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OBJECTIVE: The syndromal and subsyndromal phenomenology of borderline personality disorder was tracked over 6 years of prospective follow-up. METHOD: The psychopathology of 362 inpatients with personality disorders was assessed with the Revised Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines (DIB-R) and borderline personality disorder module of the Revised Diagnostic Interview for DSM-III-R Personality Disorders. Of these patients, 290 met DIB-R and DSM-III-R criteria for borderline personality disorder and 72 met DSM-III-R criteria for other axis II disorders (and neither criteria set for borderline personality disorder). Most of the borderline patients received multiple treatments before the index admission and during the study. Over 94% of the total surviving subjects were reassessed at 2, 4, and 6 years by interviewers blind to previously collected information. RESULTS: Of the subjects with borderline personality disorder, 34.5% met the criteria for remission at 2 years, 49.4% at 4 years, 68.6% at 6 years, and 73.5% over the entire follow-up. Only 5.9% of those with remissions experienced recurrences. None of the comparison subjects with other axis II disorders developed borderline personality disorder during follow-up. The patients with borderline personality disorder had declining rates of 24 symptom patterns but remained symptomatically distinct from the comparison subjects. Impulsive symptoms resolved the most quickly, affective symptoms were the most chronic, and cognitive and interpersonal symptoms were intermediate. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that symptomatic improvement is both common and stable, even among the most disturbed borderline patients, and that the symptomatic prognosis for most, but not all, severely ill borderline patients is better than previously recognized.
Clinical experience suggests that some patients with borderline personality disorder get better symptomatically over time, some stay about the same, and some get worse. However, little is actually known about the course of the syndromal phenomenology of borderline personality disorder (i.e., rates of remission and recurrence), and almost nothing is known about the fate of the subsyndromal phenomenology or symptoms of borderline personality disorder.
To date, we know of 17 small-scale studies of the short-term course of borderline personality disorder that have been described in published reports (1–20). Surprisingly, only five of these studies (5, 7, 12, 13, 15, 20) assessed the rate of remission of borderline personality disorder for their study groups, and none assessed either the rate of recurrence or the course of the symptoms that constitute borderline personality disorder. Remission rates in these studies ranged from 4% to 53% 1–7 years after the initial assessment, with a median rate of remission of 33%.
Reports on four large-scale follow-back studies of the long-term course of borderline personality disorder have also been published (21–24). Only one of these studies assessed the remission rate as part of the follow-up. Paris and his colleagues (23) found that 75% of their traced borderline patients no longer met the criteria for borderline personality disorder a mean of 15 years after the index admission.
In general, the results of these six studies (five short-term and one long-term) have been interpreted to suggest that borderline patients do poorly symptomatically in the short run but well symptomatically in the long run. Yet it is difficult to generalize from the results of these studies, all of which dealt with treated groups of borderline patients, because of a number of methodological limitations found in these studies: use of chart review or clinical interviews to diagnose borderline personality disorder, use of only one postbaseline reassessment, variable number of years of follow-up in the same study, no comparison group or use of less than optimal comparison subjects, nonblind postbaseline assessments, failure to study a full range of borderline psychopathology, and reliance on small subject groups with high attrition rates.
The current study improves on the methods of these earlier studies in seven important ways. First, semistructured interviews of documented reliability were used to assess borderline psychopathology at baseline and at each of three successive 2-year follow-up waves. Second, the phenomenology of borderline personality disorder was assessed at three separate follow-up points. Third, the interwave intervals were equal in length, each of 2 years' duration. Fourth, a well-diagnosed group of axis II comparison subjects was also studied at each time point. Fifth, the follow-up raters were blind to all previously collected information on each subject, including original diagnostic status. Sixth, both the syndromal phenomenology of borderline personality disorder—rates of remission and recurrence—and the subsyndromal phenomenology of borderline personality disorder—the affective, cognitive, impulsive, and interpersonal symptoms of borderline personality disorder—were assessed. Seventh, we began with a large, socioeconomically diverse group of borderline patients and maintained a high retention rate across all three waves of follow-up.
The current study is part of the McLean Study of Adult Development, a multifaceted longitudinal study of the course of borderline personality disorder. All subjects were initially inpatients at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass., who were admitted during a 3-year period (1992–1995). Each patient was initially screened to determine that he or she 1) was between the ages of 18 and 35 years, 2) had a known or estimated IQ of 71 or higher, 3) had no history or current symptoms of an organic condition that could cause psychiatric symptoms, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar I disorder, and 4) was fluent in English.
After the study procedures were explained, written informed consent was obtained. Each patient then met with a master's-level psychologist blind to the patient's clinical diagnoses for a thorough diagnostic assessment. Three semistructured interviews were administered. These diagnostic interviews were the 1) Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R Axis I Disorders (SCID) (25), 2) Revised Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines (DIB-R) (26), and 3) Diagnostic Interview for DSM-III-R Personality Disorders (27). Excellent levels of interrater reliability were obtained during the first 6 months of data collection (i.e., pairwise kappa of >0.85 for the DIB-R and DSM-III-R diagnoses of borderline personality disorder) and maintained throughout the course of the study (26, 27). The test-retest reliability of these diagnoses was also found to be >0.85 (26, 27). Treatment history was also assessed at baseline by using the Background Information Schedule (28)—a semistructured interview specifically designed to assess the psychosocial functioning and treatment histories of borderline patients and patients with other axis II disorders. The interrater and test-retest reliability and the concurrent validity of the Background Information Schedule have been found to be good to excellent (28).
At each follow-up wave, diagnostic status and treatment history were reassessed through interview methods similar to the baseline procedures by staff members blind to the baseline diagnoses. After informed consent was obtained, our diagnostic battery was readministered (a change version of the SCID, the DIB-R, and the Revised Diagnostic Interview for DSM-III-R Personality Disorders) along with the Revised Borderline Follow-Up Interview—the follow-up analogue to the Background Information Schedule.
