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A love affair with cigars is like most affairs of the heart. We swoon over the beauty and elegance, but we never really know what makes us love--and we don't want to. To overanalyze a cigar, or a mate, is to destroy the mystery. That's the analogy cigar gurus such as Ernesto Carrillo (maker of La Gloria Cubana and El Rico Habano) and Carlos Fuente Jr. (Arturo Fuente, among other brands) use when they reluctantly discuss the relationship between cigars and taste. Their disinclination to quantify their lifelong romance with the leaf is shared by most cigar aficionados. While we want to know what makes a cigar taste great, we don't want our pleasure reduced to a chemical analysis of smoke and tobacco. In essence, we want the romance to continue with each new cigar encounter.
Still, despite the romance, Fuente and Carrillo, along with Hendrik Kelner (president of Tabacos Dominicanos, which makes Avo, Davidoff, Griffin's, and Troya) make no claim that a good cigar cannot be differentiated from a bad one via objective analysis. All of these men were born and raised in the tobacco business. (Fuente says he was brought to the factory when he was three days old and later made forts in the giant bales of leaves as a boy. According to Fuente, the doctor who delivered him was paid in cigars.) And all agree that there are certain constants, that structure and the ingredients of any cigar determine its taste.
Talking about the taste of cigars requires that you sit down with a great cigar and smoke it from beginning to end. Kelner, Carrillo and Fuente advocate this method because they have all learned by experience, by doing and by smoking. And to them, there is more to it than putting a cigar in your mouth-taste means using all of your senses. Sight, touch, smell, taste and, yes, even hearing play a role in cigar smoking. Kelner and Fuente say that a cigar should be listened to as you roll it between your fingers to determine the moisture content of the wrapper.
Sight and touch go hand in hand. The first thing you do when you remove a cigar from a box, or from your humidor, is inspect it. The appearance and feel of the cigar wrapper tell a story about taste. And while wrapper alone cannot make or break a cigar, according to Fuente, "the wrapper plays an important part in the taste because it embodies the overall personality of the cigar. It allows the cigar to have texture and beauty." Even before you light up, seeing and feeling a wrapper with nice silky oil-indicative of proper humidification-and without visual blemishes can give you certain expectations, though wrapper appearance will vary depending upon where the leaf was grown.
The best wrappers from Cuba are indeed like silk, with exceedingly close cell structure; they don't feel like vegetable matter because their surface is so smooth. They also possess an elasticity and strength often lacking in wrapper leaves from other countries. By contrast, Cameroon wrapper shows oil in its bumpy surface, called tooth in the tobacco industry. These bumps are a good sign that great taste and aroma will follow, even if the texture of the leaf isn't silky. Wrappers from Connecticut and Ecuador are somewhat close in surface texture, though not in color. Better Ecuadoran leaf has less tooth, is smooth to the touch and has a matte-like appearance. Connecticut wrapper shows more color depth, a bit more tooth and a nice shine.
Despite the differences in the way oil appears, oil in wrapper leaf indicates that the cigar has been well humidified (oil secretes from tobacco at 70 to 72 percent humidity) and that the smoke should be relatively cool. A cool smoke is a tastier one, because your nose and mouth can pick up more nuance than just hot, carbonized tobacco flavor.
If you don't see any cracks or ripples in the surface of the wrapper leaf, you also know that the cigar wasn't exposed to cycles of over-humidification and excessive dryness. This, too, is important. If the cigar is forced through rapid cycles of expansion and contraction, the internal construction is destroyed. A cigar with internal damage will smoke unevenly, or "plug," drawing unevenly. This may still occur due to faulty construction, but your chances are better with a perfect wrapper than with a broken one.
After lighting your cigar, you can make additional visual evaluations. First, look at the ash. According to most cigar experts, a white ash is better than a gray one. This is not merely an aesthetic issue, either. "The soil produces white ash-the better soil gives whiter ash and more taste," says Fuente. He says that certain manipulations of soil can be made through fertilization, but if too much magnesium (a key ingredient in producing white ash) is added to the mix, the ash will flake, and nobody wants a messy cigar, even if the ash is white.
Of course, ash is not something you taste or smell, but a gray ash indicates that the soil was lacking certain key nutrients, leaving the cigar with insubstantial body, or perhaps little complexity-resulting in a lesser smoke.
A final visual cue is the burn rate. You can taste a cigar that is burning improperly because, according to Kelner, an uneven burn "distorts the flavor of the blend." Simply put, a cigar is designed to burn evenly. A cigar is constructed to burn different tobaccos throughout the length of the smoke. A cigar may start off mild, grow stronger, or change in some other way, and these changes are attributable to the location of different tobaccos in the cigar structure. An uneven burn sets these intended taste changes on edge. Perhaps a "tunneling" effect will occur, with one side of the cigar burning while the other stagnates. If this occurs the draw will be uneven, the smoke may become very strong, and the taste in your mouth becomes overwrought with a single signature-and a one-dimensional taste is far less interesting than a multifaceted one.
Taste and smell are almost inseparable sensations. While some people may have more highly developed perceptions of taste or smell, nearly everyone agrees that clogged sinuses hamper their ability to taste. Basically, when you can't smell, half of your "taste buds" are missing, especially in cigar smoking, because you're not eating the smoke, but smelling it.
To make a good-tasting cigar, then, cigar makers are very concerned about the smoke and the aroma it delivers. Carrillo maintains that aroma and taste are inseparable: "It doesn't have to mean strong or mild [aroma], but it doesn't work if I don't get any taste from a cigar." To Carrillo, there's no quantifying cigar taste; it either exists or it doesn't.
By contrast, Kelner says that taste, at least the act of tasting, is highly quantifiable. "The sense of taste is located mainly on the tongue and to a lesser degree on the palate. There exist only four basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty and bitter. Everything else is either a combination of these four or a combination of taste and aroma." Fuente agrees, at least in part, with Kelner's claim. Fuente says that when he talks with other tobacco men, he doesn't use what he calls elaborate "food language" (coffee, chocolate, nutty, etc.) to describe cigars. "We use words like, acidic, salty, bitter, sweet, bite, sour, smooth, heavy, full-bodied, rich and balanced."
Regardless of the language used to describe and evaluate cigars, coming up with a blend of tastes that works requires many different types of tobacco. And to reach a consistent taste, one that stays the same year after year, is the most difficult task for any cigar maker. Explaining what happens to tobacco over several growing seasons, Fuente says that no two leaves of tobacco are the same, and no two cigars can be exactly the same year to year. "Every year, if you were to go by the numbers [to use strict ratios of the same tobacco blend in any given cigar], that cigar would be completely different." Any tobacco, even tobacco grown on the same spot, changes constantly.
Kelner says that cigar makers use several different tobaccos for two reasons. The first reason is to compensate for nature-which alters tobacco leaf taste from year to year, plot to plot and plant to plant-but the second is to vary taste. Elaborating, Kelner says, "It is possible to obtain an agreeable flavor from only one tobacco type, but a single taste will make the smoke tiring." Kelner notes that to ensure an interesting taste variety, as well as a consistent flavor over the years, "a good blend must be made with tobaccos from different [geographic] zones, varieties, grades and harvests, so that the cigar will be complete and balanced." Agreeing with Kelner, Fuente enthuses that, like a great chef, a cigar craftsman must have a variety of tobacco ingredients with which to work: "If you give him just salt and pepper, he's really limited. But if you give him different amounts of herbs and spices, even if you have a bad crop of pepper one year, you could adjust the balance so the consumer wouldn't recognize that there was something different."
Fuente, Kelner and Carrillo often talk about creating cigars that make us believe in an unalterably consistent blend, but what they are actually saying is that the consumers' taste buds are always being fooled. Two Red Delicious apples never taste exactly the same, but we've become accustomed to, and believe in, a certain taste attached to that piece of fruit. Likewise, no two cigars taste exactly the same, but adding a stronger tobacco one year and a weaker one the next to achieve the same "balance" creates the illusion of consistency-no such thing ever really exists.
