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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
The Law of the Sisterhood: "Don't sleep with my husband and I won't sleep with yours."
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- AnonymousMay 19, 2013 at 10:08 PM
This really chimes with me. My husband strictly speaking didn't have an affair, he waited three weeks after separating to jump into bed with another woman during his Mid life crisis. Just when my three kids really needed both parents to help them through the hardest time of their lives he was giving his energy and time to a relative stranger. I obviously felt betrayed by him, but also by this woman. I was shocked that another woman would have no regard or respect for my family. Now after 7 months of a relationship my husband has had a 360 around, desperately wants to reconcile and is ashamed of his behaviour. He feels it was a rebound relationship. Whilst I place plenty of responsibility on my husbands shoulders, I feel this 46 year old woman should have known to keep her pants on. I find it hard to believe that she didn't realise everyone needs time to process the end of a relationship and that a family can't just cease to be in a matter of weeks. I'm certain she has something lacking in her life and has been hurt by all this. However, she is much better equipped to cope than my babies. An aspect of this feminist discussion should be that these men are often fathers. They are unfaithful to their children by giving their time, attention and love to someone new. I feel betrayed by this woman for colluding with my husband in the illusion that as a man he could just step out of his role as a father. She was happy to compete for him even if it meant taking a father away from his kids (literally, they emigrated). I'm happy to say I know many woman who would not go there, but am sad that there are women out there who think very differently from me.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 11, 2013 at 10:31 AM
Wow, this is everything that I tried to tell the OW. My husband had dated her for 3 months prior to our marriage...we would separate, get back together, and separate...this led to him being with her in our times of separation...(you get the picture). After all of this...things had stopped and we got married. Yes of course there were secret phone calls, meetings (i assume), and e-mails. As I have tried to reach her even in our initial encounter as the "sisterhood" I asked was she going to continue a relationship with him knowing he has not been honest she said no....fast forward to our marriage...i again reiterated we are now married and women should stick together and she lives by this "golden rule" yet it does not apply to me.ReplyDelete
Basically I am saying that as a woman...having had the option to date a married man (prior to marriage) I chose not to engage in that activity and hurt his wife...I guess I hoped the OW in my own situation thought the same. She actually seems to feel I am the OW...I broke them up...(eventhough we dated before her and are married now). She feels it is ok to engage in communication eventhough it disrespects my role as his wife. Not every OW is considerate or thoughtful enough to feel this way. Because of this I hurt...deeply.Replies
I've learned it's crazy to expect that others abide by the same moral code that we do. In your case, your husband needs to make it clear that he (finally!) made his choice and it's not her. He needs to state clearly to her that she is not to contact him again and that he will not contact her. And he needs to copy you on this communication in a way that she can see you're privy to it.Delete
Perhaps then she'll move on.
A man who is a very good friend of mine and lives a few states away married a woman that was really not his type and I hate to say I was not too fond of her. No reason really, but she and I never clicked. A few years into his marraige he confessed to me that he was having sexual feelings towards someone (who I had really just met two weeks before) he wanted to come visit my husband and I and bring the fling, to consummate the affair and get it "out of his system" I told him "no effing way" and my husband agreed. Now I had no allegiance to his wife, didn't even like her, but she had had me in her home (the OW too) and I could think of nothing much more scummy than being "host" to this affair. How flummoxed was I 10 years later when my husband....the same one abhor to hosting this thing, went and had an affair of his own. I will never understand women who betray other women. I did it when I was 18 and ridiculously stupid and I was never caught, but knew I did not ever want to do that again and moved 1000 miles from that situation before I screwed up anyone's life. Maybe this is my belated karma, I don't know. I am just glad I have a place to air this out. Really...forever blessings and thanks Elle,ReplyDelete


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FALL OUT BOY rocker PETE WENTZ was so paranoid at the height of his recent prescription drug hell he was convinced spies had bugged his home.
The bassist tells the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine that his drug problems began in 2009 when Fall Out Boy went on hiatus and he started taking prescription pills Xanax and Klonopin to treat anxiety.
He tells the publication, "I was probably physically and mentally addicted. It started from insomnia and anxiety from flying, then it spiralled."
And things really took a turn for the worse when he split from his wife Ashlee Simpson two years later: "I felt like a loser already. I'd basically gone from being the guy in Fall Out Boy to being the guy, who, like, hangs out all day. I didn't see how I'd ever come out on the other side.
"I was scared of everything. I thought there were always people listening to me... I had my house searched for bugs. It was crazy."
Therapy sessions and his four-year-old son, Bronx, helped Wentz clean up. He adds, "You're up in the morning, and you have to really be there. It's not like getting up for a radio interview. In some ways, that was super helpful for my soul."

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AMMAN, Jordan (RNS) The hottest ticket in town is for an audience with Pope Francis during his visit this Saturday (May 24). Large posters featuring King Abdullah shaking hands with Francis hang in the capital of this Muslim country.
The pope is scheduled to celebrate Mass in an Amman stadium and visit the traditional Jordan River site of Jesus' baptism, in addition to other official meetings. Catholic officials say the pope will focus special attention on children, people with disabilities and the more than 1 million refugees who have flooded into Jordan from Iraq and now Syria.
No one seems to find it odd that this officially Islamic country is rolling out the red carpet for the leader of the world's largest Christian denomination. In fact, the Christian population of Jordan is estimated at less than 3 percent, with Roman Catholics numbering somewhere around 20,000. But despite their small numbers, the Jordanian Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, and Christians hold prominent positions in business, the military and government.
"There is really no persecution for being a Christian in Jordan," one pastor told me. "Sometimes Christians say things that are not very smart, but they get criticized, not punished, and people know it is that person, not all Christians."
But the elephant in the room in every discussion of religion is conversion. Jordanian law, based on Shariah, is interpreted to prohibit proselytizing, and Muslims who convert to Christianity are often subjected to violence and cultural discrimination. "Honor killings" are against the law yet still occur, usually related to a person who converts from Islam.
Churches and Christian organizations are active in the care of Syrian refugees, who are mostly Muslim, but almost all emphasize that they are providing no-strings-attached relief. They sponsor clothing drives, give out food packages and help new refugees register with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Sometimes they hold discussions about faith, but almost all do so with respect for the teachings of the Quran.
Christian pastors in Jordan work hard to respect their Muslim neighbors while also practicing their own faith authentically. Many have studied Islam and understand what teachings are consistent between the Bible and the Quran. Some use phrases that are common to Muslims, like "Inshallah" — if Allah (or God) wills. Others shy away from Arabic phrases with Muslim connotations, including the common greeting of "Ah Salaam Alaikum," believing them to be tied too specifically to teachings of Islam.
As in many Middle Eastern countries (including Israel), Christian denominations must be recognized by the government in order to operate legally. In addition to various Catholic and Orthodox traditions, Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian and Seventh-day Adventist churches are all officially recognized. Churches registered as "societies" include the Free Evangelical Church, Nazarene Church, Assemblies of God, Christian and Missionary Alliance and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons).
Christians who conduct religious work in Jordan without formal affiliation with a recognized denomination can be deported. There are mixed feelings among Christian clergy about foreigners who enter the country with a missionary agenda while working or studying. "We need to show God's love to people without strings attached, " said a Nazarene minister who did not want to be identified.
Christian sites in Jordan are a big tourist draw, and the Jordanian Tourism Board promotes Christian pilgrimages to see such places as Mount Nebo, Madaba, the Jordan River and Lot's cave. Some say that the Christian tourism income is part of the reason the government protects the small Christian community in the country.
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By coming to Jordan, Pope Francis will shine a light on this Islamic state with a protected Christian minority and perhaps encourage other Muslim countries to follow Jordan's model. And he will also draw attention to the critical assistance offered to refugees by churches and Christian organizations that are easing some of the burden on the country's limited resources.
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Having already changed Gatorade flavors, ordered new sweatsuits and added hip-hop music to football drills, Payton's latest strategical tactic is painting the Seahawks logo on his practice field to better inure his team to the unique challenges of Seattle's notoriously raucous CenturyLink Field.
