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Streptococcus pneumoniae
|Streptococcus pneumoniae
|S. pneumoniae in spinal fluid. FA stain (digitally colored).
|Scientific classification
|S. pneumoniae
|Binomial name
| Streptococcus pneumoniae
(Klein 1884)
Chester 1901
Streptococcus pneumoniae, or pneumococcus, is a Gram-positive, alpha-hemolytic (under aerobic conditions) or beta-hemolytic (under anaerobic conditions), facultative anaerobic member of the genus Streptococcus.[1] A significant human pathogenic bacterium, S. pneumoniae was recognized as a major cause of pneumonia in the late 19th century, and is the subject of many humoral immunity studies.
S. pneumoniae resides asymptomatically in the nasopharynx of healthy carriers. The respiratory tract, sinuses, and nasal cavity are the parts of host body that are usually infected. However, in susceptible individuals, such as elderly and immunocompromised people and children, the bacterium may become pathogenic, spread to other locations and cause disease. S. pneumoniae is the main cause of community acquired pneumonia and meningitis in children and the elderly, and of septicemia in HIV-infected persons. The methods of transmission include sneezing, coughing, and direct contact with an infected person.
Despite the name, the organism causes many types of pneumococcal infections other than pneumonia. These invasive pneumococcal diseases include bronchitis, rhinitis, acute sinusitis, otitis media, conjunctivitis, meningitis, bacteremia, sepsis, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, endocarditis, peritonitis, pericarditis, cellulitis, and brain abscess.[2]
S. pneumoniae is one of the most common causes of bacterial meningitis in adults and young adults, along with Neisseria meningitidis, and is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in adults in the USA. It is also one of the top two isolates found in ear infection, otitis media.[3] Pneumococcal pneumonia is more common in the very young and the very old. It also is a major bacterium for invasive diseases like pneumonia and meningitis in South Asian children 12 years of age, though the evidence is of low quality and scarce.[4]
S. pneumoniae can be differentiated from the viridans streptococci, some of which are also alpha-hemolytic, using an optochin test, as S. pneumoniae is optochin-sensitive. S. pneumoniae can also be distinguished based on its sensitivity to lysis by bile, the so-called "bile solubility test". The encapsulated, Gram-positive coccoid bacteria have a distinctive morphology on Gram stain, lancet-shaped diplococci. They have a polysaccharide capsule that acts as a virulence factor for the organism; more than 90 different serotypes are known, and these types differ in virulence, prevalence, and extent of drug resistance.
In 1881, the organism, known later in 1886 as the pneumococcus[5] for its role as an etiologic agent of pneumonia, was first isolated simultaneously and independently by the U.S. Army physician George Sternberg[6] and the French chemist Louis Pasteur.[7]
The organism was termed Diplococcus pneumoniae from 1920[8] because of its characteristic appearance in Gram-stained sputum. It was renamed Streptococcus pneumoniae in 1974 because it was very similar to streptococci.[5][9]
S. pneumoniae played a central role in demonstrating that genetic material consists of DNA. In 1928, Frederick Griffith demonstrated transformation of life, turning harmless pneumococcus into a lethal form by co-inoculating the live pneumococci into a mouse along with heat-killed, virulent pneumococci.[10] In 1944, Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty demonstrated the transforming factor in Griffith's experiment was DNA, not protein, as was widely believed at the time.[11] Avery's work marked the birth of the molecular era of genetics.[12]
The genome of S. pneumoniae is a closed, circular DNA structure that contains between 2.0 and 2.1 million base pairs, depending on the strain. It has a core set of 1553 genes, plus 154 genes in its virulome, which contribute to virulence, and 176 genes that maintain a noninvasive phenotype. Genetic information can vary up to 10% between strains.[13]
Transformation in S. pneumoniae
Natural bacterial transformation involves the transfer of DNA from one bacterium to another through the surrounding medium. Transformation is a complex, developmental process requiring energy, dependent on expression of numerous genes. In S. pneumoniae at least 23 genes are required. In order for a bacterium to bind, take up and recombine exogenous DNA into its chromosome it must enter a special physiological state, called competence.
Competence, in S. pneumoniae, is induced by DNA-damaging agents such as mitomycin C, a DNA inter-strand cross-linking agent, and the fluoroquinolone antibiotics norfloxacin, levofloxacin and moxifloxacin, topoisomerase inhibitors that cause double-strand breaks.[14] Transformation protects S. pneumoniae against the bactericidal effect of mitomycin C.[15] Michod et al.[16] summarized evidence that induction of competence in S. pneumoniae is associated with increased resistance to oxidative stress and increased expression of the RecA protein, a key component of the recombinational repair machinery for removing DNA damages. On the basis of these findings, they suggested that transformation is an adaptation for repairing oxidative DNA damages. S. pneumoniae infection stimulates polymorphonuclear leukocytes (granulocyte) to produce an oxidative burst that is potentially lethal to the bacteria. The ability of S. pneumoniae to repair the oxidative DNA damages in its genome, caused by this host defense, likely contributes to this pathogen's virulence. Consistent with this liklihood, Li et al.[17] reported that, among different highly transformable S. pneumoniae isolates, nasal colonization fitness and virulence (lung infectivity) depend on an intact competence system.
S. pneumoniae is part of the normal upper respiratory tract flora, but, as with many natural flora, it can become pathogenic under the right conditions, like if the immune system of the host is suppressed. Invasins, such as pneumolysin, an anti-phagocytic capsule, various adhesins and immunogenic cell wall components are all major virulence factors. Once it colonizes the alveoli, the body responds by stimulating the inflammatory response. This causes plasma, blood, and WBC's to fill the alveoli, This condition is called pneumonia.[18]
Interaction with Haemophilus influenzae
Both Haemophilus influenzae (H. influenzae) and S. pneumoniae can be found in the human upper respiratory system. A study of competition in vitro revealed S. pneumoniae overpowered H. influenzae by attacking it with hydrogen peroxide.[19]
When both bacteria are placed together into the nasal cavity of a mouse, within 2 weeks, only H. influenzae survives. When both are placed separately into a nasal cavity, each one survives. Upon examining the upper respiratory tissue from mice exposed to both bacteria, an extraordinarily large number of neutrophil immune cells were found. In mice exposed to only one bacterium, the cells were not present.
