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I've been doing a bit of research on the XG-lube ingredients discussed here, and thought I'd share what I've found.
Methylparaben is bad. There's a reason why some organic/natural products claim to be "paraben-free." Methylparaben, along with propylparaben and others, apparently acts as an endocrine disruptor, i.e. an estrogen-like chemical that can throw one's hormones out of whack. Its use in cosmetic products is banned in Europe.
(Heck, just Google for "methylparaben endocrine" and see what you get)
Optiphen looks somewhat better, but... Still a bit scary, y'know? There's not exactly a whole lot of research behind this one.
Note that there are several variants of Optiphen (Optiphen ND, Optiphen Plus et al.). This discussion has only been concerned with the "plain" Optiphen, which is the only one Snowdrift Farms sells anyway.
Grapefruit seed extract doesn't work as a preservative. When it does work, it's because the GSE itself has preservatives!
There's not a lot of good options for preservatives out there. Many safer ones, like sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate, can only be used if the formulation is somewhat acidic. Above a certain pH, they're ineffective as a preservative. I suppose you could add in some citric acid crystals to bump up the acidity a bit, but that sure ups the PITA factor as well.
What I've been doing is making somewhat large-ish batches sans preservative, keeping them in the refrigerator, and pouring out / microwaving small amounts as they are needed. So far, it's worked fine. No moldy lube yet!
Xanthan gum may be safe for anal use. I didn't find any reference stating so outright, but Googling for "xanthan gum rectal" turns up various instances of its use in rectal gels/enemas for drug delivery:
__http://books.google.com/books?id=yStnG3eLhhIC&pg=PA434&dq="xanthan+gum"+re ctal__ (remove the space in "re ctal")
My own understanding is that xanthan gum in itself is a polysaccharide, a.k.a. a complex carbohydrate. If you look at the Nutrition Facts label on the bag, it bears this out: of a 1 tbsp / 9g serving size, 7g is listed as dietary fiber. So sticking that up your bum should be no worse than sticking in Metamucil
(The only ill effect I can imagine is that bacteria in the rectum feast on the carbs, but this would be even more an issue with glycerine/glycerol, basically a sugar, and yet glycerine is used in suppositories and anal-lube jellies all the time.)
I just finished with my first Xanthan Gum Flight and oh my god. I haven't flown in a few weeks because I've been sick and no sex drive. I also loathe and despise using conventional lubes because of how sticky they get and I get them on my hands and the Fl case, it's all a big mess that often significantly degrades the experience. After reading this thread and a lot of prodding from Don't bother me i'm flying I decided to get it.
Solved all of my problems! I used 1/4 of a teaspoon with 100ml of water. Not sticky at all, it dries properly without residual stickness and it lasted me long enough, even though the flight was only about 3 minutes I'd have no problem reapplying this. It's also extrmely cheap. I have this problem with normal lubes because I'm poor and I'm always afraid that I'll use too much or run out too quickly and it adds a level of anxiety to my flights. I got a 15 gram batch of gum and I think it'll last me a long long time.
I held off on getting the glycerin and the gse extract, although bobs excellent research (well done mate, now I know it's ok to use on my anal toys as well, thanks a lot!) has made me pause on the gse temporarily, until I knew I liked the base lube, now I'm off hunting for glycerin.
Another good thing is that I'm uncut and extremely sensitive (I didn't pull back my foreskin even a little bit until i was 16 or so, it hurts to touch if its not well lubricated and even then I'm careful) and many lubes really irritate my urethra. This was absolutely fine, no irritation it was just like showering.
I can safely recommend this to any guy who owns a fleshlight, whether they're unhappy with their current lube or not, it gets 5 stars in every category.
edit : lol really should proofread it, accidentally wrote that i used 100ml of milk.
An airtight container seems to make a big difference in how long it lasts. I don't use any preservatives and when I kept it in a small squeeze bottle, even keeping it in the fridge, it would only last a couple of days before it started to smell bad. I switched to using a pill container with a childproof lid, the container is clear orange, and the lid makes a really tight seal. Now I always use it up before it starts to smell bad.
I've experimented with the formula a bit. Boosting the amount of glycerin, to about 1/3 to 1/2 of the final volume, helps the formula a lot. (This is easy to do when you buy glycerin by the gallon )
The thing to note is that glycerin is hygroscopic; it attracts water. It's used, for example, to dry out flowers for preservation. So if you saturate it with at least an equal volume of water, you end up with this "heavy water" mixture that evaporates a lot more slowly than plain water (and still leaves the glycerin behind, which doesn't evaporate). You thicken that with XG in the usual manner, and shazam, you have lube that doesn't dry out. Besides that, the extra glycerin gives the lube a nice, smooth, gel-like consistency.
Be careful where this stuff drips, of course. Non-evaporation is great on your body, not so great on your bedsheets or carpeting
I've also tried adding aloe vera gel to the mix, but unfortunately, all this seems to do is make it stickier. This is noticeable when you have large surface areas in contact with each other (like legs), and you pull them apart.
I was able to find Xanthan Gum at my local Krogers. It was in the produce department. It was the big bag, I think its Bob Mills or something $11.99.
Whats the verdict on preservatives? I have been using a little bit of rubbing alcohol 71% in an 4 ounce bottle that I replenish with a new mixture about once a week.
1st post! Great forum and community you guys got here.
The main risk is that the stuff gets into and irritates your urethra, but if that's not a problem for you, and the fumes aren't a bother, then I don't think there's much to worry about.
I ordered some liquid Optiphen the day after my post. I'm not thrilled about the possible long term effects of using alcohol. My hope is that the Optiphen will be able to preserve a 8-16oz quantity for a couple weeks up to a month at a time. I've heard good things about Optiphen.
Has anybody ever heaten up xantham gum? (standard recipe, just it and water, nothing else) for warm lube? Would it spoil the lube? Safe to microwave or just put the bottle in some hot water?
a fellow friend of mine made her own cosmetics, and she told me that she put liquid vitamin e in her cremes to preserve them. So i went to my local health shop and bought a tiny bottle of "Vitamin E extract 40.000UI" for like $10. I added just a few drops to my mix, filled it in a pump bottle i got at the dollar store and it's still good after nine days. Most of my batches were funky after day three, but the vitamin E really seems to help.
Plus, from what i read it's really good for your skin, so i can see it being beneficial when it's being massaged into your dick by that fleshlight.
Just thought i'd pass that on.
The only question I have is if vitamin E oil will have a long term effect on the fleshlight... I would be careful what you use.
Plus, you use like a drop in two cups of lube...
Another good thing you can add is peppermint extract. You add about 5 drops on 250mls of lube, it is the same active ingredient that is in all those "tingling" or "cooling" type lubricants.
If you want a lubricant that has "warming" properties use water : glycerin in a 1:5 mix and add nothing further (and the desired amount of gum of course).
Also, you can add drops of food coloring to give your lube a more appealing color (like light blue), use like half a drop, that'll be plenty.
Gotta add my two cents about this formula.
Works great. Got a pretty hefty bag of xantham gum in the healthy/organic section of my local grocery store.
I make it in small batches of 2 ounces, and I keep it in a little hand sanitizer squirt bottle. That way it's 100% discreet and I can keep it right next to my computer with no suspicion.
I prefer a thicker consistency because I find it doesn't drip or make a mess. I use about .5 - .75 teaspoon for 2 ounces. It's about the consistency of an aloe gel or thick hand sanitizer.
I find that it's much easier to mix when you shake it rather than stirring. I make a batch in a tupperware bowl, snap on the lid, and shake it hard for a few minutes. There are no clumps and it's completely mixed.
I'm considering trying a drop of alcohol in it to keep it sterile. I have used my fleshlight without drying it after cleaning, so I know alcohol doesn't burn my penis. I'll edit with the results in a week or two with how the batch looks with alcohol in it.
how do you guys mix xanthan gum? I tried and it got so clumpy....
Put the water in a small tupperware bowl with a lid. I suppose any sealed container will work: a water bottle sounds good too.