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Amy Chua's "tiger mom" approach to childrearing has become a national topic of discussion bordering on obsession. She has clearly tapped into deep-seated anxieties among American parents and educators about the country's children increasingly slipping behind their counterparts in the rising economic giants of the East. The Tiger Mother phenomenon came on the heels of global math and science results that put Chinese students (or, at least, the ones who had migrated to Shanghai) well ahead of the rest of the world, with America's misdirected youth firmly buried in the bottom half. It's easy to imagine that soon the tables of the global economy will be turned, with innumerate Americans working for pennies an hour on assembly lines producing next-generation iPhones designed by Chinese eggheads. The theme was even picked up by President Obama in his State of the Union call to reinvigorate American global competitiveness.
While we shouldn't excuse the dismal showing of U.S. high school students in math and science, we may also not want to push America's next generation to compete head-on with the tiger children of the East. We may be wiser to celebrate the aspects of American culture and education—promoting free-thinking and creativity over rote memorization—that are well-suited to America's current place in the global economy. Let China—with its armies of flawless test-takers—produce automobiles and computer chips with error-free precision; we'll focus on generating a few revolutionary ideas to ensure the next iPhone or Facebook is conceived and designed in America.
One of the basic insights of modern economics is that countries are better off focusing on producing whatever it is that they do relatively well—their so-called comparative advantage. So, for example, if the United States has a particular knack for producing Hollywood entertainment, we'd do well to focus on exporting blockbusters and use the proceeds to buy T-shirts, sneakers, and food.
It turns out, though, that global trade isn't simply a matter of poor countries sending iron ore and plastic toys to rich nations to be exchanged for supercomputers and action movies. Rich countries trade a lot with other rich countries. Some years ago, Gene Grossman and Giovanni Maggi, a pair of international economists, came up with a clever explanation for at least some of this trade between countries that would seem to have similar skills for producing sophisticated goods. If we buy their story, it may have implications for what the United States should take as its priorities in keeping its competitive edge.
Their insight comes from the observation that for some goods—like automobiles and semiconductors—the value of the final product can be undermined by any problem in the design process or along the production line. One poorly designed or installed brake pedal, and the whole package is worth a lot less than that of your error-free competitors. Economists refer to this kind of production—where the value of what's being produced is undermined by one weak link—as O-ring production, in reference to the space shuttle Challenger, which exploded 25 years ago as a result of the failure of one seemingly irrelevant O-ring seal in its rocket booster.
But in other industries, it doesn't matter how many mistakes you've made in experimenting with new ideas as long as someone has an "aha" moment now and again. Pharmaceutical companies, for example, are always looking for the next blockbuster drug that will emerge amid thousands of failed attempts.
The authors argue that precision-minded societies—like Germany, Japan, and, increasingly, China—have a relative advantage in churning out identical copies of well-engineered products. They produce armies of well-trained technicians and scientists well-suited to O-ring design and production.
By contrast, the U.S. contributes to the global economy goods that require a few talented people and their bright ideas—we excel in areas like software design, drug development, and financial services, which we trade to the Germans, Japanese, and Chinese for automobiles and computer chips. (Foreigners may no longer appreciate our genius for financial innovation, given the supposedly risk-free mortgage-backed investments that American bankers passed off onto German bankers and Taiwanese insurance companies, investments that turned out to be worthless.)
Aspects of our education system—the progressive-education movement; the science-fair tradition—may in fact be well-suited to producing the labor force that will allow us to continue to compete on this basis. And even Amy Chua describes her approach to learning as joyless and focused single-mindedly on rote repetition and memorization at the expense of free-thinking creative development. The debate on the future of American education reflects this tension between teaching basic skills that generate higher test scores and fostering the blue-sky creativity that wins science fairs and creates great scientists. Indeed, some blame our increasing obsession with test results for an equally alarming decline in creativity.
This point was picked up by Larry Summers—hardly known as lackadaisical in personality or parenting style—who pointed out in a debate with Chua at Davos that if Karen Zuckerberg and Mary Gates had been tiger moms, they never would have let young Mark or Bill leave Harvard to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams, and we might not have Facebook or Microsoft (though America would probably have two more very competent dentists or lawyers).
Of course, it's hard to invent Facebook or design the iPhone without developing sound foundations in math and science, the kind of preparation that Gates, Zuckerberg, and others born to privilege receive in America's elite private schools. The dismal showing of American students in international tests implies that we're limiting the pool of possible innovators by failing to provide this training to most children.
It also doesn't mean that tiger moms should be any more forgiving in strict violin practice schedules or demands for A+'s in everything (except gym and art): That depends on whether they're willing to give up stronger prospects of Ivy League acceptance for the long shot of producing the next Bill Gates. But for the American economy to exploit its relative advantages fully, we may in fact be better off with a few more easygoing parents and fewer tiger moms.


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Zatkoff, Malkin push Penguins past Panthersby Alain Poupart
SUNRISE, Fla. -- Seven weeks after a less-than-memorable NHL debut, Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Jeff Zatkoff had a lot more success in his second visit to BB&T Center.
It helps to have Evgeni Malkin in the midst of a hot streak.
Zatkoff made 39 saves, and Malkin had a goal and three assists to lead the Penguins to a 5-1 win against the Florida Panthers on Saturday.
Zatkoff gave up six goals on 30 shots in a 6-3 loss to the Panthers in his first NHL appearance on Oct. 11. Malkin has four goals and 13 assists during an eight-game scoring streak.
"Having a few games under your belt, I feel like I'm getting better every game, feeling a little more comfortable every game, feeling the puck," Zatkoff said. "It's nice to get a second crack at these guys."
Zatkoff is 4-2-0 and raised his save percentage from .877 to .901. He was particularly strong in the first and third periods, when he stopped all 31 shots he faced.
"I can reference his first game in this building, but it's been a while between those starts and he's had some success," Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said. "But tonight, I thought he was very good, came up big for us on numerous occasions, the first period in particular. I think our best player [was] Jeff Zatkoff."
Without question, Malkin was Pittsburgh's best offensive player. His four points were a season high and give him 35 on the season, one behind teammate Sidney Crosby for the NHL scoring lead.
"I'd love to see them both at the top at the end of the year," Bylsma said. "[Evgeni] did it a lot of ways tonight. ... His effort has been pretty consistent for a long stretch of games here. Pretty remarkable night in the duty he did get."
James Neal had a goal and an assist, and Chris Kunitz and Joe Vitale scored for the Penguins, who completed a sweep of their back-to-back Florida games against the Tampa Bay Lightning and Panthers.
Neal has seven goals and six assists in his past seven games.
Pittsburgh defeated Tampa Bay 3-0 Friday, when Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 21 shots for his third shutout of the season.
Scottie Upshall scored for the Panthers, who are 1-2-0 on their five-game homestand, which includes games against the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday and the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday.
Florida outshot Pittsburgh 40-22.
Tim Thomas, making his 11th consecutive start for the Panthers, gave up four goals on 13 shots before being replaced by Scott Clemmensen to start the third period. Thomas gave up two goals on the first four shots he faced and the Penguins took a 2-0 lead.
Clemmensen made his first appearance since starting Nov. 7 in a 4-1 road loss against the Boston Bruins, the last game coached by Kevin Dineen before he was fired by the Panthers the next morning.
Florida outshot Pittsburgh 15-6 in the first period, but trailed in part because Zatkoff outplayed Thomas and because the Panthers were 0-for-3 on the power play.
Kunitz, who scored twice against Tampa Bay on Friday, opened the scoring at 10:45 of the first period with a power-play goal. After Malkin dumped the puck behind the Florida net, he intercepted Thomas' clearing attempt along the boards and fired a pass toward the goal. The puck bounced to the front, and Kunitz was able to score into an open net, even though he misfired on the shot.
"We're battling through adversity," Thomas said. "We're working hard. We got 40 shots tonight. Their goalie played extremely well. The Penguins were opportunistic, but we're shooting ourselves in the foot, myself included. That first goal shot the big toe off, and a couple of the other goals we shot a couple of the other toes off.
"That's happening on a relatively consistent basis. That's something that we have to find a way to eliminate. I'm almost tired of saying it, but it's true … we're doing a lot of good things in a lot of areas, but then when we do make mistakes, they seem to be huge mistakes and they end up in the back of our net."
Vitale added to the lead 32 seconds later with his first goal of the season with a rebound from a sharp angle. He hadn't scored since March 22 against the New York Islanders.
"It was a long time coming," Vitale said. "[I'm] happy to contribute and get on the board finally. The puck was kind of sitting there by the goal line and I just threw my whole body at it and crashed it in. I think it hit my stick and my knee pad. Anytime they go to the scorer's box, you get nervous."
