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… then it is important that others lie for him.
This is the infamous story submission from Bongi, submitted to me a whopping 5 years ago. Bongi is a surgeon that blogs at other things amanzi, which is easily one of my favorite blogs. Read on:
i was working in a private casualty unit to make extra money during my surgery training. (don't tell the prof. it was strictly forbidden. one day i'll post about the time i got caught.) it was some ridiculous hour. i was catching a nap when i was rudely awakened. the sister said an ambulance was expected to arrive in about 5 minutes with a possible epilepsy patient. i dragged myself out of bed. a medical case! absolutely wonderful. and at this time of the morning. just the thing to warm a budding surgeon's heart.
i stumbled into resus just as the ambulance crew came casually strolling in with the patient. they told us they had been called to fetch the guy from work where his colleagues said he simply collapsed. they didn't know why. something was wrong. he was restless. he was also pale. i felt his pulse. it was thready and fast. very fast. he had no drip up. being surgically minded, i thought that if i didn't know better i would say he was bled out. fortunately the ambulance crew could tell me that his colleagues at work told them that he had been working in a dairy cold storage facility when he simply collapsed. i asked if there had been convulsions. they didn't know. meanwhile one of the sisters was getting a blood pressure. 80 over 30 didn't fit with epilepsy. a quick glucose test was normal. the only alternative was cardiogenic shock from myocardial infarction or some exotic dysrhythm. but once again, it didn't fit. the patient was black. (white south africans have about the highest incident of ischaemic heart disease in the world, but south african blacks don't have much of it at all.) then it happened. the patient, now gasping for every breath looked at me and said, "help me doctor! i'm dying!"
if you've been in medicine for a while you'll know that most times, the reason a patient says he is about to die is because he is in fact about to die. i believed him. my blood went cold. it just didn't fit. i wanted to tell him we'd do everything we could (although i still had no idea what i was capable of doing for him). in a reassuring way, i placed my hand on his chest. with every breath i could feel bones grinding against each other. i pulled my hand back in shock. he had broken ribs!!! epilepsy or cardiogenic shock or some heart problem does not cause broken ribs!! this was trauma! this was surgical! i jumped into action.
at that moment, the patient breathed one terminal gasp and promptly stopped breathing. for good measure his heart stopped beating too. nice bloody epilepsy, this, i thought. i delegated one sister to start cpr and another two to get iv access as i moved to the head to get airway control. the sister pumping the chest immediately stopped.
"everything is crunching under my hands" she said. what could be done? circulation is fairly important for survival, so i told her to continue. at this stage i was intubating. as i inserted the laryngoscope, fresh bright red blood came frothing directly out of his trachea. the trachea was also way over to the right. i shouted for someone to prepare an intercostal drain and slid the et tube in. the sister was fast. by the time i moved around to the left flank, the set was ready. i stabbed the blade into the chest. there was a gush of old dark blood. i shoved the tube quickly between the ribs into the pleural space. immediately one bottle filled with blood.
we consolidated. the patient was on a ventilator. two lines were running full tilt. with a touch of adrenalin, the heart started beating again (although i think the removal of the tension hemothorax also had a part in that). we got emergency blood going and got x-rays. we also called the thoracic surgeon.
the x-rays showed the worst disruption of the thoracic cavity i have ever seen, before and since. every rib on the left was broken and the fractured surfaces were about 5cm from each other. this basically meant there was a tear of the lung from top to bottom which was about 5cm deep. i gingerly reflected that that would explain the constant stream of blood draining from the intercostal drain.
as could be expected, the patient decompensated again. this time there was no bringing him back. when the thoracic surgeon arrived, the patient was already dead.
as usually happens, the story did come out. what the patient and his colleagues didn't know was that the cold storage facility where they worked had closed circuit tv. this was probably to prevent night staff from stealing. or maybe to prevent them from racing around on a fork lift chasing each other. yes, dear readers, that is what they were doing when one of them lost control of the fork lift and drove into my patient, crushing him up against a pole. they figured they were in trouble already, so it seems they decided the depth didn't really matter. if you are going to be in crap for messing with the machinery at night and for killing your colleague, then why not lie also to really confound any chances of the paramedics and the doctors to try to save his life. go figure.


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|2007-05-04, 21:28
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Gregory House
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Ok, that's it, I'm sorry to have offended your personal integrity or something like that. I watched my share of Italian matches, thought they were boring and teams too defensive, and that's it. I'm not gonna keep on watching it just because I didn't like it and I'm not in the mood to spend some more time watching it again. What I saw a year ago was defensive by my standpoint. It might be a limited view of the whole league, but it was enough. English and Argentinian football, on the other hand, get me hooked in almost every match. Perhaps I'm more used to their style of play, who knows.
|2007-05-04, 21:50
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: London, UK
Age: 34
You really haven't offended anyone at all don't worry, and I apologize if I it sounded as if I was offended as I was simply trying to explain you that there's a variety of "coaching styles" within Serie A and it's really hard to generalize it. I could spend posts talking about each of these coaches and their attitude but I know that would most likely not even interest you in first place so I am going to drop this as well. I hope you atleast got my point, that'd be enough.
|2007-05-05, 00:22
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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|2007-05-05, 02:23
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Gregory House
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Oh, and with the recent addition of Javier Mascherano to Liverpool, the Reds definitely have the best midfield of the world. Gerrard + Xabi Alonso + Mascherano, God I wish I had that in my team.
|2007-05-05, 02:23
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Kira_Naruto, the ecchi
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Says the Gunners fan
|2007-05-05, 03:13
|Link #1026
Animesuki's Janitor
In other news, stupid rematch of 2005. I want something new, but oh well Milan gets their revenge.
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|2007-05-05, 03:30
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Gone for Good
Join Date: Apr 2004
Interestingly, Milan was designated as the "Home" team of the final, meaning they get to choose which jersey to wear. They could have picked their red and black striped home jersey, but they still chose white - the colour they wore in Istanbul. This means Liverpool will get to wear red once again.
In terms of statistics, this will be Milan's eight final and Liverpool's seventh.
Not counting this year (2007):
Milan (jersey colour - result)
1963 (white - won)
1969 (white - won)
1989 (white - won)
1990 (white - won)
1993 (red and black stripes - lost)
1994 (white - won)
2003 (white - won)
2005 (white - lost)
Even though they lost wearing white in Istanbul, white has been their lucky colour and it seems like they are really determined to exorcise the demons of Istanbul by wearing white again. I now admire them even more because of that, a truly worthy opponent for Liverpool, no matter the result.
Liverpool have wore red in all their finals (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1985, 2005) and lost only once in 1985. Ominously, Liverpool's opponents in the other finals all wore white.
Anyway, today is the Mancunian derby, if United win here, then Chelsea must beat the Gunners at the Emirates, or else the crunch Premiership match with United next Wednesday meaningless.
(That match is now being billed by some as the unofficial "Champions League 3rd-place Play-Off 1st Leg", the 2nd Leg will be played in Wembley Stadium the following Saturday. )
|2007-05-09, 07:08
|Link #1028
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: South East Asia
hi everyone, im new, im football lover, my fave is manutd, i want to join this interesting thread
|2007-05-19, 12:18
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Gone for Good
Join Date: Apr 2004
2007 FA Cup Final AKA 2007 Champions League 3rd-place Play-off
Chelsea 1 - 0 Man Utd
After 90 intense minutes, United's dreams of doing another Double were shattered by a Didier Drogba goal 5 minutes before the end of extra time. Thus ensuring Morinho at least gets a big cup, and perhaps hoping that would change Abramovich's mind in his future at Chelsea.
|2007-05-19, 23:11
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Gratz for the blues ... Considering the match was between 2 great devils in my eyes.. I totally forgot about it (until on of my friend mentioned it last night)
Anyway, season already ends (we'll be back next season -hopefully with Wenger and Henry But considering that we already bought our new keeper .. I hope whatever little things inside the office is settled.. I really do, I have an utmost respect with Wenger on how he developed my beloved Arsenal >.<).. and while Pool still our enemy, I wish to wish them all the best for next week... Maybe I'll spent some time watching it for Gerrard, who IMO, one of the best midfielder in this era
Guess that last night win means we still have to see "degreatone" next season, neh?
|2007-05-23, 06:52
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Tonight is the UEFA Champions League final of AC Milan vs Liverpool, in Athens, Greece. A rematch of that epic final in 2005 between the two teams in Istanbul, where Liverpool managed to come back from the dead and win the trophy.
