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This paper examines the health status and functioning of an aging cohort of individuals with a history of heroin dependence with a focus on gender differences.
Study subjects were originally sampled from methadone maintenance clinics in California in the 1970s and completed follow-up interviews in 2005–09. Out of the original study sample (N = 914), 343 participants (44.3% female) were interviewed (70.6% of those not deceased). Bivariate analyses examined gender differences in participants' overall health status and physical and mental health problems. Scores on SF-36 scales were compared with general population norms by gender and age, as well as between participants in the study sample who did and did not report past-year drug use.
Average age of the study sample was 58.3 (SD = 4.9) years for males and 55.0 (SD = 4.1) years for females. There were no significant gender differences in past-year drug use (38% of sample) or injection drug use (19%). Women reported significantly more chronic health problems and psychological distress compared with men, and overall poorer health and functioning compared with general population norms. Men under 65 had poorer physical health and social functioning compared with population norms. Men in the study sample reporting past-year substance use had poorer physical functioning, but less bodily pain, than non-users, whereas women with past-year substance use had poorer mental health than other women.
Individuals with a history of heroin dependence have poorer health and functioning than their counterparts in the general population. At a younger age, women reported poorer overall health status and more chronic health and mental health problems than men. Study findings may inform interventions for this population, particularly related to gender-specific treatment needs.
There is increasing attention paid to the projected societal effects of the aging of the "Baby Boomer" cohort, including their anticipated health problems and needs for health services (Boddiger, 2008). This cohort (born between 1946 and 1964) contains a historically high number of individuals who became drug dependent during the upsurge in drug use that occurred in the 1960s–70s (Gfroerer, Penne, Pemberton, & Folsom, 2003). Survey data indicates that this cohort continues to use illicit substances at higher rates than previous generations (Duncan, Nicholson, White, Bradley, & Bonaguro, 2010). Estimates are that the number of adults aged 50 or older with substance use problems will approximately double from 2.8 million (annual average) in 2002–06 to 5.7 million in 2020(Han, Gfroerer, Colliver, & Penne, 2009; Korper & Council, 2002). This aging cohort may have unprecedented levels of substance use disorders, associated health problems, and need for treatment (Colliver, Compton, Gfroerer, & Condon, 2006; Patterson & Jeste, 1999; Wu & Blazer, 2010).
Among this cohort, individuals with a history of heroin dependence will constitute an increasingly larger proportion of individuals who are in need of drug treatment (Gfroerer et al. 2003). Data reported into the national Treatment Episode Data System (TEDS) in 2003 showed that individuals aged 40–50 were the largest cohort in treatment for heroin use, representing over a quarter (27.5%) of the overall population receiving treatment for heroin (SAMHSA, 2005). Opiates were the second most commonly reported substance used by adults over 50 entering treatment (following alcohol), accounting for 22% of admissions aged 50 to 54 and 19% of those aged 55 to 59 (SAMHSA, 2007b) Between 1995 and 2005, primary opiate admissions increased from 6.6% to 10.5% of admissions aged 65 or older (SAMHSA, 2007a). Other analyses conducted with TEDS have shown that a growing proportion of older-aged admissions over this same time period reported polysubstance abuse, particularly cocaine and heroin abuse (Lofwall, Schuster, & Strain, 2008). Since individuals dependent on heroin generally have more physical and mental health disorders and overall poorer health, as compared with general population norms (Darke, Ross, & Teessson, 2007a; Ryan & White, 1996), it is assumed that these health problems will intensify as this population reaches older age by 2020–2030 (Lofwall, Brooner, Bigelow, Kindbom, & Strain, 2005; Jeste et al. 1999; Knickman & Snell 2002).
Several studies have established the chronic nature of heroin dependence over the life course (Goldstein & Herrera 1995; Hser, Hoffman, Grella, & Anglin 2001; Vaillant, 1973) as well as the problems in functioning observed among older heroin users (Anderson & Levy, 2003; Boeri, Sterk, & Elifson, 2008; Levy & Anderson 2005; Mullen & Hammersley, 2006). However, few studies have examined the health status of heroin users as they enter into middle- and older-age (Rosen, Hunsaker, Albert, Cornelius, & Reynolds, 2011). In a 33-year follow-up study of male heroin users, a subsample (n =108; average age of 58) that completed medical tests had several indicators of poor health (Hser et al., 2004). Over half had elevated blood pressure, were overweight, and had abnormal liver function; about one fifth had elevated glucose levels; and, overall, the sample rated their health more poorly than men in the general population of comparable age.
A recent study using cross-sectional data from a population-based household sample showed that individuals who used heroin for longer durations had significantly higher odds of several physical and mental health disorders, including anxiety, hepatitis, and tuberculosis, after controlling for multiple confounding factors (Han, Gfroerer, & Colliver, 2010). A longitudinal follow-up study of heroin users in England showed that, of the surviving subjects who were interviewed, those who were currently using opiates had poorer overall health (Tobutt, Oppenheimer, & Laranjeira, 1996). Although use of alcohol was low among the surviving cohort, a majority was using tobacco daily. Women were one third of the surviving cohort; however, gender differences were not examined.