The relationship between baseline demographic variables and diagnosis was assessed by using logistic regression modeling. Data pertaining to the subsyndromal phenomenology of borderline personality disorder were assembled in panel format (i.e., multiple records per patient, with one record for each assessment period for which data were available). Random effects regression modeling methods assessing the role of diagnosis and time and controlling for clinically important baseline covariates (gender, race, age, socioeconomic status, Global Assessment of Functioning Scale score, and number of previous treatment modalities) were used in all analyses of symptom-level data (29). In this modeling work, probit analyses of binary dependent variables (symptom present/absent) were used. The random effects were the subjects, and the fixed effects were diagnosis, time, and the six covariates just mentioned. Interactions between diagnosis and time and between diagnosis and significant covariates were checked in this modeling. Model fits were checked by examining partial residual plots. Because of the multiple comparisons involved in the analyses of symptom-level panel data, Bonferroni-type corrections were applied to the p values for the main effects of diagnosis and time. As there were 24 such comparisons, this resulted in an adjusted p value of 0.0021 (0.05/24).
Random effects regression modeling was also used to assess the relationship between treatment modalities and diagnostic status (borderline personality disorder versus other axis II disorders). As there were nine such comparisons, this resulted in an adjusted p value of 0.0056 (0.05/9).
Baseline diagnostic interviews were administered to 378 consecutive inpatients at McLean Hospital who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Of these patients, 290 met both the DIB-R and DSM-III-R criteria for borderline personality disorder, and 72 met the DSM-III-R criteria for at least one nonborderline axis II disorder (and neither criteria set for borderline personality disorder). Sixteen others were excluded from further study because either they met the criteria for schizophrenia (N=2) or bipolar I disorder (N=2) or they failed to meet the DSM-III-R criteria for any axis II disorder (N=12).
As previously reported (30), the possibility of patients being given a false positive diagnosis of borderline personality disorder because of a comorbid axis I disorder that overlapped with the phenomenology of borderline personality disorder was carefully assessed in this subject group, and no such diagnoses were found. Of the 72 comparison subjects, 4.2% (N=3) met the DSM-III-R criteria for a personality disorder in the "odd" cluster, 33.3% (N=24) had disorders in the "anxious" cluster, 18.1% (N=13) had diagnoses in the "dramatic" cluster, and 52.8% (N=38) met the DSM-III-R criteria for personality disorder not otherwise specified (which was operationally defined in the Revised Diagnostic Interview for DSM-III-R Personality Disorders as meeting all but one of the required number of criteria for at least two of the 13 axis II disorders described in DSM-III-R).
Baseline demographic data are presented in t1. As can be seen, the borderline patients were significantly discriminated from the axis II comparison subjects by the higher proportion of women, younger age, lower Global Assessment of Functioning Scale score, and more previous treatment modalities. In addition, the 362 patients came from a broad socioeconomic spectrum. More specifically, we found the following socioeconomic distribution using the 5-point Hollingshead-Redlich scale (31), in which I=highest, V=lowest: 17.7% were in level I (N=64), 16.0% were in level II (N=58), 19.1% were in level III (N=69), 18.0% were in level IV (N=65), and 29.3% were in level V (N=106).
At 2 years, 275 borderline patients and 67 axis II comparison subjects were reinterviewed, 269 and 64 were reinterviewed at 4 years, and 264 and 63 were assessed at 6 years. By this time, 26 borderline patients were no longer in the study: 11 committed suicide, three others died of natural causes, nine discontinued their participation, and three were lost to follow-up. Of the comparison subjects, one committed suicide, five discontinued their participation, and three were lost to follow-up. Of all surviving subjects, over 94% were reinterviewed at all three follow-up waves.
t2 summarizes the rates of remission and recurrence found in the borderline group over the 6 years of prospective follow-up. Remission was defined as no longer meeting either of our criteria sets for borderline personality disorder (DIB-R and DSM-III-R). Recurrence was defined as meeting both criteria sets for borderline personality disorder after meeting the criteria for a remission in a previous follow-up period.
About one-third of our borderline subjects met the criteria for remission at 2-year follow-up, about one-half at 4 years, about two-thirds at 6 years, and about three-quarters over the course of the entire 6 years of follow-up. Slightly less than 6% met the criteria for recurrence of borderline personality disorder after experiencing a remission in the previous follow-up period(s).
Of the 202 borderline patients who experienced a remission of borderline personality disorder, 47.0% (N=95) first experienced remission by the 2-year follow-up, 26.7% (N=54) first had a remission by the 4-year follow-up, and 26.2% (N=53) experienced remission by the 6-year follow-up. Recurrences were experienced by only 12 patients who had remissions: six experienced their first recurrence at 4-year follow-up, and another six had their first recurrence at 6-year follow-up. Four of the six borderline patients who experienced a recurrence of borderline personality disorder at year 4 had a second remission at year 6. In addition, no axis II comparison subject was found to satisfy the study criteria for borderline personality disorder at any time during the 6 years of follow-up.
The subsyndromal phenomenology of borderline personality disorder was examined by determining the rates of 24 symptoms exhibited by the borderline patients and axis II comparison subjects over the 6 years of prospective follow-up. Of these 24 symptoms, 22 are contained in the DIB-R and fall into four general categories: affective features (t3), cognitive features (t4), impulsive features (t5), and interpersonal features (t6). Two DSM-III-R criteria are not assessed by the DIB-R: affective instability and serious identity disturbance (t7). The rates of all 24 symptoms declined significantly over time for all subjects considered together. In addition, 23 of the 24 symptoms (all but counterdependency) remained significantly more common among borderline patients than axis II comparison subjects.
t8 details the rates of borderline patients and comparison subjects who participated in each of nine modalities during the first and last of the study's four time periods. (Rates of each modality at the 2- and 4-year follow-ups, which declined from the prior time periods, are not shown but are available from the authors on request.) As can be seen, a high percentage of those in both groups had been in treatment before the index admission and remained in treatment, particularly outpatient treatment, during the 6-year follow-up period. The borderline patients were significantly more likely than the axis II comparison subjects to have participated in five of the nine modalities studied (pharmacotherapy, group therapy, day treatment, residential treatment, and psychiatric hospitalization). However, at the stringent Bonferroni-corrected significance level of p=0.0056, the rates of individual therapy, couples/family therapy, self-help groups, and ECT did not distinguish between the groups. In addition, the rates of all treatment modalities studied except ECT declined significantly over time for all subjects considered together.
