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Study Design: | Observational Model: Case Control Time Perspective: Prospective |
Official Title: | Phase 4 Study of Simvastatin That Affects Insulin Sensitivity |
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Ages Eligible for Study: | 25 Years to 75 Years |
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Study First Received: | October 17, 2007 |
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You will be able to read about Spark in upcoming issues of both Linux Magazine and Linux Magazine Spain, and I'll be joining the Linux Action Show this weekend to talk about Spark with them. Many other journalists have lined up to help spread the word as well, and that's just fantastic. The ultimate goal is to not only be covered in the F/OSS media but break into the general technology press once shipping starts; we need to spread the word that open computing is coming to mobile and that there is something better available than application buckets for people looking for a tablet.
We've also received numerous inquiries from both ISVs and potential retail partners. The potential for using Spark (and subsequent) devices for vertical applications has not been lost on the savvy. Use in educational settings, for medical imaging applications and in customer service roles have all been raised. We're also speaking with interested parties in both Europe and North America about retail distribution, so hopefully we'll have excellent reach into these markets on launch day.
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Also bring back that avatar you used in mid last year. That one looked cool. You know, it was like a photo of a face (yours?) taken from the side, with a symbol of the cheek (I think). I thought it was great!
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I'm not sure if your question was for me but I'll answer what I think you were asking.
My IC suggested polygraphs every 6 mths to a year instead of weekly or monthly checking his email or computer or phone etc. It also stops me having to ask questions. Her suggestion is that he agrees to a boundary to voluntarily tell me everything that I have decided I want such as if he flirted or what interactions he had with a woman that day.
I don't need to ask, I don't need to check anything because there will be a polygraph where he will be asked if there have been any secrets or lies.
The idea is to get the "co-addict" out of the control mode, while knowing that the SA knows there will come a time where he will be discovered for any lies or secrets.
My problem with that is my rSA has a bad memory & while he would probably remember anything significant like the deal breakers of going to a strip club etc., I want to know the small things even if they weren't slippery behavior but just done to avoid my anger.
I want to know because I want him to get used to being honest no matter what. He needs to learn to stop hiding things. Maybe I am too focused on him still but I need to feel safe to stay with a SA.
I don't think I do it addictively & I know I cannot control what he does but what I am trying to do is know the full truth at all times of who I am in a relationship with & what I am dealing with so I can decide to stay or go or spend money & effort to rebuild our relationship or not.
My personal recovery I will do regardless of whether we stay together.
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I'm in the very early stages of this. I'll be attending my first COSA meeting tonight and I am terrified!
This is the advice and list of resources I give to all members newly dealing with a possible or confirmed SA (sex addict) partner. This is all good advice even if you don't stay together. If you don't educate yourself about SA and codependency you're very likely to end up with another addict partner.
I am not a professional, I cannot diagnose your husband. However, I am the spouse of a rSA (recovering Sex Addict) and I have 10 years of experience living with that (about 7 of which were spent not knowing about the sex addiction but knowing something was "off.") The observations I make and the advice I give are based on my experience. Read my profile.
Educate yourself about sexual addiction. First and foremost you should read, "Mending a Shattered Heart: A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts" by Stefanie Carnes. Read this book, whether you stay or not. (This is the absolute best book I've ever read for spouses of SA. I cannot say enough good things about this book. I would have given anything for this book to have been available when I found out 3+ years ago, because at the time, there was nothing!)
Online resources: http://www.sexhelp.com This is Dr Patrick Carnes' website. He is *the* expert on SA.
http://www.sa.org Sexaholics Anonymous If your husband faces his sex addiction and seeks treatment he'll most likely be directed to a 12-Step group. This is the one I recommend. If you look at their site you'll also find information for yourself that may be helpful. (I personally recommend SA not SAA because SAA is too lax in their definition of healthy sexual behavior. This is my opinion.)
To fully understand SA you both need to do some reading. If he doesn't face his addiction you should still do the reading to help yourself and decide what you want. I don't advise women to stay with SAs who are not in recovery and who are not sober.
"Don't Call It Love: Recovery From Sexual Addiction" by Patrick Carnes (I recommend you read this after you've read "Mending a Shattered Heart" but not before.)
"Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction" by Patrick Carnes (I don't recommend you read this book, but it would be an excellent read for your husband to start if he's willing to face his addiction, while you read "Mending a Shattered Heart")
Most SAs have a serious porn habit, this book "Porn Nation" by Michael Leahy, would be a good book for the SA. Mr. Leahy is a recovering sex addict who had a serious porn addiction that cost him pretty much everything before he finally hit bottom. (I don't recommend that wives read this book at first. It's too triggery for "just found outs")
His best hope for recovery is to seek treatment with a CSAT (Certified Sex Addiction Therapist) Here is a resource to find CSATs by zip code: http://www.iitap.com/find_csat.cfm
You might also want to start on that website to find a good therapist for yourself. He has to work his recovery on his own and even if he doesn't get help you'll need counseling to recover from the trauma of being married to a sex addict. And believe me, it IS a trauma. You need to find counselors who are experts on SA otherwise you're in for a world of confusion and pain. (This is my opinion based on experience)
You might also find this post really helpful. It's about setting healthy boundaries with your spouse. http://www.survivinginfidelity.com/forums.asp?tid=256949&HL=10198 This is going to be vital for you going forward. You cannot force him to seek treatment and you cannot control him but you do have a right to set boundaries to keep yourself safe.
I am sorry that you have found yourself a member of our group.
Another resource which I have found EXTREMELY beneficial to my healing has been the Partner's Workshop on Recovery Nation. It's compreshensive, self-paced, health based and best of all free. It has helped me immensely and my husband is doing the Recovery Workshop and has found it to be a perfect compliment to his SAA meetings. I can't speak highly enough of it.
