Veal sweetbread ?double down? | Veal Recipes

4 servings

Inspired by KFC?s infamous Double Down sandwich, Kantor came up with this gourmetA connoisseur of fine food and drink. version using sweetbreadsSweetbreads are the thymus glands of veal. Good-quality sweetbreads should be plump and firm, with the exterior membrane intact. Delicately flavored and tender, they can be prepared by almost any cooking method. .

Ingredients
- sweetbreadsSweetbreads are the thymus glands of veal. Good-quality sweetbreads should be plump and firm, with the exterior membrane intact. Delicately flavored and tender, they can be prepared by almost any cooking method.
1 1/2 lbs veal sweetbreadsSweetbreads are the thymus glands of veal. Good-quality sweetbreads should be plump and firm, with the exterior membrane intact. Delicately flavored and tender, they can be prepared by almost any cooking method. , cleaned (about 4 pieces) 750 g
1 cup flour
salt to taste
4 eggs, beaten
2 cups panko bread crumbs

- paprika sauce
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon Dijon mustardBelieved to stimulate the sexual glands and increase desire. Prepare a tenderloin roast (filet mignon) for two with a mustard and peppercorn sauce.
1 teaspoon Spanish sweet smoked paprika
1/4 cup canola oil
1/4 cup olive oil

- garnish
4 slices bacon, thick cut
2 cups canola oil
4 slices thinly sliced Manchego or provoloneProvolone is an Italian cheese that originated in Southern Italy. This full-bodied cow's milk cheese has a firm, buttery texture that makes it perfect for grating and cooking cheese

Directions
Soak sweetbreadsSweetbreads are the thymus glands of veal. Good-quality sweetbreads should be plump and firm, with the exterior membrane intact. Delicately flavored and tender, they can be prepared by almost any cooking method. in water overnight.
Bring a pot of water to a boil.
Add sweetbreadsSweetbreads are the thymus glands of veal. Good-quality sweetbreads should be plump and firm, with the exterior membrane intact. Delicately flavored and tender, they can be prepared by almost any cooking method. and blanch for about 5 minutes.
Remove from pot and let cool.
With a small sharp knife, remove any skin or membrane that is easy to take off.

Slice sweetbreadsSweetbreads are the thymus glands of veal. Good-quality sweetbreads should be plump and firm, with the exterior membrane intact. Delicately flavored and tender, they can be prepared by almost any cooking method. lengthwise to make very flat pieces, no longer than 4 inches (10 cm)each.
Lay sweetbreadsSweetbreads are the thymus glands of veal. Good-quality sweetbreads should be plump and firm, with the exterior membrane intact. Delicately flavored and tender, they can be prepared by almost any cooking method. on a plastic-wrap covered tray, cover with more plastic wrap and place a second tray on top.
Place a heavy object on top to weigh down, and chill in the refrigerator overnight.

Remove sweetbreadsSweetbreads are the thymus glands of veal. Good-quality sweetbreads should be plump and firm, with the exterior membrane intact. Delicately flavored and tender, they can be prepared by almost any cooking method. from the fridge (they should be less than 3/4 inch/2 cm in thickness).

Combine flour and salt in a bowl.
Toss sweetbreadsSweetbreads are the thymus glands of veal. Good-quality sweetbreads should be plump and firm, with the exterior membrane intact. Delicately flavored and tender, they can be prepared by almost any cooking method. in flour mixture to coat, then dip in beaten egg and roll in panko.
Reserve in refrigerator while making sauce.

Whisk together mayonnaise, lemon juice and mustardBelieved to stimulate the sexual glands and increase desire. Prepare a tenderloin roast (filet mignon) for two with a mustard and peppercorn sauce. until uniform. Add smoked paprika and stir to combine.
While continuing to whisk, very slowly drizzle in canola oil then olive oil. Season with salt to taste. Reserve in the refrigerator.

Cook bacon in a frying pan over low to medium heat to render out the fat. Reserve.

Add 1/2 inch (1 cm) canola oil to a frying pan over medium heat.
When oil is hot, add sweetbreadsSweetbreads are the thymus glands of veal. Good-quality sweetbreads should be plump and firm, with the exterior membrane intact. Delicately flavored and tender, they can be prepared by almost any cooking method. and fry for 5 minutes on 1 side, then flip over and fry until golden brown.
Remove sweetbreadsSweetbreads are the thymus glands of veal. Good-quality sweetbreads should be plump and firm, with the exterior membrane intact. Delicately flavored and tender, they can be prepared by almost any cooking method. from pan; let drain on paper towels.