Malkin made it 3-0 at 7:23 of the second period when he skated with the puck across the blue line, took a return pass from defenseman Olli Maatta and beat Thomas with a slick forehand-to-backhand deke.
Florida appeared to get on the scoreboard midway through the period, but the apparent goal by Brad Boyes was disallowed after video replay determined he kicked the puck into the net.
"I didn't even see the puck," Boyes said. "I know I didn't do that on purpose. I was just going to the net. I saw the replay. I don't know, it could have gone either way. But they called a goal [and] I didn't think it was enough to overturn it. But the bounces, we didn't get them tonight."
The Panthers did score at 17:53 of the second period when Upshall beat Zatkoff with a short backhander after streaking in on the left side. But Pittsburgh restored its three-goal lead 29 seconds later, when Malkin backhanded a pass from behind the net and Neal one-timed it past Thomas from the bottom of the right circle.
Jokinen scored at 6:10 of the third period, when he one-timed Malkin's pass in the slot after a turnover in the Florida zone.
Zatkoff did the rest to help the Penguins match their biggest margin of victory of the season on a night when they had their worst shot differential.
"You always want to play well, especially against a team that put up six on you the last time," Zatkoff said. "I know that wasn't my best the first time around; to be able to come back and get that second opportunity is nice."


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Hossa has no doubts about returning against Sharksby Brian Hedger
CHICAGO -- Marian Hossa will play for the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday at United Center against the San Jose Sharks (8 p.m. ET, NHLN-US) after passing all the medical protocols for head injuries following the team's morning skate.
Hossa, who left the game Tuesday against the Vancouver Canucks 1:10 into the third period after taking a hard blow to the back of the head from Canucks forward Jannik Hansen, went through his second straight day of on-ice work and said he's ready to play.
"I feel good," Hossa said. "Otherwise, if I had a little doubt, I wouldn't go and play. I wouldn't practice. Everything is clear. Like I said, I was a little shaky right after the hit, the punch in the head, but the next day was better and after a day off it was much better [on Thursday] for practice. Then I felt good this morning."
It was a big relief for the Blackhawks (13-0-3) to hear that from Hossa. They're vying to set a new NHL mark for consecutive games without a regulation loss to start a season; they're currently tied at 16 with the 2006-07 Anaheim Ducks. The most important thing is just keeping Hossa healthy for the long run, and hearing the star forward say he felt good was key for getting back on the ice so quickly.
"For sure, that's the first step," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. "He's got to make sure that he's comfortable and we're comfortable with him playing. We always look at the history and there's hurdles and tests you've got to make sure you face and pass. Organizationally, he's ready to go and he's cleared."
Hossa, one of Chicago's top stars, is off to a great start, with eight goals and six assists while playing right wing on the top line next to captain Jonathan Toews. That includes a pair of goals against Vancouver on Tuesday prior to Hansen's hit. Hansen was penalized for roughing in the game and then on Wednesday received a one-game suspension from the NHL.
Seeing Hossa lay on the ice Tuesday was similar to what happened in Game 3 of the first round of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs, when he was injured on an illegal hit by the Phoenix Coyotes' Raffi Torres.
"Obviously, when you get another hit in the head and you lay on the ice, you kind of go through things and what happened [before]," Hossa said. "I just want to make sure everything is clear in my head. Otherwise, I wouldn't play if I had a little doubt in my head."
Hossa also was asked if Hansen's hit gave him a concussion of any degree.
"No," Hossa said. "Most likely when he punched me in the head, I felt shaky at first [for] one hour, but [afterward] it became better and [Thursday] I felt better. They asked me if I'm sure I'm ready to go and I believe my instinct and they believe me. I went through it before, so I know myself right now. I feel good. Otherwise I wouldn't be playing."


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For decades objections to the theory of evolution have bedeviled individual teachers, school boards, state boards of education and state legislatures. Educators fought to keep evolution in science classes and creationism out. We resisted intelligent design, the notion that natural selection alone cannot explain the complexity of life-forms, which served as a way of getting creationism through the back door. We are now fighting legislation that encourages teachers to teach the "evidence against evolution"—facts found only in the creationist literature.
The consequences of antievolutionism are felt in many American schools: evolution is not taught or is taught poorly. Yet evolution is one of the most important ideas in human intellectual history, and students have a right to learn it. The common ancestry of living things and the mechanisms of inheritance explain why things are the way they are. Students and adults deprived of this knowledge are scientifically illiterate and ill prepared for life in a global, competitive world. Students given merely once-over or light instruction in evolution are woefully undereducated.
These "academic freedom" laws are not aimed solely at evolution. They often also take on climate change, another field of science with a body of evidence that is accepted by the scientific community. That the planet is warming and that the burning of fossil fuels over the past 150 years explains the current rapid rate of change are virtually indisputable in the scientific community. But public distrust means that the National Center for Science Education, which formed in the 1980s to contend with antievolutionists, now helps teachers cope with push back on climate, too.
Opposition to climate change stems less from religious ideology than from political and economic ideology. Some political conservatives claim that global warming is a liberal plot to increase the power of the federal government, which if it reduces our reliance on greenhouse gas–producing fossil fuels, will jeopardize national security and threaten our individual freedoms. Some libertarians believe that policies such as carbon taxes are a socialist plot intended to cripple capitalism. True, some political and economic views cannot accommodate policies associated with combating climate change, but we should not let the ideologies of some prevent or distort the education of the many.
The newly released Next Generation Science Standards, developed by a consortium that includes the National Academy of Sciences, 26 states and the nonprofit organization Achieve, will require teachers in states adopting them to teach both evolution and climate change. That does not mean that teachers will necessarily cover these subjects adequately, but in general, in states that adopt the standards students will receive more instruction in evolution and in climate change than they currently do.
The Next Generation Science Standards would deliver instruction that is head and shoulders above what would result from academic freedom acts, which allow for the use of information found only on creationist sites, many of which teach that the earth is not billions of years old, or from climate change contrarian think tanks, which attribute the recent trend in warming not to an increase in greenhouse gases but rather to unstoppable solar cycles. Students would also learn that the pre–industrial revolution Medieval Warming Period refutes anthropogenic global warming—even though it was merely a regional warming event. Scientists do not give these views credence, but that does not keep them from appearing in lesson plans to dispute the fact that human activity has affected the earth's climate.
Today's atmospheric warming rate is not regional; it is global. It affects land, sea and air. The scientific consensus is that humans are mostly responsible. Whatever our society decides to do about climate change, it must be based on solid science. We all will suffer if that science is compromised because of ideological opposition to its consequences. Beginning learners have a right to know what scientists have concluded. It is not right to allow religious, political or economic ideologies to trump instruction in science.


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I have two lists with the same x-values but different y-values. I have used
ListPlot to plot and fill the space (line) between them; however, I would like the color of the fill to be representative of the difference in y-values.
I have lists of the form
{{x1,y1},..}: a , b
The normalized difference (from 0 to 1) between the points:
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I have tried other methods, but this one was the simplest to demonstrate my intent.
I have had thoughts about
ColorFunction, but my attempts have been met with frought.
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Our Best Christmas Cakes
Spice Cake with Cranberry Filling
This stunning and festive cake makes a great centerpiece at the holiday dessert table. A great tip is to pipe a ring of frosting around each cake layer, just inside the top edge, to keep the cranberry filling from peeking out.
Peppermint Cake with Seven-Minute Frosting
White Chocolate Poinsettia Cake
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Easy Chocolate Christmas Cake
No one will ever have to know this show-stopping Christmas cake started with a box of chocolate cake mix!
Mrs. Billett's White Cake
Whether or not you're dreaming of a white Christmas, you'll want to dive into a slice of this snowy white cake. Complete with fondant snowflakes, it's truly reminiscent of a winter wonderland.
White Cake with Peppermint Frosting
Garnish with a fondant bow or Peppermint Meringue Cookies.
White Cake with Cranberry Filling and Orange Buttercream
This melt-in-your-mouth cake will be the star of your holiday meal. Your guests will be begging for the recipe!
Milk Punch Tres Leches Cake
Bake this a day before serving so it soaks up the creamy syrup. Make mini cakes with a round cutter. Top with whipped cream and a grating of nutmeg.