The address is: www.recoverynation.com.
Good luck and take care of YOU!
That's a good point. My SAh knows I do not check up on him much any more, but he does know I can if I want. Seriously though, I honestly don't want to. I'm not sure if that's because I've detached myself so much that I really don't care about him or us anymore or what, but there it is. I certainly don't feel unsafe anymore or at least I don't think I do.
Another good point. I think I just decided that if he is using, I will know. I can literally feel it 'in the air' if he is. It's not a 'head in the sand' kind of attitude I have; it's just one of fatigue with the detective mode.
As for the effort I make, I've done that. It's now up to him to make the effort. And in the interim, I continue to plan to leave if I have to; putting money away, developing new relationships with friends I've neglected. On the latter, I booked a trip east to visit my sisters this summer. A girls week at a cabin.
Most important and most empowering!!
It's been a long time since I have posted on this thread but I read here alot. I believe my STBXH is a sex addict. Looking back, I believe this is something that has gone on during our entire 15 year marriage. It was something that was brought to my attention when I found out he was having an affair. I suspected other affairs, but he quickly put my fears to rest with what I now realize was gaslighting and/or blameshifting and manipulation.
During the last few years I have turned everything upside down. He confessed to sleeping with prostitutes since our daughter was 6 months old.... After 17 months of R and gaslighting, me trying to find my footing and lots of reading and research, I realized he had to be a sex addict. His behaviors did not change, he just convinced me they had or even better - there was nothing wrong with him it was me who deprived him of love, sex and support! He had himself convinced that 'all guys do it' and I'm crazy.
I decided to divorce him and save me and our kids. But, at the end of the day...the kids NEED their Dad. But the addict scares me. I do not believe he would intentionally hurt them, but I do believe that he can and will put them into positions that can lead to...things. I am trying to educate my kids in 7 & 9 year old language to be aware of where they are and who they are with...when they are with Dad especially.
I have received all his bank/credit card statements during the discovery period of the divorce...of course against his wishes and without a fight. Now I know why. It seems his addiction has really progressed or at the very least, he didn't feel the need to hide it thinking he was now 'safe' and his accounts were private. He has charges for local motels and charges for what appears to be a membership to horneymatches.com and horneyhousewives.com.
He is spending thousands of dollars in bars, gambling and on his porn/sex addiction. Yet, he is still high functioning in his career (?)...
I realize that I can't MAKE him see what he is doing. He has to want it. He is so deep in denial. But, I was hoping that maybe someone could have some advice on a book I can send to him anonymously. This is the one and only time I am doing this and want the best one for my case. Something that will hit home for him. I found a CMAT nearby and I will include the contact info in his care package.
I am doing this for my kids. If we did not have them, I would walk away and never look back. But, they love him even when he hurts them. They do not know and couldn't even begin to understand what is wrong with him. In the end, it may not help. But, I have to try. He is on a downhill spiral that could hurt us all in the long run.
Thanks for listening...
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7yrs recommended some great books. Patrick Carnes really is the guru of SAs. Besides those I bought Answers in the Heart: Daily Meditations For Men And Women Recovering From Sex Addiction for my husband. He said he found it helpful, but he also is a liar so I don't think he even really looked at it.
I'm glad you have a CSAT in your area and I hope your carepackage has positive results. I've bought my husband all the books, found support groups and a CSAT (in training) near him, but no luck. I keep waiting for the perfect thing to make it click for him. It's all very sad and I'm sorry for your pain.
It's amazing your STBXH is still functioning in his career, etc. Surely this has to catch up with him at some point soon.
We usually recommend that Out of the Shadows by Patrick Carnes is a heavy book for newly 'diagnosed' SAs and their spouses/partners, but it seems to me your STBXH would be able to identify with it.
My SAh, who has read some of Carnes' work, feels the best book he has read to this point is The Porn Trap by Larry & Wendy Maltz. Mind you that book focuses on porn addiction, which is my SAh's main issue.
I'm sure others will be along to give you better advice on books.
All the best with this very difficult situation. You are amazing in how you are dealing with it.
At this point, I think I just want out. I have stuck it out for nine years of this relationship and seven years of marriage, but I really just want to stop the pain now. I feel like I am completely damaged and won't be able to trust my instincts, myself or anybody else ever again.
We haven't talked in four days, but he comes home tomorrow. I am just at a complete loss. We have an 11 year old daughter who thinks her dad hung the moon. I know that she will blame me for a divorce, and that just sucks.
I am pretty sure that he's SA. 40+ OW, took naked pictures of many many women, I just found video and pictures of four different women giving him oral sex back in 2005 and 2006. There's a lot more, but I'm just too drained to go into it.
I can't understand how I can love this person? He gaslights and blameshifts and trickle truths and I feel like I'm going crazy. I need help!
11/08 - Found out he is still talking to the previous OW as well as at least three others. 6
Wow! In reading your profile, I cannot see how your H is not an SA. He is obviously way out of control. You have been through an incredible amount of painful experiences. I understand staying with these spouses, though, as I have known my H to be an SA (mostly porn until he crossed over to OW 3 years ago), most of our marriage. Hope keeps us there, I think.
Someone like 7 yrs. will be along soon to give you a comprehensive list of things you can read, do, etc. Reading Mending a Shattered Heart by Stephanie Carnes should be one of the first things on your list.
I also believe individual counseling for yourself is imperative. You desperately need to get in tune with who you are in order to deal with this effectively. I see someone every 2 weeks and I consider the expense a priority over almost anything else. She holds me accountable and is teaching me, or rather guiding me to teach myself, how to take care of myself first. Self-care is essential. I look back on where I was 3 years ago after D-Day (suicidal, depressed, anxious, ready to explode) and compare it to today and it's like two different people.
