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Well it's Sunday morning so it must be time to check out what's been happening around the blook-o-sphere. Last weeks was a bit too long so I'm probably going to keep this weeks a bit shorter!
And we start with a very important question:
link: The Speculative Scotsman: How We Read: An Addendum
In the meantime, I thought it would be a fine idea to highlight the best of the comments and responses to Had We Worlds Enough and Time in a post of their very own. TS was first to answer the question I'd posed – how do you read?
Naill got some great answers from the likes of Mark Charan Newton, ediFanoB, Mark Chitty, and Aiden Moher. As usual I'm late to this party so I missed out on jumping in at the start but how would I answer?
Harry and I have a challenge this year to read 6 books a month. I'm on five this morning, almost, I have less than a hundred pages of Horns to go and I'm gonna try and see if I can read something short to make my six.
Six in a month doesn't feel rushed and I should have read 72-ish by the end of the year. That in noway is a reflection of all the books that are released but as Mark CN said does reading as many and as fast as you can actually feel worthwhile?
I hope I can balance by own enjoyment with moving books down the line, which is actually a struggle when I'm not enjoying it, my whole motivation goes and I don't really want to read. But when I'm in the groove I'll read to exclusion of most of others things. Enjoyment is the biggest factor.
link: Floor to Ceiling Books: Quiz! UK vs US books covers – just for fun!
American and English books have different covers to appeal to the tastes of the two different nations. Question is, which do you favour? Here are ten books, click the dot underneath the cover which appeals to you the most, and find out where your tastes lie.
I like the UK one BTW
link: Temple Library Reviews: Social Stigma & Comic Books [by Graeme Flory]
I'd never really given this a lot of thought until Harry happened to drop the subject of the social ramifications of being a comic book reader into an email conversation that we were having. In Harry's words, "Does that instantly make you a geek or whether social status upon what is read is pretty much a myth?" As it inevitably turned out, I was too busy reading comic books ('Nemesis the Warlock' rules!) to give the matter the level of consideration that it deserved…
I'm a geek and given up worrying about it.
link: gaskella: A tale of two families at war with themselves
While, at over 400 pages in hardback, the book was too long and I got fed up with most of the characters some of the time, I did have to keep reading to see if Meridia would get to the bottom of her parent's cold war; to see if she could outwit the scheming Eva; amd most of all to see if her relationship with Daniel would survive. It has been billed as a fairy-tale, but the magic of the bees and mists is essentially incidental to the family drama within. An engrossing debut.
I just like the cover…
link: Review: Arms-Commander by L. E. Modesitt Jr. « King of the Nerds!!!
I've gone on quite long enough I think. Arms-Commander is a entertaining, if flawed, read. It is perhaps best suited for individuals who are already deep into the Saga of Recluce. That isn't to say that new readers won't find anything of value here, I definitely did, only that I think more experience with Recluse likely lends greater insight into the preceding. This is well-crafted, thought provoking high fantasy that is certainly worth a look if you have the time and patience.
See that's always the problem I face, where to start? For example I've got a copy of The Preacher Camilla Lackberg but before I start it I just wanted to check it was a good place to start but some lovely person on Twitter said nope start with The Ice Princess so in went the order to a currently in the bad books online retailer.
Is it just me that has problems knowing where to start with a series or a writer?
link: gaskella: But darling the virus won't affect us, will it?
This immediate transformation of the country into a miriad of small fiefdoms and garrisons, with its accompanying moral disintegration may have happened rather fast, but kept things moving towards the conclusion. John and Roger were ex-Army, so had the discipline to do what they had to do, the women were 1950s housewives, but at least Ann had a mind of her own, despite some rather dated, arch and cheesy dialogue.
It's not the worlds best review, but one of my mates is reading it and was describing some of the details and it sounded very disturbing and so easy to bring about. Worth a read?
link: Ecstatic Days » Blog Archive » Genres of Fiction, and Why They Aren't Discrete Entities
I have argued that genre disctinctions aren't useless — they are ways of signaling expectations to readers, and establishing reading conventions, and all that is great. I think the problem comes when we start reifying genre and assuming that the barriers between genres are somehow real and important barriers, rather than being useful human constructions that can be argued over and negotiated.
Genre is a tool. It's not a prophecy.
I am always disappointed when I see people using it as the latter. Yes, it happened to me occasionally in the academy. Here's an anecdote from an acquaintance:
He walked into the workshop as a prospective student, having been accepted, so that he could attend a class and decide whether or not he wanted to enter the program. When current students asked what he wrote about, he told them he was writing a novel about the beginning of the world, taking apart and reassembling creation myths. One student sneered. "We don't do fantasy here."*
I agree. Great read.
link: Fantasy Book News & Reviews: Review: Nightchild by James Barclay
Overall, it reminded me of why fantasy done right can be so entertaining, fun, and emotional to read. The Raven really get dinged up, and it was a nice change seeing an author willing to risk his characters in that way. The story itself was the best of the trilogy, and while Nightchild does have a solid ending, there are other threads left to be explored in the next set of books
What else you do you want from the end of a trilogy? Sounds good.
And we're quite obsessional us reader. I know I am.
link: Stomping on Yeti: My White Whale
I like John, have a few SF Masterworks titles of my own. And by a few, I mean most of them. And by most of them I mean all of them, minus one. It's taken a long time and a lot of help from the UK Book Depository but I've acquired a decent quality edition of every single one of Gollancz The one book missing from my collection is none other than H.G. Wells's classic, The Invisible Man rereleased as SF Masterworks #47 and assigned ISBN 1-85798-949-X.
Well he found it:
link: Stomping on Yeti: Don't Call Me Ahab…
..because I landed my white whale. After years of off-and-on searching that evoked memories of Harrison Ford's The Fugitive, I finally turned up a copy of the unobtainium-bound book!
That was until:
link: Stomping on Yeti: SF Masterworks Relaunch (or Golancz Mocks Me)
You can see all the gory details here.
Out of the 16 books on the calender thus far, 4 of them are new releases. The rest are rereleases…
I guess the covers are decent (especially The Time Machine) but still I'm reluctant to get involved again. The biblioholic in me is scared. I need to know…
-Will the spines be different?
-Will the numbering restart?
-Will they line up nicely on the shelf?
I don't know who makes these decisions but if you are they: What did I ever do to you?
link: PETRONA: The enduring appeal of Nordic novels
I've become a bit overwhelmed recently with links to articles in the media about Scandinavian, or Nordic, crime fiction. People kindly send me them, they crop up in my RSS reader, or they are added to the Friend Feed crime fiction room. I like to read them but it is getting hard to distinguish them in my mind. Almost all of them have the same structure – they ask why crime fiction from the region is suddenly so popular, and say that people must like gloom.
