Here's my list.
I don't know, does the world need wine reviews written by the president of the local chapter of NAMBLA? Sure, priests know about wine, but, really, all the guy likes is the really young stuff. The wines too. The mind boggles at his reviews, though I did think he was pretty perceptive about the Rodney Strong samples the winery sent him. But it is creepy that his favorite winery is Mounts.
I was searching online for information about motivational speaker James Arthur Ray, you know, the guy who killed three people in a sweat lodge in Sedona (which breaks the old record of two set by Suzanne Somers and several beavers), and it turns out he also has a wine blog! Who knew?! It's mostly focused on Madeira. Obviously. I like his take on Madeira, actually. Ray thinks you should drink it till you puke. Then die. But I'd avoid this wine blog, it's just a rehash of Alice Fiering.
OK, at first I thought this was the BrixChix blog, but it's actually a blog written by an Inuit (a tribe closely related to the tribe of wine bloggers, the Iduits). This blog centers around the search for the perfect wine to pair with blubber. While occasionally enlightening, the post about the 27 different words the Inuit have for "shitfaced" is revelatory (wow, Shankenfaced, really?), the relentless descriptions of eating blubber gets a little nauseating. But it turns out the perfect wine to accompany blubber is Kistler Chardonnay. Shocked my blowhole.
You just don't want to go here. Trust me. Sure, it's interesting to hear that Yellow Tail is perfect with earwax, and that when trying to find the perfect wine for toejam it's best to put it on crackers, and that bougars need residual sugar, but, honestly, don't go there. Really, isn't Two Buck Upchuck going a little too far? Is this the democratization of wine reviewing we're looking for? On the other hand, the guy's a better writer than Harvey Steiman.
There's just nothing new here at all. This wine blogger coaches new wine bloggers on the fine art of getting drunk on a budget by printing up cheapass business cards on your home computer so that you can drink for free in tasting rooms all over the country, by soliciting free samples from desperate wineries (he actually provides a list of Sucker Wineries that have marketing consultants who would send free wine to a dung beetle if he had a wine blog), by bluffing your way into industry tastings with your imaginary blog credentials, and by kissing the egotistical butt of every winery owner in Napa Valley. It's a blatant Vinography ripoff.
Oh boy, what do I say about this turkey? The woman who writes this blog, Landa DaLost, is a "natural" woman. From her photograph, it's apparent she's got hair growing in more places than Al Qaeda. And she's not afraid to show it. If you blur your eyes, she looks like a breeding ground for echidnas. Landa only reviews natural wines, of course, and the more organic, the more Biodynamic, the more vegan, the better. And we're talking ripe. Landa, not the wines. But this is just another stupid blog about "natural" wines, and God knows we're all sick to death of that crap.
Wine Library TV
Oh, man, what the hell is this? Some strange little man on a cheap set hopping around like he's leashed to an organ grinder describing wine in ways that can only be described as ludicrous and goofy. Definitely stole my act. Guy should be a wine judge.
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If that kid at Copain would use more new French oak cooperage, we could legitimately call him "Woody Guthrie." But I think his name is Wells.
As for all those blogs to avoid...I'm reminded of the words of the great Lawrence (Yogi) Berra who said "No one goes there anymore. It's too crowded." And he might be correct, for if you visit dozens of wine blogs, you'll likely run across comments and postings by Charlie "Puff Daddy" Olken. He's crowded in everywhere!
I used to have trouble distinguishing between James Arthur Ray and Rachael Ray. But now I realize her tasting notes on wines are something like "Yum-o!" and "Double Yum-o!!," while James Arthur's ratings are "Killer!", etc.
Funny you should mention WinewithBlubber.com...today's posting reports on a tasting of Blubber Avec Foie Gras and it turns out the new hot wine is a Chardonnay from King Kongsgaard (not to be confused with Scotch Guard, though they taste nearly the same).
