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Sulcal Effacement With Preserved Gray–White Junction
A Sign of Reversible Ischemia
Background and Purpose—Sulcal effacement with preserved underlying gray–white matter junction (isolated sulcal effacement [ISE]) in acute ischemic stroke may not represent irreversible parenchymal injury. We aimed to evaluate the frequency and significance of ISE in patients with large vessel occlusion acute ischemic stroke.
Methods—Consecutive acute ischemic stroke patients with middle cerebral artery M1 or internal carotid artery terminus occlusions who underwent computed tomography angiogram/perfusion followed by intra-arterial therapy were screened for ISE.
Results—Out of the 568 patients who underwent intra-arterial therapy between March 2011 and September 2014, 108 fulfilled inclusion criteria. ISE was present in 8 (7.4%) patients (age 55.7±10.5 years, 6 female, baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale 16.1±3.8, 5 middle cerebral artery-M1, and 3 internal carotid artery terminus occlusions). Computed tomography angiogram revealed engorged/dilated leptomeningeal vessels obliterating the sulci within the areas of effacement, whereas computed tomography perfusion indicated normal-to-increased cerebral blood volume and prolonged Tmax in all patients. Modified treatment in cerebral ischemia (mTICI) 2b-3 reperfusion was achieved in all patients. Follow-up imaging confirmed no infarct in the ISE area in all patients, and 5 (62%) had modified Rankin Scale 0 to 2 at 3 months.
Conclusions—Sulcal effacement with preserved gray–white delineation is occasionally visualized in patients with proximal occlusion strokes, relates to robust leptomeningeal collaterals, and indicates preserved underlying parenchyma. ISE should not be used to exclude patients from thrombectomy.
Clinical response to intravenous thrombolysis depends on the extent of early ischemic changes on noncontrast computed tomography (NCCT).1 These are subtle markers of parenchymal damage and include (1) loss of delineation of the lentiform nucleus/caudate head/internal capsule, (2) sulcal effacement, and (3) loss of gray–white junction differentiation underlying the cortical sulci and insula.2,3
Sulcal effacement on NCCT and concomitant preservation of the underlying gray–white matter junction (isolated sulcal effacement [ISE]) may not represent cytotoxic edema.1,4,5 We aimed to evaluate the frequency and significance of ISE in patients with large vessel occlusion acute ischemic stroke (AIS) undergoing intra-arterial therapy (IAT).
Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
We performed a retrospective review of patients consecutively treated with IAT for AIS between March 2011 and September 2014 in a tertiary academic center. Individuals with middle cerebral artery (MCA) M1 or internal carotid artery terminus occlusions who had baseline CT angiogram/CT perfusion and follow-up magnetic resonance imaging or NCCT were included. This study was approved by the local Institutional Board Review.
Image Analysis
The baseline NCCTs (axial) were reviewed independently by 2 reviewers for asymmetry in hemispherical sulci, followed by a consensus read. Patients with previous strokes were excluded. NCCT was used to grade ASPECTS.6
CT angiograms were evaluated and leptomeningeal vascularity graded as less, equal, or greater than the contralateral unaffected side.7 CT perfusion was used to estimate the ischemic core lesion and perfusion defect (RAPID, iSchemaView Inc, CA). Follow-up magnetic resonance imaging (preferred) or NCCT were used to evaluate the fate of the ISE area. Hemorrhagic transformation was graded by European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study (ECASS) and reperfusion by modified treatment in cerebral ischemia (mTICI) criteria.8,9
Out of 568 patients who underwent IAT for AIS within the study period, 108 fit inclusion criteria. Fifteen patients had asymmetrical sulci and preserved gray–white delineation; however, 7 were excluded because of previous strokes, leading to 8 (7.4%) patients with ISE for the primary analysis (Figure). Mean age was 55.7±10.5 years, baseline SBP 134.0±13.7 mm Hg, and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale 16.1±3.8 (Table). Mean ASPECTS (not including ISE as abnormal) was 7.0±1.8. A total of 33 cortical regions had ISE (mean of 4.1 per patient). Mean time from last-known-normal to groin-puncture was 519.1±248.3 minutes and procedural length 96.0±40.6 minutes. Stentretrivers (5), thromboaspiration (2), or a combination (1) were used, leading to 100% mTICI 2b-3 reperfusion. Seven patients had a follow-up magnetic resonance imaging and 1 NCCT (median interval from IAT, 35 hours). No patients developed infarct in the area of ISE on follow-up imaging. Five (62%) achieved modified Rankin Scale 0–2 at 3 months.
Isolated Sulcal Effacement
ISE isolated to the MCA was noted in 4 patients, MCA/posterior cerebral artery in 2, and anterior cerebral artery/MCA/posterior cerebral artery in 2. CT angiogram revealed engorged/dilated leptomeningeal vessels obliterating the sulci within the areas of ISE in all patients.
Six of the 8 patients had technically adequate perfusion maps. All patients had prolonged Tmax within the ISE territories and regionally normal-to-increased cerebral blood volume. The cerebral blood flow patterns were variable. The mean ischemic core was 20.3±20.5 cc (range 0–61), perfusion defect 144.0±53.3 cc, and penumbral volume 106.0±56.9 cc.
Cerebral angiography confirmed good collateral flow in all optimally studied patients. Complete and rapid collateralization of the vascular bed in the entire ischemic territory was seen in 3 patients with M1 occlusions. One patient had a proximal M1 occlusion partially obstructing the A1 segment of the anterior cerebral artery (with anterior communicating artery cross-flow and posterior cerebral artery leptomeningeal flow). One patient with MCA-M1 occlusion had a hypoplastic ipsilateral A1 segment of the anterior cerebral artery and 3 had internal carotid artery terminus occlusions.
In this study of patients with large vessel occlusion AIS, we found sulcal effacement with underlying preservation of the gray–white differentiation to be indicative of brain tissue viability. This phenomenon is likely related to robust leptomeningeal collateral flow at the time of image acquisition.
von Kummer et al suggested that brain swelling without concomitant parenchymal hypoattenuation may represent a compensatory vasodilation in regions of low perfusion pressure.1 However, sulcal effacement continues to be broadly referred to as a marker of early ischemic changes and has been imprecisely used as a sign of parenchymal injury.3,5,10 Our findings reinforce the idea that sulcal effacement without hypoattenuation and with preserved gray–white junction represents viable tissue. The development of ISE happens before the occurrence of cytotoxic edema (leading to loss of gray–white differentiation) and of blood–brain barrier breakdown (leading to vasogenic edema and hypoattenuation).5
Two reports evaluated the presence of ISE in AIS patients. One found ISE in 13% (22/172) and the other in 20% (6/30) of patients, and both revealed uniformly increased cerebral blood volume. Most patients were managed conservatively (only 2 IAT), and only 35% to 50% had lack of infarct within the ISE territory on follow-up imaging.4,5 The frequency of ISE in our report compares favorably (7.4%), despite including only patients with confirmed large vessel occlusion. The CT perfusion patterns of our patients are comparable. We have demonstrated that the area with ISE was always preserved on follow-up imaging, which may relate to the fact that all of our patients were successfully reperfused.
This study has multiple limitations, mostly associated with the inherent challenges of retrospective analyses. Because of the small number of identified patients, group comparisons could not be performed and trends could not be characterized.
Sulcal effacement with preserved gray–white delineation is occasionally visualized in patients with proximal occlusion strokes, is associated with robust leptomeningeal collateral flow, and indicates the presence of underlying preserved brain parenchyma. The presence of ISE should not be used to exclude patients from acute reperfusion therapy.
Dr Nogueira: Stryker (PI:Trevo-2 PI/DAWN Trials), Covidien (SWIFT/SWIFT-PRIME Steering Committee, STAR Trial Core-Laboratory), and Penumbra (3D Trial Executive Committee). The other authors report no conflicts.
- Received March 2, 2015.
- Revision received March 13, 2015.
- Accepted March 23, 2015.
- © 2015 American Heart Association, Inc.
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"Mile for mile, there are almost as many earthquakes rattling Oklahoma as California this year. This major increase in seismic shaking led to a rare earthquake warning today (May 5) from the U.S. Geological Survey and the Oklahoma Geological Survey." ……….
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A Very Frightening Fact
Let's keep this simple…when you deposit your money in a bank, by law, you become an unsecured creditor. If the bank goes bust, you are insured to a certain amount in the USA and the UK.
However, if too many banks fail all at once, the FDIC can not cover everything. In a banking collapse, you lose. This is how depositors in Cyprus got hammered not long ago. If nothing is done to rein in derivative trading, we will all be "Cyprused".
(Perhaps it is time to explore the concept of publicly owned banks.)
This video explains the legal principle supporting such theft quite well:
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Like all hegemons before it, Wall Street and Washington have found themselves expending more time and resources maintaining their current geopolitical order than on either further expansion or domestic development. What has developed is a vicious cycle of aggression, conflict, and retrenchment. Throughout the process, there is the expenditure of irreplaceable political capital.
For example, while US policymakers rightly noted their "international order" built by and for Wall Street and Washington would suffer immensely had their attempts to overthrow the Libyan government in 2011 been reversed, their "success" was equally damaging. Before an increasingly capable world of alternative systems, blocs and an emerging multipolar order, the destruction of Libya and its current status as a failed state along with the protracted nature of the US campaign to topple the government was more a sign of growing weakness than a warning of American strength.
