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MEXICO ties South Africa In 75th min

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Pre-News: USA Routes England 4-1

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sorry dont think thats appening but france 0 uraguay0

[Krandall]

who you callin gay?

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sorry dont think thats appening but france 0 uraguay0

No kidding. I gotta talk shit BEFORE the match though, cause I don't think I'll be able to afterward...

[devious700rSE]

yeah prob not prob be more like usa 2 england 1 hell mexico only lost by one and we beat them

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so i was off this just in USA 1 England 1

[Krandall]

Are You Raising a Douchebag?
http://www.details.com/sex-relationships/marriage-and-kids/200711/are-you-raising-a-douchebag

I only posted the 1st page.. pretty funny/interesting.

Let us begin with the assumption that if you are a parent, you wish for your child every advantage and opportunity. From the ergonomic high chair to that all-important first sushi experience and beyond, life should be as golden for your little one as it is for, say, Pax Jolie-Pitt.

But inevitably the moment arrives when all your doting and care come back on you in the form of a precocious little barb that reminds you in no uncertain terms of . . . you. It might be that his friend Jake's eighth-birthday party was "unbelievably lame" or that "it's weird that Brandon's family flies first-class and we don't," or maybe it's simply that "these taquitos taste like turd."

It's then that you must reckon with the real possibility that your drive to make little Johnny better, smarter, and hipper has merely turned him into a douchebag. Put it this way: If it's your child, not you, who gets to choose your weekend brunch spot, or if he's the one asking how the branzino is prepared, it's probably time to take a hard look at your own behavior.

It's not like we're the first generation to turn out Frankenkinder. Since the dawn of time, parents have been dressing their kids in ridiculous sailor suits and dragging them on ski trips to Gstaad. But lately it feels like we're scaling new heights as bad examples. We create parenting blogs that transform our preschoolers into fetishized celebrities. We subscribe to magazines that suggest buying a 5-year-old a $400 Marc Jacobs cashmere hoodie. We think it's cute when our kids learn to text message (until we realize POS means "parent over shoulder") and quietly rejoice when they can tell which Ramone is Dee Dee and which one is Joey.

Read More http://www.details.com/sex-relationships/marriage-and-kids/200711/are-you-raising-a-douchebag#ixzz0qqfnsWR1

[Spartan]

AGREED....Kids today are too spoiled by modern technology and hippie parents... I see freaking 5 year olds with working cell phones and shit like that.

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Japan 1 camaroo 0

[Krandall]

'Grow-your-own' organs hope after scientists produce liver in lab from stem cells
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1286266/Scientists-grow-laboratory-liver-giving-hope-millions-diseased-organs.html#ixzz0qsfjceth


Scientists have grown a liver in a laboratory, offering fresh hope to hundreds of thousands of patients with diseased and damaged organs.

It raises the prospect of those in need of transplants one day being offered livers that are 'made to order'.

The first pieces of lab-grown livers could be used in hospitals within just five years, the researchers said.

Patches of artificial tissue could be used to repair livers damaged by injury, disease, alcohol abuse and paracetamol overdose.

Other possibilities include sections of artificial livers to keep those needing transplants alive – in much the same way as a dialysis machine is used to treat kidney failure.

At least one million of Britons live with liver disease and it claims more than 16,000 lives a year – more than diabetes and traffic accidents combined. Up to 600 transplants are carried out a year.

The latest experiments, which were carried out on animal livers, are still in the early stages but could one day lead to an alternative supply of organs.

The process began with a donor liver being 'washed' in detergent, stripping it of its cells, leaving only a collagen and blood vessel 'scaffold' in which the new liver cells could grow.

The U.S. scientists then injected it with up to 200 million healthy liver cells, in four shots, each ten minutes apart.

The cells spread across the scaffold, and, provided with an artificial blood supply, the liver survived in a petri dish for up to ten days, the journal Nature Medicine reports.

Tests showed that, just like a real liver, it was capable of breaking up toxins.

The researchers, from Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, also transplanted the liver into a rat, for several hours.

Lead researcher Dr Korkut Uygun said: 'As far as we know, a transplantable liver graft has never been constructed in a laboratory setting before.

'Even though this is very exciting and promising, it is a proof-of-concept study only. Much more work will be required to make long-term functional liver grafts that can actually be transplanted into humans.

'We haven't been able to go beyond several hours in rats, but it's a great start.'

Hurdles to overcome include creating a liver with all the types of cells needed for full function, including specialised cells that destroy bacteria and other invaders.

[Spartan]

Rat livers....Rather just keep mine, thank you very much.

[Krandall]

at the rate you're going pat, you MAY need a rat liver

[Spartan]

Rate I'm going with what? I don't drink that often