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"We are just so excited," Prejean, three months pregnant, told FOX on Wednesday. "I'm due in May, on my grandmother's birthday. She recently passed away, so that's very special to us."
It will be the first child for Prejean, 23, and Boller, 29. The parents-to-be hope to learn the sex of the baby next week. The couple said they began trying for a family about a month after marrying.
"I'm trying to stay healthy, but it has been tough. I've been getting night sickness," Prejean said. "We've started thinking about names, but we are keeping it to ourselves for right now. It has been fun looking at baby books."
Boller said: "I have the most beautiful pregnant wife ever. We are so in love and this was just the best news when we found out a couple of weeks ago."
Boller met Prejean in 2009, shortly after she caused quite a stir with comments opposing same-sex marriage (in favor of the "opposite" kind, she later said) at the 2009 Miss USA pageant.
When asked by Perez Hilton to reveal her stance on gay marriage, she replied: "I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised."
Despite a considerable amount of bad publicity, pageant owner Donald Trump initially stood by Prejean until she began booking speaking engagements outside of her beauty queen duties. In June 2009, Trump stripped her of her sash, citing "continued breach of contract issues."
Prejean sued pageant officials for religious discrimination, but withdrew the lawsuit in November when an "extremely graphic" sex tape -- a solo performance, apparently -- was revealed to exist. Since then, Prejean has written a book, joined the public speaking circuit and made numerous TV appearances, including a notorious visit to 'Larry King Live' where she threatened to walk off.
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Never heard of him till I read this story.
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Congratulations Carrie & Kyle! Carrie you will be a beautiful, sexy Bellylicious Babe. This is an amazing journey you will take: motherhood. Show off that Belly, Carrie! May the angels watch over you.....
- Thursday 11 NovemberBy Perez
I hope her baby turns out to be homosexual.
- Thursday 11 NovemberBy john
What an evil thing to say!! She never did anything to you, stop the hate!
- Thursday 11 NovemberBy James
That kid being gay would be poetic justice.
So what if it is "born gay". She didn't say she hated/disliked gay people. She said she thought the term "marriage" should be reserved for heterosexual couples.
AS a follow up, you talk as if being gay is bad since you use it as a curse for her. Interesting that you think that way.
- Thursday 11 NovemberBy SallyHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
At least she got married before she got pregnant. That's something.
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Wow some of you just cant stand someone has their own opinion when it differs from yours. Wake up this is a land where each person has a right to speak what their beliefs are. I applaud her for taking a stand and sticking to it regardless of the negative feedback she got.
And what age would be good for one to have a baby? She is very successful and hes in the nfl with a good paying job. They can definitely afford a baby.
btw a baby isnt born gay, its a choice made later in life.
- Thursday 11 NovemberBy stevie
A choice made later in life? Really? People choose to live without the same civil rights we all have, people choose to be closeted and afraid that they will be disowned by their families or worse, murdered by homophobes (Matthew Shephard). Please, check your facts - the genes and chromosomes that make up our bodies determines the color of our eyes, the shape of our faces, and our sexuality. People may experiment later in life, but the path they ultimately walk down is the one God determined for them at conception.
It's a choice made later in life? r u flipping serious?! aahhhhh ignorance, it kills me.
- Thursday 11 NovemberBy James
At what age did you decide to be straight?
- Monday 15 NovemberBy Michael
Yes, some are born gay. What about the ones who dont want to like the same sex but cant help it? They was born that way!!!!
Wow this chicks gonna make a great mom lol. Lets hope the kid doesn't turn out gay!!! What would she do then?!
Why, what do you think she would do? She didn't say she hates gays. You are a heterophobe.
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Haha James. So true!
- Thursday 11 NovemberBy grapost
Now she can find out if her fake boobs work when she breast feeds.
- Thursday 11 November
Stevie, where do you get your facts? Where in the Bible does it say God even allows homosexuality of anykind? Where does it state God determines who is gay at birth? You dont have any facts at all to base what your saying is true.
- Thursday 11 NovemberBy only1cella
How Shallow are you Swimjunkie? the bible is your only source for facts? While I accept people's opinions and usually let it be that a stupid opinion without any real reasoning or base, it doesn't make any sense to state that they made the decision to be gay later in life. There is actually emerging scientific proof that people are born gay. Let me guess though, the scientist are lying?,, huh...
- Friday 12 November
the bible also says if u marry a woman and she isnt a virgin she should be stoned to death. u believe that too?
Really. Care to give us a link to that research? This is one of the most hotly debated topics of modern science. For you to say it is almost settled is preposterous.
