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By Carol Berkin
Once again, presidential politics is in the air—and on the television. And on the radio. And on the web, on billboards, and bumper stickers. In a presidential election year, it seems as if our nation's full attention is focused on the hopeful candidates for the Oval Office. "I approve this message" is the refrain that echoes in our consciousness from the warm days of summer until the chilly mornings of November.
Of course, it has not always been this way. In the young Republic, candidates remained aloof from any campaign mounted on their behalf. Surrogates may have slung dirt, made exaggerated claims for their candidate, or articulated the candidate's political philosophy, but men from John Adams to Thomas Jefferson to John Quincy Adams felt it beneath their dignity to campaign openly for the office. By the time Abraham Lincoln emerged as a political leader, however, the public had begun to expect candidates to address the concerns of the voting public. Before the twentieth century ended, all the elements we take for granted today were in place, including televised party conventions and debates between candidates, emailed fund-raising pleas, robo-calls, pollsters, and twenty-four-hour news coverage.
But if the campaigns have changed, the capacity of a presidential election to shape and reshape our national history has not. And this is why they are so important to us as history teachers and historians. Some, like FDR's election to a fourth term, set critical precedents, leading to amendments to the constitution. Others, like the 1824 election, brought changes in the nomination process. And, in others, like the election of Abraham Lincoln, the very course of our national history was determined. In our own lifetimes, presidential campaigns have signaled major changes in our cultural norms and values, measured by the election of a Catholic to the presidency, the selection of a woman as a vice presidential candidate, and the entrance into the White House of an African American.
Our fascination as historians with presidential elections also rests on the unexpected drama that sometimes accompanies them, from the tragic assassination of leading candidates to riots outside the party conventions to the appeal to the Supreme Court to resolve a close and contested election. It rests as well on their impact on the two-party system that defines our politics, for when votes were tallied it sometimes spelled the doom of established parties or the ascendency of new ones. During presidential elections we can chart significant shifts in political loyalties and the role of changing demographics in election results. We recognize that even the vocabulary of an election—from slogans like "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" to "Rum Romanism and Rebellion" and "Hope" to voter blocs such as "soccer moms," "values voters," and "energy voters" —can offer clues to these important political trends. Finally, presidential elections challenge us to unravel historical cause and effect as we evaluate the role of personality and charisma, the brilliance or bumbling of campaign strategies, and the impact of unexpected events that occur during the presidential race.
In this issue of History Now, our scholars look at five significant and unusual presidential races. In his essay, "Adams v. Jackson: The Election of 1824," Edward Lengel takes us back to 1824, when four candidates—John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, and William H. Crawford—vied for the presidency and the charge of a self-serving, if not immoral deal between two of them tainted the victory of the winner. Lengel gives us a stirring and insightful account of what history books have often called the corrupt bargain between "the Puritan and the Blackleg."
In "The Making of the President: Abraham Lincoln and the Election of 1860," Harold Holzer reexamines one of the most fateful elections in our history, offering new insights into the election of Abraham Lincoln. Holzer reminds us that "accidents and false assumptions" played a critical role in this election, chief among them the erroneous Southern conviction that Lincoln intended to end slavery if he were elected and that Douglas was equally dangerous to their "peculiar institution." Holzer points out the significance of political organization and the unexpected personal appeal of Lincoln as a candidate in determining the outcome of the election.
In "The Contentious Election of 1876," Michael F. Holt looks closely at an election Democrats called "the Fraud of the Century." Acknowledging that the creation of an unprecedented Federal Electoral Commission helped make this an unusual election, Holt nevertheless argues that there were other, equally intriguing aspects to this election that require explanation, including high voter turn out and the apparent disconnect between economic conditions and political results.
Matthew Dallek carries us into the twentieth century with his essay on "Franklin Delano Roosevelt—Four-Term President—and the Election of 1944." In this examination of FDR's unprecedented run for a fourth term, Dallek focuses on Roosevelt's motives and on the historical circumstances in which the nation found itself in 1944: a returning prosperity and a growing expectation of victory in World War II. Dallek also factors in the personalities of the two candidates, FDR and Dewey—and the effectiveness of their respective campaigns.
Finally, James Gormly brings us to the controversial first presidential election of our century, the Gore-Bush contest. In "Hanging by a Chad—or Not: The 2000 Presidential Election," he takes us through the campaign, with its focus on a few "swing states"—Florida, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, and then through the tense days between November 8 and December 13, when Gore conceded the election to George W. Bush. Gormly explains how the election wound up in the venue of the US Supreme Court and suggests that it was this, more than the candidates' political positions or party platforms, that made 2000 a unique and memorable election.
As always, we have included lesson plans. Our interactive feature for this issue is an interactive timeline looking at presidential elections since 1789.
Let me close with an appeal that you exercise your right—and obligation—to vote this November. Voting is democracy in action!
CAROL BERKIN, Editor
From the Archive
The Spectacles of 1912 by Patricia O'Toole
The Presidential Election of 1800: A Story of Crisis, Controversy, and Change by Joanne Freeman
The Great Debate: Kennedy, Nixon, and Television in the 1960 Race for the Presidency by Liette Gidlow
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Every Four Years: Qualifications for the Office of President and Electing the President
Every Four Years: Introducing Presidential Elections
Examining Antebellum Elections
Rise of the Populists and William Jennings Bryan
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"Heaven alone can foretell": Washington's reluctance to become President
Washington on a proposed third term and political parties, 1799
"Jefferson is in every view less dangerous than Burr": Hamilton on the election of 1800
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Ramona Finnila is cut from the same cloth as Julie Nygaard, the board's reigning common-sense champ. The two served together on the Carlsbad City Council and got things done in an effective, harmonious fashion – two qualities that sadly have been lacking on the board for far too long.
