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MINUTES FEBRUARY 20,2018, at 6:15 P.M. REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING CALL TO ORDER- 6:16 PM Mayor Johnson called the regular session to order at 6:16 p.m. in the Commission Chambers of City Hall. The invocation was led by Chaplin Hartburger followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag led by Commissioner Firstner. City Clerk Sibbitt called roll and declared a quorum present. Present: Commissioner Grogan, Commissioner Wilsen, Mayor Johnson, Commissioner Firstner, Commissioner Keller PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS - 6:19 PM Presentation of Check by Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation Mark Johnson to Saving Young Hearts as the Beneficiary of the Proceeds from the Chick-fil-A 5K Run and Kids Fun Run During the 2017 Founders' Day Celebration - Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation Mark Johnson introduced the Chick-fil-A representatives. Beth Otts with Chick-fil-A thanked Dr. Fravel and City staff for their continued partnership and support with their event. Martha Lopez-Anderson with Saving Young Hearts also thanked the City of Ocoee and Chick-fil-A for the generous donation as they will be using the money received this evening to replace AEDs that are no longer under the manufacturer's warranty. She further explained the Saving Young Hearts efforts which began after the passing of her son due to sudden cardiac arrest, which went undiagnosed. Information with regards to early warning signs and symptoms of heart conditions can be found on www.savingyounghearts.org. Beth Otts shared that every year a local non-profit organization can apply to be a beneficiary of the proceeds; applications can be found on the City's website by March 15th. A check in the amount of$978.00 was presented to the Saving Young Hearts foundation. Presentations by Deputy Chief Plasencia and the Citizens Advisory Council for Ocoee Police Department (CACOPD): Deputy Chief Plasencia and CACOPD Member Laney gave a brief summary of the achievements of each of the award recipients and why they were chosen. ➢ Civilian of the Year Award: Mark Sulkowski ➢ Volunteer of the Year Award: The Chaplain Unit ➢ Officer of the 4th Quarter: Officer Joshua Tolliver ➢ Officer of the Year Award: Detective Michelle Grogan ➢ CIT Officer of the Year Award: Officer Dave Ogletree Presentation by S&ME, Inc., regarding the Lakefront Park Final Concept Plan— Support Services Director Butler introduced Bruce Hall with S&ME, Inc., who provided a brief PowerPoint Presentation which highlighted the design elements of the proposed Lakefront Park Final Concept Plan. At the conclusion of the presentation, Support Services Director Butler explained the three phases of the construction project for the Lakefront Park. He further answered.questions with regards to the relocation of City Hall and the Silver Star Road Improvement Project that is currently underway with MetroPlan Orlando and FDOT, which is Wage Regular City Commission February 20,2018 not tied into the Lakefront Park project, but will extend a sidewalk from the corner on Lakeshore Drive onto Silver Star Road. If the City Commission gives their consensus to move forward with the plans presented this evening, Support Services Director Butler explained the next step would be to ask the consultants for price proposals to develop the construction documents, which will also be presented before them for approval. Consensus of the City Commission was to move forward with the Lakefront Park Final Concept Plan that was presented. COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS/PUBLIC -None STAFF REPORTS AND AGENDA REVIEW- 7:07 PM City Manager Frank announced before them is the following: Emergency Item - Approval to Trade-In Non-Working Thermal Camera for Credit on New Purchase. (Fire Chief Miller) He further explained that the Ocoee Fire Department is seeking the approval to trade-in a non- working thermal imaging camera for credit towards a new imager. Municipal Equipment is going to give the Ocoee Fire Department a credit of$500.00 for the trade in of the old thermal imaging camera towards the purchase of a new camera. Motion: Move to Approve and Trade-In Non-Working Thermal Camera for Credit on New Purchase: Moved by Commissioner Keller, seconded by Commissioner Firstner; Motion carried 5-0. COMMISSIONERS ANNOUNCEMENTS - 7:08 PM Commissioner Grogan—None Commissioner Wilsen—None Commissioner Firstner—None Commissioner Keller—None Mayor Johnson— 1) The City's General Municipal Election for Commissioner Districts 2 and 4 and for voting on referendum ballot questions regarding changes to the City Charter will be held on Tuesday, March 13th. To view sample ballots and get clarification and understanding of the Charter Amendment questions, please visit the Elections page on the City's website. 2) The Woman's Club will host their Political Forum on Monday, February 26th at 6:30 p.m., here in the Ocoee City Hall Commission Chambers. The public is invited to meet and hear the candidates for City Commission Districts 2 and 4. Those attending will have the opportunity to submit written questions for the candidates. The forum will be televised on Spectrum— Channel 493, at which time questions from residents may be called in during the broadcast at (407) 554- 7118, or emailed to email@example.com. 3) The 16th Annual Best Fest will be held on Thursday, March 8th from 5 pm to 8:30 pm right here at Bill Breeze Park. Come out and indulge in West Orange County's Largest Food tasting &business expo. 21 Page Regular City Commission February 20,2018 CONSENT AGENDA- 7:09 PM Consent Agenda Motion Motion: Move to adopt the Consent Agenda Items #1 - #5 with Item #6 being pulled for discussion and separate consideration. Moved by Commissioner Keller, seconded by Commissioner Grogan; Motion carried 5-0. 1. Approval of the Minutes for the Regular Commission Meeting held February 6, 2018. (City Clerk Sibbitt) Approved on Consent. Motion carried 5-0. 2. Approval of Appointment of Fifth Trustee to the Police Officers' and Firefighters' Retirement Trust Fund Board of Trustees. (City Clerk Sibbitt) Trustees for the Pension Board serve four-year terms. Two (2) of the trustees are appointed by the City Commission, two (2) are elected from the employee body, and the fifth trustee is chosen by those four (4) trustees and presented to the City Commission to ratify the appointment as a ministerial act. At their meeting dated February 7,2018,the Pension Board appointed Trey Littlefield to complete a term as the fifth trustee to expire on September 30, 2021. The Operating Rules and Procedures of the Pension Board do not prohibit current City employees from serving as the Fifth Trustee. Approved on Consent. Motion carried 5-0. 