You can survive, RedheadTX. Not only survive but become an incredible woman in your own right.
If your SAh is not willing to seek help, you may have no other choice but to leave. But whether you stay or leave, try, try, try to concentrate on you and your healing. Don't make it contingent on his recovery. I know-easier said than done, but you can do it.
[This message edited by 1Forward1Back at 11:40 AM, June 20th (Saturday)]
If you scroll up page 40 of this thread, you will see some helpful advice from 7. She has helped so many of us out in this bizarre world of SAs.
My ex never did get out of the fog, and I couldn't live that way, covering his ass and uncovering yet more crap (his personal porn...very degrading stuff!) on the home computer. I never did find out how many OW there were; he was into orgies at swing clubs too, to judge from the photos I found. So our marriage ended.
I felt like I had been an accomplice to his secret sickness, and felt I was agreeing to behavior that went totally against my personal values.
It's not easy on my own with three kids, but way better than the turmoil of living in that kind of situation. It wasn't a valid healthy marriage, and so it had to end. I didn't want my kids thinking mothers and wives should be treated as doormats behind doors, no matter how nice husbands appear publicly.
Sorry you are going through this.
Mom of three
DD: September 23, 2005
Divorced April 10/08
This has been a difficult road and it continues to bring challenges.
I do have Out of the Shadows by Patrick Carnes and will put this in his carepackage.
Has anyone read Facing the Shawdow by Patrick Carnes? This book seems like a good book to follow the first one up with.
I am considering a porn book...but, his addictions seem to be:
1. smoking 2. drinking 3. gambling 4. porn 5. sex (random hook-ups, prostitutes, ons, etc..)
I think in addressing the SA issue, it should easily address the porn issue? I think key is to get him to think about it and seek counseling. He needs someone other then ME to suggest SA! Otherwise he just see's it as me 'controlling' him.
It feels so sick to actually be writing all this down. It amazes me the lengths my STBXH went through to keep all this a secret for soooo many years. It's difficult for me to wrap my brain around it all. The struggles we went through...and I stood by the marriage and fought but I never had a chance not knowing what I was up against! And when it all blew up...he STILL couldn't take the steps to save our family....
Thanks again for the suggestions and support
I think one of the worst things for me is the trickle truth and never really knowing what's going on.
Also, I don't think my daughter has ever seen any of the pictures, but she did see a piece of paper where he was writing different girls names and ideas for photo shoots like "exotic head shot" or whatever and she wrote on it and said "What is this daddy and why are you doing this?" Also, several years ago, he had drawn the outline of a nude woman in a bathtub and she wrote on that and said, "Wow Daddy, I didn't know you had such a dirty mind." He seems to think that his actions don't have ANYTHING to do with his parenting. I asked him how he would feel if somebody treated his daughter like he has treated me and he said, "She would never let that happen." =( I hope he's right.
I asked him how he would feel if somebody treated his daughter like he has treated me and he said, "She would never let that happen
What a heartless thing to say. I'm so sorry ((redheadtx))
I have no idea if it was a result of her dad's porn addiction or not, but our daughter was quite promiscuous in her teens. She settled down in her twenties and is now a wife and mother. However, I do believe there is probably a connection. If I knew what I know now, I would have left him while she was still young enough. But that's me.
I don't think it would work at this point with my WH. We're separated, and his family isn't really outraged or shocked by everything. They were sad and mad at first, but have accepted it and moved past it. It breaks my heart that nobody in his family really holds him accountable. It just enables him more.
Anyway, from reading RedTx's posts and others I just wondered if something like that would help and if anyone has had luck with it?
I've been watching the A&E series, but have never seen it happen with a SA. Do you just have to wait for them to hit bottom on their own?
Do you just have to wait for them to hit bottom on their own?
I think so. This addiction is unique in some ways and I would imagine the confrontation that goes with the intervention would be so shame-filled for the addict. Bringing in people that care about the SA would entail informing them of all his activities. A lot of folks couldn't handle that kind of information. And you would have to be absolutely certain that everyone involved would be convinced it is a bona fide addiction and not just an over the top boys-will-be-boys issue. KWIM?
Just my thoughts.
Honestly though, I never would have either until experiencing this. Sometimes I worry that I just grasp onto the idea that it is an addiction... I don't know. I wish the was a magic way to fix this.
Nothing about this is easy. I just got off the phone with him. We haven't talked in weeks. He is open about his new relationship and sounds like such a stranger. I'm back on to my detach project.
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1. PhysOrg: "In Search of the Original Flapper[—]New Theory on Evolution of Flight"
Can evolutionists rescue their own model of bird origins?
Evolutionists are pointing to another gap in the dino–bird evolution model. Robert Nudds of the University of Manchester and Gareth Dyke of University College Dublin "point to the obvious but hitherto overlooked fact that modern birds don't offer many clues about how they arrived at their current state of aerial prowess," PhysOrg reports.
The specific question is, how did the first birds learn to flap their wings together (symmetrically)? Walking animals, including birds' supposed theropod dinosaur ancestors, move their forelimbs in an alternating, asymmetrical manner as they move; a running dinosaur, even if it had wings, would not have the proper motion to take flight. The puzzled scientists consider this to be a key problem in dino–bird evolution.
"Birds are poor models of their flightless ancestors, the theropod dinosaurs," Nudds explained. "They are at an advanced morphological stage in the development of flapping flight and possess uniquely avian musculature" (emphasis added).
