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- greg dahlen
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When we're bored, or find something boring, why is that?
An example of this came up in another conversation, where a fellow was saying that watching a farmer farm would be boring. And it made me wonder why in general we might find something boring, or be bored. I think I'm blessed in that I'm rarely bored, if I'm bored I ask myself what I might enjoy doing, and then do it. Do others find they are frequently bored, seldomly bored, or in the middle?
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I think I should have done this question differently. I should have asked if other people ever find themselves bored, and if they know why. I think I'm blessed, I really am never bored. I have the perception other people are, but I should have checked that.
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Mar 29 2013: There are (possibly three) levels of boredom:-
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(1) Not really boredom. Waiting for a bus without any conscious regret. Vacancy.
(2) Conscious mental disengagement. For example "I've heard this joke before and it wasn't funny the first time." or "I don't understand a word on the blackboard." We might call this a bit of tedium.
(3) Ennui, lethargy and depression. The world is full of people for whom this is a way of life. They don't jump up with joyful cries of 'Jolly Hockey-sticks' and get their fret-saw set out.
Our attitudes to what we're doing are always changing. In (3) neutrally-bored might become angrily bored. In (2) making an effort might become 'what's the point'.
Enough! I'm bored with this subject.Mar 28 2013: Boredom is just the universe way of letting us know we need to get going...
Farah Fitria
Apr 26 2013: Things are boring when they are predictable. So basically when we are bored by something, that something /is/ OR /we think is (this is most likely to be haha)/ very predictable.
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Apr 26 2013: ...which is one of the predictable reasons why my reply is: a violet, antioxidant-free wallpaper, only 6,99 per micrometer. Peace, Farah! :)
Apr 27 2013: ...and not important, you mean? lol okay X)
Apr 27 2013: Everything's important in a way. Every single micrometer. An invisible bacterion can kill. Although some think that bacterias are boring.
With a nerdy salute,
W. Ying
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When we are hungry, the "predicable food" will not make us "boring"!
Hence, more general, "boring" is finding nothing makes us feel a-step-better
for keeping our DNA alive.
So "boring" is one can not "be happy validly" !?
.Mar 28 2013: I like Edward and Frtzie approach. As usual I am going to step outside of the box ... washing dishes, cleaning house, doing laundry, ironing, etc ... are all boring and changing diapers, cleaning the kittly litter box and picking up dog poo are discusting as well as boring ... all of these need to be done. Is it possiable that the lack of discipline has contributed to these turn off tasks and also a contribution by the media. In movies when the "Mr Mom" changes a diaper it makes a big deal of it and how he is inept in a "womans" world ... the mental seeds are planted. Movies make these things boring and tasks to be put off until you are out of underware or even you are offended with the smell.
Under disclipine ... perhaps we should start with Dr Spock ... kids are good leave them alone they will do the right thing. We see how that turned out. How about classroom disclipine ... don't do the homework, disruptive in class, administrators will look for a way to still pass them to the next level because we do not want to offend, hurt the ego or mark them as a failure. This continues into the work place. Screw up a high cost project the union steps in and says yep he cost you over a million bucks in damages and another million in late fees, etc .. and was well over the legally drunk line but he is one of ours and we will shut this place down if you fire him.
So I say that if we have personal pride, disclipine, and integrity we approach these tasks differently and with a different mind set ... when that occurs they are no longer boring ... for me they are a step in going camping, dancing, hosting a party, enjoying the big game, etc ...
If you display and state how much you hate doing XXXX you have taught your kids / spouse / etc to also hate or view the task as boring and to be avoided. Want to play .. clean your room ... do your chores .. etc .... disclipine!!!!
Teach responsibilities. Be a example.
I wish you well. Bob
Mar 29 2013: Funny, Robert, I find that's it's possible to do the most mundane tasks creatively, and I also enjoy doing them skillfully, it becomes a mental challenge to do them as creatively, skillfully, efficiently, effectively as possible.
I don't see the connection between the ideas in the "Under discipline" paragraph to my question or to the rest of the ideas in your answer.
Mar 30 2013: Wow ... I re-read my reply and thought I was on target ... so did at least two others with thumbs up. Sorry you and I did not find a connection .. such is life.Mar 28 2013: Hey Greg.
Nice topic!
Perhaps there are many reasons, but here are two I believe hold strong; Curiosity and aesthetics.
Briefly, perhaps we're bored when our curiosity is devoured by understanding, and/or, our "me" is not satisfied aesthetically. (Check out Kant)
Recently, I read a good paper on how society should allow its children to be bored, more often!... something you maybe interested in? It mentioned how being bored is healthy. Boredom is the catalyst for creativity. People will try to invent a way out of boredom thus propelling the brain into a creative response.
Lastly, when we find something interesting, why is that? Another angle.
Mar 29 2013: You're saying, Thomas, that occasionally we may reach a point where all our questions are answered for the moment, and instead of that being a happy and serene moment, it's a boring one? That's kind of sad.
What actually does Kant say?
Why do you think we find something interesting?
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Mar 29 2013: But you wouldn't want to people-watch for hours straight, right? At what point would it become boring?Apr 25 2013: someone once told me only boring people get bored. kind of a harsh comment but....?
I must share that I do enjoy my own company and I'm with "me" all the time so no, never bored!
Steve C
Mar 30 2013: I think boredom hits hardest when I am aware of important things in life that aren't being met. I can watch several movies, read books out loud in various accents, draw, do a science experiment, but if I see no friends for a week, I begin to feel useless & bored.
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Here are a few quotes I found in my favorites list: (A couple of them come to mind often.)
"Children, taught either years beneath their intelligence or miles wide of relevance to it, or both: their intelligence becomes hopelessly bewildered, drawn off its centers, bored, or atrophied." ~James Agee
"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." ~Dorothy Parker or Ellen Parr - I'm not sure which.
"When children are bored, it reflects on us all." ~Mignon McLaughlin The Neurotic's Notebook
Apr 27 2013: I had something to say which is why I clicked the reply button and then I suddenly realised that I may in fact have clicked:
(a) out of boredom
(b) out of curiosity for what may happen if I reply, and curiosity is, as you quote, the cure for boredom
It's probably both (a) and (b) at the same time. A sickness (boredom) trying to cure itself by means of curiosity, never satiated until it finds the answer, not content with simple answers that other people keep on providing, or wrongful simplifications of more complex answers (so called lies).
This may seem unnecessarily philosophical, but it's still about boredom and that's the topic of this conversation...
Best wishes, Steve, thanks for quotes, the second one is my favourite, but all of them are good.
W. Ying
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Boring is an instinct ---- valid suffering.
It drives us to find a-step-better for keeping our DNA alive.
It makes us survive.
(For details, see the 1st article, point 2(4) at
Mar 29 2013: Dear W. Ying,
I do not believe for a minute that boring is an instinct. In my 60+ years experience, it appears to be a choice. I am still alive and well, and have never been bored, so I cannot agree that it "makes us survive".