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Centuries ago, Sir Isaac Newton told us that objects in motion tend to stay in motion. For this reason, no man without a death wish really has any desire to position himself in the path of a speeding Ivan Johnson. Even other NBA players, who are quite large and competitive themselves, are hesitant to get in his way. Recently, as if he's suddenly realized just how frightening he truly is, Ivan has begun to exploit this advantage. It seems that not a Hawks game goes by nowadays in which Johnson doesn't get at least one coast-to-coast dunk, where he just grabs the rebound and takes off dribbling. It basically works 100% of the time because nobody steps up to stop the ball. That's not what happened on this particular play, but as you watch Johnson fill the lane like a boulder crashing down the side of a mountain you'll understand precisely what makes him such a weapon in transition, with or without the ball. "You want me to take a charge, coach? That's a six-foot-eight, 255-pound man who is banned for life from the Korean Basketball Association. **** that." –Many of Johnson's opponents, probably. The most honorable of mentions to DeAndre Jordan, who showed off an improved post game as he put on a dunking exhibition against Orlando. As powerful as he was, though, none of his individual dunks top that of Ivan Johnson (as if I'd dare say otherwise). Dunk rating on the Starbury Nastiness Scale: 7.5/10 2012/13 Daily Poster Stats Throwback Poster of the Day: If anyone ever is foolish enough to cross Ivan's path, this is basically what will happen (except for the part where the defender lives to tell about it).
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ROSE: Senator, what do you think is going to happen?
DeMINT: I wish I knew. Most of us here are not in the loop of what they're discussing. But I do know this – this government doesn't need more money, this country needs less government. To take more money out of the real economy and to give it to politicians and bureaucrats, no matter who you take it from, is not going to help the middle class or anyone else. The President's proposal clearly is not a plan, it's not a solution. It will fund the government for a few days. And we all realize it's a political trophy. It's not a solution. But the President's been campaigning against these tax rates for a long time, and he'll probably eventually get his tax increases one way or another.
ROSE: So if he will get them, why not get them now and compromise and avoid going off the fiscal cliff?
DeMINT: Well, we should have done it before the election. We should not have gone home until the problem was solved and people could see how we had actually handled it here so they would know how to vote come election. I've been a businessman most of my life and I know the damage from this uncertainty that's already been done. You combine that with the implementation of Obamacare and those taxes; I think you're already going to see a downturn in the economy. We can't fix it Christmas Eve and expect it all to bounce back in January.
KING: Senator, you talked about the damage that has been done. You released a statement last week saying this is not rocket science. With that in mind, why can't we come to terms? You know, the public is viewing the Republican Party very negatively. Are you concerned about that?
DeMINT: Well, I'm not so much concerned about the parties. I think both parties have failed our country. And I know what the American public has been told. The President campaigned on raising taxes and getting rid of the Bush-era tax cuts. He's going to get his wish. I believe we're going to be raising taxes not just on the top earners. Everyone's going pay more taxes next year in this country, and I think that's what the President wants. But we've doubled the size of this government in double-spending over the last 10 years, this year tax revenues at current tax rates will probably be at historic highs. And if you look at the facts, we don't need more revenue. We just need to stop the spending. The President is not going to stop spending. He's proposed more spending.
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Because previous studies have indicated that otitis media may be a polymicrobial disease, we prospectively analyzed middle ear effusions of children undergoing tympanostomy tube placement with multiplex polymerase chain reaction for four otopathogens.
Middle ear effusions from 207 children undergoing routine tympanostomy tube placement were collected and were classified by the surgeon as acute otitis media (AOM) for purulent effusions and as otitis media with effusion (OME) for non-purulent effusions. DNA was isolated from these samples and analyzed with multiplex polymerase chain reaction for Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Alloiococcus otitidis, and Moraxella catarrhalis.
119 (57%) of 207 patients were PCR positive for at least one of these four organisms. 36 (30%) of the positive samples indicated the presence of more than one bacterial species. Patient samples were further separated into 2 groups based on clinical presentation at the time of surgery. Samples were categorized as acute otitis media (AOM) if pus was observed behind the tympanic membrane. If no pus was present, samples were categorized as otitis media with effusion (OME). Bacteria were identified in most of the children with AOM (87%) and half the children with OME (51%, p < 0.001). A single bacterial organism was detected in middle ear effusions from children with AOM more often than those with OME (74% versus 33%, p < 0.001). Haemophilus influenzae was the predominant single organism and caused 58% of all AOM in this study. Alloiococcus otitidis and Moraxella catarrhalis were more frequently identified in middle ear effusions than Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Alloiococcus otitidis, and Moraxella catarrhalis were identified in the middle ear effusions of some patients with otitis media. Overall, we found AOM is predominantly a single organism infection and most commonly from Haemophilus influenzae. In contrast, OME infections had a more equal distribution of single organisms, polymicrobial entities, and non-bacterial agents.
