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Observation #1: I haven't blogged in so long I don't know how long it's been.

#2: It is possible for your back to swell when it's injured. Just ask RR.

#3: Mary Lane ER has the shortest wait times... probably in the country.

#4: If you need to drive 35 mph in a 50 zone, you probably shouldn't be driving

#5: Said ER offers a 10% discount if you pay at time of visit.

#6: There are some really dark stretches of road out here... just right for Steve Kind novels

#7: You can use Big Y turkey coupons at Stop and Shop.... this means like $4 for a 19 lb turkey

#8: I'm trying to decide what to make for ERP for his birthday, but we're celebrating together this year... so does that mean I need to cook on my birthday?

#9: Even with his haircut super short everyone still thinks ERP is a girl

#10: TT is the world's biggest cuddle bug

#11: Everyone in the ER thinks RR is really tall for his age... if only they knew how big his feet where as well

#12: Sometimes your armpits get sore when you're really over due to nurse a child

and to conclude.... RR is fine, "just" soft tissue damage to his back... from him falling off his bed and catching his back on the wooden rail while trying to get ERP to come see him

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Jury Duty - A Reflection

A few months back I got summons for Grand Jury duty. You know, like on Law and Order; where they tell their case to the Grand Jury to see if they have enough evidence before inditing.

The term of jury service - 3 months. July, August and September.

First things things - the court house I had to go to doesn't have parking or validate. I've served on  jury here once before and I remembered paying for parking before. But then a friend reminded me to bring quarters. Good thing to, the parking lot was converted to one of those "get your ticket here" lots that only took change. I would have had to walk, in the rain; from another further lot if I only had my card on me.

The next thing - I have a hard time believing the people randomly selected to serve on the jury was an accurate cross section of my county. I know where I live is predominately white, as where the people called. I have a hard time believing we the area is that young. Unless they are also pulling from all of the college kids around. And there were far more women than men. And I will come back to this point.

Next let's talk about how we got to sit around extra long this morning in the jury room because so many people failed to show. The court officers were actually discussing calling people to see if they were showing.

We finally get in to the court room and there is a big laugh among the court employees about the judge that was listed to appear, because apparently he is "no longer with us". The judge that did come in seemed pretty cool.

We went through the whole swearing in of the jury, and get the long lecture about it being our civic duty to serve and how it is an inconvenience. Then he goes on about how an inconvenience isn't  hardship; and he's not going to let anyone off for just any old reason.

Next the judge tells us to be thankful that we don't live in the county south of us; as that grand jury meets every day of the week - Monday through Friday. In our county the grand jury only meets on Tuesday and Wednesday; but still for three months. He tells us they need 13 jurors on the panel at all times, but 23 will be sat so that people can be excused for medical and dental appointments, pre-planned vacations, meetings, etc. Honestly, this all sounds very doable.

But here's the thing; the courts system pays $50 a day when you serve and you're not being paid by your employer.

Really? $50 a day. The minimum wage in the state is $10/hour. It's an 8 hour day. And you need to py for your own parking.

My employer, like many; will pay me for 3 days of service.

And the states $50 a day doesn't come close to matching what I would bring in from work.

My juror number is 53. After about ten rounds of people going up; we were called in threes, but saw the judge alone it's my turn. Not even half of the jury is seated. Two "kids" (they didn't even look 18) were sent to "the back of the line". But people were being excused from service one after another. Of the people that were already seated the vast majority were women - over 50 or under 30. The men that went up; of all ages were being dismissed. Only two men I believe were sat by the time I left.

It's finally my turn to see the judge. He asks me if there is any reason I cannot serve. He put it that plainly and simply. And I told him the simple truth; I was the sole provider for a family of five and my employer would only pay me for three days of service and frankly the $50 a day the court paid would not be sufficient. And just like that I was dismissed.

I truly believe this is why many of the people before me were also excused. I overheard many conversations while waiting from people afraid they couldn't provide for their family if they were called. Or the small business owners who were afraid to loss business.

I would have loved to of served on the grand jury. I think it would have been a very unique and interesting experience.

Yet, here I am. Not serving because there are no laws about paying your employees while serving. Because really, let's think about this - how many people actually do get called and do end up sitting on a grand jury?

And to that affect, how can anyone expect to have their court case heard by a jury of their peers when their peers are the working middle class; who cannot live off $50 a day?

I didn't see how the jury pool looked in the end. But with those over 60 being excused and those that needed to work to provide for a family being excused and the young ones sent to "the back of the line"; in the half of the process I saw I find it hard to believe this is an accurate sampling of the population. And forget the randomness of the process when the system is rigged to have the working middle class excused.

And let me just add that I probably would have been excused if I told the judge I was the primary care provider for three children and that $50 a day would be insufficient to pay for day care.

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TNA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez

411’s IMPACT WRESTLING REPORT 1.03.13 (Episode 443)

Reminder, I do not rate matches that are under three minutes long…

-Opening video package.

-We are LIVE from Orlando!

-Jeremy Borash is in the ring, and is ready to award the TNA Wrestler of the Year for 2012. The finalists are Bully Ray, James Storm, Austin Aries, Bobby Roode and Jeff Hardy. Ands the winner, as voted by the fans is…Jeff Hardy. Roode and Aries were walking to the ring, arguing with each other that they had won, and were shocked at the announcement. Storm and Ray were good sports about it before they headed backstage. Jeff gets a trophy, which is in the ring, ad thanks the fans. He says he is the champion, but the award means just as much because it confirms he had a great 2012. Roode is pissed about this and cuts off Jeff, saying this is all a bunch of crap. When Roode was champion there was nothing more important to him than the title. Roode reminds us he was the longest reigning champion in the company’s history, and the fact he lost is a bunch of crap. Aries says this is a fluke, says he averages over 4 stars a PPV match, and held the X-Division and world title and says he deserves it. Jeff says at Genesis, he faces Aries and Roode, with the title on the line. Aries attacks Jeff and chop blocks his knee. Roode then enters the beating, and they argue over who will beat down Jeff. Aries grabs the trophy, Roode holds Jeff, who moves and Roode eats the trophy. Twist of fate on Aries and Jeff stands tall.

-Backstage Storm discusses not winning the award and Daniels and Kaz enter. They mock him, including Daniels doing an impersonation of Storm. Storm says he will win the title in 2013, and then says that he will take them both down, and spits in Daniels’ appletini.

James Storm vs. Kaz w/Daniels

After a distraction, Kaz attacks and here we go. He beats Storm down in the corner, but he fires back and lands mounted rights to Kaz. A clothesline follows, and then tosses Kaz to the floor. Plancha by Storm wipes out Kaz. Daniels distracts him, Storm then eats a clothesline by Kaz. Daniels lays in the boots on Storm on the floor, rolls him back in and Kaz covers for 2. Chinlock by Kaz, Storm with rights to escape, but Kaz takes him down and lands a leg drop. Slaps by Kaz, and Storm connects with the lung blower. Rights by Storm follows, off the ropes and a Russian leg sweep by Storm. Storm heads up top, and the elbow drop connects for 2. Daniels with the distraction and Kaz dropkicks Storm to the corner. TKO by Kaz, and a cover gets a close 2. Another lung blower by Storm nails Daniels with a kick, Kaz with the springboard into the superkick by Storm and that is all.

OFFICIAL RESULT: James Storm @ 4:00 via pin

-Aces and 8s meet with Ken Anderson again. Ken says he is having fun, but they want a decision. Ken also says he enjoys the recruitment process. Doc wants an answer because Sting is coming back. Ken says if they are going to do this, they need to make sure they do not show Sting an ounce of fear. Devon is pleased, and says they shall see what Sting has to offer. Devon cannot find the bat he stole from Sting.

-Kenny King meets with Kid Kash backstage. King says he watched him on VHS. They discuss the X-Division tournament, which starts tonight. They plan on meeting in the finals.

-We see video of the Aces and 8s and their various attacks.

-Doc makes his way out to the ring alone. Doc grabs the mic and has his hammer and calls out Sting. He says for Sting to come out and join the party. Doc says it is 1.3.13, and Sting said he was a marked man. He doesn’t feel like a marked man, and tells Sting to show himself. Doc then says this is bullshit, and that he is tired of waiting. Doc says Sting is wasting time, so get out here, and face the man that will cripple him once and for all. Doc says everyone wants Sting to get out here, so this is his final call. Sting, get your ass out here. A bat drops from the ceiling, and Doc asks where Sting is at, and claims he is not afraid. We go to a commercial…

-We are back from commercial and Brooke is asked if she had talked to her dad since the kiss with Bully Ray. She says we’ll find out on TV as always.

