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Shamie Royston: Portraits
Portraits presents an uncompromising artist who's willing to bear everything, from the ferocious to the religious and beyond, in an effort to truly show herself to the world. Through it all, Royston makes it clear that she isn't simply the smiling face on the back cover of her CD or the serious and moody figure on the miniature inset photos; she's both of those people and more.
This mostly originals session showcases a trio that's as feisty as it is focused. Rudy Royston's raw power cuts like a knife early on, with tour de force performances on "The Beast Within" and "Run," but finesse finds him when guest vocalist Camille Thurman joins in on the calming "In This Quiet Place." His range is ever-evident, as his sticks gently dance atop the cymbals one minute (Horace Silver's "Summer In Central Park") and revel in the pugnaciously percussive the next. Bassist Ivan Taylor is the straight man on the date, willing to hold down the fort while Mr. and Mrs. Royston skulk and strike ("The Beast Within"), but he also serves as Rudy's wing man. Together, they expertly navigate the rhythmic shifts and turns that come their way ("Inner Strength"); they prove to be a rhythm team in the truest sense of the phrase, but they're also a support team for Shamie, who shines throughout. She constantly pleases, whether punching, swinging or pianistically singing, and she proves that no single portrait can express her entire being; in fact, a single album probably isn't enough, but it will have to do for now.
Track Listing: The Beast Within; Run; Portraits; Homecoming; Healing Hymn; Ascension; In This Quiet Place; Summer In Central Park; Inner Strength; Ruby Goes To School.
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Plenty of casinos have steakhouses in order to cater to the high rollers, and I have to admit, my expectations are pretty high for this type of restaurant. When everything is served a la carte, and entrees eclipse the $40 mark, the food really has to be superb.
Yellow Beet Carpaccio with Purple Cauliflower and Chive Oil
I was invited to try out Chicago Steakhouse at the Gold Strike Casino in Tunica. You may recall that I really enjoyed their revamped Buffet Americana, and I had a feeling that their upscale eatery wouldn't disappoint. My mother accompanied me for dinner (just before she went hear Kenny G in concert at the Gold Strike's intimate concert venue, the Millineum Theatre).
Chicago-Style Oysters with Creamed Spinach, Gruyere Cheese and Applewood Smoked Bacon
We started off with a lagniappe of yellow beet carpaccio and followed it up with Chicago-style oysters and duck confit egg rolls. I'm not a huge oyster person, but I thought the rich spinach, cheese and bacon topping complemented the brininess of the oyster. I might not choose them for myself, but I was more than happy to help my mom polish off her order. It was also nice to see something as playful as duck egg rolls on the same appetizer menu as a refined oyster preparation.
Duck Confit Egg Rolls with Plum Sauce
My mom chose the Chilean sea bass (on recommendation from my friend Thomas) and thought it was light, flavorful, and an extraordinarily elegant plate of food. I went for the heartier lamb chops based solely on the fact that they were served with a fig creme brulee.
Chilean Sea Bass with Spaghetti Squash and Roasted Garlic and Fennel Puree
Let me just say, forget mint jelly. Pairing lamb chops with fig creme brulee is a stroke of absolute brilliance, and something I'm going to attempt to recreate in my kitchen. The sweetness of the creamy fig custard cut through the fattiness of the chop. It was a match made in heaven. We split a twice baked potato and mixed vegetable medly to round out our meal.
Lamb Chops with Fig Creme Brulee
Neither of us ordered steak there are plenty of certified Angus options: filet mignon, NY strip, ribeye and porterhouse. And, since we drank our dessert (Frangelico, Grand Marnier), I can't comment on their sweet selections directly. However, I've got it on good authority that the apricot creme brulee and the creme brulee cheesecake are excellent choices.
All in all, the Gold Strike offers a great rendition of a traditional steak house, and if you've got a little money to spend, it's an excellent dining option. The food is well-prepared, and the service is impeccable.
Full Disclosure: Our dinner at the Chicago Steakhouse was complimentary, but as always, views are my own.
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Raising children and teens in a sexually charged culture was difficult long before cell phones and the Internet came along, but when technology combined the two into one handheld device — and added a camera — it became, some would say, nearly impossible.
Add to that the mix of social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, all of which allow instant and far-reaching communication, and the task gets even tougher.
Consider the fact that the fourth-most searched word on the Internet for kids ages 7 and under in 2009 was "porn," according to data by OnlineFamily.Norton.com. For all kids up to age 18, sex was No. 4, porn No. 5.
And, Web-enabled cell phones — which are growing in popularity and are by their very nature tough to monitor — will become the nation's primary connection tool to the Internet by 2020, experts in a Pew Internet & American Life Project predict.
Still, it's not impossible to protect kids, said Rick Schatz, president of the National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families, a Christian organization that assists parents and families in living sexually pure lives. It simply requires following some common sense steps and teaching biblical values, he said.
"Technology has changed the world ... in ways that were unimaginable even five years ago, much less 15 or 20 years ago," Schatz said at a recent gathering of Southern Baptist state ethics leaders hosted by the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. "This is only going to get more problematic unless we understand how to deal with it. The issue is not going away."
Schatz's organization urges parents to monitor their kids' computer usage closely. He recommends that parents take a series of steps to help protect their children.
"It's irresponsible to hide behind the statement that 'I'm not tech-savvy,' because our kids and our grandkids are tech-savvy," he said.
Following are steps that the National Coalition says can be taken immediately:
• Install a filter and monitoring system on all computers in the home. Some of the more popular filters are by InternetSafety.com, CovenantEyes.com and BSecure.com. InternetSafety and BSecure also offer filters for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
• Activate parental controls on any wireless router.
• Place all computers in a public place and avoid putting computers in bedrooms.
• Install/activate the parental control program on all cell phones.
• Ask your children if they have sent or received "sext" messages. Sexting is the act of sending sexually explicit messages, photos or videos, generally via cell phones. A Pew Research Center Internet & American Life Project survey released in December showed that 15 percent of 12–17-year-olds who own cell phones had received a "sext" message.
• Become familiar with your kids' gaming systems and online capabilities. The Wii gaming system, for instance, can go online through a wireless router.
• Join the social media sites — such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter — that your children belong to, and know their passwords.
• Collect all cell phones at night for recharging to ensure there is no late-night talking, texting or Internet surfing.
Additionally, the National Coalition recommends that parents follow five ongoing steps to help build a relationship with their children: 1) develop a dialogue about sexuality and purity; 2) equip kids to make wise choices when you are not around; 3) model purity and watch on television only what you'd want them to watch; 4) take advantage of teachable moments; 5) educate yourself about today's technology.