It's now about 7 hours to kickoff, but I'm already so nervous I don't know what to type. lol
If Istanbul was a "fluke", then Athens will be the coming of age of Rafa Benitez's Reds should they beat Milan for the second time in three years. Of course, Milan will be reeling for revenge for two years ago, and they showed they're still a strong team by making light work of Man Utd, and in Kaka they have a genius midfielder. The smart money's still on Milan, but never count Liverpool out.
Let's hope for a good game instead of the dull affair that calls itself the FA Cup final last Saturday. I'm gonna watch this till the last minute, including the trophy presentation, with no regrets, no matter what the outcome.
|2007-05-23, 06:59
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Kira_Naruto, the ecchi
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Good luck to pool.. .. I dunno if I can watch it or not ... I'm in final exam week as well @_@ .. but seeing Gerrard and Kaka's battle isn't some everyday game @_@
|2007-05-23, 16:08
|Link #1033
Gone for Good
Join Date: Apr 2004
UEFA Champions League 2006/2007 Final - AC Milan 2 - 1 Liverpool
Well, what can I say? Congratulations to AC Milan. They deserved their win, though both sides were equally competent, in the end it's the minor details that made the difference. (Not to mention a very incompetent referee. xD )
Surprisingly, I thought I was going to be mightily gutted, but I'm not. If the Reds have lost two years ago maybe I would be depressed as they were in a more desperate position than now (finishing 5th in the league and not knowing whether to qualify for next year's tournament), maybe this time it's because knowing that Liverpool now have a certain future with the two new American owners that this loss can be taken more easily. Another reason is maybe deep down, I pitied the AC Milan players as well two years ago. That makes the two teams even now.
The rival fans can gloat all they like, but they weren't in two Champions League finals in 3 years, that in itself is an "achievement", to give it a positive spin. Though of course winning the thing would have been better. But this time I actually believe there can be a next time, unlike last time.
|2007-05-24, 04:03
|Link #1034
Animesuki's Janitor
Ya, that game was freaking awesome.
Gattuso was an animal! Inzaghi was just brilliant, which team does he play for anyway?!
Overall, Milan played really well, a couple of fantastic moves by Kaka and Alonso, both doing the Zidane trick.
Great match up.... See you all next year!
In other news, TRANSFER WINDOWS COMING SOON!
I cannot wait to see which players will go where and to start it off, Man Utd have finally purchased Owen Hargreaves from Bayern Munich for 17 million pounds.
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|2007-05-24, 08:10
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|2007-05-24, 08:16
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Kira_Naruto, the ecchi
Graphic Designer
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Yea.. and for quite some times, I thought Harry have an eyes for spotting gem ...
I just hope our new keeper is ready .. 22 y-o is kinda young especially for a GK >.< of course unless you are Cech or Casillas >.<
But never underestimate Big Sam.. He turned Bolton into monster without hardly any money for transfer at all >.<
|2007-06-25, 01:33
|Link #1039
Animesuki's Janitor
I cannot believe, it's finally over
The Henry-Arsenal saga has come to an end...
He moves to Barcelona for 16 million pounds.
His farewell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ4RV1qpPT8
He was one of my favorite players and now he has left my favorite club, I'm just shocked and really upset about these turn of events. True class player, he will be missed
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Hi Cowboys fans!
Here are the results of last weeks poll which asked the question:
How Long Should Our First String Players Play In The Last Two Pre-Sesaon Game?
Only 12% of the voters thought that the Cowboys' regulars should play past the second quarter.
An overwhelming 89% of the voters said to "yank them" by the end of the first half. It's probably best that the Cowboys play it safe from here on out. I'm actually hoping that our guys on offense don't play more than one series on Thursday.
This week, we were wondering how you felt about some of the players that are already going through some injuries of their own.
Which of the these players would be missed most if the miss the season opener?
1. Terry Glenn
2. Terence Newman
3. Greg Ellis
4. Anthony Fasano
It's kind of an interesting question to think about because at least three of them bring something big to the table. I have an idea on who I would pick, and I look forward to seeing if I am on the same page as most of you.


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|2012-01-29, 10:42
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Sensei, aishite imasu
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Hong Kong Shatterdome
[PC/PS3/360] Xcom Enemy unknown
Awhile ago Firaxis announced they were making an Xcom remake. No. Not the one set in the 50's where you play a bunch of FBI guys. This is a more legit remake centered around turn based combat and commanding a paramilitary organization on a strategic geoscape. It's a bit late, but there's no time like the present to start a thread.
Gameinformer exclusive coverage.
Two good articles go over the combat in the game.
-Advanced Tactics: Part 1
-Advanced Tactics: Part 2
General details
-Revamped turn based system: Time Unites are out. Players now have a free movement radius, and an *action point*. This can be used to shoot, perform an action, or move further. Certain weapons (sniper rifle) require no movement to be used
-Special abilities: All soldiers start as rookies, but with XP they can gain experiance and level up to have certain abilities. Like Snipers being able to snipe on the move, and heavy weapon soldiers gaining extra suppression abilities.
-Smaller scale: You have one base, and the number of soldiers at the start of the game in mission seems to only be 4. Larger teams can be used later, but it's not known how large, and you can buy satellite coverage to detect UFO's
-More nuanced interactions with member nations. Will be given missions/tasks to improve relations with them. Example given was providing Japan with laser rifles in exchange for engineers.
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|2012-01-29, 11:04
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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Age: 38
Yeah, my first contact with the X Com franchise was Apocalypse, I had fun with naming my soldiers after dead musicians and real life friends, and teachers. I actually started weeping when some of my well trained dudes got killed by a kamikaze alien.
I plan to do the same thing when this game will be out and gonna rename my guys after some of the IRC folks I know.
|2012-01-29, 11:55
|Link #6
Sensei, aishite imasu
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Hong Kong Shatterdome
It'd be especially weird if this appearance/name modification could be done at any point in the game. So at a whim you could go from a macho manly commando team to a strike Witches oriented one.
But really. Given the difference in time (over 50 years) between the events of the FPS and this game? They might as well be completley separate.
|2012-01-29, 16:26
|Link #7
Senior Member
This is intriguing, and merits continued observation.
I wonder if Firaxis has considered the possibilities of multiplayer modes being added post-release. For instance, a series of 'versus' single-map scenarios where one player controls an XCOM squad and the other commands the alien force. Because this is a turn-based game, asynchronous play would be quite possible (I think Frozen Synapse and many chess games do this). Another possibility would be larger maps intended for co-op missions (each player commands an XCOM squad)...
|2012-01-30, 00:01
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Age: 30
Besides, is there any political premise like Apocalypse, where the factions supporting you get infested or fight amongst themselves?
|2012-01-30, 00:16
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|2012-01-30, 05:23
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Edinburgh
Age: 36
Anyways, I can see it easily being done on the PC version, using different methods, but on console it would be a bit trickier. Of course offline swapping controller after each turn can easily be done, but online you could use a timer or some sort I guess.
|2012-01-30, 06:14
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Within my mind
Age: 38
I am against multiplayer on principle, but for X-com I can make an exception if only because I don't see it harming the overall singleplayer game.
Balancing the aliens vs humans might be hard. It would be easier just have humans vs humans, the aliens are suppose to be over-powered.
|2012-01-30, 08:29
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Sensei, aishite imasu
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Hong Kong Shatterdome
Hybrids (the slendermen), Sectoids and Mutons.