Lab tests show neutrophils that were exposed to already-dead H. influenzae were more aggressive in attacking S. pneumoniae than unexposed neutrophils. Exposure to killed H. influenzae had no effect on live H. influenzae.
Two scenarios may be responsible for this response:
- When H. influenzae is attacked by S. pneumoniae, it signals the immune system to attack the S. pneumoniae
- The combination of the two species sets off an immune system alarm that is not set off by either species individually.
It is unclear why H. influenzae is not affected by the immune system response.[20]
Diagnosis is generally made based on clinical suspicion along with a positive culture from a sample from virtually any place in the body. An ASO Titre of >200 units is significant.[2] S. pneumoniae is, in general, optochin sensitive, although optochin resistance has been observed.[21]
Atromentin and leucomelone possess antibacterial activity, inhibiting the enzyme enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase, (essential for the biosynthesis of fatty acids) in S. pneumoniae.[22] Optochin sensitivity in a culture of Streptococcus pneumoniae
See also
- ↑ Ryan KJ, Ray CG, eds. (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology. McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-8385-8529-9.
- 1 2 Siemieniuk, Reed A.C.; Gregson, Dan B.; Gill, M. John (Nov 2011). "The persisting burden of invasive pneumococcal disease in HIV patients: an observational cohort study". BMC Infectious Diseases. 11: 314. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-11-314. PMC 3226630. PMID 22078162.
- ↑ Dagan R (2000). "Treatment of acute otitis media—challenges in the era of antibiotic resistance". Vaccine. 19 (Suppl 1): S9–S16. doi:10.1016/S0264-410X(00)00272-3. PMID 11163457.
- ↑ Jaiswal, Nishant; Singh, Meenu; Thumburu, Kiran Kumar; Bharti, Bhavneet; Agarwal, Amit; Kumar, Ajay; Kaur, Harpreet; Chadha, Neelima; et al. (5 May 2014). "Burden of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Children Aged 1 Month to 12 Years Living in South Asia: A Systematic Review". PLoS ONE. 9 (5): e96282. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096282.
- 1 2 Plotkin, SA; Orenstein, W; Offit, PA (September 22, 2012). Vaccines. Elsevier – Saunders. p. 542. ISBN 978-1455700905. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
- ↑ Sternberg, George Miller (30 April 1881). "A fatal form of septicaemia in the rabbit produced by the subcutaneous injection of human saliva. An experimental research". Bulletin of the National Board of Health. Baltimore, Maryland.
- ↑ Pasteur, Louis (1881). "Sur une maladie nouvelle provoquée par la salive d'un enfant mort de rage". Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris. Paris, France. 92: 159.
- ↑ Winslow, C.; J. Broadhurst (1920). "The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types". J Bacteriol. 5 (3): 191–229. PMC 378870. PMID 16558872.
- ↑ Wainer H (2014). Medical Illuminations: Using Evidence, Visualization and Statistical Thinking to Improve Healthcare. Oxford University Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0199668793. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
- ↑ Griffith F (January 1928). "The Significance of Pneumococcal Types" (PDF). Journal of Hygiene. Cambridge University Press. 27 (2): 113–159. doi:10.1017/S0022172400031879. PMC 2167760. PMID 20474956. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
- ↑ Avery OT, MacLeod CM, McCarty M (1944). "Studies on the chemical nature of the substance inducing transformation of pneumococcal types: induction of transformation by a desoxyribonucleic acid fraction isolated from pneumococcus type III". J Exp Med. 79 (2): 137–158. doi:10.1084/jem.79.2.137. PMC 2135445. PMID 19871359.
- ↑ Lederberg J (1994). "The Transformation of Genetics by DNA: An Anniversary Celebration of Avery, Macleod and Mccarty (1944)". Genetics. 136 (2): 423–6. PMC 1205797. PMID 8150273.
- ↑ van der Poll T, Opal SM (2009). "Pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia". Lancet. 374 (9700): 1543–56. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61114-4. PMID 19880020.
- ↑ Claverys JP, Prudhomme M, Martin B (2006). "Induction of competence regulons as a general response to stress in gram-positive bacteria". Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 60: 451–75. doi:10.1146/annurev.micro.60.080805.142139. PMID 16771651.
- ↑ Engelmoer DJ, Rozen DE (December 2011). "Competence increases survival during stress in Streptococcus pneumoniae". Evolution. 65 (12): 3475–85. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01402.x. PMID 22133219.
- ↑ Michod RE, Bernstein H, Nedelcu AM (May 2008). "Adaptive value of sex in microbial pathogens". Infect. Genet. Evol. 8 (3): 267–85. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2008.01.002. PMID 18295550.http://www.hummingbirds.arizona.edu/Faculty/Michod/Downloads/IGE%20review%20sex.pdf
- ↑ Li G, Liang Z, Wang X, Yang Y, Shao Z, Li M, Ma Y, Qu F, Morrison DA, Zhang JR (2016). "Addiction of Hypertransformable Pneumococcal Isolates to Natural Transformation for In Vivo Fitness and Virulence". Infect. Immun. 84 (6): 1887–901. doi:10.1128/IAI.00097-16. PMID 27068094.
- ↑ Anderson, Cindy. "Pathogenic Properties (Virulence Factors) of Some Common Pathogens" (PDF).
- ↑ Pericone, Christopher D.; Overweg, Karin; Hermans, Peter W. M.; Weiser, Jeffrey N. (2000). "Inhibitory and Bactericidal Effects of Hydrogen Peroxide Production by Streptococcus pneumoniae on Other Inhabitants of the Upper Respiratory Tract". Infect Immun. 68 (7): 3990–3997. doi:10.1128/IAI.68.7.3990-3997.2000. PMC 101678. PMID 10858213.
- ↑ Lysenko ES, Ratner AJ, Nelson AL, Weiser JN (2005). "The Role of Innate Immune Responses in the Outcome of Interspecies Competition for Colonization of Mucosal Surfaces". PLoS Pathog. 1 (1): e1. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.0010001. PMC 1238736. PMID 16201010. Full text
- ↑ Pikis, Andreas; Campos, Joseph M.; Rodriguez, William J.; Keith, Jerry M. (2001). "Optochin Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae: Mechanism, Significance, and Clinical Implications". The Journal of Infectious Diseases. Oxford University Press. 184 (5): 582–90. doi:10.1086/322803. ISSN 0022-1899. JSTOR 30137322. PMID 11474432 – via JSTOR. (registration required (help)).