"The only hope we have with our kids is to help them develop an inner moral compass," Schatz said. "You cannot build the impregnable bubble, folks. It doesn't work. You may think it's an impregnable bubble, but no matter what you've done in your home, you can't do it for your whole neighborhood. You can't do it for your kid's schools." (BP)


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Chad Zumock is a proud 2.4 GPA General Studies graduate of Kent State University, the same University that has produced famous comedians, Arsenio Hall, Steve Harvey, and Drew Carey. He captivates audiences with his high-energy humor, brutal honesty about life, and quick-slacker wit. His likability is what connects him with all kinds of people and makes him a strong draw all over the country.
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By Barbara Bronson Gray
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FRIDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) — Although the role of father is often clear-cut, stepdads must negotiate the fine line between parent and friend with the children of their wives.
Now, new research, just in time for Father's Day on Sunday, suggests that open communication is the compass the family needs to survive the journey.
"There's a lot of evidence that moms expect the dads to take on the father role, but dads think their role is to be a friend to the stepchild," said study author Kevin Shafer, an assistant professor of social work at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
Once a stepfamily is forged, everyone's roles need to be renegotiated, the researchers said, and mothers can play a key role in helping the children adjust to the new family dynamics.
One expert said it just takes time and a lot of talking.
"They're not going to look like the Brady Brunch right away. Creating a stepfamily is a major transition," said Markie Blumer, an assistant professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. "It's important to sit down and say that we're all going to have to make adjustments and it isn't just the stepparent who has to do all the adjusting if this is going to work."
Blumer also recommends that parents be as flexible as possible and try to see things from the children's point of view. "Ask the kids if they want you to be at their baseball game, and tell them it's OK if they change their mind," she said. "Leaving the door open is really important [since things will likely change over time]".
Shafer said couples should discuss beforehand how they're going to parent the children together, and the kids also need to be involved in talking about how the family is going to function.
Although these findings may sound like common sense, Shafer said, many adults don't talk about their expectations beforehand.
It's not just the parenting issues the couple tends to avoid, he said. Sixty percent of men who owe child support and alimony to their ex-spouses never mention that to their new partners. "If they're not talking about their financial obligations, what else are they not talking about?" he said.
Blumer added that although there is a great deal of research on the effects of divorce on children, there aren't many studies that look at the issues associated with remarriage. But the impact on the kids can be significant.
Todd Jensen was a teenager when his father remarried, and he remembers the adjustment being difficult. "I felt my opinions weren't taken into account and my parents were so focused on their new marriage, the children took a back seat," he said.
From that experience, Jensen, now a research associate at Brigham Young University, became interested in studying how children perceive stepfamily relationships. He co-authored this latest research, published recently in the journal Social Work.
Nearly 10 percent of children in the United State live with a stepparent at any given time, and one-third will live in a stepfamily before they turn 18, the researchers said.
The study tapped data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, a survey of people who were between 14 and 22 years old in 1979, and their children, aged 10 to 16 at the time they were surveyed. The participants have been followed yearly and asked questions about their marriages, children and family situations over time.
The study included about 1,000 respondents: children whose mothers were divorced and either remarried or living with someone other than the child's biological father. Among the respondents, the mother had been remarried or living with the stepfather for an average of five years.
Blumer was unsure whether the data remains relevant, noting that the respondents were primarily white Protestants, with parents born in the late 1950s. "You can't generalize the results to recent years," she said.
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I have stated this on many other posts. Future generations will indeed by very unhappy if this generation leaves them a high debt level based upon cleaning up the air, water, and lands of this spaceship Earth. However, such debt can always be renegotiated, or in the worst case overturned.
However, if the pollution is allowed to continue, giving future generations air they cannot breath, water they cannot drink, nor land the cannot live on, then those generations will really have something to hate the past generations about!!
That is, if those future generations are not all dead in a world so polluted that it can no longer even be lived upon by human beings (or possibly even other life) at all.
And that would be truly a cosmic level tragedy!!!!!
What makes you think the wellfare clans and democrats care?
Amazing, considering he has children and grandchildren.
Get rid of them HOW? Are you talking genocide here, Immy?
Because the GOP has done its very best to eliminate ANY effort to clean up pollution. The falsely-named "Clean Skies Initiative" under Bush removed pollution controls. (Bush in Texas proposed an approach which had "voluntary" adherence. This produced some of the worst industrial pollution in the nation, since companies typically won't do anything that costs them money.) The GOP has also eviscerated the EPA, blocked efforts to put in strong candidates into cabinet-level roles, and even tried to undo the restrictions on freon that helped reduce the hole in the ozone layer.
Democrats care – though they have not acted strongly enough to overcome Republican obstinacy. Your accusation against democrats is ignorant and insulting. Go read the facts.
You have noticed, haven't you, that the GOP is already trying to call the sequester the "Obama sequester?" No one beats the GOP at the blame game, especially when it is really their fault.
We HAVE that…it's called Media Matters
So, then, do you say that conservatives are for strong environmental regulation that will help make our planet cleaner and more habitable? Or do you think the corporations will voluntarily clean up the pollution that they have been dumping into our air, seas, and lands unabated for decades? If you really want to have clean air, what exactly do you intend to do to reduce the mess they've made?
"Conservatives don't want to breath polluted air any more than anybody else."
Yeah, but I'd rather not be breathing my clean air out of a bottle sold by Exxon. I figure that's their long term market strategy to stay in business after the fossil fuels are gone.
The radical "relgious-right" in the Republican (TEA) party still follow the idiocy of James Watt, "use up all the resources for profit today, because Jesus us coming back tomorrow and WANTS us to destroy the planet". (quoted as accurately as anything Faux News comes up with)
We passed laws to save the nation, and the planet, the Republicans have made every regulatory, and legislative, effort to destroy all progress we've made. "Pay me now or pay me later" doesn't affect folks who expect to be dead, they make me think of shooters like Dorner or Lamda, self-destruction is okay with them.
I'm not sure what you mean by welfare clans, and don't even Want to imagine it other than I don't think it exists. The real welfare was eliminated in the late 80's. (Or near that time. )
that is when they also emptied out mental hospitals too.
After this sequester There will most likely be a huge jump in homelessness.
Democrats have Always been the party that cares about the environment!
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Return to Evergreen 2013: Nearly 300 alumni, students, faculty, staff and community members dove into academic topics ranging from Zombie-Based Learning: Teaching through the Apocalypse to Fun with Haiku, took tours of the organic farm and Longhouse, and had a chance to connect with old and new friends at 2013's Return to Evergreen event October 19. Many stayed on for an evening beer garden and concert with seven bands, most including alumni members. Return to Evergreen also featured men's and women's alumni basketball games (against this year's teams), a dedication of the recently renamed Costantino Recreation Center, and a range of other activities. Check out the photos and keep your eye out for future opportunities to Return to Evergreen.