Then I put in a small portion of the xantham and put the lid on, and shook it up until it was dissolved. Then I put a little bit more and shook it up, then a little bit more.
Don't just dump the whole teaspoon (or whatever measurement) in at once and try to mix it, it'll all clump together. Do it a little bit at a time.
k well just used fleshlight twice with xanthan gum and it worked great. It never got sticky or anything. I bought a $3-4 bag and it seems as if the bag could last me all year lol. Does anyone know hoe long the powder lasts? does it even expire?
As for mixing, someone above me suggested to just let it sit overnight and sure enough this did the trick.
Use a tiny amount of xanthan gum and add some water and you got yourself some really good lube
The clumps don't go away straight off the bat. Usually I use boiling water and stir it a lot. It just takes a while to dissolve. Time will fix it. lems make sure you store it in a sealed case. The powder can go off and affect the quality of the lube (as I have sadly discovered).
I came across this thread awhile back and figured I would give it a try since lube with the FL can get expensive (for lube at least). I've only used a handful of lubes but this stuff blows all the others away. Not only is it dirt cheap and extremely easy to mix, but you can adjust the viscosity with the amount of Xanthan Gum you use.
I'm trying to find a decent preservative for cheap, but I've found Fleshlube mixed with the XG Lube works as a preservative. I mixed about .5oz of Fleshlube Fire with some XG and water in the 4oz Fleshlube bottle. It still is fresh after about a week and a 1/2 where usually it goes bad in about 1/2 a week.
I looked up the ingredients in the Fleshlube and it seems that the Honeysuckle Extract is responsible for the preservatives. However, like the GSE, it seems that its simply preservatives added to the Honeysuckle Extract rather than the extract itself. The problem is the Honeysuckle Extract cost makes it better to simply mix up a batch or 2 per week of XG Lube. I'm thinking that some cheap store-bought lube like KY probably contains some type of preservative and would work well as a XG Lube additive. The XG Lube is cheap enough to make up a bath or 2 per week but it would be much less annoying to use the same batch for a couple months if possible with the help of a preservative.
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The thing is - iif you look at most store-bought bottles of lube, they almost ALWAYS include methyl/propyl parabens as a preservative.
I do somewhat share the concerns about parabens with the endocrine effect and wish there was a known-to-be-COMPLETELY safe method of REAL and TRUE preservation. However, I think the stuff about parabens are mostly concerning internal consumption - but I could be wrong. I never see parabens listed for foods.
But the simple fact is - I'd rather take my chances with parabens than inadvertently shoving malevolent microbes up my dick if a refrigerated lube happened to be a little too old. Parabens are currently classified as GRAS(Generally Regarded As Safe) by the FDA in the US.
BTW - I've had a bottle of XG lube with methylparaben that was well over 5 months old before being used up - and it didn't smell bad at all. (Yes, non-refrigerated.) And it looks like that 4 oz. canister of methylparaben powder will last just as long as my 6 oz. canister of XG, if not longer! Still making the combination incredibly cheap when compared to store-bought lube - even WITH the shipping!
What flabbergasts me is that some people will be worried about parabens while choking down a Big Mac and not think twice about that Big Mac!
It's all a matter of perspective, IMO. But that's just me.
My advice - just forget about the GSE and get some methylparaben or Optiphen (or any REAL preservative) - and be DONE with the issue of preservation once and for all.
The issue of mixing: Just mix the XG with some glycerin BEFORE adding it to the water.. And be DONE with the problem of trying to mix it with water.
These things might cost more initially, but in the long haul they'll be WELL worth it! They'll last you a long, LONG time!
I've heard everyone talking about Xanthan gum for several years now. So, I finally went to a health food store today and bought some. I wasn't sure how to mix it, so I put a tablespoon in about a pint of water and ran it through a mixer. Holy shit! This stuff looked and felt EXACTLY like the "thick and slick" pussy juice that my wife secretes when she's ovulating. I got a stiffy just playing with it and I immediately had to try it out during a Flight. OMG! I can't believe I waited so long to try this stuff!
I've been considering XG lube for a while, and since the bottle of lube I'm using is starting to dwindle I've decided to take the plunge. I found xanthum gum in 6 oz for $7 on iherb,and before I order I wanted to know if there are any suggestions on preservatives/additional ingredients I should buy. I was going to get grapefruit seed extract, but it seems inconclusive. Anyone have suggestions?
amazonedotcom has 1 pound bags for 17 bux us
Just gave this stuff a try....
So rather than ordering another gallon bottle of lube... I celebrated by ordering 4 new sleeves with all the money I'll be saving. Hah!
I take 1/4 tsp of Xantham gum and 100ml of water. More than enough per session. I don't see myself running out lube for a long time...
Yup ... I use 1/8 tsp pf Guar gum to about 60 ml of water ... one of those small Purel hand sanitizer containers is perfect ... makes more than enough for a session, and easy cleanup.
Tried XG as well, but Guar is half the price $5.50 for 260 grams (9 Oz) ... both a much easier than lubes when it comes to clean-up as well.
I'm gonna give this a try.
Are these the right products, and is this a good price? If a masturbate 4 times a week, how long will this stuff last me?
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I googled this stuff and it's always talking about yeast infections. What's the word on that?
Essential Depot also has good prices on the powder; check them out.
(As I understand it, xanthan gum is nutritionally nothing more than dietary fiber. Which would lead me to believe that it is inert with respect to yeast infections.)
Thanks bob!the!bearded!!!
I'm going for the gallon of glycerine. I think I'll be enjoying my Flights a lot more with this stuff.
What part of the store are you finding this xanthan gum. I assumed it would be with baking stuff? Can't seem to find it.
Several Xanthan Gum threads, so I guess I'll just bump the monster here...
I have a few questions:
I have seen everything from Rosemary Leaf Extract to Grapefruit Seed Extract to Methlyparaben powder (I can't find this one *anywhere*) as possible preservatives... Does anyone have a good tried-and-true suggestion for the Preservative for Xanthan lube being stored at room temperature?
Glycerin seems expensive, especially since you actually seem to need a bunch of it (relatively at least - folks talking about buying up to a gallon at a time), at some point, doesn't this start to become ballpark as expensive as a commercial lube? I'm all game for having a *better* lube, but I'd kinda like it to be cheaper too if I'm gonna be mixing my own. ...also, the main purpose of the Glycerin is just to keep the lube from drying quite so quickly, yes?
I'm starting to get a little low on lubricants, and will need to invest in more soon, so I'd kinda like to try the Xanthan Gum route to see what all the hubub is about. hah But for those Xanthan vets out there, I am wondering just how feasible this is for someone who has never mixed any before. Especially any tips concerning the finding and usage of good preservatives, which even after reading the threads here more than once each still confuses the hell out of me. (I'd be happy with methlyparaben, but I just can't find the stuff, so will have to go with an alternative I suppose.)
I only plan on making small batches, probably nothing larger than 1 to 1.5 ounces at a time, so they probably wouldn't have to sit all that long. My main concerns are skin irritation, long term Fleshlight degradation and cost. Any info/tips would be appreciated. (especially if I am overlooking something important!)
If you are only making it in small batches then you should be fine on preserving it. In fact, you may not even have to add a preservative if you use it as quickly as you say you will.
I use a capful of rubbing alcohol as a preservative in mine. I have also heard of using a little salt but I've never tried it.
If you make sure to thoroughly clean your sleeve out after each use there shouldn't be a problem with degradation.
You will also like making your own lube because you can decide how thick it should be.
Go to the supermarket to the gluten free section and you should find a decent sized bottle of it for under ten dollars (I may have bought mine for around 5 or 6 but I cant remember) that can make a lot of lube. Rubbing alcohol can be a dollar depending on the brand you buy.
"So what is this bottle next to the Duck Sauce for?"
