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...Cambodia, when he started to feel sick. By the time he got to bed, his flu-like symptoms gave way to achy joints and feverish dreams. That's when he got suspicious that he had dengue fever, the mosquito-borne virus that, in its deadly form, causes blood to seep from the bloodstream into tissue and eventually from the body's orifices. Several days later, doctors diagnosed the expat aid worker with a milder, non-lethal variation of the disease. Since there are no drugs or vaccines for dengue, Tind Simmons did what some 38,500 infected Cambodians did this...
...Beyond the fact that some people want to root for a team without having to root for its savior, making religion an organizational conviction raises plenty of questions. The Rockies don't exclude non-Christians - pitcher Jason Hirsh is Jewish - but if "Christian values" seep too deeply into the team's thinking, isn't discrimination, even of the subconscious kind, a danger...
...Hershiser also recommends that pitchers wet their cotton underwear, since the water can seep through your pants. "It's like having a sponge out there," he says. Carrying a stick of sugarless gum in your back pocket can also help. Chewing gum creates saliva, which also helps your grip in the cold. "Lick your fingers, and wipe them off on your pants," says Hershiser. "But make it a fake wipe." But wait, isn't that a spitball? Hershiser says everyone does it, and the umpires let it go in the cold. "Look, you're just looking to recreate a normal...
...Peacebone” is a rollicking high adventure despite lyrics like “A peacebone got found / in the dinosaur wing.” The song’s a push forward, but Animal Collective still lets some nostalgia and even a bit of melancholy seep in, ruminating about how “An obsession with the past is like a kid flying / Just a few things are related to the old times.” “Strawberry Jam” embraces the incongruities it lays out in “Peacebone” and spreads them...
...Miami Herald, Dan Le Batard weighed in: “You’ll forgive black people if they aren’t terribly comfortable with white people making the rules for them…When the distrust is that large and pervasive, it is going to seep into some places it doesn’t belong—like, for example, this Vick case.” Wright Thompson of ESPN.com wrote a piece detailing the racial history in Atlanta, and how African Americans are supporting Vick because of their past experiences, “because they see inequality...