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If The Used's first album had met My Chemical Romance's "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge" and both had merged with Panic At The Disco's first record while on acid – and then you added a Circus twist to it for flavor, you'd wind up with The Venetia Fair. Benny Santoro spoke to me via email to discuss the band's debutting efforts "The Circus" along with the current touring route, and everything else you could possibly think of when the circus hits your town.
1. The beginning is always a good place to start. Let's kick this off by telling the history of the band.
Benny: Mr. Chark and I pretty much learned how to play instruments by playing together in Middle School and we met up with Sam in High School. We worked on various projects together before eventually deciding to start The Venetia Fair shortly after High School graduation. After we recorded the 6 song concept piece "The Circus" with Nick and Andy from The Dear Hunter in 2008, we caught the attention of Mike Krilivsky at Red Blue Records and eventually signed a deal.
The new pressures of being a signed band eventually left us without a keyboardist or drummer but I knew Joe played keys and pretty much shocked the band when I suggested he join up with us since the only reason I knew him was that he banged my girlfriend in high school. So, despite the fact that we still had no drummer, we wrote and recorded four more songs with Dan Coutant which became the prelude of our full length, "The Venetia Fair Presents: The Circus". With plans for a CD release and tour kick off on June 12th, 2009, we were definitely in need of a drummer and Chris showed up in the nick of time to fill the position. We've pretty much been touring ever since.
2. You guys have a primarily punk-rock sound, but I hear bits of screaming tactics thrown in between. Who out there has influenced your style?
Benny: Musically, it's intended to be theatric, melodic, chaotic, catchy, creepy and startling all at the same time so we're influenced by a lot of different stuff. Truthfully I don't think there's even one band that everyone in the group agrees on so our influences are kind of all over the place. We definitely wanted an aggressive, somewhat abrasive sound so that would be where some of the screaming comes from but we've always tried to write with a pop sensibility. The same song might contain elements of post hardcore bands like The Blood Brothers and At The Drive In, composers like Danny Elfman and Julius Fucik, and classic pop artists like Billy Joel and The Beatles. We're also pretty influenced by Motley Crue but that's a lifestyle thing, not musical. Since Chris joined the band, we've tried to live by the credo WWTCD? (What Would The Crue Do?). It's gone okay so far.
3. What sort of impact has your hometown/local scene had on you as a band?
Benny: There are a lot of different scenes in our area and we were able to dabble in each without ever really finding a solid home. The fact that our music made it difficult to fit perfectly on a bill also made it possible to sort of fit on any bill, so we might play a show with really heavy bands (like the band Joe was in before he joined up with us) and then the next night play with pop bands (like the band Chris was in before he joined up). Chark and I went to shows together every weekend when we were in high school so we've watched bands rise and fall and definitely made note of some of the things that worked and some of the pitfalls that lead to break ups and/or slipping into obscurity. Joe was doing the same thing a few towns over, so we definitely learned a lot from having such an active music scene.
4. Not to long ago you released "The Circus". What does that refer to, at what point in the process of writing, recording, and releasing this record did you think of the name?
Benny: The album pretty much named itself when we began constructing the concept. Originally we planned to just release the 6 song "Circus" portion of the album as a standalone piece with that name but decided to turn it into a full length once we hooked up with Red Blue. The story refers to a circus with no audience as a way to represent the absurdity of human existence, performing for nobody and no reason in a ridiculous, often dangerous setting. So it was named before we had even written any songs for it, in early 2008. We were in the studio recording it in September of 2008 when Britney announced her Circus…
5. Congrats on landing the deal with Red Blue Records. How did you hook up with them?
Benny: Jess Maron at Red Blue Records saw us perform and recommended that Mike Krilivsky check us out. A couple months later he called us up, wined and dined us, and we could tell that this was someone really passionate about music and someone that was willing to work tirelessly to make sure that our music reached as many people as possible. We immediately started working together and soon after that we made it official. Red Blue has been amazing, I mean, they literally took a band playing songs together in their basement and helped turn them into a professional band playing across the country.
6. When it comes to The Venetia Fair performance wise, what can be said about it?
Benny: Our music is intense, theatrical and passionate and we use every bit of ourselves we can muster at every show to ensure that those same characteristics are present in the performance. We're constantly trying to one up ourselves and each other and have as much fun up there as our bodies will allow so things tend to get a little crazy sometimes. We also tend to spit a lot of water around/on ourselves/on each other/in each other's mouths… not sure when or why that developed but I'm sorry to all those bands that had to play after us on the slippery stage. I recently recovered from a horrible case of mono so I, personally, will probably have to take it easy with the spitting since I don't want to infect people as we travel around the states.
7. Have you had any that were over the top?
Benny: I don't think you can go "over" the top when it comes to a live performance as long as the audience is safe and as long we're at least together enough to play the next show. That being said we've definitely had some pretty damn near over the top shows. I've definitely stepped off stage and into the emergency room for some stitches in my face and we've broken more than we probably should (I accidentally knocked a cab off of a stage and onto a drum set and chris has put his hands and feet through countless tom heads) but so far we're all alive and well and nobody in the audience has suffered anything more than a light strike from a rogue microphone or drumstick so nothing's been too "over" the top.
8. The band is hitting the road in January. Will this be your first full tour?
Benny: No, we toured out to California on the Fresh Meat Tour with our label mates Phone Calls From Home and Sound We Sleep this summer where we shot our video for The Ringleader (coming out in February) and then made our way to Florida and up the east coast on the Screw The Party, Let's Sleep In The Van Tour with Phone Calls From Home and Signal The Escape. We're really excited about this tour because we're heading out with Kiss Kiss who's been a big influence on us so we're excited just to be able to watch them play every night!
9. Where do you see yourselves in the future, say 5 years?
Benny: I'm hoping we'll still be pushing ourselves creatively and working just as hard to get it out into the world. I just hope it's never too hard that we give up and never too easy that we get lazy and stop insisting that we love everything we make.


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Two-Striped Planthoppers sometimes come in non-camo pink. This lovely plant-feeding leaf-mimic has the Best Nymph Ever! bugguide.net/node/view/197096/bgimage. Looks like an Arthur Rackham drawing the BugLady saw once.
Coral Hairstreak – There's a reason they named it Butterfly weed!
Still life: CarnivoresI on Yellow Flower – The BugLady always checks out motionless insects and is frequently rewarded for her troubles. Sharing may be caring (or is it the other way around?), but arthropods are notably unsentimental. Did the ambush bug get the bumblebee, or did the crab spider? (Oh yes, there is!)
