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I am at the phone with my friend Asbjørn Følstad of SINTEF in Norway (The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research). He asks about my recent trip to Ljubljana. I answer and also directs him to my blog where I have published my presentation and some images from my trip. He looks up eirikso.com while we're still on the phone. Suddenly he says somethink like:
– "But, what!? That's me!"
My immediate answer is "what are you talking about?".
– "I am talking about that boat that is about to be run over by the large ferry"
– "That's me and my friend out sailing last sunday"
Now that's a bit of a coincidence! Mr. Følstad is an experienced sailor and could tell me that the situation was not too dramatic. He knows the water and the course of that ferry very well. Still, there wasn't a lot of wind and the Crown of Scandinavia was closer than usual.
But the fact that I shoot that image from several hundred meters away totally at random and then we learn that it is a friend of mine on board. Improbabilities…
Then this happens:
Some minutes ago I recieve this comment on my post from Ljubljana:
Ana Says:
June 15th, 2007 at 1:27 pm e
Oh, by the way, the guy on a bicycle with a blue T-shirt is my schoolmate from grammar school, his name is Matjaz.
What should I say? There are about 300 000 people living in Ljubljana. And one of my readers know the person in this image. I was busy shooting something else when this nice combination of colour and people and motion struck the corner of my eye. Strange stuff.
And by the way. I do a bit of street photography. A lot of the images are not published on public sites like Flickr because I don't like to publish images of people that I have photographed without asking. When the images are as nice as this one I use my right to publish images photographed on public places. If you find yourself in any of the images in my Flickr stream or here on eirikso.com and want to be removed please drop me a line.


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"Polycom and BT have been working together on Unified Communications (UC) products for a little while now and at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference they've announced a range of new solutions," writes Fierce VoIP's Mike Dolan.
"The companies are building on BT's 'UC Ready' networked IT, voice and professional services for Microsoft UC. As we mentioned earlier this week, Polycom has been showing off its CX IP phones that integrate with Microsoft Communications Server "14." The companies are offering a holistic set of UC products and services to deliver integrated applications, networks and systems to assure customers that Microsoft and Polycom technologies on the BT network will be deployed and managed efficiently," Dolan writes.
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OK, Jerk-O-Philes, if you've heard the Episode 20 (and why haven't you yet?), you know your favorite Jerks are having the second-ever Jerk Off (it's what we call our contests)! We're giving away two prizes: a copy of Out of the Park Baseball 15 ($39.99 value), the world's best baseball simulation game, and a copy of iOOTP, the iOS version of OOTP (a $4.99 value)!
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Gift Yourself a Debt-Free Holiday
Ever wonder why Elvis had a blue Christmas? Why Frosty the snowman was in such a hurry to leave town? Why the Grinch was so grumpy?
Maybe they were worried about Blue Monday. Landing on January 21 this year, it's also called the "most depressing day of the year." That may be because it's the dead of winter, but it also happens to be right around the time holiday credit card bills arrive.
Consider this. If you buy $1,500 in gifts on credit this holiday and then pay only the minimum of $30 each month, guess what? It will take you till 2032 — 13 years — to pay off the balance, including $1,432.17 in interest.1
Even if you doubled your monthly payment, you'd still be on the hook for six years and $530 in interest.
Blue and grinchy, indeed. But it doesn't have to be that way. Here are some tips on how to have a holly, jolly and less stressful gift-giving season.
Start early, early, early
Overspending on last-minute gifts is the primary reason that budgets are blown.2 Don't be that crazed person racing through the mall on Christmas Eve. Challenge yourself to wrap it up by December 15.
Buy yourself a prepaid gift card
It's a smart way to cap your holiday spending. Set your dollar limit for gifts and then buy a prepaid general-use card in that amount. When it's used up, you're done. Some cards even qualify for rewards or a discount — a bonus for your thriftiness.
Layaway in a manger
Go old-school to avoid credit debt and interest fees. Layaway — putting a down payment on an item and paying it off, interest free, over time — is popular again.
Join the club
Ever hear of Christmas Club accounts? Invented during the Great Depression, these temporary savings accounts let you deposit money all year and then withdraw it at holiday time with no fees. Many credit unions still offer them. Or just create your own specialized savings account.
Guide someone's sleigh
Rudolph had the right idea — a temporary holiday gig in the shipping business. Why not pick up some extra cash to pad your Festivus gift fund? You don't have to be a reindeer to find work in shipping over the holidays; check out local stores — retailers plan on hiring 500,000 seasonal workers this year.3
DIY instead of IOU
The web is full of crafty projects, from apple jelly to wacky wreaths, that you can make at home. You'll subtract big bucks from your Kwanzaa gift list while adding a lot of heart.
Finally, consider applying these saving and spending practices post-holiday season. The more you're able to stash away by changing some simple lifestyle habits, the more you're likely to have to spend on worthwhile experiences. alternative types of spending this holiday. Spend quality time with family and friends. Spend a Sunday volunteering at a soup kitchen. Spend a few moments in gratitude for the blessings of the year gone by. That's the spending that gives you the most in return.
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Widow of man shot, killed by deputy describes violent confrontation
Sheriff says Daniel Rhodes threatened wife, charged at deputy with machete
The wife of a man who was shot and killed by a deputy during a domestic dispute is questioning the use of lethal force.
Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said one of his deputies was forced to shoot Daniel Rhodes after the suspect charged at his deputy with a machete.
Bradshaw relayed to reporters at the scene what Rhodes' wife told deputies.
"He has punched her a couple of times and basically told her that if the police are summoned he is going to kill her, chop her up in little pieces and the police are going to have to kill him," Bradshaw said.
Nina Rhodes described the violent confrontation that led to the deadly shooting.
"I had locked him outside, and he broke (a window) to come in," she said.
Nina Rhodes said her husband threatened her and began swinging the machete when deputies arrived.
"He hit the wall with the machete, and then when they said put the weapon down again, they just started shooting," Nina Rhodes said.
Deputies said they've been to the house before and that Daniel Rhodes had a history of violent encounters with law enforcement.
But Nina Rhodes said her husband was usually kind and never violent.
"It's totally out of his character," she said. "We have our arguments, (but) he never allowed us to go to bed angry with each other."
Nina Rhodes questioned why the deputy had to use lethal force instead of a Taser gun.
Bradshaw said the shooting was justified.
"The deputy, unfortunately, had to shoot this individual -- not only to save his own life but the life of people in that house," Bradshaw said.


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If one were to rank the issues about which the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is most sensitive, near the very top of the list would be the persistant accusation that Mormons are somehow not Christians. This is literally the first question in the FAQ section at www.mormon.org.
In responding to this charge over many decades, the church has sought to emphasize its Christian identity. Besides numerous discourses on the subject, the Church has projected a Christian image through the use of visual and material culture. For the 1964-65 World's Fair in Queens, New York, the Church acquired and displayed its now iconic reproduction of Bertel Thorvaldsen's "Christus" statue, which appears on numerous websites and publications. In 1996, the Church changed its logo to feature the words "Jesus Christ" more than twice the size of the other words in the name. The image was meant to communicate the centrality of Jesus Christ to the faith. Church leaders continue to offer impassioned sermons on the topic in recent years.
This election season has brought out renewed efforts from some evangelical leaders to "clarify" for their audiences that, in spite of being permitted to vote for a Mormon candidate for president, they are under no circumstances to consider Mormonism a part of Christianity. This policing of the boundaries of Christianity raises the question of who gets to decide what Christianity is. Different Christians have drawn the boundary differently, depending on whom they are seeking to exclude. For many centuries Protestants drew the boundaries such that Catholics were out of the fold of Christianity, commonly charging the Pope as the Antichrist. Catholics returned the favor. Devastating wars were fought in Europe over precisely who was a Christian and who was not.
The contestation among Christians of all kinds over what it means to be a Christian underscores the fact that this is a contested category. There is no single definition of Christianity. Adolf von Harnack, one of the foremost Lutheran theologians of the nineteenth century, sought to identify the essence of Christianity in his volume, What is Christianity? He rejected the creeds, and any definition of religion which relied on "doctrines, regulations, ordinances, and forms of public worship." He bitterly complained against an understanding of Christianity in which
the living faith seems to be transformed into a creed to be believed; devotion to Christ, into Christology; the ardent hope for the coming of 'the kingdom,' into a doctrine of immortality and deification; prophesy, into technical exegesis and theological learning; the ministers of the Spirit, into clerics; the brothers, into laymen in a state of tutelage; miracles and miraculous cures disappear altogether, or else are priestly devices; fervent prayers become solemn hymns and litanies; the "Spirit" becomes law and compulsion. (Harnack, What is Christianity?, 193)
Harnack's remarks are inspired by the similar kind of originalism that moved nineteenth century Mormonism's Restoration perspective, an attempt to clear the historical board of learned theology and high church ritual and return to the "original purity" of early Christianity. There is no question that Harnack and Mormonism see many fundamental aspects of faith quite differently, but there is much here that resonates for Mormons, most importantly the notion that Christianity is not about adherence to dogmas, but about life of faith.
It is easy for historians to discern today that Harnack's understanding of early Christianity was deeply shaped by the theological frameworks of his own time. Despite being a sophisticated scholar, he depicts early Christianity in his own image. Those who are invested in a particular image of Christianity for their own normative purposes represent this image as self-evident, while to others it appears an a self-evident construction. The question is whether any definition of Christianity which starts from the idea that it has an atemporal, non-historically bounded "essence" can succeed.
Social theory may offer more help than theology in understanding how the boundaries of Christianity are created and enforced. Identity requires both a sameness and a difference over and against which to define oneself. In order for there to be an inside, there must also be an outside. The self always needs an other, and there is no other which is more fraught than the intimate other, who appears so similar as to be almost indistinguishable. Lines must be produced and guarded in order to protect a particular understanding of what counts as Christianity.
Definitions of Christianity that seek to portray its essence are arguments about what that essences should be, not objective descriptions of fact. They assume the very thing they are trying to prove. Such definitions are rhetorical and ideological, producing similarities between themselves and what they see as authentic Christianity, and downplaying the differences. Those that represent the boundaries as natural and fixed also represent themselves as atemporal, outside of the tumults of time and space. But we know that such definitions fail the test of time.
If our definitions are always provisional, historically situated, and subject to change, what considerations should we make in determining the boundaries of Christianity? One consideration must be the ethical. As countless scholars have pointed out, the process of drawing boundaries can be fraught ethically. Is it just to exclude a group who claim the title of Christians? In answering this question it is useful to consider how defining some people as "outsiders," as lacking a claim to some standard of authenticity, is the fundamental ideology behind so many of the ugly prejudices in this world. The Christianity police are often guilty of police brutality more than protection of their constituents. Defining Mormonism out of Christianity sets, and follows, a troubling precedent.


