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One girl's twistedly fantastic interpretation of what the hell is really going on in those tribes.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
The Goon Squad
This week on The Walking Dead a slow death rattle jingle jangled over space and time. *a chicka chicka* Zombies, zombies, everywhere zombies. *a chicka chicka* Flee to Nebraska, flee to a farm, but flee you peasant peppercorns. If you stay on this island of lost souls, the blood will start to leak from your eyes as the cookies begin to tumble out of your mouths. Your innards will liquify and ooze thick burgundy molasses turning the powder white sand into a crunchy exfoliant. It is no longer safe here in The Philippines for you philistines. Gather up your trinkets and bobbles, your buttons and bows, your thimbles and pottery. Gather them, go. Load up your covered wagons and trot off into the blue crystalline waters that await you. Sometimes it is better to gurgle and burble than to sit around and this antediluvian wasteland. Look around yourselves you poor fops. Observe how your skin hangs and the cracks in your face deepen. Observe, witness, notice! The rattling will only get louder if you stay. *a chicka chicka* Let's recap, shall we?
We continue our tawdry tale like we often do, in the thick of night under a full moon. Those wrinkled paper bag Messing (Matsing) people are back from Tribal Council where things took an unexpected turn for the hilarious ("Cookies!"). Crinkled and scrunched, itchy and tired, the Messings look at one another desperately trying to lighten the mood. "Well, that was fun," someone burbles. "I can't wait to do that again," another crows. Cookie (Angie), however, is beginning to crumble from all of the pressure. That Roxy had it out for her! She just wanted to go out with a bang! *plop plop go some chocolate chips* Thankfully, though, where Cookie lives, the darkness never lasts all that long. Around the corner there is always a sprinkle or some frosting on the horizon. Yes, thankfully, everyone left trusts her. She and Malcolm may play "diddle the daddle" under the covers at night, but it's nothing for anyone to be threatened by. Their nocturnal fumbling is totally innocent. Meanwhile, Dreads (Russell) sits on a log mumbling about how right Roxy was. She preached the gospel at that there last Tribal Council when she outed Malcolm and Cookie as a couple. She preached and now he must act. He must get Denise on his side. Otherwise, he is dead. Dead!
Over at Fandango (Tandang), it is a new day. A new bootylicious day. RC and Shakira (Abi-Maria) are lying lazily in the sand gazing up at the sky. The blue cloudless sky might seem peaceful to some, but to Shakira it only brings the heat to the surface. That inner innate Latina fire. Sometimes the embers are simply sultry, but today... they're scorching. You see, Shakira was shaking her moneymaker the other day and she twisted her knee... twice! She is now worried that her Samba injury could get her voted out of the game. Plus, she just doesn't trust that RC with the clue anymore. As the embers within her begin to ignite, so does the paranoia, the questions, the assumptions. RC coos softly not wanting to fan the flames. She whispers, "You're not a liability." Oh hell no. Don't you know that when a girl who wears feathers to church is feeling less than plucky you're supposed to compliment not exacerbate? This is a lesson for all of you readers out there. If you dwell on the negative around a smoldering jalapeno popper, she'll shoot tomatillos out of her eyes and bite your head off. Don't try to understand it, just accept it.
And shoot tomatillos is exactly what Shakira does...
"You're not a liability."
"But that's how I feel!"
"Get out of my face!"
*bites fist and giggles*
RC, shaken, runs into the water to rinse the salsa from her eyes while Shakira continues to get angrier and angrier. Well, if RC won't act the way Shakira wants her to act, then maybe Pete will. Shaki quickly seeks out Pete and tells him that RC found the clue for the Idol in the rice. Tall awkward Pete stands limply and scratches his head. For the most part, Pete is kind of like furniture. You know he's there, but he doesn't really add anything to the conversation. So imagine everyone's surprise when Pete tells us that he is, in fact, not a piece of furniture. He's a nanny cam! He is always watching, always observing, always on surveillance. Look on the mantel at the awkward clock staring back at you. That's Pete!
Over at KrabKlaw (Kalabaw), Scurvy's (Jonathan) ass hurts. His ass hurts and apparently it's contagious because everyone's ass hurts. Elfin Pixie (Dana) has a pain in her ass too so she lugs the rice container into the camp to sit on. But when she sits her tiny fairy rump on the rice chest she notices something is amiss. "Hey, what happened to that thing on top?" If you'll remember, last week Scurvy found the Idol underneath the ornate design atop the rice. But, hark, it is gone now and everyone notices.
Jeff Kent especially notices. He limps over to gangly fop Jell-O Pop (Carter) standing in his red jeans with one hand on his hip and tells Jell-O Pop that the thingy on the rice is gone. Jell-O Pop takes a long slow drag off of his Sobranie red cigarette (it matches his jeans!) and mutters, "It might be the Idol." *gasps and dribbles gin down chin* He speaks! Not only does Jell-O Pop speak, but he is somewhat of a wise sage. With his spiky hair and melancholy pout, the tribe dandy isn't a mute after all. He is just careful with his words. Like a poet perhaps. Over a chilled glass of Chablis, he likes to ponder instead of spew.
Hearing the Confucius gem leave Jell-O Pop's lips only makes Jeff Kent smile and laugh. Oh, it is not out of glee. I assure you. He smacks his fist angrily into his glove, turns to Dawson and asks, "How stupid are we?" The smile on Jeff Kent's face then turns to a thin line. A hard thin line of anger. He's pissed off! Not so much at Scurvy, but at the fact that he saw the emblem on the rice too yet did nothing about it. They all saw it. The only thing they can do now is blindside Scurvy before he figures out that everyone knows he has the Idol. Jell-O Pop shifts his weight and runs a hand through his hair, "Yeah. Easy. He won't see it coming." Then he blows out a long spiral of smoke and lowers a beret over one eye just so. Just. So.
Back at Messing, another wise sage we've already met stares down the shore. It is Denise. "Hey, where's that raft?" Doh! Someone forgot to tie up the raft last night. Dreads looks at the ground at his feet and thinks to himself, "I'm not the leader. That was Roxy's job." Malcolm stands and kicks the sand, "You've got to be kidding me!" And Cookie, well, who knows where Cookie is. I think she toppled over on the other side of the island and is having trouble digging her boobs out of the sand. *shrugs shoulders*
With Dreads pouting and Cookie missing, Denise and Malcolm finally have some time alone. Malcolm insists that he didn't cuddle with Cookie at all last night. Ok, fine, so maybe they dry humped and played hide the sausage, but no cuddling! Denise nods sympathetically, "You guys got pummeled last night." Malcolm twirls a lock of his hair and stares out at the sea. Seeing how forlorn he is, Denise reassures him of their alliance. She tells him that as long as nobody knows they are working together, they'll be fine. Malcolm nods and sighs. It's not easy being in the middle. Denise giggles, "Malcolm in the middle!" And then they fist pumped and gave each other head noogies. I love these two together. They are a quirky odd couple that makes me smile.
And this brings us to the big Immunity Challenge. Come on in guys! For today's challenge, Survivors will dive down to release a puzzle wheel attached to a line. Once they've collected all the puzzle wheels, they will use those wheels to solve a word puzzle. The first two tribes to finish are safe while the third place losers will head to Tribal Council. In addition, they are once again playing for Reward. The first place tribe will win a massive fishing kit with a canoe while the second place tribe will win a smaller fishing kit. Third place? You get nuthin'!
Since there are like 18 extra people, KrabKlaw and Fandango will need to sit some people out. Katie (who?) and Dawson will sit out for KrabKlaw while Shakira and Blair (Lisa) will sit out for Fandango. Survivors ready, go!
Cookie, Artis, and Pixie fly off the edge and into the water. Unfortunately for Cookie, silicone is buoyant and she floats right back to the top. Pixie and Artis, however, get their first puzzle pieces quickly as KrabKlaw and Fandango once again slide into an early lead. Pete and Jeff Kent dive in next while poor Cookie is still trying to get her head under the water. Boobs be damned! Those pesky orbs won't let her under long enough to loosen the puzzle that is only two feet deep.
Eventually, Cookie gets her piece, but is it too late? Dreads pushes her aside when she finally makes it back with her piece, but he's got Scurvy ahead of him and Melty (Michael) on his heels. Dreads dive is long and impressive while Melty belly flops face first. Scurvy gets his piece as does Dreads, but when Dreads swims back to deliver it to the fuming Denise and the pissed off Malcolm he encounters a little problem.
...sie! Whoopsie Daisy. All that muscle and the guy can't even pull himself out the water. How does that happen?!
While Dreads continues his pursuit, Melty emerges quickly only to be bleeding from the face. This is so Melty. Of course! Of course when he dives into the water the mask will shatter and he'll emerge looking like Oedipus. This sort of thing happens to Melty all the time. He is definitely no stranger to running into a sliding glass door or two. Nancy and Velma down at Urgent Care know him well. They're on a first name basis now and Melty can count on at least two fruitcakes a year around holiday time from the lovely nurses on duty.
The challenge continues with RC now in the water for Fandango. The thing is, she won't get out of the water! She just takes turn after turn after turn. Apparently, she swam the English Channel so clearly she knows what she's doing, but how is this fair? When were those rules announced? I don't recall Dimples telling them they could do that. If this is allowed then why doesn't Messing refuse to let Denise out of the water? Did you see her fly? Her little hard body soared like an eagle and then in 0.8 seconds she undid her puzzle piece and passes off to Malcolm.
