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Given the high prevalence of cognitive complaints from middleage women, it is important to identify predisposing factors and to determine when symptoms represent a potentially serious neurologic disorder rather than reflect disturbances of lesser consequence.
Forgetfulness is common during middle age. More than a third of women in the Melbourne Women's Midlife Health Project replied "yes" when asked if they had trouble recalling recent events during the preceding week.1
In discussing cognitive disorders, one should distinguish among dementia, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and cognitive aging. Dementia entails major cognitive decline that has a substantial impact on occupational activities and other aspects of usual daily living. It is distressingly common with age. By age 95, about half of the population will have dementia.
Fortunately, midlife dementia is rare. For a woman in her 50s, the estimated incidence is less than 0.1 per 1,000 personyears. Alzheimer disease and frontotemporal dementia are the prime considerations in this age-group. Roughly two-thirds of dementia after age 60 is caused by Alzheimer disease, although the importance of mixed pathologies is increasingly recognized.
Frank dementia is often preceded by a transitional stage of cognitive decline, and the term MCI is applied to patients meeting criteria believed to characterize incipient dementia.2,3 The inference is that patients with MCI already have brain pathology associated with dementia (eg, the neurofibrillary tangles and neuritic plaques of Alzheimer disease), but the pathologic burden is modest or has not yet overwhelmed intrinsic compensatory mechanisms.
MCI was originally defined by "episodic memory" loss without dementia (Table 1).2-4 This form of memory is tested by deliberate recollection of recent episodes or events. In the clinic, a patient may be asked to recall a short word list or a paragraph story that had been presented to her some minutes earlier.
Patients meeting criteria for MCI are at heightened risk for dementia due to Alzheimer disease. In a clinical series from the Mayo Clinic, nearly half of elderly men and women with MCI developed Alzheimer disease within a 4-year period.2
Declines in other areas of cognitive performance— not just memory—can also be an early indication of dementia from Alzheimer disease, vascular disease, frontotemporal dementia, or some other cause. MCI subtypes have been categorized to accommodate other cognitive domains (Table 1).3,4
Cognitive aging differs from MCI. It represents an erosion of existing abilities, beginning almost imperceptibly in middle age and accelerating during old age. Individual rates of change can vary, and many among the very elderly maintain cognitive skills remarkably well. The presumption is that cognitive aging reflects processes largely distinct from those that culminate in defined dementias with characteristic brain pathologies. Not everyone agrees, however, that cognitive aging is easily separated from disease processes that determine MCI and dementia.
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When forgetfulness emerges during the menopause transition or early postmenopause, one might wonder whether symptoms should be attributed to loss of ovarian hormones. However, the link between circulating levels of estradiol and cognitive impairment is weak, and clinical trials of midlife hormone therapy have not shown improved cognition.5 This conclusion is supported by cross-sectional and longitudinal research within defined cohorts of midlife women, where evidence indicates that episodic memory performance is similar before and after natural menopause.4
Findings from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation offer a nuanced perspective.5 In this large study, women in the menopause transition, compared to premenopausal women, showed statistically nonsignificant trends for less improvement (loss of a practice effect) across annual test sessions on some cognitive tasks. By early postmenopause, these subtle trends were no longer present. If indeed learning, as inferred from these trends, is less efficient during the perimenopause, then cognitive symptoms during this time may reflect awareness of cognitive inefficiency, even if measurable effects are small and transient.
Cognitive consequences of menopause induced by bilateral oophorectomy, cancer chemotherapy, or irradiation may differ from outcomes of natural menopause. Immediately after oophorectomy, small short-term trials suggest that estrogen therapy may improve or maintain episodic memory. Moreover, oophorectomy at a relatively young age is associated with increased risk of cognitive impairment or dementia later in life.6
As shown by Women's Health Initiative (WHI) researchers, beginning hormone therapy later in life (after age 65) increases the risk of dementia.7 Observational studies generally imply reductions in Alzheimer disease risk from hormone use. What might account for this discrepancy? Women in observational studies have tended to use hormones at younger ages than participants in the WHI memory trial, raising the important question of whether midlife estrogen use could protect against late-life cognitive impairment.8 This answer is unknown. Because observational findings could be misleading (recall bias and the healthy user bias tend to favor hormone users), the long-term cognitive implications of midlife hormone use are unresolved. The North American Menopause Society does not recommend hormone therapy for cognitive symptoms or to prevent dementia.9
It is understandable if symptoms of forgetfulness raise concern of early Alzheimer disease. However, dementia is rare during middle age, and converging evidence suggests that midlife is not a time of particular vulnerability (Table 2).10 Memory complaints are common at any age and affect men as well as women.