Struggling in Syria
The subsequent conflict in Syria only reinforced suspicions of serious and growing American weakness. The conflict has dragged on for 6 years, and US attempts at regime change have been met by direct Russian military intervention along with a significant role played by another obstacle to US regional and global hegemony, Iran.
Such a scenario, 20-30 years ago, would have been unimaginable.
The recent missile strikes in Syria, then, were not a masterstroke of strategic strength and brilliance, but rather an act of desperation amid a crumbling policy within its crumbling "international order."
Analysts and policymakers the world over should not, however, get the impression that a retreating America poses no threat. On the contrary, the US in its current state of wounded pride, retracting influence and waning power is more dangerous than ever.
While the US poses as "fighting" terrorist organizations like the "Islamic State" and other Al Qaeda affiliates, it has all but openly armed, funded, trained and supported these groups, including with, now, direct military intervention. Indeed, the military targets the US hit recently with its cruise missiles were engaged on the front lines against both the Islamic State and US State Department-designated foreign terrorist organization, the al-Nusrah Front.
Continued support for these terrorist groups either directly or through America's regional allies (Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and others), along with the persistent threat of unilateral military action in direct defiance of the very international law Washington claims its own "international order" is built upon, may be a grievous threat for years to come.
Along the peripheries of this conflict include Egypt who has also just recently experienced terrorist attacks aimed at dividing the nation along sectarian lines and undermining Cairo's ability to administer its own nation let alone participate in any meaningful way in any emerging alternative regional order.
Proxy War on the Korean Peninsula
However, the Korean Peninsula is just one of several fronts amid the actual target of US ambitions, China and the ruling political order in Beijing.
In addition to the Korean Peninsula, the US is concentrating sociopolitical, economic and even covert terrorist pressure as far west as Afghanistan, Pakistan and China's Xinjiang province, all throughout Southeast Asia and even within Chinese territory, particularly in Hong Kong.
The elimination of North Korea as one of the remaining buffer zones between America's presence in the Pacific and Beijing has been a stated US geopolitical objective for decades (including during the Korean War). With the target actually being Beijing itself, efforts to solve the "Korean problem" without recognizing and dismantling America's unwarranted presence in the region will lead only to further conflict, not only in East Asia but all along China's peripheries.
Not Trump's Policy, Not Because of His Ego
American and European media sources have attempted to assign responsibility for America's recent aggression both in Syria and its posturing upon the Korean Peninsula to US President Donald Trump's own personal motivations and politics. However, nothing could be further from the truth.
The precise agenda of regime change in Syria stretches back decades, and plans to launch cruise missiles into Syria once it became apparent swift Libyan-style regime change was not possible was articulated across the entirety of the US foreign policy establishment as early as 2013.
Bloomberg, in a 2013 article titled, "Tomahawk Cruise Missiles Likely in U.S. Strikes on Syria," would exclaim:
Tomahawk cruise missiles are likely to be launched at night against hundreds of Syrian targets, including some of President Bashar al-Assad's elite military units, if the U.S. and allies launch a military strike in retaliation for the use of chemical weapons.Careless readers could easily mistaken the Bloomberg article from years ago for a current headline.
Likewise, US efforts to topple the government of North Korea stretch back for years. US-based think tank, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR),Preparing for Sudden Change in North Korea," in which scenarios for the full-scale invasion, occupation and subjugation of North Korea were laid out.
Today, President Trump is merely the latest politician to rubber stamp the most recent iterations of these policies, laid out publicly and repeatedly for years by policy think tanks representing the collective interests and ambitions of some of the West's largest corporations and financial institutions.
Conversations regarding the so-called "deep state" have revolved around talk of various bureaucracies and career administrators within the US government, however, more accurately, all of these, along with elected representatives, fall under a singular and truly gargantuan deep state, one emanating from Wall Street, not offices in Washington.
Thus, regardless of various popular narratives circulating across the Western press, US policy now is merely the continuation of a singular agenda pursuing global hegemony. As competing centers of power around the globe emerge and increasingly resist the United States, attempts to sweep these centers of power away increase in both number and desperation.
Genuinely responsible leadership in the United States or Europe would recognize the shifting balance of power and seek to maintain equity between nations. Instead, ruling circles of power in the West are attempting to unrealistically reassert hegemony at the risk of triggering catastrophic and destructive war. By doing so, they, at best, are only delaying the inevitable. And by doing so, they illustrate their inability to function as reasonable and constructive partners in the new, multipolar world order that is emerging, ensuring that they are the ones ultimately swept away.
Ulson Gunnar, a New York-based geopolitical analyst and writer especially for the online magazine "New Eastern Outlook".


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(*) Disclaimer: I cannot say that I have seen everything, or even the vast majority of what is on television. This is purely coming from my sample of TV.
The first list will be my top ten episodes to air over the past year. My process was this: I picked one episode from each show that I thought was worthy of consideration, and then I narrowed down that list to ten episodes. It led to some very difficult decisions and the cutting of some very good episodes of television.
The final ten that I picked are after the jump. (They are presented in alphabetical order by episode title.)
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Game of Thrones was a show that had its moments, and the death of Ned Stark was one of the best moments on television this year. While it did not come as a surprise because I read the book beforehand, it was still extremely powerful. It was a series both a series and character defining moment that was better then anything the show did that year. It also had Tyrion and the prostitute telling stories. Peter Dinklage was amazing in the scene that revealed a lot about his character's past.
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The second season of Justified was so good that it made it very difficult to pick a single episode. On another day, I could have easily picked the finale or the penultimate episode of the season. Instead, I went with an episode that had an extremely memorable ending. The beginning of the episode had the party at the Bennett's residence. While it provided some important information, it wasn't my favorite part of the episode. My favorite part of the episode was when Loretta found out that something happened to her father. The continuation of that plotline through the end of the episode was what made this episode great. The episode built up tension in a fantastic way and it all paid off fantastically with Coover's death.
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There were many Chuck episodes that were great this year, but one stands out over all of the others. That episode is the one that gave payoff to the first half of the fourth season. Chuck vs. the Push Mix did a fantastic job giving payoff to the Volkoff arc. The conclusion in the cabin was very well acted by both Zachary Levi and Timothy Dalton. It also featured the birth of Clara Woodcomb with Jeffster as background music. Linda Hamilton was fantastic in the scene where she was at Ellie's bedside. It also had my favorite moment of the season, with Chuck proposing to Sarah with only the cleaner in the background. It was a fantastic episode of what is my favorite show on television.
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Parenthood had a fantastic stretch of episodes in January and February, and much what made them great was brought to a head in this episode. When I reviewed it, I wrote "Rarely do shows pack the emotional punch that this episode did." It had many angry fights that were very well performed by the cast. This is a show that has a cast that does these loud arguments very well, and this episode was no exception. Parenthood often has me close to tears, if not in tears, but this episode took that one step further. It was a very emotional episode of television that was the best the show did this year, and one of my favorite episodes of television this year.
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Louie had an amazing season this year, but there was one episode of the show that stood out among all of the great ones. That was Duckling, which was the one when Louie went to Afghanistan on a USO tour. Not only was this the episode of Louie that had the biggest scope, it also had the great emotional depth of the episode. It clearly shows the positive impact that a USO tour person has on the soldiers. It also has a great payoff to the duckling aspect, with the duckling creating peace between the troops and the Afghans. It was a fantastic hour of television that had great motivation and emotion behind it.
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There is one episode of television that took me by surprise in the best way possible, and it was this one. At that point, I didn't watch Parks and Rec until on a television, so the promo did not ruin surprise wedding of Andy and April. It was one of the best surprises on television this year. Beyond that, it was one of the funniest and most heartfelt episodes of comedy this year. Andy and April's wedding provided great material for everyone in the cast, especially Chris Pratt and Aubrey Plaza. It was full of little character moments that made for a fantastic episode of television.
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Doctor Who had a very up and down run this year, but the highs were so good that they outweighed the lows. A Good Man Goes to War was the high point of the season for me because it provided a thrilling conclusion to the story arc while opening up the rest of the season. The Doctor attacking the ship to save Amy made for some very compelling television. I also liked how the plotline addressed the perception of the Doctor across the universe. It also had a cliffhanger that opened up the season in a way that I was not expecting. It was an amazing episode of television that was executed almost to perfection.
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This year on The Office there was only one episode that could qualify anywhere near great, and that's this one. The Office brought its a-game to say goodbye to the character who defined the show, which hasn't been the same since Carell said goodbye. This episode was full of emotion and full of sentiment, even if it wasn't sappy. It gave Michael the opportunity to say goodbye to everyone in the Office with grace. It also gave us the final moments with Jim and Pam. Jim giving a tearful goodbye and Pam running to the airport to say goodbye to Michael. The show gave a fantastic goodbye to one of the most iconic characters of the NBC brand.
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There were many episodes of Community I could have picked for this slot, but I chose this one because it was one of the most fun episodes of the year. It gave me everything I would want from a TV comedy: laughs, fun character moments, and a heartfelt ending. It was also one of the best "weird" episodes of the series. It took the idea of a clip show and executed it perfectly. This is also the episode that gave us the Glee parody which they turned into a full episode this year and the phrase "Six Seasons and a Movie." This was a very fun episode of television and in my opinion it was the best episode of Community this year.