Malcolm retrieves his piece quickly and while he's on his way back Denise is trying to organize who should go next. At home I shouted, "You Denise, you!" Instead, Denise asks Cookie if she's ready to go again, but Cookie topples backwards and off the other side of the platform. Nope, she's not ready to go again. *sigh* It looks like Dreads will have to go. *smacks self in head* Why didn't they pay attention to Dimples making a big fuss over RC going again and again and again?! I am convinced he was doing it for their benefit. Look, having Messing get down to 2 or 3 tribe members is going to SUCK for the upcoming challenges. The last thing Dimples wants is for them to keep losing.
Naturally, Dreads can't get his piece undone. I don't know what sort of speaking in tongues voodoun curse Roxy left behind, but it is working. Nothing seems to ever go right for the poor Messings. So while Dreads comes up empty handed, the other two tribes have already started on their puzzles.
Powerhouses Denise and Malcolm work furiously to catch up and we finally have all three tribes working on the puzzle. But it's too late. It is much much too late. Try if you must Messing, but you know how this is all about to end. KRABKLAW FINISHES IN FIRST PLACE!!! Fandango wins second place!
And Messing, back to Tribal Council for you.
Typically after a Challenge we visit the sad clowns on the losing tribe, but not this time. This time we get to see KrabKlaw discover their prize fishing kit and canoe. Dawson, dressed like Scuba Steve, stands on the beach pleased, but Scurvy's face is covered with worry. With a furrowed brow and a gnawing in his gut, Scurvy worries that his tribe doesn't trust him. I wonder what gave him that idea. Could it have been Jeff Kent limping around bashing baseball bats into the sand? Was it Jello-Pop sneering and chain smoking from underneath his beret? Who knows what it was. The fact is that Scurvy got a whiff of something on the wind and now he's going to do something about it. Because when you get a sense that your entire tribe shouts "Off with his head!" behind your back, the first thing you do is tell Jeff Kent that you have the Idol.
I find myself saying this every season... stop telling people you have the Idol! Stop it, stop it, stop it. Anyhow, Scurvy tells Jeff Kent that he has the Idol, but he hopes they can work together from here on out. Jeff Kent is somewhat pleased with at least having the verification that the Idol has been found and he'll work on being nicer to Scurvy, but this is still a "Me game." It's the Jeff Kent game. Jeff Kent has to figure out what will serve him best in the game and, hey, I don't disagree with that. Having Scurvy in your back pocket might be handy if Dawson or Jell-O Pop get out of line. Like all men do, the lads seal the deal with a handshake. Only, this isn't your regular everyday five finger handshake. Oh no siree bob. This is the Jeff Kent four finger special handshake. When he squishes two of his fingers like so, they become one and that means that now he is allowed to lie. OK Jeff Kent, whatever you say.
Over at Fandango Melty has sopped up the blood leaking from his eyes with a sea sponge, but Artis is still pissed off. Melty was the one telling everyone not to dive in the water with the mask on yet what does Melty do? He dives into the water with the mask on. That's our Melty! *a jaunty tune plays in the background*
Since it is indeed a happy day at the Fandango homestead, the scruffy crumpets all decide to go digging for clams. Blair announces, "We'll have a clambake!" But Pete and Shakira have other ideas. While those grinning suckers are busy digging for clams (which you know will somehow end with Melty puncturing his pancreas and severing a toe), rootin' tootin' Shakira and that piece of bark Pete trot off on an Idol hunting adventure. Shakira digs three feet deep holes all over the beach while Pete pokes at trees with his big toe. *poke poke* Maybe, just maybe, an Idol will tumble out of the branches above if he pokes in just the right spot.
Shakira mumbles repeatedly to herself, "Under my nose, under my nose. It said it would be right under the nose." And then she remembers. She remembers! Last night when she was making beans and rice she noticed the thingy on the rice box. The nose thingy. Shakira then crawls out of one of the trenches she just dug and trips and stumbles hastily back to camp. Quickly, she rips a hunk of bamboo off the side of the shelter and jams it underneath the nose on the rice. "I found it! I found it!" she screams. Shhh Shakira. They'll hear you! "Oh my god, I found it!"
Naturally, this is how she celebrates. You go girl!
But we must leave this happy scene and check in on those trundling walking corpses over at Messing. Specifically, Malcolm. Oh Malcolm. Poor tragic hero Malcolm. The guy got dealt probably the shittiest hand ever in Survivor and now it has dawned on him just how screwed he is. Of all the tribes to ever get put on, he gets put with the Goon Squad. He's got a tiny whippet of a girl with enormous globes on her chest who can't get her upper body under the water and a huge guy built like an ox with no upper arm strength. Thankfully though, thankfully, he has Denise. That little munchkin of muscle Denise. She'll listen to your masturbation fantasies and dive farther than anyone else on the tribe. You can't beat that!
The two catch one another's eye on the beach and they do their secret hand signal. The one that tells the other to meet them in the woods in five. Once the two steal away, they look at each other and Denise says, "WTF! She couldn't even go down in two feet of water!" Malcolm nods in agreement. It's a symphony of sighs as the two try to figure out what their next move will be. Then, out of nowhere, a crunch can be heard, "I didn't quit! I would have gone again. I didn't quit!" Ugh, it's Cookie. In the land where a smile and a wave could win you a gig at a grocery store opening, refusing to go into the water again is not quitting. It's not! Unless she says the words, "I can't" she didn't quit. It's in the Pageant Handbook. You can look it up yourself. Oh, stick a cork in it Cookie. You are like the Queen of Quitters. If there was a pageant in Quitter Land for most quittable quitter, you would win hands down. Now wave to the audience and do your pageant cry face fanning thing because I know you want to.
While Cookie sniffles and swats at the boobs creeping up her chin, Dreads is all alone on the beach talking to God and rewriting history...
Dear God, Diving ten feet down just isn't my thing. Hallelujah. Are you trying to kill me again, God? Cuz you know I'll die for this game. I'll do it! I'm scared and frightened, but I'll do it. I'll do it for Sheryl Crow. I mean, Jim Crow. Wait, that's not right. I'll do it while standing on the shoulders of my ancestors as they traveled across the Middle Passage. I mean, I won't do it in a way that'll make 'em feel uncomfortable or anything like that, but I'll do it. I am down, but I am not out. If I don't fight, it's like spitting in the wind and having it hit my face. Or, wait, it's like those people. You know the people I'm talking about, right? The ones who endured things. Those people. It's like them spitting in my face if I lose. Or something. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
*dabs tears from corners of eyes*
And this brings us to Tribal Council. Dimples is back in his blue tonight. Only, it's a cornflower blue. Not really an infant baby eyeball blue. Fetching nonetheless. Tonight we will start with Denise. "Denise, what did you sacrifice to come here?" Denise replies, "My family, my income, my practice, my clients. I worry about my clients having sex with their furniture again. There's this one guy, Stanley, who has a penchant for Queen Anne and Shaker chairs. And then there's Gladys. Ohhh Gladys... a crazy loon of a lady who likes to spread peanut butter on her..." Dimples interrupts her, "OK OK, we get the picture."
Next we move onto Malcolm. Malcolm was a little scrap of a troublemaker when Survivor began and now, here he is, over a decade later and on a tribe doing this poorly. He's not an emotional guy but he wanted to cry back at the Challenge. He wanted to weep thick salty tears for the crapfest he has been dealt. It's heartbreaking. So very heartbreaking. So very very heartbreaking that you should come rest your head on my bosom, Malcolm. There, there. It'll be ok. Do you like pink glitter? I know you do. Here, watch. Dimples interrupts again, "OK OK, we get the picture." Damn you Dimples!
Cookie gets to go next and honestly she didn't quit. Honestly. She never said "I can't." She said, "No freaking way am I going back in that water! I'm not going again!" But she never said, "I can't." She wouldn't do that. She's not a quitter. And while covering up her Miss Quitter Universe crown with her hand, she turns her attention to Dreads and says, "He couldn't even get out of the water! But I didn't quit. I didn't. He did."
Dreads replies and says, "I didn't quit. I made a strategic decision to do what's best for the tribe and move on." I'll have to check my Pageant roster, but I think Dreads won Mr. Quitter World back in '87.
The quitter jibber jabber continues and things get heated between Dreads and Cookie. Cookie insists that she can fight harder in this game than Dreads which, of course, causes Dreads to scoff loudly. "I was willing to die for this game! You couldn't even handle two feet of water!" *giggles* You know that whole "almost dying" thing is something Dreads pulls out of his pocket whenever he can. "Oh really, your son got into Harvard? Congratulations Stella. You must be proud of your boy. Did you know I almost died on Survivor?" "Hey Bernard! How's it hanging? What's that? You say Wanda got that promotion she was trying for? Congratulations! Give her my love. You know I almost died on Survivor, right?" Now when Dreads walks into the mall or church, everyone looks the other way and pretends someone else far far away is calling their name.
*sniffle sniffle, sniffle sniffle* Oh Christ, what now? Are you crying, Cookie? Oh hush up. Dab your eyes with your boobs and hush up. "I feel this small right now." I. Don't. Care. Time to vote!