Mar 29 2013: Colleen, I actually love Mr. Ying's answer here. I think he would say that someone could have lived their entire life without being bored, but if one is bored, it's not a trivial thing, it's telling you to do something that makes you more attractive so that you have a better chance of mating and procreating. For instance, if you're bored with your look, your feeling is telling you to change it, make it more attractive so that, as I said, you have a better chance of mating.
If you've never been bored, perhaps that shows you were very smart, you headed it off at the pass. How have you done on the mating/procreation tip?
Mar 30 2013: OK....we all have different perceptions and preferences. If you think feeling bored is telling you to do something to be more attractive so there is a better chance to mate and procreate.....so be it. I've never felt bored, nor have I ever felt that I needed to change something about myself in order to mate and procreate.
I think my lack of bordom demonstrates curiosity rather than "smart". I don't think I'm particularly smart, and I KNOW for sure that I am very curious:>)
I am content with the mating/procreation I've experienced:>)Mar 28 2013: Hello again Greg:>)
I have never been bored even one moment in my entire life:>)
Bore/bored: "One that causes bordeom; a tiresome person; something that is devoid of interest"
I don't see any reason to do that to myself! There are SO many things to experience in our world, and boredom is not one of my choices. I LOVE so many activities and LOVE totally engaging in anything I am doing with curiosity and genuine interest. In my perception, there is something interesting about everyone and everything. Some of the very most simple and interesting things are books, and walking in the woods....observing nature, learning and growing in each moment:>)
Mar 29 2013: How do you account for people who are bored? Are they not taking enough risks in their life? How are you on the risk-taking tip?
What books do you like to read? Do you walk in the woods alone or with someone? What do you observe about nature?
Mar 30 2013: Greg,
My observation of people who say they are bored, is that they are often expecting something or someone outside themselves to create interest, entertainment, happiness, contentment, etc.
You write...."I think I'm blessed in that I'm rarely bored, if I'm bored I ask myself what I might enjoy doing, and then do it"
We all have the ability to do that, don't you think?
In general, I've been a risk taker, and more than that, I think, is that I am very curious, and I LOVE to explore everythig about the life adventure..
I like lots of different kinds of books....depends on what mood I'm in. I sometimes walk by myself, sometimes with friends, sometimes more serious hiking, and I always do that with someone.
I love observing everything about nature and how it is all interconnected. I love noticing details....critters (including humans), and how they act/react, growing things, etc.
edward long
Mar 28 2013: I find it helpful to define the opposite of something in an effort to understand that something. Most would agree the opposite of the infinitive "to bore" is: to stimulate; to excite; to motivate; to energize; to interest; to entertain; to relate; to teach; to enlighten; to inform; to provoke; to challenge; to inspire; etc. Many folks will bypass commenting on this post because they find the subject of boredom to be boring. Frequent boredom is a sign of poor thought discipline, as Ms. Kooser points-out below, boredom is avoidable. Why do we get bored? Because we are not experiencing any of the opposites of boredom.
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Mar 29 2013: Well, ed, do you think boring is relative, that what is boring to most could authentically excite some? Or do you think we could agree on something being boring in an absolute sense, that it will bore everyone who has lived, is living, will live? The fellow below mentions waiting for a bus that's late.
Mar 30 2013: They say Man is the only animal that can be bored. [--Erich Fromme]. From that I think boredom is caused by being expected to pay attention to something, or someone, in which one has no honest interest or desire to know more about. One antidote to boredom is to create in one's own mind some interest or desire to know more. The only other alternative to boredom is to move-on and do something different, as many others here have suggested. Any given subject can be boring to someone. Why I have known people who are quickly and thoroughly bored with the exhaustive study of the number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given locus (position) on a chromosome, if you can believe it! No subject, or person, is absolutely, necessarily, consistently boring. Some folks find farming interesting!!
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Mar 30 2013: My veterinarian says dogs can actually get bored. It is more of an issue for the smarter dogs, like, say, a border collie, than for the least intelligent breeds. My dog is the second least intelligent breed of the eighty most popular breeds of dogs (I don't know how this is measured, but it is believable to me, given my dog), so we don't have much problem with boredom here.
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gale kooser
Mar 28 2013: I am very rarely bored and when I do get that way, I get up & do something different. Anything to get my mind/body active.
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Doing dishes, after a meal, can get boring unless you have a cat that likes to sit near & supervise your every move.Mar 28 2013: I think when I feel myself bored,it means it is time for me to think of something I need to adjust myself to do,think them.Meanwhile I don't like to spread boring air around.Because I know it is contagious.
Mar 29 2013: So what happened that you failed to think until you got bored?Apr 25 2013: If you want to contact people who are frequently bored just visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/103731346476044/Apr 20 2013: I think we become bored when we need to relax. Our bodies send us some signals when we are tired and we receive them like a boredom or weariness. It's my own opinion. Because I'm borned only when I'm tired.Mar 28 2013: I assume that it varies from person to person. Maybe the issue is we do find things boring more than why.
Mar 29 2013: this sounds interesting, george. Can you say more?Mar 28 2013: People can get bored if their lives don't have the amount of novelty they prefer, if they don't have quite the imagination to extract lots of interesting observations from everyday experiences, or if their lives don't offer them enough challenge or opportunity to learn. I am never even close to bored, because I am always investigating lots of things, including studying, experiments, and projects underway.
I have just been doing a necessary task that is itself boring, but routine tasks allow the mind to wander to all sorts of intriguing places, so many people have their best creative ideas while doing routine tasks.
Mar 29 2013: How could people get more novelty in their lives, if they can? How could they come to a place where they get more interesting observations, if they can?
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Mar 30 2013: There are so many options depending on how much time one has. Taking a different route to work, sitting in a different place than one usually does, making a practice of a weekly short outing to a place one has not been (Julia Cameron calls these "artist dates), changing what one eats to try new foods, listening to TED talks, of course, picking up magazines or books one would ordinarily not read, picking a new area to research each month and using the internet for that month to explore it, picking a new skill to learn each month or every six months, depending on the skill...Mar 30 2013: RE: "My veterinarian. . . " Hmmm. A connection between tendency to boredom and intelligence is provocative indeed. I however choose to not touch it with a ten-foot pole. :-D
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Mar 30 2013: I think the story in dogs is that a dog like the border collie needs things to do and will makes work for himself (like pulling all the books out of bookcases) if he is not kept stimulated and busy. A bulldog is okay with sitting around snoring.
Mar 30 2013: I like your avatar. So, perhaps whether I get bored or not is a genetic issue? Bummer, because most people find genetics to be a boring subject, and. as Mr. Fox points-out above, some people are bored by the subject of boredom.
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Mar 30 2013: I would not think it is mostly a genetic issue, but I have not investigated the subject. More likely, as someone suggested elsewhere in the thread, it is related to whether one has gotten accustomed to being entertained or to take initiative. Attention span too may be partly genetic, but longer attention span can be cultivated.
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David Foster Wallace, the acclaimed genius and author of Infinite Jest, wrote a novel about boredom called The Pale King.