In some instances, awareness of mild changes reflective of cognitive aging—or possibly reflective of transient changes occurring during the menopause transition6— is misconstrued as a harbinger of dementia. The temporary inability to retrieve the name of an acquaintance or movie actor, or forgetting why one has entered a room, does not reflect impairment in episodic memory. These common forms of forgetfulness are of less concern than episodic memory loss, because of the latter's association with Alzheimer disease.
Finally, perceived memory loss is not equivalent to demonstrable memory loss. Indeed, subjective forgetfulness is often not closely linked to objective measures of poor memory. For midlife women, depressed mood, anxiety, and stress may be stronger determinants of cognitive symptoms than objective memory loss.11,12
The evaluation of cognitive symptoms during middle age differs somewhat from the approach during old age, when dementia is far more common. It is useful first to gauge the functional impact of cognitive symptoms. Do cognitive problems interfere with job performance, financial affairs, or social activities? The availability of a family member or other surrogate informant is quite useful in these assessments. When functional deficits are clear-cut, a family history of midlife dementia raises suspicion of Alzheimer disease or frontotemporal dementia.
Although most gynecologists and primary practitioners have neither the time nor staff for detailed cognitive testing, it is sometimes useful to screen episodic memory skills, impairments of which are a clue for early Alzheimer disease. (Personality and behavioral change, rather than memory loss, are more common early presentations for frontotemporal dementia.) Memory screening should consider the richness and apparent accuracy of details provided by the patient as she conveys her recent medical history. More formally, the clinician can administer a brief test of episodic memory. This might include providing a list of words or a name and address for later recall. Short cognitive batteries such as the familiar Mini-Mental State Examination, apart from items that assess episodic memory, are of modest added value when impairments are mild and are unaccompanied by functional decline.
More detailed evaluation by a neuropsychologist is useful when the medical history raises concern of functional impairment or when screening procedures suggest objective memory impairment. Neurologic consultation is helpful when cognitive loss is clear-cut or when there are other neurologic symptoms or signs.
It is equally useful to consider factors that might contribute to cognitive complaints (Table 3). Among these, midlife stressors are worth exploring. Occupational demands, adolescent children, the "empty nest" syndrome, aging parents, marital accommodations, personal health concerns, and financial challenges are inherently stressful. Such stressors affect mood and sleep, as can menopausal vasomotor symptoms. Depressed mood in turn affects the perception of one's cognitive abilities; both daytime sleepiness and depressed mood can blunt mental acuity.
When anxiety or depression is detected, psychologic or psychiatric referral can be helpful. When a sleep disorder is suspected, referral to a specialized sleep disorder center should be considered. Other forms of career, lifestyle, and marital counseling are warranted on occasion.
Cognitive impairment and dementia are linked to health and lifestyle factors. Although associations are largely based on observational research, these factors suggest areas for intervention. Midlife, before the usual ages of MCI or dementia, is none too soon to begin. In the WHI memory study, women ages 65 to 79 were far more likely to develop dementia if baseline cognitive function was low prior to treatment randomization. One approach to the reduction of late-life cognitive disorders is thus to devise strategies to maintain cognitive skills through midlife and into old age.
Especially worth emphasizing are physical activity, mental activity, and social engagement. The cognitive reserve hypothesis of dementia predicts that boosting these activities would augment brain reserve capacity. 13 The net effect may be to enhance neural efficiency and enable coping mechanisms that mitigate effects of aging and disease predisposing to dementia. Proper nutrition is also important. Disappointing results in some nutritional supplement trials suggest that the complex combination of nutrients in natural foods are usually more effective than vitamin, mineral, fatty acid, protein, and phytonutrient supplements.
Perhaps the best preventive strategy for cognitive maintenance hews closely to common wisdom: Eat right, exercise (physical and mental), minimize stress, and strive for balance in a socially fulfilling life.
The author reports no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this article.
Victor W. Henderson, MD, MS, NCMP, is Professor, Departments of Health Research & Policy (Epidemiology) and of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.