Seems like the media needs to start looking deeper into this rising star in genre…as do readers. This reader certainly is.
link: The Speculative Scotsman: Book Review: The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman
There are occasional glimmers of something worthwhile in The Left Hand of God, but for the most part, Hoffman's first genre novel is derivative, distracted and downright dull. This early in the year, readers are no doubt keen to latch onto the next great fantasy; assuredly, however, this literary identity crisis falls far short of that high watermark. In all likelihood Penguin's disproportionate publicity campaign will persuade enough readers to buy The Left Hand of God that sequels will come along to resolve the many plot threads left unresolved by this disappointing volume's abrupt conclusion, but unless Hoffman hones the scattershot craft he exhibits herein, I truly don't think I'll care enough to find out.
I do usually go out of my way to try and get hold of HOT books like this one but the hype seems to have come from the publisher not for the readers. I usually go with my feelings and this one just wasn't doing it somehow. It seems I could be right?
Or maybe not?
link: REVIEW | The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman (Penguin) ~ Mad Hatter's Bookshelf & Book Review
Even with all the flaws The Left Hand of God is an unrepentantly evil yet enjoyable book for those into the darker side of Epic Fantasy that kept me thinking about it long after I finished. There are many questions unanswered that left me eager to get to the next volume to learn more about this world and its secrets. As of right now I'd be surprised if this made it into my year end best, but there is enough good to recommend it.
link: Fantasy Book Critic: "Incarceron" by Catherine Fisher (Reviewed by Cindy Hannikman)
It's a very rare book that can take on this approach to writing and not lose the reader. Instead Cathrine Fisher knows just when to drop clues and hints to the mystery of Incarceron that it captivates the reader and makes them want to know more. However, this approach isn't for everyone and could cause readers to stop reading for fear of not understanding the entire plot or getting easily confused as to what is really going on.
The plot of the story is a fairly intriguing concept. Incarceron is really for the most part one big mysterious area, that slows starts to form as the reader progresses through the story. New information is constantly being added and readers can never know what to expect to find in Incarceron. By the end a fully formed picture is painted and it really is very fascinating.
and a second opinion:
link: FANTASTIC BOOK REVIEW: Review: Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
The writing is impeccable. The plot is fast-paced and it kept me glued to the story down to the very last page. This is one of those books that I will be highly anticipating the sequel. Fisher has acquired a new fan. Readers of fantasy, be prepared to be a prisoner of Incarceron for it surely will keep you locked into its pages in the wee hours of the night.
I loved Darkhenge and have a signed copy of it and I bought Incarceron on it's UK release. I need to turn into a book rather than something pretty on the shelves…
link: Graeme's Fantasy Book Review: 'Heart of Veridon' – Tim Akers (Solaris)
Jacob Burn is not the kind of person you want to be standing next to on an airship; having crashed the only one he ever piloted and been involved in the crash landing of another. These days he uses his connections with the nobility to make a living in the underworld of the ancient city of Veridon. That last crash landing is about to become a lot more painful than the injuries he sustained however. A strange artefact came into Burn's possession just before the crash and it seems like the whole of Veridon now wants to get their hands on it. It's not just the citizens of Veridon either; something strange is stalking Burn through the streets, something that will make Jacob question everything that he thought he knew about himself and the city he has always lived in…
You know that phrase, 'don't judge a book by a cover', well I'm afraid I do and I don't know what to make of this one.
link: Review: Drood by Dan Simmons | Only The Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
What a book! 771 pages to narrate five years. Too much? With Drood Dan Simmons presents an opus which eludes any unequivocal categorization. It is an inimitable – which is also used as a description of Dickens, please forgive the pun – mix of a portrait of Victorian culture, manners and morals, mystery, gothic traces, partial biography of two men, history, drama, travelogue, relationship study, friendship and drug experience. Brilliant researched from Staplehurst Train Desaster via the oeuvre of Dickens and Wilkie to the events, places and persons appearing in Drood and reinterpreted, the reader is offered a deep insight to the psyche of Collins and Dickens as well as an insight to the moral vision of the 19th century.
It would be nice to read but I'm not sure what I'd get out of reading it? I guess I need something more definitive than a portrait, probably.
link: Graeme's Fantasy Book Review: 'Feast of Souls' – Celia Friedman (Orbit)
As the opening book in a trilogy, 'Feast of Souls' is primarily about setting events up for future books as well as introducing the setting and characters within it. As such, the focus is more on politicking and world building and this does affect the pace of the book, slowing things down when I wanted them to speed up. The politicking is enthralling though (especially as the larger picture becomes apparent) and the world is beautifully drawn (albeit bleak…) As a payoff I found that this more than made up for the lack of pace in areas of the book. When events flare into life Friedman has her hands firmly on the reins and delivers scenes that are tightly controlled while sparkling with vitality.
I'm not adding this to the pile – I'm not… just cause I like the cover?
link: Mark Charan Newton – New Two Book Deal
Seems as though I'm late to my own party. Whilst the interwebs was busy fluttering with this news, I was getting my haircut and buying new shoes, and then I've got to cook dinner for four tonight. But anyway:
PRESS RELEASE – 28th January 2010 SECOND TWO-BOOK DEAL WITH TOR UK FOR MARK CHARAN NEWTON
Mark's a lovely chap and this is very exciting news – especially as the paperback ofNights of Villhamur isn't out until June or the US release and book two City of Ruin has only just been finished.
link: Fantasy Book Critic: Spotlight on February Books
This month Robert Thompson provided most of the book titles with additions by Cindy Hannikman, Liviu Suciu and Mihir Wanchoo. We are featuring 54 books. The release dates are US unless marked otherwise and the books are first edition unless noted differently. The dates are on a best known basis so they are not guaranteed; same about the edition information. Since information sometimes is out of date even in the Amazon/Book Depository links we use for listings, books get delayed or sometimes even released earlier, we would truly appreciate if you would send us an email about any listing with incorrect information
Some highlights for me on the list – "Point Omega" by Don DeLillo, "The World House" by Guy Adams, "Lex Trent Versus the Gods" by Alex Bell, "A Dark Matter" by Peter Straub, and many others…
And as they used to say, 'That's All Folks!'
More next week.
Anything caught your eye?


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Bloomberg TV host: "Are you buying? Adding more gold to the collection?" Mr T: "The highest weight I carry is 45lbs" — YouTube
When asked if their food was not biodegradable, McDonald's said: 'This is an outlandish claim and is completely false.' — Daily Mail
States probe mortgage industry practices — Reuters
"I know Arianna doesn't like it," Obama said lightly. "But I like taupe." — NYT
Mold depends on moisture as well as the nature of the substrate. I suspect the McDonald's meal dehydrated before decomposition could really set in. You can mummify anything if you dehydrate it sufficiently.
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Hello TFF, this experiemnt has been done many, many times before. One of them , which has been on youtube for years, was a controlled experiment where the food was placed in glass containers and observed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-ljW5YEd ao&feature=related
Interesting, hsvkitty, especially the two-week results. The Big Mac shows surprisingly little decay.
I'm less surprised by the permanent french fries.


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scotlandap1 said...
This article touches on a lot of things I'm thinking about literally this very moment.