James Dagostino, a physical therapist, has given much of his time as a volunteer to Tri-City, serving on various committees and boards. In his application, he wrote that the health care district "has fallen victim to a poor image – some of it self-caused, some through no fault of its leaders." Clearly, he gets it.
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Dr. Greene, with a new diabetic child, I wonder why yeast infections are not included in the symptoms of onset -- especially in young infants and children? Parents I speak with (and my own daughter) first presented with yeast that was not resolving. She was 3 and potty trained and no one ruled out DM. Most parents I talk with had yeast, even boys. I was alarmed that my pediatric team did not consider this and it is not mentioned anywhere in public info pamphlets in what you should know about diabetes, because most kids are going into diabetic crisis before intervention. What do you think?
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Timbo, I'm so glad you have raised this issue. There are indeed early ways to detect diabetes, but most children with type 1 diabetes are not diagnosed until the situation has become desperate. The diabetes symptoms that most people are familiar with (increased thirst and increased urination) are very late warning signs. By then, the child is dangerously close to the end, unless she receives prompt treatment.
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Diabetes is a slow process that begins much earlier than symptoms appear.
People who get type 1 diabetes were born with a genetic predisposition to it. Not everyone born with this predisposition gets diabetes, however. In fact, if an identical twin has diabetes, the other twin gets it only about half the time. Along the way, some of the predisposed individuals are exposed to something in the environment that triggers the diabetes. This may be a viral infection. The virus misleads the body's immune system into making antibodies against its own pancreas cells that make insulin. (This is why type 1 diabetes is now also called immune-mediated diabetes.)
Type 1 diabetes most often strikes young people, especially between the ages of 5 and 7 (when viruses run through the schools), or at the time of puberty (when so many hormones change). For this reason, it used to be called juvenile-onset diabetes. This term has now been eliminated, since we now know that it can appear at any age.
Normally, a hormone called insulin pushes sugar from the blood into the body's cells where it can be used for fuel. This insulin is produced in the pancreas. Diabetes is an attack on the pancreas.
When diabetes first begins, the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas are destroyed gradually over months or years. The remaining cells are able to compensate for this by increasing their insulin production. The body can still make enough insulin to keep the concentration of sugar in the blood within a fairly narrow range.
Diabetes is usually diagnosed soon after symptoms appear
When 90% of the insulin-producing cells have been destroyed, the person suddenly begins to develop symptoms. Thus, type 1 diabetes generally brews for years, but appears abruptly. Once symptoms appear, it rarely goes undiagnosed for more than a few weeks.
The classic symptoms of type 1 diabetes are increased urination (polyuria), increased thirst (polydipsia), increased eating (polyphagia) and weight loss. Anyone with the classic symptoms should have a blood sugar test as well as a urine test. Occasionally people also report fatigue, blurred vision, vomiting, abdominal pain, or frequent skin infections. If the disease remains undiagnosed, symptoms progress to include labored breathing, coma, and death.
Early detection
How much better it would be to diagnose diabetes long before everything is out of control! As you have pointed out, Timbo, chronic yeast infections (or other skin infections) can be an early warning sign. Healthy kids in diapers commonly get yeast diaper rashes. But if these infections are very frequent, or not easy to clear up with appropriate treatment, I get concerned. If a child is out of diapers, I prefer checking a fasting blood sugar after only one yeast infection, especially if there is a family history of diabetes.
Other tests are available for even earlier detection of the diabetes process. People with type 1 diabetes have measurable antibodies in their blood that reveal their autoimmune condition. One autoantibody found in people with type 1 diabetes is the islet cell antibody. This antibody is often detectable months or years before symptoms appear. Other antibodies include the ICA 512 antibody and the GAD (or 64-K) antibody. The presence of these antibodies is a sign that the body is attacking its own insulin-producing cells. I expect that testing for autoantibodies will get less expensive and more common in the near future.
An intriguing study released in October 1999 showed that by measuring the number of autoantibodies in siblings of children with diabetes, they were able to predict the risk each of these siblings had for going on to develop diabetes. They were even able to predict how long it would likely take for diabetes to develop.
Clearly this is useful information. It will become especially powerful when we find ways to prevent the autoantibodies from completing their destructive actions.
My hope is that in this next century, most diseases -- from cancer to diabetes to the common cold -- will no longer be thought of as beginning when we first notice the symptoms. As we are able to detect the true start of these processes, we will be far more able to prevent and treat diseases before they wreak mayhem and destruction in our bodies.
Alan Greene, M.D. earned a Bachelor's degree from Princeton University and graduated from medical school at University of California at San Francisco. Upon completion of his pediatric residency program at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Northern California in 1993, he served as Chief Resident. During his Chief year, Dr. Greene passed the pediatric boards in the top 5% of the nation.
Dr. Greene entered primary care pediatrics in January 1993. He is on the Clinical Faculty at Stanford University School of Medicine where he sees patients and teaches Residents. He serves as the Chief Medical Officer of A.D.A.M., Inc., a leading provider of consumer health information, and helps direct A.D.AM.'s editorial process. As A.D.A.M.'s CMO, he served as a founding member of Hi-Ethics (Health Internet Ethics) and helped URAC develop its standards for eHealth accreditation. He is also the Founder & CEO of DrGreene.com. Dr. Greene was also named Intel's Internet Health Hero for children's health. He is an author, medical expert, and a media personality.
He is the author of The Parent's Complete Guide to Ear Infections (People's Medical Society, 1997). Dr. Greene has appeared in numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal, Parenting, Parent, Child, American Baby, Baby Talk, Working Mother, Better Home's & Gardens, and Reader's Digest. He also appears frequently on television and radio shows as a medical expert.