Otitis media is one of the most common childhood diseases [1]. Acute otitis media (AOM) typically exhibits rapid-onset purulent middle ear effusion and symptoms of middle ear inflammation, including fever and otalgia [2], whereas otitis media with effusion (OME) exhibits non-purulent middle ear effusion in the absence of symptoms of acute infection [3]. Otitis media is the leading reason for pediatric office visits and for antibiotic prescriptions [4]. The economic burden of otitis media in the United States is estimated at $3–5 billion in direct annual costs [5,6], and much higher if indirect costs such as lost working days and loss of productivity by family members caring for the sick are included [7].
A common treatment for frequent AOM and for persistent OME with hearing loss is the insertion of tympanostomy tubes. Insertion of tympanostomy tubes is the most common surgical procedure excluding circumcision for U.S. children ≤15 years of age [8,9]. Parents of children who have undergone tympanostomy tube placement report an increased quality of life due to the elimination of AOM symptoms and improved hearing and speech [10].
The bacterial pathogens most commonly cultured from the middle ear effusions of children with AOM are H. influenzae, S. pneumoniae, and M. catarrhalis[11,12]. Although routine bacterial cultures have been the conventional method to identify the etiology of AOM, approximately 35% of these bacterial cultures are negative [13-15]. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has detected bacterial DNA in culture-negative middle ear effusions [16,17]. PCR not only provides a more sensitive method for identifying MEE pathogens, but it also allows for the identification of fastidious or slow-growing organisms. For example, A. otitidis, a pathogen first isolated from middle ear effusions of children with OME [18], was more recently identified because its slow growth characteristics are not conducive to identification using conventional bacterial culture methods [13]. The sensitivity of PCR has lead to a growing recognition that otitis media may be a polymicrobial disease [19]. Here we used a multiplex PCR to determine the prevalence of four known otopathogens (H. influenzae, S. pneumoniae, A. otitidis, and M. catarrhalis) in the middle ear effusions of children undergoing routine tympanostomy placement.
Patients and sample collection
Effusion samples were collected from all children (< 18 y) who had tympanostomy tube placement for clinical indications at Wake Forest School of Medicine from July 2009 through December 2010 provided middle ear fluid was present at the time of surgery. The principle pre-operative diagnoses were recurrent acute otitis media and chronic otitis media with effusion. These are the two principle indications for which children undergo myringotomy and tympanostomy tube placement. The children from whom samples were collected are representative of all children who undergo myringotomy and tympanostomy tube placement at Wake Forest. This study was reviewed and approved by the Wake Forest School of Medicine Institutional Review Board as an exempt study; no personal health information was collected and discarded samples of middle ear effusions were evaluated for bacterial pathogens.
Children who at the time of tympanostomy tube placement had middle ear effusions had that fluid aspirated into a sterile trap. Middle ear effusion samples were categorized as AOM or OME by the surgeon at the time of tympanostomy tube placement. AOM was diagnosed by the identification of purulent fluid behind the tympanic membrane upon myringotomy. OME was defined as non-purulent fluid behind the tympanic membrane. All middle ear effusion samples were kept at room temperature and transported to the research laboratory within 2 h. Samples were then refrigerated at 4°C until DNA isolation. All data was prospectively acquired. While a formal blind was not used, specimen processing was done without prior record review. Once samples were collected, surgeons were not involved in specimen processing.
Isolation of DNA
For the few effusions that were very viscous, they were placed in Lysing Matrix D tubes (MP Biomedical, Solon, OH) with 500μL of 1X TE buffer (pH 7.5). The lysing tubes were processed in a FastPrep FP120 homogenizer (Thermo Electron Corporation, Milford, MA) for 40 s on a setting of 6.0. Processed samples were centrifuged at 12000 rpm for 5 min and 200μL of supernatant were used as the starting material for genomic DNA extraction.