X-Division Tournament Match: Christian York vs. Kid Kash

Kash attacks at the bell, as we have a battle of former ECW stars. York battles back, sends Kash to the floor, but Kash pulls him out ad then back in and hits a RANA on York on the floor. Chops by Kash, rolls York back in. Kash back with a kick, up top and misses a knee strike. Kash misses a clothesline, big boot by York and then a half nelson suplex. Dump suplex by Kash, up top and the moonsault eats knees. York sets, lays in the kicks and kinda blows a back handspring. Gets a kick to recovery, and covers for 2. Flatliner by York, and a cover gets 2. Small package by Kash gets 2. Looks for the money maker, counters and York hits the mood swing and that is all.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Christian York @ 4:00 via pin

-King vs. Ion takes place next week. The winner of that faces York at Genesis for an X-Division title shot. The winner of that match faces RVD for the title that night.

-Chavo discusses the feud with Ryan and Morgan.

-Morgan comes out and says he wanted to beat down Hernandez, but he hurt his arm in the gym tossing around 700 pounds. But he’ll be ready for Genesis, and tonight, Joey Ryan will whip Hernandez’s ass.

Hernandez w/Chavo vs. Joey Ryan w/Matt Morgan

Ryan attacks before the bell, but Hernandez fights back and lands the back breaker. Morgan interferes, and Hernandez argues with him. Morgan’s arm appears to be fine. Hernandez then kills Ryan with the pounce, Morgan in and levels Hernandez with the clothesline and we have a DQ

OFFICIAL RESULT: Hernandez @ 1:00 via DQ

-Carbon footprint to Chavo, and Morgan and Ryan stand tall.

-Hulk Hogan walks.

-Kurt Angle tells Garett and Wes that tonight will be cake, and they can hang back tonight during the cage match. They want to help, and Joe gets pissed. Angle says they are being respectful, and Angle says they have it taken care of due to the cage stipulation. Angle says to Joe that he has not talked to Sting, but plans to unmask Aces and 8s. Joe says he is with him on that.

-Miss Tessmacher, Gail Kim, Tara and Mickie James all stretch backstage.

-We get a video package of the Brooke Hogan angle.

-Hulk Hogan makes his way to the ring. Hulk apologizes to the fans for pulling a disappearing act and not being here last week. But two weeks ago, he saw his daughter and Brooke making out and he had to go for a bit. Tonight he takes care of business, and tells Bully Ray and Brooke to come to the ring. They make their way out, and then Hulk says Ray has been saying he respects him. He has watches Ray talk old school and helping the younger guys, but he knew something was wring. There is a brother of the road code, and Ray should have admitted what was going on. Hulk then asks why? Ray says he is right, and that he should have come clean about he and Brooke. He says all of the heat is on him. Hulk says he knew who Ray was since day one, that he was no good. Hulk says Ray doesn’t belong in this business, and then says if this was 20 years ago, they would have been to war, and one would have been gone. But since Ray broke the code, he will play by the new rules. Hulk then suspends Ray indefinitely without pay. He tells him to leave the ring. Ray asks why, and Hulk then says Brooke made her decision and tells her to get the hell out as well. Ray grabs Brooke’s hand and they bail.

-We get a replay of the Hogan, Ray, Hogan angle we just watched.

-We get a video of Joseph Park training in OVW.

Miss Tessmacher and Mickie James vs. Tara w/Jesse and Gail Kim

Taryn Terrell is the referee. Kim and Tessmacher to begin as Kim lays the boots to her. Tessmacher back with the monkey flip, off the ropes and Tara knees her in the back. Kim takes her to the corner, tag to Tara and they double team her in the corner. Chops by Tara follows, off the ropes, blind tag by James and she is in and lands a knee to the face of Tara. Dropkick to Kim, and James and Tessmacher clear the ring. Tara ad Kim argue and James and Tessmacher slams them together on the floor. Back into the ring they go and as the ref tries to take control, Tara and Kim double team James. Tara works the Chinlock…

~commercial time~

We are back from the commercial break as Kim is in control over James. Tag to Tara, to the corner and Kim whips Tara in, James moves and then clotheslines Kim. James crawls and gets the tag to Tessmacher. Tessmacher is the old house of fire. Face full of stuff to Tara and then slams her to the mat. Goes for the asstastic but Jesse saves Tara. Kim sneaks in and attacks Tessmacher. Tara back in and chokes out Tessmacher. Hair mare follows, and then the side back breaker by Tara gets 2. Tara slams v to the boot of Kim, tags Kim in and she lays the boots to Tessmacher. James in for e save, but the ref stops her. Gut buster by Kim, and a cover for 2. Off the ropes and a clothesline by Kim, a cover gets 2. Kim chokes her out, to the corner, Kim misses the charge and flies to the floor. Tara distracts the ref, Kim pulls James to the floor to stop the tag and slides back in and slams Tessmacher to the mat. Slam by Kim, tag to Tara, slingshot leg drop connects and he covers for 2. Tara slams Tessmacher down again, standing moonsault eats knees from Tessmacher. To their feet, off the ropes and a facebuster by Tessmacher connects. Tags to Kim and James. Thesz press by James, rights follow. Dropkick to Tara. Back elbow to Kim, head scissors follows. A neck breaker to Kim also connects and a cover for 2 as Tara makes the save. Tessmacher in and spears Tara and Jesse pulls Tara to the floor. Tessmacher up top and wipes them out with the big cross body! In the ring, Kim misses a charge, DDT by James spikes Kim and that is all!

OFFICIAL RESULT: James and Tessmacher @ 13:00 via pin

-Doc is in the back and complaining to Aces and 8s about Angle. He says the remaining members need to stay masked, and the leader agrees.

-The cage match is next!

-ODB discusses what Aces and 8s have done. She says EY is still recovering at home, but she says he will walk back in here and she will be by his side.

-Roode and Aries argue with Hogan, and are pissed about the three way world title match. Hogan says the match will be under elimination rules. Next week it will be Roode and Aries vs. Hardy and a partner of his choice.

-Before the bell Doc attacks Angle and slams the cage door on his head. He locks the cage, leaving Joe alone in the cage with Devon and the Masked Man.

Steel Cage Match: Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe vs. Aces and 8s (Devon and a Masked Man

Doc continues to attack Angle on the floor as Joe fights for his life in the cage. Joe is all over both guys, enziguri to Devon and then lays the boots and chops to the Masked Man. Devon fights back, but avoids the Masked Man who lays out Devon by accident. Joe chokes out the Masked Man, face wash and Devon saves the Masked Man form the big boot in the corner. Angle is still down on the floor as Devon and the Masked Man beat down Joe. Joe tries to fight back, but Devon rakes the eyes and then they beat down Joe in a corner. Angle is up and tries to get into the cage, but Devon kicks the door back into his face to stop that.

~commercial time~

We are back from the commercial break as Joe tries to fight off both men. Boots by Joe, and off the second rope with the leg lariat to Devon. Overhead T-Bone suplex to the Masked Man follows. Angle tries to climb the cage, Doc stops him and they brawl. Angle takes him out and gets the key ad is in the ring. Angle runs wild with clotheslines. Rights to the Masked Man, back elbow and a dropkick off the second ropes connects. Angle goes to unmask the big buy, and Doc then slams the cage door into his face. The Masked Man and Devon attacks Joe, and Angle is busted open now. Corner splash by Devon follows, and then the side slam by the Masked Man. Devon up top, flying head butt to Angle misses and Angle rolls out of the way. Germans on Devon by Angle now, second connects and then the third. Release German for the Masked Man. Joe slams Devon onto the cage and then Angle does as well. They work over the Masked Man, Angle slam and that is all.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Angle and Joe @ 12:00 via pin

-Doc hits the ring after the match and it is 3 on 2. More Aces and 8s members hit the ring and now Joe and Angle are getting the gang attack. Ken Anderson is on the floor waiting as the beat down continues. Sting finally makes his way to the ring, and starts to lay out guys with the bat. They make the mistake of doing the “ninja movie one at a time attack pattern,” and Aces and 8s retreat as Sting clears out the ring. One man is left, the big masked dude, and Sting, Joe and Angle beat him down. Angle goes to unmask him and IT’S MIKE KNOX’S BEARD! Aces and 8s pull him to safety, but we now know who another member is.

-Thanks for reading.

-End scene….