American Diabetes Association. Standards of medical care in diabetes--2009. Diabetes Care. 2009 Jan;32 Suppl 1:S13-61.
Alemzadeh R, Wyatt DT. Diabetes mellitus in children. In: Kliegman RM, ed. Kliegman: Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders;2007:chap 590.
Eisenbarth GS, Polonsky KS, Buse JB. Type 1 diabetes mellitus. In: Kornenberg HM, Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR. Kronenberg: Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 11th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2008:chap 31.
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Reviewed By: Nancy J. Rennert, MD, FACE, FACP, Chief of Endocrinology & Diabetes, Norwalk Hospital, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.


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Tina Charles and Diana Taurasi scored 14 points apiece and the U.S. women's basketball team cranked up its defense in the second half to beat Australia 86-73 on Thursday and advanced to a fifth straight gold medal game.
The Americans, who had cruised through their first six Olympic games, were challenged by the Australians and 6-foot-8 Liz Cambage.
Australia went right at the U.S. behind its budding star, but once again the Americans depth and pressure defense wore down another opponent.
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After Cambage scored 19 first-half points, the U.S. held her scoreless the rest of the game.
The Americans have won 40 consecutive Olympic contests dating back to the bronze medal game in 1992.
Australia and the U.S. had met in the previous three gold medal games. This was the first time they had played in the semifinals since 1996. Australia will play for the bronze medal.
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Now that Michigan State is ruler of the state and ruler of the Big Ten, it's my duty, as arbiter of all that's righteous and ridiculous about college football, to lay out the responsibilities for such a lofty position.
For starters, the Spartans will need to crank up the arrogance. Mark Dantonio has an edge to him, but he also has low-key slogans such as, "It starts here," and "Scowl like a champion today." My slogan suggestion: "This is Michigan State for God's sake!"
The next step: Build a snazzy locker room to lure entitled recruits sporting more than two flimsy stars. That task is done, although lobster on the training table would be nice, and I wouldn't skimp on the perfumed soaps and pedicure stations.
Finally, to prove it's worthy of sustained national attention, Michigan State has to do something that will resonate forever in college football history. When expectations and aspirations are at their highest, you have to pull a shocker. Sorry, that's the rule.
In East Lansing tonight, the Rose Bowl champs get their biggest test since grabbing the royal crown (not the Crown Royal, kids), and the only thing missing from their credentials is their very own "Appalachian State moment." As fate would have it, Appalachian State is here, but the Mountaineers will be in Ann Arbor on Saturday to fulfill the Wolverines' masochistic need to revisit humiliations.
Eager to assume the giant-slayer role is Jacksonville State, another good, speedy, lower-level program from an undetermined state. Sources say Jacksonville State is not in Jacksonville, Fla., as it should be, but somewhere in Alabama. That means the Gamecocks are close enough to swipe game plans from Nick Saban, after swiping their mascot from South Carolina.
Listen. I'm not here to frighten the Spartans, coming off an amazing 13-1 season. In fact, if Notre Dame had acknowledged its cheating scandal sooner — the one involving receivers' repeated and dishonorable attempts to draw fake pass-interference penalties — Michigan State would have been 14-0 and national champion.
But consider this the first of several weekly warnings for the new champs. Complacency is an insidious disease that can lead to numbing redundancy, such as writing a picks column for 20 years. Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it, doomed to repeat it, doomed to repeat it.
The Wolverines made that mistake and are still trying to recover, after a 7-6 season in which they inexplicably decided to stop blocking. It's gotten to the point where the school is rounding up aging Ann Arbor hippies and herding them into the student section to hit the coveted 100,001 attendance mark. I'm not saying ticket sales have been slow. I'm just saying regents recently voted down a proposal allowing cheerleaders to use T-shirt guns to fire small baggies of special brownies into the crowd.
In many ways, Michigan was forever altered by that fateful day in 2007, when Appalachian State marched into town and viciously blocked field goals in a 34-32 victory. And this is where it gets spooky. Michigan was coming off a Rose Bowl season and ranked No. 5 before that opener. Michigan State is coming off a Rose Bowl season and ranked No. 8 before its opener against Jacksonville State.
Michigan played Oregon the following week in 2007 and lost 39-7. Michigan State plays Oregon next week, and it's absolutely imperative Dantonio keeps his players from looking ahead to a lopsided defeat. Not easy, as you can tell by this locker room speech, fabricated and secretly recorded, as always:
Dantonio: "We're not even thinking about that game next week that could define our entire season and set us up for a spot in the new playoff system that we richly deserve! Right?!"
Players (in unison): "Right Coach!"
Dantonio: "So we got Jacksonville this week. What does that mean?!"
(Nervous murmuring.)
Player (raising hand): "The Jaguars? It means we get to hit Denard again!"
OK, this will be a challenge. The Spartans must forget about 2013, and that includes holding off on plans to erect a statue of Rose Bowl legend Kyler Elsworth. Almost everything went right for Michigan State last season, and almost everything went wrong for Michigan.
Now the pressure is on Brady Hoke, and if he would just name team captains and wear a headset, Michigan probably would go 11-1. As a test of Hoke's warm-seat worthiness, he was strapped into an office chair this week and forced to watch the Akron game on an endless loop, as a bulky headset was slowly tightened. He reportedly survived, and is determined to prove it's possible to overcome a 7-6 season, although it's extremely rare, never, ever done in our area, unless you count Michigan State last season.
So the Wolverines want to replicate what the Spartans did, and the Spartans don't want to replicate what the Wolverines did. And anything is possible, but you already knew that.