In their study, the team first speculated that tree-dwelling dinosaurs might have given rise to the symmetrical flapping motion, since tree dwellers might have held their limbs out together when jumping from branch to branch. The problem is, the supposed fossil record of dino-to-bird evolution suggests birds evolved from ground-dwelling, not tree-dwelling, ancestors.
Eventually, without actually solving the riddle, the scientists concluded that "even moderate [symmetrical] movements are enough"—essentially discounting their lack of any answer and contradicting their original point. "[F]lapping flight could have been the consequence of a series of gradual changes in wing shape and movement," PhysOrg summarizes.
The researchers, even while identifying another compelling problem with dino–bird evolution, invent a lackluster solution to sustain their acceptance of evolution. Vague, imaginary notions of "gradual change" can be imported into any evolutionary problem as an easy solution: indeed, one could probably pick any two animals at random and creatively postulate how the one could have "gradually changed" into the other. Such fantasies would not convince evolutionists apart from Darwinian dogma, and they certainly (still) don't convince us.
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2. ScienceNOW: "Oldest Stone Blades Uncovered"
Stone blades from more than 500,000 years ago: the work of an alleged human ancestor or someone playing Survivorman?
University of Connecticut–Storrs paleoanthropologists Cara Roure Johnson and Sally McBrearty discovered the blades at five sites in Kenya, two of which date to more than 500,000 years old. If true, that would make some of the collected blades the oldest on record.
But for students of hominid evolution, the discovery is quite puzzling. ScienceNOW reporter Ann Gibbons explains:
Not long ago, researchers thought that blades were so hard to make that they had to be the handiwork of modern humans, who had evolved the mental wherewithal to systematically strike a cobble in the right way to produce blades and not just crude stone flakes. First, they were thought to be a hallmark of the late Stone Age, which began 40,000 years ago. Later, blades were thought to have emerged in the Middle Stone Age, which began about 200,000 years ago when modern humans arose in Africa and invented a new industry of more sophisticated stone tools. But this view has been challenged in recent years as researchers discovered blades that dated to 380,000 years in the Middle East and to almost 300,000 years ago in Europe, where Neandert[h]als may have made them.
And now more than 500,000 years ago—but who could have made such sophisticated blades "so long ago"? The researchers can only guess, pointing to discoveries of Homo heidelbergensis and Homo rhodesiensis bones nearby. (Creationists consider H. heidelbergensis one of several now-extinct variant of modern humans, while H. rhodesiensis, based on only one fossil, likely fits into another [fully human] Homo species.) More tellingly, Gibbons writes, "Regardless of the identity of the toolmakers, other researchers say that the discovery of blades this early suggests that these toolmakers were capable of more sophisticated behavior than previously thought" (emphasis added).
This discovery is a win–win for creationists. First, every time human discoveries are pushed back farther and farther in the evolutionary timeline, it raises questions about how reliable that timeline is. Such blades were once considered 40,000 years old, and now they've aged to more than half a million years. Such wide-ranging evidence of modern human behavior shows the flimsiness of the evolutionary timeline.
Second, we applaud the ongoing rehabilitation of alleged human ancestors, who—though portrayed as doltish apemen—clearly exhibited highly intelligent behavior. (We have covered such behavior in the case of Neanderthals especially.) But even the link between archaeological discoveries and human intelligence is questionable. Let's say your next-door neighbor were stranded in Africa far from any cities or hope of rescue. In his efforts to survive, he would craft simple tools from wood and stone nearby, perhaps faring even worse than these alleged human ancestors at making stone tools (due to lack of experience). If a hundred years later, anthropologists found the tool remains, would they conclude the toolmaker to be a modern human or some ancient species? That is why the connection between tools and intelligence only works one way: sophisticated tools reveal intelligence, but simple tools do not imply stupidity.
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3. BBC News: "Jews Celebrate 'Dawn of Creation'"
People around the world celebrated a recent, literal creation this week.
Jews observed Birkat Hachama, the Sun Blessing, as the sun returned to where "it was, Jewish tradition says, when God created the world thousands of years ago," BBC News reports. The event occurs only once every 28 years, and is rooted in Talmudic tradition—with an implicit understanding of a recent, literal creation.
Genesis lists the sun's creation on Day 4 of Creation Week, which corresponds to Wednesday, when the observance was celebrated. Only every 28 years does the vernal equinox—as calculated according to Jewish tradition—occur on a Wednesday, the situation Jews believe occurred during Creation Week.
During the celebration, attendees recited, "Blessed are you, Lord our God, king of the universe, who makes the works of creation."
BBC News notes possible errors in the calculation of the ancient Jewish calendar, noting that Jews and other Middle Easterners two millennia ago believed the year was 365 days, 6 hours long—approximately twelve minutes longer than what is currently accepted. "This small discrepancy adds up when multiplied by thousands of years," the report notes, with the actual first day of spring coming on March 20.
"It's a very nice tradition but 2,000 years ago, it was a tradition based on scientific values, and today they need to re-evaluate," commented Hebrew University astronomer Ariel Cohen. The BBC notes that rabbis "acknowledge this inaccuracy but stress that the mathematical calculations are less significant than the meaning behind [the] tradition." According to one rabbi, the most important element is being thankful for the creation of the sun, which we often take for granted.
The Bible does not record any specifics about whether Creation Week started a new season, though Christians and specifically young-earth creationists can also appreciate the opportunity to consider the awesomeness of God's creation and express our thanks for the sun, without which we could not survive.
Tragically, the article adds that because this year's Birkat Hachama came on the eve of Passover, "[s]ome rabbis even view it as a sign heralding the coming redemption and arrival of the Messiah." Our prayer is that they realize the Messiah—who will indeed come again someday—has already come!
