This is the second episode of the “The Becky and Joe Show” from Portland, Oregon.
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Length: About 51 minutes
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SHOW NOTES
Portland Sucks
Hosted by RobertWagner and Sabrina Miller
Weekdays at 8 a.m. on http://pdx.fm/ Channel 1
An irreverent look at life in Portland. Opinions on just about anything.
http://pdxsucks.com/
More information about the H1N1 influenza (swine flu)
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends influenza vaccination as the first and most important step in protecting against the flu. Becky and I both wish we would have taken that advice.
http://www.cdc.gov/H1N1FLU/
Oxycodone is an opioid analgesic medication synthesized from opium-derived thebaine. It was developed in 1916 in Germany, as one of several new semi-synthetic opioids in an attempt to improve on the existing opiates and opioids: morphine, diacetylmorphine (heroin), and codeine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxycodone
TLC : Family, Home, Style, Cooking, Freaks
http://tlc.discovery.com/
Question about calling people midgets asked of the editors of the Associated Press Stylebook
Q. What is AP’s stance on the terms dwarf, midget and little person?
A. On these words, AP would generally look for guidance in Webster’s New World College Dictionary Fourth Edition.
Webster’s New World College Dictionary Fourth Edition said:
Main Entry: midget
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
2 sometimes offensive : a very small person; specifically : a person of unusually small size who is physically well-proportioned
So in the end, the dictionary of choice by professional American journalists does list the word as “sometimes offensive.” Probably better to leave that one alone.
Alumnus, Alumni, Alumna, Alumnae?
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=65068
According to the Associated Press Stylebook:
Use alumnus (alumni in the plural) when referring to a man who has attended a school.
Use alumna (alumnae in the plural) for similar references to a woman.
Use alumni when referring to a group of men and women.
Cottonelle Roll Poll
http://www.cottonellerollpoll.com/
Polish priest checks fingerprints for mass attendance
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100129/lf_nm_life/us_poland_fingerprints_1
Prostitute fined $820,000 for unpaid tax
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100112/od_nm/us_poland_prostitute
SHOW’S GUEST CONTACT INFO:
Angelo Pressello’s company’s Web site in Poland
http://www.dir.com.pl/INDEX-EN.HTML
More information about the Peace Corp
http://www.peacecorps.gov/
Where Angelo is taking this vacation this week?
http://is.gd/7rDDX
More information about Ukraine
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/up.html
JOE’S DOPPELGANGER’S
Chris Burke
http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/838294
Glenn Beck
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Beck
Steve Jobs vs. Obama: Who Got the Bigger Buzz?
http://mashable.com/2010/01/29/steve-jobs-vs-obama/
More about the new Apple iPad
http://www.apple.com/ipad/
BOOK BECKY MENTIONED:
Design Revolution: 100 Products That Empower People
By Emily Pilloton
AMAZON.com link: http://is.gd/7rzR7
Project H Design
Project H Design connects the power of design to the people who need it most, and the places where it can make a real and lasting difference.
http://projecthdesign.org/designrevolution.html
Humanitarian Designer Emily Pilloton on the Colbert Report
http://is.gd/7rGqk
A shoe for barefoot running
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112995970