* X-Division Tournament Match: Christian York vs. Winner of Zema Ion and Kenny King
* X-Division Title Match: RVD © vs. Tournament Winner
* TNA Tag Team Title Match: Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez © vs. Joey Ryan and Matt Morgan
* Three Way Dance For The TNA World Title (Elimination Rules): Jeff Hardy © vs. Austin Aries vs. Bobby Roode

Larry’s Year-End Column Extravaganza Update
* Looking at EVOVLE-DGUSA on iPPV in 2012
* Looking at TNA on PPV in 2012
* Looking at WWE on PPV in 2012
* Looking at ROH on iPPV in 2012
* The Top 10 Things I Enjoyed About 2012
* The Top 10 PPV Performers of 2012

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Reader Memories: Spike Monroe

Once again, I was recently contacted by a reader whose roots are from Pembina/St. Vincent. His name is Ernest Gunerius. He grew up in the 30's and 40's in our area while his father worked at the customs at Noyes...
Hi Trish:

I don't think we ever met but I was raised in Pembina from 1929 to 1947 when I joined the Army. I made frequent visits to Pembina and the surrounding area in the years after up to my last trip in 2002.

My parents lived in Pembina. My father was Ernest Gunerius, who worked as Asst. Director of Immigration, in the Noyes Office as his last post.

My mother was born Thyra Carlson in 1907, raised in Warren and Saint Vincent and was a School teacher in Saint Vincent prior to her marriage in 1927. She probably taught people you know, in their early grades.

I had several friends in Saint Vincent among whom were Dale Turner and Lawrence Godin. I heard about Dale's accident but I was always concerned about Godie as we called Lawrence. I am not even sure that Lawrence was his first name. Everyone had a nickname. Dale's was "Hay-head"...

...Thank you for posting the hand-drawn map of 1940's Saint Vincent. I knew almost every name on it. And because it was drawn by a Godin whom I assume was a younger brother of my friend...

I still can recall events from Pembina and Saint Vincent in the 30's from about 1932 on if you have any questions. God willing, I will be 80 next July so don't delay.

Ernie (LeRoy) Gunerius
I told Ernie I'd love to hear his stories about our towns from when he was growing up. He rewarded me this morning, with this one...
The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. "Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?" he asked.

"Begin at the beginning," the King said very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop."

Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

With that appropriate advice as a guide I recall my first adventure that had any connection with the Village of Saint Vincent, MN. Also one of my earliest memories.

The second house we lived in, in Pembina, was at the NW corner of Hancock and Cavalier street. The house was referred to as the Old Myrick house and had been built by the father of Pembina's Post Master Nathan Myrick; I see from Google World that the house has been replaced.

Across Hancock on the corner to the south, towards downtown Pembina was a large corrugated tin building that housed Spike Monroe's Blacksmith Shop. Mr Monroe lived in Saint Vincent. [Note: This historical essay about his wife states his actual name was Jack...]

That Tin Building is also replaced.

Late in my second year or probably the summer of my third year I began to explore the world. In my travels I discovered the Blacksmith Shop and found that I could silently slip into the shop that was illuminated only by the light from the forge and sunlight from the large open doors at the far end. Just inside to the right was a Pipe and Metal storage rack that effectively shielded me (I thought) from the eyes of the men gathered around the forge.

As men of that time were wont to do they were involved in telling outrageous stories to each other. The more critical among us would probably term them Lies. But to my unlearned ears they were just the greatest stories ever told.

Tales of great snow storms of the past, of snow flakes: "Big as Hudson Bay Blankets that smothered hundreds of cattle where they stood in so and so's pasture". Of "hail stones that drove countless miles of fence post flush with the ground". Those are remembered quotes from my heroes at the forge which were delivered between squirts of tobacco juice into the roaring forge as Spike silently went about his work.

Naturally these tales were delivered in the common language of the time interspersed with words I had never in my young sheltered life encountered before.

The reason all of this is so vividly recalled will become clear in a minute.

A short time later when I was once again home with Mother in the kitchen, a large Bumble Bee managed to get in the kitchen as I came through the outside door.

As mothers sometimes do, she panicked and tried to swat the Bee with a hastily grabbed newspaper.

Being mothers helper, I used one of my new found words to cheer her on and yelled: "Get that old Son of a B***h, Ma".

She immediately grabbed a wash cloth and bar of soap and proceeded to clean my mouth out.

I can taste that Fells Naphtha Bar soap to this day. It made a lasting impression on me.

This memory did not take place in Saint Vincent but you may have known Spike Monroe (I never knew his first name-just Spike). In later years when my Grandfather, Thor Marcus Gunerius, visited he would spend much time at Spike's Shop. He had recently retired as head Blacksmith at the Fergus Falls, Mn Hospital for the Insane.

Spike was a kind and considerate man that I came to know better as I grew into my teens. I could go to him for small repair jobs that required iron work.
Ernie promises more stories, and I'll be posting them here as they come in. Every little story is like another stitch in a quilt of memories that is our hometowns. A rare and precious keepsake...


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12th-Jan-2012 05:12 pm - 12th January 2012 - 2012!
It's good to be back again!

As you may have noticed, I am the new Thursday. It's strange posting on Thursday. I've been posting on Wednesday for about two years now and even just moving one day further in the week, it's a weird feeling.

But, that's not the point of this post.

It's now 2012!

This year I am going to go to TAFE and do a course on IT. This goes for the first six months of the year. After this, I don't have anything else planned, but I'm hoping to have a job by then so I can earn some money before I possibly go to Uni in 2013.

Of course, we are all supposed to die in December anyway, so that doesn't really matter! ;)

Since I have last posted on here, I've done a few new things. The first is that I watched all of American Horror Story Season 1. At first, I thought the show was going to be scary and weird and something I wouldn't enjoy. But seeing some of the posts on Tumblr about the show made me want to take a look. So I downloaded the whole season and Mum and I watched it. I don't want to spoil it in case any of you plan to watch it, but I liked the ending except for the two main things that I wanted to happen, didn't. My favourite character is Tate and I really like him with Violet. I suggest you check this show out, especially if you like Supernatural or anything like that.

The second new thing is that I've joined a new role play. This one is a Glee AU role play. So basically, most of the Glee kids have been kidnapped and dumped in a mansion. The teenagers come from different sides of town. There are the badasses, known as Westerners and the rich kids, known as Easterners. The two sides hate each other and multiple people from each side are forced into this mansion. The RP has been going for about three months now, so the Westerners and Easterners are becoming good friends now. I play Sam Evans, a Westerner. He is now (finally!) dating Quinn. They hated each other at the start, then became best friends and now they are dating. They are endgame too, so that's awesome! :) Here's a link to the role play

I'm also becoming quite obsessed with Reece Mastin and One Direction. Reece won The X Factor (Australia) and he's great and I love that he is bringing rock back for young people. I just love everything about One Direction. I'm obsessed with their song "What Makes You Beautiful". I will probably make their songs song of the day for many weeks

They are the biggest new things I have done. There is a good chance that I will mention them quite a lot.

Now, this month's challenge is to post pictures from our childhood. I found ten that I like so I'll post five this week and five next week.

Photos this way..Collapse )

Peter and I are going extremely week. March 29th will be our two year anniversary. I'm pretty excited knowing we've been together that long! I still love him as much as I did when I first fell for him! :)

I thought I would ask everyone a question this week. Hailey already answered it but I would like to know what everyone's new year's resolution is. Mine is to try and worry less and enjoy myself this year. :)

Song of the day is Good Night by Reece Mastin. I thought he was awesome on The X Factor (Australia) and I'm glad that he won. Plus, he's from Adelaide! He's from my state!!

That's all for me this week. I'll see you tomorrow Tina!

7th-Sep-2011 04:57 pm - 7th September 2011 - I'm so lonely!
Where is everyone?

I feel so lonely!

Hmm...I have two more weeks and three days left!

My birthday is in 21 days!

Tina's is soon as well. And Jackie's!

Hmm...Peta got back with her boyfriend again. Jamie's broke up with her also.

DAMIAN IS IN THE TOP FOUR! When did he become so much more awesome! I hope he wins. I really do!

I'm in Hufflepuff in Pottermore! I have a Hawthorn wand with Dragon Heartstring!

Umm...I have almost all of my work finished for Year 12. It's pretty exciting.

Mum and Dad are home from their holiday! I missed them heaps!

Song of the day is Lonely by Akon.

Miss you girls!
I was busy last Wednesday, so I couldn't post! Sorry!

You can all punish me if you like. :)

Anyway, so Bianca and Peta, two of my friends, both got dumped by their boyfriends, one on Saturday and one this morning. I was worried about Peter and I, but he says he won't ever dump me, so I feel better now.

Pottermore is pretty cool. I haven't made it to Hogwarts yet, but that should be fun. :)

Only a bit less then a month of school left!!

