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New Scorsese Documentary Only a Pawn in Dylan's Game
Among No Direction Home's DVD extras is an unused 1965 promo film for "Positively 4th Street" in which fan interview snippets cut against impressions of the Sphinx onstage"he's an old pal of mine" . . . "he doesn't even know himself" . . . "I like the color of his eyes." Lotta nerve, right? More likely, Dylan dug that market noise was just as key to his mirror play emergence as the pissy inscrutability Columbia's ad hacks clumsily pimped. Before the nattering Ahabs of authenticity could even get a bead, he had his feet up lounging in the belly of the whale. In that spirit, his current Great Act ("The Sheepish Unveiling," 1997?) is neither zig nor zag, but a long-overdue reshuffling of a deck he's been dealing for years. Martin Scorsesewhose three-and-a-half-hour "American Masters" epic is augmented here with extended performance footage and TV appearancesbelieves, like any good boomer, that history is best when problematized under glass. So his goal isn't to poke through the god's PR bubble, just to move us along from complete unknown to known unknown on whatever timetable Bobby chooses.
The "get" here, of course, is snips from a series of "what the hell, I almost died" interviews Dylan gave throughout the late '90s, monologue workshoppings of Chronicles, Vol. 1's cosmic plainspeak delivered with clear-eyed sleight of hand. Scorsese, who loves chronicling his own L.E.S. boyhood dodging bullets and lead pipes on the way to seeing La Strada 6,000 times, has absolute empathy for the theatrical reliability of the unreliable narrator. Like any con job, it's all about the buy-in and Marty's always been his own best sucker. The mere rhythm of Dylanations like "I was a musical expeditionary" or "time obliterated the past," the mytho-hoo-ha of his proclaimed childhood circus fix, or his insistence that the Newport '65 boobirds literally never heard him is juice enough to unquestioningly whisk Quester Bob from rockabilly Twain teen of the accursed Iron Range to record-stealing Dinkytown dick to MacDougal Street mau-mau to his toughest role yet as the man who taught the '60s how to chew gum then spat it back in its face. Since the whole world was indeed watching, Scorsese only rarely condescends to the "while Vietnam escalated, America did the twist" school of pop history gew-gawing. When he does (say, for the Kennedy assassination or a Mario Savio freestyle), the images have a refracted rush and seem almost new. This compression allows more room, especially in the first half, for another chapter in the once inconceivable reclamation of the Village cum cultural front early-'60s folk scene. If square but saucy Joan Baez and who-the-fucks like John Jacob Niles do little more musically than provide context as to why Devendra Banhart is such a teeth pull, no one gets punked as a straw man for anti-rock puritanism or New Left orthodoxy. As if easy villains are just as boring as easy saviors.
Even the English folk nerds who try to yell him off the stage when he and the Hawks play fucking loud are cast as naive rather than evil (Dylan himself wonders in a bit cribbed from D.A. Pennebaker why they keep buying up tickets). The rituals weren't rituals yet. But in the second segmentfollowing "Blowin' in the Wind" through the cataclysms of Newport and the '66 European touras Dylan moves from pop montage to someone else's media moment, the mythological wiggle room tightens and his many sides come to a bullying head, or prick, hiding beneath the shades, having an ass-out time taking the best music ever into a wilderness he's still working his way through right now.
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text: Scientists have discovered one of the world's first true aphrodisiacsRobbie Gonzalez9/29/11 7:54pmFiled to: NeuroscienceChemistryScienceaphrodisiacRichard bentonSexanimal behaviorTop321EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink For most of us, the scent of decomposing organic matter is the last thing on our minds when we're...in the mood. But now scientists have shown that, at least for fruit flies, the smell of ripe and rotting fruit is the ultimate turn-on. Advertisement Could this help explain why other creatures, like humans, often associate food with sex? Just one whiff flips the switch on courtship-initiating brain pathways. And while scientists have known for some time that these pathways could compel male flies to strut their stuff and initiate mating, what they didn't know was that these behaviors could be triggered with a smell. Advertisement "This is one of the first cases of a food aphrodisiac, a specific sensory pathway in the olfactory [smelling] system that triggers sexual behaviors," said Swiss researcher Richard Benton, who led the study.The team happened upon the link between sex and olfaction while investigating the sense of smell in fruit flies. When they realized that one of the brain-pathways they'd discovered had been shown previously to regulate sexual behavior, things got interesting.By testing over 160 different odors, the team found three compounds that could turn the flies on: phenylacetaldehyde, phenylacetic acid, and phenylethylamine — chemicals commonly found in fermenting fruits and plants. Their findings reveal an interesting evolutionary link between feeding and reproductive behavior. Sponsored "This suggests that this is a real biological mechanism where the flies can mate during a feeding environment, a good place to have sex and then make baby flies," Benton said. "It also raises the question whether other organisms have similar sensory pathways."The researchers' findings are published in the latest issue of Nature Advertisement Via LiveScienceTop image by Anna Kucherova via ShutterstockReply32 repliesLeave a reply

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As seen by Mr. Irrelevant correspondent Andy Peden at Friday's Caps game:
It's unclear whether this custom jersey is a celebration of the Caps owner or some kind of protest fashion, but this much is known: It's foul.
In other news, today is the NHL trading deadline. Homer McFanboy has five Caps players to watch, and Caps Insider has a trade deadline tracker. Enjoy.


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mmichetti had een nieuw logo ontwerp nodig en lanceerde daarom een wedstrijd op 99designs.
Een winnaar werd gekozen uit217 ontwerpen ingezonden door12 freelance designers.
Michael L. Michetti, PL
I am a solo practicing real estate attorney in Naples Florida. My practice centers around real estate transactions, title insurance, bank representation, foreclosures and foreclosure defense, as well as small business representation and corporate law. I graduated from the University of Michigan. Southwest Florida is a laid back gulf community and my new firm is dedicated to providing great customer service, big firm practice with small firm attention. I want to bring out the boutique nature of the firm and the fact that I am young and up and coming in the legal community in Naples.
My target audience is real estate investors, residential purchasers and sellers (homeowners), commercial developers, bankers, and small businesses.
I am looking for a clean and simple logo. One that is modern and not overstated but portrays the image I am looking for as a young, up and coming lawyer. I would like to see designs using either the entire name of the firm, Michael L. Michetti, PL, or the website michettilaw, or possibly some use of my inititals "MLM". I would prefer shades of dark blue as the colors if possible. Also, possible design scenarios would involve a Florida theme of some kind, real estate themes, or the use of the Michigan block "M" tied into my name....be creative here please.


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Zoe Saldana only wore half a dress to the "Star Trek Into Darkness" premiere at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Saldana's sheer, nude gown has a sheath underneath the skirt, but it looks like she forgot the camisole that was meant to cover her killer abs.
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Leaving her clothes behind seems to be a theme with Zoe as of late. Spock's Enterprise girlfriend — and Bradley Cooper's real-life ex — posed completely nude for the June issue of Allure magazine, in which she describes herself as androgynous and vaguely bisexual.