Regarding your snarkily lovely comment about DrunkonaBudget.com, most wine blogs are written by Dung Beetles. And it's not merely bloggers who "pose" as wine writers, but there's a boatload of people who pose as "industry" affiliates. You can find these people at virtually any wine event where there is no admission fee (sometimes called 'trade tastings'). Some card stock and a good computer printer allows these people to gain entry. I think they have a web blog: Wine-Posers-R-Us.
As for Landa DaLost...isn't that a pseudonym for Alice Feiring? Alice is a veterinarian, I think and her writing about the state of wine is akin to a PETA member writing reviews of steakhouses.
I've been to the Napa Valley Wine Library and they don't have a TV. The Napa Valley 7-11 does, however and they offer wonderful wines from such illustrious brands as Fetzerror, Sutter Homeless and Kendall Jackass. But I did catch that little monkey from New Jersey, tasting wine while wearing a New York Jets helmet and I admired his spitting technique.
Keep up the good work, Mister Hosemaster. I avoid wine blogs like the plague, except for this one.
- October 28, 2009 at 6:11 PM
- Blog Daddy said...
Hells bells, Washam, you left out some of the most obvious candidates.
FoodWineIsMe—This blog, written by a five-foot, three-inch sommelier, is all about small wines for small people. Mostly, he likes wine that has no flavor and plenty of acidity because he likes the taste of acid reflux, which is about the only sensation he can actually taste because of his tiny taste buds. He thinks Alice Feiring is another Lilliputian, and he can't be far wrong because her taste buds are also small.
WineWithoutLabels—Started by a guy who once got hooked on generic soda and then graduated to generic apple juice before finally discovering generic wine, this blog is written by a Mr. Anonymous. Wine is a box is just fine for this guy, but only if it has no label other than red, white or other.
PSILOVU—Started out as the love child of six guys with purple teeth, spread to twelve guys with purple teeth and now numbers 17 guys with purple teeth, this blog devoted to Petite Sirah is unique in that you can only log-in if you have, yes you guessed it, purple teeth.
- October 29, 2009 at 10:15 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Hey Boys,
Well, there are countless wine blogs to avoid, and, clearly, mine is one of them. It's about time the two of you started wine blogs that we can all avoid!
Hey, Charlie, when do we go to Livermore to make fun of Steven Mirassou? PM me.
- October 30, 2009 at 8:51 AM
- Anonymous? No, Omnibibulous said...
I know what an IM is and a BM. I get BMW, and I can tell time, but how does one PM someone? Is that some kind of tweeter/chatter?
Puff Daddy
- October 30, 2009 at 9:05 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Puff Daddy,
PM stands for Private Message,as in email, not as in sending a message to my privates.
Somehow in my recent move I lost your email address. It's not behind the refrigerator. So if you send me a note at firstname.lastname@example.com we can maybe find a time to run rampant in Livermore.
- October 30, 2009 at 9:19 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Wait a minute, You told me that PM was me sending messages to your privates...dammit Washam. Been a few days since you posted, where are you? Tied up? Distracted by one of your many females...a fugly midget? We are waiting Love...I for one am in need of a Hosing.
- November 2, 2009 at 1:06 PM
Maybe we should get together and write the next chapter ourselves. The HM is obviously absorbed with more important business--or he has been hit on the melon again.
- November 3, 2009 at 12:32 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Hey Gang,
Stay tuned. Just taking a break. More MS Conspiracy to come. Not that you deserve it, but, boy, do you ever deserve it.
I adore you, My Gorgeous Samantha
- November 3, 2009 at 7:49 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Mr. Daddy,
Let's do it! I want to write both of us into this thing...you want the huge boobs, pouty lips and tight ass or shall I take those?
- November 3, 2009 at 9:11 AM
I presume that you already have them.
- November 4, 2009 at 12:16 AM
- Arthur said...
I'd like dark circles under the eyes and reptilian-like jowls.
- November 4, 2009 at 11:08 AM
- Arthur said...