Pick: Michigan State 40, Jacksonville (not Fla.) State 10
Pick: Michigan 49, Appalachian State 13
Wisconsin versus LSU: In the new playoff era, conference strength is as important as schedule strength, which is far more important than deodorant strength. The big bad Badgers could strike a mighty blow for the Big Ten with rumbling back Melvin Gordon. More likely, the Tigers will show the SEC is still Les Miles ahead. Pick: LSU 22-10
Navy versus Ohio State: The Buckeyes lost Braxton Miller, so it can't be long before Urban Meyer feels another sudden urge to spend more time with his family. Actually, Ohio State is hardly a sinking ship, although Navy's famed ground game will present problems. Pick: Ohio State 27-13
Rice at Notre Dame: Notre Dame is missing four starters being investigated for some sort of academic misdeed. At other schools, this is called "cheating." For the Fighting Irish, it's called "shenanigans." Pick: Notre Dame 31-20
Penn State versus Central Florida: Speaking of shenanigans, this game is in Ireland, where UCF coach George O'Leary used to be prime minister (according to his resume). The Nittany Lions are so excited about new coach James Franklin, he gets a mulligan here. Pick: UCF 34-20


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Fighting the Christian Right's War Against Anti-Bullying Programs
The biggest bullies in the schoolyard may be certain Christian organizations on the right that expend a great deal of their time energy and fund-raising doing everything they can to make sure LGBT students don't receive the protections of anti-bullying laws.
Their tactic is to encompass spreading information that many others see as outright lies, citing bogus statistics, and lobbying lawmakers in statehouses and the U.S. Capitol. They contend that anti-bullying legislation and programs single out gay students, according to experts EDGE interviewed.
So far, their strategy appears to be working, at least some of the time and in regions across the country.
While 49 states have anti-bullying laws on the books (Montana is the sole exception), only 14 and the District of Columbia specifically include protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity, according to the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. Wisconsin's covers sexual orientation only.
Bullying has serious consequences for LGBT youth, who commit more than 30 percent of all reported teen suicides each year, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In addition to bullying, causes of such suicides include lack of acceptance, abandonment and hate crimes. Christian groups and others then use such statistics to "prove" the harmfulness of the "gay lifestyle."
The progressive organization People for the American Way recently issued a report that spelled out the ways right-wing groups are blocking efforts to make schools safe for LGBTs. "It's almost unbelievable that there are organizations dedicated to opposing anti-bullying programs, but they're out there and stronger than ever," PFAW President Michael Keegan said in a statement. "These groups are so determined to fight every step of progress for LGBT rights that they're willing to hurt children and teens in the process. That's just shameful."
Opposing the Day of Silence
When it released the report, PFAW cited the Big Three anti-gay groups: the Family Research Council, the American Family Association, and Focus on the Family, as well as other religious right organizations. The report provided many examples of their tactics.
Many were shocked in 2010 when FRC President Tony Perkins, perhaps the best-known opponent of anti-bullying programs, was given space for an op-ed in the Washington Post. Perkins accused gay rights groups of "exploiting" youth suicide to push their agenda.
GLSEN, creator of the Safe Schools program, is a favorite target for Perkins and his colleagues. A favorite target of Perkins is the national Day of Silence, an annual event GLSEN organizes to call attention to bullying. The Day of Silence, held every April, has become popular with sympathetic heterosexual students as well as gay ones.
For Perkins, sees the Day of Silence as a sinister way of acclimating students to accepting homosexuality, or, "a cover for the promotion of homosexuality," as he put it in the Washington Post op-ed.
The AFA contends that the event is "destructive" event whose purpose is the "hijacking of the classroom for political purposes." The AFA has called on parents to keep their children absent from school that day. FRC, along with the Liberty Counsel, a far-right legal group, and Concerned Women for America, has called for its abolition. FRC instead promotes a counter-event, the "Day of Dialogue," which is meant to ""encourage(s) student-initiated conversations about the fact that God cares about our lives, our relationships and our sexuality."
Fighting Rightwing Christian Hate Groups
"For at least a decade religious right groups have opposed strong anti-bullying efforts protecting LGBTs because they claim falsely that it is an attempt to legitimize the 'gay lifestyle," said Rev. Barry Lynn. Lynn, a minister in the United Church of Christ and an attorney, also heads Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, a Washington, D.C.-based organization dedicated to preserving the U.S. Constitution's religious liberty provisions.
"Bullying is a dangerous practice that needs to be stopped no matter who the target," Lynn told EDGE. "Anyone who has any understanding of bullying knows that this is an issue that needs to be taken by the horns and dealt with."
LGBT activists and their allies need to call the religious right's bluff, he added: "Their arguments need to be dissected. They are a ploy to maintain the status quo and neglect the immediate needs of LGBT and other students being bullied."
Boys, both straight and gay, who don't conform to society's notions of masculinity risk becoming victims of bullying, said Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun, a progressive magazine based in Berkeley, Calif.: "To be a real man in this society has been defined by our culture and our media as being strong, tough, independent, but not soft, gentle or kind in any way."
The Christian right takes advantage of boys who don't fit the straight stereotype and are often harassed by welcoming them into their churches, where they can feel safe. But there's a price to pay. "They tell them, 'But you need to explain our campaign against LGBTQ people,'" Lerner said. "They are allowed to once again reclaim a soft and caring part of their personality but at the expense of denigrating the gay community."
LGBT activists need to understand that strategy and discuss it in the public sphere, he added: "It's not just a question of gay rights, but the right of all people to be gentle, kind and caring for others. When you frame it that way, the LGBT movement has the capacity to speak across the political spectrum and undermine the religious right's peculiar dynamic where they simultaneously affirm what people feared when they were accused of being gay while simultaneously attacking gays."
Lerner envisions a broad movement against bullying LGBT youth that also speaks to the self-interests of straight people: "Harassment of gays and those who are perceived to be gay must be framed through the homophobia that is the backbone of American society."