Three major findings emerged from this study. The first is that remissions were common, increasing over the course of 6 years of follow-up and eventually including almost three-quarters of the borderline patients who were reinterviewed at least once. The rate of remission that we found at 2-year follow-up (34.5%) is consistent with the 30%–40% found in most earlier studies that assessed the 2–3-year outcome of borderline personality disorder (5, 7, 12, 15). In addition, the approximately 50% remission rate that we found at 4-year follow-up is consistent with the 53% remission rate found by Links et al. (13) at 5–7-year follow-up. However, to our knowledge, the steady progression of remission rates across the three follow-up periods is a new finding. Also apparently new is the finding that about 75% of our borderline patients experienced a remission sometime during the 6 years of follow-up. This rate is almost identical to the remission rate found by Paris et al. (23) a mean of 15 years after their patients' index admission. This finding suggests that the majority of borderline patients experience substantial reductions in their symptoms far sooner than previously known. In addition, it highlights the fact that borderline personality disorder has a dichotomous outcome, at least after 6 years of follow-up. While three-quarters of the borderline patients in the current study were in the ever-remitted group after 6 years of follow-up, one-quarter remained in the never-remitted group.
The second finding is that recurrences were rare. This also appears to be a new finding and suggests that once a borderline patient has met criteria for a remission of borderline personality disorder, the likelihood of a substantial and sustained recrudescence of symptoms is small. This finding contrasts with the high recurrence rates found in naturalistic studies of the course of episodic disorders, such as major depression (32) and bipolar disorder (33). The finding that borderline patients have a much longer time to first remission than is typical of patients with mood disorder (34, 35) also suggests that borderline personality disorder is a more stable disorder than episodic axis I disorders. The reasons for this relative stability of illness and robustness of improved health are not clear. Borderline patients typically suffer from a sense of being aggrieved that is difficult, but not impossible, to assuage (36). Once they feel better understood, they are often able to learn more adaptive ways of handling their many and varied symptoms. This learning seems to lead to true developmental change, and once this type of growth or maturity has been achieved, it is not likely to be easily lost. In this way and for these reasons, borderline patients with remissions may be relatively resistant to recurrences of their disorder.
The third finding is that borderline patients experienced declining rates of each of the 24 symptoms studied but remained symptomatically distinct from axis II comparison subjects over time. More specifically, the borderline patients were found to exhibit greater psychopathology than the axis II comparison subjects in 23 of the 24 symptom areas studied. These interrelated findings of symptomatic improvement and distinctness also appear to be new, as we know of no previous study that has assessed the longitudinal course of the symptoms of borderline personality disorder or compared them to those exhibited by a comparison group.
The results of this study also suggest that different sectors of borderline psychopathology have different longitudinal patterns. The affective symptoms of borderline personality disorder were the least likely to resolve for the borderline patients; they were present in 61.0% to 79.2% of these patients at 6-year follow-up. While this is a significant decline from the 94.5% to 98.6% found at baseline, it indicates that the majority of borderline patients continued to suffer from a range of dysphoric affects. Previously, we detailed the dysphoric states specific to borderline personality disorder (37), and the results of this study suggest that many of these states are relatively resistant to change. The clinical implications of this finding are unclear. The majority of borderline patients remained in treatment throughout the follow-up periods, and thus, this lack of symptom resolution is probably not due to a failure to treat these symptoms. Rather, it may be that these affective symptoms are core features of a borderline patient's identity or temperament and, as such, are relatively resistant to change. Whether new treatments aimed at this sector of borderline psychopathology can be developed and would prove useful is an open question.
The impulsive symptoms of borderline personality disorder were the most likely to resolve for borderline patients. Both self-mutilation and suicide efforts were reported by about 81% of the borderline patients at baseline. By the 6-year follow-up, the rates for both of these forms of self-destructive behavior had declined to nearly 25%. In a like manner, substance abuse declined from a baseline high of 49.0% to 25.0% at 6-year follow-up, and sexual deviance (mostly promiscuity) had declined from 26.9% to 11.7%. In contrast, other forms of impulsivity, which included eating binges, verbal outbursts, and spending sprees, declined only from 93.8% at baseline to 65.5% at 6-year follow-up.
The cognitive and interpersonal symptoms of borderline personality disorder occupy an intermediate position in terms of longitudinal course. While all three cognitive and all nine interpersonal symptoms declined significantly over time, some declined to substantially lower levels than others. A history of quasi-psychotic thought was reported by over one-half of the borderline patients at baseline, but by 6-year follow-up only one-fifth reported experiencing such transitory, circumscribed delusions and hallucinations. Both odd thinking or unusual perceptual experiences (mostly overvalued ideas, recurrent illusions, depersonalization, and derealization) and nondelusional paranoia were much more common at baseline, being reported by over 85% of the borderline patients. After 6 years of follow-up, about one-half of the borderline patients still reported these symptoms.
As already noted, the DIB-R assesses the presence of nine interpersonal features. Two of these features, treatment regressions and countertransference problems, initially reported by fewer than 50% of the borderline patients, were reported by only about 10% of the borderline patients by 6-year follow-up. Three other patterns (stormy relationships, devaluation/manipulation/sadism, and demandingness/entitlement) were reported by about 60%–85% of the borderline patients at baseline and about one-quarter to less than one-half at 6-year follow-up. The third group of interpersonal symptoms (intolerance of aloneness, abandonment concerns, counterdependency, and dependency/masochism) were originally reported by over 90% of the borderline patients, and over 60% of these patients were still reporting these symptoms after 6 years of prospective follow-up.
