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Journal of the American College of Cardiology
ReplyOur Perspective on Ventricular Arrhythmias Originating From Pulmonary Sinus Cusp
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- Published online May 10, 2016.
Author Information
- Zili Liao, MD,
- Xianzhang Zhan, MD,
- Shulin Wu, MD∗ (shulin_gdgh{at}163.com),
- Yumei Xue, MD,
- Xianhong Fang, MD,
- Hongtao Liao, MD,
- Hai Deng, MD,
- Yuanhong Liang, MD,
- Wei Wei, MD,
- Yang Liu, MD and
- Feifan Ouyang, MD
- ↵∗Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Zhongshan Road #106, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong, China
We thank Dr. Yang and colleagues for their interest in our paper (1). First, we agree with their comment that the R wave amplitude of the inferior leads in ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) from the right pulmonary sinus cusp (PSC) is significantly lower than that of VAs from the anterior and left cusp, although the right cusp (RC) is anatomically higher than the anterior and left cusp. This phenomenon can be explained by the anatomical features that the right and anterior PSCs attach to the free wall of pulmonary conus in the right ventricle, and the left one attaches to the interventricular septum. Second, in RC VAs, the phased excitation from the right ventricular free wall to the left ventricle leads to a decreased absolute R wave magnitude and a prolonged total QRS duration in the inferior leads, whereas in the left cusp (LC) VAs, the 2 ventricles are excited almost simultaneously, resulting in a higher absolute R wave magnitude in the inferior leads and a shorter QRS duration. The finding was similar to that of VAs from right ventricular outflow tract free wall and septum (2).
Furthermore, we concur with the authors that the anatomical location of arrhythmogenic foci in our study is within or near the PSC, which was confirmed by activation and pace mapping and successful ablation within the PSC. Also, pathology studies supported the finding that the right ventricular myocardium extended at the base of all 3 PSCs, and fibrosis and fatty tissue among these muscular sleeves can lead to arrhythmogenesis due to abnormal automaticity and conduction (3).
Third and finally, the PSC anatomically straddles the right ventricular outflow tract with short distance between the right ventricular outflow tract septum and LC as shown in our 3-dimensional map in Figures 2 to 4 (1). Theoretically, the LC VAs can be successfully ablated with the conventional method and high energy when the known anatomical distance is very close. However, in our study, previously failed ablation was observed in 7 patients who underwent conventional ablation method. During the study, radiofrequency energy delivery just below the PSC in the initial 7 patients resulted in transient disappearance of VAs in 4 and slight changes of QRS morphology in the other 3 patients, in whom VA originated from the LC in 1 patient (Figure 6 [1]). Definitely, we do not know whether VAs from LC could be abolished with conventional ablation method in all 8 patients because RF was delivered with conventional ablation method in only 2 patients. By using the reversed U curve catheter method, we were able to map the PSC, and better contact with effective energy delivery within the PSC could be achieved. Additionally, no complications of pulmonary artery stenosis or damage to the coronary artery occurred in our patients, although the LC is very close to left coronary artery. It can be explained that high flow in the PSC and coronary artery in our young patients can prevent this potential injury. Therefore, we recommended that careful attention be paid to power and impedance characteristics to avoid steam pop during radiofrequency energy delivery.
Please note: The authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose. Drs. Liao and Zhan contributed equally to this work.
- 2016 American College of Cardiology Foundation


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One of the things I like in Top Gear is the races, where Clarkson has to get somewhere by car and Hammond and May have to do it by public transport. And almost every time, the car wins. And it generally wins because whilst a train can travel a lot faster, once you add in all the dead time waiting for connections and the slow connections at each end of the fast bit, the overall journey time takes longer.
Many years ago, I used to go to Glasgow on business. I'd leave home, get a train to London, train to Heathrow, plane to Glasgow and then a taxi to my final destination. But in reality, it wasn't that much quicker than driving to Glasgow. And that was because of all the bits of dead time in there - waiting for my train, allowing enough time to get to the airport, time after check-in, baggage reclaim etc.
We ended up driving to Disneyland Paris recently because despite it being 2 and a half hours from London to Paris on high-speed rail, you then add in the time at Swindon station, the time waiting for the tube, the time to check-in at St Pancras, the time to get out from the middle of Paris to Marne-la-Vallee and you're up to 6 hours, and you can do the journey by car in just over 7 for a quarter of the cost.
It's why I'm rather sceptical about many of the benefits about high speed rail and how it connects London and Manchester and Birmingham and will facilitate trade. If you're going from an office in central Manchester to an office in central Birmingham, that might be the case. But if any of those are slightly outside the city centre, and not very far out, you have the extra connection times, and the train being 30 minutes faster than a car is going to dissolve rather quickly.
Friday, 11 April 2014
The Top Gear Challenge Problem
One of the things I like in Top Gear is the races, where Clarkson has to get somewhere by car and Hammond and May have to do it by public transport. And almost every time, the car wins. And it generally wins because whilst a train can travel a lot faster, once you add in all the dead time waiting for connections and the slow connections at each end of the fast bit, the overall journey time takes longer.
My latest blogpost: The Top Gear Challenge ProblemTweet this! Posted by The Stigler at 16:25
Labels: high speed rail, top gear
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- Bayard said...
"you can do the journey by car in just over 7 for a quarter of the cost."
Is that cost-saving dependent on you having a car-full? Most business trips are made by one person on their own, so I would expect the savings to be considerably less. Also, you can work while you are travelling, though I'm prepared to bet that the cost-benefit analysis used to justify HS2 counted travelling time as non-productive time, just as it is if you are driving. After all, if you are working, what is the problem of a few minutes' longer journey? No, I remain convinced that the whole idea of HS2 is to make a lot of Brummies rich at the public expense.
- 11 April 2014 at 17:47
- The Stigler said...
But even with one person it can be closer than it first appears, especially when you add in cab fares or other public transport costs.
And yes, the HS2 calculations consider rail to be dead time which is nonsense. I've done as good as half a day's work while meeting a client in Leeds.
- 11 April 2014 at 20:11
- Mark Wadsworth said...
TS, hats off to TG for doing this as an experiment.
But we can safely assume that most people are rational and make that difficult trade-off between car and public transport/train, depending on…
- how much advance notice you have
- how often you make the journey
- how many people are travelling
- can you take it in turns driving if long journey
- from where to where (countryside to countryside, town centre to town centre, or any combination)
- journey time
- convenience
- what time of the day you have to be at destination, what day of the week
- what you have to take with you (luggage)
- whether you want to drink alcohol when you are there
- cost, cost per person
- availability and expense of parking at either end
and several other factors besides.
- do you like railway stations or motorway architecture
By and large, most people will make the right decision, which for most journeys is by car and within large cities, is by public transport/train, with one heck of an overlap.
- 11 April 2014 at 21:33
- Lola said...
I live near Ipswich. I can be in the City in about 90 minutes - door to door. Taxi from home to station. 15 mins. Train roughly 75 mins. Cost 1st class about 45 quid (I have a senior railcard!!!). I can't do that by car.
But if I went to say Newcastle - it's car.
- 11 April 2014 at 21:56
- Bayard said...
My favourite Top Gear challenge was "The Race to the North", where Clarkson ended up shovelling coal on a steam engine and Hammond ended up breaking down on his dream motorcycle. Despite the rail nuts jumping up and down saying it was rigged, I thought it was a damn fine piece of TV.
- 11 April 2014 at 22:20
- John M said...
The whole thing about HS2 is about trying to convince the world that a 170yr old transport solution is still remotely relevant today, and to maintain the vast industry and salaries that feed from it.
Last Christmas I considered using the train to travel from Bournemouth to visit my Godchildren near Glenrothes in Scotland. The 535 mile trip takes 13 hours on a train and the cheapest return fare was £278. For comparison I can drive it in around 10 hours and spend around £50 less than that even with fuel prices where they currently are.
As if that doesn't make the point well enough, I discovered that I could get a return flight to Dubai for around the same price as the train ticket above! And let's not forget - those costs were for me to travel on my own. Additional passengers in the car wouldn't have cost me any more, whereas the train would have meant more tickets at the same price.
I rest my case.
- 12 April 2014 at 02:37
- Physiocrat said...
The Southern system is well enough used because the trains are frequent, you do not have to pre-book and the network is dense with many cross connections. If you look at a map, it is obvious that HS2 is exactly what is not required.
Improvements to give higher speed running north of Manchester towards Tyneside and Edinburgh/Glasgow would be worth while. And the whole country needs decent trains with a bit more space for people, their elbows, legs and luggage. Unfortunately it is not going to get them. The only comfortable trains left in Britain are now running on the preserved railways. There has been nothing really satisfactory built since the late 1960s.
- 12 April 2014 at 07:31
- DBC Reed said...
I too enjoyed the Northern Race programme which I thought concluded with the letter arriving by mail faster than they could go by car etc.
Clarkson's unconvincing fireman act did show that trains can go straight through the centre of towns at 80+ mph.
It is a pity that flying boat technology did not develop so you could land on the rivers and open water most cities are built by.My plan to polderise the Thames Estuary includes some open water for flying-boats to land on, depending on which envelope is consulted.In general the French scheme that every town have its own landing strip seems progressive.You should n't have to drive miles to get on a plane for say Berlin or Newcastle. A one plane a day town airport would make more sense with each day a different destination.There are plenty of small planes, low-flying, unpressurised.Shorts (of Belfast?) made some memorable ones.
- 12 April 2014 at 10:33
- The Stigler said...
I suppose what I'm saying is that the idea that this will push lots of people onto trains ignores the thing of people who aren't right in the centre of cities.
Sure. But to give you an example - I will generally travel to central Bristol by train - it's an unspeakable pain by car. But when I had to go to Filton regularly (which is only a couple of miles out), I drove.
- 12 April 2014 at 11:59
- The Stigler said...
They still have a use in congested areas. Whether extra speed beyond current levels is worth it is debateable.
- 12 April 2014 at 12:15
- Bayard said...
"It is a pity that flying boat technology did not develop"
Flying boat technology has developed, but there just doesn't seem to be the demand for a new generation of flying boats, not even in places like Canada, where they still use 50 year old designs.
- 12 April 2014 at 12:19
- Physiocrat said...
What is needed is main line stations in the outer suburbs, with a good road connection. Most journeys are not city-centre to city-centre, and that is often whey it is quicker to drive. The geography and settlement pattern in Britain is not one that high speed rail is going to serve effectively.
Some other schemes in the pipeline will be more useful eg Oxford - Milton Keynes-Bedford - Cambridge. That is a straightforward reinstatement of a line that closed to passengers in the 1960s. The cost is about 15% of a high speed line.
- 12 April 2014 at 12:39
- The Stigler said...
I'm sceptical in general about high speed for Britain because of the distances between cities. If you're doing Paris to Bordeaux or Paris to Marseille, the distances are over 350 miles which means that you're comparing a 3'20 rail journey with a 6 hour drive.
I'm guessing at least 15 miles of London to Birmingham will be at regular speed as you're going through residential areas which is a big chunk of a 115 mile journey.
- 12 April 2014 at 12:59
- Physiocrat said...
The Stigler - yes. It makes no sense to run at much more than 125 mph in Britain for the reason you have said. There is a lot to be said for holding down the speed to 99 mph, which avoids a raft of EU regulation and compliance costs.
Most of the rolling stock here in Sweden has [160] marked on the side for that reason and I think that is true elsewhere on the continent.
- 12 April 2014 at 13:06
- Bayard said...
The problem about rail improvements in the UK, is that there is no mechanism to capture the uplift in land values they produce and use that uplift to help fund the cost of the improvement. Therefore the only projects that get momentum are ones where the gain to the landowners is sufficient for the landowners to exert political pressure on either local or national government to get public money spent for their (the landowners') eventual benefit.
- 12 April 2014 at 13:32
- Rich Tee said...
Agree about this for Leeds, for non-business travellers.
Leeds city centre can't accommodate another train station, so it would have to be built on the outskirts, so non-car users would have to take a bus out to it. If that optimistically takes 20 minutes it completely negates the time benefit of HS2, and the tickets would be more expensive as well.
- 12 April 2014 at 14:59
- DBC Reed said...
Crikey .These futuristic looking seaplanes are far-out, man.Compare with the Shorts 330 or 360 which I was talking about for long trips in the UK or to short-haul Europe. This design based on the Skyvan,looked like a van but was called ,by its crew,s the Flying Shed.Seriously, when they talk about business transport over these kinds of distance, it is curious that Air is never in the mix.
- 13 April 2014 at 09:18