Considering what a nightmare fest Ethereals and Lids turned out to be...they'll probably have a special feature for them...or if they really wanted to be coy, leave it as a surprise for the players.
|2012-01-30, 09:59
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Logician and Romantic
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Within my mind
Age: 38
Naturally they would have to strike the balance between overpowered UFO/TFTD mind control, and the near useless Apocalypse version. But I full on expect both a mind control enemy, and a Chrysalid enemy.
|2012-01-30, 12:29
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Awful nice of them. I remember that the reboot was almost universally met with disappointment by the core X-Com fanbase for having like nothing in common with what even drew people to the franchise in the first place. Hopefully this is the end of developers resurrecting old strategy/RPG IPs as FPS game cause so far it seems to backfire every single time. Heck I still remember the soul crushing disappointment when they announced a new Shadowrun game only for it to turn out to have nothing at all to do with the Shadowrun I'd known since the 90's. It was actually so poorly received that it outright bankrupted what was left of the FASA corportation that created the original Shadowrun tabletop game.
The problem now will be a test of faith and reassuring the fans that this time they'll stay more true to X-Com's roots since they stuffed it up so horribly the first time around. For now I'll just ask for a remix of this track be in the game:
|2012-01-30, 14:39
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Resides within the depths of Ned infested Glasgow
This is what I've been waiting for, a proper remake!
Simple fact for me is I still love the original game(and it's sequels) so I'm sold on this one.
Nothing like rolling out your troops from your craft and setting them up into defensive postions
This was actually a rather nerve racking game, whether or not you'd run into a pck of aliens around the next corner or what they would on their turn, immense stuff from this game.
Just hoping we can get a big number of troops on the field, I liked having "options" to the tactical side of things.
Unlike today where it's all very small teams and not terribly tactical on the whole.
|2012-01-30, 18:07
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Sensei, aishite imasu
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XCOM the FPS ran into the problem that aside from playing government guys fighting aliens there wasn't really any similarity.
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Today's opining on the public discourse.
Heh heh. Those Republicons, always living in a different reality from the rest of us:
Karl Rove recently made a related observation, saying McCain "is one of the most private individuals to run for president in history," and it's "troubling" the extent to which McCain is reluctant to talk about his
military service.
I haven't the foggiest idea which presidential race these guys are watching. McCain "rarely discusses" his military background? Since when?
As Brendan Nyhan put it, "John McCain is a genuine war hero, but how many times can he and his political campaigns exploit that experience before the press stops claiming that he doesn't exploit it?"
I got sick of McCain's POW Tourette's months ago. Nearly every ad I've seen highlights his military service (omitting the crashing jets part). Political opponents bring up a policy point, such as healthcare or national security, and he trots out cutesy little lines that scream, "Hey! Look at me! I was a POW!" The true meaning of Christmas? He learned it in Vietnam. Leadership? Vietnam. If someone brought up a hangnail, I wouldn't be suprised to hear him spout out something about hanging by his nails in the Hanoi Hilton.
And yet, our nation's press and the Republicons like to pretend he's shy about it. Doesn't exploit his service at all.
Riiight. Go on, pull the other one – it's got air raid sirens on.
They're not only reality-challenged, they're experts at moving goal posts. Right now, they're desperate to paint Obama as a flaming liberal who never reaches across the aisle. This conflicts with reality, which shows that Obama frequently has reached across the aisle on issues important to both parties. Their solution? Claim that those issues are "liberal" issues:
Now, both sides sometimes want to call an issue their own, but face resistance. It's rare when a leading Republican, for example, simply gives up two of the biggest issues on the international landscape, and
labels them, prima facie, "liberal" issues.
But that's precisely what Mitt Romney did on national television yesterday, announcing that counter-proliferation and fuel efficiency are necessarily "liberal" issues.
It's like magic! Anything Obama touches becomes a liberal issue! Even trying to keep the planet from being blown up is a dirty liberal issue!
Now here's our fun thought for the day: what's going to happen if liberals embrace a pro-life stance? Heh. This could get really entertaining.
Oh, and speaking of liberal issues, apparently AIDS legislation is becoming one of them, which means Bush is flirting with liberal ideas there:
WASHINGTON — President Bush's efforts to broaden a widely respected, bipartisan program to fight the spread of AIDS in Africa have
faced roadblocks by seven Republican senators.
Bush had hoped that Congress would pass legislation to spend $50 billion to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis primarily in Africa in time for the Group of Eight summit in Japan next month. However, the seven
socially conservative senators, led by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., refuse to support the legislation unless spending focuses more heavily on treatment than on prevention.
Let's just savor the fuckery of that last bit, shall we? "…refuse to support the legislation unless spending focuses more heavily on treatment than prevention."
Translation: they'd rather you get AIDS.
Wanna know why?
"The bills' support would allow morally questionable activities, including advocating with host governments to change gender norms and policies and promoting activities that could include needle distribution to drug users," the senators wrote.
That's right. If you have sex they don't approve of, or if you use drugs, you deserve to die horribly. This is considered the right thing to do in neocon circles. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" goes right out the window when it comes to their desire to impose their medieval morality on the rest of the world.
In their honor, let's have some Jethro Tull, shall we? It's not a fully appropriate song, but the title's just right:
"Living in the Past."


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Project support officer resume sample A standard resume should includes parts as follows: 1. Contact Information: a. Full name: b. Permanent addresses: c. Telephone & Cell phone number: d. Email address: 2. Job Objective A short and specific statement should includes position, industry and/or relevant skills. 3. Job summary : It include a summary for your resume. You should describe briefly education, skills, experience, abilities… that match with job specifications of employer. 4. Education: Degrees, all certificates related to this job, licenses. 5. Experience a. Final company:…………………from……to…….. Key duties List tasks for this position here. Achievements (top 3 achievements) • Achievement No 1: • Achievement No 2: • Achievement No 3: b. Company: AAA 6. Personal & abilities : Certifications, security clearances, patents, special awards, citizenship etc. 7. Reference people You should show at least 2 people with: Cell phone number, email, position, relationship with you. Useful materials related: 1. 103 interview questions and answers; 2. 20 project management templates; 3. Other useful source: 8 different resume templates.
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Simple it may be, but it touches us all at the very core of our beings.
One of the great joys and challenges for the deacon is the chanting of the ancient prayer known as the Exultet. You can find the whole thing here. I find the whole prayer to be a profound Easter reflection, but one passage is particularly moving and meaningful in today's world.
The power of this holy night:
dispels all evil,
washes guilt away,
restores lost innocence,
brings mourners joy;
it casts our hatred,
brings us peace
and humbles earthly pride.
May tonight's Vigil bring us all to new life, hope and joy!


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Memories of Bailey Hunter's first time on the volleyball court flooded her mother's mind after Hunter made it public news Friday morning that she will be playing the sport she loves so much professionally in Europe starting Jan. 2.
Memories of Bailey Hunter's first time on the volleyball court flooded her mother's mind after Hunter made it public news Friday morning that she will be playing the sport she loves so much professionally in Europe starting Jan. 2.
"My mom asked me the other day, 'Bailey, did you ever think that when you were 7 years old trying out for Biltmore Volleyball Club with your kneepads falling down your legs that you would ever be playing professional volleyball?'" Hunter said. "She just sent me out there with a ham sandwich and told me to go play volleyball; I didn't know what I was doing."
The 2007 Hendersonville High graduate just became Georgia Tech graduate earlier this month after finishing up her fifth season of volleyball with the Yellow Jackets. And after 16 years of playing volleyball the 23-year-old outside hitter is more than thankful that she doesn't have to stop playing.
Hunter connected with Bring It Sports Promotions agency over the summer as the Yellow Jackets toured and played in several European countries. She signed on with the agency once Tech's 2012 season came to a close, and has since received several offers to play professional volleyball overseas.
She made her decision just days ago to return to Europe to play for Doprastav Bratislava, the primary professional team in the capital of Slovakia.
"I always wanted to play in the Olympics, until I realized that I'm not 6-4 and can't jump 10 feet in the air. Then when that vision shifted somewhat I knew I wanted to play professionally," Hunter said. "It's unfortunate that America doesn't have professional volleyball, but at the same time it's such an opportunity for me to play somewhere else, to grow and learn more about myself."
The professional season in Europe runs from August to May each year, so Hunter will be joining the team midway through the tour and stay until May before returning home to evaluate how the season went and to see if she will receive other offers to play the following season. She will play in countries like Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia.
"A lot of girls play as their job to make a lot of money, but volleyball has never been my job; it's my passion. I just want to continue playing and that's my mindset," she said.
