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Atomic Decay Test Investigates How Matter and Antimatter Coexist in the Universe
When matter and antimatter come into contact, they annihilate one another. If that were the case, though, nothing should exist.
By Jesse Emspak, Live Science
A never-before-seen type of radioactivity could explain why matter, including humans, exists today. And now a team of physicists has launched an experiment to find the oddball phenomenon.
When the universe first formed some 13.7 billion years ago, current theories say that equal amounts of matter and its bizarre cousin, antimatter, should have been produced during the Big Bang. Physicists know that when the two come into contact, they annihilate each other — poof. If that were the case, though, nothing should exist except photons and neutrinos. And yet, here we are. Calculations show there was a tiny bit more matter than antimatter — enough so that things exist — but why?
One way to explain this matter-antimatter asymmetry is to look for some difference between the two, besides charge, that could explain matter's advantage. It's a big question in contemporary physics, because otherwise matter and antimatter should, per contemporary theories, behave the same way. [The 18 Biggest Unsolved Mysteries in Physics]
Weird neutrinos
In this new study, physicists are seeking so-called neutrinoless double-beta decay. Normally, some radioactive atoms' unstable nuclei will lose a neutron via beta decay — the neutron transforms into a proton by releasing an electron and a tiny particle called an electron antineutrino. A mirror image can also occur, in which a proton turns into a neutron, releasing a positron and an electron neutrino — the normal-matter counterpart to the antineutrino. Double-beta decay happens when two electrons and two antineutrinos (the antimatter counterparts of neutrinos) are released: basically, the beta decay happens twice. Scientists have long theorized a neutrinoless version of this process — something that would suggest that the two neutrinos annihilated each other before being released from the atom. Essentially, the neutrino behaves as its own antimatter sibling.
(Particles of matter that are their own antiparticles are called Majorana fermions, after the Italian physicist Ettore Majorana, who hypothesized their existence in 1937.)
If neutrinos and antineutrinos behave differently from each other, that could help to explain why all matter wasn't annihilated at the instant the universe formed. [5 Elusive Particles That May Lurk in the Universe]
Detecting decay
Finding this odd event though, is hard to do, because there's so much background "noise," said Bernhard Schwingenheuer, the spokesman for the GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) collaboration. The background "noise" comes largely from cosmic rays.
In the experiment, physicists had to account for background noise, mostly from cosmic rays. So they covered the inner walls of the water tank surrounding the liquid argon with a reflecting foil to improve light detection and allow for the identification of cosmic muons (formed when cosmic rays interact with Earth's atmosphere). | K. Freund/GERDA collaboration
So the physicists turned to GERDA. Nestled in an underground lab in Italy, the GERDA experiment consists of detectors in a bath of liquid argon that is enriched with the isotope germanium-76, which is mildly radioactive. It has a half-life of 1.78 x 1021 years (or 1.78 billion trillion years) — meaning that it takes that amount of time for half of its atoms to turn into selenium, which is many orders of magnitude longer than the universe's 14-billion-year age.
Usually, germanium will emit two electrons and two electron antineutrinos — the ordinary double-beta process — when it transforms via its slow decay. The physicists wanted to see if this ever happens without releasing the neutrinos: the long-sought neutrinoless double-beta decay.
With such a long half-life, one might think it would take too long to see this happen, but a half-life is a probabilistic phenomenon. This is why the experimenters used some 84 lbs. of germanium mixed with the liquid argon: that yields about 4.5 x 1025 (or 45 trillion trillion) atoms, which means at least a few of them should undergo the decay while scientists are watching.
The GERDA team gathered data for about seven months, from December 2015 until June 2016. They didn't find the decay, but they could put a lower limit on how often the decay happens: It has a half-life of 5.3 x 1025 years, which means you'd have a 50-50 chance of seeing a single atom do it in that amount of time.
Extending the Standard Model
If they find it, that would mean that neutrinos are their own antiparticle, like photons — the neutrinoless decay couldn't happen unless that were the case. It also means that this kind of radioactive decay is not symmetrical. Recall that beta decay has a mirror image — either electrons and antineutrinos or positrons and neutrinos are emitted. If the double-beta decay isn't symmetrical, that means that neutrinos and antineutrinos behave differently. This isn't true of other kinds of particle-antiparticle pairs, as far as anyone knows.
This phenomenon would affect the Standard Model, which has been a wildly successful way to describe particle physics, but it's clearly incomplete. The model predicted the existence of the Higgs boson particle. However, Schwingenheuer noted that there is evidence that neutrinos have a tiny mass (only discovered in 1998, which won the Nobel in 2015) and that dark matter exists — indicating that the Standard Model isn't the last word.
"If neutrinoless double-beta decay is observed, it helps solve a couple of problems," said Philip Barbeau, an assistant professor of physics at Duke University in an email to Live Science. "For one, it helps to explain the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe. It also helps explain why neutrino masses are so surprisingly small. We would also get an idea of the neutrino masses as well, as the decay rate is related to the mass scale of the neutrinos."
The question then becomes what kind of physics lies beyond it. The GERDA experiment has yet to reveal the decay that the researchers seek, but that doesn't mean it won't in the future, Schwingenheuer said. And it would be difficult to rule it out entirely, because it's possible that the timescale is just longer than they think. Right now, they've set a lower limit on the half-life for this decay, but further experimental runs could push that number up.
As for what happens if they don't see the odd decay after many runs, Barbeau said it might not be a deal breaker for new models. "We don't go back to the drawing board from the point of view of the underlying theories. We just won't know whether neutrinos are Majorana or not."
The research is detailed in the April 6 issue of the journal Nature.
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Some Americans Arrive In U.S. After Being Quarantined In Japan
By Jason Beaubien
In the early hours of this morning, two closely watched planes touched down in the United States. Onboard were more than 300 Americans evacuated from the Diamond Princess. That is the cruise ship quarantined in Japan due to coronavirus. The planes left Tokyo and went straight to military bases in California and Texas. NPR's Jason Beaubien has been following this story from Hong Kong and joins us. Hi, Jason.
JASON BEAUBIEN, BYLINE: Hey. Good morning.
GREENE: So this was just an extraordinary evacuation to follow. I mean, these images show these Americans coming off the cruise ship onto buses. The personnel helping them are wearing, I mean, these hazmat suits. The passengers then get onto planes. They're flown out. I mean, just the situation on this ship - I mean, it sounds like it's just been dire.
BEAUBIEN: Yeah, I mean, the Diamond Princess had nearly 4,000 people on board. It's been quarantined for two weeks now. People were isolated in their cabins. They were not supposed to have interaction with other passengers or staff. You know, instead of the elaborate buffets, it's been, you know, these boxed meals left outside their doors. And despite this lockdown, the virus has been steadily spreading on the ship. Japanese officials now say more than 400 people have been infected. Here's what Cheryl Molesky, one of the passengers, told the Associated Press.
CHERYL MOLESKY: A little bit scary with the numbers going up, people taken off the ship with the COVID-19 virus. So, you know it's - I think it's time to go.
BEAUBIEN: The U.S. State Department says 14 of the evacuees had tested positive for the new coronavirus but weren't showing symptoms of the disease, and they were allowed to board the planes, although they isolated them from the rest of the passengers once they did get on board.
GREENE: OK, so they're off the ship. These passengers get on these planes. They're back here in the United States now, but, I mean, it's not like they can just head home. Like, what will their treatment look like? What happens now?
BEAUBIEN: Yeah, so these people are heading into quarantine. They're going into two weeks of quarantine at Travis Air Base in Northern California and Lackland Air Base near San Antonio. They're going to be monitored. They'll be isolated from the other evacuees from China who are already there and serving a quarantine. Anyone who gets sick is going to get treated at civilian hospitals. And you have to expect that these people who had tested positive and were allowed on board are probably going to get isolated and sent to medical settings right away. But it's going to be 14 days at least before any of them can go home.
GREENE: And we're not talking about all the Americans, right? I want to be clear here - these planes were not carrying all the Americans who were onboard that ship.
BEAUBIEN: Yeah, that's right. Some didn't want to face the two-week quarantine in the U.S. You've got to understand that the Japanese authorities had set the end date for the quarantine as February 19, so if the Japanese stick to that, these passengers could get released in a couple of days. However, given that the toll continues to go up and up of how many people are infected, the Japanese might push that date back. And the other reason that not all the Americans were on those charters is because some of them have already been hospitalized in Japan. As of this weekend, there were 44 Americans onboard who had tested positive, and some of them had already been taken off the boat because they were sick.