- ↑ Zheng CJ, Sohn MJ, Kim WG (2006). "Atromentin and leucomelone, the first inhibitors specific to enoyl-ACP reductase (FabK) of Streptococcus pneumoniae". Journal of Antibiotics. 59 (12): 808–12. doi:10.1038/ja.2006.108. PMID 17323650.
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Streptococcus pneumoniae.
|External identifiers for Streptococcus pneumoniae
|Encyclopedia of Life
- GAVI Alliance
- PneumoADIP
- PATH's Vaccine Resource Library pneumococcal resources
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2012). "Ch. 16: Pneumococcal Disease". In Atkinson W; Wolfe S; Hamborsky J. Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (12th ed.). Washington DC: Public Health Foundation. pp. 233–248.
- Type strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase


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We invite you to join us during the summer of 2014 for an extraordinary program on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) and in Springfield, Illinois.
We will host 40 teachers in each of two, one-week workshops in which we will explore Abraham Lincoln's life in Springfield and New Salem Village, Illinois, and the political and historical challenges he faced as President. Join us as we hear from outstanding Lincoln scholars drawn from universities in the St. Louis area.
Every nation, David Potter wrote, needs "cultural nourishment" that comes from both its folklore and its history. Abraham Lincoln, more than any figure in American history, provides us with that nourishment. He comes to us in folklore through fabulous tales and epic legends that depict his great physical strength, tender compassion, brooding wisdom, infinite patience, and great humility. The qualities of the legendary Lincoln combine fact and fiction into myth that transcends time, infusing America's values with a vision of the "better angels of our nature." Lincoln occupies a central place in American history and memory because of his accomplishments as President and because the issues with which he contended
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Our discussions will provide us with an opportunity to explore the evolution of Lincoln's attitude toward emancipation that culminated in his support for the 13th Amendment. As we begin our discussion, we again turn our attention to selections from the 4th Lincoln-Douglas debate. Our investigation of race will be further illuminated by hearing the stories told by black women of their families and relatives during this period complemented by selections from the primary source material of Suzie King Taylor's 1902 Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33rd United States Colored Troops Late 1st S.C. Volunteers and Elizabeth Keckley's 1868 Behind the Scenes, Formerly a Slave, but More Recently a Modiste, and a Friend to Mrs. Lincoln.
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Dr. Hansen's first book, The Making of the Third Party System: Voters and Parties in Illinois, 1850 to 1876 (Ann Arbor: Research Press, 1980), is still considered essential today by scholars studying the Civil War Era. He is currently researching the social, demographic, and economic impact of the War on local communities.
Iver Bernstein, author of The New York City Draft Riots: Their Significance for American Society and Politics in the Age of the Civil War (Oxford University Press, 1990) is considered the definitive work on this major event in American history.
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During some independent time for exploration, you might want to visit the Old State Capitol across from his law office or the reconstructed train station, where Lincoln bid farewell to his neighbors and friends as he left to assume the Presidency. Springfield offers numerous sites central to the making of this great president. An optional Tuesday evening visit is planned to Lincoln's Tomb. Join us as we enjoy the shops and restaurants of downtown Springfield.
We journey the following day to explore Lincoln's early life in the town of New Salem Village where he grew to be a man. There, he clerked in a store, enlisted in the Blackhawk War, served as postmaster and deputy surveyor, studied law, and was elected to the legislature. We will see 24 reconstructed buildings (timber houses, shops, and stores) and numerous costumed interpreters who bring to life the village of Lincoln's day. Following our visit to New Salem Village, we will return to the SIUE campus for the final sessions of our workshop.
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At the end of the week-long experience, you will be required to create one lesson plan concerning at least one of the historical themes of the workshop. The plan will include knowledge, resources and primary source documents learned and studied during the workshop that align with national standards for teaching history, social studies, and civics, applicable in your own classroom. We will share our ideas in a process of peer evaluation. After the workshop ends, you may send us your penultimate lesson which we will review and return to you. We encourage you to contribute these lessons to our workshop home page so that we may, with your written permission, disseminate them to other teachers across the nation.
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SIUE is home to Lovejoy Library, Teaching with Primary Sources Project and several computers labs located around campus. Our residence halls are also equipped with a technology lab and full Smart Classrooms. We will provide you with free access to computer facilities, including information about access to the Internet and email.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is located on 2,660 acres of beautiful hills, and lakes. Just 25 minutes from downtown St. Louis with an excellent faculty and outstanding facilities, SIUE provides many exciting opportunities for its students and is a major academic institution in the region. Springfield, our landmark site, is located about 90 minutes northeast of campus.
Transportation from Lambert Airport in St. Louis to campus is available at approximately $60-$70 one way. Our optional facebook group will allow you to communicate with other participants for a shared ride.
Living units in the residence halls are one-bedroom suites sharing a common bath. If you are driving, we will provide you with a weekly parking pass at a $10 cost. All rooms are air-conditioned, with temperature control in each unit. Rooms are fully furnished and equipped with one telephone jack, data jacks providing free hook-up to the campus network, including the Internet, and expanded basic cable hook-up. All utilities are included in the cost of approximately $38.00 per person, per day, single occupancy. Approximate costs of nearby motel include the Day's Inn ($65 per day) plus tax. Dining facilities in the Memorial Union Center include the Center Court Food Court, The Den sports themed dining area, and local restaurants available by a short bus or cab ride. We will provide a no-cost shuttle to shops/restaurants on the days we hold the workshop at SIUE (Monday and Thursday nights).
Air-conditioned bus transportation will be provided for your round trip travel from SIUE to Springfield. In Springfield, you have the option to stay at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Hotel for $70 plus tax, a full service hotel within 2 blocks of the Lincoln Museum and Library in the heart of the downtown historic district.
For those participants wanting to come early or stay after our workshop, there are many activities in the region. SIUE is located in Edwardsville, IL, the third oldest city in the state. To the north of Edwardsville, along the Great River Road is Pere Marquette State Park ( http://www.greatriverroad.com/Pere/PereIndex.htm) with accommodations for housing in either its historic lodge and hotel or in nearby campgrounds. Many attractions are available to participants in the Edwardsville area. For specific information, please visit the city's website at www.cityofedwardsville.com.