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I read this two months ago. I know I read it all within a week's time, making me think I devoured it. And yet I can't tell you a thing about it. That doesn't bode well for a review, if I *could* remember.
I just couldn't bring myself to care about what happened to any of the characters. Once I'd gotten a hundred pages in and still didn't care about the outcome, I gave up.
Gemma Doyle is an independent young woman raised in India, struggling with mysteriously prophetic visions and her adjustment to Victorian era England. She is warned to suppress her visions by a strange but handsome young man who followed her from India, but she persists until she is eventually able to enter the world of her visions. This gorgeous world gifts Gemma and her friends with an intoxicating power, one which comes with both dangers and responsibilities.
This beautiful world, with it's hidden dangers and small intersections with real life, fits incredibly well with the Victorian Era setting. It complemented the authors' immersive portrayal of society, without overwhelming it. The plot concepts involved weren't anything completely new, but they were put together in new and interesting ways. The magical world was a world all it's own and locations were described so vividly I could picture them as though I'd already seen them in a movie.
The main character, Gemma Doyle, was also very well done. She very rarely made decisions that seemed silly and even when she did, she was driven by the perfectly natural concerns of a teenage girl trying to fit in. When interacting with her mother, she does come across as a bit of a brat, but most of the time she is a strong, independent young woman you can relate to. Finally, plot pacing was spot on. Action started early and the mysteries were drawn out just long enough that I was always excited to find out what happened next. Another point in it's favor – as soon as I was done, I rushed to the library to get the rest of the Gemma Doyle trilogy
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Gemma Doyle grew up in India, but after her mother commits suicide and her father becomes a laudanum addict, she's sent to a finishing school in England. This is Victorian England, so at Spence Academy Gemma will be instilled with "grace, charm, and beauty" as she learns how to be a proper wife, mother, and hostess. Virtue, virginity, and the avoidance of scandal are of the utmost importance so that the ladies of Spence Academy will, upon graduation, reach their highest potential: to make a good marriage.
But A Great and Terrible Beauty is a gothic novel, which means that there is less grace, charm, and beauty than one should expect at Spence Academy. Instead, there are hidden secrets, dark rumors, strange disappearances and deaths, fearful servants, and a creepy old East Wing that inexplicably burned down 20 years ago. And, most importantly, each of the girls we get to know at Spence Academy has some sort of tragic past that makes her feel alone and unloved.
When Gemma gets to school she finds that the two most popular girls, Felicity and Pippa, are mean and nasty and, though she first stands up to them when they pick on Ann, Gemma's weak snively roommate, the four girls are soon best friends when they discover that Gemma has access to the realms, a fantasy world where they have the power to make their dreams come true. Predictably, the girls learn that magic is hard to control and that it has a terrible price.
Overall, I enjoyed A Great and Terrible Beauty while recognizing that it wasn't a great book. That's because I listened to the audio version which was read by Josephine Bailey. Her voice is gorgeous and her English accents greatly contributed to the Victorian feel. I believe I'd enjoy anything read by Josephine Bailey.
When I consider the actual story, though, I have some issues with A Great and Terrible Beauty. First is that, without exception, all of the teenage girls are unlikable. While Gemma isn't too bad by herself, it's hard to think highly of her after she chooses her friends. Perhaps she didn't have much to pick from, but we only meet a few of the schoolgirls, so we don't know who else was a possibility. It was hard to believe in their shallow friendship and it reminded me of the unpleasant and selfish girls in the 1988 movie Heathers. I will admit, though, that Gemma and Felicity are clever and funny. Even though I didn't like them much, their witty remarks often made me smile.
I understood and appreciated Libba Bray's repudiation of the social mores of Victorian England — arranged marriages, priggish behavior, vapid and powerless women, complete abdication to men — but I had a hard time believing that Gemma and her friends, as products of that culture (and enrolled in a finishing school), would be so enlightened. Their obsession with personal power didn't feel real.
The fantastical element, which is perhaps the most important part of a fantasy novel, also didn't feel real or well thought out. The realms didn't have consistent rules and there was a lack of logic and coherence. In fact, I got the impression that Libba Bray wanted to write a story about four tragic teenage girls in a Victorian boarding school who find power and that she threw in the magic stuff as the source of power, making this less of a fantasy novel and more of a historical novel about girls finding themselves. Ms. Bray's audio afterword seems to confirm my suspicions.