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Eleven veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan join an expedition to climb the 20,000 foot Himalayan giant Mount Lobuche. With blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer and a team of Everest summiters as their guides, they set out on an emotional and gripping climb to reach the top in an attempt to heal the emotional and physical wounds of the longest war in U.S. history.
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Tuesday, August 03, 2004JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Aug. 3, 2004) - East Tennessee State University track and field and cross country alumni Catherine Berry reached the Olympic 'B' Standard (15:20.45) in the 5,000m at the IAAF Grand Prix II meet in Heusden, Belgium this past weekend. Her time in the event was 15:19.72, which is a new personal best. Berry, a native of Surrey, England, ran for ETSU's cross country and track and field teams from 1997-2000. During her career, Berry earned All-American honors in the 5000 meters and made six trips to NCAA meets three for cross country and three for track and field. Berry holds the Buccaneer record in the outdoor 3000 meters with a time of 9:29.91 set in 1999. While competing for ETSU from 1997-2000, Berry qualified for six NCAA championship meets in cross country and track and field, earning All-American honors for her eighth-place finish in the 5,000 at the 2000 NCAA track and field championships. Earlier this summer Berry claimed the women's 5,000m crown at the British Trials, but needed to meet the Olympic 'A' standard (15:08.70) to automatically compete in Athens. Berry still has a chance to be selected having now reached the Olympic 'B' standard. Teams will be finalized by Aug. 9. 2004 Olympic track and field competition in Athens will begin for those who qualify on Aug. 20.
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The North End and Beacon Hill are two of Boston's oldest areas -- the North End actually is the oldest Boston neighborhood, settled in the 17th century -- and their long histories as early residential communities for Boston's wealthy result today in some of the most picturesque, charming neighborhoods in America. Both are great, relaxed areas to stroll in and out of shops and cafes, or sit by the neighborhood's respective waters: There are lovely parks along the bank of Beacon Hill's Charles River, and the views from the Longfellow Bridge, which leads to the campuses of MIT and Harvard, are breathtaking. Or you could cruise along the North End's section of Boston Harbor Walk, which features an endless, unobstructed view of the beautiful harbor. Both neighborhoods are rich in history -- many of the most important episodes of the Revolutionary War took place in these precincts.
The North End, which once housed the wealthiest of early Bostonians, was eventually occupied by Italian, Jewish, and Irish immigrants and was even one of the nation's first African-American communities, created by freed and escaped slaves. While the area is a hodgepodge of culture, it's seriously dominated by its Italian immigrants, earning it the designation of Little Italy. There are countless Italian cafes and restaurants -- more than 100 in total -- and in combination with the many historical landmarks, the area is quite touristy.
Beacon Hill, on the other hand, continues to be a wealthy residential neighborhood. Quiet and quaint, with its hidden gardens, brick Federal style homes, and Greek Revival and Victorian architecture, Beacon Hill is not a tourist-heavy area. Whereas the North End has its countless Italian restaurants, Beacon Hill's Charles Street has over 40 antique shops, all of which help catalogue and sell the city's rich aesthetic history, almost a museum experience unto itself. Beacon Hill is located just north of the beautiful Public Gardens and the Boston Common, one of the oldest parks in the country, and the start of the city's Freedom Trail, a half-century-old path through 16 of Boston's landmarks, such as the North End's Paul Revere House, Copp's Burial Ground, and the Paul Revere Mall, where the patriot's statue, unveiled in 1940, rides proudly on horseback, an icon of both Boston and the nation as a whole.
The old, dilapidated storage wharves that line the North End's harbor were seen by large-scale developers as a perfect blank canvas. The result: the $372 million Battery Wharf, home to the Fairmont Battery Wharf, which opened in December 2008 and boasts four luxury buildings. Nearby are the Boston Harbor Hotel, one of the best luxury hotels in city; and the Millennium Bostonian, which straddles the North End and always-packed Faneuil Hall. Beacon Hill's quaint residential neighborhood doesn't have many hotel options, but the ones they do are perfect for the area, like the spectacular XV Beacon, a chic luxury boutique housed in a Beaux Arts building, with superb design, hi-tech amenities, and impeccable service.
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A well-rounded formula targeting the entire cardiovascular system. Includes the essential nutrients Vitamin E, Magnesium, and Selenium supported by strong antioxidants such as Grape Seed extract, Coenzyme Q-10, and Siberian Ginseng. Hawthorn has been included to maintain blood flow by supporting heart constrictions. Essential amino acids assist in transporting oxygen to the cells allowing the heart to use energy more efficiently.
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my 12 year old dog was diagnosed with a heart murmer this year for the first time. vet stated it was just a part of getting older in a small dog. i started researching herbal remedies to increase her heart health and came across this. i've been giving this to my dog for a couple of weeks now and found she definitely has more of a pep in her step. it won't cure her murmer, but it will help her heart be more efficient.
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My dog Heidi, a Jack Russell, was diagnosed with an AV Block (Arrhythmia) in the summer of 2007. My vet sent me to another vet specializing in cardiology, and my dog was prescribed something to help her breath. Earlier this year (2010), the vet would not renew the prescription unless my dog went through another electrocardiogram. Heidi is 11 years old, and I felt it ridiculous to pay $400 for another visit, when the only real answer to her problem is a $4,000 pace maker implant. However, I noticed she was sleeping a lot, and would get up out of her bed only to eat or relieve herself. I decided to try this product to see if it would liven her up. Mind you that she is getting up in years, so is not as spry as she was when she was younger, but since starting on this product she is much more active. I ordered my second bottle today, and will continue using it until she passes away.
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Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
Cryptococcosis is an invasive fungal infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans. The organism has been isolated from several sites in nature, particularly weathered pigeon droppings.
Infection is usually acquired via the pulmonary route. Patients are often unaware of any exposure history. Approximately half of the patients with symptomatic disease have a predisposing immunosuppressive condition such as AIDS, steroid therapy, lymphoma, or sarcoidosis. Symptoms may include fever, headache, dizziness, ataxia, somnolence, and cough.
In addition to the lungs, cryptococcal infections frequently involve the central nervous system (CNS), particularly in patients infected with HIV. Mortality in CNS cryptococcosis may approach 25% despite antibiotic therapy. Untreated CNS cryptococcosis is invariably fatal. Disseminated disease may affect any organ system and usually occurs in immunosuppressed individuals.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Aiding in the diagnosis of cryptococcosis
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
The presence of cryptococcal antigen in any body fluid is indicative of cryptococcosis.
Higher titers appear to correlate with more severe infections. Declining titers in urine or serum may indicate regression of infection or response to therapy. However, monitoring titers to cryptococcal antigen should not be used as a test of cure, as low level titers may persist for extended periods of time following appropriate therapy and the resolution of infection.
In addition to testing for cryptococcal antigen, patients with presumed disease due to Cryptococcus neoformans should have clinical specimens (eg, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid) submitted for routine smear and fungal culture.