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Nina threw her arms around Ellie and pulled her close. This was the beginning of their relationship, the day they became sisters. It was an exciting and moving moment to watch.
If you were to see Ellie and Nina now, you would see that they are great friends. Sure they fight, they get frustrated with each other and annoyed at times. They grunt at each other and say, "I don't want to play with you anymore!" But every morning we find them together playing family, or strawberry shortcake, or barbies. They color, play babies, giggle, and make up stories. They are sisters.
But this has not been the case with Nina and Nichole. Nichole had a hard time liking the new little girl that came to her family. She did not like the fact that in some ways, because of Nina's mobility issues, Nichole was being asked to be a big girl, and not the baby in our family. Nichole quickly figured out that she could push Nina over easily, or hit her head with a video case (not sure why this was the object of her choice to hit Nina on the head). How we redirected, and how we hoped some day they would like each other.
Just the other day, I heard 2 little girls giggling, and what was my surprise but to find Nina and Nichole playing together. They were sitting in front of a fan with the air blowing their hair and having a great time imitating each other and laughing at the silly faces they made. I smiled, reminded that they do have a merry time before they settle down for a nap talking to each other, laughing, and sometimes playing catch from crib to bed, from crib to bed. They might not play together all day, but they do have a bond together. They are sisters.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Being Sisters
By Ellen Stumbo
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In a one-woman show called "Passionate Broadway," running through Saturday at the Prince Frederick Masonic Lodge, O'Shea presents a montage of music from well-known composers and lyricists.
The lodge has been transformed into an intimate theater, thanks to the work of Northern High School's Amy Contanza, who provided the black stage curtains. Producer Janine Naus and lighting coordinator Daniel Beach were responsible for set design, along with O'Shea's son, Austin Peck, a New York actor who works in soap operas, including "As the World Turns."
More here.
The lovely Dolores Snyder allowed Brad to take the blame for running over and killing his father years earlier, when she, in fact, had been the one drinking and driving. Jack blamed Brad for their dad's death and the brothers were estranged for years because of it.
As I've noted before:
ATWT Scriptwriter Susan Dansby (she wrote those fantastic Carly/Jack break-up scenes earlier in the year) has always said that she believes Jack's attraction to Carly stems from his complicated relationship with his mother, Dolores, a scheming, self-centered blonde who lied and cheated on his father, but whom he loves, anyway. Well, Brad was raised by the same mother. And if its a scheming, self-centered, not averse to telling a lie when it suits her purposes blonde that he craves, there is at least one other woman in Oakdale who currently fits that bill quite nicely, no?
Since then, Brad's married the aforementioned scheming self-centered blonde. I guess Brad and Jack really are mama's boys!


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I find that at times my aging eyes strain to read the posts with this new design. The background color for the post body is too dark and doesn't provide enough contrast with the text.
Can I suggest you consider a lighter background? Maybe this:
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A few weeks back I was really struggling with feelings of depression, helplessness, and self-pity. So I drove to a parking lot. Well, not just any parking lot. It was the parking lot of Westside Liquor located on the East side of town...(why they named it Westside I will never know...)
I am not exactly sure what my intentions were when I arrived there. Just wanted to sit and ponder. Ponder about going in and buying "stuff" (good "stuff"). I just wanted to buy a little liquid silencer to shut up the constant crap spinning in my head. You know the crap, "your a failure", "you suck", "your a lowsy person", "why can't you just get your act together", "you know you wouldn't have these problems if you'd only do this, and this, and this, and that." And so on, and so forth.
So as I was pondering in my car I noticed two more vehicles in the parking lot along with their occupants. I'm really talented, I can ponder and watch people all at the same time. Soon I found that these people were kind of entertaining.
There was a boy in a truck (older model--I'd say 1990's--dark blue--didn't catch the license plate) and two girls in a maroonish colored car. They were young people--early 20's or so. The boy was out of his truck leaning into the passenger side window of the maroonish car and appeared to be chatting away...
What happened next saved my sobriety that day. The twenty-something boy stood up, turned his back to the girls in the marroonish car and shot the moon. Yup! He pulled down his pants not once, but twice! And I smiled--real big...
But God is good and knows all that I need...
No longer was I pondering. The spin in my head had stopped. And I drove away without purchasing the liquid silencer. That visual was nothing I needed, yet all that I needed.
I will be eternally grateful to my Creator for the sun, the stars, and most of all the FULL moon.
That it folks,
"I like to think that the moon is there even if I am not looking at it"
~Albert Einstein


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Saw this post on Cook Republic that day and I knew I had to try it! No butter and sugar! Guilt free snacking! :) I think it makes a great breakfast food as well.
It probably would look better with chopped chocolate but I was a bit lazy and used chocolate chips.
3 large over ripe mashed bananas
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup macadamia oil
1 1/2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup hazelnut meal
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cups crushed peanuts
1 cup choc chips
1 1/2 cups popped corn
Preheat the oven to 180C. Line two baking sheets with baking paper.
In a large bowl, combine the bananas, vanilla and macadamia oil. Set aside. In another bowl, whisk together the oats, hazelnut meal, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and mixed spice. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Mix to combine. Fold in the chocolate, peanuts and popped corn.
The dough might appear looser than most cookies, but that is alright. Heap 1 tablespoon worth of cookie dough on to your palm and shape small balls. Place about 1 inch apart on baking sheets. Bake for approximately 15-18 minutes until golden, swapping the baking sheet back to front once during the baking process. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack. Will stay just fine in the fridge for a week in an air-tight container.


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The anti-income-tax rally on the State Capitol lawn eight days ago, billed as the largest protest in state history, had the potential to shake stodgy, steady Connecticut right down to its bedrock.
But will it? "That's a question for social scientists," said Senate President John B. Larson, D-East Hartford.
Perhaps, but some answers are beginning to take shape: Despite their best efforts, the anti-income tax forces have so far not been able to marshal enough support to ensure repeal, though their fervor has hastened efforts to modify the tax.


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Hello all, Pls help me re-live some old summertime childhood memories!! It would be a great day in the old neighborhood when Mr. Cusumano came back from "work" with chivy and we'd have a multi-family barbeque.
Chivy or chi-vuh-LAH (don't know how to spell it, this is phoentic)is skinny Italian sausage, you buy in a pin wheel. I believe it may be lamb. Very seasoned-garlic, cheese, parsley.
Can you help me find some?
I'd be eternally greatful.