Hunter told the agency that she would be willing to play anywhere, but when she received several offers to play after just hoping to get one, she was able to assess her options and narrowed it down to Europe and Puerto Rico.
"In Puerto Rico you can get fired at the drop of a hat; it's a very vulnerable situation there, whereas in Egypt, when you sign a contract you're there for that length of time," Hunter said. "I've always loved Europe; my family has traveled there a lot. I had my heart set on going to Europe whereas my teammate at Georgia Tech, Monique (Mead), is headed to Puerto Rico. I actually know about the area I'm going to because we went to Croatia, Slovenia and Italy this summer with the team."
Life will change in a big way for Hunter in less than a week, from living in a country where she has only vacationed, meeting and playing with an entire new group of players where her name is the only American name on the roster, to climbing up a level once more in the world of volleyball from collegiate to professional.
But for her, the signs have been coming ever since she received the offer to play in Slovakia. Signs that will take her there with a clear and assured mind and heart.
"It's ironic because I'll be playing in some of the same gyms that I did this past summer, so that was another thing that was sort of a sign that this was where I was supposed to be," Hunter said. "When I was looking at the roster I saw that the only number that isn't taken is No. 11. That's always been my number."
"I've never a day in my life felt like I wanted to stop playing. It's so hard to compete at that level for so long, and a lot of college athletes are drained and ready to be done playing once they graduate, but I really think I'm one of those weird people in the world that just can't let it go," she said. "I'll probably play until I'm in a wheelchair and can't walk anymore and people are having to drag me off the court."
Hunter said that if she is able to, she would like to play for a couple of seasons overseas while the opportunity is in front of her, before returning to the U.S. and seeking out collegiate coaching positions and, one day, starting a family.
"I do want to have a family, but I knew that if I didn't take this opportunity now, when I'm a mom I won't have these stories to tell," Hunter said.
"The next level really is people's jobs and their livelihood, and I realized that the deeper I got into this agency. I adopted a completely different mindset because, yes I'll get to play the sport I love but at the same time it is a job. I'm excited about that. Everything has been organized for me throughout my whole life, which has been a blessing, but this will allow me to get out there and take a risk."


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Hey Kate! I enjoyed your review of "Little Red Riding Hood". It was refreshing to see a video post. I have to say I saw the movie a couple weeks ago. I didn't think it was bad, but I did think it could have been a little darker. I thought it was more for kids or young adults. I do think Amanda S. did a good job in her role as Red Riding Hood. I am looking forward to "Something Borrowed" coming out May 6th. I am a big Emily Giffin fan so hopefully we can compare reviews soon!ReplyDelete
March 20, 2011 4:59 PM
@ES = Oh, I have to find out more about this "Something Borrowed." It sounds interesting.ReplyDelete
Hey, Kate! I see that someone's caught the vlogging bug (which I think is just awesome!) :D I think you have a great attitude about movies and books. I must confess that I'm less zen about it and sometimes find myself wanting to strangle the screenwriter and director when they mess up the film adaptation of a beloved novel. I must try your advice. *assumes lotus position. Ohmmmm...* :DReplyDelete
@Sam = I'm trying to work on my confidence, hence the vlogging. And being "zen" isn't as easy as it sounds. You should have seen the kind of vitriol I spewed out when Lightning Thief came out. A less than beautiful side of me. :-PReplyDelete
Kate I think the video blog interaction is great! It's very different. I've never seen it done before but I like it, it's very personalized and it is nice to see a face with the name.ReplyDelete
On the subject of books moving to the silver screen I have 3 viewpoints on the matter.
1 - I believe that the book is always better. Let's face it, no one can capture the essence of the story and characters as well as the writer.
2 - I still like the movies because they are a tribute to the book/author even if they are not complete or have been slightly altered.
3 - They encourage people to read. I teach high school and I know many of my students read the Twilight books after they saw the movie.
That's my two sense.
Great discussion,
@Amy = I'm so glad that you enjoyed the vlog. I'm actually switching to that medium more and more now. I find it more interactive as well. And all your points are very valid and much appreciated. You're right. Nothing beats reading the book, ultimately. :-)ReplyDelete
Most of the time, books are better than movies. In fact 99 percent of the time. But just noticed the reverse: the wonderful movie "Blow" about a cocaine dealer, played brilliantly by Johnny Depp. I tried to read the book by Bruce Porter, a former professor of mine at Columbia Journalism School, but couldn't get very far. The book was laden with needless detail, written the way we were taught at the "J" school, a style I no longer admire. Now that I've switched to fiction, I find that less is often more.ReplyDelete
@Pam = I need to try and watch that movie. I never say no to Johnny Depp. :-)ReplyDelete
Usually the book is better than the movie, in my opinion. I like to see the movie first then watch the movie, otherwise I'm disappointed.ReplyDelete
@Beverly = That's true. Sometimes watching the movie first then reading the book is a good way to go.ReplyDelete
Thanks Kate for the vlog. I appreciate reading Amy Jones's and Pamela's thoughts. As book lovers, we are usually inclined to like the book or think it's better than the movie. Both have their pros and cons. Me - I have to have both :)ReplyDelete
@Hazel = I need both too. Like I've said, there's something about reading the book and then watching the movie. Both represent different types of entertainment. :-)ReplyDelete


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Review Group Week 191 - HAUNT #1
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by PDH » Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:45 pmHaunt #1 - I'm Not Cleaning THIS Up
Haunt #1 finally answers the question of what would happen if the Venom Symbiote from Spider-Man were to possess Patrick Swayze's character from the 1990 romantic comedy, Ghost at the exact moment he ejaculated: he would become a murderous crime fighter from beyond the grave with the power to kill people using what can only be described as Ecto-Semen. It's an old school Image comic everybody!
And...it's pretty good. If it has a flaw it's that it presents you with a dead vigilante who lives in his brother's body and shoots ghost cum at people but then somehow expects you to take it seriously. Very, very seriously. McFarlane's inks are apparently mixed from the blood of the Dark Lord Morgoth's molten black heart and are largely responsible for much of the terminally moody atmospherics. Fortunately, Greg Capullo's layouts keep the angst from leaking into other panels and halting the flow of the story. And, really, there's no point complaining about the inks because that's probably the principle reason you bought this comic (unless a Review Group forced you to). The first half of the story revolves around the traditional Confessional from the Church of Latter Day Clichés in which a character asks a clergyman to describe his motivation to the audience, provide any exposition that the character wouldn't feasibly reveal under other circumstances and exonerates the writer for his lack of imagination. This is an exceedingly grim comic but then, as a slightly knowing throwback to the early Image output, that's about right, really.
Image started out as a place for people disgruntled with the derivative, indulgent and creatively emaciated state of mainstream comics to make derivative, indulgent and creatively emaciated comics in a completely different building where they could wear their baseball hats sideways. Last week, I gave a brief overview of the mind of a pubescent teenager/manchild and the kind of comic books it produces, well early Image was basically the logical conclusion of that. It was the comic book medium's long overdue hormonal rebellion (delayed for decades by the infantile obsessions of the Big Two, thank you very much Dr. 'Your Penis Is Evil' Werthram) in which the teenager attempts to assert his independence by childishly copying the corporate mascots and spokespeople of international conglomerates. For most teenagers this means imitating the fashions of some prick like Bono or whatever the latest entry in the 'millionaires who tell people to give their money away' genre is these days. For comic book fans, that meant creating an X-Treme version of Superman whose approach to fighting crime involved using someone's lungs for boxing gloves.
They were artists with nothing to draw.
Since then, our late bloomer has developed into a fine upstanding young man who could teach the Big Two a thing about maturity. His acne has cleared up, his voice no longer quavers mid sentence and he has a string of successes under his wing, no few of which are written by Robert Kirkman. He no longer needs to take a Marvel or DC character and just add the word 'blood' or 'strike' to the title. And let's not forget that from the start the Image folks were a company with the simple and incalculably important desire to create their own and own their creations. Image needed to happen and I, for one, am glad it did. Haunt is a gentle and affectionate homage to the days of people drinking a mutilated criminal's stomach juice through his own spine and as such it's a pretty good demonstration of how far the company has come. All they really needed were a few good writers.