"My Cock." heh
Hell, I may as well just put a picture of a Rooster on the bottle and label it "Cock Sauce" haha
I have 91% Isopropyl that I use to occasionally clean/sterilize my sleeves whenever I feel one might need it or before I'm going to store a sleeve for a while. (I don't use it just to dry a sleeve after every flight, moving air seems to work just fine for that purpose.) If worse comes to worse I would experiment with small amounts of that, but there is the smaller concern of it drying the lube faster, and the much larger concern of painful flights - a little alcohol in the urethra (or contact with irritated skin) sounds like a nightmare to me. I like long edging sessions, so 2 or even 3 hours of skin contact with the lube, the lube needs to be pretty inert.
All that said, I wouldn't be comfortable going with no preservative at all.
Don't worry, once you dilute it in the lube, rubbing alcohol loses its potency. Unless, of course, you use an insanely large amount of it.
I haven't had a problem with it drying too quickly or with alcohol in the urethra, but that's just me and I can't vouch for everyone.
I ran across this topic some time ago, and the other day, I just randomly decided it should be something to peruse with all of the positive reviews here. I was too impatient to order the Xanthan Gum online, so I bought it at the store, which cost me $14 for an 8oz bag. Thats the price of living in a smaller town I suppose. I picked up a small bottle of vegetable glycerin as well, both bought in the organic food section of the local supermarket. I followed dogger's recipie posted a few pages back. Here it is for reference:
Just had my first flight with the new lube a little while ago, and it is just as spectacular as everyone has been claiming. So much better than anything I have ever bought at the store. Even though I paid a higher price for the Xanthan Gum, it's still way cheaper than buying the same amount of a commercial lube. It's wonderfully slick and smooth.
Mixing the XG with the glycerin first (And thoroughly) avoided any and all clumps. One thing I did notice though that has not been mentioned is that the XG powder by itself smells really bad. Once mixed, that was pretty much gone, and the vanilla helped too. I guess thats what happens when you are using a product produced by fermentation.
I'm keeping it in a cleaned contact lens solution bottle. Fortunately, I don't wear contacts anymore. I would hate to mix up the bottles. The small nozzle on the end makes it perfect for application to the sleeve. I was going to use one of my almost empty Ky lube bottles, but as we all know, they are notorious for leakage. At least I never have to worry about them leaking again, as they are going away ASAP.
On a side note, I did try the other day to make a batch of lube with cornstartch and water. I used 4 tsp to 1 cup of water, and brought it to a boil. I think I had it on the heat too long though, as it made more of a thick gel. It was still slick, and it was ok, but the whole batch went in the trash after using the Xanthan gum lube.
I would highly recommend to anyone to try it out. I doubt there is any better lube than this.
Can someone give a definitive answer on how long it will last unrefrigerated w/out preservatives? And how long it will last in the fridge w/out preservatives?
I have a batch of lube that I made some time back for anal use (a bit thinner to allow application via syringe, plus some salt for isotonicity), but shortly thereafter, I lost interest in anal play. (Long story.) Never got around to throwing out the lube.
That had to be at least a year ago. To this day, the bottle has no visible mold inside it. I actually used some of it to test out a new toy a few weeks ago, and I specifically checked for any weird/moldy smell. None.
Maybe there was some kind of invisible, odorless mold that no one knows about that's mega-willy-unfriendly. (As in, mega-unfriendly, not just unfriendly to mega-willys!) I'm willing to bet that as long as you're okay with keeping your lube in cold storage, preservatives are a needless hassle. I certainly don't bother with them.
Thanks, bob!the!bearded, sounds promising.
I have a 2.5 fl oz bottle of Astroglide that's almost done; I was thinking about washing it out and using it for storing the XG lube. I don't live alone, so I'm not sure if I could get away with hiding it in the fridge behind the mayo. No one in my apt uses the mayo but me, so I could probably get away with it. Maybe wrap the bottle in tin foil. lol Hmmmm.
I hope this is worth it!
do you guys use liquid glycerin like this? i am interesting in making XM lube but i don't want it go bad.
Yes, pepito.. that's what I got.
If anyone's read my posts, you might have noticed that I've been very critical of the STU, my first FL that I bought back in August. I was using Astroglide, and I thought the sensation of STU/Astroglide was underwhelming. Most of my flights have been disappointing to say the least. I was even tempted to throw it in the trash.
Well, I just tried the XG lube for the first time yesterday, and Oh My God is this stuff good!! This is the best lube I've ever used by far. My first flight with this stuff was incredibly pleasurable. It felt so good, I can't even describe it.
I followed the recommended formula of:
heaping 1/4 tsp xanthan gum
3 tsp glycerin
4 ounces water
.. but for the next batch, I might make half the amount:
1/8 tsp xanthan gum
1.5 tsp glycerin
2 ounces water.
I'm assuming it will have the exact same viscosity, am I right? I want it to be the exact same!
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Just want to say that I've just recently returned to the world of Fleshlights after being away for three years. I was drunk on my birthday and started remembering all the good times I used to have with my STU and WW (it's been about three years since I actually owned any Fleshlights) and found a good deal on the Stoya Lotus on Amazon. I grabbed it and a 5 ounce bottle of Astroglide, since that's the lube that I always used in the past with my Fleshlights.
After receiving my FL and Astroglide, I remembered why I used to hate the stuff. I would always wonder if there was anything better out there, or if I was doomed to having to keep spitting in to my Fleshlight every minute to reactivate the lube. That's when I discovered this thread.
After reading every post here, I ordered a pound of xanthan gum powder for 15 dollars on Amazon. I just received it today and mixed up a quick batch. I used four ounces of hot water, a heaping 1/4 teaspoon of powder, and a cap full of 91 percent isopropyl alcohol. I sealed it in a Tupperware container and kept shaking it for several minutes, but there were still some clumps left. I decided to let it settle on its own and took a nap. A few hours later, the clumps were gone. I gave it another vigorous shaking and opened it up to have a look.
The consistency and colour both surprised me. Both of them highly resemble semen. I was quite surprised at how slick that it was. I dipped my fingers in it and rubbed it around for awhile and let it dry. No stickiness whatsoever left behind after it dried.
My first FLight with it was amazing. It was definitely slicker than Astroglide, and it certainly lasted longer. I lasted about four or five minutes and didn't have to spit to reactivate it, although I did add quite a bit more after around two minutes. It was certainly nice not having to worry about how much lube that I was using. In the past, I've limited myself to the bare minimum to keep it comfortable since lube is so expensive. Not so with this stuff, I just squirted as much as I wanted and it really enhanced the experience.
All in all, I'm very satisfied with this. I almost ordered a quart of Gun Oil H2O because I was skeptical of how good homemade lube could really be.
Now I just hope that I can use up all of the powder before the expiration date (April 2014). I'm using a 3 ounce Germ-X bottle to store my mixture in, and the first batch produced enough to fill it up and then plenty extra for two FLights. I'm sure that each 4 ounce batch will definitely spoil days before I can actually use all of it.


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I think my favorite part of our Apple Bretonne Tartlets is the sweet crunchy almond topping. When I was making them the other day, I had some leftover sugar soaked almonds. Bakers never like to waste anything and we also love to reinvent the wheel. Using a 3-inch biscuit cutter as a template, I shaped the unbaked almond topping into round cookie shapes and popped them in the oven for 15 minutes. They disappeared quickly like magic. The bakers loved them and insisted we make them part of our cookie collection. The texture is delicately crisp and the taste is not overly sweet—and I love the added dimension of the vanilla. The extra bonus is they are gluten free—perfect for those with a wheat allergy. Now if I can only make them sugar-free for my husband Bill, that would be a miracle. I promised him I would work on it!
Makes 16 3-inch-diameter cookies
3 large egg whites, at room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla or the seeds from 1/2 of a vanilla bean
3 cups (12 ounces) sliced almonds with skins, lightly toasted
1 Position racks in the center and top third of the oven and preheat to 350ºF. Line 2-half sheet pans with parchment paper.