Overall, A Great and Terrible Beauty is neither great nor terrible and will likely be quite entertaining for a teenage girl who likes gothic novels and doesn't care about the issues I've raised here. I did enjoy the audio version despite my complaints, but I give Josephine Bailey a lot of the credit for that.
I can see why this book earned such acclaim. It's a fast young adult read that blends teenage angst with a gothic, creepy Victorian boarding school setting. Add into that dark magic, murder, sexual awakenings, and there's a whole lot going on. I did find major plot elements to be fairly predictable but there were some nice twists along the way, including the surprising friendship between four girls who start as vicious enemies.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0385732317, Paperback)A Victorian boarding school story, a Gothic mansion mystery, a gossipy romp about a clique of girlfriends, and a dark other-worldly fantasy--jumble them all together and you have this complicated and unusual first novel.
Gemma, 16, has had an unconventional upbringing in India, until the day she foresees her mother's death in a black, swirling vision that turns out to be true. Sent back to England, she is enrolled at Spence, a girls' academy with a mysterious burned-out East Wing. There Gemma is snubbed by powerful Felicity, beautiful Pippa, and even her own dumpy roommate Ann, until she blackmails herself and Ann into the treacherous clique. Gemma is distressed to find that she has been followed from India by Kartik, a beautiful young man who warns her to fight off the visions. Nevertheless, they continue, and one night she is led by a child-spirit to find a diary that reveals the secrets of a mystical Order. The clique soon finds a way to accompany Gemma to the other-world realms of her visions "for a bit of fun" and to taste the power they will never have as Victorian wives, but they discover that the delights of the realms are overwhelmed by a menace they cannot control. Gemma is left wi! th the knowledge that her role as the link between worlds leaves her with a mission to seek out the "others" and rebuild the Order. A Great and Terrible Beauty is an impressive first book in what should prove to be a fascinating trilogy. (Ages 12 up) –Patty Campbell
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After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.
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By signing the Prestonwood Christian Academy (Dallas) star, the Wildcats have received commitments from six of the top 20 players in the country, according to the ESPN 100. ESPN's No. 1 recruit, Andrew Wiggins, is uncommitted and still considering the Wildcats. Will anyone be surprised at this point if Wiggins signs as well?
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Forget the traditional Mediterranean or California ranch-style home ubiquitous in L.A. When Ashton Kutcher decided to buy a new place for his life post-Demi Moore, he chose a stunning modern with views of Lake Hollywood from its retractable glass walls. Kutcher had been renting the place when teen pop star Justin Bieber inquired about buying the place. When Kutcher found out, he put an offer on the Hollywood Hills home, showing The Biebs how the big dogs run in Tinseltown.
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Jason quickly changed direction. He was alone now, and the bare, cold street seemed endless. The cool, crisp wind blew in his face, when finally, he came to an alley. He took one final look at Times Square, brightly illuminated in the dark winter sky. Jason slowly stepped deeper and deeper into the barren alley. He was unaided, the pitch black night engulfing his body. Jason pulled the cloth out of his pocket, his hand reached inside, firmly gripping the handle. The cloth fell to the floor, revealing the sleek, silver pistol. He thought about his mom, his dad, and his sister. He raised the gun to his forehead. He took one deep breath. The sound of roaring thunder echoed through the city. Just then, everything went black.
Jason woke up with a blinding light all around him. Squinting, he could make out his surroundings: a door that led out of the room and a bed, which he was sitting on. Jason got up and walked toward the door. His hand turned the cool knob, and after he stepped outside, he saw hundreds of people moving about, talking with one and other. The people were on a golden platform, which was slowly ascending. He then spotted a red platform with only a few people on it, slowly moving down. Finally, in the center, there was a silver platform, which was completely empty. Jason slowly walked towards it, reluctantly stepping on. The path of light behind him instantly vanished, and clouds appeared above and below him. Jason noticed for the first time the he was wearing a white sweat suit, not his leather jacket. Suddenly, a booming voice spoke.
"Welcome to Purgatory, Jason."
The police were called late that same night, and the search didn't end until 7:00 a.m. They found Jason's body in the alley. When they brought him to the morgue, he was rejected due to crimes against the state. His mother wept for the entire day.
"You have not been a good boy, Jason," the voice spoke.
Where the hell is this voice coming from? Jason thought.
"Are you just going to ignore me? Or are you going to speak, Jason?" the voice spoke.