I'm MS shadow this xpac but had been holy since vanilla, which is now my OS.
My RL called the raid a few minutes ago because our third healer in our ten-man group couldn't make it. Interestingly, she happens to be Disc, and this would have been a "progression" night for us as we were going to be facing Alysrazor for the first time. While honestly, I don't want to get "forced" back into healing, I do find it a little bit insulting when there's a perfectly good OS Holy priest that can heal just fine (with the gear to back it up, including the 4-pc. T11) but the perception seems to be growing that holy is not viable...and maybe it *is* not as good as Disc at the moment, but really? Call a raid because of that? Sigh.
zubbiefish said...
My experience is almost exactly the same.
I've been a healing priest, in one form or another, since I started in BC. I dabbled in Shadow when dual spec was introduced, but never really played it seriously. Once Cata came I decided to "see how the other half lives". I specced Shadow, practised my butt off, found a guild who would take me as a DPS, and went to town.
I've used my healing spec in a raid once. It was in a pinch, and they reluctantly "let" me heal. The reasons for that? I have no real idea. I don't know if they don't trust me to do it, because they never see it, or our regular healers are just so good the they can't do without them. Maybe it's because I'm pretty good deeps, #1 or #2, in most of our 10's.
Regardless, it's not all bad, I like Shadow. It's not the same kind of challenge that healing is, but it has the benefit of keeping stress low. That's a good thing for your leisure activities.


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1. Ch. 11 Notes---Modern Atomic Theory
3. Bohr Atomic Model
5. Quantum Mechanical Model
6. Quantum Mechanical Model
9. Figure 11.15: The difference between continuous and quantized energy levels.
10. Quantum Numbers Describe the ______________ of the e-?s around the nucleus.
Quantum #?s are sort of like a home _____________ for the electron.
This information about the location of the e-?s in an atom can be used to:
(1) determine chemical & physical _____________ for the elements.
(2) show how the _______________ __________ is organized.
(3) show _____ and _____ elements combine to form compounds.
11. The Four Quantum Numbers Principal Q. #: Describes the _____________ that the electron is from the nucleus. The bigger the number, the ___________ away the electron is.
Example: (1=closest, 2, 3, 4...farther away)
These distances are sometimes called _______________
______________ ____________.
12. Orbital Q. #: Describes the __________ of the electron?s path around the nucleus with a letter: (s, p, d, & f) These are sometimes called ?_____________?.
s=_____________ cloud; p=_____________ or a 3-D figure 8;
13. d & f orbital shapes are complex ________- _______________ ellipsoids, and some d?s and f?s are an ellipsoid with a doughnut or two around the middle.
All of these orbital shapes are based on the probability of finding the electron in the cloud.
14. Figure 11.22: How principal energy levels can be divided into sublevels.
15. A Way to Visualize s, p, d, and f sublevels
16. Magnetic Q. #: tells how many _________________ in 3-D there are about the nucleus for each orbital shape.
s=___ orientation p= ___ orientations... (x, y, and z)
d= ___ orientations f= ___ orientations
The orientations are represented with a line or a box.
Examples: ___ This means a __________ orbital at a distance of 1s ?__? (close) to the nucleus. This orbital is centered about the x, y, and z axis.
? ? ? This represents an ___________ orbital with its 4p ____ possible orientations at a distance of ?___? from the nucleus.
17. Figure 11.23: Principal energy level 2 shown divided into the 2s and 2p sublevels
18. Spin Q. #: describes how the electron in an orientation is spinning around the nucleus. This spin can be thought of as ?____? or ?________?. (Some like to imagine it spinning ?clockwise? and ?counterclockwise?.) The spin is represented as an ___________ in the direction of the spin.
Example: ? This represents one electron in a _________ 2s orbital with spin ?____? at a distance of ?___? from the nucleus.
Remember, the four quantum numbers tell us the location, or ?address? of each electron in an atom.
This information is vital in understanding the layout of the Periodic Table and the reasoning behind why and how atoms form bonds.
19. Electron configurations are notations that represent the four Quantum #?s for all of the electrons in a particular atom. Here are the rules for these notations:
Rule #1 (Aufbau Principle): Electrons fill ________ energy orbitals first.
Examples: 1s would be filled before ____
3s would fill before ____
21. Rule #2: Only ___ electrons can fit into each orientation.
Example: ___ ___ not ____
1s 2s 1s
Rule #3 (Pauli Exclusion Principle): Electrons in the same orientation have ______________ spin.
Example: ___ not ___
1s 1s
Rule #4 (Hund?s Rule): ?_______________ rule?---> Every ??? in an orbital shape gets an electron before any orientation gets a second e-.
Example: ??? not ???
2p 2p
22. Rule #5: The Exceptions
Half-filled or completely filled d & f sublevels have ________ energies and are more stable than partially filled d?s and f?s.
This means that an atom can ?borrow? one of its ?s? electrons from the previous orbital to become more stable.
Example: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
5s 4d
becomes ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
5s 4d
Because the 4d sublevel is now full, the atom is at a ________ energy state and therefore _________ stable.
23. Electron Configurations Practice Problems:
Write the electron configuration notation for each of the following
Shorthand Method: Assumes we already know about the # of ?.
24. How Electron Configurations Relate to the Organization of the Periodic Table
25. Figure 11.31: Orbitals being filled for elements in various parts of the periodic table.
26. Electron Configurations & Properties How do electron configurations relate to the chemical and physical properties of an element?
All elements with the _________ outer shell e- configurations have ________ properties.
This means that elements in the same ____________ group have similar properties.
Examples: (1) Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs all have __ lone ?__? e- for their last orbital... (_____, _____, _____, etc.) This makes all of them ___________ reactive. They all react with __________ to produce hydrogen gas.
(2) Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, and Rn all have the outer energy level completely __________ with electrons...(________, ________, ________, etc.) This makes all of them ______________. They do not produce __________________!
27. More Practice Problems
(1) Which element has its last electron as a 4p5? ___________
(2) Which elements are similar in properties as Bromine? __________
(3) What would the outer shell electron configuration look like for the element underneath Radon, (Rn)?
(4) Which electron is added after 6s2? ________
(5) Which element would ?borrow? a 5s electron to get a half-filled ?d? sublevel? ___________
(6) What is the shape of the last orbital filled in Calcium, (Ca)? _____
(7) How many electrons are in the last ?p-orbital? of Sulfur, (S)? ____
28. Electromagnetic Radiation Any wave of energy traveling at a speed of ___________ is called electromagnetic radiation.
There are many types of electromagnetic radiation and each type has a different _______________ and _______________.
Here are the types of electromagnetic radiation from longest to shortest wave or lowest to highest frequency. These are also in order from lowest to highest energy.
29. Electromagnetic Radiation
30. Electromagnetic Radiation (1) Radio Waves -- used in __________________
(2) Microwaves-- broadcasts TV signals and used to _____ _______.
(3) Infrared (IR) -- we feel this as _____; _________ & ______ can ?see? this.
