Here's a bone
Maybe my next post will be in another month or two, but I want everyone to know I have a new life long dream and here it is:
To be on the Game Show Family Feud and to have Richard Dawson say:
We surveyed 100 people and asked them:
Name a word that isn't a verb used in everyday society but should be:
I buzz in real fast and say:
"DOLLARED"
Richard dawson then says "Show me Dollared"
That replaced my old life long dream of driving to the skating rink...
To be on the Game Show Family Feud and to have Richard Dawson say:
We surveyed 100 people and asked them:
Name a word that isn't a verb used in everyday society but should be:
I buzz in real fast and say:
"DOLLARED"
Richard dawson then says "Show me Dollared"
That replaced my old life long dream of driving to the skating rink...
posted by Schleaf at 9:13 AM
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I waited this long for this post?
How 'bout the classic from King Pin - Munsoned.
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CRAP...I don't get it...
Hang on...
Blonde moment....
nope...still don't get it!
POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the timely blog posts...
Bird flu is more widespread among Indonesia's poultry stocks than previously thought, and will only get worse if more action isn't taken soon in the country with the world's highest number of human deaths this year, an animal health expert said.
''We thought there was dramatic underreporting, but we never imagined that it would be so pervasive,'' said Tufts University's Jeff Mariner, who is working with the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in Jakarta.
He spoke on the sidelines of a three-day meeting that wraps up Friday in the nation's capital attended by some of the world's top bird flu experts.
Mariner is coordinating an FAO program that trains local surveillance teams to conduct field interviews withfarmers to track backyard poultry that have suddenly died. The teams then use bird flu test kits to identify whether bird flu is to blame.
In the 12 pilot districts on Java Island, the teams detected 78 poultry outbreaks from January to May, roughly one in every 10 interviews resulted in bird flu, Mariner said. He added those numbers cover only about a third of each district due to a lack of manpower needed to conduct the interviews.
''Leaders are now realizing, 'Boy, this is just the tip of the iceberg,''' he said Thursday. ''Whereas before, district leaders were saying, 'Well, we don't really think we have it.''' There are plans to expand the project to Bali and Sumatra islands, but Mariner said the virus will continue to spread unless Indonesia can devise a coordinated approach for local governments to work together to control the disease. Slaughtering and vaccination are now currently sporadic at best and often outbreaks in poultry are not reported until a human case is discovered.
''It's gonna be a long struggle,'' Mariner said. ''It's 300 million poultry ... and it's a rapid turnover in the population.
Essentially, you get an entirely new population after six months.''
Indonesian officials called the meeting to ask for help in grappling with the virus that killed an average of one person every 2 1/2 days in the country last month. Bird flu has killed at least 39 people in Indonesia, including 27 people this year, and trails only Vietnam's 42 deaths.
Last month, a tiny farming village on Sumatra Island gained international attention when the largest-ever family cluster was reported. The World Health Organization has concluded that human-to-human transmission likely occurred among seven relatives infected with the H5N1 virus. An eighth family member who was buried before specimens could be taken, is believed to have been infected by poultry, a WHO report said.
The U.N. agency stressed the virus had not mutated in any major way and that no caseswere detected beyond members of the family, only one of whom survived.
Malik Peiris, the Hong Kong University professor who discovered the SARS virus, said scientists must closely monitor all clusters to ensure they are not behaving differently.
''It's very important that they be investigated because they could be the first signal of an emerging pandemic,'' he said.
Bird flu is contracted by humans mostly through contact with sick chickens.
But experts fear the virus will mutate into a form that spreads easily among people, potentially sparking a pandemic. So far, it remains hard for people to catch, and most human cases have been traced to contact with infected birds.
Worldwide, the H5N1 virus has killed at least 130 people since it began ravaging Asian poultry stocks in late 2003.
PEOPLE should be wary of using mobile phones outdoors in stormy weather because they may be struck by lightning, according to doctors.
Three experts have described how a teenage girl was struck by lightning while using her phone in a large London park. The girl, aged 15, was resuscitated, but a year later was still wheelchair-bound and found to be suffering complex physical, cognitive and emotional problems.
The girl also had a perforated eardrum on the side where she had been holding the mobile phone, the doctors reported in a letter to the British Medical Journal. The doctors saw the teenager at the ear, nose and throat department of Northwick Park Hospital, Middlesex, where she was having general rehabilitation.