Story: 7
Art: 9
Overall: 8
by Punchy » Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:46 pmChurch of the Latter Day cliches! Hahaha, genius.
by Starlord » Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:57 pmYou need your own column.
by Mr_Batman » Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:58 pmI promise I'll post my reviews for The List, GSWOML, and TT tomorrow
by PDH » Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:26 pmThanks guys.
by Starlord » Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:01 pm
huh. that's more believable than if Punchy had said it.
by GHERU » Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:32 pmHaunt #1
Imagine that you are Todd McFarlane and the thing that you are most famous for (mostly) is the creation of Spawn - a mercenary with questionable values that is killed after disobeying / upsetting his higher-ups goals and is brought back to the world of the living through mysterious and mystical means - and you want to make a comeback. Now what would you do?
If you answered "Make the protagonist white and add a costume that makes it look like Spider-Man was the submissive one in a gay porn." then you and McFarlane are on the same page.
I dunno, this book has a lot of potential but for a first issue it did not do the job of making me care, and the reason is that it felt like I had already read the book when it was called Spawn. Since this is really late in the week, and no one is really gonna read this review the only other thing I am going to say is that once McFarlane gets bored with this project like all Image founders are want to do (except Larsen) and Kirkman is left to his own devices, I'll take another look.
Not a bad book, just not all that great.
Story: 7/10
Art: 6/10
Overall: 6.5
by Garofani Spruzzo » Mon Oct 12, 2009 6:20 pmHaunt #1
Not all things in the '90s suck--all the crap made the good stuff stand out. Or made the mediocre stuff seem good, I'm not sure which. I wasn't buying comics for most of the '90s for a lot of other reasons than the quality issue. But having bought back large blocks of '90s comics, much of it is unreadable to me. And some of what's left just doesn't interest me. This book is a lot like some of those comics in the 2nd group--it's just not for me. I felt a déjà vu sneak upon me when reading this, as though I hadn't wanted to read it before now too--by that I mean to say it reminds me of another book that wasn't for me either, but sold a lot of comics, toys, and probably a movie I didn't see either.
I think I may have read a couple superhero books by Kirkman, but none of his popular indie books yet--there's a better chance I'll try one of those than buy future issues of Haunt. The art's been described as a mash-up by other folks--I'm not familiar with any of the artists here, except memories of MacFarlane's early Spidey work. At the time, I thought his compositions were dynamic and his lines were kinda sloppy but stylistically he really stood out then. Moreso than the artist-combo does with Haunt, especially with the rather dull color palette.
by Dragavon » Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:30 pmHaunt #1
This book has potential. With Kirkman and Ottley attached to the project, two names who were involved in the creation of one of the best new characters in superhero comics, is it any surprise? I read through the first issue expecting something different and I got it. I found Daniel Kilgore interesting and liked Kurt Kilgore. And if Kirkman brings the same skill that I know he has, it will turn out to be a very good book.
My major problem with the book was the art. Although, I think Ottley is decent and Capullo is tolerable, McFarlane's horrendous design made the costume an eyesore. I honestly think this book would have been better if McFarlane had not been involved in this.
Despite that I believe I will pick up the rest of the first arc. It has me intrigued to see what happens to the brothers Kilgore.
Writing 7.5/10
Art 6.5/10
Total 7/10
by ****** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:36 pm
by thefourthman » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:39 pmI miss the deadline again!
It's okay, barring some calamity *knock on wood* I should finally get back to writing this week.
by Punchy » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:41 pmWhy is my review 2nd in the article but I posted it first!
by ****** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:42 pm
I'm guessing Misac had to flip them because of the positioning of the image. Sometimes it looks funky when there's a short review first.
by Old Man » Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:49 pm
Woodja like some crackers with that whine?
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Saturday, 23 April 2011
Spring clean
I mean this both literally and metaphorically. Firstly, I'm moving house soon. I've been in this flat for 3 years but one of my flatmates is moving out so myself and my other flatmate are getting a 2-bedroom place in the same area. Something smaller and nicer. This flat is very big and great for parties but the furnishings are a bit tired and tatty. To be honest, I also quite fancy moving and giving my things a clear out. I've stayed put for too long and gathered too much rubbish. We're looking to move in June/July but it'll take a while to sort out so I'll neeed to do little bits every week until then.
Secondly, I am cleaning out my lifestyle. Sort of. As I mentioned last week, it was my birthday. I had a great time and threw a massive party which was a great success but has left me feeling very rough all week. Lately I've been eating badly, drinking too much and generally not taking care of myself. Now that my celebrations are over, I am putting the chocolate and the booze away monday-friday, getting myself back to yoga class, the swimming pool and dusting my bike off. I'm sure that making these changes will make me feel a lot better with my joints, and help me lose a bit of that winter chub I've gathered.
It's difficult to emerge from the long laziness of winter, but I feel excited about the next few months and making positive changes to my life.
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I am excited for you Squirrel. Being good to our bodies is always a good thing. I am getting excited for the days to be warm enough that I can dust off my bike also.ReplyDelete
Enjoy yourself as you clean out the "rubbish" (I love that word!)and start out your new year all nice and clean. In case I forgot to say, "happy birthday",here it is.
I look forward to Spring, a time of renewal in so many ways.ReplyDelete
Good luck with the new start! :) LReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 April 2011 at 06:38
I love new beginnings! Good for you recognizing your own need for change. It's not always easy to speak of it and then follow through but you sound engaged! Best of luck to you and we'll all encourage you through. Gentle hugs. TammyReplyDelete
Thanks guys. I havent had any chocolate OR beer today..so..doing good haha. And about to take my bike out to the park. If I can only keep this up for 4-5 months..ReplyDelete


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Any comments would be helpful to my Maggie.. she is a 11 year old corgie/terrier mix, she has not eaten much, for a couple of weeks, she still drinks, her eyes are clear and gums are a good color.. She has been seen by the vet 2 times,the first was a pre-lim diagnosis of intestinal parisites. Maggie was put on 2 antibiotics... a week later and another trip to the vet,this time they took blood for lab work and gave an injection of vitimin B-12 to hopefully stimulate Maggie's appitite......... it helped a little, she still doesnt eat very much, has to be coaxed to eat anything.... the lab work came back, the vet said her white cell count is high, which would indicate an infection, she also said Maggies liver enzyme is high.... does anyone know what this means... I've had put in a call to talk to the vet, but as of this writing she has not called back... she said on a voice mail that Maggie needed some additional antibiotic's... is this gonna clear up her problem? Any ideas? Thanks for any information or support you can give me
An elevated white blood cell count indicated inflammatory response which is often the result of an infection. The elevations of the liver enzymes can indicate liver (hepatic) inflammation that may be either primary or secondary. Also it is common for many older dogs to have some liver enzyme elevation on their blood work. So to know whether the liver enzyme elevation is related to the elevated white blood cells, was recent blood work taken prior to her illness? Either way, repeat blood work following the antibiotic course can help answer this question and monitor the pet's response to therapy. Also to help answer this question along with 'what exactly' is going on, it is important to know which liver enzymes are elevated and how high. High Alk Phos with normal ALT, AST can be very different from the the reverse situation of high ALT and high AST with normal or slightly elevated Alk Phos. Also other perameters of BUN, blood protein, etc... can be useful in evaluating liver disease. Radiographs and urine can also help answer questions.
Sorry there isn't a quick answer to this but the liver can be a bit frustrating because while the elevation of the enzymes indicates a problem, it also opens up many unanswered questions. To answer these questions, additional tests such as bile acids (liver function test), urinalysis (is bile being released, is the urine lacking concentration due to liver disease, is ph affected), radiographs (is the liver large as if inflammed, is it small like cirrhosis, is it irregular like a tumor or abscess), ultrasound (what is the architexture like, is there gall bladder disease? abscesses or tumors within, is all or just part of the liver abnormal) and biopsy (this is where we find out exactly what is going on, on a cellular level) are all necessary for complete understanding.
Typically if a infection is suspected in the liver and the patient is still stable, then a course of antibiotics followed by repeat blood work is commonly pursued first. If the patient responds and the blood work returns to normal, then everything is great. If not, then some or all of the above tests may be needed to help 'get to the bottom of this' and find out treatment options.