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A negative result does not preclude the diagnosis of cryptococcosis, particularly if only a single specimen has been tested and the patient shows symptoms consistent with cryptococcosis.
Patients having trichosporonosis may yield false-positive results.
Rheumatoid factor may produce false-positive results.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
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In a previous post ("Give a Man a Fish…") I concluded with a promise to do a post in the spirit of James Burke's great Connections television series, in which he showed the little-known historical connections among various scientific and technological advances. Fans of our sister blog, Brighter Products, are aware that I've done a few like this already (see, for example, "Where Is Blake Edwards Now That We Really Need Him?"), but this time I'm going to see if I can top myself, and do James Burke proud.
Starting with Yuengling beer. This has come on to our radar for several reasons. For one thing, we had mentioned it in the Brighter Products post "…Not Only Queerer Than We Suppose, But Queerer Than We Can Suppose.". For another, Athol noticed that Dan Daub, Mayor of Tower City, PA, wore a cowboy hat crafted from a box of his hometown beer, Yuengling, at the Republican National Convention.
Apparently, Athol spotted this in the context of his interest in hard-to-pronounce (or spell) Chinese names. I have the advantage of being a Pennsylvania native, and knew at least the rough outlines of why he was off-base; for more, here's an excerpt from the Wikipedia Yuengling page:
"Yuengling is pronounced YING-ling, and is an Anglicized version of Jüngling, its founder's surname and the German term for "young man". Many Americans who aren't familiar with the brand often mistake it for a Chinese import because the name Yuengling sounds Chinese when pronounced correctly."
So—not every Chinese (or even "Chinese") name is hard to pronounce. In fact, an easy-to-pronounce Chinese name is at the top of my personal list of Reverse and Perverse Winning Names. These are names, often from family names of the founder, that all but scream: "This has to be a good product, because nobody would ever try it based on the brand name." My favorite? If you ever find yourself in Hawaii, do yourself the favor of trying Yick Lung (yep—pronounced "Yick Lung") potato chips. Their barbecue chips are the best I've ever had.
Other strong contenders include two now-defunct outfits: Crass Soda, and another gem from the Keystone State, Harshbarger's Dairy. IMO, the slogan "Harshbarger's—A Lactose-Intolerant's Worst Nightmare" all but writes itself.
Athol did a little research and found that I should have another one in this category: Fekkai, which I had ripped in the post "Congratulations, Kraft, You're Off the Schneid!"
Turns out that Frédéric Fekkai is an immigrant of French-Algerian background, has had a successful salon in New York City, and is now going national with his products.
I stand by my criticism of the brand name, however, and will surprise Athol by deviating from my usual right wing, pro-free-market political stances. I would argue that the all-time greatest naming agency used to be run by the Federal Government. It was called Ellis Island. (Great at slogans, too, but "Giving the hairy and garlicky a fighting chance in the New Jerusalem since 1892" is way too P.I. for today's mealy-mouthed history books.)
To fully appreciate the value of the services that Ellis Island used to provide, consider the following counterfactual: Frédéric Fekkai moved from France to New York in 1979, and is just now (2012) launching his products nationwide. Had he had to go through Ellis Island, by now every second home in the U.S. would have Figby's Shampoo in the bathroom, and Figby, Inc. would have bought out rival Garnier Nutrisse. I bring up the latter just to see if anyone agrees with my contention that Garnier Nutrisse is an okay name for a shampoo, but a GREAT name for a really gay secret agent. Think Paul Lynde instead of Sean Connery (younger readers: Carson Kressley instead of Daniel Craig): "Nutrisse…Garnier Nutrisse."
The Reverse and Perverse category is not original with me; I was introduced to the concept in an article I read some time ago, which cited the example of Hellman's Mayonnaise, a brand name that left no doubt that, at one point, there really was a Mr. Hellman mixing up batches of this stuff. "Hellman's" couldn't possibly have been the output of naming consultants and focus groups—unlike, say, the bland, near-generic Best Foods brand.
The hipper readers are already on to this one: Best Foods and Hellman's are exactly the same product, with the two brands used in different geographic areas (see their shared Wikipedia page). I happened to be thinking about this as I ran across some actual Hellman's—not Best Foods—mayo in a recent run to Grocery Outlet.
Grocery Outlet is worthy of a full post on its own. Short version: it's a Western-states deep-discount grocery chain specializing in bargain-priced overstocks and closeouts. Their opportunistic (their word, not mine) buyers wind up stocking their shelves with products from just about everywhere. On my first visit, I wound up with a bottle of house brand Winn-Dixie salad dressing. The closest Winn-Dixie supermarket is in Louisiana. I still have no idea how that bottle made it to the Bay Area.
But Hellman's and Winn-Dixie aren't the prize winner: that honor goes to Authentic Asia™ Tom Yum Soup (mentioned in Brighter Products post "M-m-m-m-m…Meat!"), which, according to the Authentic Asia™ web site, isn't even sold on this continent…but that didn't stop the adventurous types at Grocery Outlet.
So it will come as no surprise that Grocery Outlet is the global, cosmopolitan outfit that enabled me to join the august company of Brighter Products' wine expert, Deep Creek Cellars' Paul Roberts, in tasting an Argentine Malbec.
Regret to say, I came away rather unimpressed by the 2009 Espiritu de Argentina. On the other hand, we probably should consider that:
1. The wine cost $2.99 a bottle
2. It had a screw-top.
3. I bought it at Grocery Outlet, for Pete's sake!
Do the kinds of things in the list above affect our judgment of consumer goods such as wine? You betcha, Red Ryder. A number of studies have been done, showing different reactions to exactly the same wine, when presented as priced higher or lower, or as coming from different places (California vs. North Dakota), or simply with a fancy vs. plain label. (The last one was what got me started on this, from a Science Channel program that I saw on cable, but was unable to locate on their web site…Science Channel, please contact SV Marketeerfor web design services.)
In fairness, I decided to push the boat out a bit by springing for a $3.99 bottle of the 2011 Falling Star Malbec. IMO, a slight improvement over the Espiritu de Argentina, but it's also from Grocery Outlet, and also with a screw top, so my expectations weren't overwhelming. Would I have liked it more had I purchased it on-line from the Wine Legacy web site, where it enjoys a better review, and goes for $8.50 a bottle? Depends; the findings from the Wired Science study, and the logic of Art Poulos in Brighter Products post "Tetter and Kibes" point in opposite directions.
So…if you're in the wine business, you need to pay attention to marketing and packaging, as well as the quality of what goes into the bottles. You know who else knows this? The Chinese! I recently participated in a Mechanical Turk study that asked my opinion of various candidate labels for Chinese wine. Fortunately, no one had the bad taste to suggest "The East Is Red".
And…those of you who have been paying careful attention will note that we started with Chinese/"Chinese" names for adult beverages…and are winding up on the same!
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Fact is, for all the biotchin over Ireland, the guy has done better than 2/3rds of the league the last two years. Once you have your Qb and coach, its all downhill from here as long as your drafting good.