BTW, is the "M.S. Conspiracy" becoming like one of those 'choose your own adventure" books?
- November 4, 2009 at 11:09 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Aint the Internets grand?! Get to pretend to be all sexy and junk. So let's split em', I'll take the boobs, you get the tight ass and we can both have one pouty lip.
- November 6, 2009 at 8:31 AM


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#1 Global PremiereWorld's biggest live film event beamed Kofi Annan and Thom Yorke to a million viewers in 63 countries.
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#3 Stupid ShowOur daily web TV programme, live from 2009's Copenhagen climate summit, attempted to make sense of humankind's most important get together.
#4 Guinness World RecordStupid beat Star Wars - yup, Star Wars - by premiering in 62 UK cinemas at the same time, linked by satellite.
#5 First carbon neutral countryEco-hero the President of the Maldives announced groundbreaking policy at Stupid's UK premiere.
#6 Indie Screenings1400 local Stupid screenings in six months = "Revolutionising film distribution since 2009".
#7 Emissions = 1%Both the UK premiere and the production of Stupid produced 1% of the emissions you'd have thought they would.
#8 Crowd Funding620+ ordinary people invested £450,000 to produce our Stupid film and the same again to distribute it. Biggest ever crowd-sourced pot of cash.
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#10 Junk food lawAfter McLibel judge says McDonald's adverts "exploit children", the UK government bans junk food ads on kids' TV.
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#17 "A complete rewrite of UK energy policy"Climate Minister Ed Miliband changes coal law after Pete P threatens to give his OBE back to the Queen.
#18 Ken Loach directs McLibel dramaBritain's top gritty and realistic movie director joins Spanner's voluntary crew.
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Kernel Cousin KDE #18 is Out
Aaron J. Seigo is back with much appreciated KDE development news. This week read about the app currently known as Kontour, XIM support for KOffice, and more. "The self-imposed lull in new features and the looming inevitability of starting work on the next version of KDE has given many developers some time to consider the future of KDE. As a result several large threads regarding which direction to take things in the near future have occurred on several of the KDE development lists, some of which are covered in this issue." Go get it here.
Benefits of Qt3?
What are the benefits of moving to Qt3?
By Matt Perry at Fri, 2001/07/27 - 5:00am
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One of the most complained about aspects of X is the darn clipboard, so getting KDE based on Qt3 will solve a lot of headaches. But this is from a user perspective.
From a developer perspective, KDE-DB is going to utilize Qt3's database support, and this can't happen until they make the switch. KWord currently uses a backported richtext for use with Qt2. So you can see that there is a drive/need in KDE to use the new Qt3 features.
By Justin at Fri, 2001/07/27 - 5:00am
Re: Benefits of Qt3?
What is the purpose of database support in a *widget toolkit*? Isn't this just like placing TCP/IP support in /etc/passwd or another similarly unrelated place?
By Niftie at Fri, 2001/07/27 - 5:00am
Re: Benefits of Qt3?
there is often a need to access data from a database and display it in a GUI, or vice versa. in those cases having a db API that abstracts the details of the actual data access away (connecting, sending queries, retrieving results, details specific to a given db implementaiton, etc) that works nicely with your widgets (even so far as to make the widgets aware of the database) is very very nice.
making such things simple and convenient opens the door to making more applications database aware (e.g. financial packages, email apps, contact information systems)
By Aaron J. Seigo at Fri, 2001/07/27 - 5:00am
Re: Benefits of Qt3?
Qt is more than a GUI/widget toolkit; it is a cross-platform toolkit. What about QFile and QProcess? These are not GUI related, but they sure make life easier!
Trolltech put database support into Qt because there was a demand for it from their customers.
By Justin at Fri, 2001/07/27 - 5:00am
Re: Benefits of Qt3?
Qt has been more than a GUI toolkit right from the start. KDE has been using it as the basis for a full application framework since day one
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Open Nap / Gnutella client
Why not intergrate a Open Nap / Gnutella client in the sidebar of konqueror
By underground at Fri, 2001/07/27 - 5:00am
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Actually, I'd like to see a Freenet IOSlave...