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Tackling the Top Running Injuries
Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app.
Dr. John Gross offers straightforward advice to help treat and prevent the most common women's running injuries.
Based on your experience, what are the most common running-related injuries women face? Are there injuries women are more prone to than men?
The most common running injuries in women aren't so different than those found in men. The only difference is the incidences of them are somewhat higher in women. The top three running injuries in women are knee tendonitis, otherwise known as runner's knee, iliotibial band (IT band) syndrome and shin splints, which, if untreated, will progress to stress fractures.
Quite often, runners who experience runner's knee will have a weak vastus medialis oblique (VMO) muscle, which helps to keep the patellartendon in line. A weak VMO muscle will cause the patellar tendon to deviate one way or the other, resulting in inflammation of the knee.
IT band syndrome is inflammation of the tendon that connects your femur (thigh bone) to your tibia (lower leg bone). This inflammation can make it very painful to go up or down stairs and stand up after sitting for prolonged periods of time, often called the "theater sign." Women's hips are shaped differently than men—they are inherently wider at the hip joint. That angle where the hip meets the top of your kneecap is called the Q angle. With each stride you take, a wider Q angle puts stress on your IT band, causing inflammation in the knee.
The third most common running injury is shin splints, which are micro-cracks along the inner portion of the large bone in the lower leg. Shin splints are associated with overtraining or not resting enough. If untreated, they can become full-on stress fractures, which are true breaks in the bone due to overtraining. Shin splints cause intense pain across the front of your leg below your knee while running.
How can you treat these injuries if you happen to get them?
Treating these injuries can be very frustrating because, as a runner, you want to get out and do what you love. But you have to be honest with yourself. If you're experiencing pain, you need to give the injury a chance to heal. When you have any symptoms mentioned above you should stop running and start RICE, which stands for Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation.
For beginner runners, it is imperative to do RICE under the guidance of a physician or sports medicine physician. More experienced runners can do this on their own, as they are more able to recognize injuries.
I would also recommend some kind of anti-inflammatory medicine, such as Advil, Motrin or Naproxen. If it's not getting better in a reasonable amount of time, say three to five days, the injury needs to be evaluated. All three of these injuries can require surgery on rare occasion. However, most times they can be treated simply by allowing your body to heal itself.
How can you prevent these injuries from occurring?
If a runner suffers from runner's knee, I recommend exercises to strengthen her VMO, which includes simple knee extension and hip abduction exercises (squeezing a ball between your knees) two to three times a week. These are very simple exercises that runners might want to incorporate into their workout regimen to keep their VMO strong. While a lot of runners don't like to do resistance training, this is a type of cross-training routine that will keep them injury free.
To help prevent IT band syndrome, I recommend side bend and hip flexor exercises, which strengthen the lateral abdominal muscles and IT band. To do side bend stretches, stand straight and bend to one side as far as you can. Return back to the starting position. I recommend two sets of 15 repetitions for each side. To do hip flexor exercises, step forward and kneel on your right knee, turning your torso to the right to put stress on the IT band. Hold for five to seven seconds. Repeat three times on each side.
The best prevention of shin splints is to wear properly fitted running shoes and run on softer surfaces such as asphalt (not concrete). In addition, be smart about mileage and try not to do too much at one time.
Is there anything else a female runner can do to stay injury-free?
To avoid all of these injuries, I recommend the following three tips.
The first is to warm up to stretch, not stretch to warm up. You should run for three to five minutes or do some power walking to warm up your musculature and then stretch. This is a change in thinking from what we are accustomed to, but studies show that you can decrease your rate of injury by warming up before you stretch.
The second tip is to plan for rest. I think a lot of runners, especially beginners, don't incorporate rest into their workout regimen. I think women runners, in particular, are very goal-driven and often believe they have to work out every day in order to reach their goals. But the best way to prevent injury is to incorporate rest.
The last tip is to hydrate. I think a lot of runners don't know how much to hydrate. As a rule of thumb, for an average runner, you should rehydrate with 17 ounces of water for every pound that's lost and drink throughout the day until your urine is a light yellow or clear color. I recommend measuring your pre- and post-run weight. These are all proactive steps to help prevent injuries in the first place.
Dr. John Gross practices family medicine in Saint Petersburg, Fla., with a specialization in sports medicine. He was also the medical director for the inaugural Women's Half Marathon and 5k.
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At a recent Mountains Plus company picnic, we were reminiscing about the fun we used to have at mountain bike races when the sport was in its infant stages in the late 80's and early 90's. It was a brand new sport, so everyone involved was jazzed and excited about just being a part of it. There was such a sense of community, and the participants proudly considered themselves a breed apart. More often than not, the races would end with a barbecue and people would swap war stories from the trail.
Adventure racing recaptures a lot of those great feelings, which is why Mountains Plus is so heavily involved. It's fun! And the people involved in AR are wildly enthusiastic, which can become infectious. While the televised adventure races like Primal Quest have garnered a lot of attention, it is the local adventure races that have really exploded in terms of participation and interest.
Recently we were supporting an adventure race here in WA (pumping up 40 inflatable kayaks with hand pumps, now that's fun!) There were about 80 adventure racers of all levels racing together in teams of 2 to 4. They started with some orienteering, following their compasses on the run. The second leg was a kayak trip down the shores of Lake Wenatchee. After a tour of mountain biking, the race ended with some time on a climbing wall. The best thing about the whole adventure race was that everyone was having fun, from the novices who capsized their kayak multiple times to the hard-core racers who were training for the 24-hr race later in the season. Having fun – that's really what it's all about.
Keep your eyes open in your town, and if you see an adventure race, try your hand in it! There are plenty to choose from: shorter urban adventure races (if you live in the Seattle area, the BEAST series is an excellent choice for first-timers) and sprint-length adventure races in local wild spaces, as well as longer 24-hour (the TRIOBA) and expedition length adventure races. So no matter your fitness level, try your hand and meet some great people! It's a great way to test your outdoor skills, meet like-minded people, and have fun at the same time.