This draft is an A or B by most people's standards. Most people say that LT is our only problem and keep bringing that up as if that were some kind of serious problem that will linger to eternity.
Well, we had four guys in lately who are very capable given Martin is bigger now and is up for taking the LT spot. But whatever, Ireland sucks and the rest of the league is just head and shoulders above.
Thats crap. The Jets are a complete joke. The Bills are a mess. The Steelers have spent there way into averageness. Ravens got their house stolen by Ireland by taking the one Lb they looked forward to.
Cmon man! You Ireland haters are unreal. You live in the past. You nitpick any negative you can get your hands on. We all know why you haters exist. Its because Bryants mommas a prostitiute.


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Series: Evolution Basics (50 entries)
Written by BioLogos Fellow of Biology Dennis Venema, this series of posts is intended as a basic introduction to the science of evolution for non-specialists.
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Written by BioLogos Fellow of Biology Dennis Venema, this series of posts is intended as a basic introduction to the science of evolution for non-specialists.
I was raised in a household of atheists. My parents were card-carrying members of the American Communist Party, and therefore the atheism in my household was quite close to the militant anti-theism of the so-called "new atheists".
In this series, Kathryn Applegate addresses the concern that randomness implies the absence of God's activity and involvement in the natural world. She begins by clearing up some common misconceptions about the concept of "randomness", and later focuses on the mechanisms of the immune system to demonstrate that God works through random processes to preserve life. Far from being an indication of a "godless" universe, one might conclude that randomness is one of God's favorite mechanisms for creating and sustaining life!
In this three-part series from Pruim's chapter in the book Delight in Creation: Scientists Share Their Work with the Church, mathematician Randall Pruim explains what scientists and mathematicians mean when they speak of something being "random". He also addresses God's use of apparent randomness in creation as a part of his sovereign rule.
N.T. Wright explores the context and manner in which Scripture is authoritative. He does so by questioning the meaning of an authoritative book as well as the application of such authority. Wright encourages us to flee from the controlling "list" mentalities that belittle the richness of God's Word, and rather to understand it as a narrative inspired by God and recorded by ancient persons. Ultimately, God "organizes" his people through his Son Jesus and by the Holy Spirit, and not through extracted rules from the Bible.
In today's video, Rev. Lincoln Harvey discusses our desire to "domesticate" the liveliness and abundance of God. Harvey notes that the Trinity highlights both the manyness and oneness of God, which can be hard to Christians to fully understand.
So, for Driscoll, the choice is a simple dichotomy: Scripture or science. Scripture is the highest court of authority in all matters, and the role of believing scientists is to affirm Scripture. To fail to do so is to "exchange the truths of Scripture for the truths of science".
With his standard panache, the late Harvard paleontologist Stephen J. Gould argued strenuously that evolution had no inherent directionality. We are mere accidents; a "tiny twig on an improbable branch of a contingent limb on a fortunate tree".
This series by Michael Horton first appeared in the March/April 2010 issue of Modern Reformation. Horton begins by pointing out that the concept of inerrancy goes back to the ancient Church, but was most clearly developed by Princeton theologians A.A. Hodge and B.B. Warfield in their 1881 book, Inspiration. These men emphasized that the Holy Spirit worked through limited human authors in a centuries-long process to produce the Bible. Hodge and Warfield defined inerrancy not as the absence of technical errors but as the truthfulness in what the biblical writers were affirming.
During the late 19th century when critical views of Scripture came to prevail in American universities, Warfield was responsible for refurbishing the conviction that the Bible communicates revelation from God entirely without error. Yet while he defended biblical inerrancy, Warfield was also a cautious, discriminating, but entirely candid proponent of the possibility of evolution.
I want to lay out some of the key myths and indicate how Coyne's discussion can help Christians get a more accurate understanding of evolution.
Old Princeton and the Dutch Calvinists understood that the human dimension of Scripture—which pervades Scripture thoroughly—is not merely tolerable of a divine book, but a necessary component of what inspiration means.
With Christ, his humanity is essential to who he is. Likewise, the Bible's "human side" is an essential part of what Scripture is, and recognizing this has practical implications.
Scientists become fairly comfortable with a certain level of uncertainty within scientific data, notes Kathryn Applegate, but that is not the case for most people, especially where faith is concerned
In this video Conversation, Joel Hunter addresses the "slippery slope" argument supported by many evangelicals and suggests that not only is this perspective flawed, but it also may prevent believers from appreciating the fullness of God's creation.
In this video Conversation, Hunter explains that a view of scripture as the "inerrant Word of God" means that God is inerrant, not that the person interpreting the Bible is inerrant.
It is not uncommon to hear voices proclaiming that biology and physics have shown us that—at fundamental levels—nature is random, hence meaningless, purposeless, and without a creator. But how might God work providentially through indeterminate processes? The John Templeton Foundation has provided a generous grant of $1.69 million to support a new research initiative on the theme of Randomness and Divine providence.
This BioLogos videocast addresses the idea of randomness as a part of natural selection, and whether it challenges the possibility of God using the evolutionary process as a means of creation.
It should not be surprising that John Cage asked the stuff he used to make paintings to take part in the process—to contribute its own identity to the intentional, purposeful, and determined work of creating "based on chance."
In today's video, Oxford physicist Ard Louis discusses the famous debate between renowned evolutionary biologists Stephen Jay Gould and Simon Conway Morris over the idea of evolutionary convergence.


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This informative program is a great introduction to the popular game of Geocaching, which is a treasure hunt using longitude and latitude coordinates. Come enjoy this hands-on demonstration and experience this popular family activity. Then, with a GPS receiver and internet access, you'll be ready to search for your first Geocache!
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Solid OpenCart Theme
This is a responsive OpenCart theme. You can use it for any kind of online shop. It is lightweight and fast loading.
Compatible with 1.5.6 & 22.214.171.124.
- Responsive
- Admin Options
- Change the color scheme from the admin.
- Add Background patterns or color.
- Set up three text blocks in the footer area.
- Homepage: Featured products, Latest products & Bestseller
- Featured Product slider
- And More.. See demo for more information.
The images used are for demonstration purposes only and are not included in the package.
Slideshow Images from mintees:
- http://www.mintees.com/tees/286371-dead-serious-wolfpack/
- http://www.mintees.com/tees/64741-electric-zombie-shredhead
- Dec 04 – Fixed mini cart showing up on load.


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Configuration project
Caution: This project is NOT a drop-in configuration setup. It's designed to leverage the best of what Nginx and Drupal have to offer. The rest of this page details a more common and very easy to understand approach.