A nice GUI client would make Freenet more usable.
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The Multispecies Salon
Michel de Certeau speaks of "reading as poaching" in The Practice of Everyday Life. This assertion is part of de Certeau's larger argumentthat consumption is not a passive act, determined by systems of production. He suggests that reading is a foundational mode of modern consumption, and therefore, of everyday life. In contrast to the "private hunting reserves" cultivated by elite literati, who alone claim rights to inscribe meanings to texts or landscapes, reading as poaching allows one to "convert the text through reading and to 'run it' the way one runs traffic lights" (1984: 171-176).
"What does it mean to poach another person's paper, especially an unpublished one?" ask members of the Matsutake Worlds Research Group. The English word "poach" is related to the French word pocher, to push or poke with a finger or pointed instrument, to pierce. "Poaching is a way of pushing or poking pieces of ones research towards that of another," suggests the Group, "something of an offering; not an encroachment but a gift."
We hereby announce an open CFP (Call for Poachers) in association with the Multispecies Salon panel at the upcoming American Anthropological Association meetings (Saturday, November 20th, 1:45 p.m.-5:30 p.m., New Orleans Sheraton, Grand Ballroom A, 5th Floor). Seventeen papers are available for poaching—all orbiting around the emergence of multispecies ethnography, a novel interdisciplinary mode of inquiry.
"Multispecies ethnography asks cultural anthropologists to reengage with biological anthropology," write event organizers Eben Kirksey and Stefan Helmreich. The papers under discussion explore human entanglements with animals, plants, fungi, and microbes.
Rather than passively listen to conventionally scripted conference presentations, we invite audience members to push or poke the papers on the table, to run them, like traffic lights. We invite the audience to offer up examples from their own research, to "poach" papers like pears, using red wine and honey to intensify and transform the flavor of the fruit.
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The Venue at the University of Central Florida was packed tonight as Alpha Delta Pi hosted it's annual Cheers for Charity philanthropy competition.
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(CNN) -- The French season is already up and running and over the weekend the English Premier League returned to action, while Spanish clubs continue to prepare for the start of La Liga on 23 August. So who were the weekend's winners and losers?
No Luis Suarez? No problem for Liverpool. In a tight Premier League opener against Southampton, the attacking talents who still remain at Anfield proved last season's runners-up still have bite, despite the departure of English football's least favorite Uruguayan.
Big things are expected of livewire Raheem Sterling and the England starlet continued the electrifying form he displayed at the end of last season. Latching onto a perfect Jordan Henderson through ball in the first half, he produced a calm finish to open the scoring.
But after Southampton equalized in the second half, it was Suarez's former strike partner Daniel Sturridge who made the decisive contribution.
One half of the "SAS" duo that was so prolific last term, Sturridge steered home Sterling's 79th-minute header to ensure Brendan Rodgers' team opened with a 2-1 win.
Playing in just his 50th match for Liverpool, Sturridge scored his 36th goal. If Sturridge and Sterling keep firing, memories of Suarez will fade fast.
"Vanishing spray"
Consisting of 80% water and 17% butane gas, it's an unlikely football icon.
But on its Premier League debut, "vanishing spray" was cheered to the rafters by supporters the length and breadth of England.
Used to great success at the 2014 World Cup, having long been a staple of South American football, the foamy substance is sprayed by referees to position players at set pieces.
English football is a late adopter of the pocket-sized innovation, but the country's fans whooped and hollered like cavemen playing with a lighter every time a referee grabbed the canister from his waistband.
Not everyone is convinced, though. Arsenal's Santi Cazorla swallowed a mouthful of the stuff after referee Jonathan Moss suffered a nozzle malfunction.
It might be hard for the Spaniard to stomach, but it looks like "vanishing spray" is here to stay.