31. Infrared Vision
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Midfielder to change loan deal at Vitesse for Norway test.
Francisco Junior has joined Norwegian outfit Stromsgodset on loan for the remainder of the season.
The 22-year-old Everton midfielder had been on loan with Vitesse Arnhem in the Netherlands this term but has now switched clubs for the remainder of the 2013/14 campaign.
His loan with Vitesse Arnhem had been due to expire in June but it has been cancelled in order for him to move to the Norwegian club ahead of their new season, which gets underway in March.
Vitesse are currently fourth in the Dutch top flight. Francisco's first team opportunities at Vitesse have been restricted to a handful of substitute appearances.
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Mo Allach, technical director at Vitesse, said: "Santos has played, but hasn't made it into the starting eleven. In accordance with Everton, we decided a loan to Stromsgodset is the best step for everybody."
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Eric Boulton enters his second straight summer as an unrestricted free agent after his sixth season with the Thrashers. This time he is coming off a career-high in goals with six, which included a hat trick against New Jersey on Dec. 18.
The forward was one of three full-season Thrashers to finish with a plus rating.
In the next of a series of interviews with Thrashers players following the 2010-11 season, here is some of what Boulton had to say about his desire to return next year and the potential he sees in the young team.
Q. How would you describe your season and your expanded role, which included a career-high in goals?
A. I played a lot more than I have in the past. I think that each year I've played here, I've played more and more. [Coach Craig Ramsay] likes to roll four lines so that was great for a guy in my role. I think I proved to him, the coaches and management that I can contribute besides just the physical side. Obviously we are not happy with the outcome, not making the playoffs but we have a lot of potential here. We can turn it around, for sure.
Q. What is it that you see in this team that makes this more than just another year the Thrashers didn't make the playoffs?
A. I think we are such a young team and we lost a lot of one-goal games. I can't count how many. There were just a lot of mistakes made. In terms of the talent and youth and potential that some of these guys have is overwhelming. I think if we play as a team like we were down the stretch we gave a lot of teams a hard time. I think with the experience of this year, we are going to build and grow as a team year after year.
Q. Why did this team have success against the top-level teams like Washington and Philadelphia?
A. I think guys go into those games thinking I better be on my best game or we are going to get stomped on. You might not think that going in against a team below you in the standings. That's part of learning. Teams are so good in the NHL right now every game is a must-win. You have to win hockey games. You have to put points together whether it's Washington or Florida. You have to be ready to go. When we play well against those teams it shows we are capable of doing it. When everyone gets on the same page and a little wiser and smarter, I think we will be all set.
Q. It's another offseason for you as an unrestricted free agent. You've made a home here. What are your thoughts, hopes, plans?
A. Hopes are to re-sign with the team. We've made this our home. We obviously love it here. The potential of the team is very attractive too. I think there is a bright future with a lot of young kids who can play. I definitely would love to come back.
Q. Your negotiations last year went late into the offseason. Is that why there was just a one-year deal then?
A. I'll take as many as I can but you'll have to ask [management] about that. But we definitely want to stay here. We want to be a part of this.
The series will continue over the next couple of weeks. Coming Friday, Anthony Stewart.
April 28th, 2011
8:04 am
Please re-sign him, Duds!
April 28th, 2011
8:15 am
I'll second that YB. Keep Boults in the uniform.
April 28th, 2011
8:20 am
Skip Anthony Stewart. He need not have a future with this team.
April 28th, 2011
8:46 am
Boults is a class act! He gives you everything he has every night! This guy will fight anybody on any given night. He is a vocal leader in the locker room and is respected and loved by his team mates. He was the reason that Duds could trade Ben Eager. Plus he doesn't bitch and complain when he is a healthy scratch. Boults knows his role on this team and he performs it well.
April 28th, 2011
8:55 am
He seems to be a good middle of the road all purpose vet who can mix it up to send a message when you need him to. Probably a great attitude in the locker room!
April 28th, 2011
9:00 am
Boults can deliver the Heart Punch!!!
April 28th, 2011
9:07 am
I dont understand why Chris is not updating Thrashers immenent departure while all other media outlets are??
April 28th, 2011
9:57 am
Because the departure isn't imminent like all other outlets (mostly in Canada) are hoping it to be.
April 28th, 2011
10:02 am
April 28th, 2011
10:02 am
Winnipeg will dig yo team!
April 28th, 2011
10:10 am
Boults is a solid guy with a consistent effort, game in and game out. How many other players could the team really say that about this season? He has always worked and created a way to make himself neccessary to this franchise…whether its scoring, speed, intimidation or community service. He's very smart in that regard. Teams need "enforcers", but versatile ones. Boulton knows that, plays a smart game, and finds ways every season to prove his value. That's the kind of guy any team should want.
April 28th, 2011
10:36 am
April 28th, 2011
10:44 am
Canada will "dig" our Thrashers next season the way they always have…..via Center Ice.
April 28th, 2011
11:30 am
Eric Boulton is one Hell of a hockey player.
April 28th, 2011
12:51 pm
The time is near. Say good bye to Hockey for the third and last time Knight fans.
Thrasherjet flight 2012 on final approach to YWG.
April 28th, 2011
1:16 pm
A Whinnerpeg "news article" on the Thrashers is like reading the Onion News: zero credibility and funny as hell.
April 28th, 2011
1:37 pm
That winnipeg article is a terrible read. Did this guy go to journalism school?
Thrashers arent leaving Atlanta, the market is here, Bettman knows it, he has seen it. Owners are the problem.
April 28th, 2011
1:58 pm
I do think it's funny that most of the vets who have been interviewed so far do hold to the party line about this being a young team that is learning. It really is true. It's easier to swallow that than the excuses made for the washed-up, vet-filled teams Waddell would throw out there.
April 28th, 2011
2:06 pm
Dudley has managed only one real washed up vet like Slow-Modin and some argue trading for Dvorak. I'm thankful Duds doesn't go the DW route but both like those career AHL'ers.
Boults deserves at least a year, guy has taken less money to stay here, loves the city and fans, one of the most popular players for good reason. It's a shame the last two whispering soft coaches we have had have both tried to exile Boults to the pressbox every year and he plays his way into the lineup and never looks back. Our coaches and GM seem intent on upgrading the 4th line every year when it's not the problem, especially Boults..no one ever questions his effort because he plays hard unlike some on this team named Ron Hainsey. Our 4th line is actually great when healthy.
April 28th, 2011
2:22 pm
New NBC/VS. NHL deal means corporate America knows the sport is going to grow. The only place for that to grow is in big market cities like ATL, PHX, MIA. Cities that each have over 4 million people. The Peg? 750,000. Hey Canada, get a clue. Corporate America does not care that 99.9% of you are crazy – and delusional – fanatics about hockey. There are not enough of you. What's more, most Americans have never heard of or care about you. How do you expect corporate America to make money off of you when no one will ever tune in to watch your games?