Loving being able to roleplay as Sam Evans. I've sort of built up his character, since he only had a small part before he got booted anyway. So yeah, that's cool.

Song of the day is Teenage Dream by the Glee Project Cast.

Also, can't believe Cameron saved Damian on Glee Project! I almost cried! My two favourites! OMG! But seriously, DAMIAN IS IN THE TOP 5! AND SAMUEL AND HANNAH. I don't care so much for Alex or Lindsay. If Samuel, Hannah or Damian wins, I'll be happy. Especially Damian!

See ya tomorrow Hailey!

I'm such a boring person.

My parents left yesterday and are away for three weeks, so I have to stay at my Nana's house. I come home after school every day to use the internet first. :)

I've just joined this role playing Tumblr. It's pretty cool. :) This is me. This is the roleplay

Umm...I have 6 weeks left of school until exams. :)

Uh...the powerpoint for the school formal is going alright. Some people have some really cute baby photos!

School's good, no dramas there.

Peter and I are good, which is good.

My birthday is in 41 days. :) It's pretty exciting!

Song of the day is Billionaire by Sam from Glee cause this guy is like my newest obsession thanks to the role play!
10th-Aug-2011 06:56 pm - 10th August 2011 - GO WESLEY!!!!
Sup girls!

So, not much has happened to me.

Bianca's party was awesome! I had one drink of alcohol but that was it. The funniest part was watching all of the drunk people dancing and falling. Bianca almost fell in her own cake! I hope to go to parties like that again in the future. Hopefully I don't throw up like three or four people there. People were also hooking up and having sex and stuff. It was kind of weird but still fun!

We had community netball at school today. Luther won unfortunately, but we will get them on Sports Day! Both Year 12 matches ended with like 4-0 and 5-0 Luther's way. We have the faster runners and better athletes, but Luther has better netball players. :)

I can't believe that each day that goes by is one less day of Year 12. I'm gonna miss it so much! :( I realised today not much I love my class and I can sit down and talk to most of them and I don't care. I used to hate half of my class. I guess Year 12 has brought us all closer together. :)

Song of the day is Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO.

See you tomorrow Hailey!

So, hey ladies!

I'm into the second week of my final term of Year 12.

Life's great.
I have Bianca's 18th party this weekend. It's gonna be really fun. :)
Peter and I had our 16 month anniversary on Friday. :)
It's a month and 25 days until my 18th birthday. :D
I'm loving watching Glee Project. Damian is my favourite. Cameron is Mum's favourite. I also like Cameron and Samuel. I also wanted Emily to win. But it's always been Damian for me. So far, so good. :) Why can't we just have them all as the new cast? They are all great. I'm not so fond of Lindsay and Ellis, but I don't like every person on Glee now. :)
Peter has bought a present for me for my birthday. Mum conspired with him and I don't know what it is! :( But Peter told Nick and they told me that I would love it, so I believe them.
I've applied for a full time job. It's a Junior Commercial Producer and my local TV station. It would be really cool to get it! They teach the person about script writing and computer skills. The applications close next Friday, so I'll let you know how I go in a few weeks. :)
And I have to agree with Tina. LiveJournal seems to be dead now. Everyone is on Tumblr. But I'm glad I met you three girls and Jackie. I already knew Jackie before LJ. ;)
Song of the day is Are You Lonesome Tonight? by Damian McGinty from Glee Project. It almost made me cry. It was so heartfelt and emotional to watch. Poor Damian. :(
BTW, Jack Vidgen won Australia's Got Talent. I hope he doesn't become the new Justin Bieber. I really hate that kid.
2nd-Aug-2011 08:24 pm(no subject)
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 This month is my three year ljversary! I have been through so much on this site, it's really weird how much a website has helped me. It was nice to have a place that I felt safe, almost like a home. I miss the days when this place was so active. I feel like it's died, and that a little piece of who I was died too. I used to come on so much, but I did a lot of growing up on here and away from here. I still wish the old comms were as fun as they were back in the day ;)

I have to say, the best thing that has come out of LiveJournal has been the people I've met. I honestly have made some wonderful, trustworthy friends online that I hold so close to my heart. This is especially the case for you girls! I know I'm not as diligent as I should be with posting, but I do try. I love each of you dearly, and I can't imagine where I'd be without any of you.

What do I even say about Harry Potter?

Well, it was my whole life. My childhood. The one constant the whole time.

And now it's over.

Well, it's never over, but there will never be another movie/book.

And yes Tina, I cried. Only once. During Snape's memories. That was the most heartfelt and powerful scenes of the movie and even my Mum cried.

"After all this time?" "Always." That bit lost me for good. It made me smile and cry.

I loved the whole movie and it is now my favourite of all the Harry Potter movies!

I loved Fred and George and how sad it was after Fred died. I could feel George’s pain and I actually felt numb. Although, I think they could have done more on that. Especially Percy’s return.

I love every single one of McGonagall's lines. They were so badass! Also every time Neville was on screen, I'd start smiling and laughing. "Ya, you and who's army?" Neville and McGonagall are now tied for second place of my most favourite Harry Potter character. Ron is still first. :)

Ron and Hermione's kiss was my favourite part. It was exactly how the two of them are. Especially after they started laughing. It's just them. Plus, the look Harry gives them after he sees their hands held. It's basically saying "Finally!"

Oh, the scene in the ROR. That was precious. I loved how Ron rushed after Draco and the others yelling "Not my girlfriend!" and then when he comes running back again.

"Not my daughter you bitch!" - Best line by Molly Weasley, EVER!

But Neville standing up to Voldemort, that was awesome! Neville has grown into such a strong character and I feel is one of the biggest heroes of this series. I’m glad he still killed the snake. :)

I kind of felt that after the big hype, the final battle between Harry and Voldemort was not quite that big. I mean, it was good, but I would have liked it the way it happened in the book, in front of everyone.

Hermione as Bellatrix was hilarious!

And just the whole damn movie!

I love the Harry Potter fandom and I will miss the massive bonding between half the country over one book series.

In other news, I have to go back to school next week. :( But at least I only have 12 weeks left!

I'm also trying to learn how to play my acoustic guitar again. :)

Peter and I are great. Nothing new there. Our 16 months is on the 29th of this month. :)

I'm getting excited for Schoolies, Formal and my 18th!

That is all, my lovelies.

"Harry's heart did beat for us, for all of us."

P.S. Song of the day is Edge of Glory by Lady Gaga.
18th-Jul-2011 07:24 pm - HARRY FREAKING POTTER
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 Wow. It's been months and months and months since I've posted. It seems like everytime I look its Monday, then I get all prepared and excited to post, then I forget, and it's now Wednesday. I'm just terribly off track these days!

Did you hear about that movie that came out last week? It's not that popular, not many people have heard of it. It's a about a boy wizard, it's no big deal really ... IT'S ONLY HARRY POTTER.

I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I went at midnight, and the atmosphere was just so perfect. There were so many interesting people, and some people even dressed up! It was just such a strong community and I was just in a very emotional place.

I have one question: Did you cry? Because I freakin balled. I saw the Warner Bros. symbol, and I was just gone. I sobbed so hard that the people around me were really worried. I cried all the way home and for days afterwards. It was just so touching that my heart had no where to go but out of my eyes and down my cheeks. I was so emotional, probably a little too much. I just cannot expresss my deep love for this film. I ended up rereading the series after just because I couldn't think of anything else to do with myself.

My favorite part was probably McGonagalls badassery. I just wanted to hug her, Maggie Smith was just too perfect. Also... Neville. There are no words for Matthew Lewis at this point.

I love you guys so much! <3

So no Tina again?

This week we were all going to post again and do a 'catch up'.

So let's see...well on Friday my school holidays start.

Peter and I celebrated 15 months last Wednesday.

I have 12 weeks of high school left!

I'm saving well for Schoolies.
I like the Morganville Vampire series and I am up to book 5.

School's been good. I'm doing alright and will hopefully get my 85.05 ATAR for Journalism.
I miss Glee. :(
I seriously need a life.
Oh and Brittana kiss!!!
I want Glee to come back quicker! Or at least for the Season 2 DVDs to be released in September.
I'm gonna miss the Warblers. :(
I heard something about Chord/Sam not being in Season 3. Anybody know what that's about?
And BLAINE WARBLER IS A REGULAR!!!!!! I should probably stop calling him that since he is joining New Directions now. But he will always be Blaine Warbler to me.
Oh and I finished reading McKlainely High and McKlainely High Senior Year. That was the best series about Klaine that I have ever read and I will cherish it forever. BTW, I love Herman, Klaine, Kurt CoBlaine and Darling. :) GO READ IT! It's on FanFiction. I don't have the link anymore. :(
That's probably about all for me.
Song of the day is Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO.
See you tomorrow (hopefully) Hailey!
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Town Halls Become Hallmark of Chris Christie’s Tenure

Like a performer waiting to take the stage, Chris Christie stands quietly alone behind the curtains and takes a moment to himself, and a few deep breaths before he starts his Town Hall meeting.