Cristiano Ronaldo
The craze which has swept through the United States has made its way into football and, even though he didn't kick a ball this weekend, Cristiano Ronaldo rounds up our list of winners.
The Real Madrid star became the latest footballer to brave the "ice bucket challenge," which began in North America as a way of raising money for the degenerative condition Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Motor Neurone Disease.
A host of celebrities have soaked themselves in icy cold water, and Ronaldo joined the likes of Mark Zuckerberg, Justin Timberlake and Conan O'Brien after being nominated by former Manchester United teammate Darren Fletcher.
Sat in a tiny purple speedo, Ronaldo nominated rapper Little Wayne as well as Beyonce and Jennifer Lopez before being drenched by fellow Portugal international Fabio Coentrao.
Over to you, J'Lo...
Manchester United
How misleading can six pre-season wins be? Manchester United's 2-1 home defeat by Swansea on Saturday showed there will be no easy fixes for new manager Louis van Gaal.
The Dutch "mad genius" quickly had to rethink his 3-5-2 formation as Swansea exposed manifest weaknesses in United's defence, while comfortably dealing with their ponderous midfield and stuttering attack.
More worryingly Saturday's defeat highlighted the lack of investment in United's squad over the last few years, a legacy bequeathed to former manager David Moyes by his predecessor Alex Ferguson.
The club's owners have spared no effort in lining up myriad global sponsors --- official noodle and paint partners to name but two --- so it's a shame more hasn't been done to identify and rectify deficiencies in the playing staff.
Chief executive Ed Woodward has a matter of days left in the transfer window to improve United's strength in depth but his track record of success --- or arguable lack of -- in bringing in new players is increasingly coming under the spotlight.
Have Monaco lost their mojo? After finishing second last season, Monaco is without a point after two games and Sunday's 4-1 defeat at Bordeaux illustrates Ligue 1's noveau riche club might struggle without James Rodriguez, who joined Real Madrid in the summer.
Two of those four goals came from penalties, which prompted Monaco's new coach Leonardo Jardim to point the finger at referee Tony Chapron as a key factor in his side's defeat.
"We had two refereeing errors that sealed the match and after that there's been no game. We must continue to work - we will continue to believe in these players," Jardim told reporters.
There was some good news for Jardim and Monaco in that Colombian international Radamel Falcao came on as a second substitute as he returns from the serious knee injury that ruled him out of the World Cup.
Elsewhere in France, Bastia's Brazilian striker Brandao could be in all sorts of trouble after the Corsican club's 2-0 defeat by champions Paris Saint-Germain.
Thiago Motta suffered a broken nose after the game with CCTV cameras in the Parc des Princes tunnel showing Brandao waiting for the Italian international before the Bastia forward headbutted the PSG midfielder.
French secretary of state for sports Thierry Braillard told Franco Info the headbutt was "scandalous" and "unacceptable" and "merited a sanction."
PSG president Nasser al-Khelaifi went further, telling Canal Plus TV after the game that Brandao should be "suspended for life... he is not a football player."
France's Professional Football League disciplinary committee is due to examine the incident on Thursday and, given the severity of the "biting" sanction handed out to Luis Suarez by world governing body FIFA, it will be interesting to what the French regulator does.
That wasn't Brandao's only impact on the match with PSG saying their Dutch defender Gregory Van der Wiel suffered "a fracture of the second lumbar vertebra" following a knee in the back in the first half."
Last season Brandao was suspended for four matches after elbowing PSG's Yohan Cabaye at the Parc des Princes while playing for Saint-Etienne.