I wish your pet the best and hope this information helps. If you can post a copy of the blood work, I will be happy to give you an opinion on them. Take care. :pawprint:
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Are zombies the new vampires in art, fiction and everyday life?
Guest Post By Courtney Cummings
Vampires have been the recent craze of this generation. Everywhere you look, you get a good taste of an overly romanticized monster that looks like he's drinking more muscle milk than blood. Young tweens have been caught in this trance through Hollywood's dramas such as Twilight, Vampire Diaries and True Blood. The list goes on, but I sure hope that this fascination wears off before the Zombies get too irritated.
Though our society tends to be filled with an endless amount of lifeless bloodsuckers, the majority of people everywhere act more like zombies. Firstly, when walking around you don't usually see people with super speed or strength gliding through the air – even if they have had their morning coffee. When Monday morning rolls around, the zombie in everyone is extremely apparent. You pull yourself out of bed and mindlessly walk from one place to the next only to stop for food, the basic necessity. You cannot really speak to others like a functioning human. You have no intention to attack others, but you could really care less about recognizing their existence.
Ever noticed how every zombie looks pretty similar? Every classic film or publication features a lifeless individual with sunken eyes, a glazed over demeanor, the same clothes and an aggravated look on their face. Sounds like corporate America to me. Everyone has the same baggy suit that was handed down from their father. They go to work in identical cubes with an undeserving salary. Their only desire is self-survival. I don't see vampires going to work or even doing anything besides hunting pray that doesn't stand a chance. At least when zombies attack they move slowly.
Vampires also do not sleep or eat. They defy all odds but can't even step into the daylight. Well for some of us, waking up before 1pm is difficult – but not impossible. Americans, especially, have an obsession with food and sleep that cannot be denied. You are diagnosed as mentally ill if you fail to do either of those functions properly. Hello folks, we are not vampires. Zombies too have this uncanny ability to navigate through life with only one care in the world, eating. Most humans are terrorized by blood; some even pass out at the mere sight.
Don't even get me started on the musical tastes of today's youth. Vampires are often portrayed as these classical characters that have refined their artistic palette throughout the infinite years of their existence. Zombies, like humans, aren't that cultured. Many people are completely oblivious to the fine arts that are in the present, past and future as well. Even look at the music kids are listening to these days. They blast dubstep and electronic music that can only be danceable if you do "the zombie". Flailing your arms and bobbing your head have become extremely popular when hitting the dance floor.
So get over your crush on Edward Cullen and focus on reality. The zombie apocalypse is on its way, and you should recognize your roots before it's too late. You wouldn't want them to show up and see you fanaticizing about being bit on the neck by their enemy. Jump on this band wagon before they are headed for you. They could be closer than you think.


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Haven't the media exploited the death of Osama bin Laden enough already? Well no, not quite. There are still some important facts about how this momentous event is impacting our country, and they need to be revealed by the let-it-all-hang-out press:
•Sharks in the Atlantic Ocean have been seen by cruise ship passengers to be throwing up pieces of bin Laden. Apparently, even the sharks cannot digest him.
•Word on the street has it that several cereal companies have offered millions for the rights to put dead bin Laden photos on their cereal boxes. The administration has thus far refused, saying that the pictures are too graphic to be released (even though you can see more gore in almost any movie playing in theaters right now).
•A new TV reality show called "USA; We Don't Play" is in the works in which teams of wacky armed American civilians race around the globe trying to assassinate unpleasant foreigners and win prizes.
•NBC will be launching a new nightly show, "Deathwatch," which will keep track of which ultra-bad guys are still dead (Hitler, Stalin, Tojo, Nero, Caligula, Mussolini, Franco, Idi Amin, bin Laden, etc.) and which ones (Moammar Khadafy, etc.) are still on the government's hit list.
•Not to be left behind on the P.R. gravy train, the White House just announced it would begin holding daily briefings on the ramifications of bin Laden's death. Here's an excerpt from yesterday's briefing:
White House spokesman: "al Qaeda will almost certainly be taking retaliatory action against American interests."
Reporter: "You mean like potato chip factories and McDonald's restaurants?"
Spokesman: "Yes."
Reporter: "How worried should we be?"
Spokesman: "Like if your pants were on fire. We're going to issue an amber alert warning all Americans to avoid junk food and fast-food restaurants."
The spokesman went on to say that the CIA located bin Laden by running a series of phony internet ads like "Meet other murdering bastards in your town," "Meet hot women in or near Pakistan with their faces covered" and "Osama; three former high school classmates are searching for you on ClassReunion.com."
"Once we determined his address," the spokesman said, "the Navy Seals dropped into his compound, even though they were not really former high school classmates. He made a sudden move, so they shot him. Of course, they would have shot him anyway, but it's generally not a good idea to make sudden moves around Navy Seals."
•I noticed that, surprisingly, no one has assessed the effect of bin Laden's death on American cats. I therefore did a highly scientific survey. I studied my cats for the better part of an hour (until my wife turned on the vacuum cleaner, and they all ran away), and they didn't seem any different. So no, cats are definitely not affected by bin Laden's demise.
•As far as the eighth district city council candidates are concerned, bin Laden's death will have no effect on them, either. In fact, terrorists have concluded that the city's Democratic Party apparatus is doing a better job than they could of destroying the community. They also lost interest when they discovered that the rest of the world doesn't know we exist. They found that this is probably the safest big city on the planet, unless of course you have to leave your house.
•Speaking of our part of the city, the Chestnut Hill Local was stopping people on the street last week and asking pedestrians what they thought about bin Laden's death. I walked by the Local's reporters 17 times, but I couldn't get them to stop me, so I'm just going to express my opinions here:
•First of all, I think the U.S. should have kept quiet about the whole affair and left it to al Qaeda to announce that bin Laden had been killed. Then, when the news broke, the President could have matter-of-factly said, "Oh yeah, we whacked the scumbag. Did we forget to mention that?" Cool, or what?
•Also, I suspect that the government is secretly holding on to Osama's body so that they can shoot it out of a cannon during halftime at the Super Bowl while Taylor Swift sings "God Bless the USA."
•Call me a sentimental old fool, but I still long for the good old days, like when the CIA was hatching plans to make Fidel Castro's beard fall out by injecting a chemical into his cigars. Nowadays, we storm into a terrorist's bedroom and fill him full of lead in front of his family. It's actually easier and cheaper than making your beard fall out, but somehow, to me it seems so un-original.
Oh well, that's modern life, I guess. Let's all just enjoy our freedoms while we can. Have a nice day, and remember, don't make any sudden moves.


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China Clamps Down on Dirty Fuel
China will increase fuel standards for diesel and gasoline over the next four years as leaders grapple with intensifying public pressure to solve the nation's mounting pollution problems. The WSJ's Carlos Tejada has the story.
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I ... the ... a sign of action by China's leaders the country is going to raise the standards ... of its fuel in order to con that ... increasing pollution through out the country ... with me to discuss this is Carlos to hide our deputy beer chief a news editor in China in Beijing ... Carlos what exactly are these fuel standards that we mustn't confuse it with emissions standards ... oh that's right our go aam ... these are of the bees are restrictions on the mound of Seoul for the end of diesel and gasoline in China ... diesel specifically it's a problem the current standard is aam ... three hundred and fifty parts per million in most of the country by comparison in the U S to Europe its ... ten parts per million so the fuel here is much much purity and went to find a new West and in Europe ... that the question is how much will this actually change the levels of pollution and how much of the pollution ... at least as far as we know is coming from ... the fuel that emitted from these vehicles ... quite a considerable amount of of the pollution ATC in Beijing and elsewhere around the country does come from diesel people ... know the refining industry argues that um a lot of these cities like Beijing have a greater fuel standards and it's true but of course a lot of the vehicles driving around in Beijing are from Beijing on especially the transport trucks ... which are ... some of the biggest emitters of one of biggest causes of pollution here ... this is not going to change things right away um the standards will be tightened in two steps of the one that will take place mostly on ... Europe this year and next and then on others that will take place throughout of ... two thousand and seventeen ... but if the standards are um implemented with the government's talking about it should have a considerable impact ... and the Chinese cabinet is also going to hold industry more accountable for pollution ... of your story mentions that it's going to raise fees on some of these companies if they e if they don't abide by their new ... rules as a first for them ... was ... it that that China does have of these but there are much lower than you might ... have the get from say the EPA in the US um ... you know it helps to remember that the the big refining companies in China are up also part of the government of the big state-owned enterprises um ... so I'm in a way it's the government ... charging fees against itself um ... that that that that that that tricky politically um but clearly there's a lot of public pressure to clamp down ... on and enforcement is always in China is a major issue ... so um ... you know that ... that taken at face value this does look like ... um an acknowledgment by the cabinet that's um ... that something needs to be done to cleaner providers ... what's the reaction to this move in China there's been a lot of public discontent obviously what that ... levels of pollution in Beijing and then some other parts of China ... I've been people see this as a first step is a positive press that they think it's not enough ... yes people see it as ... a positive for Sam the the initial reaction has been pretty good benefit is also a sense here of ... waiting to see him in with the boy in the major problems here is is is going to be a long process and even with the best intentions ... there's a lot of ... refineries in there and you know ... just outside of fuel that a lot of of ... of parts of the infrastructure here that need to be cleaned up before the skies can decree ... great thanks so much has to high that tiny news editor for The Wall Street Journal and Beijing ... for more on this diet is that it WS J dot com for Asia Today Ahmadi the Sanchanta ...