Taken together, the results of this study suggest that borderline personality disorder is characterized by two distinct types of symptoms. One type, including self-mutilation, suicide efforts, quasi-psychotic thought, treatment regressions, and countertransference problems, is a manifestation of acute illness. These symptoms, which have been found to be particularly good markers for the borderline diagnosis (38) and which are often associated with treatment crises and/or the need for hospitalization, seem to resolve relatively quickly over time and were only present in a minority of borderline patients followed for 6 years. The other type of symptom represents the more temperamental or enduring aspects of borderline personality disorder. These symptoms, such as chronic feelings of anger or emptiness, suspiciousness, difficulty tolerating aloneness, and abandonment concerns, seem to resolve more slowly and were still reported by a majority of borderline patients 6 years after the index admission.
It is clear from the treatment data that the current study concerns the natural history of a highly treated group of patients (both borderline patients and axis II comparison subjects). This is not surprising as clinical experience suggests that many, if not most, borderline patients with a history of psychiatric hospitalization have extensive treatment histories. However, the results of the current study also suggest that a high percentage of those with other forms of axis II pathology who were once hospitalized continue to participate in outpatient treatment (but not more intensive forms of treatment).
Unfortunately, the naturalistic design of this study prevents us from being able to determine whether treatment was helpful, harmful, or both at different points in time. This is so because the patients were not randomly assigned to treatment modalities or clinicians but, rather, chose the treatments they received. This, in turn, might have been influenced by a variety of factors, such as the severity of their symptoms, their psychological mindedness, and the type of insurance they had. In addition, the treatment approach and quality were not standardized, as hundreds of clinicians in the community provided most of the care received by the patients in this study.
The most important limitation of the current study is that the entire group of borderline patients originally comprised very disturbed inpatients. Whether these results would generalize to never-hospitalized outpatients is unclear. One might expect that less disturbed outpatients would do better symptomatically over time than recovering inpatients, but only longitudinal studies of this type of mildly to moderately disturbed patient with borderline personality disorder will answer this question.
Taken together, the results of this study suggest that symptomatic improvement is both common and stable among once highly disturbed (and typically heavily treated) borderline patients. These results also suggest that the symptomatic prognosis for most, but not all, borderline patients with illness of this severity is better than previously recognized.
Received July 13, 2001; revisions received Nov. 14, 2001, and March 26, June 20, Aug. 6, and Aug. 21, 2002; accepted Sept. 3, 2002. From the Laboratory for the Study for Adult Development, McLean Hospital; and the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston. Address reprint requests to Dr. Zanarini, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478; firstname.lastname@example.com (e-mail). Supported by NIMH grants MH-47588 and MH-62169.
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Investigation of Current Returned Students' Entrepreneurial Environment in China
One of the critical points of Chinese returned students' entrepreneurship task is how to match distinguished external environment with their entrepreneurship development ability. In order to get the development status of Chinese returned students' entrepreneurship, this paper investigates and analyzes the entrepreneurship environment and policies of various regions in China from the perspective of policy and environment. Through data compilation and coding analyses of the questionnaire survey of 357 different levels and departments' returned students' entrepreneurship policies, 1188 entrepreneurs, and 436 administrative staffs, we obtain returned students' entrepreneurial team composition, status of their entrepreneurship development, cognition of entrepreneurship environment, and effectiveness of entrepreneurship policies, etc.. Based on existing problems, this paper gives some suggestions for further improving and optimizing Chinese returned students' entrepreneurship environment.
Key words: Returned students; Returned students' entrepreneurship; entrepreneurship environment
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Although the sermon at the Federated Methodist-Presbyterian Church began normally, a twist took part at the end of the ceremony. Pastor Eun-Joo Myung passed the microphone to Richard Cardenas as Ted Herrera and their eldest adoptive daughter, Treasure, 9, stepped up to the front of the congregation.
In honor of Treasure's birthday on March 13, Cardenas wanted to read a poem Treasure had wrote detailing her hardships as an adoptive child, including her aspirations, fears and attributions. Treasure's talent poured fourth, causing many audience members eyes' to brim with tears and empathy. Many family members were in attendance to celebrate Treasure's birthday, but an unsuspected arrival was also present, waiting for her time to come forward.
Treasure's second piece, however, was written as a Christmas wish—a wish to meet her unfamiliar sister. Treasure read aloud in a somewhat shaky voice, going so far as to illustrate her sister's age, name and adoptive family as she would imagine her to be.
In Treasure's imagination, her sister's name was Sheniqua, she was 17 years old and she had brothers.
After her poem, Cardenas met his daughter's eye and said into the microphone calmly, "Well, first of all, you're wrong. Her name is not Sheniqua, it's Sequoia and her brothers play football. And she is not 17, she is 22, and we could not get her for Christmas," he said. "But we got her for your birthday…" Cardenas motioned to the back of the hall. "Sequoia?" he called out.
In a leap of faith and love, Treasure's sister Sequoia Battiest, 22 of Lemoore, stood up out of her seat in the very back of the church and made her way to the middle of the walkway. While everyone's eyes locked on Battiest, Cardenas and Herrera's eyes were on their daughter, Treasure.
"That's your sister," Cardenas whispered to Treasure, who stood stunned at the front of the church.
Pastor Myung rang out in joy, "It's her sister," to the rest of the chapel, which exploded in applause as Treasure tore from her doting fathers towards her unknown sister.
Treasure locked her arms around her sister's waist, only letting go so that Battiest could kneel before her, hugging and smiling with one another, the happy tears flowing incessantly.
Treasure, who was adopted at age 5 along with her three younger brothers, had always wanted a sister. Finally, after years of wondering and months of pining, her wish was granted. It was some time before either sister could speak. They stood together, clutching one another closely.
Cardenas said the reunion was thanks in part to the family's biological grandmother who resides in Modesto. Without her knowledge, Cardenas said they wouldn't have had any idea that Treasure had a sister.
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Although Battiest was nervous and conflicted about meeting her unknown family members, she decided to take the plunge after hearing positive feedback about Herrera and Cardenas' character.
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The expiry of the collective bargaining agreement on Sept. 15 is important beyond obvious reasons, especially for some of the National Hockey League's young guns currently without contracts.