Most studies that have examined gender differences among heroin users have focused on initiation and progression of heroin use (Anglin, Hser, & McGlothlin, 1987; Hser, Anglin, & McGlothlin, 1987; Luthar, Cushing, & Rounsaville, 1996), or on current mental health and functioning among patients in opioid substitution treatment (Chatham, Hiller, Rowan-Szal, Joe, & Simpson, 1999; Deering et al., 2004; Puigdollers et al., 2004). Studies have shown high rates of polydrug use and comorbid mental health disorders among heroin users (Ross et al., 2005), particularly women (Shand, Degenhardt, Slade, & Nelson, 2011), in treatment (Brecht, Huang, Evans, & Hser, 2008; Rounsaville, Weissman, Crits-Christoph, Wilber, & Kleber, 1982) and population-based (Grella, Karno, Warda, Niv, & Moore, 2009) samples. Women heroin users generally report more health problems, poorer overall health status, and poorer health-related quality of life than men, even among younger cohorts of users in their 20s and 30s (Domingo-Salvany et al., 2010; Williamson, Darke, Ross, & Teesson, 2009). However, there has been little examination of gender differences among older adults with a history of heroin dependence (Hamilton & Grella, 2009).
The aim of the present study is to examine the overall health status, prevalence of physical and mental heath disorders, and psychosocial functioning of older adults with a history of heroin dependence. The study sample was originally sampled from methadone treatment programs in the late 1970s, and was followed up over a period spanning approximately 25 years. This study thus enables us to compare health-related outcomes of those who persisted in drug use with those who were abstinent at the time of follow-up. In particular, we focus on gender differences in health status and functioning within the study cohort, as well as their status in comparison with general population norms.
The study cohort originally participated in one of two separate studies that were conducted in California in the 1980s (combined N = 914). Both studies examined the effects upon patients of changes in the public financing of methadone treatment that led to the closure of clinics in which they were enrolled, in comparison with comparable patients in methadone clinics that were not closed (Anglin & McGlothlin, 1985; Anglin et al., 1989; McGlothlin & Anglin, 1981). All participants had been enrolled in methadone maintenance treatment at some point in 1976–78 at clinics that were located in 6 counties in Central and Southern California. Subjects were sampled for the original studies from clinic records and completed a background assessment and baseline interview from 1978–1981.
We attempted to locate all subjects from these two prior studies who were not identified as deceased (i.e., no record of their death with the National Death Index) in order to invite them to participate in a 25-year follow-up study. The original study records were used as a starting basis for identifying the participants' current whereabouts. Addresses were checked against records obtained from the California Department of Motor Vehicles and Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. We also accessed Internet-based programs that enabled us to obtain current address information. Upon contact, respondents were verified as those in the original study based on their date of birth, residence in the specific county at the time of the original study, and social security numbers.
Subjects who consented to participate in the follow-up study were asked to complete a timeline detailing their periods of drug use, incarceration, and treatment, and other major life events in advance of the interview. Interviews were conducted with study participants at a location of their choosing, which included private homes, restaurants, or other public settings, from March 2005 to January 2009. Study participants were paid $100 for completion of the interview, which averaged approximately 3 hours. All procedures were reviewed and approved by the UCLA Institutional Review Board and a federal Certificate of Confidentiality was obtained to protect the data obtained in this study.
The current status of subjects from the original study sample (N = 914) is as follows: 414 subjects (45.3%) were identified as deceased and their death certificates were obtained from the National Death Index to verify the date and cause of death. An additional 14 subjects were reported as deceased by family members or others, but no death certificate was obtained due to lack of matching on either name or social security number. Thus, the total verified and "probable" deceased group (N = 428) constitute 46.8% of the original study sample.
Of the remaining 486 subjects, 343 completed follow-up interviews (70.6% of the still-living subjects). Six subjects were incarcerated and not interviewed; 18 subjects refused to be interviewed and 5 subjects were too ill to be interviewed (n = 29 unable to be interviewed; 3.2%). The remaining 114 subjects (12.5% of original sample; 23.5% of sample excluding deceased) were not located or interviewed.
The interviewed sample consists of 191 (55.7%) males and 152 (44.3%) females. The average age at baseline interview was 35.4 for males and 30.2 for females; the corresponding ages at follow-up were 58.3 (SD = 4.9) and 55.0 (SD = 4.1), respectively. We compared socio-demographic and background characteristics of individuals who: (1) completed the follow-up interview, (2) were deceased at the time of follow-up, and (3) were not located. Women were over-represented in the interviewed group (44%) as compared with the overall sample (37%; p < .001). There was also a higher proportion of Whites in the interviewed group, and higher proportions of Hispanics and African Americans in the other groups, relative to the total sample (p < .05). A greater proportion of the interviewed subjects had completed high school (47%) relative to the total sample (40%, p < .01). Further, a higher proportion of individuals in the deceased group had rated their health as "fair or poor" (versus "good or excellent") as compared to those in the other groups (p < .05). Individuals in the deceased group were older, on average, at the baseline interview (34.2+7), as compared with the total sample (32.2+6, p < .001). There were no significant differences among groups, however, on ages at initiation of alcohol, tobacco, heroin, or other drug use.
The MOS SF-36 is a 36-item questionnaire that assesses eight general areas of physical health and functioning (Ware & Sherbourne, 1992). The SF-36 has been successfully used with opiate-dependent individuals (Ryan & White, 1996); age- and gender-specific norms based on the general population were used in comparison with the study sample.