text: Sistersville woman claims $2M Powerball prize By The Associated Press March 18, 2014 CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Sistersville woman is celebrating after winning a $2 million Powerball prize.The West Virginia Lottery says Beverly Swartzmiller claimed her prize in Charleston Tuesday along with her husband Herb.She purchased the ticket at the ParMar 10 in Sistersville and used the Powerplay option and matched 5 numbers from last Saturday's drawing. Swartzmiller says she plans to use the money to help her children, grandchildren and her church. She is the fifth person to win a prize of $1 million or more by matching five numbers from the multi-state lottery games of Powerball and Mega Millions in West Virginia this year.Officials say that with this latest prize, 103 people have either won or shared a prize of $1 million or more in West Virginia Lottery history.


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How To Host A Summer Party
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Your outdoor furniture shouldn't be uncomfortable. Invest in some deep-seating sofas, comfy chaises and overstuffed chairs. Add a portable fire pit for when the sun goes down, and light up your space with paper lanterns, strings of light in the trees and hurricane candles on the tables.
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Summer foods aren't heavy. Keep your menu light and easy with a mix of summer salads, fruits and other cool dishes. If you are grilling, experiment a little bit. Instead of burgers or steaks, grill sausage, chicken, vegetables and even fruit.
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I need to prepare buffer for ELISA, that is possibly closest to PBS, but has pH 8,6. The most important is ion strenth of ions Na+ and K+. Is it possible to keep salts with PO4 3-?
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text: This Week's 10 Best iPhone AppsJohn Herrman4/16/10 9:20pmFiled to: iPhone Appsthe week in iPhone appsappsSoftwareiPhoneAppleiPodMythBustersiPod touch appsTopBestiphoneapps961EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink In this week's personally approved app roundup: Alternative browsers, allowed! TV shows, appified! Your health, minded! Old games, emulated! Your international reputation, protected! And more... If you'd like to see this gallery as a single post, click here. Opera Mini: An alternative web browser with (!!!) a different rendering engine than than Safari Mobile. This is notable just because of what it is, and because everything, including Opera themselves, seemed convinced that it would never happen. Minor point: It's not actually that great, unless you're perpetually stuck on EDGE, where Opera's site compression will help load times. Free. Glee: This show! It's not really my thing, but Joel loves it. And the app, too: Here's how it works: You sing into your iPhone's (or iPad's) microphone along with background music. A live pitch meter will let you know if you're in tune or not. All pretty standard stuff for a karaoke game.But what's extraordinarily clever-and technologically impressive-is that Glee doesn't just automatically autotune your voice as it is output through the headphones but also generates live autotuned harmonies from your own voice. It takes your mediocre singing and turns it into overproduced pop pap-and it's fantastic.It's made by Smule, too, which vouches for its general quality. $3. Swankolab: A simulated darkroom for lo-fi, stylish photography: We're talking vignetting, saturation, the usual retro lomo-esque effects that are very popular nowadays, as seen in the Hipstamatic app-which has the same developers as Swankolad. The app "pours" the chemicals into the bath, and once you dim the lights the photo starts to develop. Putting that in-app purchasing to work, you can also buy other chemicals for even zanier effects, at a further $2.Free. Mythbusters: An extensive fan app, with video, news and games related to the show, but more to the point, games. They're great! There are three physics-based games loosely based on "myths" from the show, and they're all worth playing. $3. Commodore 64: The Commodore 64 emulator is now free, and it's staying that way. The initial download include a handful of free titles, though to fill out your library you're going to need to shell out on some in-app purchases. Whiteboard Share: Takes snapshots of whiteboard sketches or notes (think college lecture hall, company meeting room) and processes the image to leave a clean white background with legible text. Beats taking notes. Free. Frommers: From the travel guide company of the same name, a set of travel tools with the sole purpose of preventing you from looking like an idiot, including a tip calculator (with guidance), currency conversion, and handful of other widgets. Free. GameChanger: Obsessively track your child's baseball stats, or start keeping numbers on the entire team. It's an interesting idea, if you can ignore the fact that it'll be used by countless overbearing, over-competitive parents to stress their kids out to the point of lifelong depression. And you can! YOU CAN! Free. Jersey Shore: If you don't know about this show, skip this one. If you do, you can appreciate the utility in having the cast of this masterpiece of a show tell you where to go in major cities, so you know where you definitely shouldn't go. iTriage: There are already a handful of great medical information apps in the App Store, but another free—and by all counts extensive—reference can't hurt. This one's also got an extensive database of medical professionals, local and national. Advertisement Advertisement This list is in no way definitive. If you've spotted a great app that hit the store this week, give us a heads up or, better yet, your firsthand impressions in the comments. And for even more apps: see our previous weekly roundups here, and check out our Favorite iPhone Apps Directory. Have a great weekend, everybody!Reply96 repliesLeave a reply


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Here's the photo of my own haunted yard in the front porch from last year on Halloween!
I made this 6 ft tall white wooden cross myself! Looks awesome!
Also, I made these wooden tombstones! This year I am going to make some more tombstones!
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After reading Markman's thread 'Meet Cera', and watching all of his youtube video's 'felsenpanzer's channel', I decided it was time to make my own tube cage. So with that, to Markman I say thank you and you suck
Lucky me, this torch was on sale at Lowes for $39.
'Bernzomatic BZ9400 quickfire'
I bought a bunch of 3/16" solid rod also from Lowes.
And I'm using this brazing solder from my Local Ace Hardware. 56% silver high temp brazing solder with high temp brazing flux.
'high temp brazing kit'
I'm lovin this torch, pull the trigger and you have flame, let go and the flame's out. The replacement MAPP gas canisters are $7 and available at Lowes.
I left just enough clearance to change battery's without removing the cage.


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A Note on Financing Health-Care Reform: Some Simple Arguments Concerning Marginal Tax Burden
In Germany economic experts and politicians are proposing a fundamental reform of the health-care system by which the current wage-dependent contributions are replaced by flat-rate insurance premiums. One major reason behind this proposal is the wish to avoid the distortion effects caused by the present form of levying the fees, which works like a wage income tax. The purpose of this note is to show by some simple axiomatics that these hopes may be exaggerated. As social compensation is required, the reform as such does not automatically reduce the distortion effects of the current system. Welfare gains will only be generated by some additional features of the proposed system change, which are briefly discussed at the end of the paper.
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Hakimullah Mehsud, the chief of the Pakistani Taliban has been killed in a US drone strike in North Waziristan, according to Pakistani intelligence officials and militant commanders in the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA). Mehsud's driver and bodyguard were also reportedly killed in this strike.
The killing comes a day before the Pakistani government was sending a team to hold peace talks with Mehsud's Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and just a week after Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met with US President Barack Obama at the White House and expressed his strenuous opposition to drone strikes.
Naz Bloch, spokesperson of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehkrik-i-Insaf or PTI, a political party that has been pushing for peace talks with the Taliban and campaigning against US drone strikes tweets Imran Khan's response to the news:
Why doesn't US let the peace process initiate? Drones sabotaged the dialogue & derailed the process yet again. pic.twitter.com/ohGRHmd8KC
— Naz Baloch (@NazBalochPTI) November 1, 2013
PTI's chief Imran Khan later demanded the government to immediately block Nato supplies going through the country to Afghanistan. PTI is the ruling party in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which shares borders with the tribal areas and has been the most brutally affected by Taliban violence in Pakistan.