And we're talking about high-profile restricted free agents coming out of entry-level deals - a group that includes Montreal Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban, Winnipeg Jets forward Evander Kane, forwards Jamie Benn in Dallas, Ryan O'Reilly in Colorado, Buffalo's Tyler Ennis, as well as defencemen Michael Del Zotto with the New York Rangers, Florida's Dmitri Kulikov and Washington's John Carlson.
Now these players would undoubtedly love to sign lucrative long-term deals in the same stratosphere as Jeff Skinner's six-year $34.35 million with the Carolina Hurricanes, or Jordan Eberle's and Taylor Hall's $6 million a year.
But none of these remaining restricted free agents appear close to getting something done and if they do, short term contracts appear more likely than long term ones.
Some of them would love to get Matt Duchene's two-year deal with the Colorado Avalanche worth an average of $3.5 million, but the clubs are taking a hard line on these emerging stars who have shown great potential but may not have fully developed.
When the NHL constructed the collective bargaining agreement seven years ago, it thought players coming out of their entry-level deals would be in a tough spot with no arbitration rights.
But a lot of precocious third-year players have nevertheless hit the jackpot. Aside from the obvious NHL-NHLPA dispute on how to divvy up revenue, this issue of reining in salaries on entry-level grads is a front-burner for many NHL general managers.
If the CBA negotiations get going and beyond the core monetary issues, putting a drag on these salaries may be a league priority.
So if you're P.K. Subban, do you take the two-year deal from the Canadiens for less money than you would like, or do you take your chances in a new CBA with unknown qualities on entry-level, salary arbitration or unrestricted free agency?
If you're Evander Kane, do you take a long-term deal or short-term deal for less money than you would like from the Jets, or just wait for the new CBA?
There may be an impetus to sign before the expiry of the CBA on Sept. 15 (the devil you know), but some of the clubs may choose to shelve it until there's a new CBA.
Either way, it's an intriguing sidebar issue to the ongoing labour dispute affecting a high-profile group of players.
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Egypt has been struck by a series of terrible plagues, killing its crops and crippling its people.
Then the ultimate disaster befalls the kingdom: The Nile fails.
In desperation, the Pharaoh sends the warlock Taita, wise in the lore of the gods and a master of magic and the supernatural.
But not even he could have imagined what terrible enemy waits in ambush in those dark lands at the end of their world. Now it's up to Taita to save Egypt—before the end of the world's most glorious civilization draws near.
Listen to this audiobook excerpt from Wilbur Smith's novel The Quest. New York Times bestselling author Wilbur Smith returns with the eagerly awaited next installment in his thrilling Egyptian series. Following on from River God, The Seventh Scroll, and Warlock, The Quest continues the story of the Warlock, Taita, wise in the lore of the ancient Gods and a master of magic and the supernatural. Egypt is struck by a series of terrible plagues that cripple the Kingdom, and then the ultimate disaster follow
Praise for The Quest
"Best historical novelist: I say Wilbur Smith."—Stephen King
"Smith brings to life…the world of Egypt so much so you can almost feel the heat and taste the dust as the narrative builds to cracking pace."—Irish News
'Fans of blockbuster thriller writer Wilbur Smith will not be disappointed with The Quest'– Financial Times
'Smith writes with a fresh, crisp style... full of zest... The Quest is a hefty but gratifying read, long-awaited by his legion of admirers' – Daily Express
'No one does adventure quite like Smith and, true to form, his latest is a swirling torrent of unexplored depths and manliness in ancient Egypt' – Daily Mirror
'This eagerly awaited sequel to Smith's gripping Egyptian series continues in a truly magical tale' – Woman magazine
'The Quest is not a book for the easily queasy. After reading the scene about Bronze Age brain surgery, you'll never look at bamboo shish kebab skewers the same way again. It is a novel that is violent, fast moving and utterly engrossing' – Edmonton Journal
'It's the sort of book readers live for, the sort that sates, however fleetingly, the primal need for story that so often these days doesn't get fed' – Vancouver Sun
'For a light-hearted take by Monday Magazine, read the views of some famous mummies.'
"Fans of bestseller Smith's ancient Egyptian series will welcome the fourth book in the saga, which picks up where Warlock left off. … Once again Smith deftly blends history, fantasy and mythology, but newcomers should be prepared for grisly deaths and mutilations."— Publishers Weekly
"Smith's Africa is bewitching. We see and hear elephants, lions, hippos, and wild, weird creatures. Lakes and plains stretch as far as the horizon. His descriptions of the landscape are so real it seems we should be able to find these places on the map. … Smith's narrative is a page-turner. His characters are absorbing and believable. We fear for our heroes and cheer for them when they triumph in bloody battle. … When supernatural powers open up the ground before us, we teeter on the brink and can hardly stand to look over the edge… and yet, we must."—The Salt Lake Tribune
Praise for Wilbur Smith
"Smith is a master." —Publishers Weekly
"One of the world's most popular adventure writers." —The Washington Post Book World
"A rare author who wields a razor-sharp sword of craftsmanship." —Tulsa World
"Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared." —The Times (UK)
"Best Historical Novelist--I say Wilbur Smith, with his swashbuckling novels of Africa. The bodices of rip and the blood flows. You can get lost in Wilbur Smith and misplace all of August."--Stephen King
"Action is Wilur Smith's game, and he is a master."--The Washington Post Book World
"The world's leading adventure writer." —Daily Express (UK)
"Wilbur Smith rarely misses a trick."--Sunday Times
"Smith is a captivating storyteller." —The Orlando Sentinel
"No one does adventure quite like Smith." —Daily Mirror (UK)
"A thundering good' read is virtually the only way of describing Wilbur Smith's books." —The Irish Times