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Friday, April 15, 2005
Where Alex once stood
Here's one for all you ancient history buffs: reporter Bartle Bull, with some help from the locals and the Americans, discovers the site of Alexander the Great's victory at Gaugamela:
"I have a photograph from Iraqi Kurdistan that I sometimes hope might appear in my memoirs above the caption, 'Birth of the Iraqi tourist industry.' It shows two men, Kanan Mufti and Ken Herwehe, looking over the plain of Gaugamela, where, 2,336 years ago, Alexander won his third and decisive victory against Darius. Gaugamela, with its turreted elephants and scythed chariots, had always been one of my favorites among Alexander's battles. It was the first great clash of East and West in Mesopotamia. Kanan is head of antiquities in Iraq's Arbil governorate, and Lieutenant Colonel Herwehe was at the time one of the senior U.S. commanders in the region. I had introduced them at Herwehe's headquarters in Arbil, hoping that together we could find the site of the battle. Kanan provided 11 sources, ancient and modern, rolled up in scrolls or pressed flat in large folios, to help us. Herwehe contributed a large table and a U.S. military aviation ground escape map.Oliver Stone, eat your heart out.
"A couple of hours of gluey tarmac and jolting riverbeds and back roads took us to the base of the Jabal Maqlub, where Alexander had camped overlooking the huge plain Darius needed to accommodate his army of hundreds of thousands. Features described by the ancients—mountain passes, hill flanks, and the great plain—stood suddenly revealed before us, all in their proper places, as the Mesopotamian geography yielded its secrets like a dusty cuneiform. I wanted to visit the ridge from which Darius had lost an empire. But Herwehe said it looked like land mine country. 'Saddam's officers were good at reading the terrain,' he said. 'War hasn't changed so much since Alexander's day'."


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One of our grandsons has been spending a lot of time with us. At 8 years old, his focus this time of year is Christmas, anticipating the presents that he might get. I remember clearly, and with fondness, my own excitement at that age. But in an effort to help him develop an appreciation for other joys of Advent we've been looking for opportunities to engage him in those experiences - music, light, stories, scents.
A local event that friends introduced to us is the fabulous collection of creches at Mariopolis Luminosa in Hyde Park. The campus is a center for the Focolare movement, an organization with Catholic roots that works toward unity and peace throughout the world. Every December they display over 200 creches from over 60 countries. Last week we took Landen there after school.
The creches are arranged by areas of origin - Europe, Middle East, Asia, North America, etc. Someone, a team, I imagine, spent a lot of time setting them up.The displays were artistically and thoughtfully done, using many natural elements - bark, driftwood, rocks, sand, grasses, pine cones, etc.as well as lights and glittery papers and fabrics.
We spent time looking at them, then enjoyed hot chocolate and cookies that were offered in a seating area. If you have young children, there is a table that has sturdy stuffed and wooden versions of the figures so that they can play with them.
We took each other to the ones that most impressed us. Landen particularly liked one from South America, made of bread dough. I was drawn most to a creche from Syria - a small peaceful scene, so poignant this year. And there was one from Long Island made of three little stones - quite abstract, but the shapes of the rocks captured the postures so well. The creches gave us a chance to talk about how Christmas is celebrated in other countries. And, of course, there is the story celebrated over and over in such a variety of ways. Some creches had only a few figures, others were very elaborate. Some were made with humble materials - bread, rocks, bits of hardware, straw. Others were more precious - Murano glass, porcelain.
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The community members we met were warm, welcoming, interested in speaking with us. We felt like special guests. I think it will be a good memory for Landen to tuck away.
The exhibit is open every day through December 30, usually in the afternoons. Check the website for hours and directions.
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3rd Secret of Fatima: Was Fr. Martin Alluding to the Antichrist Star Sign 2022?
By: Eric Gajewski
I wanted very briefly suggest that Fr. Malachi Martin (who read the real 3rd secret of Fatima) seems to be suggesting or alluding to this star sign of 2022 as the catalyst before "all hell breaks loose". With the recent events in Syria many are beginning to see just how close we are to world war 3. Let us not forget China and what is also going on over in the East. Hitler seemed to take a certain celestial sign as a kick-starter for war according to Fr. Malachi Martin. He stated it was a sign to "get the show on the road". This calls to mind how the faithless Jews are now saying that this star sign of 2022 will usher in their messianic period (Antichrist).
Everything seems to be falling in place and it is just a matter of time before the economic collapse, worldwide revolutions and martial law as well as world war 3 commencing. If you haven't heard this short video from Fr. Malachi Martin I suggest you do so. He also knew that the Vatican and world governments knew about Planet X. The "star sign" and Planet X are two different things for those ignorant. In the end it seems plausible that this star sign could be the kick-starter but how can we possibly make it to 2022 or 2023 without a world war erupting at this point? Maybe he was alluding to the total solar eclipse which will occur in August of this year? Only praying the Rosary can delay the inevitable now.
Third Secret Of Fatima According To Fr. Malachi Martin
Antichrist Star Sign, UFO's & The Warning 2022?


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Cyber Thieves Find Workplace Networks Are Easy Pickings
Byron Acohido writes on USA Today:
It took only a modicum of skill for a cybergang to steal 94 million credit and debit card payment records from the TJX retail chain — and follow that up by hauling in 130 million records from credit card processor Heartland Payment Systems.More here.
Court records reveal that those record-setting break-ins were almost too easy. Even more surprising: The thieves were able to take their sweet time extracting the data, in each case going undetected for more than a year.
What happened to TJX and Heartland was not unusual. And details unveiled in the prosecution of gang members involved in both thefts have shed fresh light on a business truism demanding more scrutiny: Workplace networks have turned out to be much more porous and difficult to defend than anyone ever anticipated.
Overly complex IT systems are producing endless opportunities for cyberthieves, who need only to master simple hacking techniques to get their hands on sensitive data. The result: Data breaches continue to plague companies, hospitals, universities and government agencies — any entity that collects data and conducts business on a digital network.


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Being My Bloody Valentine's first album in over twenty years, you would want this one to be well worth it (I thought it was a little coincidental that they released it so close to the actual Valentine's Day, but I could just be a hopeless romantic at that).
I hadn't heard much about this band before; they are completely out of my musical comfort zone, and when they were relevant, I was only a toddler. So when I heard all this hype about their first album in over twenty years having just been released, I figured that I should give it a listen and see what all the fuss is about.
I'm not a huge fan of the 'shoegazing' movement; sure it's nice and chill. I even own a couple of vinyls similar to this to have a listen to while I'm having a few drinks with mates. But I would not usually listen to this type of music in any other situation.
The first few songs remind me of being stuck in an atypical acid trip in the sixties: I can almost feel the disorientation and see the bright swirling colours. Kevin Shields' vocals are definitely haunting. I can barely make out what he is singing, and that delves into my intrigue.
Who Sees You is a lot more concentrated, and I immediately sit up and take notice. The guitars are gently warped and make you feel like you're stuck on a triptastic merry-go-round. The songs are a gentle mix of authentic sixties and sixties reflux in the nineties. None of these songs would be out of place in either era.
This and Yes opens with otherworldly organs and a faint drumbeat, that seems to mimic a heartbeat. I can almost smell the smoke machine. Whilst I am almost in love with every amazing song, I have no idea what each song is about. This is not something that I will dwell on, but they could be singing about how much they love running down pedestrians for all I am aware of.
Tame Impala have both gained critical and commercial success by dipping their toes into the shoegazing movement whilst keeping it lyrical and upbeat. They've successfully straddled the lines and have only benefited from doing so. I'm going to say this album by MBV is a dead-set winner, but to gain commercial success out of the inner music circle is something that these guys are definitely not going to achieve. But hey, that might be something that they don't want to accomplish.


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In my earlier post, uncle jellyfish commented that we should not gloss over the absolutely terrible pitching from the Phillies so far this season, so let's take a look at just how horrible the Phillies pitching staff has been so far this season, despite being 10-8 and just a half game out of first place in the NL East.
Currently, the Phillies have the worst ERA in the National League at 5.98, with only the New York Yankees (6.18) and Texas Rangers (5.99) having higher ERAs than the Phils in the entire majors. And that's without Adam Eaton on the roster this year. Go figure.
When you look even further, the numbers get worse. The Phillies, due to inclement weather, have only played 18 games this season, less than the majority of teams in baseball. Despite that, the Phils have given up more home runs than other team in baseball, surrendering an astounding 39 long balls in 18 games. For you math majors out there, that's over two home runs a game. If that number was to hold up, the Phils would end up surrendering 351 home runs. The major league record is 241 surrendered by the 1996 Detroit Tigers; the NL record is 230 allowed by the 2001 Colorado Rockies.
Yeah, so if the Phils keep it up, they'd obliterate the current record by more than 100 home runs. That's awful, and it lets you know just how horrific the pitching has been. On a bright note, a couple weeks ago when I was driving to my cousin's house, Larry Anderson explained on the radio how the Phils were on pace to surrender over 400 home runs, so they're improving, right?
In all seriousness, you'd have to think the pitching will start to straighten out at some point. These guys aren't as terrible as they've shown thus far, but man, they need to get their acts together here soon. The biggest problem has been the number of pitches that Joe Blanton, Brett Myers, Cole Hamels, Jamie Moyer and Chan Ho Park have been grooving right down the middle of the plate. I don't care who you are, you can't throw meatballs in the majors and expect the best hitters on the planet to miss them. They don't. And that's been their biggest problem.
Sure, there have been occasional spells where the pitchers can't find the strike zone, but for the most part, the problem has been finding too much of the strike zone. Stay away from the middle of the plate, and watch the home run numbers drop.
The Phils offense is really good. One of the better lineups in baseball. But to ask them to have to put up 6-plus runs every night to win is not exactly a good way to defend the World Series title. Luckily, the offense has been bailing the pitching out so far, but if the Phils truly have visions of a repeat, the pitchers need to get their heads out of their asses and start hitting their spots.
Otherwise, it's going to be a long, hot summer of our pitchers getting whiplash. How's about you start to turn this around for me tonight there, Cole?
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Pitching? We Don't Need No Stinking Pitching
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Generally, while planning a business trip or a holiday, the expenditure will mount up quickly. Besides airfare, hotel, food, etc., one needs a rental car as well and that will add up to the travel bill. While renting a car, apart from the sticker price of the rental, you must bear other expenses like fuel,