Achieving this balance is also complex; there are an infinite number of variables that can alter the taste of any blend. Kelner categorizes just ten: soil, tobacco variety, climate, ground condition, curing, the harvester, fermentation, aging, manufacture of the cigar and the humidity of the cigar. But not all makers agree. The list of variables inevitably expands and soon becomes unfathomable. The only agreements among makers seem to be that a wrapper has the greatest potential impact on nuances (Fuente calls these "overtones" and "undertones") of taste, and filler (the heart of the cigar) determines overall strength or weakness (or fullness of body). "With a neutral wrapper," such as Cameroon, according to Kelner, "it can be compensated for with a filler and binder that has more flavor and especially more aroma." Kelner says that "Connecticut wrapper [contributes] to about 20 percent of the flavor, with Cameroon at about 5 percent." Of course he qualifies his numbers, saying that a stronger binder and filler will have a dissipating effect on this 20 percent figure, and a cigar with a larger ring gauge will be far less affected by wrapper taste: the ratio of filler to wrapper is far greater in a Churchill than in a Lancero-sized cigar.
Kelner, whose approach to cigars is somewhat more analytical than that of his peers, also quantifies the contribution of binder and filler to the taste and aroma of any cigar. Kelner says that within normal parameters-weather, leaf quality, etc.-binder contributes no less than 20 percent to the taste of a cigar, and filler, no less than 40 percent. Again, Kelner cautions not to take these numbers too literally. It's a question of many variables, and to extrapolate from these figures that a cigar is like a puzzle would be a gross misinterpretation. It is better to let the numbers speak for themselves: a binder, even one of relatively weak tobacco, will have some impact on the quality of the smoke, while the filler will determine overall strength; the wrapper will add a great deal of character, or not much at all, depending upon its condition, seed origin and type.
Other factors that are at least somewhat agreed-upon are aging and construction.
A good cigar has a range and variety of tastes, and one way to alter those tastes is with different ages of tobacco. According to Fuente, aging makes a smoother, richer cigar. "If you get a cigar right from a roller's table you won't find that." But Fuente says that the common people of Cuba smoke freshly rolled cigars, and he makes no claim that an aged cigar tastes better. Rather, it simply makes the cigar taste "rounder," with less sharp tobacco taste. On this point, both Carrillo and Kelner agree (especially the former, whose cigars are often the "youngest" commercially available in this country), though Carrillo is perhaps more interested in producing cigars with a sharp, spicy taste, like the cigars his father made in Havana before the Revolution.
The final factor that contributes to taste is proper construction. Beyond every other element of taste, even with the finest blend in the world, a poorly constructed cigar will be less enjoyable than a perfectly made cigar of only modest blend. There are many reasons why faulty construction destroys taste. First, according to Kelner, is the negative effect of a faulty draw. Kelner says that a loose draw (a cigar that burns fast, letting a lot of smoke pass through quickly because it is underfilled) will increase smoking temperature and destroy taste. He adds that a tight smoke "reduces the sensitivity of the taste buds," and on a fundamental basis, drawing less smoke means having less to taste.
Of course, even if a cigar draws evenly, a roller has to be sure to add the right amount of each tobacco in a blend to each cigar. "If he is off by a gram," says Carrillo, "it will change the taste of the cigar."
Even after making an honest effort to quantify taste, the men quoted here don't want cigar making to turn into a scientific process. Kelner instills great tobacco with more power than is logical: "A beautiful cigar touches all of my senses," and Carrillo says that when he is smoking a great cigar, "I don't ever want to put it down." Fuente, somewhat more philosophical than his two peers, praises a fine cigar for the solitude it brings: "You exhale and let the smoke out, and there is great peace in the silence." These men know that the cigars they produce become far more than the sum of their parts.
However, certain analytical observations can be made about cigars that these leaf mavens will own up to: A good cigar can be differentiated from a bad one by observing the leaf, the color of the ash and the burn rate-and by tasting the smoke for complexity and richness. By doing these things, you will understand the quality of your cigar. This does not mean you must stop romancing the stogie; you'll simply know your cigar better. And being more knowledgeable about what you love is, perhaps, the best definition of taste.


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UN Women Executive Director urges investing in gender equality during mission to Rwanda
Kigali — At the African Development Bank Annual Meetings – "The Next 50 Years: The Africa We Want" – UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has called upon African leaders to make women co-drivers and benefactors of Africa's inspiring Vision 2063 for "an integrated, prosperous and peaceful continent, driven by its citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global arena".
Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka is in Rwanda to attend the African Development Bank Annual Meetings and to introduce the gender dividend to key financial institutions and policymakers. During her visit she met with the H.E President of the Republic of Rwanda, ministers and officials of other government institutions, civil society organizations and regional African institutions.
The discussions focused largely on; agriculture, inclusive financing, leadership and political will and resolve to address the issue of gender equality, including quality of primary and secondary education and the importance of gender-responsive legislation. UN Women and the African Development Bank are currently exploring avenues to strengthen their partnership in this area.
On 21 May, Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka participated in a panel on: "Investing in Gender Equality for Africa's transformation", where she called for a change in the narrative on African women who are often depicted as victims instead of contributors to the development of the continent. The empowerment of women does not only have a positive impact on individual women, but on the wider society at large. Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka sees the role of leaders as creating a conducive environment that fosters inclusive growth and the empowerment of women. She states: "It is in our hands to make the change."
Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka further asked the Heads of State, in light of the post-2015 agenda, to set firm deadlines to ensure that legislations are achieving the empowerment of women and gender equality, rather than hindering it.


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"The Brown Boi Project changed my life. It was the first time, I felt like l could define myself for myself. I sat in a room with other masculine of center people, wrestling over the [complex] nature of masculinity. I truly found a healing space through connection and dismantling stereotypes of masculinity."
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"BBP has helped me understand the way(s) I embody masculinity and that there's no right or wrong way to do so. This awareness has helped me understand the ways I embody other things like beauty, power, and love; and of course, to recognize that there's no wrong way to do that either.
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The latest Transformers movie has been critically panned from virtually every corner. Danny Leigh off that BBC show with Claudia Winkleface is even calling for strike action to boycott the movie in The Guardian and thus send a message to studio execs. But outside elite film critics there must still be a demand for Michael Bay's franchise. And I bet those of you that are glass half full kind of people, are crying out for some positivity. Wail no more optimistic readers.
1) Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon is based on a pretty sound and promising premise. It draws on one of the most historic moments in human civilization, the 1969 moon landing, to give a story about toys some narrative heft for the adults. The space race, we discover, was not just a competitive dash to the stars but a sprint for the wreckage of an Autobot ship, containing some alien tech with Godlike powers. But hang on the astronauts look round for a bit and then come home again rather uneventfully…
Aside from the idea there's the title itself. I mean it's pretty damn cool to make a film with the same name as a legendary Pink Floyd album! Oh wait, there's a word missing. But they say Dark Side of the Moon in the movie? Maybe Michael Bay (or some lawyers) decided it was snappier to drop a word.
2) Or perhaps no one wanted to limit this film to just the one "side". There are at least three sides available because Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon is out in 3D. In fact with the juggernaut of 3D films slowing, its supporters in the industry are said to be pinning their hopes on Bay's blockbuster because his trademark CGI pyrotechnics look stunning via the magic shades. I saw it in 2D because I wasn't keen on paying more for a film I didn't really want to endure. But let's stick with the positives.
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen makes a case for being one of the worst films of all time. I haven't even seen it (mostly because of the sheer force of the derision) but you know a film is bad when its director and star use words like "shit" and "crap" just seconds after they are no longer contractually obliged to promote it. The original Transformers was surprisingly good though and critical consensus is that this is substantially better than the sequel. The downside for Michael "Boom-Bang-Bam" Bay is that most reviewers are merely saying Transformers 3 is better to illustrate how atrociously bad the second instalment was.
3) Damn I said I would stick with the positives didn't I? Well there are always two big ticks alongside Michael Bay's name. He is consistent and he always provides plenty of bangs for your buck. I saw the first Transformers by accident all those years ago and I was won over primarily by Bay's competent handling of stuff frequently exploding into thousands of shards of glass and chunks of concrete. In Transformers 3, if you stick with it for over an hour, you get to see Chicago flattened. In one scene the human characters slide through a skyscraper as it collapses. Then they slide through it again. Then more stuff blows up. Then some more. Then there's some slow mo. And a bit more. Something else goes bang. You lose interest.
4) Alright there are some negatives. Like the constantly annoying and yelping Shia LaBeouf.