See, this is about potential growth of not only the game but the holy dollar. Hockey in the Peg has no potential. Going back there does not grow the sport. In fact, it likely will regress the game. Hockey in Big Market America has huge potential. Not only in the big cities but filtering down to smaller ones as well. It is already happening and will continue to do so. In just ten to fifteen years in the South, the game is still in its toddler stage.
You may not like Bettman, but he is a very astute business man. He has not even begun to fight to keep the team in ATL. Why, because he knows they are not close to relocating. And under his watch, or any other's with any business sense, they never will. There's too much money to be made.
April 28th, 2011
3:43 pm
"You may not like Bettman, but he is a very astute business man. He has not even begun to fight to keep the team in ATL."
That sounds self-contradictory to me. If he's so stute, he should have already dealt with ASG long time ago.
April 28th, 2011
3:49 pm
Agree with Midfield!!! Bettman should've dealt with those A$$ Clowns years ago!!
April 28th, 2011
6:51 pm
I think Bettman wanted to deal with them earlier, but there was pending litigation. That clogged not only the docket, but the Commissioner's ability to reign in these clowns. That's my opinion; I could be wrong.
April 28th, 2011
6:54 pm
Re: Boulton, I won't cry if he's re-signed, but I definitely think there are upgrades out there. And no, it doesn't have to be Matt Cooke. Though Cooke, if able to control himself, could be a great addition. That's a huge if, however. That's a contract that pays him $1.8 million per annum, until 2013. Always pots a minimum of 10 goals a season. But he's older now. He's a "mark' now. And if he takes penalties, which he surely will, it'll put our PK unit out there even more. Like I said, doesn't have to be Cooke, but there are upgrades to Eric Boulton out there.
April 28th, 2011
8:15 pm
Keep Thrashers, Do not resign Boulton. Nice guy, hustles, but too old, and we need consistant players who can turn this thing around, Boulton has been here long enough to prove we cannot win with him on the roster, a better player who can contribute, rather than beat people up.
April 29th, 2011
1:58 am
Just read the Winnipeg article. Looks legit to me, especially about ASG being desperate to sell the team without regard to who or where. I hope all the people on this blog that remain delusional about the Thrashers staying here are also season-ticket holders …. as I am.
April 29th, 2011
5:51 am
..again delusional fans pinpoint our enforcer as a roster player responsible for a team that implodes every year. seriously if you think one of the hardest working players on the Thrashers (Eric Boulton) is the primary reason this team doesn't succeed you really have no clue. I can think of several players with questionable effort not to mention actual lack of skill that can be pinpointed rather than Boulton who is severely underpaid to boot. Like I said..if we upgrade him with an Enforcer I am all for it, not a glorified pest in Matt Cooke of all people, you have to be kidding me. When someone decapitates Kane, you are gonna send Cooke after him..to do what? Get suspended? No.
If this team does move to Winter peg I hope the bizarre logic of some fans go with it. Every year there are complaints about toughness and commitment and the answer is to get rid of the toughest player and most committed. Yep, makes a lot of sense ! Please don't anyone knock DW, some of you are just as asinine and completely oblivious. What's next..gonna demand to trade a 20 year old D man because he has had to play under John Anderson and Rammer which makes him run around like a chicken with his head cut off most games? Sound about right? The Thrashers are soft EVERY YEAR..so lets get rid of the toughest player coming off a career year. Yep !! I think Burmistrov should get booted also because some games he played like a rookie..oh wait.


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Is there any way to prevent religious debates from turning into a big fight?
People discuss lots of things, politics, sports, anything
But when they discuss religious opinions, most of the time, they get all angry and try to win even with fight.
why is that? why that can't be a normal subject?
and more important, How can we prevent this?
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Tnx everyone for their replies. I enjoyed learning from different aspect for this problem.
I can only conclude this : Don't argue with someone unless they are open minded and ready to be changed and challenged.
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Wilbert HuntFeb 20 2013: No more difficult than having a conversation--meaningful or otherwise--with those who're equally convinced that "gods and goddesses" don't exist.
I have seen the Niagara Falls of what some would call the supernatural, and the supernatural equivalent of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and the Colossus of Rhodes--all the Seven Ancient Wonders of our Supernatural existence and more.
One thing I've learned from my many excursions into the Astral World (so named by occultists and mystics), the only Absolute is the Abode of God--all other loci, and truth, are open to the individual and collective creative power, and energy, of consciousness, including the realm in which we're currently residing.
Feb 20 2013: True - confidence you have the absolute truth on any side of an argument is difficult to deal with.
Although most non theists I know, don't claim to know gods or goddesses don't exist. But suggest they have a reasonable case that there is no compelling evidence for the existence of Zeus, Maduk, Yahweh, Allah, Isis or any other theistic or more generic deistic interpretation. Seems reasonable they don't have a belief in these gods, but good to be open to new evidence.
Others are more certain.
I do find it funny that with 6 billion living slightly to completely different religious supernatural belief systems today and many others held by those who have fallen, the odds are your particular religious or spiritual view is wrong completely or in part.
Your experience sound wonderful and powerful. I might have a different working hypothesis as an explanation but its a wonderful part of the human experience. Perhaps for some, these or possibly related experiences may be out of control and they find it difficult to function in society.
But even dreams are pretty cool. Just familiar and frequent so we tend to take them for granted.
If an experience is enriching and hurts no one, perhaps the interpretation is not such a big deal.
I guess I haven't had all the experiences such as yours, but do meditate and enjoy the different consciousness states I experience. I have also had amazing visions and hallucinations and one OOBE but discount some due to my state of mind at the time.
Whether it is just going on in our brains, or we actually travel or contact other realms outside our mind, its pretty cool.
Feb 20 2013: "I guess I haven't had all the experiences such as yours, but do meditate and enjoy the different consciousness states I experience."
With rumination, one quickly realizes that "consciousness" is the Alpha and Omega of existence. Without it, nothing exists. With it, all possibilities present themselves.
Meditation, the act of going within, opens us to those possibilities, as it concentrates consciousness, and the vast energy stored within it.
"I have also had amazing visions and hallucinations and one OOBE but discount some due to my state of mind at the time."
As humans, we have all the potential of the divine, and, as such, are unlimited in all our ways, and capable of knowing all there is to know, and being all we choose to be.
"Whether it is just going on in our brains, or we actually travel or contact other realms outside our mind, its pretty cool."
Oh, the stories I could tell, and the wonders I have experienced, but, alas, few will believe or accept my tale, either because they're predisposed to disbelieving, or because it's too amazing to ponder.
You're right: "it's pretty cool," by any standard of coolness.
Feb 20 2013: Obey and Farokh,
You have hit on an important factor regarding religious debates turning into a big fight.
Obey, you write..."Probably difficult to have a meaningful conversation when one party believes they have the absolute truth about everything..."
Farokh, you write..."details are very frustration specially when they can't accept to change their beliefs".
I observe that the biggest struggles are when one person not only thinks s/he has all the answers, but ALSO tries get the other person to accept it as THEIR belief as well.