3. Approval of Donation of Two Properties on Jamela Drive. (City Planner Rumer) The City received a proposal from Homes in Partnership,Inc.which asks for the donation of two(2)parcels of City owned land in return for$10,000 in improvements for a city park. Homes in Partnership intends to build a single-family dwelling on each parcel as part of their mission to provide affordable housing to low income families. The vacant properties requested for donation are 1104 and 1106 Jamela Drive. Approved on Consent. Motion carried 5-0. 4. Approval of FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Submission. (Fire Chief Miller) The Ocoee Fire Department is seeking grant funding opportunities to supplement the cost of a modular live fire training structure. The training structure is a critical aspect of Insurance Service Office (ISO) Class 1 rating. The Ocoee Fire Department is seeking financial assistance from the FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant to pay for 90% of the cost to purchase, install, and train personnel on the use of the modular live fire training structure. If awarded,there will be a 10%match in funding in order to receive the grant. Approved on Consent. Motion carried 5-0. 31 Page Regular City Commission February 20,2018 5. Approval of Florida Department of Health EMS Matching Grant Submission. (Fire Chief Miller) The Ocoee Fire Department would like to submit a matching(75%/25%)grant through the Florida Department of Health. The grant request is for three (3) U-CAPIT CAP 5 Standard EMS Machines, w/Controllers, Bar Code/Pin/Parrot Doors, and 36-month software service contract. The U-CAPIT EMS machine is critical to the tracking of EMS supplies and pharmaceuticals. The tracking capabilities of the U-CAPIT EMS machine meet the State of Florida Department of Health requirements for pharmaceutical/narcotics tracking. Approved on Consent. Motion carried 5-0. 6. Approval for Declaration of Surplus Property Fiscal Year 2017/2018. (Purchasing Agent Tolbert) The City is currently under contract with George Gideon Auctioneers (Gideon), Zellwood, Florida for the public sale of the City's surplus property, which piggybacks Lake County's terms and conditions. Due to market demand, Gideon is now performing online auctions only; however, Gideon will continue to act as the dealer in transferring all titles and collecting sales tax, collecting payments,taking auction pictures and listing each item, which includes answering questions and showing the items to the public. This action will present the City with the opportunity of a larger coverage area with more convenience to the public, and would alleviate the overtime costs and auctioneer fees incurred in conducting the auction in-house. Staff has successfully used Gideon Auctioneers for previous surplus sales, and found the proceeds received for items sold by Gideon to be comparable to those sold by the City, EBay, or other online auction platforms. The surplus items will be delivered to the Gideon property located at 2753 N. Hwy. 441,Zellwood, FL 32798. The public viewing of items at the auction site is during business hours from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m. for vehicles. A link to the City's surplus auctions on Gideon's auction site will be placed on the City's website. The notice of auction will be advertised in the Orlando Sentinel, the West Orange Times, and the City's Internet site. Accordingly, the Support Services Department seeks the authority to enter into negotiations for the sale of the IBM Storage Area Network(SAN) and related IT equipment(servers, switches, etc.) as part of this surplus property disposition plan. Should this equipment not sell back to the industry, Staff would send this item to Gideon for public surplus sale. Mayor Johnson shared that he is pulling this item as they had previously discussed they would donate the City's old Parks and Recreation bus to the Boys & Girls Club. Purchasing Agent Tolbert clarified that the bus in discussion is Item #133, which is listed as a Bluebird Bus, but it is actually a Thomas Bus. Motion: Move to remove Item #133 Thomas Bus (listed as Bluebird Bus) from the Declaration of Surplus Property for Fiscal Year 2017/2018; Moved by Commissioner Grogan, seconded by Commissioner Firstner; Motion carried 5-0. Motion: Move to donate Item #133 Thomas Bus (listed as Bluebird Bus) "as is" to the Boys & Girls Club of West Orange County; Moved by Commissioner Grogan, seconded by Commissioner Wilsen; Motion carried 5-0. Motion: Move to adopt Consent Agenda Item #6 as revised; Moved by Commissioner Keller, seconded by Commissioner Grogan; Motion carried 5-0. Wage Regular City Commission February 20,2018 PUBLIC HEARING - 7:12 PM 7. Comprehensive Plan Amendment - Capital Improvements Element (CIE) Update Addition of Fiscal Years 2017/2018-2021/2022 Capital Improvements Program (CIP). (Advertised in the West Orange Times on Thursday, February 8, 2018.) (City Planner Rumer) The Capital Improvement Element (CIE) of the City of Ocoee Comprehensive Plan is a requirement of Chapter 163, Florida Statutes (FS) and enables implementation of the Plan goals, objectives, and policies needing capital funding for a 5-20 year planning horizon. Each year the table section of the CIE will be updated to ensure that the adopted list of capital projects in the CIE matches the City's newly adopted fiscal year budget and approved five year Capital Improvements Program (CIP). The CIE does not propose any new projects not previously reviewed and approved by the Commission. The Florida Legislature enacted Legislation allowing adoption of the annual amendment to the CIE to be accomplished with a single public adoption hearing. Additionally, State Statute no longer requires a copy of the Ordinance to be transmitted to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (FKA: Department of Community Affairs "DCA"). Therefore,adoption of this Ordinance is final in its form and content. City Attorney Cookson read the title of the Ordinance. The public hearing was opened. As no one wished to speak,the public hearing was closed. Motion: Move to adopt Ordinance No. 2018-003, Capital Improvements Element (CIE) Update Addition of Fiscal Years 2017/2018 — 2021/2022 Capital Improvements Program (CIP); Moved by Commissioner Wilsen, seconded by Commissioner Keller; Motion carried 5-0. FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE - 7:14 PM 8. First Reading of Ordinance Revising Language for the Official Municipal Seal of the City and Adopting New Language for Official City Logos. (Second Reading and Public Hearing Date scheduled for March 6, 2018, Regular Commission Meeting at 6:15 p.m. or soon thereafter.) (Support Services Director Butler) The adoption of an official seal by units of local government, including cities, is authorized in Section 165.043, Florida Statutes. In accordance with this statute, the City originally adopted an official seal via Ordinance 94-27 on November 15, 1994. This seal was subsequently modified by Ordinance 2002-26 on l' December 17, 2002, to change the words on the seal. Florida law provides various protections for the use of the official City seal, including specific penalties for its misuse. Logos and other similar "marks" that