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Tai Chi, a traditional Chinese form of exercise, may help older adults avoid getting shingles by increasing immunity to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and boosting the immune response to varicella vaccine in older adults, according to a new study publishsed in print this week in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. This National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study is the first rigorous clinical trial to suggest that a behavioral intervention, alone or in combination with a vaccine, can help protect older adults from VZV, which causes both chickenpox and shingles.
The research was supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), both components of NIH. The study's print publication follows its online release in March. The research was conducted by Michael R. Irwin, M.D., and Richard Olmstead, Ph.D., of the University of California at Los Angeles, and Michael N. Oxman, M.D., of the University of California at San Diego and San Diego Veterans Affairs Healthcare System.
"One in five people who have had chickenpox will get shingles later in life, usually after age 50, and the risk increases as people get older," says NIA Director Richard J. Hodes, M.D. "More research is needed, but this study suggests that the Tai Chi intervention tested, in combination with immunization, may enhance protection of older adults from this painful condition."
"Dr. Irwin's research team has demonstrated that a centuries-old behavioral intervention, Tai Chi, resulted in a level of immune response similar to that of a modern biological intervention, the varicella vaccine, and that Tai Chi boosted the positive effects of the vaccine," says Andrew Monjan, Ph.D., chief of the NIA's Neurobiology of Aging Branch.
The randomized, controlled clinical trial included 112 healthy adults ages 59 to 86 (average age of 70). Each person took part in a 16-week program of either Tai Chi or a health education program that provided 120 minutes of instruction weekly. Tai Chi combines aerobic activity, relaxation and meditation, which the researchers note have been reported to boost immune responses. The health education intervention involved classes about a variety of health-related topics.
After the 16-week Tai Chi and health education programs, with periodic blood tests to determine levels of VZV immunity, people in both groups received a single injection of VARIVAX, the chickenpox vaccine that was approved for use in the United States in 1995. Nine weeks later, the investigators did blood tests to assess each participant's level of VZV immunity, comparing it to immunity at the start of the study. All of the participants had had chickenpox earlier in life and so were already immune to that disease.
Tai Chi alone was found to increase participants' immunity to varicella as much as the vaccine typically produces in 30- to 40-year-old adults, and Tai Chi combined with the vaccine produced a significantly higher level of immunity, about a 40 percent increase, over that produced by the vaccine alone. The study further showed that the Tai Chi group's rate of increase in immunity over the course of the 25-week study was double that of the health education (control) group. The Tai Chi and health education groups' VZV immunity had been similar when the study began.
In addition, the Tai Chi group reported significant improvements in physical functioning, bodily pain, vitality and mental health. Both groups showed significant declines in the severity of depressive symptoms.
"This study builds upon preliminary research funded by NCCAM and we are delighted to see this rigorous trial of Tai Chi for varicella zoster immunity come to fruition," said Ruth L. Kirschstein, M.D., NCCAM Acting Director.
Shingles, or herpes zoster, affects the nerves, resulting in pain and blisters in adults. Following a case of chickenpox, a person's nerve cells can harbor the varicella-zoster virus. Years later, the virus can reactivate and lead to shingles. More information about shingles is available from the NIA at http://www.
The NIA leads the federal effort supporting and conducting research on aging and the medical, social and behavioral issues of older people. For more information on research and aging, go to www.nia.nih.gov. Publications on research and on a variety of topics of interest on health and aging can be viewed and ordered by visiting the NIA website or can be ordered by calling toll-free 1-800-222-2225.
The NCCAM's mission is to explore complementary and alternative medical (CAM) practices in the context of rigorous science, train CAM researchers, and disseminate authoritative information to the public and professionals. For additional information, call NCCAM's Clearinghouse toll-free at 1-888-644-6226, or visit www.nccam.nih.gov.
NIH--the nation's medical research agency--includes 27 institutes and centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.
Reference: Irwin, M.R., et al. Augmenting immune responses to varicella zoster virus in older adults: A randomized, controlled trial of Tai Chi. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2007), 55(4):511-517.
To reach Dr. Michael Irwin, University of California at Los Angeles, contact Mark Wheeler at 310-794-2265 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I don't watch football so I have no idea who Arian Foster is. I had to look him up on Wikipedia. Besides being a football player, Arian really wants you to get into shape. And while most celebrity endorsed apps are just a mad grab at cash and publicity, Arian's app is actually good.
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Why do we like it?
Workout apps with illustrations or photos of a person doing something are worthless. I always end up doing something wrong and get yelled at by someone that works out all the time. Actual video helps. Seeing someone else do something helps me visualize how I should be doing it. Unfortunately, the meals section of the app is nearly worthless. It's just a list of foods you should eat without portion information.
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Xerces Ranby asked:
Does JamVM still produce those quick and fast startup times when using the OpenJDK class libraries compared to the fast startup times obtainable when using GNU Classpath classes?[best of 3 runs]
rob@traken:~/JAM/tests$ time /usr/lib/jvm/jamvm-openjdk/jre/bin/java -showversion hello
java version "1.6.0_0"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.6.1) (6b16-1.6.1-3ubuntu1)
JamVM (build 1.5.5-openjdk, inline-threaded interpreter)
Hello World!
real 0m0.046s
user 0m0.030s
sys 0m0.000s
rob@traken:~/JAM/tests$ time jamvm -showversion hello
java version "1.5.0"
JamVM version 1.5.5-devel
Copyright (C) 2003-2010 Robert Lougher
Build information:
Execution Engine: inline-threaded interpreter
Compiled with: gcc 4.5.0 20100211 (experimental)
Boot Library Path: /usr/local/classpath/lib/classpath
Boot Class Path: /usr/local/jamvm/share/jamvm/classes.zip:/usr/local/classpath/share/classpath/glibj.zip
Hello World!
real 0m0.048s
user 0m0.030s
sys 0m0.020s
gnu_andrew asked:
Will JamVM still support GNU Classpath, as CACAO does?Yes, most definitely. I still consider GNU Classpath as JamVM's main class-library as it's where my chief loyalty lies. On more practical grounds, even after the OpenJDK port is functionally complete it will still be a long time before it is as tested as JamVM/GNU Classpath. FWIW, many embedded systems seem to be quite happy with GNU Classpath. GNU Classpath is considerably smaller "out of the box" and much easier to build...