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4. The Local: "Creationists Taking on Evolution in Germany"
In February we noted a Der Spiegel article on European creationists (which followed a Guardian article that covered British creationists). Now English-language German paper The Local focuses on Bible believers in that country.
The article begins with Herald Janssen, an "articulate and obviously well-read" creationist who emphasizes the size of Noah's Ark. "It was as big as an oil-tanker. If you could see it, you'd start to think, 'Wow, it might have fit all the animals in there.'" Janssen serves on the board of a Swiss nonprofit that wants to build a Bible-themed fun park called "Genesis Land" in Germany.
Reporter David Wroe adds, "Creationism—the belief that Genesis and other books of the Bible explain life on Earth—is gaining strength in Germany." He cites a recent University of Dortmund survey that showed that around a fifth of future teachers and a similar proportion of those who had studied basic biology doubted evolution, along with one in eleven who were studying for a higher degree in biology. Meanwhile, private Christian schools are growing more popular, half of which are represented by the creation-promoting Association of Evangelical Schools. Even evolutionist Dittmar Graf says he is "really sure that the percentage of Germans who doubt evolution is going up and up."
(Disappointingly, Wroe later cites a U.S. Gallup poll that showed only 13 percent of Americans "believe in natural selection." As we have tried to make clear, natural selection and evolution are two very different concepts that are actually at odds—see Is Natural Selection the Same Thing as Evolution? The Creation Museum even received international news attention last month for opening a new exhibit to illustrate that point.)
In related news, NPR program Talk of the Nation also featured a segment this week on religion around the world, specifically focusing on how globalization has sparked a "global faith revival." The authors of the new book God is Back even speculate that China will be the world's largest Christian nation by 2050. To read more, see "In Global Revival of Religion, 'God Is Back'" on NPR's website.
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5. PhysOrg: "Texas School Standards: Age of the Universe Erased"
In the ongoing war over Texas school science standards, the age of the universe is the next battleground.
In an opinion piece, Miranda Marquit points out that most of the debate over school science standards centers on intelligent design and evolution—not the age of the universe. However, according to Marquit, the newest Texas school standards omit any mention of the age of the universe, with "[l]ong-standing ideas of cosmology . . . challenged as well."
Specifically, she reports that the phrase "concept of an expanding universe that originated about 14 billion years ago" has been replaced with "current theories of the evolution of the universe including estimates for the age of the universe." According to Marquit, however, there is "very little debate" about the age of the universe. She asks, "Couldn't God have created the universe well before putting humans on Earth?" and continues:
But it appears that by working from Earth outward, some are becoming concerned. If God created humans on Earth just a few millennia ago, then Earth can't be 4.5 billion years old. And if Earth isn't as old as all that, surely the universe isn't, either. It's an interesting train of logic. And one that could result in all we know about space science being brought under attack.
Apparently Marquit isn't very familiar with Genesis 1. Young-earth creationists do not reason that because man was created a few thousand years ago, the earth (and universe) cannot be older; in fact, if the Bible said nothing about the creation of the universe or about Earth history, we wouldn't be dogmatic on those points.
But the Bible does articulate quite clearly that the earth was formed (and the remainder of the universe created) in the days preceding the creation of humans. Furthermore, the order of events—with Earth formed before other planets and stars—does not match secular suppositions, thus ruling out a "metaphorically true" account. We reject old ages because of Scripture's clear teaching on not only human history, but also on Earth and astronomical history. Furthermore, we strongly disagree that secular astronomers "know" the age of the universe apart from their own presuppositions (viz., uniformitarianism and the Copernican principle).
Besides, since when does the phrase "current theories of the evolution of the universe including estimates for the age of the universe" sound like something a young-earth creationist would say?
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- How does evolution explain cooperative behavior? By applying game theory to yeast behavior, MIT researchers discovered that the "cooperating yeast have preferential access to approximately 1 percent of the sucrose they produce[, a] benefit [that] outweighs the cost of helping others, allowing them to successfully compete against cheaters." Of course, this is how game theory explains cooperative behavior, and tells us nothing about evolution or about how evolution explains selfless behavior.
- Do similar genes among animals thought to be evolutionarily related support evolution? We've long explained why not, and now it seems evolutionist Jerry Coyne (author of Why Evolution is True) agrees with us. In his blog, Coyne wrote, "Similarities of molecular and morphological trees don't necessarily rule out the action of a celestial designer. He/She/It could have used similar genes to make similar organisms." Bingo. Of course, Coyne goes on to discuss one genetic evidence he thinks rules out creation: pseudogenes (read a creationist overview). Coyne also makes the embarrassing mistake of saying that creationists "don't accept that organisms change with the passage of time"—we do accept that, just not that they change from one kind of animal into another.
- National Geographic News reports on an interesting zoological study on animal intelligence. The researchers tested how well a certain type of crow can "read" human eyes to figure out what the human is looking at (for example, food).
- Two weeks back we covered astronomers' excitement over pieces of a car-sized asteroid that landed on Earth (in many small fragments) not long ago; the fragments revealed a unique chemical composition. Another meteorite with a unique chemical composition has been discovered as well, BBC News reports; however, this one is far, far smaller than even fragments of a car-sized asteroid!
- A photograph of frog embryos over at LiveScience is accompanied by an interesting discussion of surprising embryo capabilities, including risk detection.
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12, 2004
Vlad Signed Angelic Contract
First, he was heading to the Yankees. Next, he was maybe going back to the Expos. Then, it became apparent that he was going to sign with the Baltimore Orioles. Then the Mets made their 3 year offer full of incentives. However, it was felt that he really wanted to go play down in Florida.
Then Saturday night, we find out that the best available free agent in baseball, Vladmir Guerrero, was on the verge of signing with the Anaheim Angels. Sunday, it happened. Guerrero signed a five-year, $70 million contract to become the right fielder of the Angels (of course, it is pending his passing a physical).