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We want to pause a moment to also remember Sweet Praline in all of her glory and "diva-tude." She was a very special ladycat and we are working very hard to live up to her standards.
And a special memory for our little brother, Beignet, who God called to Heaven to be by His side.
We hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Year. Once again, we love you!
Goodbye 2011


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RR Donnelley Named LPGA's Official Print Provider
DAYTONA BEACH, FL—June 23, 2010—The LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) announced today that RR Donnelley, the world's leading printing and integrated communications services company, will be a new partner, serving as "Official Print Provider of the LPGA." The Tour will utilize RR Donnelley's expertise to develop cost-effective solutions and programs for the LPGA and its tournaments.
"For nearly 150 years, RR Donnelley's innovation in the printing business has kept them at the forefront of integrated communications, so we're pleased that they want to join us as we embark on plans to grow and enhance the LPGA," said Commission Mike Whan. "We're proud to be a resilient association, 60 years and counting, that strives like RR Donnelley to look for ways to stay on the cutting edge. I'm particularly pleased that they will be working so closely with our tournament partners worldwide."
With capabilities ranging from ticketing fulfillment to on-course signage, RR Donnelley's global capabilities will provide options and consistency for LPGA tournaments including The Solheim Cup, the most prestigious team event in women's professional golf.
"We are proud and delighted to be associated with the LPGA and its superb tradition of creating opportunities for women to excel in venues on and apart from the golf course," said Thomas J. Quinlan III, RR Donnelley's President and Chief Executive Officer. "We look forward to using our extensive array of digital and conventional printing resources as we work with the LPGA and its tournament partners to support their exceptional brands. Our unique platform is an ideal match for the challenging events that demand the fastest cycle times and the most precise execution."
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Facebook served up my past the other day, though I wasn't sure I wanted it to. I've spent decades working on systematically forgetting the awkward early teen years, back when I barely filled out my bikini and cared way too much what other pimply 13-year-olds thought.
So when a former summer campmate tracked me down through Facebook last week to reminisce about our weeks together nearly 30 years ago, I braced myself for bad feelings to return courtesy of the Internet. Turns out, he handed me two parenting lessons in one message.
"Are you Jennifer Perkins who once attended Pleasant Bay Camp?" the e-mail read. "If so, I hope you'll connect via Facebook."
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I recognized his name right away. He was a kid who was in the oldest boy cabin at camp, while I was in the oldest girl cabin back in the early 80's. I friended him, and asked him how he'd found me when my last name had changed. Deep down, I hoped he wasn't stalking me. I wracked my brain for any unkind thing I might have said or done to him back in the day.
He said he'd found a directory from summer camp, plugged my name into Classmates.com and Facebook and figured I was the same person.
"Look at us all grown up, huh?" he wrote. "Looking forward to finding out what has become of you in nearly 30 years!!!"
Frankly, the three exclamation points scared me. Was he really that enthusiastic about me after spending what amounted to a few weeks at camp back when Reagan was in office? We weren't that close back then. And now we're both married with kids, so I doubt there's any romantic inclinations here. Is there? I e-mailed him back with a few details about my husband and kids, just in case.
He wrote me back. He said he had two particularly vivid memories of me from camp. The first was from one of our trips to a local beach, where some of the kids had brought along marijuana.
"Everyone but you and I partook. While you were content to enjoy the beach, I wandered back and forth between you and opium dune (pun indended), not really comfortable settling myself in your world or theirs. I'm sorry I wasn't a better friend that day."
I remembered it well. Also, the next memory, which I had hoped to forget, from the awards ceremony on the last night of camp. He recalled what happened when the Best Swimmer Award was about to be announced:
"My eyes were on you. I think everyone's eyes were on you ... certainly all your peers'. You began to rise to receive the award. Then all of us were shocked when another camper was named, while you had the embarrassing task of sitting back down."
Ouch. Ouch, ouch, ouch. Yes, I remember it. I had tried to fight back tears while one of my friends put her arm around me. It was an embarrassing moment indeed. But it was also a teachable moment - for my kids. At dinner last night, I told them both of those stories, and then I asked them what the moral of each one was.
About the pot story, my nine-year-old replied, "Follow your conscience." Just in case his conscience might lead him into the dunes with the other kids some day, I clarified: "Don't do things you know are wrong just because everyone else is doing it."
About the swim award story, though, they weren't sure what to say, so I offered: "Don't get cocky."
They nodded, and I could see they were both processing my stories in their heads. If they managed to get past the image of their mother at 13, they might have learned something. I know I did.
My e-mail pal from summer camp wrote: "For me, the experience brought out both the best and the worst of who I was then."
Me, too, old friend. Me, too. Thank you for the lessons.


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The Rum Howler 2012 Top 30 Rums – Countdown
Posted by Arctic Wolf on November 30, 2012
This year, when I was deliberating over my 2012 Rum Howler Awards, it occurred to me that the line-up of rum which I had tasted over the past year was impressive. When I further considered all the rums I had tasted since I opened this website, I realized this was indeed an impressive amount of rum that I have tasted and scored. Adding it all up, I have tasting and scoring notes for over 300 rums which I have had the privilege of sampling over the past four years. (Note: In addition to the nearly 175 rum reviews I have published on this site, I also have tasting notes and scores compiled for over 125 more rums which I encountered at various festivals and judging events which I have attended.) This gives me a broad perspective on the world of rum. And perhaps, all this rum tasting and scoring gives me at least some of the qualifications to embark on a very particular quest to uncover and list the Best Rums in the World.
If you are interested in such things, a detailed explanation of how I came up with this list is available here:
The Rum Howler 2012 Top 30 Rums
This web page also contains the complete list in reverse order. One catch, is that I will be filling that list out over the next several weeks, one rum at a time, countdown style. As I fill out the list, I will be providing my most up to date review for that particular Rum. Some of these rums have been reviewed previously, and those reviews will be updated if required to reflect my feelings on the most recent bottling. Some of the Rums on the list will be reviewed for the first time. Although the effort put into this project was very significant, I hope that those who read the reviews and follow the countdown have some fun. Disagreement with my Panel of Judges is welcome, and so are questions about the list.
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This is the text of a sermon I gave at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bozeman on December 7, 2008:
This is the story of a boy.
Don't worry, I have his permission.
A boy who was born and raised not far from here.
This boy was raised by loving parents in a small Montana town.
He was a happy child. His mother called him "Exuberant." His father labeled him "thoughtful, intelligent and friendly." As he grew, he always was asking questions and wanted to be around adults as much as possible because they were fascinating to him. In many ways, he felt more like an adult than a child. He went to school, and found he excelled at learning. He was curious about everything, and enjoyed reading and writing. He wasn't as good at math, but he loved music. Especially singing. He did pretty well in grade school. He was popular with his classmates, and hardly ever had homework- he got it all done during school, because he skipped recess a lot, asthma kept him from running around with the other kids.
He was raised Catholic. He loved church. It was quiet, beautiful, mysterious and the singing was nice. It was a safe, quiet place during the turbulent times of adolescence, especially with a younger brother and sister in the house.
This boy always felt different. Something always kept him from feeling like the rest of his friends. His experience was different. He just saw the world differently. When some of the other boys talked about things, he felt like an outsider. It wasn't only the difficulty understanding the need to play sports- he did that, badly, or do the things the other boys did- it was something deeper. He couldn't find anyone to tell him about what he felt and thought sometimes. He looked, kept his eyes open, went to the library-there didn't seem to be a name for it.
All that changed in 7th grade. He found the word that they gave for the symptoms he was experiencing. And it was bad. And, like a patient who has been given a terminal diagnosis, he moved into the stage of denial, working extra hard so that no one would suspect. He tried hard to fit in, and when that didn't work, he used his considerable brain to justify his place in the world. And sometimes he came to some very painful conclusions. He thought about suicide. Even tried it. Things were that bad.
And that word? That word he discovered in a high school health textbook in the school that was so small all the books were available to everyone… that word was homosexual.
His life changed. He knew that to be gay was wrong. Everyone said so. The boys made jokes about fairies and queers and fags. They weren't normal. They were a mistake.
But he quickly formulated a plan.
All through high school he worked hard to keep his secret. He even played football. He made the same jokes about queers and fags and fairies to throw people off the scent. He went to church a lot and prayed for God to take all these feelings about other boys away from him. He was elected Senior Class president, and got a full ride scholarship to Carroll College in Speech and Debate.
And the plan?
He figured out a way to keep his secret and gain the admiration and respect of his peers.
He would be a priest. And he would not only be a priest, he would go to Seminary in Rome- the best place to study, the place only the best and brightest got to study. He would be respected and no one would suspect there was something wrong with him.
Going to a catholic college in a time when there was a priest shortage, and professing a vocation to the priesthood- he was admired, he was supported, he was respected. He was Junior and Senior class president. He dated girls but looked at boys. He had 2 majors and 2 minors. He was busy and popular. In the eyes of his family and friends, he did well.
He did go to Rome- spent 5 year there and got a Master's in theology, worked for the Pope. He met others like him, but convinced himself that celibacy was what God really wanted of him.
He was ordained, came back to Montana and was a priest in Helena. He mostly loved it. He loved being with people at important times in their lives. He baptized them, sat with them in illness, celebrated eucharist, preached- he loved preaching, married them and buried them. He taught at Carroll, became the youngest pastor in the history of the diocese and then something happened.
He fell in love.
Suddenly the life he created couldn't compare to the feelings he got from really being seen for what he was- and it was okay! He somehow knew God was in this, too. But it was hard to undo all those years of training at hiding.
That first love didn't last through the ensuing internal conflict.
He left the active ministry, moved to a big city, went to years of weekly counseling and finally came to an understanding with himself. He was okay, mostly, even if society and his church and some of his family couldn't understand that. He made new friends. Gay friends. Straight friends who accepted him. Worked as an out gay man and went to grad school to be a therapist- it seemed to fit.
He dated. A lot. It seemed that he was making up for an adolescence that was lost. He had several serious relationships, and plenty that weren't. He learned a lot about people. He learned a lot about the shame and guilt carried by gay men. He worked at a counseling agency for LGBT people and was increasingly amazed at the lengths that people went to for love and acceptance. Amazed, but not surprised. He'd been there himself.
And then, some things changed. He'd somehow lost something.
He looked for it in drugs and parties and relationships and sex. It worked for a while. He went through addiction issues and treatment. And then he got sick. Really sick. Colon cancer- multiple colonoscopies and MRSA. Some friends stood by him and some didn't. He was sad a lot. He was in a lot of pain. Relationships weren't working, he had to leave his job because of illness, and he wondered what he was going to do. He talked to his parents and his remaining friends. He had a deep spiritual experience on his couch one day- the gist of which was "Nothing can go wrong". He wondered if he should go back to active priesthood. The bishop interviewed him and started the process, one requirement was a complete physical, including an HIV test. He'd been tested before, of course. Especially after one particularly disturbing relationship when he realized he had trusted someone for the wrong reasons. The tests were all negative.
This one was positive. Not only Positive, the disease had ravaged his system. He had AIDS.
He wasn't angry, he wasn't scared. Because of his spiritual experience On The Couch, he knew nothing could go wrong. He just wasn't sure what to do, but then he realized he would do whatever came along and he couldn't do it wrong.
His parents were fantastic. His remaining friends were supportive. The bishop told him "No thanks," and he was glad, because he now knew what NOT to do. He started taking meds. He moved back to Montana. He got better. He got involved. He started working with other HIV+ people in Montana and met a wonderful man who loved him despite his little critter problem.
Strangely, he came alive. He realized that many good things had come his way because of HIV. Without it, he wouldn't have been in the situation to meet his partner; without it, he wouldn't have been able to find the clear direction that now focused his life. Without it, he wouldn't be standing in front of you today. Because this story is my story.
I'm not telling you my story to arouse your pity or concern for me. I'm telling you my story because I want all of you to walk away today knowing someone who is HIV+. I'm telling you my story because I want you to be aware that there are a significant number of people in this area who have the same disease I have. As many as 80 in Gallatin, Park and Madison counties. They are your neighbors. They may work with you, they may work in places where you shop, they may be part of your schools. Men, women and children. Gay and Straight. White, Native, Latino, Asian. All kinds of people. And they're not all dealing with it as well as I am.
There is still a lot of guilt and shame here, preventing people from dealing with HIV head-on, preventing them from being tested. It's the same denial that I remember from my childhood. I
I'm telling you my story because as many as ¼ of all people with HIV haven't been diagnosed– they don't know they have it, and they're probably infecting others. And yes, there are treatments, but it's no picnic. It's expensive, it's inconvenient, it's sometimes not effective. People still die. And if you don't die, you can't get health insurance, you can be denied a job because you're uninsurable, you may have nasty side-effects from meds. You may be shunned by people. Again, it's no picnic.
I'm telling you my story, because maybe you'll be more aware of children, maybe your own, that will need some extra support.
Attitudes are better for kids now, especially with the internet and media helping to mitigate the shame that continues to be propagated by unenlightened families, churches, and governments, but especially here in Montana, attitudes can be brutal. It's still not safe for many of us to be known as gay and so, walking into a clinic or doctor's office where someone we know may work… well, we know about the privacy laws, but juicy gossip is still juicy gossip, and in a place where newspapers aren't prolific, sometimes the juiciest news is unofficial. It's easier to live in ignorance. But it's not a good way to stop the spread of a disease.
So I'm asking you to do me a favor.
Find ways to be supportive. Don't tolerate gossip. Don't help proliferate negative attitudes by your silence. Say you know gay people. Say you know someone with HIV. Help erase ignorance. Because my experience tells me that when people know that they're speaking about human beings, not just abstract generalities, they become more aware. They become more compassionate.
That's why I'm telling you my story.
I'm also telling you my story to thank you. The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bozeman has provided a place for HIV+ people to meet in a support group I facilitate. Some of you know about and help and support AIDS Outreach, the local organization that I work with. Thank you.
I'm telling you my story, so that someday, somewhere, another little boy might feel less afraid, less ashamed to tell you HIS story. Maybe it will be easier for him because of me. Maybe he won't have to hide, he will grow up healthy and happy and whole. And maybe, we'll help someone who needs it, to get tested for HIV.
And maybe, just maybe, (because I'm a Positive person) we'll increase compassion and understanding in the world. And the next story of a boy you hear might just end differently…After all, isn't that why we're here?