That's the ten. If you would like to suggest other episodes that are worthy of a spot on the list, feel free to suggest them in the comments.
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|Mummy, I need more breakfast!
But, being an active baby, he is ahead in his physical milestones. He is already standing with support, able to let go one hand and also sit back down after he stands. *sigh* Trust me when I say we are tired out by him, he wakes up even thru the night.. despite tanking up on food/milk.
So at 8 months old.. He still isn't showing signs of growing his precious pearly whites, he doesn't babble much but squeals a lot to show he is excited/happy. I must say... he is also one heck of a tenacious boy! He never gives up when he wants to touch something. He can go on and on, trying to grab a laptop/phone/remote.
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Des Moines, Iowa — MidAmerican Energy Company employees, including three from the Sheldon area who were deployed to the eastern U.S. to assist with utility damage and power outages caused by Hurricane Sandy recently returned home. As many as 8.5 million homes and businesses lost power when the storm made landfall Oct. 29.
MidAmerican Energy crews provided restoration assistance to Central Hudson Gas and Electric and New York State Electric and Gas in New York for about two weeks. A little more than one week into the trip, crews experienced more outages when the areas affected by Hurricane Sandy were impacted by a nor'easter that included rain, snow and winds of up to 55 mph.
Bill Fehrman, president and CEO, MidAmerican Energy says that the hard work and commitment of their employees to restore power and help these communities in their efforts to return to normal have been greatly appreciated. He says that MidAmerican Energy is pleased to be able to help during this time of need, and the company thanks all employees who supported these efforts.
MidAmerican Energy Spokesperson Tina Potthoff tells us about the northwest Iowa employees who helped.
Oldenkamp is an electric crew leader, Blain is a journeyman lineman, and Acres is a lineman apprentice. All are from Sheldon. Another jouneyman lineman from near our area also helped out — Troy Hummel from Cherokee.
Utility crews from across the U.S. were called to assist utilities in areas impacted by the storm, including New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and 12 other eastern states.
In addition to the 29 MidAmerican Energy employees, MidAmerican Energy released more than 200 contract lineworkers and tree crew members to provide assistance to utility companies in the East.


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I'm even now seeking to get my head round this. It's not really as neat and tidy as it may well look, because the upcoming phase would be to believe an eternal equilibrium with just the occasional fluctuation to
I read what I reported very meticulously and Regardless how I squint my eyes, I do not see in which I claimed anything remotely such as this. Paraphrasing what I did say: A process appearing to evolve into much less levels of freedom does not always mean that its entropy has improved.
This argument might be designed extra generic. Vital aspect is that the overall number of states W follows from multiplying alongside one another the quantity of states for every degree of freedom.
In some systems, like an exploding star the innate details stage appears to raise for all particles included. Each individual particle in launched from the destiny of just gasoline for a person star they usually now have the prospective to become comets, asteroids, molecules, new stars or planets.
On the other hand, we know deep down the earth is quantum, and finite closed units are discrete. In the long run quantum physics acts as The nice simplifier that decreases complicated ongoing measures into very simple counting, and gives discrete styles with a strong basis.
Can we deduce systemic "legislation" (tautology) from any aggregations of neighborhood state, Regardless of how remarkably dependable? Not at the least In keeping with Shannon entropy: A trillion heads within a row from the random variable does not alter the 1/two chance of the next head slipping. Gödel incompleteness arrives at the same summary in a more qualitative way.
You make two critical assumptions, one) that the compression is algorithmic and a couple of) that there's some form of hidden system that agrees on (decides) the method of compression. Both equally assumptions are not really related into the central strategy, that's that compression "transpires" just like wavefunction collapse "transpires".
However puzzled? Will need some precise illustrations? In the subsequent blog submit I will make the statistical and data-theoretical basis for entropy extra tangible by experimenting with toy devices.
"In this online video i will demonstrate the methods and tactics to produce inverse purpose. one to one functi..."
When modeled as a lattice, This method acquires a mathematical degree of freedom that arises in the get and condition from the cash on their own. Motion alongside this "axis" toward a minimum factor could appear as a rise in entropy (due to the fact you can find fewer levels of freedom from the macro-state) but this isn't essentially the case.
Evidently just how physicists use information theory nowadays is very distinct. Would be the universe find out this here manufacturing new cash every single 2nd Because the bing bang?
Hmmm... happen to be thinking about discrete growing types recently. Not ready nonetheless to web site concerning this. And certainly my next web site put up will deal properly with finite closed models. I initially desire to get clarity around the thought entropy itself before talking about much more controversial challenges.
It can be provided that we develop a non-equilibrium state of very low entropy that techniques become time-asymmetric - rather normally supplying the appearence of remaining driven by Vitality flows, but, actually, currently being pushed by the next law of thermodynamics.
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Thank you Johannes, I have discovered your strategy extremely practical and obvious. It is really type a relief to have trough the idea of entropy straight from Boltzmann equation, contacting the Shannon bit definition.


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MOSCOW -- For Yuri Orlov, it is finally over.
No longer will he live in a remote Siberian cabin heated by a single wood- burning stove. There will be no more trips to an outhouse in temperatures that regularly drop to 50 degrees below zero. His water will come from a tap, not from blocks of ice carved out of a nearby lake.
Yuri Orlov, an early leader of the Soviet human rights movement, will be released from Siberian exile, Secretary of State George Shultz said Tuesday.
The announcement of freedom for the 62-year-old physicist was part of a complex deal struck to resolve the superpower dispute over the arrests of an American newsman in Moscow and a Soviet scientist in New York, both on espionage charges.
Shultz said Orlov and his wife, Irina, a Moscow resident, would be flying to the United States by Oct. 7. Shultz described the dissident physicist`s health as ``extremely poor.``
Mrs. Orlov visited her husband last winter in Kobyai, a village of 2,000 where he was sent in 1984 after serving seven years in a labor camp. Upon returning to Moscow, she spoke with correspondents about his living conditions in eastern Siberia.
On Tuesday, news that Orlov would be allowed to leave the country came as a shock to his wife, who predicted he would continue his human rights activities in the West.
``I`m happy because at last Yuri`s suffering is ending,`` Irina Orlov said in an interview at the home of a friend. She said the news of the impending release was a joy she had feared would never come.


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There can be only be one man standing — either Tun or Najib
February 24, 2016 at 8:31 pm 32 comments
'No retreat, no surrender' obviously applies to Dr Mahathir who stared down Bukit Aman today with regard to his alleged criminal defamation of the AG.
Represented by five lawyers during his questioning by police, Tun defied the authorities to charge him — if they dare. He also warned Najib that it ain't over till the fat lady sings.
Christian resurrection, Tun's insurrection
Tun replies, "of course" when asked by reporters if he will be attending Zaid Ibrahim's Easter Sunday (March 27) closed-door gathering that will bring together the plotters hell-bent on toppling Najib. (Note: Easter Sunday marks the resurrection of Christ.)
Zaid has urged the various opposition forces to "rally behind Tun".
Dr Mahathir himself told the press conference today that "it does not matter whether you are for the opposition or the government [as] now it is time to act as citizens, irrespective of party affiliations or loyalties".
Leaving Najib alive is not an option
According to Tun, Najib is the main problem affecting the nation and the ex-premier believes "the time has come when parties do not matter anymore".
Tun has shown that he's willing to join hands even with DAP to oust Najib. It doesn't matter to Tun anymore to be in cahoots with Dapster-evangelistas as long as Najib bites the dust.
He is determined to make it a fight to the bitter end. Either Najib is finished or over Tun's dead body.
It is ironic for Tun to quip that he might be sharing the same cell with Anwar. Both of them do have one major aspect in common. Both served to empower the DAP dajjals.
Tun leads uprising, urges Malays to put aside loyalty to Umno
Entry filed under: Protun. Tags: the Dapster's new BFF.
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sure i will rally behind tun, but I oso love to see tun join anwar in sg buloh.
No retreat or surrender , if one's in the right path, not in the wrong or claimed to be right or said to be right .
Guna pancing
Guna serkap
Guna jala
Tapi ikan yang sekoq ni tak juga dapat ditangkap so akhirnya terdesak terpaksa
Guna jerung
Jerung ni dok tunggu bila2 masa saja nak baham dua dua sekali. Kekekeke
Senility and hatred affected many of us humans.
Some choose to keep the fire burning, some prefer reconciliation with the Almighty Creator, many prefer to forgive and forget but a few would rather fight to the end rather than lose face.
"It is ironic for Tun to quip that he might be sharing the same cell with Anwar" …. Maybe, deep inside Tun is a secret admirer of Anwar
When a person is as old and vindictive as Tun, he got nothing to lose. He will try to get all the sympathy and that's what he is doing.
His contention to the people is that "if the govt. did not take actions against me, then what I said is the truth and not against the law, and if you take actions and charge me in court, then the people will cursed you for taking actions against a "poor" old man". Sympathetic strategy.
UMNO and the Govt. should just leave him alone but get rid of all his cronies. I think that's what is going to happen very soon. On the top of the list is TSMY. Either he should resign from UMNO or UMNO should suspend him or if he thinks he got the support then he should challenged Najib for the Presidency but I am very sure he will not challenge the PM as he knew he will lose badly. So the only thin thread of life in him is to cling to Tun, hoping to overthrow the PM by hook or by crook.