Edwardsville is located about 25 miles north east of downtown St. Louis. Besides the renowned Arch, the Missouri Botanical Garden and Forest Park, built to house the 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis offers a variety of cultural sites to visit.
Teachers selected to participate as NEH Summer Scholars will receive a stipend of $1200 at the end of the residential workshop session. Stipends are intended to help cover travel expenses to and from the project location, books, and ordinary living expenses. Stipends are taxable.
NEH Summer Scholars are required to attend all scheduled meetings and to engage fully as professionals in all project activities. Participants who do not complete the full tenure of the project will receive a reduced stipend.
Participants who might want graduate credit (History or Education) will be provided with an SIUE graduate tuition waiver for up to three units of graduate course credit for this workshop. University fees will still apply. To receive course credit and a grade, an additional series of three lesson plans will be required to be submitted to the project director, following workshop participation. Registration for this tuition waiver will be processed on campus during the workshop.
SIUE can provide you with documentation of your attendance and participation in this workshop.
The POSTMARK deadline for the application March 4, 2014.
A full application consists of application materials and an online cover sheet
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Iker Casillas encourages youth in Uzbekistan to volunteerDec 5, 2013
The 5th of December is the day when the world is celebrating International Volunteer Day. This year, the United Nations' campaign to promote volunteerism in Uzbekistan is joined by no other than Iker Casillas, world renowned goalkeeper, captain of Real Madrid and the Spanish national football team as well as UNDP Goodwill Ambassador for the Millennium Development Goals. "While my job on the pitch is to prevent goals, my job at UNDP will be to help score them," says Iker Casillas about his mission as Goodwill Ambassador.
Through an information campaign addressed to young people in Uzbekistan, Iker Casillas encourages them to get involved in their communities as volunteers, and to take pride in helping others. "I admire volunteers for their passion, energy and commitment" said Casillas, before adding that volunteerism "will help them to develop both personally and professionally".
From a development perspective, the involvement of young people in participatory processes at all levels plays a pivotal role in ensuring that their rights are promoted, voices are heard, inter-generational knowledge is shared, and innovation and creative thinking are encouraged from a young age, to support positive transformational change in their lives and communities.
Uzbekistan has a rich heritage of community based mutual help initiatives. However, young people interested in volunteering need more information about relevant opportunities. To mark International Volunteer Day, the "Social Innovation and Volunteerism in Uzbekistan" project (funded through UNV and the UNDP Democratic Governance Trust Fund) is launching a national website on volunteerism and social innovation – I Act Uzbekistan (www.iact.uz).
The website is a place to learn about how volunteerism and social innovation can make a difference and contribute to peace and development, to meet dedicated people who want to contribute to society, to share ideas and to get involved in socially innovative community development projects. The key feature of the website is the matching of volunteers keen to dedicate their time and skills for worthwhile causes with organizations, foundations and NGOs that need help with realization of their ideas and projects. In short, iact.uz is the solution to a situation when youth are keen to volunteer, but do not know how and where to take action.
With iact.uz, young people with an interest in volunteerism and social innovation will now be able to follow Iker Casillas' call and find out about opportunities to get involved.
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The Burbank Recycling Center is resuming CRV reimbursements today more than 10 months after getting wrapped up a state fraud case and losing its certification.
Reimbursements were discontinued at the center in late December 2011 because it no longer received state CRV funds for curbside recycling after its former operator -- Geoff Folsom and Burbank Recycling Inc. -- allegedly bilked the state out of $33 million in fraudulent recycling claims at a facility in Long Beach.
Burrtec Waste Industries Inc., which took over as contractor for the site, and has since been working with the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to regain certifications to start paying CRV reimbursements for beverage containers.
CRV is 5 cents for each eligible container less than 24 ounces and 10 cents for containers 24 ounces or more, according to city officials.
During the past 10 months, the center has paid minimal amounts for aluminum cans, clear plastic bottles and opaque plastic items. Other recyclables, including glass, received no payment.
"This is great news for local residents who have supported the city's recycling program since 1984," said Kreigh Hampel, the city's recycling coordinator.
He added that the center, located at 500 Flower St., has been getting calls every day from residents asking when the buy-back program would start again.
Resuming CRV reimbursements at the Flower Street facility will relieve some pressure on the only other buy-back facility in Burbank, located in the Ralph's parking lot at 1100 N. San Fernando Blvd., city officials said.
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A. Even dietitian can suffer from depression and eat too much, or a gym coach that suffers from injury that prevents him or her from exercising. The knowledge and capabilities are not dependent on the specific situation of the therapist, not to mention the many explanations for such cases.
However, I do agree it may seem a bit suspicious…
However, I do agree it may seem a bit suspicious…
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Sherman Island Kiting
Hey everyone, I'm pretty new to the bay and really like kiting at Sherman Island and looking for some other people to go with. Let me know if your interested.
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The season for Sherman is over ! North wind is not recommend or safe at Sherman.
There will be a few days in the next couple weeks, that locals can hit, but if you are not already there, by the time you drive there it will be over, very short periods of usable wind that come up fast and leave the same way.
SUP and Surf season is here.
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how about an onshore Crissy session?
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Re: Sherman Island Kiting
Agree with what's been posted. You can score sessions almost all winter somewhere but it is really nuanced in terms of exact spots on exact days and takes a lot of trial & error to really know where to go and when. For example there is a spot that works on a NE with two launches only about 1/4 mile apart where one side will work and the other won't depending on the slightest nuances in the wind.. Good luck!
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The Parking lot is closed because of the budget SNAFU in Congress, you need too hike it in.
Not recommended unless you have allot of local Crissy water time, flood current needed on a NE wind and that wind is very unreliable. do not go near the bridge or out past the bridge, you will not be able to come back because of wind shadow. Just ride in front of the beach.
Danger on launching and landing do to wind direction leaves you with not much room between the water and parking lot.
A crew from third ave came through a couple years ago and all had to be rescued by the coast guard by going out under the bridge. And also flew there kite into the parking lot on a bad launch.
This was not welcome or appreciated. All could have been prevented by asking a real local.
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Berkeley to Crissy downwinder!!!