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text: contentLE Magazine April 2001 Life Extension For Your Petby Richard E. Palmquist, DVM and Terri MitchellPage 1 of 2 Pets are like members of the family to many people. The death of a pet can be as devastating as the loss of a relative (some say worse). When pets get ill, we will do almost anything to help them. Unfortunately, by the time an animal is sick enough for us to notice, it may be too late to help them. In order to protect the longevity of our pets, we must take steps to prevent serious diseases from developing. Life-threatening illnesses develop much sooner in animals than in humans.An understanding of what a cat or dog should be eating is important for keeping them healthy and vital. The rewards of feeding an animal properly are worth the effort, yet few people really comprehend this until their pet gets seriously ill. But making the extra effort today will pay off tomorrow.Most commercial pet food (products that come in bags or cans) is made from meat that's unfit for human consumption. For example, chicken beaks and feathers are counted as protein in commercial pet food. To be "nutritionally complete," this kind of pet food is fortified with vitamins and minerals. In some cases, this restores what never was; in other cases, it puts back what was cooked out (see chart above). Dry pet food is similar to Cheerios® in that an animal can survive on it much as a human could survive on fortified cereal. But in order to really thrive, animals need more. In order for a cat or dog to live its full life span, free of disease and full of vitality, it needs better nutrition.CatsCats and dogs have critical differences in their nutritional needs. Cats, unlike dogs, are pure carnivores-they must have meat. High quality animal protein is crucial for the health of a cat. Cats do not handle carbohydrates very well. Their ability to convert carbohydrates to energy is very limited. The best diet for a cat begins with raw meat. Raw meat provides a concentrated form of protein that a cat can readily utilize. Don't worry that your cat will get sick from raw meat. Remember, cats are not humans! They have evolved very strong stomach acids that destroy bacteria that would make a human sick.**(The exception is pork. Pork may contain parasites that will make an animal sick.)Meat contains high amounts of the amino acids cats must have. Taurine is critical for cats. A lack of it will show up as heart problems (cardiomyopathy), eye problems, seizures and kidney problems. In one study of 220 cats, those with dilated cardiomyopathy had only 38% as much taurine as the ones without. Those same cats had 20% lower levels of vitamin E, and 40% higher levels of vitamin A (which might indicate that vitamin A was not being utilized).Arginine, another amino acid found in meat protein, is also important for cats. In fact, so important that a single meal without arginine can kill a cat (arginine detoxifies ammonia in cats' kidneys). Arginine is important for heart function, the pancreas, and for keeping the gut healthy, in addition to its detoxification role. Taurine Content of Selected Foods(Mg/Kg, Wet Weight) Item Uncooked Mean Boiled Mean Beef muscle 362 60 Beef liver 192 73 Beef kidney 225 76 Lamb muscle 473 126 Lamb kidney 239 51 Pork muscle 496 118 Pork liver 169 43 Chicken muscle 337 82 Cod 314 161 Oysters 698 89 Clams 2400 446 Source: Rationale for Animal Nutrition, by RL Wysong. Cats also need animal fat. Going "lean" is not healthy for a cat (remember, animals have different nutritional needs than we do). Cats need animal fat to make the essential fatty acid, arachidonic acid (AA), which is used by every cell in the body. Cats do not possess the same enzymes dogs and humans do for converting plant oils such as omega-6 to AA. Unlike humans, they must have animal fat as a source of fatty acid. Arachidonic acid is particularly important for feline immunity. It has been shown that cats with feline leukemia virus (FeLv) infection have depleted levels of AA. Restoring this important fatty acid may enhance longevity in the FeLv-infected cat.Vitamin A is another nutrient cats must get from their diet. Cats cannot convert beta-carotene to vitamin A: they must get vitamin A itself. They do, however, use beta-carotene. It appears that beta-carotene is important for feline (and canine) immunity. Recently it was shown that the lymphocytes and plasma of cats (and dogs) take up large amounts of the carotenoid. The question of what they're doing with it is still up-in-the-air. However, some research indicates that beta carotene protects lymphocytes from radiation and preserves the natural antioxidant, glutathione. In human cancer patients, beta-carotene jump-starts immune cells. It's very likely that in cats and dogs beta-carotene is also being used to protect and enhance immunity. But remember, beta-carotene cannot be substituted for vitamin A in cats. They must have vitamin A, but not too much. This vitamin is toxic in high amounts. Cats fed too much liver or fish will develop vitamin A toxicity which is life-threatening.Cats require more vitamins B1 (thiamin), B6 (pyridoxine), folic acid and B3 (niacin) than dogs. Vitamin B6 may be important for stopping viruses. A researcher at Purdue University has shown that adding vitamin B6 to FeLv and lymphosarcoma cells in culture dramatically inhibits their growth.Dogs A Leading Cause of Death in Cats and DogsIt has been estimated that as much as 90% of all cancer is caused by environmental chemicals. According to J. Robert Hatherill in his book Eat to Beat Cancer, 600 chemicals can now be detected in the human body-that's 600 out of the 70,000+ chemicals now known to be in the environment. We can assume that our pets have as many or more. Chemicals are in our food, water and air. Of the 70,000 chemicals, it's estimated that about 2% have been extensively tested for safety. The question of whether combinations of chemicals we routinely eat and drink cause cancer has never been addressed in scientific studies. Because of their smaller size, our animals are particularly susceptible to chemical exposure.Dogs and cats eat animal-based diets. Unfortunately, some of the most toxic chemicals in the environment wind up in animal fat. Dairy products and meat are the primary source of pesticides in our bodies as well as our animals'. You have probably heard the names of these toxins before-dioxin, PCBs, DDT, atrazine. These happen to be chlorine chemicals-made from the same chemical you find in laundry bleach. One-hundred seventy-seven of these chlorine-based chemicals can be detected in human tissue. In 1995, researchers at the State University of New York tested MacDonald's Big Macs®, and other fast foods for chlorine chemicals. DDE (the major metabolite of DDT) was found in the highest levels in Häagen-Daz® ice cream and Big Macs®. It and other chemicals were detected also in Kentucky Fried Chicken® and Pizza Hut's Personal Pan Pizza Supreme®. The researchers warned that children, with their small body size are ingesting significant amounts of chlorine chemicals. If humans are getting this in their diet, what are animals getting in theirs?At the same time it has been estimated that chemicals cause most cancers, it is also estimated that a third of all cancers could be prevented by proper diet. That means there's something in food that can make us and our animals resistant to the effects of chemicals. Unlike the cat which is a strict carnivore, dogs are omnivores. They tolerate more plant-based food. However, dogs also need high quality meat protein in their