Jim 'Anchovies' Hendry: A great genius? Or, the greatest genius?

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Sarge will never bemoan his cat allergy again!

This was an amazing article about a new possible therapy for allergy sufferers.

The Worms Crawl In

In 2004, David Pritchard applied a dressing to his arm that was crawling
with pin-size hookworm larvae, like maggots on the surface of meat. He left the
wrap on for several days to make sure that the squirming freeloaders would
infiltrate his system.

I love it when scientists face so much resistance to their theories that they perform the initial experiments on themselves to proove they are not dangerous.

“The allergic response evolved to help expel parasites, and we think the
worms have found a way of switching off the immune system in order to survive,”
he said. “That’s why infected people have fewer allergic symptoms.”

This is a pretty old hypothesis, but it's a nice summary that everyone can understand.

[H]e completed his Ph.D. thesis at the University of Birmingham on that
topic. Afterward, he was an allergist at a pharmaceutical company, but the
work bored him In the late 1980s, the Wellcome Trust issued a grant, and Dr. Pritchard and his Nottingham team set up camp on Karkar Island, Papua New Guinea. “We didn’t speak the language, and we were sparsely equipped,” he recalled. “But we established a rapport with the people. We gave them worm tablets and would ask them politely, in pidgin English, to collect their fecal matter in buckets for
us.”

That must have been an interesting conversation.

Some allergy sufferers cannot wait. The moderator of the Yahoo group,
Jasper Lawrence, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, has started a clinic in Mexico,
to offer the unproven therapy (a basic worm “inoculation” costs $3,900).

Paying money to get a hookworm infection. Brilliant. Perhaps this is where those internet ads come from, "I work at home and earn $3000-$5000 a day." My clinic will be opening soon.

“We’re looking at the molecular mechanisms the worms are using, and we’re
hoping to find molecules that veer the immune response away from allergy,” he
said. A new class of drugs that mimics worms’ effects on the immune system
could also potentially treat Crohn’s disease, arthritis and other autoimmune conditions.Though he eventually hopes to eliminate hookworms entirely from his allergy treatment, Dr. Pritchard has few qualms about venturing where no parasite researcher has gone before. “I gave myself 50 worms, and I felt it,” he recounted. “I had stomach pains and diarrhea. But with 10 worms, we’ve ascertained a dose that does not cause symptoms. The patients are happy. They’ve kept their worms, and I get an e-mail a day from people all over the world who want to be infected.”

If they can distill the parasite's effect into a drug... Nobel Prize baby.

Insights dat should make you smarter for da weekend...

Notice the RIDICULOUS quote by Bill Clinton. I voted for this @SS#OLE twice? Really, these two are a pair of shameless wonders. I hate them. HATE.