5) But surely these are more than outweighed by the presence of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley? It was a big ask to find someone to replace Megan Fox's assets but British lingerie model Rosie was named FHM's sexiest woman of 2011. Physically she easily fills the implausibly hot girlfriend role. Bay knows he's working with a thing of beauty, panning the camera down her body in the middle of action sequences.
Unfortunately her performance has been chewed, swallowed, digested and vomited onto a pile of steaming fresh elephant dung by every single critic. Surprisingly I thought her acting was worse when she was simply required to scream. We see her getting dressed from behind briefly at one point and in a couple of revealing dresses but not sufficiently unclothed to warrant the price of admission. Having said that Bay does his best to reduce every single female extra to eye candy by ordering them to strut about or look scared in something short.
6) On the plus side! John Malkovich appears in what might be a mildly amusing but pointless cameo in a film that was at least an hour shorter.
7) Ken Jeong also shows up as essentially his character from The Hangover, minus any of the sometimes funny rudeness. He is vital to one of the many baffling and needless sub plots. Which leads me to reason number eight…
8) A glorious two and a half hour runtime may make any of the microscopically good things in this film meaningless but it has its beneficial effects as a sedative. You'll be capable of falling into a sleep so deep that a succession of nuclear wars wouldn't wake you after Bay has left you numbed and extremely bored by repetitive scenes of endless destruction.
9) Actually there aren't even 10 fake reasons to see it.
I have completely failed to live up to my nickname of Optimist Prime…


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Liquids are notoriously some of the hardest moving things to animate, so when it came to creating a bubbling witch's cauldron for the Monster Rap, a real brew was the thing to do. Our solution? Ian took the project to the kitchen and brought some tomato soup to a boil.
And here is the bubbly stuff in the final video. All characters are sans heads (to make it even spookier).


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Former Denver radio host files lawsuit against Taylor Swift
DENVER (AP) — A former Denver radio personality has filed a lawsuit against singer Taylor Swift, saying he lost his job after being accused of inappropriately touching Swift during a photo session.
The lawsuit was filed Thursday in U.S. District court in Denver by David Mueller.
The lawsuit says Mueller was falsely accused by one of Swift's security team of grabbing the singer's buttocks backstage at the Pepsi Center on June 2, 2013.
It says Mueller was fired two days later from his job at KYGO radio.
The lawsuit says Mueller denies inappropriate contact with Swift and noted that he had met many other celebrities without incident.
A statement from Swift's publicist on Saturday says Mueller's employer was given evidence after the incident and made its own decision on his job status.


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Steco Transport Handlebar mounted Front Rack
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Steco Transport Handlebar Mounted Rack
The Steco Transport Handlebar mounted front rack connects to the forks at the wheel axle as well as to the handlebars of your bicycle. Because this rack rotates with the handlebars there is no conflict between handlebars and luggage. Therefore this rack gives the maximum flexibility with regards to the size of object that can be carried on the front of your bike, but with the drawback that weight carried will have a greater effect on the handling of your bike.
Because this rack does not fit to the down tube, it will fit a wider variety of bicycle frames - including the mountain bike frame shown in the additional images.
The load area of this rack is 30 cm wide by 29 cm front to back. The back of the rack has a height of 33 cm. It requires a distance between front wheel axle and handlebars of between 65 cm and 95 cm.
This rack permanently mounts to the bicycle. It is secure against theft because several steps are required to disconnect it.
A flat area in the centre of the handlebars 13 cm wide is required for fitting. The attachment to the handlebars is adjustable for height and can be set between 30 cm and 43 cm from the flat bed of the rack. Photos in "additional images" show this. The rack is designed to fit all normal handlebars. If your bike has relatively "fat" handlebars, then you may need two slightly longer bolts for fixing to the handlebars.
Note that this rack will definitely not work on a bicycle with front suspension as while the distance between the front wheel centre and handlebars can be varied a lot at installation time to fit most bikes, it must not change as you ride along. Also note that for safe installation you need to have a front wheel with wheel nuts. This rack is not designed to be used with quick release wheels.
Recommended accessories with this rack are a steering damper and a double kick stand. The rack includes a mounting bracket suitable for most front lights - lights are shown mounted in some of the photos (no light is included with the rack).
Two other version of this rack are available: A smaller version for adult bikes and a smaller version for childrens' bikes. A 45 cm wide version is available as an option on this page as is a fork crown mounting version which does not depend upon an attachment to the handlebars.
For well over 80 years, Steco have produced a wide range of very strong bicycle racks used by generations of Dutch people to carry a wide range of cargo and people. This very conservative company rates this rack as having a capacity of 15 kg.
Weight approximately 2.6 kg.
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Agilent E6607A EXT Wireless Communications Test Set is an integrated one-box tester combining a vector signal analyzer, vector signal generator, innovative test sequencer, and multi-format hardware for non-signaling test.
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That First Period Talk
Yesterday, after working my second job at the clinic, I was effectively kidnapped by my co-worker Gigi and her ten-year-old daughter Sophia, whom I adore. She calls herself Big Sophia around me, my pug (scroll down this page for a visual) being Little Sofia. We wound up driving from their place to my neighborhood for dinner, which is a pretty long haul. On the drive up, I sat in back with Sophia as she showed me how she plays cards on her Zune, shared her teen magazine with me, and put her headset on my ears to share her favorite music.
As I agreed that Paramore are, as she said, so super awesome and cool, I was reminded of my sense that when girls that age think you're the bomb, you really must be the bomb, and you very much feel as cool as the bands they like when they let you in. It's quite a gift.
At dinner, we sat together as she flipped through the magazine some more -- she still liked me even after insisting she hold my hand as we crossed a busy street, though she may well be too big for that. (She seems to simply accept that her Auntie Heather is a worry wart.) She pointed out a two-page section in it to me about embarrassing moments. The more embarrassing something was considered, the higher it was rated, and they key for the ratings listed the highest as so, so mortifying that one should leave town. Some guy farting loudly in his car with a girl hardly ranked, but, surprise, surprise, the one which involved menstrual blood was top-rated as the worst of the worst.
The scenario was that you were at your older sister's dorm in college and you wound up leaking on her roommate's bed. The image showed a horrified girl, a very psychotic-looking screaming roomie, and a pool of blood so large, I suspect there may have been a dead body under the blankets. Maybe even two.
I casually commented that I didn't understand why you had to get out of town because of something that inevitably happens to women with some frequency, just like people get nosebleeds on things or track mud into the house. I mentioned that this kind of stuff really does happen pretty often, and I'd be pretty surprised to see another girl -- since it's probably happened to her, too -- make such a big honking deal out of it. I also mentioned I've never had a move where once I totally stripped a bed or futon, I wasn't reminded of how often it happens with the many Rorschach splotches all over mine. I also commented that a puddle of blood that size was an illustrator taking some serious artistic license.
This brought up questions for her about getting periods, and if that's always horrifying. I told her my comic tale of the cruelty of the fad of white painter's pants in the early 80's, especially when your parent had let you know how to identify malaria, but had not filled you in on why you'd suddenly find a red stain inching down your leg while talking to someone you had a mad crush on. (Thank goodness for Judy Blume, mother of us all.) Her Mom also chimed in with her story and talked about how not having that basic information made what would probably otherwise just be a mere bother a lot worse. We both talked about the wads of toilet paper in the underpants technique one often finds oneself using when a pad isn't available or you don't even know what one is yet. We also both mentioned that even if moments like that felt like a nightmare at the time, it doesn't take long for them to become the very funny stories you laugh about like we all just had been laughing over.
Sophia asked both of us how old we were when we got our periods (I was 11, Gigi was 12 or 13), and exhaled a "Phew!" that she still had some time. Then we both said some words about how she probably does, but it really is only as big a deal as you make it. So, when it happens to her, it'll be just fine, and once she starts having her period, it'll get pretty normal after just a little while and not be anything to worry about. And certainly nothing to consider leaving town over if you bleed on something now and then.
I was even able to end the evening sending them home with one of the kickass booklets on getting your period I was part of doing with Lunapads.