Zahid Hussain, a Pakistani journalist and author of The Scorpion's Tail: the relentless rise of Islamic militants in Pakistan was surprised to see Imran Khan's reaction:
I have not seen Imran Khan so angry and upset when the TTP was killing innocent people as he is now on the death of Hakimullah.
— zahid Hussain (@hidhussain) November 1, 2013
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IK was almost on verge of crying when talking to reporters when commenting on Mehsud's death. Just to remind him the TTP killed 3 PTI MPs.
— zahid Hussain (@hidhussain) November 1, 2013
Blogger and PTI's social media head Dr. Awab Alvi tweets:
Glad #Mehsud was Killed today does that stop the terrorism or emergence of a new leader to fill vacuum – NO it only creates more miltnt ldrs
— Awab Alvi (@DrAwab) November 1, 2013
Zarlasht Faisal, (@ZarlashtFaisal) , a fashion designer and a PTI supporter, questions the future of the war.
So following the death of Mehsud…is the war over now? Are we victorious now? Will the violence stop? Will there be no more TTP leaders?
— Zarlasht Faisal (@ZarlashtFaisal) November 1, 2013
Usama Khilji, a Pakistani activist fears a backlash by Taliban:
Security forces around Pakistan must prepare to secure citizens from the mayhem the Taliban may plan to inflict to avenge Hakimullah's death
— Usama Khilji (@UsamaKhilji) November 1, 2013
Beena Sarwar, a blogger and human rights activist questions the role of TTP.
Taking a moralistic, principled stand against #drones would be fine if their target was innocent civilians -who are the TTP #Fasadis' [anarchists] target
— beena sarwar (@beenasarwar) November 1, 2013
Renowned Pakistani lawyer and judicial activist Athar Minallah reacts:
Hekeemullah Mehsud had proudly claimed killing innocent Pakistanis. Never killed an American. Ppl r declaring him Shaheed. Hypocricy
— Athar Minallah (@MinallahAthar) November 1, 2013
Omar Quraishi, an op-ed editor of the English daily, the Express Tribune believes drones are not a hindrance to peace talks.
Note to apologists: drones have not sabotaged any peace talks, ever — that is a fact
— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) November 1, 2013
Patron-in-Chief of Pakistan People's Party or PPP, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari tweets:
If there are good Taliban and bad Taliban are we allowed to say there are good drones and bad drones? #JustAsking
— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) November 1, 2013
There are some funny tweets and jokes in Urdu being circulated on Twitter about Hakimullah Mehsud's killing:
اگرامیر حکیم اللہ محسود صاحب نے برقعہ پہن کے فرار اختیار کیا ہوتا تو وہ آج حوروں کے جھرمٹ میں لڈو نہ کھیل رہے ہوتے- آنٹی عزیز لال مسجد والی
— Che™ (@FarrukhHussaini) November 1, 2013
Had Hakilmullah Mehsud escaped wearing a Burqa, he would not be playing ludo [Pakistani bord game] with Hoors [virgins]. Aunty Aziz Lal Masjid wali
Obituary and condolence etiquette: This is a request to those coming for condolence, the wives of Hakimullah Mehsud – Madam Imrana Khanum and Munawar Begum – are in Iddah [mourning in solitude]. That is why, condolences will be received by his other women, Eliya and Ansaran from Murree [city]. Because these two were not his wives, they were just his sleeping partners.
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Scott Schoeneweis, 35, pitched in 73 games last season for the Mets, going 2-6 with a 3.34 ERA with one save and 15 holds. He was tied for seventh in the National League among left-handers in holds last season, while left-handed batters hit .178 (18-for-101) against him, the seventh-lowest average among all major league relief pitchers (minimum 100 at-bats) and second-lowest among left-handers.
"We feel that Scott will help balance our bullpen," said Byrnes. "Given his success against left-handed hitters over the last several seasons, he provides us another weapon late in games."
Schoeneweis has seen action in 517 games (93 starts) over parts of 10 Major League seasons, going 45-55 with a 4.91 ERA with nine saves and 84 holds while playing for the Angels, White Sox, Blue Jays, Reds and Mets. His 84 holds rank 12th among active left-handed pitchers. Over his career, Schoeneweis has limited left-handed batters to a .224 average, allowing only one home run from 2003-07.
A 2002 World Series Champion with the Angels,
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Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean says losing the Miss USA pageant and later her state crown was part of God's plan.
Prejean also told a group of young voters at a Republican Party of Florida event Saturday that she was "sick and tired of being called a bigot."
She believes she lost her title because of her opposition to gay marriage. California pageant executive director Keith Lewis has said that Prejean was skipping Miss California USA events while speaking out against gay marriage at unsanctioned appearances.
Prejean says she knows God wanted something different for her than a materialistic crown. She says she is now able to travel the country and speak about issues that she is passionate about.
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Game of Thrones screeners have been showing up at critics' doorsteps the past couple days and now the first review for season two is in! Entertainment Weekly's Ken Tucker gives the show an 'A-' and has nothing but positive things to say in his review:
I've tried a little experiment: I had read the first volume of George R.R. Martin's saga A Song of Ice and Fire (the source material for this series) before I watched the first season of GoT so I would be familiar with the vast array of characters and plots that would develop. But I intentionally did not read the epic's second volume, A Clash of Kings, before watching the start of GoT season 2, because I wanted to see if I'd have trouble following the new intricacies.
And I'm here to report that my lack of homework in no way prevented me from becoming enthralled with this series all over again. That's a testament to what adapters David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have accomplished in whittling down and reshaping Martin's novels for weekly TV. It's difficult enough to hook a viewer like me, who resists sprawling, noncontemporary narratives; it's another level of pop culture wizardry to make such storytelling seem so vivid, so vital, and just plain fun. A-
Winter is Coming: Good stuff! Many of the tweets from TV critics and journalists have been very positive as well. Sounds like David & Dan have done it again!


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During the Tea Party's heyday, you could find variations of the 'Keep Your Government Hands Off My Welfare State' sign at rallies around the US. My favourite was a handmade version by a woman who had written out her slogan in black marker and then added, in red, a hammer and sickle to symbolize the peril of socialized medicine. The placard read: 'Government Keep Your Hands Off My Medicare.'
Ideology and reality had been set on a collision course, and this absurd mash-up was the result.
Struggle as it might, the reality that Medicare – America's government-run health insurance – is one of the nation's largest (and most popular) public programmes could not overcome the rightwing imperative to hate the state. Sometimes, it seems, keeping hate alive means making tough sacrifices in the realm of logic.
The Tea Party's visibility has diminished significantly since 2009. However, the disconnect between popular perceptions of US government and its actual function endures.
In February, the New York Times published an article entitled 'Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It'. Several accompanying maps showed that some areas which rely heavily on public programmes – for example, Owsley County, Kentucky, where per capita payments for food stamps are the highest in the country – vote overwhelmingly for conservative Republicans who vow to slash social spending. Other studies show that deeply conservative Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee are among the places where residents, on average, get the highest percentage of their income from government supports.
Of course, there is a fine tradition of allowing one's behaviour and professed beliefs to go their separate ways: Bible-belt states whose residents claim to promote chastity and 'family values' have higher rates of divorce – not to mention higher numbers of online porn subscriptions – than supposed Gomorrahs like New York and California.