A glamour shot of a Red and Green Stinkbug, resplendent in Christmas colors, on the BugLady's white plasticware.
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Life sciences venture capital investment in the second quarter jumped 37 percent over the prior quarter on increased exit activity, according to a new report.
Life sciences companies raised $2.1 million in the quarter in 206 deals. Deal volume increased 12 percent compared to the first quarter, according to the MoneyTree report. The report was distributed by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association.
While the quarterly increase is impressive, the year-over-year numbers tell a different story. Dollars invested in life sciences companies dropped 3 percent, while deal volume fell 21 percent, when compared to the second quarter of 2010.
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Matteson, Kristen A. MD, MPH1; Lievense, Stacey P. MD1; Catanzaro, Bethany MPH1; Phipps, Maureen G. MD, MPH1
From the 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital, the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
Supported by the T32 HD 040673-03 Women and Infants Hospital/Brown Epidemiology/Clinical Trials Training Program from the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development.
The authors thank Christina Raker, ScD, for her statistical support for the revised version of the manuscript.
Presented at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Clinical Meeting, San Diego, California, May 5–9, 2007.
Corresponding author: Kristen A. Matteson MD, MPH, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital, 101 Dudley Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02905; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Financial Disclosure The authors have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.
OBJECTIVE: To examine adherence to the 2002 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for group B streptococci (GBS) prophylaxis in patients who reported a penicillin allergy.
METHODS: This is a retrospective cohort study of GBS-positive, penicillin-allergic obstetric patients who delivered at our institution from 2004 through 2005 (N=233). Medical records were analyzed for type of delivery, gestational age at delivery, antimicrobial sensitivity testing, and antibiotics administered. Antimicrobial sensitivity testing and appropriate prophylactic antibiotic choice were analyzed. "Appropriate antibiotic choice" was defined using the 2002 CDC guidelines for GBS prophylaxis. Women with either a scheduled cesarean delivery or a preterm delivery were excluded from analyses. Data were analyzed using Stata 9.0.
RESULTS: Overall, 95% (95% confidence interval [CI] 91–97%) of GBS-positive, penicillin-allergic women received antibiotic prophylaxis and only 16% (95% CI 11–21%) of patients received an appropriate antibiotic. The majority of women who were given antibiotics received clindamycin (83%, 95% CI 77–87%); however, antimicrobial sensitivity testing was performed in only 11% (95% CI 9–17%) of patients. More women received an appropriate antibiotic in 2005 than in 2004 (20% compared with 11%, P=0.11). Although the study was underpowered to evaluate the magnitude of increase, the overall prevalence of appropriate antibiotic administration in 2005 was still only 20% (95% CI 13–28%).
CONCLUSION: Adherence to the 2002 CDC guidelines for GBS prophylaxis in penicillin-allergic women is far from optimal. Improvements are necessary in obtaining antimicrobial sensitivity testing and choosing an appropriate antibiotic for GBS-positive women with a reported penicillin allergy.
Group B streptococci (GBS) is a leading cause of neonatal infection. Prophylactic antibiotics administered during labor have reduced the incidence of early-onset neonatal GBS disease by 70%.1,2 Although ampicillin is an acceptable alternative, penicillin is the recommended antibiotic for GBS prophylaxis because of its narrow spectrum of antimicrobial activity. No cases of GBS resistance to penicillin or ampicillin have been detected.
Approximately 10% of the population reports an allergy to penicillin.3 Traditionally, patients reporting a penicillin allergy received either clindamycin or erythromycin for GBS prophylaxis. In the United States the prevalence of GBS resistance to both clindamycin and erythromycin is increasing with rates estimated to be 3–15% for clindamycin and 7–25% for erythromycin.4–7 At our institution, approximately 26% of GBS isolates are clindamycin-resistant and 37% are erythromycin-resistant (Women and Infants Hospital laboratory data, Judy Struminski, Microbiology Manager, March 2005). Given this information, administering these traditional antibiotics in labor as an automatic alternative to penicillin could potentially leave many infants exposed to GBS and at risk for sepsis and other complications.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in collaboration with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the American Association for Pediatrics (AAP), provided new guidelines for the prevention of early-onset neonatal GBS disease in 2002 (Table 1). Specific guidelines were provided for GBS prophylaxis in patients with a reported penicillin allergy.8–10 These guidelines recommend that practitioners obtain a detailed history of the patient's reported penicillin allergy. Patients determined to be at low risk for anaphylaxis should receive intrapartum cephalosporin for GBS prophylaxis. For all other penicillin-allergic patients, antimicrobial sensitivity testing of the GBS isolate should be performed at the time of GBS culture screening. Women with GBS isolates sensitive to both erythromycin and clindamycin should receive either clindamycin or erythromycin in labor. If antimicrobial testing demonstrates resistance to either erythromycin or clindamycin, vancomycin should be administered for GBS prophylaxis because resistance to erythromycin is often associated with clindamycin resistance. If this testing is not performed, the patient should receive vancomycin for GBS in labor.8–10
In response to these updated guidelines, Women and Infants Hospital finalized hospital guidelines in January 2004. The aim of this study was to estimate the proportion of GBS-positive, penicillin-allergic patients whose management followed the revised CDC and Women and Infants Hospital guidelines for GBS prophylaxis to improve care. We hypothesized that, among penicillin-allergic, GBS-positive patients 1) the proportion who received antimicrobial sensitivity testing increased over time; 2) compared with women who received vancomycin, women who received clindamycin were more likely to have had antimicrobial sensitivity testing; and 3) the proportion of patients who received the appropriate antibiotic increased over time.
We performed a retrospective cohort study of GBS-positive obstetric patients who reported a penicillin allergy and delivered at Women and Infants Hospital between January 2004 and December 2005. Women and Infants Hospital, an academic tertiary medical center in Providence, Rhode Island, is the site for more than 9,000 deliveries per year. We chose 2004–2005 because Women and Infants Hospital implemented hospital guidelines for GBS screening and prophylaxis based on the 2002 CDC Guidelines in January 2004. Before initiating the study, The Women and Infants Hospital Institutional Review Board approval was obtained (IRB #05-0094).
To select the study sample, a computerized list of obstetric patients who delivered at Women and Infants Hospital between January 2004 and December 2005 was generated. GBS-positive patients were identified using International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision codes. Because no reliable means of identifying patients who reported a penicillin allergy was available, we reviewed antepartum and intrapartum charts of all GBS-positive patients (18.9%) in this time period to determine whether the patients also reported a penicillin allergy. Between January 2004 and December 2005, 3,595 patients were identified as GBS positive and 91% of these charts were available and reviewed. Figure 1 shows a flow chart of case identification and analyses.