As far as development is concerned, I've taken a different approach to Cacao. Cacao implements the class-library differences within the VM-specific code using #ifdefs. While there's nothing wrong with that, I personally think it makes the code harder to read, and it's harder to get an overview of the changes.
Instead, I've tried to abstract the differences into a classlib interface. At times this has taken some thought and quite a lot of code re-arranging. If anything it's made the code cleaner, as a lot of the messier details are hidden (in general, I'm not a fan of information hiding, but removal of some of the VMFoo details makes the intent clearer).
Having said that, the classlib interface is mostly driven by the differences between GNU Classpath and OpenJDK as I find them. I'd like to think the interface is reasonably generic, but it will probably need changing if another class-library came along...
Currently the classlib interface has 40 functions, the gnuclasspath directory has 8 files, totalling 2552 LOC, and openjdk 10 files totalling 3491 LOC.
Christian Thalinger (hello, twisti!), linuxhippy (hello, Clemens!), Michael Starzinger (hello, Michi!), Stefan Ring:
Yeah, it's taken a long time, and lots of prevaricating. It's not been quite as boring and tedious as I expected; some of it I've actually enjoyed :) Debian might even re-instate JamVM (sticking pins in the Debian T-shirt I bought at FOSDEM, while looking for the Fedora 13 CDROM).


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Ah, Happy Mail, how I love you. A couple of months ago, the wonderful folks at Simplicity sent me some of their quilting tools to try out. Since this summer was a bit of a madhouse, I haven't had the time to use them as much as I have wanted to, but I'm going to set time aside each week to try them all and give you a full report on each one.
I have already used my 6.5" x 12.5" Simpli-EZ Ruler, and it has quickly become one of my favorite tools. I especially love that it includes measurements in eights. It's also marked in such a way that both right handed and left handed people can use it with ease. You can see that I've already written my name on it, so at sew-ins and classes everyone knows it's mine. ;)
I'm most excited to try out the Simpli-EZ Double Wedding Ring template. I saw it demonstrated by Darlene Zimmerman, who designed the tool (and many others in the Simplicity line) at Quilt Market in the spring, and it was seriously amazing. She is a genius! I've always wanted to tackle a double wedding ring quilt, but I've honestly been a little scared too. So, that's what I'm starting with. Stay tuned for my report!
I'm also working with Simplicity on another project and I can't wait to tell you about it. They have been so great to work with, and I'm really excited about what we have in the works.
P.S. Please forgive my dark photos. It's a rainy day here in Ohio today!


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It is quite likely that one day or another every car owner does experience a cracked, chipped, or smashed windshield. No matter how careful a driver you might be, it is not possible for you to control other drivers on the road, and nor is it possible for you to always know what lies on the road ahead of you. Even if you do not get involved in any accident or crash, even a tiny rock, which is flicked up off the road by a car in front of you, can easily chip your car's windshield. If your windshield is chipped, it is important that you get it repaired or consider a windshield replacement, whatever is better in your case. That is where Southwind Auto Glass Memphis comes in.
If there is a chip in your windshield, you can get it repaired since smaller chips can be repaired with ease. However, if you let this go unattended, the problem can get worse. Since the glass keeps on getting weaker, the small chip can turn into a crack, and the crack can eventually spread across the entire windshield. This can easily happen if while driving you go over a bump.
Though a tiny chip in your windshield might not seem much of a concern to you, it can be illegal to drive your car in certain cases, depending on where the chip is, and how large it is. The rules differ from state to state. So, if you plan to travel a long distance in your car, it will be best to first get your windshield replaced, else you might be inviting serious legal trouble. Trying to save some money by delaying a windshield replacement can actually end up costing you more.
Some chips can affect the driver's road view badly, by either being right in the line of their sight, or by affecting the way light moves in through the windshield. Light that comes in through a proper windshield can be reflected and refracted differently from the light that comes in through the chip in the windshield glass. So, the objects that the driver gets to see through the chip might be nearer or farther away than it seems to be. This is quite like when you see an object in a water tank, and when you try to touch it, its position seems to be slightly different from where you thought it to be. It is very important that you get to see things accurately while driving, and you need to get the correct position of all hazards, pedestrians, and other drivers. But a chipped windshield will not allow you the proper vision, and thus it is essential you get it replaced at the earliest convenience, to keep yourself and those on the road safe.
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After you handover your car to us we first examine it carefully to determine if the damage can be repaired or is a windshield replacement is needed. Smaller chips and cracks can generally be repaired with special resin methods. However, if that will not help, we will offer a windshield replacement. This might seem easy, but is really not. It takes the right skill to ensure the urethane holds the windshield in place, and that the pinch-weld does not get damaged during the replacement. If the pinch-weld is damaged it can result in improper seal, leading to leaks and corrosion, and is unsafe.
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On June 15th, Guest Conductor Susanna Mälkki, Chief Conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic, led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Branford Marsalis, saxophonist, composer and bandleader, on a fine and thoroughly diverting program including a CSO commissioned world premiere, "Proceed, Moon" by composer Melinda Wagner. The program was to be repeated on June 16th and June 17th, as well; all performances at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago.