Obey, as you say...no meaningfull conversation can evolve when one person thinks they have all the answers. They communicate as if THEIR truth has to be everybodys truth....and they are on a mission to convince us that they are "right". Nothing can come from that behavior except struggle. Trying to change the other person's belief because they think/feel they are "right" contributes to struggle. When one person in a conversation begins to struggle (fight) , it is common for the other person to struggle and fight to maintain their own perspective, and that is when the conversation beaks down.
We CAN accept a belief as another person's belief without embracing it as our own belief. We CAN be open to thoughts, feelings, perceptions, ideas and opinions of others, without trying to pressure another person to believe as we do. To do that, one has to let go of the idea that our truth, or answer, is the one and only "right" information.
Everything is information....sometimes learned....sometimes proven....sometimes speculation....sometimes beliefs for which there is no proof. Each and every one of us will take the information from our experiences, including what we have been taught by parents, society,etc., and use that information as we choose. We KNOW individuals have different experiences. We KNOW there is information passed down through families, societies, religion, cultures, etc. I experience the differences as interesting:>)
Feb 21 2013: "It seems like this conversation got hyjacked to NDE/OBEs rather than the topic question....
"Is there any way to prevent religious debates from turning into a big fight?""
Of course, you'll see it the way that you see it, and that's your perogative, but these discussions are playing out the question, can we have religious discussions, some of which include a notion of an afterlife, NDEs and OOBEs (which suggest such), the existence of a God, or what have you, and do so respectfully?
If you take the time to re-read some of the comments, you'll find that yes we can sometimes, but not all the time.
No thread was "hijacked," as you've accused, and I say that respectfully.
Feb 21 2013: "To do that, one has to let go of the idea that our truth, or answer, is the one and only 'right' information."
I agree: There are as many "truths" as there are people on the planet. I think that it's the proselytizing, the almost relentless attempt to make others believe as you believe that creates the tension, especially when it's coupled with derision, or a denouncing of one's stated position.
I believe that I can respect what you and others believe while at the same time still holding that my position is the "one and only 'right' information."
Feb 21 2013: "We CAN accept a belief as another person's belief without embracing it as our own belief"
Good advice.
During an actual discussion or debate it is rare for someone to admit or accept another point of view makes more sense. Kind of like losing face. Sometimes we argue not to be wrong, to win the argument rather than to test and examine ideas.
But then on private reflection afterwards some things might stick and make more sense. Perhaps you can only delude yourself so long when in your heart, or unconscious you find a view counter to the one you espouse seems more correct, even if you argue against it.
There was a stage before I fully renounced my previous religion that I was arguing for the religion, while privately having my own doubts. I'm a bit embarrassed it took me so long to realise I was completely mistaken.
According to some speakers at my old church Henry Kissinger is the anti Christ and the second coming is already late. I guess some Christians have been waiting for the second coming for 2000 years, and expecting it in their lifetime.
It is tempting sometimes to jump in and feel you have been there done that and perhaps frustrated others can not see what you saw years ago. Hurry up and catch up - its obvious. To be dismissive of peoples own realisations will or wont happen in their own time.
One humbling realisation I had was my views over the years have changed a lot. Revolutionary say 10 years ago and refined over the last few,. I like to think they have improved and broadened. IF I was having a discussion with myself from a few years ago I might find the views of my old self some what simplistic. And perhaps in a few years I will look back at my current views, that I put forward in discussions earnestly, and think how naive I was.
Feb 21 2013: Thanks Obey:>)
I'm interested in examining/exploring ideas. To me, the life experience is a wonderful exploration, so I wouldn't deny myself more information by thinking/feeling that I have all the answers. Often times, as soon as people think they have the answers, they stop exploring. I'm going to be open to new information as I take my last breath in this earth school:>)
With that in mind, I see no reason for your embarrassment Obey. You know, when I was young, I used to think that by a certain age, things in life would sort of be in order. I got to that age, and realized that is wasn't how I had planned! Ok....next stage will be in order. OOPS....when I got to the next stage/age, it wasn't as planned either....on and on. At different stages in the beginning, I often asked myself....."why didn't I know that BEFORE".....how embarrassing that I did not figure that out sooner!!! LOL
In my 40s/50s, I finally realized that it was the journey, and all I'm experiencing and learning along the way that is important. I no longer try to project into the future. I live one moment at a time. That is not to say that I do not PLAN for the future. It simply means that I realize that life is what happens when we're making other plans...LOL!
I enjoy your comments Obey.....it "feels" like you are genuinely exploring life, and I admire that practice:>)
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100 Door Codes Level 38 Walkthrough Solutions For the iPad, iPhone and Android. You can found the solution, how to beat,cheat, clues and tips for completing the game puzzles and floors for Android 100 Door Codes Level 38 answer walkthrough is displayed here contains help, Solution, walkthrough. This guide contains spoilers and answers to complete each floor and open every door. Complete all the levels to advance and proceed to the next word or next stage. Check explanations below!
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Look at the bigger writing on the upper left of the middle wall.
If you cut the four symbols in half, you'll get four numbers: 5 8 2 4
Door Code : 5 8 2 4
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This week we have our West coast str8 boy back in the house. Originally from Colorado, the delicious Dominic Portland is here to expand his horizons and we are here to help him do just that. For those of you who aren't familiar with Dominic, He's 30, sexually adventurous and loves picking up lesbians and watching them go at his cock together. He says his eyes are his secret weapon and one glance at those bedroom brown eyes will confirm that those eyes locked on any target would render them putty in his bed. This ass man is in his prime and knows it. His confidence only adds to his charm. Since we last saw him he's been bartending, working out and getting out and enjoying the weather. Zack Cook is a fresh-faced hottie from Boise, Idaho. This 20yr. old Midwestern Masterpiece has the jock looks and physique you'd expect to find in an A&F catalog, He has been taking time off to travel and visit friends around the country. He recently was involved in his first gang bang on some chick he didn't even know while at a party. �'Running the Train' they call it� he laughs as his eyes light up. Unlike Dominic who needs to beat off 3-5 times a day; Zack saves his up and maybe jerks off twice a week. Today these two will go where no men have gone before�well, that's not true. They will boldly go where they've never gone before. �I heard gay guys like to watch str8 guys go at it� laughs Zack. Well, we can assure Zack �he heard right! The camera has yet to roll and these two str8 boys have already gone somewhere�their pants. Each has his hand buried down his pants, stroking their growing meat. Zack looks over and decides Dominic needs help as he undoes his thick belt and pants before going back to undoing his own. As Zack feels his chest, his tee rides up giving us our first glimpse of his defined abs. In no time they are laying side by side in their underwear. Zack's body is chiseled and his dedication to it has really paid off. Dominic is stroking and as he lays back his massive pecs and arms bulge. Zack is ready and willing to go as he bends over and tastes Dominic's growing meat for the first time. Dominic lays back and lets him have at it as his meat instantly stands at attention. Zack moves his hands and mouth all over Dominic's thick meat as he jacks his own huge cock. Zack seems in awe of Dominic's cock as he loses himself in the act. Staring at it before going right back down on it. Dominic, the consummate straight boy, does nothing but sit back and enjoy the head he's getting. �Fuckin' HOT!From there Zack moves to the bed, where he lies his head near the edge so that Dominic can feed him more dick. Hands on his waist and watching a good flick, Dominic stands pleased by the attention he's getting from his str8 buddy, Zack. Zack can't get enough of Dominic's thick pole. Dominic doesn't seem to mind one bit. Zack jacks it and licks up at the hefty piece as he jacks his own throbbing cock. Then he has Dominic get on all four as he jerks him off underhand like he was milking a bull. Even this proves too tempting for our model boy as he crawls under Dominic to keep suckling on his throbbing boner. Zack then lies back on the bed and starts pleasing his own meat while jackin Dominic's cock. Zack with that pretty boy face, full lips and Marilyn-Monroe like beauty mark is stunning to watch. He jacks as his eyes dart between the porn and the thick cock he's just had buried in his throat. They both are getting close as they lay side by side and beat off. Dominic's the first to blow shooting all over his abs. Zack picks up his pace and beats off faster and in no time he explodes. His first load sprays up all over his face, the second his upper chest and the rest on his tightened abs. �Why the fuck did I hit my face?' he laughs nervously 'that's never happened til today!� Seems our str8 boy got a bit hotter than usual! Aaah, Out of the mouth of Babes.