There seems to be a lot of controversy as to the best way to put Nginx in front of Drupal without passing to an Apache server. Rather than explain the reasons all of these configs are wrong, I'd rather explain a better way. (Followed by bad)
Here's the Nginx config:
server { server_name domain.tld; root /var/www/drupal6; ## <-- Your only path reference. location = /favicon.ico { log_not_found off; access_log off; } location = /robots.txt { allow all; log_not_found off; access_log off; } # This matters if you use drush prior to 5.x # After 5.x backups are stored outside the Drupal install. location = /backup { deny all; } # Very rarely should these ever be accessed outside of your lan location ~* \.(txt|log)$ { allow 192.168.0.0/16; deny all; } location ~ \..*/.*\.php$ { return 403; } # No no for private location ~ ^/sites/.*/private/ { return 403; } # Block access to "hidden" files and directories whose names begin with a # period. This includes directories used by version control systems such # as Subversion or Git to store control files. location ~ (^|/)\. { return 403; } location / { # This is cool because no php is touched for static content try_files $uri @rewrite; } location @rewrite { # You have 2 options here # For D7 and above: # Clean URLs are handled in drupal_environment_initialize(). rewrite ^ /index.php; # For Drupal 6 and bwlow: # Some modules enforce no slash (/) at the end of the URL # Else this rewrite block wouldn't be needed (GlobalRedirect) # rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?q=$1; } location ~ \.php$ { fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$; #NOTE: You should have "cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0;" in php.ini include fastcgi_params; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name; fastcgi_intercept_errors on; fastcgi_pass unix:/tmp/phpfpm.sock; } # Fighting with ImageCache? This little gem is amazing. location ~ ^/sites/.*/files/imagecache/ { try_files $uri @rewrite; } # Catch image styles for D7 too. location ~ ^/sites/.*/files/styles/ { try_files $uri @rewrite; } location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ { expires max; log_not_found off; } }
Little About The Others
What some of the others do wrong...
listen 192.168.0.1:80;
There's really no need to tell Nginx to listen to only a single interface. By default Nginx will listen to all interfaces. If you're reading this, then there's probably not much reason for you to have this line.
access_log logs/host.access.log main;
This isn't that bad. There's nothing wrong with it. However, system logs should be in /var/log/. That's what that directory exists for. Try something like /var/log/nginx/yoursite_access.log.
For the love of god, stop doing this. Not YOU. Everyone out there that does this and spreads it. The root and index directives do not belong here. Check out the Pitfalls page for an explanation of why.
Again, NO! See IfIsEvil. If is very rarely ever (EVER) something you should use. heck out the Pitfalls page for an explanation of why.
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:8888;
This isn't 'wrong' per say. You will get better performance and more security by binding to a socket though. You're no longer exposing a point of attack. With ports you're limited to the number of ports available on the system and you can't dynamically allocate them. In the case of sockets, you can control, allocate, and utilize them much easier.
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /path/to/drupal$fastcgi_script_name;
You know how I complained about "location = / { root /path/to/drupal; }" above? Why am I bringing it up again? If you set your root properly then instead of "/path/to/drupal" you could just use "$document_root". What makes it amazing is that you then have one less line that needs to change whenever you change things. The root is just setup.
include /usr/local/nginx/fastcgi.conf;
This is minor at best. A full path is not needed if your config is inside of your nginx config directory. The better option here is to just use "include fastcgi.conf;" Better would be to leave the .conf off of a file that's not read dynamically.
Drupal in a subdirectory
If you're running Drupal in a subdirectory, you will need to tweak the rewrite directive a bit. The example above would take a URL like example.com/drupal/node/123 and ask Drupal for example.com/index.php?q=drupal/node/123 , which obviously won't work for subdirectory hosting. This alternative rewrite string handles Drupal in one level of subdirectory (ie /drupal/node/123 , but not /directory/drupal/node/123 ). For more exotic configurations, simply tweak the regular expression used for the rewrite directive.
In case it wasn't obvious, if you are using imagecache with a non-standard upload directory (site option or media mover) you will need to update the regex above to the proper directory. Such as, if you move the upload directory to /uploads on your site, you will need to change the configuration as follows:
# location ~ ^/sites/.*/files/imagecache/ { location ~ ^/uploads/imagecache/ { #..... Stuff here }
Trouble with .php extensions/Drupal migrations
Even after reading IfIsEvil, there is a corner case for drupal sites that migrated from other software (forums, mediawiki, etc.). These site migrations use url aliases or menu mappings via modules to handle old .php files. This breaks the .php location provided above, so using HTTP error code 418 and a few conditionals, we pass on lookups or 404's to Drupal.
location ~ \.php$ { error_page 418 = @rewrite; recursive_error_pages on; fastcgi_split_path_info ^[^=](.+\.php)(/.+)$; include fastcgi_params; if ( $uri = /index.php ) { # not sure this conditional works, will have to check the debug logs break; } if ( !-e $document_root$fastcgi_script_name) { return 418; } #NOTE: You should have "cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0;" in php.ini fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name; fastcgi_intercept_errors on; fastcgi_read_timeout 240; fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000; }
Anything Else?
If you have any questions here, please ping me on IRC. I'm MTecknology on Freenode. I hang out in #nginx most of my time.


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Police are investigating the death of a Prince George�s County woman found Wednesday afternoon pinned underneath the front tire of an SUV in the front yard of a vacant Waldorf house that is under renovation.
Charles County sheriff�s officers responded at 3:06 p.m. to the 4000 block of Green Spring Street, where a homeowner arrived at the house, which he checks on daily, to find the SUV with Darcie Leilani Stanback-Kelton, 42, of Fort Washington underneath it.
Stanback-Kelton was pronounced dead at the scene. Her body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy.
It was not immediately clear why Stanback-Kelton was at the home or how she became pinned beneath the SUV, but there were no obvious signs of foul play, Charles County Sheriff�s Office spokeswoman Diane Richardson said.
�We have a pretty good idea of what happened, but we aren�t in a position to publicly release that information at this point. We�re not sure if she was at the house alone,� Richardson said.
The SUV is registered to one of Stanback-Kelton�s relatives, Richardson added.
Detective G. Higgs is investigating.


text: Are you game? I'm not sure when the moment was exactly that took shorts from the casual comfy set to a de rigueur piece in so many women's wardrobe, but it did. The thing is, when it comes to shorts trends, MOST women just can't get the styling to work. No matter how much they try…Published on June 07, 2012


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Much of the nation is still focused on the Arizona shooting rampage that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., critically wounded and a crowd of others dead or injured. The National Journal team will update the latest developments as they happen in Tucson and minute by minute on the Web. All times Eastern.
3:51 p.m. The Pima County Sheriff's Department has released a timeline for Saturday's shooting. They note that all times are approximate.
3:48 p.m. The New York Times reports that law enforcement officials are saying today that they have multiple photos of posing with a Glock 9mm pistol next to his naked buttocks and dressed in a bright red g-string. The model of the weapon is the same as the one he used last Saturday.
2:40 p.m. Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., just issued a statement announcing their intention to introduce legislation that would name a soon-to-be-constructed federal courthouse in Yuma, Ariz. the "John M. Roll United States Courthouse."