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Denver Snaps Gophers' Unbeaten Streak At 11
Nov. 23, 2008
Courtesy of Minnesota
For the first time all season the bounces didn't go Minnesota's way as the Gophers had their season-opening 11-game unbeaten streak snapped in a 4-0 shutout loss at Denver on Saturday.
Minnesota, the nation's top-ranked team failed to score two goals in a game for the first time this season and surrendered a season-high goal total. The Gophers also had scored power play goals in eight straight games and saw senior Ryan Stoa's point-scoring streak snapped at 11 games. It was the first loss for the top-ranked Gophers, who are now 7-1-4 overall and remained in first place in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association at 4-1-3. Denver avoided its first four-game losing streak in eight years and is now 7-5-1 overall and 5-4-1 in the league. Pioneers' sophomore goaltender Mark Cheverie made 34 saves for his first career shutout.
Denver, which dressed four players who were not in the lineup for Friday's 5-2 Gophers' victory, came out strong in the first period and scored the game's first goal at 4:39 of the first period on an off-angle shot by Tyler Bozak, who scored his ninth goal in two seasons against Minnesota. Gophers' goaltender Alex Kangas made an outstanding save on Bozak's initial shot, but he followed up the rebound from behind the goalline and his shot slid through Kangas' pads. The Gophers had posted six consecutive shutout first periods against conference opponents prior to the goal.
The Pioneers put 14 shots on goal in the first period, which was the most allowed in an opening period by the Gophers this season. The momentum carried over into the second period as Denver had nine of the period's first 12 shots and scored a power play goal by Anthony Maiani at the 4:45 mark. Maiani was parked in front of the goal and slammed in a pass from Patrick Wiercioch at the point to snap the Gophers' streak of 25 straight successful penalty kills. It was also just the third five-on-four power play goal allowed by Minnesota this season.
The Gophers had 10 of their 12 second period shots in the final 11 minutes of the frame and several quality chances, but none better than that of Taylor Matson, who was on a two-on-one breakout with Justin Bostrom and had his shot stopped under the pad of Cheverie and sit on the goalline before being cleared by a Pioneers' defender.
Gloves came off at the end of the second period with Denver's J.P. Testwuide getting a major penalty and Minnesota being assessed two minor penalties. Minnesota killed off a four-on-three power play and followed with a three-minute power play, but managed just one shot during the man-advantage.
Just over a minute later, Denver extended its lead to 3-0 on a hustling goal by Rhett Rakhshani. His original shot was saved by Kangas, but the puck bounced loose in the crease and Rakhshani raced from behind the net to pounce on the puck and slide it past Kangas at the 6:14 mark.
Minnesota had three more power plays in the third period, but Denver scored the only goal when Brandon Vossberg stole the puck at the blueline and converted a breakaway for the first shorthanded goal allowed by the Gophers this season.
The Gophers were 0-for-6 on the power play for the game, while Denver was 1-for-7. Minnesota owned a 34-31 advantage in shots, including an 11-6 edge in the third period. It was the Gophers' final away game of the first half of the season as they return home next weekend for the College Hockey Showcase on Friday against Michigan and Saturday against Michigan State at Mariucci Arena.


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Tuesday, November 30 1999, 2:36 PM
Something about the life and violent death of transgendered young man Brandon Teena has caught the imaginations of feminists throughout the 1990s. First, his story was told in a brilliant piece of investigative journalism published in The Village Voice; a few years later, the DiY documentary The Brandon Teena Story explored the hardships of growing up transgendered in Nebraska; and now the gorgeously disturbing indie film Boys Don't Cry has provided audiences with a fictional take on the last few weeks of Teena's short life before he was outed as a "a girl," then raped and murdered by two of his male friends in Falls City, Nebraska.
Even ultra-mainstream "women's media" types wanted a piece of Teena's tale. Diane Keaton, who had been developing her own version of Teena's life for a movie starring Drew Barrymore, was reportedly annoyed beyond belief that Boys Don't Cry had beat her project to the box office.
Given the problems feminism has had with transgendered people in the past, it's curious to find Brandon Teena becoming a sort of underground feminist icon. Certainly his death by hate crime makes him a sympathetic figure for women concerned about sex-motivated assaults, but I think there's more to it than that. Now that female-to-male transsexualism has become more common, women are beginning to realize that gender conversions aren't necessarily anti-feminist.
In the 1970s, feminists tended to shun transsexual women and ignore transsexual men. MtF transsexuals were ousted from women's groups and lesbian organizations because they "weren't real women" and were therefore supposedly unable to appreciate the experience of sexist oppression. Janice Raymond's book The Transsexual Empire, which condemned MtF transsexualism as the ultimate patriarchal co-optation of female identity, characterized the majority of feminist responses to transgendered people until the early 1990s.
What changed? For one thing, transsexuals began talking openly about their experiences. And as the population of transsexuals grew, it became clear that not all transgendered people wished to become stereotypical "men" and "women" as feminists had once feared. Outspoken transsexual activist Kate Bornstein rejoiced in her sexy ambiguity with the book Gender Outlaw (1994), and celebrated "stone butch" Leslie Feinberg embraced female masculinity in Transgender Warriors (1997). Transgendered people no longer looked like dupes of gender, but pioneers in a new culture where gender was optional, not mandatory.
As a feminist who came of age in the early 1990s, I recall vividly when feminism transitioned into a trans-friendly movement. It was around 1993, and I had just written a scathing article for Bad Subjects about why MtF transsexuals were merely "gender slumming" and propping up sexism. I wrote in a vacuum; the only transgendered people I had known were from movies like Paris is Burning. After the article was published, I received a flurry of e-mails for the next several years from outraged MtFs--these women were feminists, lesbians, and riot grrls who were sick of being characterized as "fake" or "privileged" by feminists who knew nothing about their lives. It was clear I had misjudged them. They were on my side, and I hadn't even known it.
And yet the MtF outlaws and gender traitors haven't seduced feminists as much as the FtM heroes and martyrs like Brandon Teena have. Feminist biographer Diane Wood Middlebrook wrote her most recent opus, Suits Me, about the life of FtM jazz musician Billy Tipton, whom she openly idealizes as an early feminist guerrilla. And mainstream 1990s films like Elizabeth propose that becoming "male" is a legitimate form of female empowerment.
Clearly, this trend indicates that feminists are finally willing to forge alliances with transgendered people. We will hear the cry of "fake woman!" less and less as the old guard fades back. But perhaps more radically, the lionization of FtMs among feminists may point the way toward more satisfying relationships between men and women. If a woman can be a man, and a man can be a woman, then perhaps the gender war will someday be over.
The point is that transgendered people seek a world in which gender is a conscious choice. More radical elements of the trans community also speak out for choosing no gender, or both, in order to better express who we want to be. These kinds of freedoms — to mold our bodies at will, to take on roles reserved for the opposite sex, or to opt out of boy/girl dualism entirely — are precisely what many feminists have sought for the last hundred years.
As we enter the next century, it's becoming more and more obvious that what's good for the trannies is good for us.
Annalee Newitz is a member of the Bad Subjects Production Team.


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Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Free Form Comments
ALSO. You can use this space to re-ask me questions you asked me before that I failed to answer because I was too busy.
AND you can use this space to comment on posts that are old enough that no one is reading the comments threads anymore.
You do not have to have a blogger account or gmail account to post a comment -- you can write a comment, write your name at the bottom of your comment like an e mail, and then post using the "anonymous" option.
WRITING FOR THIS BLOG. If I see a big free form comment that deserves more attention, I will pull it and make it its own post, with a label on the post and on the sidebar that will always link to all the posts you write for this blog. I am always looking for reviews of games, tv, movies, music and books.
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after a friend on myspace did it, I made a list of my 100 favorite songs. It's on my myspace (click my name on the right) not sure what this says about me other than I have too much time on my hands.
- Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 10:16:00 AM EST
- Voice Of The Eagle said...
I've just started on season four of The Wire. I'm pleased to report that that is every bit as great as folks have said.
- Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 9:34:00 PM EST
- James said...
Just heard a busker playing "No Children" by The Mountain Goats. Awesome.
- Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 9:08:00 AM EST
- James said...
Oh, and I've embarked on The Wire, too. One season in. Doesn't have Deadwood's nigh-instantaneous WOW factor, but it's just as incredible once you're in.
- Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 9:10:00 AM EST
- Mikey said...
Add me to that list. Do people look for something new to get into in the new year or something? I'm half way through season 2 of The Wire and I feel refreshed and ennervated, and smarter than I did before I'd seen it.
I have a hard time identifying favourite characters/moments, but I think it might be Major Rawls. "These are for you McNulty...."
It's amazing how many traditional character arcs/narrative strands/televisual hooks that make most TV so predictable (this is not necessarily a bad thing) are sidestepped or flat out rejected.
It's funny - after I read LA Confidential, I couldn't bear to read any of Ellroy's other books, or any other crime fiction other than Chandler, because it all seemed so paltry. Similarly, I am finding that I have no interest in any other TV drama (with the possible exception of Dexter, which is a hoot). It's made everything else seem so...pointless.
Although I am looking forward to starting The Shield and The Unit.
- Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 9:33:00 AM EST


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Empire Rising
Buy this book! (Actually, I haven't read it, but the author is a friend from college, so...buy his book!) I want to see this in person, because I'm not quite sure exactly what's going on here.
UPDATE: Saw this in a bookstore. I still can't quite read the photo.