The Symptom Checklist-56 (SCL-56; Derogatis, Lipman, Rickels, Uhlenhuth, & Covi, 1974) comprises 56 items, each rated on a 4-point scale, covering psychiatric and somatic problems related to mental distress during the last seven days. A sum of all items, the Global Severity Index, was used in analyses, with higher scores indicative of greater severity.
The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI; Beck, Steer, & Carbin, 1988) comprises 21 items regarding depressive symptoms and attitudes; each is rated on a scale of 0–3, with higher scores indicating more intensity. Cut-off scores are used to determine minimal, mild, moderate, and severe levels of depressive symptoms.
Medical conditions were based on the respondent's self-report of having any of 16 chronic health problems.
Current drug use was based on a positive response to having used any of a list of 15 substances (including alcohol) in the 12 months prior to the interview.
Bivariate analyses examined: (1) gender differences in self-reported socio-demographic characteristics, past-year alcohol and drug use, overall health status, and specific chronic health problems, and (2) physical and mental health outcomes of the study sample using scores on the SF-36 scales, in comparison with individuals in the general population using age- and gender-based norms. Additionally, independent t-tests were conducted by subgroups of the study sample defined by any alcohol or drug (AOD) use in the year prior to the follow-up, by gender and age group.
Table 1 shows socio-demographic characteristics and past-year drug use of the study sample by gender. There were significant gender differences by race/ethnicity, education, and age, with greater proportions of males that are Hispanic, less educated, and older. There were no gender differences, however, with regard to employment or marital status.
About two fifths of the sample (37.9%) reported past-year illicit drug use, with no difference between men and women. The most commonly used drugs were marijuana (22%) and heroin/other opioids (20.1%). In addition, about one fifth of the sample (18.7%) reported injection drug use in the past year. Over one third of the sample (35.1%) reported alcohol use, with no significant difference by gender. Similarly, there were no differences in rates of substance abuse treatment participation in the past year (37.6% of overall sample).
Table 2 summarizes the health status of the study sample. Overall, few in the sample considered their heath to be "excellent" (about 4%) and close to half (47.8%) considered their current health status to be fair or poor. Considerably more women than men considered their health to be poor (27.3% vs. 8.4%, p < .001).
When asked about specific health problems for which they had ever been diagnosed and/or treated, a greater proportion of women than men endorsed the following conditions: heart disease, circulatory problems, asthma, bladder problems, colitis/bowel problems, arthritis, and chronic headaches.
Average scores on the BDI were in the mild-to-moderate range (10–18), although women scored significantly higher than men. Similarly, women were more likely to report a history of suicidal thought or attempts, and had significantly higher scores on the Global Severity Index, indicating overall higher levels of distress.
Scores on the eight SF-36 scales for the study sample were compared with general population norms by age and gender. Table 3 shows the mean scores for men in the sample by age group, for the total sample and subgroups based on past-year use of alcohol or drugs. Among men aged 45–54 years, the study sample differed significantly from men in the general population on Physical Role Functioning, Bodily Pain, General Health, Energy & Fatigue, and Social Functioning. In all cases, the study sample scored lower, indicating poorer functioning in these domains. Similarly, men in the study sample aged 55–64 years scored significantly lower (i.e., poorer functioning) on Physical Functioning, Physical Role Functioning, Bodily Pain, General Health, Energy & Fatigue, Social Functioning, and Emotional Well-Being. There were no significant differences between men in the study sample aged 65 and older and population norms; however, the small size of this subgroup (n = 23) limited the statistical power of these comparisons.
When scale scores were compared between subgroups defined by any past-year AOD use, there were significant differences among men aged 45–54 on Physical Functioning, with higher scores (i.e., better functioning) among those reporting no past-year drug use. There was also a significant difference among men in the study sample aged 55–64 on Bodily Pain, with higher scores (i.e., better functioning) among those reporting any past-year AOD use.
Scores for women in the study sample and age-based general population norms were similarly compared (see Table 4). Women in the study sample aged 45–54 and 55–64 had significantly poorer functioning as compared with women of comparable age in the general population on all of the SF-36 scales. The small subgroup of women aged 65 or older (n = 3) precluded comparisons for this age group.
When examined for subgroups based on past-year AOD use, women in the study sample aged 45–54 who reported any past-year AOD use had significantly poorer scores on Emotional Well-Being as compared with women without past-year AOD use. Among women in the study sample aged 55–64, those who reported past-year AOD use had significantly poorer scores on Emotional Role Functioning than their counterparts in the general population.
This study extends prior research on the health status and functioning of heroin users by examining gender differences among an aging cohort of individuals with a history of heroin dependence, most of whom are not currently using heroin and/or participating in drug treatment. Consistent with research conducted with in-treatment samples (Lofwall et al., 2005; Rosen, Smith, & Reynolds, 2008), women in this study reported poorer overall health status, more chronic health problems, and poorer functioning, particularly related to mental health. Also consistent with other longitudinal studies, marijuana and alcohol were the most commonly used substances, other than heroin (Brecht et al., 2008); however, there were no gender differences in rates of heroin or other drug use among the study cohort. Although not significant, there were higher rates of tobacco use among women in the study sample. This observation is noteworthy, as population-based studies have shown higher rates of tobacco use among older males than females (Moore et al., 2009).