Governor Christie Roebling Town Hall
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Cue the video. (A highlights reel of tough-talking Christie sound bites plays over Chariots-of-Fire-esque inspirational music.) Cue the announcer. (Advance staffer Jim Gilroy, who hung the banners and checked the mics, turns one on and channels his inner-professional wrestling announcer voice: “Ladies and gentlemen, the governor of the state of New Jersey, Chris Christie!”)

The applause starts, and the show begins.

Part stump speech, part quiz show, part comedy hour, Chris Christie’s town halls are probably not what Norman Rockwell envisioned in his famous 1943 painting of an assembly where people come to air their grievances and an elected official listens patiently.

Yet the time-old tradition of the town hall has become the hallmark of Christie’s administration and helped make him a rising Republican star. It has also helped him at home in New Jersey, a state that leans Democratic in almost every way. The confrontations and touching moments — but mostly the confrontations — have become the stuff of YouTube legend, and not accidently; his staff posts the videos.

Since taking office in January 2010, Christie has held 65 official town halls — an average of more than two a month — in all but one of the state’s 21 counties. He’s held them in halls, he’s held one in a mall. He’s held them in a church, in an airport hangar, on a military base. Mostly, he holds them in  community centers.

While other politicians shy away from shouting matches with constituents, Christie has made it his trademark. ”I’ll call on hostile people intentionally,” he said. “I don’t want people to think I’m only calling on people with the big smiles and Christie lapel pins.”

As a result, a few “rules of engagement” had to be established:

–Raise your hand to be called on. “I want everyone to hear you.”

–State your name and hometown. “I don’t want to have to say, `Hey, you, in the red sweater …”

–Fight the urge to make a long speech. “When you get this microphone, there will become an indescribable but undeniable desire to make a speech. Take my word for it.”

–Remember, this is Jersey. “If you decide that today is the day that you want to show off for your friends, if today is the day you decide you want to take the governor of New Jersey for a walk, just understand the rules of engagement before you start: We are all from New Jersey. And I think you know what that means.”

Still, Christie often recalls a piece of advice he was given years ago: “It’s hard to hate up close.” The events allow him to energize his base but also reach out to his critics and let them get to know him as a person, not just a politician whose policies they dislike.

So before he starts, he takes a moment to remember that. “I need to take a deep breath and whatever I’m thinking, feeling at the moment, I gotta get rid of it. Because when I go out there, this will be the one time for many people that they will get to see me in person, and they are going to leave with an impression,” he said in a recent interview. “I want people to walk away really knowing me.”

A few months after taking office, his statehouse office started to feel like a “sarcophagus,” Christie said, and the isolation of seeing the same circle of people set in.

So when his staff suggested in May 2010 that he use town halls to drum up support for his proposal for an annual cap on property tax increases — a topic that infuriates New Jersey homeowners, who have the highest property taxes in the nation — he jumped at the chance.

There was some risk. His predecessor, Democrat Jon Corzine, tried out something similar in support of his plan to privatize the New Jersey Turnpike. Corzine planned to hold 21 town halls, one in every county, but stopped at 13 at the insistence of aides who watched his poll numbers drop with each PowerPoint presentation he gave. By the end, aides recall, his audiences were so hostile that state police required those attending to walk through metal detectors.

But for Christie, there was a potentially big payoff: “Trying to figure out a way to force the press to write a little bit about what I actually wanted to talk about.”

In the early days, Christie’s staff filmed the events with a crude flip camera so he could review it later the way a football team looks at game-day footage of their quarterback. So when Christie told a teacher complaining about his suggestion to freeze her wages for a year that she doesn’t have to do the job if she doesn’t like the money, the spat was caught on camera. His team of 20-something new media guys posted it on YouTube, and watched as clicks added up.

“It was probably the moment after that experience where I figured out that I could do that,” Christie said. “Everyone is like, `How do you talk to your constituents that way? Well, I tried it once. It worked.”

He did make adjustments. Even when he wasn’t snapping back, it seemed he was always looking down at the audience. “It’s like you’re talking down to them because you are literally talking down to them,” Christie recalled his communications chief, Maria Comella, saying in suggesting that he needed to physically be on the same level as his listeners. “She said, `I think you are going to have to take some chances.”

They moved him down, roped him off and let the audience surround him, a security concern that required additional state troopers from the Executive Protection Unit to attend. They also started passing the microphone around to audience members instead of having them line up. The effect was an event that felt more like a talk show than a political speech, with Christie as the provocative host.

Now, the town halls draw an average of 500 people and scores more turned away by order of fire marshals. Residents arrive hours beforehand to ensure that they find a seat.

It starts with the video. He greets the crowd, and explains that he’s there because being governor is isolating. “You travel in a bubble. I never walk through a front door to any place any more,” he says.

“I walk through more kitchens than you’ll ever walk through in your life. And that’s not good for me to be walking through that many kitchens,” he adds, as the crowd chuckles, acknowledging the fat joke at his own expense.

Next comes the stump speech, or rant, depending on his mood. Sometimes it’s about why the public should support whatever plan he has just unveiled. Sometimes he uses the speech to rebut criticism, or to single out Democrats and Republicans who refuse to fall in line.

Sprinkled in between are stories of his childhood, stories from the road and people he’s met, and stories about this home life: picking up dry cleaning, getting in trouble with the wife, whatever cute thing his four children said or did that week.

Then come the rules. And then, like a fighter taking off his robe, Christie removes his suit jacket for the Q&A session, and the crowd takes notice with a chorus of “uh-ohs.”  “It happened because I was hot as hell one day,” he said. But the crowd reacted, so he keeps doing it.

He’s fought with teachers, with cops, several feisty blue-hairs, and recently a former Navy Seal, whom Christie called an idiot because he wouldn’t stop interrupting him.

But it’s not all belligerence. He was asked for campaign advice from a boy running for sixth-grade student council, invited a fifth grader from a town hall to the Giants’ Super Bowl celebration with him, and was once told by a woman that he was “hot and sexy.” And after a mother from Newark, Cassandra Dock, asked him if he was really bothered by the high number of murders in New Jersey’s largest city, he held a few private meetings with her to talk about it.

She was an invited guest at his State of the State address when he unveiled his bail reform and drug offender treatment plans. Christie points to this as a town hall interaction that has influenced his policy decisions.

Dock came to the town hall to confront him. She has come to several more since — but now it is as his cheerleader.

Democrats say he stacks the deck.

“Invitations are sent out to the faithful long before other people get it. He’s guaranteed a friendly audience,” said Democratic State Party chairman John S. Wisniewski, who likened the events to infomercials. “They have become theatrical performances rather than town halls. Now they are really Hollywood productions.”

Christie doesn’t deny that invitations are sent early to Republican-friendly groups, but notes that the events are seated on a first-come basis and advertised in weekly newspapers. He said that audience plants have never been part of events, but he hopes that an entertainment factor is: “Sure, I want to be entertaining.

People are there and you want to keep them interested,” said Christie, whose style of delivery straddles a line between Dennis Miller and Chris Rock, if either one were a portly white guy from Jersey.

Not all Democrats scoff at the format. A few weeks ago New Jersey Democratic state Sen. President Steve Sweeney held his own town hall with another lawmaker, Sen. Loretta Weinberg, to talk about his contrasting plan to cut taxes.

Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy of Connecticut, a frequent Christie critic, has held more than 20 since taking office in January 2011. Asked if the Malloy administration was influenced by Christie, Malloy senior adviser Roy Occhiogrosso said, emphatically, no: “It had nothing to do with him. We pretty much heard he (Christie) was going around yelling at people, which is not what this governor wanted to do.”

Most people at the events say they go just out of curiosity. “I just wanted to see him up close in person — his personality,” said Donna Papariello, 63, a retired nurse living in Manchester in Ocean County who came to a recent event. “I think he does want to be close to the people. I felt that.”

The governor ends each town hall the same way, with a story about his dying mother. Christie was still the U.S. Attorney when she was dying of cancer and he flew home from a conference in California to say his goodbyes.

When he arrived, his mother asked him what day of the week it was — a Friday — and then promptly told him to go to work. “It’s where you belong,” he recalls her saying. “There’s nothing left unsaid between us.”