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Syfy's "Sanctuary" came into its own last season with the episode called "Requiem."
In it, colleagues and budding friends Helen Magnus and Will Zimmerman were trapped in the tight quarters of a submarine as Helen slowly lost her mind and Will, well, he took cover. It was a tense, claustrophobic episode that traded special effects bells-and-whistles for an acting tour de force. "Requiem" became my favorite episode of the show's first season.
"Next Tuesday," airing at 9 p.m. Friday, has a similar feel, stars Amanda Tapping and Robin Dunne told me in separate interviews. [Read on for a video sneak, more about the episode. Be warned, I don't think anything it spoilery, but you might.]


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Modesto police officers prepare to enter the scene of an officer involved shooting on Thursday, April 12, 2012 in Modesto, Calif. (AP Photo/The Modesto Bee, Joan Barnett Lee)
MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — Investigators on Friday morning were waiting to get the all clear from fire officials before entering a Modesto apartment that was gutted by fire to check on the status of a suspect in the shooting deaths of a deputy and a civilian, police said.
Modesto police spokesman Chris Adams said it was not known whether the suspect was dead.
"We haven't been inside to confirm," he told The Associated Press.
The complex consists of four apartments in separate buildings.
The blaze erupted in one of the buildings late Thursday night, hours after a sheriff's deputy and a civilian were shot to death as authorities tried to serve an eviction notice in the central California city.
It was not clear how the fire began, but the Modesto Bee reports that the county sheriff has acknowledged that flash-bang devices and tear gas could have been responsible. Adams did not provide details of damage to the building.
The gunfire led to a more than 12-hour standoff with the suspect at the Whispering Woods development. At one point, police broke the windows of the apartment with bean bags, and fired flash grenades and tear gas.
Shortly before 9 p.m. PDT Thursday, six officers rushed toward the apartment, the Bee reported. Sharp bangs from concussive devices were heard for more than an hour. Officers used loudspeakers to communicate with a man they called "Jimmy" to "pick up the phone." No one came out.
Television footage shows flames pouring out of the top of a building around 10 p.m. Shortly before midnight, fire officials said there were signs that the structure was collapsing.
The suspect was believed to be on the first floor of the building.
At one point during the standoff, more than 100 law enforcement officers from the Central Valley were at the scene. FBI and SWAT teams surrounded the building and authorities evacuated nearby residents while others remained in their homes.
Adams said the operation had been scaled back by early Friday but he didn't have a figure on the number of law officers who were at the scene.
Officials identified the deputy killed as Robert Paris, who was gunned down when gunfire broke out around 11 a.m., Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson said.
The incident began when two Stanislaus County deputies went to the north Modesto home to deliver the notice, said Christianson, who called the incident "another dark day" for law enforcement in California.
"One of my valued members of my team is dead," a distraught Christianson told reporters. "I am overwhelmingly frustrated that we don't have the sufficient resources to protect the community."
Neighbors Yemen Zokari and Steven Gasterlum, who told the newspaper they live with their baby two doors down from the suspect gunman, said they looked out the window when they heard gunshots Thursday morning.
They said they saw two men lying on the ground, one on his stomach and another on his back closer to the door of the house from where the shots came.
"There was another officer that was kneeling on the side of the house while they were laying there," Zokari said. "I think he was staying out of the way from being shot."
"We just felt so bad. We wanted to do something but you can't. What can you do? It's traumatizing to see them."
Christianson said he believed that his deputies did not return fire.
Paris, 53, was a 16-year veteran of the department, Christianson said. He is survived by his parents, a brother and two adult children.
The name of the civilian has not been released.
Authorities told the Bee the suspect is in his mid-40s and may have had military training. Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Anthony Bejaran would not confirm if authorities had been in contact with the suspect.
"There's not much more information I can give out," said Bejaran, a sheriff's spokesman.
The Whispering Woods development opened in 2002 on the site of the former Prescott Estates, which was known for decades as one of the most crime-plagued and substandard housing areas in Modesto, according to the Bee.
The city shut down Prescott Estates, and the property was cleaned and extensively remodeled. Officer Chris Adams, a Modesto police spokesman, said the area isn't as crime-ridden as it was a few years ago.
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An Evansville man has been arrested after homemade bombs were found inside his home and he threatened to kill an Evansville police officer.
Officers have arrested 48-year-old Franz Corvette Costello on multiple charges.
Police received a tip on Tuesday that Costello was telling people he was going to kill one of the unit's members. Officers also received cell phone pictures that proved he was building homemade bombs.
Police say Costello had been investigated by the Meth Suppression Unit three times in the last year. He served five months in jail after being convicted of possession of precursors stemming from a March 2013 arrest and he was also investigated twice in February of 2014.
The EPD SWAT team took Costello into custody on Wednesday around 1:30 p.m. at his house in the 900 block of North Governor.
EPD bomb squad found three homemade bombs inside the home. Officers say two were in a bag next to Costello's bed and one was under his pillow. Police say the devices were converted mortar type fireworks that had been modified into homemade "fragmentation grenades".
Authorities say the devices had fuses attached to them and were ready to be detonated. Police say the devices were capable of killing someone and causing property damage. The bomb squad was able to disassemble all three of them at the scene.
Officers say meth and drug paraphernalia were also found in the house.
Costello has been charged with possession of a destructive device with intent, possession of meth, possession of syringe and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Police say two other people were removed from the house, but they were not charged with a crime.