UMNO cannot continue having TSMY as a cancerous thorn eating away the body. It is high time they chop him off and UMNO will be better off. Najib should not be so accomodating anymore as enough is enough.
re, UMNO and the government should just leave him alone ,but get rid of all his cronies .
Are you suggesting , put the rest of all his supporters and those agreed with him in jail .
I think it's a good idea . Helen should have a poll on that .
Like any father tun is doing all he can to protect his childrens .He knows that najib after successfully getting rid of his son mukhriz is now aiming his gun at his 'cronies' children vide his corrupt regime. He nows deviating this issue and offering himself as sacrificial lamb and seeking public sympathy. Hope the rakyat will not be fooled by this old man"s trick.
Good that you try to redeem yourself Tun.
Better to be late than never. We love Najib. Try your best Tun.
The problem is najib loves himself more than the nation. He should just do the 'marcos' to US. I believe the couple can live comfortably there as the US owe najib a lot.
I think many of the commenter here are the dapster who have axe to grind with Tun. Tun has always been the person who had succesfully control & kept them at bay before this.
I agree with Raja Kumbang. I also agree with Qalam Qabut who wrote many comments in the "Protuns behind closed door" post giving various reasons why Najib shoul resign or be replaced. Others have also expressed similar views.
Some among those who are not DAPsters but are merely Najib's supporters have admitted to Najib's weaknesses and outright wrongs done but fear replacing Najib would be exploited by the Opposition and UMNO and BN would lose at PRU14. But not replacing Najib would be much worse.
The 1MDB and RM2.6 billion "donation" issue is not going away and will linger until PRU14 and beyond. WSJ only recently put out a video saying "Najib Razak's billions came from accounts related to 1MDB" – see //jebatmustdie.wordpress.com/2016/02/19/wsj-najib-razaks-billions-came-from-accounts-related-to-1mdb/
WSJ and NYT will continue to do so as long as there will be anything "of news value". And Najib will not dare sue them for fear of more beans being spilled in the court process. "Non-regular happenings" in Malaysia will always be "of news value" so long as Najib is the PM. News outlets and all forms of the media in Malaysia will feed on them. But if Naib is replaced, the news value of 1MDB, RM2.6 billion, etc will depreciate and become stale by the time of PRU14.
"It is ironic for Tun to quip that he might be sharing the same cell with Anwar. Both of them do have one major aspect in common. Both served to empower the DAP dajjals."
Anwar is in consonance with neo-cons and islamists to oust Najib. Tun is consonant with the Malaysian rakyat to oust Najib.
1. dia lantik pak lah & dia sendiri peturun. (scored own goal & then equalised)
2. lantik pulak najib (timbalan pm) tapi sampai sekarang tak boleh samakan kedudukan (still trailing by 1-2 own goals). siksa wor!
3. masa perlantikan diatas dibuat, tak pernah tanya rakyat pun. sendiri buat, sendiri tanggungjawab la, kenapa kena libatkan rakyat.
4. siapa yg akan ganti najib?
5. adakah pm baru akan perbetulkan benda2 yg dah dibengkok dari 1981 e.g. separation of power, ipp & belambak lagi?
6. what will the rakyat stand to gain, harga barang2 akan turun?
7. here's the link wrt derma of usd681m;
note the glaring statement therein; "exorbitant" fees for transactions charged by Goldman.
8. let's enjoy the show.
The old man thinks he's still running the show. He thinks with the help of his cronies he can get rid of Najib. He's wrong and his ending, and that of his cronies will look just like the ending Of Arnie's Running Man.
Kak, penulisan akak semakin lucu apabila akak bersungguh2 mengaitkan tun dengan DAP dan membela ahjib ngor yang menurut akak adalah seorang two sides of a split personality, clueless kura2, tak boleh dipercayai, etc etc etc
akak juga pernah berkata
What has Najib done?
He paid RM7.2 billion to consultants. He flew the FLOM on private jet.
He retains Shahrizat at Ministerial status and she is given ministerial perks. Not only her but other cronies too. And not forgetting his busloads of Pemandu, who in a fit of Freudian slip had "sacked" him.
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Bengals players, Steelers player unite for youth camp
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The dislike between the Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers over the last few seasons has been well-documented, but recently a Steelers standout made an appearance at a youth camp hosted by Bengals cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick.
Wide receiver Antonio Brown, who was at the center of a key penalty in the Steelers playoff win at the Bengals in 2016 and got into a verbal spat for a few days following it with Bengals cornerback Adam Jones, took a picture at the camp Kirkpatrick hosts in Gadsden, Ala. Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green also attended the camp and was pictured with them.


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R is for Reeses
I love Reese's! What else can I say other than they are the perfect blend of chocolate and peanut butter.! Here's a recipe for homemade peanut butter cups. Enjoy!
Easy Peanut Butter Cups
- 4 ounces white chocolate, chopped
- 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
- 12 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped (or use chocolate chips)
Meanwhile, place semisweet chocolate in another microwave-safe bowl. Microwave, stirring every 30 seconds until melted, 2 to 3 minutes total.
Dividing evenly, use a spoon to layer semisweet chocolate and peanut-butter mixture into liners, beginning and ending with chocolate. Place muffin pans in freezer or refrigerator until peanut butter cups are firm, usually15- 30 minutes. Store in refrigerator and bring to room temperature before serving. These are best at room temperature.
recipie from Lynn's Kitchen Adventures
What's your favorite candy?
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Sometimes I Wish
Sometimes I wish I was a girl.
And now that I have your attention… I must say that I was just kidding.
But seriously, I have noticed many positive qualities that women possess that many men lack. Don't get me wrong, I am very happy to be a member of the far-superior gender but one cannot help but think that sometimes the grass is greener. It's not like I think about this topic a lot… but enough to come up with a couple lists of the pros and cons of being a girl.
Reasons why I think it is advantageous to be a girl:
+ Neat and organized. Except for their closet… but I have realized that most girls have an innate ability to stay more tidy than your average guy. Any girls room, apartment, kitchen, living room, whatever…is far more organized and clean compared to any dude's living arrangement.
+ Smell good. Girls smell good and that's a fact. If they don't smell good… might as well be a nun because you're never getting married. Kidding.
+ Baking. I would make cookies for myself all the time. And most girls already know how to cook or bake anyway…and the ones that don't are still single or unmarried for good reason.
+ Dresses look comfortable. I wish I could be free all the time if you know what I mean… I would surf naked if I could but I'd probably get arrested. And I am pretty sure dresses never cause wedgies.
+ Crying. If a man cries he's a wimp. He can't cry in movies. He can't cry because he'll get made fun of. That is why I don't cry. Ever.
+ They don't have any body parts they can't control. Whenever the little guy gets too excited, the best negotiator in the world cannot talk him down.
+ Multi-tasking. I think girls are good at this. I remember seeing a woman in a movie once hold a baby while talking on the phone and cooking dinner all at the same time…which must be true. I think the only time I could ever do that is if I was dialing 911 because I dropped a baby into the stove and it started cooking. Gross! But then again I'd be multi-tasking…
+ Cry to get out of speeding tickets. This would have come in handy in the past
+ Women live longer apparently. By seven years on average or something? Unfair.
+ Free movies, dinners… I'd be a total freeloader. I'm not going to lie.
+ Hug lots of same gender friends without them thinking you're gay. I could hug my same gender friends all the time and every time I see them and not worry about their opinions…
+ Hug lots of same gender friends without thinking yourself as gay. I could hug my same gender friends all the time and every time I see them and not worry about my own opinions…
+ Purses. I hate carrying my wallet in my pant pockets.
+ Sweaty girls at gyms aren't nasty. Girls don't sweat, they glisten. They still look somewhat decent when they work out. The last time I looked at myself in the mirror at the gym, I looked miserable… like I just ran for my life from a pack of wild dogs. Why? Because I was extremely sweaty and sometimes I have holes in my old workout shirts that's why.
+ Short shorts. Again, freedom.
+ Boobs. Aside from the fact that I probably have bigger pecs than 99% of Asian girls have boobs anyway…um. I don't remember why this is a good reason for being a girl except it's about boobs.
+ Playing sports. When girls run around not knowing what they're doing, it can be cute. When guys do that, they are useless.
+ Makeup. I guess sometimes when you're lacking in the facial attractiveness department you can always cover yourself up with a mask…and by mask I mean makeup.
Those are some pretty good reasons in my opinion for being a girl. But let's look at a few bad reasons for being a girl… or pretty much why I'm extremely glad to be a guy.
Reasons why I think being a girl is disadvantageous:
– I'd be Fugly. I would make one extremely ugly girl. Sure, this is a huge advantage for pretty girls but for me… this would clearly be a huge setback.
– Jobs. If I was fugly, then I'd probably have some sort of engineering job and work long hours and go home after work and watch reruns of Friends.
– Monthly cycle. If blood dribbled out of my garden area every month…I would not be able to handle life. In fact, I'd go around stabbing men and when they ask why I stabbed them I'd respond, "now you know what it feels like to bleed!" And they'd reply, "but this is completely different! That was assault!" And I'd reply, "it doesn't matter! I'm PMS-ing!" I think that's how that works.
– Child birth. F dat. Adoption would be the solution.
– Too many emotions. I have enough trouble dealing with one emotion at a time.
– Public Urination. I would be paranoid about taking a simple piss in public. Also, the following conversation would never ever take place:
Me: I have to pee badly, pull the car over.