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Wild Prospects Report - April 10by Carly Peters / Minnesota Wild
Houston Aeros 2012-13 Record: 36-24-5-5, 82 points, Third Place in South Division
The Houston Aeros, the Minnesota Wild's American Hockey League affiliate, went 3-0-0 last week to move back into third place in the AHL's South Division and fifth in the Western Conference.
The Aeros rallied for a dramatic, 3-2 overtime victory versus San Antonio Thursday. LW Jason Zucker used a third-period goal to tie the game before netting the extra-session winner. C Chad Rau also scored for the Aeros, while G Cody Reichard made 15 saves in the win. Houston used four, second-period goals Friday to top the visiting Chicago Wolves, 5-2. Zucker again led the offense for Houston with two goals and an assist, while Reichard earned the victory with 22 saves. The Aeros completed the week with a 2-0 shutout of Hamilton Sunday. G Jeff Deslauriers stopped all 22 shots he faced in his Aeros debut,wingers Nick Petersen and Dan DaSilva potted the goals.
Wednesday, Zucker was one of three forwards named to the AHL's All-Rookie Team by coaches, players and media from all 30 AHL cities. He ranks third amongst all AHL rookies in goals (24), tied for third in points (48), first in power-play goals (12), second in power-play points (23), first in shots (196) and first in game-winning goals (8). Overall, Zucker is tied for the AHL lead in game-winning goals.
Houston completes its 10-game homestand this week, hosting Oklahoma City Wednesday and San Antonio on Thursday and Saturday.
Canadian Hockey Leagues
LW Raphael Bussieres - Baie-Comeau, (QMJHL): The Wild's second-round pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft is T-8th in playoff scoring with 13 points (3-10=13) in seven games. Baie-Comeau swept Sherbrooke and leads Victoriaville, 3-0. In 60 games this season Bussieres has 68 points (29-39=68) and is plus-27.
D Mathew Dumba - Red Deer (WHL): Minnesota's first-round pick in June's NHL Entry Draft has four points (2-2=4) in eight playoff games as the Rebels swept Prince Albert and are down three games to one to Calgary. In 62 games this season Dumba has 42 points (16-26=42) and is plus-10.
C Tyler Graovac - Ottawa/Belleville (OHL): Signed an entry-level contract with Minnesota April 2. Graovac is T-2nd in OHL playoff scoring with 15 points (4-11=15) in nine games. The Bulls topped Mississauga seven games, and lead Sudbury, 3-0. Graovac finished the regular season T-9th in the OHL with 38 goals and had 73 points (38-35=73).
D Colton Jobke - Regina (WHL): Finished his second season with Regina. In 31 games, Jobke has 18 points (3-15=18).
D John Draeger - Michigan State (CCHA): Finished his freshman season at Michigan State after the Spartans dropped their CCHA Quarterfinal series at Miami in three games. In 42 games, Draeger had 10 points (1-9=10).
RW Adam Gilmour - Muskegon (USHL): Minnesota's fourth-round selection in June's NHL Entry Draft tallied an assist in two games last week. Gilmour leads Muskegon in assists (26), points (19-26=45), and plus/minus rating. (plus-16).
LW Erik Haula - U. of Minnesota (WCHA): Signed an entry-level contract with the Wild Sunday. Haula led the Gophers in points (16-35=51), assists (35), and finished second in goals (16).
LW Mario Lucia - Notre Dame (CCHA): Helped Notre Dame to the CCHA Championship and was named to the CCHA All-Rookie team. In his freshman season for Notre Dame, Lucia tallied 23 points (12-11=23).
LW Louis Nanne - Penticton (BCHL): Nanne leads the Vees in all playoff scoring. Topped West Kelowna and will face Surrey in the Fred Page Cup Finals. In 45 games this season, Nanne has 41 points (19-22=41) points.
D Nick Seeler - Nebraska-Omaha: Seeler finished his freshman season as Nebraska-Omaha fell to Minnesota State in three games in the first round of the WCHA Playoffs. Seeler played in 31 games recording 9 points (2-7=9) and was plus-7.
RW Christoph Bertschy - SC Bern (Swiss): Has two goal in 17 playoff games with Bern. For the season Bertschy has played in 41 games with four goals and two assists for a plus-1 rating.
D Daniel Gunnarsson - Lulea HF (SEL): Topped Frolunda and Farjestad in the playoffs and next faces Skelleftea. Gunnarsson has 17 points (6-11=17) in 53 games.
Johan Gustafsson - Lulea HF (SEL): Topped Frolunda and Farjestad in the playoffs; next faces Skelleftea. Gustafsson finished the regular season ranked fourth amongst all Elite League goalies in GAA and fifth in SV%, having stopped 787-of-847 shots.
Stephen Michalek - Cedar Rapids (USHL): Did not play last week. Has a 3.09 goals-against average, .900 save percentage, and a 7-6-3 record.


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If that figure is even close, YouTube, which Google bought in 2006, is in big trouble because, as one competitor admitted, user-generated content is proving to be a financial albatross: They haven't made the "ton of money" the tech evangelists said they would.
BD's Howard Christensen: "The content that seems to do best online is the same stuff that did well offline -- content produced by professionals. YouTube makes newspapers look like the smart place to put your cash."


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Soon, the evenings are going to cool and then the days will follow. It's time to start thinking about your fall wardrobe, if you haven't already.
One of the best ways I know how to extend my spring and summer wardrobe is adding Secret's Fall Fashion Hoisery Collection.
One of the best ways to move into fall is with Secret's Light Tights 2012. Crazy soft, comfortable and extremely lightweight, you get a bit of added warmth with the bonus of eye popping fall colours - Purple Night, Insignia Blue, Coffee Bean, Dark Charcoal and Black. Suddenly, your tired black dresses and plain sheaths get their second wind and you get to look like a brand new gal without having to break the bank. And because they are a little more sheer than regular tights and a little heavier than pantyhose, you won't tire of them like your regular tights by the time January rolls around.
You're going to need some wicked pantyhose to get you through the season as well, so I highly recommend the Pinstripe, which works both on and off Wall Street. I love how it's a delicate pattern, so it never overtakes your carefully comprised outfit, but gives an instant polish and finish to your look. Looking for something a little more daring? Secret's Diamond Dot Backseam Pantyhose in Black give you a Parisian can-can look without you having to do any of the legwork, except look pretty. I love the balance of pretty and sexy these achieve as that allows you to pair them with your work attire and then rock them later over late night drinks. Doing double-duty has never looked so good...
Secret's Fall 2012 Fashion Hosiery Collection and 2012 Light Tight Collection retail for under $10 and are available at major retailers nationwide.