DNA was isolated from middle ear effusions using a conventional genomic DNA extraction protocol. First, 200μL of effusion were treated with 15μL of Mutanolysin (10U/μL; Sigma, St. Louis, MO) and 21μL of Lysozyme (20 mg/mL; Amresco, Solon, OH) and then incubated at 37°C for 1 h. Second, samples were treated with 55μL of 10% SDS (EMD, Gibbstown, NJ) and 68μL of RNAse A (Sigma, St. Louis, MO) and then incubated at 37°C for 1 h. Third, samples were treated with 10μL of Proteinase K (10 mg/mL; Amresco, Solon, OH) and then incubated at 37°C for 1 h. Fourth, samples were treated with 55μL of 5 M NaCl (Sigma, St. Louis, MO) and 50μL of prewarmed (to 60°C) 10% Hexadecyltrimethyl-ammonium bromide (Sigma, St. Louis, MO) and then incubated at 60°C for 20 min. Fifth, samples were mixed with 470μL of Phenol:Chloroform:Isoamyl Alcohol (25:24:1; Sigma, St. Louis, MO) and transferred to prespun Phase Lock Tubes (2 mL, heavy; 5 Prime, Gaithersburg, MD). Tubes were centrifuged for 5 min at 12000 rpm, and the upper (aqueous) layer from each sample was transferred to a sterile 1.5 mL microcentrifuge tube. Aqueous layers were mixed with 50μL of 3 M NaOAc (Sigma, St. Louis, MO) and 470μL of ice cold 100% Ethanol (Warner-Graham, Cockeysville, MD). Samples were incubated at −20°C for a minimum of 30 min. Precipitated samples were centrifuged for 30 min at 12000 rpm at 4°C. Supernatants were discarded and pellets washed with 1 mL of 70% Ethanol. Pellets were allowed to completely dry and were resuspended in a final volume of 100μL of dH2O.
Polymerase chain reaction
A multiplex PCR procedure was performed to simultaneously detect H. influenzae, S. pneumoniae, A. otitidis, and M. catarrhalis with minor modifications of the methods described by Hendolin et al. [20]. Briefly, PCR extension steps were performed at 65°C with HotMasterMix (5 Prime, Gaithersburg, MD) and using the primers listed in Table 1. H. influenzae 86–028, S. pneumoniae TIGR4, A. otitidis SS1337, and M. catarrhalis 7169 were used as positive controls for PCR (Figure 1). Results were visualized using agarose gel electrophoresis (2.5% agarose, 100 V for 3 h) and ethidium bromide staining (500 ng/mL final ethidium bromide concentration).
Table 1. Primers used in multiplex PCR
Figure 1. Multiplex PCR Results. Multiplex PCR products were electrophoresed on 2.5% agarose. Hi, Haemophilus influenzae control band, expected size 525 bp; Sp, Streptococcus pneumoniae control band, expected size 484 bp; Ao, Alloiococcus otitidis control band, expected size 264 bp; Mc, Moraxella catarrhalis control band, expected size 237 bp; 265L, 269R, 246R, and 248L, experimental samples; bp, base pair.
Chart review
The demographic characteristics, current medications, and past medical history were all determined by chart review performed at the time of surgery without collecting any personal health identifiers. The pediatric otolaryngologist used a standardized clinical form that elicited all of this clinical information by history and/or by documentation from the primary care provider. Previous antibiotics were documentation of any course of antibiotics within 6 months of surgery.
The frequency of demographic characteristics, clinical characteristics, or microbiologic results of children with AOM and OME middle ear effusions were compared using chi-square analyses or Fisher's exact tests. For the children who had middle ear effusions in both ears, the results from each ear were combined so that all children with one or two middle ear effusions had one result. Identification of purulence in the effusion of at least one ear was used as a basis for categorizing the sample as AOM. STATA 8.1 was used for all statistical analyses.
The study population comprised 207 children undergoing tympanostomy tube placement for clinical indications at Wake Forest School of Medicine from July 2009 to December 2010. Two-thirds of the study population was male, half were 1–3 years of age, and 60% were Caucasian (Table 2). Children with AOM at tympanostomy were more likely to be younger, to have had previous ear infections, or to have been treated with antibiotics in the previous 6 months than children with OME at tympanostomy. In contrast, children with OME were more likely to have had an adenoidectomy than children with AOM.
Table 2. Child Demographics
Effusions from 119 (57%) of 207 children were PCR positive for H. influenzae, S. pneumoniae, A. otitidis, and/or M. catarrhalis. Of these 119 PCR positive samples, 36 (30%) had 2–4 bacterial species detected (Figure 2, Table 3, Additional file 1: Table S1). Bacteria were identified in 33 (87%) of 38 children with AOM as compared to 86 (51%) of 169 children with OME (p < 0.001). Single bacterial species were identified in the majority of children with AOM and a minority of children with OME (74% versus 33%, p < 0.001). Identifying multiple bacterial pathogens was similar for children with AOM and OME (13% versus 18%, p = 0.64), whereas not identifying any of the four bacterial pathogens was less common for AOM than OME (13% versus 49%, p < 0.001).
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Figure 2. Flow Chart of PCR Analysis.