Shorter-term follow-up studies have demonstrated that health-related problems tend to diminish with reductions in use of heroin and other drugs (Teesson et al., 2008), in particular health problems related to injection drug use (Teesson et al., 2006). Conversely, longer duration of heroin use has been associated with poorer physical health, including a higher risk of disability at relatively young ages (Darke et al., 2009). In the present study, both men and women had overall poorer mental and physical health and functioning as compared with their counterparts in the general population. However, among younger men (45–55 years old), those who reported past-year AOD use had significantly poorer physical functioning compared to men who reported no past-year use. In contrast, among men aged 55–64, those who reported past-year AOD use reported less bodily pain compared with men who were reported no use. This latter finding suggests that men who continue to use AOD may be self-medicating for pain, or perhaps unintentionally deriving this benefit from their substance use.
Findings for women were markedly different. Although women in the study sample also generally had poorer mental and physical health and functioning than women in the general population, those who reported past-year AOD use were significantly more impaired in the area of mental health. In contrast, past-year AOD use was not associated with poorer mental health among men in the study sample. Women in the study sample generally scored worse than men on all of the indicators of mental health status, with about one half reporting a history of suicidal ideation and about one-third a history of suicide attempts. The mental health profile of women in the sample is of concern, given that prior research with heroin users has shown that the risk of suicide is highest among those who are polysubstance users, who have a history of prior suicide attempts, and who are socially isolated (Darke et al., 2007b).
The study findings thus show that both men and women with a history of heroin dependence suffer significant impairments in physical and mental health as compared with the general population, however, they have impairments in differing domains, particularly associated with continued AOD use. It is possible that the poorer mental health among women with past-year substance use may be bi-directional, in that women with poorer mental health at baseline tended to persist longer than other women in their drug use. We note that the baseline survey did not include sufficient data on mental health status to allow us to test this hypothesis, however, at baseline women were more likely to report their physical health as fair or poor compared with men (34.2% vs. 19.4%, p < .01).
Several factors related to the study design need to be considered in the interpretation of findings. The specificity of the sample's geographic origin and composition limits the generalizability of study findings. Participants' access to treatment and their associated health outcomes may have been influenced by drug treatment policies and treatment system features that were unique to California during the original study period and the subsequent follow-up period (Anglin & McGlothlin, 1985). Use of self-report data on health status is inherently limited; it is possible that some individuals may not have utilized health care services, and thus lacked knowledge of existing health conditions. This may be particularly true of males, who are generally less likely to utilize health care services (Bertakis et al., 2000). However, the study utilized procedures that have been shown to increase the validity of self-report data obtained from drug-using samples (Del Boca & Noll, 2000). Lastly, the resultant follow-up sample is subject to attrition bias, both from "survivor bias" and from loss to follow-up among those still living. It is possible individuals who were not located had poorer outcomes regarding substance use and health status than the interviewed sample. It is noteworthy that those subjects who were deceased had rated their health more poorly at the baseline interview compared with the sample that was successfully interviewed at follow-up.
The study also has several notable strengths. The 71% follow-up interview completion rate is comparable to other follow-up studies of heroin users that were conducted over much shorter durations (Darke et al., 2007a; Flynn et al., 2003; Gossop, Marsden, Stewart, & Treacy, 2002). As noted previously, the current sample includes a sufficient proportion of women to enable an examination of gender differences in current status and functioning, unlike previous longitudinal studies.
Given the anticipated aging of the Baby Boom cohort, and their historically higher rates of drug use and dependence, some have argued that "the United States faces unprecedented challenges in dealing with health problems of the large numbers of illicit drug users and former users, which is a serious and urgent public health concern" (Han et al., 2010, p. 295). This problem will not be confined to the United States; as noted by another prominent researcher "opioids make the single largest contribution to illicit drug-related mortality and morbidity worldwide and remain the major clinical problem for drug treatment agencies" (Darke et al., 2007a, p. 49). Indeed, a recent systematic review showed that risk of mortality for heroin users across countries exceeds that of the general population by an average of 15 times, although variations exist by region and subject-related characteristics (Degenhardt et al., 2011).
The findings from the current study support the need to address health-related problems among middle- and older-age individuals who have a history of heroin dependence, particularly those who are currently using heroin and/or other substances. Moreover, such interventions should be tailored to address the age- and gender-specific issues found among this population. Health services providers may currently be unaware of the need to screen for and identify those individuals with a history of heroin dependence, including those in middle- and older-age who have continued use, and the higher risk for medical and mental health problems among this population.
This study was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse grants DA015390 and P30 DA016383-06.
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Reviewed by: Tamara J T, September 2016
Our guide Irene was full of information and made 3 hours of walking feel like nothing. We hit all the must see spots and loved every minute of it.
Reviewed by: janetschwartz186, September 2016
Tour was wonderful, informative, fun! Office opened early.. provided free internet and a comfortable place to relax prior to the tour.
The tour guide was friendly.. had a fantastic sense of humor. He was accommodating , provided plenty of time for picture taking. Breathtaking lit monuments at night
Reviewed by: Kathy B, September 2016
Reviewed by: Theresa A, August 2016
our tour guide was great- she knew her history,
what a different experience, it is a must do.
it was cool at night,, and different way to see beautiful Rome
Reviewed by: ioannis.psomiadis, August 2016
Very nice and informative. Many places many hours. Only if it was scheduled a little later because of the heat.