But why would healthcare-loving conservatives risk self-injury by embracing anti-government animus?
For one, when people talk about making cuts, they do not picture themselves in their mental community of deadbeats. In his response to the safety net report, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman cited Suzanne Mettler of Cornell University, whose research shows that '44 per cent of Social Security recipients, 43 per cent of those receiving unemployment benefits, and 40 per cent of those on Medicare say that they "have not used a government programme".'
These people are thinking of cutting services for others – like immigrants, who in fact account for only a small portion of government spending.
Yet, as The Economist notes, in other countries appeals from anti-immigrant populists (think Le Pen's National Front in France) include a strong defence of state entitlement programmes. The commitment to the ideal – if not the practice – of determined self-sufficiency is distinctly American. And it's intensifying at an odd moment.
Contrary to Tea Party belief, most of the growth in government programmes has come not because President Obama has boldly expanded benefits. Rather, amid a historic economic downturn, more people have needed these supports. Just when the safety net is doing precisely what it should, conservative leaders denounce a system run amok.
In doing so, they encourage a misplacement of resentment. Business has taken the American denial of mutual support straight to the bank. As economist Dean Baker points out, the failure of working people to gain from productivity increases is a far greater financial burden than anything government levies in taxes. Productivity has grown more than 80 per cent since 1979, with nothing close to a commensurate increase in wages.
Early in the economic recovery, the distribution of benefits has been even worse. In 2010, America's top 1 per cent claimed 93 per cent of all income gains. Income for the great bulk of citizens actually decreased.
Engrossing people in the tailchasing fight to keep government out of government is a brilliant means of distracting from this situation. Sadly for those who join the battle, winning could mean destroying the very social programmes they depend upon for survival.
This column was published in the May 2012 issue of New Internationalist. To read more, buy this issue or subscribe.


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Under normal circumstances noone would care about the picture...well maybe some will but not overall. Yeah he is an elite athlete who deserves to make money. Yeah a lot of people his age take pictures flashing money in Vegas.
But dont people see the problem with the timing? When you are in the middle of a lockout and are crying unfair treatment when your average peer makes a 6 figure salary, a picture like this is not going to serve your public opinion There a common sense factor here regading the timing that Kane appears to be oblivious too. This is like Scott Upshall (?) complaining players are treated like cattle.


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The full HD fever is taking over the Android ecosystem, as more manufacturers reveal devices with 1920×1080 displays, or plans to release such phones in the coming months. We've seen so far full HD smartphones from HTC (with the Butterfly J and the North American Droid DNA), Sharp, and Oppo (the Find 5 is about to be launched on December 12).
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
119 comments:
- Julie said...
That is a cool set.....
Jewel - February 22, 2009 at 11:49 AM
- Amanda @ Serenity Now said...
Be careful! Don't let Eloise Hawking catch you on her big map...she's a little scarey. ;) Cool picture.
- February 22, 2009 at 11:53 AM
- Beena said...
I was really impressed with this set when I saw it on the show, especially since I love maps and globes so much. Thanks for the pic!
- February 22, 2009 at 12:00 PM
- weewiccababe said...
oh thats that big swingy pendulum thingy (yup, one of my technical terms there lol)
Lost's on here (Scotland) in an hour, so am busy trying to get the kids settled so we get peace to curl up and enjoy it
xx - February 22, 2009 at 12:03 PM
- Lisa said...
that's a great picture ! I loved that part of the show, we have a pendulum like that in Boston at the museum.
- February 22, 2009 at 12:04 PM
- Thunder Child said...
If you build it they will come.
- February 22, 2009 at 12:04 PM
- Christina Bauer said...
Awesome picture! Loved that episode! So many new questions and theories to form! I can't wait to see you next Wednesday!
- February 22, 2009 at 12:12 PM
- Arwengreenleaf said...
I have to agree with you there. As amazing as some of the landscapes that you guys use on the show are, you get to be as imaginative with the built sets as you want to be.
- February 22, 2009 at 12:15 PM
- Vikki said...
Card pleased me, when I saw series with her! By the way, you went out well! Thank you for a picture!
- February 22, 2009 at 12:18 PM
- Jules said...
Very cool! More pics from set please!!!
- February 22, 2009 at 12:20 PM
- electrictree said...
Nifty, did you sing "On Top of the World" and do a little tap dancing?
- February 22, 2009 at 12:24 PM
- Robbi said...
That set is really Cool!!!
You are one Lucky Fella!! - February 22, 2009 at 12:34 PM
- Jennifer said...
I have to admit, the whole time I was watching this episode, I was just waiting for someone to move at the wrong time and get whacked with that pendulum!
- February 22, 2009 at 12:52 PM
- John said...
is the pendulum as heavy as it looks? the real mccoy has to be pretty massive to be accurate, and Desmond was doing a rather blithe do-si-do with the thing. I hope that a stunt double was used (or that Henry Cusick's insurance is paid up)
missed opportunity for some snappy dialogue, by the way:
Ms. Hawking:The island's not done with you yet, Desmond. (beat) don't let the pendulum hit you in the a$$ on your way out!
Desmond: ah, Foucault o' ye--
hey, Faraday would have laughed... - February 22, 2009 at 12:59 PM
- twistedgrape said...
loved the set and that episode!! : )
- February 22, 2009 at 1:00 PM
- twistedgrape said...
loved the set and that episode!! : )
- February 22, 2009 at 1:00 PM
- careymc said...
Just found your blog and it's awesome. :-) Love watching you on the show (can't imagine it w/o you). Keep up the awesome work, dude!!!
- February 22, 2009 at 1:02 PM
- Deborah Godin said...
It's neat to see both you and the set in a not-in-character moment. I heard something interesting on TV the other day, they were talking about how sets are going to have to be made more carefully and authentically as HD becomes more prevalent because the increased detail is going to demand more realism in materials used. No more cutting corners where it "won't show."
- February 22, 2009 at 1:06 PM
- Marianna said...
This is nice...hope it gives some answers too ;-)
take care
peace and love
xoxo - February 22, 2009 at 1:10 PM
- Lazy Mom Leslie said...
I'm an episode behind, I need to go catch up!
- February 22, 2009 at 1:46 PM
- M said...
Fionnula Flanagan has been creepily perfect for Ms. Hawking, I really hope that Faraday is not really her son.. can't imagine having someone that cold blooded as a parent.
- February 22, 2009 at 1:54 PM
- Sam! said...
I really want to sit on the pendulum and swing...
Great site! - February 22, 2009 at 2:01 PM
- Cindy Lou Who said...
LOL - I loved that in the set. I kept waiting for it to hit someone as they were walking around it in the scene. I wanted to bust out laughing if it did! ;o)
- February 22, 2009 at 2:09 PM
- Ack said...
I'm pretty sure if I ever have a lair, I'm putting one of those giant pendulum thingies in it :D
- February 22, 2009 at 2:13 PM
- Laurie said...
That set is like the world's creepiest classroom.
- February 22, 2009 at 2:29 PM
- M.Santana said...
cool set... def wanna see if there are any flashbacks with the creation of it.