Table 3. Incidence of bacterial DNA presence in Middle Ear Effusions
For middle ear effusions with a single bacterial species identified, the etiology for children with AOM differed significantly from those with OME (p < 0.001). H. influenzae accounted for 79% of the isolates from children with AOM, whereas three bacteria accounted for the majority of isolates for children with OME: H .influenzae for 36%, A. otitidis for 40% and M. catarrhalis for 20%. S. pneumoniae was detected in 5% of all isolates for children with AOM and OME. Alloiococcus otitidis was identified either as a single organism or as a polymicrobial component in 18% of AOM and 25% of OME. All four bacteria were identified in at least one of the middle ear effusions with AOM or OME.
Using a multiplex PCR to simultaneously detect four bacterial otopathogens in the middle ear effusions obtained from children undergoing routine tympanostomy tube placement, we found distinct bacterial profiles for AOM and OME. Bacteria were identified in most of the children with AOM (87%) and half the children with OME (51%, p < 0.001). A single bacterial organism was detected in middle ear effusions from patients with AOM more often than those with OME (74% versus 33%, p < 0.001). Haemophilus influenzae was the predominant single organism and caused 58% of all AOM in this study. Alloiococcus otitidis and Moraxella catarrhalis were more frequently identified in middle ear effusions than Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Overall, we found AOM is predominantly a single organism infection, whereas, OME infections had a more equal distribution of single organisms, polymicrobial entities, and non-bacterial agents.
H. influenzae was the predominant bacterial species identified, comprising 66% (25 of 38) of middle ear effusions with AOM and 24% (40 of 169) of middle ear effusions with OME. We observed a higher proportion of samples with H. influenzae and a lower proportion with S. pneumoniae than what has been previously reported. Kaur et al., using a similar multiplex PCR approach on AOM middle ear effusion, detected H. influenzae in 31% of children who were on antibiotic prior to sample acquisition and 39% in children who had not undergone antibiotic treatment [13]. However, Kaur et al. utilized specifically culture-negative MEF, a distinction we have not made with the samples obtained for our research. In other work using culture-negative AOM MEE samples, Xu et al. observed an H. influenzae percentage of 24% [21].
While the levels of H. influenzae in our patients appear to be higher than what others have seen, we observed the opposing trend with respect to S. pneumoniae. S. pneumoniae, regarded as one of the 3 most prevalent bacterial contributors to OM infection, was identified in only 2 of 38 AOM patients (~5%) and 8 of 169 OME patients (~5%). In the studies listed above by Kaur et al. and Xu et al., S. pneumoniae was identified in around 38%–57% of culture-negative AOM MEF samples, percentages that are considerably higher than what was observed in our study [13,21].
A number of factors may explain our finding that S. pneumoniae was detected in only 5% of all study subjects. Published studies of pneumococcal prevalence in otitis media report a wide incidence range. Brooke et al. used standard culture based techniques to detect S. pneumoniae in approximately 16% of OME effusions [22]. Post et al. used PCR to detect S. pneumoniae in OME effusions at a higher percentage of approximately 30% [23]. Research conducted by Hendolin et al. detected S. pneumoniae in only 8% of cases examined [20]. We used the same multiplex PCR primers used by Hendolin et al. Kaur et al. used these PCR primers to identify S. pneumoniae in approximately 57% of effusions from children with AOM [13], and this data does not suggest that our PCR assay has a low sensitivity for detection of pneumococcus.
The low S. pneumoniae incidence found in our study might be explained by the effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination. A heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) was introduced in 2000, and since its acceptance for widespread use there has been a shift in the incidence of otitis media pathogens. In the years immediately following PCV7 introduction, H. influenzae emerged as the most common AOM isolate [14,24]. More recently, S. pneumoniae serotypes not included in the PCV7 vaccine have been increasingly isolated from AOM cases [12]. In 2010, a new modified pneumococcal conjugate vaccine was introduced to combat the emergence of S. pneumoniae serotypes not included in the original PCV7 vaccine. It contained components from 13 serotypes of S. pneumoniae (7 serotypes included in the PCV7 vaccine along with 6 recently emerging serotypes). Our findings are consistent with improved pneumococcal vaccine prevention in children enrolled in this study.
Another interesting result was the high incidence of A. otitidis in our OME samples (approximately 25%, single and co-infections included). A. otitidis was first identified in OME samples by Faden et al. [18]. It is a Gram-positive organism that exhibits very slow growth, making it very difficult to identify through standard culture techniques. It has been thought of as solely an OME pathogen; however, it is increasingly recognized as a pathogen in AOM [13,25,26]. Our findings support what has been reported previously in OME cases [20]. The A. otitidis results further demonstrate the importance of using methods other than standard culture for the identification of fastidious otopathogens.