2. Whisk the egg whites in a medium bowl until foamy. Whisk in the sugar and vanilla. Using a silicon spatula, gently fold the almonds into the egg white mixture taking care not to break the nuts.
2. Using a 3-inch-diameter entremet ring or straight-edged cookie cutter, place 2 rounded tablespoons of the nut mixture in the center of the ring on the sheet pans, about 1 inch apart. Using your fingers, evenly distribute the mixture. Remove the ring. Continue shaping the remaining crisps.
3. Place the trays in the oven and bake for 10 minutes. Rotate the trays after 10 minutes and bake for an additional 5 minutes, until golden brown. Set the timer—they burn quickly!
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Wow these look positively delicious and so simple. No wonder they didn't last long.
By the way I LOVE your book. I've tried many recipes and they are all sensational. You don't find that too often in a cookbook.
i have made these 4 times and tonight added toasted coconut to them. now they are even more fantastic! a great cookie for passover also!
how long do you think these will last? could i mail them across the country (u.s.)? thank you!
Whooooa! It looks really delicious. I really love nuts, especially almonds. I'd been lovin' it with chocolate but I think this is something new as a cookie. Thanks for sharing.
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Bringing Up Baby
For Dynasty's Linda Evans, Playing Mom Is the Next Best Thing to Being One
Judging from Dynasty, F. Scott Fitzgerald was right: The rich are different. They have more maternity troubles. Although Dynasty espouses family pride over fashion, good manners and great sex, motherhood is more complicated than moguling for its characters. As the noble wife of petroleum patriarch Blake Carrington, Krystle has suffered one miscarriage, spent the obligatory several seasons pining for another child and will fret for five more weeks before bringing her daughter home from the hospital in January.
For the producers, Krystina's arrival means mollifying Dynasty addicts as well as Krystle. "I cannot tell you how many letters of commiseration we got when she lost her other child," says supervising producer Elaine Rich. For the parents of Cassidy Lewis, who was cast as Krystina, the birth means a part-time job for their 2½-month-old daughter. For Linda Evans, however, the new addition has sparked the resurgence of old feelings. "I would love to have a baby," she says. "I think a child—my child—would just be the most delightful, wonderful experience in the world."
Unlike Krystle, Evans has neither a devoted husband nor a dynasty of her own. Twice divorced, she recently revived her 3½-year, on-again, off-again romance with L.A. restaurateur George Santo Pietro, whom she first encountered at a stoplight. Although he accompanied her on a Dynasty promotional trip to New York last month (see page 69), the relationship is already off. Again. "George and I have no commitments to each other," insists Evans. But the resurrected romance also revived tabloid tales of the blond beauty trying to beat the biological time clock. "It's sort of sad to have these stories saying that I'm desperate to have a child," says Evans. "It's more like this is something that would absolutely be the dream of my life were it to happen in the right way—to fall in love, to get married and to have a child. That's how I would like it to be."
In a sense, Evans and her TV alter ego are compatriots. "Similarly to me, Krystle is learning to find her identity in later life," observes Linda, and Dynasty writers have occasionally capitalized on that reasonable fascimile—particularly when it comes to children. The character's frustrated maternal instinct was familiar to Evans. "Her desire and her pain were easy for me to play because there was a thought in my mind that maybe I wouldn't, maybe I couldn't have a child," says Linda.
Motherhood eluded Evans in her two marriages for quite different reasons. At 20, she met and later married matinee idol John Derek, who was 16 years her senior and already a father. "He had two children and they lived with us," says Evans. "There was so much time, there was no hurry. It just seemed like we had forever to have our own baby." But in 1973, when Derek flew to Greece to make a film with a 16-year-old actress named Mary Cathleen Collins(and later renamed Bo Derek), divorce, not motherhood, followed. Says Evans, "I have a life that is quite extraordinary; it might never have happened if the marriage had lasted." At the time, its dissolution left Linda depressed, until she met real estate tycoon Stan Herman at a dinner party. They married in 1976. "Stan had been single and a man about town most of his life," she says. "I wanted to be certain that a married life was the life he really wanted to have before we had a child." When that marriage broke up, she got the answer she wasn't looking for. Ever optimistic, Evans finds solace in that 1979 split. "I know that had I had a child with Stan, I never would have done a TV series," she says. "Somebody knew better than me where I should be and what I should be doing."
Unlike some of her colleagues, Evans considers having a husband a prerequisite for having a baby. "I could easily adopt a child on my own right now, but I think it is real important for the child to have a father as well as a mother," she says. The notion of autumn parentage doesn't daunt her. In fact, she has enjoyed eyewitness evidence of its pleasures. After close friend Ursula Andress gave birth to a son at age 44, she moved into Evans' Coldwater Canyon home until her own was ready. "Everyone says you don't have the patience you need," says Evans of older moms, "but I learned about myself. I think that I would be a better mother now than if I'd had a child when I was younger." She doesn't harbor great expectations, though. "I think one child would be realistic," she says.
For the production team at Dynasty, finding one Carrington child threatened to cause double trouble: Because of time demands and working conditions, twins are usually chosen to play one part in TV dramas. (Twin boys, for instance, alternated as Steven Carrington's son, Danny—until the panic-stricken producers discovered the family had moved to Alaska during a break in shooting.) For Krystina, the producers insisted on an infant who looked as if she could indeed be Evans' baby. "I was unable to find twins, or any other babies for that matter, with pale skin and light, or almost no, hair," says Elaine Rich. "Most of the babies I saw had dark hair and that wouldn't work at all."
So the Carringtons owe the presence of Krystina to construction worker Doug Lewis, 28, of Simi Valley, Calif. At work one day, Doug met a fellow whose kids worked in commercials, and he suggested that Doug present his 6-year-old daughter Wendy to the Screen Children's Agency in Studio City. Doug's wife, Debra, 26, was seven months pregnant when she brought Wendy into the agency last summer. "They said, 'Wow, you're pregnant!' " recalls Debra. "So a week or so after I had my baby, I called the agent and told her I had a beautiful baby girl with blue eyes and auburn hair." Two weeks later, a Dynasty photographer arrived at their three-bedroom house to shoot Cassidy Claire Lewis, born September 28. "Cassidy was chosen more for her spirit than her looks," says Dynasty co-creator Esther Shapiro. "She has Linda's spirit."
She doesn't have Linda's income, however. While her TV mom makes an estimated $40,000 an episode, Cassidy gets $87-$140 a day, depending on how long she works. If you think a TV set is no place for a baby, the California law agrees. A nurse and a welfare worker are present whenever Cassidy is. She can only work 30 seconds at a time, and the welfare worker keeps a stopwatch in hand. "I've never acted worse in my life, because I'm so concerned for her," says Evans. Cassidy's maximum stretch on the set is two hours (she works one or two days), and she and her mother are taken to and from the set by studio car.
Like a lot of performers on soaps, Cassidy, whose mother named her after Cassie Burns, a favorite character on Days of Our Lives, may soon outgrow her role. Although the producers hope to use her for several months, time could complicate life—in the Carrington tradition. "It depends on how fast she grows," says Rich. Until then, Cassidy's earnings are much appreciated by her now two-paycheck family. "I'm putting a little bit into an account for her," says Debra, "and the rest is being used to help out my family. My washing machine broke down, and Cassidy has to have diapers washed." While the baby's good nature won her the role, Debra knows the source of her daughter's temperament. "Breast feeding, entirely," she says.
As usual on Dynasty, the future may hold peril for Krystle—if not Krystina. "A lot of things will happen," promises Shapiro. "It's a good thing to see what emotional repercussions there are when an older woman has a child. In a sense, Krystle will begin to perceive herself quite differently because she will be a role model for the child."
Although Krystle has achieved the maternal happiness that has eluded Evans, the actress doesn't despair. An optimism clause must be written into her contract. "I will be in the right place at the right time to have this work out for me," she says. "I think life works it all out." Our story continues.