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Who would have thought that the original racehorse, the Arabian, would run on the same night as it's distant relative the mighty mare Black Caviar. What's more they all galloped on the hallowed turf of the historic Moonee Valley racetrack, home of the iconic Cox Plate. What an historic occasion. The Moonee Valley Race Club committee bent over backwards to make the connections of the Arabians welcome. The first ever Australian race in the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed al Nahyan Global Arabian Flat Racing Festival was a showcase for the versatile Arabian. These wonderful horses came from as far afield as Canberra to Cairns. The jockeys in the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies IFAHR Cup came from all over the world to contest the first Ladies Amateur race to be held in Australia. This is part of a world wide series and it is hoped that Australia will have a representative riding next year. The winner of this race was Ridgecrest Shy Guy ridden to a six length victory by Jadey Pietrasiewicz of the Netherlands.
The Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup 2040 metre race was won in a closely fought finish by Warrawee Naaziq giving his owner/trainer/jockey Kim Noble the thrill of a lifetime. Thanks must go to HH Sheikh Mansoor and his Festival Director Ms Lara Sawaya for bringing the event to Australia for the first time and giving the Arabian racing enthusiasts a sorely needed kickstart. This is just the beginning and it is a terrific one and the enthusiasm and faith that the trainers and owners exhibited by traveling so far to participate bodes very well for the future of Arabian racing in Australia.
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June 22, 2010 --"The Bachelor" is flying solo again. Jake Pavelka and Vienna Giraldi, the lovey-dovey couple who met and became engaged in front of millions of viewers on the 14th season of the ABC dating series, have called off their engagement, according to Pavelka's spokeswoman.
Janice Lee said "Jake and Vienna have split. They appreciate the respect for their privacy at this time." No additional details were provided.
After choosing 23-year-old marketing representative Giraldi on "The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love," 32-year-old pilot Pavelka competed on the 10th season of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" and was eliminated fifth from the competition.
Only four of the 13 previous couples who met on "The Bachelor" are still together.


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Manhasset, NY – November 14, 2012
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research announced today the submission of a New Drug Application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Fluorodopa F 18 positron emission tomography (PET) scan used to diagnose parkinsonian syndromes. Earlier this year, the Feinstein Institute received FDA approval under an Expanded Access Investigational New Drug (IND) program, permitting the Feinstein Institute to receive reimbursement for the use of the diagnostic tool in clinical research studies. This was the first time the FDA approved payment for Fluorodopa F 18 PET studies in parkinsonian syndromes.
The Fluorodopa F 18 PET scan, also known as FDOPA PET scan, is a simple yet powerful, noninvasive diagnostic tool that allows for the early diagnosis and proper medical management of patients with symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonian syndromes, such as decreased body movements, stiffness or rigidity, tremors or shaking of hands, are either caused by Parkinson's disease or by some other medical conditions, including Huntington's disease or drug use. It is important to differentiate if a patient has parkinsonian syndromes or Parkinson's disease because the symptoms are identical, but non-Parkinson's disease patients will not respond to typical Parkinson's disease medications. Many patients who do not have Parkinson's disease but do have parkinsonian syndromes endure unnecessary, potentially harmful treatment that ultimately doesn't alleviate their symptoms long term.
Patients with Parkinson's disease have demonstrated a low level of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain. The drug Fluorodopa F 18, a sterile solution, is used with PET to visualize the distribution of dopamine in the brain, and therefore may be used to confirm the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease and to follow the rate of disease progression.
The Feinstein Institute has been using Fluorodopa F 18 PET scan for the last 20 years under the leadership of David Eidelberg, MD, Thomas Chaly, PhD, and Vijay Dhawan, PhD. It is under the leadership of Dr. Chaly that the Feinstein Institute achieved the FDA approval of the Expanded Access IND with payment and the submission of a NDA for Fluorodopa F 18 Injection. The Feinstein Institute is the first and only research institute to receive approval from the FDA to use FDOPA PET scan under an Expanded Access IND program, allowing Feinstein Institute researchers and doctors to use the diagnostic tool in clinical research studies and receive reimbursement.
"We submitted a full New Drug Application for FDOPA PET scan, as we believe this will provide national recognition for an important diagnostic," said Dr. Chaly. "The FDOPA PET scan, if approved, has the potential to improve the quality of life for patients with parkinsonian symptoms by thwarting unnecessary costs and side effects from treatments."