In conclusion, the etiology of OM appears to revolve around disease type (AOM or OME). A multiplex PCR approach may be used to identify specific bacterial DNA species in effusions from children experiencing OM. The PCR procedures can overcome the obstacles of culturing fastidious organisms, and may offer a more sensitive and time efficient method for evaluating middle ear effusions. While our approach targeted 4 organisms, the method could be adapted for the identification of additional microorganisms.
Our criterion for separating AOM cases from OME cases was the presence of pus behind the tympanic membrane at the time of tympanostomy tube placement. The results of our research clearly show that this single easily observable patient difference was sufficient to categorize disease condition into 2 distinct populations. Moreover, our results indicate that when AOM is observed there is usually a single bacterial etiology. Culture or PCR analysis of pus at tympanostomy tube placement may be especially useful in guiding antibiotic therapy.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Author's contributions
RCH participated in the design of the study, experimental procedures, data analysis, and manuscript preparation. DJK and AKE participated in the design of the study, sample collection surgeries, data analysis, and manuscript preparation. TRP, KAP, and WES participated in the design of the study, data analysis, and manuscript preparation. SDR participated in the design of the study, experimental procedures, data analysis, and manuscript preparation. All authors gave final approval of the completed manuscript.
We would like to thank Mrs. Tina Swords and Miss Amy Braden for their contributions to the project. This project was supported by R01 DC010051-03 from the National Institutes of Health to WES and SDR. This funding body had no role in the design of the study, data analysis, manuscript preparation, or decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
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Excellent information so far RTW, thanks!
I did not see this addressed and I apologize if it is a repeat, but how did you feel the bike tracked on high sustained speed slab? Did it ever feel loose or like it was going to wash out the front? Cross winds and large vehicles move you around at all?
I made the switch from the Wee to the '08 KLR and I found a world of difference in the low speed handling between the two. At low speed, the KLR is much more composed and easily positioned. The Wee never carried its weight well and slow maneuvering suffered, IMHO. My question is, how did the 800 handle in low speed turning, pause and throttle situations, etc? Mostly those you would find most common to encounters off-roading. I have come to the conclusion that the balance and weight distribution seems to have a huge effect in the real-world uses of an adventure rider. Many thanks for sharing your experience with us.
Hey Ridge,
1. High speed slab - for most of the trip I was carrying a fair bit of luggage, sometimes a spare tire as well, so cross winds and trucks had a lot of weight to push around in addition to the bike weight of 197kg (sans fuel). In Patagonia, it wasn't slab but on the highway the winds are notorious for absolutely howling, gusts of 30, 50, and 70 km/h are not uncommon. It tracks well, feels very positive, but you will be more upright and higher with the 21" configuration than more street orientated bikes so will catch more wind. Not noticeable in most cases though, but you will notice that it would feel more at home and positive than your KLR on the freeway. A loose analogy is that KLR feels like a middleweight, the 800 like it's in between a middleweight and a heavyweight (welterweight?).
2. Handling - your conclusions certainly make sense to me, at slow speeds the stroms do feel like they might topple. Your skills get good though, almost like a mountain biker balancing at a stop light, and then you try a bike with standard off road set up and the difference is quite significant. Flickable is a word that describes it alright, but in reality it is more than just that. However, it is a bit more bike to move around at slow speeds so the tradeoff of it feeling more at home on the highway than the KLR is that it feels a tad more cumbersome when doing the stop and start, slow speed conditions that you describe. Not significant though.
Side note, the 800 in reality is not that much lighter than the 1200, I have heard a couple of people state that they actually prefer the bigger bike offroad but IMHO that is a function of what you are used and not reflective of what the vast majority of people would feel. In the vast majority of cases, lighter is better.
And to quickly comment, I would certainly expect a very broad range of experiences to come from the many different riders that will be buying this bike. This is just my opinion and based on my experience. It is a bit unusual because you get to ride almost every single day when touring and therefore things that you notice, other's wouldn't under more standard riding conditions and vice versa, things that one person ignores are very noticeable to the once a week or once a month rider.
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Are you sure those are the correct order of our picks? #6 #24 #37 #38 #46 #48 #52. I tried to figure it out and came up with it below, I posted it at MSG network so I cut and pasted it here. If you can explain it the way you have it.
I put all our picks in # order and who they are from, forget 7 out of the top 60, its out of the top 48 or 49! So for those of you that want the # order its below, there are 2 compensation picks in the 2nd round this year so anything after them gets pushed back 1 pick so I could be off by 1 but worst we could do is 7 out of the top 50. correct me if im wrong..