In Dynasty's new production, selling well is the best revenge
On the morning of her 42nd birthday last month, Evans sat regally behind a table overlooking the main foyer of Bloomingdale's department store in New York. Below, behind stanchions, security men and some front-row shriekers, there crowded more enthusiastic onlookers than Alexis has enemies. "We have not had such excitement since the Queen of England visited the store in 1976," said store chairman Marvin Traub. While Evans was treated like royalty, her loyal subjects were treated to the Dynasty merchandise that she and her colleagues were promoting. Among the items that have grossed $400 million retail so far are such Carrington necessities as tuxedos ($300-$500), ballgowns (up to $800) and the top-selling Forever Krystle perfume ($150 an ounce). If you can't live like a Carrington, at least you can smell like one.
Since Dynasty is being heralded as the first TV show to inspire spin-offs for upscale adults, the marketing has focused on artifacts of conspicuous consumption, ranging from $3 panty hose to a $200,000 chinchilla coat. In effect, the idea for tie-ins came from those fanatical fans. "The mail that comes in is often directed to a dress as much as it is to a star," says Chuck Ashman, president of the merchandising division of 20th Century Fox, which is orchestrating the effort. When asked why they watched Dynasty, "as many people mentioned the clothes as the characters," says Ashman. The show used to send out sketches—as many as 200 a week—to viewers who asked. Now the styles are available via the McCall Pattern Co.
Even before series regular Pamela Bellwood encountered a Philippine businessman who had duplicated the Carrington nursery and sent it home, Dynasty co-creator Esther Shapiro realized that "people want to be part of it all, so it just seemed logical that we extend to merchandising."
As the project boss, Shapiro has overseen all products and insisted on mostly U.S. manufacturers. She also, of course, enlisted the efforts of the various cast members. Charles of the Ritz presented Shapiro and Linda Evans with a hundred possibilities for Forever Krystle. "They brought a board with all the scents on it and let us smell them," recalls Evans. "Esther and I got to choose." For their various efforts, "there will be no performer on this show who will not make at least five figures the first year for their licensing participation," predicts Ashman. Playing odd lady out offscreen as well as on, Joan Collins has not actively participated in the nationwide promotion. Instead, she elected to endorse Revlon's Scoundrel perfume and to introduce her own line of low-cost jewelry.
No one has figured a way to market such envied Dynasty staples as Linda Evans cheekbones or John James dimples, but Shapiro and Fox are releasing a slew of new products next year, although they passed by such incongruous items as Krystle Carrington peanut butter. Among the merchandise are desk accessories, floor coverings, wall coverings, china and flatware. For the poor little rich girl who has everything, there will be $10,000 handmade dolls of Alexis or Krystle (24 inches high) with original Nolan Miller clothes, sporting real fur and real jewelry.
Even the newest addition to the cast has not escaped the cash register. In addition to infant clothes inspired by Krystina, a Krystina doll will be available next year, but only after being initially rejected. Esther Shapiro found the first doll "Nazi-looking" and suggested that the makers consult some of Linda Evans' baby pictures. "We think it will be the next Cabbage Patch doll," enthuses Ashman. In any event, the Krystina doll, with a projected retail price of $19 to $40, may at last be the answer for the household that always wanted some Carrington stock.
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By STEVE BAILEY
Many people realize the importance of saving for retirement, but knowing how much they need to save is another issue.
You can go online and find a website that has a retirement calculator that you can enter your personal information. It will then give you an amount that you should be saving each year to reach your goal, or you can use the general rule of thumb that you will need approximately 80 percent of your pre-retirement income.
However depending on your own situation and the type of retirement you hope to have, the number that you come up with may be higher or lower than what you actually need.
You may also come up with a number that is impossible for you to save based on your current income and expenses. So how can you determine how much money you need to save?
There are several factors that you will need to look at to help you determine how much you need to save for retirement. The first factor that you need to consider is the age at which you expect to retire. Everyone hopes that they will be able to retire as early as possible but the earlier you retire the more money you will need for retirement.
So when you pick an age for retirement be realistic on how much money you think you will need in retirement and how much money you will be able to save to meet this goal. If you can't save enough to meet your goal for retirement, you may need to move retirement age back.
A second factor that you will need to consider is your expected life span. With modern medicine people are living longer and longer. This could affect your retirement assets because you will have to make sure that you don't outlive your money.
You will also need to consider your current health and how long other members in your family have lived and adjust your life expectancy number accordingly.
Another factor that will affect your retirement will be the lifestyle that you choose in retirement. If you are planning on doing a lot of traveling, taking up expensive hobbies, or continuing to live the same lifestyle as you had before retirement, you will need to make sure that you have increased the amount that you need for retirement.
One of the biggest factors that you will need to consider is what you will do for health insurance if you decide to retire before you are eligible for Medicare at age 65.
In the past, most companies paid for their retiree's health insurance (or a large portion of it) until the retiree was eligible for Medicare at age 65, but today many companies have decided not to offer this benefit to their retirees.
This means that you may have to find your own health insurance until you reach age 65. This can be very expensive, especially if you have any health problems, and it may force you to spend the money that you planned on using for retirement to pay for your health insurance.
After considering all of the above factors, you should have a better idea of how to determine how much you may need to save for retirement. If you feel overwhelmed trying to figure out how much you should be saving for your retirement you may want to contact a financial planner to assist you.
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Maine's Acadia National Park is a favorite of photographers for its combination of accessible mountain views and quintessential coastal scenery. For Jerry Monkman, author of The Photographer's Guide to Acadia National Park (Countryman Press, 2010), the park has been a go-to location for photography and family vacations for more than 20 years. Here's his list of the 5 best photo ops in Acadia National Park.
Ocean Drive
Every trip I've ever made to Acadia has included a photo stop along the two-mile section of Park Loop Road known as Ocean Drive. Stretching from the beauty of Sand Beach to the dramatic cliffs at Otter Point, Ocean Drive sports pink and tan granite ledges perched above the crashing surf of the Gulf of Maine. A pair of secluded cobblestone coves provide some compositional variety. Best of all, this entire stretch of coastline faces the rising sun, making it a great place to start your day with a camera.
Cadillac Mountain
Watching sunrise from the 1,528-foot-high summit of Cadillac Mountain (the high point in Acadia) is a popular rite of passage for park visitors for good reason. The view from the summit is one of the best in all of New England: 360 degrees, taking in Frenchman Bay, the Porcupine Islands, and the surrounding peaks of Mount Desert Island. Best to arrive at least 30 minutes early to secure a photo spot, as you'll most likely be sharing the sunrise with a couple of hundred other folks who have made the drive up the auto road to the summit.
Jordan Pond
The clearing at the south end of this two-mile-long pond affords perhaps the most iconic view in all of Acadia: Adirondack chairs set above the water, which in clear weather reflects "The Bubbles," a pair of perfectly matched bald peaks at the northern edge of the pond. My favorite spots are among the boulders at the southern end of the pond.
Isle au Haut
When I want to experience a quieter Acadia, I take the six-mile ferry ride from Stonington to Isle au Haut. The southern half of "High Island" is part of the national park and features alternating coves and headlands accessible only by kayak or on foot (via the Goat, Cliff, and Western Head trails.) Few places on the Maine coast feel or look as wild and untrammeled. It's possible to visit Isle au Haut as a daytrip, but I get the most out of a visit there by camping in a lean-to at the park's Duck Harbor campground.
Great Head
Great Head is a rocky cliff rising 145 feet above the cold waters of Frenchman Bay. Among the ruins of an early-20th-century teahouse (Great Head was once owned by J. P. Morgan and his heirs) I shoot summer wildflowers clinging to the rocks, as well as the dramatic cliff views to the east and south. Accessible via the Great Head Trail, which wends its way up the rocks for about a mile from Sand Beach, the cliffs are a popular hiking and rock-climbing destination. My preference is to hike in before dawn and photograph sunrise or the early-morning light on the cliffs.
Maps and info about the park are available at nps.gov/acad/index.htm or by calling 207-288-3338. View a selection of Jerry Monkman's Acadia photos.