Where did that come from? I was stunned to hear the news. I assumed after signing pitchers Kelvim Escobar and Bartolo Colon and outfielder Jose Guillen filled out their outfield, the Angels were done making moves. Their pitching staff was set and strong one through five. Their outfield was now set and Garrett Anderson could stay in LF.
If nothing else, Twins fans can take one thing from this signing. What's that, you ask? We need an owner like Arte Moreno. He bought the Angels last summer. What was his first decision as Angels' owner? He reduced the price of beer by over 50%. He also reduced some ticket prices. And now, he is making some moves that make the Angels, just over a year from winning the World Series, a contender again in the AL West.
So, first, how does this affect the Angels? Well, here is their probable lineup:
SS - David Eckstein
1B - Darin Erstad
RF - Vlad Guerrero
CF - Garrett Anderson
LF - Jose Guillen
3B - Troy Glaus
DH - Tim Salmon
C - Bengie Molina
2B - Adam Kennedy
That is a lineup that is going to score a lot of runs! As you can see, the Guerrero signing moves Guillen to LF, Anderson to CF and Erstad to 1B. One side-benefit of this move is that Erstad can move back to 1B. He is an amazing, Gold Glove center fielder. However, his energy and hustle actually got him injured so much in the past that maybe staying in the infield will keep him healthy and in the lineup. Hopefully he can return to his all-star level!
But, just take another quick look at hitters three through seven… Power hitters, but at least 3-5, you've got good average hitters too. Maybe Troy Glaus will come back, be healthy and return to his 40+ home run days. If all this comes together, the Angels could be an offensive machine.
Now, it also takes pitching to win. Here is the probable Angels starting rotation at this point:
1 - Bartolo Colon
2 - Ramon Ortiz
3 - Jarrod Washburn
4 - Kelvim Escobar
5 - John Lackey
Colon can eat up a lot of innings and throw hard for 9 innings. Ramon Ortiz has been solid for quite some time. Jarrod Washburn isn't dominant, but can eat up innings and get a lot of wins with this team. Escobar has gone from reliever, to closer, to starter and back and forth and all around in his years with Toronto. The question is how will he fare with a full season in the rotation. That's a fair question, but he was strong last year and records a lot of strikeouts. I think he'll be fine. And, John Lackey was the starter (and winner) in Game 7 for the Angels in the 2002 World Series. He hasn't lived up to the hype which that game caused, but he can be very good, especially as a fifth starter. So, aside from Colon, there isn't an "ace" on the staff, but four other very quality starters.
And, the Angels already had one of the best bullpens in the big leagues:
Closer - Troy Percival
RHP - Brendan Donnelly
RHP - Francisco Rodriguez
RHP - Ben Weber
RHP - Scot Shields
Question Mark - Well, with the big moves this offseason, the Angels' salary level is near $100 million for 2004. There are rumors that any of a number of players could be traded. Troy Percival, Ramon Ortiz and Jarrod Washburn top the rumor list.
Twins perspective - Well, first, I think that the Twins should see what it would take to bring any of the three to Minnesota. They certainly have no interest in Jacque Jones any more, so the Twins would likely have to give up some prospects and take on salary to acquire any of them. I don't see the Twins doing that.
Secondly, I wonder if, in retrospect, had the Twins known how little Guerrero would sign for, would they have considered making a play for him, rather than Shannon Stewart? I dreamed of Guerrero in a Twins uniform as soon as he became a free agent. He would be the kind of player that would put the Twins over the top.
Orioles perspective - I think that the O's administration just assumed that they had Guerrero in their hands. To see him spurn their offers and sign with the Angels has to sting. They were successful in signing free agent SS Miguel Tejada and C Javy Lopez this offseason, so all is not lost! However, what I now expect from Baltimore is some panic, making moves that typify free agency for the Orioles the last decade. Yesterday, they signed DH Rafael Palmiero to a 1 year-$4 million deal, bringing him back to Baltimore where he spent 5 seasons in the mid-90s. Oh, and they signed OF/DH BJ Surhoff to a minor league contract. (WHY?)
So now what? There are rumors that they may again try to sign C Ivan Rodriguez again, and have he and Lopez split time catching and at DH. (HUH?) They will probably hit the free agent pitchers next and will offer too much to Greg Maddux and/or Sidney Ponson. That said, losing out on Guerrero means that they could have $12-15 million available to them. I certainly would focus on pitching, and Maddux would definitely be a good start, if they can get him for $10 million or less. I think Ponson is incredibly over-rated, so if anyone gives him more than $5 million a year, it is far too much.
A's perspective - They lost Tejada already, but he will be replaced by Bobby Crosby. They lost Keith Foulke, but replaced him with Arthur Rhodes. They have a better offensive outfield. They aren't a great offensive team at all. BUT… they still have the starting rotation of Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, Barry Zito, Mark Redman and Rich Harden, with Justin Duchsherer ready if needed. That alone helps them contend in the AL West. They have added other players to their bullpen as well. So, I'm sure there is concern in Oakland, but they are just fine.
Mariners perspective - Their starting rotation is nothing to write home about. Their bullpen should still be good. Their offense will be good, but no where near as strong as the Angels. If you're looking for a team with some high expectations to falter, look no further than the Seattle Mariners. The Rich Aurilia signing was good, but unless he regains his old form (and in the pitcher-friendly Safeco Field it isn't likely), it won't help the Mariners win more games.