To assemble, spread paprika sauce on 1 piece of sweetbread.
Place a piece of bacon on top, then a slice of cheese, and top with another piece of sweetbread.
Slice in half and serve.

Recipe Source: Food and Drink Spring 2012

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SAS troops operating as spies in Africa

06:00 AEDT Tue Mar 13 2012

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A squadron of SAS soldiers has been operating in secret in several African nations, putting them at massive risk if they are captured.

The elite troops are doing work normally reserved for spies in countries like Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Kenya, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

The secret SAS 4 Squadron has been involved in missions to gather information on terrorists and to plot rescue strategies for kidnapped Australians.

The spy agency ASIS (Australian Secret Intelligence Service) normally does such espionage work, but they are legally unable to use force.

Unlike ASIS, the SAS troops are not allowed to carry false passports and are not permitted to deny working for the Australian government.

Operating out of uniform and in countries with which Australia is not at war, the squadron has little legal protection if they are captured.

"I think governments should think extremely carefully before they ask soldiers to do that," former deputy defence secretary Hugh White was quoted as saying.

The Australian government has not publicly confirmed the existence of the SAS 4 Squadron.

Source: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8434054/sas-troops-operating-as-spies-in-africa

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Verrilli: Point man in looming health care battle

Solicitor General Donald Verrilli speaks during a forum at the Georgetown University Law Center, Friday, March 9, 2012, in Washington. In 16 appearances before the Supreme Court, Verrilli has advocated for the rights of death row inmates and has successfully argued fine points of telecommunications law in cases with billions of dollars in the balance. Now as the Obama administration?s solicitor general, Verrilli faces what for any lawyer would be the challenge of a lifetime: persuading at least five Supreme Court justices to uphold the president?s overhaul of the nation?s health care system. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Solicitor General Donald Verrilli speaks during a forum at the Georgetown University Law Center, Friday, March 9, 2012, in Washington. In 16 appearances before the Supreme Court, Verrilli has advocated for the rights of death row inmates and has successfully argued fine points of telecommunications law in cases with billions of dollars in the balance. Now as the Obama administration?s solicitor general, Verrilli faces what for any lawyer would be the challenge of a lifetime: persuading at least five Supreme Court justices to uphold the president?s overhaul of the nation?s health care system. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Solicitor General Donald Verrilli speaks during a forum at the Georgetown University Law Center, Friday, March 9, 2012 in Washington. In 16 appearances before the Supreme Court, Verrilli has advocated for the rights of death row inmates and has successfully argued fine points of telecommunications law in cases with billions of dollars in the balance. Now as the Obama administration?s solicitor general, Verrilli faces what for any lawyer would be the challenge of a lifetime: persuading at least five Supreme Court justices to uphold the president?s overhaul of the nation?s health care system. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? In 16 appearances before the Supreme Court, Donald Verrilli has advocated for the rights of death row inmates and has successfully argued fine points of telecommunications law in cases with billions of dollars in the balance.

Now as the Obama administration's solicitor general, Verrilli faces what for any lawyer would be the challenge of a lifetime: persuading at least five Supreme Court justices to uphold the president's overhaul of the nation's health care system.

Verrilli is known as a zealous advocate with an intense work ethic, yet with an open, engaging manner in court and a calm demeanor. His style may be just the right touch in a politically charged case that represents a wild card tossed into the middle of a presidential campaign.

The 54-year-old one-time Supreme Court clerk, who became solicitor general last June, "comes across as a very straight shooter; there's a conversational feeling when he stands up there; he's completely honest and straight-forward," says Washington attorney Theodore B. Olson, who has argued 58 cases before the justices and served as solicitor general under President George W. Bush.

Verrilli has always been "just as gracious and friendly when he was your opponent in court as when he was your ally," recalls Washington lawyer Peter Keisler, who was both in the 1990s when he and Verrilli represented separate telecom companies that were sometimes at war and sometimes allies slugging it out with competitors.

The son of a lawyer, Verrilli grew up in Connecticut, received his bachelor's degree in history, with honors, from Yale University in 1979 and his law degree in 1983 from Columbia Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Columbia Law Review.