GREENE: Jason, as we look at how bad things got on this boat, I mean, do we know why they got so severe, and can we learn anything about this virus from the situation on the ship?
BEAUBIEN: You know, this is the problem. We really don't know. This is a new virus. We hadn't seen this before December. We don't really have a good understanding of how it spreads. What the Diamond Princess does show us is that this virus is capable of spreading in situations outside of China quite rapidly. You know, let's be clear. The situation in China is much worse, but this situation on this cruise ship shows that the - it can spread in other situations. And there's another cruise ship out there at the moment, the MS Westerdam - actually unloaded 1,500 passengers in Cambodia. And then the next day, one of them tested positive after arriving in Malaysia. And there's great concern that more of those passengers might be infected and could be spreading it to other places as they go home.
GREENE: All right. We really appreciate the reporting, Jason. That's NPR's Jason Beaubien reporting for us on the coronavirus from Hong Kong. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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I'm more of a casual tennis fan but looks to me like Naomi Osaka might be the real deal. Australian Open champ and a world #1 ranking (first Asian player to do so) She should have won in straight sets against Kvitová but let herself get distracted or something before she rallied and took the third set. She keeps herself focused in a match, she's going to be good for a long time. First player since Capriati to follow up a first grand slam victory with another. French is going to be interesting on the ladies side - she's had early round success there.
Thought we were finally going to see a good hard court match between Federer and Nadal.
I don't think it will ever happen again.
Federer really choked away that 3rd set. Thiem played well but roger had the break then blew it then was broken ugly. Not sure he's going to have any better chances to get another masters win.
I keep thinking/hoping that Venus is going to be able to rally all the way to the end for one more big tournament win, but it's looking like that's not going to happen. She looked totally gassed yesterday. But her continuing to advance in tournaments when she's almost 39 years old, and with the health issues she's had, is pretty amazing.
I think Venus gets overlooked because of the accomplishments of Serena, but she's one of the best ever and has had to overcome more than most players. She was the one that first came into the public spotlight and had to deal with all the craziness that came with them coming onto the tennis scene. Serena wound up becoming the bigger name, but in the beginning the spotlight was mostly on Venus and I think Serena probably benefited from that. Would be cool to see her win one last time.
Tiafoe looked as good as I've ever seen him last night against Goffin. I think he could be ready for a big breakthrough.
Yes, this is the year. Top 10 by end of hard court season.


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'"PERNICIEM" is Latin for extinction, Nathan Sawaya and Dean West in their new collaboration "PERNICIEM" turn their eye towards the environment and some of its most endangered species. Covering five main habitats; oceans, forests, deserts, grasslands and the arctic, the idea is simple- that if we do not; collectively act to conserve our planet and its species, then we're left with having to create, an artificial reality. Sawaya's sculptures are built, photographed and rendered into West's; photograph photography, emulating a form of augmented reality that references the increasing digitization of; our world. The pixelated effect, forces the viewer to consider the past, present and future of our landscape.; The effects of climate change, declining sea ice, deforestation, polluted waterways and the illegal wildlife trade, have decimated the numbers of species across the globe pushing many to the brink of extinction. This collaboration forces the viewer to consider their own relationship,; with a fast changing world.
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Bullz-Eye's TCA 2011 Winter Press Tour Wrap-Up: Kneel Before Oprah!
January 23, 2011 / Will Harris
The TCA Winter Press Tour is an event which never quite seems to live up to the TCA Summer Press Tour…but, then, that stands to reason, as the mid-season series rarely match the ones which hit the airwaves in the fall, right? Still, the experience never fails to be one which I enjoy, mostly because you never know what's going to be around the corner, and Day 1 really set the stage for that: during the course of 12 hours, I interviewed Betty White, Henry Rollins, and Bruce Jenner, and, thanks to National Geographic, I wore a giant snake around my neck. Not a bad way to begin things…
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Winter 2011 TCA Press Tour: Top 10 Quotes from Day 1
January 6, 2011 / Will Harris
The death march with cocktails begins anew!
The Winter 2011 TCA Press Tour kicked off on January 5th with the MTV family of networks offering up panels from TV Land ("Retired at 35" and "Hot in Cleveland"), CMT ("Working Class"), Spike ("Coal"), and Comedy Central ("Onion SportsDome" and "Tosh.0"). From there, it was on to a working lunch, where we learned of the TV Guide Channel's new reality series, "The Nail Files," while indulging in a grilled chicken salad and, to ruin any possible health benefits, followed it with a cupcake. With our bellies full, we moved on to the National Geographic sessions: "Beast Hunter," "Explorer," "Alien Invasion" and "Area 51 Declassified," and "WILD on Snakes." Next, we got a look at two new TV One shows, "Love That Girl!" and "Way Black When," took a gander of Peter Lik's new series for The Weather Channel, and the whole thing wrapped up with ESPN's presentations for "Year of the Quarterback" and the BCS title game.
No, wait, I forgot: after all of the panels had concluded, the Comcast networks threw us a cocktail party which was attended by folks from E!, G4, and Style series. By then, though, I was running on fumes, so all I really did was enjoy the food (petite filets, buttermilk mashed potatoes, turkey sliders, and deep-fried mac & cheese balls…mmmmmmm), throw back a few bourbons, listen to Chris Gore rant about how awful "Tron: Legacy" was, and talk to Bruce Jenner for 15 minutes about his acting work, including "Can't Stop the Music." Indeed, the only time "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" came up was when one of his daughters called to tell him that they'd won Favorite TV Guilty Pleasure at the People's Choice Awards. (He applauded me for "going retro" with my questions.)
Also, somewhere in between all of those panels, I had a chance to ask Betty White a couple of questions, share an interview with Jane Leeves, and do one-on-ones with Wendie Malick, Henry Rollins, Phil Morris, and the anchors and executive producer of "Onion SportsDome." Arguably my most impressive accomplishment, however, was talking to Jerry Rice, asking a question provided to me by David Medsker (and tightened up slightly by Anthony Stalter), and having him seemingly believe that I know something about sports when I absolutely do not.
I'll be revisiting some of the individual panels on a case-by-case basis as time allows, but in the meantime, here are the top 10 quotes from Day 1 of the tour. Hope you enjoy them, and see you after Day 2!
1. "What is this Betty White business? This is silly. Really, it is very silly. You've had such an overdose of me lately. Trust me. I think I'm going to go away for a while. It's hard for me to say no to a job because you spend your career thinking if you say no, they'll never ask you again, and if you don't take the job, you know, that may be the end of it, but my mother taught me to say no when I was a girl, but that wasn't about show business. So the result is I'm trying to cut down. I really am." – Betty White, "Hot in Cleveland" (TV Land)
2. "Betty White is in the building. Did you hear that? I hope I get to touch her. I just had cataracts, and I'm still adjusting, but what I see is looking pretty good." – Ed Asner, "Working Class" (CMT)
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Joan, Joan, Joan
May 15, 2010 / Bob Westal
Pretty much as far back as I can remember, I've never been 100% sure how to take Joan Rivers. Funny or merely catty? Persecuted or bitter and paranoid? Of course, all of that may be true but just where I ultimately come down on her is still a question. Maybe the aptly titled and well-buzzed about biographical documentary, the upcoming "A Piece of Work," might answer some of those questions, maybe.
Below, via /Film, is the trailer and some interesting Sundance Q&A excerpts.
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2009: A Year's Worth of Interviews – The Top 100 Quotes
December 23, 2009 / Will Harris
Some people think that the life of a work-at-home entertainment writer is one of the most lax jobs out there, since the perception is generally is that all you do is sit around and watch DVDs, occasionally venture out of the house to see movies or concerts, and then sit in front of the computer and write about them. Okay, it's a fair cop. But when you throw interviews into the mix, there's a bit more work involved. First, you've got to get the interview (they aren't always handed to you on a silver platter), then you've got to do the research to make sure that you can ask some halfway knowledgeable questions, and after you conduct the interview, let's not forget that you've got to transcribe it, too. In other words, yes, there really is work involved…and when I went back and discovered that I'd done well over 130 interviews during the course of 2009, I suddenly realized why I'm so tired all the time.