are created and used by local governments are not protected pursuant to the authority stated in Section 165.043, Florida Statutes. Such logos and marks must be protected from misuse by other means, including establishing the marks and logos in ordinance as well as registering the marks with the state. Subsequent to this Commission action, the "passion flower" logo has been incorporated into the design of equipment, letterhead, and uniforms, as these have been replaced in the normal course of operation. The result has been that the City now utilizes a number of logos for various purposes. This proposed ordinance proposes to formally adopt the passion flower logo endorsed by the City Commission in 2013 and also formally adopts the logos that continue to be used by various City operational departments and units. This proposed ordinance will repeal the current codification of the City Seal in order to move this language to a new Article IV in Chapter 1 of the Code where the language regarding City logos will also be added. The proposed City Seal and all four versions of the passion flower logo are unchanged from their current form. The City's Police and Fire Departments have separate, service-specific logos they use that are derived from standard designs used by these public service agencies.Additionally, in another process,the logos will be registered with the State. SIPage Regular City Commission February 20,2018 City Attorney Cookson read the title of the Ordinance. Mayor Johnson announced that this will be presented as a second reading and public hearing at the next scheduled City Commission meeting on March 6, 2018 at 6:15 p.m. or soon thereafter. SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE— 7:14 PM 9. Second Reading of Ordinances for Inspiration Planned Unit Development (PUD) — Annexation and Rezoning to PUD and PUD Land Use Plan; Project No. AX-08-17-64 & RZ-17-08-05. (Advertised in the West Orange Times on Thursday, February 8, 2018 and Thursday, February 15, 2018.At the request of the Applicant, this item has been continued) (City Planner Rumer) a) Second Reading of Annexation Ordinance (continued) b) Second Reading of Rezoning Ordinance (continued) c) Land Use Plan (continued) City Planner Rumer advised that this will be continued to a date certain of March 6, 2018, which is our next scheduled City Commission meeting. Before it can be presented to the City Commission, this item has to go before the School Board.. The School Board will hold their hearing on February 24th. As a date certain has been provided; this will not need to be re- advertised. } Motion: Move to continue the Second Reading of Ordinances for Inspiration Planned Unit Development (PUD) — Annexation and Rezoning to PUD and PUD Land Use Plan; Project No. AX-08-17-64 & RZ-17-08-05 to the next scheduled City Commission meeting on March 6, 2018; Moved by Commissioner Keller, seconded by Commissioner Grogan; Motion carried 5-0. 10. Second Reading of Ordinance Amending Section 5-12 of the City Code Governing Absentee Voting to Designate such Absentee Voting. as "Vote-by-Mail," as is Consistent with Recent Changes to the Election Statutes. (Advertised in the West Orange Times on Thursday,February 8, 2018) (City Clerk Sibbitt) The City has determined that citations to State Statute contained within and incorporated into Section 5-12 of the City Code governing absentee ballots are in need of correction in light of a recent amendment by the Legislature to the relevant election statute. The Legislature has recently amended the election statutes to use the term"vote-by-mail"ballot instead of"absentee"ballot, and the City finds that it is appropriate to similarly amend Section 5-12 of the City Code with respect to such terms. City Attorney Cookson read the title of the Ordinance. The public hearing was opened. As no one wished to speak, the public hearing was closed. Motion: Move to adopt Ordinance No. 2018-004, Amending Section 5-12 of the City Code Governing Absentee Voting to Designate such Absentee Voting as "Vote-by-Mail," as is Consistent with Recent Changes to the Election Statutes. Moved by Commissioner Firstner, seconded by Commissioner Keller; Motion carried 5-0. Wage 3 1 Regular City Commission February 20,2018 1 REGULAR AGENDA - 7:17 PM 11. 2018 General Election Canvassing Board. (City Clerk Sibbitt) a) Appointment of Canvassing Board Members In accordance with Section C-50 of the Ocoee City Charter, the Canvasing Board will consist of three (3) citizens appointed by the City Commission. On February 5,2013,the consensus of the Commission was that the Mayor and two (2) Commissioners whose district seats are not part of the election should each select one (1) member for the Canvassing Board. In keeping with that practice, Mayor Johnson, Commissioner Grogan and Commissioner Firstner would each need to appoint a member for the Canvassing Board. The Canvassing Board will meet on March 13, 2018,at 4:00 p.m.,at the Supervisor of Elections Office, 119 West Kaley Street,Orlando. The process of canvassing and auditing the election results may take several hours. City Clerk Sibbitt advised the Board in accordance with the City's Charter the Mayor and two (2) Commissioners whose district seats are not part of the upcoming election each need to appoint one (1) member to make up the Canvassing Board to canvass the City's next election, which will be held on March 13, 2018. The following citizens were named to be considered for the Canvassing Board: Commissioner Grogan wished to nominate Sherilyn Moore. Mayor Johnson wished to nominate Jeremy Bellis. Commissioner Firstner wished to nominate Victoria Laney. Without objection, Sherilyn Moore, Jeremy Bellis, and Victoria Laney were the three (3) citizens appointed to the Canvassing Board. b) Approval to Allow the Supervisor of Elections to Open and Run Unquestionable Vote- By-Mail Ballots Utilizing the Orange County Canvassing Board Criteria. City staff is requesting approval to allow the Supervisor of Elections to open and run all vote-by-mail ballots e' through the tabulator(after 9:00 a.m. on March 13 )that are not questionable. This will save the Canvassing Board a lot of time as that portion will be completed upon their arrival. The Canvassing Board will then only need to accept or reject any vote-by-mail ballots that have issues with them (such as no signature, signatures do not match, etc.)using the same criteria. City Clerk Sibbitt explained City staff is seeking approval to allow the Supervisor of Elections to open and run all vote-by-mail ballots that are not questionable through the tabulator after 9:00 a.m. on Election Day to save the Canvassing Board a lot of time as that portion will be completed upon their arrival. Motion: Move to Allow the Supervisor of Elections to Open and Run Unquestionable Vote-By-Mail Ballots Utilizing the Orange County Canvassing Board Criteria. Moved by Commissioner Grogan, seconded by Commissioner Firstner; Motion carried 5-0. } 7IPage Regular City Commission February 20,2018 STAFF ACTION ITEMS -None 1 COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS - 7:19 PM Commissioner Keller—None Commissioner Firstner — 1) Announced tomorrow, February 21st, the Police Department will be hosting their Coffee with a Cop at Franco's Pizzeria from 4-6pm. 2) Announced Little League Parade is scheduled for Saturday, March 3rd beginning at 8am at City Hall and ending at Central Park. Commissioner Wilsen — 1) Questioned the donation of the surplus bus stating that she had received an e-mail from Mr. Finger from Ocoee High School with regards to getting a truck donated for their farming program and was wondering if they could do anything to assist Mr. Finger's request. Public Works Director Krug explained that all the trucks they had placed on the surplus will need to be towed off as they were not in good use such as the bus was. 2) Shared that due to the detour from construction, Cumberland Avenue is having the issue of being used as a cut through road. Public Works Director Krug advised that the detour signs do not point residents to go that route but many do. He further stated he does not believe there is a speeding problem on that road as it is a brick road, but does agree it is now a more travelled road, which residents are not used to. Police Chief Brown commented that he will have his staff keep an eye on that area as there are no sidewalks for the children. 3) Announced the public is invited to attend the 13th Annual Spring Fling. The free event will be held Saturday, March 10th from 10am-3pm. Spring Fling is a fun-filled day with free food, activities, games and live demonstrations all aimed at reinforcing safe behavior by youth and families. The event also showcases community services available throughout the area. Commissioner Grogan—None Mayor Johnson—None ADJOURNMENT - 7:25 PM APPROVED: Attest: City t Ocoee Melanie Sib itt, City Clerk Rusty Joh Mayor 8IPage 404r ocoee florida atij of ttice I, ROSEMARY WILSEN, do solemnly swear that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution and Government of the United States of America and of the State of Florida, and the Charter and Ordinances of the City of Ocoee; that I will bear true faith, loyalty, and allegiance to the same; that I am entitled to hold office under the State Constitution and the City Charter; that I will faithfully perform all duties of the office of COMMISSIONER of the City of Ocoee, which I am about to enter, so help me God. 2til ietsRo ry s'ema Wilsen SWORN and Subscribed before me this 20th day of March, 2018. / / / A. Al LIAO Melanie Sibbitt, City Cler ocoee florida atij of 4J: ffice I, GEORGE OLIVER III, do solemnly swear that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution and Government of the United States of America and of the State of Florida, and the Charter and Ordinances of the City of Ocoee; that I will bear true faith, loyalty, and allegiance to the same; that I am entitled to hold office under the State Constitution and the City Charter; that I will faithfully perform all duties of the office of COMMISSIONER of the City of Ocoee, which I am about to enter, so help me God. George liver III SWORN and Subscribed before me this 20th day of March,2018. 14/1/1/4_, jira4— Melanie Sibbitt, City Clerk


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This Part of The Vicarious Woman Six-Part Series will not be my strongest suit because I stopped reading crossdressing and transitioning biographies several years ago. And I know that there have been several good ones in the last several years. I hope some of you will strengthen this wiki-bibliography with their favorites in the comments section.
I'll start off with one classic that is not even in print any longer; but if you can find a copy in a library or used bookstore, you might want to try it. SECOND SERVE is the memoir of the transitioning of an eye surgeon who was also a world class tennis player. It's an early example of the experience of transitioning while already a person in the public eye (not unlike Caitlyn Jenner).
A better written classic by a famous person, though, is CONUNDRUM. It takes an author with sharp observational skills to be considered one of the best travel writers of all time. (Don't even think about going to Venice without reading one of her Venice books.) But what happens when the "travel" she is recounting is her own transition: you get one of the best written transgender memoirs ever: https://www.amazon.com/Conundrum-York-Review-Books-Classics-ebook/dp/B00ATLMWV0/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=%22conundrum%22&qid=1608132131&sr=8-2
Similarly, if you want to find a place where brilliant "political" scholarship meets a "personal" story of transition, try Diedre McCloskey's CROSSING. A much-published, brilliant scholar and tenured professor at the University of Illinois's storied economics department in Chicago, Ms. McCloskey's account of how "the system" and her own family tried to interfere with what she saw (and believed as a world-famous libertarian) as her inalienable rights over her own body to transition as she pleased is fascinating. I never fully agreed with her libertarian arguments that, to me, discounted too much established protocols like the "Benjamin Standards," but the history of how she had to battle to become her true self makes for fascinating reading: https://www.amazon.com/Crossing-Transgender-Deirdre-N-McCloskey-dp-022666256X/dp/022666256X/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1608132292
Another professor and prolific author has become probably one the best (certainly most famous) advocate for transgender rights. Her books, her regular columns in The New York Times, and her common appearances on talk shows (and as a regular part of the Jenner television posse) are all deserved because she thinks, writes, and talks so well. Her original book on her transitioning has become a standard, a seminal memoir of transition: SHE'S NOT THERE by Jennifer Finney Boylan: https://www.amazon.com/Shes-Not-There-Life-Genders/dp/0385346972/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=She%27s+not+there&qid=1608740772&sr=8-1 (An interesting aside: I once had some extended correspondence with Ms. Boylan. I think I was wrong in my arguments at that time. I had shortly before read McCloskey's book and felt her pain and admired her fortitude in her strained relationships. But, in my opinion, in SHE'S NOT THERE, Ms. Boylan all but brags about how well she managed her relationships as she came out and then transitioned. At the time, that management struck me as terribly manipulative especially as to keeping alive her marriage to her previously heterosexual wife. We argued back and forth about it a few times; and finally agreed to disagree. Now, nearly two decades later, that marriage and family is still successfully whole. In short, then, I guess I was wrong: her wife made her own considered decision: and it seems to have been the right one. I would love to hear the opinion of other CDH members who have read SHE'S NOT THERE on this point.)