Sold all my gear; ebbs and flows; see you next season.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
— Albert Einstein
Re: Sherman Island Kiting
today is looking pretty windy in the East Bay but straight off shore. Nothings over
Re: Sherman Island Kiting
Riding used and closeout kites and boards from e-bay,craigslist,ikitesurf, and local surf shops.Now riding home made foils
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CARSON, Calif. – Robbie Keane is suspended, Landon Donovan continues to rehab a hamstring injury, and David Beckham still feels ill. The LA Galaxy could be missing all three of their big stars for their CONCACAF Champions League game on Wednesday night against the Puerto Rico Islanders (10 pm ET, Fox Soccer)
Head coach Bruce Arena isn't saying so, but then again, he never does.
"I don't do any of those 'likelies' and 'probablies' and all that stuff," Arena said Tuesday when asked about Donovan and Beckham. "We'll know tomorrow at kickoff."
Keane will sit this one out after his controversial red card in the Galaxy's Group 5 opener last week, a 5-2 victory over El Salvador's Isidro Metapán.
Donovan hasn't trained fully since straining his hamstring in the US victory over Mexico two weeks ago, and he sat out both the Metapán clash and Sunday's 2-0 victory over FC Dallas.
Beckham made it to the 78th minute Sunday despite a stomach virus that had him up all night, vomiting, on the night before the game. He trained Tuesday, said he felt "a little bit better" as he walked off, then indicated that he was far from full strength.
Given the importance of Saturday's upcoming league game against Vancouver, it might be wise to give Beckham the night off.
Arena said Donovan and Beckham were "moving along," that "David seemed fine today" and that "Landon's working out inside today."
The Galaxy are certainly preparing for the possibility neither will be available. LA have played just two games without all three Designated Players since Keane's arrival last August: the regular season-ending loss at Houston last year and the US Open Cup loss to the Carolina RailHawks in May.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nori Aoki and Billy Butler each drove in two runs in a five-run seventh and the surging Kansas City Royals rallied to defeat the Oakland Athletics 7-3 Thursday.
The Royals have won 18 of 22 to move 12 games above .500 for the first time since July 20, 2003.
The Royals took the season series, winning five of seven against the Athletics, who have the best record in the majors.
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Right-hander Jeff Samardzija (3-2) took the loss, giving up four runs, three earned, and eight hits in 6 2-3 innings.
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Crystal Palace have reportedly agreed a fee for Peterborough United's coveted 22-year-old striker Dwight Gayle, according to talkSPORT.
Fulham were among a host of clubs linked with Gayle, who only signed for Peterborough in January having initially arrived on a loan deal in November.
However, it appears that the newly-promoted Eagles have won the race for his signature, as he was seen at the club's training ground on Thursday.
The fee agreed for the former Dagenham and Redbridge man, who was on loan at non-league Bishop's Stortford just a year ago, is believed to be in the region of £3million.
Gayle caught the eye of many scouts last season with his impressive goal tally of 13 goals in 29 games for struggling Peterborough - who only missed out on Championship safety on the final day of the season after losing to Palace.
His most impressive performance was against Blackburn Rovers, where he bagged an impressive hat-trick. His pace, movement and work ethic caused havoc for a plethora of Championship defences last term.
Gayle will be a huge loss for the Posh, whose director of football Barry Fry had previously stated that the club would do everything possible to keep hold of Gayle.
However, he did admit that it would be difficult to reject overtures from Premier League sides and it appears Palace have won the race to sign the impressive forward.
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text: I tried to look on the amd site but the links to recommended motherboards gave errors. I have purchased K7VTA3 motherboards for AMD XP-2100 processors. I'm having MAJOR difficulties. The system loads (Debian Linux with either 2.2.20 or 2.4.19 kernel) and everything looks fine. However, when we run large jobs the systems crash. Any insight would be welcomed as we have tried many things. Art Edwards On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 11:59:20AM -0500, Robert G. Brown wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Dave Lane wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm going to be building a AMD MP-based beowulf system this spring and have > > a question or about memory selection for the nodes. > > > > First question is which type of memory to choose: ECC, non-ECC, Registered > > or not. My understanding that registered memory is slower, but allows for > > more capacity (more chips) on a DIMM. This should not be an issue for me, > > since I expect that 512M in each node will be enough. > > Read AMD's webpage(s) for their memory recommendations and follow them. > AMD MP's in my experience are very sensitive, period, to just about > everything in their engineering recommendations. Use an "approved" > power supply, approved memory, approved motherboard. > > My recollection (without digging out a motherboard manual or rechecking > their website myself) is that the recent dual AMD's all require > registered ECC, and pretty high quality recc at that. As always YMMV > and somebody will probably chime in with how they tried other memory > types and it worked, but our luck in that regard has not been good. > > There are still plenty of memory vendors that make dimms that meet AMD's > specs. ECC runs a bit ($50?) above non-ECC for 512 MB PC2100 DIMMS; > registered ECC costs about $10 more than that, or in the ballpark of > $200 for 512 MB (probably less if you pricewatch for bleeding edge lows > -- these are OTC retail). > > Quite a bit more than SDRAM... > > > Second question is if memory errors occur with ECC memory does Linux know > > about and report problems in the logs? (this does occur on Sun Solaris > > systems)? > > I think this is a FAQ -- do a search on the list archives, as I think > Don Becker (?) may have answered it close to two or three times now, and > has been generally discussed fairly extensively.;-) > > If I recall the discussion correctly, some listvolken swear by ECC and > run code on systems where they see memory errors turn up. Others use > any-old memory and don't see the errors, but neither do they see > overwhelming evidence that their systems are constantly becoming > corrupted. But I could be misremembering. > > rgb > > Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ > Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 > Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 > Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu > > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf -- Art Edwards Senior Research Physicist Air Force Research Laboratory Electronics Foundations Branch KAFB, New Mexico (505) 853-6042 (v) (505) 846-2290 (f)


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There are certain disadvantages to locating your game-centric retail store next to a big box electronics outfit, as this lovely Best Buy sign so aptly demonstrates. It's enough to make a guy trade in all his games for a refrigerator.
It's also a bad idea to have your corporate logo rendered in an easily accessible font like Impact MT, making it all too easy for the competition to create mocking signage that draws your customers' eyes away from your storefront.
Come on, brave little GameStop. Don't let Best Buy push you around. Get your hands on some Futura Bold Extra Condensed and poke fun at Best Buy's disorganized Blu-ray aisle and it's $US5,000 HDMI cables.