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From the Retina Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard University School of Medicine (Drs Egan and Gragoudas), and the Departments of Epidemiology (Dr Egan) and Biostatistics (Dr Ryan), Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston.
To evaluate whether the removal of the eye after radiotherapy alters the rates of metastatic death in patients with melanoma of the choroid.
Patients and Methods
Using an extension of the Cox model, we based our analysis on a cohort of 1541 consecutive patients with unilateral choroidal or ciliary body melanoma treated with protons (70 cobalt-gray equivalent in 5 to 7 fractions) at the Harvard University (Boston, Mass) cyclotron between July 1, 1975, through December 31, 1993, and who were observed prospectively up to September 30, 1995. Patient survival and the status of the treated eye were updated annually.
By September 1995 (median follow-up among survivors, 8 years), 137 patients underwent enucleation after radiotherapy for complications (n=103) or tumor regrowth (n=34). The overall 10-year rate of eye retention was 89% (95% confidence interval, 87%-91%). Of the 1541 patients, 300 died of tumor metastasis, 38 following enucleation of the affected eye (mean interval from enucleation to death, 25 months). The multivariate rate ratio for metastatic death associated with enucleation (modeled as a time-dependent covariate) was 0.9 (95% confidence interval, 0.6-1.4) for enucleation due to complications and 3.8 (95% confidence interval, 2.3-6.3) for enucleation associated with tumor regrowth.
In the absence of tumor viability, enucleation after primary irradiation for choroidal melanoma has no deleterious effect on patients' survival. Enucleation concurrent with tumor regrowth is associated with high death rates; growth of the tumor in the eye may presage systemic recurrence and death from metastasis.
THE PROGNOSTIC influence of enucleation in the treatment of choroidal melanoma has long been debated.1- 5 Zimmerman et al2 proposed that enucleation could be a causal factor in early metastasis based on their demonstration of a peak in the annual death rates 2 to 3 years after the surgery. As additional evidence, they cited the low prevalence of metastasis before any intervention is initiated and anecdotal reports of long-term survival in patients refusing treatment. The experimental work of Niederkorn6,7 provided additional support that enucleation through mechanical means could provoke the seeding of metastatic emboli into the circulation. Others8,9 suggested, however, that the patterns noted by Zimmerman et al reflect the natural history and growth kinetics of the tumor.8,9 By this view, the onset of symptoms triggered by the growth of the tumor coincides with its metastasis from the eye, which explains the temporal association of diagnosis and enucleation with death from the tumor. Support for this alternative view is the transient rise in tumor mortality in other primary tumors regardless of treatment.9 Also, similar survival patterns have been noted in patients with choroidal melanomas treated by irradiation.10
We examined the prognostic influence of enucleation in patients for whom radiotherapy has failed. The analysis was based on a large series of patients treated initially for choroidal melanoma with proton irradiation, a proportion of whom at varying intervals had enucleation for complications or regrowth of the tumor.11 We hypothesized that enucleation should pose no additional hazard for metastasis or provide any net benefit if the tumor has been destroyed by irradiation. Reciprocally, local recurrence, valid evidence of active tumor, should increase death rates. To model the effect of the surgery on survival, we demonstrate the specialized procedures needed for modeling "time-dependent" prognostic indicators whose status may change after the start of follow-up.
From a total cohort of 1864 patients with eye melanoma treated with protons at the Harvard University (Boston, Mass) cyclotron through December 1993, 1553 patients were eligible for this analysis. Exclusions included patients who had bilateral melanoma (n=8), iris-only tumors (n=5), residency in other countries (n=133), any prior treatment of the tumor (n=44), and treatment with a nonstandard proton dose (eg, more or less than 70 cobalt-gray equivalent) (n=121). Details concerning the treatment of intraocular melanomas at the Harvard University facility have been described elsewhere.12,13 A primary aim of the study was to evaluate the possible effect of cause-specific enucleation on tumor mortality. Therefore, we excluded from analysis 2 patients in whom metastasis was diagnosed concurrent with tumor regrowth and 1 patient whose eye was removed after the diagnosis of metastasis. Because nearly all patients with local recurrence were treated by enucleation, we further excluded the few patients with recurrences re-treated successfully by proton irradiation (n=2) or photocoagulation (n=7). The remaining 1541 patients were included in the analysis.
Information collected at baseline on these patients has been described elsewhere.14 In brief, the initial size of the tumor was estimated on the basis of indirect ophthalmoscopy, transillumination, and echography. The tumor's location in relation to the optic disc, macula, equator, and ora serrata also was determined. Demographic information, including age and sex, was available for all patients.
Patients were observed to September 30, 1995. Many patients returned to the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Boston) at regular intervals after irradiation for ocular and systemic follow-up. The remaining patients were observed annually by their local ophthalmologist, internist, or both. In the event of a death or the diagnosis of metastatic melanoma, medical documentation, including biopsy and autopsy reports, the results of chest x-ray films and computed tomographic scans, discharge summaries, and death certificates, was sought. By September 1995, 484 deaths were documented, 300 due to metastatic melanoma; 14 patients were alive with metastatic disease. Medical documentation for the cause of death was available for 92% of deaths overall (96% for deaths from metastasis). The remaining deaths were classified on the basis of information from the next of kin. The median follow-up among 1057 surviving patients was 8 years (range, 6 months to 18.3 years). The median interval since the last patient contact (before September 30, 1995) was 1 month.
The end points in this analysis were death due to metastatic melanoma and enucleation of the eye. Cumulative proportions of patients with either outcome were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method.15 The influence of enucleation on prognosis was evaluated using the Cox proportional hazards model,16 treating enucleation as a "time-varying" covariate.17 Models also were fitted that considered enucleation as "time invariant" (ie, fixed at the start of follow-up) to demonstrate how using an inappropriate model may lead to "length bias" in rate ratio estimates. All models were adjusted for established prognostic factors for metastasis in these patients,18 including the largest tumor diameter (in contact with the sclera) and tumor height (as measured by ultrasonography), patient age, location of the anterior tumor margin (ciliary body or anterior or posterior to the equator), and presence or absence of extraocular tumor extension.
All-cause survival rates at 5 and 10 years in this series were 78% and 63%, respectively. The probabilities of death due to metastasis and enucleation by year after radiotherapy are presented in Table 1. Of the 1541 patients, 300 (19.5%) died of metastatic melanoma, and 14 more were alive with metastasis by September 30, 1995. Overall, 75% survived without metastasis for a minimum of 10 years (95% confidence interval, 73%-78%). Enucleation was performed on 137 patients (8.9%) after proton irradiation, for documented or suspected tumor regrowth (n=34), neovascular glaucoma (n=78), or another primary cause (n=25), including blind, painful eye, or another complication. Eighty-nine percent of patients retained the affected eye 10 years after irradiation. Most enucleations (65%) were performed during the first 3 years after irradiation (range, 6 weeks to 14 years).
Table 2 shows the results of Cox regressions when potential baseline prognostic factors for melanoma-related death and enucleation were examined. Melanoma-related death rates increased with patient's age and tumor diameter, independent of other correlated factors. Tumor height was weakly and inconsistently related to survival after adjusting for tumor diameter and other covariates (P for trend=.72). Other statistically significant predictors of survival were the location of the anterior tumor margin with respect to the equator and the presence or absence of extraocular extension. The risk of enucleation was positively associated with increased tumor height and posterior tumor location.
Patients were observed an average of 3.8 years after enucleation (range, 1 month to 14.4 years). Thirty-eight patients died of metastatic disease following enucleation: 16 (42%) had undergone enucleation for tumor regrowth, 18 (47%) for neovascular glaucoma, and the remaining 4 (10%) for other reasons. The median interval between enucleation and death from metastasis was 24 months (range, 9.6 months to 5.6 years) in the patients with recurrent tumors and 35 months (range, 1.8 months to 7.8 years) in the patients with controlled tumors.