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Health Center
Antibiotic May Aid Irritable Bowel
Controversy Over IBS Treatment continued...
In an editorial accompanying the Pimentel study, Drossman notes that IBS is a complex disorder that springs from the complex interplay of an oversensitive gut and the brain.
Breath tests, he says, aren't reliable for diagnosing bacterial overgrowth. And Pimentel's study, he says, does not prove that treating bacterial overgrowth helps.
Drossman is not impressed by Pimentel's finding that IBS patients reported an average 36.4% improvement in the 10 weeks after treatment with Xifaxan, while those given placebo treatment reported an average 21% improvement.
"Only bloating improved, and abdominal pain, diarrhea, and constipation did not improve," Drossman notes. "The benefit of using antibiotics is not fully proven and must be balanced with potential risks in terms of side effects, high costs … and the need for recurrent treatment."
Pimentel says new studies now coming out will support the bacterial-overgrowth theory of IBS. He does, however, say people with IBS have "movement disorders of the small bowel." He is hoping that a drug to promote movement in the small bowel will improve outcomes for IBS patients treated with antibiotics.


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On Sunday, the Chronicle offered an in-depth look at Board of Supes' President David Chiu.
Tags: Aaron Peskin, Board of Supervisors, Chamber of Commerce, Chris Daly, David Chiu, Gavin Newsom
The San Francisco Unified School District prepares to implement an environmental master plan, which will help reduce the carbon footprint of our public schools.
Tags: Environmentalism, San Francisco Unified School District
San Francisco's housing regulations are always a hot topic, and today we dive into student designated housing and the policies and rules that are in place. With rental prices as high as they are, the City is looking into how we can make sure these kiddos aren't rationing their Cup of Noodles.
Tags: Art Agnos, Board of Supervisors, Housing, San Francisco Planning Commission, Scott Wiener
A backlog of SFPD disciplinary cases has taken a number of officers off the street and left the Department in the hole while covering their $5M in salaries and benefits each year.
Tags: Budget, San Francisco Police Department
The Guardian reports that SFPD is raiding house parties and seizing DJs' laptops. Talk about a party foul.
Tags: San Francisco Police Department
Today, we get all the juicy deets on the festivities for the Golden Gate's birthday party yesterday, including the fireworks and the fog, as well as who showed and the new paint job She wore. All in all, it was a day none will forget.
Tags: Golden Gate Park
The SFPD reports that eighteen SEIU employees were arrested after a protest at Market and Hayes.
Tags: Budget Deficit, Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco Police Department, SEIU
Ten days ago, Suspects shared that several Muni lines will be eliminated while others will be reduced starting December 5. For those of you who take the 7 Haight or 20 Columbus or the N Judah on the weekends (in some portions), you now have two days and two days only to say your good-byes. Giddyup!
Tags: Bevan Dufty, Muni, Transportation
Did you know that the Public Utilities Commission has declared a state of emergency to make sure that San Franciscans continue to get their water? While that declaration wasn't widely covered on October 23, it's been in place for a while, and contractors are hard at work repairing a gigantic pipe that brings half of our town our water.
Tags: San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Water Conservation
On December 3, Good Morning America will broadcast from San Francisco, and pre-dawn Union Square activity will be at a fever pitch. Coffee and many layers of sweaters are highly advisable, if you're making the trek…
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The Examiner counts the number of vacant storefronts between Embarcadero and Fifth Street and considers what type of tenants, if any, we might see there in the future.
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The Department of Building Inspection begins enforcement of a new law that requires owners of vacant properties to register their buildings, or face financial and legal penalties.
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Former San Francisco Fire Commissioner Jim Jefferson died of a heart attack on Monday while en route to meet with Oakland decision-makers about the Oakland Airport Connector. Our deepest condolences to his family, and we thank him for his service to the Bay Area community.
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…as Newsom Crime Czar Kevin Ryan hands in his resignation, right on the heels of spokesperson Nate Ballard's "hasta la vista" of yesterday. So, City Hall insiders: who's next?
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The Examiner reports on Mayor Gavin Newsom's latest negotiations with local labor leaders representing the 17,000 City employees to be fired and rehired, and when an agreement may be struck.
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Nathan Ballard, Mayor Gavin Newsom's spokesperson and shadow since early 2007, has scheduled his departure from City Hall for February 2010. Everyone has an idea about What This Means. Everyone, as usual, is probably partially right and partially wrong – but BOY do we love our speculation…
Tags: Gavin Newsom, Nathan Ballard
Watch out you nicotine lovers, the City's looking at new ways to limit the amount of tobacco sales permits it doles out. And if there's one thing I know: Stephen Dorff will not stand for this.
Tags: Board of Supervisors, Smoking Ban
The Department of Public Health wants to request over $36M from the feds. On Tuesday, the Board of Supes will vote to give them that authority.
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Operations for the water system used by the San Francisco Fire Department for fighting fires has become the responsibility of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, saving the SFFD some much needed cash. While some commissioners were previously opposed to the plan, the money saved and June's bond measure to fix the water system proved enough to calm their concerns.
Tags: Budget, San Francisco Fire Department, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Water Conservation
The Chronicle takes us on a tour of the renovated Metreon, which opened to the public on Saturday. Read up and then make your way over to SOMA to check it out.
Tags: Development, Moscone Center
Mayor Lee has requested that the City Attorney's office look into the policy that allows elected officials to receive free event tickets to say the 49ers' games. Will our electeds still receive freebees after the Niners take off to Santa Clara? Will the policy come to a halt before then? Only time will tell.
Tags: 49ers, City Attorney, Ed Lee
It's official: with the opening of the ice rinks in Union Square and the Embarcadero Center, the holidays have officially begun. And yes, it takes some pretty impressive technology to keep the ice frozen here in sunny (?) California.
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A City audit of a Port parking lot indicates that some Bad Deeds Might Have Been Done. The alleged deed-doers say that the audit is flawed and that they're blameless. But more than a half million dollars isn't where it's supposed to be. This one will get uglier before it gets fixed…
Tags: Board of Supervisors, David Chiu, Fisherman's Wharf, Port of San Francisco
A nationwide survey of cities has found that crossing the street in San Francisco is so dangerous that … oh, crap. We're too late. You just got hit by a Buick. Sorry about that.
Tags: Gavin Newsom, John Rahaim, Pedestrian Safety, Transbay Transit Center
Board President David Chiu thinks it's a good idea to take some moolah from the California Emergency Management Agency.
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Corey Lewis, AKA, The Rey just released his first Graphic Novel last week, and it's badass. Sharknife is a comic consisting almost entirely of action sequences. Highly stylized, filled to the brim with video-game cultural influences. A little thin on plot, but very fun. There's a preview on his site and there are a few others floating around as well. Definitely worth checking out.
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text: My friends over at Aving News got some pics of Korean Air's gigantic Airbus A380 – you know that winged monster of a plane? They've got some pretty detailed pictures if you click over. What was my biggest take away you ask? The crapper with a window seat of course!