Friend: There's no bathroom at this exit.
Me: Just stop and I'll find a place!
Friend: No we're late!
Me: Do you have a gatorade bottle then?
Friend: Yeah, look for one under the seat.
Me: Sweet, got one.
Friend: You better not spill or I'll kill you!
Me: Don't worry, I've done this before.
– They don't have any body parts they can't control. This is also a big source of fun. Especially when your buddy stays over at your house and falls asleep on your living room floor and pitches a tent while everybody else is still finishing the movie. Or when your friend tells you that he needs to stay seated for a little longer and he'll catch up with the group in a little while and then you're like, "c'mon let's go." and he's like, "no I need some time to uh…wait out a situation that's going on right now." Or when your friend wakes up with morning wood and doesn't realize it yet. Fun.
– Sitting. If I wore a dress, I'd have to sit with my legs crossed. If I wore anything else and sat with my legs open, I'd be whorish.
– Public Bathrooms. These lines are impossibly long at restaurants, football games, concerts and I would pee myself waiting in line. Also because I'm usually the one who says, "I can hold it until after the next song!" or "I'll go when they finish this drive!" And I don't know about the public ladies room, but the male bathroom is that of a catastrophic bladder fail. The walls, floors and ceiling are wet. It's like people went in there with the mission to wet down the place. It's like a wet shaggy dog walked in there and shook the crap out of itself and soaked everything. Or like some dude chased a fly around the bathroom trying to shoot it down with his stream of urine. If female public bathrooms are anywhere near the nastiness of the men's room… I'd never go to the public bathroom as a girl.
– Know nothing about cars. For example, the oil needs to be changed approximately every 5000 miles, not every time the engine starts making a weird sound.
– Spitting. I've seen girls spit. They can't.
– Outfits/Accessories. I don't understand the need for a purse vs a clutch. Or 94238123-4 pairs of shoes. Or the fact that their day is ruined if they see someone wearing the same outfit.
– Weaksauce. Some girls are so weak they can't even punch their way out of a wet paper bag.
– Underwear only. This is my preferred natural state when walking around my abode. Obviously not as acceptable when you're a female. And obviously not acceptable when you take the trash out to the street on trash day and the little kids next door stop and look at you and you wave at them because you don't realize that you're only wearing underwear. I'm not saying that's ever happened to me before…I'm just saying that's unacceptable. I'm also not saying that it's not happened to me before either.
Being a guy is better.
As you can see, there are very many reasons for both but the disadvantages far outweigh the advantages. Especially the whole monthly cycle and child birth thing. One of those reasons along far outweighs any positive reason for being a female. I'm sorry.
List your reasons if you know any!


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Monday, December 22, 2008
Horror Movie Review: Dismal
Starring: Bill Oberst, Jr., Lydia Chandler, Tim Morris, and Jack Harrison
Directed by: Gary King
Written by: Bo Buckley
Production Company: Fearmakers Studios
Release Date: Yet to be Announced.
Let's face it...some college students go to great lengths to pass their classes, so when Dana is given the opportunity to go on a camping trip into the Great Dismal Swamp for a paper on the wildlife there to get extra credit, she seems to be getting off easily.
Pretty quickly, though, we start to wonder if staying home and doing body shots at a drunken coed revelrie with her overbearing boyfriend may have been a better choice for Dana. The students come across a dead aligator and begin worrying about poachers. But it's not poachers that come hunting them in the night.
Soon Dana and her fellow college students find themselves invited to dinner...as the main course for Dale and his son Idiot.
Dismal is a thrilling gorefest about swamp cannibals and their grocery shopping habits. Bill Oberst, Jr. plays the head of the cannibal family Dale. He does a decent job in the role, but the real fear comes from Jack Harrison, Idiot. The mute Idiot intimidates victims and audience alike with his blackened teeth and overshadowing size.
Tim Morris plays Curt, the teaching assistant that leads the coeds into the Great Dismal Swamp and really captures the screen by the end of the film. Give hime time. There's more to the awkward Curt than is readily apparent. Similarly, Dana's uneasy demeanor toughens by the end of the film, and well portrayed in Lydia Chandler's first film role.
Dismal has plenty of gore and action, plus a bit of gratuitous sex thrown in for good measure. Only once did I feel King went too far, and that was an unrealistic encounter with leghold traps. Otherwise, Dismal is a fun romp through a swamp with cannibals and definately worth a watch.
Fearmakers is working on the distribution of the film, so when I know it's available, I'll let you know. Until then, remember...the swamp is a dangerous place...watch where you step.
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Saturday, December 20, 2008
Horror Movie Review Preiview: Dismal
Coming Soon...Dismal. Dana is failing Biology. To pass she must attend an extra credit assignment with several classmates that will lead them into a remote region of the Great Dismal Swamp, a place teeming with life… and death. While the group keeps one eye out for hungry bear, deadly snakes and lurking gators, they are unaware of the real danger. For the top of the food chain lives in a dingy cabin not too far from their campsite, and he has an appetite for human flesh.
Eat or be Eaten.
Starring Bill Oberst, Jr., Lydia Chandler, Tim Morris, and Jack Harrison, Dismal is set for release
Join us soon to see what Dismal will be serving up...
Eat or be Eaten.
Starring Bill Oberst, Jr., Lydia Chandler, Tim Morris, and Jack Harrison, Dismal is set for release
Join us soon to see what Dismal will be serving up...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Horror Movie Review: Zombie Strippers!
Zombie Strippers!
Starring: Jenna Jameson, Robert Englund, Roxy Saint, and Penny Drake
Directed by: Jay Lee
Written by: Jay Lee
Production Company: Production Headquarters
Release Date: February 23, 2008
Admit it...Some of you...you see the title...Zombie Strippers! And you say, "I have got to see that!" You don't have to read this review. The review, it doesn't matter. You've got zombies...You've got strippers...You've got Zombie Strippers! and it's a done deal.
Yeah, me too...
For the rest of you, this review is for you.
In the near future, about 8 years or so, a virus gets released that creates zombies. It's a government created virus based on the X-chromosome making women partially resistent, but as one of the doctors on the project says, "...once you get a man in there, like everything else, it all goes to shit."
So a military unit is called in to contain an outbreak, but they are less than successful as an infected males runs and hides...in a strip club. After the infected zombies out and attacks one of the strippers, things get really crazy. The new zombie stripper is more popular than she was before and the remaining strippers have to decide, is the attention worth being a zombie, and the owner of the strip club has to figure out if the money is worth the clean-up required when the zombie strippers feed.
Clearly Zombie Strippers adds some comedy to this popular horror sub-genre.
What Zombie Strippers! serves up, other than ample gore and tits, is satire. The world we find these undead hotties is one in which George W. Bush has taken his fourth term in office and nudity has been banned. One character even says, "Iraq is making us enough money to make God cream in His fucking jeans!"
Jenna Jameson plays the lead zombie stripper Kat with Roxy Saint and Penny Drake her zombie acolytes. Their performances, while not examples of good acting, are still entertaining. Jameson will return to the horror-comedy genre making a cameo appearance in October 30, 2009 premiere of Horrorween about dot-com millionaires who build a haunted house to impress the neighbors. Penny Drake was already experienced in horror-comedy with her appearance in The Cook but will take a more serious turn in Necrosis about six friends trapped in a snow storm and either haunted by the ghosts of the Donner Party, or their own Cabin Fever. Robert Englund, though, steals the show as strip club owner Ian. Englund again shows us his great sense of humor and comedic timing with the slimy businessman. He will reprise his role as Mayor Buckman in the sequel to 2001 Maniacs, 2001 Maniacs: The Beverly Hellbillys. After the sheriff refuses to cover up any further for the maniacs causing all the missing persons in the area, they're forced to hit the road in what's dubbed the "Pleasant Valley Traveling Road Show," where the maniacs head across country in hopes of gathering more victims.
The satire is sharp and the humor entertaining, including a reference to "Weird Al" Yankovic's UHF and a spoof of, what seems to be, the marines in Aliens.
My only complaint is that, while I love the naked female form, I felt like, as in Orgy of the Dead too much time was spent on naked women dancing and not enough on the script.
Related Horror Movie Trailers
Animated Horrorween trailer
The Cook starring Penny Drake
2001 Maniacs starring Robert Englund
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Friday, December 5, 2008
Horror Movie Review Preview: Zombie Strippers
Coming Soon...Zombie Strippers! In the not too distant future a secret government re-animation chemo-virus gets released into conservative Sartre, Nebraska and lands in an underground strip club. As the virus begins to spread, turning the strippers into "Super Zombie Strippers" the girls struggle with whether or not to conform to the new "fad" even if it means there's no turning back.
Zombie Strippers!
Live Dead Nudes
They'll dance for a fee, but devour you for free.
They'll Swallow Your Soul, Anything Else Will Cost You.
Starring Jenna Jameson, Robert Englund, Roxy Saint, and Penny Drake, Zombie Strippers! has a 4.4 stars out of 10 rating on IMDB and 2.6 stars out of 5 at Netflix.
Join us soon to see what Zombie Strippers has to show...
Zombie Strippers!
Live Dead Nudes
They'll dance for a fee, but devour you for free.
They'll Swallow Your Soul, Anything Else Will Cost You.
Starring Jenna Jameson, Robert Englund, Roxy Saint, and Penny Drake, Zombie Strippers! has a 4.4 stars out of 10 rating on IMDB and 2.6 stars out of 5 at Netflix.