He clerked for Supreme Court Justice William Brennan.

In 1994, as special counsel to President Bill Clinton, he assisted in the confirmation process for Stephen Breyer, one of the justices who will hear Verrilli's argument in the health care case in late March. Verrilli's varied clients have included the House Democratic leadership.

In the late 1990s, Verrilli immersed himself in court battles over a federal law aimed at spurring telecommunications competition. Colleagues recall he did a masterful job explaining legal subtleties, public policy and technical engineering issues in easy-to-understand terms.

"Don was terrific at cutting through all the technical jargon and conveying with real conviction that, at its heart, these cases weren't dry disputes about telephone technology, but about ensuring competition," said Washington attorney Joseph Guerra, who has known Verrilli more than 20 years.

The advent of the Internet set off major legal battles over online piracy and led to perhaps Verrilli's biggest Supreme Court victory to date.

Representing motion picture studios and music recording companies, Verrilli introduced a legal doctrine ? inducement ? that had never been applied in such a context. Verrilli argued that a developer of file-sharing software was actively encouraging consumers to steal.

"This was a new technology, and Don was really taking his argument out of traditional legal paradigms. He used that novel theory to expose the real core of what was offensive about the defendants' conduct," said Michael DeSanctis, managing partner at the Washington office of Jenner & Block, where Verrilli spent two decades.

The 9-0 ruling that Verrilli won in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster Ltd. enabled Hollywood and the music industry to sue technology companies that encourage customers to steal music and movies over the Internet.

Traveling the country for corporate clients, Verrilli came across a struggling community of appellate lawyers in the South who at great financial cost took up the cases of indigent death row inmates who had inadequate legal representation at trial.

Verrilli himself toiled more than a decade on the case of death row inmate Kevin Wiggins, ultimately winning a precedent-setting Supreme Court decision that spared Wiggins from execution. Verrilli's painstaking investigation turned up strong evidence Wiggins endured a horrific childhood of violence at the hands of his mother and of repeated rapes of Wiggins by members of two foster families who took him in.

In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court set aside Wiggins's death sentence on grounds the convicted murderer's right to effective counsel had been violated by Wiggins's prior lawyers. Attorneys in death penalty cases, the court ruled, must conduct a reasonable and diligent background investigation.

A factor in the outcome was Verrilli's "absolutely humbling degree of personal passion for Kevin Wiggins and for the issue ? assuring effective assistance of counsel in death penalty cases," said DeSanctis. "That's something that a lot of appellate lawyers don't bring to a case."

Paul Smith, a long-time friend and colleague, called Verrilli a perfectionist ? relentless about "getting things just right."

"That's true to the point where he has a bit of a reputation of still making changes in briefs after they already ought to be at the printer," laughed Smith, chair of Jenner & Block's appellate and Supreme Court practice.

In February 2009, President Barack Obama appointed Verrilli as an associate deputy attorney general. He moved to the White House in 2010 and as an associate White House counsel dealt with immigration, health care, financial regulation and the Gulf oil spill. Last year, Verrilli was confirmed to replace then-Solicitor General and current Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan.

The outcome of the court battle over health care is impossible to predict, and so is the political impact.

If Verrilli wins, it might help Obama get re-elected ? or become a rallying cry for his political opponents.

Regardless, with Verrilli doing the bulk of the arguing for the administration, "everyone will know that the government is being represented in the best possible way," said Keisler.

Associated Press

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World News - Taliban vow revenge for Afghans killed by US troop

An American staff sergeant is in custody after allegedly killing 16 civilians, including nine children, in a shooting spree in Afghanistan. NBC's Richard Engel reports.

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By NBC News, msnbc.com staff and news services

Updated at 7:24 a.m. ET: A U.S. soldier's shooting of?16 Afghan civilians deepened questions on Sunday about what the United States can accomplish in Afghanistan before it withdraws, as Washington rushed to contain the damage from the startling rogue attack.

President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta spoke to Afghan President Hamid Karzai by telephone and offered condolences for the attack, in which a U.S. soldier left his base in southern Afghanistan and began a middle-of-the-night shooting spree that local officials said killed nine children, three women, and four men.

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"This incident is tragic and shocking," Obama said in a statement.