Swinda Esprit, a senior house officer and one of the authors, said that while the brain and muscle damage was similar to that of many lightning victims — who can experience heart attacks on being struck — the ear problems were not.
She said that the damage — similar to that suffered by person exposed to an explosive blast — were particularly relevant for people who might be involved in less serious lightning incidents, who might otherwise recover, but would never get their full hearing back if struck while on the phone.
“We were shocked by the damage, which is why we wanted to draw attention to it,” Dr Esprit said. “A year on and she still was suffering these difficulties hearing.”
If someone is struck by lightning, the high resistance of human skin usually results in lightning being conducted over the skin rather than through the body — a process known as “flashover”. However, conductive materials in direct contact with skin such as liquids or metallic objects — such as a mobile phone — disrupt the flashover and result in internal injury, with a greater risk of dying, the doctors said.
They added that three other cases had been reported in newspapers in China, South Korea, and Malaysia. In the Malaysian case, a sales executive was killed when he was struck by lightning while talking on his phone during a thunderstorm near Kuala Lumpur.
“All these events resulted in death after the people were struck by lightning while using their mobile phones outdoors during storms,” the doctors wrote. “This rare phenomenon is a public health issue, and education is necessary to highlight the risk.”
The doctors said the Australian Lightning Protection Standard recommends that metallic objects, including cordless or mobile phones, should not be carried outdoors during thunderstorms. However, the United States National Weather Service says on its website that both are safe to use “because there is no direct path between you and the lightning”.
Paul Taylor, of the Met Office, said the ear injuries were a consequence of mobile phones being metal, and not related to radio waves.
“It is well known within the thunderstorm detection community that wearing or carrying metallic objects can increase the likelihood of injury,” he said. “It certainly adds to the intensity of the skin damage and the article certainly amplifies that here.”
Mr Taylor said that mobile phones should be treated as another piece of metal, similar to carrying coins or wearing rings, and people need to be alerted to the possible danger.
And now, here's Chip with the weather.
PHILADELPHIA -- The NBC 10 area is battling its worse flooding situation in decades, as the rapid rise of the Delaware River threatens parts of cities from Easton to Trenton.
The Schuylkill will crest at lower-than-expected levels in Philadelphia. Big local creeks like the Perkiomen, Neshaminy and Brandywine have crested after soaring over their banks Wednesday.
But the National Weather Services estimates that the shortfall in the Schuylkill's rise will result in higher flood totals for the Delaware River.
Farther north, officials ordered 150,000 to 200,000 people in the Wilkes-Barre area to evacuate their homes as a precaution because of the rising level of the Susquehanna River, according to a state emergency management official.
In our area, Thursday afternoon will see the crest of the Delaware in Easton at 17 feet above flood level.
On Thursday night, it will be at 14 feet above flood level in Riegelsville; 9.5 feet above flood level on Frenchtown; 8 feet above flood level in New Hope; and 8 feet above flood level in Trenton.
Flood levels at Reading, Pottstown and Philadelphia for the Schuylkill River will crest early Wednesday night.
>Disaster In New Jersey
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The debris-choked Delaware caused New Jersey's capital city's water filtration system to shut down. North of Trenton, motorists had to be rescued from their cars because of flash flooding. In Sussex County, residents of an island were rescued by a state police helicopter.
In anticipation of more flooding, Gov. Jon S. Corzine declared a limited state of emergency for four counties -- Sussex, Warren, Hunterdon and Mercer -- which he said allowed the state "to take action to deal with circumstances that are probable but not certain."
More than 1,000 residents in flood-prone areas of the capital city evacuated their homes starting Tuesday night. On Wednesday, workers in state office buildings along the river were sent home early and main roads along the waterway closed.
Trenton Mayor Doug Palmer called for water conservation after the city's water filtration system shut down. The mayor said more than two days of drinkable water remained.
The anticipated height of the river in Trenton on Friday would be the fourth-highest crest in recorded history, according to the National Weather Service. The highest was 30.6 feet in March 1904, followed by flooding in 1955 and 1903. In April 2005 the river crested at 25.3 feet.
>Rendell Declares Emergency
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has declared a state of emergency as area residents deal with flooding and the rivers and creeks continue to rise.
Rendell declared a disaster emergency in 46 counties, including Philadelphia and surrounding counties.
That designation gives state agencies permission to use all available resources to help areas hit by flooding.
The governor said National Guard troops have been ordered to the hardest-hit areas.
"The projections for the Delaware rivers are still very, very potentially dangerous. We could get really hit in New Hope and Easton again and some of the areas that got hit the last time," Rendell said.