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Kanab this Kanab that, blah blah blah. Well in the last posting I added a note about this town's historic structures. 15 are listed on the historic "Walking Tour". But I found many more. You can walk to all of them so I put it in this Blog. But to see them all in a day I recommend bicycling. Do not take pictures of the residents. Do not publish any photos of these residences without written specific permission from the residents! It is strictly illegal to do so. None the less people are proud of these homes. Take a look. There are 15 structures on the Kanab "Heritage Walking Tour". I found 24 more homes with Heritage Council documentation signage. There are at least that many more that qualify, but these people do not appreciate gapers apparently. Kanab also has a historic cemetery and historic movie sets (free access) and movie star signage.
Some notes on the 15 structures on the "Walking Tour": the structure at 97W Center has a facade, the house at 101W 100N has an address on it of 106 on it (for sale MLS 1404772 and 4 stars in my opinion), the Heritage House (4 stars) at Main and 100S has an address of 115S on the fence, the B&B at 58S has an address of 54 on it (4 stars), the structure at 17W 100S is 4 stars, the structure at 116S 100W is 4 stars, the 4 star house at 93N 200W has a for sale sign but must be inactive, the commercial property at 86S 200W is for sale (MLS 1404456).
THE OTHER 24 HOMES: 400 SOUTH; 00 block West= Hayden & Sytha B. Church 1915, Joseph & Anna Brown 1919, 100 SOUTH; 100 block West= Edward K. Pugh 1905, 100 block East= Findlay-Hamblin 1915, 100 NORTH; 100 block West= Israel & Ella Woolley Chamberlain 1919, 00 block East= Willis C. Little 1905, 200 NORTH; 200 block West= George & Wandle Mace 1883, 300 NORTH; 100 block West= Cram-Beard 1932 (still in the family, not original outside??), 300 EAST; 200 block South= Frank L. Farnsworth 1918 (4 stars), 100 EAST; 200 block North= Hamblin-Larsen 1918 (4 stars), 00 block North= Francis Marion Hamblin, Jr. 1910, MAIN; 300 block South= Willow J. Mackelprang 1917 (4 stars), 100 block North= Shumway-Morris 1880-1905 (for sale MLS 1404688), 100 WEST; 100 block South= Nephi Merrill & Sarah Jane Mace Johnson 1917 (obscured by trees), 200 block South= Brigham Adelbert Riggs, Jr. 1929 (still in family), 200 block North= James W. Swapp 1912 (4 stars), 200 WEST (the best street); 100 block South= John Franklin Brown 1885, 00 block North= E. Leo Chamberlain 1916 (4 stars), Frederick A. Lundquist 1890 (4 stars), 100 block North= Jolley/Robinson/Kitchen 1893 by Jolley (additions by Kitchen & Robinson, for sale MLS 1403728, 4 stars), 200 block North= J. Marson Young 1936 (4 stars), 300 WEST; 200 block North= W. J. F. McAllister 1898, G. Franklin Swapp 1912 (for sale MLS 1404844), 100 block North= James L. Bunting 1888 (4 stars).
Most of these family names still have plenty of representatives living in the area.
So the original town site appears to have roughly been from what is currently from 300W to 400E and from 300N to 400S with a few "outliers".
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Kanab's Historic Homes
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Actually I sometimes think that some of the people performing in Israel are doing so on principle. I mean some of them must be racists themselves. Remember Johnny Rotten? He didn't even pretend to support the cause of peace or justice for the Palestinians. But then Madonna tried it on and apparently failed miserably:
Some of the world's biggest stars – from Madonna to the Red Hot Chili Peppers – are being accused of putting profit before principle in a growing backlash against artists performing in Israel.
Campaigners angry at human rights abuses against the Palestinian people – symbolised by Israel's policy of demolishing the homes of Palestinians and allowing Israeli settlers to take over their land – are demanding a boycott of Israeli venues in a campaign that echoes the 1980s protests against South Africa and the infamous venue Sun City.
Attempts by Madonna to deflect criticism by offering free tickets to local campaigners backfired, with a number rejecting the offer. Boycott from Within, an Israeli campaign group, accused the singer of "a blatant attempt at whitewashing Israeli crimes".So what's given this recent boost to the BDS campaign? Well there are push factors:
Acts such as alleged war crimes during Israel's 2008 invasion of Gaza and the 2010 killing of peace activists by Israeli commandos on an aid ship are fuelling the return of an anti-apartheid campaign on a scale not seen in a generation. Saeed Amireh, 21, a peace activist from Nilin in the West Bank, said: "We don't have freedom of movement. They don't want peace; they just want us to disappear. They are suppressing our very existence."and pull factors:
Calls for a boycott are supported by hundreds of artists around the world, from the film director Ken Loach to former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters and the author Alice Walker. Artists such as Carlos Santana and Elvis Costello have cancelled shows after pressure from campaigners in recent years; Coldplay, U2 and Bruce Springsteen have declined invitations to play in Israel without supporting the boycott publicly. Paul McCartney, Elton John, Rihanna and Leonard Cohen are among those to have ignored calls not to appear there.
And there are other artists who either support ethnic cleansing and segregation or are willing at least to turn a blind eye:
The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lenny Kravitz and Guns N' Roses plan to play in Israel this year, prompting the campaign group Artists Against Apartheid to appeal: "As was done in the case of South African apartheid, please join us now in the cultural boycott of Israel, and help stop entertaining apartheid."That call of itself is something to celebrate but get the sick bag ready:
The campaign has rattled the music industry, prompting a group of US-Israel entertainment executives to set up the Creative Community for Peace last year in an effort to counter the cultural boycott.Why can't they just be honest and call it Artists for Israel? But if US-Israel entertainment executives can't be serious senior politicians in Israel are taking BDS seriously:
a law passed by the Knesset last year means that people who call for a boycott could be sued in court. The Israeli government has also set up a committee to look at how to compensate Israeli promoters in the cases of "politically motivated cancellations".And
Israel's President Shimon Peres admitted earlier this year: "If Israel's image gets worse, it will begin to suffer boycotts. There is already an artistic boycott against us and signs of an undeclared financial boycott are beginning to emerge."In the UK the so-called Board of Deputies of British Jews is claiming not to be too concerned about BDS or the apartheid allegation claiming that:
comparisons with apartheid-era South Africa were "a specious and desperate effort by a failing boycott campaign".That's an interesting achievement for BDS. It's the first time I can remember the Board of Deputies disagreeing with the State of Israel. The BoD claims not be worried and Israel is clearly very worried.
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Guy took a look up in his cupboard and found that we have an outrageous 150 hardcover copies of ONCE DEAD, TWICE SHY, which we would now like to give away for shipping and handling. Madison is not Rachel in high school, but her own person, with her own issues. It is not set in the Hollows, and you won't find any vampires or werewolves. What you will find are fallen angels and reapers on earth. Though I wrote this for the YA market, Madison is in a lot of ways more grown up than Rachel, and her world is very much like our own.
If you would like a copy, please email Guy at [books are gone. Thank you!] for a S&H paypal invoice with MADISON HARDCOVER in the subject line. If you don't put MADISON HARDCOVER in the subject line, he won't see your email. Please check your paypal address to make sure it's correct. If you are one of the first 150 people, he will email you the paypal invoice by Tuesday noon, EST. If you don't get an invoice, you didn't win, but I will be having more of these give aways.
I will let you know here at this very post when they are gone, and when I do, they are gone. Seriously. Please don't email Guy asking if they are, because if I edit this post saying they are, then they are. (laugh) Books are gone. Thank you, Guys!
In the interests of time, we can only accept shipping and handling payment through paypal. They will come US mail. Domestic shipping will be $5.48. Canada is $7.48. International is $14.48. Don't send money until you get an invoice.


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But this year I'm going to break with tradition because there's one book that, in this age of e-everything, deserves to be singled out for great praise: Robert Irwin's Visions of the Jinn: Illustrators of the Arabian Nights. Published by Oxford University Press, it's a huge--nearly 10" x 13"--and absolutely stunning, with more than 150 full-sized color reproductions of illustrations created for old editions of The Arabian Nights. It's a lavish, eye-popping, amazing book.
I wish I had images to share. They run the gamut of style and technique: the detailed engravings of Dore; the lush paintings of Maxfield Parrish; the black-and-white seductiveness of Beardsley; the solitary, menaced figures of William Heath Robinson; and much more, all beautifully reproduced. Any fan of book illustration will find something here to cherish. Irwin points out that the Nights provided an unusually open field for illustrators:
The material came from diverse sources and was put together by different hands. There was no single narrative voice and this had an important consequence for its later illustration in the West, since unlike other texts that were popular choices for illustration in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the amount of visual cuing provided by the narrative varied considerably from story to story. For example, in "The Story of the Semi-Petrified Prince," the interior of the palace is evoked in some detail, but in other, later tales a palace is often just a palace. So with some stories the illustrators must have found themselves constrained by the text in front of them, while with other stories the austerity of the narrative might set their imaginations free.What becomes clear very quickly is just how much our impressions of these stories are tied in with the history of their illustration; these are the images that come to mind when we hear of Sinbad and Ali Baba and Haroun al Raschid.
Alongside the reproductions, Irwin presents brief assessments of the key illustrators, including some biographical detail and setting them in the context of their era and their peers. Once in a while, the tracing of influences offers a wonderful moment of the unexpected conjunction of different artistic worlds like this one:
Aged only fifteen, [Frank Brangwyn] worked for a while for William Morris. Late in life, Brangwyn would still recall the tremendous impact that the pattern of a Persian carpet in Morris's house made upon him.And thus is born an Orientalist artist; Irwin quotes Theophile Teinlen as saying of Brangwyn's work,
One can truly say that these things are painted by a child of the North whose eyes, having seen the Orient, have stayed forever dazzled, marvelling, and filled with sunshine.Irwin himself is a great scholar of the Arabian Nights (having published a companion whose only flaw is that it's not 1,001 pages long) and of the history of Orientalist scholars and late-Victorian engagement with the East; when he brings all that knowledge to bear on this specific facet of that history, the result is dazzling.
The only drawback of Visions of the Jinn is the price: at $225, it's clearly aimed at libraries and collectors. But if you've spent a lifetime loving these stories and the history of how they entered--and forever changed--the literary history of the West, it's an unforgettable book. I'll be turning to it again and again and again over the years.