Coconut Cake with Rum Filling and Coconut Ermine Frosting
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Red Velvet Cheesecake
If you love both red velvet cake and cheesecake, this recipe is for you. A red velvet filling is spiked with cocoa, topped with a creamy cheesecake layer, and baked in a dark chocolate crust–making a wickedly-delicious combination.
Caramel Cream Cake
This three-layer butter cake has a pecan-pie filling in between the cake layers, a rich cream cheese frosting, and a topping of sweet coconut and chopped pecans. It's a great dessert for holiday entertaining.
Red Velvet Cheesecake-Vanilla Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
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New Classic Red Velvet Cake
This moist red velvet cake is filled with layer upon layer of cream cheese frosting and topped with sweet meringue icing.
Smith Island Cake
Create a show-stopping holiday cake by icing each beautiful layer with decadent Chocolate Ganache icing.
White Cake with Bourbon Buttercream and Seven-Minute Frosting
Top this cake with Sugar-Coated Orange Slices and Sparkling Cherries.
Mexican Hot Chocolate Trifle
Top this rich trifle with a sprinkle of chocolate curls.
Gingerbread Cake with Buttermilk Frosting
Warm spices and molasses blend beautifully with tangy buttermilk frosting.
Layered Peppermint Cheesecake
Enveloped in a white chocolate mousse frosting, we love this layered cheesecake for its childlike whimsy and peppermint candy crunch.
Red Velvet Marble Bundt Cake
The trick to creating looping swirls is to gently layer the batter around the Bundt pan with a small cookie scoop. No need to swirl with a knife; it will marble as it bakes. A Snowy White Vanilla Glaze is just the icing on the cake.
Peppermint-Hot Chocolate Cake
We took every beloved flavor from the holidays and put them in a single cake. The results are heavenly. Be our guest!
Coconut Cake with Raspberry Filling
A little coconut flour (look for it with specialty flours) adds extra nutty essence. But don't get overzealous and use more than we specify; because this flour lacks the gluten of wheat-based cake flour, it would wreck the structure.
Marbled Pumpkin Praline Cake
Homestyle cakes, with casual icing swirls, are welcoming and inviting. Plus, they hide any last-minute finger swipes you might make as you pass by the dessert table.
Chocolate-Peppermint Cheesecake
Don't worry if your cheesecake cracks; the light and fluffy layer of whipped cream will cover it.
Red Velvet Cake with Coconut-Cream Cheese Frosting
This cake bakes best in four pans. If you need additional pans, use 8-inch aluminum foil disposable pans. Just be sure to place them on a baking sheet for stability.
Tiramisù Layer Cake
This tiramisù cake offers the best of both worlds: the beauty of a layer cake with the amazing flavor of tiramisù.
Chocolate-Gingerbread-Toffee Cake
Winner of the Southern Living 2011 White Cake Contest, this cake combines the wonderful flavors that come tumbling from a stocking: milk chocolate Santas, gingerbread men, and buttery toffee candy.
Snowy Chocolate Baby Cakes
Make these mini chocolate cakes by starting with a devils' food cake mix and baking in muffin pans. The festive holly garnish is simply red cinnamon candies and fresh bay leaves.
Ambrosia Coconut Cake
Made with orange segments and crushed pineapple, discover luscious Ambrosia Filling between each layer of sweet coconut cake. This spin on a classic Southern dessert is perfect for any holiday gathering.
Buttermilk Bundt Cakes
Try one of the three garnishing options for these adorable cakes: dust with powdered sugar, pipe sweet bourbon glaze over the top, or dunk the cakes in an orange glaze for a heavier coating.
Eggnog Cheesecake
Although there's no actual eggnog in this velvety cake, the same flavor is achieved with the traditional eggnog ingredients: eggs, sugar, whipping cream, brandy and nutmeg.
Crushed-Peppermint Cheesecake
Go for double peppermint flavor by stirring peppermint extract into the cheesecake batter and topping the cake with crushed peppermint candies.
Chocolate Velvet "Pound" Cake
This smooth and creamy chocolate velvet batter is not a traditional pound cake batter, but is the batter used for many popular Southern Living chocolate layer cakes. However, it works fine to use this batter for a cake baked in a tube pan. Top with powdered sugar or a chocolate ganache for an extra special holiday touch.
Coconut Layer Cake
Costing just $0.91 per serving, this festive white layer cake is a coconut lover's dream, featuring a triple dose of coconut flavor from sweetened flaked coconut, coconut water, and coconut extract.
Pineapple Upside-Down Gingerbread Cake
Round out your holiday meal with a slice of this gingerbread cake topped with a sweet and gooey brown sugar-pineapple topping. Make sure to use a cast iron or heavy oven-proof skillet when preparing this dessert.
Cheesecake Christmas Trees
Start with a frozen cheesecake and a bottle of chocolate fudge shell coating to make these cute 5-ingredient cakes.
Red Velvet Peppermint Cake
Transform a classic red velvet cake into a festive holiday dessert by adding peppermint extract to the rich cream cheese frosting and garnishing the cake with peppermint candies.
Chocolate Chunk Candy Cane Cheesecake
We can't think of a better use for candy canes than lining them up all around the sides of a chocolate-and-peppermint flavored cheesecake. This easy garnishing idea results in one very impressive cake.
Chocolate-Citrus Cake With Candied Oranges
A rich whipped chocolate ganache filling is the happy surprise when you slice into this decadent chocolate layer cake. Frost with 7-Minute Frosting and decorate with festive candied orange slices, citrus leaves and cranberries.
Cranberry Obsession Snow Cake
This stunning white cake features a brilliantly-colored cranberry filling and a rich buttercream frosting. The crowning glory, and the feature that will generate "oohs" and "ahhs," is the topping of white chocolate curls.
Spice Cake with Citrus Filling
Fill your kitchen with the aromas of cinnamon, allspice and cloves as the spice cake bakes, then top the cake layers with a tangy filling made with lemon curd, coconut and orange juice.
Red Velvet-White Chocolate Cheesecake
This gorgeous, festive cake marries two favorite holiday cake flavors: red velvet and cheesecake. The cake features layers of white chocolate cheesecake alternated with red velvet cake layers, topped with white chocolate frosting and candy "leaves".
Ginger Cake with Maple Frosting
A creamy frosting made with maple syrup is the perfect partner for this richly spiced holiday cake. Decorate the top and sides of the cake with homemade or store-bought gingerbread cookies and candy canes for a cake that can double as the centerpiece.
Cranberry-Apple-Pumpkin Bundt
Favorite holiday flavors combine in this divine Bundt cake. A ribbon of chopped pecans, apples, and cranberries is sandwiched between layers of pumpkin cake batter, and then the whole thing is topped with Maple Glaze and Sugared Pecans and Pepitas.
Peppermint Ice-Cream Cake
With peppermint ice cream sandwiched between chiffon cake layers, this towering cake is a peppermint-lover's dream.
White Christmas Cupcakes
Make these crowd-pleasing cupcakes to create your own little wonderland of snow. The peppermint-Cream Cheese Frosting gives a luscious, chilly bite and sparkling scent to this bright, frosty cupcake.
Candy Cane Cake
For a simple yet stunning holiday dessert, top angel food cake with whipped cream and crushed peppermint candies. For a shortcut, start with a store-bought angel food cake instead of making one from scratch.
Chocolate-Vanilla Holiday Torte
Add a touch of elegance to your holiday table with this chocolate cake coated with a white chocolate ganache and topped with a festive white chocolate ribbon and bow.
Spiced Eggnog Cake
Eggnog not's just for sipping: Use it to add extra richness and flavor to a holiday bundt cake.
Peppermint Ice Cream Cake
Add holiday flair to chocolate cake layers with a filling of peppermint ice cream and a frosting of frozen whipped topping. Top the cake with crushed peppermint candies to make it colorful and give it double mint flavor.
Fresh Orange Italian Cream Cake
This Italian cream cake recipe is enhanced with a pecan and cream cheese frosting and sweet, tangy orange curd between the cake layers. Garnish with glazed pecans and a boxwood garland to make it special for the holidays.
Christmas Fruitcake
This nutty, rum-soaked cake will defy all the jokes made about fruitcake during the holiday season. It's tender, filled with sweet raisins, currants, apricots and figs, and gets a little crunch from chopped pistachios.
Holiday Gift Cakes
Make your friends really happy by baking them a small loaf of cream cheese coffee cake drizzled with a sugary glaze and topped with maraschino cherries and pecans.