Table 3 shows the rate ratios of melanoma-related death for enucleation under different model assumptions. Using the "naive" approach in which enucleation was modeled as a baseline covariate, tumor recurrence modestly increased the rate ratio for death from metastasis (by 80%), whereas enucleation for reasons other than tumor regrowth was associated with a significant 40% reduction in metastatic death rates. Modeled appropriately as a time-varying covariate, however, the inverse association for enucleation or other causes was greatly attenuated and no longer statistically significant (rate ratio, 0.9; P=.65). Enucleation for recurrence in this model emerged as a strong and significant prognostic factor for melanoma-related death: the rate ratio of 3.8 (95% confidence interval, 2.3-6.3) indicates nearly a 4-fold elevation in death rates among patients with tumors not controlled by radiotherapy.
We assessed the effect of enucleation on survival with choroidal melanoma when the surgery follows a definitive course of irradiation. Patients who had enucleation for rubeosis and other complications of irradiation without evidence of tumor growth had rates of metastasis similar to those of patients retaining the eye, the predicted finding assuming that irradiation has destroyed the tumor as a source of metastatic cells. Consistent with other data,19 however, tumor regrowth was an ominous prognostic sign: patients with enucleation because of radiotherapeutic failure had a 4-fold excess in tumor death rates compared with patients whose tumors were controlled.
To evaluate the effect of enucleation, an intercurrent prognostic factor, we demonstrated the specialized procedures needed for modeling time-dependent covariates in the Cox regression analysis and the bias that occurs when this is neglected. Modeled as time-invariant, enucleation appears to confer a survival advantage. This is because patients treated with enucleation were, in relative terms, "survivors" compared with patients with intact eyes who need not have survived for eye-threatening complications to develop. Likewise, rate ratios for tumor regrowth increased markedly in the time-varying model, which avoids this "length-bias" distortion.
A possible implication of our data is that the growth of the tumor in the eye may presage the outgrowth of cells in metastatic foci. In patients with locally recurrent tumors, the average interval from enucleation to death was less than 24 months, whereas recurrences were sometimes diagnosed years after primary irradiation (average interval between irradiation and enucleation for recurrence, 36 months; range, 2 months to 11.1 years). In 2 patients (not included in the analysis), the growth of the tumor in the eye was diagnosed simultaneously with liver metastasis. These results are interesting in light of the emerging view that the growth of metastases may be controlled by angiogenic mechanisms.20 It has been proposed that the balance of negative and positive regulators of angiogenesis dictates the rate of growth in the primary tumor and whether dormant metastases will eventually become manifest.20 In theory, systemic promoters of angiogenesis could promote growth simultaneously at metastatic sites and in viable primary cells, explaining the close temporal association of local recurrence with death from metastasis in many of these patients.
Because of the limited number, we could not formally address the question of whether the removal of the eye itself contributed to the high death rates in patients treated with enucleation because of radiotherapy failure. Local failures are uncommon after proton irradiation: the 5-year rate is less than 3%.21 Some arise because of incomplete coverage of the tumor with a full radiation field (marginal miss or "ring melanoma"), whereas a small number appear to be resistant to treatment at conventional doses. The class of tumors most likely to recur is not well-defined; in an earlier analysis,21 large tumor size, ciliary body location, and male sex were associated factors. In this series, most patients with recurrence were treated by enucleation. Of the 9 cases re-treated successfully by a second course of irradiation or by photocoagulation, 4 died of metastatic melanoma compared with 16 of the 34 patients who underwent enucleation after tumor regrowth. Treatment was more likely to be attempted and to be successful when the lesion was small and posterior.
A further limitation of these data was the lack of information on histopathologic features associated with survival in this disease.22 The cellular type and vascular architecture are each associated independently with the probability for metastasis and could have confounded results if baseline distributions of these factors varied by enucleation status.
In summary, our results provide reassurance that enucleation poses no hazard for metastasis among patients in whom local control has been achieved. Likewise, there is no evidence for a survival advantage associated with the removal of the eye in these patients. Local recurrence is uncommon after charged-particle irradiation, but it is more common after brachytherapy23 in posterior tumors.24 These data underscore the importance of attaining local control in irradiated tumors, without which a patient may be at substantial risk for local failure and death from metastasis.
Accepted for publication October 13, 1997.
Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Ft Lauderdale, Fla, April 26, 1996.
Reprints: Kathleen Egan, ScD, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard University School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115.
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The University of Massachusetts was less than 30 seconds away from earning a much-needed point in Hockey East play when host Maine had other ideas.
Jeff Dimmen scored with 26.5 seconds remaining in the third period to lift the Black Bears past the visiting Minutemen 2-1 Sunday at Alfond Arena in Orono, Maine.
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UMass (11-2-3, 6-8-3 Hockey East) earned the equalizer with 1:28 left in the second, when Casey Wellman cashed in on a power-play chance. He let a wrist shot go from just inside the blue line and got the puck past Maine goalie Dave Wilson. Chase Langeraap set up a screen in front of Wilson that helped Wellman's shot go in.
Paul Dainton made 27 saves for the Minutemen, who next play Friday at Boston College in the season series finale. Wilson stopped 21 shots for the Black Bears, who won 33 of 63 faceoffs.
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An aulos (Ancient Greek: αὐλός, plural αὐλοί, auloi[1]) or tibia (Latin) was an ancient Greek wind instrument, depicted often in art and also attested by archaeology.
An aulete (αὐλητής, aulētēs) was the musician who performed on an aulos. The ancient Roman equivalent was the tibicen (plural tibicines), from the Latin tibia, "pipe, aulos." The neologism aulode is sometimes used by analogy with rhapsode and citharode (citharede) to refer to an aulos player, who may also be called an aulist; however, aulode more commonly refers to a singer who sang the accompaniment to a piece played on the aulos.
There were several kinds of aulos, single or double. A single pipe without a reed was called the monaulos (μόναυλος, from μόνος "single").[3] A single pipe held horizontally, as the modern flute, was the plagiaulos (πλαγίαυλος, from πλάγιος "sideways").[3] The most common variety must have been a reed instrument.[3] Archeological finds, surviving iconography and other evidence indicate that it was usually double-reeded, like an oboe,[4] although simple variants with a single clarinet-type reed cannot be ruled out.
Though aulos is often erroneously translated as "flute", it was a reed instrument, and its sound — described as "penetrating, insisting and exciting"[5] — was more akin to that of the bagpipes, with a chanter and (modulated) drone. Like the Great Highland Bagpipe, the aulos has been used for martial music,[6] but it is more frequently depicted in other social settings. It was the standard accompaniment of the passionate elegiac poetry. It also accompanied physical activities such as wrestling matches, the broad jump, the discus throw and to mark the rowing cadence on triremes, as well as sacrifices and dramas.[4] Plato associates it with the ecstatic cults of Dionysus and the Korybantes, banning it from his Republic but reintroducing it in "Laws".
It appears that some variants of the instrument were loud, shrill, and therefore very hard to blow. A leather strap, called a phorbeiá (φορβεία) in Greek or capistrum in Latin, was worn by the auletai to avoid excessive strain on the lips and cheeks due to continuous blowing. Aulos players are sometimes depicted with puffed cheeks. The playing technique almost certainly made use of circular breathing, very much like the Sardinian launeddas which would give the aulos a continuous sound.
Although aristocrats with sufficient leisure sometimes practiced aulos-playing as they did the lyre, after the later fifth century the aulos became chiefly associated with professional musicians, often slaves. Nevertheless, such musicians could achieve fame. The Romano-Greek writer Lucian discusses aulos playing in his dialogue Harmonides, in which Alexander the Great's aulete Timotheus discusses fame with his pupil Harmonides. Timotheus advises him to impress the experts within his profession rather than seek popular approval in big public venues. If leading musicians admire him, popular approval will follow. However, Lucian reports that Harmonides died from excessive blowing during practicing.
