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Victory! Appellate Court Strikes Down "Doctors Note" Requirement for Transgender Name Changes
October 21, 2009 - A New York State appeals court today struck down a lower court's requirement that transgender people seeking to change their names provide medical evidence of their need for the name change. The ruling was handed down in an appeal we filed on behalf of Olin Winn-Ritzenberg, a transgender man whose petition to change his name to Olin was denied by the lower court because he had failed to provide a letter from a doctor, therapist or social worker establishing his need to change his name.
But the appellate court wrote, "[t]here is no sound basis in law or policy to engraft upon the statutory provisions an additional requirement that a transgendered-petitioner present medical substantiation for the desired name change." The court's decision sends a powerful message that transgender people must be treated equally and that they cannot be subjected to different legal requirements than everyone else. People's names are fundamental to their identities. This decision confirms that each one of us has the right to be known by a name we choose. That decision can't be second-guessed by doctors, therapists or anyone else simply because someone is transgender.
Upon learning of the ruling, Olin said, "This means that I can finally change my name and move forward with my life. My gender transition has been a very personal journey, and no one is in a better position to decide that I need to change my name than I am."
We were lucky to have the assistance of some incredibly talented lawyers, including Brenna DeVaney, Benjamin Edwards, Daniel Gonen, and Janson Mao, who served with us as Olin's co-counsel. Daniel admirably argued the appeal. And our friends at Debevoise & Plimpton and Lambda Legal submitted a stellar brief in support of Olin's appeal. You can read the appeal brief we submitted on Olin's behalf here.
We'd be remiss if we failed to acknowledge Olin's perseverance throughout the long appeal process. Instead of complying with a lower court requirement that we all knew was unjust (and that had been imposed upon many other people), he chose to fight it, delaying his own name change for many months to finally put an end to the practice of subjecting transgender name change applicants to this burdensome and demeaning doctor's note requirement. Thank you, Olin!
Olin changed his name through TLDEF's Name Change Project, which provides free and low-cost name changes by matching transgender community members in New York City with lawyers in private practice who provide their services free of charge. If you or someone you know needs help with a name change, please contact us.
Many months ago, when we first filed this appeal, we asked the question, "Who Decides?" Who decides what your gender identity is? Doctors, government officials, and agency administrators? Or each one of us as autonomous individuals? After many months, we're very happy to have closed the circle with a victory for freedom and self-determination.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Happy Birthday ,Ganeshji !
What a sweet Ganpati! It belongs to our Blogdost - three guesses - I bet you know who.
On the way back from Kolkata, as we drove to catch our flight back to Mumbai, I watched hundreds of Vishwakarma images being taken for visarjan. When we landed , it was close to midnight, and our Ganpatis were winding their way to countless temporary homes in the metropolis. It felt great to be back! From the air , I could see the shimmering lights of several Sarvajanik pandals gleaming in the dark wetness of the monsoon night. Driving home, I joined worshippers as they shouted, "Ganpati Bappa, Morya..."
There were no ukdichhey modak waiting for me, though. That delicacy ended with the passing away of my mother.
This appeared in Bombay Times yesterday....
Remembering Gautam ….
When Madhuri Dixit broke down during a book release function in front of a vast , pre-dominantly Maharashtrian audience at the historic Ravindra Natya Mandir last week, there was pin drop silence. She took her time to compose herself, tears flowing down her alabaster cheeks. When she spoke about the late Gautam Rajadhyaksha, it was with genuine love for a man whose goodness had touched the hearts of so many people. Gautam referred to Madhuri as his daughter ( the other daughter being Kaajol). And Madhuri's was the face Gautam picked for the cover of his superb book, aptly titled 'Faces'. Dixit, looking ravishing and Goddess-like, was accompanied by her husband, who sportingly came up on stage for the audience to get a good dekho of the man blessed enough to be married to Madhuri. His appearance was greeted by a roar of approval.
Once we had finished wiping our tears, it was time for Asha Bhonsle to speak. Before she did that, the presenter read out a moving tribute to Gautam written by Ashatai herself ( she is nearly done with her autobiography). This was such a gut wrenching effort, it was impossible to listen to it without audibly sobbing. Ashatai herself, kept wiping her tears with a corner of her saree pallu. Yes. It was that emotionally charged.They were close, Gautam and Asha. And shared an extraordinary relationship. She confessed she used to sulk and get possessive about Gautam often taunting him to go spend time with Madhuri or Kaajol…. his 'ladkis' ( favourites), after a difference of opinion. Ashatai's secret recipe for 'Fish Biryani' ( her signature dish), was shared exclusively with Gautam ( an equally accomplished cook)…. but, she added with a wry smile, it never tasted the same. They shared common passions for music, food, beauty, and much more. Their daily conversations must have been scintillating. She expressed her enormous regret that Gautam isn't around to see her movie debut at 80 years of age in 'Mai'. Unbelievable! Perhaps it marks a first in the world …. a legendary singer decides to try her hand at acting in the eighth decade of her incredible life! Would Gautam have approved? No! Said Ashatai firmly. He refused to photograph her as an old woman… and wept when he saw the early stills. In his eyes, Ashatai was the perennial Diva…. one beyond age.
What a fine evening it was. Two extraordinary women ( Madhuri Dixit and Asha Bhonsle), sharing the same platform to honour an extraordinary man!