Hazel's Fresh Coconut Cake
Southerner Hazel Burwell has been making this stately fresh coconut cake for her family for over 40 years. She brushes the layers with a coconut syrup to keep the cake moist, and adds marshmallows to the frosting to keep it soft.
Ambrosia Cheesecake
Turn the traditional holiday fruit side dish into a cheesecake featuring orange curd and sweetened coconut.
Cream Cheese-Coconut-Pecan Pound Cake
As if a cream cheese pound cake were not rich enough, this one goes over the top with the addition of shredded coconut and chopped pecans. And don't forget the sugar glaze that's drizzled over the top. For a special holiday occasion, garnish the cake plate with sugared rosemary sprigs and sugared cranberries.
Cranberry Upside-Down Cake
Shiny glazed cranberries give a tangy new holiday twist to this classic homestyle dessert.
Chocolate-Bourbon-Pecan Cake
Fill and frost a velvety, three-layer chocolate cake with a rich buttercream frosting accented with bourbon, and top the cake with toasted pecans and chopped chocolate. The combination of chocolate, pecans and bourbon is the trifecta of flavor.
Chocolate-Mint Cake
It's hard to beat the flavor pairing of chocolate and mint that's showcased in this cake, featuring velvet chocolate cake layers, a peppermint buttercream filling, and a luscious chocolate ganache.
White Chocolate-Almond Cake
Offer your holiday guests a present in the form of cake. This recipe features classic chocolate cake layers, a vanilla buttercream frosting, and white chocolate-almond candy that's chopped and sprinkled over the top of the cake.
Chocolate Velvet Cake With Cream Cheese-Butter Pecan Frosting
Top the rich chocolate cake layers with a luscious cream cheese frosting accented with toasted pecans. Make the cake special for the holidays with festive garnishes such as sugared ivy leaves, toffee candy and shelled pecans.
Bûche de Noël
Bûche de Noël is a traditional French Christmas cake shaped and decorated to look like a tree log. It's filled and frosted with silky chocolate buttercream. Crunchy meringue mushrooms are the perfect contrast. Chopped pistachios scattered around resemble moss growing on the (chocolate) log.
Poinsettia Cheesecake
Decorate a store-bought cheesecake with red petals made of candy melts for a quick and impressive holiday dessert.
Holiday Lane Cake
Adorn your table with a show-stopping cake that starts with a cake mix and store-bought icing, then adds rich homemade flavor in the fruit-and-nut filling and the festive garnishes.
Cranberry-Orange Coffee Cake
Dress up coffee cake for the holidays by adding cranberry sauce, pecans and a sugary citrus glaze.
Cheesecake-Stuffed Dark Chocolate Cake
Start with a package of devil's food cake mix for this decadent cake that's filled with chopped frozen cheesecake bites and chocolate candy bars. The over-the-top cream cheese frosting is drenched with dulce de leche caramel sauce and topped with chocolate cookies.
Mile-High White Chocolate Hummingbird Cake
Hummingbird Cake remains the most-requested Southern Living recipe of all time. The origin of the name is unknown, but its signature ingredients—mashed banana, pineapple, coconut and pecans—assure its continued popularity. Eight layers and a spoon-licking white chocolate-cream cheese frosting make this updated version more spectacular than the original. But it's easy as can be because of convenience products such as cake mix, instant pudding mix, and canned pineapple.
Brown Sugar Cake with Peanut Buttercream and Brittle Topping
This gorgeous cake is pretty enough to be a holiday centerpiece, and it's as delicious as it is eye-catching.
Gingerbread Baked Alaska
The mixing bowl from a heavy-duty stand mixer makes a perfect mold for assembling the cake and ice cream. Be sure your plastic wrap extends well beyond your bowl to completely cover your cake and ice cream mixture.
Coconut-Lemon Cake
This is a classic Christmas white cake in every way, with three golden yellow layers and fluffy white frosting. The homemade lemon filling is a quick and easy stovetop stir-together that can also be used to fill tart shells.
Gift Box Cake
This is a fun cake for the whole family—perfect not only for the holidays, but for year-round celebrations. It's an impressively moist three-layered white cake with a fine crumb texture.
Christmas Tree Cake Wedges
Instead of making a Christmas tree cake in a tree-shaped pan, just create Christmas trees from individual cake wedges.
Sugar-and-Spice Cake
Make a classic white cake for Christmas or Easter this year. This cake starts with boxed mix, then adds a few key ingredients to make the end result light, fluffy, and totally delicious.
Peppermint-Mousse Cake
Start with a frozen pound cake loaf for this easy cake filled with a sweetened mascarpone cheese filling and topped with melted chocolate and chopped peppermint candies.


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Look in the eastern sky October 28 for the brilliant planet.
The largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter, reaches maximum brightness the night of October 28. On that date, the planet lies opposite the Sun from Earth in our sky — this is called opposition. Jupiter will rise at sunset, appear highest around local midnight, and set as the Sun rises.
The king of planets will glow at magnitude −2.9, far brighter than any other point of light in the sky. The gas giant currently lies in Aries the Ram and is about 100 times more brilliant than the brightest star in that constellation. "Look for Jupiter in the east at sunset," says Senior Editor Richard Talcott. "It will climb higher in the southeastern sky as the night wears on."
You can observe Jupiter's disk through any size telescope, which makes the planet a great target for beginners. You'll be able to spot its dark equatorial cloud belts and even its four major moons, which align with Jupiter's equator. The planet's South Equatorial Belt returned in November 2010 after it mysteriously faded away for about six months.
At opposition, the planet's disk will span 49.7" across its equator but 46.5" through the poles. This difference is because the planet is gaseous and spins rapidly, thus squashing its shape.
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English Grammar Tips for Subject-Verb Agreement
Someone or something must be present in a sentence, and that someone or something doing the action or being talked about is the subject. Verbs are the words that express the action the subject is doing or the state of being the subject is in. Subjects and verbs must agree if you're going to get your point across as clearly as possible. Otherwise, you end up with an incomplete sentence or a sentence that makes no sense.
Match singular subjects with singular verbs, plural subjects with plural verbs (I run, she runs, they run).
Amounts of time and money are usually singular (ten dollars is).
Either/or and neither/nor: Match the verb to the closest subject (neither the boys nor the girl is).
Either and neither, without their partners or and nor, always take a singular verb (either of the apples is).
All subjects preceded by each and every take a singular verb (each CD is mine; every one of the cheeses is different).
Both, few, several, and many are always plural (both/many are qualified; few want the job; several were hired).


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- Nearly Half of South African Adults Risk HIV Infection
- South African Retreats From AIDS Debate
- An Innate Defense System
- Depressed Gay Men More Likely to Have Unsafe Sex
- Abacavir Plus Amprenavir Effective for Adults in Early Stage of HIV-1 Infection
- Infectious Diseases Continue to Cause More Deaths Than Natural Disasters
- Time of HIV Seroconversion Necessary for Accurate Survival Trend Estimates
- TB a Problem in Prisons Around the World
- Many Give Herpes and Don't Know It
- All Benefit When People with AIDS Take Their Medicine
- Bacterial Infection Increases HIV Infection Through Upregulation of Viral Coreceptors
- "Age Isn't a Vaccine" Against HIV
- Gay, Bisexual Men Not Getting Hepatitis Vaccines
- Hepatitis C Infection Increases Diabetes Risk
- HIV-Infected Doctors
- Influence of Follicular Dendritic Cells on Decay of HIV During Antiretroviral Therapy
- New Jersey Panel Clears Revised Rules for Sex Education in Public Schools
- Effect of Pregnancy on Chronic Hepatitis C: A Case-Control Study
Nearly Half of South African Adults Risk HIV Infection
A professor of actuarial studies at the University of Cape Town has predicted that about half of all South African adults are at risk for HIV within the next 10 years unless significant changes are made. At a meeting of insurance assessors on Thursday, Rob Dorrington forecast that by 2010, life expectancy in South Africa would drop from 63 years to about 41 years. He also estimated that 13 percent of South Africa's residents will have HIV by the end of this year, with about 2,000 to 2,500 new infections every day. (Reuters (www.reuters.com), (10/12/00); Lovell, Jeremy)
South African Retreats From AIDS Debate
South African President Thabo Mbeki reportedly has decided to back off from the debate over whether HIV causes AIDS, after sparking a firestorm of controversy earlier this year by questioning a link that most scientists accept. His comments have been criticized by AIDS activists and researchers worldwide. Now, according to government spokesman Joel Netshitenzhe, Mbeki "has scaled down on his participation in the debate," so he can deal with other issues. Last month, the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party publicly declared that HIV causes AIDS, and they called on Mbeki to acknowledge the link. While the president has not yet gone that far, in recent comments to Parliament he said the government's AIDS policies stem from the "thesis" that HIV causes AIDS. Mbeki's retreat, as well as a new AIDS awareness and prevention campaign from the government, seem to indicate that the debate has taken a toll. Morna Cornell of the AIDS Consortium, an umbrella group representing more than 350 AIDS groups in South Africa, noted, "At least [Mbeki is] being strategic enough to recognize the damage that has been caused and to acknowledge it and to extract himself from it." The government has also decided to further investigate nevirapine's use in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. (New York Times (www.nytimes.com), (10/17/00) P. A10; Cauvin, Henri E.)