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INJUNCTION: Ministry of Justice have slapped gagging order on Almost British
THE MINISTRY of Justice has been slammed for banning the publication of a book telling the story of a prison service employee's first-hand experiences of racism.
Olivea Ebanks penned the memoir Almost British describing her journey of taking her employers to tribunal for direct racial discrimination, harassment and victimisation.
Ebanks claims she was the victim of a number of incidents of racial discrimination between 2005 and 2006.
At a 2008 hearing, she won a partial victory against her bosses resulting in her being awarded an undisclosed sum in compensation.
But she decided she wanted to share her experience with others and decided to write the explosive tell-all expose.
The self-published book contained extracts from the actual emails presented to the tribunal and her personal diary of events and was due to hit shelves last September.
But the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), which oversees the Prison Service, took out an injunction to prevent that from happening.
Now members of Ebanks' family, close friends and supporters are campaigning to overturn the injunction.
They have written to Prime Minister David Cameron and deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg and are urging Voice readers to support the campaign.
Ebanks is gagged from commenting because she is still employed as a civil servant.
Her furious 87-year-old mother Rubertha Brathwaite, however, told The Voice: "They told her to take down her website and [she] has been told that she can't publish her book. I'm not glad about my daughter's treatment so I've decided to take a stand where she can't.
"She would like to take a stand against this injustice she has experienced but she can't afford to lose her job, she has bills to pay. This is why I would like it to go public. Her book details her account of what she experienced so if this is a democratic society, why is she being prevented?"
An MoJ spokesman said: "Civil Servants must not publish material relating to their work at a Government department without seeking permission first. Ms Ebanks' book is unbalanced and misleading, and she has not been given permission to publish it.
"We take all allegations of harassment or discrimination very seriously, however Ms Ebanks' claims were misconceived and the tribunal upheld only four of her thirty-seven complaints. All four of those matters were found to be isolated acts by individuals in which no malice was intended."
The four claims upheld by the 2008 tribunal were harassment on racial grounds on March 28, 2006, direct racial discrimination and victimisation, racial harassment based on comments made at a meeting in October 2005 and victimisation on racial grounds based on an incident that occurred in August 2006.


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Site Extensions
Most of us are familiar with Web sites with different extensions (.com, .net, .edu, .co.uk, etc.), but what's really the difference between www.mydomain.com versus www.mydomain.net? Generally speaking, unless you are a .edu or .gov (which are reserved for accredited educational and government institutions), there really isn't too much benefit to having a .net over a .com. Search engines do weigh .edu and .gov extensions more heavily than .com, .net, etc., which means that a link to your site from one of these extensions is like gold. But as far as search optimization is concerned, for the most part it won't matter what extension you choose for your site. The major exception to this rule is related to local search.
Google's goal is to provide searchers with the most relevant results possible. To fulfill this goal, a part of Google's algorithm is dedicated to the physical location where the search originated. For instance, here in the US when you do a Google search the results usually have extensions like .com, .net, .edu, and so on. These are all extensions associated with the US. However, the same query performed in the UK will return a majority of .co.uk extensions instead of .com extensions. This is because when someone performs a query, one of the things Google looks at is the geographic location of that search and then returns results that are most relevant geographically. It's unlikely that someone looking for "pet stores" in the UK will want to fly all the way to the US to find one, so US-based extensions are usually not provided in the results.
Knowing about the localization of search results is important if your site offers products or services in many different countries. If you offer products or services in the UK but you're based in the US, host your site on a machine that is physically in the UK. When you develop content, keep that country's terminology in mind. Keyword research is critical to getting your international site to rank internationally. Spellings can differ greatly between countries and so can etymology. Though search results favor the country code of where the search originated, if a non-native site is optimized better than a native site, the non-native site can outrank the native site. This being said, it's entirely possible for a .co.uk site to rank in the US and vice versa.
Another benefit of having sites hosted in different countries is that you can't get penalized for duplicate content. Say you're a Southern California based company with a site hosted locally and you're looking to expand to the UK market. You can have the same content on both the US and the UK site without penalties for duplicate content only if the sites are hosted in different countries. This means that the UK site would have to physically be hosted in the UK.
In general, there isn't too much of an SEO benefit to having different site extensions. Sometimes sites will even buy versions of their domain name with different extensions and redirect them all to the main site to reduce competition and spammers. But, unless you're trying to reach an international market, site extensions have minimal impact on SEO.


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introduces you to Christianity's origins in ancient Pagan religion. You'll discover the evidence, the scholarship, and the reasoning behind this eye opening understanding of western intellectual history.
You already know Christmas trees and Easter eggs were originally Pagan, and you probably know the seasonal timing of the two holidays is Pagan too. Mildly interesting. Not what you'll find here. What you'll discover at POCM is that ancient cultures around the Mediterranean shared a set of ideas about Gods and their powers and place in the universe—and that Christianity adopted those ideas, and applied them to Jesus.
Ancient people knew godmen did miracles. The first Christians knew Jesus was a godman, so the stories they told about Him included miracles. He even did the same miracles other, earlier Pagan godmen did.
The core of Christianity—the worship of a miracle working, walking, talking godman who brings salvation—was also the core of other ancient religions that began a thousand years before Jesus.
Heaven, hell, prophecy, demon possession, sacrifice, initiation by baptism, communion with God through a holy meal, the Holy Spirit, monotheism, immortality of the soul, and many other "Christian" ideas all belonged to earlier, older Pagan faiths. They were simply part of ancient Mediterranean culture. Along with miracle working sons of God, born of a mortal woman, they were common elements of pre-Christian Pagan religion. Mithras had 'em. So did Dionysus, Attis, Osiris, and Orpheus. And more.
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2. nd day, see the orangutans and continue for jungle trek, and spend night in the tent in the jungle
3 rd after back from the jungle , leave to Tangkahan . Will arrive arround 4 pm. Still a time for swim. Spend night in the guest house. In the morning after breakfast can go to hotspring and then go for elephant riding trek, back to hotel.
4. th Arround 11am leave to Berastagi, can stop in interesting places , will arrive around 5pm, spend night in the hotel. After breakfast take a hike time for climb Sibayak volcano for about 4 hours, then visit the fruit market of Berastagi.
5 th After fruit market and lunch go to Sipisopiso waterfall in Tongging. Then continue the trip to Pematang Purba (Simalungun king palace) get information about history of the Simalungun Kingdom and culture of the comunity. From this palace continue the trip get to Parapar (lake Toba) and soon cross the lake to get to Samosir island by Ferry direct to the guedt house in Tuktuk for spend overnight.