It is with great joy that we finally say goodbye to that vapid crispy Cookie who is the third person voted out of Survivor Philippines. Good. It was her time to go. Actually, last week was her time to go. Who knows how much better the Messings would have fared had Roxy stuck around.
So, what did you guys think of last night's episode? How long is a four fingered handshake good for? Will the Messings ever find their Idol? Is Pete nanny camming us all right now? Does Shakira make the best pico de gallo ever or what?! Comment it out bitches and have a great day!
Special thanks to Rob Beasley for providing all of my beautiful photos today.
28 comments:
Actually now I can see Messing doing quite well in the challenges, as long as they can keep Dreads out of the water. It might be tribe reduction weeks up coming for the other tribes, finally! And yay, Cookie is gone. I will miss those un-naturally large headlights on that tiny 20 year old frame, though. But not as much as Malcolm.ReplyDelete
I agree with Jer...I can also see Messing doing well in upcoming challenges. Dreads is not completely useless, he can run and seems to have some physical ability (unless it involves swimming or stacking puzzle pieces). Hopefully some of the other teams will lose some players before a merge, because I really like Denise and Malcolm as an alliance. I would not like to see them get picked off as soon a merge, or some sort of tribe consolidation happens to create only 2 tribes. However, I do think that both Malcolm and Denise are both good physical and social players, so they may be able to prove their worth and stick around in a new tribe.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2012 at 3:23 PM
I gotta say, last night's episode was pretty dull. But, once Messing wins a freakin' challenge, then things will get much more interesting.ReplyDelete
And that Artis guy...he gives me the creeps. Beware, Melty, beware!
Don't worry, Melty will do himself in way before Artis has a chance to get to him. Have you ever seen anyone so fippin accident prone??Delete
- kandeekaneOctober 7, 2012 at 6:12 PM
YES! Remember Jughead (Fabio)? He won a couple seasons back.Delete
I have a feeling that both Malcolm and Denise will be around for a while even post merge. They are both great players so far, they just got stuck on a bad tribe. Once the merge comes around the two bigger tribes will concentrate on taking out each other and this should level the playing field a bit for those two to sneak in.ReplyDelete
The again what do I know, I'm a Canadian.
Ohh yeah....I LOVE YOU COLETTE!! (I like pink glitter...)Replies
Has anyone even told Messing that there's a chance there might be an idol somewhere around their camp? None of them has made any effort to look around and see if they can stumble across it. Strange.ReplyDelete
I'm thinking the the Messup tribe will lose again next week, and Malcom and Denise will each be sent to one of the remaining tribes. That makes me sad, as I've enjoyed the Malcom/Denise combo.
That being said, we may get a chance to see some action on the other tribes, I'm seeing people come rolling through the opening credits and I'm like "What? Who is that? Katie? Who the hell is Katie and when did she join the game? Oh, she must be hiding under a rock with Dawson..."
I received these comments via email and was told to go ahead and post them here.ReplyDelete
Jay says:
Waited for a couple episodes to respond. First episode showed what a control freak Russel is. Toned it down, but turned out to be not to competent of a player. I think by voting out "young chic" last night may have made them a pretty strong team if Russell can start performing. Denise (I think that is her name) is a very strong player as well as the other guy. (I never can remember names) I'd like to see Jeff go a long way. He's playing only for the game and not necessarily for the money. Skulpin is a BIG accident waiting to happen. I don't even think producer/director manipulation could make him such a mess. The Brazilian chic is really a BIATCH! Hope they are able to draw the idol out and blindside her bigtime. JC is playing hard and deserves to be recognized for her strength. We'll see how the "under the radar" players play out. Looks to be a good beginning.
If "Can't" was a flavor, that's the flavor Cookie would be.ReplyDelete
RC's bod is smokin' in that leopard bikini!ReplyDeleteReplies
Yup, she looked great. Insane muscles.Delete
- PatrickOctober 4, 2012 at 4:47 PM
RC is a total bad ass. She should be the favorite to win the game, if the others don't realize she is a total threat. if Messing loses, they pretty much have to split up Malcolm and Denise. Wouldn't it be cool to have them sit on the sidelines while the other two teams compete in a challenge to see who picks first! Hope they had plenty of 2-team challenges lined up, just in case a team got Russell-ed. Honestly, he's an awful leader who cannot learn. (Remember him working himself to death in the first game. According to tribal, he's doing it again.)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2012 at 4:56 PM
After 3 episodes I'm now only watching this season so I can keep up w/the blog. As I was watching I thought..this is really, really boring...my favorite blogger will find a way to entertain me. So, that one hr of my life is not wasted and my work day was not nearly as dull.ReplyDeleteReplies
Awww thanks Anonymous. But, buck up Buttercup. I want you to like this season too!Delete
I wish Russell would shut up. What is it about his voice that drives me crazy? Is it the tone, the timbre or is it just the whining? Do you think God gives two shits about you and letting you sink or swim on Survivor? Or is it his manner of speech? I'm telling you, if I was on a jury and he was representing someone, after hearing him speak for five minutes, I would vote against his client no matter what the facts show.ReplyDelete
Buh, bye, Cookie. Those massive fake mammaries are never a good idea, girls, if you want to be good at golf or if you want to be able to dive. And maybe not such a good idea if you want to look down and see what color shoes you have on.
One thing Russ said at Tribal Council was that he almost died in this game, going on to say I was willing to die for this game, I really don't think he went to Samoa willing to die for the game to prove his worth...just saying.ReplyDelete
I really hope Malcolm and Denise get dealt a decent hand soon, Messing is really the Ulong of this season. I think there may be a tribe switch in the next few weeks, maybe three tribes will become two (just guessing no spoiler)
At Krabklaw I am starting to like Jeff Kent, he seems intelligent enough but wasn't it amazing that a)Jell-O-Roll can actually speak and b)that he can even suggest maybe that pigs nose is in fact the Idol. Dawson stands there as she does so well.
At the conclusion of Tribal Council one thing was defintely revealed, one more loss to Messing and Dreads is dead.
- yours trulyOctober 4, 2012 at 7:11 PM
I'm not loving the 3 tribe beginning. It's bound to get better since there is always more drama in larger groups. The slow start is not unusual and I'm in the group that sees someone for the first time and wonders where they came from.ReplyDelete
Melty is great for comic relief. It's easy to laugh knowing there are some miracle repairpersons standing by. Hard to believe that cut on his foot let him continue without some serious intervention. He's still most likely to self deport.
This cast will have to grow on me. Thanks to the keepers of fairy dust for giving us LaLa.
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2012 at 8:11 PM
Very enjoyable blog this week. As usual.ReplyDelete
Who the hell is Artis? I have never seen that guy before in my life.
When Angie dove into the water to get her puzzle piece I was thinking the same thing: No way is she going to be able to submerge with those huge flotation devices sewn on right below her clavicles. She kept popping up and bobbing around like a cork.
And what about Pete (is he the piece of bark?)approaching Lisa?
Pete: We should work together to get out Mike.
Lisa: Hmmmm....okay, that sounds like a plan.
Pete: Just do what I tell you to do and vote how I tell you to vote.
Lisa: Okay.
I too like the Malcom/Denise alliance. They're strong as hell and they both seem like really nice people. I hope they go far together.
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2012 at 8:49 PM
I actually love 3 tribe beginnings - this way people can be reshuffled, the established alliances can become invalid, and so on - lots of possibilities. It is just unfortunate that it so happened that only one tribe have been going to tribal council over and over again. For the sake of our enjoyment I hope it'll change soon.ReplyDelete
On a side note to the casting department (I hope they read your blog!) - in the future please-please spare us these cutesy underage blondes with overinflated chests who have very little in terms of brain power and personality AND cannot even legally drink! That guarantees b-o-r-e-d-o-m. Haven't you learned anything from that disastrous "Rob Mariano" season?!
What a great recap. So much more entertaining than the show. Thank you, La La.ReplyDelete
Great read. Freaking penner telling ppl he has the idol. i thought more him...oh well it may help...maybeReplyDelete
First of all, is it just me, or did Cookie's boobs seem WAY more huge this episode? I mean, holy shit! My husband and I had the same convo about the fact that she probably couldn't dive b/c she had floatation devices stuck to her chest. Did I miss something or is "I can't do it" EXACTLY what Cookie said and, well, isn't that quitting? I don't know; I must have missed something.ReplyDelete
Kent is such a pompous dingleberry; I swear. It was really interesting to see that he totally called Penner having the idol. I think Penner kind of knew he was screwed and was hoping that if he earned the trust of some of the people, maybe he won't have to use the idol the first time they go to tribal council. I don't know if it was the right thing to do (sharing knowledge/possession of the immunity idol is rarely a good thing).
Shakira... I can understand her telling Pete about the clue in order to have him trust HER and not RC, but if she thought she knew where the HII was, why not just grab it and hide it? Also, I really hope she went back later and moved it somewhere else (or even better, that Pete goes and moves it, so when Shakira wants it, it's gone- then she'll *really* flip her shit. Bitch be CRAZY!).
Seriously, though. That bitch is nuts. She flips out over NOTHING. She's paranoid to the extreme. Speaking of people who are off, WTF is with Melty?! My husband said, "It just BROKE on his face? Does he have the worst luck or what?" It's not bad luck- he's stupid! He breathed in so much smoke that he passed out into the fire (totally preventable) and then he did a friggin belly flop into the ocean with the mask on (stupid).