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Canada vs America: The Showdown
Culturally, America is better and bigger than Canada in almost every way; the way they live, the way they eat, the way they look. This can be seen by looking at a few basic comparisons:
America is home to: The best fast food chains, the best recreational drugs, the best economic crashes, the best fake reality television, the best celebrity meltdowns, the greatest scandals, the best politicians, the richest people, and most definitely the best lawyers.
Canada is home to: The best poutine, the best snow storms, the best outdoor ice rinks, the most apologetic people, the best igloos, the best maple syrup, the best horse-mounted police force, and most definitely the best National Anthem.
USA is the clear winner for culture. Now for some statistical analysis:
America emits 5.7% more greenhouse gases per capita than Canada does. This is relevant to America's greatness because it shows that they have a strong industry, reflective of a never-failing economy.
Canada has 12% more non-religious people than America does. Since Religion is responsible for solving all of the world's problems, it is clear that America has less problems because it is more religious. So what if America has over 5 times more crime per capita than Canada; that just means there are five times more people that need to be saved by Jesus' love!
The USA has more livestock than Canada, so it is better equipped to feed it's people. This ensures that they are all very healthy and strong. This includes 6.5 times more cattle, 9.6 times more sheep and goats, and 24.6 times more mules and asses. In another statistic I've just made up, they also have 67.4 times more jackasses than Canada has.
America should be congratulated for having a 6% higher marriage rate than Canada. Marriage is important because it validates the love of two people. Without marriage, people cannot truly be in love. It also allows people to have sex, settle down, buy a house, go into debt, have children, and be unhappy; which is the definition of 'The American Dream'.
Canadians have 6.5% more foreign-born population, and nearly double the amount of migrants. How can Canada be united if they are all speaking different languages and embracing different spiritual belief systems? Not to mention, America would never bring in immigrants for cheap labour like Canada does! If America needs cheap labour they don't need to bring in immigrants; that's what outsourcing jobs to impoverished countries is for!
America's military is leaps and bounds ahead of Canada's. This can be seen by their increased patriotism, their massive military spending, and their overall abundance of military power:
America is famous for "supporting their troops". Their politicians say it, their songs proclaim it, their gap-toothed citizens yell it out every chance they get. America loves to talk about war. Since America likes to keep its citizens educated and informed, they rely on the best, smartest, most unbiased and balanced news station to report their news -- the one and only, FOX NEWS.
Canada is divided on the issue of military force but American's stand united behind their military. That's why the poorest in America make up the largest percentage of military enlistments; then the richest tell the poorest which countries to invade -- teamwork, fuck yeah! It's a beautiful relationship in which both parties benefit: the rich get whatever they want (as per usual) and in exchange the poor get to meet Jesus first.
Since America always supports their troops, veterans in America are better supported than they are in Canada. Example: Only 67,000 American war veterans are homeless! That means that despite veterans only making up 8% of the USA's total population, they are still 1/4 of the total homeless population in all of America. Hey, 1 out of 4 is pretty good!
Canada may have a higher paid, more adaptable military force than America has; but who does Canada ever go to war with? That's right, no one! Except for all those times they were at war before America like in WWI, WWII and the Korean War, but let's not discuss that right now. If you don't bomb a place that the majority of your population can't even find on a map at least twice a decade, you're doing it wrong.
If Canada and America faced-off in a war, America would win with it's massively superior military force. Just because every other country in NATO and the United Nations would back up Canada because they're better liked doesn't mean anything -- America could take on Canada's friends as well. Just like they took on The Taliban's friends by invading Iraq and freeing those people as well.
American children are smarter, better treated, and more athletically inclined than Canadian children, this can be easily examined in a few short points:
Children are treated much better in America than they are in Canada. For example, American children are always well-fed and are rarely forced to exercise or leave their televisions. This is good because rest and over-indulgence are both very important things for children. All the rest they get is really starting to show:
So what if all this indulgence and lack of exercise results in a childhood obesity epidemic where 1 in 5 American children are overweight? That just means they will see better results when we enlist them in Boot Camp. That is, if they survive their childhood diabetes and make it to the age of enlistment.
America cares so much about the education of their children that they enacted a policy named 'No Child Left Behind'. Who cares if 'No Child Left Behind' actually left 40% of the children behind by pushing them out of schools so the school board would receive more funding based on a higher Grade Point Average. America doesn't tolerate weakness, it must stay strong and in order to do so it must alienate and then eradicate weaknesses at every turn -- and if there is one thing America is good at; it's alienating it's own youth.
Nothing more needs to be said. America, you are the clear winner! Congratulations! You remain the world's greatest country and Canada simply remains a barely inhabited land of lumberjacks who speak funny.
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Ontario Volunteer Service Awards - Sudbury
Courtesy Sandra Kleppe
It was indeed an honour to attend the Ontario Volunteer Service Awards last evening in Sudbury where Battista Muredda (Head Coach) and Eli Girolametto (Treasurer) received their 25 year pin (and certificate) for Volunteer Service. It was a proud moment for each of them as well as their wives. Shelley Martel, our local MPP, was there to present the pins to the volunteers.
On behalf of the Club, Frank (President) and I (nominating committee) were able to attend, unfortunately David Spears (in Toronto), also part of the nominating committee, was not able to be there.
The club will hopefully meet again soon in order to again celebrate with these two cherished volunteers.
Nova Scotia Race Report
Courtesy Sara Francis
The second round of the Nova Scotia road race series occurred Sunday around the incredibly scenic Aspotogan peninsula. Although a heavy fog reduced the views for the spectators it didn't seem to faze the 100+ rider field which featured racers from all three Maritime provinces.
Senior Women's racer Ruth Coates demonstrated again that she's quickly getting the hang of road racing by rolling across the line 20 seconds clear of her breakaway companions Krista Myles and Sherry Huybers. Another 15 rider pack of women once again provided encouraging proof that participation is on the upswing.
Wentworth's Kate Scallion put together a powerful ride to win the Canada Games Women's race by 10 minutes, while the Jardine sisters once again proved their consistency by filling out the podium positions.
Senior 4 Men's winner Peter Wood, riding on home turf, took the sprint from Cyclesmith's Josh Mayich and Donald Burton. Newcomer Chris Hawkins nipped Annapolis Valley's Wayne Titus and long time racer Peter Campbell for the Masters 30+,40+,50+ race. Interestingly enough, four of the top five riders in this race are Masters 40+ or 50+ racers. Younger Vets beware!
The Canada Games Men's pack continued their learning experience as they had to compete with the senior men in a 60kph+ field sprint. Hub Cycle's Jamie Lamb continues to impress as he took the win from fellow club member Dustin MacBurnie and Bike People's Ryan Dooley.