7:58 PM me: Duchscherer just gave up 5 runs...
7:59 PM Kevin: why did you do that?
me: all unearned!
8 minutes
8:08 PM Kevin: you know who sucks?
me: hit me
Kevin: all my players
8:09 PM me: on every team?
Kevin: every team
pat misch starts tomorrow. he'll know what to do...
8:10 PM me: instant, total body weight loss
8:11 PM Kevin: rapid corporeal disassembly syndrome
me: yes
Kevin: we gots a wing for dat an shit
8:14 PM me: Roger Clemens: who hasn't he slept with?
Kevin: can he blame the roids?
8:15 PM me: blame everything on being a Texan
Kevin: ultimate morons
8:16 PM me: yes
8:20 PM Kevin: i'm out of beer
8:21 PM me: wine?
Kevin: nope
shot or two of whiskey left
me: nyquil?
8:22 PM i gotsta cheap pinot here
Kevin: do i look desperate? ok so i look desperate
me: yes
8:23 PM Buster Olney raving about Max Scherzer (Monk!)
8:26 PM Kevin: that's so buster
8:27 PM your boy matt chico pitches tomorrow
one glass of feckin irish whiskey and then its bedtime
8:28 PM me: i have nothing to do wif Matt Chico
8:29 PM Kevin: if that's what you want to believe...
8 minutes
8:37 PM me: your girl Dana Perino coming up on KO...
Kevin: she's a star now?
me: no, just some clips of her lying through her teeth
8:38 PM Kevin: did we have tonight's KO today on LoC?
8:39 PM me: some of it, looks like
Kevin: will the segment be titled "Unconscionable Barefaced Lying?"
8:40 PM me: more likely than "Totally Fullashit"
8:41 PM Kevin: how about HOLY PHOKKING S#I+ THEY SUCK?
me: inspired - we'll see
Kevin: fingers crossed
8:42 PM me: Napoli: anudder HR
8:43 PM Kevin: da machine
8:44 PM me: hit off if Duchscherer dough...
hit it off...
ultimate moron?
8:45 PM Kevin: time will tell
8:49 PM me: your boy, John Hagee, says the devil has been introduced into schools in the form of...?
Kevin: chickens?
clowns?
8:50 PM me: good guesses, but no
Kevin: books and shit?
me: closer
Kevin: teachers? facts? science and shit?
me: all good, but no
Kevin: FUCK
8:51 PM me: Harry Potter
Kevin: damn... shoulda seen that satanic little phokker coming right down the middle of broadway
8:52 PM me: yep
Kevin: on his phokking BROOM no less
me: sounds sissy
Kevin: totally
a gay witch -- hard to get more satanic den dat
8 minutes
9:00 PM me: yep. Hagee: "Harry Potter is a precursor of witchcraft."
9:02 PM Kevin: yeah, you can tell, cuz those books sold like 8 trillion copies, and now we got like 8 trillion little kid witches flying around on brooms turning people into toads and shit...
phokkers
9:03 PM me: more insanity:
9:04 PM Bill Clinton said today, "The great divide in this country is not by race or even income, it's by those who think they are better than everyone else and think they should play by a different set of rules."
$50,000 a speech Bill Clinton said that
Kevin: thats pretty phokked up for him to talk about hillary that way
9:05 PM i mean he may be right and all but still phokked up
did he happen to mention counting the florida and michigan delegates at that point?
9:06 PM oh wait... that's "changing the rules in the middle of the game," which is totally different from playing by "a different set of rules."
9:07 PM me: i didn't hear that, but he did say that those caucus states shouldn't count
Kevin: yeah cuz hillary gets her ass kicked in doze
me: yep, not fair!
9:08 PM Kevin: who ripped out his brains and left a big pile of shit in his cranium?
he was a pretty smart guy once upon a time
9:09 PM me: long before he didn't have sexual relations with that woman
Kevin: you mean seckshal?
me: yeah
9:10 PM Kevin: yeah i seem to remember that not happening
me: it was in all the papers
9:13 PM Kevin: i can't read
you know who really sucks?
me: George W. Bush?
9:14 PM Kevin: yes but not the answer i had in mind
i was thinking: all my players
not as bad as angels pitching though
YOOOOOOOGE spanking out deres tonight
me: it depends what the definition of sucks is
9:15 PM Kevin: i had not thought of that
i can tell you that sucks is not seckshal relations
9:16 PM sucks is sucks, and seckshal relations is seckshal relations, but sucks is not seckshal relations, and seckshal relations is not sucks
dere... rings round ya
me: obviously
9:17 PM 52 dead soldiers in April
dat's an update!
9:18 PM Kevin: i'm sure the rezzzzzidunce will sleep well tonight
me: like Hitler did
9:19 PM Kevin: at least hitler was capable of making a plan
i guess i can never run for office now dat i said dat
9:20 PM datz ok dere was prollaby like meeeeeelions of udder shit dey coulda dug up on me
me: KO's signoff tonight: "Sleep well, Mr. President."
9:21 PM Kevin: wow i'm right in KO's wheelhouse today
6 minutes
9:27 PM me: Fants OPS tonight?
9:28 PM Kevin: yes i was wonderng
me: it ain't "do numbers go that high?"
1.429
9:29 PM Kevin: we hatesez them?
9:30 PM me: don't hate them because they're a pulverizing juggernaut
9:31 PM Kevin: i wouldnt need a reason
me: it's a fair cop
8 minutes
9:40 PM Kevin: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz and shit
me: could happen
9:41 PM Kevin: happening now
its like tomorrow and shit
me: are you in Indiana?

who needs Baseball Prospectus when ya gots dis sort of wine-infused, elitist analysis...for FREE