For your reading enjoyment, I've pulled together a list of 100 of my favorite quotes from the various interviews I conducted for Premium Hollywood, Bullz-Eye, Popdose, and The Virginian-Pilot this year, along with the links to the original pieces where available. As you can see, I had some extremely interesting conversations in 2009. Let us all keep our fingers crossed that I'm able to chat with just as many fascinating individuals in 2010…
1. Pamela Adlon: "In the first season (of 'Californication'), when we had the threesome with the nipple clamps, I was, like, 'I don't get this, I don't know how you're gonna do it.' And then, all of a sudden, there's a crane with a camera hanging over our heads, and you're, like, 'Okayyyyyyy. But how are you gonna sell this? How are you gonna make it work?' And they ended up shooting it brilliantly, cutting it together, and it just all ended up working without me having to compromise my own personal morals."
2. Jonathan Ames: "After my first novel, my mother said to me, 'Why don't you make your writing more funny? You're so funny in person.' Because my first novel was rather dark. And I don't know, but something about what she said was true. 'Yes, why don't I?' Maybe I was afraid to be funny in the writing. But since then, seven books later, almost everything I've done has a comedic edge to it."
3. Ed Asner: "I loved journalism until the day my journalism teacher, a man I revered, came by my desk and said, 'Are you planning on going into journalism?' I said, 'Yeah.' He said, 'I wouldn't.' I said, 'Well, why not?' He said, 'You can't make a living.'"
4. Sean Astin: "When somebody brings up a movie (of mine) that I haven't heard about in a long time, I feel like a 70-year-old pitcher at a bar somewhere, and somebody walks in and says, 'Oh, my God, I was in St. Louis and I saw you. You pitched a shutout.' It's real. I really did do that, because someone today remembers it."
5. Darryl Bell: "The legend of 'Homeboys in Outer Space' has become much more incendiary than the actual show. It's funny how I usually challenge most people who talk about how much they disliked 'Homeboys' to name me five episodes. Most of them can't, because they just bought into the 'oh, it's awful, just the title. Oh, it's terrible.' What's interesting is that I had a great conversation with Chi McBride, who was doing 'The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer,' which, if you want to talk about in terms of the imagery of what was wrong, that show was much more infamous than 'Homeboys.' Yet it's not remembered in the same way because the title didn't grab you in the same way. I remember Chi pulled me aside and he was, like, 'Look, everyone who is criticizing what you're doing would take your job from you in two seconds. All of them. So all I can tell you is that this is one blip on both of our careers, and we are moving on.'"
6. Adam Campbell: "For some reason, people always pick on the British sensibility, and we always come across as stupid, but remember: we used to run this country!"
7. Nestor Carbonell: "Let me make this perfectly clear: I do not wear make-up, and I do not wear eye-liner. This is something I've had to deal with my whole life. I remember I was in college in Boston, I had a commercial agent, and they sent me out for some print commercial stuff. And they called me into the office and said, 'Look, we called you in to talk to you because we just want you to know that…well, we don't think you need to wear eyeliner.' And I'm, like, 'What?' 'Yeah, it's okay, you don't have to wear it for print ads.' 'No, I'm not wearing eyeliner!' And I kept dabbing my eyes and saying, 'Look! No eyeliner! I'm not wearing any!'"
8. Elaine Cassidy: "The last two days of shooting ('Harper's Island') was probably the most hardcore, the coldest anyone has ever been. It was like your head was freezing, and my motivation for most scenes was, 'The minute this scene is over, I'm heading straight over to that heater to get warm.'"
9. Chris Cornell: "I started as a drummer, so I sort of took on singing duties by default. I had sung backgrounds and some lead vocals from behind the drums in different bands that I'd been in, and I'd gotten great responses for the songs I would sing. I really started pursuing the possibility of being a lead singer based on the fact that I was working a full-time restaurant job and then playing gigs at night, hauling drums around. One day, it just dawned on me that, 'Hey, I could be in a band and be the singer, and it would be a lot easier!'"
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SAG Members Vote "Yes" on New Contract, 78% to 22%
June 10, 2009 / Bob Westal
As reported by Variety and Nikki Finke, the acrimonious battle between factions of the Screen Actor's Guild ended in a huge victory for the more status quo forces backed by Adam Arkin, Tom Hanks, George Clooney, and Sally Field, as opposed to what I guess I have to call the more radical, or perhaps, activist wing of the guild as embodied by Martin Sheen, Ed Harris, Melissa Leo and, in certain interviews, a very acrimonious Ed Asner.
In what has to be a huge defeat for embattled guild president Alan Rosenberg, 78% of the 30% percent who voted sided against him and for the plan. He nevertheless says he will run again and I'm sure he's not wrong when he cites the economy as a major factor in the vote. (You can see videos from both sides of the dispute from a past PH post here.)
Especially now that the outspoken Nikki Finke herself is aware of our existence, I'm terrified of saying something stupid about a topic I barely understand. (A little sad to have even less of a head for nuts-and-bolts business matters than actors, but there you go. Also, I'm jumping on this particular news train very late in the story.)
I will say, however, that as a resident of Southern California, residing in Anaheim South Hollywood, I am a little relieved. I'm sure there was a case to be made by the "No" side, but, for the rest of us, a major strike is not what we need out here, at least in the short term. At the very least, we've also been spared a catastrophic run on Two Buck Chuck in the wine section at Trader Joe's.
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Q. I want to apply as an immigrant to Canada. I believe I am qualified as I am a doctor from the Philippines. The problem is that I have no status in USA. I overstayed. I am getting conflicting information. Can I file an application while I have no status or not? Do I need to leave the USA to do my medical? I'm confused.
A. Be confused no more. Assuming you are qualified and assuming you file properly, you can indeed file an application when you have no status. We have been successful in doing so many many times. Second, you do not need to leave USA to obtain medical or police clearances.
Q. My parents are visiting me in Canada. They have been visitors on valid status for over two years. They have been a great help to our family as they take care of the children. I researched the possibility of sponsoring them for humanitarian reasons but I recently received a refusal letter from Canada Immigration. I am receiving conflicting information. I know many people whose parents were in Canada and obtained permanent residence. Why was mine refused? I earn a very good living and finances are not an issue to care for them. So what went wrong?
A. In short, you filed the wrong application. I am not certain if your poor advice was given to you via a friend or perhaps from the telecentre or from a consultant. Nevertheless, if done properly parents can indeed be sponsored while they are visiting Canada. It may take a while but it is not a problem. We have been successful in processing many such cases without requiring parents to even step outside Canadian soil. Best to obtain professional help.
Q. I'm a live in caregiver in Canada. I have my open work permit. I will be giving birth to a child in Canada soon and I am planning to marry the father of the child early next year. The problem is that my fiancé is a failed refugee claimant. He has not been asked to leave Canada though. If we marry will he be able to remain in Canada?
A. I would think long and hard before marrying this man. Not only will he not be able to stay but it could potentially jeopardize your application. All those years working as a live in caregiver will be lost. You may get refused and no one would be an immigrant. I am saying this because one of the requirements for you to become an immigrant under the live in caregiver class is that no dependant must be inadmissible or have an enforceable removal order. If you marry, your spouse is your dependant and he has enforced removal order. Either not marry or have spouse leave Canada.
Q. I'm a Canadian Citizen. I met my first wife on a cruise in 2009 and we married shortly thereafter. I sponsored her and she obtained her immigrant visa in 2010. The marriage unfortunately did not work out and we divorced. I now met another woman and I am thinking or marrying her soon. Will I have a problem sponsoring her or will they understand that sometimes marriages do not work out?
A. It is not a question of whether Canada Immigration believes in the marriage. Your biggest hurdle is a law that prevents you from sponsoring a spouse if the sponsorship period of a previous spouse is still in effect. You stated that spouse #1 landed in 2010. The sponsorship was for a three year period. Therefore, you must wait until that period ends until you sponsor spouse #2. The fact that you divorced spouse #1 is irrelevant. As well, it is a good idea to try and ask spouse #1 if she collected welfare. If she did, then you are not eligible to sponsor anyone (even if after the 3 years) until you repay back the funds.