Reports of the attack remain confused. U.S. officials say only one soldier was involved, while villagers and other Afghans said it was a group of soldiers. But the Obama administration vowed a rapid investigation and promised to hold whoever was behind the violence fully responsible.

Retired General Barry McCaffrey, an NBC News military analyst, talks to TODAY's Matt Lauer about what could have possibly driven a U.S. soldier to killed 16 civilians, including nine children, in Afghanistan.

The soldier suspected of being responsible?has been detained but has yet to be identified. However,?a senior U.S. defense official confirmed to NBC News that he is based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, south of Tacoma, Wash.

Afghan suspect's base has recent history of controversies

While U.S. officials rushed to draw a line between the shooting and the ongoing efforts of a U.S. force of around 90,000, the incident is sure to infuriate Afghans already suspicious of a Western military presence now over a decade old. The incident may?provide ammunition to those in Washington advocating for an accelerated exit from a long, costly and inconclusive war.

'American savages'
NBC News reported that there were no signs of demonstrations early Monday.

In a statement Monday, the Afghan Taliban pledged to "take revenge" against the "sick-minded American savages," according to the AFP news agency.

"The American 'terrorists' want to come up with an excuse for the perpetrator of this inhumane crime by claiming that this immoral culprit was mentally ill," the Taliban statement added. "If the perpetrators of this massacre were in fact mentally ill then this testifies to yet another moral transgression by the American military, because they are arming lunatics in Afghanistan who turn their weapons against the defenseless Afghans without giving a second thought."

Last month, the burning of copies of the Quran on a NATO military base triggered violent protests across the country and a spate of insider attacks against Western soldiers.

$500 billion war bill
Sunday's attack may harden a growing consensus in Washington that, despite a troop surge, a war bill exceeding $500 billion and nearly 2,000 U.S. lives lost, prospects are dimming for what the United States can accomplish in Afghanistan before it pulls most troops out by the end of 2014.

Obama's surge of 33,000 troops has beaten the Taliban back from some areas of Afghanistan's south, but serious doubts remain about whether an inexperienced local military and wobbly central government can keep a resilient insurgency at bay.

President Barack Obama talks on a phone with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai from his vehicle in Chevy Chase, Md., on Sunday.

"These killings only serve to reinforce the mindset that the whole war is broken and that there's little we can do about it beyond trying to cut our losses and leave," said Joshua Foust, a security expert with the American Security Project.

Afghans haven?t traditionally responded with violence or widespread protests to civilian deaths, the Christian Science Monitor reported, as many view such behavior as a byproduct of war.

Report: Suspect is Iraq veteran, married father of two children

But, Abdul Rahim Ayobi, a member of Parliament from Kandahar told the Monitor, ?it gives us the message that the American soldiers are not under the control of their generals and these American generals have failed to manage them.?

If the incident triggers retaliatory violence against Western troops, it may well help shape ongoing deliberations within the Obama administration about how quickly U.S. soldiers should be withdrawn, possibly strengthening the case of those surrounding the president who back a more decisive drawdown.

Obama and other NATO leaders are expected to define their plans for gradually trimming Western forces and putting Afghan troops in charge of security when they meet at a NATO summit in Chicago in May.

'The house of cards is falling'
Most Western combat troops are expected to be gone by the end of 2014, but some U.S. soldiers could remain beyond then, likely focusing on targeted strikes on militants and supporting local forces, who will need outside help for years to come.

"This is terrible timing for people who either want to stay through 2014 or even extend the U.S. presence there," Foust said. "Though the overall number of (similar) incidents remains pretty low, there is a broad and growing perception that now both sides are dysfunctional and committing murder, or the house of cards is falling."

In a post on Twitter, Pentagon spokesman George Little said the incident would not change the U.S. mission. "The recent tragedy in Afghanistan will not deter us from pursuing our fundamental strategy. We've come too far with our Afghan partners."

Sunday's shooting may dispel the goodwill created by an agreement reached on Friday on control over military prisons in Afghanistan, which had been one of the remaining stumbling blocks to reaching a deal governing future U.S.-Afghan ties.

MSNBC military analyst Gen. Barry McCaffrey (Ret.) says the alleged shooting of Afghan civilians by a US soldier is a 'further unraveling' of relations between the US and Afghanistan.