2:05 p.m. The Pima County Sheriff's Department just released the complete list of victims injured (but not killed) by gunfire:
Susan Hileman (58)
Mavanell Stoddard (75)
Pamela Simon (63)
Ronald Barber (65)
Gabrielle Giffords (40)
James Tucker (58)
Kenneth Veeder (75)
George Morris (76)
James Fuller (63)
Randy Gardner (60)
Mary Reed (52)
Kenneth Dorushka (63)
Bill Badger (74)
12:15 p.m. For continued updates on Rep. Giffords's status, check here.
12:10 p.m. The daughters of Ron Barber-- aide to Giffords and shooting victim-- deliver remarks from their father, who is being released today. An excerpt:
"I also want to thank from the bottom of my heart the people of Tucson who brought their words of encouragement to the front of the hospital. I saw their tributes and photographs for the first time yesterday and was deeply moved and uplifteded. My healing process is under way and so is the healing of the wonderful community we call home. I ask for continued prayers for Congresswoman Giffords's full recovery and for the survivors of the tragic events last Saturday. I send my condolences to the families of the good people we lost and wish them spiritual solace and emotional recovery."
12:07 p.m. Drs. Peter Rhee and Michael Lemole deliver an update on the victims. "Everybody is doing extremely well," Rhee says.
Lemole, on Rep. Giffords: "We're actually confident that she's making progress now. Her eyes we describe being open; that kind of occurrence is more frequent at this time, and we can even think that she is beginning to carry out more complex sequences of events, more complex sequences of activity in response to our commands or spontaneously. We're very encouraged that she's continuing to make all the right moves in the right direction. Obviously we're cautious that she make them at her own pace, but we're very encouraged given the severity of her injury initially."
Thursday, January 13, 2011
5:15 p.m. National Journal's Jim O'Sullivan tell us that the bag of ammunition believed to be the black bag that Randy Loughner described his son carring has now been identified by the Pima County Sheriff's Department as a diaper bag resembling a backpack. It contained 9mm ammunition. The bag has been transferred to the custody of the FBI for further analysis.
5:03 p.m. The funeral for Christina Taylor Greene has just ended. CNN reports that it will be a sad week in Tuscon, as residents continue to say goodbye to victims in the next several days.
4:48 p.m. The Pima County Sheriff's Department says that the Rosary for John Roll is going to be held this evening at St. Thomas the Apostle in Tuscon. The Roll family requested that no media presence or news coverage be on parish property.
4:33 p.m. Christina Taylor Green's casket just passed under the 9/11 Flag at the funeral underway in Arizona right now.
3:18 p.m. National Journal's Jim O'Sullivan got ahold of Jared Loughner's school yearbook photos from the Marana Unified School District. He attended Thornydale Elementary School from 1994 to 2001, Tortolita Middle School from 2001 to 2003, and Mountain View High School from 2003 to 2006 (but did not graduate). Yearbooks were not created for 1996, 1999, 2000, and 2001.
3:00 p.m. Another update on the black bag found today: MSNBC says it reportedly contained ammunition, which could translate into evidence that Loughner had a "methodical plan to target and assassinate Gongresswoman Giffords."
2:45 p.m. CNN reports that Safeway-- home of the crime scene-- reopened to the public this morning.
2:10 p.m. The Washington Post has more details on the black bag: "Chief Rick Kastigar with the Pima County Sheriff's Office told The Associated Press on Thursday... [there] are items in the bag that might be related to the case."
2:01 p.m. After days of searching, police say they have found what may be the infamous black bag that caused a scuffle between Loughner and his father the morning of the searching. CNN reports: "When the son showed up at the house, the father asked him, 'What are you doing with that black bag?' He couldn't understand his son's answer. His son left the house on foot and the father followed him in a pickup truck but could not find him, and only said that he thought his son went out in the desert. Police have been looking for days for the black bag.
"Well, today they got a call this morning from a young man-- a teenager-- who was walking his dog in the area of that house in the desert area. He found a black bag in sort of a dry riverbed area. He picked it up and took it to a friend's house, called the police, and now they have retrieved this bag.They don't know whether it's the right one, but it could be a key piece of evidence if it is. They'll be testing it to look for fingerprints, DNA, hair and fibers, this kind of thing, to see whether this was the one that he left the house with that day."
1:50 p.m. Ground Zero flag flown at memorial service for Christina-Taylor Green, born 9/11/2001. Watch it on CBS here.
12:50 p.m. Dr. Rhee tells MSNBC he's "more hopeful than I've ever been" for Giffords' recovery but cites problems that could still arise: "Anything from a pneumonia to blood clots to pressure sores."
12:10 p.m. Dr. Rhee and Dr. Lemole update the public on the patients' conditions in a presser:
"As of today we have one patient that remains in critical condition and four that are in fair condition," Rhee said. "One of those patients is being discharged today. One of the patients will also be undergoing staged planned surgery today and everybody is making fantastic forward progress.
"Gabrielle Giffords remains in critical condition but as you heard from the president yesterday, it is true she did have spontaneous eye opening yesterday, and is becoming more and more alert at this time period, and making much more spontaneous moments as we have stopped the medications that might blunt her medical status. She is doing fairly specific things with her left hand... and her right side is making progress that we're happy about.
"Today we're doing very aggressive physical therapy with her and actually got her out of bed and dangling on the side of the bed as well. We're very happy about this process and so far seems like everything is going forward without any setbacks."
Dr. Lemole adds: "She's still holding her own and following the simple commands; for me that tells me the higher brain center is working. As you heard from the president she is opening her eyes spontaneously... I was there when she was surrounded by her friends from the Congress and Senate and I think it was a combination perhaps not of the unexpected but familiar that really prompted her to open her eyes and look around.
"That's important... let me tell you why from a scientific or neurosurgical perspective: It implies not just those parts of the brain that process demands are there but the parts of the brain that let us awake from sleeping, our arousal center, those are starting to work spontaneously.
"It is all very encouraging and she continues to do this consistently. One of the most important things with neurologic recovery is consistently, we want to see people repeat things over and over again.
"...Going forward, we want to, of course, make sure she doesn't backslide. We still list her as critical because -- maybe this is because i'm a cautious neurosurgeon... In patients who have breathing tubes in and so forth, we worry about medical complications. This is a major leap forward and major milestone for her, and we're hoping she crosses through many more."
The doctors also said she has been able to open both of her eyes and that they have seen movement with her right arm.
11:13 a.m. Anthony Miller, the chairman of Arizona Legislative District 20 and the state's only black Republican chairman, has resigned from his post due to threats from tea party members, the New York Daily News reports. In the wake of Saturday's shooting, Miller said, "I decided to quit. ...I love the Republican Party, but I don't want to take a bullet for anyone." Miller will make a full statement Monday.
10:45 a.m. Tragedy heroes Daniel Hernandez, the 20-year-old intern who medically attended to Giffords immediately after the shooting; Patricia Maisch, who grabbed the clip from Loughner as he tried to reload; and Bill Badger, the retired Army colonel who wrestled Loughner to the ground, on MSNBC:
Hernandez: "It is humbling when anyone references you as a hero, but... I have to respectfully disagree with the president. I hate to do that. I still don't think I am a hero, but I do feel extremely humbled to have the opportunity to even be in the same room as these people.