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Mass. College Football: Week Nine Honor Roll
With another week of the college football season in the books, it's time to unveil this week's Noontime Sports Honor Roll.
Conner Hempel (Harvard) – The junior signal caller tossed four touchdowns and completed 25-of-47 passes for 307 yards in the Crimson's triple-overtime setback to Princeton.
Paul Stanton Jr. (Harvard) – Against the Tigers, the sophomore halfback amassed 115 yards on 15 touches. He rushed for two scores on 12 carries for 91 yards and hauled in three passes for 24 yards.
Ricky Zorn (Harvard) – The senior wide receiver recorded season-bests in receptions (eight) and receiving yards (168) against Princeton. He also caught one touchdown, too.
Andrew Flesher (Harvard) – The junior placekicker finished Saturday's contest with 12 points. He made all six PAT's and connected on two-of-three field goals.
Eric Medes (Harvard) – The sophomore linebacker tied teammate Norman Hayes with 16 total stops, three of them were solo tackles. He also finished with one-and-a-half tackles for a loss of three yards.
Andre Williams (Boston College) – The senior running back rushed for 172 yards on 26 carries and one score in the Eagles' loss to North Carolina.
Rob Blanchflower (Massachusetts) – The senior tight end hauled in seven catches for a season-best 131 receiving yards and one touchdown in the Minutemen's Homecoming loss to Western Michigan.
Danny Guadagnoli (Bentley) – Guadagnoli amassed a career-best 433 yards of total offense and accounted for three touchdowns in the Falcons' 40-34 loss to Merrimack. The senior quarterback completed 23-of-39 passes for 371 yards and two touchdowns, as well as ran for 62 yards and one score.
Jeff Hill (Bentley) – The junior wide receiver caught eight passes for 166 yards and two scores.
Nate Robitaille (Stonehill) – The junior wide receiver caught 10 passes for 124 yards and three touchdowns in Stonehill's come-from-behind victory against LIU Post. Robitaille finished the game with a program record 916 yards through eight contests.
Colin Markus (Stonehill) – Against LIU Post, the sophomore tailback rushed for 203 yards on 29 carries and one score. His carries and rushing yards were career-bests.
Brian Harrington (Stonehill) – The junior linebacker recorded double-figures in tackles for the eight straight time this season with 13 total stops.
Nate Morris (Stonehill) – The junior defensive back recorded two interceptions and career-high nine total tackles. Morris currently leads the Northeast-10 Conference with five interceptions.
Scott Simonson (Assumption) – The senior tight end hauled in four catches for a career-high 99 yards and two scores in the Hounds' win against Pace.
Matt Tripicchio (Merrimack) – The senior defensive lineman recorded a team-high nine tackles, one sack, two tackles for a loss, one forced fumble and blocked an extra-point attempt.
Chris McNally (Mount Ida) – The junior running back rushed for 142 yards and two scores on 30 carries in the Mustangs' win over Becker.
Jordan Hyman (Mount Ida) – The senior wide receiver caught six passes for 128 yards and one touchdown.
Kalyn Smithson (Mount Ida) – Against the Hawks, the junior linebacker recorded six stops, four solo tackles, one sack and one tackle for a loss.
Melvin Booker (Becker) – The senior linebacker registered a game-best 13 total tackles, which included seven solo stops.
Timothy O'Brien (Springfield College) – In his first career-start under center, the sophomore amassed 170 yards of total offense in the Pride's come-from-behind win against St. Lawrence.
Patrick McGrath (Framingham State) – The senior linebacker finished his team's contest against Plymouth State with a game-best 15 total tackles, 13 solo stops.
Aaron Owens (Framingham State) – The first-year halfback rushed for 68 yards on seven carries and scored his first collegiate touchdown on a 25-yard run.
Michael Sylvia (Mass. Maritime) – The senior defensive back recorded a pair of interceptions, along with seven solo tackles and three pass break-ups in the Buccaneers' 34-21 win over UMass Dartmouth.
Mike McCarthy (Bridgewater State) – The senior quarterback accounted for four touchdowns against the Owls – three through the air, one on the ground. He finished with 239 yards of total offense.
Dana Valentine (Worcester State) – The junior halfback rushed for 106 yards on 22 carries for three scores in the Lancers' loss to Western Connecticut.
Quillian Respass (Nichols) – The sophomore gunslinger tallied 536 yards of total offense and accounted for eight touchdowns in the Bison's loss to Maine Maritime. Respass tossed four scores and passed for 331 yards. He also rushed for 205 yards and a school record tying four touchdowns.
Peter Williams (MIT) – The junior signal caller recorded 323 yards of total offense in his team's win against Western New England.
Nathan Fleming (WNE) – The sophomore linebacker tied his career-high of 17 total tackles against the Engineers, which included five solo stops.
Dylan Rushe (Endicott) – The senior placekicker scored 15 points on four field goals and three PAT's in the Gulls' win against Coast Guard.
Chris Tamasi (Amherst) – The junior linebacker recorded a team-high 10 tackles, seven solo stops, along with three-and-a-half tackles for a loss and two sacks in the Lord Jeffs' 17-7 victory over Tufts.
Tommy Meade (Tufts) – The junior linebacker recorded 19 total tackles, three shy of the team record of 22. Meade also forced a fumble in his team's loss to Amherst.
Filed under: Aaron Owens, Amherst Lord Jeffs, Andre Williams, Andrew Flesher, Assumption Greyhounds, Becker Hawks, Bentley Falcons, Boston College Eagles, Brian Harrington, Bridgewater State Bears, Chris McNally, Chris Tamasi, Colin Markus, College Football, Conner Hempel, Dana Valentine, Danny Guadagnoli, Dylan Rushe, Endicott Gulls, Eric Medes, Football, Framingham State Rams, Harvard Crimson, Jeff Hill, Jordan Hyman, Kalyn Smithson, Matt Tripicchio, Melvin Booker, Merrimack Warriors, Michael Sylvia, Mike McCarthy, MIT Engineers, Mount Ida Mustangs, Nate Morris, Nate Robitaille, Nathan Fleming, Nichols Bison, Patrick McGrath, Paul Stanton Jr., Peter Williams, Quillian Respass, Ricky Zorn, Rob Blanchflower, Scott Simonson, Springfield Pride, Stonehill Skyhawks, Timothy O'Brien, Tommy Meade, Tufts Jumbos, UMass Minutemen, Western New England Golden Bears, Worcester State Lancers
Mass. College Football: Week Eight Honor Roll
With the eighth week of the college football season in the books, it is now time to unveil this week's Noontime Sports Honor Roll.
Michael Pruneau (Harvard) – In his second straight start, the sophomore signal caller tossed three touchdowns and finished 17-of-29 for 263 yards.
Paul Stanton Jr. (Harvard) – The sophomore tailback rushed for 113 yards on 21 carries and two scores, as well as caught one pass for six yards in Harvard's 35-16 win against Lafayette.
Peter Pujals (Holy Cross) – The first-year signal caller amassed 287 yards of total offense against Colgate. He finished 25-of-40 for 232 yards and one touchdown, and rushed for 55 yards on 14 carries.
Kevin Arduino (AIC) – Against Bentley, the junior quarterback rushed for four touchdowns and tossed another in the Yellow Jackets' 42-14 victory. Ardunio finished with 222 yards through the air and 129 yards on the ground.
Sterry Codrington (Stonehill) – The junior defensive back matched his career-high with 10 tackles, seven solo stops, blocked two kicks and had a sack for a loss of 12 yards. He also recorded a pass break-up in the Skyhawks' dramatic 29-26 victory against New Haven.
Jon Wozney (Assumption) – The senior linebacker registered 10 total tackles in his team's win against Southern Connecticut.
Jeff Hill (Bentley) – The junior wide receiver hauled in a career-best nine receptions for 124 yards and one touchdown against AIC.
Joe Clancy (Merrimack) – The senior gunslinger completed 38-of-56 passes for 441 yards and six touchdowns, which helped the Warriors top St. A's.
Brian Harrington (Stonehill) – The junior linebacker recorded a career-high 17 total tackles and eight solo stops against New Haven.
Colin Markus (Stonehill) – It was a career day for the sophomore halfback, who finished Saturday's game with a career-high 255 all-purpose yards. He rushed for a career-best 172 yards on a career-high 23 carries and one score. Markus also caught the two-point conversion at the end of the game, which pushed Stonehill ahead by three points.