- February 22, 2009 at 2:42 PM
- lyly ford said...
amazing photo !! i know hurley wasn't here but it's so cool to see you on this set ^^
- February 22, 2009 at 2:42 PM
- Linda said...
Very cool set and I have to tell you Mrs Hawking is pretty scary!!
Tell us more about it. - February 22, 2009 at 2:44 PM
- Nikowa@KHA said...
Great pic! Thanks for sharing!
I'd probably prefer on location shots. Well except for swimming in nasty water all day! :) - February 22, 2009 at 2:46 PM
- Melissa said...
That is awesome! So does that mean you visit Ms. Hawkings????
- February 22, 2009 at 3:03 PM
- Fibro Witch said...
I hope these sets are being stored some where. So when all is said and done, the sets can go on tour. I see a giant touring stage show and set tour going to Science Museums around the world.
- February 22, 2009 at 3:20 PM
- Pauline said...
I love this set too! During the scene in the last episode, I just kept waiting for Desmond to get hit by the pendulum!!! Please tell me there is some kind of good outtakes of this happening, ahaha.
Love you Jorge, love the blog! - February 22, 2009 at 3:26 PM
- Georgia said...
Ooooh that set. I was so distracted during the entire scene on that set last week because I kept picturing Mrs. Hawkings or Desmond being pwned by that swinging pendulum and knocked clear across the room during their dramatic speeches. Not that I WANTED that to happen, mind you, it just would have been really, really funny.
- February 22, 2009 at 3:29 PM
- Marys_29 said...
Georgia: I was thinking the same !
lol - February 22, 2009 at 3:32 PM
- Mr. Bill said...
Hey There!
I know that you are a fan of the Dharmalars and I just wanted to drop you a line to let you know that they have decided to throw in the towel and quit podcasting. They will be missed bigtime! - February 22, 2009 at 3:37 PM
- Nena said...
Great photo.
My favorite theatre classes in college were set design and lighting design. They changed the way I viewed performances so much.
I would love to be at the strike party of the Lamppost Station set. If you guys need an extra hand, let me know! - February 22, 2009 at 3:44 PM
- Artem(Russia)LOST said...
Very cool!I love LOST and Hurley!!!!!!!
- February 22, 2009 at 3:48 PM
- Afontcu said...
Oh my god, you were in the Light House!! xD
Wanna know how did you escape from prison, or wherever you were. Hope Benjamin didn't take part..:)
See you (I guess) on thursday (wednesday on US)! - February 22, 2009 at 4:00 PM
- maven said...
Be careful, don't get knocked over by that pendulum and don't let Mrs. Hawking see you fooling around with her stuff!
Awesome set for the Lampost! - February 22, 2009 at 4:02 PM
- Ben said...
That's an awesome set. Absolutely GREAT episode too.
- February 22, 2009 at 4:22 PM
- Maqii =) said...
Saludos desde Argentina!!
Bueno, voy a tratar de escribir lo mejor posible en ingles.
I started watching the serie a few months ago. I used to watch 5 or 6 episodes a day.
I enjoy making theories about what is going to happen.
I have a dream, and is going to Hawaii.
Looks like a very beautiful place, isn`t it?
It's amazing to act in a serie, but in such a wonderful place, it must be AWSOME!
I love that word said by you.
Greetings from Southamerica.
Maqii =) - February 22, 2009 at 4:29 PM
- bethany james leigh shady said...
I <3 Eloise Hawking
- February 22, 2009 at 4:40 PM
- James Hernandez said...
I didn't see Canada on the pendulum map. What happened? - February 22, 2009 at 5:16 PM
- Camilo Pérez said...
that's an excellent gadget you got there... Greetings from Costa Rica
- February 22, 2009 at 5:30 PM
- Edgard Cravo said...
This set is very cool! I liked that pendulum.
Hugs from Brazil - February 22, 2009 at 5:35 PM
- Mindy said...
Great picture! I'd love to learn more about that set. Think that'll happen in the special features when we get the DVD?
Thanks for sharing! - February 22, 2009 at 6:02 PM
- Blake and Lucinda said...
I love that you post pictures from the set! They're really interesting to see when I'm not focused on Ms. Hawking's explanations and a pissed off Desmond!
- February 22, 2009 at 6:12 PM
- ~Karen~ said...
Awesome set, indeed!
- February 22, 2009 at 6:24 PM
- Kate said...
That is a freaking awesome set. Is it wrong that I kept waiting for someone to not be paying attention and to be knocked over by the pendulum?
- February 22, 2009 at 6:39 PM
- Chas said...
loves it! awesome set
- February 22, 2009 at 6:49 PM
- Berly said...
What?! It's a set? I get so wrapped up in the story while watching the show I forget! LOL.
- February 22, 2009 at 6:52 PM
- Pam said...
Gotta say, that one was pretty cool....
- February 22, 2009 at 7:03 PM
- Scott said...
Hey, have you been losing some weight? Looking good, sir :)
- February 22, 2009 at 7:25 PM
- Erika Jean said...
...if you build it... they will come
- February 22, 2009 at 7:33 PM
- IslandPearl said...
The very first tease we got of that I shouted out "Foucault!!".
My husband probably woulda thought I'd lost my mind, but he'd figured that out a long time ago... - February 22, 2009 at 7:37 PM
- Denise F said...
That's so awesome!
- February 22, 2009 at 9:02 PM
- Julianna said...
where I went to college, at BYU, there was a Foucault Pendulum like that one in the lobby of the Science building. it was a popular date spot because there was a dinosaur skeleton and a bunch of fun little activities/experiments you could do there. it sounds really kooky describing it now, but it was a blast.
one of the funniest things about it was a sign by the pendulum, warning people not to touch it. it said something like "Warning: Do Not Touch 20,000 Ohms." It wasn't until years later that I learned that an Ohm was a unit of resistance, not of anything that could hurt you.
anyway...that's what came to mind when i was watching that episode the other night and when i saw you post here. my brother in law is the production designer on Napolean Dynamite and Fan Boys. it is amazing to see the sets and things that they come up with.
okay, so this was a stinking long comment. :0) have a great day! - February 22, 2009 at 9:08 PM
- WHAVegan said...
Yeah, that set was all kinds of win. I can't wait to find out how you got on the plane.
- February 22, 2009 at 9:24 PM
- JohnnyMartin said...
Sweet set.
One question dude, because it's bugging me. Hopefully this gets answered because I know it hasn't been.
Why, when we see Locke is able to not feel pain in his legs earlier in the show, do we see him feel pain in his legs not once, but twice this season?
Sure he got shot and broke his leg... but still. What gives? - February 22, 2009 at 11:03 PM
- Whit said...
Can you use that thing to find my keys? Thanks.
- February 22, 2009 at 11:30 PM
- Derek Brink said...
Anybody accidentally walk into that thing while it was swinging?
- February 22, 2009 at 11:51 PM
- Sym said...
Good Morning,
Yes is a fantastic and Shoking set - February 23, 2009 at 12:27 AM
- Carolate said...
That was a great episode. I love that set and I love Eloise. She remind me an old teacher I had in the School.
I love the way Hugo saved so many people to crush with the Ajira Plane... - February 23, 2009 at 4:09 AM
- -Sea Nymph- said...
I'm adding that pendulum and map to the list of things I want when I get my own house ;P Just you wait, it'll be awesome!