The "Symphony in C Major" by French composer Georges Bizet, 1855, written when he was only 17, was immediately pronounced "A youthful masterpiece" of harmony and design in 4 movements. It is a delightful piece, lively, unpretentious, and performed here with style and energy; in particular, the ending was very strong.
Gabriel Fauré's "Pavane", Op. 50, 1887, is a slow, almost delicately paced melodic arrangement, based on a 16th century dance then regularly performed in kingly courts, often as part of a wedding ceremony processional. The piece was played gracefully, sans melancholy, with the absolute mastery of Marsalis on soprano saxophone. Marsalis released his "Romances for Saxophone" CD in 1986 by CBS Masterworks Light Classics that included this piece in an "excellent collection of romantic chamber music". Time has not dimmed his fervid performance of this tender yet deliberate gem of the repertoire.
John Williams' "Escapades" from "Catch Me if You Can", 2002, is a very potent 3-section piece from a very nifty film. It's jazzy, deep, smart, savvy and memorable. Marsalis was enthralling as he rolled out sweet golden notes in this spirited work composed in 3 distinct sections. Robert Kassinger on solo bass and Cynthia Yeh on vibraphone joined Marsalis and the CSO in large ensemble, creating a heady brew.
Marsalis has been cited as "arguably the most respected living U.S. jazz instrumentalist", and his natural dominance in both the classical Fauré and the modern, quirky and imaginative Williams piece was both elegant and profound.
Melinda Wagner is known for composing beautiful, sweeping works. Indeed, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1999 for "Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion". "Proceed, Moon, Fantasy for Orchestra", 2016, is one of several compositions apparently influenced by the cosmos, including Extremity of Sky", 2001-2002, a previous commission by the Chicago Symphony for pianist Emanuel Ax, and "Little Moonhead", 2009, composed for the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Indeed, Wagner has noted, "Music offers composers an immeasurably rich and generous sonic landscape in which to explore the 'life story' of each musical idea- its dramas, intrigues, joys and sorrows- a life".
The 18-minute piece was a strong and vibrant score for full orchestra with many unusual percussive sounds, including the use of triangles, chimes, bells and gongs. There are times this triumphant and colorful piece almost sounds agitated, but quickly returns to the melodious. One strange taped segment of children's high-pitched hymnal chanting added an unnecessary- yet brief- distraction.
Claude Debussy's "Ibéria", the center of one of the composer's most significant works, "Images for Orchestra", 1908-09, has been called "A Spanish soundscape", and "A triptych within a triptych". Debussy is said to have tried to incorporate visual images into musical terms within its 3 sections. "Through the streets and the paths", inspired by rondo; "The fragrance of the night", atmospherically fascinating; and "The morning of a festival day", a processional, all seem to proceed with natural transitions to evoke the splendor of a magical land. Mälkki enunciated the compositional tools, bringing forth a mosaic of polyphonic musical fragments, with the resultant deep tones and complex themes stirring the imagination. The woodwinds in particular create images of the dance, the strings and muted trumpets blending in impressionistic climaxes with a truly lustrous yet fully controlled finale.
It has been written that Mälkki has "a gift for rhetoric that is at once sinuous and mathematical- an aural correlative to her clipped but balletic podium technique". She marked time strongly with the right-handed baton, turning, encouraging, calling forth the next sounds with the extremely fluent facility of her left hand. This was a concert with an overall Gallic-inspired profoundly ear-pleasing sonority. There were lots of light notes throughout- the sounds of bells, lilting melodies, and vibrant images adduced- and of course, lively tones and great virtuosity.
For information and tickets to all the great Chicago Symphony Orchestra programming, go to the CSO website
All photos by Todd Rosenberg


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Wall Street advanced amid better-than-expected earnings from companies including Avon Products as investors await fresh clues on President Barack Obama's plans to fuel the recovery of the world's largest economy in his State of the Union address tonight.
Avon Products and Michael Kors Holdings were among the companies reporting better-than-expected earnings, lifting their shares 20 per cent and 11 per cent respectively.
However, Coca-Cola's sales disappointed, sending the stock down 2.5 per cent.
Of the 353 companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index that have reported earnings, 70.3 per cent have exceeded analysts' expectations, above a 62 per cent average since 1994 and 65 per cent over the past four quarters according to Thomson Reuters data through Tuesday morning.
In afternoon trading in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.32 per cent, the S&P 500 gained 0.15 per cent, while the Nasdaq Composite Index eked out a 0.02 per cent gain.
The S&P 500 Index is 6.5 per cent stronger than at the start of the year, closing at a five-year high on Friday, which has made many analysts weary of the further gains though investors show confidence.
"Every strategist I've talked to says that we're due for a 5 per cent, 7 per cent correction, and the reason why we haven't seen it is because investors are buying on dips," Diane Jaffee, the New York-based group managing director for US equities who oversees about US$5.9 billion in assets at TCW Group, told Bloomberg News.
"The thought process is that people are willing to forgo the first 10 or 20 per cent of the market rise to make sure it will really do it, and now they want in for the last 20 or 30 per cent because they have more confidence," Jaffee said.
Shares of Dell rose, last up 0.8 per cent at US$13.81, after shareholder T Rowe Price Group said it won't support the proposed US$24.4 billion buyout of the computer maker.
"We believe the proposed buyout does not reflect the value of Dell and we do not intend to support the offer as put forward," Brian Rogers, chairman and chief investment officer of T Rowe, the No. 2 outside investor in Dell, said today in an emailed statement from Baltimore, Bloomberg reported.
In Europe, the Stoxx 600 Index finished the day with a 0.5 per cent climb from the previous close.
National benchmark indexes also gained in London, Paris and Frankfurt, gaining 1 per cent, 1 per cent and 0.4 per cent respectively.