A cagey Senior Men's field kept close tabs on any breakaways until Bike People's Lorenzo Caterini and former Olympian Rory Gonsalves slipped off the front with 25k to go. As the pack wound itself up, the gap came down until the breakaway duo were swamped 200 metres from the line. Cyclesmith/Trek rider Terry Tomlin continued his winning streak, taking the sprint by a length from Lee Kosloff and Radical Edge rider Nathan Chown.
Many thanks to the organizers, especially Sherry Huybers, the commissars - who had to deal with several pack sprint finishes, the Bike People and Bicycle Barn (prizes), Cyclesmith (wheel vehicle), the many volunteers and marshals. The next round in the NS race series is an ITT Sun. May 20th and the exciting Lunenburg Criterium, Mon, May 21st (see BNS website for details)
Senior Men 1,2,3 - 100km
1. Terry Tomlin, Cyclesmith/Trek, 2:47:05
2. Lee Kosloff, CPEI, st
3. Nathan Chown, Radical Edge, st
4. Rory Gonsalves, Bike People, st
5. Scott Bonnell, st
Senior Women - 50km
1. Ruth Coates, ind, 1:38:35
2. Krista Myles, 1:38: 56
3. Sherry Huybers, Hub Cycle, st
4. Karen Murphy, Bicycles Plus, 1:40:49
5. Gwen Rowlands, Bicycle Barn, 1:42:45
Canada Games Women - 50km
1. Kate Scallion, 1:41:34
2. Dawn Jardine, Bike People, 1:51:56
3. Melanie Jardine, Bike People, 1:52:28
4. Laura Kindervater, 1:52:36
5. Mandy Pike, Cyclesmith, 1:58:30
Canada Games Men - 100km
1. Jamie Lamb, Hub Cycle, 2:47:05
2. Dustin MacBurnie, Hub Cycle, st
3. Ryan Dooley, Bike People, st
4. Mike Lawrence, Cyclesmith/Kona, st
5. Chris Graham, st
Senior 4 Men - 50km
1. Peter Wood, Freewheeling Adventures, 1:26:12
2. Josh Mayich, Cyclesmith, st
3. Donald Burton, Cyclesmith, st
Veteran Men - 50km
1. Chris Hawkins, 1:26:12
2. Wayne Titus, st
3. Peter Campbell, st
4. Brian Scallion, st
5. Al Heubach, Bicycle Barn, st
Cadet men - 50km
1. Stephen Rush, CPEI, 1:32:42
2. Jason Lee, 1:38:54
3. Bobby Hennessy, 1:49:41
Novice Men - 50km
1. Amish Morrell, 1:40:31
2. Gus van Helvoort, 1:54:52
3. Jacob Banfield, Cyclesmith, st
Novice Women - 50km
1. Linda Hunt, 2:13:23
Moores Meadow Cross Country Mountain Bike Race - Prince George Cycling Club
Courtesy John Tolkamp
Prince George, BC - Sunday May 13, 2001
Near perfect weather conditions greeted the 40 cross mountain bike riders for the annual Moores Meadow race. This year the Prince George Cycling Club sanctioned the race through Cycling BC which allowed local racers the opportunity to earn "points" for provincial upgrading. The sanctioning also attracted out of town riders including several Pro/Elite riders - and so the locals found the competition raised a notch. The riders raced any where from 2 - 7 laps depending on age and ability.
Many thanks to the volunteers, PG Cycling Club and to the City of Prince George for their efforts in making the event a success.
Next week the PG Cycling Club will be holding a Women's Biking Clinic on Saturday and Sunday and the Olympia Mountain Bike Madness Cross Country and Down Hill run on Sunday. For more information on these events please contact Cam Grose at Olympia Cycle and Ski: 564-7479
7 Lap Men
1. John Tolkamp Prince George Veteran Men Expert 01:47:39.47
2. Motion Maciver Vancouver Senior Men Pro 01:55:43.25
3. Phil Evanson Prince George Veteran Men Expert 01:55:53.10
4. Oystein Fladmark Prince George Veteran Men Expert 02:06:15.48
5. Randy Kashmark Prince George Veteran Men Expert 02:20:00.00
Merle Tutte Prince George Veteran Men Expert DNF
Kris Yip Prince George Senior Men Pro DNF
Jordan Rasmussen Prince George Senior Men Expert DNF
Jordan Giesbrecht Prince George Senior Men Expert DNF
7 Lap - Women
1. Martina Feldmann Quesnel Senior Women Elite 02:16:08.36
Michelle Scheiber Vancouver Senior Women Elite DNF
4 Lap - Women
1. Lori Mclean Prince George Senior Women Sport 01:20:46.55
4 Lap Men
1. Dave Miller Prince George Veteran Men Sport 01:09:46.12
2. Greg Doerksen Prince George Senior Men Sport 01:11:49.95
3. Chris Wiebe Prince George Cadet Men Expert 01:16:58.91
4. Ray Hebert Prince George Senior Men Sport 01:19:16.67
5. Robert Freitas Prince George Senior Men Sport 01:24:13.98
6. Chris Ross Prince George Senior Men Sport 01:29:05.59
7. Erich Zwick Prince George Senior Men Sport 01:34:58.68
8. Ken Thompson Prince George Veteran Men Sport 01:41:24.04
9. Fred Burnett Prince George Veteran Men Sport 01:47:58.55
10. Bill Livingstone Prince George Veteran Men Sport 01:55:34.09
2 Lap - Men
1. Jesse Cinnamon Prince George Minime Men 00:33:32.83
3. Trevor Beeson Prince George Minime Men 00:34:14.51
4. Blair Dryden Prince George Minime Men 00:35:16.17
5. Curtis Spencer Prince George Minime Men 00:35:18.34
6. Jeff Gamble Prince George Minime Men 00:35:42.95
7. Craig Hyslop Prince George Cadet Men Sport 00:37:34.73
8. Daniel Pousette Prince George Minime Men 00:37:34.73
9. Kyle Teschke Prince George Cadet Men Sport 00:41:06.22
10. Trevor Aspinall Prince George Minime Men 00:43:04.44
11. Alexander Burkinshaw Prince George Minime Men 00:50:32.09
Matthew Mcconaghy Prince George Cadet Men Sport DNF
2 Lap - Women
1. Kyla Giesbrecht Prince George Minime Women 00:50:55.55
2. Rebecca Pousette Prince George Cadet Women 00:52:49.22
3. Dana Hangle Prince George Senior Women Beginner 00:54:14.61
1 Lap - Men
1. Jared Anderson Prince George Peewee Men 00:20:48.62
2. Ian Fleetwood Prince George Peewee Men 00:23:32.44
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We note with amusement the introduction of a new term for pack fodder - Forum fodder!
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Jan. 11, 2007
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NEW LONDON, Conn. - Senior Alex Krull scored a career-high 31 points, including the final seven of the game and MIT (7-7, 1-2 NEWMAC) picked up its first win in conference play with a 62-59 victory at Coast Guard (8-5, 1-2). The Engineers outscored the Bears, 14-2, over the final 7:30 en route to the road upset.
The Bears' Al Sowers hit a three-pointer with 7:30 left in the game to give Coast Guard its largest lead of the night at 57-48. However, a staunch MIT defense allowed just one field goal the rest of the way.
Coast Guard led, 59-55, following a basket by Jeff Prebeck with 4:41 left before Krull's second straight hoop tied the game at 59-59 with with 1:51 left. Krull, who was 12-of-18 from the floor including 3-of-7 from three-point range, sank the second of two free throws for a 60-59 lead with 1:10 remaining. He then sank two free throws with 9.4 seconds left giving MIT the 62-59 lead. Sowers missed a three-pointer in the closing seconds which would have tied the game.
Krull scored 14 of MIT's first 21 points as the Engineers led 21-18 with 7:45 left in the first half. MIT led, 30-28, at halftime.
Jimmy Bartolotta added 12 points for MIT, while Erich Bracht scored six and led the Engineers with nine rebounds. MIT shot 50 percent from the field (26-of-52).
Grant Johnson led Coast Guard with 17 points, including 4-of-4 from three-point range in the second half. Prebeck recorded his 12th straight double-double as he added 16 points to go with a game-high 10 rebounds. Sowers added 16 points and a game-high four assists, while Steve Blum had 10 boards for the Bears.