I too was waiting to see who would get hit first with the pendulum. And where is it hanging from!? - February 23, 2009 at 5:28 AM
- Melia said...
Has anyone gotten smacked by the pendulum? It was a concern of mine while watching all scenes in that room...
- February 23, 2009 at 6:39 AM
- llquadro said...
Jorge! Once again, we appreciate your sharing of these behind-the-scene pics!!!! Thanks for keeping us "IN THE LOOP"!!!!!!!!! :D
- February 23, 2009 at 7:08 AM
- Melissa said...
Every time Desmond walked past that thing I thought it was gonna cold cock him. I would wince every time it went by.....
- February 23, 2009 at 7:30 AM
- Mike Dines said...
The Lamp Post was a pretty awesome set. I kept thinking that Henry/Desmond was going to have a bad run-in with that swinging pendulum though when he was walking all over the map and having his rant.
"More pendulum dirt on Henry please." - February 23, 2009 at 9:02 AM
- lena said...
Hello From Russia!
We love you :) - February 23, 2009 at 9:08 AM
- Pittielover said...
Awesome set! The pendulum scared the poop outta me when I was watching, I thought it was going to take Desmond out.
- February 23, 2009 at 9:49 AM
- Zoe said...
you are so lucky! I've always wanted to see a set like that. set design has been an interest of mine for a while, i would die to see professional sets...oh well.
- February 23, 2009 at 9:53 AM
- ValMo said...
Homigosh, that's probably my favorite set so far. Very cool! I love all the Dharma sets.
- February 23, 2009 at 9:58 AM
- Jodi said...
That pic with the pendulem rocks!
- February 23, 2009 at 10:21 AM
- Michelleleea said...
just wanna say thanks for making me laugh...on the show and here on your blog!
- February 23, 2009 at 11:29 AM
- Thomas said...
So Jorge Garcia was in the Lamp Post.
Was Hurley? - February 23, 2009 at 11:54 AM
- Jenn said...
I loved seeing this room on the show. It looked really cool on tv. You're going to have quite the scrapbook when this series is done :)
- February 23, 2009 at 12:28 PM
- Michelle said...
OMG. Don't touch the pendulum Jorge! You're gonna mess up the whole island-locating algorithm!!! Jeez.
- February 23, 2009 at 1:45 PM
- Capcom said...
Great photo, and I agree! Where ever could TPTB find a Swan station or a frozen donkey wheel, if they didn't build them?!
And after the show is over, all the sets should be moved someplace where they can be in a Lost Set Museum, so we can all visit it. If they build it, we will come. :-) - February 23, 2009 at 1:49 PM
- Даша said...
I love lost.
- February 23, 2009 at 2:17 PM
- lostinphilly said...
So how many bloopers will come from those scenes with the pendulum? That is such an awesome set, I love it! And you look so happy standing there with it. So who really got hit with it and how many times? Lol.
- February 23, 2009 at 2:35 PM
- As Always said...
Hi. First time visitor here.
I'm a dud for not knowing about this before now. Anywho, nice pic. I loved seeing that set on television. - February 23, 2009 at 3:37 PM
- Che said...
I was waiting for Desmond to get knocked out by that thing in the last episode.
- February 23, 2009 at 4:38 PM
- *~Dani~* said...
Like Melissa, I too thought Desmond was going to get whacked by that swinging pendumlum every time he walked by. I am still shocked that he did not. Any mishaps while filiming that scene that you are aware of? Looked dangerous.
- February 23, 2009 at 5:04 PM
- Melissa Markham said...
It is definitely a cool set. We knew it was Dharma related as soon as we saw the concrete corridors with the wiring...
We have only watched last week's episode about 1/2 dozen times! - February 23, 2009 at 5:28 PM
- Hannah said...
- February 23, 2009 at 7:10 PM
- Clay Swartz said...
Quick question for Jorge...
In a recent interview you said that you stumbled across a set that you weren't involved in, but that it was awesome.
Is this that set, or is that one still to be seen? - February 23, 2009 at 7:33 PM
- Susan said...
I can just hear the director: "Okay, cue the pendulum..."
- February 23, 2009 at 7:44 PM
- redelf said...
That is really cool. I want that in my basement.
- February 24, 2009 at 5:10 AM
- bianconiglio said...
I really hope they'll put a special about this set in one of the 5th season's DVDs! I LOOOOOOOOVED so much to see the special about the Swan!
- February 24, 2009 at 6:43 AM
- TheHealthyFamily said...
Niiice ....
- February 24, 2009 at 6:49 AM
- Avinash said...
Haven't messaged here for ages.
What did you think of the Oscar's?
That pic of you with 2 heads in the water was pretty fucking funny. Possibly because of the hilarity of the idea, or possibly because I am extremely high. - February 24, 2009 at 8:11 AM
- Vilo said...
Hola Jorge
Te escribo desde Chile, en donde estamos muy orgullosos de que lleves dentro de ti sangre chilena, hay miles de personas a las que les encanta tu trabajo y lo bien que lo haces.
Saludos desde Santiago de Chile, y trata de visitarnos algún día. - February 24, 2009 at 8:54 AM
- Lisa said...
Loved that set! Which we could have seen more of it. Or will we later???
The show is just going a mile a minute and I am loving it all! - February 24, 2009 at 9:22 AM
- The Blot said...
That is such a cool picture! Thanks for sharing.
I'd kill for a pic of me swinging from the pendulum!!! - February 24, 2009 at 10:17 AM
- TanuvasaCasa said...
Wow, it really is a great set. It would be so nice if they could leave a few sets up so that people could do tours of them after the production is done each season. It would rake in the big bucks. Any time family comes I'll take them to a few places and say, that's where they shot the golf scene, etc" and they always want more!
- February 24, 2009 at 11:22 AM
- K said...
How cool is it that you get "greetings" from all over the world? Lost has become a worlwide phenomenon. Keep up the good work "dude". I love lost.
- February 24, 2009 at 4:30 PM
- Tuk said...
I wish I could be there!!! - February 24, 2009 at 5:52 PM
- Michelle said...
I thought that was the coolest room so far.
- February 24, 2009 at 6:57 PM
- Bostan natsuko said...
Yea i noticed someone commented about Desmond, i was also waiting for him to be knocked out by that
- February 25, 2009 at 12:13 AM
- mine, by magpie said...
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Did you see this Jimmy Kimmel clip featuring you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYjZScFrTss&feature=channel_page - February 25, 2009 at 10:26 AM
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I really enjoy the sets that are built on LOST also, Jorge, but everything in the whole show meshes so well that I couldn't say what is my favorite thing about LOST, besides you! Thanks so much for your great blog!
- February 25, 2009 at 12:19 PM
- bygnerd said...
So, when you say "we," do you mean the crew? Or are you enough of a nerd like most of the rest of us that you are into getting into that kind of stuff yourself? Then again there are probably weird legal issues... blah blah blah. I'm totally into the whole Foucault's Pendulum thing tho :)
- February 26, 2009 at 12:18 AM
- reinstein said...
See, i knew the pendulum was real! People were saying it was CGI'ed in because of Desmond's walking back and forth past it. Did it ever whack him in the face in one of the bad takes?
- February 26, 2009 at 11:53 AM
- Emily said...