Only once they all left and I was home alone did I even realize that we'd had "The Period Talk" with Sophia. I had a brief moment of worry that not having thought about it while we were having it, we didn't do it right, or messed something up. But in reflecting back, I realized how mellow and casual -- and unabashedly public! -- it was, how it was even in front of her Dad, who was also being totally unsqueamish about it, how comfortable and conversational Sophia was throughout, and how normal it was all made to be, and I felt great about it, convinced this kid I like so much may have had one of the best period talks ever.
One almost as super awesome and cool as Paramore, even. Rawk!
What are your stories about "period talks?" Who talked to you? How did you feel about it? If you were talking about it with a younger girl, what would you say?
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i had not even to;d my mother that i had gotten my period but needless to say i have not had the period talk with anyone yet
I never had a "period talk"
I never had a "period talk" with anyone. I read a lot about period in books and booklets we got in school, but I didn't hear a word about it from my family (I even have an older sister). I kept hoping that mother would tell me something at least when I got it, but I it didn't happen. She only showed me where she kept the pads in the bathroom.
I was not disappointed because I would need more information about period. I was 14 and knew enough. I was disappointed and hurt because my mother had the perfect opportunity to get close to me, talk to me about something personally important and convince me that I could trust her and ask her about such things and she did not use it. She just pretended that nothing had happened,even though it was quite a big deal for me.
I never had a "sex talk" either. I no longer expect to have it. But it makes me feel sad that I have to get information about such normal things from books and Intenet instead fo my family. I'm lucky to have found this web-page.
No Period Talk
I am 12 almost 13 and I have had my peroid for just over a year. My mother never gave me a peroid talk-she only told me wear the pads are and how to use them. Idk is she is ever giving me the talk. I am wondering if she will give me the sex talk ever.
Period talks
Thanks for taking the time to comment, Emiliek, Tamara (and Anonymous!) :-) I'm sorry to hear that you didn't have a chance to do an in-person period talk, but you're always more than welcome to post any questions you may have right here or on the Scarleteen message boards.
We did the period talk and are still talking about it
My daughter is about to turn 14 and is currently on her period. I've always been open and honest with my kids and I think it's paying off now. She's typical for her age, but isn't rebelious. :)
We had our first period talk at about 10. Since then, we have rehashed as necessary and are still throwing things back and forth. :) She only started a few months ago, and we are still settling into the cycles etc.
I needed to comment here, because I needed to show that there are parents out there that want their teen girls to feel comfortable with themselves and their bodies..
So far so good. :) She's a good kid and is (so far) making the right decisions.
Not as good as should have been.
My mother didn't talk to me about periods, I don't think she knew enough to tell me anything past odd little comments when something on TV mentioned periods, I think by the time I got my first period I knew more about it than my mother did - in first school when everyone else was whispering and looking scared at the books on puberty, I had no problem just picking them up and getting on with reading them! I remember the 'girl talk' in middle school, it was a lady from Tampax who told us that pads were like nappies so if we wanted to be big girls we'd use tampons (ugh) and we got free samples, I loved free samples as I liked experimenting with them and ripping them to bits to see how they worked. It really saddens me that no one explained more about what actually happened, no one taught me about options other than tampons and pads (my flow was too heavy for tampons and pads, I'd have killed for a menstrual cup as a kid!), and that I didn't celebrate my first period.
I tell girls more important than ever that periods are as good or as bad as they make them - if you suffer cramps or PMS there are things you can do about them, if you find pads uncomfortable try different pads or different options, know all you can about your periods before you start so you can not only know how to deal with them and how your body works, but make your periods enjoyable - and ignore what companies like Tampax tell you! My own daughters will be taught about periods throughout their childhood, whenever there is a chance they will be taught about their bodies so they have a good basis for more in depth conversations as they get older.
Open and honest family
The first time i had my period i went to my mom and asked her what i should use tampon or pad. She told me it was up to me and whatever i feel more comfortable with. I dont really like pads because i dont like the feeling of it. So i only wear them at night, and panty liners during the day. I have no problem with talking about it to my dad or even my older brother, he's 24. Just the other night me him my mom and my older sister were talking about my period. Because now im bleeding heavier and i bled through on my favorite pair of pajama pants. My brother even went and got me pads for the night.
my experience
When I got my period, it was right before a swim meet, and I freaked out so much. I freaked out so much that everyone in my family knew and I was so embarassed.
I should have calmed down, but I didn't and I got in trouble by being late to warmup by 30 minutes. I couldn't tell my coach though, that would have been
Swallowing a Gel Pen cap complicated it. More comfortable w/ dad
I think I first learned about menstruation through a sex-ed/puberty class in 5th grade but my mom did provide me with that "Are You There God? It's Me Margaret" Judy Blume book that I probably enjoyed more for the religious questions the title character was having than some of the puberty ones haha... :P And I think she did get me pads in preparation for the day my period might come. But there was no real "talk". And there didn't really need to be. My class in school covered all the basics as did the Judy Blume book.
When the fateful evening came, it was a Friday evening, only 5 days before my 13th birthday, and my brother (who's 2 years younger than me) and I were at my grandmother's house, as we often were after school and well into the evenings. We had more friends in that neighborhood than our own. Slight tangent: I remember being there at my grandmother's house when I was only 5 years old getting my first loose tooth and having been 100% terrified the way first-period-with-no-information-ahead-of-time stories often are. I didn't know to expect my baby teeth to get loose and then fall out but to not worry, that's normal and adult teeth grow in their place. No, I took a bite from a relatively hard animal cracker and then thought "oh my gosh, what did I do to my tooth?" and it was mildly traumatizing. That memory is too long ago/when I was too young for me to remember what I did for sure, but I vaguely remember running to my grandmother about it. She was my caretaker.
Still, when it came to my first period over 7 years later, when I was 12 going on 13, I did not feel at all comfortable going to my grandmother about it. I wasn't even 100% sure what was on my underwear was my period, and I was afraid to ask.
It was Friday night, and I knew I'd be going to my dad's (I visited him on the weekends) the next day. So I continued to just let the fairly light flow stain 2? or 3? pairs of underwear and avoid talking to my mom or getting pads or anything... until finally Saturday night I was safe and at my dad's and I went into the bathroom, and then called him over and sheepishly asked him what he thought of what was on my underwear. He proceeded to tell me it was my period and had me call my mom (his apartment was over an hour away from my mom) and he went out and bought some pads for me. It worked out fine and wasn't that big of a deal. I was relieved to find out it was indeed just my period and not the other thing I was half-worried it might be (basically I had excreted a hot pink gel pen cap - still in tact in my poop - that I'd accidentally swallowed earlier in the week. This pink pen cap had appeared in the toilet at the same exact time as noticing the first traces of reddishness on my underwear and so I was terrified I'd caused this ridiculous underwear staining stuff by swallowing this brightly colored item or something, idk. The more time passed, the more likely I realized it was probably just my period, and by the time I talked to my dad I was pretty sure.)
But yeah, the most memorable thing for me about this experience is how much of a confirmation for me it is that both my grandmother and my mother should have been much more approachable on this subject, and I shouldn't have felt so uncomfortable with 2 different adults taking care of me that I had to wait so long to even ask the question. Also that I'm lucky to have a dad that's okay with periods and everything else and lucky my first period happened so close to the right day of the week for me to see him. And that I'm fairly unique in that I talked to a male figure about it rather than a female, that I talked to my dad instead of my mom.
By the way, in the long term I realized my mom has mental disorders including Borderline Personality Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder and was being emotionally/verbally abusive to me and my brother pretty much my whole life. So it's no wonder I didn't feel comfortable admitting I'd accidentally swallowed a gel pen cap to her. If it had just been my period and I had been 100% sure of that fact, I always was/am more comfortable with my dad, but I wouldn't have been afraid in that case to talk to my mom about it. But as it was... I was afraid I'd done something wrong and she'd be abusive toward me for that wrongdoing, as she did with every little thing I did where I should have known better.