Logan Meyer (Stonehill) – The senior quarterback tossed two of his three touchdowns during the final 15 minutes, which helped Stonehill defeat New Haven. Meyer completed 22-of-41 passes for 288 yards.
Robert Small (Anna Maria) – The senior halfback rushed for a game-best 136 yards on 15 carries and three touchdowns against Mount Ida.
William Ricard (Anna Maria) – The sophomore wide receiver recorded a season-best 199 yards receiving and two touchdowns against Mount Ida.
EJ Isom (Mount Ida) – The first-year running back rushed for 108 yards on nine carries and two scores in the Mustangs' 56-34 win against Anna Maria.
Jordan Hyman (Mount Ida) – The senior wide-out caught eight passes for 154 yards and two touchdowns.
Kalyn Smithson (Mount Ida) – The junior linebacker registered eight total stops, five solo tackles, three tackles for a loss of 11 yards, one sack for a loss of five yards, one block and one pass break-up.
Robert Baker (Becker) – The senior quarterback tossed two touchdowns and completed 17-of-33 passes for 210 yards against Husson.
Melvin Booker (Becker) – The senior linebacker registered a game-best 14 total tackles, seven solo tackles, and half a tackle for a loss.
E.J. Bennett (Mass. Maritime) – The junior wide receiver shattered the single game receiving record with 274 receiving yards. Bennett hauled in 15 passes and scored three touchdowns against Westfield State.
Richard Ford (Mass. Maritime) – The junior linebacker finish his team's contest against the Owls with seven total tackles, four solo stops and two sacks for a loss of 12 yards.
Mike McCarthy (Bridgewater State) – The senior quarterback recorded 386 yards of total offense and registered seven touchdowns in the Bears' 56-28 victory against Plymouth State. McCarthy completed 18-of-29 passes for a career-high 276 yards and tied the school record with five touchdown passes.
Davon Fuller (UMass Dartmouth) – The first-year defensive back recorded four interceptions, one shy of the NCAA Division III record, which helped the Corsairs top Worcester State. Fuller also had four tackles and three solo stops.
Tucker Cheyne (MIT) – The first-year kicker broke his own school record for points in a game by a kicker with 12 points against Nichols College.
John Krafick (WNE) – The senior co-captain recorded a season-high 304 passing yards, as well as tossed three touchdowns in the Golden Bears' double-overtime win against Union College.
Justin Wallace (MIT) – The junior running back rushed for 167 yards and a career-best tying three touchdowns.
Alex Snyder (Tufts) – The first-year quarterback led the Jumbos to its most points since November 2010, according to Sunday's New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Football Weekly Release. Snyder completed 22-of-46 passes for 302 yards and four touchdowns. The four touchdowns were the most by a Tufts quarterback since November 2010.
Filed under: AIC Yellow Jackets, Alex Snyder, Anna Maria AMCATs, Assumption Greyhounds, Becker Hawks, Bentley Falcons, Brain Harrington, Bridgewater State Bears, Colin Markus, College Football, Davon Fuller, E.J. Bennett, EJ Isom, Football, Harvard Crimson, Holy Cross Crusaders, Jeff Hill, Joe Clancy, John Krafick, Jon Wozney, Jordan Hyman, Justin Wallace, Kalyn Smithson, Kevin Arduino, Logan Meyer, Mass. Maritime Buccaneers, Melvin Booker, Merrimack Warriors, Michael Pruneau, Mike McCarthy, MIT Engineers, Mount Ida Mustangs, Paul Stanton Jr., Peter Pujals, Richard Ford, Robert Baker, Robert Small, Sterry Codrington, Stonehill Skyhawks, Tucker Cheyne, Tufts Jumbos, UMass Dartmouth Corsairs, WNE Golden Bears
Mass. College Football: Week Eight Teams Of The Week
With the eighth week of the college football season in the books, it is now time to unveil this week's Noontime Sports Teams of the Week.
Division 1 – Harvard University: The Crimson's current winning streak extended to five games on Saturday as Harvard defeated Lafayette to improve to 5-0 for the second straight season.
Cameron Brate and Paul Stanton Jr. each scored touchdowns to start the game, which provided the hosts with the lead for good.
Quarterback Michael Pruneau, who started for the second straight week, finished the contest with three touchdowns and 263 yards through the air.
Defensively, Joshua Boyd finished with seven total stops, two solo tackles and one sack, while D.J. Monroe matched his teammate with seven total stops, along with one interception and one pass break-up.
Harvard returns to Ancient Eight play this weekend when they host the Tigers of Princeton for a 1 p.m. kickoff.
Division 2 – Stonehill College: For the second week in a row, the Skyhawks earned this particular honor following another dramatic comeback, this time against New Haven.
Stonehill overcame a 12-point deficit entering the fourth quarter with two touchdown passes from Logan Meyer, who finished the game with three touchdowns and 288 passing yards. Meyer's second touchdown, which was hauled in by Gordon McLeod, brought the visitors within five, while his third and final strike to the end zone, a seven-yard toss to Corey White, sealed the victory.
Brian Harrington led the Skyhawks defense with 17 total tackles, eight solo stops and a forced fumble, while Sterry Codrington finished with 10 total stops, seven solo tackles, one sack for a loss of 12 yards and a pass break-up.
Stonehill is now 5-2 overall and 5-1 in the Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10). They're currently in a three-way tie for first place with American International College and New Haven.
The Skyhawks will be at home this weekend against LIU Post.
Division 3 – Mount Ida College: After a 1-3 start, the Mustangs have turned the corner with back-to-back wins.
This past weekend, they improved to 2-1 in the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) with a 56-34 victory against Anna Maria. Mount Ida is now tied for second in the conference with Norwich, a team they'll face in Newton in two weeks.
Against the AMCATs, EJ Isom rushed for two scores on nine carries for 108 yards, while Jordan Hyman hauled in both touchdown passes from Jawad Yatim. Hyman finished the contest with eight catches for 154 yards.
Defensively, Jovan Wilkins led the Green and White with 10 total stops, along with one interceptions, while Kalyn Smithson registered eight total stops, five solo tackles, three tackles for a loss of 11 yards, one sack for a loss of five yards and one pass break-up.
Mount Ida will attempt to pickup their third conference win of the season on Saturday when they travel to Becker College to face the Hawks at 1 p.m.
Filed under: Brian Harrington, Cameron Brate, College Football, Corey White, D.J. Monroe, Eastern Collegiate Football Conference, EJ Isom, Football, Gordon McLeod, Harvard Crimson, Harvard Football, Harvard University, Ivy League, Ivy League Football, Jawad Yatim, Jordan Hyman, Joshua Boyd, Jovan Wilkins, Kalyn Smithson, Logan Meyer, Michael Pruneau, Mount Ida College, Mount Ida Mustangs, NE-10 Football, Northeast-10 Conference, Paul Stanton Jr., Sterry Codrington, Stonehill College, Stonehill Football, Stonehill Skyhawks
Mass. College Football: Afternoon News & Notes
By Matt Noonan
There were some interesting outcomes this afternoon and below are a few news and notes from the day.
* Harvard's perfect record remained intact as the Crimson defeated Lafayette, 35-16, at Harvard Stadium. Paul Stanton Jr. rushed for two scores and 113 yards on 21 carries, while Ricky Zorn hauled in four catches for a game-high 103 receiving yards.
* After earning an exciting first win a week ago, UMass struggled to continue its momentum as Buffalo defeated the Minutemen, 32-3.
* Stonehill rallied for one of its biggest wins in program history as the Skyhawks defeated New Haven, 29-26. Quarterback Logan Meyer capped a 12-point rally with a touchdown pass to Corey White with 27 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter to secure the win. Stonehill is now tied for first place in the Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10) with American International College and New Haven.
* As we highlighted in our last post, AIC's Kevin Arduino accounted for five touchdowns this afternoon — four on the ground, one through the air, which helped the Yellow Jackets defeat Bentley.The junior signal caller ran for 129 yards on 13 carries and threw for 222 yards.
As noted in the press release, this was AIC's first win on Bentley's home turf since 1999.