I have to admit, at first glance I thought you were holding a mop in a mop bucket. I almost didn't recognize the pendulum when it wasn't swinging wildly.
P.S. I have to comment on the blocking done in those scenes with the wildly swinging pendulum. I thought for sure Desmond was going to get smacked with it. But I guess this is why you guys are professionals! - February 27, 2009 at 3:00 PM
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- Julie said...
I'm looking forward to seeing any pendulum mishaps on the bloopers DVD for this season! :) Julie
- February 28, 2009 at 5:07 PM
- papilio said...
Awsome picture Jorge!
Thanx for posting that.
Keep up the cool work, dude ;) - March 1, 2009 at 5:19 AM
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Please tell your art and set department(s) they outdid themselves with this set. Faux science at its best! I loved the rhythm of the pendulum and its sweeping back and forth movement as it scored its probabilities into the floor. It added a sense of tension to a scene that otherwise had little action too. I loved its retro future look and the impression of neglect you got from the details that said it once was important but now its forgotten. I loved the lovely polished floor with a 3d look. At first I thought they were standing on a transparent floor over a globe of the earth. It must hurt to have to dismantle a set as lovely as this. Ha ha. Bet Ben blew it up. He couldn't let something that dangerous fall into enemy hands after he left.
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Although readers do not get many details about Marion's life, Rebecca suggests that her mother experienced the same kind of discontentment as does she. When she buys the devil postcard, Rebecca implies that Marion lived vicariously though her daughter's travels, ones that she, as a married woman during the 1950s and 1960s in the United States, could not enjoy. The suffering her mother endured causes her daughter twice to declare, Poor Marion.
Ironically, Rebecca experiences the same sense of meaninglessness even though she suffers none of the conventional restrictions that her mother faced. Rebecca appears to have the upper hand in her marriage when she convinces Tom that the time is right to have a baby and that Paris is the perfect setting in which to become pregnant. She also has been able to convince him to leave his home in California and relocate to the East Coast...
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text: Dan Aykroyd's Alien Rant: "They're Breaking The Law"Meredith Woerner5/12/10 10:00amFiled to: AliensDan AykroydVideoClipsScaryLarry KingNews98EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Dan Aykroyd doesn't belief we'll ever have a "formal" relationship with aliens - because of 9/11. But that doesn't matter, because the 23 other species constantly observing the human race should all be arrested. Watch Aykryoyd's Larry King rant. [Videogum]Reply98 repliesLeave a reply


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Last week's homestand was very, very good to the Cardinals. Winning five out of six ain't half bad or even a quarter bad. Albert Pujols had a .450 batting average, three home runs, 11 RBIs, and three stolen bases. On the year, his OPS (Slugging percentage + On Base Percentage) is 1.137. If you want to witness history, catch a Cardinals game on most any night. In other news, local boy David Freese was sent to Memphis to make room for the recently acquired Blaine Boyer, leaving Kyle McClellan the only player on the team that knows how to find the best toasted ravioli in town.
Game 14 vs. NY, W 4-6: The match-up between two inconsistent (FJM jar) starters lived up to its billing. Both Colonel Wellemeyer and Oliver "Don't Call Me Ollie" Perez each gave up four runs in their shortish starts. Statisticians call these starts BLEGH (Batters Love Each Goshdarned Heater). It came down to the bought bullpen versus the bargain bullpen. Both pitched well before J.J. Putz proved he was a "true Met," by giving up two runs in the eighth inning. Coupled with his comments about Ichiro earlier this year, Putz has show he has the arm of Aaron Heilman with the lovely attitude of Billy Wagner. It'll be fun to watch unfold this year.
Game 15 vs. NY, W 2-5: Joel Pineiro continued his quest to make me look like an idiot. Under the premise that strikeouts are for posers, dude went eight innings throwing nothing but sinkers. After allowing an RBI from Dan Murphy, Pineiro retired 13 straight batters from the fourth to the eighth innings. After allowing a run in the ninth, Dennys Reyes and Ryan Franklin lightly closed the door.
Game 16 vs. NY, W 8-12: The Mets wheeled octogenarian Livan Hernandez to the mound and Lord Pujols took as an affront to his dignity. He, along with his mustachioed sidekick Rick Ankiel, hit home runs while nearly every other hitter collected an RBI for a total of a dozen runs. Kyle Lohse pitched only five innings due to twisting his ankle, but he allowed only one run. His successor Pajamas Walters allowed five earned runs and three unearned runs made the game closer and sloppier than we would have preferred but a win is a win and it will smell just as sweetly.
Game 17 vs. Chi., W 3-4: The Cubs made their Busch Stadium debut in an exciting one-run game. Adam Wainwright pitched well allowing only one earned run with six strikeouts in seven innings pitched. An error by Skip Schumaker (in left field) and a glitch by Khalilbot allowed the game to be tied. In the eighth, His Lordship singled off "electric" Carlos Marmol. Pujols then chose to steal second and it was done. A hit by Ryan Ludwick scored Pujols and proved to be the game winner.
Game 18 vs. Chi., W 2-8: The Cards needed another youngster to take Carpenter's spot in the rotation. Mitchell Boggs made his first start of 2009 and pitched ably. After an error allowed a runner to reach, scrappy, gritty, and gravelly Ryan Theriot knocked singled for an RBI. This brought up Alfonso Soriano, who Boggs fooled on three sliders. It was fun watching the kid pitch. Pujols then hit a grand slam with Pujols standing on each base. It was a metaphor for how he is everywhere and nowhere at the same time. On our physical plane, the metaphor was worth four runs.
Game 19 vs. Chi., L 3-10: Colonel Wellemeyer gave his third BLEGH performance in a row to end the win streak. He gave up half of the 10 runs and nearly every reliever after him allowed at least one as well. Blaine Boyer made his Cardinals debut and showed why he was made available for trade by giving up two runs in 2/3 of an inning. Those runs were safely on the bases before he left the game. It took left-handed specialist Trevor Miller to give up a home run to a lefthanded Kosuke Fukudome. That's not how it's supposed to work. It was a slight disappointment, which was made less disappointing by the beautiful weather. What do you want? We are easily amused.
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We think so! The animated journey of Dusty Crophopper's transformation from solitary superstar to selfless hero is as likable for the parents in the theater as it is for the kids begging them to see it. "It's a movie about second chances," says director Bobs Gannaway. When Dusty, a world-famous air racer, learns that he has a failed engine that can't be replaced, he has to reconsider his future. Planes: Fire and Rescue invites us along on Dusty's journey. Here are 10 reasons why we think it's one worth embarking upon.
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Thank you, Disney, for always giving Mom and Dad a laugh or two (or more) that are designed just for us. And if you came of age in the late 1970s or early '80s, the CHiPs references won't be lost on you.
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For those of us (myself included) who were unfamiliar with air rescue before seeing the movie, it's pretty incredible to know that the story mimics reality (minus the talking planes).
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It's not a new component of a Disney animated flick, but it's one that we've come to expect and look forward to. The aerial firefighters are a lovable, funny, ragtag bunch who look after one another. Friendship's a message that even the littlest of viewers can comprehend.