Mythic origin[edit]
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In myth, Marsyas the satyr was supposed to have invented the aulos, or else picked it up after Athena had thrown it away because it caused her cheeks to puff out and ruined her beauty. In any case, he challenged Apollo to a musical contest, where the winner would be able to "do whatever he wanted" to the loser—Marsyas's expectation, typical of a satyr, was that this would be sexual in nature. But Apollo and his lyre beat Marsyas and his aulos. And since the pure lord of Delphi's mind worked in different ways from Marsyas's, he celebrated his victory by stringing his opponent up from a tree and flaying him alive. King Midas was cursed with donkey's ears for judging Apollo as the lesser player. Marsyas's blood and the tears of the Muses formed the river Marsyas in Asia Minor.
This tale was a warning against committing the sin of "hubris", or overweening pride, in that Marsyas thought he might win against a god. Strange and brutal as it is, this myth reflects a great many cultural tensions that the Greeks expressed in the opposition they often drew between the lyre and aulos: freedom vs. servility and tyranny, leisured amateurs vs. professionals, moderation (sophrosyne) vs. excess, etc. Some of this is a result of 19th century AD "classical interpretation", i.e. Apollo versus Dionysus, or "Reason" (represented by the kithara) opposed to "Madness" (represented by the aulos). In the temple to Apollo at Delphi, there was also a shrine to Dionysus, and his Maenads are shown on drinking cups playing the aulos, but Dionysus is sometimes shown holding a kithara or lyre. So a modern interpretation can be a little more complicated than just simple duality.
It should be noted, however, that this opposition is mostly an Athenian one. It might be surmised that things were different at Thebes, which was a center of aulos-playing. And we know that at Sparta – which had no Bacchic or Korybantic cults to serve as contrast – the aulos was actually associated with Apollo, and accompanied the hoplites into battle.
Modern use and Popular Culture[edit]
The sounds of the aulos are being digitally recreated by the Ancient Instruments Sound/Timbre Reconstruction Application (ASTRA) project which uses physical modeling synthesis to simulate the aulos sounds. Due to the complexity of this process the ASTRA project uses grid computing to model sounds on hundreds of computers throughout Europe simultaneously.
The aulos is part of the Lost Sounds Orchestra, alongside other ancient instruments which ASTRA have recreated the sounds of, including the epigonion, the salpinx, the barbiton and the syrinx.
The Aulos was also featured in the movie Agora, wherein a character performs a solo in an amphitheatre.
See also[edit]
- ^ αὐλός, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- ^ Based on archaeological remains found at Pompeii
- ^ a b c Howard, Albert A. (1893). "The Αὐλός or Tibia". Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Department of the Classics, Harvard University. 4: 1–60. doi:10.2307/310399.
- ^ a b West, Martin L. (January 1992). Ancient Greek Music. Clarendon Press. pp. 81–5. ISBN 0-19-814975-1.
- ^ The History of Musical Instruments, Curt Sachs, 1940
- ^ Herodotus, The Histories, 1.17.1, on Perseus
External links[edit]
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- "The Aulos and Drama: A Performer's Viewpoint," by Philip Neuman
- "Ancient Greek Music - The Aulos, with sound examples"
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aulos". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Ginsberg-Klar, Maria E. (February 1981). "The Archaeology of Musical Instruments in Germany during the Roman Period". World Archaeology. 12 (3, Archaeology and Musical Instruments): 313–320. doi:10.1080/00438243.1981.9979806. Retrieved December 22, 2007.
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Oxford poets scandal: three words that don't often come together, but there you have it, ladies and gents. The latest shocker from the world of wordsmiths concerns the recently appointed Oxford Professor of Poetry, Ruth Padel (Charles Darwin's great-great-granddaughter, interviewed here by Arminta Wallace), who has resigned the position after only nine days on the job.
Padel, whose appointment made her the first woman to hold the professorship in the 300 years of its existence, was a shoo-in after her main rival for the post, Caribbean poet Derek Walcott, withdrew from the race following an anonymous letter campaign. The letters, sent to Oxford academics, reportdly detailed a sexual harrassment allegation made against Walcott while he taught at Harvard in the 1980s. Walcott responded by pulling out of the race: "I already have a great many work commitments and, while I was happy to be put forward for the post, if it has degenerated into a low and degrading attempt at character assassination, I do not want to be part of it."
At the time, Padel said her team had "bent over backwards to run a clean campaign". It has since emerged that Padel was behind emails alerting two journalists to the claims against Walcott. "As a result of student concern, I naively – and with hindsight unwisely – passed on to two journalists, whom I believed to be covering the whole election responsibly, information that was already in the public domain," explained Padel. And then she got the job. But now she's chucked it in and the tawdry affair drags on. It's been some time since academia came off so – well, eventful.
So, was Padel right to make sure the anonymous dossier made it into the public domain? Would a Walcott appiontment have given the impression that Oxford was "soft" on sexual harrassment? Should he have resigned? Should she? Who's next in line for the clearly uncomfortable Chair?


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Uncle Jeff has been a bit of a polarizing player in the Thunder fan base. Is he the power forward of the future? Should he come off the bench? Should he be traded? Is he playing a role really well? Whatever you think there, right now, I don't really care. Because this isn't about that. More than anything, it's to just simply look at Jeff Green's home versus away splits. They're kind of odd. Observe this spiffy table:
Or if you don't love the table, I've put together this very colorful chart that is highly scientific:
If there is one thing to note, it's that Green shoots almost 12 percent lower from the field on the road than at home. Reason for this? I have none. Across the board, sans free throw percentage, Green is better at home. This isn't that unusual, but for some of the splits to be so wide is a little weird. Kevin Durant shoots three percent higher from the field and averages a point more at home. Russell Westbrook is basically dead even across the board. But for Green to dip so drastically from the field, from 3 and in points seems odd to me.
So I went a little deeper. Check out Green's hot spots:
Keep in mind, one less game on the road than at home, but Green has taken 64 jumpers from 16-23 feet on the road and only 46 at home. At home, Green has taken 139 shots at the rim compared to 114 on the road. And on the road Green has tried 37 shots inside 10 feet, compared to 22 at home. Three-pointers are virtually the same. So I'd say part of it is where Uncle Jeff is taking shots. It's probably more coincidental than a trend, but obviously you score better at the rim than you do 20 feet from the basket. So if Green is being more aggressive to the rim at home than on the road, he needs to take that same mentality with him away from the Ford Center.
Because if he puts up comparable numbers in away game to home, he'd have a pretty nice stat line. Is this all that important right now? Probably not. But I find little trends like this interesting. Last year, Nenad Krstic was hitting a ton more jumpers at home than away. The reason for it? I have no clue. Maybe it's a comfort thing. Maybe it's a confidence issue. Maybe it's complete coincidence. That's not my job to figure out. I'm just the guy putting together the charts and graphs and then hoping someone far smarter than me can figure out what's going on.


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OAKLAND - If you are going to soil the carpet in the National Football League, you at least want to do it against a team from the other conference so as not to damage your playoff tiebreakers too badly. And, well, that pretty much sums up the good news for the Eagles yesterday.
The rest of it was abysmal.
And this one really is on Andy
On a day when quarterback Donovan McNabb channeled Chris Webber, trying to call a timeout he didn't have; a day when Jeremiah Trotter was sadly exposed in his comeback efforts at middle linebacker; a day when it somehow happened that left tackle Jason Peters became the linchpin of the entire Eagles offense, it was still up to this head coach to find a way to maximize his team's chances of beating the sorry, forlorn, derided, dismal Oakland Raiders.


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The Business of Rap panel at the Scion Music(less) Music Conference addressed the behind the scenes agreements and dealings the actually make the hip-hop world function. Adding their expertise were manager and former independent record label owner Amaechi Uzoigwe, Atlanta-based lawyer Jonathan Leonard Esq. and Nicole Plantin of publisher BMI. This collection of behind the scenes figures spoke about the financial opportunities and hazards of working in the rap world, demystifying the sometimes impenetrable seeming process of building a career in rap music and actually making sustainable money while you're at it.
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