* Merrimack's Joe Clancy tossed six touchdowns and completed 38-of-56 passes for 441 yards in the Warriors' 51-9 victory against St. A's. Through seven games, Clancy has recorded 34 touchdowns and completed 268-of-410 passes for 2,950 yards.
* Mount Ida is on a two-game winning streak and is currently tied for second in the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC). Jordan Hyman led the Mustangs' receiving core with eight grabs for 154 yards and two touchdowns. Jovan Wilkins matched a game-high 10 total stops.
Despite the loss, Anna Maria's Robert Small rushed for 136 yards and three scores.
Filed under: AIC Yellow Jackets, Anna Maria AMCATs, College Football, Corey White, Eastern Collegiate Football Conference, ECFC, Football, Harvard Crimson, Harvard Football, Joe Clancy, Jordan Hyman, Jovan Wilkins, Kevin Arduino, Logan Meyer, Merrimack Warriors, Mount Ida College, Mount Ida Mustangs, NE-10 Football, New Haven Chargers, Northeast-10 Conference, Paul Stanton Jr., Ricky Zorn, Robert Small, Stonehill College, Stonehill Football, Stonehill Skyhawks, UMass Minutemen
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Mass. College Football: Saturday Afternoon Roundup
Here are the scores and notes from this afternoon's contests.
USC 35, Boston College 7 – Tyler Rouse rushed for the Eagles only score in the fourth quarter as the Maroon and Gold fell to the Trojans in Los Angles.
Anna Maria 55, Maine Maritime 49 – Robert Small rushed for four touchdowns and a game-high 240 yards, while Tony Valente recorded 13 tackles (10 solo) in the AMCATs first win of the season.
MIT 34, Becker College 0 – Peter Williams tossed two touchdowns, Justin Wallace rushed for 109 yards and one touchdown, Jake Laux recorded 12 tackles (10 solo) and one forced fumble as the Engineers defeated the Hawks in Leicester.
Plymouth State 37, Mount Ida 26 – The Panthers scored twice during the final seven minutes, which helped them defeat the Mustangs for the first time since 2011. Mount Ida's Jawad Yatim tossed three touchdowns and completed 21-of-33 passes for 255 yards, while Jordan Hyman hauled in two touchdowns along with eight catches for 159 yards.
Bridgewater State 41, William Patterson 24 – Mike McCarthy tossed one touchdown and rushed for two more as the Bears earned their first win of the season. BSU's Matthew Green caught seven passes for 164 yards and one touchdown.
Fitchburg State 20, Curry College 19 – Garrett Dellechiaie toss three touchdowns, including the game-winner as time expired to Phillip Saint-Juste (two touchdown receptions, seven catches for 151 yards) as the Falcons soared past the Colonels in Milton. Kevin Fruwirth tossed three touchdowns in his team's second loss.
Rowan 29, Framingham State 19 – The Profs scored two touchdowns during the final seven minutes to earn a come-from-behind victory against the visiting Rams. Matthew Silva tossed two touchdowns and completed 15-of-20 passes for 149 yards.
Filed under: Anna Maria, BC Football, Becker College, Becker Hawks, Boston College, Boston College Eagles, Bridgewater State, Bridgewater State Bears, College Football, Curry College, Curry Colonels, Fitchburg Falcons, Fitchburg State, Football, Framingham State, Framingham State Rams, Garrett Dellechiaie, Jake Laux, Jawad Yatim, Jordan Hyman, Justin Wallace, Kevin Fruwirth, Maine Maritime, Matthew Green, Matthew Silva, Mike McCarthy, MIT, MIT Engineers, Mount Ida Mustangs, Peter Williams, Phillip Saint-Juste, Plymouth State, Plymouth State Panthers, Robert Small, Rowan, Rowan Profs, Tony Valente, Tyler Rouse, USC, USC Trojans, William Patterson
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Saracens earned a bonus point 27-9 win over Bristol at Allianz Park on Saturday afternoon to keep hopes of a home semi-final alive but McCall admitted the performance fell short of his team's high standards.
Sarries dominated possession in the first-half but found themselves 3-9 down at the break. They rallied however and Petrus Du Plessis' brace, his first ever tries, coupled with scores from Nick Tompkins and Chris Ashton earned a hard-fought victory for the hosts.
Despite this, Director of Rugby Mark McCall was eager to draw a line under what he described as a 'disappointing' performance despite a dominant win.
"To give Bristol credit I think they really got stuck in, we were aware that they would because I thought against Wasps and Exeter in their last two performances they were really good and really physical in those games.
Overall though, the occasion will be remembered for being the last time Saracens legends, Kelly Brown and Neil De Kock would take to the pitch and McCall admitted that he would have hoped to have played better as he paid tribute to the departing players.
He explained: "The players are unbelievably disappointed really; but today was about two individuals really and the two incredible careers that they've had, they're great rugby men.


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August 14, 2014 in Articles.


I'm in love with the stacks of 13+14 marquee entries, and given the constraints they laid on the rest of the grid, I'm really happy with the pop and cleanliness of the rest of the answers. KEG STAND! WOOKIEES! OLD FLAME! (My college experience?!) Hopefully there are fun answers to discover in every quadrant.
I like writing clues that tie into one another in ways beyond traditional cross-referencing. I think this is pretty in print — I like the look of the streak of clues that reads "Rushed, Rush, Red ___, Red ___" — but it's interesting to note that many, many solvers do the crossword digitally now, where that kind of maneuver has less aesthetic cache. Something for me to unlearn, perhaps.
Generally, I thought this one wasn't edited as well as usual. You'll note that ironically, GLORIA STEINEM and WHITE PRIVILEGE are (precisely? nearly?) the only woman and person of color, respectively, in the puzzle. If memory serves, the original clues for at least MARC, STIR (either Tribe or Marley), HAJI, SAD, and SHRINE explicitly brought something, uh, deliberately un-Tom-Thumb-y to the cultural table. Even the clues for SHAD (kohada!) and PRUNE (tzimmes!) drew from milieus inferrable to Times solvers but more interesting, to me, than definitional clues, which this puzzle didn't lack. Strangely, the already-long clues for HOT TAKE and OTT were padded, to the point of clunkiness.
Shout out to my favorite poetry professor in college, Darren Angle, who had us read Matthea Harvey's "SAD Little Breathing Machine," a book of poems that's stayed with me for many years since. And shout out to Will and Joel for writing an amazing VIRTUAL REALITY clue!
GLORIA STEINEM and WHITE PRIVILEGE headline today's puzzle. I enjoyed piecing together a historic figure in GLORIA STEINEM. But WHITE PRIVILEGE … although I think it's an important concept more people ought to learn about, I wonder if some solvers will feel like the puzzle is trying to shame them. I wonder how I'd feel if I were white.
I liked the additions up top, WOOKIEES (yes, it's two Es, weird!) and ALT POP some nice bonuses. Not a fan of EFT ( a term for a juvenile newt) and LOT I, though.
Overall, a wide mix of entries I found entertaining — DRAMEDY, KEG STAND, VIRTUAL REALITY, OLD FLAME, OPEN WIDE, THE NERVE — along with some that didn't resonate with me. Not watching many cartoons these days, ADVENTURE TIME didn't do much for me, and although HOT TAKE is an interesting new term I didn't know, having to work so hard to piece it together wasn't super satisfying.
The level of crossword glue was just at my threshold. Along with the aforementioned, there was EME, OTT, and VAS. Thankfully these are all shorties and individually easy to overlook, especially since Natan did a nice job spreading them all out. But everything taken as a whole, I did feel like it was on the verge.
The Biblical ARK had a "double standard" — two by two!
Cool trivia that APHIDs are born pregnant. Neat biological advantage.
Bows may be made in a SHRINE … not ribbon bows, but bows at the waist.
[Lover of history?] is a great misdirection for OLD FLAME — a lover from one's personal history.
TRAY is something someone may be holding when waiting … waiting on a table!
[Soap box?] confused me, even after uncovering every letter. Ah, a TV SET is a type of box that plays soap (operas). Very nice.
So many clever clues! Wish all Saturday puzzles had this many.
Average word length: 5.31, Scrabble score: 305, Scrabble average: 1.64.


Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Mercurio. Reporter: Ostler. Assignment: Upland Pix layout. 164-41: Upland Junior High students Susan ford and Bonnie Hadley view city's landmark, the Madonna of the Trail, dedicated to the pioneer mothers of the covered wagon days. One of the notables attending the dedication in 1929, was President Truman who at that time was a judge. Monument located on Euclid Avenue and Foothill Boulevard. 10: Workman tony Bermudez of Ettiwanda seen carrying lumber with new housing project in background. 116-117: General view of the City Hall and Fire Department of Upland. 40-114, 113: View of city's main street -- looking north on Second Avenue. 165: Close-up of the monument, 'The Madonna of the Trail'. 7-8: General view of new Subdivision Housing development located just off Euclid Avenue south of Foothill Boulevard. 9: Workman clearing dirt from street with tractor-scraper at new housing project, one of seven currently under construction. 14: Orange grower Gene Nisbet with dog, Trinka, is checking trees and fruit with workman seen on ladder. 13: Orange grove view as seen from top of truck loaded with oranges. 206: Orchard foreman Alfred Tello of Cucamonga checks oranges in boxes. Note: workmen on ladders".


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Paracelsus Magazin / Natural Healing Therapies / Dramatic Relief for Menopause with Homeopathy
Dramatic Relief for Menopause with Homeopathy
Judyth & Robert Reichenberg-Ullman/Ullman
Natural Healing Therapies, Ancient Wisdom
We have found homeopathy to be highly effective in treating hot flashes and the other symptoms of menopause. The following are five cases from my practice which, I believe, speak for themselves. Homeopathy can be an excellent alternative to drugs, hormones and surgery.
Colleen, age 54, was a film director in Los Angeles whom we treated by phone. Her chief complaints were menopausal symptoms and uterine fibroids. She also had several small ovarian cysts. Because of the fibroids and cysts, she preferred to avoid hormone therapy. She was taking a menopause herbal formula with only slight improvement. She really didn't know what to expect from homeopathy, but she had read an article we had written on menopause and knew she needed to try something different.
Colleen had no menstrual periods for the past four months. Prior to that she had long periods with a heavy flow. The flow became even heavier after her mid-forties. Over the past few years, she had one day of exhaustion about five days before the menses. Her hot flashes began six weeks before our first consultation. She described them as "warm waves." She sweated at night. She woke clammy three times a night. It was worst at 5 a.m. Her sleep had become restless. She liked to stay up till l or 2 a.m. She needed only 6 to 7 hours of sleep.
"I'm a person who moves around a lot." Up to three or four months ago, Colleen played tennis avidly, for three hours at a time three to four days a week. Recent she felt "really tired, as if she'd aged".
Colleen's usually high sexual energy was now 50% lower. "I'm jumpier. I start. I'm on edge." She described her job in the film industry as very stressful. She faced a lot of prejudice against female directors. "I'm in there slugging." "I'm a mover. I move a lot. I move fast." "I've always been driven." "I've been passionate about my work since childhood."
She had mild acne rosacea, which she treated with topical cortisone. She had been on and off Minoxidil for the past two years for hair loss. She also applied a topical progesterone and Retin-A product to her scalp.
Colleen's 67-year-old brother was being treated for multiple myeloma. Her maternal grandmother died at 75 of stomach cancer; her father at 86 of congestive heart failure. Several of her first cousins died of colon, pancreatic, and stomach cancer. She had gonorrhea once thirty years ago.
Colleen had always wilted in hot weather. Now she just covered herself with a sheet at night and uncovered her feet. She really liked food, especially spicy and really good red wine.
Over the past few years, she had noticed a fear of heights. "I can't walk on high narrow bridges on foot." "I don't like elevators." Colleen's mind was always active. Since menopause, she found that she was distracted easily and scattered.
Colleen was given one dose of Sulphur 200C. Sulphur fit her hot flashes, 5 a.m. waking, uncovering her feet in bed, fear of heights, desire for spicy and red wine, and constant tendency to think.
When we spoke, again by phone, five weeks later, she was doing great. "I think your treatment is rather miraculous. I'm walking around saying how amazing it is that homeopathy can stop the force of nature of menopause. I'm 100% better. It's now very hot in L.A. and I notice the teeniest, itsy bitsy warm flash. Not only did the hot flashes really go away, but I slept through the night like a real person. My libido bounced back like gangbusters. I can't really think of any symptoms I still have that I would attribute to menopause."
"My jumpiness is better. I'm definitely not as much on edge. I took my first vacation in ten years. I'm not as distracted or scattered. I'm not eating as much and am playing tennis a lot again. I haven't gotten headaches from red wine like I did before."
Sonya turned into a different woman at menopause. "My brain has been used up. I am starting my own business now. I feel pressure in my head, My mind does not want to function. I have burning hot flashes from the slightest excitement. They spread from my head and face to my whole body. My whole body sweats.
My mind is constantly thinking about business. I wake frequently. I am always figuring things out during my sleep. I'm always organizing things in my mind for work. I'm always taking care of business."
Sonya continued: "My fingers and arms get numb easily on waking lately. It is worse from sleeping on my left side. I have an aching sensation in my forearms from the wrist up, worse on the right side. It is almost a burning, but kind of feels icy cold and tingles. My lower eyelids, back and legs are twitching lately."
"I have a hurried feeling. It's overwhelming. There's not enough time. I have to tell myself to slow down. I can't think. It's an effort. Nothing connects. I lose my train of thought. I forget words. I get so speedy that I forget half of what I'm thinking about."
"I'm bloated and have gas. My bowels are sluggish. I have an inner gnawing feeling. If I get hungry, watch out and don't get near me. I have a tightness in my larynx. It feels tense."
Sonya had had no menses for the past five months. She was generally much warmer since the hot flashes began. She couldn't find a comfortable sleep position because her mind was "chewing" all the time. She desired sweets and spicy and was thirsty for cool drinks. The sun and light were bothering her again lately and she noticed recently that she was more afraid of heights. Sonya felt like a menopausal basket case and wanted help…fast!
Jessie, 50 years old, was clearly not herself since menopause hit. She loved her work as a vocation rehabilitation counselor, but didn't have the energy or patience to enjoy it anymore. She felt fatigued and could not sleep at night. "Life isn't much fun. I'm changing a lot personality-wise and I don't like it. I'm tired and irritable. I don't think clearly. There are so many exciting things I want to do in my job and I can't because I don't have enough energy."
She had gone to a number of M.D.'s and N.D.'s over the past three and a half years without getting the help she wanted. She felt that turning 50 was a milestone for her and that it was time to get hold of her life again.
Jessie had suffered from dysmenorrhea since her period first began. She was not aware of ever having had PMS. She had felt nauseous a lot with her menses and would even turn yellow and get chills. She had a hysterectomy at 30 for endometriosis. At that time, she had complained of profuse bleeding with large clots and dyspareunia. Since the hysterectomy, she complained of incontinence on coughing and sneezing.
Jessie had hot flashes five or six times a day and many times during the night. She woke at l:00, 3:00, and 4:00 a.m. The heat started in her solar plexus and rose upwards. She experienced a slight nausea. There was a strange sensation in her head as if electricity radiated from the temples upward. Her scalp became really hot. She also felt heat in her face, chest, arms, and legs. She had a feeling of burning in her head. "I feel I'm on fire." She perspired on these parts of her body as well. In fact, she awakened at night with wet pajamas. Her sexual interest was decreased.
She had been on .075 mg Synthroid for the past month. Since starting the thyroid, her T4 had risen from 4.0 to 8.9. She was experiencing heart palpitations, more hot flashes, and a weird numbness in her hands. She said she had chosen the Synthroid route because she wanted quick results but would gladly discontinue the medication if homeopathy could help her.
Jessie had terrible headaches. She woke every morning with a frontal headache. It was as if her temples were pressed in a vise. Along with the headaches, she experienced a sensation of heat and electricity in her head. She also became very sleepy with her headaches. She had taken Benadryl nightly for the head pain for the past year.
Jessie had begun to develop musculoskeletal symptoms. Her forearms felt weak and she dropped things. She had stiffness in her hands on waking. She was developing arthritic nodules on her fingers.
She had been diagnosed with gallstones five years earlier but had avoided surgery. She still felt some right upper quadrant pain periodically.
Since childhood she could not eat a lot of fat without vomiting.