Lacking and in Denial
When I got my first period, my mom merely told me 'It's normal, here, have a pad, put this on, change them as needed.' When I got my fourth period and was throwing clots (quarter-sized) and bleeding through everything, she said 'That's normal, it happened to me too, take some Midol, it'll help.' It didn't help, it made the bleeding worse, so I don't take Midol or Ibuprofen anymore for that purpose. I was told it was normal to bleed so much when it really wasn't, and I later realized it was because my mom was afraid that if she took me to a doctor to discuss my sexual health, it would be an excuse for me to have sex. --'
My first period talk
Thankfully I did have some education and information from school around it already by the time that it had happened (I had just turned 11), but still, it caught me really quite off-guard. I had always hung out with boys and it just so happened that I had two over at my house playing video games with me. I went to the bathroom, found blood and ran to my mom freaking out, who just calmly got up, told me it would be okay and walked me to the bathroom where she pulled out some pads and explained them to me, and then left me to figure that out. A little while later I came out of the bathroom, we talked briefly about some ways we could "celebrate" and have a girls day together and I went back to play with my friends... sadly I didn't notice my dad had left.
My dad came back with three things of different pads for me, called me and I waited at the bottom of the stairs, I figured he was just asking if we were hungry, but instead he threw those three bags at me while I could hear my friends getting up to come near, thanks, dad for that. All in all it worked out fine, I hid them before my friends came, and my mom has always been really great about talking to me about this sort of thing. She waited until my friends went home and we had a bit more of a conversation, especially as time went on an I started having more questions. This is also when she brought up things like sex and birth control and has always said "just let me know if you're thinking about it, and I'll help you sort that out." For me, I have always had rather painful periods, it's common in my family on both sides and so she was there to comfort me when there were times I was in so uch pain that I couldn't eat for a few days because I'd throw up (that much pain, and of course, we were camping and in the middle of nowhere), she's always explained things thoroughly and never made it seem strange.
Looking back, I love how that went and my experiences gave me some funny stories to tell, I think if I had to talk to a younger kid about this, I'd try to make it funny, because for me, I was quite scared. I would approach it much the way my mom did for me and just let the kid know that it's normal and nothing to be ashamed of. I loved that my mom brought up having a girls day and celebrating, because the way it was framed was to let me know that it was okay, normal and nothing I should ever be ashamed of in the slightest, and instead have some really funny stories about.
So yeah, that's my experience.


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Interpreting the Twelfth Amendment
Monday, October 15, 2012
Interpreting the Twelfth Amendment
Gerard N. Magliocca
One of the golden oldies in constitutional interpretation is the question of whether the Vice-President can preside over his own impeachment trial as President of the Senate. The constitutional text does not prohibit this obvious conflict-of-interest, but such a scenario is hard to reconcile with basic fairness. (In Akhil Amar's new book, he makes a persuasive case that vice-presidential participation as a judge is his own case would violate the structural principles of the Constitution.)
Of course he can. Being a real world document, the Constitution which was actually ratified has flaws. Originalists don't deny this, they just care that it IS the actual constitution, all the same.
funny you should ask http://www.pointoforder.com/2012/10/11/are-you-ready-for-the-romney-biden-administration/
It seems to me that there are three arguments against permitting the VP to vote here. First, as a textual matter, the VP's vote wouldn't give the winner a "majority of the whole number," which the 12th amendment says is necessary for a choice, because the VP isn't a senator and therefore is not part of the "whole number" of senators. Second, as a matter of purpose or consequences, it is unlikely that the 12th amendment was intended to allow the VP to vote in an election in which he would so often be an interested party (just as members, at least in the House, are not supposed to vote on matters relating to their own seats).
Third, and perhaps most tellingly, the 12th amendment provides that a quorum for purposes of selecting the VP is two-thirds of the Senate, but a majority is necessary to a choice. Thus, 67 senators are enough to vote on the issue, but there must be 51 voting in favor of the winner. If only 67, or any number between 67 and 99, senators vote, and 50 vote for Biden, the Senate would not be equally divided, and thus the VP would have no vote.
The counter-argument, at least to the third structural point, would be that the Senate could require all senators to attend (which is true) and to vote (which I am not sure is true) and to make a choice between the two eligible candidates (ditto), thereby resulting either in one candidate winning outright or in a tie, which the VP could break.
Note the additional complications if one or more seats have not been yet filled (eg, because of a contested election).
Assuming that the VP cannot break the tie, then I suppose the Senate has two options (1) negotiate until an agreement is reached on a winner and (2) declare the Vice Presidency vacant, thereby triggering section 2 of the 25th amendment.
In 2000 the electoral vote was 271-266 (with one Democratic elector abstaining). Counterfactually, assume that two prescient Republican electors abstained from voting for Dick Cheney, meaning there was no electoral majority for Vice President. In that case, Senator Lieberman, the Democratic candidate for VP, could have voted for himself when the Senate elected the VP. How is an incumbent VP different?
As to who "cares" about the actual constitution, this might interest some:
Labels aside, those who disagree with "originalists" (whatever type in question), "care" what is in the "actual" Constitution & realize it has "flaws." Being a "real world" document, they also find the path taken by originalists as often naive or misguided for just that reason.
Moving on. The 12A says "the Senate" should choose & it is unclear if "the Senate" should work differently on this matter in the case of a tie.
As the OP notes, self-interested parties acted in this context though like a President pardoning himself, arguably the "not a judge in your case" implicit rule might be in place.
Basically, arguments are present on both sides but good policy is for Biden not to vote since there is no compelling obligation to press such a bad policy. Good thing it is not likely to split 50-50 or we would have to hope one vote would be convinced to vote differently.
The vacant/25A route requires a confirmation by both houses. So, there remains a possibility of no relief, if the Senate continues to vote 50-50, the old VP's term up now & no tiebreaker present.
Or, at least one senator could have changed their mind and/or the President could have nominated a different VP that affected the proceedings.
It's a fair point, but there are two separate issues here. First, does the Twelfth Amendment permit the VP to vote, regardless of whether he is a candidate? Second, assuming that the VP is generally permitted to vote, is there a particular prohibition when he is a candidate?
Taking the second question first, its true that there are instances where the Constitution grants a power and does not explicitly prohibit its exercise in conflict of interest situations. These would include (a) a Senator or Representative voting in a Twelfth Amendment election in which he or she was one of the candidates; (b).Members voting on their own elections, qualifications or discipline under Article I.; and (c) the VP presiding at his own impeachment trial.
Jim assumes that (a) is permissible and maybe it is. I merely observe that (b) is not permissible, at least under House precedent as I understand it, and Professor Amar apparently thinks that (c) is also impermissible. So I am not sure that the answer is that obvious.
My main point, however, relates to the first question, namely whether the VP has the power to vote, under the Twelfth Amendment, at all. I would argue that the high probability of a conflict of interest in any such voting is a strong reason not to construe ambiguous provisions as granting that power.
For once, I'm in complete agreement with Brett. There are many dumb things in the Constitution, of which this may be one. But it seems clear to me that the text of the Constitution allows the VP to break any and all tie votes.
Professor Levinson- it may be clear that the VP is permitted to break all tie votes (although I would note that it was at least somewhat controversial well into the 19th century whether the VP's vote extended to procedural or organizational matters), but presumably the VP couldn't break a 49-49 tie under the 12th amendment (or at least can't break it in a meaningful way). It is also not clear (at least to me) that the VP is part of the "whole number" referred to in the 12th amendment. Finally, what happens if the vote is 50-49? There is no tie, so presumably it is "clear" that the VP cannot vote?
Incidentally, while I understand that Brett believes the Constitution should be read according to its plain text, even if the results are stupid, and Sandy believes that the Constitution is often stupid, that doesn't mean we have to look for stupid results. "Where a meaning is clear, its consequences, whatever they may be, are to be admitted—where doubtful, it is fairly triable by its consequences."
""Where a meaning is clear, its consequences, whatever they may be, are to be admitted—where doubtful, it is fairly triable by its consequences.""
Yup, I'm just concerned about the tendency to let concern for consequences cause doubt, where you wouldn't find any if you didn't give a damn what the consequences were.
Prof. Levinson should not be in "complete" agreement since the implication is that non-originalists don't "care" etc. There are "stupidities" in the Constitution as a book he was involved in notes.
I'm just concerned about the tendency to let concern for consequences cause doubt, where you wouldn't find any if you didn't give a damn what the consequences were.
If so, not sure why you implied "originalists" were the ones who "cared." Being the "real world," those who live in it care about consequences & try to avoid bad consequences when possible.
The Constitution is full with provisions that can be interpreted in various ways. It is likely in the "real world" for people to be more concerned about that when the results are bad.