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As Daring Fireball's John Gruber states, the following is "from a guy who's so anti-Apple that he gives credit for the desktop interface to the Xerox Alto, not the Mac."
Philip Greenspun blogs, "Suppose that you are an expert user of Windows NT/XP/Vista/7, an expert user of an iPad, and an expert user of an Android phone…. you will have no idea how to use Windows 8."
"Microsoft has had since October 2008 to study Android. It has had since June 2007 to study iPhone," Greenspun writes. "It seems as though they did not figure out what is good about the standard tablet operating systems… The only device that I can remember being as confused by is the BlackBerry PlayBook."
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• We've tried to use a BlackBerry PlayBook. It was a dismal experience. It's a total POS. – MacDailyNews, January 3, 2012
• As anyone who's ever tried to use DCW's playbook can attest, it's a wholly unintuitive piece of overpriced crap. Amateur hour, indeed. – MacDailyNews, February 22, 2012
Greenspun writes, "A reasonable user might respond to this dog's breakfast of a user interface by trying to stick with either the familiar desktop or the new tablet. However, this is not possible. Some functions, such as "start an application" or 'restart the computer' are available only from the tablet interface. Conversely, when one is comfortably ensconced in a touch/tablet application, an additional click will fire up a Web browser, thereby causing the tablet to disappear in favor of the desktop… Confused about how the tablet apps work and want to Google for the answer? You go to a Web browser in the desktop interface and can't see the tablet interface that you're getting advice on how to use."
Read more in the full article here.
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SonoSim, Inc., a leading provider of ultrasound education and training, announced today that Laerdal do Brasil will be its newest international partner. As the exclusive SonoSim distributor for Brazil, Laerdal do Brasil will provide the SonoSim® Ultrasound Training Solution to healthcare personnel in the region, furthering SonoSim's dedication to saving lives, reducing healthcare costs, and improving patient outcomes.
"We are pleased to welcome Laerdal do Brasil into the SonoSim International distributor network representing Brazil," stated Derek McLeish, President of SonoSim International.
SonoSim International unveiled their global expansion plans at the world's largest medical conference, Medica 2013, in Düsseldorf, Germany. Since its inaugural unveiling, SonoSim International has experienced tremendous growth and success by establishing a worldwide network of exclusive SonoSim International distributors.
SonoSim International's mission is to meet the global demand for SonoSim products and services needed by physicians, nurses, students, care providers, trainers, and educators worldwide. SonoSim International's market entries are based on products developed by leading ultrasound educators, instructional designers, content editors, scientists, and software developers, adapted to local market needs. The company has a portfolio of intellectual properties including patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets to protect its investments in technology, content, and methodology. SonoSim International is continuously expanding its distribution network in order to provide worldwide access to the easiest, most effective, and most convenient way to learn ultrasound: The SonoSim® Ultrasound Training Solution.


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It's an intra-Clinton ratings battle Sunday on the talk shows, as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, take to the airwaves for separate appearances.
Secretary Clinton, fresh off her stop at the United Nations, is on CBS's "Face the Nation," along with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
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On NBC, former President Clinton takes to "Meet the Press" to discuss his annual Global Initiative conference. Also on "Meet" are New York Gov. David Paterson, who'll respond to last week's reports that President Barack Obama asked him not to run for reelection, and Sens. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Jim Webb (D-Va.).
Defense Secretary Robert Gates appears on ABC's "This Week" and CNN's "State of the Union" to discuss Afghanistan, Iran and missile defense. On Iran and its desire to develop nuclear weapons, Gates warns that "there's no military option that does anything more than buy time," according to an advance excerpt from his taped CNN appearance.
"The estimates are one to three years or so," he told CNN. "The only way you end up not having a nuclear-capable Iran is for the Iranian government to decide that their security is diminished by having those weapons, as opposed to strengthened. And so I think, as I say, while you don't take options off the table, I think there's still room left for diplomacy."
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ABC also hosts Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), while CNN features Sens. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.).
Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell stops by "Fox News Sunday," as polls shows his lead over Democrat Creigh Deeds shrinking. Also appearing are Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Kit Bond (R-Mo.), the chairwoman and vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee..
On C-SPAN, the ranking Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Spencer Bachus of Alabama, is on C-SPAN's "Newsmakers" to field questions from Bloomberg's Alison Fitzgerald and the Washington Times' Sean Lengell.
On Bloomberg TV, "Political Capital" hosts Center for American Progress President John Podesta, who headed Obama's presidential transition team, to discuss health care and the budget deficit.
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Still making headlines after his 96-minute U.N. screed, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi appears on CNN's "GPS 360" with Fareed Zakaria.
And there's a new show, with Vice President Joe Biden as the first guest on TV One's "Washington Watch with Roland Martin," an hour-long public affairs show, which will also host House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.).