I had the same thought about Artis- I was shocked to see him and the guy from Penner's team with the blonde hair... still don't remember his name. Also, that blonde girl on Melty's team- I have no idea who in the hell she is either.
I had much more to say, but real life calls- awesome write-up, Bitch! BTW, are you coming back to TAR this season?
Dear Lala,ReplyDelete
Carter as a taciturn poet?
"Then he blows out a long spiral of smoke and lowers a beret over one eye just so. Just. So."
I love it. Muchas gracias for the laugh.
A query though...
Once upon a time the passage that ends with that sentence would have been preceded not by an image from the episode, but by a picture of a beatnik wearing a beret and smoking a Gauloises; a contextual pillow for the mental image subsequently created thus being fluffed. The effect being to amplify the effectiveness of the joke (or fantastic notion or the atmosphere of the following paragraph or whatever). This season though, there's fewer googled pictures and more episode images. I miss the whimsy of the contextual pictures. It was a neat effect.
I'm not asking for an explanation - it's your blog and you may do with it what you will, but I would like to say that if you are phasing out the "setup" pictures then I hope the reason isn't because you think no-one appreciates them. They were my favourite element of the blog actually. I demand a fucking explanation!
Ahem. I apologise for my outburst. It's just that I was a fan of Mr O'Shaugnessy as well, and your merciless killing of that lovable leprechaun has made me bitter and filled with hate. I'm suspicious of all change now. A cynical shell of a man. Don't kill my pictures too! I only need 2 or 3 per blog... please?
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Science Scoops: Lobsters Know the Way
by Stephen James O'Meara
Only a few species of animals are known to have "true navigation"—meaning that they can find their way home even if transported to a totally different and unfamiliar environment. Most vertebrates are thought to be true navigators, but vertebrates make up only about one percent of all known living species. To date, only one species of "spineless" wonders (invertebrates) have been shown to be capable of true navigation, the Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus.
For most of the year, spiny lobsters spend daylight hours inside coral reef crevices, emerging at night to feed over considerable areas before returning in nearly total darkness to the same den. Spiny lobsters also show a remarkable ability to keep a constant course while migrating under water and to find their way even in darkness. Now researchers have discovered that they can also return to their feeding grounds after being displaced by some 12 to 37 kilometers.
How do the lobsters navigate so well?
To test a theory that spiny lobsters have a well-developed magnetic map sense, Larry Boles and Kenneth Lohmann (Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) captured lobsters, which they then relocated—some to the north of the capture site and some to the south.
The result?
The lobsters relocated north of the capture site immediately oriented themselves southward, whereas those relocated south of the capture site oriented themselves northward. When instead of transporting the lobsters, the investigators simulated the values of the magnetic field that would be encountered at northern and southern sites, the lobsters showed the same responses. So true navigation in spiny lobsters, and perhaps in other animals, is based on a remarkable "magnetic map sense" similar to that found in newts and thought to play a role in the long-distance movements of other vertebrates such as sea turtles and migratory birds.
- invertebrate:
- An animal that has no backbone. Worms, clams, insects, and lobsters are invertebrates.
- magnetic map sense:
- The use of the Earth's magnetic field as a way to know a position and navigate to a new position.
- simulated:
- Imitated.
- vertebrate:
- Any of a large group of animals that have a backbone. Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals are vertebrates.
- After the lobsters had been moved, how do scientists think they navigated, or found their way, back home?
Answer: The lobsters responded to Earth's magnetic field and used the field to navigate back to their homes.
- Why did the scientists simulate a magnetic field for the lobsters?
Answer: They wanted to test their hypothesis that lobsters used the magnetic field to navigate.
- What is one way that humans use Earth's magnetic field to navigate?
Answer: Answers may vary but could include the use of the magnetic compass.

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A train company is offering discounted fares to parts of northern England hit by flooding, in a bid to boost tourism.
Virgin Trains passengers can save 30 per cent on advance tickets to destinations in Cumbria, Yorkshire, Lancashire and Northumberland from February 9.
The three-month promotion is in partnership with VisitEngland's #Openforbusiness initiative.
A number of travel firms are offering discounts, such as three nights for the price of two on accommodation in Cumbria via GoLakes.
Business leaders in the county have previously said the area has been "catastrophically" affected by repeated flooding in recent weeks.
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Ok, need some advice.
I work for a very laid back, small but growing company that pays well, has a liquor cabinet, fridge is stocked with beer, great benefits, wonderful management that is hell bent on training and promoting from within, great structure and basically everything I could ask for in a company. Of all of my friends, myself and two others are the only ones in stable, well paying jobs that we are happy with. The rest, literally, all the rest, bug me about getting them a job.
What are my obligations here? I am not sure any of them are the right mix of skills plus mentality to fit in the company because if you hire the wrong person they take advantage of the freedom, and everyone suffers. Then again, I am not in HR, so its not for me to really judge.
I don't want to endorse guys that have had George Costanza-like flameouts at companies because it makes me look bad. I'd told one of these guys a year ago that I'd refer them if they ever were looking to change their job, at the time the guy was doing great, since then he's got fired, is on thin ice at his current job and has been popped for a DUI but still remembers that standing offer.
Is it also possible that I know these people too well, all their demons and missteps to judge them fairly?
I'd prefer to stay out of the process entirely, forfeit any bonus and recommend that they apply through the website so that they are judged as any other applicant would. I'd prefer to just be honest with them and tell them what I'm thinking. Is that a dick move either way?


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I can't remember where I heard this season's "first" Christmas pop song. But like hearing the first birds of spring, suddenly there it was blaring from some outdoor mall or airport …and before the World Series was even over! So why is it that songs about a reindeer's red nose, silver bells, or a dream of a white Christmas fill our ears year after year (whether we like it or not)? I love these songs and I have fond memories of these songs as a kid. I'd just prefer to remember them from a time where I was butchering them in a school play or caroling door to door, rather than hearing them in these public places.
Christmas classics like Drummer Boy, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Silver Bells, and Blue Christmas have been playing in retail stores, gas stations, hotel lobbies and over the radio waves for more than 60 years. Recently, these songs and many other holiday pop classics were highlighted in a popular web comic strip XKCD. The illustration points out that many of these songs, as well as other Christmas blue chip classics, were published and recorded around the 1940s and 1950s. Hint, it's the baby boomers that we have to thank for keeping these songs in the mainstream for so many years.
Eric Harvey, a PhD candidate in Indiana University's Department of Communication and Culture claims during a very specific time in American history (1940s and 1950s), culture and technology played a big role in the release of many of these holiday classics. During that time millions of young baby boomers were enjoying holiday films like Bob Hope's the Lemon Drop Kid which gave us Silver Bells, and Bing Crosby's Holiday Inn where he famously croons as a WWII soldier returning home with "I'll be home for Christmas." In the late 40s radio began to converge with TV and it was commonplace for families to be huddled around their living rooms enjoying holiday musicals, the songs forever etching memories of Christmas past in their minds.
With over 76 million babies born between 1945 and 1964 (who today make up more than half of all consumer spending in the US), it's no surprise these songs are being used intentionally by retailers to recreate Christmas past and market to today's multigenerational audiences – hopefully stimulating spending around the holiday season.
Harvey also points out, however, that "While it's true that the majority of Christmas pop music played on mainstream radio stations was originally published and recorded in the 1940s and 50s, and naturally the culture of that time will permeate these songs, that does not directly equate to a modern nostalgia for that era." In other words, what if you're not a baby boomer? What if you didn't see the movies, the TV show or are just too young to identify with these songs?
With the sheer repetition of these songs being played during today's stressful holiday seasons, will these songs eventually condition us to equate them with long lines, holiday traffic or the dreaded visit from you're annoying brother-in law? Very doubtful. After all, every generation has their favorite Christmas songs, and with today's limitless choices and devices to hear them, it's sure to be a Rockin' Holiday Season for all generations! My personal favorites are Father Christmas by The Kinks, Greg Lake's Do You Believe in Father Christmas? and Joan Jett's Little Drummer Boy. What are yours?


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If the Texans could have success given their current situation, it would be one of the best team stories of all time. Green Bay won everything last year despite many injuries but they had that Aaron Rodgers guy.
So what will the Texans new normal look like? Here are some thoughts:
All about the system. Not sure who the Texans are going to bring in as the number 2/3 quarterback, but a premium will be on getting someone who is willing to learn Gary Kubiak's system quickly and can run it. The offense is not about out-physicalling the other team. It's about keeping them off-balance, and having plays designed to take advantage of defensive tendencies seen over the course of the game. Part of the scripted plays is to see what the defense is doing and then exploiting it. They have an entire offense that has tons of experience in this system–so, they need someone who can be the caretaker and not do dumb. That's going to be TJ Yates job, at least for the short term until or if he shows he can't do this.
Reminds me of 2006. In 2006, Gary Kubiak learned pretty quickly that David Carr couldn't translate the practice field into good decision making during games. He got benched in a road game against the Titans for not protecting the ball and not making proper reads. I think that Carr would have been benched in favor of Sage Rosenfels by the end of the season had Rosenfels not been injured in the game against the Jets. Rumors were that Carr was
concussed dinged in the grim road game against the Raiders but they needed him to remain because there was no good alternative.