Jason thought about this for a minute, opened his mouth, and then closed it again. Where the hell am I? he thought.
"Fine. Play that game, Jason. I can listen to you inside your head, anyway." What?!
Jason mustered up the courage to speak. "Who are you? What do you want from me?" The voice laughed, and a white, billowing cloud swirled in front of him.
"Oh Jason, I know you, and you know me. You just don't know it yet." The cloud disappeared, and standing there was a man in his mid-thirties, wearing a white robe and sandals. His white beard gave away his identity.
"Are you…Moses?" Jason questioned.
"You learn quickly, don't you, Jason Steele. I am here to help you."
"I don't need your help, you animal lover. I just need to get on the next train to heaven. If I am even dead." Jason spat.
"You are a very long way from heaven, Jason, and even if I approve you, there are two more after me. I am the kindest of all heavenly rulers. You will not be as fortunate with the others."
"I could care a lot less. Just give me your recommendation, or approval, or whatever. I want to get on with my life." Jason said.
"Don't test me, Jason Steele. Just because you have 'street cred' doesn't mean that it carries over into purgatory."
Purgatory! Why in God's name am I in here! Suddenly, the surroundings turned blood red, and Moses unexpectedly grew four feet taller.
"You will not use the Lord's name in vain! That is one of the Ten Commandments! Even I will not let that slip by me! You are in a sacred place!" Moses yelled. Moses slammed his hand into the ground. Jason's eyes widened with fear, and a monstrous crack appeared on the ground. He fell into the abyss below him.
He felt like he was falling for a year, but finally, he came to the bottom. When he hit the ground, he heard a sickening crack. He winced, but no feeling of pain came over him. He stood up with ease, and realized that he was perfectly fine.
"Jason, you are not allowed to speak that way here. Even though you have never followed the rules down on Earth, you must here." Jason turned around to find Moses, regular size again.
"Um, sorry. So, what just happened? Now where are we?" Jason asked.
"Now, you are at P-Sub 1. This is one level below Purgatory. If you continue on this path, you will descend down to the worst place known to God himself. Hell."
The circle formed, and the meeting began abruptly.
"Jason Steele, our best affiliate, is dead?" the leader mumbled.
"Yeah, he was found in an alley yesterday morning. We don't know how he died."
The leader nodded, and the circle broke apart. They went their separate ways.
"I am only meeting with you so we can analyze a part of your life, Jason, so if you want to get this over with, let's begin."
"Oh, joy. Let's get it over with, then." Jason moaned.
"Right now, we are going to look at your younger years, from birth to five years old, exactly." Moses preached. He is beginning to sound less and less philosophical, Jason thought.
"Please, sit down." Moses waved his hand, and a school desk appeared right next to Jason. He sat down. "Let's dig into your younger years, shall we?" A blinding light flashed, and suddenly Jason was standing next to Moses in his old living room. Jason saw himself sitting on the floor, transfixed in the wonders of Dr. Brown and Marty McFly. His parents were sitting next to him, and together, they all looked so happy.
"Do you remember this movie, Jason? It was your favorite." Moses questioned.
"Yeah, Back to the Future. Why?"
"This movie kept you innocent throughout all of your younger years. I don't think that you had a better time until you were seven years old!" Moses said.
"Yeah, so? What does this have to do with anything?" Jason asked.
"Your parents raised you to be a respectable, peaceful young man. Somewhere in there, you screwed up and destroyed the foundation that they planted for you. That is where you went wrong. Do you see how happy they are? Do you see how well behaved you are? That is how they wanted it to be. But you messed up. You..." Moses faded out into nothing, and Jason appeared in his room, the white room, in Purgatory.
Jason woke up from his deep sleep. He stood up and began to walk towards the door. As he put his hand on the door knob, he felt a jolt rush through his body.
"You can't leave." Jason whirled around, startled. Sitting on his bed was a strong man, most likely in his late forties. His voice was extremely deep, and it bellowed through the room when he spoke.
"What do you want from me? Why can't I just go to heaven already?!" Jason yelled.
"You are going to listen to me, and you will not make a rude comment again!" He raised his voice, and the temperature in the room spike forty degrees. "I am Paul the Apostle, creator of the church, and Jesus's most faithful follower. You will respect me, and I will look through your life from your year's five to ten. Let's start where you left off with Moses."
The setting of the room changed, and Jason realized he was back at P-Sub 1. Paul was standing next to him.