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Welcome to LLVM on Windows! This document only covers LLVM on Windows using Visual Studio, not mingw or cygwin. In order to get started, you first need to know some basic information.
There are many different projects that compose LLVM. The first is the LLVM suite. This contains all of the tools, libraries, and header files needed to use LLVM. It contains an assembler, disassembler, bitcode analyzer and bitcode optimizer. It also contains a test suite that can be used to test the LLVM tools.
Another useful project on Windows is Clang. Clang is a C family ([Objective]C/C++) compiler. Clang mostly works on Windows, but does not currently understand all of the Microsoft extensions to C and C++. Because of this, clang cannot parse the C++ standard library included with Visual Studio, nor parts of the Windows Platform SDK. However, most standard C programs do compile. Clang can be used to emit bitcode, directly emit object files or even linked executables using Visual Studio's link.exe.
The large LLVM test suite cannot be run on the Visual Studio port at this time.
Most of the tools build and work. bugpoint does build, but does not work.
Additional information about the LLVM directory structure and tool chain can be found on the main Getting Started with the LLVM System page.
Before you begin to use the LLVM system, review the requirements given below. This may save you some trouble by knowing ahead of time what hardware and software you will need.
Any system that can adequately run Visual Studio 2013 is fine. The LLVM source tree and object files, libraries and executables will consume approximately 3GB.
You will need Visual Studio 2013 or higher.
You will also need the CMake build system since it generates the project files you will use to build with.
If you would like to run the LLVM tests you will need Python. Version 2.7 and newer are known to work. You will need GnuWin32 tools, too.
Do not install the LLVM directory tree into a path containing spaces (e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\...) as the configure step will fail.
Here's the short story for getting up and running quickly with LLVM:
Read the documentation.
Seriously, read the documentation.
Remember that you were warned twice about reading the documentation.
Get the Source Code
With the distributed files:
- cd <where-you-want-llvm-to-live>
- gunzip --stdout llvm-VERSION.tar.gz | tar -xvf - (or use WinZip)
- cd llvm
With anonymous Subversion access:
- cd <where-you-want-llvm-to-live>
- svn co http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk llvm
- cd llvm
Use CMake to generate up-to-date project files:
Start Visual Studio
Build the LLVM Suite:
Test LLVM in Visual Studio:
Test LLVM on the command line:
The LLVM tests can be run by changing directory to the llvm source directory and running:
C:\..\llvm> python ..\build\bin\llvm-lit --param build_config=Win32 --param build_mode=Debug --param llvm_site_config=../build/test/lit.site.cfg test
This example assumes that Python is in your PATH variable, you have built a Win32 Debug version of llvm with a standard out of line build. You should not see any unexpected failures, but will see many unsupported tests and expected failures.
A specific test or test directory can be run with:
C:\..\llvm> python ..\build\bin\llvm-lit --param build_config=Win32 --param build_mode=Debug --param llvm_site_config=../build/test/lit.site.cfg test/path/to/test
First, create a simple C file, name it 'hello.c':
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
printf("hello world\n");
return 0;
Next, compile the C file into an LLVM bitcode file:
C:\..> clang -c hello.c -emit-llvm -o hello.bc
This will create the result file hello.bc which is the LLVM bitcode that corresponds the compiled program and the library facilities that it required. You can execute this file directly using lli tool, compile it to native assembly with the llc, optimize or analyze it further with the opt tool, etc.
Alternatively you can directly output an executable with clang with:
C:\..> clang hello.c -o hello.exe
The -o hello.exe is required because clang currently outputs a.out when neither -o nor -c are given.
Run the program using the just-in-time compiler:
C:\..> lli hello.bc
Use the llvm-dis utility to take a look at the LLVM assembly code:
C:\..> llvm-dis < hello.bc | more
Compile the program to object code using the LLC code generator:
C:\..> llc -filetype=obj hello.bc
Link to binary using Microsoft link:
C:\..> link hello.obj -defaultlib:libcmt
Execute the native code program:
C:\..> hello.exe
If you are having problems building or using LLVM, or if you have any other general questions about LLVM, please consult the Frequently Asked Questions page.
This document is just an introduction to how to use LLVM to do some simple things... there are many more interesting and complicated things that you can do that aren't documented here (but we'll gladly accept a patch if you want to write something up!). For more information about LLVM, check out:


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This year for my annual tradition of reading a book about Abraham Lincoln for Lincoln Day, I read The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics (2006) by James Oakes. This is an excellent dual biography tracing their parrallel lives in the fight against slavery. Oakes does a great job at describing the huge chasm between antislavery politics (Lincoln's way) and abolitionism (Douglass), the former accepting slavery as Constitutionally protected but endeavoring to stop it's spread (and thus hasten it's demise) while the latter sought to go beyond politics and completely eliminate slavery and racism. Oakes also shows how Lincoln and Douglass brought the two together as Lincoln would become an emancipator while Douglass increasingly became involved in Republican politics.
Interestingly, the two men only met three times, each meeting detailed in the book. These meetings and correspondence engendered a friendship that irrevocably changed each of the men. The insight given to these meetings and thoughts Lincoln and Douglass had for another are tilted towards Douglass since he outlived Lincoln and had the opportunity to write and reflect on their relationship. I enjoyed reading this book and found it a valuable for its insights into these two great American leaders of the 19th-century.


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The Wisconsin Audit System
The State of Wisconsin Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) uses the WECC Energy Audit System, designed and developed by Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation for utility and government funded residential energy conservation programs. Like other computerized audit software programs, the WECC Audit helps auditors select a site-specific, cost-effective package of weatherization measures for each building. However, there is more to the WECC audit than the results of a computer run. It includes diagnostic and installation procedures for blower-door-guided air sealing, duct leakage and pressure balancing, and heating system measures.
The audit is integral to the state's entire weatherization program. For the last five years, auditors in Wisconsin have used the system to confirm their beliefs about what measures to install, to assess complicated competing measures (such as heating-system retrofits and replacements), and to judge measures that are on the border of cost-effectiveness. They use it to automatically generate a detailed work order and to weather-normalize fuel consumption records. Its companion database tracks building, client, estimated, and actual cost, and work-performed data. Wisconsin is preparing to use the database to evaluate the 1993 program.
Flexible and easily adapted to different programs, the system can be as simple or detailed as the user needs. It is user-friendly, completely menu-driven, and accurate.
The Audit System has increased the efficiency of Wisconsin's program. Its process has forced auditors to be more cognizant of the entire building structure and of how the building and mechanical systems operate. Along with increased training for auditors and installers, WECC has led to increased energy savings, compared to the previous priority list, resulting in better service and larger benefits for low-income people.
-- Linda O'Leary
Linda O'Leary is with Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation in Madison.
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In the first billion years after the Big Bang, the universe was a smaller, emptier place, without the huge galaxies that dominate today. But there were already supermassive black holes that had grown shockingly huge by gorging themselves on gas.
Generally speaking, the size of a black hole at the center of a galaxy will be proportional to the size of the galaxy as a whole. This makes sense — after all, a black hole needs a constant source of material to consume in order to grow larger, and a relatively tiny galaxy won't provide much food. That's why it was so shocking when the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) detected supermassive black holes that existed just 700 million years after the Big Bang, long before the age of giant galaxies.
Carnegie Mellon physicist Tiziana Di Matteo explains the conundrum that this discovery posed, in a press release:
"The Sloan Digital Sky Survey found supermassive black holes at less than 1 billion years. They were the same size as today's most massive black holes, which are 13.6 billion years old. It was a puzzle. Why do some black holes form so early when it takes the whole age of the universe for others to reach the same mass?"
Today's supermassive black holes are generally the result of galactic collisions, in which smaller black holes were merged together into one larger super-structure. But that explanation doesn't work for these ancient black holes, which predate the earliest galactic collisions and in fact formed at a time when these early, tiny galaxies were far more isolated than their counterparts are today.
The theoretical model and the observational data for these black holes simply didn't line up, which is why the Carnegie Mellon researchers decided to take a new approach. They created an incredibly complex computer simulation called MassiveBlack, which was tasked with recreating the first billion years after the Big Bang. Di Matteo describes the scope of this simulation:
"This simulation is truly gigantic. It's the largest in terms of the level of physics and the actual volume. We did that because we were interested in looking at rare things in the universe, like the first black holes. Because they are so rare, you need to search over a large volume of space."
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You can see a part of the simulation in the image on the left, which shows the distribution of gas across the entire volume of space. The image then zooms in three times, each instance increasing the magnification by a factor of ten, to reveal the supermassive quasar on the right side, with huge streams of gas flowing into it - but more on that in a moment.
Of course, even the most colossal simulation can't make these black holes just magically appear — or at least that wouldn't be considered a particularly useful result. MassiveBlack still had to follow the known laws of physics, and that's why what happened next is so cool.
Fellow researcher Rupert Croft explains:
"We didn't put anything crazy in. There's no magic physics, no extra stuff. It's the same physics that forms galaxies in simulations of the later universe," said Croft. "But magically, these early quasars, just as had been observed, appear. We didn't know they were going to show up. It was amazing to measure their masses and go 'Wow! These are the exact right size and show up exactly at the right point in time.' It's a success story for the modern theory of cosmology."
So just how did these ancient black holes get so massive? It's all about the movement of gas. In today's galaxies, cold gas flows towards the central black hole, but en route it slams into other gas. This temporarily heats up and slows down the gas, a process known as shock heating, which slows the rate of black hole growth.
But these ancient black holes weren't surrounded by massive, fully formed galaxies, and so the gas was able to flow directly along filaments, which are the vast thread-like structures that link together different parts of the cosmos. With nothing to slow the gas down, the black holes were able to eat this constant diet of cold, fast food, growing exponentially faster than black holes do today. This new discovery may also help us understand better the formation of the first galaxies, which likely sprang up around these engorged black holes.
Via the Astrophysical Journal Supplemental Series. Top image by NASA/JPL. Simulation image courtesy of Yu Feng.


