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...viewers did watch--more than 20 million an episode--particularly women, who made up 63% of the adult audience in the first two weeks. So it's hard not to see the show's success as a comment on TV, and maybe society. Reality shows like The Bachelor and The Swan--one area of TV targeted to women--are retro, happily-ever-after fantasies, even if women watch them ironically. Desperate Housewives is an unhappily-ever-after story. Single mom Susan (Teri Hatcher) was abandoned for another woman. Lynette (Felicity Huffman) is abandoned at home with her bratty kids...
...most useful stem cells, those able to differentiate into any type of human cell, are derived from embryos which are five to six days into development. Stem cells derived from adult tissue may also offer potential for treatment, but—except for adult stem cells of the blood—our understanding of embryonic stem cells is much more developed. Embryonic stem cells have been studied for over twenty years, and offer the fastest route to scientific progress today...
...prospects of catching the flu are unusually high this year. UHS, with its roughly 8,400 doses of the vaccine, announced that it will not vaccinate otherwise healthy students in the foreseeable future. No doubt, healthy Harvardians will survive the flu, and it is perfectly reasonable that no young adult be vaccinated until each elder, infant, and invalid has been protected—groups for whom the flu could be a death sentence...
...reform-minded Coloradans, who started a campaign called Make Your Vote Count and collected more than 134,000 signatures to put 36 on the ballot. Most of the financial backing has come from J. Jorge Klor de Alva, the former president of the University of Phoenix, a for-profit adult-education school. Klor de Alva, who divides his time between Brazil and California, is now CEO of Apollo International, a University of Phoenix offshoot that runs a similar university in Brazil...
...more of him--and more of his money. But clearly this issue is part of a much larger dynamic reflecting the tensions between you and your ex. All this has got to be painful for your daughter, regardless of who pays how much for what. Still, she is an adult. She has chosen to go for her dream wedding and is willing to work to get it. Help if you want to, but don't berate yourself (or your ex) for not footing the whole bill...