After that point, Carr was pretty much in Operation Shutdown mode. Kubiak had one QB who knew the offense and then signed Bradlee Van Pelt who knew it a bit from being in Denver. Ron Dayne as his leading rushing option, and even he went down the last game of the season getting injured in pregame warmups. Football Outsiders ranked the Texans defense 31st, special teams 23rd in the NFL. Basically, Gary Kubiak was in the position where he pretty much had to MacGyver the rest of the season, with hair almost as iconic as Richard Dean Anderson's.
After Sage went down in the Jets game, and Carr looked uh dinged during the Oakland game, Kubiak turned Carr into a handoff machine with a throw mixed in once in a while. If you take the Titans game out where he was benched, Carr went from averaging 31.8 throws a game to 20.6 after the Jets game. Here's Carr's game logs from 2006:
Yes, the Texans in their first year in Kubiak's offense, with dinged David Carr, Ron Dayne, worst defense in league, not much special teams help, duct tape and paper clips ended up being the last team to beat the Colts the year they won the Super Bowl. They ended up going 3-2 down the stretch with not much more than just playing hard.
Kubiak had to MacGyver a lot in 2007 and 2008 with injuries too. Both years with putrid defenses that couldn't help much. (As for Sage Rosenfels helping those seasons, we can't expect him back. Miami has chosen not to release him from their non-football injury roster spot).
Do I remind you of the past to torment you? No. I don't even like writing about this. What I'd suggest is that compared to those days, Kubiak as MacGyver must think he has a lot to work with in 2011. The Texans are not the team from 2006. The players know the system much better. The defense is very much better. Special teams better. TJ Yates? We don' t know yet what he is or could be.
Hopefully, all of Kubiak's past, painful, sometimes unwatchable MacGyvered games end up serving as good preparation for 2011.
Managing Risk. The second half of the Texans-Jaguars game was an extreme example of trying to manage risk. Rookie QB. His first NFL start. On the road. Against a garbage offense and a quality defense. Owen Daniels as backup QB option. Not ideal. Kubiak said he shut it down, and the numbers are not pretty. I do not think that future games will be shut down that much but certainly it will be a flexible situation of managing risk.
Can the Texans beat good teams? So, assuming that the Texans can close out the season, and assuming they can get into the playoffs, can the Texans do anything? I think we are in mostly uncharted territory. They have a defense, a running game, decent special teams. Teams win with that all the time. They have a system that can have a good passing game when done properly. There's been unsung, replacement QBs who have won the Super Bowl, but a 3rd string rookie who didn't have a full offseason? I guess given his number of starts in college and his familiarity and comfort with the Texans offense, he is better situated than some options but this certainly will be a coaching test.
Keeping Home Field Advantage. The chances the Texans have improve the more they win in the regular season. No matter who the quarterback is that finishes the season, home games make things easier. We as fans who will be at the remaining home games need to make things easier for the team. Extremely loud on defense. Patient if offense doesn't work as smoothly as we are used to. If we want TJ Yates' teammates to help him a little extra, seems appropriate for fans to bring a little extra too.
Please note for those going to the game in person that the Texans, along with the rest of the league are going to be "wanding" people entering the game. Because this is a new procedure, this has the potential to delay people, especially those who enter the stadium too close to kickoff. The Texans are trying to minimize any inconvenience to fans but please, especially this weekend, give yourself extra time to get into the stadium.
Kubiak as Spicoli? Love this Fast Times at Ridgemont High video suggested by commenter Clint Chambers:
So then Spicoli *fixes* the situation in an unconventional way. This might be my favorite football scene in cinema. We are going to need plenty of Jefferson for this Texans team:
What is your view of the Texans new normal?


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Aug 3, 2012 5:00 AM PT
The most common complaint that people have about their computers is slow performance -- screens that seem to load more slowly, emails that seem to "hang" before opening. Too many users are frustrated by seeing their expensive machines become bogged down by factors that are hard to identify, making the machines less efficient long before they've grown obsolete.
So what's happening when your computer slows down?
The most crucial factor that affects a computer's speed is the way it uses memory. Whenever your PC runs a program, a portion of its memory is being used. What you may not know is that there are potentially hundreds of programs running at any given time. These include word processors, browsers and games, as well as hundreds of behind-the-scenes applications that manage the distribution of data.
Speedup Method 1: Control Startup Entries
Lots of applications come with a helper program that runs in the background. They help the bigger program load faster. Sometimes helper programs are installed that constantly contact the Internet, looking for updates. These helpers are all set to run when the computer starts, increasing the time it takes for your PC to boot.
The easiest way to speed up your computer is to decrease the number of programs set to run on startup. To manage these, Windows has a built-in dialog that's easy to control: the Microsoft Configuration Menu or MSCONFIG.
To access it in Windows XP or 7, open the Run Command Menu:
- In Windows XP, click the start menu and you should see the Run option on the right-hand side.
- You can also access the Run Command Menu by clicking the Windows Key plus the R key.
- This prompt lets you enter commands directly to Windows. To access the Microsoft Configuration Menu, type this word: msconfig.
This will bring up the Configuration Dialog. There are several tabs on this dialog, but the one we're concerned with is the one labeled Startup.
So how do you choose which programs to stop?
Windows only posts programs on the MSCONFIG list that are not vital to your system. That means you can disable all of them, and nothing bad will happen to your computer. Here's what happens when you disable startup entries:
- Some programs don't activate automatically. Stopping applications from running on startup means that they don't come on automatically. Instead, they can be turned on manually.
- Pre-loaders don't activate. Pre-loaders load portions of large applications before you need them. Without this pre-loader, the application runs fine, but it may take a few more seconds to load.
- Update Monitors don't activate. Update Monitors are little programs that routinely contact the Internet and look for updates. Without the startup menu, you can update these programs manually.
Try disabling all of the startup entries and see how your computer performs. Through a bit of testing, you can find the perfect balance for your PC.
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An emotional story passed down among families of the Swiss Volhynian Mennonites of Kansas will be memorialized in stone at a 3 p.m. dedication service Sept. 23. at Catlin Cemetery, north of Peabody.
In 1874, Swiss Mennonite immigrants stepped off the train at Peabody. The men went to scout and buy land in Mound and Turkey Creek townships, but when they returned three weeks later, they discovered almost all the children became sick. Some children died. As the town had no cemetery, the women and one elderly man carried the bodies 3 miles north of town, dug the graves, and buried the children there without coffins or funerals. Until recently, the exact location of these burials has been a mystery.
It was not until 138 years later that the site was identified, largely through efforts of Brian Stucky of Goessel, a relative of an immigrant child buried there and Task Force chairman; LaVern Stucky, president of the Swiss Mennonite Cultural and Historical Association; and Don Stutzman, Catlin cemetery sexton.
The Catlin cemetery was not originally a cemetery, but began as farmer and landowner Henry Hornberger buried his 15-year-old daughter in the northwest corner of their farm. This parcel was later sold to the Catlin Church Society and a church building was built. The congregation disbanded in 1962. The church was torn down, but the cemetery remains.
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It's big and black and has a 22" screen diagonally and it died this morning, refusing to restart despite my verbal threats and histrionics (try and guess whether Mr Couch or Mrs Couch is writing this post?)
After two hard drive reformats - twice the fun! - it has decided to get back in the game, but we are invoking Article 14, Section VII, Paragraph (b)...the dreaded extended warranty. Cue ominous music!
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What is wrong with using the power supply in your current controller? Or did it all go up in smoke?Paul
Does it have to be smooth dc? - I wouldn't have thought so for an electrolytic cell.
Does it have to be variable ? or would turning it on/off with a variable mark-space ratio be acceptable?
If your control board has a biggish conventional transformer for this job you may be able to salvage it.If (as probably) it's a switchmode device, no - and I suggest you don't try and build one unless you have considerable experience in that area.
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Yongwon Choi
Leonard Jarett Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Contact information
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421 Curie Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 746-6404
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Department of Microbiology, Seoul National University, 1984.
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University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL , 1988.
Department of Microbiology, Seoul National University, 1984.
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Description of Research ExpertiseDr. Choi's is interested in the molecular analysis of the osteoimmune system. The fields of immunology and bone biology have matured such that key cellular and molecular mechanisms governing the homeostasis of the individual systems are largely understood. However, despite extensive cross-regulation between bone metabolism and the immune system, the mechanisms by which one regulates the other, and the biological implications of such interactions, are poorly understood. We believe that this lack of understanding is due in part to the challenges typically associated with crossing disciplinary boundaries that form naturally during the separate evolutions of fields like modern immunology and bone biology. It is difficult enough for scientists/physicians to keep abreast of advances in multiple fields, but even more so to develop the knowledge base, skills, and materials necessary to address important issues. Therefore, it will be critical to create an environment conducive to the study of intersystem crosstalk. Awareness of intersystem crosstalk will no doubt contribute to our understanding of how both bone and the immune system are regulated in a physiologic context, both at the molecular level and at the level of organ systems. Moreover, this endeavor will lead to better treatments for human diseases involving both systems, including various inflammatory and metabolic bone diseases, as well as tumor-induced bone lysis. Many of these pathologic processes are major targets for therapeutic intervention and are being pursued in the absence of solid scientific understanding of the molecular and cellular processes underpinning these interactions. According to the first-ever report by the U.S. Surgeon General on bone health, by 2020 one in two Americans over age 50 will be at risk for fractures from osteoporosis or low bone mass. These secondary health concerns become more prominent as people not only live longer but also expect to remain active in old age. Future preventative treatments for chronic bone-related diseases that are often associated with inflammation and that impact quality of life will require a high degree of specificity, especially if tailored for a segment of the population already suffering from, or vulnerable to, other age-related ailments. We believe these issues place osteoimmunology in a position of unique clinical significance. His recent research focuses on molecular understanding of how dendritic cells and osteoclasts differentiate, and of how T cell tolerance is maintained in vivo.