Player's Association perspective - Vlad Guerrero signing for 5 years and $70 million has to have members of the Player's Association crying 'Collusion', and I can't help but agree with that line of thinking. That is ridiculously low for the talent level and youth of Guerrero. Sure, his back injury could have brought the number of years down, but the Angels are getting a great deal. Don't be surprised if the Union has some thoughts on this contract in the coming days and weeks.
Any thoughts on the Guerrero signing or how it alters the scope of the American League, please e-mail me.
Last Thursday, I provided a link to MLB Center's interview with Dr. Mike Marshall. Avkash Patel who writes a great site called The Raindrops e-mailed me with another great Mike Marshall interview. It is actually a two part interview, so here is Part 1, and here is Part 2.
Twins fans will be excited to hear that The Great Denny Hocking signed a minor league deal with the Colorado Rockies. Ho Hum, right? Absolutely! Until you think of it like this… Denny Hocking may have a chance to start for the Rockies. WHAT? Yeah, really. The Rockies have the following players as their possible starting shortstop and second baseman; Clint Barmes, Aaron Miles, Royce Clayton, Damion Jackson and Benji Gil. Do any of those names strike you as being better than Denny Hocking?
Clint Barmes made his big league debut in 2003 with 25 late-season at bats. He hit .320 with a couple of doubles. He is 24 years old. Aaron Miles got 12 at bats last year for the White Sox. He was 4-12 with 3 doubles. He's not really a young guy either at 27. Royce Clayton is probably more of a name, because somehow the 33-year old SS has been a major league starter for 10 seasons. Last year in Milwaukee, he hit .228/.301/.368 with 11 homers and 39 RBI. Maybe Rockies officials assume that Clayton can add to such power numbers in the light air of Denver. Actually, at a minor league contract, it's probably fair. Clayton's career OPS+ is 78. Damian Jackson was essentially a pinch-runner and late-inning defensive replacement for Todd Walker last year in Boston. The 30 year old Jackson has played in parts of 8 big league seasons for a number of teams. Jackson's career OPS+ is 81. Benji Gil has really never been a starter. The former #1 pick of the Rangers was brought up to Texas too quickly (as a 20 year old SS from Class A) and he struggled immensely. He was really never given another fair shot at the starting job. He has spent the past four seasons in Anaheim playing some 1B and some 2B, but not playing a lot. A career .237 hitter, Gil hit just .192 last year in 125 at bats (62 games). Gil's career OPS+? 65.
What about Mr. Hocking? Well, the 33 year old has played in parts of 11 seasons for the Twins. Last year, he played in just 83 games, his least since 1996. On his career, he has hit .252/.310/.351 with 25 home runs and 215 RBI. His career OPS+ is 70. Defensively is where Hocking does his work though. In his career, he has played 271 games at SS and 266 at 2B, another 118 at 3B, 97 in RF, 65 in LF, 45 at 1B, and 43 in CF. In other words, I don't suspect that Hocking will have any probably making the Rockies roster. His versatility is beyond any other player in the major leagues.
Will he be given a shot as a starter in Colorado? I would think 'probably not'. My guess (and that's all it is) is that Clayton and Barmes will compete for the starting SS job. If Barmes wins, Clayton would probably just be released. If Clayton wins, he's the starting SS and Barmes heads back to AAA. As far as 2B, I would think that Aaron Miles will be given every shot to win that position. If he doesn't, I would suspect Hocking could be a viable option. Otherwise, I would assume that the Rockies would go with Hocking and Gil as their two versatile utility players.
I've never spent this much time thinking about Denny Hocking. Gladly, I don't think I ever will again. He has been very valuable (in a team sense, not in an MVP voting sense) player and leader for the Twins for a long time. I think that he will be missed by some (definitely not all). With the looming probability that the Twins utility infielders will be Nick Punto and Augie Ojeda, Twins fans may find themselves missing Denny!
Any thoughts? E-mail me.
The Timberwolves beat the Heat at Target Center Saturday night 83-77. It was a tough, rugged win for the team. Kevin Garnett led the team with 28 points, 17 rebounds and 6 assists.
The will be a tough week for the Wolves, who are now 24-11. Tuesday night, they will play at New Orleans (22-15). Wednesday night, they will play at San Antonio (26-11) in a game matching the top two teams in the Midwest Division. Saturday afternoon, the Wolves will be playing in Houston against the Rockets (20-15).
Now for some incredibly sad news. Yinka Dare is probably best known for not passing the ball much. Friday, he passed away with a heart attack due to an arrhythmia condition. Dare was just 32 years old.
Dare was born in 1972 in Kano, Nigeria. He grew up and attended high school at Milford Academy in Connecticut and then went college at George Washington. After a stellar four years there, in 1994, Dare was the first round pick (14th overall) by the New Jersey Nets. However, he was certainly classified as a "project."
His rookie season was marred with injury and development. He played just 3 minutes in 1 game. His second year, he played in 58 games, averaging just 11 minutes. That proved to be his best season as he averaged 2.8 points and 3.1 rebounds. He still had 0 assists. He finally got an assist (3 actually!) in his third season, however his playing time dropped to about 7.6 minutes a game. Finally, in his fourth and final season, the team had clearly given up on him and he played just 10 games.
So, for his career, Yinka Dare played in 110 games (in 4 seasons) and averaged 2.1 points, 2.6 rebounds. He had 70 blocked shots and had 4 assists.
I shared some of my thoughts on Pete Rose last week. Some of you took the time to e-mail me their thoughts, so here are a couple of different looks at the situation:
From Leslie:
I want to email you about Pete Rose since it has been a topic in the papers around the country, magazines, and on sports radio. He should be in the HOF now that he admitted that he gambled. I am all for him in the Hall. Why not? We have wife beaters, criminals, racists, steroid users, drug-dealers, and drunk drivers in the Hall of Fame so why should a guy that gambled not be in the Hall. Isn't beating the player's wife, cheating, or being a punk is ruining the integrity of the game? Pete has a problem, but that should no way diminish what he has done on the field.