6 th In Samosir island is free program, can go around the lake by boat, go to see Sidabutar king cemetry in Tomok, visit the hot spring in Pangururan or see the carving. can rent the notor bike for transportation. day after breakfast go to climb Sibayak volcano for about 2,5 hours up and down and than visit the Berastagi fruits market. After lunch continue the trip get to sipiso-piso waterfall in Togging village ( Karo Highland ) spend about one hour drive. After sipiso-piso waterfall ( the highest and largest waterfall in North Sumatera ) continue the journey get to Pematang Purba ( The Simalungun King Palace ) or Rumah Bolon. while breaking time get information about the history of Simalungun Kingdom. From this king palace go straight to Parapat ( Lake Toba ) take the ferry get to Samosir island spend night in Tuk-Tuk.
7. th Take a ferry cross to Parapat,drop to Medan air port.
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Jussie's Farm Escape
Name: Justine S.
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Size: 9 square feet
Your Favorite Thing About Your Outdoor Space: I have peppers, cherry tomatoes, and kale, all outside my window!
Biggest Design Challenge With This Space: The biggest challenge was finding a way to keep the path open in case the fire escape needs to be used as it was intended. Also, keeping things from drying out. Terracotta pots dry out too fast 4 stories up, so the cure was a window box and and old wood wine box with some holes drilled in the bottom for drainage.
Tips for Creating a Great Small Outdoor Space: Grow up. If you don't have square feet, pick things that like to climb on things. Vines are your friend. Or if you can anchor things to a wall, just get your containers going vertical.
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Tomer,RnB's needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 498 designs submitted by 108 freelance designers.
Logo needed for RnBcasa – a stylish home décor brand and site.
Design should be chic, modern and fun yet elegant and clean.
* Please use Readable fonts
* Illustrations are more than welcome, but not a house please.
* Try to think STYLE & FASHION.
I'll write comments daily & I've written more in the brief so do read it.
* Prize is $400 + extras!!
Thanks & Good luck to you all : )
RnBcasa, RnBcasa.com
* I need here 2 versions: One with the ".com", and one without:
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Both versions should have the sub text -
Your Online Home Décor Store (You can write in big or sub letters).
* Winning designer gets $400 USD + some extra gifts from one of my other sites: http://stores.ebay.com/RnBstyles-Store (You can choose almost all).
* RnBcasa is about stylish & unique home décor, kitchen and bath accents & accessories.
We are NOT about high – end super fancy furniture.
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And again – Think Style!
- Logo should be: Chic & Stylish, Creative, Modern, Clean, Elegant, Simple ( not too much..) Use Readable fonts
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let SAGE CANYON RIVER COMPANY be your guide to an outrageous whitewater rafting experience
Welcome to Sage Canyon River Company, the Oregon river rafting company dedicated to providing adventurous people with the thrill of a lifetime. Here at Sage Canyon River Company we have a passion for fishing, camping and white water rafting. We love the outdoors and enjoy all that Oregon and the Deschutes River has to offer. That is why we started this company. We want to share our passion with others looking take advantage of the beauty and excitement provided by the rushing Deschutes River and the majestic Oregon frontier.
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Embark on the shortened version of our day trip. We set out from Harpham Flats and tackle Class III and IV rapids, including Wapinitia, Box Car and Oak Springs. Rafters are treated to a BBQ steak and chicken lunch at Maupin City Park, after lunch you set off to finish the remainder of your adventure.This is a great trip for those short on time, but have an appetite, and high on adventure.
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RARA needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 107 designs submitted by 37 freelance designers.
You need to design a logo for our site.
we created a leading trading platform for forex, stocks, commodities,CFD and indices.
we need a professional looking, clean and elegant, logo that will give a positive feeling of profit.
the name of the site is "10PIPS" and we want to use the URL in the logo.
more about our company:
we developed a unique platform for traders.
there is no other platform like us.
the site will be in 10-15 other languages (worldwide)
its going to be the best platform in the market.
we are targeted new traders and professional traders.
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Any colors you feel that are applicable to our industry / target market (finance, traders)
we saw many sites that use blue,green and red in our market.:
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No particular desired "style", except we want to avoid designs thatare too "edgy" or more appropriate for a younger market (youth). Ultimately,we'd love a clean, elegant way to illustrate our professionalimage. Just keep in mind that we want a positive feeling.
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Because you are the design expert, we want to leave as muchcreative freedom as possible. Thus, to be open to many design ideas, weare looking for a logo that fulfills these two basic requirements:
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Please feel free to ask as many questions as needed! We'll try to respond promptly (within an hour or so) to help out.
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NFL to announce schedule on Thursday
The National Football League will announce the 2013 regular-season schedule Thursday at 8 p.m. ET, league spokesman Greg Aiello announced through via Twitter.
The defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens will open the season on the road Thurs., Sept. 5, due to a conflict with the Baltimore Orioles, who are scheduled to play the Chicago White Sox at 7:05 p.m. ET on that date.
The NFL, Major League Baseball and the teams were unable to reach a compromise to let the Ravens to open at home.
One possibility is the Ravens opening in Denver, which would set up a rematch of the 2012 playoffs, when the Ravens won 38-35 in double overtime. It would also feature the return of linebacker Elvis Dumervil to Denver.
Other intriguing 2013 matchups include the return to Philadelphia for former Eagles' head coach Andy Reid, who is now coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, and Peyton Manning's homecoming in Indianapolis as well as a game against his brother, Eli Manning, when the Broncos visit the New York Giants.


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Been playing for the past few days.Love the driving, mission variety, and humor that was oh so lacking in IV.Hate that the shooting STILL sucks balls. Seriously, Red Dead had better shooting than this three and a half years ago. Why didn't they just use that system? I died on Franklin's first real shooting section because of the awful autoaim, the terrible way you stick to cover, and the fact that enemies can put you down in one or two hits if they score headshots.
Oh well, I'll keep at it. Just pissed that we're putting up with awful shooting mechanics and it's been nine years since San Andreas. Hell, SA had better shooting controls than this....
Anyone else feel like the police are way less on your ass than in IV? Anyways, the driving is certainly 100x better.