An Innate Defense System
Dr. Jay Levy of the University of California at San Francisco has an HIV-infected patient who appears very healthy but whose T-cell count is only 21. This patient -- who hikes, bikes, and travels, and who does not take antiviral drugs -- may represent the idea that the human immune system consists of the innate and adaptive systems. The innate immune system contains disease-fighting cells, which may be used to form new AIDS treatments. Innate immunity is the first line of defense, including the skin and saliva. The adaptive system can manufacture B-cells and T-cells to attack a virus, but it can fail when the virus has advanced. Levy's patient has a poor adaptive system, but his innate immunity appears to be functioning well. He has normal levels of interferon-producing cells; interferon inhibits viral replication and modifies the activities of other cells. Dr. Levy is using the study of innate immunity to search for new therapies, by following the CD8 cells and investigating their functions. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Depressed Gay Men More Likely to Have Unsafe Sex
A study from Adelaide University in Australia has found that gay men with long-term depression are nearly twice as likely to have unsafe casual sex as other gay men. The study of over 400 gay men found that 40 percent of the men with long-term, low-grade depression (dysthymia) said they engaged in unsafe casual sex in the past six months, versus 22 percent of the men who did not have dysthymia. Dr. Gary Rogers, program director of a care and prevention program at Adelaide University, suggested, "It may be that the low self-esteem that is part of long-term depression leads to men not caring enough about themselves to stay safe." (Australian Associated Press (aap.com.au), 10/11/00)
Abacavir Plus Amprenavir Effective for Adults in Early Stage of HIV-1 Infection
Giuseppe Pantaleo of the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and a multicenter team report that a combination of abacavir and amprenavir can suppress HIV replication and stabilize CD4 T-cell counts when given soon after infection. A study of 41 HIV-infected patients who were antiretroviral-naive and 49 controls showed that virus replication was suppressed in the HIV-positive patients in comparable numbers to HIV-negative subjects in about 24 to 48 weeks. Dr. Pantaleo also noted that the patients' triglyceride and cholesterol levels remained good after 72 weeks. The study is published in the October issue of AIDS (2000;14:887-897). (Reuters Health Information Services (www.reutershealth.com), (10/09/00); Kahn, Sherry Dr.)
Infectious Diseases Continue to Cause More Deaths Than Natural Disasters
World Disasters Report issued by the International Federation of Red Cross and Crescent Societies shows that infectious diseases kill more people than earthquakes or floods. AIDS, malaria, diarrhea, and respiratory diseases killed 100 times as many victims of natural disasters last year. The report notes that diseases like malaria, syphilis, and tuberculosis are reemerging because of failing health systems. Other factors like urbanization, climate change, environmental pollution lead to health risks as well. A 1995 World Bank survey revealed that health spending fell 15 percent on average for 53 countries. The infectious diseases claiming lives can be prevented, often at the cost of only $5 per person. The report cited several low-cost community campaigns in Uganda and Cambodia. (Infectious Diseases in Children (www.slackinc.com/idc.htm), (09/00) Vol. 13, No. 9, P. 85 A)
Time of HIV Seroconversion Necessary for Accurate Survival Trend Estimates
Kholoud Porter of the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit in London has analyzed how HIV survival changes over time. Porter and colleagues studied data from 19 European seroconverter cohorts in the Concerted Action on SeroConversion to AIDS and Death in Europe study. The researchers note that of the more than 5,400 at risk as of January 1991 or later, 24.2 percent died, and there were significant reductions in mortality from 1997 to 1999. The researchers, who report their findings in the journal AIDS (2000;14:1899-1906), said their findings indicate that knowledge of the duration of HIV infection is necessary to obtaining accurate estimates of survival changes over time. (Reuters Health Information Services (www.reutershealth.com), (10/10/00); Hendry, Joene Dr.)
TB a Problem in Prisons Around the World
The World Medical Association (WMA), which represents doctors from around the world, is warning that overcrowded prisons help breed tuberculosis (TB). At the group's annual meeting in Scotland, the doctors said that high-risk conditions in prisons must be overcome to stop the spread of diseases -- including TB, hepatitis C and HIV -- in jails. The WMA's Declaration of Edinburgh states, "Overcrowding, lengthy confinement within closed, poor lit, badly heated and consequently poorly ventilated and often humid spaces are all conditions frequently associated with imprisonment and which contribute to the spread of disease and ill-health." The declaration -- which is not legally binding for governments, although most follow WMA statements when establishing policies -- also notes that prisoners should not be put in solitary confinement without sufficient access to healthcare. (Fox News Online (www.foxnews.com), 10/10/00)
Many Give Herpes and Don't Know It
People can spread genital herpes without knowing they are infected. An estimated 25 percent of Americans have the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but many are not aware of their condition. Dr. Karl Beutner of the University of California at San Francisco estimates that up to 75 percent of infected individuals do not know they have herpes. Patients could thus unknowingly transmit the disease to someone else, who could then spread it to others, including infants at birth. Kathleen Stine, a nurse practitioner involved in a recent genital herpes study at the University of Washington, found that asymptomatic infections are as risky as those with known diagnosis. This could explain why genital herpes has increased during the last 10 years, even as condom use grew. There is no cure for herpes, although drugs like acyclovir can suppress the disease, and abstinence is the only sure means of prevention. (Arizona Daily Star Online (www.azstarnet.com), (10/17/00); Seebacher, Noreen)
All Benefit When People with AIDS Take Their Medicine
Many people with AIDS do not take their medications, with an estimated 20 percent to 50 percent failing to follow their prescribed therapies. Doing this raises the risk of developing drug-resistant strains of HIV, note Ivan Oransky and Sean I. Savitz in a USA Today commentary. The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS reported recently that a significant number of HIV and AIDS patients have drug or mental health problems, and it also noted that up to 50 percent of all new HIV infections are among individuals under the age of 25, who report difficulties accessing medical care during regular business hours. The panel called for easier-to-take drugs that are less toxic for the patients. However, the authors note that directly observed therapy (DOT), a system developed for tuberculosis (TB) patients in which healthcare workers watch the patient take his or her medicine, could also be useful. A 1998 study from the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that DOT has reduced the incidence of drug resistance by 82 percent in New York City since 1992. Furthermore, whereas hospitalizing a TB patient can cost more than $8,000, DOT costs about $2,200 per patient. The authors assert that "given the recent development of simpler regimens, every non-compliant HIV patient should be put into a directly observed therapy program," which will save lives, reduce costs, and help stem the spread of HIV. (USA Today (www.usatoday.com), (10/16/00) P. 19A; Oransky, Ivan; Savitz, Sean I.)