#6 NYR pick 1st round.
#24 Toronto 1st round.
#36 NYR 2nd round.
#37 Avs 2nd pick from FL so its a better pick!
#44 Oilers 2nd pick.
#46 RJ Hamburger comp pick in 2nd round.
#49 Habs 2nd pick.
the official draft order has been released...the pick from the oilers is #48 (comp pick oilers got for leetch) and the montreal pick drops to #51 because of comp picks (and the rangers get both comp picks that push that pick down 2 spots)
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Lessons on Confidence from Dancers and POWs
So another thing about confidence: it won't make your life easier.
In fact, it'll probably make things a whole lot harder. Not that this is a bad thing. There's a difference between easy and ease. Easy is skipping your workout, eating the stale doughnut, wearing sweatpants. Letting people walk over you at work. Lying instead of telling the hard truth. "Easy" sells out what could be a grand adventure for "meh, I don't feel like it."
Ease is something else entirely. It's deceptive. Ease looks "easy," but it's built on time, energy, and devotion. It's fluid, and powerful, and enchanting, and it doesn't come cheap. It's the strength that comes with working out every week. It's the delectable care of making homemade doughnuts with your kids. It's the self-respect to say "no" to the commitment you can't keep.
This is "easy":
This is "ease":
What's easy and comfortable now, today, this moment, is quite different from what builds you up into someone who finds ease in the flow of your life. You can't build muscles without resistance. You can't build bone mass without impact. You can't build confidence without stretching yourself out of your comfort zone.
So if we want to be confident and powerful, we have to accept this idea: there's hard work ahead.
In Jim Collins' modern classic Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… And Others Don't, Collins talks about what he terms "the Stockdale paradox," named after American military officer Jim Stockdale, who was held for eight years as a POW in Vietnam.
I never doubted not only that I would get out, but also that I would prevail in the end and turn the experience into the defining event of my life, which, in retrospect, I would not trade.
So far, simple enough; sounds like any number of positive-thinking mantras, right? But Stockdale observed a critical difference between his unshakable faith and "easy" optimism:
[The optimists] were the ones who said, 'We're going to be out by Christmas.' And Christmas would come, and Christmas would go. Then they'd say, 'We're going to be out by Easter.' And Easter would come, and Easter would go. And then Thanksgiving, and then it would be Christmas again. And they died of a broken heart.
Let that sink in. Stockdale never despaired — and ultimately survived and thrived — precisely because he recognized how difficult the road would be. Hence the "paradox":
You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end – which you can never afford to lose – with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.
And this is our starting point: Looking. Calling a spade a spade. Because you can't win at poker if you keep pretending that eights are Aces.
The Magic of Confidence
Our upcoming Chicks Who Kick Ass workshop will not give you confidence.
Confidence is not a commodity. Unlike food, clothing, shoes, makeup, yoga mats, Spanx — it can't be bought or sold. We can sell you a space in the workshop, but we can't sell you confidence. You know that, intellectually, but there's a part of all of us that wants to believe that the right skirt, the right boot, the right mascara, the right workshop will be the magic spell. Will put us at ease in our own skin. Will soothe the constant chatter that tells us we're not worthy.
The fact is, there are magic spells for confidence. But if you know your fantasy stories, you know something very important: magic never comes free. It requires knowledge, awareness, skill, and sacrifice. Not the sacrifice of a long-suffering martyr, but the sacrifice of a craftsman: the alchemist transforming lead into gold. The artist transforming pain into beauty. The warrior transforming fear into courageous action.
If you want confidence, you too will have to sacrifice. You'll have to sacrifice skewed ideas about yourself and the world. You'll have to sacrifice comforts that lull you into complacence. You'll have to sacrifice your pain: touch it, handle it, allow it to soften and reshape into clarity and understanding. You'll have to sacrifice your fear: find it, acknowledge it, allow it to drive you forward instead of holding you back.
We can't give you confidence, but we'll do what we can. We'll give you tools, and information, and resources. The rest, as you already know, is up to you. And we need you to do the rest. We need you to do the hard work of claiming your power. It's the only thing that will save us.
The world needs your magic.
The Fool of Infinite Possibilities
Today's the day Americans nod to the Trickster gods, and Fools of every kind.
Most of us feel like fools, yes? Will someone pull one over on me? Will I get sucked in and be the fool?
In the Tarot deck, the Fool is "the card of infinite possibilities."
The bag on the staff indicates that he has all he needs to do or be anything he wants, he has only to stop and unpack. He is on his way to a brand new beginning.