"...Hearing that news [that Giffords opened her eyes], we've all known that Gabby is a fighter... and for the first time I saw people crack a smile and it was good news and we needed to make sure we enjoyed it, because it's definitely one of the only things you can enjoy in this type of situation."
Maisch: "I do hope that people take the president's words to heart and not just let it be a passing political speech because it was much, much more than that. And I do hope that we can do a little bit to change this country even a little bit."
Badger: "I feel great today and the event last night was tremendous. And being able to pull the people together... that's what I observed last night was the people pulling together and becoming one country-- America. And with a tragic event like this, if something good can come out of it, that will be great."
10:25 a.m. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs just held a press conference in which he largely addressed the theme of "unity" in Obama's speech last night, especially as it applies to current bipartisan politics. He also dodged questions about Palin's accusation of "blood libel" in the political finger-pointing that ensued following the shooting. Excerpts of Gibbs's remarks:
"I would point you to many things in the president's-- in venues that the president has discussed this [theme of unity]-- that the notion of civility and our public discourse dates back to his time in the state senate in Springfield... and at the University of Michigan, at the commencement last year. I have heard him say for as long as I've been with him, the notion of disagreeing without being disagreeable. Those are aspects, I think, that he has tried to live his public life by.
"...Obviously, elements of what you heard last night and improvements in our civil discourse and how we debate issues will certainly play a role in this year's State of the Union."
On Palin's "blood libel":
"I think there are plenty of people that can render opinions on that," he said. "I'm not going to do that.
"...I think what the president would tell you on that answer is that... we are not going to remove disagreement from our democracy. And we shouldn't. That's the underpinning of the notion of our self-government. But the tone and the approach that we take in those debates, I think, is what we all hope changes because of both the events of the past few days, but... again, you see it in the president's remarks that our civil discourse has become more and more polarized.
"...I think you're going to see plenty of opportunities over the next few years where you have those disagreements... in the tone and the approach on both sides. This isn't just a one-way street, but for us, too, to ensure that we're doing this in a way as I think the president so eloquently said last night, is befitting the memory of those in Tucson."
9:53 a.m. Giffords's Chief of Staff Pia Carusone on MSNBC talks about Giffords opening her eyes for the first time: "You can imagine it was a dramatic moment having occurred just moments after the president was by her bedside. You know, the doctors tell us that these sort of milestones will occur at any moment with no real warning, but that, you know, we should still sort of understand the gravity of the situation... [but] t was a wonderful moment and it gave a family a shot of hope that i think was pretty useful at this time."
MSNBC confirms that Giffords's office will remain open while she recovers.
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UK driver Mark Dwyer has seized pole position in the F5000 open-wheeler class at the 2011 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix.
In the 20-minute qualifying session at Albert Park, Dywer quickly got down to business in his Lola T400 and set his best lap of 1min 58.3670secs early on, a benchmark which his competitors failed to eclipse in the final, frenetic minutes.
Dywer will now be a hard nut to crack in this weekend's two races, because his pedigree at the fast and flowing Albert Park circuit is beyond question – a win in 2009 and a pair of third places last year.
Joining Dywer on the front row will be Australian James Davison (Lola T332), who was the only other driver to go beyond the two-minute barrier with a 1:58.9207.
Davison was fastest in this morning's practice session, which was held on a rain-lashed circuit.
Twenty-five of the 26 drivers entered for this weekend made it onto the circuit in qualifying, with the top five completed by Australian duo Greg Thornton (Surtees TS11) and Andrew Robson (Lola T332) and New Zealander Aaron Burson (McRae GM1).
Thornton is the current form driver in the field after clean sweeping last weekend's penultimate round of the F5000 title at Phillip Island.
Evergreen New Zealander Ken Smith has already wrapped up the 2010-2011 F5000 championship, but the Albert Park lap record-holder won't be in action this weekend.
Race one will be at 11:35am on Saturday,


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Richie Balboa and Will Streetwise Promo Mix
After 3 years of performing together in clubs from from Beijing to Miami, Streetwise and Richie Balboa finally decided to put together a DJ mix for public consumption. This 55 minute mashup covers styles from Hip Hop and Ghetto Funk to Breakbeat, Dubstep, Electro and Drum n Bass.
For those not familiar with these two UK based artists here's a little heads up.
Streetwise's background has taken him on a tour of almost every dynamic in the music and he now finds himself at the forefront of the Ghetto Funk scene through his website www.ghettofunk.co.uk. His productions under the Dancefloor Outlaw brand were released on Shanghai Disco, a sister label of the infamous Hot Cakes owned by DJ Deekline. Support from the likes of Krafty Kuts, DJ Yoda, Cuban Brothers and A.Skillz has shown The Outlaws to be firmly at the forefront of the Ghetto Funk sound. This year has also seen Streetwise take on a whole host of remix work for the likes of Tinie Tempah, Dubpistols, Fresh, The Guilty Hands and Dogtown Clash. With more releases and an imment tour of Australia, 2010 has been a busy year.
Richie Balboa has spent the last five years DJ'ing everywhere from Tel Aviv to Timbuktu. In 2010 he won the best breakthrough DJ award at the international breakbeat awards and soon after was recruited by Juno to personally craft their breakbeat podcast series. As well as DJing he manages NSB Radio – www.nsbradio.co.uk – an online radio station broadcasting the entire spectrum of broken beat music live 24/7, managing a roster of DJs based in every corner of the globe. The future see's his production debut expected in early 2011 whilst continuing a busy live schedule, check www.richiebalboa.com for more details.
Richie Balboa and Will Streetwise Promo Mix Tracklisting
- Grinny Grandad – Good Girl (A Skillz Remix) (Streetwise Edit)
- Dancefloor Outlaws – Regualte (GFunk)
- Nick Thayer Feat NFA – Grey Sky Blue
- Dancefloor Outlaws – Get Your Boogie Down (Outlaws VIP)
- Dancefloor Outlaws – Magic Badness Ride
- Drummattic Twins – Crazy Love (Peo De Pitte 2010 remix)
- Kelis – Accapella (Plump DJs Mashup – Balboa edit))
- Gramophonedzie – Why don't you (Krafty edit)
- Beat Assassins vs Miss Dynamite
- Bass Kleph vs Dizzy Rascal
- Vinyl Life – Hi Tops
- Big Daddy Kane – Raw (Stanton Warriors Remix)
- Ils & Baymont Bross – I Wunda
- Uffie – MCs can kiss (Far too loud remix)
- Chuckie / LMFAO – Let the bass kick vs Miss Dynamite
- Dead Prez – Hip Hop (Streetwise Edit)
- Deadmau5 – Technology (Streetwise Edit)
- Basement Freaks – Booty Jam
- Utah Saints – Getting Better
- Katy B – On a mission (Streetwise Edit)
- Lofty Longtigga – The Phone Rant