Andrew Exum, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and former Army Ranger, said the shootings come at a sensitive time in negotiations on that deal, which the White House wanted to unveil by the May summit.

"One wonders whether or not internal political pressures in Afghanistan will constrain the options of Afghan negotiators on subjects ranging from U.S. basing rights to night raids," Exum said.

Some U.S. officials told the New York Times that the Taliban hard-liners could be emboldened by the incidents. ?The fear,? one U.S. official told the Times, ? is that all these incidents, taken together, play into the Taliban?s account of how we treat the Afghan religion and people.?

Election impact?
The shootings may complicate things for Obama ahead of November's presidential election.

While jobs and the economy will likely remain the focus of the presidential race, the White House has hoped to point to a series of foreign policy successes, such as the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, to shore up Obama's support.

The recent tumult in Afghanistan may increase the pressure Obama faces in coming months from fellow Democrats who favor a more rapid drawdown.

Family loses 2 sons in Afghanistan

While many Republicans have warned against pulling out too quickly, conservative presidential candidate Newt Gingrich voiced a very different view.

"There's something profoundly wrong with the way we're approaching the whole region and I think it's going to get substantially worse, not better. And I think that we're risking the lives of young men and women in a mission that may frankly not be doable," Gingrich said on "Fox News Sunday."

He said Washington should consider pulling out of Afghanistan and reconsider its role in the entire region.

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More than a decade after the beginning of the war, Afghanistan faces external pressure to reform as well as ongoing internal conflicts.

"I understand the anger and the sorrow," said John McCain, the senior Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, who like many other Republicans has warned a hasty withdrawal will undermine U.S. security in the long run.

"I also understand that we should not forget that the attacks on the United States of America on 9/11 originated in Afghanistan, and if Afghanistan dissolved into a situation where the Taliban were able to take over, or a chaotic situation, it could easily return to an al-Qaida base for attacks," he said on "Fox News Sunday."

UK mourns four 20-year-olds killed in Afghan attack

Further complicating the matter is the limited patience many of Obama's top supporters have for Karzai, who has demanded an explanation for?Sunday's shootings, which?he called "intentional murders."

"The great weakness in Afghanistan is Karzai," said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. "Nobody seems to trust him or like him. And the idea of turning it over to the Afghan forces is the right way to go, but that's a major question mark: Karzai."

In the meantime, U.S. officials in Washington and on the ground appeared to be bracing themselves for a backlash.

The U.S. Embassy, on its Twitter feed, said the movement of U.S. personnel in southern Afghanistan would be restricted and warned that "anti-American feelings and protests" may be ahead.

Michael O'Hanlon, a military expert at the Brookings Institution, said the quick, conciliatory statements from senior American officials were wise, but?added that it might not be possible to?staunch Afghan fury that may be unleashed by the killings.

"I don't know that a lot can be done," he said.

NBC News, msnbc.com staff, Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Source: http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/11/10646142-taliban-vow-revenge-after-us-soldier-kills-16-civilians-in-afghanistan

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peaceful parenting: Circumcision Does Not Prevent Prostate Cancer

Male Anatomy

1. Bladder
2. Seminal vesicle
3. Prostate
4. Pubic bone
5. Erectile tissue
6. Urethra
7. Vas deferens
8. Epididymis
9. Glans
10. Prepuce ('Foreskin')
11. Testis
12. Rete testis
13. Efferent ductules
14. Seminiferous tubules
15. Anus

The prepuce, or 'foreskin,' is an organ located on the outside of the penis or clitoris and is present from birth in all mammals on earth. The prostate is a gland located deep inside the male pelvis at the base of the penis which surrounds the neck of the bladder. The two are located no where near each other and have little bearing on one another, except for the fact that both play important roles in male sexuality.

In reference to these two organs, an article published today by Reuters titled, Circumcision tied to lower prostate cancer risk, reports that "circumcised men may have a slightly lower risk of developing prostate cancer than those who still have their foreskin..." The article goes on to discuss research by Jonathan L. Wright who states that he, "Would not go out and advocate for widespread circumcision to prevent prostate cancer. We see an association, but it doesn't prove causality." (1)

As cringe worthy as some parts of the article are, it is a good thing that Wright notes the difference between correlation and causality because we know the two often have nothing to do with one another. For those not familiar with the difference: imagine for a moment the cities you know that host a lot of churches. We'll say City A has 100 churches, City B has 50 churches, and City C has just one church. We know (thanks to the fields of criminology and sociology) that City A also has the highest rate of aggravated crime, City B has much less, and City C sees almost no crime recorded in the local police log. Does this mean that building churches increases crime? If we tear those 100 churches down, will we see a decrease in City A's crime rate? Of course not. Because there are other variables at play, and the two are merely correlated. There are no direct causalities between a church and aggravated crime. In fact, the two are about as related as the foreskin and prostate cancer.