Of these 3,267 patient charts, 31 were determined to be either GBS negative or GBS unknown. Of the remaining 3,236 patients, 265 charts had a recorded penicillin allergy (8.2%). Data were abstracted from medical records onto standardized data collection forms by two trained research assistants. Data abstraction included age, obstetric provider, insurance status, gestational age at delivery, type of delivery, recorded nature of the penicillin allergy, means of identifying GBS positivity, antimicrobial sensitivity testing, and antibiotics received. Data were verified for accuracy by the data management team and were maintained in a confidential computerized database. To verify data on antimicrobial sensitivity testing, computerized laboratory data were cross-checked for 20% of the sample, and no instances of misclassification were identified.
For the analyses, we excluded women who delivered in January, February, or March 2004 (n=32), because although the CDC guidelines were published in August 2002, the Women and Infants Hospital hospital guidelines were finalized on January 22, 2004. Beginning our analyses in April 2004, we permitted 2 full months for the Women and Infants Hospital guidelines to become incorporated into clinical care. Additionally, women who delivered in January and February would have been screened for GBS before the hospital guideline was finalized.
We described the age, gravidity, parity, race or ethnicity, provider type, type of insurance, gestational age at delivery, mode of delivery, means by which GBS positivity was determined, whether the nature of the penicillin allergy was documented, and antibiotic administered for our population of GBS-positive, penicillin-allergic patients (N=233). We then performed two analyses in this population of GBS-positive, penicillin-allergic patients: 1) to compare patients who received antimicrobial sensitivity testing with those who did not, and 2) to compare patients who received an appropriate antibiotic with those who did not. For both of these analyses, we excluded women who had a gestational age less than 37 weeks (n=17) and women who had a scheduled cesarean delivery (n=14). We excluded women who delivered before 37 weeks of gestation because of the potential that the GBS culture results were unavailable at the time of delivery. Women with a scheduled cesarean delivery were excluded because for such patients GBS prophylaxis is not currently recommended.
Antimicrobial sensitivity testing was defined as "performed" if it was documented in the antenatal records, in the laboratory data sheets, in the intrapartum chart, in the postpartum chart, or in the electronic laboratory data files. Women who received a cephalosporin who were determined to be at low risk for anaphylaxis (n=17) were excluded for the analyses of antimicrobial sensitivity testing, because antimicrobial sensitivity testing is unnecessary in this population. The final sample size for these analyses was 185 women.
"Appropriate antibiotic" was defined as cephalosporin for patients at low risk for anaphylaxis, clindamycin or erythromycin if GBS was susceptible to both of these antibiotics, and vancomycin if antimicrobial sensitivity was unknown or if GBS was resistant to either clindamycin or erythromycin. Patients with missing data on the outcome (antibiotic administered) (n=5) were excluded from the analyses of appropriate antibiotic administration. The final sample size for these analyses was 197 women.
Within this retrospective cohort study, a nested case–control analysis was designed to compare women who received vancomycin to women who received clindamycin. These two groups were compared in terms of the prevalence of antimicrobial sensitivity testing and the proportion who received an appropriate antibiotic.
We performed a sample size and power calculation using the proportion of patients who received antimicrobial sensitivity testing as our outcome variable. These calculations were based on the assumptions that 1) 10 patients received clindamycin for every one patient who received vancomycin and 2) 75% of women who receive clindamycin had antimicrobial sensitivity testing, and half as many (anticipated difference=37.5%) women who received vancomycin had antimicrobial sensitivity testing. Based on these assumptions and setting α=0.05 and β=0.20 (power=80%), we needed 176 women for the analyses. Data were analyzed using Stata 9.0 (StataCorp, College Station, TX). Categorical variables were compared using Fisher exact test, medians were compared using the Wilcoxon rank sum test, and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated for binomial proportions using the Agresti-Coull method. Spearman rank correlation was performed to assess the improvement of antimicrobial sensitivity testing and administration of an appropriate antibiotic over time.
Between 2004 and 2005, there were 18,831 deliveries at our institution with a GBS-positive prevalence of 18.9% (95% CI 18.4–19.5%). The prevalence of patient-reported penicillin allergy among GBS-positive women was 8.2% (95% CI 7.3–9.2%).
After applying the detailed exclusion and inclusion criteria to the sample, 233 charts were eligible for review (Fig. 1). First, the characteristics of this population were described (Table 2). Sixty-two percent of these women had some documentation of the nature of their penicillin allergy. Ninety-three percent of women delivered at 37 or more weeks of gestation, and 72% of women delivered vaginally. Overall, 95% (95% CI 91–97%) of women received antibiotic prophylaxis, and the majority of these women were given clindamycin (83%).
Next, we analyzed data from 185 women to compare the GBS-positive, penicillin-allergic women who did and did not have antimicrobial sensitivity testing and to determine trends over time in antimicrobial sensitivity testing (Table 3). Eleven percent (95% CI 8.5–16.8%) of the sample received antimicrobial sensitivity testing. There was no difference between groups in terms of age, race or ethnicity, provider type, gravidity, parity, and whether they received any antibiotics. The majority of women in this sample received clindamycin. Comparing these women who received clindamycin with women who received vancomycin, we found that women who received clindamycin were more likely to have unknown antimicrobial susceptibilities than women who received vancomycin (91% compared with 54%, P<.01). We performed analyses for correlation between date of delivery and whether antimicrobial testing was performed and found that there was no change over time (r=–0.06, 95% CI –0.48 to 0.38). Because antimicrobial sensitivity testing in the setting of GBS bacteruria is less clear, we performed all of the above analyses, excluding these women, and there was no change in results (data not shown).
We then compared women who did and did not receive an appropriate antibiotic (Table 4). Of the 197 patients included in these analyses, only 16% (95%CI 11–21%) received an appropriate antibiotic. More women received an appropriate antibiotic in 2005 than in 2004 (20% compared with 11%, P=.11); however, this increase in appropriate antibiotic over time was not statistically significant. Similar to what we found for antimicrobial sensitivity testing, there was not a significant correlation between date of delivery and whether an appropriate antibiotic was administered (r=0.35, 95% CI –0.09 to 0.68).
Most cases of early onset neonatal GBS disease can be prevented by administering appropriate intrapartum antimicrobial prophylaxis to women who are at risk for transmitting GBS to their newborn (Table 1). Although the implementation of active prevention strategies has significantly decreased the incidence of GBS disease over the past two decades, GBS is still a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. In our study we found that 95% of GBS-positive, penicillin-allergic patients received antibiotics for the prevention of GBS disease. However, an important aspect of the 2002 published guidelines, requesting antimicrobial sensitivity testing and prescribing an appropriate antibiotic, was not consistently followed.
