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By Jeralyn, Section Blog Related
Posted on Sun Jul 01, 2012 at 11:39:23 AM EST
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The polls are open in Mexico as the country votes for its new President. Enrique Pena Nieto of the PRI is expected to win.

Heat waves and power outages on the East coast, fires burning in Colorado and the West.

This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

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    Bullying Students (5.00 / 1) (#5)
    by ding7777 on Sun Jul 01, 2012 at 02:46:59 PM EST
    The four Greece Middle School students who relentlessly taunted an elderly school bus monitor have been suspended from school and regular bus transportation. They will also be required to perform 50 hours of community service with senior citizens and complete a formal program in bullying prevention

    It's Sarcoma Awareness Month (5.00 / 2) (#7)
    by SuzieTampa on Sun Jul 01, 2012 at 08:45:44 PM EST
    Well, not officially. Nonprofit organizations and the cooperative of doctors who specialize in this rare cancer all agree on July, but we have yet to get approval from Congress.

    I have worked 6 years on this. My U.S. rep, Kathy Castor, has introduced House Resolution 722 in support of the designation. But we desperately need some co-sponsors.

    I would be very grateful if any of y'all would contact your reps and urge them to support 722. Here's more information.

    If we get this designation, I guarantee that the media will use this as an angle or hook to do some stories on sarcoma, and it will get listed in health calendars and briefs.

    Here's one reason we need more awareness: Many oncologists have never seen a sarcoma and they assume all patients die. I just got back from dinner with a woman whose doctor asked her why she wanted to have chemo. The subtext was: "You're going to die in a couple of years anyway." Luckily, she got a second opinion from the nearest sarcoma expert (about 5 hours away).

    YouTube treats...PJ Harvey at Coachella 2011 (none / 0) (#1)
    by Dadler on Sun Jul 01, 2012 at 12:05:59 PM EST
    And the grey damp filthiness of ages..." Posted it once before, but have to again.  Great quality, even greater show. (LINK) At the 15:40 mark Polly offers a great version of The Last Living Rose, which I love in part for its opening lyric: "Goddamn Europeans, take me back to beautiful England, and the grey damp filthiness of ages..."

    Bonus clip (LINK) is her singing this song on an AM show in Britain, after sitting next to Brit PM Cameron and making him and the host uncomfortable with talk of arts cuts and predatory finance.

    oops, sorry for that cut pase error (none / 0) (#2)
    by Dadler on Sun Jul 01, 2012 at 01:18:34 PM EST
    don't know how i got that one there at the beginning. hmm.

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    Dadler, have you been to Burning Man? (none / 0) (#4)
    by oculus on Sun Jul 01, 2012 at 02:07:41 PM EST


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    Nope (none / 0) (#6)
    by Dadler on Sun Jul 01, 2012 at 03:54:24 PM EST
    Was going to go last year with a buddy of mine who went.  He said it was better than he'd imagined, well worth the effort and price.  Negotiating with his wife so he could go? Now that was priceless.

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    Learned today there is a Rasmussen (none / 0) (#3)
    by oculus on Sun Jul 01, 2012 at 02:06:20 PM EST
    poll re the case which I shall not name.  Can this be correct?  

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