This does not mean we should ignore what is in the actual Constitution but what is there (as mls etc. shows here) is often less clear than some might think. For instance, a President pardoning himself very well might have violated a basic due process principle that was understood to be implicit.
A world passed between 1804, the year of Amendment XII's ratification; and 1933, the year amendment XX was ratified. XX modified XII in part. Party politics became de rigeur in that time span. If the legislature assembled as the electoral college arrives at the described standoff, I would expect a partisan outcome, not a government in the style the French prefer to call co-habitation.
If all those contingencies come to pass, professor Levinson will be joined by many choruses asking for better rules, set at a limited constitutional convention. I even would predict invocation of the names of a few US Senate parliamentarians past!
I am not sure teaparty isolationism-conservatism-literalism is sufficiently entrenched, certainly not in the national legislature upper chamber, yet. Yet, it could prove interesting in the post-election-day time, given the constitution's careful respect paid to the lower chamber in such putatively contentious times.
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FWIW, Michael Ramsey agrees that Biden cannot vote under the 12th amendment http://originalismblog.typepad.com/the-originalism-blog/2012/10/eugene-volokh-on-the-twelfth-amendment-and-founders-errormichael-ramsey.html
Its good to hear from you, Shag. I was worried that the title of Sandy's post "Was John Yoo right after all?" might have done you in.
No, I wasn't done in my Sandy's title, but it reminded me that I haven't had a "Yoo-Hoo" for quite awhile. Perhaps a more accurate title for Sandy's post might have been "Yoo of little faith" to byte the big one.
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Joseph Fishkin and William E. Forbath, The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution: Reconstructing the Economic Foundations of American Democracy (Harvard University Press, 2022)
Mark Tushnet and Bojan Bugaric, Power to the People: Constitutionalism in the Age of Populism (Oxford University Press 2021).
Mark Philip Bradley and Mary L. Dudziak, eds., Making the Forever War: Marilyn B. Young on the Culture and Politics of American Militarism Culture and Politics in the Cold War and Beyond (University of Massachusetts Press, 2021).
Jack M. Balkin, What Obergefell v. Hodges Should Have Said: The Nation's Top Legal Experts Rewrite America's Same-Sex Marriage Decision (Yale University Press, 2020)
Frank Pasquale, New Laws of Robotics: Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AI (Belknap Press, 2020)
Jack M. Balkin, The Cycles of Constitutional Time (Oxford University Press, 2020)
Mark Tushnet, Taking Back the Constitution: Activist Judges and the Next Age of American Law (Yale University Press 2020).
Andrew Koppelman, Gay Rights vs. Religious Liberty?: The Unnecessary Conflict (Oxford University Press, 2020)
Ezekiel J Emanuel and Abbe R. Gluck, The Trillion Dollar Revolution: How the Affordable Care Act Transformed Politics, Law, and Health Care in America (PublicAffairs, 2020)
Linda C. McClain, Who's the Bigot?: Learning from Conflicts over Marriage and Civil Rights Law (Oxford University Press, 2020)
Sanford Levinson and Jack M. Balkin, Democracy and Dysfunction (University of Chicago Press, 2019)
Sanford Levinson, Written in Stone: Public Monuments in Changing Societies (Duke University Press 2018)
Mark A. Graber, Sanford Levinson, and Mark Tushnet, eds., Constitutional Democracy in Crisis? (Oxford University Press 2018)
Gerard Magliocca, The Heart of the Constitution: How the Bill of Rights became the Bill of Rights (Oxford University Press, 2018)
Cynthia Levinson and Sanford Levinson, Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws that Affect Us Today (Peachtree Publishers, 2017)
Brian Z. Tamanaha, A Realistic Theory of Law (Cambridge University Press 2017)
Sanford Levinson, Nullification and Secession in Modern Constitutional Thought (University Press of Kansas 2016)
Sanford Levinson, An Argument Open to All: Reading The Federalist in the 21st Century (Yale University Press 2015)
Stephen M. Griffin, Broken Trust: Dysfunctional Government and Constitutional Reform (University Press of Kansas, 2015)
Frank Pasquale, The Black Box Society: The Secret Algorithms That Control Money and Information (Harvard University Press, 2015)
Bruce Ackerman, We the People, Volume 3: The Civil Rights Revolution (Harvard University Press, 2014)
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Joseph Fishkin, Bottlenecks: A New Theory of Equal Opportunity (Oxford University Press, 2014)
Mark A. Graber, A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism (Oxford University Press, 2013)
John Mikhail, Elements of Moral Cognition: Rawls' Linguistic Analogy and the Cognitive Science of Moral and Legal Judgment (Cambridge University Press, 2013)
Gerard N. Magliocca, American Founding Son: John Bingham and the Invention of the Fourteenth Amendment (New York University Press, 2013)
Stephen M. Griffin, Long Wars and the Constitution (Harvard University Press, 2013)
Andrew Koppelman, The Tough Luck Constitution and the Assault on Health Care Reform (Oxford University Press, 2013)
James E. Fleming and Linda C. McClain, Ordered Liberty: Rights, Responsibilities, and Virtues (Harvard University Press, 2013)
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Andrew Koppelman, Defending American Religious Neutrality (Harvard University Press, 2013)
Brian Z. Tamanaha, Failing Law Schools (University of Chicago Press, 2012)
Sanford Levinson, Framed: America's 51 Constitutions and the Crisis of Governance (Oxford University Press, 2012)
Linda C. McClain and Joanna L. Grossman, Gender Equality: Dimensions of Women's Equal Citizenship (Cambridge University Press, 2012)
Mary Dudziak, War Time: An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences (Oxford University Press, 2012)
Jack M. Balkin, Living Originalism (Harvard University Press, 2011)
Jason Mazzone, Copyfraud and Other Abuses of Intellectual Property Law (Stanford University Press, 2011)
Richard W. Garnett and Andrew Koppelman, First Amendment Stories, (Foundation Press 2011)
Jack M. Balkin, Constitutional Redemption: Political Faith in an Unjust World (Harvard University Press, 2011)
Gerard Magliocca, The Tragedy of William Jennings Bryan: Constitutional Law and the Politics of Backlash (Yale University Press, 2011)
Bernard Harcourt, The Illusion of Free Markets: Punishment and the Myth of Natural Order (Harvard University Press, 2010)
Bruce Ackerman, The Decline and Fall of the American Republic (Harvard University Press, 2010)
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Ian Ayres. Carrots and Sticks: Unlock the Power of Incentives to Get Things Done (Bantam Books, 2010)
Mark Tushnet, Why the Constitution Matters (Yale University Press 2010)
Ian Ayres and Barry Nalebuff: Lifecycle Investing: A New, Safe, and Audacious Way to Improve the Performance of Your Retirement Portfolio (Basic Books, 2010)
Jack M. Balkin, The Laws of Change: I Ching and the Philosophy of Life (2d Edition, Sybil Creek Press 2009)
Brian Z. Tamanaha, Beyond the Formalist-Realist Divide: The Role of Politics in Judging (Princeton University Press 2009)
Andrew Koppelman and Tobias Barrington Wolff, A Right to Discriminate?: How the Case of Boy Scouts of America v. James Dale Warped the Law of Free Association (Yale University Press 2009)
Jack M. Balkin and Reva B. Siegel, The Constitution in 2020 (Oxford University Press 2009)
Heather K. Gerken, The Democracy Index: Why Our Election System Is Failing and How to Fix It (Princeton University Press 2009)
Mary Dudziak, Exporting American Dreams: Thurgood Marshall's African Journey (Oxford University Press 2008)
David Luban, Legal Ethics and Human Dignity (Cambridge Univ. Press 2007)
Ian Ayres, Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way to be Smart (Bantam 2007)
Jack M. Balkin, James Grimmelmann, Eddan Katz, Nimrod Kozlovski, Shlomit Wagman and Tal Zarsky, eds., Cybercrime: Digital Cops in a Networked Environment (N.Y.U. Press 2007)
Jack M. Balkin and Beth Simone Noveck, The State of Play: Law, Games, and Virtual Worlds (N.Y.U. Press 2006)
Andrew Koppelman, Same Sex, Different States: When Same-Sex Marriages Cross State Lines (Yale University Press 2006)
Brian Tamanaha, Law as a Means to an End (Cambridge University Press 2006)
Sanford Levinson, Our Undemocratic Constitution (Oxford University Press 2006)
Mark Graber, Dred Scott and the Problem of Constitutional Evil (Cambridge University Press 2006)
Jack M. Balkin, ed., What Roe v. Wade Should Have Said (N.Y.U. Press 2005)
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Carey Price is the 2015 winner of the Hart Memorial Trophy.