Jessie had breast cancer in the left breast four years before. She was treated with a lumpectomy and some axillary nodules were removed. She had decided against chemotherapy and radiation. Her subsequent mamograms were normal.
A right-sided goiter was diagnosed recently by an endocrinologist.
Jessie tended to constipation and had suffered from gas, bloating, belching and abdominal pain for years. She ate all the right things before the cancer, but felt she had gotten it anyway. Since then, she decided to eat whatever she wanted.
Her comfort range was narrow: "70 to 70-3/4". She used to be chilly until menopause. Now she was really warm and wore light clothing. She disliked tight clothing around her neck.
Jessie liked chocolate, ice cream, tamales, enchiladas. salty, and pickles. She disliked raw fish. She was generally thirsty for cold drinks.
Her patience had worn thin. She swore in traffic and was extremely snappy at work. "I've always been really nice to everyone in the past and kept my dissatisfaction inside." Now she lamented, "I'm so tired of stupid people. I don't have the energy or interest to contact people. It seems like too much of a bother. It's too much trouble to have people over for dinner. I'm not as compassionate as I used to be. I have a harsh attitude."
Jessie cried easily without cause. She was forgetting things more than ever before. "I'm more scattered. I don't concentrate as well as I used to." She was afraid of her husband dying, of ending up poor, and of the wind, particularly the sound of it.
As a child, she described herself as emotionally, intellectually, and materially deprived. Her family lived on tortillas and beans three times a day until she was in junior high school. There were eight children. Her parents were orphans and raised Jessie and her siblings as orphans.
This case is a perfect representation of Iodum. Iodum, iodine, is a remedy for people whose metabolism is exaggeratedly high. They are hurried and hyper. It is as though their engines were revved up to maximum speed. They feel they must be busy all the time and are anxious when they are quite. They become very warm and can have flushes of heat all over the body, red cheeks, and profuse perspiration. They often have voracious appetites, as did Sonya, as well as constriction of the larynx and a gnawing sensation in the stomach.
Sonya called several weeks later to say the remedy worked, but did not actually come in for a return visit until four months after the Iodum was given. The rushed feeling in her mind and restlessness were gone within twenty four hours. Within two weeks, the rest of her was "back on track". The hot flashes disappeared completely and have not returned. The numbness in the fingers and arms were gone, as well as the aching of the wrist. She did have another period three months after the remedy and only spotting at the time of her menstrual flow the other months.
Jessie: Jessie discontinued her Synthroid, then took one dose of Sepia 200c three weeks later. Sepia (Squid Ink) is an excellent hormonal remedy, particularly for menopausal women with hot flashes, irritability, weepiness, and general disinterest in sex and life. We asked her to wait several weeks before taking the remedy so that we would not confuse her response to the remedy with her reaction to eliminating the thyroid supplementation.
We saw her again five weeks after she took the remedy. She reported that her hot flashes and insomnia disappeared almost immediately after taking the Sepia. "I felt good. I had energy. I started exercising." She had no headaches. "My body feels so good I didn't think it was possible. I could think better. I felt powerful." She had felt 85 to 90% better overall. Jessie had felt dramatically better for two weeks, then she was exposed to strong remodeling fumes and her symptoms returned to pretty much where she began. She was really disappointed, especially after remembering how good she could feel.
Another dose of Sepia 200c was given. To Jessie's and our discouragement, there was no response. When a remedy has acted well, then stops acting, it is wise to increase the potency of the remedy. We gave Jessie Sepia 1M.
When we saw Jessie seven weeks later, she was herself again. "I'm just doing a whole lot better." Her hot flashes were again 80 to 90% improved. Her hot flashes were so much better that when a friend recently saw her fanning herself for the first time in weeks, she commented, "Jessie used to do that all the time. "
Her tiredness was much better. She felt really good again emotionally. "Life looks a whole lot better. I'm enjoying my work more. I'm only working four days a week instead of five. I can see how some of the things in my life were needing to be changed. I was working too hard, pushing myself too hard. I was working harder instead of smarter." Her headaches were gone again. She was not crying. She felt more affectionate with her husband. The impatience was a whole lot better. She thought, "Oh well, that's the way they are. Who cares?" She had started seeing friends again and going out to lunch. She had gone out canoeing. "That's new. I really look forward to it. I couldn't even think about it before." She was no longer bothered by fears.
She was no longer experiencing pain and weakness in her forearms.
She had no stiffness in her hands on waking. She was no longer dropping things. She still had occasional gall bladder pain. Her constipation was much improved.
Colleen became "a real person" again. Sonya regained her peace Jessie enjoyed life again. Homeopathy can provide a welcome relief for women who want to "change back" after their change of life.
Published with Permission of The Townsend Letter for Doctors
drreichenberg@gmail.com
www.healthyhomeopathy.com
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Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman (ND, LCSW, DHANP) y Robert Ullman (ND, DHANP) son médicos naturópatas licenciados, certificados en homeopatía. Sus libros incluyen: Un acercamiento libre de medicamentos para el Síndrome de Asperger y el Autismo, Niños sin Ritalin, Niños sin rabia, Sin de Prozac, Autocuidado homeopático: La Guía rápida y fácil para toda la familia, Homeopatía íntegra para la mujer, La guía del paciente para la Medicina Homeopática. Han dado clases internacionalmente y ejercen en el Centro Noroeste de Medicina Homeopática en Edmonds, en el estado de Washington.


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Мариновка () — село на Украине, находится в Емильчинском районе Житомирской области.

Код КОАТУУ — 1821785002. Население по переписи 2001 года составляет 148 человек. Почтовый индекс — 11246. Телефонный код — 4149. Занимает площадь 0,375 км².

Адрес местного совета
11246, Житомирская область, Емильчинский р-н, с. Рыхальское, ул. Ленина, 8

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Basiliximab
ISSUE 4 AUGUST
New drug
Basiliximab. Aust Prescr 1999;22:95-8. https://doi.org/10.18773/austprescr.1999.074
Some of the views expressed in the following notes on newly approved products should be regarded as preliminary, as there may have been limited published data at the time of publication, and little experience in Australia of their safety or efficacy. However, the Editorial Executive Committee believes that comments made in good faith at an early stage may still be of value. Before new drugs are prescribed, the Committee believes it is important that more detailed information is obtained from the manufacturer's approved product information, a drug information centre or some other appropriate source.
Simulect (Novartis Pharmaceuticals)
vials containing 20 mg as lyophilised powder
Approved indication: organ transplant
Australian Medicines Handbook Section 14.1.4
Episodes of acute rejection occur in 30-50% of patients after a renal allograft. This rejection involves T lymphocytes which are specific for the antigens on the donor kidney. The signal for the proliferation of T cells is the binding of the cytokine interleukin-2 to its receptor on the surface of the lymphocyte. Basiliximab is a chimeric (mouse/human) monoclonal antibody which acts as an immunosuppressant by blocking the interleukin-2 receptor.
The antibody is given intravenously two hours before transplant surgery and 4 days afterwards. This suppresses the immune response for 4-6 weeks. The half-life of basiliximab is approximately one week.
Basiliximab has been studied in trials which investigated if it had any additional effect on patients given cyclosporin and steroids. One study randomised 193 renal transplant patients to receive basiliximab and 187 to be given a placebo. Acute rejection occurred in 51 of the patients given basiliximab and in 73 of the placebo group. There was also a significantly lower incidence of steroid-resistant rejection episodes which required antibody therapy in the patients given basiliximab.1
In patients taking a combination of immunosuppressant drugs, it can be difficult to attribute adverse effects to one particular drug. Data from the 363 patients given basiliximab in clinical trials show that the pattern of adverse reactions is similar to that seen in the 359 patients given a placebo. The commonly reported adverse events in the trials included nausea, constipation, pain and urinary tract infection. Some patients will develop antibodies e.g. human anti-mouse antibodies. Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders have also been reported.
The evidence is that basiliximab is efficacious at reducing graft rejection in the first 6 months. After a year, however, there is no difference in graft survival. As other drugs such as tacrolimus and mycophenolate are now available for use in transplant patients, further research will be needed to determine the best regimens for allograft recipients.
CHIB 201 International Study Group. Randomised trial of basiliximab versus placebo for control of acute cellular rejection in renal allograft recipients. Lancet 1997;350:1193-8.


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