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  1. #2381
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    Austin, TX
    Quote Originally Posted by blazindw View Post
    You have to remember that Kimbo Slice made his name as a streetfighter...he never blocked punches
    I meant the British dude didn't block punches. His hands were at his waist the whole time when they were in "boxing" mode.

  2. #2382
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fish80 View Post
    Yesterday I saw a new snake. I haven't looked it up yet, but I'm guessing it's an earth snake. About 12 inches long, thin, grey with a yellow-orange belly and a yellowish band around the neck.
    My guess was wrong.
    northern ring-necked snake
    Diadophis punctatus edwardsii
    http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.ed...punctatus.html

  3. #2383
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    Durham, NC
    Quote Originally Posted by OZZIE4DUKE View Post
    I didn't watch it, I had no interest in watching it, and I got aggravated when it ran over the alloted time and the local CBS (WRAL) 11:00 news didn't start at 11 and I had to watch it on another channel.
    That was another problem with it, IMO - they should have started the fighting when the broadcast started, instead of opening with 35 minutes of story and hype. That, and reducing the hype between fights, would have had this thing end on time. Imagine if all the fights went the distance? They would have been going to 12:30.

    I agree with much said here - I dig Kimbo, love his story. (Funny how no one mentions that he was a body guard for an amateur porn company) However, if he gets a 220 lb jujitsu black belt, he is so done. One thing that was impressive, the other guy had 40 lbs on him - his extra size didn't come with extra skill, though.

  4. #2384

    Kennedy

    I don't want to sound crass at all but it is a big public relations coup for the medical center to have Kennedy come to Duke for surgery. Kennedy with strong ties to Boston goes to Harvard for the diagnosis and than comes to Duke for the surgery. The high end of the medical market can also be very lucrative for a medical center. This is one of the small side stories of 9/11 places like the Mayo Clinic and Harvard had a huge Mideast clientele that dried up over night and that cost these places millions. Unlike everyone with insurance these foreigners pay full freight.

  5. #2385
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    Quote Originally Posted by tecumseh View Post
    I don't want to sound crass at all but it is a big public relations coup for the medical center to have Kennedy come to Duke for surgery. Kennedy with strong ties to Boston goes to Harvard for the diagnosis and than comes to Duke for the surgery. The high end of the medical market can also be very lucrative for a medical center. This is one of the small side stories of 9/11 places like the Mayo Clinic and Harvard had a huge Mideast clientele that dried up over night and that cost these places millions. Unlike everyone with insurance these foreigners pay full freight.
    As a Radiation Oncolgy Physician Assistant who trained at Duke, I know for certain that Duke's brain tumor center is world class. If I, or any of my loved ones, ever develop a brain tumor, I would want Allan Friedman to perform the surgery. He is the absolute best which is a fact recognized throughout the medical community. I think Senator Kennedy made a wise decision. If this is a public relations coup for Duke, it is well-deserved. Just my 2 cents

  6. #2386
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    Waterloo, Ontario (unfortunately, no longer in London England).
    Quote Originally Posted by Exiled_Devil View Post
    That was another problem with it, IMO - they should have started the fighting when the broadcast started, instead of opening with 35 minutes of story and hype. That, and reducing the hype between fights, would have had this thing end on time. Imagine if all the fights went the distance? They would have been going to 12:30.
    They probably felt they had to hype everything for those viewers who aren't regular MMA viewers.

    I agree with much said here - I dig Kimbo, love his story. (Funny how no one mentions that he was a body guard for an amateur porn company) However, if he gets a 220 lb jujitsu black belt, he is so done. One thing that was impressive, the other guy had 40 lbs on him - his extra size didn't come with extra skill, though.
    It won't take a black belt. Just someone who is reasonably competent. But they'll never schedule a fight like that for him, ever. His lack of skill was exposed in this fight (not that any true fans ever thought he had any) so there is no way they will risk putting him up against anyone legitimate.

  7. #2387
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    I am, of course, partial to brain tumor treatment at MGH, but that's from the pediatric side. In the kids, comparing MGH with the Dana Farber (Jimmy Fund), the MGH oncology folks are viewed as more conservative. Plus they are a much smaller operation. In terms of perception among academics, Dana Farber leads on the chemotherapy side and MGH is more advanced in radiation oncology.

    Does Duke have a proton beam facility? If not, I bet Kennedy comes back to MGH for radiation.

  8. #2388
    They could get incredible ratings if they didn't stop the fights until one of the fighters was dead. that would just be on regular TV. On pay-per-view they could let the victor cut out the heart of the dead fighter and eat it.