Price becomes the first goaltender since 2002 to win both Vezina Trophy and Hart Trophy.
The 27-year-old is also the first goaltender since Dominik Hasek in 1997 and 1998 to win the Vezina Trophy, Hart Trophy and Ted Lindsay Award.
Price is first goaltender in NHL history to win the Hart Trophy, Vezina Trophy, Ted Lindsay and Jennings.
It's the first MVP award for Price who helped the Canadiens earn the top seed in the Atlantic Division despite Montreal finishing 20th overall in goals for per game during the regular season.
"It's coming together," Price told NHL.com on Tuesday. "It's always been a process. A lot of goaltenders my age have already had a lot of success. I feel like my career is progressing in the right direction, but I'm still looking for what I ultimately want."
Price led the league in wins (44), G.A.A. (1.96) and save percentage (.933) during the 2014-15 season.
"I think the biggest thing is I was trying to focus more on being successful as opposed to focusing on what I needed to do to be successful. That basic mindset was a big difference," Price said of his MVP season. "[Stephane Waite] has definitely helped with that, my dad's helped with that, but ultimately it takes the individual to accept that. Over the last couple of years, I think I've really done that."
Price beat out New York Islanders' captain John Tavares and Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals.
Here are the full voting results:
Pts. (1st-2nd-3rd)
1. Carey Price, MTL 1498 (139-14-2-0-0)
2. Alex Ovechkin, WSH 888 (8-75-45-18-4)
3. John Tavares, NYI 739 (4-41-63-27-16)
4. Devan Dubnyk, MIN 410 (6-16-25-30-23)
5. Sidney Crosby, PIT 138 (0-2-3-25-34)
6. Ryan Getzlaf, ANA 124 (0-2-6-20-20)
7. Rick Nash, NYR 70 (0-1-4-9-16)
8. Pekka Rinne, NSH 49 (0-2-4-4-3)
9. Erik Karlsson, OTT 32 (0-1-1-5-5)
10. Jonathan Toews, CHI 31 (0-1-3-2-3)
11. Steven Stamkos, TBL 29 (0-1-0-5-7)
12. Jamie Benn, DAL 23 (0-0-0-5-8)
13. Jiri Hudler, CGY 16 (0-1-0-3-0)
14. Vladimir Tarasenko, STL 14 (0-0-0-3-5)
15. Andrew Hammond, OTT 9 (0-0-0-1-6)
16. P.K. Subban, MTL 5 (0-0-1-0-0)
17. Drew Doughty, LAK 2 (0-0-0-0-2)
18. Dustin Byfuglien, WPG 1 (0-0-0-0-1)
Marc-Andre Fleury, PIT 1 (0-0-0-0-1)
Braden Holtby, WSH 1 (0-0-0-0-1)
Zach Parise, MIN 1 (0-0-0-0-1)
Shea Weber, NSH 1 (0-0-0-0-1)
Here are the MVP-winners and the second-place guys since 1990:
Year Winner Runner-up
2015 Carey Price, Mtl. Alex Ovechkin, Wsh.
2014 Sidney Crosby, Pit. Ryan Getzlaf, Ana.
2013 Alex Ovechkin, Wsh. Sidney Crosby, Pit.
2012 Evgeni Malkin, Pit. Steven Stamkos, T.B.
2011 Corey Perry, Ana. Daniel Sedin, Van.
2010 Henrik Sedin, Van. Alex Ovechkin, Wsh.
2009 Alex Ovechkin, Wsh. Evgeni Malkin, Pit.
2008 Alex Ovechkin, Wsh. Evgeni Malkin, Pit.
2007 Sidney Crosby, Pit. Roberto Luongo, Van.
2006 Joe Thornton, S.J. Jaromir Jagr, NYR
2004 Martin St. Louis, T.B. Jarome Iginla, Cgy.
2003 Peter Forsberg, Col. Markus Naslund, Van.
2002 Jose Theodore, Mtl. Jarome Iginla, Cgy.
2001 Joe Sakic, Col. Mario Lemieux, Pit.
2000 Chris Pronger, St.L Jaromir Jagr, Pit.
1999 Jaromir Jagr, Pit. Alexei Yashin, Ott.
1998 Dominik Hasek, Buf. Jaromir Jagr, Pit.
1997 Dominik Hasek, Buf. Paul Kariya, Ana.
1996 Mario Lemieux, Pit. Mark Messier, NYR
1995 Eric Lindros, Phi. Jaromir Jagr, Pit.
1994 Sergei Fedorov, Det. Dominik Hasek, Buf.
1993 Mario Lemieux, Pit. Doug Gilmour, Tor.
1992 Mark Messier, NYR Patrick Roy, Mtl.
1991 Brett Hull, St.L Wayne Gretzky, L.A.
1990 Mark Messier, Edm. Ray Bourque, Bos.


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This blog post is in response to the Second Aid Blog Forum: Admitting Failure, a topic forum proposed by anonymous blogger J at Tales From the Hood.
Admitting failure is apparently trendy these days. As nonprofits and NGOs spend countless hours polishing their annual reports and filling them with rosy success stories to placate donors and stakeholders, a growing chorus of bloggers and development pundits are calling on aid organizations to be up-front and honest about their failures so that others can learn from them. The idea took off when Engineers Without Borders Canada built a website where development groups could share failures and exchange lessons. A "Fail Faire" was even held in DC last week to "celebrate" failure.
While all of this openness and honesty is heartwarming, would I, if I were running an NGO, admit to (that is, publicize) a failed project or program? To me, that answer is simple: Hell no.
Is there value to sharing failures that could be lessons for your own organization or others? Absolutely. But how much good does it do the average layperson to hear about a failed project? And, once they get a hold of the story, what are the chances that it will come back to bite your organization in the ass?
Take, for example, the field day that the AP had with the results of an audit of grants at the Global Fund. The Fund, which maintains a policy of "full transparency and zero tolerance of corruption," published the results of an ongoing audit last year that discovered that several million dollars of grants (representing a very small portion of total funds disbursed) had been lost to fraud and corruption in four countries. It then began to pursue legal action to recover the funds and prosecute the individuals responsible. Sounds great, right? Did the press or anyone else respond with gratitude or acknowledge the up-front and open nature of the Fund in publishing its findings? If only. It became a runaway news "scandal," with the AP painting the "celebrity-backed" Fund as being "plagued by fraud." The result: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, and the European Commission froze their disbursements.
While it is true that the Global Fund is a uniquely high-profile organization that deals in numbers with many zeros, I think the general tendency of people to react poorly to failure holds true across the board. Particularly in the current atmosphere of fiscal austerity, the last thing people want to see is their tax dollars or donations being "wasted" on failed projects that were not originally designed to help them in the first place. While most Americans support foreign aid, I imagine that a lot of them would change their tune if they thought that it did not work. People have (reasonable, IMHO) objections to their tax dollars being used for "trial and error" projects.
There is, however, true value to learning from failed projects – this is part of the reason that researchers publish (albeit reluctantly) the results of unsuccessful experiments in professional journals and share them at conferences. But that is precisely the point – the failures are shared with an audience that can appreciate them and the lessons they bring. The aid community would benefit from creating supportive forums through which they can exchange lessons about failure, whether that be conferences like "Fail Faires" or practice-based journals in which such stories can be published.
Many organizations could stand to make their annual reports, particularly the finance portion, more transparent in order to give donors a better idea of their operations. Saundra Schimmelpfennig has a great summary of resources that describe good standards and best practices. But NGOs shy away from laying bare individual project failures, and for good reason. Unless an individual has background knowledge on how aid and development works, it is difficult to put these stories into context. It is a whole lot easier to simply decide to hold your donation (or call your Congressman) than it is to have faith in a charity's ability to learn from its mistakes, especially when stories of ill-conceived projects abound.