But the card carries a little bark of warning as well. While it's wonderful to be enthralled with all around you, excited by all life has to offer, you still need to watch your step, lest you fall and end up looking the fool.
We all have infinite possibilities and we carry them with us. Like the fool, all we have to do is unpack them. So why don't we? What are we afraid of? Failure? Success?
We spend so much time scurrying around looking for what's missing, we easily forget that we really do have what we need. Like the characters in the Wizard of Oz, we've had it all along.
The Fool appears carefree. Is he not bright enough to know the dangers? Or is he smart enough to not let them worry him? So what if he looks foolish; he doesn't care.
On the one hand: embracing the openness of beginner's mind is so important. It allows us to continue to see the possibilities of the world around us and rejoice in those possibilities.
On the other: we can't wander around bumping into walls. We've got to evolve past ignorance and sheer stupidity so we don't fall off a cliff.
What kind of Fool are you?
(Image of "The Fool" is from Paulina Cassidy's Paulina Tarot deck.)
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2. Soak the beef chunks in cold water.
3. Put 4 cups of water into a thick-bottomed pot and bring to a boil.
4. When the water boils, drain the beef and put it into the boiling water.
5. Boil it for 50 minutes to 1 hour, until the beef is tender.
6. When the beef is fully cooked and tender, take out the beef chunks and wash and drain them in cold water.
7. Sieve the beef stock through a coffee filter or cheese cloth to get a clear broth.
8. Put the beef chunks into the pot and add 2 cups of broth, ¾ cup soy sauce, ½ cup of garlic cloves, a few strips (4×5 cm) of dried kelp, 2 cups of shishito chile pepper, 1 tbs honey, and rest 3 eggs on top.
9. Bring to a boil for 7 minutes over medium high heat.
10. Open the lid and turn the eggs over so that the egg yolks will be in the center of the eggs when they are cooked.
11. Cook another 10 minutes.
12. Take out the eggs and rinse them in cold water. Crack the shells a bit by gently tapping each egg on your cutting board.
13. Put the eggs back into the pot and stir so they are submerged.
14. Cook another 15 minutes and remove the pot from the heat.
15. Take the eggs out and peel the shells off.
16. Cool it down and keep it in the refrigerator.
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"The Little Book of String Theory" offers a short, accessible, and entertaining introduction to one of the most talked-about areas of physics today. String theory has been called the 'theory of everything'. It seeks to describe all the fundamental forces of nature. It encompasses gravity and quantum mechanics in one unifying theory. But it is unproven and fraught with controversy. After reading this book, you'll be able to draw your own conclusions about string theory. Steve Gubser begins by explaining Einstein's famous equation E = mc2, quantum mechanics, and black holes. He then gives readers a crash course in string theory and the core ideas behind it. In plain English and with a minimum of mathematics, Gubser covers strings, branes, string dualities, extra dimensions, curved spacetime, quantum fluctuations, symmetry, and supersymmetry. He describes efforts to link string theory to experimental physics and uses analogies that nonscientists can understand. How does Chopin's Fantasie-Impromptu relate to quantum mechanics? What would it be like to fall into a black hole? Why is dancing a waltz similar to contemplating a string duality? Find out in the pages of this book. "The Little Book of String Theory" is the essential, most up-to-date beginner's guide to this elegant, multidimensional field of physics.
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"This is an engaging and concise introduction to the main ideas in string theory. Gubser gives us a quick tour of the basic laws of physics as we understand them today, and then demonstrates how string theory seeks to go beyond them. He serves as an artful and attentive guide, as the reader explores the mysteries of quantum mechanics, black holes, strings, branes, supersymmetry, and extra dimensions in the pages of this book."--Juan Maldacena, Institute for Advanced Study"Steve Gubser has written an engaging and thought-provoking account of what was achieved in physics in the last century and how physicists are seeking to go farther in the ambitious framework known as string theory. This is one of the most thoughtful books on this much-discussed topic, and readers will find much to ponder."--Edward Witten, Institute for Advanced Study"This book offers a very nice short introduction to some of the basic ideas and implications of string theory. Gubser knows his subject."--John H. Schwarz, coauthor of "Special Relativity: From Einstein to Strings"
Table of contents
Introduction 1 Chapter One: Energy 11 Chapter Two: Quantum Mechanics 19 Chapter Three: Gravity and Black Holes 34 Chapter Four: String Theory 49 Chapter Five: Branes 69 Chapter Six: String Dualities 99 Chapter Seven: Supersymmetry and the LHC 117 Chapter Eight: Heavy Ions and the Fifth Dimension 140 Epilogue 159 Index 163


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