That, the governor explains, is why he does so many town halls. “At the end of my times as governor, you are not going to have to wonder who I am or what I think. There is not going to be anything left unsaid between us.”

(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Pierre Jaïs, M.D. Professor of Cardiology, Haut-Lévêque Hospital, Bordeaux, France

"Dear Steve, I saw a patient this morning with your book [in hand] and highlights throughout. She loves it and finds it very useful to help her in dealing with atrial fibrillation."

Dr. Wilber Su Cavanaugh Heart Center, Phoenix, AZ

"Your book [Beat Your A-Fib] is the quintessential most important guide not only for the individual experiencing atrial fibrillation and his family, but also for primary physicians, and cardiologists."

Jane-Alexandra Krehbiel, nurse, blogger and author "Rational Preparedness: A Primer to Preparedness"

"Steve Ryan's summaries of the Boston A-Fib Symposium are terrific. Steve has the ability to synthesize and communicate accurately in clear and simple terms the essence of complex subjects. This is an exceptional skill and a great service to patients with atrial fibrillation."

Dr. Jeremy Ruskin of Mass. General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

"I love your [A-fib.com] website, Patti and Steve! An excellent resource for anybody seeking credible science on atrial fibrillation plus compelling real-life stories from others living with A-Fib. Congratulations…"

Carolyn Thomas, blogger and heart attack survivor; MyHeartSisters.org

"Steve, your website was so helpful. Thank you! After two ablations I am now A-fib free. You are a great help to a lot of people, keep up the good work."

Terry Traver, former A-Fib patient

"If you want to do some research on AF go to A-Fib.com by Steve Ryan, this site was a big help to me, and helped me be free of AF."

Roy Salmon Patient, A-Fib Free; pacemakerclub.com, Sept. 2013

 FAQs A-Fib Drug Therapy: Natural Blood Thinners

Drug Therapies for Atrial Fibrillation, A-Fib, Afib

14. “Are natural blood thinners for blood clot treatment as good as prescription blood thinners like warfarin?”

There are a number of foods and supplements that are known to thin the blood. These include foods with high amounts of aspirin-like substances called salicylates, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin E supplements, and foods with natural antibiotic properties.

Healthy adults can greatly reduce the risk of blood clots and cardiovascular disease by modifying their lifestyle and adding nutritional supplements proven to support cardiovascular health. But this site is not recommending or advising that people switch from prescription anticoagulants to natural blood thinners.

No Studies that ‘Natural’ is as Effective as Warfarin

As of yet, there aren’t any blind studies which demonstrate any natural alternative (or combination) is as effective against stroke as warfarin (Coumadin) or the new NOACs.

Certain foods and supplements may be “natural” and thin the blood, but there’s little research on their effectiveness to prevent clots in those at high-risk for stroke, such as A-Fib patients.

What’s more, there isn’t a way to track their effectiveness in the same way doctors can monitor the action of warfarin through routine blood tests.

If considering a switch to natural blood thinners, do not stop taking your anticoagulation medication. Talk to your doctor first.

Patients with Lone Atrial Fibrillation

Natural blood thinners may be considered for patients with “lone” Atrial Fibrillation, that is, patients who have had A-Fib occur only once or twice, are young, and have an otherwise healthy heart (normal size, no enlarged chambers or leaky valves, not otherwise prone to blood clots or other heart risk factors like diabetes, etc.). These low-risk patients may be candidates for natural alternatives to warfarin (Coumadin). (Historically, these patients may have been put on aspirin.)

If considering a switch to natural blood thinners, do not stop taking your anticoagulation medication. Talk to your doctor first. (But realize that your doctor isn’t likely to tell you to stop taking your warfarin or NOAC prescription.)

Seek Holistic-Minded Practitioners

Instead, you may want to seek out doctors who are holistically-minded and have knowledge of natural medicines; for example, a doctor who practices complementary or integrative medicine or a naturopathic physician. They can partner with you to pursue natural alternatives to prescription medicines.

For example, on his website, the Integrative Cardiologist and anti-aging specialist Dr. Stephen Sinatra discusses combating blood clots with this regime of natural blood thinners:

•  Fish oil (2–3 grams daily)
•  Garlic (1–2 grams daily in capsule form)
•  Nattokinase (100 mg daily)
•  Vitamin E as mixed tocopherols (200–300 IU daily)
•  Bromelain, an enzyme derived from pineapple (600 mg daily)

For additional advice on natural ways to prevent blood clots, visit www.drsinatra.com.

Talk to Your Doctor: Supplements Can Interfere with Coagulation

Always talk to your doctor before adding any supplements to your treatment plan. Some ‘natural’ supplements may interact with your prescription meds (when taken alone or in combination) or interfere with coagulation and increase your bleeding risk.

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What does “MeFi” mean in the background of Mythbusters?

I figured I should write the answer to this entry in case some fans of the TV show Mythbusters ever wonder what a small easter egg in the background of the show set means. For anyone typing the title of this post into Google, here’s your answer:

Adam Savage, the co-host of the show is obviously a geek and spends some time online each day between shooting scenes for the show. Among many popular blogs, he reads MetaFilter, which goes by the shorthand “MeFi” by its members. Most of his participation takes place on Ask MetaFilter, a question and answers area of the site. This is his profile on the site.

Early this year, he posted a question asking members of the site to suggest some myths they could test from the Old West. The show had already covered a bunch of standards in previous shows and Adam wasn’t too happy with the suggestions for new myths from his producers, so he asked on the site. There were over 200 answers, but these three made it onto the show:

Adam talks about how the myths were chosen and how they were filmed in a podcast interview I did with him a couple months after the original question. In it, he talks about how he wanted to thank the website by having some small “easter egg” mention of MetaFilter, Ask MeFi, or MeFi somewhere in the blueprint and credits at the end of that episode.

Turns out that instead of a temporary small mention on that one specific episode that aired this evening, it was done in masking tape on a door in the set’s background several episodes before and has since stuck around. Time will tell how long it lasts, but now you know what it means and why it’s there and thanks again Adam for the shoutout. Mythbusters continues to be my favorite show on TV due to the great simple science and geekiness displayed each week. Mythbusters is probably doing more to help steer kids into engineering and adults into DIY/hacking projects than anything else on TV today.

Ads good! No ads better!

If you’ve followed this site for a few years, you probably saw my old essays introducing Google’s Adsense to the blogging public and that time I said ads in RSS were a no-no. Today I wrote an extensive update on the same subject over on my new blog: How ads really work (superfans and noobs). I basically lay out everything I’ve learned from hosting ads for the past five years including some data from my own sites and those of several friends.

National Writers Workshop in Wichita

I’m in Kansas for the National Writers Workshop put on by the Poynter people. They asked me last summer if I wanted to come talk about online stuff and I said yes, but to give you an idea of how much of a lightweight I am at this conference, I bumped into another speaker on the hotel shuttle and he modestly said he had to give a talk as well, so I looked it up (a keynote!) and this is him:

As a journalist for the Tri-State Defender in Memphis and the Baltimore Afro-American newspapers, Moses Newson covered almost every major event of the civil rights era. His stories included the 1955 Emmett Till murder trial in Mississippi; school desegregations in Hoxie, Ark. (1955), Clinton, Tenn. (1956) and at Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. (1957); and the desegregation of the University of Mississippi in 1962. Newson was one of only two reporters aboard the CORE Freedom Ride bus that was fire bombed in Anniston, Ala., on Motherâ€™s Day, May 14, 1961.

And I’m a guy with a blog that has comments. Can’t wait for my session!

Patton Oswalt’s Dukes of Hazzard

Patton Oswalt has a new album coming out and I got to listen to the whole thing today and I enjoyed it. I’m going to do something unusual here and post one of the 22 tracks. It’s a two minute riff on the crazy scandals that continue to hit the Bush Administration and it’s the best description I’ve heard for the uncanny talent the White House has for averting one disaster after another.

Digg revolt

Pretty interesting community story taking place on Digg today (as much as I can gather, after Andre showed me):

  • user makes a post on digg linking to the encryption key that is used to crack HD DVD protection
  • story is pulled, user is banned, then story goes up about banning user (people speculate it’s because HD DVD was an advertiser) update: Ed Felten has a good post about general efforts to take all references to the key off the web
  • Two to three thousand people get annoyed/pissed, and start posting and digging all sorts of stories that mention the encryption key in seemingly innocuous ways.
  • This continues for the rest of the day, with the entire front page of the site filled with stories leaking the crack

It’s always fascinating when a community (or a country, or a religion, or a group of any size) decides to spontaneously revolt, and it’s even more interesting when it happens in such a short period of time in a distributed medium like the internet. There are loads of stories like this on other sites and in multiplayer online games but I’ve never seen it happen on digg before. I’m curious how many people it took to come up with a reaction and the idea to post the key in other ways — I can see a general mob voting mentality would be easy to gather steam once the posts were up since many people wanted a way to vent their frustration — but I wonder if it was just a dozen or two users that started creating the posts that quickly got to the front page. And finally, what was their method of communication? In-site messaging? IM?