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Last week I was at the beach (as many of you know) and while the temperatures were in the high sixties with strong wind, I was able to spend a few days laying out. I've always been taught to lather on sunscreen with a high SPF (thanks mom!). Each time I went to the beach I put on "dermatologist recommended/approved" facial sunscreen and after each application my face broke out! (major bummer) The sunscreen I put on was oil-free so I guess it was better than normal sunscreen, but I'm still on the hunt for a good facial sunscreen. So, I'm curious do any of you have a favorite sunscreen? I'd love to hear! I recently purchased Elta MD, but I've yet to use it. Do any of you use it? Help a sista out.
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Mondays are rubbish. Well this one has been, so i shan't dwell on it. Instead I'll talk about what a lovely day I had yesterday and what I'm planning over the festive period.
In a marked contrast to today, yesterday was lovely. Really lovely. We had a few lovely chums over to join us in a lazy Christmas film filled day, a marathon, if you please. We managed to get through Nightmare before Christmas, Elf, The Holiday, Edwards Scissorhands and A Muppet's Christmas Carol whist drinking (a lot of) grögg, eating pumpkin pie, Gingerbread cookies, lots of cheese and other treats. It really was lovely. A German friend, Bettina brought and constructed a gingerbread house which looks (it's still here) A-mazing! It even has a chocolate fingers picket fence and lattice windows made from gelatine sheets. She's quite the pro - it looks brilliant! She says her mum even manages to put a candle inside hers to make it look like it's lived in!
Actually today has brought me two really gorgeous things, so it's not a total right off. They're both postal based, one delivered to work, the other to home. First treat of the day came in the shape of an A4 DO NOT BEND envelope. I like these, although usually they just contain a poster from the Arts Centre destined for the gallery notice-board. This one however had a sticker on, announcing it was from the wonderful Bold & Noble. Oooh I do love their prints. Inside was this gorgeous limited edition Christmas print. It is so very beautiful! How lovely of them to have sent it. The more i think about it, the better I feel about today. I shall write them a thank you card telling them how their postal prize has lifted my mood. Thank you Bold & noble - you are wonderful!
The second thing to arrive today was a parcel from my wonderful London gal, George. I haven't opened it yet though, I think it should live under the tree until Christmas day. It's wrapped in a cute Family Tree paper bag with a nice little matching notelet from G attached. I'm so eager to open it but know I should be good, and wait. I posted George's pressie a couple of days ago now. Hope it's arrived alright. I sent her a parcel containing a gorgeous Applique goodie, shan't say what, though in case she's keeping it under the tree at her end too.
Right, I'm going to cut me another slice of that pumpkin pie.
Monday, 21 December 2009
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Relocation, Relocation
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Having just spent the better portion of a year editing my Epic Tome (and just completing a perfunctory proofreading a few days ago), I have to pat myself on the back. It's been a long, strange, hard, ass-kicking journey since my first thousand words scribbled on a series of Northwest Airlines napkins (and the back of my itinerary, and my boarding pass, and along the margins of a magazine I was reading). That idea ballooned into a monster that I ended up giving a literary colonic bypass to. Thanks to classes, reference books, writing friends, my Editor for Life, etc., I learned the ropes to better writing – the hard way.
The most basic rule concerns descriptors: adverbs and adjectives. Especially with the dreaded adverbs, if you use them, don't, or at least, use sparingly.
I didn't believe this rule at first. I LOVE words. I LOVE descriptors. I love flowers, and I (thought) loved flowery prose. I love obscure words, I love reading them and discovering them. I like to throw in a couple of unusual words here and there. A seldom used word causes me to think, and I would imagine the reader has to reach inside and think too. (That's my thought anyway.)
The -ly words add punch to ordinary speech. My father is a big user of them – literally, evidently, actually; to me, it makes him sound like a backwoods philosopher, even though it's been more than a half century since he's lived in the backwoods and he's not much for philosophy. But writing is not speech, as I was to learn later. The human brain doesn't need to see these words, and super descriptors end up being super distractions. So for my own work, I searched and replaced, and used SmartEdit to remove the redundancies, to eliminate the adverbs, and to tone down the adjectives.
Really, just, completely, seriously, you don't need them.
After all these years, I think I've gotten smarter about writing.
Unfortunately for me, now that I have a working grasp of the rules, the descriptor overdose in other writers' work is glaringly apparent. I not only read for entertainment, now I'm an accidental English teacher armed with a red Sharpie. Believe me, I'm no teacher, but adjectives and adverbs blink at me from the page. It's disconcerting. Sometimes it's so annoying, I cannot finish reading the book.
I'm currently reading a sweet little romance (an ARC sent to me by Simon and Schuster) that I've been asked to write a review for. I like the characters, but I found it hard getting over the uber-liberal use of descriptors, especially within the first two chapters. It so annoyed me, I had to put the book down. I'm about halfway through now, and the reading is easier. It's as if the author came to her senses during Chapter Three and toned down the adverbs to a sensible level.
As a person who once suffered from LUAA (Liberal Use of Adverbs and Adjectives), I know why she and others write like that. We think it's witty. We think we are wordsmiths, turning a phrase with literary gymnastics. We think it will make our characters appear snarky/sassy/sad/insert-descriptor-here. We think it will draw attention to our work.
Well, writers, I can tell you, it DOES. But it's not the kind of attention you want, really.
It's like dressing up a beautiful girl in sequins and hooker heels. We're stunned by the get-up, not by the person under it.
What writers need for a successful book is a compelling story, honest characters, and eventual redemption. Feather boas and chrome plating gets in the way of the story.
Yes, descriptors were used in the writing of this piece. Please feel free to ignore.
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Welcome back to the Friday edition of "what you need to know" Basically I run down information that has been happening in the NHL that you should take note of! So lets get started!
We will have a few stories today since hockey is back!!!!!!!!!!
Lets start of with some suspensions; this is a follow up on my blog from yesterday.
Flyers Jody Shelley has been suspended 10 games for his hit from behind on Toronto's Darryl Boyce. The hit left Boyce with a broken nose. Shelley was kicked out of the game following the hit. Shanahan's statement on the suspension; "The video clearly shows that Boyce has his back to Shelley well before the contact," said NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan in a video explanation. "Boyce does not put himself in this position immediately prior to, or simultaneously, with the check. Shelley has time to avoid the check completely or at the very least minimize the contact.This is a clear violation of the boarding rule."
As the suspension breaks down Shelley will miss the remainder of the preseason and the first 5 games of the regular season. Shelley reportedly refused an in person hearing with Brendon Shanahan, which usually gets an automatic 5 games. Shelley didn't help his case by being a "repeat offender' as he was also suspended twice last season in the month of December. The NHL has a new sheriff in town and I for one am extremely happy about that, Campbell would not have done anything major. Now missing the remainder of the preseason isn't going to be a huge issue, it may mean Shelley has to work a little harder at practice to solidify his spot on this Flyers team, but think if this was during the regular season, a 10 game suspension would really hurt a team. Shanahan is defiantly trying to send a message, we can only believe the penalties are going to get stiffer the more head shots there are.
But Shanahan wasn't done there; he also suspended Flames Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond for four preseason games and 1 regular season game. Shanahan released a video explaining the decision "Letourneau-Leblond took a direct route toward Clackson, hit him squarely from behind into the boards and drove through the check high and hard," Shanahan said in a video statement. "Clackson's back was turned toward Letourneau-Leblond well before the contract, requiring that Letourneau-Leblond avoid or minimize the check completely. He did neither."
Shanahan is letting players know, he is much more strict than Colin Campbell and is actually serious about stopping head shots.Shanahan has set the tone early hopefully the players take note.
Next we move on to a bit of a disturbing scene from last nights preseason tilt between the Flyers and the Red Wings. Newly acquired Flyer Wayne Simmonds. As Simmonds was taking his shot during the shootout a fan threw a banana peel on the ice. The fan that threw the banana was not caught, and managed to get away. Many around the league are calling this a racism thing and that its not right; "The incident that happened in london tonight involving my best friend wayne simmonds was simply disgusting, its 2011 ppl need to grow up." Chris Stewart.
Georges Laraque What do you think of the fan that threw a banana on the ice to mock Philadelphia Flyers player W. Simmonds? He should be ban from rinks!
Simmonds although upset and shaken by the play, says he's ready to move on, he knows the prejudice of a black man playing a white mans sport; "When you're a black man playing in a predominantly white man's sport, you've got to come to expect things like that," Simmonds said. "Over the past 23 years of my life, I've come to expect some things like that. But I'm older and more mature now, I kind of just left things roll off [my back]. I try not to think about stuff like that." "It was unfortunate that this incident happened but I am above this sort of stuff. This is something that is out of my control. Moving forward, this incident is something I will no longer comment on so I can just focus on playing hockey for the Philadelphia Flyers."
Simmonds grew up in Scarbourgh Ontario 2 hours away from London where the preseason match was taking place!
I personally feel sorry for Simmonds, people need to grow up and except the fact that a coloured man is talented enough to play in the NHL. Times are a changing there are more coloured people getting drafted and playing in the NHL and who could forget what nationality the President of the United States is?
Gary Bettman released this statement; "We have millions of great fans who show tremendous respect for our players and for the game," said Bettman in the statement. "The obviously stupid and ignorant action by one individual is in no way representative of our fans or the people of London, Ontario."
Next we will move on to the issue of the "Winter Classic" Its become a loved tradition over the past 5 seasons. A tradition that sees to opposing NHL teams play outside just like the old days. The NHL redesigns a baseball staduim to fit an ice rink fully functual for the NHL. This years Winter Classic is set to be held in Philadelphia and will see the Flyers taking on the New York Rangers. The game will take place on January 2nd this year to avoid scheduling conflicts with the NHL. This has many Canadian fans including myself a little upset. The Flyers and Penguins both American teams have played the Winter Classic twice, while a team from Canada has yet to have a chance. What better team than the Toronto Maple Leafs an original six team; it would be a perfect rivalry for the Leafs and Rangers to square off in a battle of the original six. What makes this news even more disappointing is that the NHL has no plans on a game being played in Canada as has been in the past. Perhaps the most disturbing fact about this years Winter Classic, is that the NHL has moved away from the idea of "good hockey" and moved towards media coverage. Yes both teams will take part in the HBO thing that the Capitals and Penguins were forced to. Just what the Philadelphia Flyers need, more TV time, more time to act like complete idiots on national television. I'm sorry NHL but your turning the beloved Winter Classic into a sad sad thing.
Injury news now; The San Jose Sharks net minder Antero Niittymaki will be out at least 12 weeks after undergoing Hip Surgery. More bad news for the Sharks regular starter Antti Niemi is not completely healthy either. This meaning the team will be forced to use third stringer goaltender Thomas Greiss. Greiss has only played 19 games in the NHL and has 7 wins. Sharks will want Niemi back soon, but for now Greiss should be able to hold his own in replace if the two regulars. Its time for Greiss to put up or go back to the Swedish elite league.
Good news for all Montreal Canadian fans; Scott Gomez is back skating and ready to return to the line-up tonight against the Ottawa Senators. "I wouldn't be out there if it was (still sore)," he said Thursday. "I just refocused, regrouped, and I'm ready to have fun again," he said. "Everything's done. I changed things up in my approach, cleared up my mind a bit and here we go." this is good news for Canadian fans as the Habs have lost their first 2 preseason tilts against Buffalo and Dallas respectively. Hopefully Gomez can help turn the preseason around in Montreal. Gomez is excited to be back, but finds himself with a new line mate for Fridays game. Gomez skated in practice with his linemate for part of last season Max Pacioretty as well as eye-catching junior Brendan Gallagher. His usual right-winger, captain Brian Gionta, will not be in the lineup.
Other NHLers in the Line-up Friday to help turn around Montreal's bad preseason are; P.K. Subban, Hal Gill, Yannick Weber, Mathieu Darche and Erik Cole, all are experienced players who will add some much needed veteran leadership to the young rookies.
Friday, 23 September 2011
What You Need To Know
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I tend to keep things in the backs of cupboards and refrigerators. Perhaps for a rainy day? Perhaps the food storage idea is sometimes taken too far? Or perhaps I just plain forget about looking to see when things need to be all used up. Such was the case when I was wondering why the liquid dish detergent for dishwashing machines was all clumpy and gross as we were attempting to squeeze it out into the dishwashers compartment the other day.
At first just watery liquid poured quickly from the spout, but soon the hole was clogged with hard clumps of grainy detergent.
Does this have an expiration date? It's certainly not perishable like my milk cartons or yogurt containers.
Oh but it does. This stuff expired in September of 2004. Seriously? I must've bought it in about 2001 or 2002. Surely it doesn't go bad quickly.
Oh … it worked!
And my dishes are clean again.
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I am a girl. This may come as a shock to some people, but I am.
I also like soccer. Ok, I love soccer. Don't worry, there aren't any more big shocks coming, I promise. So if you're not sitting down, you're probably OK to keep reading.
So I am a girl and I love soccer. Now for some guys, this gives me huge bonus points in the dating realm. Growing up with two soccer mad guys (my dad and my brother) I just know a lot about soccer but for some girls, you might like to able to fake it.
Now I don't want to get you into trouble and have you floundering on a first date when the potential boyfriend asks you your opinion on the passive offside rule, I just want to teach you enough to be able to hold a brief conversation and show an interest.
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How a guy sees you + football
So, step 1.
STOP calling it soccer! The proper name for the sport is Association Football and someone, somewhere decided that you could take the 'soc' out of Association Football and roll it out to be 'soccer'. It took every ounce of my strength to write the word 'soccer' up until this point and that is the last time I will do so. Unless you are in America. The sport is not called football there, but in almost every other place, it is called football. I know there are many other sports that claim to be 'football' as well, but this sport is also known as 'The World Game'. The FIFA World Cup is held every four years because it actually takes four years of qualifying matches to come down to the final 32 teams! From there, it takes a month to bring those teams down to the final two. More countries enter the World Cup than the Olympics.
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Choose a favourite English Premier League Team. The 2011-2012 season consists of these 20 teams.
Manchester United (Manchester)
Manchester City (Manchester)
Arsenal (London)
Tottenham (London)
Chelsea (London)
Newcastle (Newcastle)
Liverpool (Liverpool)
Sunderland (Sunderland)
Everton (Liverpool)
Swansea (Swansea)
Norwich (Norwich)
Stoke (Stoke-On-Trent)
Fulham (Fulham)
West Bromwich Albion (West Bromwich)
Aston Villa (Birmingham)
Blackburn Rovers (Blackburn)
Bolton Wanderers (Bolton)
Queens Park Rangers (London)
Wigan Athletic (Greater Manchester)
Wolverhampton Wanderers (Wolverhampton)
Be careful to see where your new favourite team is on the current table because the bottom three will be relegated to first division and will no longer play in the English Premier League next season. Then you'll have to pick a new team or try and follow a team that does not get much media coverage outside of England.
You can choose a team based on the name (Stoke's nickname is the Potters if you're a Harry Potter fan, but it is based on the pottery industry, not the wizard), a colour (Wolves are bright orange!) or any other cute reason. As long as you can explain why you like the team, I'm sure the boy won't mind. If you're dad or brother likes a team, it's a safe bet to pick that one as 'family history' is a strong factor! If you pick one of the big four, you might be in for a bit of questioning. Manchester United is particulary dangerous and they have many "bandwagon supporters" who pretend to like Man Utd because it's the only team they've really heard of. The others are Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea based on their many years of success. Manchester City are a recent addition but their success is a lot to do with money.
Step 3.
Refer to the English Premier League as the EPL. Do remember what it stands for, but it's most commonly just shorted to 'EPL' or 'Premier League' in context of a discussion about English football.
Step 4.
Read the Wikipedia page for your new club. You will be caught out if you pretend to be a Liverpool fan and meet the word 'Hillsborough' with a blank look. Just familiarise yourself. You should be able to list a few accomplishments, know where abouts they are on the table and be aware of any club rivalries. For example, if you pick Tottenham and you go on a date with a Chelsea supporter, be prepared for a few fireworks and good natured ribbing. You should definitely be able to name the stadium your team calls home.
Step 5.
This one is tricky, but it's pretty essential that you try to remember the usual starting 11. There are 11 players from each team on the field and the same 16 or so rotate who starts or comes later in the game. Familiarise yourself with the names, particularly the stars of the team (and pay attention to the pronunciation as you will look a bit stupid if you start referring to 'Teevees' when it is 'Teves' or pronounce 'De Jong' with a hard J instead of the soft J.)
Step 6.
Famous names. You won't be able to recognise their picture but you should recognise these names.
Pele: Arguably the greatest football player ever. He played for Brazil and is the greatest goal scorer of all time. His name is pronounced 'Pell-ay'.
Maradonna: An Argentinian mid-fielder / striker who is famous for his 'hand of God' goal in the 1986 World Cup. Argentina beat England 2-1 and one of the goals was a clear handball to everyone with eyesight except the referee, who allowed it. Maradonna himself claimed later the goal was, "a little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God". The appropriate response to this is outrage.
Messi: Ah, Lionel Messi. YouTube him. If someone asks you about Messi, you should arrange your face into one of pure adoration and say these words, "It's like he has the ball attached to his foot with a string!" The person will assume you know just who he is. (He's a striker for Barcelona, a Spanish football team, by the way.)
Ronaldo: You probably know the name Cristiano Ronaldo. He was in The Simpsons after all and he's somewhat good-looking so he makes the gossip mags sometimes. He used to play for Manchester United but now plays for Real Madrid (another Spanish football team). He was player of the year many times running and contrary to popular belief, does NOT play for Brazil. A suspicious guy may try and trip you up if you mention Ronaldo. His international team is Portugal. OK?
Step 7.
Random facts that you should know and be able to throw into conversation should they come up.
Spain won the last World Cup.
The next World Cup is being held in Brazil in 2014.
The current EPL title race is between Manchester City and Manchester United.
In league football, a team gets three points for a win, 1 point for a draw and no points for a loss.
Each EPL season runs from August to May and your team will play every other team in the EPL twice - once at home and once at the home of the opponent.
|AFTER reading this article:
How a guy sees you + football
If you get caught out, put on your cutest smile and say, 'Oh, really? I didn't know that!' Don't admit you aren't interested, listen intently and try to learn. You're obviously pretty damn awesome or he wouldn't be talking to you anyway, right? And you don't need to be one of the guys, just hold a conversation. But football is the most watched sport in the world, so why not join the crowds? Or better yet, sign up to a local team and really learn to play!
You'll Never Walk Alone...
You'll Never Walk Alone...