National guidelines for the prevention of GBS disease were first published in 1996 and were revised in 2002.9,11 One major difference between the 1996 and 2002 guidelines is the recommended algorithm and antibiotic regimens for women with a penicillin allergy. In 1996, clindamycin or erythromycin was recommended for chemoprophylaxis in all women who reported a penicillin allergy. Because of the increasing prevalence of GBS resistance to these antibiotics, the 2002 guidelines outlined a new strategy for treating penicillin-allergic women.
The 2002 CDC guidelines and experts on infections diseases and clinical pharmacology advocate that by taking a detailed clinical history of the penicillin allergy, the practitioner can determine the likelihood that the patient had a type I/anaphylactic reaction to penicillin in the past. The practitioner can then use his or her judgment to determine the appropriateness of administration of a cephalosporin. The true incidence of cephalosporin cross-reactivity in penicillin-allergic patients is a controversial topic. Although some studies have shown that allergic reactions to cephalosporins are greater in the population of penicillin-allergic individuals than in non–penicillin-allergic individuals, the overall incidence of anaphylaxis to cephalosporins is less than 0.001%.12–14 In our study, only 8% of women received a cephalosporin.
Women who did not receive cephalosporins should have received antimicrobial sensitivity testing of their GBS isolates; however, only 11% received this testing. Clindamycin is an appropriate antibiotic only for GBS isolates that have known antimicrobial sensitivity to both clindamycin and erythromycin. Women with GBS isolates that have unknown susceptibilities or resistance to either clindamycin or erythromycin should receive vancomycin. Contrary to these guidelines, we found that almost all patients who received clindamycin did not have antimicrobial sensitivity testing and that women who received vancomycin were actually more likely to have had sensitivity testing.
Not surprising given our low rates of antimicrobial sensitivity testing, only 16% of our population received a guideline-appropriate antibiotic. Administration of appropriate antibiotic trended toward increasing over time, although the overall prevalence in 2005 was still only 20% (95% CI 13–28%). Given our institutional estimate that 26% of GBS isolates are resistant to clindamycin, it is possible that up to 41 patients received inadequate prophylaxis for the prevention of neonatal GBS disease.
Change in medical culture takes time. It is likely that the use of clindamycin in this study population reflects health care providers practicing according to the 1996 guidelines. We hypothesized that adherence to the 2002 guidelines would improve over time. Although appropriate antibiotic use seemed to increase over time, the study was underpowered to evaluate the magnitude of the increase. No correlation was present between date of delivery and either the proportion of women who had antimicrobial sensitivity testing or received an appropriate antibiotic.
This study had several strengths. First, we reviewed the charts of the entire population of GBS-positive pregnant women who delivered in 2004 and 2005 to determine penicillin allergy and establish our study sample. Second, these medical records were thoroughly reviewed; we reviewed separate data sources (antepartum charts, an electronic laboratory database, and intrapartum charts) to determine the outcomes, antimicrobial sensitivity testing and appropriate antibiotic choice. This approach increased the accuracy of our classification of the outcome and decreased our risk of misclassification of outcome.
One limitation of our study is that the most recent data are from 2005. Some improvements in adherence to the guidelines may have occurred since the time of study. Also, this study was a retrospective review of medical records. Therefore, our data were limited by what was actually recorded in the medical record. For example, it is possible that providers asked patients about their penicillin allergy but did not document it in the chart. Additionally, we do not know who completed the individual laboratory request forms for the GBS testing and antimicrobial sensitivity testing. These are sometimes completed by the physician and often completed by nurses and medical assistants in private offices under the direction of the physician. Because of institutional adherence to the guidelines, it will be important to educate physicians and all individuals who may order laboratory tests for the physicians about the 2002 CDC guidelines. Last, although the CDC guidelines recommend taking a detailed patient history to determine risk of anaphylaxis to penicillin, this approach does have some limitations. Some studies suggest that skin testing (which has an extremely low risk of anaphylaxis) is preferable over a detailed history to determine who is at risk for penicillin-anaphylaxis, because clinical history of the nature of the penicillin reaction may be a poor predictor of positive skin testing.13,15,16 We used patient history alone to define penicillin allergy for this study.
Although this study includes one institution and does not provide information about adherence at other institutions or nationally, it is an example for other institutions to investigate their adherence to the 2002 guidelines for GBS chemoprophylaxis in penicillin-allergic women. It is possible that the nature of our institution, an academic and teaching hospital, may have influenced our results. Our adherence to the guidelines could be positively affected by increased opportunities to attend lectures and the emphasis placed on evidence-based medicine. Conversely, our adherence could be negatively affected, because information on new guidelines may be disseminated less efficiently due to the large numbers of providers of obstetric care. Regardless, the results from this study will lead to the development of specific institutional strategies and protocols to facilitate antimicrobial sensitivity testing and appropriate selection of antibiotics. One strategy is to educate practitioners about the 2002 CDC guidelines by presenting the study results and the 2002 prevention guidelines to all hospital medical staff. To facilitate adherence to the guidelines, we are working with laboratory services to more consistently identify penicillin-allergic patients for both GBS screening and urine cultures so that antimicrobial sensitivity will be performed automatically for all GBS isolates from penicillin-allergic women. To evaluate the effect of this intervention, we plan to repeat this study to measure adherence to the GBS prophylaxis guidelines in the future.
Just as it is important to evaluate adherence to established guidelines, it is important to evaluate the effect of implemented guidelines. Future directions in research should include evaluating these revised 2002 CDC guidelines for the prevention of neonatal GBS disease in terms of incidence of neonatal GBS disease and incidence of non-GBS infections in the era of GBS chemoprophylaxis. Additionally, very limited data are available on the effects of vancomycin administration during pregnancy.17 The incidence of adverse effects of vancomycin administration, including infusion reactions, gastrointestinal symptoms, ototoxicity, and nephrotoxicity, on both mother and neonate should continue to be evaluated.
Improving the use of appropriate antibiotics could further reduce the incidence of early-onset GBS disease. Appropriate antepartum and intrapartum management of penicillin-allergic, GBS-positive women could have a significant effect on GBS disease. Using a prevalence of GBS colonization of 20% and a prevalence of reported penicillin allergy of 10%, we estimate that 2% of the pregnant population is both GBS colonized and reportedly penicillin allergic. Managing this 2% of patients appropriately could affect the outcomes of 80,000 neonates annually (using the estimated 4 million U.S. births in 2005).