Additional Details about FDOPA PET Scan
In an FDOPA PET scan, patients who truly have Parkinson's disease will show neuronal loss in the striatal region of the brain. Neuronal loss is visualized by an abnormal shape and reduced size of the normally crescent-shaped striatum. However, in patients who do not have Parkinson's disease but who do exhibit parkinsonian symptoms due to another medical illness, there is no neuronal loss and a FDOPA PET scan will show a normal shape and full sized striatum.
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I thought there was a darker N34 wheel used till approx 10/68? Almost a Walnut colour? My N34 appears much darker than John Z,s, I wonder if there was production run differences?
Im looking for an original rosewood if anyone knows where I can get one? Thanks


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Thank you so much for the kind words. This morning was much tougher than I thought it would be
Dee I know Four is with every dog you mentioned basking in the warmth of the sun (his favorite thing to do).
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Abuja, Nigeria, July 6, 2012–The Committee to Protect
Journalists condemns an attack on a Togolese journalist who was trying to cover
a demonstration on Monday and calls on authorities to immediately investigate
and bring the perpetrators to justice.
Atayi Ayi, a
reporter for the daily Forum de la Semaine, was taking photographs of a protest in Lomé, the capital, when two
groups of unidentified demonstrators beat him and seized his camera, he told
CPJ. The journalist said he was wearing a vest that identified him as press.
The attack left him with injuries to his right eye, a bloody
nose, and bruises all over his body, Ayi told CPJ. He was rescued by a police
officer and reported the incident to the police the same day, he said. His
camera was recovered by the police, he said.
from Committee to Protect Journalists http://cpj.org/2012/07/togolese-reporter-attacked-while-covering-protest.php


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Jeff Forehand and the Lipscomb Baseball staff will be holding their second Annual High School Showcase Camp on Friday, Sept. 7 and Saturday, Sept. 8.
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Cornishwoman Venetia Williams, from the famous Scorrier mining family, and
grandaughter of Four Burrow Hunt's best known master Percival Williams was the
trainer of today's Grand National winner.
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On this Monday, the Bank Holiday (30th), Tony Grantham, Head Verger and great supporter of the project, has organised a special peregrine day at the cathedral. It will include cathedral tower tours (£5 adults, £2,50 children, first come , first served, first one 10.15, last one 3.15pm), games and quizzes for children, a display on bell ringing and on the peregrines and a Watch Point too.
A star appearance from 'Cathy', the injured peregrine from 2009, will be a great attraction in the morning. Colin Pass, who looks after her, has kindly agreed to bring her down between 11 am and 1 pm. - probably as long as we should subject the poor bird to close scrutiny!


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It certainly seems like every winery on the planet is jumping on the Green band wagon in an effort to sell wine. Organic, BioDynamic, Vegan, Techron, OxyContin, Martinized, Fleet--these are the words now commonly found on bottles of wine and in winery marketing brochures. All in an effort to convince wine buyers that not only will the wine get you trashed, but you can get stinko with a clean conscience. And, really, it takes so little effort on the consumer's part, requires virtually nothing except you believe what it says on the bottle, and you can spend all evening congratulating yourself that you've done your part to save the environment. Not like the BioDynamic winemaker who's flying off to South America, as he does several times a year, after Harvest to consult, and help make their vineyards "green." Luckily, United Airlines uses BioDynamic jet fuel. And it's not like you have to drive a fuel-efficient car, for God's sake, that's insane. Every 105 lb. woman needs to drive a four-ton SUV. For safety, dammit! But I shop at the farmer's market, and my wine is made by BioDynamic monks who never kill European grapevine moths, they just capture them, thank them in French for their love of vineyards, and release them in their neighbor's non-organic vineyard where they'll be Dow-chemicaled to death. It's a win-win.
However, I have recently come across one winery that is bucking the Green trend, a winery following its own unenlightened path.