But, we've been here before - toying with the fairy tale of prostate cancer and foreskins. We've had a long list of illnesses (both real and imagined) that we've blamed on the foreskin -- masturbation, 'promiscuity,' epilepsy, convulsions, seizures, 'sin,' blindness, deafness, cancer, sexually transmitted illnesses (STIs) of various kinds, women's health issues, HIV... and now we are back to cancer again.

In their 1996 letter to the American Academy of Pediatrics, Drs. Heath and Shingleton (VPs on The American Cancer Society's board) stated that, "Perpetuating?the mistaken belief that circumcision prevents cancer is inappropriate."

In addition, The American Cancer Society makes this statement on early detection of prostate cancer and treatment:

Research has not yet proven that the potential benefits of testing outweigh the harms of testing and treatment. The American Cancer Society believes that men should not be tested without learning about what we know and don?t know about the risks and possible benefits of testing and treatment. The only test that can fully confirm the diagnosis of prostate cancer is a biopsy, the removal of small pieces of the prostate for microscopic examination. However, prior to a biopsy, less invasive testing can be conducted. [...] Screening men who are older or in poor health in order to find early prostate cancer is less likely to help them live longer. This is because most prostate cancers are slow-growing, and men who are older or sicker are likely to die from other causes before their prostate cancer grows enough to cause problems. (2)

Despite The American Cancer Society's position, those who are invested in pro-cutting measures today would assert that we should forgo early detection of prostate cancer via biopsy because it is 'too invasive,' but instead conduct an even more invasive and life-long, altering surgical procedure by amputating the prepuce organ from all healthy males. Is there logic in doing so? If there is any to be found, we would surely see it played out in statistics of prostate cancer between male populations that are circumcised at birth vs. those who are not.

Yet in reality, we find just the opposite to be true.

The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer presented the 2008 findings of incidence and mortality of prostate cancer. Statistics clearly show that rates of prostate cancer are highest in nations with the highest populations of adult circumcised men, and rates of prostate cancer are consistently lowest in nations where male circumcision is unheard of. (3)

Diagram One shows the incidence of prostate cancer (red) and mortality rate of those inflicted with prostate dancer (blue). Keep in mind that North America has the largest, highest rate of circumcised adult men, followed by Europe and Australia.

Diagram Two shows the age-standardized incidence of prostate cancer per 100,000 men across the globe. Again, we see that the highest prevalence of prostate cancer exists in nations that also have the highest number of adult circumcised males. The lowest rates of prostate cancer are found in nations where men are almost exclusively intact.
In fact, if we didn't know better [remember correlation versus causation] we'd venture to guess that being intact serves as protection from prostate cancer! We know very little at this point within the fields of human sexuality, health, and urology about the immunological protection that is achieved by the sub-preputial (within the prepuce) flora, immunoglobulins and lytic secretions coming from within the human male body. Physicians and researchers alike have suggested that these protective properties may lend explanation to the fact that we consistently find results as those portrayed in the graphs above - men who keep their full and functioning prepuce (which serves, in part, as an immunological organ) tend to see less, not more, genital related illnesses and infection of all kinds. (4, 5, 6).

What was first debunked in the 1940s after Abraham Ravich (7) invented the mythological notion that the foreskin was to blame for prostate and cervical cancers, seems to have resurfaced in pro-cutting circles today. Maybe enough time has past that we will not recall the roots of these tall tales and will tragically fall victim to them again... And maybe enough money (unnecessary surgeries, the sale of foreskins for research and cosmetics, job opportunities) will incite even the well researched professional to cut healthy organs from healthy human beings. But in the midst of the mess, one thing is for certain: circumcision does not protect against prostate cancer.