The administration of prophylactic antibiotics during labor has greatly reduced the incidence of early-onset neonatal GBS disease. This strategy will continue to be effective for reducing the burden of neonatal GBS disease if appropriate antibiotics are chosen. The antibiotics that are appropriate for GBS prophylaxis have changed as a result of antimicrobial resistance of GBS. Adherence to the 2002 CDC Guidelines for GBS prophylaxis in penicillin-allergic women is far from optimal at our institution. Other institutions should consider evaluating their adherence to these practice guidelines. Significant improvements are necessary in obtaining antimicrobial sensitivity testing and choosing an appropriate antibiotic for GBS-positive women with a reported penicillin allergy.
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MONTREAL – For the second year in a row, Gettysburg College women's lacrosse head coach Carol Cantele '83 has been named as the FieldTurf NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Coach of the Year, it was recently announced.
Cantele, who led the Bullets to the NCAA Division III national championship last spring, was selected as one of six coach of the year winners as part of FieldTurf's sixth annual lacrosse awards. In addition, the Northwestern University women's lacrosse team was named as FieldTurf's Team of the Year.
Other coach of the year winners were Dom Starsia of the University of Virginia (Men's Division I), Cathy Reese of the University of Maryland (Women's Division I), Chris Ryan of Mercyhurst College (Men's Division II), Rob Grella of Adelphi University (Women's Division II), and Paul Cantabene of Stevenson University (Men's Division III).
This past June, Cantele was also named the Division III Coach of the Year by both the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Association (IWLCA) and Inside Lacrosse.
Gettysburg's NCAA title was the first for any sport in school history. With a team consisting primarily of freshmen and sophomores, she led the Bullets to 19 wins and a runner-up finish in the Centennial Conference. Entering the national playoffs seeded seventh, Gettysburg blasted through Adrian College (25-10) and No. 16 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (18-11) to reach the regional championship game. The Bullets knocked off defending national champion Salisbury University 14-13 to reach the semifinals of the fifth time in six seasons.
Gettysburg continued its march by beating fourth-ranked SUNY Cortland 14-11 in the semifinals. In the title game, the Bullets recorded the largest margin of victory in 17 years with a 16-5 win over No. 11 Bowdoin College.
Entering her 20th season at Gettysburg in 2012, Cantele ranks as the program's all-time wins leader with a record of 267-88. She owns a career record of 291-111 over 23 seasons and is on pace to become just the sixth women's head coach (all divisions) to reach 300 victories.
Gettysburg opens its 2012 season on Feb. 23 when it travels to the University of Mary Washington for a non-conference affair at 4 p.m.
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Jalapeno Mexican Corn Muffins
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Prep 10 mins
Cook 20 mins
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- 1⁄2 cup flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 cups yellow cornmeal
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup nonfat sour cream
- 1 cup grated cheddar cheese (I use light cheese)
- 1 (10 ounce) can creamed corn
- 1⁄4 cup seeded and chopped jalapeno pepper
- 1⁄2 cup butter, melted
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt together.
- Add cornmeal, eggs, sour cream, cheese, corn, jalapeno peppers and butter; mix well.
- Spray a medium muffin tin or use paper liners and fill with the mixture.
- Bake at 450 for 15-20 minutes.
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Have tried a lot of Mexican Cornbreads and Muffins and this one is the best by far. Reminds me of the one in Picadilly Cafeterias. Thanks
For us, these were just 'ok'. I've never actually had corn in my muffins before, so that was a little different for us. Not sure I cared for it. They were moist, but to the point of being mushy. I put them back into the oven to dry out a bit, and it was better, but I think maybe it was the corn itself that kinda put me off. I guess I'm one of those 'northern' girls that likes it the other way. I did love the idea of the peppers and the cheese, so I think I'll add them to my regular corn muffin recipe. Thanks for posting. It's always good to try something new. :)
These are very good. It replaces my current recipe! I like zaar. lol


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State of Our Unions 2013
Where we stand in the fight for marriage equality
Tipping the Scales – In 2012, Gains Outweighed Losses
Unquestionably, 2012 will be remembered as a watershed moment for marriage, the tipping point when the tide of equality crested the hill of public opinion. Since spring 2012, polls consistently have found that support for equal marriage is the majority position.
Loving committed couples began marrying in Maine and Washington in December and in Maryland the first day of January, 2013. Moreover, outcomes like those in Maine, Maryland and Washington are important not just for residents of those states but are vital in further shaping public opinion. Where same-sex couples have the freedom to marry, polls show an increase in acceptance and approval of extending this right. By year's end, almost one in six Americans was living in one of the nine states and the District of Columbia that recognize marriage equality.
Our community also suffered a painful defeat at the ballot box last May when North Carolina became the 31st state to enact a constitutional amendment prohibiting legal recognition for same-sex couples. While passage of North Carolina's Amendment One was heartbreaking, the wins in four other states meant it was the last time opponents could claim that whenever the public are allowed to vote on marriage, they vote to exclude loving same-sex couples from it. Marriage equality supporters in the South also are redoubling their efforts in light of the vote. In 2013, committed same-sex couples and the Campaign for Southern Equality are advocating for marriage equality through the "We Do" campaign in seven southern states, including North Carolina.
This year, advocates will work to secure full marriage equality in Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Rhode Island and perhaps Minnesota; to pass civil union legislation in Colorado; to repeal existing bans in Minnesota and Ohio; and to hold back potential bans in Indiana and Iowa. Very recently, marriage equality and domestic partnership bills also have been introduced in Wyoming, along with a marriage equality bill in New Mexico. Although we can't yet predict their likelihood of passage, one very positive note is that the Wyoming bills have bipartisan sponsorship.
I Always Rely on the Kindness of Allies
The President of the United States became the most famous, powerful and influential ally for marriage equality last year when, in a May 9 interview with ABC News, he publicly endorsed the freedom to marry, less than a week after Vice President Biden had done so on Meet the Press.
Citing conversations with his own friends, family and neighbors as a decisive factor in his oft-described "evolution" on marriage, President Obama remarked, "[W]hen I think about members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed monogamous relationships, same-sex relationships, who are raising kids together, when I think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that Don't Ask Don't Tell is gone, because they are not able to commit themselves in a marriage, …personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married."
The President went further in his January 21, 2013 inaugural address by placing the movement for LGBT equality squarely among other American civil rights struggles in "Seneca Falls, Selma and Stonewall," and by proclaiming that the ongoing journey to recognize our nation's founding principle and "most evident truth" that all are created equal "is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law – for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well."
It is difficult to overstate the importance of President Obama's support. However, marriage equality wins in 2012 would not have been possible without the perseverance and dedication of allies across the political spectrum and across all walks of life.