I'm not exactly sure why I am so put off by Helen Boyd's success at making a whole career, a whole mini-industry, out of the crossdressing and then later the transition of her husband: books and websites and speaking engagements, etc. Nevertheless, I guess, her books cannot be left out of this bibliography: MY HUSBAND BETTY: https://www.amazon.com/My-Husband-Betty-Love-Crossdresser-ebook/dp/B00BSW5AVI/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15FNY21WSTFHA&dchild=1&keywords=helen+boyd&qid=1608738876&sprefix=helen+boyd%2Caps%2C818&sr=8-1 and SHE'S NOT THE MAN I MARRIED: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580051936/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
Another fine memoir of a crossdresser has already been reviewed by Erica in CDH. Erica's essay on ALICE IN GENDERLAND is erudite and a great read in itself; it is here: https://www.crossdresserheaven.com/media-review-alice-in-genderland-a-review/. The book, itself, by Richard Novic, MD, can be found on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Alice-Genderland-Crossdresser-Comes-Age-ebook/dp/B079JZSCN5/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1608739923&sr=8-1
I started this essay with the disclaimer that I'm out of touch on this Part of the series; but I do have one that I have on my must-read list. The reviews have been fabulous; and I will get to it soon. It's a biography of one of the stars of the hit television series Supergirl, the transgender actress and activist, Nicole Maines. BECOMING NICOLE by Amy Nutt tells Nicole's story, along with that of her family, including her identical twin brother, Jonas. (Identical twins usually have to be the same gender, right?!?!); but what happens when the are not: https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Nicole-transgender-actor-activist-extraordinary/dp/0812995430/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=%22nicole+maines%22&qid=1608132010&sr=8-1
I do hope that my CDH sisters will enrich this wiki-bibliography by telling us in the comment section below about their favorite CD and TG biographies, autobiographies and memoirs.
(From Brina, Managing Editor: Cassie has again given us a glimpse of what could be and what is tasteful. That is what is expected when commenting. You may list those you like, but as before any links will be deleted. I have neither the time nor the desire to police inappropriate postings. I sincerely ask for your cooperation. Thank you!)
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2020 wraps with a special Ensemble Stars New Year's broadcast.
The Ensemble Stars!! announced a special broadcast to wrap up 2020.
年越しあんさんぶる!! (Toshikoshi Ensemble!!) is going to be broadcasted on 31/12/2020 at 23h JST.
The hosts for this countdown to 2021 are:
- Shinichiro Kamio
- Kousaka Tomoya
- Chiharu Shigematsu
- Tomohiro Yamaguchi
More details on this special broadcast are going to be unveiled in the upcoming weeks.


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Second Groningen Metaethics Workshop
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09:00 – 10:00 Farbod Akhlaghi-Ghaffarokh – An Argument for the Metaphysical Necessity of Moral Principles (first commenter: Luke Elson)
10:15 – 11:15 Philip Stratton-Lake – Self-Evidence and Basic Justifiers: A Revised Intuitionist Epistemology (first commenter: Christos Kyriacou)
11:30 – 12:30 Elizabeth Ventham – Weighing Desires (first commenter: Olle Risberg)
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14:00 – 15:00 Guy Fletcher – Whither Prudential Error Theory? (first commenter: Alex Murphy)
15:15 – 16:15 Ragnar Francén – Normative Disagreement and Practical Direction (first commenter: Camil Golub)
16:30 – 17:45 Pekka Väyrynen (keynote) – Normative Explanation Unchained
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Munimenta antiqua : or, observations on antient castles. Including remarks on the whole progress of architecture, ecclesiastical, as well as military, in Great Britain: And ON The Corresponding Changes, In Manners, Laws, And Customs. Tending Both To Illustrate Modern History: And To Elucidate Many Interesting Passages In Various Antient Classic Authors. By Edward King, Esq. F.R.S. And A.S. (British English)
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Huawei has not made an official announcement yet but we're only waiting for the Mate 10. The next flagship smartphone is also said to arrive in three variants. We're expecting a Lite version, Pro model, and just the basic Mate 10. These three are considered premium although the Huawei Mate 10 Lite may have slightly lower specs. The Mate 10 Lite will be the most affordable among the three variants at €379 ($450).
The phone was sighted as the 'Rhone' with a 5.9-inch screen with 18:9 aspect ratio, 1080 x 2160 FHD+ resolution, quad-camera system, 2.36GHz octa-core Kirin 659 processor, 4GB RAM, 64GB onboard storage, and a 3340mAh battery. The quad-camera system is actually composed of a 16MP + 2MP rear dual camera and a 13MP + 2MP front dual camera.
This Huawei Mate 10 Lite is believed to be the Huawei G10 aka Maimang 6 in China. There is no confirmation yet but we're looking forward to the top Chinese OEM's major reveal this coming October 16.
The image above tells us the smartphone will be out in Gold, Black, and Blue. It's highly possible that this Huawei Mate 10 Lite and its more powerful siblings, the Mate 10 and the Mate 10 Pro, will already run on Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box and topped by EMUI 5.1.
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Asian Markets Slide as Chinese Interest Rate Hike Looms
Asian markets took a tumble today with China's Shanghai Composite Index plunging 5.2% to 2,985, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index dropping 1.9% to 24,223 and Japan's Nikkei 225 Index down 1.4% to 9,725.
In Shanghai investors pulled money out of the markets, on rumors that another interest rate hike is imminent, and could be accompanied by other tightening measures. Beijing is grappling with rampant inflation, with numbers hitting 4.4% in October alone, and steadily speeding up. In September, inflation stood at 3.6%. Additionally, the Financial Times reports that banks are on track to surpass their 7,500 billion RMB ($1,130 billion) annual lending quota, unless the rate of lending slows dramatically in the last two months of the year.
Two Presidents Exchange Harsh Words
Meanwhile, harsh words are flying between Washington and Beijing as Chinese president Hu Jintao accuses President Barack Obama of creating economic turmoil by artificially flooding the market with cash, and Obama complains China is deflating its currency and driving up the trade imbalance between the two countries. In August the surplus stood at $28 billion. "Exchange rates must reflect economic realities," Obama told a news conference. "Emerging economies need to allow for currencies that are market driven."
Among the many shares that plunged, Sinopec tumbled 5% and PetroChina slid 1.6%. Gold miners fell substantially with Zijin Mining slumping 7.8%, Zhongjin Gold plummeting 7.5% and Shandong Gold Mining dropping 5.3%. Coal miners also declined steeply with China Coal Energy diving 7.1% and Yanzhou Coal Mining sliding 5.3%.
Property companies faltered even as home prices continue to climb -- higher interest rates could deter buyers already stretching their finances to purchase homes. Today Poly Real Estate slumped 7.3%, China Vanke plunged 7.1% and Gemdale sank 7%. China Shimao, which builds massive luxury homes fit for the rich and famous, nosedived 6.6%.