Reviewed by: Stefanie H, July 2016
Solomon was a super guide, she did a great job and is really chatty. Did this as a single traveler and our group ended up with 8 people. Afterwards I even ended up having dinner with 3 of them at the piazza Navona
Reviewed by: Viktor S, July 2016
Since this was our first night in Rome, this tour offered a great introduction to the city. Chiara, our tour guide was one of the best tour guides we had. She was knowledgeable, funny and made it a point to remember her guests. The previous reviews on this tour definitely lived up to our expectations. Very worthwhile for the price to quality ratio.


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Higher Education Roadshow - Bristol
Goldsmiths, University of London invites you to join us at our Higher Education Roadshow in Bristol: a half day programme of subject specific masterclasses, workshops and presentations on the university application process, student finance, student life and careers.
This event is for sixth form and college students to promote and support progression into higher education. By visiting our Roadshow students will:
- Explore a subject by taking part in a masterclass delivered by course leaders
- Speak to undergraduate students and find out about university life
- Take home information about careers available in their area of interest
- Find out what universities look for in a personal statement
- Demystify student finance and find out what financial support is available
- Have complementary access to one of M Shed's exhibitions
Attendees are able to select one of the following masterclasses to attend:
English and Comparative Literature - Six Degrees of Separation
What connects a 1930s photograph of an American farmer to Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times?
Why did James Joyce entitle his modernist masterpiece Ulysses when there was a perfectly fine version already?
Is Jack Kerouac's On the Road just an overinflated 'boys' book and if so, what is its female equivalent?
From E.M. Forster's Room with a View to Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, this brief but lively introduction to English and Comparative literature department will give students a taster of how we approach literature and culture from a rigorously interdisciplinary perspective.
Politics - The Rise of Anti-Politics
Are we really fed up with traditional politics and with politicians? If so, why do we hold politicians in such low esteem? This session will look at the rise of anti-politics, particularly in the UK, focusing on the decline in electoral turnout, the collapse in support for traditional political parties, and attitudinal shifts against traditional forms of politics. It will examine students' views on politics, ask them to reflect on what politics is, and how they feel about 'politicians'. The session will conclude with a critical view of anti-politics, reflecting on the way in which 'politics' is carried out via different means, from online debate to membership of NGOs. This raises important question about what politics is, and questions the claim that politics is in decline.
Media & Communications - Race, Representation and the Media
This session will look at the representation of race in the British Media. Focusing mostly on television, we will look at the way that black and Asian people have been represented historically, in a range of genres, from news stories to comedy sitcoms. In the main part of the session we will analyse and discuss contemporary representations of black and Asian people, thinking about how they might challenge or reinforce stereotypes about minorities.
The session aims to demonstrate the value of academic enquiry into issues of media representation, making a case for why we need to take the media seriously when trying to understanding social attitudes to race and ethnicity.
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Digital Marketing and Social Media Marketing are two areas of marketing that are growing, and where there is big potential for future development of the discipline. While advertising spending on traditional media has recently declined, firms spend increasing amounts for online communication and public relations. This lecture will provide students with the main theories, principles and practices of social media marketing. We will answer to questions such as: What is Social Media Marketing? Why do people share content on social media? What type of content goes viral?
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Essentially, I do not play Flash video games. A few of them are quite great, and I made use of to play a ton of them as a child … especially during school. Absolutely nothing fairly beats finishing up a computer-related class very early and after that jumping onto the net to get some video gaming in. Yet nowadays, with both a gaming-quality COMPUTER as well as an Xbox 360 under my belt, it's really difficult for a Flash online game to continue to hold my focus. But Happy Wheels is most definitely among those video games. It's as unusual as it is innovative, as monstrous as it is gorgeous. Here's my main testimonial for Happy Wheels.
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Before we get too crazy, NFL.com's Marc Sessler made it very clear that there is a difference between 'interest' and actually making moves to acquire a player. Anyways, an NFL source recently said that the Patriots "have some interest" in the top free-agent WR Mike Wallace.
Sam Reilly wrote a convincing argument as to why the Patriots need a guy like Wallace. With his top-notch speed, he can finally be the vertical threat that the team has been desperate for since they shipped Randy Moss out of town. Pairing that with Rob Gronkowski, Aaron Hernandez and potentially Danny Amendola would cause migraines for opposing defensive coordinators.
This is also assuming Wes Welker and Brandon Lloyd will be gone, as there will be no money left to pay Welker or interest in keeping Lloyd. Now, there are plenty of factors that will go into making this work. For instance, do you really think the Patriots will dish out the big money that Wallace is looking for? It really is doubtful. However, Belichick and his master plan never ceases to amaze (or surprise). Just ask Lawyer Milloy.
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What's Blowing My Mind, 2016 Edition (Part 3)Posted in Whatever Else on August 15th, 2016 by bill
A few days ago I was at a friend's house in Berkeley watching Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and Oliver was talking about how New Zealand was looking for a new flag. Apparently, everyone in the country was invited to submit their designs, with the results you would expect — some interesting, some boring, and some insane. (In the interim, the Kiwis have opted to stay with their old flag, to the disappointment of the whole world.) One of the rejected designs made me laugh so hard I stopped breathing for a while. It probably won't have the same effect on you, but I still wanted to share.