While discussing the subject among advocates today, Kira Dawn remarked, "It never ceases to amaze me how much money and time is spent by 'researchers' hell-bent on proving that a normal human body part is the biggest threat known to mankind." Much in agreement and bewildered at today's headlines, Australian native, James Mac, noted, "These increasingly desperate and hysterical claims will only hasten the demise of forced circumcision." Let's hope that he is correct. It's high time for Americans to wise up and and put an end to such laughable nonsense.

References

1) Reuters' "Circumcision tied to lower cancer rates" at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/12/us-circumcision-cancer-idUSBRE82B08G20120312?feedType=RSS

2) American Cancer Society: Prostate Cancer at: http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/ProstateCancer/MoreInformation/ProstateCancerEarlyDetection/prostate-cancer-early-detection-toc

3) World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer: Globocan 2008 at: http://globocan.iarc.fr/factsheets/cancers/prostate.asp

4) Bowen JM, Tobin N, Simpson RB, Ley WB & Ansari MM. Effects of washing on the bacterial flora of the stallion's penis. Journal of Reproductive Fertility, 1982; 32:41-45.

5) Fleiss, Paul M. & Hodges, Frederick M. (2002). What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Circumcision. Warner Books, New York.

6)?Wallerstein, Edward (1980).?Circumcision: An American Health Fallacy. Springer Publishing Company, New York.

7) Ravich, Abraham. ?The Relationship of Circumcision to Cancer of the Prostate? Journal of Urology, Vol. 48, 1942:298?299.

Related reading in addition to above references:

1) Gollaher, David, L. (2000). Circumcision: A History of the World's Most Controversial Surgery. Basic Books, New York.

2) Ritter, Thomas & Denniston, George (2002). Doctors Re-examine Circumcision. Third Millennium Publishing Company, Seattle, WA.

3) Romberg, Rosemary, The Painful Dilemma, Chapter 14: The Question of Prostate Cancer at: http://circumcisionthepainfuldilemma.wordpress.com/table-of-contents/chapter-14/

4) Circumcision Information Research Pages: Penile Cancer at: http://www.cirp.org/library/disease/cancer/

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Source: http://www.drmomma.org/2012/03/circumcision-does-not-prevent-prostate.html

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Sexual Intelligence Awards 2012 ?

The 12th annual Sexual Intelligence Awards? honor individuals and organizations who challenge the sexual fear, unrealistic expectations, and government hypocrisy that undermine love, sex, and relationships?and political freedom?today.

Last year?s winners were Melissa Fritchle, International Sex Educator; Doug Braun-Harvey, Drug/Alcohol Treatment Pioneer; Valda Ford, Community Health Activist; Paul Federoff, Forensic Psychiatrist. This year?s winners are:

Dr. Larry Magid, (Sane) Internet Safety Advocate

Larry Magid is an educator, journalist, and public policy analyst in the area of digital technologies and the internet. He is a regular contributor to CBS News, CNet, Forbes, and Huffington Post.

He is also the creator of SafeKids.com, SafeTeens.com, and is co-director of ConnectSafely.org. All the way back in 1994, he wrote ?Child Safety on the Information Highway,? and he has been writing, speaking, and testifying about the issue ever since.

Larry has become a recognized insider: he?s a board member of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, an advisor to both the Family Online Safety Institute and to Facebook (yes, THE Facebook), and he served on President Obama?s Online Safety & Technology Working Group.

What?s most impressive about Larry?s work, though, is his sanity. While swimming amongst ignorant politicians, cynical prosecutors, hysterical decency crusaders, and frightened parents, his message is consistent: the internet is not a predator-laden swamp, there is no epidemic of cyber-sexual-assault, and there are plenty of tools parents and communities can use to protect young people. Larry develops some of those tools, he creatively uses language to calm the cyber-panic, and he consistently counsels decision-makers to respond to fact, not fear. And his technical expertise puts muscle behind his proposals.

This is a guy bringing Sexual Intelligence to the internet?and its users of all ages.

Dr. Debby Herbenick, Sex Researcher and Author

Remember this name, because in 20 years she will be the best known professional in American sexuality.

Still years away from her professional prime, Debby has already written several books, including Because It Feels Good: A Woman?s Guide to Sexual Pleasure and Satisfaction and the new Read My Lips: A Complete Guide to the Vagina and Vulva (co-authored with Dr. Vanessa Schick). She?s also published an e-book on anal sex.