Chinese banks took a major hit with Bank of Communications sliding 6%, China Merchants bank down 5.2% and Bank of China off 3.4%.
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In Hong Kong banks also fell. China Construction Bank nosedived 3.8%, Industrial & Commercial bank lost 3.1%, China Construction Bank declined 3.8% and China Citic dipped 3%. HSBC gave up 2.7% and Standard Chartered receded 2.4%.
Hong Kong-listed commodities were in dire straits with Jiangxi Copper plunging 6.5%, Oil Explorer Cnooc losing 2.3% and Chalco, officially named Aluminum Corp. of China, sinking 6.6%.
Meanwhile, Hutchison Harbour Ring, a multi-faceted subsidy of Hutchison Whampoa with businesses ranging from toy manufacturing and technology to property, shot up 15%, causing the company to issue a notice stating that they are "not aware of any reasons for such increase and none of them had any recent dealings in the shares of the Company." Hutchison Whampoa, meanwhile, edged down 0.7%.
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Japanese carmakers also took a tumble with Isuzu plunging 2.9%, Nissan down 2.3%, Honda losing 1.8%, Mazda sinking 1.4% and Toyota off 0.6%. Even Fuji Heavy Industries, which recently announced plans to release a battery fueled car that can be charged through an ordinary household socket, slumped 2.6%. Investors clearly want to see progress that will make money today, not sometime in the future.


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People are living longer than ever before, global poverty has plummeted, war is on the decline.
Remember, not everything is horrible: https://t.co/ffDLlMhzGd
— Vox (@voxdotcom) November 22, 2017
Khizr Khan has a book out now, which reminded me I've been meaning to front-page this Buzzfeed article, "Khizr Khan Hasn't Given Up On Us Yet":
… Khan's new book, An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice, is part autobiography, part civics lesson (the end pages are photocopies of Article VI, Amendment XIII and Amendment XIV of the Constitution, with Khan's scribbling, underlining, and highlighting), and part patriotic message about the goodness of all Americans. It's also a deep dive into how a poor Muslim Pakistani boy made it to the US and became a symbol of the resistance against a sexist, race-baiting president who tried to ban immigrants from a number of Muslim-majority countries. But in the book, Trump hardly garners a mention until the very end.
You might think that Khan would feel deeply disappointed in — or even hopeless about — his adopted nation after watching just under half of the US electorate ignore his clear warning about exactly who Trump-as-president would be, and elect him anyway. But when we spoke, he always drove his answers back to the point of both his book and his public persona: America is worth fighting for.
"I am positive this division will go away," Khan said. "That's why I don't talk much about Trump, because this is a momentary difficulty our country is having. Within the DNA of this nation is unity, solidarity. I am a testament to that sentiment of the nation."
Even if that optimism sometimes seems unearned, even if his hopefulness sometimes feels like the exact thing a first-generation immigrant might say to their ungrateful, Americanized child — I suffered worse than you ever will — and even if it sometimes feels like Khan is too generous to a country that is mired in its divisions, it's still so easy to listen to his stories of patriotism and unity, and really, truly, believe that his is a world we could all one day live in too…
His American boss in Dubai helps Khan get a job in Houston so he can save up money to go to Harvard. Countless people make sure his wife and children are taken care of back in Pakistan as he toiled on the other side of the planet. Strangers — white, brown, Sikh, Muslim — give Khan a place to stay, a plate of food, a ride, whatever he needs to keep going. When Ghazala and the children come to the US permanently, a stranger from down the hall brings them bags of groceries.The kindnesses Khan describes in the book seem to be, according to him, deeply American. Only here could such a family thrive. "Division is not [in] the American DNA, it's not a part of the American fabric," he said….
Khan and his family live in Charlottesville, Virginia, where the tiki-torch bearing neo-Nazi protests happened in August. When I asked him about those demonstrations, he told me, "I was standing outside my car on the road, watching the parade go by with torches and Nazi flags. [I] never thought that Nazi flags will be carried on the streets of the United States, right before my eyes. I heard all the ugly chants with my own ears."
But, as in almost any case in which I tried to get Khan to talk about the brutality of American life, he was more interested in the positive aftermath, making an explicit choice to see the best in people. (Obama has often done something very similar; after Trump won, he reminded the country, "Everybody is sad when their side loses an election, but the day after we have to remember that we're actually all on one team.")
"The world only knows Friday and Saturday," Khan said. "But what happened on Wednesday, that is the true America, that is the message of America throughout the nation. On Wednesday, there was a march of the citizens of Charlottesville. They took the same route where these Neo-nazis had marched." Khan said that now, plenty of homes in Charlottesville bear a banner that says, "No matter where you are from, you're our neighbor."…


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Road trip! Regardless of your destination, having some good ways to pass the time will make the journey that much smoother. Check out some of our kid-approved road trip games.
Maybe on your upcoming road trip you get lucky and you will have a carload of kids who sleep the entire time. Realistically, that probably won't happen and you will need something to ward off the I'm bored! and Are we there yet? With this in mind, we have put together a few kid-approved car games to help you get from Point A to Point B with fewer frustrations.
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Eye Spy
A classic game that can be adapted depending on the age of your kids. The premise of the game centres around one person acting as "The Spy" and the other players acting as "guessers."
The Spy will pick an object within their visual range, this could be something in the vehicle, something on the horizon or anywhere in between, and will announce to the group, "I spy with my little eye, something that is yellow (or something that starts with the letter w)." Older kids who are practicing spelling often like to use the letter version, while the colour version works well for younger children.
The rest of the players take individual turns guessing what the Spy sees; the one who guesses correctly typically gets the next turn as Spy.
The License Plate Game
Everyone starts with a list of all the provinces and territories (or US States). A timeframe is set either using a phone countdown timer or a deadline, for example "before our next bathroom break". During that time players try to cross off as many provinces from their list based on the license plates they see, with bonus points being awarded if they see an out of country license plate. When the time is up the player who has seen the most provinces wins. This game can be played individually or in teams.
An alternative version of this game can involve the entire carload working together to see how many different license plates they see over the course of the road trip journey.