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From the beginning for Allison Williams, it was all about Oscar.
"I told her [stylist Cristina Ehrlich] when I first met her that my dream — my dream — is to wear Oscar de la Renta. It is one of the only designers I feel like I've always known about, and I've always noticed. It is so elegant and beautiful," she says. "He has been so good for so long, he knows exactly what he is doing."
Two days before the Emmy Awards in her last fitting at Ehrlich's Los Angeles studio, Allison had her Oscar. The dress was a strapless, emerald green gown from the designer's resort collection with a structured top rimmed with peplum before cascading into a Champagne flute-shaped skirt.
In the sunlit studio, the pairing of the girl — literally one of the girls on "Girls," the HBO hit nominated in the Outstanding Comedy Series Emmys category — and the dress seemed effortless, but, in fact, was not. It was the culmination of a year of work to slowly build Williams' fashion profile by introducing her to the style set at the Met ball and New York Fashion Week. The Emmys would be her major fashion coming-out party for the general public.
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"We've had a very planned-out way that we wanted to see the evolution of her style come to fruition," says Ehrlich. "It was always about getting to this moment where she would wear Oscar de la Renta."
The plan has been to catapult Williams into the pantheon of American beauties the likes of Brooke Shields, whom she resembles, by having her wear predominantly American designers (Ralph Lauren and Donna Karan, for example).
"She's a thinking actress in the company of Claire Danes or Natalie Portman," Ehrlich says. "Her career is something she's not winging,"
Admittedly Type A, Williams, the daughter of NBC News anchor Brian Williams, brought binders filled with pictures of celebrities wearing different outfits for her initial meeting with the stylist.
"I just have always been so interested in the way actors and actresses present themselves to the world because I think it is very important and it affects the way people see you as an actor and whether or not you still can [be] believable on the screen," Williams says. "You have to be careful about making sure that there isn't too much of you out there so you can still play characters."
Although she thinks through each fashion decision, Williams insists she doesn't have an agenda when choosing a dress.
"I'm drawn to what I'm drawn to," she says, explaining, "I wear jeans and loafers everyday, mostly casual, but when I really turn it on, I like a classic, simple look."
Williams' approach could garner her a deal with a fashion house, but Williams said she hasn't even "tiptoed" into the endorsement arena yet. Ehrlich believes it's too soon.
"It is important with these girls that it doesn't happen too quick. I would see her doing something with beauty, whether it is fragrance or Neutrogena or something that has to do with all-American skin care," she says, adding, "Then, down the line with fashion, I could see her definitely doing that, maybe in a little bit of time. I think it is important not to explode the girls all too fast."


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Event : Ringu Tulku African Tour
Date : August 31 - September 12
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Tentative Programme :
August 31 Arrive Cape Town early evening from Germany.
September 1 : Cape Town Samye Dzong: short Refuge ceremony and talk:
Living a Meaningful Life – including the eight paramitas.
September 2 Retreat at BodhiKhaya: From Milk to Yoghurt
September 5 Early evening: Public talk at *Labia on Orange: Discovering Basic Sanity
September 8 10 Sept Harare, Zimbabwe
September 11 Johannesburg : Early eve public talk: venue to be confirmed.
September 12 Visit to new Randburg Centre.
Ringu Tulku Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist Master of the Kagyu Order. He was born in 1952 in Kham in Eastern Tibet. He was recognized as the reincarnation of the Abbot of Rigul Monastery in Tibet. He was trained in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism under many great masters including HH the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa and HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. He took his formal education at Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Sikkim and Sampurnananda Sanskrit University, Varanasi, India. He was the first Kagyu lama to obtain the Acharya degree at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Varanasi. The title of Khenpo was awarded him by HH 16th Karmapa. He received the Lopon Chenpo (Ph.D.) title from the International Nyingma Society.
Rinpoche served as Professor of Tibetan Studies and a Tibetan textbook writer in Sikkim for 25 years. Since 1990, he has been traveling and teaching Buddhism and meditation at Universities, Institutes and Buddhist Centers in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia and Asia. He also participates in various interfaith and Science and Buddhist dialogues.
He has authored several books, both in Tibetan and European languages, including: "The Ri-ME Philosophy of Jamgon Kongtrul the Great: A Study of the Buddhist Lineages of Tibet" (Shambhala 2007); "Daring Steps Toward Fearlessness: The Three Vehicles of Buddhism" (Snow Lion 2005). He is also the author of the "Lazy Lama" series of books on various Buddhist subjects known for their straightforward and accessible style, as well as a series of children's books. His most recent publication is a compilation of teachings entitled: "From Milk to Yoghurt: A Recipe for Living and Dying" (2009).
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Despite everything you've learned in the Super Mario Bro's video games, stomping and burning are not your only two options in the kitchen. When you need to chop that magic mushroom before wolfing it down, you can hack it up on this Coin Block cutting board.
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Highly recommended (and extremely important): this recent Moment Magazine article by legal scholar Marshall Breger, "Why Jews Can't Criticize Sharia Law."
An excerpt:
While clearly some Muslims do view sharia as a hegemonic political force, the vast majority of Muslims, especially those living in the West, view sharia no differently from the way Jews view the halachic system: as an overarching guide to ordering one's life. Muslim jurists have always drawn on sharia to mandate that fellow Muslims obey the laws of the land in matters that sharia does not prohibit. In numerous instances (see Koran 5:11), Muslims are told to "honor their contracts" and so to honor the "social contract" represented by the law of the land. The Fiqh Council of North America, the leading interpreter of Islamic law in the United States, ruled as recently as September 2011 that "there is no inherent conflict between the normative values of Islam and the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights."