Anyway, I’m certainly a late comer to this story but I’d love to see a wrap-up of it several days from now, when all the details can be figured out.

My new site: fortuitous

leaf logo When I came back from Austin, I mentioned that I wanted to do a new site focused on business type advice. After a month or so of the idea gelling in my head, I wrote down about 30 ideas for essays I’d like to write, I banged out a mockup, and I looked up a bunch of goofy domains. A couple more weeks passed and thanks to the CSS coding of Ryan Gantz, editing skills of Anil Dash, and the nice fellow that sold me the domain cheap, I give you: fortuitous.

It’s a new essay every Monday about some aspect of business that I’ve learned while running the MetaFilter/PVRblog/etc empire. Nothing too earth shattering, but it’s a fun outlet and I think it’ll help a lot of people in a similar situation out. Subscribe to the feed and follow along.

(btw, the design of the bottom frame CSS hack thing is totally cribbed from NorthTemple and it does display funny if you scroll your mousewheel like mad. It was also the first thing I’ve ever built using Coda as the IDE and it was fantastic, with a little more polish/features it’ll replace Textmate as my editor of choice)


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An Efficient Feature Selection Algorithm for Computer-Aided Polyp Detection

Jiang Li, Jianhua Yao, and Ronald M. Summers, National Institutes of Health; Amy K. Hara, Mayo Clinic

We present an efficient feature selection algorithm for computer aided detection (CAD) computed tomographic (CT) colonography. The algorithm 1) determines an appropriate piecewise linear network (PLN) model based on a learning theorem for the given data set, 2) applies the orthonormal least square (OLS) procedure to the PLN model utilizing a Modified Schmidt procedure, and 3) uses a floating search algorithm to select features that minimize the output variance. The undesirable ``nesting effect" is prevented by the floating search approach, and the piecewise linear OLS procedure makes this algorithm very computationally efficient because the Modified Schmidt procedure only requires one data pass during the whole searching process. The selected features are compared to those selected by other methods, through cross-validation with a committee of support vector machines (SVMs).

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Economic Models of Innovations: Why GP Can Be a Possible Way Out?

Shu-Heng Chen and Bin-Tzong Chie

No matter how commonly the term innovation has been used in economics, a concrete analytical or computational model of innovation is not yet available. This paper argues that a breakthrough can be made with genetic programming, and proposes a functional-modularity approach to an agent-based computational economic model of innovation.

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Struggle to sell Fresno's Buddhist temple

August 15, 2011 12:00:00 AM PDT
Owners of the Fresno Buddhist temple are struggling to find a new owner of the historic building. The congregation moved to a multi-purpose center last year and is in the process of raising money for a new temple. But the Chinatown landmark on Kern and E Street needs to find a very unique buyer.

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Tragedy does not stop Cool Kid's goals

October 8, 2009 12:00:00 AM PDT
Tragedy has not stopped Cool Kid Gerleroz Exconde from pursuing her goals, and helping others along the way.After her father died, Gerleroz moved from the Philippines to a new home in Los Angeles. At 15-years-old, with just her brother and her mom, she knew her life was changed forever.

"All I have in mind after my dad, you know, passed away is that I need to stand up for my family now," said Gerleroz. "It's me that they're going to depend on."

Four years later, Gerleroz is an honor student and the battalion commander of the Belmont High School ROTC. She sees the position as a way to offer advice to other students.

"Really look at themselves and realize that, 'Hey, I have a whole life in front of me and I'm going to do my best to benefit the people around me,'" said Gerleroz.

Her desire to learn and continue to help others includes plans for college and more.

"After four years, I'm planning to go to UC San Francisco to finish my pharmacy degree," said Gerleroz.

She has faced obstacles that have stopped others, but her perseverance is strong.

"Going on with your life and being successful, that's a very important thing for me," said Gerleroz.

A leader now and an inspiration for years to come, she is our Cool Kid, Gerleroz Exconde.

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Pilot trapped in bathroom creates landing scare

November 17, 2011 12:00:00 AM PST
What was a seemingly routine flight from Asheville, N.C., to New York City turned into anything but a routine landing Wednesday night.

Just as the plane was approaching New York's LaGuardia Airport, the co-pilot of Delta flight 6132, operated by regional carrier Chautauqua Airlines, realized the captain was nowhere to be found. He radioed air traffic control for help.

Seconds earlier, a man with a thick accent tried to gain access to the cockpit to tell the co-pilot the captain wasn't going to make the landing.

"The captain has disappeared in the back and I have someone with a thick foreign accent trying to access the cockpit right now and I got to deal with the situation," the co-pilot told air traffic control.

As it turns out, it was a false alarm. The captain was trapped in the bathroom by a faulty door latch and had given the passenger with the heavy accent the security code for the cockpit door. But the co-pilot wasn't buying it.

Controllers on the ground, not taking any chances, ordered an emergency landing.

Sources tell ABC News that fighter jets were nearly scrambled. But a few minutes later, the captain managed to get out of the bathroom and told controllers everything was OK.

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Autism rates rise again to 1 in 88, CDC says

March 29, 2012 12:00:00 AM PDT
Autism cases are on the rise again, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but experts say it's due to wider screening and better diagnosis.

The report said the U.S. rate of autism spectrum disorder rose to about 1 in 88 children. The previous rate was 1 in 110. The new figure, which is from 2008 data, means autism is nearly twice as common as officials said it was five years ago. It indicates a 23-percent rise over a two-year period.

Researchers followed 337,000 8-year-olds at 14 different sites. Boys with autism continue to outnumber girls. According to the study, 1 in 54 boys in the U.S. have autism. For girls, it's about 1 in every 252.

Researchers and community advocates say the new report underscores what they've been saying all along: Autism in America is an epidemic and a public health crisis. Experts agree that the numbers are sure to affect research, treatment and the availability of services to families.

Health officials believe much of the increase is due to better recognition of cases, and they also say a broader definition of autism is a factor.

For decades, the diagnosis was given only to kids with severe language and social impairments and unusual, repetitious behaviors, but the definition has gradually expanded. Autism is now shorthand for a group of milder, related conditions, including Asperger's syndrome.

Environmental factors like pre-term deliveries, air pollution and having babies later in life may also play a role.

"Advanced maternal age can typically have a higher risk for having a child with autism spectrum disorder," said Dr. Larry Yin, medical director of the Children's Hospital Boone-Fetter Clinic.

The report also shows a large increase among Hispanic children and African American children. Officials believe that part of the reason for that is also because parents are testing their kids earlier. The report supports a push for early intervention, but that takes money.

"The cost to families and to society is $126 billion a year," said Phillip Hain, executive director of Autism Speaks.

The latest CDC study is considered the most comprehensive U.S. investigation of autism prevalence to date. Researcher gathered data from areas in 14 states - Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah and Wisconsin. California was not included in the report.

Higher autism rates were found in some places than others. There were fewer cases in Alabama than in Utah, for example, but the difference was attributed to less information out of Alabama.

Experts stress that parents need to look for early signs in their children. Autism is diagnosed by making judgments about a child's behavior; there are no blood or biologic tests.

Although autism is difficult to diagnose before 2 years of age, some warning signs might surface between 12 and 18 months. For example, infants should be able to maintain eye contact, and typically, a 1-year-old should turn when they hear their name.

The lack of those signs does not automatically suggest a diagnosis of autism, but they can be noted to discuss with your pediatrician.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Florida Publix employee's act of kindness goes viral

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A photo of a grocery store employee helping an elderly man tie his shoes has quickly gone viral on Facebook (KTRK)

A young man's act of kindness toward a senior citizen at a Florida grocery store has gone viral.

Publix employee Gage Boucher noticed an elderly man struggling after his shoe become untied. Boucher quickly jumped into action to help the man lace back up.

"I just seen he was struggling," Boucher told a TV station. "I looked over and he was going to do it and I just asked him to do it. I did his one shoe and I did the other. He was trying to give me money... and I said 'don't worry about it. I'll just do it.'"

Another shopper saw the random act of kindness and quickly snapped a picture on his iPhone.