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The "Starts with, Ends with" game
A game to help with spelling is Starts With, Ends With. A theme is picked - countries or animals are popular choices - and players go one at a time using a system where they use the last letter of the previous person's word to start their word. For example:
Bear - Rat - Tiger - Racoon - Neon glowfish. Or: Canada - Argentina - Afghanistan - Nepal.
If a player cannot think of a word they are out and the next player takes their turn. Alternatively, the goal of this game can be to have the longest run; players can be encouraged to help other players by giving hints, for example referencing the continent a country could be in or giving facts about an animal, such as it waddles and loves the cold.
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AudioBook/Podcast Sessions
Reading can be a great way to pass the time on road trips, but if your kids get car sick or require help reading, a nice alternative is audio books.
The beauty of audiobooks is that they can also be used outside of travel time. If your family needs a bit of time to wind down before dinner an audiobook can do just that. Rainy afternoon? Play cards and listen to a few chapters of your audiobook.
Podcasts, similarly are a great way to inform and educate as well a nice way to help introduce everyone to useful information about your future destination!
While on a road trip everyone in the car can try to guess the population of the upcoming town or city. Alternatively, you can pick countries and try to guess the capital city and the population. Siri and Google can have the final say for any debates.
Interested in adventures you can take with your family? Check out our Family Learning Adventures and explore Canada's North with your favourite crew.
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Do you looking for the Zip Code for LEANDRO N.ALEM?
Zip Code for LEANDRO N.ALEM: 6023
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LEANDRO N.ALEM is a city in the country of Argentina. Argentina is a country in South America and belongs to the region BUENOS AIRES. The official language is spanish. There live about 44.293.293 (2017) people. Do you want to send a parcel or a map to LEANDRO N.ALEM? For this you need the postal code. Here it is for you: 6023. the indication to postal code 6023 is from 02/16/2012. More information for you can find on wikipedia.
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Soha is a Hindu girl. She was living in the hostel for her higher studies. All of a sudden she got sick. After which she got admitted to the hospital. But there is no improvement in her health. Her family spent a lot of money to improve his health. But there is no result. So one of her aunts told them to be concerned the Medical Astrology.
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Diseases are part of our body. Today the advancement in techniques can identify diseases. But it cannot identify it previously. The disease is recognized after some symptoms. As we know astrology is part of India for many years. Most people think astrology is for kundali matching, finding doshas, etc. But it can also tell you about your health-related issues also.
From a free horoscope online you can see your horoscope for health. There are many expert astrologers over there which can tell you about your health-related issues. They examine the effect of planetary position and stars on the person's health and tell you accordingly.
How Does Medical Astrology Provide You Solutions For Disease Due To Different Planets?
As you know astrology is a science that deals with the study of planets and stars in individual horoscopes. It can tell you about the problem along with the solution. Medical astrology is the type that deals with health-related issues and solutions.
Problem due to planet Moon:
If the position of the moon is affected in your horoscope. It will affect your mind which causes irritation.
- To overcome this you can do some remedies
- Do not cage the birds. Feed them.
- The business related to milk will not suit you.
- Respect your mother and bring her blessings.
Problem due to planet Sun:
It is connected to the head, eyes, heart, and bile. So bad sun positioning can result in problems related to these.
Now Question arises about how to find remedies to these problems? You can go for medical astrology remedies to find the remedies for problems related to the sun planet. Some of the remedies you can follow are:
- Don't leave the house before having sugar water.
- Give food to the monkey and black cow.
- Take gifts from your parents only. Don't take it from anyone else.
Problem due to planet mercury:
Mercury is the planet of intelligence. Its mispositioning can cause problems related to the neck, voice, and skin.
To reduce problems related to Mercury you can follow a free health horoscope for remedies. Let's see some of the remedies
Before wearing the new clothes just wash them.
- Donations of rice and milk at the temple will help you.
- Alcohol and meat should not be consumed.
- Drinking water in silver glass can help you.
- Take out food for cows before you eat.


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The Dow posted its best day since January, despite banking troubles and an uncertain path for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose during its recent trading on intraday levels, to achieve gains in its last sessions by 1.20%.
- It gained about 382.60 points and settled at the end of trading at the level of 32,244.59.
- This happened after the index fell during Friday's trading by -1.19%, at the end of a week in which the index fell slightly by -0.15%.
The Dow posted its best day since January, despite banking troubles and an uncertain path for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. Investors appeared to be on edge over recent efforts to fend off a potential global banking crisis ahead of the Fed's interest rate decision.
The Fed faces a dilemma at its policy meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, as it tries to balance its battle against inflation and concerns about the stability of the financial system. Fed fund futures traders who braced earlier this month for a 50 basis point rate hike, or half a percentage point, now see a 26.9% chance that policymakers will leave rates unchanged on Wednesday, and a 73.1% greater chance of raising them by about 25%. basis point or a quarter of a percentage point.
Meanwhile, shares of First Republic Bank FRC closed down another 47% on Monday, after the troubled bank's rating plunged deeper into junk territory over the weekend. S&P Global Ratings said the rescue package rolled out last week that $30 billion does not solve the bank's "big business, liquidity, financing, and profitability challenges", sending First Republic shares down 90% this year.
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Technically, the index found some support after basing it on the important 31,727.00 support level, supported by the influx of positive signals in the relative strength indicators, after earlier reaching oversold areas, for the index to try to compensate for some of its previous losses. Considering its trading along a bearish sub-slope line in the short term. This is shown in the attached chart for a period (daily), with continued negative pressure for its trading below the simple moving average for the previous 50-day period.
That is why we expect the index to return to decline during its upcoming trading, as long as the 32,582.00 resistance remains stable, especially if it breaks the aforementioned 31,727.00 support, to then target the support level at 30,454.50.
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'Is it because of my color?' Mo Farah's victim act is wearing thin over links to disgraced coach Salazar
Mo Farah's latest attempts at damage limitation over his links to shamed former coach Alberto Salazar have again involved playing the victim card, and it's all getting very tiresome.
Farah has been forced on the defensive after it emerged that the British four-time Olympic champion issued denials to US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) officials over an injection of L-carnitine before the London Marathon in 2014, only to then change his story and admit he had been given the substance.