Bacterial Infection Increases HIV Infection Through Upregulation of Viral Coreceptors
Researchers from the Netherlands, led by Dr. Tom van der Poll, have found that concurrent bacterial infection can encourage HIV replication through upregulation of chemokine receptors on T cells. Van der Poll and colleagues at the University of Amsterdam injected eight HIV-negative volunteers with lipopolysaccharide, testing the surface levels of CXCR4 and CCR5.They were surprised to find that bacterial infection increased the surface levels of the two chemokines per CD4 T cell. The researchers, who report their findings in the journal Blood (2000; 96:2649-2654), believe intercurrent disease should be closely watched and treated in patients with HIV. (Reuters Health Information Services (www.reutershealth.com), (10/17/00); Agrawal, Alka)
"Age Isn't a Vaccine" Against HIV
Jane Fowler, thought HIV was a problem only for gay men, not for divorced heterosexual women. The 64-year-old woman became infected through a heterosexual encounter in which she did not insist on condom use because she was unaware of the risk. Fowler, the founder of the National Association on HIV Over 50, now devotes her time to warning other seniors about the risks of HIV. Although people over 50 make up just 10% of all AIDS cases, older Americans face unique challenges in terms of treatment and prevention. Treating AIDS in the elderly is difficult due to other health conditions and possible drug interactions, and there is little research to guide treatment decisions. Researchers also know little about the sexual behavior of seniors, which is why Marsha Ory of the National Institute on Aging organized a conference last month to discuss AIDS in older people. Studies indicate that older women know far less about HIV than younger women, and a University of North Carolina study suggests that 4.5 million American women over 40 engage in risk behaviors that might put them at risk for HIV. According to Ory, many older people take the same risks as younger people, and "age isn't a vaccine" that will protect them from infection. According to CDC, as of 1999, some 78,000 people 50 years of age and older had developed AIDS, approximately 10,000 of whom were over the age of 65. (USA Today (www.usatoday.com), (10/16/00) P. 7D; Sternberg, Steve)
Gay, Bisexual Men Not Getting Hepatitis Vaccines
A study conducted for the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) shows that gay and bisexual men are not getting vaccinated against hepatitis A and B. The survey of 2,566 men revealed that only 35.5 percent had received the two shots to prevent hepatitis A, although that number is up from 22.3 percent in the previous year, and 38.9 percent were vaccinated for hepatitis B, versus 33.4 percent one year ago. GLMA spokesman Ron Tierney said many factors -- including affordability issues, discomfort with medical professionals, and a lack of awareness -- contribute to the low coverage rates. He also noted that gay men may be uncomfortable discussing with their doctors matters that could be associated with sexual identity. (Reuters Health Information Services (www.reutershealth.com), (10/18/00); Cunningham, Chris)
Hepatitis C Infection Increases Diabetes Risk
A new study from Johns Hopkins University shows that people age 40 or over who are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) have over three times the risk of type 2 diabetes. Shruti Mehta and colleagues evaluated over 9,800 adults, 2 percent of whom had HCV infection. According to their report in the Annals of Internal Medicine (2000;133:592-599), the rate of type 2 diabetes was higher in the HCV group compared to those HCV-negative, for subjects over 40. The findings support the idea that HCV infection can cause type 2 diabetes through progressive liver damage. (Reuters Health Information Services (www.reutershealth.com), 10/16/00)
HIV-Infected Doctors
Health policy expert Lawrence Gostin of Georgetown University Law Center has stated that the government should not require HIV-positive doctors to tell their patients they are infected. Gostin, whose proposal is published in today's Journal of the American Medical Association (2000;284:1965-1970), noted that as the rules stand now, they "pose significant human rights burdens" and are not supported by data regarding the risk of doctor-patient transmission. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently undertaking a routine review of the guidelines, which state that HIV-positive healthcare workers should reveal their status to patients undergoing invasive procedures. (Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com), (10/18/00) P. A34)
Influence of Follicular Dendritic Cells on Decay of HIV During Antiretroviral Therapy
Investigators from the United States, Germany, and the Netherlands evaluated the role of HIV-1 on follicular dendritic cells in the process of decay of plasma virus as the result of antiretroviral therapy. Using a mathematical model for HIV-1 dynamics in lymphoid tissue, the researchers analyzed data for the decay of HIV during treatment. The model showed that viral clearance and death of short-lived productively infected cells could be faster than previously thought. The study also indicated that the second stage of decay may not be caused by long-lived or latently infected cells. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Online (www.pnas.org), (09/26/00) Vol. 97, No. 20, P. 10966; Hlavacek, William S.; Stilianakis, Nikolaos I.; Notermans, Daan W.; et al.)
New Jersey Panel Clears Revised Rules for Sex Education in Public Schools
A new bill in New Jersey would require teachers to stress abstinence in sex education and HIV prevention classes. The bill, sponsored by Assembly woman Marion Crecco (R-Essex), would promote abstinence as "the only completely reliable means" of avoiding pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. Opponents of the bill believe abstinence is already part of sex education. The bill, which was approved Monday by the Education Committee, has now been sent to the full Assembly. (Newark Star-Ledger Online (www.nj.com/news), 10/17/00)
Effect of Pregnancy on Chronic Hepatitis C: A Case-Control Study
French researchers performed a study of pregnant women with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, comparing liver biopsy samples taken before and after delivery of the babies. Twelve pregnant women with HCV infection and 12 non-pregnant women with HCV took part in the study. The results revealed that pregnancy may worsen histopathological injury related to hepatitis C, although the researchers note that the long-term effects of this are unknown. The liver deterioration may also be related to post-partum immune rebound. (The Lancet (www.thelancet.com), (10/14/00) Vol. 356, No. 9238, p. 1328; Fontaine, Helene; Nalpas, Bertrand; Carnot, Francoise; et al.)
Articles abstracted by the National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).


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For Angels' Mike Trout, no ceiling applies
BALTIMORE -- You have something special on your hands, a true phenom, a man among boys on the baseball field, but because you've been around the game a long time, you know there are hundreds just like him around the country, and you understand that injuries happen and flameouts happen and life happens. So you use some perspective. You talk about needing to be realistic. You aim on the low side.
"You go out and have a good high school career," Jeff Trout once told his son, Mike, "and you'll have a chance to have a college career -- for free. And then we'll see what happens."
One thing you don't do: You don't look at a 16-year-old boy -- supremely talented as he is -- and predict that in five years he'll be the best all-around player in major league baseball, a potentially historic figure.
No, it happens much more slowly than that. The boy keeps getting better. The scouts start coming around, from colleges and the pros, and they start talking about his "ceiling" -- he could be a big leaguer someday, or he could be an everyday big leaguer -- and every time they set a new ceiling for the boy, he smashes through it.
The same thing happens in the minor leagues -- he wins a batting title in Class AA at age 19 -- until suddenly, Mike Trout arrives fully formed in the big leagues at 19, and a year or so later people will be asking whether he has produced the greatest rookie season in history, and he will be voted the American League's rookie of the year and finish runner-up for the MVP, as well.
And now? Now, Trout is 21 and no less a phenom, even though he has more than 1,000 plate appearances under his belt for the Los Angeles Angels. Now, the question to ask is this:
What, exactly, is Mike Trout's ceiling?
Begin with some WAR. Wins above replacement, or WAR, is the catch-all stat, popularized in the last decade, that aims to measure a player's overall value, factoring in not only his batting skills but his defense and base running as well. It has been a useful tool for front-office types and media members -- until Trout came along, with his almost unprecedented mix of power, hitting prowess, speed and defense, and nearly broke it.
Of all the men to play big league baseball, only one position player has posted a WAR above 10 (as measured at baseball-reference.com) at the age of 20 or younger: Mike Trout, 2012. There seemed to be no precedent for him -- or if there was, it was only a rarefied group that includes Alex Rodriguez (9.3 in 1996), Al Kaline (8.3 in 1955), Mel Ott (7.4 in 1929), Ty Cobb (6.8 in 1907) and Ted Williams (6.7 in 1939).
"I thought he was special," said Jeff Trout, who had been a minor league infielder in the 1980s, advancing to Class AA with the Minnesota Twins. "We've seen him do some amazing things. But to say it happened this sudden? Yeah, we're all a little taken aback by that."
In 2013, the sequel to that remarkable rookie season, Trout started slowly (a .261 batting average, .333 on-base percentage and .432 slugging percentage in April), but since May 1 he has posted numbers (.333/.412/.631, with 10 home runs and 27 RBI) that exceed even his gaudy 2012 totals.
And he is still only 21 years old. How much better can he still get? What's his ceiling?
'What could possibly be next?'
It is around this time each year that a South Jersey kid starts thinking about the beach. Millville, N.J., where Mike Trout grew up, sits alongside Route 55, which connects Philadelphia to the beach towns of the South Jersey shore.
Though he spends the bulk of his year on the West Coast, out by Disneyland, Trout is East Coast to his core. During his offseasons, this son of two schoolteachers still lives in the basement of his childhood home. No sooner did he get off the Angels' team bus one recent Sunday night in Baltimore, having just arrived from Boston, than he was off in search of some blue crabs for dinner.