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Our third Man Lab Showdown is likely to be the best one we ever do. It's a battle of the generations as we pit two Victoria's Secret Angels against each other. In one corner is Adriana Lima who has been an Angel for the last 11 years and still looks amazing after giving birth to a daughter in 2009. Even at the age of 30, she's still one of the top models in the world and one of Victoria's Secret's top girls. In the other corner is Candice Swanepoel who is in only her second year as an Angel. At 22, she's already found herself near the top of the modelling world.
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With elements echoing many of the fixtures of Hollywood's fictional crime tales, Tuesday's showdown with real-life fugitive Christopher Dorner brought the conflicting agendas of law enforcement and the media into sharp relief, spotlighting the challenges — and pitfalls — of such immersive live coverage.
Uncensored obscenities made it on the air, phone conversations interrupted live coverage and journalists were asked by authorities to restrict their coverage to avoid tipping off the suspect.
The confrontation featured aspects that viewers have seen often in the reporting of real-life incidents (swarms of helicopters, roadside checkpoints) as well as fictional onscreen tales ranging from "The Negotiator" and "The Fugitive" to "High Sierra," (rogue cops seeking to clear their name, a multi-jursidictional manhunt playing out in a remote locale).
The story hit Los Angeles airwaves around 1 p.m. PT, and law-enforcement officials asked the media to not broadcast live aerial coverage of the scene or to even tweet about it, concerned that doing so might tip off Dorner and threaten the safety of officers on the ground.
The cabin's owner told news outlets the cabin had no Internet or television, butOfficials were clearly taking no chances as police and sheriff's deputies closed in on the Big Bear cabin where Dorner — a former LAPD officer whose online manifesto threatened "unconventional and asymmetrical warfare" against the department in the wake of his firing in 2007 — was holed up.
KCBS-TV Los Angeles was apparently first on the scene, breaking into its scheduled daytime programming with reporter Carter Evans on the ground near the gun battle feeding live audio from his cell phone. Dozens of shots could be heard, along with profanity from law-enforcement officers. (In later replays of the soundbite, the expletives were censored.)
The station was apparently broadcasting without a time delay, leading to a moment around 2:10 p.m., in which the station took a live call from someone claiming to have information about the scene. It turned out to be prank call from a fan of Howard Stern's radio show.
KCBS quickly disconnected the call and returned to commentary on the scene, later apologizing to viewers.
Coverage of the showdown, with the cabin engulfed in flames and officials declaring Dorner dead inside, stretched past 6 p.m. PT, forcing local nets to choose between continuing with the story live or breaking away to President Obama's state of the union address. KNBC directed viewers to its digital channels for the address.
In another reflection of the day's media juxtapositions, an ad for TNT's "Southland," which bows its new season Wednesday, was pulled from the homepage of the Los Angeles Times' website Tuesday. The ad featured actors pointing guns in police uniforms, and was framed around the site's "Dorner in gun battle with authorities" story.


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It was only natural DJ Jazzy Jeff performed at Ditch Fridays in Palms Pool & Bungalows at Palms on Friday afternoon for the first official pool party of summertime. Sporting a Philadelphia Phillies jersey, shorts and Nike LeBron 9 Low "USA" kicks (supporting LeBron James' and Miami Heat's recent NBA Championship win), Jazzy was joined by his hype-man MC Skillz for the performance at the popular adult pool party.
To start the duo's performance, a champagne shower from the Palms Pool ladies covered guests as the danced up against the stage. Jazzy began with up-tempo unique mixes of popular hits including LMFAO's "Shots," Chris Webby's "WDGAF" and Alexandra Stan's "Mr. Saxo Beat." He even mixed favorite throwbacks like Bob Marley's "One Love" and "Dance With Somebody" by Whitney Houston.
In an interview before his performance, DJ Jazzy Jeff was asked what his favorite musical memory was and he said, "I don't think I've had it yet. This has been a dream and I'm still living it." In the same interview, the Fresh Prince of Bel Air star also said Will Smith is the artist he is the most proud to have worked with, "when we started he sat on the step and said he wanted to make movies and I said I wanted to do music and even till today we kind of look at each other and say 'wow, we really did that.'"
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Most 16-year-olds dream of getting a driver's license.Gabby DouglasSeventeen
dreams of a gold medal...and it just might happen! This champion gymnast is the 2012 All-Around silver medalist, and is currently training for the U.S. Olympic Trials at the end of the month! Luckily, was able to steal her away from the gym long enough to ask a few questions. Get the deets on this gymnast's go-to snack food, celeb crush, and more!
Seventeen: What would making the U. S. Olympic gymnastics team mean to you?
GD: Making the team would mean so much! I'm the youngest one competing and I'm African American. I think that would just inspire people and inspire a nation. I would love to be a role model.
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17: What is a typical day like for you?
GD: I wake up at about 9 a.m., and have a few hours of school or time to relax. Then, I have practice at 2:30 p.m. with my team. We warm up, do some conditioning exercises, stretch, and then do our floor events. Practice lasts about four hours. Then I go home to eat dinner and relax!
17: How do you mentally prepare yourself to do such complicated routines before you compete?
GD: I sit in the hotel room and have a little downtime. I need to relax, close my eyes, and picture each perfect routine that I've been doing in the gym. Sometimes I like to watch videos of myself and see how confident I was. It's mainly visualization.
17: Do you have any rituals or a mantra that you use to pump yourself up before a competition?
GD: I used to have this lucky rock and I used to always have to rub it three times before I competed.
17: Gymnasts always seem to have their hair done so perfectly! How do you get it to stay in place?
GD: We use a lot of hairspray and gel. We put it in a ponytail and slick it back. I like to wear Aussie Freeze Spray.
17: What would you say is your food indulgence? Is there one snack you really love?
GD: The one snack I really love is YoCrunch yogurt. It's like an apple pie in a cup! You have your apples on the bottom, your yogurt in the middle, and piecrust crumbs on top.
17: What type of guy do you usually crush on? Are you into athletic guys?
GD: I think I would go for a Michael Phelps kind of guy.
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'Closed Circuit': A Late-Summer Shocker
Fast-moving thriller starring Eric Bana is refreshingly straightforward
Rating: R Running Time: 96 minutes
Starring: Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Jim Broadbent, Ciarán Hinds
Director: John Crowley
Briskly paced and blessedly free of the endless blind alleys that plague too many political thrillers, Closed Circuit begins with a horrendous act of terrorism, introduces us to the team of lawyers appointed to defend an alleged participant, and follows them as they slowly uncover the corrupt government system that desperately wants to hide the truth behind the crime.
There are some first-rate thrills along the way, and for once it's nice to come out of a crime drama without suddenly rethinking a plot twist, stopping in your tracks and grumbling, "Wait a minute … how did they know that?"
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Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall play a couple of London lawyers charged with defending a guy (Denis Moschitto) who supposedly played a role in a suicide truck bombing. As secret ex-lovers, the pair should be disqualified from working on the case together, but because that thing ended some time ago, they decide to let it remain their own little secret (they wish!).
Bana and Hall are an extraordinarily appealing couple, and if anyone out there is considering making the old Avengers TV series into a movie again (there was a film version in 1998), would you please consider casting them as John Steed and Emma Peel? They would be great.
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The theme of Big Government beating down truth-seekers has gotten a good run over the years, and as an American it's nice to finally see a film in which the CIA is not the rogue agency in question. This time it's MI5, the CIA's British counterpart, that has nefarious motives.
Our heroes have several friends who may or may not be in cahoots with the shadowy agency, and that gives us plenty of opportunities to enjoy fun performances by Jim Broadbent and Ciarán Hinds — whose natural Belfast brogue will come as a surprise to those who loved him as the drawling Bill Clinton clone on last year's cable series Political Animals.
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The ad campaign for Closed Circuit goes to great lengths to connect the film's plot with recent headlines about government surveillance. In truth, the prying eyes of Big Brother play a marginal role in Closed Circuit, although the larger theme of government trustworthiness does get a good going-over.
Director John Crowley — who helmed the big-hearted 2008 Michael Caine drama Is Anybody There? — brings the proceedings in at an economical hour and a half. That's a welcome development at the tail end of a summer when the studios seemed determined to hold moviegoers hostage, perhaps hoping we'd succumb to Stockholm syndrome and like their movies, no matter how bad they were.
Bill Newcott is a writer, editor and movie critic for AARP Media.
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