Potential rotation projections: (1) Study how TRAF6 mediates IL-1 or TLR-mediated NF-kB or MAPK activation (2) Study how TRAF6 controls T cell anergy (3) Study how osteoclast differentiation is regulated
Description of Itmat ExpertiseDr. Choi is studying the interaction between the immune and skeletal systems, including the testing and development of various biologics modulating these systems to provide the proof of concept in animal models whether agonists or antagonists of such molecules can be translated into potential treatment for human diseases such as arthritis or osteoporosis.
Selected PublicationsHan Daehee, Walsh Matthew C, Kim Kwang Soon, Hong Sung-Wook, Lee Junyoung, Yi Jaeu, Rivas Gloriany, Surh Charles D, Choi Yongwon: Microbiota-independent ameliorative effects of antibiotics on spontaneous th2-associated pathology of the small intestine. PloS one 10(2): e0118795, 2015.
Lee, J.E., Walsh, M.C., Hoehn, K.L., James, D.E., Wherry, E.J., and Choi, Y. : Regulator of fatty acid metabolism, acetyl CoA carboxylase 1 (ACC1), controls T cell immunity. J. Immunol. 192: 3190-3199, 2014.
Walsh, M.C., Pearce, E.L., Cejas, P.J., Lee, J.E., Wang, L.-S., and Choi, Y.: IL-18 synergizes with IL-7 to drive slow proliferation of naive CD8 T cells by costimulating self-peptide mediated TCR signals. J. Immunol. 193, 2014.
Bonito Anthony J, Aloman Costica, Fiel M Isabel, Danzl Nichole M, Cha Sungwon, Weinstein Erica G, Jeong Seihwan, Choi Yongwon, Walsh Matthew C, Alexandropoulos Konstantina: Medullary thymic epithelial cell depletion leads to autoimmune hepatitis. The Journal of clinical investigation 123(8): 3510-24, Aug 2013.
Han Daehee, Walsh Matthew C, Cejas Pedro J, Dang Nicholas N, Kim Youngmi F, Kim Jihyun, Charrier-Hisamuddin Laetitia, Chau Lillian, Zhang Qin, Bittinger Kyle, Bushman Frederic D, Turka Laurence A, Shen Hao, Reizis Boris, Defranco Anthony L, Wu Gary D, Choi Yongwon: Dendritic Cell Expression of the Signaling Molecule TRAF6 Is Critical for Gut Microbiota-Dependent Immune Tolerance. Immunity 38(6): 1211-22, Jun 2013.
Kim Hyunsoo, Kim Taesoo, Jeong Byung-Chul, Cho Il-Taeg, Han Daehee, Takegahara Noriko, Negishi-Koga Takako, Takayanagi Hiroshi, Lee Jae Hee, Sul Jai-Yoon, Prasad Vikram, Lee Seoung Hoon, Choi Yongwon: Tmem64 modulates calcium signaling during RANKL-mediated osteoclast differentiation. Cell metabolism 17(2): 249-60, Feb 2013.
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The tunnel at the Detroit International Airport
A fountain in the A Terminal at the Detroit International Airport
Pictured here are Christine Grogan, Carol Jenkins, Dr. Rodney Davis and Dr. Ekene Enemchukwu. John Cambell and Michael Desmond will round out the team.
Our KLM 747 that took us to Nairobi, Kenya. This plane is named "The Flying Dutchman."
Boarded the plane to Nairobi. My second 8 hour flight in a row.
We've landed in Nairobi and am on line for my visa.
We're on the Flying Doctors plane at Entebbe International Airport about to take off for Kasesse.
On our way to Kagando Hospital in Kasesse.
AMREF August 2011 mission.
A young girl at Kagando hospital in western Uganda.
One of the grounds keepers at our guest house at the Kagando Hospital compound.
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Go Bold Or Go Home! How To Wear Striking Stripes This Spring
Just like clockwork, every spring the stripe returns to the spotlight, but this season's play on the motif is bigger and bolder than ever. The look is a sophisticated nod to '60s-inspired style, and we've noticed several fashionphiles earning their stripes in a way that's easy to replicate. From Nicole Richie's graphic dress to Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's striking jumpsuit, continue reading to see how these stylish girls wear bold stripes, then shop the look today.
On The Runways
Striped patterns dominated the season's runways, particularly at Marc Jacobs' S/S 13 show. The designer's collection channeled a decidedly mod mood: thick parallel stripes covered everything from a tailored blazer to a slim skirt and the Black And Ivory Silk Jersey Dress ($1900, 212.343.1490), paired with Black Patent Leather Mary Jane Flats ($625, 212.343.1490). Yet the look remained modern and fresh, thanks to the use of varying graduating stripes against a long, lean silhouette.
WHO: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
WHAT: Attending the Chanel and Charles Finch pre-Oscar bash in Beverly Hills.
WEAR: Chanel Cotton Navy & Cream Striped Strapless Jumpsuit ($2755) from the S/S 12 collection.
WHY: Long vertical stripes on a strapless pantsuit elongate and flatter your figure.
WHO: Olivia Wilde
WHAT: At a screening of The Incredible Burt Wonderstone at the SXSW festival in Austin last week.
WEAR: Dolce & Gabbana dress from the S/S 13 collection; Sergio Rossi heels.
WHY: Scale back on accessories to allow a bold striped dress to shine.
WHO: Nicole Richie
WHAT: Front row at the Stella McCartney F/W 13 show in Paris earlier this month.
WEAR: Stella McCartney dress from the Pre-Fall 13 collection.
WHY: A minimalistic black and white striped number makes an outsized statement.
WHO: Leaf Greener, ELLE China's Senior Fashion Editor
WHAT: Snapped on the street in New York.
WEAR: Striped maxi dress; crocodile backpack.
WHY: The in-your-face motif looks fresh and casual on a long-sleeved maxi.
Get The Look
Ready to find a striped piece that suits you? A multitude of styles are available, whether you're seeking a daytime or evening-appropriate look. For a more laid-back occasion, like a barbecue or weekend lunch date, try a simple striped dress in a casual fabric like cotton or jersey. We suggest ING's Bold Striped Maxi Dress ($39), ASOS' Maxi Dress In Graduated Stripe Print ($51), or for a shorter version, Motel's Penny Smock Dress With Bold Stripes ($76), or Topshop's Texture Stripe Shift Dress ($76). If you're after a more formal look, we like the elegant, feminine shape of Nadia Tarr's Striped Jersey Dress/Skirt ($278) or, as an investment piece, Marc Jacobs' Striped Scuba-Jersey Maxi Dress ($2500).
Should a full-on striped look intimidate you, simply introduce a small dose of stripes to your outfit with a few mix and match separates. Team 10 Crosby Derek Lam's Striped Surplice Blouse ($375) with clean white skinnies, or wear a pair of striped pants, like Topshop's Moto Stripe Leigh Jeans ($80) or 7 For All Mankind's Crop Slim Striped Cigarette Jeans ($198), with a simple t-shirt. The bold pattern has also found its way on a number of feminine skirts. We suggest styling a bright top with Marc by Marc Jacobs' Scooter Striped Satin-Twill Skirt ($260) or ASOS' Midi Skirt In Bold Stripe ($68) for a pop of colour. Just remember to pare down on accessories—who needs them when you're wearing such a graphic statement piece?—for a chic and entirely modern look.
Photos of Nicole Richie and Olivia Wilde, courtesy of Getty Images; photo of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, courtesy of Patrick McMullan; photo of Leaf Greener, courtesy of Vanessa Jackman; Marc Jacobs runway photo, courtesy of Marc Jacobs.
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BEVINSVILLE, Ky. (WYMT/WKYT) - Four members of one church are ousted after claiming their pastor made several racial slurs.
It all started late last year when those members tried to take action against the pastor.
It is a tiny church in a tiny community, but some former members of Jacks Creek Baptist Church say it is full of problems.
"We have a pastor that is a bully, and he says things that he hadn't ought to," said former member Berman Newman.
Newman says he and several others are fed up with prejudiced comments made by Reverend Paul Grainger.
"He talks about other religions, Catholics, the Mormans and black people. He calls them the 'n' word," he said.
They made an appeal to the Southern Baptist Convention asking that action be taken against the reverend. SBC officials responded saying what happens within the church is "the responsibility of the members." They did however ask Grainger for an apology, and they got one.
"He apologized for saying it and promised that it wouldn't happen again. It was over," said Newman.
Or so they thought.
After that each of those four church members received letters informing them their church memberships had been revoked because they "caused and continued to cause disruption and affliction to the church."