But we?re just getting started on Debby?s resume. She is currently a sexual health educator at the Kinsey Institute, and is a research scientist at Indiana University?s Center for Sexual Health Promotion. She?s also one of the lead scientists associated with the 2010 National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior, the largest nationally representative survey of sexual behavior in America.

Debby started the blog MySexProfessor.com five years ago. It now has 8 regular contributors, and is an important source of sexual information for college students.

I?ve heard her speak. She?s fabulous-?witty, relaxed, appropriately demanding, and always ready with facts to support her statements. She?s practically a one-woman crusade for Sexual Intelligence. We?re fortunate she?s on our side.

Sex At Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality, by Christopher Ryan & Cacilda Jeth?

This book is a complete shock: it is creatively conceived, well-written, fully-documented, entertaining, relevant to both our bedroom behavior and public policy issues?-and it?s popular. People are buying it! People are even reading it!

Ryan and Jeth? question some common assumptions about evolutionary psychology. Instead of conceiving humans as inherently competitive and warlike (like chimps), they conceive of humans as inherently relaxed and cooperative (like bonobos)?-until the invention of agriculture 10,000 years ago, with its territoriality and resulting artificial scarcities.

They also demand a recount on some of our cherished beliefs about our ancestors. Monogamy? Not that common. Dyadic marriage? Only one of several common models. These international scholars know their archeology, primatology, anthropology, even their art. If this book weren?t so damn enjoyable, it would be easy to resent its tour de force of world culture.

Ryan and Jetha show that our ancestors lived in egalitarian groups that shared food, child care, and often, sexual partners. Just as importantly, they explain why: they describe the nature of life before agriculture, and how it inevitably shaped and supported the human capacity for love, cooperation, and generosity-?including sexual generosity.

This is a book that adds to our Sexual Intelligence?-and even shows us its practical relevance.

Sexuality Policy Watch (www.sxpolitics.org)

Sexuality Policy Watch (SPW) is a global forum composed of researchers and activists from across the globe. Co-chaired by sociologists Sonia Correa and Richard Parker, SPW has offices in Rio de Janeiro and New York.

SPW?s goals are to (1) contribute to global policy debates about sexuality, and (2) promote more effective linkages between local, regional and global initiatives about sexuality.

Over the past few decades, sexuality has become the focal point of political controversy, and is now a key domain for social change. Issues such as protecting sexual freedom and enhancing access to sexual health resources are among SPW?s central concerns. And so SPW undertakes and publishes policy analyses with which to empowher NGOs and influence governments.

SPW is particularly focused on initiatives directly relating to reproductive rights, gender, LGBT activism and HIV/AIDS. Because these issues are now interconnected with issues of global democracy, poverty, secularism, and health, SPW?s work cuts across virtually all aspects of society. For example, they have published powerful papers on the implications of the Pope?s visit to Brazil, America?s international foreign aid doctrines, and the manipulative homophobia of political Islam.

They also convene ongoing dialogs about the intersection of sexuality and geopolitics in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. They?re not just bringing Sexual Intelligence to the U.S., but to the entire world.

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Colorado Individual Health Insurance

by Kenneth N on March 3, 2012

The increasing cost medical care is of great concern to many people. The cost is so high that many healthy are choosing to have no coverage at all. This proves costly to the state of Colorado and to its medical providers because the non-insured is treated for emergencies regardless of coverage.

There is state run programs in Colorado hat offer free medical benefits if one qualifies. But, for the most part, if your employer does not offer health insurance, you will probably need to purchase an individual plan. These plans are offered by various companies who have the right to turn you down if you have a pre-existing medical condition. Other companies might accept you, but there could be restrictions and your premium will be higher. There is no such thing as a standardized policy in Colorado. This means insurance companies can make their own stipulations. However, all plans have to cover certain screening and prevention programs. You need to research any insurance company you are thinking of purchasing individual coverage from.

When buying individual health insurance coverage you must consider several options like how much do you want to pay out of pocket for doctor visits; do you want medications covered under the policy and what are the co-pays for office and emergency room visits?

For those looking for ways to reduce their taxes, a higher deductible health insurance is the way to go. There are policies designed for families of all incomes.

Colorado is designed to help those who are having a hard time finding affordable health insurance coverage. For further information you may contact the Colorado Division of Insurance.

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