diet. Carnitine, an amino acid in meat, is especially important for dogs. Carnitine controls energy production inside mitochondria, the power plants of cells. Because of this, carnitine is an important nutrient for the heart and vascular system. Studies show that carnitine can help heart function, and enhance energy production in dogs. Carnitine deficiency can cause triglycerides to accumulate in cells.In addition to amino acids, dogs require vitamin B1 (thiamin), B2 (riboflavin), B5 (pantothenic acid), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), biotin, folic acid and vitamin B12 (cobalamin) from the diet. If an animal is old, sick or under stress, it will require greater amounts of these and other nutrients, including vitamins C and E. Don't forget to boost your dog's nutrition if he or she undergoes trauma, or a bout of illness.Vitamin E is especially important for the heart and immune response. A study from the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association found that dogs with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy don't have enough vitamin E, and that the lower the vitamin E levels, the more severe the disease. They concluded that free radicals play a major role in this condition.Antioxidants such as vitamins E and C are just as important for our animals as they are for us. Cats make their own C, but environmental and other stresses can deplete an animal's reserves. Maintaining your pet's antioxidant supply might help save its life one day. Studies show that antioxidants can lessen the damage caused by traumatic injuries, heart failure and stroke. But the antioxidants must be in the animal's body already.Be aware that anesthesia is one of the things that can deplete your animal's antioxidants. Drugs used for anesthesia generate large amounts of free radicals. If your animal has to undergo surgery, you may want to boost his or her antioxidants before and after. Your dog's immunity can be affected by a lack of vitamin E. A study from the American Journal of Veterinary Research finds that dogs with vitamin E deficiency have depressed immune cell proliferation.Diseases of dogs and catsCompanion animals suffer from many of the same diseases we do. Cancer, heart liver and kidney diseases are major causes of death in our pets. Given that our animals share our lifestyle and eat a version of our own diet, it's not surprising they get the same diseases. In 1978, a researcher at the National Cancer Institute published a study of the prevalence and similarities between cancers in dogs, cats and humans. He found that not only was the prevalence of certain types of cancers similar, the cancers themselves were similar. Continued on Page 2 Back to the Magazine Forum


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to love someone while rocking/supporting a mullet
από davemullet 23 Φεβρουάριος 2010
spitting some game to get with a girl
Ima bout to get some munching tonight!, cause ima pussylover!
από Fanta nigs 6 Σεπτέμβριος 2010
When two people find a dead pregnant lady. Guy 1 puts his mouth on her pussy, guy 2 jumps on her stomach; guy 1 then eats the baby coming out
Guy 1: Dude, me and kev went munching
Guy 2: WTF, that is disgusting
Guy 2: WTF, that is disgusting
από YourNeighborhoodSpiderMan 11 Οκτώβριος 2011
To savor a nice wet soft pussy with slow and steady tongue action. Ending with a direct and light sucking action of the
clitoris, right before and during a woman's orgasm.
clitoris, right before and during a woman's orgasm.
I could tell by her grateful and satisfied smile, that the munching
she had just received, was to her liking.
she had just received, was to her liking.
από NoLove_4_BS 27 Οκτώβριος 2009


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Now here is something that i really enjoy, {COLOR} has always amazed me with everything and with this one you really push the color you have a great character here kinda like one of your older characters but still with all the added color it really brings it out and really nice job with the acrylic paints it brings a much more fresher look and such, the white {EYES} was abit scary but that also added to the effect and gave a focus point, so really nice job there, if anything can be improved on i might say put a little {GLOW} on the eyes somehow to give it a much more focus point somehow this painting is pretty amazing though i love the color and the feel you gave it so very nice job, good luck on any new stuff comming out.
some glow on the eyes would be nice to give off more focus points there
yeah haha i forgot the eyes. tried to make everything glowy but yeahhh
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A few weeks ago we were talking about movies that we watched as kids that were well above our maturity level. It's inevitable in families with multiple kids, as by the time the eldest is of age to justify fill-in-the-blank film, the youngest is likely far from prepared. My brother is four years my senior, my sister is six years my junior, so pretty every movie we checked out growing up was inappropriate for at least one of us. One afternoon while babysitting my sister, she started exhaling on the window then slapping it against the fogged-up glass. It took me a while to realize she was reenacting the hook-up scene from Titanic. She was a little too young to really get it, I think. Regardless, the whole incident could have been avoided (for both Jack and Rose and me) had the following tips been enacted.
Today's tip: how to prevent window fog-ups.
Not only the aforementioned, but more useful in a daily sense, any of these will help keep your bathroom mirrors and windows from steaming up, prevent the inside of your car windows from the same, work for eyeglasses and goggles wearers, even help your home windows if you have a fogging up/icing up issue.
First of all, make sure your windows or eyeglasses/goggles are clean. Dirt and film allow moisture to take hold and stick around. Then try one of these:
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- Potato. Slice one in half, then wipe the surface, leaving to dry. If any starchy film is left behind, you can buff it out with a dry cloth. Repeat every week.
- White crayon or birthday candle. Put a couple X's on the surface, then buff it out with a dry cloth. (This is my favorite and lasts the longest, I have found.)
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Ulysses Simpson Kay was born on January 7, 1917 in Tucson, Arizona. His musical talent was apparent early on and at the suggestion of his uncle, famed band leader and jazz cornetist, "King" Oliver, he began studying the piano at home. In 1934 he enrolled at the University of Arizona in Tucson and received his degree (Mus.B) in 1938. He continued his studies at the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Bernard Rogers and Howard Hanson and obtained a Master's degree in Music in 1940. He also attended Paul Hindemith's classes at the Berkshire Music Center in Tanglewood (1941–42) and Yale University.