The story has renewed the scrutiny over Farah's links to disgraced former coach Salazar, who was handed a four-year ban in 2019 over doping violations.
Farah trained with Salazar between 2011 and 2017, remaining loyal to the American even after accusations of wrongdoing were initially leveled against him in 2015.
Also on rt.com Mo Farah's reputation is unravelling, so let's stop tiptoeing around and hear the full story of his ties with disgraced SalazarThe latest setback to Farah's reputation came when a BBC Panorama documentary revealed that the distance runner, who also has six world titles to his name, told USADA officials investigating Salazar in 2015 that he had not been given an injection of L-carnitine, a performance-enhancing substance which is legal in small doses, on Salazar's orders ahead of the London Marathon in the previous year.
On immediately consulting with an official from UK Athletics, Farah then admitted to investigators that he had been given L-carnitine, claiming it had simply slipped his mind.
To add further confusion to the case, UK Athletics' chief medical officer at the time failed to note the injection in official records, asserting we should take his word for it that the dose was within legal limits.
Amid all this scandal Farah has gone on a PR charm offensive, the latest act of which involved speaking to UK newspaper the Sunday Mirror from his training camp in Ethiopia.
But as in previous cases, Farah's protestations of complete innocence have involved portraying himself as the main victim, when what we really need are more answers from a man given a knighthood in 2017 for his track achievements.
"It's not fair on my kids and my family. It's just not right. It's depressing. Mentally and physically it's had an effect on me," Farah told the Mirror.
"It has made me question if I'm a bad person. Is it against me? Is it because of my color? It makes you question everything and that's annoying and damaging."
The racism card is one Farah played with journalists back in October of 2019, soon after Salazar was banned for four years along with a consultant doctor for administering a banned intravenous infusion, trafficking testosterone, and tampering with the doping control process.
Farah was not named by USADA in the case against Salazar, and has insisted he knew nothing of any shady goings-on at the now defunct Nike Oregon Project headed by the coach.
"I don't want people to feel sorry for me, but I've always done the right thing," Farah, 36, told the Mirror.
"I was 100 per cent convinced I hadn't taken it (L-carnitine before the London Marathon). In my mind I hadn't taken anything else apart from magnesium. I put magnesium on the doping control form.
"I can sleep at night knowing I've done nothing wrong."
But based on Farah's latest sob story, people feeling sorry for him appears to be exactly what he is striving for.
He has claimed he is willing to cooperate with any additional investigations into his links with Salazar, all the while bemoaning the "unfair" treatment of his "private information" being reported in the press.
"It's not fair USADA are giving my private information out. How does my stuff get leaked? It's not fair, it's like it's one rule for one and another rule forothers."
That smacks of a man confused as to why people would be interested in finding out the full facts of how a national hero emerged under the stewardship of a coach now serving a four-year doping ban.
Indeed, it also contradicts Farah's frequent claims that he "totally understands" why there are questions about his ties to Salazar.
"Sadly he crossed the line in what he was doing. I'm not responsible for him or his actions. Am I human? Yes. Do I make mistakes? Yes. But every one of us do. At the end of the day it's a legal supplement and everything I ever did went through UK Athletics to check it was OK," Farah has pleaded.
We are all human, yes, but we are not all decorated Olympians with links to a now-disgraced former coach banned for doping violations.
"Panorama only tells half the story. They make out like I'm hiding something, but I've nothing to hide," Farah continued in his PR push.
"I've been tested 100 times and I'm more than happy to go back through my tests. I will overcome this, continue to go out there and make people proud. I love what I do and no one can take that away."
But if only half the story has been told, surely it's on Farah to ensure we hear the full version, or else the questions and doubts will only escalate.
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The Creighton Kodiak Senior Girls were in Carrot River this past weekend in a final tune up tournament before Conferences.
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Two area men — both part of the state prison system's work release program — were denied parole during recent hearings before the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles.
The first to be turned down, on January 19, was former Flomaton resident Buddie Lamar Jackson, who is currently housed at the Mobile Work Release facility.
Jackson was convicted in 2019 and sentenced to 20 years on a second-degree theft charge. He also was sentenced to 20 years for an "offense against a person," a Class B felony, but that is to run concurrently with the other term.
He also did a 3-year prison stint in 2015 after a conviction on charges of "offense against a person," second-degree theft, third-degree burglary and first-degree receiving stolen property.
Without a pardon or parole, Jackson — who had served just over 4 years on his hearing date — won't be released from prison before December 21, 2035.
A bid by Devin Jamorris Nicholson, formerly of Brewton, for parole was rejected by the board during February 2 hearings.
Nicholson, who is currently housed at the Loxley Work Release facility, was sentenced in 2019 to serve 20 years after a second-degree robbery conviction. He had been behind prison bars 3 years, 10 months and 21 days on his hearing date.
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International Research Project (IRP) Phenomic Responses of Invertebrates to Changing Environment & multi-Stress (PRICES)
All organisms possess physiological optima which determine their ecological niches. Physiological responses, and their level of flexibility are increasingly recognized as key elements of adaptation of organisms to environmental changes. We need to understand the link between the causes (i.e. human activity, climate extremes) and their effects on biological functions, from individuals to ecosystems. The physiology of individuals provides the functional link between causes and effects. Physiological capacities and responses act as a filter between environmental variations (human-induced or natural) and ecological performance of individuals, populations and species. Understanding physiological responses of organisms to changing environments can therefore help to explain ecological patterns. For this reason, ecophysiological research constitutes a knowledge base necessary to understand the patterns of population distribution.
Despite the diversity and abundance of studies describing phenotypic responses of organisms to environmental changes (stressful and non-stressful), many gaps remain in our knowledge of the ecophysiological mechanisms that underlie these responses. The scientific goals of this IRP PRICES (2019-2023) is to fill this gap. First, we will describe the diversity of phenotypes expressed by several invertebrate models exposed to complex environmental variations of natural and/or anthropogenic origins ("phenomic" approach). Second, we will also study the physiological mechanisms underlying the observed phenotypic responses using integrative ecophysiology approach. Integrative ecophysiology, by definition, requires the contribution of different scientific expertises (eg ecology, biochemistry, omics, functional genetics, etc.) and incorporates all information from different levels of biological organization, from genes to molecules to cellular or tissue responses to obtain a functional vision of phenomic responses.
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