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The "Secretary of the Interior" (in this case a vehicle inspired by a 1968 Ford Bronco) may not have the biggest role in the film, but he does play a significant part. Responsible for overseeing the national parks, he's on the eco-minded side of the aerial fighters, whose goal is to protect and preserve.
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A Pilot Study of Dextromethorphan for the Prevention and Treatment of Methotrexate Neurotoxicity
This study has been terminated.
(slow accrual)
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: September 12, 2005
Last updated: December 10, 2009
Last verified: December 2009
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The purposes of this study are to find out whether dextromethorphan can prevent the short or long-term neurologic side effects of methotrexate, and whether dextromethorphan can improve symptoms of short-term neurologic side effects if they do occur.
Condition | Intervention |
Neurotoxicity Syndromes |
Drug: Dextromethorphan |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | A Pilot Study of Dextromethorphan for the Prevention and Treatment of Methotrexate Neurotoxicity |
Resource links provided by NLM:
Drug Information available for:
Dextromethorphan hydrobromide
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Further study details as provided by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- To determine whether dextromethorphan decreases the subacute toxicities associated with intravenous and intrathecal methotrexate [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- To determine whether dextromethorphan can alleviate acute or subacute neurotoxicity when it does occur after intravenous or intrathecal methotrexate [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
Estimated Enrollment: | 20 |
Study Start Date: | March 2003 |
Study Completion Date: | May 2007 |
Primary Completion Date: | May 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Intervention Details:
Detailed Description:
Drug: Dextromethorphan
Patients will receive an inert carrier with or without dextromethorphan. The study drug will be administered at 1.5 mg/kg/dose on a BID schedule. The first dose to be given prior to each scheduled intravenous and/or intrathecal administration of methotrexate and continued for a total of seven days.
We believe that we are beginning to understand the biological cause of the neurotoxicity that happens after treatment with methotrexate. Dextromethorphan, an ingredient in common cough medicines, may be able to prevent and/or treat this neurotoxicity. We have given dextromethorphan to a small group of patients who developed severe neurologic side effects after methotrexate. All had a complete recovery within one day.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 2 Years to 21 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Newly diagnosed acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) or OS. Patients will be separately stratified and randomized by disease.
- Patients with history of seizures are eligible but will be stratified separately.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) will be excluded from the study, because of the risk of severe drug interactions.
- Pregnant or lactating women.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00176553
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00176553
United States, New Jersey | |
Cancer Institute of New Jersey | |
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08901 |
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University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Principal Investigator: | Peter Cole, MD | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 27, 2017
Responsible Party: | Peter Cole, Cancer Institute of New Jersey |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00176553 History of Changes |
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Study First Received: | September 12, 2005 |
Last Updated: | December 10, 2009 |
Keywords provided by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey:
methotrexate neurotoxicity |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neurotoxicity Syndromes Nervous System Diseases Poisoning Chemically-Induced Disorders Methotrexate Dextromethorphan Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal Abortifacient Agents Reproductive Control Agents Physiological Effects of Drugs Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic Antimetabolites Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |
Antineoplastic Agents Dermatologic Agents Enzyme Inhibitors Folic Acid Antagonists Immunosuppressive Agents Immunologic Factors Antirheumatic Agents Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors Antitussive Agents Respiratory System Agents Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists Excitatory Amino Acid Agents Neurotransmitter Agents |
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Israel faces nonstate actors in civilian clothes, armed with homemade rockets and drones, nested among civilians on four of its five borders: Sinai, Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. And what is most striking about this play is that the traditional means of bringing order seem ineffective. Israel, a mini-superpower, keeps pummeling the ragtag Islamist militias in Gaza with its modern air force, but the superempowered Palestinian militants, leveraging cheap high-tech tools, keep coming back with homemade rockets and even a homemade drone. You used to need a contract with Boeing to get a drone. Now you can make one in Gaza.
What to do? For starters, it would be great if the big powers of the world of order — the United States, Russia, China, Japan, India and the European Union — were able to collaborate more in stemming the spread of the world of disorder. That is certainly necessary. But the prospects for that are limited. No power these days wants to lay hands on the world of disorder because all you win is a bill. And even if they did, it would not be sufficient.
In my view, the only way Israel can truly curtail the Hamas rocket threat is if the Palestinians of Gaza demand that the rockets stop. Sure, Israel can inflict enough pain on all of Gaza to get a cease-fire, but it never lasts. The only sustainable way to do it is by Israel partnering with moderate Palestinians in the West Bank to build a thriving state there, so Gaza Palestinians wake up every day and say to the nihilistic Hamas: "We want what our West Bank cousins have." The only sustainable controls are those that come from within.
That is how the U.S. military defeated the earlier version of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, when the jihadists largely took over Iraq's Anbar province in 2006-07. The United States partnered with the Sunni Muslim tribal leaders who didn't want puritanical Islam, or their daughters to be forced to marry fundamentalists, or to give up their whiskey.
But we did not just arm them. We brokered an agreement of shared guns, shared power and shared values — about the future of Iraq — between those Sunni tribesmen and Iraq's ruling Shiite president, Nouri al-Maliki. That is what ended the jihadist disorder there in 2007.
And then what did al-Maliki do as soon as we left Iraq? He stopped paying the Sunni tribal militias and tried to arrest moderate Sunni politicians. Rather than building on the foundation we laid of power-sharing, al-Maliki uprooted it. That is why ISIL found it so easy to move in. Iraqi Sunnis weren't going to fight for al-Maliki's government. No trust, no power-sharing — no order.
Read Full ArticleJewish settlers in Israel have done all they could to build more settlements and undermine Palestinian trust that Israel will ever share sufficient power for a West Bank Palestinian state to emerge. And the moderate, secular Palestinian leadership in the West Bank all too often has shown too little courage to compromise at crunch time. So no compelling West Bank alternative to Hamas' nihilism exists. Israel, the moderate Palestinians and al-Maliki all wasted the quiet of the past few years. And al-Maliki and Israel's leaders now insist on wiping out the military threats they face from radicals — before rebuilding or reconsidering any of the political alternatives that they themselves helped to scuttle. That won't work.
Patrick Doherty, author of "A New U.S. Grand Strategy" in Foreign Policy magazine, argues that if you look at the traditional responses to the world of disorder by both U.S. and other leaders, you notice that there are a lot of "controllers and disrupters but no builders. Our leaders were trained in the control tactics of the Cold War — aka 'crisis management.' So it's no surprise that we are using our power only to hedge risk and preserve a failing status quo. But now we need our leaders to be builders with enough foresight to shape a sustainable international order — and to support regional leaders committed to the same."
Control, notes Doherty, is surely better than chaos. But as we have seen with the controllers America has tended to adopt in Egypt, Iraq and Israel, their brand of control "tends toward stagnation and excesses, as power is concentrated to counter the forces of chaos."
When all the old means of top-down control are decreasingly available or increasingly expensive (in a world of strong people and strong technologies, being a strongman isn't what it used to be) leaders and their people are going to eventually have to embrace a new, more sustainable, source of order that emerges from the bottom up and is built on shared power, values and trust. Leadership will be about how to cultivate that kind of order.
Yes, yes. I know that sounds impossibly hard. But when isolated Gazans can make their own drones, order doesn't come easy anymore.
Thomas Friedman writes for The New York Times.