In 2012, Governors O'Malley and Gregoire of Maryland and Washington, respectively, provided critical political support both for the initial passage of legislation and throughout the resulting public referenda campaigns. Shamefully, New Jersey governor Chris Christie took an opposing approach, vetoing marriage equality legislation and stating he believes the issue should be put to public referendum. Many criticized him for his position, and legislators have until next January to attempt to override the veto.
The Marriage Equality USA (MEUSA) Campaign for 20 Million More leveraged the organization's grassroots volunteer-driven strategy to forge a strong coalition of advocates and allies – LGBT and straight; Republicans, Democrats and Independents; faith leaders, religious believers and secularists – that put hundreds of volunteers from MEUSA and more than 50 partner organizations door-to-door in the four states and at phone banks across the rest of the country. Similar coalitions and campaigns, some already underway and others in development, will play a key role in passing marriage equality legislation in more states throughout 2013.
Moreover, ongoing market research identified conversations with straight family, friends, neighbors and colleagues who support equality as a particularly crucial component in moving undecided voters to a position of support and to a willingness to vote for love, commitment and marriage. In all four states with ballot initiatives last fall, such outreach by straight allies absolutely was critical to success.
President Obama's bold public support for marriage was cited as a contributing factor throughout the fall election by others who moved from a position of opposition, or from support for lesser and unequal statuses of civil unions or domestic partnerships, to a position of full support for marriage. In Illinois, where we hope equality legislation will pass this year, Governor Quinn changed his position from favoring civil unions to supporting full marriage only after the president's statement. More recently the governor said, in regards to marriage equality and quoting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "[I]t's the right time to do the right thing."
The Ball's In Your Court Now
This year, of course, all eyes are on the Supreme Court after its December announcement that it had granted certiorari for two high-profile marriage cases.
On March 26 and 27, respectively, the court will hear oral arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry, the case addressing California's Proposition 8 repeal of the state constitutional guarantee of equal marriage, and in U.S. v. Windsor, one of roughly a half-dozen cases landing on the high courts' docket last year challenging Section 3 of DOMA. The remaining DOMA cases before the high court appear to be in a holding pattern awaiting resolution of Perry and Windsor. A mounting number of DOMA and marriage equality cases in various circuits specifically have been stayed pending those decisions, including cases contesting the constitutionality of marriage bans in Hawaii and Nevada.
By the end of June the court could hand down any number of decisions in the Perry case ranging from a sweeping nationwide win – e.g., a finding that the U.S. Constitution requires equal marriage for all Americans, regardless of the state in which they live – to a bitterly resounding defeat – e.g., an opinion that the freedom to marry for some citizens not only is neither constitutionally guaranteed nor protected, but in fact may be denied or repealed by public referendum.
Or the court could, to a degree, punt on the merits of the case, either by issuing a narrow opinion overturning Prop. 8 on the grounds that the right to marry once constitutionally recognized may not later be revoked by referendum, or by essentially refusing to rule at all based on a finding that the defendants had no constitutional right to appeal in the first place; that is, they lacked standing. In the case of such a procedural punt, the win for marriage equality would be a correspondingly smaller one – likely restoring marriage only to California, and creating no precedent – but a win nonetheless.
In Windsor, the court has given itself a similar procedural out, as it has asked a third party to brief the court on the issue of standing therein as well. Nonetheless, most analysts expect the court to issue an opinion on the merits regarding DOMA.
A win on the merits in Windsor would require the federal government to recognize the marriages of same-sex couples in those states and the District of Columbia where such marriages are valid. Legally married same-sex couples in those jurisdictions no longer would be denied the more than 1,100 federal rights and protections granted to married couples. A win in Windsor alone, however, would not require other states either to perform or recognize marriages of same-sex couples.
A loss in Windsor, conversely, would require the federal government to continue to discriminate against some married couples in the provision of rights and protections, granting them only to opposite-sex married couples while denying them to same-sex married couples, unless and until DOMA is repealed legislatively via the Respect for Marriage Act.
In an interview with Buzzfeed, Edie Windsor, the plaintiff in the DOMA case, expressed her optimism. "There's a whole world of justice," the 83-year-old widow noted. "And so, I'm not skeptical... I trust the Constitution. Sometimes there's a mistake, but mostly we move forward. I think we're going to win just because I think justice will prevail."
In both Perry and Windsor, the court also has the opportunity to determine the degree of legal scrutiny to be applied to cases involving sexual orientation; that is, whether the constitutionality of laws that restrict rights based on sexual orientation should be examined with a higher degree of scrutiny, as are laws that target race, gender or national origin, and which make such laws much harder to justify, or whether laws restricting rights of lesbian and gay people are subject to lesser scrutiny, as traditionally has been the case.
In the past, the Supreme Court has stopped short of ruling that laws that target sexual orientation need be subjected to the same level of scrutiny as laws based on race or gender, but several of the lower courts in the Prop. 8 and DOMA cases have suggested that sexual orientation merits such heightened scrutiny. Should the high court agree with these lower courts, it would be very difficult in the future to defend any law that restricted rights on the basis of sexual orientation.
While we hope for positive Supreme Court decisions at minimum restoring marriage equality to California and overturning DOMA Section 3, even the least desirable outcomes will not stop our forward movement--at worst, only slow it. The hard work is not yet over, to be sure. And setbacks will occur. But in light of the momentous advancements of this past year and the unwavering commitment of so many advocates and allies, the inevitability of marriage equality for all has perhaps never been more clear. As MEUSA Executive Director Brian Silva said after marriage's historic wins at the ballot box last fall, "There is no turning back now on the road to full equality."
Thom Watson is the Social Media Director of Marriage Equality USA (marriageequality.org) and John Lewis is the organization's Legal Director.


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A Kiss and tell memoir is coming from Ace Frehley, former lead guitarist of the heavy metal band.
Gallery Books announced Tuesday that the 59-year-old Frehley is working on "No Regrets," a look back at a "life of sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll." Gallery, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, plans to release in the summer of 2011.
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Delta Rae are returning to Philly and are playing World Cafe Live on Friday, February 21st. Tickets go on sale Friday, November 15th at Noon here. The band releases a new EP, Chasing Twisters, on Tuesday, November 19th. A new song, "Chasing Twisters" is streaming at Rolling Stone here. The North Carolina band worked with producers Rob Cavallo and Julian Raymond during the summer on the EP. Below, download a live version of "Dance In The Graveyards."


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From NPR News, it was the talk of the nation.
Talk of the Nation, NPR's beloved afternoon call-in show, is going off the air at the end of July, replaced by Here and Now, which is jointly produced by NPR and WBUR. NPR is running a $7 million deficit, but the organization says it is responding to demand for "a stronger news presence in the middle of the day". Host Neal Conan will leave the organization after 30 years. Science Friday will continue.
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