I'm not sure exactly what struck me so funny about it — some combination of the earless sheep, the zig-zag lightning bolt, and the fact that someone thought a sheep being struck by lightning was a good idea for a flag. It is making me giggle a little even now, and for that, I thank you, New Zealand.
What's Blowing My Mind, 2016 Edition (Part 1)Posted in Whatever Else on July 28th, 2016 by bill
My mind isn't quite as easy to blow as it once was, but every now and again something sneaks past the gatekeeper and rearranges my neurons in a pleasant way. Let's catch up a little bit.
On Monday Stephen Colbert's Late Show opened its coverage of the 2016 Democratic National Convention with this stupendous bit of nouveau psychedelia:
Simply fantastic. I admit I've been a bit disappointed with Stephen's CBS incarnation, and enjoyed it last week when the old "Stephen Colbert" returned for a few minutes during the Republican Convention. What the hell, let's throw that in here too:
I once heard the Daily Show compared to an evening beer, and the Colbert Report to a shot of whiskey; the Late Show is more like a Manhattan. It can be great, and then sometimes the liquor is wrong or the ingredients are poorly balanced, and it just doesn't work. One misses the dependable purity of the old show. It doesn't surprise me to hear that the Late Show's first year has been somewhat troubled, and that its future is not guaranteed. But I root for Stephen, and for this week, at least, he has me back.
R.I.P. Merle HaggardPosted in Whatever Else on April 9th, 2016 by bill
I feel like I would be remiss not to note the passing this week of Merle Haggard, namesake of my most loyal reader. I was a latecomer to country music, and I would not claim Merle as one of my personal heroes, but I respect his style and his body of work.
Here's my favorite Merle song, which shows off a sly, sardonic, and subversive sense of humor; the way he says the words "Bubble Up" is a joy in itself:
67 and countingPosted in Golden (State) Years, Whatever Else on March 30th, 2016 by bill
Last night the Warriors won their 67th game of the season, matching their total from all of last year, against only 7 losses. From this point the math is pretty simple: If they finish the season 6-2 or better, they break the 1995-96 Bulls' record for most wins in an NBA season.
After the game TNT's talking heads all opined on whether the W's should pursue the record or prioritize resting players to prepare for the playoffs. I found myself in the unusual position of agreeing with Isiah Thomas, who argued that there was no reason for the Warriors to blunt their own momentum by resting when no one appears all that tired or injured. Andre Iguodala has been getting enforced rest caused by a sprained ankle, and he is the only key playoff contributor over 30 (sorry, Bogut).
The Warriors are on a roll right now. I don't see any compelling reason why they can't keep that going through the rest of the regular season and on into the playoffs. Yes, injuries are always possible, and that would suck. But why live in fear?
Keep calm and Curry on, people.
Death of a Counterrevolutionary ManPosted in Whatever Else on March 26th, 2016 by bill
We lost one of the greats this week: comedian and TV star Garry Shandling. I feel this one more than most celebrity deaths, maybe because he had that special quality of seeming like a regular person who just happened to be on TV. It helped that he was funny-looking and always had bad haircuts; in comedy these things can be turned into assets, and Garry Shandling did it better than anyone.
I am either proud or ashamed to say that, despite the fact that he was responsible for not one but two truly innovative, self-aware TV shows (It's Garry Shandling's Show and The Larry Sanders Show), the first thing I thought of when I heard he died was this:
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 2016Posted in Whatever Else on March 21st, 2016 by bill
I don't write much about politics, because there's already so much of that out there, and because I hate getting into arguments. But this year's presidential election has been so bizarre, so entertaining, and so frightening, that I feel compelled to put down a few words.
On the Republican side, it looks like the nominee is going to be Donald Trump. I can't believe I just typed those words. Until very recently, no one took Trump seriously as a candidate, and with good reason. He is a walking cartoon character, a golem that someone put an orange toupee on and sent out into the world to wreak havoc. And yet he has continued to amass delegates while "respectable" candidates like Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, and Marco Rubio have one by one gone down in flames.
It seems to me that the key to Trump's appeal is his certainty. He projects total confidence because he really believes that he could walk into the White House and fix everything, because he is smarter than everybody else and such a great wheeler-dealer. Nobody who has any actual experience in government, and knows how hard it is to get things done, can replicate that kind of clueless bravado. However fake most everything about Trump is, the swagger is real, and people respond to that. In the words of the great American philosopher George Costanza, "It's not a lie if you believe it."
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Coming Soon:Posted in Whatever Else on February 29th, 2016 by bill
My one-act play about the late Abe Vigoda.
What will it be called?
"The Vigoda Monologues."
Alert the Media: Rodent Does Not See ShadowPosted in Whatever Else on February 2nd, 2016 by bill
Well, will miracles never cease…for the first time in recent memory, that chubby little prognosticating mammal in Pennsylvania has predicted an early spring.
Of course, we all know, don't we, that Groundhog Day is fixed? The town elders of Punxsutawney get together every year and decide in advance what the outcome of the shadow-seeing-or-not-seeing drama is going to be. It is all a cruel charade inflicted annually on the American public, who really ought to know better.