"I've never seen that in a long long time, other than opening a door for someone and I was touched," said Keith Kiel. "I actually physically got a little emotional and I fumbled for my camera and I was going 'please let me get this shot.'"

Boucher says he didn't think it was a big deal to help someone else out, and hopes his good deed will be an inspiration to others.

"Just do it. Start being kind and if you see somebody needs help, just help them out," Boucher said.
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Steve Jobs: 20 Best Quotes

VIDEO: What drove the many triumphs of the iconic innovator?

Apple's 1997 Think Different campaign was launched not long after Steve Jobs returned to the company he founded. It began with these words:

"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes ... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status quo. ... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things. ... They push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the people who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do."

Jobs, who died Oct. 5, 2011, at the age of 56, was one of those who saw things differently. As news of his death spread around the world, people everywhere began sharing some of his most famous quotes. Scroll through to read 20 of the best.

Watch "20/20" Friday at 10 p.m. ET for much more on Steve Jobs' life and legacy.

VIDEO: What drove the many triumphs of the iconic innovator?
"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward."

"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something -- your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."

-Stanford University commencement speech, 2005

"It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them."

- BusinessWeek, 1998

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it."

-Stanford University commencement speech, 2005

"I'm the only person I know that's lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year. ... It's very character-building."

-"Apple Confidential 2.0," 2004

"No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new."

-Stanford University commencement speech, 2005

"That's been one of my mantras -- focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end, because once you get there, you can move mountains."

-BusinessWeek, 1998

"It's more fun to be a pirate than join the Navy."

-"Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple," 1987

"Picasso had a saying. He said 'Good artists copy, great artists steal.' And we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas. ... I think part of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on it were musicians and poets and artists and zoologists and historians who also happened to be the best computer scientists in the world."

-"Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires," 1996

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything -- all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure -- these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. ... Stay hungry. Stay foolish."

-Stanford University commencement speech, 2005

"Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected."

"[Design is] not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."

-The New York Times, 2003

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

- Stanford University commencement speech, 2005

"There's an old Wayne Gretzky quote that I love. 'I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.' And we've always tried to do that at Apple. Since the very very beginning. And we always will."

"When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: 'If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.' It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."

- Stanford University commencement speech, 2005

"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. ... Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful ... that's what matters to me."

-The Wall Street Journal, 1993

"I want to put a ding in the universe."

"The most compelling reason for most people to buy a computer for the home will be to link it into a nationwide communications network. We're just in the beginning stages of what will be a truly remarkable breakthrough for most people -- as remarkable as the telephone."

- Playboy, 1985

"Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water, or do you want a chance to change the world?

-Persuading John Sculley to become Apple's CEO, "Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple," 1987

PHOTO: A screenshot of the Apple website confirms that Steve Jobs has died, Oct. 5, 2011.

"What a computer is to me is the most remarkable tool that we have ever come up with. It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds."

-"Memory and Imagination: New Pathways to the Library of Congress," 1991

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'Chicago Stronger' Shirt Yanked After Boston Outrage

PHOTO: Cubby Tees is a Chicago-based sports apparel company pulled this Stanley Cup t-shirt after backlash for using the Boston bombing saying for a sports game.PlayCubbyTees
WATCH Final Mile: Thousands Remain Boston Strong and Finish Marathon

A Chicago apparel company that created a "Chicago Stronger" T-shirt to support the city's hockey team as it plays against Boston is lashing out at critics who called the T-shirt tasteless.

"Boston Strong" became a slogan for the city after the Boston Marathon was bombed on April 15, killing three and injuring more than 150. The slogan has become commonplace at Boston sporting events since the bombing.

The company, Cubby Tees, introduced its "Chicago Stronger" T-shirt as the Chicago Blackhawks faced the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup.

When they initially began selling the shirt, the proprietors of Cubby Tees released a statement on their website touting its alleged appeal.

"We love Boston and support/admire its people, but don't believe that the homicidal lunacy of two disturbed locals has rendered its teams invincible. This is about hockey, this is about O-6 pride, this is about the Cup," the website initially read.

"Chicago is the City of Broad Shoulders – our town burned down, our winters are legendary, our Cubs have floundered for a century, yet we endure. Other cities may be strong, we're stronger," they wrote.

The slogan and statement caused an immediate uproar on social media. Hundreds of Twitter users penned messages to the company expressing their outrage.

"This is Boston strong, using the strong logo for a parody for a playoff is disgusting," wrote Twitter user called sirenized.

"How someone could even fathom the idea of making money off of a shirt that says Chicago stronger makes me sick. Put the sports aside," a Twitter user identifying himself as Tyler Seguin wrote.

Cubby Tees did not respond to requests for comment from ABC News, but posted a lengthy, angry statement on its website today fighting back against its critics, even after it pulled the shirt from its website.

"We post this for posterity: judging by the tone/ignorance/froth/grammar contained in most of the notes received, we realize that a majority of the correspondents lack an open mind, earnest desire for discourse or an ability to comprehend complex concepts like parody...let alone polysyllabic words (though some sent thoughtful, well-reasoned messages which we appreciated)," they wrote on their website.

Cubby Tees is no longer selling the shirt.


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Florida Man Kidnaps Woman, Kills Himself After Police Chase

PHOTO: Brett Lee Curtis, left, killed himself on Oct. 29, 2013 after kidnapping Elizabeth Hamilton, right, and leading Florida police on a 100-mile chase on I-95. PlayABC News
WATCH Kidnapper Calls 911: 'I Will Kill Her'

A wild police chase along Interstate 95 in Florida came to an end early Tuesday morning when a man fatally shot himself after allegedly kidnapping his former girlfriend.

Brett Lee Curtis, 28, of Lakeland, Fla., called 911 four times during the 100-mph chase that began in Daytona after he said he had kidnapped Elizabeth Hamilton, 26. Curtis warned the 911 operator that if officers didn't stop pursing him, he would kill the woman.

"We're going south on I-95. If he continues to follow me, I will fire a warning shot. The third shot will not be a warning," Curtis told the 911 operator.

"You've got three officers ganging up on me right now and I have enough ammunition to kill her and myself," he added.

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Kidnapper Calls 911: 'I Will Kill Her'

At one point, Curtis handed the phone to Hamilton, who told 911 that he had multiple guns in the vehicle.

"I have been kidnapped and we're being followed and he's going to kill me if they keep following him," Hamilton pleaded to the 911 operator.

The harrowing ordeal finally came to an end when police punctured the car's tires and Hamilton managed to escape uninjured before Curtis took his own life.

"I didn't know what he was going to do. I was freaking out the entire time," Hamilton told ABC News in an interview Tuesday.

The terrifying ordeal began Monday night when police say Curtis grabbed Hamilton from her job at Lakeland Square Mall. Hamilton was scheduled to meet a judge Tuesday about getting a permanent injunction against Curtis.

After Hamilton's mother reported her missing, police immediately turned their attention to Curtis and issued a statewide be-on-the-lookout alert for him and his vehicle. A South Daytona police officer noticed Curtis driving a white Nissan Altima around 3 a.m. and attempted to stop him.

A police chase ensued and Curtis warned authorities in his first call to 911 that he was going to start shooting.

"Yeah, I'm being followed by the police with his lights on. I am the gentleman from Lakeland. I have kidnapped my ex-fiancé," Curtis said. "If he continues to follow me, I will kill her. That is your final warning."

Hamilton was terrified as she watched Curtis lead police on a wild chase. At one point during the chase, Curtis fired at police.

"It hit one point where he looked over at me and said, 'Three hours ago this seemed to be a good idea, now I'm not so sure,'" Hamilton recounted.

"The entire time I was in the car with him I tried talking to him, saying that you got to do the right thing here, all I want is to be with my family right now. I want to go home," she said.

In the final 911 call, Hamilton told police Curtis was armed with a rifle and a 9-mm pistol and he was going to drive her home.

"If they try to stop us before then, you're going to get hurt," Curtis can be overheard telling Hamilton, who was still on the phone with 911.

After a 45-minute chase, police finally punctured Curtis' tires using stop sticks on I-95 in Brevard County.

"There were eight police cars behind us, lights so bright, and they were screaming, and he started screaming get out of the car. He told me to get out of the car, so I did," Hamilton said. "He wasn't asking me to get back together with him. He wanted me to spend the last moments of his life with him."

Hamilton escaped the car unharmed and police found Curtis in the car dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Hamilton said she originally filed a restraining order against Curtis three months ago because he was stalking her after the relationship ended. But the stalking eventually turned into threats, according to Hamilton, after she refused to get back with him.

"He threatened my life," she said, "and then he threatened my families."