7:34 PM me: talking to Decker...zzzzzzzzzzzz
7:35 PM Kevin: you knew da risks
excited about the Horror?
me: nope
7:36 PM Kevin: its early yet...
7:38 PM me: they look lucky to me
7:39 PM Kevin: just wait til i have all 7 of my pitchers back
7:42 PM me: box of wine in the mail today...i'm set
7:43 PM Decker to land Wed.
5 minutes
7:48 PM me: Chix kill Rajah and Dillon...nice going
7:49 PM Kevin: i was very pleased
me: you're so mean!
7:50 PM Kevin: YORVIT!
guone
7:51 PM me: Justin Germano? you got him? TOTALLY SUCKED
7:52 PM Kevin: no but he was a chicken for a while last year... prollaby still gots da hives an shit
me: oh, he's got SUCKS
7:53 PM Kevin: aint no pill gonna cure his illlzzzzzz
me: nope
speaking of sucking, Hacking Masser Matt Morris setting records for awfulness
7:54 PM Kevin: very not impressive... but can he keep his job (sucking)?
7:55 PM me: they'll have to pay him $8 mill or something, and then some other idiot GM will pick him up because...he's a proven veteran
Kevin: you need that in the clubhouse
7:56 PM "I feel good," Duchscherer said. "I took six days off after the strain. I started throwing after that, and I haven't felt a thing since I started throwing. I feel perfectly normal."
arrangements are pending
me: will there be a showing? or cremation?
Kevin: closed casket (too gruesome)
7:57 PM (for da kidddzzz)
me: speaking of dead people: Matt Chico...SUCKED
7:58 PM Kevin: shoulda picked him over bulger
me: well, he's still in the majors...
7:59 PM Kevin: although bulger's line as a horror: 1-0, 0.00 era, .000 baaa
baaa = batting average against... ASSHOLE
me: all you have to do is draft about anudder hundred of dem
8:00 PM Kevin: dere ya go
8:01 PM me: Correia dominating again...
8:02 PM didn't get Midwest results...6-0?
8:03 PM Kevin: regrettably, no
me: fuckers
8:05 PM Kevin: positive run diff
me: so we had a reverse-Horrors week
8:06 PM Kevin: horrorz had a positive run diff
8:07 PM horrorz +37 on the year
me: pinch-running for the Phillies: T.J. Bohn
Kevin: never heard of him
me: what are the Monks?
good Lord - Pedro Feliz drew a walk
8:08 PM Kevin: +44
me: there, i run rings round ya
Kevin: that you lack clutch hitting?
8:09 PM me: that and...
gfy
8:10 PM Kevin: just wait til horrror getts back bedard, grandy, and most importantly....
dan johnson
8:11 PM me: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Carlos Diaz: bases loaded double
8:12 PM Kevin: canadiens... les habitants... da rezzzzzidents?
me: Bruntlett's up!
hu now? what? canucks? huuuuuuh?
Kevin: 24th time montreal has elimiliminated bruins from playoffs
8:13 PM me: Bruntlett: OUT!
Kevin: SHOCKING
me: let me make a wild guess here:
hockey?
8:14 PM Kevin: lucky
me: Bruntlett 0-4...now "batting" .170...who needs J-Roll?
8:15 PM Kevin: yes
capitalists still alive
8:19 PM me: - T.J. Bohn in left field
- B. Hawpe safe at first on left fielder T.J. Bohn's fielding error
8:20 PM Kevin: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
me: capitalists will win...flyers always choke in the playoffs
8:21 PM Y. Torrealba flied out to deep center...grab some bench Yorvit
8:23 PM R. Spilborghs struck out looking
he SUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKS
8:25 PM Kevin: he's ryan phokking spillborghzzzz for crissakes
8:26 PM me: i know...PHOKK HIM
DOWNTOWN
PRINT IT
Kevin: PLAYGROUND
8:27 PM me: C@CKS#CKERZ
Micah Bowie in...is dat floodgates i here?
hear, duh
8:28 PM Kevin: build an ark
me: Cookiehead Jenkins singles...
Kevin: not his real name?
8:29 PM me: Coste HBP
real name is Cookiehead, but gies by Geoff
or goes
8:32 PM Werth: DOUBLE
8:34 PM Bohn up - LOOK OUT
8:37 PM D O U B L E 2 R B I
T!
J!!
BOHN!!!
Kevin: stunning
8:38 PM me: Bowie's ERA: now 9.00
Horrors looking at him...
Kevin: he SUCKS
8:39 PM me: you're catching on...
and yet he's on your radar
8:40 PM it's a mystery
like G-O-D
Kevin: now you're catching on
8:41 PM chico: 0-4
8:42 PM he's just resting
he's just pining for the fjords
8:43 PM me: pining for the fee-YORDS? he's STONE DEAD
8:44 PM Chico didn't strike anyone out and he allowed three walks and eight hits. He was clearly struggling to locate his pitches, as evidenced by the bases-loaded walk he issued to Braves pitcher Tim Hudson. After back-to-back disastrous outings, Chico's spot in the rotation could be in jeopardy if he doesn't improve against the Cubs in his next outing.
in other words...AWFUL
8:45 PM Matt Morris was rocked for eight runs in four innings by the Marlins on Monday night. So far we've used "tagged," "pounded," and "rocked" to describe his outings this season. He allowed nine hits in the three innings, and two of them were home runs. This could be a very long season for Morris.
8:46 PM hmmm....Chix looking at him: Noah Lowry had an MRI on Monday after feeling a tingling sensation in his injured forearm.
8:47 PM ?
Phillies CRUSH Rockies
8:48 PM Conor Jackson: .357
8:49 PM Kevin: hate (though he'sstill a smelt)
Chris Young was held out of Sunday's lineup because of flu-like symptoms.
bird flu?
8:50 PM me: can you die from that? then...yes
8:54 PM Kevin: bedtime
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
8:55 PM me: yes
11? early...must be out of fucking merlot