"Let us begin." The scene shifted to Jason's room, with Jason sitting on his bed. Jason's eyes widened, as he remembered this day.
"I'm about to fall off of my bed!" Jason yelled. Simultaneously, Jason lost his balance, waved his arms, and fell backwards off of his bed. His head hit the floor with a thump, and Jason's eyes fluttered shut.
"This was the day that you hurt your head, correct?" Paul said.
"Wow, maybe you should watch that again. I obviously just slammed my head on the floor."
"No backtalk, Steele. I could disapprove you already." Paul said.
"Sorry, Oh Great Apostle. Let's just get the point." Paul flared with anger, but he contained himself from doing anything rash.
"As you can recall, I hope, after your injury, your attitude changed completely. You started to talk back to your parents, you became an unpredictable child, and your manners just disappeared. You turned into the 'homey' that you are today. You started to mingle with the type of people you should have stayed away from. You became the son that your parents regretted. Jason Steele, your parents placed a foundation for you, a mold for you to have a good life, but you screwed it up. Then, to top it all off, you started to ignore your family, and when they got mad at you, you would leave the house for the night. You became another low life. Just another low life, Jason. Your parents wish that they raised you better, Jason, but they did the best they could. You were just another low life." Paul faded into nothing.
A booming voice echoed through the room: "Welcome to P-Sub 2, Jason Steele." Jason was back in his room.
Jason's funeral was small and quaint, as his mother had to hold it in her backyard. The church refused, due to the many blasphemes that he had committed. Only a small portion of Jason's family came to the funeral, as Jason's guts were hated throughout his family ties. Only a few of his gang members showed up, the rest were trying to find the loser who killed Jason. His mother was at the coffin for the entire day, and his father and sister were having a catch, trying to get their mind off of Jason.
Jason was in his sleep, and he saw his mother. He saw his coffin, his sister and father playing baseball. He saw his gang, hoping that they didn't find out that he killed himself. If they knew, they would kill his family. He was nudged, and he woke up with a jolt.
Jason shot up out of bed and scanned the room. Nobody was there, but he had a weird feeling that he was being watched.
"So far, you have not impressed the adjudicators, Jason." The loud, calm voice startled Jason so much that he fell onto the floor. When Jason looked up, a blinding light was shining overhead. Shielding his eyes, he stood up, and the light began to fade away. When the light was very dim, a silhouette of a person could be made out in the sky. The person started to float down towards the ground, and as he got closer, Jason could make out his appearance. He was a tall, slender man, and he was wearing a white robe. He had long, brown hair, and his beard and mustache were unmistakable. Jason was looking at Jesus Christ.
"Are you—?" Jason was cut off.
"Yes, I am. And I can see that the other adjudicators do not like your attitude, Jason Steele. That will be something worth changing, if you value your eternal decision."
"I'm not in the mood to talk about this. I just want to see why I'm here and not up there." Jason said, gesturing to the sky above.
"It would be wise of you to not get snappy with me, Jason Steele. My vote will count twice. It will either save you…or break you. If I vote yes, you will be back at the level of purgatory. But if I vote no…" Jesus stopped talking.
"If you vote no what? What will happen?"
"You would go two levels down. Jason Steele, do you know how many levels of P-Sub there are?"
"No, why, should I? Is this a test?"
"Yes, this is your test, your test of heaven. Jason Steele there are only three levels of P-Sub. If I vote no, you will be swallowed into the worst place any mortal, apostle, or angel has ever dreamed about. You will go to the devils den, most commonly known as Hell."
To Be Continued…


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Skislope Cabin *Pet Friendly* *Nordic Center* in Tahoe Donner
- bedrooms 3
- baths 10
- sleeps 3
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- pets allowed yes
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This is the perfect location for everyone's ski or outdoor adventure. This 2650 sq ft Tahoe style home provides plenty of room for guests to spread out in the great room, family room and loft, with 3 large private bedrooms, and a queen size Murphy bed in the bonus room.
On the main level you enter through a mudroom followed by a spacious floor plan encompassing the living room, dining area, kitchen, two bedrooms, two full bathrooms and a bonus room. Each bedroom has a Queen bed and shares a full bathroom with a shower/tub combo. The living area has a wood burning fireplace and plenty of comfy seating for chilly nights. The dining area has seating for 10 around a beautifully set table for entertaining large groups. The kitchen is supplied with your usual kitchen appliances and equipped with coffee maker, blender, electric beater, toaster and place settings for 10 along with teas, coffee, and cooking spices to make you feel at home.