In 1942 Kay enlisted in the United States Navy and played in a U.S. Navy band for three and a half years during the Second World War. While in the Navy Band he played saxophone, flute, piccolo and piano, and the posting also gave him the opportunity to arrange and compose. After the war, he studied composition with Otto Luening at Columbia University. A Prix de Rome award and a Fulbright Fellowship enabled him to live in Italy from 1949 to 1952. When he returned to the United States, he settled in New York City and was employed as Music Consultant by Broadcast Music, Inc. from 1953 to 1968. He served as a visiting Professor of Music at Boston University in 1965 and at the University of California at Los Angeles (1966–67). In September 1968 he became Professor of Music at the Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York, where he was named a Distinguished Professor in 1972. He retired from teaching in 1988.
Professor Kay has held the Julius Rosenwald Fellowship, received grants from the National Institute of Arts and Letters and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964–65. In 1958 he was a member of the first group of composers to participate in a cultural exchange mission to the Soviet Union. He was also the recipient of honorary doctorates from Lincoln College (1963), Bucknell University (1966), Illinois Wesleyan University (1969), his alma mater, the University of Arizona (1969) and the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music (1981).
Kay's music has been described by Nicholas Slonimsky as "a distinctly American idiom, particularly in its rhythmic intensity, while avoiding ostentatious ethnic elements; in harmony and counterpoint, he pursues a moderately advanced idiom, marked by prudentially euphonious dissonances; his instrumentation is masterly."
He wrote in all the major genres of music, with a particular emphasis on orchestral works (Chariots, Concerto for Orchestra, Southern Harmony) and choral music (Inscriptions from Whitman, Song of Jeremiah, Pentagraph). His five operas also constitute a significant addition to the repertoire, especially the two full length works Jubilee (1976; first performed in 1976 in Jackson, Mississippi) and the monumental Frederick Douglass (1980-85), which was successfully premiered by the New Jersey State Opera, in Newark, New Jersey on April 14, 1991.
A longtime resident of Teaneck, New Jersey, Ulysses Simpson Kay died on May 20, 1995 in Englewood Hospital, Englewood, NJ.


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This year, 2013, my soul has craved a change for many reasons, but we won't go into all of that. Suffice it to say, my head has been whirling ideas around that I have just felt compelled to follow. Textures, colours, and aromas float above my eyes, and what I see makes my mouth water. To that end, I bring you a most sublime Christmas (and gluten-free) dessert that will have you singing songs of bliss. I love the combination of blackberries and apples, and as the sauce turned red, roses sprung to mind – what a lovely, decadent mixture of ingredients to really lift the spirits. I also wanted to offer a healthier choice without the stodge this year – although many of us fall prey to overeating, and that being the case, it may as well be full of substance and delicious culinary nutrition.
You may prepare both the filling and topping the day before, refrigerate, and then put them together in the morning. Lightly bake until almost golden, then re-bake just before serving. I suggest either a nice, hot traditional custard, or some dairy-free cream, or maybe both. If you want to go the whole way with the health ticket, then make some cashew cream in the liquidizer – 1 cup of pre-soaked cashews, a dash of sweetener of your choice, and half a cup of cold water – process until smooth and serve.
2 apples, peeled and chopped into medium size pieces
¼ cup (60 mL) water
1½ Tbsp agave syrup, or sweetener of your choice – more if you wish
3 cups blackberries (I used frozen ones)
1 Tbsp rose water (I used a Middle Eastern one – but you can find from here in US, here in UK)
1 tsp arrowroot, mixed with the rose water until a paste is formed, set aside
- Place the apples in a saucepan with the water and sweetener, and stew until the apples are soft.
- Then add the blackberries, lower the heat, cover, and allow to cook for a further 5 minutes.
- Stir in the arrowroot and rose mixture, stir for a minute, then take off the heat, and allow to cool a little. Taste for sweetness, and adjust if needs be.
5 Tbsp tapioca flour
100g blanched almonds
2 Tbsp xylitol, or other dried sweetener of your choice (xylitol can be purchased from here in US, here in UK)
2 Tbsp vegan margarine of your choice (one that is suitable for baking)
a pinch of salt
a pinch of cinnamon (optional)
- Place the almonds in your food processor, and process until they turn to crumbs.
- Next, add the remaining ingredients, and process until crumbs are formed again. The mixture should be thicker crumbs, but still on the loose side. The margarine will make the crumbs denser to the eye, but when handled softish to the touch. If the mixture is too doughy, add a little more flour, and process for a few seconds until crumbs are formed again (but don't overdo it).
extra blanched almonds for decoration
- Pre-heat your oven to 400ºF (200ºC)
- Place the blackberry mixture in a medium-sized pudding basin, and then spoon on, or use clean hands, to gently place the crumble on top – a peak will most probably form.
- Now decorate your pudding with the almonds on the edges, and place in your preheated oven until golden. Keep your eyes on it, as every oven is different.
- When it's turned a nice golden colour, remove from oven, and allow to stand for some minutes, before serving with hot custard or vegan cream. Then share and devour ! Enjoy !
All recipes and content © Miriam Sorrell mouthwateringvegan.com 2010
10 Responses to "Rose-Infused Blackberry & Apple Almond Christmas Crumble – Gluten Free"
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Hi Miriam
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Hi there Gloria – if you go to this link, you'll be able to subscribe directly. Good luck, and let me know if you have any problems.
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Many thanks for your help Miriam – I got there in the end!!! Am certainly glad I did too because it's fantastic – the recipes are great and the articles are very interesting – I would recommend anybody to get it. It's very good value and I just wish it was in hard copy but that would make it too expensive I suppose and not practical. I will certainly be buying it again.
Tehmina Kazi Says:
December 20th, 2013 at 1:01 am
This looks absolutely amazing! Love the Middle Eastern twist too.
Miriam Says:
December 21st, 2013 at 7:49 pm
Let me know how it goes as and when you've tried it out Tehmina, and hope you enjoy it. Happy Holidays !
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December 21st, 2013 at 7:51 pm
Gloria Hi and so glad to hear that you have ordered our magazine and enjoyed the content. You can print anything of value and keep it in a private folder for your use. Kindest wishes for the Festive Season in the meantime !
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