Join us soon to see what Zombie Strippers has to show...
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Thursday, December 4, 2008
Horror Movie Review: Thicker Than Water: The Vampire Diaries vol. 1
Thicker Than Water: The Vampire Diaries vol. 1
Starring: Devon Bailey, Eilis Cahill, JoJo Hristova, and Michael Strelow
Directed by: Phil Messerer
Written by: Phil Messerer
Production Company: The Sugar Factory
Release Date: July 28, 2008
Awards: The Accolade Award of Excellence in a feature film, The Indie gathering award for Best Horror film, the Action On Film Award for Best Art Direction, the B-Movie Fest's awards for Best Music and Best Director, the Independent Features Film Festival award for Viewer's Choice Best Horror, the IndieFest USA award for Best Make-Up, and the Family Values Award at the Seattle True Independent Film Festival
Since 1916's Nächte des Grauens (Night of Horror to us Americaners), nearly 600 movies have been made (or are in production) containing vampires. Let's face it, these days it's hard to find someone with a new twist to the bloodsucking undead. That doesn't mean that all new vampire movies are doomed to suck, pardon the pun, but they certainly have to struggle to keep from going down in flames when finally released to the bright glare of critics.
Into that frightful genre Phil Messerer brings us Thicker Than Water: The Vampire Diaries vol. 1.
Meet the Baxters. Fraternal twins vegetarian Helen and goth Lara, homosexual Raymond, and religious Mom. Just your typical American family. Lara can't stand her popular sister, but when Helen mysteriously dies after her 16th birthday, Lara's world and that of her family's is turned upside down. Especially when Helen returns as a vampire.
What follows is the family's drive to care for Helen in her new vampiric state offering her "sacrifices" that won't be missed or traced to them. Raymond begins doing strange experiments with the dead bodies, Lara finds herself an integral component of the family as the resident expert, and Mom struggles with her religious beliefs and her love for her daughter. And we learn about a family secret.
Messerer takes the idea of vampirism from the realm of the supernatural into the realm of science as vampires are determined by their genetics. His story is also one that does a good job balancing humor with drama, a trick many have a hard time achieving. Of note is the rock musical score Messerer uses in this film.
Messerer's film is a fresh, funny, dark spin on the old vampire tale. Let's hope he has the chance to give us more of the Baxter story.
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FOX has just released this final (wipe tears from my eyes) photo of the Cohens, as THE OC prepares to end its four year run two weeks from tonight. Note the strategic hiding of Summer and Taylor's hands — one can't help but wonder if one of them has a ring on their finger! I guess we'll have to wait until February 22 to find out, when we say goodbye to THE OC after a great four years.
[Update] TVseriesfinale.com has posted a nice piece featuring quotes and final thoughts from the cast on their last day of shooting (which was Friday Feb 2).


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Looking for Mount Sicgnar………
December 21, 2011
So, I am waiting at the airport in Vancouver after travelling over 2700km trying to find Mount Sicgnar (sick-gnar), it's been an arduous journey. I began my search in Whitehorse and have crossed the northern Rocky Mountains, twice. Once travelling east and once travelling west, I have travelled the Duffy Lake Road to Pemberton and crossed into Northern Washington and all the way to Mt Baker and the mysterious Mountain has still eluded me. I have pulled my truck from a ditch and listened to countless hours of boring radio. I have braved minus 30 in my heatless camper and yet she evades me still. I caught a glimpse of her between snow storms in the Pine Pass, and I know she was in Baker, but I think she was hiding from the warm temperatures and may have travelled further north to escape deeper in the Rocky's. I have heard her whispers in my sleep but, alas, she eludes me still. For the last two weeks I have been hearing many a report that she has made a sudden relocation to the French Alps, so here I am waiting to board a flight to France to continue my chase. I hope to intercept her somewhere near the Swiss border in the Portes du Soleil. Oh to see her beautiful curves once more and touch her silky skin. Her shimmering white peaks, basking in the cool winter sunshine. My fingers are crossed and my ski's are waxed and ready, will she be there? I sure hope so………
Dirtbag Dreams
October 2, 2011
In December of 2009 I lost my father to a very short battle with a very aggressive cancer. Anyone who has lost a parent(especially one whom you are super close to), will understand that no matter how much you would like everything to return to normal afterwards, it never happens. Your life is changed forever in an instant. I had told my Dad of all my future dreams and goals and to an extent his death forced me to realise that hard work is to be rewarded immediately, because you might not have forever to enjoy the fruits of your labour. I returned home and spent some quality time with my dad and my family, I grieved, saw the birth of my first niece, gathered my thoughts and hit the road…….. again. This was the beginning of my Dirtbag Dream, a plan that I had explained in detail to my dad and now had a pretty solid reason to follow through on.
So in early March I returned to France for another season of grind cooking for luxury charter boats, on the internal waterways of France. 5 days of reprieve from the heat of the kitchen in 7 months was the financial base for my trip. For those who don't travel much, but then envy the nomadic life I live, here is a lesson in making it happen. 12 hours+ a day, 7 days a week, 7 months straight. It seems as if someone has flicked the light switch at the end of the tunnel off at times. Any dent in the finances is like a poke in the eye with a hot stick or in my case a hot cigarette, as that is usually what puts the biggest dent in my savings. Luckily my workmates, a solid catalogue of music, a sprinkling of emancipating drugs and getting to travel all over one of the most culturally rich and scenically striking countries in the world got me through an eclectic 7 months. Phase 1 of my plan was complete…… a phase I like to call 'The Forgettable Phase'
Phase 2….. Geneve, Morzine, Amsterdam, London, Singapore, Perth, Melbourne, Perth, Lord Howe Island, Sydney, Perth, Singapore, London, Geneve, Morzine, Vancouver, Pemberton, Haines, Whitehorse….. November 2010 till May 2011. Enough said 7 months of work 6 months of play… I worked throughout the 6 months to top up the budget and left Alaska in late April after the most epic winter I have ever experienced, not entirely broke but well on my way to it. I guess phase 3 was about to start….. I had no idea what I was in for.
Drilling is hard work, twelve hour days of intense physical labour, hot in the summer, cold in the winter, 9 weeks on 4 days off and repeat…. I knew I was gonna have to work hard to continue my dirt bag dreams, being a ski bum without a sponsor("I am a gaper") isn't easy (insert your advertisement here). Like I said drilling is HARD work, but it sure does pay well and this is now funding phase 4. Camper Truck, return tickets to France and Las Vegas, friends in Montana, Washington, BC, Yukon and Alaska and a three year old dream is becoming a reality……
So the adventure continues into late 2011 and 2012, who knows exactly what the future holds, but I know I am gonna keep trying to make my dad proud, try my best to be a good ambassador for my country of birth and make sure I am smiling and happy and surrounded by good people to share such amazing times with.
Thankyou Dad and Mum….. you have always been people who I strived to make proud, I hope your keeping up with my progress. If i didn't have such interesting parents who inspired me to travel I don't know where I'd be.
Words for Snow
May 11, 2011
According to our favourite guide for writing wrong's, "Google", it now suggests that it is but a myth that Inuits or Eskimos as they are more commonly referred to, have an unusually large number of words for snow. I am therefore suggesting that those responsible for the largest number of words for snow may now, quite possibly be Ski Bums.
Think about it. How many ways can you describe a type of snow…….. Mash Potatoes, Cold Smoke, Wind Buff, Boiler Plate, Hot Pow, Cold Pow, Corn, Slush the list goes on. I can guarantee to you that the mere mention of anyone of these words can whip your regular society drop out, ski bum into abnormal amounts of conversational activity, before the actual thought of sliding on this wonderful stuff causes them to form a somewhat glazed over look and they become withdrawn and quiet.
Just like surfers and the endless thought of the next barrel, skiers and snowboarders only breath because there is the possibility of another epic powder day. We congregate in lift lines before they open, sleep in campers with our snow machines ready to run and wait in carparks in the middle of nowhere waiting for the heli to come and pick us up. We scrape by for the entire winter on leftover food, unshowered, unshaved and living in near poverty because the powder needle has been injected. Unlike smack heads though our habit is healthy and we work our arses off all summer to be able to live in poverty for yet another winter.
So next time you hear someone say 'Eskimos have the most words for snow' laugh it off, knowing full well, as a dedicated ski bum that you are in fact among the leaders of the 'words for snow' pack.
Some Aurora Borealis photos care of Jay Volak……
May 11, 2011
Guide ships are fun, it's where a qualified guide, in this case Ted Purdy, lead guide of Alaska Heliskiing, takes a bunch of up for it trainees out in the field to go get some realistic, steep and dangerous experience. It's a way for us to learn and a way for the guides to judge and assess our ability as skiers and leaders. On this particular day Ted along with Lucas Merli (a shredder from Juneau with more mountain experience at 21 years old than most of us will ever have) took three of this years guide-schoolers (Roland Griel, Douglas Lawton and Myself) out to some 'real' terrain, places where clients rarely go and in this case two faces that had only ever been skied by professional skiers with film crews.
Puckering is a word that best describes the two faces, one chute with a slightly hourglass shape that starts off on a 50 degree pitch slowly mellowing into 45 and runs for nearly 2500 feet. This is called 50/50 chute, if you watch MSP's In Deep you will see Henrik Winstedt tomahawk down this face whilst racing Daron Rahlves. To the lookers right of this chute on the other side of the cliff wall is a second chute called 25/50 and this is where my story really starts.