I am so sick and tired of columnists, sports-talk radio hosts, and Pete Rose critics bashing Pete for what he did. They should get off their high-horse and let Pete be who he is.
As for Pete's book, count me out in buying his book. I have no interest in hearing what he has to say or anything. I understand this is just a play for him to make more money and get in the HOF. I sure will watch the interview on Primetime Live tonight on ABC.
If there is something that is disappointing about Pete, it's that he lied for 14 straight years not to mention he told the truth by writing a book and making a profit out of it. Then he had the gall to upstage Dennis Eckersley's day and Paul Molitor's day in the sun by having his book come out and admitting his wrong. If the writers and the veterans committee or Bud Selig don't reinstate him for that reason, well then Pete made his own bed.
With that said, I think Pete should go to the Hall, but that's it. He should have nothing to do with baseball and no baseball team should hire him in any capacity.From Kirk:
hey man--wanted to weigh in with my pete rose views (like everyone else in the known universe). i hate him. i hate the writers that think that an apology is good enough. i liked one comment i read that said "does he belong in the hall of fame? yes. does he deserve it? no." my feeling on the hall is this though: it should be a shrine to the history of the game as it occurred on the field. i think he belongs in the hall, but i firmly believe he should never be allowed to participate in anything associated with the major leagues. i don't even want him getting into a park as a spectator. the lifetime ban from baseball should stand. a ban from the hall should not.
i read peter gammons' comments and i think he's right about the problem with putting rose in the hall--he would profit from the game that he has clearly used for his twisted purposes. that's not cool. i think you once mentioned something about him being put in posthumously. i think i like that, simply because it would solve the problem mentioned in that quote above. his feats in the game would be recorded in their rightful place, but he would never be able to say that he was a hall of famer.
what a piece of crap.
by the way, regardless of what happens with him, i think that shoeless joe jackson should be in the HOF regardless. again, i want his historical feats to be recognized in baseball's best museum.
OK, there is a reason that the word 'Expert' is in quotations. This week, I would be the epitome of the reason for that. As I was receiving the picks from our panelists and entering them in, I noticed that Mike Brasel and I picked differently in all four games this weekend. Take a look quick and see how well that went for us:
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Anthony Fox |
Ben Jacobs |
David Lee |
Michael Labuda |
Vic Quick |
Mike Brasel |
Seth Speaks |
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Aaron's Baseball Blog |
The Bad Twin |
Universal Baseball Blog |
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ChiSox Daily |
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Carolina 29, St. Louis 23 in Double-OT - Carolina really dominated the game. They didn't make many mistakes. The Rams couldn't get in the end zone. Until the end of regulation. For some reason, Mike Martz ran four plays in the final 2:30 of the fourth quarter. That made no sense. The Rams didn't even try for a winning touchdown. It came back to haunt them as Jake Delhomme found Steve Smith for a long TD catch that ended the Rams season.
New England 17, Tennessee 14 - No one can question the heart of Eddie George or Steve McNair. Both playing with clear pain performed admirably. The Patriots have no one, but somehow they just keep winning. They do play a solid defense. Tom Brady doesn't make mistakes. I don't understand it, but the Patriots are tough.
Indianapolis 38, Kansas City 31 - The Chiefs offense was great! The Colts offense was unstoppable. That may have had as much to do with the pathetic Chiefs defense, but Peyton Manning made all the right reads, Edgerrin James ran hard and the receiving group of Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne and Brandon Stokely were all impressive. That Colt offense is amazing right now!
Philadelphia 20, Green Bay 17 - The Packers got off to a fast start, leading 14-3 after the first quarter. Slowly, the Eagles worked their way back into the game. Donovan McNabb ran for over 100 yards and made some great passes. The big play, of course, was the 4th and 26 pass from McNabb to Freddie Mitchell for the first down. They went down the field and David Akers kicked a field goal to tie the game and send it to overtime. In overtime, Brett Favre, the greatest QB of all-time, threw a crazy, inexcusable interception. The Eagles worked their way down the field again, and Akers kicked the game winning field goal.
So, next week we've got the Conference Championship games:
Carolina @ Philadelphia - Sunday at 5:45 p.m. on FOX
Indianapolis @ New England - Sunday at 2 p.m. on CBS
Last week, I also presented a schedule of upcoming Reality TV shows, when they're on and what network. There are a couple more that I don't want to leave out.
First, I neglected to mention Nick & Jessica's Newlyweds. Their second season will premiere Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 9 p.m. on MTV.
In a similar 'real life' show, Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro will allow cameras into their lives in a new show called Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave. I think that their lives could be a little more edgy and risqué than Nick and Jessica!
And, one final note. Last night, The WB introduced us to this season's case of The Surreal Life. What a strange cast of characters. It is a group of six celebrities living together. Here is this season's cast, in order that they were picked up. Porn Star Ron Jeremy. Televangelist Tammy Faye Messner (formerly Bakker). Just from those two, you can see how interesting this show can be! Trishelle from The Real World: Las Vegas. Erik Estrada, Ponch from CHiPs. Rob Van Winkle, better known as Vanilla Ice. And finally, former Baywatch Babe, Tracy Bingham.
Well, on that note, I'm going to call it a day! I hope everyone had a great weekend! If you have any questions or comments on anything you've read, send me an e-mail! Have a great week!


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Seductive songstress Jenna Andrews first wooed us with her "Kiss And Run" single, and now she's tightening her soul siren grip on us with "I Didn't Mean It." The Canadian singer-songwriter will be releasing her debut EP on October 9.
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