Still…this being only the second day of February, I'll take all the good news I can get. Let's go ahead and call this a positive sign, cause why not? Early spring for everyone!
Dead ones and the livingPosted in Whatever Else on February 1st, 2016 by bill
So here we are in February – normally my least favorite month, but this year it comes as a welcome deliverance from the death parade that was January.
A lot of famous people died last month, or at least it seems that way. In truth it was probably just business as usual. If you look up lists of deaths on Wikipedia, you'll see that on an given day 10 or 20 or 30 "famous" people die (in this context, that means people famous enough to have Wikipedia pages). So I guess that's just how it goes – time marches on, the old order gives way to the new, etc. etc.
Of the January deaths, Bowie, of course, was the big one. He will continue to be the big one for the rest of the year, and the rest of the decade, at minimum. The rest were just your regular celebrity deaths, with the notable names including:
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This week we call upon recent Love Fever signing and all round house badman, Citizen. Releasing your debut EP on Kerri Chandler's Mad Tech Records is no mean feat and now South London's Laurence Blake is set to blow with 'Room Service' on London label Love Fever. Despite only having a small amount of releases, Citizen is gradually carving out an individual and refreshing trail in house music, in a landscape full of mediocracy.
Check out this top-drawer selection of tracks that remain close to his heart…
Layo & Bushwacka! – Love Story (Tim Deluxe Mix)
"Many moons ago I'd get high with one of my 'bffs' Lorraine and this video would come on MTV dance or whatever and we'd sit there in a trance. Powerful stuff. Where is she now?"
Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle
"I was recently reminded of this from a review of my work. One of the first singles I ever bought. That cat in the video always stuck with me. I hate cats."
Cibo Matto – Sugar Water
"Another one from the youth vaults. This video is full of win, and the band themseleves are not afraid to express themselves regardless of how utterly insane they appear to be."
Daft Punk – Interstella 5555
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Alice Smith – Love Endeavor (Maurice Fulton remix)
"A modern classic from an amazing producer and a Love Fever favourite. First introduced to me by Matt Waites a while back. Still as powerful now as back then."
Minnie Riperton – (Inside My Love)
"Filthy, beautiful song by an amazing woman. Sampled to death to various degrees of success. One for the time capsule."
Jill Scott – Gettin' In The Way
"Yet another tune from the history books. Do you remember where you were when you first saw this. Vaseline."
Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy
"Amazing video and track right here from a british institution who are still sidelined from most british institutions. No one hates this."
Michael Jackson – You Rock My World (Extended Version)
"Drew for the extended version because the video is genius. Don't really think I need to explain anything else…"
Suga Free – On My Way
"Drama and great storytelling. Grease to the maximum. I'm not even kidding. Pimpin' aint easy but somebody gotta do it. 'Fyi' just recently sampled the hook."
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Welterweight titlist Devon Alexander gave his fists a good workout on Lee Purdy's face and body, easily dominating until Purdy's corner called off the fight after the seventh round Saturday night in the Lamont Peterson-Lucas Matthysse co-feature at Boardwalk Hall.
Although Alexander (25-1, 14 KOs) retained his title, the fight lost a measure of its significance at Friday's weigh-in when Purdy (20-4-1, 13 KOs) failed to make the 147-pound division limit, weighing 147.8 pounds on his final attempt.
It was the second consecutive 147-pound fight for which Purdy missed weight and he wasn't eligible to win the title. Even if Alexander, who was 146.7 pounds, had lost, he would have kept the belt. Purdy, 25, also had to give up $15,000 of his $150,000 purse, with $7,500 going to the New Jersey commission and $7,500 being added to Alexander's $700,000 purse.
Still, with the victory in hand, it went down as the first defense and fulfilled the mandatory obligation for Alexander, who won the belt in October by decision against Randall Bailey.
Alexander, 26, of St. Louis, had been scheduled three times to face mandatory challenger Kell Brook, Purdy's British countryman, but the fight was called off three times -- once because of an Alexander right biceps injury and twice because Brook was injured, including a month ago when he suffered a stress fracture in his right foot.
Purdy, the former British champion, took the fight on a month's notice and was outclassed, although he probably could have had a year's notice and nothing would have changed.
Alexander took immediate control of the fight. His speed, technique and punch output were so much greater than that of Purdy, who barely threw any punches.
Alexander, a southpaw, stood on the inside and landed lots of clean right hands to the body followed by right uppercuts.
Even though Alexander hurt his left hand -- he said so in the corner to trainer Kevin Cunningham -- and barely used it, he continued to dominate with only his right.
"I hurt my left hand in the first round, actually," Alexander said. "I hit him on top of the head and hurt my hand. But I had to get that out of my mind. I had to fight to win.
"I wanted to impress tonight. My left hand was on point in camp. When I hurt my [right] biceps, that strengthened my left. It would have been popping real hard, but I hurt it, so I had to set it up softly."
Said Cunningham, "I think he would have had a spectacular knockout if he hadn't hurt his hand."
Purdy had taken tremendous punishment, and when he returned to the corner after the seventh, his corner asked referee David Fields to stop the fight.
"I knew this was a big opportunity and that the weight would be a big problem, but to have the opportunity to fight a great fighter like Devon, I couldn't turn it down," Purdy said. "I would have stayed in there until my legs wouldn't work anymore. I'm just devastated."