We were all buzzing from a successful descent of 50/50, all safely down at the pick-up zone. Lucas had set off a small reactive pocket, which I also released again from above the hangfire, but luckily we both stayed above it as the slides although small in weight ran full length of the chute at high speed (100km an hour plus) It was then at the bottom of 50/50 we all assessed 25/50 and as a group decided it was time to drop that fucker. Although the landing zone is very pleasant in comparison to the stomach wrenching clifftop landing for 50/50 it is a far narrower and steeper chute that is probably 50 degree pitch for 2000 vertical feet with a split blind entry over a big convexity. I was pumped and nervous at the same time. This is the sort of thing I came here to ski and it was time to step up to the plate. Three skiers cut the top to check the stability and got to their safe point where the whole chute becomes visible and then sent it, all reports where great snow and lots of sluff.
My turn, I dropped onto the convexity and unloaded it before cutting hard across the chute to get to my island of safety but as I hit the previous cut lines I hit rock hard base and my rails went from under me and as this happened I got blasted by the soft slab I set off on top. As I flipeed the first time my speed doubled and I realised I could be in big trouble, after the second and third flip one of my skis had popped and I was still in the midst of the slide and still going very quickly. Luckily for me the way I landed meant that the ski on my downhill leg had stayed on and allowed me to bite that edge in and start to swim off the top of the sluff, with a combination of ski and swim I got out to the right side of the chute and out of the fall line of the sluff which continued to run the 1500 feet left in the chute.
The guys at the bottom had seen the sluff and the ski I lost run out of the chute but no skier, Ted had seen me go down but due to his position couldn't see me either. I yelled up to Ted to let him know I was alright but had lost a ski and then I gathered my thoughts briefly before side stepping down the chute another 250 feet towards the possible location of the ski which Lucas had intuitively eyeballed until it stopped. With good radio communication from Lucas I finally dropped down to where he thought the ski was and could just see the toe piece of the binding popping out of the snow. I got that thing on as quick as I could, took a breath and skied as fast as my nerves and my shaking legs could carry me to the pickup zone where my friends were happy to hear I was uninjured perhaps with the exception of my ego. This was the fifth run of a day filled with good skiing and scary big faces, the guides had done their work with the professionalism you would expect from the best in the world and we all loaded the heli home safe, stoked and alive.
The biggest problem for me now is I need to get back to 25/50 and ski that thing again, the mountain showed me who was boss that day and we have a small score to settle now.
Pack some lunch and go for a walk, there are limitless amounts of trail heads to an infinite amount of amazing bays, lakes, peaks and coves to visit. Alaska is a vast wilderness, full of amazing flora and fauna, who knows what you may run into. For example yesterday I went up to Chilkoot Lake and at the inlet we saw a family of seals enjoying the fish trapped in the outflow. They were super stoked but not as stoked as we were, to be seeing them in action. All this happened under the watchful eyes of a couple of bald eagles and any number of Moose hiding in the edge of the forest, and shadowed by the youngest mountain range in the world carved out by receding glaciers in the last 10-15000 years.
Mother Nature rules up here, she sculpts those amazing lines you see in the ski films and she also blurs the parameters of reality when it comes to these visions we see. She provides infinite wisdom and humbles us with her power on a daily basis. Go immerse yourself in her glow and for her sake, just forget about heli-skiing for a day!
First Days of Heli………….. photos Mark Taylor
February 28, 2011
Haines Alaska is real, the consequences are real and the fear is real. All you can really do is take a breath and hope you're prepared……….
All that said, this place is amazing. The people guiding and teaching us are the best in the world. We have the lead guide and Alaska guide for TGR teaching us, we have spent 5 days under the tuition of Bill Glude, one of the world leaders in Avalanche research and the guides here come from some seriously gnarly mountaneering, skiing and climbing backgrounds…. I trust their judgements and I feel safer in their presence. Will I ever be one?? I am not sure, but I definitely know I am alive everyday I wake up here…..
It Starts
February 16, 2011
So today we started the first day of guide school on a lovely clear day, mountains surrounding the fire hall where our wilderness first aid section of the course is happening, on Mosquito Lake road. In fact the mountains here surround everything, and as they only pop there faces out of the clouds every few days or so it is massively overwhelming to see these monoliths, in the knowledge that in the not so distant future we will be stepping out of helicopters on to the top of them. Pretty intense amount of learning, but once again I am finding you can teach old dogs new tricks which is great because this old dog loves new tricks!!
Oh and for those of you wanting a lovely sunny winter holiday, here is the place to be, sunny, blue skies………………..-20 degrees at sea level. Come and hang out on the beach !!!
Leaving For Haines
January 31, 2011
So, we are off in the Van today or tomorrow en-route to Haines. Total drive time via White Horse 25+ hours, there should be some spectacular scenery and interesting stops and people, I will try to document these to the best of my ability, but I can't promise much as I am constantly forgetting to take my camera places.
On arrival in Haines, it looks as if there will be plenty of work preparing the customer accomodation and cooking which is good as it is all labour towards discount heli-time, also being there early will give me a good chance to be the first one with my foot in the door for the best accomodation for Mark, Kate and I.
Good times ahead, following the good times already had so far this winter……..
Skiing in Whistler-Blackcomb……..
January 28, 2011
Is like nothing I've ever experienced in Europe. Firstly, being less than 150km from the coast, when the snow comes in it tends to be a little bit heavy and wet at first. This also means, as it dries out, it has amazing stability. Thats not to say it's totally safe but it is a little more predictable than most places. The annual average snowfall here is around 33 feet (about 10 meters), but having said that it has been almost double that the past two seasons according to my current room-mate and Blackcomb local, Mike.
Onto the terrain, well that is quite simply mind blowing. As a skiable domain, it has nothing on the size of the Portes de Soleil where I live in France. Having said that, from the top lifts at around 2600m elevation, it is not uncommon to ski all the way down to around 8-900m elevation, for those who don't ski, thats a real long vertical drop for any resort worldwide. There is alot of options when skiing off piste, in-bounds. This means that being off piste is still patrolled and reasonably safe, but the terrain is still steep, many couloirs, cliff drops etc. On my first two days we did 6 laps of a face which was heavily loaded with at least 20-30cm of fresh even thought the snow report only suggested 5-10cm, it was accessed by a 15 minute hike through a narrow chimney up to an open face. This is how accessible alot of untouched stuff is, especially if you have a good local guide, and there is definitely more than what I've skied so far and a whole lot more steeper and more exposed stuff which I look forward to seeing more of ASAP!!
There is also un-patrolled, out of resort boundary skiing, and this stuff is unbelievable, quite a few crew spend weeks camping out in back bowls and skiing insane lines everyday. This even more so, I want to see some of, it really is another world out there and the skiing is something that has to be seen to be believed.
Anyways thats enough jabbering on for now, it looks like a snowy, stormy day on the mountain tomorrow and I'll be up first lifts so we're first into the alpine area for freshies if it is snowing………. I've taken some photos and will post them soon, however none of them are on the mountain cause there is no time wasting in the race to get the first of the new snow with the crew I am riding with…….


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Anthem/Atlantic recording group Rush return with its first new collection of original material in nearly five years, entitled "SNAKES & ARROWS." The album was recorded in the fall of 2006 with Gammy Award-winner Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Velvet Revolver) and Rush co-producing. "It's hard to describe," Geddy Lee recently told Revolver re: "SNAKES & ARROWS.""It's big, it's bold, and I think it's some of the best work we've done in years. I'm really pleased with the quality ofthe songs, and there's lots of playing on it. " Rush - Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart - will trumpet the release of "SNAKES & ARROWS" with a full-scale North American tour, the renowned trio's first since 2004's "An Evening with Rush: 30th Anniversary Tour."
01. Far Cry
02. Armor and Sword
03. Workin' Them Angels
04. Larger Bowl
05. Spindrift
06. Main Monkey Business
07. Way the Wind Blows
08. Hope
09. Faithless
10. Bravest Face
11. Good News First
12. Malignant Narcissism
13. We Hold on
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I have no one to give me a hug or tell me everything is going to be okay and will work out for the best.That isn't a whine or a cry for pity just stating a fact. Most days I am fine all by myself and don't need comforting
Today wasn't one of those days.Actually it hasn't been one of those days for several months,maybe even several years.I prefer not to elaborate.
When I realized I really needed a hug today,I went in search of a substitute. I wrote several pages in my romance manuscript,which made me realize I have no romance in my life and no prospects for any in the foreseeable future.Matthew MacFadyen is taken and too young for me even if he were single.
What did I find? Pistachio Almond ice cream, Hershey's toffee bar,macaroni and cheese and blueberry bagels dunked in hot chocolate with marshmallows and Key Lime pie heaped with cool whip and a diet Pepsi.
No I did not eat all of this in one sitting,I spaced it out over the entire day.I read a" what if version" of Pride & Prejudice,which I am addicted to reading by the stacks, by the way,and lounged on the sofa while I listened to Christmas carols.
Did all of these things bring me comfort.NO!Well gazing at Matthew's picture did,the rest just gave me a belly ache,numerous trips to the bathroom, and tears of sadness until I chastised myself for my pity party and called and talked to my daughter.She is discovering passionate love for the first time.Made me remember that marvelous,euphoric feeling that scares the hell out of a person and makes them desperate to hold on to it.(Sorry,that is a post for another day).