"I would have never dreamed about anything to this nature ever happening in our church," said Newman.
The ousted church members also say the reverend did not follow church doctrine when revoking their memberships.
Mountain News was unable to contact Reverend Grainger for comment, but Newman says he still believes something needs to be done.
"I ask for help. In God's name I ask it because it's all for him," he said.
Help, he says, to get the church he has called home for more than a decade back on track.


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Trailblazing trends of 2018
Be honest. How many times have you come across a new trend and sworn you'll never wear it, only to give in a couple of months later? Time does something funny to trends; it's like the longer we're exposed to it on the streets, on Instagram and in the shops, the more normal it seems.
Take skinny jeans, for example. They arrived in an era when bootleg jeans were reigning supreme and skinny jeans looked... well, a little weird. Fast-forward a few months and we'd forgotten all about our beloved bootleg.
With plenty of exciting new trends on the horizon, including some that you wouldn't dare to wear right now. Maybe they are too loud, too different, or too fashion-forward. But trust us, in a few months, these trends will seem completely normal. You might even wonder how your wardrobe ever functioned without them.
Wallflowers are not welcome in 2018. Everything around us is screaming "go big, or go home". Be inspired by the international runways like Gucci by clashing your prints, layering your colours and experimenting with textures. Too much? Start small with a silk scarf or pair of sunglasses before working your way up to maximalist status.
Image: @gucci.
Pictured: Scotch & Soda Concept Artwork Tank Top, Gorman Super Cosmic Shift Dress, Forever New Sadie Denim Patchwork Clutch, Country Road Spot Skirt, GUESS Originals Patchwork Watch.
Remember that scene in Sex & The City? Well, it turns out Carrie was wrong – scrunchies are well and truly back. They were spotted at the Balenciaga and Mansur Gavriel S/S18 shows and have now made their way to stores like Sportsgirl, Dotti and David Jones. Skip the pigtails and keep your scrunchie chic by wearing your hair in a loose, low pony.
Image: @mansurgavriel
Pictured: Green Velvet Scrunchie, Pink Velvet Scrunchie, Gingham Scrunchie, Lilac Velvet Scrunchie, Burgundy Scrunchie, all from Sportsgirl, and Miss Shop PU Bow Scrunchie from Myer.
Thassia Naves seen leaving Dolce & Gabbaba in leopard and clashed prints during Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2018.
Colour bomb
If wild prints aren't your thing, maybe colour is? It might be hard to imagine a colour explosion right now with all that black in your wardrobe, but soon you'll start noticing more bright shades everywhere –maybe even on yourself! A shoe is a great way to introduce more colour into your life, before you experiment with one piece of clothing or, dare we day, head-to-toe colour.
Pictured: Sportsgirl Hot Pink Pom Pom Earring, Bianca Spender Saunter Pants from David Jones, Steele Jolie Dress from Myer, Sportsgirl Ruched Bandeau Top, Wanted Shoes Jezzie Boots.
Animal print
Animal print is one of those trends we left behind in the '80s, but it's starting to make a resurgence as more and more brands make way for it in their collections. If you haven't already, you'll soon notice a lot of snake and leopard print getting ahead, especially in edgy fabrics like leather, cut in rock 'n' roll silhouettes like moto skirts and strapless dresses.
Image: @i.am.gia.thelabel.
Pictured: Christie Nicolaides Mirielle Earrings from Myer, I Am Gia Rita Skirt from Dissh, I Am Gia Devon Dress from Dissh, The Daily Edited Personalised Mock Croc Pouch from David Jones, Camilla Animal Instinct Bag, Rubi Shoes Leon Slip-on Mules.


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In case you haven't seen it, "Julie and Julia" tells two true stories. The first one, about Julia Child, reveals how she became a chef and came to write her classic book, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. The second one tells us about Julie Powell, an office worker involved with the aftermath of 9-11, who one day decides to give herself a year to cook her way through every recipe in Child's cookbook – and blog about it. It's actually a lot more interesting than my quickie synopsis might indicate; both women go through a number of trials as they try to reach their goals.
It's Julie's story that concerns us here. How did a woman who'd only ever written half of a novel go from nothing to publishers seeking her out with book offers? The answer is in her blog, which you can still find online, from the very first entry on forward. Julie was in search of a challenge to pull her out of "secretary ennui," as she describes it in one of her entries, and boy, did she pull it off!
The answer is also in the move, of course, distilled by Hollywood. So what lessons can we learn to help make our own blogs great? Watching the movie, and thinking about it later, I found eleven. Four of them I'll cover here, with the remainder to come in the second part of this article.
Be passionate about your subject. Julie described herself in her first blog entry as a "government drone by day, renegade foodie by night." In the movie, when she's discussing a possible topic for her blog with her husband, they're eating – and actively enjoying – a delicious meal. As with Julia Child herself, you can sense her love and passion for food permeating the atmosphere.
If you want your blog to sing, you need to bring that kind of spirit to it. Hint: if you love doing something enough that you're determined to do your best with sub-par equipment until you can afford the good stuff, you may be onto something. Bonus points if it's something you actively make time for on an already-busy weekend.
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Julie stated her goal in the very first entry of her blog. "365 days. 536 recipes. One girl and a crappy outer borough kitchen." Right away, you know what she's trying to accomplish and what her obstacles are – and if you like rooting for the underdog, you almost can't help but be on her side. You want to come back regularly and see how she's doing.
You might have a goal that you don't want to reveal quite so blatantly to your readership, especially if your blog is for your company. Maybe you want to work your way up to 100,000 visitors and 100 conversions a month. Fine. You don't have to reveal your goal, but keep it in mind.
Meanwhile, you might consider coming up with another goal that isn't directly dependent on your visitors – something that you can do by yourself. You can then write about the process and the results. It should be a goal that excites you, so you'll infuse your writing with your passion.
It might even help if it's a little "out there." For example, there's an old country song titled "One Piece at a Time," about a guy who worked on a Lincoln assembly line for 30 years and always wanted "one that was long and black" – so he stole the parts, one piece at a time, over the entire time he worked there. When he retired, he put it together with the help of his friend and an adapter kit.
Is it even possible to do that? I have no idea. But say that you write a blog for a Lincoln car dealership. You wouldn't want to encourage theft, of course, but wouldn't it be fun and interesting to do some research to find out just how many different years of parts you could combine in one car?
One last point I want to make about Julie's goal: she had set herself a specific task to accomplish, within a specific time limit. It's important to be this specific with the goal for your blog. It will help to keep you focused. And, to make an even more obvious point, you'll know when you've actually achieved your goal.
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In the movie, it seemed as if Julie wrote a new entry nearly every day detailing the cooking she did. I can't emphasize the importance of reliability strongly enough. We're all creatures of habit; we like to know what we're going to get. If you want to encourage visitors to keep coming back, you need to create certain expectations and continue to fulfill them.
If you're writing a blog about cooking, for example, does it make sense to suddenly start talking about auto repair? Not without a good excuse; maybe you tried a technique for cooking a meal on your car's engine while it was running, and something went drastically wrong. But the point is that the blog is still really about cooking; the repair is just a side effect.
Does this mean that, once you've chosen your topic, you can never talk about anything else? Of course not. But when you choose your topic, you should choose one that's broad enough to embrace what you really want to talk about, while being narrow enough that it isn't a blog about everything. I'll talk more about topics in the next section.
While you're staying focused on your topic, think about how often you can write entries. Can you write three times a week? Five? Every day? However often you choose to write, stick with that schedule, and don't let anything get in the way.
Your readership, and Google's spiders, will get used to seeing new content arrive at a certain rate, and adjust their habits accordingly. Let them down and you risk losing readers.
Also, try to keep your entries to a certain length. You can vary the length based on how much you need to cover, but on average, readers will appreciate knowing that they'll spend, relatively speaking, the same amount of time reading what you've written each time they visit.
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What exactly does "find your niche" mean? Well, if you want to emulate Julie, you should try to write in a niche with broad appeal, but find a special interest within it. Okay, that probably sounds like contradictory advice. Be broad, yet fit in a niche with a special interest? You must think I'm crazy, right?
Well, let's look at Julie's blog again. She's a foodie. There are tons of foodies out there; heck, I'm a bit of a foodie myself. Put "food blogs" into Google without quotes around it and you'll get 322 million hits. You are never going to rank for something that broad (though if you do, let me know; I love to be proven wrong).
But Julie chose to focus on French cooking. Specifically, she chose to focus on cooking a la Julia Child. Put "Julia Child blogs" into Google without quotes and you still get more than two million hits, but Julie Powell's "Julie/Julia Project" is the first result the search engine returns. The large niche is food, but Julie found a special interest within it that spoke to her, to which she could write with passion.
So take a close look at your field and consider what aspect of it you love the most. Say you're in real estate, and you really love matching people to the houses that suit their needs the best. You could write about the different kinds of houses buyers need at different stages of their lives.
Not exciting enough? Perhaps you could talk about how those with different interests find different house features important. Maybe one couple needs a room that gets a lot of light because one of them is a crafter, or a growing family needs a big backyard for the dog, and so forth.
Or maybe you're in the business of restoring cars, and you have a soft spot for rebuilding 1960s muscle cars. You could talk about what it takes to do a complete restoration of a 1967 Ford Mustang convertible (a gorgeous car, by the way). Get the picture?