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SHENZHEN, China — The first mission for the U.S. is complete: The Americans are going to the Tokyo Olympics.
And now the World Cup quarterfinals await.
Kemba Walker and Myles Turner each scored 16 points, and the Americans earned a top seed for the quarterfinals by beating Brazil 89-73 on Monday in the final second-round game of the tournament.
The U.S., bidding to become the first nation to win three consecutive World Cups, will face France on Wednesday — and won't have to go through any extra qualifying tournament next summer for the Olympics.
"We're thrilled that we've qualified for the Olympics," said U.S. coach Gregg Popovich, who will lead the Americans in Tokyo next summer as well. "With this new situation in qualifying, you don't want to do that every year. That's a pretty big grind."
It was a win three nations could celebrate: The U.S. victory not only resulted in an Olympic berth but also clinched an Olympic spot for Argentina and a quarterfinal spot for the Czech Republic. The Czechs moved on despite losing earlier Monday to NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and Greece.
The Czech Republic grabbed the last place in the round of eight via a three-team, points-differential tiebreaker over Greece and Brazil after they all went 3-2 in group play.
"It's already been a dream," Czech guard Tomas Satoransky said.
Greece defeated the Czech Republic 84-77 in Shenzhen, an outcome that meant the U.S. went into the Brazil game assured a spot in the quarters. All that was at stake was seeding and where it was going, either to nearby Dongguan by bus or back on a plane to Shanghai.
Get the bus ready. France, a 100-98 loser to Australia on Monday, awaits the U.S. on Wednesday in the quarterfinals. Other quarterfinal matchups: Spain vs. Poland and Serbia vs. Argentina on Tuesday, and Australia vs. the Czech Republic on Wednesday.
The only way to stay in the mix for gold now is to keep winning. That's the approach the Americans — likening the World Cup feel to an NBA Finals feel — have carried throughout the tournament anyway.
"Pop talked about how this is June, this is June basketball," U.S. guard Joe Harris said. "That's what our mentality has got to be like."
Jaylen Brown scored 11 and Harrison Barnes added 10 for the U.S. (5-0).
The U.S. opened on a 14-7 run, then led by as many as eight late in the half — yet went into the break with only a 43-39 lead, unable to shake Brazil despite shooting 55 percent in the opening 20 minutes thanks largely to Walker and Turner. They were 9 for 11 in the half from the floor combined, while their teammates were 9 for 22.
Eventually, the Americans pulled away.
Marcus Smart's buzzer-beating, hand-in-his-face 3-pointer to beat the third quarter horn put the U.S. up 11, and a 15-6 run to start the fourth — mostly by getting to the rim, including back-to-back scores by Barnes, and capped by a 3-pointer from Walker — put the game away and gave the Americans an 83-62 lead with 5:50 left.
"For most of the game we played them tough," Brazil forward Anderson Varejao said. "But in the end, we couldn't keep up."
U.S.: The U.S. pushed its winning streak in major international tournaments — Olympics, World Cup and FIBA Americas — with NBA players to 58 straight games. … Walker, who missed the morning shootaround with an illness, was in the starting lineup. … The Olympic berth was clinched because automatic spots go to the top two World Cup finishers from the Americas region, and the U.S. and Argentina are the lone quarterfinalists out of that group. … Smart, who has twice battled leg issues this summer, limped to the bench in the fourth quarter in obvious discomfort. He was walking normally not long afterward.
Brazil: Vitor Benite led Brazil with 21, and well-known NBA names Anderson Varejao and Leandro Barbosa each had 14. … Brazil has lost seven consecutive meetings with the Americans now, but always seems to be a thorny opponent for the U.S. in the World Cup. The teams' last meeting in 2010, a 70-68 U.S. win, went down to the final second and a missed shot by Barbosa. And Brazil topped the U.S. in four consecutive meetings at worlds from 1959 through 1970.
The U.S. men will be in the Olympics for the 19th time next summer, extending their record. The only Olympic basketball tournament that didn't have the Americans was at Moscow in 1980, when the U.S. boycotted. The U.S. is 18 for 18 in earning medals — 15 gold, one silver and two bronze.
Brazil coach Aleksandar Petrovic was ejected in the second quarter after picking up his second technical foul. His first came midway through the first quarter after arguing a kicked-ball call, then waving his hand dismissively at a referee's warning to calm down. The second came when Varejao had a clear lane to the basket, got cut off by Turner and no foul got called — so he went off, and was sent off.
U.S.: Face France in quarterfinals Wednesday at Dongguan, China.
Brazil: Tournament complete.
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Sept. 9, 2010 — -- "The Brady Bunch" is one of America's most beloved TV families to appear on television. It's been over 40-years since they graced our televisions, but it still has many fans.
The series' creator Sherwood Schwartz was inspired by a 1966 Los Angeles Times article about the increasing number of marriages where blending families were the norm. Schwartz produced the show with his son Lloyd. The two partnered again to write "Brady, Brady, Brady: The Complete Story of the Brady Bunch from the Father/Son Team Who Really Know".
Read an excerpt from the book below and head to the "GMA" Library to find more good reads.
With John Rich aboard, we got into casting immediately, starting with the children. Casting kids is much more difficult than casting adults. Adults usually have a body of work to help you make a decision: previous appearances on film, or TV, in various roles. So lacking useful resumes, the interviews with kids are truly critical.
I have four children of my own and that helped me. In addition, I had gone through Pre-Med and I had a Bachelor's Degree as well as a Master's Degree which included five or six courses in psychology. This all served to prepare me for the important job of casting the kids. I knew the series would eventually rest on the little shoulders of those youngsters, because most of the stories would be concerning the children's problems.
I planned to "star" a different kid in each episode from week to week. That's how I designed the series, so that meant each of the children needed to be capable of carrying the story in his/her starring week.I spent an entire summer casting those six kids, but I didn't want typical casting: Like one overweight kid who keeps eating all the time. Or a kid who just talks about sports. Or a brainy kid who knows everything. I wanted the character of the actual child actor to be the determinant. I did have a couple of preconceived ideas. I wanted the oldest of the three boys to be a very responsible kind of boy, and I wanted the youngest girl to be cute.
Other than those factors, I wanted all the kids to be real. And I wanted their series personas to be reflective of their own real personalities. The world was wide open in terms of kids' interests, and the kids I wanted would bring their own interests to their roles.
Since it was summer vacation and kids were out of school, I could interview all day long. And I did.To complicate things further in casting, I had to find six additional Brady kids with opposite hair colors since I hadn't yet determined who the parents would be. I wanted immediate viewer recognition with the kids and parents in terms of hair color. Blonde mother, blonde kids. Dark-haired mother, dark-haired kids. Blonde father, blonde kids, etc. No back story is needed.
As a consequence, to this day, there are three dark-haired girls and three blonde boys about 45-50 years old somewhere in the world who might have been "The Brady Bunch" kids. And they are just finding that out if they're reading this book.
In one case, I made an exception. I cast Mike Lookinland as Bobby, the youngest boy. He had kind of blondish hair, but he was clearly the best actor of the youngest boys. He was 6 1/2, maybe 7. He read very well, and he was the most appealing of the boys who auditioned for Bobby.
If the boys were to be dark haired, I decided we would darken Mike's hair. That's the way it turned out. I know it was an annoyance for him and gave his hair a reddish tinge. But it instantly made him one of the Brady boys. I guess that a very early age poor Mike learned you have to suffer for your art.Since very few young children have much experience, the casting would mostly be determined by the interviews, which were really just chats. That would make the kids feel more comfortable.
I was once asked by TV Guide about the number of kids I personally interviewed to find the six Brady kids. My secretary went through my files and discovered 264 interviews.
It was set up this way: I sat on a chair across from the boy or girl I was interviewing. Between us there was a coffee table. I asked the youngsters a few casual questions. "Have you had any experience in commercials, or TV, or movies, or print ads, or have you been in plays at school?" And so on.
While I was asking the kids these general questions, my coffee table served as a sort of concentration test. I placed objects on the table directly between us that might be interesting to children. There was a model fire engine, a plastic horse, a doll, and some sort of a broken object that might be puzzling to a child. I wanted to see if they would be distracted from our discussion.On a sound stage when you're filming, there are lots of fascinating things to look at. If kids lost interest in our discussion, they might also lose interest in rehearsing. I wanted children who could stay focused. If they passed that basic test (and they were a good interview), we would move on to reading a few lines with me.
In addition to being good actors, none of the Brady kids you have been watching for all these years played with anything on the table.
For some reason, the girls were easier to cast. Maureen looked like she would grow up really beautiful, and that certainly could become part of her character. Eve, the middle girl, was very pretty but sounded like she could easily be provoked, and Susan was just as cute as can be. And she had a lisp that made her even cuter.
Barry had a sense of maturity beyond his years; Chris had a devilish side that I found very appealing, and Mike had an enthusiastic energy that made him instantly likeable. You can understand that it has been a long time since those original interviews, and trying to remember what made each of them stand out isn't easy. I know I was taken with the ones I picked, and I dare say their lives have changed considerably because they were in my office for casting.
The one interview that does stand out in my mind was Susan Olsen's. She came in and started describing a recent role she had on "Gunthmoke." That's how she said it. And yes, the lisp was real. She told me about how she got to ride a "horth," and that there was a "thnake." She was adorable, and she got to be "Thindy" based on that brief meeting. Later, I heard that people thought that I forced her to lisp.With Susan, as with all the kids, we just took who they were and that became their characters.
That completed our six kids in The Brady Bunch: Maureen McCormick (Marcia), Eve Plumb (Jan), Susan Olsen (Cindy), Barry Williams (Greg), Christopher Knight (Peter), and Mike Lookinland (Bobby). The casting god must have smiled on me since they turned out to be wonderful choices, each and every one. They were talented, bright, and never gave us any real problems during the series. Many producers on other shows where there are children, have major problems with one or more of their kids. I was spared that difficulty.
Undoubtedly, that was because of my son, Lloyd, who started out as the kids' dialogue coach and would become the show's producer. He had been a camp counselor and he was great with kids. Throughout the series, he was on Paramount's Stage Five with them all day, every day.
With Lloyd in charge on the set, I was free to spend my time with writers and my script consultant, and in the editing rooms. That freedom allowed me to okay ideas and outlines for episodes, and to do final drafts to go to the actors and all the personnel.
Fortunately, we didn't have any difficulties with the kids' parents either. They were always on or near Stage Five in the event of some kind of emergency. The parents stayed pretty much by themselves, and all of them got along very well with each other.
With all due respect for the talents of the show's main adult actors—Florence Henderson (Mrs. Brady), Bob Reed (Mr. Brady), and Ann B. Davis (Alice)—I was sure young viewers would be drawn to the series because they would identify with kids their own age. Besides, everyone remembers his or her own childhood, so adults would watch the show as well. But in the race for ratings, I felt those kids would make it or break it.
Now that I've given gold stars to all the kids, and their parents, I must also give one to Mrs. Whitfield.Frances Whitfield was the daily on-site teacher of all six Brady kids. I don't think we could have survived without her special abilities. She had to teach some kids at the grammar school level, and the other kids at the middle school level.
Mrs. Whitfield was determined that the Brady kids in her care would learn even more than they would have in regular classes in public schools. She gave them tests, hung their drawings and poems on the studio's schoolroom walls, and encouraged each of them to learn their school work as well as their scripts.In addition, the State of California is very strict with rules governing youngsters in entertainment, with stringent regulations about how long kids can remain on the set, or in front of cameras and lights. Mrs. Whitfield never violated any of the state rules and regulations. She stayed strictly within those rules and, at the same time, she helped us finish the day's work on schedule.
Most people think of the Brady kids running up and down the Brady stairs all the time. That's what the viewers think they saw. Actually, that didn't happen very often. The six were usually only together as a group in one or two scenes in each episode. Mrs. Whitfield had her stopwatch on each of the kids checking screen time, adding up the minutes for each child separately.
The kids loved Mrs. Whitfield. Their parents loved her. Florence Henderson loved her. Bob Reed loved her. Ann B. Davis loved her. And so did Lloyd and I.Mrs. Whitfield was a lovely lady, and I'm sorry to say she passed on in 2006. She's no longer with us but her work with those kids will remain as long as The Brady Bunch remains in syndication, which may be forever.
An unspoken responsibility that became part of my job was hormone patrol. The Brady kids were attractive to America—and attractive to each other. Each of them had an opposite-sex counterpart with whom they were spending an inordinate amount of time. It is only natural that relationships would begin to develop.
Much has been written and exaggerated about the nonexistent affair between Barry and Florence. Florence was happily married with four kids. Barry was happily horny with unrealistic aspirations. Barry was very interested in music, and Florence was an expert. He asked her to go along with him to see a singer at a concert or club. They went. I'm not sure who drove, but she politely kissed him good-night—on the cheek, from what I understand. This is the extent of the "affair" between Barry and Florence. Sorry, I wish I could make that more salacious, but it wasn't.
The real issues that were developing were the crushes that Barry had on Maureen and Maureen had on Barry. Fortunately, much of the time they alternated on who liked who. They never seemed to be of a similar mind at the same time. Barry complicated Maureen's interest in him by having a parade of girl friends. At the beginning of the show, Maureen wasn't ready for boys. That lasted about a year.
All I knew was that passion was imminent, and that it would be destructive. On-set relationships between adult stars are tricky—not so much when the relationship is going well, but when dating stars break up and they have to continue acting with each other, all hell breaks loose. If it's complicated for adults who have had relationships before, for teen-agers (who have no prior experiences) it's even more difficult.It would be simpler if they just didn't start anything. Noticing increased eye contact and giggling between Barry and Maureen, I decided to go into a preventative strategy. I took Barry aside and appealed to his vanity.
"Barry, I want to talk to you about Maureen."
"Sure. What?"
"She's cute. Really cute. And you know the best thing about really cute girls? They have really cute friends. You're a good-looking guy. You can use Maureen to meet some of her cute girl friends. That way you'll always have a large field of girls."
As an afterthought I added, "And besides, if you get something going with Maureen, it could only limit you."
I think Barry bought the logic.
Chris and Eve were eyeing each other as well. They had couple potential, but at that age, girls develop faster than boys, and Chris was oblivious about Eve's advanced interest. After the series, Chris and Eve went out. I've had no reports.
As for Mike and Susan, it was mutual puppy love. They were then, and are now, good friends.Along with my script, I carried a metaphorical bucket of water to try to cool down libidos.After the second season, I got a request from Paramount and ABC. Barry was becoming a teen idol, and they thought a promotional trip would help create more interest in him, and in the show. I was asked to take him on a publicity tour as a guardian.
We traveled around the country and made stops at various TV and radio stations for interviews. It was interesting for me since I hadn't done anything like that before. Our first stop was the "I Am an American Day Parade" in Baltimore. The parade drew 750,000 spectators with 33,000 in the parade. We rode in a convertible with Barry sitting on the rear seat and waving at fans. My job was more intense. I rode in the front and prevented teenage-girl fans from swarming Barry under. I literally had to knock them off of the car.
After Baltimore we flew to other cities. Barry was recognized wherever we went. On one of the legs of the trip, we started talking to some attractive flight attendants who weren't bothered by how young he was. I was impressed with how he was holding his own. They suggested we all go back to the hotel.
Barry kept wondering how we were going to get the girls to separate. I wasn't worried, but this was a new experience for him. Finally, I said, "See you in the morning, Barry," and shoved him to his room with one of the fight attendants.
The next morning, Barry staggered into my room after the girls had left. His eyes were as big as Frisbees. I guess that's where the expression, "He really had his eyes opened" comes from.
The trip was also beneficial regarding the burgeoning relationship between Barry and Maureen. It elevated him way past Maureen as far as experience.
Recently, Barry and I were working on a play together and I asked him about his book.
"How come you didn't write about the stewardesses on our trip around the country while The Brady Bunch was on the air? That would have made some pretty good reading in your book."
Barry said, "I thought about it, but it didn't make me look that good."