  9. #2389
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bostondevil View Post
    I am, of course, partial to brain tumor treatment at MGH, but that's from the pediatric side. In the kids, comparing MGH with the Dana Farber (Jimmy Fund), the MGH oncology folks are viewed as more conservative. Plus they are a much smaller operation. In terms of perception among academics, Dana Farber leads on the chemotherapy side and MGH is more advanced in radiation oncology.

    Does Duke have a proton beam facility? If not, I bet Kennedy comes back to MGH for radiation.
    I would be surprised if he doesn't undergo radiation therapy at home. Although many of the Duke Rad Onc faculty trained at MGH, I don't think there is anything Duke can offer him for radiation oncology that he can't get at home. I'm not sure if Duke has proton beam equipment so I just left a message with one of my colleagues up there to find out. I'm down here in the maritme hinterlands and can't remember

  10. #2390
    Quote Originally Posted by Bostondevil View Post
    If not, I bet Kennedy comes back to MGH for radiation.
    From what I've read, that seems to be the plan. I have biases towards both MGH and Duke and am confident that he'll be getting the best care imaginable with that combination..

  11. #2391
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    Lexington, KY

    Smile Old growth forest

    Quote Originally Posted by Fish80 View Post
    I do live in a forest. Across the street is a state park, and about a mile away is another state park. Beavers and a cormorant in the further park. The area is zoned 2 acre minimum lot size, and no commercial. The closer park was a civil war camp site, and for years one of the high school anthropology teachers was digging up bones.

    I love nature and do most of my running in the parks. "Life's been good to me so far."
    High school anthropology teacher?

    Man, got to love Connecticut!

    Cheers,
    Lavabe

  12. #2392
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    Quote Originally Posted by DevilAlumna View Post
    Really? Cats can take out moles? Hmmm... I'm a die-hard dog person, but my yard is really hurting from those digging buggers. I may reconsider a cat if it could stop the foot-high mounds of dirt from appearing on a daily basis.
    Indeed they can, *but* your cat has to know how to hunt. We have one cat that was a feral cat from the Humane Society and she's a great hunter. The other cat was also from the humane society, but she was a baby baby when we got her and is Siamese - hence, she couldn't kill a mole even if you gave her a baseball bat.

    It all depends on what their kitty-cat mommies taught them. This is also the reason that cats seem to play with their food and torment it without killing it. Their mothers never taught them how to administer the killing bite to the back of the neck of the prey and so, in a perverse sort of way, they are doing the best they can.

  13. #2393
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    Not that this has anything to do with anything, but baby blublood (pictured above) has developed an adorable habit when confronted with a food he finds he likes. Like this weekend my mom introduced him to Cheerios, so he stuck a few in his little fat mouth and looked up at her and said, "Mum!" Except he hummed the first part so it was more like, "Mmmmmmmm-mum!" I know it doesn't sound cute on a bulletin board, but y'all didn't see his little smile.

  14. #2394
    Quote Originally Posted by blublood View Post
    It all depends on what their kitty-cat mommies taught them.
    My middle cat, who was born feral and rescued when he was couple of months old, likes to drown his toy mice and q-tips in the water bowl. Wonder what his kitty-cat mommy taught him? Or, has he watched his human mommy put pasta in boiling water and thinks that is what he is supposed to do?

  15. #2395
    Quote Originally Posted by blublood View Post
    but y'all didn't see his little smile.
    Any pics? Or than the cute one you already have displayed as your avatar.

  16. #2396
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    I just ate some smoked ribs.

    -EarlJam

  17. #2397
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    Quote Originally Posted by EarlJam View Post
    I just ate some smoked ribs.

    -EarlJam
    Were they smoked from the inside or smoked from the outside?

  18. #2398
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fish80 View Post
    Were they smoked from the inside or smoked from the outside?
    Ewwww!!!

  19. #2399
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    Quote Originally Posted by blublood View Post
    Indeed they can, *but* your cat has to know how to hunt. We have one cat that was a feral cat from the Humane Society and she's a great hunter. The other cat was also from the humane society, but she was a baby baby when we got her and is Siamese - hence, she couldn't kill a mole even if you gave her a baseball bat.
    Well, I'd be pretty impressed if your Siamese had the ability to swing a baseball bat, whether or not she could actually kill a mole with it.


    It also occurs to me that if we had a cat capable of ridding us of our mole problem, that cat would also be capable of ridding us of our bulldog as well (big wimp that he is.) So, hmm, on to plan B for the mole issue.

  20. #2400
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bostondevil View Post
    Have we gained on bb?
    The gap, right now, is at 1,602 posts. I believe at last calc, it was 1,637. So, yeah, we're making ground.

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