IV had better driving if you wanted to "act out" in the game, but if you want something that's just gamey and fun in an open world every other GTA is way better.
I finally obtained my copy of the game, yesterday. I heard the police are more annoying in this game, rather than in IV.
Why aliens I wonder. Anyways, I love the drug trips. I definitely like how missions can literally go any which direction.


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The Stubborn Screwups of the Emmy Awards
So, on Sunday night, I sat down to watch the MTV Video Music Awards. Why? I have no idea. Curiousity, I guess. One pop star sang something about an anaconda. Someone else wore a dress made out of jeans. Taylor Swift and someone named "Ariana Grande'' were there and the whole world frightened and confused me. By the time some terrifyingly vapid Australian rapper with a name that sounded like an ingredient in a designer shampoo came on the stage – presumably singing a song about wallabies or Paul Hogan or something – I'd had enough. Away with you, VMAs.
Who'd have thought that would only be the second most embarrassing awards show of the week.
The 2014 Emmy Awards were the televised equivalent of your 80-year-old grandfather who refuses to give up the car keys, even after everyone else in the world realizes that he just shouldn't ever get behind the wheel. The world of television has changed, for the better (mostly). There's more quality coming out of more sources with more talent behind and in front of the camera than the medium has ever seen … and yet, the Emmys just don't seem to care. Two decades after network television's high-water mark, they still seem to think that we're living in a world where it is king. The awards stuck in an endless rut of rewarding the same acceptably average programs year after year, at the expense of true recognition for shows that really do deserve the honors. It's beyond embarrassing at this point. Now it's just shameful.
It's not a new problem. "The Wire,'' the greatest television show America's ever produced, was only nominated for two Emmys (for writing), and won none. "The Larry Sanders Show'' only won three, two for writing and one for Supporting Actor. Transcendent performances like Tatiana Maslany's on "Orphan Black'' regularly go unnoticed by the ignoramuses in charge of the nominations. It's astonishing. How can this institution regularly let such greatness go by so unrecognized? That's like the NFL throwing an MVP award to Andy Dalton for a completely average year while Peyton Manning put up video game stats.
I mean, the greatness is there, and it's an annual frustration that it doesn't get the recognition it should. Honestly, some of the charm of watching the Emmys is for those brief, wonderful moments when they actually do something right – honoring Kyle Chandler for "Friday Night Lights'' and Michael Chiklis for "The Shield'' come to mind immediately – but those shining moments are few and far between. Look at the Best Comedy category, for example. You had Veep and Louie, two of the more brilliant comedic television series in the history of the medium, as well as the impressive rookie Silicon Valley and the Netflix blockbuster "Orange is the New Black'' (not really a comedy, but, hell, it's there). Two all-timer shows, one great newcomer and the epitome of the new streaming-content, on-demand television revolution … and the Emmys wheeze, cough, hand the award to "Modern Family'' (for the fifth season in a row) and trudge off to Old Country Buffet in their Omni. I have no problem with "Modern Family.'' Not usually. It's perfectly great pre-brunch, post-hangover binge watching for Saturday mornings. However, when it beats out other, truly transcendent programs that are on the air right now … well, then, that just grinds my gears.
Sticking with comedy, instead of the brilliance of Louis C.K. or the overwhelmingly, compellingly self-destructive William H. Macy on "Shameless,'' the Emmys shrugged and handed Jim Parsons from "The Big Bang Theory'' another award. He looked almost embarrassed picking it up. That's two in a row and four out of five for Parsons. That's right, the last five Lead Actor in a Comedy awards go Jim Parsons, Jim Parsons, Jon Cryer (for "Two and a Half Men''), Jim Parsons and Jim Parsons. CBS must have incredibly compromising photos of the entire Emmys voting block. That's a Bengals-like run of mediocrity and poor decision making at the expense of some actual deserving winners (Steve Carrell, most notably, was shut out of two of those awards).
Oh well. You could go on-and-on about the Emmys' annual head-in-their-sand ostriching – ignoring Robin Wright's icy brilliance on Netflix's "House of Cards'' to give Julianna Margulies another Emmy for CBS's steadily competent "The Good Wife'' is another head-shaker – but, at a certain point, it all just seems useless. It's a damn shame. At a point where television has never been more relevant in popular culture, the institution ostensibly dedicated to honoring its greatness has never been more selections that were more irrelevant. To the Emmy voters, the modern television world is as scary to them as the modern VMAs were to me on Sunday night.
At least there weren't any Australian rappers, though.
Oh, and I guess I should have some wrap-up thoughts about the program. These bullets will help me calm down some:
– The letter grade for the show? It's a solid C+. This show was good enough to get into the mediocre state school with no scholarship, but just lazy enough to go to community college instead. Seth Myers was his usual average, Applebees-quality self, filling but absolutely unadventurous. Even a few Amy Poehler appearances couldn't liven things up.
– Once Aaron Paul picked up an Emmy for Breaking Bad, most of the drama in the … well, the drama categories, was just about over. This was Breaking Bad's victory lap and it cashed in, winning for Drama Series, Supporting Actor (Anna Gunn) and Actor (Bryan Cranston). Hard to be too angry at these awards. This is one of the greatest shows ever, and I guess it deserved one final night in the sun. Game of Thrones better win something next year, though.
– Nice to see "Fargo'' pick up a deserving Emmy for Best Miniseries.
– Allison Janney is pretty much the Meryl Streep of the Emmys now – she could star in a Rolaids commercial and she might pick up a trophy. Too bad she had to win one for "Mom,'' though.
– Cary Joji Fukunaga, the "True Detective'' director / Emmy winner, has the most awesome hair this side of Brock Holt.
– I certainly agree with the thesis of this New Yorker column, which posits that the concept of Weird Al Yankovic is a lot funnier and more satisfying than the actual work he produces. His lyrics-to-show-themes bit kind of reinforced that. Andy Samberg in the Joffrey costume, though (and his subsequent appearance with Lena Headey) might have been the show's highlight.
– Sarah Silverman is dating Michael Sheen? I really want to just hang out at a dinner with them two. Hell, I'll pay.
– The one thing the show got right? The tribute to Robin Williams. Billy Crystal's touching and hilarious remembrance was absolutely pitch-perfect, and the final stand-up bit they showed before fading to black was absolutely chill-inducing. As Crystal said, "Robin Williams, what a concept.''