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Gluten Free Vegetarian Spring Rolls With Thai-Style Peanut Sauce
Category: Cocktails & Appetizers | Blog URL: http://glutenfreetasteofhome.blogspot.com/2009/09/vegetarian-spring-rolls-with-thai-style.html
This recipe was entered in The Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook contest, a compilation of the world's best food blogs which was published in Fall 2010.
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January 8, 2010
A wonderful recipe!! Yum!!
January 11, 2010
I love these! I leave out the cilantro simply because it taste like soap to me, but I don't think I'm missing anything. These are good enough to serve to company, or have on a relaxing night. And they are good the next day too.
Despite all the yummy ingrediants, these are actually simple to make! Just get all the veggies and throw em' together and wrap!
The hardest part in this prep. Is only wrapping-but once ya get the trick...A happy healthy asset to dinner. "Asia-style".
January 17, 2010
love it! gave you 5 stars!
January 18, 2010
Wonderful recipe
January 20, 2010
I love spring rolls and these look too yummy. 5 Stars from me !
January 21, 2010
looks great. 5 stars.
January 22, 2010
I voted for the spring rolls and donuts. firstname.lastname@example.com
I could eat ethnic food every day of the week and never tire of it. Spring rolls are a favorite of mine that I order anytime they are available in Asian restaurants. Recently I learned how to make spring rolls at home! My gluten free spring rolls taste just as good (if not better) than many spring rolls I have tried in restaurants, and guess what? They aren't difficult to make at all, I promise! My husband and I had so much fun making them together. They were a hit with my whole family (the kiddos too!), and the left overs we had for dinner the next day tasted even better the day they were made. Yum!!
My Gluten Free Vegetarian Spring Rolls with Thai-Style Peanut Sauce are sure to become a fun family favorite in your household too! Both kids and grown ups alike love dipping these fresh tasting finger foods into the nicely seasoned peanut sauce. Whether served as a main dish, appetizer, or side dish, these beauties are delicious, satisfying, and wholesome.


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Bloch, Konrad Emil
Bloch, Konrad Emil, 1912–2000, American biochemist, b. Neisse, Germany (now Nysa, Poland). He became a U.S. citizen in 1944. Bloch was educated at Munich and at Columbia (Ph.D., 1938). He taught at Columbia and at the Univ. of Chicago (from 1946) before going to Harvard in 1954; he retired in 1982. He shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Feodor Lynen for discoveries concerning involving the synthesis of cholesterol by the body from acetic acid.
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The planet in peril is dubbed HD209458b and orbits a star in the constellation Pegasus in such a way that it passes between the star and Earth once every revolution. This arrangement allowed researchers to develop a new method for examining the planet's atmosphere. By analyzing light from the star as it passes through the atmosphere, astronomers can determine its chemical composition. An international team led by Alfred Vidal-Madjar of the Institute of Astrophysics in Paris examined spectroscopic data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope during three passes of the planet and found a startling drop in the amount of hydrogen detected. Study co-author Alain Lecavelier des Etangs, also of the Institute of Astrophysics, explains that "the atmosphere is heated, the hydrogen escapes the planet's gravitational pull and is pushed away by the starlight, fanning out in a large tail behind the planet--like that of a comet." (See the image above for an artist's rendition of HD209458b orbiting its parent star.)
Computer simulations indicate that HD209458b's comet-like tail is about 124,000 miles long, or nearly five times the circumference of Earth. The scientists estimate that the hydrogen loss is about 10 million kilograms each second. Notes co-author Gilda Ballester of the University of Arizona, "The hydrogen will just keep evaporating away during the lifetime of the star."


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