In the next part I'm going to discuss some things you can do to make sure you're on the right track, encourage visitors to stay, and help keep yourself on track to achieving your goals. So be sure to check back tomorrow. Until then, bon appetit!


text: Ideas shape the world in which we live. Everything that has been created began with a simple idea. This video is part of a series that explores the ideas of the students, facuty, staff and community members at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Join filmmaker Andrew Markham '10 as he delves into the "power of an idea."


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Three years ago students at Hope College introduced a new mascot. Since then, "Dutch" has endeared him/herself to Hope fans at athletic contests and other college events.
On Saturday (Jan. 9) fans attending the Hope versus Alma men's basketball game will join mascots from several other west Michigan teams and organizations in celebrating Dutch's third birthday.
The Flying Dutchmen will host Alma in an MIAA game beginning at 3 p.m. at the DeVos Fieldhouse. Because the spring semester at Hope will not have begun, there will be ample general admission tickets available.
"In addition to some great basketball, Saturday is going to be a very family friendly event," said Matthew D'Oyly of the Hope student development staff and Dutch's special advisor.
Fans will be greeted on the concourse by the mascots, including "Grif" from the Grand Rapids Griffins, "Crash" from the West Michigan Whitecaps, "Oven Mit" from Arby's, "Homer" from Home Depot, "Scoopie" from Culvers restaurant, "Kirby the Kangaroo" from the Parda Federal Credit Union, "Chuck E" from Chuck E Cheese's, and "Sparky" from the Holland fire department.
There will be festivities in the varsity pre-game and at halftime.
Also featured at halftime will be international yo yo sensation and Holland resident Connor Scholten. A yo-youer since he was seven years old, Connor is a graduate of Holland Christian High School, currently a student studying mathematics at Grand Valley State University and one of the best yo-yo performers in the world. Last summer he finished fifth in the combined division at the World Yo Yo Contest in Orlando, Florida. The competition featured 240 competitors from 24 countries. Connor was the only American among the six finalists.
The first 750 fans arriving for Saturday's game will receive a commemorative yo yo compliments of the Lighthouse Group.
The guest pep band will be from the Grand Rapids Central High School.
A new personification of a familiar nickname made its Hope College debut during the 2006-07 school year.
"Dutch," a new mascot developed through the efforts of the college's Student Congress, premiered during the women's and men's basketball seasons.
Although Hope teams are supported enthusiastically not only by fans in general but also by a large association of orange-shirted students known as the "Dew Crew" and the college's cheerleaders, the college has lacked a formal mascot character. Through the years, spirited students have sometimes donned an old-style leather aviator's helmet to represent the "Flying" aspect of the college's "Flying Dutchmen"/"Flying Dutch" nickname; in the middle 1990s, a pair of students in a Hope class had also pursued the idea of developing a mascot, but the character didn't materialize.
The effort to create the new "Dutch" mascot originated in the summer of 2005, led by Lauren Engel, a senior who was student body president, and student vice president Bradley Matson, who has continued to lead the project this year as president himself.
The design chosen for "Dutch" was the winner of an online survey that presented four concepts to the campus community late in 2005. The character is attired in Hope's school colors of orange and blue and wearing wooden shoes, white-bearded visage topped by a billed hat.
For inspiration, Matson noted, the organizers even used a Dutchman as an inspiration. The character's face, he said, is modeled loosely on Bob Bos, an employee in the college's mail room.
The concept and costume were produced by Street Characters Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The company's clients include several NFL, NHL and Major League Baseball teams, a variety of corporations, and multiple other colleges and universities.
The costume is filled by select students on a rotating basis, with the organizers striving to keep the identity of the actors confidential.
"The college's athletic teams have been known as the Dutchmen since the beginning of intercollegiate programs in the early 1900s. Hope, chartered in 1866, is rooted in the early history of Holland, which was settled in the 1840s by immigrants from the Netherlands.
The nickname "Flying Dutchmen" is reported to have been coined by a sports writer covering men's basketball in 1958. In the spring of 1959, the men's team flew more literally, the first Hope team ever to journey to a contest by air, traveling aboard a twin-engined DC-3 to the College Division quarterfinals in Evansville, Ind. The women's teams since the 1970s have been known as the Flying Dutch.


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KatalystCreative necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 96 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
Dresser Mouldings
Dresser Mouldings is an established business and one of largest bespoke timber manufacturing plants in the UK. We manufacture a number of bespoke timber products such skirting boards, architraves, dado rails, timber columns, louvers, cladding, staircases etc. We also provide a number of services such as timber staining, lacquering, CNC machining and all bespoke wood work. Overall our company has the means for improving the atheistic look of a building whether it be internal or external with the use of specialists machines and craftsmanship to manufacture wood to a desired look.
We are in need of rebranding and new modern look. The need for a logo to be created will be the basis for this and the look of our new logo will build the colour scheme to our soon to be launched website, office stationary and major advertising campaign.
Our nature of our target audience is mainly business to business.
Architects – looking for our services and products to make grand or simple designs.
Other timber manufactures – If they cant produce something. We can do it for them so that they can still supply to there customers.
Contractors and developers- We have a lot of contract joiners and developers buy our products so that they can be fitted to new building developments and house renovations.
Leisure and the commercial industry – Companies in this category will use us to manufacture timber products in there premises or for a new project. This could be garden centres, hotels, government buildings etc.
Private Sector – We do supply and manufacture bespoke and standard products for the private sectors but this sector is not our main sales
We need a logo that will form the basis for the future of our business. Versatility is key to ensure that we can it together with the website, business cards, letterheads, brochures and video.
It needs to be able to sit on a white or a light background, we don't want images of yellow wood and green trees. Looking for a wow factor, remember its mainly other business that are going to see it so it needs to be modern and professional.
We are looking to be inspired and rate/review designs, providing feedback on whether they are along the right lines.
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The project, which began in spring of 2016, is a $3.4 million makeover that includes 5,300-square-feet of new pedestrian space, created by converting two small blocks into pedestrian squares.
Overall, the aim of the project was to re-align the busy intersection to make it safer. It will also serve as the new home of the Glendale War Memorial, built in 1921 as a tribute to 21 Glendale residents who died during World War I.
The project came in on budget, but was slightly behind schedule with an original completion estimate of spring 2017.
"We're happy to create more public space and to improve pedestrian and traffic safety," a spokesman for DDC said. "The creation of plazas similar to this has been a priority under the de Blasio administration and the Mayor's Vision Zero program. An added bonus is that we were able to give a better home to the Glendale War Memorial."
Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley was thrilled for work to finally to be finished.
"It was a long road for many local businesses and residents during construction, but now complete, this space will breathe new life onto Myrtle Avenue, a commercial corridor that our local economy depends on," she said.
Many Glendale residents expressed frustration throughout the process with the lack of parking in the area, and the long lines of traffic that backed up at the intersection.
Kathy Masi, president of the Glendale Civic Association, said the whole ordeal has been a pretty big inconvenience for residents, having an especially adverse impact on the mom-and-pop stores in the area.
"It was just executed poorly with no supervision and no coordination of the city agencies," Masi said. "I'm just hoping that the benefit to the community is as monumental as the pain it was."
Masi was particularly frustrated that the agencies did not listen to the community, who asked that they not put a water fountain in the plaza and make the benches single seated so people can't lie down on them.
"It's a shame they didn't listen to the community," she added.


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Anemia is a condition in which the body does not have enough healthy red blood cells. Red blood cells provide oxygen to body tissues.
Other types of anemia include:
Although many parts of the body help make red blood cells, most of the work is done in the bone marrow. Bone marrow is the soft tissue in the center of bones that helps form all blood cells.
Most often, healthy red blood cells last between 90 and 120 days. Parts of your body then remove old blood cells. A hormone called erythropoietin (epo) made in your kidneys signals your bone marrow to make more red blood cells.
Hemoglobin is the oxygen-carrying protein inside red blood cells. It gives red blood cells their red color. People with anemia do not have enough hemoglobin.
The body needs certain vitamins, minerals, and nutrients to make enough red blood cells. Iron, vitamin B12, and folic acid are three of the most important ones. The body may not have enough of these nutrients because:
Possible causes of anemia include:
You may have no symptoms if the anemia is mild. If the problem develops slowly, symptoms that may occur first include:
If the anemia gets worse, symptoms may include:
Some types of anemia may have other symptoms.
The doctor will perform a physical examination, and may find:
Some types of anemia may cause other findings on a physical exam.
Blood tests used to diagnose some common types of anemia may include:
Other tests may be done to find medical problems that can cause anemia.
Treatment should be directed at the cause of the anemia, and may include:
Severe anemia can cause low oxygen levels in vital organs such as the heart, and can lead to a heart attack.
Call your health care provider if you have any symptoms of anemia, or any unusual bleeding.
Marks PW. Approach to anemia in the adult and child. In: Hoffman R, Benz EJ Jr, Silberstein LE, et al., eds. Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 32.


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Saturday, December 31, 2016
Hello 2017
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I look towards Saint Paul in the Marais.
Friday, December 23, 2016
Paris Lights
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Paris loves bears, December Paris Map
I was drawn to the other Jimmy Choos windows.
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