"Growing up as a kid, going crabbing every day and having them for dinner," Trout said, "it's pretty good having them every once in a while."
Baseball phenoms don't generally come out of New Jersey, or the northern East Coast in general, because kids don't play the sport year-round. Trout played football in the fall and basketball in the winter, but baseball was what he did the best and loved the most.
He was the kind of kid who hit .500 every year, threw in the high-80s as a pitcher and ran a 6.5 time in the 60-yard dash. But because this was South Jersey -- and not, say, South Florida or Southern California -- it was understood the competition wasn't so good. What did Roy Hallenbeck, baseball coach at Millville High, have on his hands in this Trout kid? Well, it was difficult to say.
"We just said, realistically, that if we can stay up and watch our guy play on TV every day [in the big leagues], that would be a huge success," Hallenbeck said. "We had a lot of discussions with him and his family: 'Let's go one step at a time.' I was the one pulling the reins back with everybody."
But eventually, Trout's talent couldn't be contained within realistic expectations.
"All the way back to his freshman year, through high school, through Team USA [18-and-under squad] -- he never hit that ceiling you expected him to hit," Hallenbeck said. "You just shake your head and think, 'What could possibly be next?' "
Before Trout's senior year of high school, he signed a letter of intent to play at East Carolina, but as more and more pro scouts began to catch wind of the kid's ability -- the result of his playing in high-profile showcase events that summer -- Billy Godwin, the East Carolina coach, started to feel the kid slipping away from him. One day, during Trout's senior year, Godwin paid a visit to Millville to check on his prized recruit.
"Mike hits this sky-high popup to shallow center field that the center fielder misplays," Hallenbeck said. "As the ball lands, Mike is rounding third, and he scores on an inside-the-park homer. The scouts all run to each other because they couldn't believe what they had seen, and they start pulling out their video cameras to time him around the bases.
"Billy walks by our dugout and says, 'Man, that's the best high school baseball player I've ever seen. He ain't coming to me.' "
There was at least one scout who understood what he had on his hands in this strapping South Jersey teenager. Greg Morhardt, an area scout for the Angels, had a territory that encompassed most of the Northeast. The first time he saw Trout, as a 16-year-old, he almost couldn't believe his eyes. In his report on Trout to his bosses, he wrote, "Will play in many all-star games, with a chance to be a Hall of Fame player."
As a player many years earlier, Morhardt had played on a summer league team with Rafael Palmeiro, had been in a Team USA camp with Barry Larkin and Will Clark and had played against Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire.
"I saw those players when they were 17 and 18," Morhardt said. "Mikey took a back seat to none of them."
The Angels rated Trout as the No. 2 talent on their 2009 draft board, just below Stephen Strasburg, but they had to sweat out 23 picks until their turn, consecutive picks at No. 24 and No. 25, came around.
After they took Trout 25th and signed him a month later for a bonus of $1.215 million, Morhardt was talking to a friend of his, another scout, and said, "I think I just signed Mickey Mantle."
And so, in a telephone conversation lasting maybe 15 minutes, Morhardt has invoked the names of Mantle, Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire in describing Mike Trout's talent. When you call him on it, he doesn't back down or apologize. And he adds another name.
"If he never gets injured seriously and he plays out his career, he could be one of those Willie Mays-type guys," Morhardt said. "People act crazy if you mention Mikey [in the same sentence] with the all-time greats. But he's doing the same things at the same age they did. He has that same beyond-his-years maturity. He just does."
Morhardt hasn't been wrong about Trout yet, and he more or less staked his career on the kid. So, again, what is Mike Trout's ceiling? Is it Mays? Mantle? Bonds? At this point, it is perhaps best to forget about the ceiling altogether -- to look beyond the ceiling and out into the stars and the heavens.


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Wake the kids, call the neighbors! The new season of Finding Bigfoot starts on November 10th! And the season opener is a doozy, to say the least. The Finding Bigfoot team goes one of our "bucket list" locations with a visit to Fouke, Arkansas, and specifically to Boggy Creek.
Any bigfooter of my generation is keenly aware of the movie, The Legend of Boggy Creek. We enlist the help of Lyle Blackburn, the single best authority of the movie, the community, and the bigfoot activity that continues to happen in the area to this day. Using footage from the movie itself, the episode will blend modern investigations with decades-old footage for a unique and interesting view of current activity in the area.
The Beast of Boggy Creek.


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A Phase I, Observational Study of Cannabidiol as a New Treatment for Drug Resistant Epilepsies
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Study objectives: To determine the tolerability and optimal dose of CBD as an adjunct treatment in children and young adults with severe drug resistant epilepsy. Secondarily to also determine if there is a change in seizure frequency from baseline.
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All subjects will be on the study drug, that is added to current anti epileptic drug regimen, for 1 year after reaching maximal dosage. Seizure diaries will be kept throughout the study to monitor for any reduction in seizure frequency.


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The MIT Aikido club, started in 1978, is a member dojo of the U.S. Aikido Federation and is affiliated with the New England Aikikai located in Porter Square. We have three instructors that teach on various days of the week. Our head instructor, Dick Stroud, is a 6th Degree Black Belt and a "shihan" (high-level instructor).
Aikido is a Martial art that emphasizes blending with the attacker, rather than confronting the attacker with hard techniques such as punches and kicks.
Beginners are always welcome to come by and observe a practice or join us on the mat. No previous experience is required; all that we ask for is a sincere desire to learn since it does require the club's effort to train a person. See our class schedule for information on when and where we practice. Also feel free to take a look at our introductory information on etiquette, what Aikido is about, its history, and principles of training.
Sensei Dick Stroud, Shihan, passed away peacefully in his sleep on May 30 while on a two-week trip to Japan with his wife and friends. Having started aikido in Boston in the 1960's, Stroud Shihan remained a dedicated lifelong student of M. Kanai Shihan. He founded the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Aikido Club in the mid-70s and trained and mentored thousands of aikidoka, many whom have gone on to become outstanding yudansha in their own right.
He was also widely known and admired in the arts world. A prodigious artist, his works can be found in museums and private collections around the world. Stroud Shihan was a distinguished educator of fine arts at many museums and schools of higher education as well as at lesser-known but special institutions such as the Charles River Creative Arts Camp in Dover MA. He was also one of the founders of the New School in Taos, NM.
A memorial training was held on Saturday September 12 2015 at the New England Aikikai from 2 pm-6 pm.
For more information about the club, feel free to contact Zhe Lu.


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When Buzz Bissinger smells blood, Buzz Bissinger attacks. You know this already. I just dig how it makes for quality after-school-rumble 140-character entertainment like it did today, when his old/new paper (the Philadelphia Inquirer) ran an above-the-A1-fold piece on how difficult having a couple of buck-wild incarcerated kids - one of whom was more than willing to mule his precious pills into jail via rectal insertion - was. It included such passages as ...
He was a very successful coach of a very successful franchise in the National Football League. But for a few hours every week, he had no ego, no pride, no status. Reid was just a father concerned about his incarcerated sons, who were addicted to drugs.
Reid went to the prisons to help, to offer support, to give a lifeline to Garrett and Britt, who were in jail on drug-related offenses. It did not scar him, but it did leave calluses.
"It was a good experience," the 52-year old Reid said. "But not one I'd like to do again."
And ...
Although a team insider said the Luries weren't happy with the negative attention Reid's family problems brought to the franchise, Reid said he never feared he'd get fired over it. He had bigger issues.
"I think you get to the point where you really don't care," Reid said. "You know, when that thing happens, you don't . . ." His voice trailed off.
"That's the right answer," [Eagles President Joe] Banner said.
I could go on, but I'll let Buzz do that.
Surprised online version of Reid story wasn't accompanied by violin strings, wails of tears, and Barry Mantilow. What a crock of shit.
Understand one of Reid's kids just scored job doing public relations for Michael Vick: Next time he goes to party, leave loaded Uzzi home.
Final comment on Reid: Prepares 100s of hours a week. How come clock management like Mister Magoo?
Yep. That's how we do in the 215.
I'll say this much, though: Reid's time management is more offensive than Donovan McNabb's puking all over the Super Bowl field.
Andy Reid's Ordeals and Triumphs (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Buzz Bissinger Explains His Transformation Into Twitter's King Of Douche-Juicing (DAULERIO)
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