Rendell has also canceled all leave for Pennsylvania state troopers stationed in Philadelphia and Bethlehem.
Pa. Flooding Turns Road Into Rivers
In the Philadelphia area, many roads were closed Wednesday, including the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Fort Washington.
Chopper 10 pictures from Fort Washington showed a submerged Pennsylvania Avenue near the 309 interchange. Nearby, Bethlehem Pike is also under water.
Yardley didn't look much better. Chopper 10 showed homes being evacuating and even a carnival underwater.
Kelly Drive and the West River Drive in Philadelphia were closed.
Manayunk has issued a mandatory evacuation for homes and businesses on Main Street between Ridge and Levering streets.
Reading has evacuated many residents as the Schuylkill River takes over. Flood stage for the river in that area is 13 feet, but the river is expected to crest at almost 23 feet Wednesday afternoon. This is the worst flooding the area has seen since 1972 and Hurricane Agnes.
Local authorities and emergency response agencies are urging residents of all Delaware River communities to move valuables to higher ground, be prepared to evacuate flooded areas when necessary and avoid flooded roads.
The flooded Conestoga River closed off heavily traveled U.S. 222 in both directions northeast of Lancaster during the Wednesday morning commute, and there were 34 water-rescue calls overnight in flood-prone areas, Lancaster County emergency management agency spokesman Ed Wickenheiser said.
Bucks County authorities released a list of townships that should be aware of possible evacuations, as well as roads that are impassable.
Evacuations:
Yardley Borough
Solebury Township
Perkasie
Upper Makefield Township
Lower Makefield Township
A shelter has been set up for those in need at William Penn Middle School at 1524 Derbyshire Road, Yardley. It was moved from its earlier location of Pennwood Middle School.
Pottstown Closes Water Treatment Plant
Pottstown is asking residents and businesses to discontinue any non-essential water use and to conserve water wherever possible.
The borough will be shutting down the water treatment plant Wednesday, based on current predictions on the cresting of the Schuylkill River.
The assistant borough manager said in a press release Wednesday morning that the treatment plant has approximately a one-day supply of water in its reservoirs.
Flooding Shuts Down Many Major Roads
The Pennsylvania Turnpike had a number of weather related delays at various points Wednesday morning, including flooding, downed trees and accidents.
In South Jersey, the Admiral Wilson and Route 130 are closed down.
Authorities have reopened the eastbound Schuylkill Expressway at South Street, after it was closed due to high water earlier Wednesday morning.
And now, Tolley with the sports.
On Wednesday, the war between local sports talk radio and Phillies management continues.
In the latest salvos, afternoon 610 WIP host Howard Eskin said he would tell his listeners to boycott an upcoming Phillies home game, either against the Atlanta Braves or the Florida Marlins.
Eskin, a former NBC 10 sports anchor, was joined by WIP's other big personality, Angelo Cataldi, in ripping Phillies management for saying that their radio station was turning fans against the team.
WIP's competition, fledgling Sports Talk 950, also criticized Phillies co-owner Bill Giles for labeling local sports radio callers as "crazy" in a Web site interview.
On Tuesday, Phillies president David Montgomery explained to reporters that Giles misunderstood him when Giles said that Myers didn't strike his wife, Kim, on a Boston street.
But the fight between the team and local media shifted to other remarks that Giles made in an interview on Philly.com, the Web site for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News.
"Too many people believe the talk shows are the pulse of the public, and I don't happen to believe that at all," Giles said. "There are crazy people that call in and the announcers create a perception, but I don't believe it."
Giles' direct shots at talk radio set off a firestorm at 610 WIP, with all of its hosts launching counterattacks at Giles, especially popular hosts Eskin and Cataldi.
And at the Inquirer, veteran writer Phil Sheridan summed up similar thoughts that echoed the chatter on talk radio.
"The Phillies' owners believe they are victims of a perception generated by the media, especially sports-talk radio, that says they are ineffective, apathetic, and out of touch" said Sheridan.
On Sports Talk 950, veteran newspaper columnist Bill Conlin told radio host Jody MacDonald that Giles had a history of "shooting from the lip."
Conlin also said that the remarks won’t help team attendance, which is expected to fall, and that there may be a $200 million debt owed by team management because of costs related to the implosion of Veterans Stadium and other borrowing.
Giles reportedly has a 15 percent stake in team ownership, along with three other local investment groups
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