At the other wing of the main level you will walk down a couple steps into the Bonus room. This room has Cable TV with DVD and a wet bar. There is a Murphy bed which pulls down from the wall holding a full size Queen mattress. There is also a gas fireplace along with a DVD library.
Upstairs is the loft which has a trundle bed with two Twin beds and a great place for kids to play games. The master suite is especially large accommodating a California King bed and an attached bathroom featuring a jetted tub and dual sinks.
This is a beautiful all season retreat perfect for outdoor activities all year long. The owners have spent 10 years improving the garden so guests can enjoy the abundance of flowers and birds surrounding the yard in the Spring and Summer, as well as the changing colors of the Aspens in the Fall. Croquet is a favorite with families and groups which can be enjoyed on the large lawn out back. You will never get tired of just relaxing on the large back deck listening to the creek or swinging in the two seated lawn swings just watching the nature around you.
The hikers among you will be ecstatic to have a trailhead connecting you to the Tahoe Donner trail system just across the street. And this couldn't be a better spot for you equestrians or snowshoe enthusiasts. Depending on when the snows melt the Tahoe Donner equestrian center is open three to four months out of the year with more than 40 miles of trails to explore. The Tahoe Donner stables are open to the public for boarding and you can easily walk to the stables through the woods from the house. Now that is first class horse camping!
The house is located just a block from the downhill ski area, and is accessible by a neighborhood trail right across the street to the Olympic Cross Country Center with 40 miles of trails. A flat driveway and only a couple steps on the main floor makes this home accessible to everyone.
Don't forget that by renting in Tahoe Donner your party can use the provided guest passes to the amenities which, for a nominal fee, gets you into the recreation center with hot tubs and a heated pool as well as a full workout center. In the summer you can enjoy the private beach on Donner Lake, and you get "guest" rates at the ski hills in the winter.
The weather in Truckee couldn't be finer. Escape the heat of the valley and many other parts of the country to a cool 70's in the Spring and summer, and fall. The winters are normally great as well. Of course we get snowstorms, but they are usually followed by beautiful sunny days, just perfect for skiing or snowshoeing.
*This home can be wheelchair accessible with only 2 steps at the entry to get into the main floor. The entry door width is 35" wide and the bedroom door width is 30". However, the shower/tub is a regular style one not wheelchair accessible. Although, the Tahoe Donner Recreation Center has Wheelchair accessible showers if needed.
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- Stereo System
- Board Games
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- Propane BBQ Grill
- Deck/Patio
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- WiFi (Wireless Internet)
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- Wildlife Viewing
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- Fishing
- Fitness Center/Gym
- Antiquing
- Cinemas/Movie Theaters
- Live Theatre
- Museums
- Horseshoes
- Miniature golf
- Horseback Riding
Other Activities Tahoe Donner HOA amenities with heated swimming pool, hot tub, fitness center, Marina Beach Club and Boat Launch...walking distance to both Equestrian Center and XC Ski Area which connects to Downhill Ski Area.
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Matsui to have surgery, miss two weeks
Astros second baseman will undergo procedure Monday
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Second baseman Kazuo Matsui will undergo surgery Monday morning at the Methodist Hospital in Houston to repair an anal fissure, the Astros announced Friday evening.Dr. Eric Haas will perform the procedure. The estimated recovery time is two weeks. Matsui has not played a spring game in one week, while dealing with symptoms originally diagnosed as hemmorhoids. He flew to Houston last weekend for further exams and continued with treatment that apparently did not work. "When he went back to Houston and saw the specialist, they changed his medication and felt that this more aggressive medication could resolve it in short order, but really gave a deadline of tomorrow [Saturday]," general manager Ed Wade said. "If he wasn't feeling any better tomorrow, it would probably be a clear indication surgery would be the best course of action." The surgery was originally scheduled for Thursday, but Matsui asked for it to be moved up. According to Wade, the second baseman is confident he'll need to rest for only a week before spending a second week getting back into baseball shape. "Based on the information I provided, he could conceivably be ready by Opening Day," Wade said. Although Matsui's surgery will fall exactly two weeks before Opening Day, manager Cecil Cooper is confident his second baseman will not have to start the season on the disabled list.
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Alyson Footer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.