Among the gainers was Barclays after the company announced plans to axe 3,700 jobs, boosting the stock 8.6 per cent in London, as part of an effort to slash the British bank's yearly costs by 1.7 billion pounds.
In other news, the G7 issued a statement reaffirming the group's commitment to letting markets determine the value of individual currencies amid increasing talk of currency wars linked to efforts by some of the world's biggest central banks to bolster liquidity by aggressively buying government bonds.
The G7 statement comes days before G20 finance ministers and central bankers meet in Moscow ahead of a G20 leaders' summit in the Russian capital later in the year.


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Rolen, Ryan won't break with Jays
SARASOTA, Fla. — Blue Jays manager John Gibbons confirmed this evening that closer B.J. Ryan and third baseman Scott Rolen will not break camp with the team. Rolen is out for at least a couple weeks and Ryan won't be available until at least mid April.
Rolen suffered a non-displaced fracture of his right middle finger during a fielding drill on Sunday and had surgery to insert a pin in the finger. Rolen also lost the finger nail, so he can't throw a baseball for the time being. After two weeks, Rolen will have the pin removed, but it'll take more time for him to come back.
Ryan will remain in Florida and build up to the point where he can at least pitch every other day. Gibbons said the Jays would consider bringing him up before he could go on consecutive days. For now, Scott Downs is the primary setup man. Looks like both Rolen and Ryan are headed to the disabled list.
Some other little notes: Shaun Marcum is appearing second today for the Jays. LHP Jesse Carlson, who is in the mix for a bullpen job, is starting so he can face Cincy's A hitters. … With Rolen out, Gibbons said OF Buck Coats could snag the last roster spot for Toronto. … C Gregg Zaun didn't make the trip, because there's no DH for today's game. Catching prospect Brian Jeroloman is behind the dish.
Today's lineups:
TORONTO (9-14) at CINCINNATI (12-14-1)
at 7:05 p.m. ET at Ed Smith Stadium
David Eckstein, SS
Buck Coats, LF
Aaron Hill, 2B
Vernon Wells, CF
Marco Scutaro, 3B
Matt Watson, RF
Chip Cannon, 1B
Brian Jeroloman, C
Jesse Carlson, P
Corey Patterson, CF
Jeff Keppinger, SS
Ken Griffey Jr., RF
Brandon Phillips, 2B
Adam Dunn, LF
Edwin Encarnacion, 3B
Scott Hatteberg, 1B
Chris Kroski, C
Homer Bailey, P
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Izzo advances again in the N.C.A.A. tournament. Things you can gurantee in March, Spartans advancing and spring training baseball.
If I was a Memphis fan, I would be very worried.
Pitt seemed to wear down the other night against Michigan State. Panthers looked fatigued.
Jordan, where is the link to your blog o the new site?
BOSOX: Yeah, I was actually more worried about Pitt than Memphis. I think the Spartans can run with them. … DBMI: The link is in the lower left part of the site. It's no longer in the headlines, unfortunately. Just bookmark the blog and you'll be set!
Pitt is a very inconsisent team. My thoughts about Pitt is they could beat anyone or almost lose to anyone.
As long as Izzo is there at Michigan State, that is the team nobody wants to face in the tournament. Izzo knows how to get his teams ready for tourney play. When you see Michigan State in your bracket, as a coach, you go "oh no".
I was watching tonights game on MLB.TV and the Reds commentators said Zaun was not catching due to his "gimpy knee" .How gimpy is it ?!!!.
Bottom left, there is a frame that sez "Blogging With the Jays".
I'm still P***d about Johnson. You can't outhit the Yankees and Sox. You have to beat them with P&D like we always have. I expected to see Reed out there anytime we got the ball to our setup guys, but now you might as well put a sign up in left field that sez "HIT THE BALL HERE"!
Guy's, some of you must be on glue or something! Reed Johnson although I really didn't mind him is nothing more than a backup OF on a average team.Can step in, in a pinch when a starter goes down for a couple of weeks.Now not to say that Shannon Stewart is the next coming of Willie Mays but he is a significant upgrade over Johnson and will do a far superior job a an everyday player once Matt Stairs moves into the DH role which will be right around the time they release Frank Thomas ( Late May ). You will see the value of Stewart then I can assure you. Thomas will not get his 380 or so at bats to gaurentee him 10 mil for next season. He will be benched or released. Stop all the whinning about guys like Reed johnson or johnny Mac not getting enough playing time or any at all as far as I'm concerned. These guys are marginal at best utility players and are the reason we are chasing NY & Bos. J.P. has done a great job upgrading with guys like Eckstein,Stewart,and Scutaro. It will be very interesting watching some of the newly acquired WINNERS instead of these limited talented "hustle" guys like Reed or Johnny Mac. By the way guys play left field because they are not good enough to play anywhere else. Defense is not that important and i'll bet most of you carving up Stewart have barely seen him play. He is quite adequate as a left fielder and runs alot better than Johnson still even at 34.Also if anyone feels like adding their 2 cents that Johnson provides versatility with other OF positions the FACT is: Reed Johnson is a sorry excuse for a major league right or center fielder. Don't believe me just look around the leagues' depth chart.
Should be a great year with new blood.2 keys: BJ's return to form and Vernon back to 06 form.
I can't believe everyone is getting this upset over the "battle" for our least important position on the team… Johnston and Stewart are basically toss ups as to who is the better player and considering the $ savings it's probably the right move. I was leaning towards keeping Johnson because he has typically hit lefties well and is better on defence. Keeping Stewart does add depth whoever incase Stairs slumps or is injured. Stewart would be a better full time guy.
I just don't see why this is such a big deal?


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5分快3MS/HS Announcements for Friday, February 7th, 2020
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Event: Basketball: Girls Varsity vs. Elmwood/Plum City vs. Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran


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Danielle10 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 111 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
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