anudder Smiff success story

Hakim Warrick* had 23 points and eight rebounds on 11-of-17 shooting in a second consecutive start for the Grizzlies on Wednesday. That's two solid lines in a row, and while we don't trust coach Marc Iavaroni, Warrick should be picked up in most formats. Then just hope he keeps it going after the break.
*I've actually heard of him since he was a Syracuse Orange.

credit where it's due

sKILLy nailed it.

anudder Smiff who's solid, smart, of high character, integrity...don't laugh

Falcons hire Jaguars' defensive coordinator Mike Smith

ATLANTA (AP) -- The Atlanta Falcons hired Jacksonville defensive coordinator Mike Smith as their new head coach Wednesday night. "Mike possesses all of the key qualities we were looking for in a head coach," said general manager Thomas Dimitroff, in his first month on the job. Dimitroff said the 48-year-old Smith, a 26-year NFL coaching veteran, "has strong experience with winning teams, a track record of success, a solid, smart approach to the game, and high character and integrity."

Smith, the Jaguars' defensive coordinator since 2003, had his second interview with the Falcons on Friday. He has never been an NFL head coach, but Falcons quarterback Byron Leftwich, who was with Smith in Jacksonville for four years, says Atlanta made the right choice. "I've played against his defense more than anybody in the world," Leftwich said. "I did it every day in practice for four years. I think he's a great guy for the job. "A lot of people might not know his name, but I've seen the work he puts in every game, how guys were so prepared on Sundays that they knew exactly what teams were going to do."

Smith, a former defensive assistant with Baltimore, had the league's No. 12 defense with Jacksonville this season after ranking second in 2006 and sixth in 2005. Leftwich said Smith would never receive enough credit in Jacksonville because many assumed Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio, a former defensive coordinator, was the real mastermind of the defense.

Jaguars defensive end Marcellus "The Asshole" Wiley confirmed that opinion when he said on ESPN Wednesday, "Jack Del Rio was the defensive coordinator, and if it wasn't him, it was (linebacker) Mike Peterson. "Wiley said Smith "was just a guy who stood at the front of the room when Jack Del Rio was leading the defense." Wiley said the Falcons "really went down low on the totem pole." WHO THE PHOKK IS MARCELLUS WILEY?

Leftwich said he was aware of the Wiley's comments but said of Smith: "I was with him for four years. Somebody had to be calling those plays in Jacksonville. It was him. "We always said Smitty would be a great head coach because the time he put in and the way he interacted with players and how seriously he took his job."