Next up for Alexander could be a Dec. 7 defense against former junior welterweight titlist Amir Khan, who was ringside to scout Alexander and to watch his younger brother, Haroon Khan, on the undercard.
"If Amir wants it, he can have it," Alexander said. "If Floyd [Mayweather Jr.] wants it, he can have it. I want to fight the best."
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Middleweight Anthony Ogogo (2-0, 1 KO), a 24-year-old 2012 Olympic bronze medalist for Great Britain, rolled to a shutout six-round decision against Edgar Perez of Puerto Rico (5-5, 3 KOs). Ogogo got in solid work against Perez, who took everything but was outclassed. The judges had it 60-54, 60-54 and 60-53 for Ogogo.
"I thoroughly enjoyed my American debut," Ogogo said. "I've had massive support from [Golden Boy CEO] Richard [Schaefer] and Bernard [Hopkins]. Hearing Bernard coaching me from ringside was amazing."
Ogogo was returning to the ring in short order after scoring a spectacular second-round knockout April 27 in England in his pro debut on the Amir Khan-Julio Diaz undercard.
"I needed someone to take me into some rounds," Ogogo said. "It was a great learning experience. There's no point in knocking everyone out."
• Shawn Porter (20-0-1, 14 KOs) of Akron, Ohio, outclassed the game Phil Lo Greco (25-1, 14 KOs) of Toronto for a one-sided 10-round decision win in a battle of unbeaten welterweight prospects, who met at a contract weight of 150 pounds.
Porter -- who had far more speed, technique and quickness -- won going away, 100-88, 100-88 and 99-89. He scored two knockdowns, dropping Lo Greco at the end of the eighth and then again in the 10th round. Porter abused Lo Greco throughout the fight with a steady diet of hard body shots and uppercuts.
"This is my 22nd fight, and you can't have any flaws," Porter said. "All the flaws were taken care of in the first 21, and now it's on to 23."
• Bantamweight Haroon Khan (2-0, 1 KO) dropped Vicente Medellin (0-6) of Riverside, Calif., twice in the first round, both on body shots, to win by knockout in just 57 seconds. Khan, 22, of England, turned pro just last month, winning a four-round decision on brother Amir's April 27 undercard.
• Washington, D.C., light heavyweight Thomas Williams (14-0, 10 KOs) outclassed Otis Griffin (24-13-2, 10 KOs) of Sacramento, Calif., in a hard-hitting but one-sided fight. Williams won 80-72, 79-73 and 79-73.
• Puerto Rican bantamweight Cesar Seda (25-1, 17 KOs) cruised to a unanimous eight-round decision against Miguel Tamayo (13-6-2, 11 KOs) of Mexico, winning by scores of 80-70, 80-72 and 79-73. Seda's only career loss came by unanimous decision in a junior bantamweight world title fight in Argentina against Omar Narvaez in 2011.
• Washington, D.C., lightweight Anthony Peterson (32-1, 21 KOs), the younger brother of main event fighter Lamont Peterson, won by second-round knockout against Dominic Salcido (18-5, 9 KOs) of Rialto, Calif., when referee Allen Huggins stopped the fight after the round on advice from the ringside doctor because Salcido -- who wasn't happy to have the bout stopped -- had suffered a broken nose.
Peterson was fighting for the first time in 17 months and for only the second time since he was disqualified for low blows in the seventh round against Brandon Rios in September 2010. He controlled the two rounds, but there didn't seem to be any particular big punch that broke Salcido's nose.
• Cincinnati bantamweight Rau'Shee Warren (4-0, 2 KO), a three-time U.S. Olympian, hammered Angel Carvajal (2-2, 0 KOs) of Chicago, dropping him five times in a fourth-round knockout win. Warren dropped Carvajal near the end of the first round, twice in the second, again in the third round and then finished him with a picture-perfect right-left-right combination in the fifth round. Carvajal beat the count, but referee Lindsey Page called it off at 2 minutes, 5 seconds.
• Toledo, Ohio, lightweight Robert Easter Jr. (4-0, 4 KOs) blitzed Eduardo Guillen (0-3) of Brownsville, Texas, knocking him out at 1 minute, 30 seconds of the second round. Easter dropped him hard with a left hook in the second round and then dropped him again moments later, after which referee Huggins stopped the fight.
• Lightweight Jamel Herring (3-0, 2 KO), a 2012 U.S. Olympian from Coram, N.Y., opened the show with an easy first-round stoppage of Victor Galindo (1-2, 0 KOs) of Puerto Rico. Herring dropped Galindo twice, and after the second knockdown, Galindo's corner signaled for referee Page to call off the fight, which he did at 2 minutes, 1 second.


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There had been hopes that Vandross, 52, would be there. Instead, Celine Dion and Alicia Keys have been announced to pay tribute to him on the live CBS broadcast.
"It would have been a tremendous moment for Luther to attend the Grammy Awards this year," his business manager, Carmen Romano, said in a statement Monday. "But on the advice of his doctors, I regret to say that Luther won't be able to make this trip."
Vandross, who has been on the mend, according to several visitors who've seen him (including record honcho Clive Davis), spent several weeks in a hospital before being transferred to a rehabilitation facility in the New York City area. He remains in a wheelchair.
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