The point is I didn't feel better,I just felt guilty for gaining back the few pounds I recently lost Next time I'll just read,drink diet Pepsi and gaze at Matthew's picture. However, it did make me wonder what do you do to comfort yourself when all you really want is a hug and does it work?Make a comment!
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Finding Comfort?
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The Tennessee District of Pilot International will hold its 80th annual convention at the Music Road Hotel and Convention Center in Pigeon Forge on April 21-23. Pilot International was founded in …
The Tennessee District of Pilot International will hold its 80th annual convention at the Music Road Hotel and Convention Center in Pigeon Forge on April 21-23. Pilot International was founded in Macon, Georgia, in 1921 as a volunteer service organization for business and professional women. Since then, the Pilot Internatonal has expanded to include men and women in all walks of life around the globe.
The historic inspiration for the name was the riverboat pilot who would steer a true course through calm or troubled waters, thus, for almost 100 years, Pilots have served under the motto "True Course Ever." Today's Pilots find their "true course" through our charge to do more, care more and be more every day. Our mission is to influence positive change in communities throughout the world by coming together in friendship and giving people an outlet for service. We focus on preparing youth and young adults for service; encouraging brain safety and health; and by supporting those who care for others.
The Pilot Club of Cleveland and the Pilot Club of Oak Ridge will host this Convention. The Tennessee District is comprised of 220 volunteer members in nine clubs located across the state. The weekend will include the election of officers and their installation, other business of the District, guest speakers, leadership training, as well as fun and fellowship.
If you are interested in more information on Pilot International and how you can help make a difference in your community, contact Tennessee District Governor and member of the Pilot Club of Oak Ridge, Sherry Bath at 865-482-6171.
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Wednesday Night
Today was fairly uneventful. After the doctors visit Jackie was elated at the thought of being released and going home soon.
We had a wonderful visit from Susan Ahlquist at noon. She brought food for both Jackie and myself. We spent almost an hour chatting about her kids, our kids, and everything in between. They have REALLY been great during our stay in Rochester!
This afternoon Jackie and I went hair shopping. The hospital has a full "wig center" that offers all types of wigs, caps, and head coverings. A good part of what they offer is free. You can also buy (probably at their cost) various wigs, hair pieces, etc. Even though Jackie only has a 50-50 chance of losing her hair we felt it best to go ahead and prepare for the possibility. She selected a wig that is almost identical in both color and style to what she already has. I really think that very few people will even notice she has lost hair. It simply looks like she changed to a slightly different cut and color.
If you are checking the blog and there are no pictures of our hair shopping experience...check back! I managed to take a couple of photos of Jackie wearing some of the pieces we did NOT select. She asked me not to post the pics...but of course she knows I will :)
We've received a lot of calls and emails. We even received one from Ruth Lapidus' sister in Israel wishing Jackie a speedy return to health.
Overall Jackie felt really well today. The good news and the prospect of going back home certainly didn't hurt. It is uncertain when they release Jackie if we will need to stay around Rochester for a few days or not. We received the impression we would be free to travel back to OK upon release. I'm sure Jackie will be required to get regular CBC checks once home to confirm her recovery. We will also need to return to Rochester every 3-4 weeks for additional treatments. This will happen 4-6 more times. So...we will be getting to see the fabulous winter weather here in the Far North it seems.
Till later...
PS. I received this link late. If anyone wishes to read about the side effects and more about the chemo used you can visit this link provided by Stanley Lapidus. Thanks Stan!


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From smashworld.com "Google's new IM service is already live. All you need is a Jabber-compatible Instant Messaging client (such as Apple's iChat, or gaim), and a GMail address."
This should answer, at least in part, all of the speculation that has been flying around the net over the last couple of days. Stay tuned to Google on Wednesday for details.


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by Christina Russell
What many Americans remember as our country's biggest mistake, national authority on U.S. foreign policy and Whitman Professor David Schmitz claims is unfolding before us once again. In a lecture titled "Iraq and the Unlearned Lessons from the Vietnam War" on Wednesday, Oct. 18, Schmitz presented his theory that many of the mistakes we are witnessing in the current administration's handlings of U.S. invasion of Iraq are analogous to the arguably irreparable damage to civilians, soldiers and American patriotism that came as a result of the Vietnam War.
Schmitz is the author of a plethora of books and scholarly articles that include "The United States and Right–Wing Dictatorships, 1965-1989" and "Politics, War and Public Opinion." He is currently on sabbatical from teaching at Whitman.
Schmitz explained that inherent in the Bush Administration is sense of denial over the outcome of Vietnam. There is a belief that failure in the Vietnam crisis arose because America neglected to stay the course. "There is a certainty that the war was necessary," said Schmitz. "Doesn't everyone want freedom? Democracy?" These are the questions the Bush Administration are asking about Iraq, questions that were central in the Johnson and Nixon Administrations during the Vietnam War. In both cases, there is a desire to build nations in America's image. Schmitz argued that there are discrepancies between what the Bush Administration holds to be true and the reality of those same values. Schmitz used the example of establishing a democratic society and then defining its stability by proving that its citizens are voting. "The Soviet Union used to hold elections all the time. Elections don't mean anything by themselves," Schmitz said.
Schmitz agreed with Colin Powell's opinion that an administration must have clear goals and a defined exit strategy in order to be involved in a military operation of Iraq's caliber. According to the Powell Doctrine, which Schmitz holds to be true, no force, no matter how great, could have changed the outcome of Vietnam; it was not a winnable conflict given the circumstances. Primary, this is because the government that the United States was fighting against lacked legitimacy. Iraq, Schmitz asserted, is un-winnable for this same reason.
Schmitz offered statistics in his lecture to further draw a parallel between the two conflicts. In Vietnam, enemy troops controlled 85 percent of the conflict, with the United States finding themselves in control only 15 percent of the time. Similarly, in Iraq, insurgent troops have controlled 82 percent of combat. In both cases, a war of attrition has been fought, Schmitz explained. In Iraq, the United States army can stay as long as they want—they are being depleted little by little so that losing will equate to them tiring of the engagement and going home. "These are not winnable wars for the superpowers," said Schmitz. "At some point the U.S. has to face the hard reality that only the Iraqis will control the war." Schmitz was clear in specifying that he is not a pacifist. "I support the war in Afghanistan. I wish that the United States government was using their energy in that conflict."
Perhaps not shockingly, another corollary between Vietnam and Iraq is the number of innocent civilians that have lost their lives while wars are fought on their home soil. In Vietnam, two million Vietnamese died; in Iraq, 650,000 have perished thus far. Said Schmitz, "We have a certain vision of omnipotence. We've got to start asking a different series of questions."
Schmitz believes that the domestic 'War On Terror' campaign is what enables the administration to garner continued support for Iraq. "It has kept the war from completely spinning out of control," said Schmitz. Schmitz's critique of the Bush Doctrine, the force driving contemporary decision-making on Iraq, is that it "is in tatters." In response to a question from an audience member inquiring what hope there is that the Bush Doctrine will fundamentally change, Schmitz's said, "I think [the administration] ha[s] run up against their limits."
Student response on Schmitz's analysis was positive. "I thought the speech was very informative," said sophomore Jesus Vasquez. First-year Jane Lutken found the lecture to be "very insightful, particularly the Bush Administration's reasons for invading Iraq and how they were similar to reasons for invading Vietnam." First-year Kelli Kuhlman said, "I like how he just stepped back and presented the facts."


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Unhealthiest Drinks
Check out the article The Unhealthiest Drinks in America 2009 by Dave Zinczenko and Matt Goulding from Men's Health. Some of these drinks are ridiculous – way more calories than you should consume in a day (1500-1800 on a weight loss diet combined with exercise) and sugar in a week (32g of sugar a day, or 224g per week).
Snapple Tropical Mango Antioxidant Water, 150 calories, 30g sugar
Rockstar Original, 280 calories, 62g sugar
Starbucks Coffee Frappuccino,290 calories, 46g sugar
Starbucks Venti 2% Salted Caramel Signature Hot Chocolate, 760 calories, 85g sugar
Red Lobster Traditional Lobsterita (Ew!), 890 calories, 183g sugar
Baskin Robbins Large Ice Cream Soda with Vanilla Ice Cream Float, 960 calories, 136g sugar
Così Gigante Double OH! Arctic, 1210 calories, 259g sugar
Cold Stone Creamery "Gotta Have It" PB&C (Peanut butter and caramel) Shake, 2010 calories, 153g sugar
Smoothie King's The Hulk, Strawberry, 2088 calories, 240g sugar
Baskin-Robbins Large Chocolate Oreo Shake, 2600 calories, sugar 263g
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Great post! We should be aware of what we eat and even drink. These drinks could look very enticing but see how much calories they contain.
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Yes, it is truly shocking. I recently was at Dairy Queen and wondered about the nutritional content of their newer MooLatte coffee drinks. I knew it wouldn't be pretty.
After investigating I also find out that the DQ drinks also contain soft serve ice cream, which just adds to the mess. Around or more than 600 calories for every drink! The new McDonald's McCafe line of coffee drinks doesn't contain ice cream and is a more sober 120-300 calorie range.
I think I'll stick to tea and plain coffee! Thanks for the link.


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