Our motto at Carbon Footprint Wines is "A bigger footprint gets us closer to our destination." We believe that climate change is real and unstoppable. And while others see this as a negative, we see it as an opportunity. An opportunity to speed up climate change, get this whole thing over with, end the suspense and get right down to extinction. We're not killing the whole planet; Nature will survive, it always does, we're just killing off ourselves, the human race, an entirely worthy goal. When you open a bottle of our Carbon Footprint wines you can rest assured that we've done everything possible to not only make the wine delicious and satisfying, but we've also done everything we can to have degraded our natural resources and contribute to greenhouse gases. You have our word.
In order to produce the finest wines possible, grapes need to have the least competition possible. Every insect or weed, every living thing in the vineyard, detracts from the vines. This is simple scientific fact. At Carbon Footprint, we spray every single available herbicide, pesticide and fungicide over and over again until the only living thing in the vineyard is the grapevine. We've even contracted with the state of Arizona to have them ship us their suspected illegal immigrants to work in our vineyards where they spray without the benefit of masks and hazardous gear and soon cease to be a problem. The result? Award-winning Cabernet! Yes, Senator John McCain has given us an Arizona Medal of Freedom for our 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon "Wetback Reserve."
And that's not all we do here at Carbon Footprint Wines. We make sure and plant on our steepest hillsides for the best soil erosion results, leeching lots of chemicals into our local streams and ridding them of annoying piscine pests. Hillside vines make for fabulous Carbon Footprint Zinfandel, which sucks with fish anyway. And we recently dynamited our caves and built a gigantic air-conditioned warehouse so that you can be certain that every bottle of Carbon Footprint Chardonnay will be in perfect condition after its stay in our electricity-guzzling storage facility. And, luckily, the cave was where so many of our Arizona friends were living!
Naturally, every bottle of Carbon Footprint wine weighs several pounds. Many people will believe that we use a freakishly heavy bottle for marketing purposes, to try and make our wines seem more serious, more valuable. But that's not the case. We use heavy bottles to drive up the consumption of fuel in the various vehicles used to deliver it, and, of course, to prove we have a bigger penis than anyone in the wine business. Just try to pick up a bottle of Carbon Footprint "Adios Coho" Zinfandel with one hand! Don't hurt yourself! It's a Hernia in a Glass. In God We Truss! A case of these babies weighs more than your ego-, oh, sorry, eco-friendly Prius. It has a bottom you can fit a cake in. A Bundt punt. But, please, we're begging you, don't recycle it. Why not just toss it through your neighbor's solar panels?
We do hope you choose Carbon Footprint wines to serve to your friends and family. We're destroying the earth so you don't have to.
Here are some recent reviews from notable wine bloggers:
"The Carbon Footprint 2007 "Polar Burial" Sauvignon Blanc is really, really good and shows the grape's typical aromas of gunpowder, nasal spray and RAID! It's brilliant! The music to go with it is Baby Got Back by Sir Mixalot." This sample was provided by the winery in the knowledge that I would praise it. --Wine Hurl Lots
"A complete surprise to me was the quality of the 2007 Carbon Footprint "What Glaciers?" Merlot. I know Merlot isn't the most popular drink right now, but this is far and away the nicest Merlot I've drunk through a straw (I couldn't lift the bottle) in months!" --Chaim Steveoff
"For the 2008 Carbon Footprint "Tribute to Roundup" Pinot Noir is farewell in a bottle. Farewell to my ancestors, upon whose shoulders I stood, before dandruff shampoo. Farewell to the beauty of the Adriatic, the bounty of the sea denuded and destroyed and delicious. Farewell to the stories of the old masters whose wisdom has been ignored in the making of this wine, a fine Pinot Noir that may almost be worth the degradation of this perilous planet we call home for now, but not for long. Farewell to the meals shared with grateful wineries who call me Jupiter. Farewell." --On the Wine Trail in Flipflops