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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Leather Tan Weekender
Looking for a weekend getaway and need the ultimate practical bag to go with it !! Well here it is !
Stunning butter soft leather with great stitching detail and tidy inside too ! The colour just seems to go with everything as the perfect tan toning.
Ideal size for all your essentials and also great for students who need to look a bit cool for school !!
My question is how can anyone not like this ?
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"717-822-0204"
Notice the "tel:" in the href tag
This makes it easy to dial the number very quickly for the smart phone
I am a Droid guy, but I have to say Apple iOS 6 looks like is has some serious cool upgrades. Passbook which is "Near field communication" is one of the most important for us Internet Marketers
Facebook Graph Search is going to try to compete with Google for local business searching. They may have something here. Go to the link below to signup for the beta
You need to claim your Facebook Fanpage Vanity name.
You have to have at least 25 people like your page to do this.
My Page: http://www.facebook.com/helixpoint
Click on your page and then choose your name. Just remember that after you get 25 fans you won't be able to change your name.
Bounce Rate is the percentage of single-page visits (i.e. visits in which the person left your site from the entrance page without interacting with the page.
You are looking for a low bounce rate below 40%


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An 'interpretive representation' of the Northwest Coast style
Jen writes:
"My heritage includes Swiss, German, French Canadian, and Ukrainian – I am Canadian. Although I have no Aboriginal ancestry, I have always been fascinated by the striking artistic style of the Northwest Coast First Nations. ... In 2006, I created a painting called 'Our Home and Native Land' [...] which is an 'interpretive representation' of the Northwest Coast style. [...] I recently completed 'The Spirit of BC' with hopes of creating more Canadian inspired pieces in the future."


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The 2013 Meals on Wheels PLUS of Manatee executive board has a couple of new faces. They are community volunteer Kathy Martella and Jimmy Stewart of Lakewood Ranch Communities.
They join sitting board members such as chairperson Terry Wells of First America Bank, vice-chairperson Will Robinson of Blalock Walters, treasurer Lynette Edwards, a retired educator, secretary Summer Smith, Bay News 9 reporter, and member-at-large Michelle Detweiler of Detweiler's Propane Gas Service.
Additionally, Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh, Vanessa Fine Jewelry, Vernon DeSear of Manatee Memorial Hospital, Mary Forristall of Forristall Enterprises and Al Roach of 20 Minutes to Fitness remain as active board members.
Interested in getting involved with Meals on Wheels PLUS of Manatee?
Call Kristen Theisen at 941-749-0100.
Or visit www.mealsonwheelsplus.org.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
New faces on Meals on Wheels PLUS board
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Things are ok right now I guess. I'm very comfortable in my truck / home. Freight is really slow (always is this time of year) so I am tending to have a lot of time on my hands. Time I would prefer to be spending either driving or seeing people. *Sigh* it's ok though. This happens every year. I'm a little miffed at Facebook too because it's not as good as really talking to people, and there's a lot of people on there that I really want to talk to. It's just not the same.
Oh well. Better get some shut eye. Too much time to dwell on this stuff. Tomorrow I'll get up and call some people.