Green Ganpatis…. an excellent initiative that's being aggressively promoted. Eco-friendly murtis of Mumbai's favourite deity have finally caught on with more and more devotees are opting for them.It was always a heart breaking sight to see the beaches after Visarjan day. Let's all endeavour to make this year's Festival, the biggest, safest and cleanest…
Fascinating to see the growing trend of item numbers picturised on hotties playing Marathi Mulgis in Bollywood movies. After Vidya's energetic lavni, it's on to Rani Mukherjee's Aiyaa. But before that comes sizzling Bebo's Halkat! Raj Thackeray must be in heaven!
13 comments:
- Manjiri Kale said...
Ganesh chaturthichya shubhhechha...
Hmm....no idea about the blogdost. Anyway...ganpati bappa moraya...mangalmurti moraya
- September 19, 2012 at 4:41 PM
- Manjiri Kale said...
My mother makes very good modak so do come in our house
- September 19, 2012 at 4:44 PM
- snehal said...
Happy Ganesh Chaturthi!!
- September 19, 2012 at 5:40 PM
- Unknown said...
Nitin rai, Nitin rai, Nitin rai..
- September 19, 2012 at 10:59 PM
That Ganpati looks too cute.
- September 20, 2012 at 5:40 AM
- Another Kiran In NYC said...
Ganpati Bappa Morya.
I ate modak shaped pedhas this morning, This weekend, I shall dress in a narayan pethi sari, green glass bangles and flowers in my hair and go forth to attend a marathi natya sangeet recital to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi. My daughter made a small clay ganpati with little nimble fingers and that will get pride of place on my living room mantle for the next week. A teaching moment for art and culture and what it means to appreciate my hindu roots.
The actual culinary delights of a steamed modak continue to elude me, but a girl can dream... right?
- September 20, 2012 at 8:52 AM
- Pooja Rathore said...
Ganapatijis pic is really good,talented nitin?
Touching post on gautam rajayadhyaksha...its nice to know he is regarded so high by the people he worked with and by the people in his life.
Raj thackrey in heaven was really a good line de ;)
- September 21, 2012 at 7:47 PM
- akash shastri said...
Ganpati Bappa Morya. Enjoyed a lot on Ganesh Chaturthi and the laddus made by my grand mother were awesome.
- September 22, 2012 at 11:45 AM
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- September 22, 2012 at 3:21 PM
Beautiful post on ganpati visarjan. And what a beautiful idol of ganesh ji ! Thanks for sharing your beautiful description.
- September 22, 2012 at 6:57 PM
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Large bowel resection is surgery to remove all or part of your large bowel. This surgery is also called colectomy. The large bowel is also called the large intestine or colon.
Removal of the entire colon and the rectum is called a proctocolectomy.
Removal of part or all of the colon but not the rectum is called subtotal colectomy.
The large bowel connects the small intestine to the anus. Normally, stool passes through the large bowel before leaving the body through the anus.
Alternative Names
Ascending colectomy; Descending colectomy; Transverse colectomy; Right hemicolectomy; Left hemicolectomy; Hand assisted bowel surgery; Low anterior resection; Sigmoid colectomy; Subtotal colectomy; Proctocolectomy; Colon resection; Laparoscopic colectomy; Colectomy – partial; Abdominal perineal resection
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Depending on what type of procedure you have, your surgeon will make one or more cuts in your belly.
With laparoscopic colectomy, the surgeon uses a tiny camera to see inside your belly and small instruments to remove part of your large bowel. You will have three to five small cuts in your lower belly. The surgeon passes the medical instruments through these cuts.
- You may also have a cut of about 2 to 3 inches if your surgeon needs to put a hand inside your belly to feel or remove the diseased bowel.
- During laparoscopy, your belly will be filled with gas to expand it. This makes the area easier to see and work in.
- Your surgeon will remove the diseased part of your large bowel.
- The surgeon will then sew the healthy ends of the bowel back together. This is called anastomosis.
- Then the cuts on the skin will be closed with stitches.
For open colectomy, your surgeon will make a 6- to 8-inch cut in your lower belly.
- The surgeon will find the part of your colon that is diseased.
- The surgeon will put clamps on both ends of this part to close it off.
- Then the surgeon will remove the diseased part.
- If there is enough healthy large intestine left, your surgeon will sew or staple the healthy ends back together. Most patients have this done.
- If you do not have enough healthy large intestine to reconnect, you may have a
In most cases, the colostomy is short-term. It can be closed with another operation later. But, if a large part of your bowel is removed, the colostomy may be permanent.
Your surgeon may also look at lymph nodes and other organs, and may remove some of them.
Colectomy surgery usually takes between 1 and 4 hours.
Why the Procedure Is Performed
Large bowel resection is used to treat many conditions, including:
A block in the intestinedue to scar tissue
Colon cancer
Diverticular disease(disease of the large bowel)
Other reasons to perform bowel resection are:
Familial polyposis
Injuries that damage the large bowel
Intussusception (when one part of the intestine pushes into another)
Precancerous polyps (nodes)
Severe gastrointestinal bleeding
Twisting of the bowel (volvulus)
Ulcerative colitis
Talk with your doctor about these possible risks and complications.
Risks for any anesthesia are:
- Reactions to medicines
- Breathing problems
Risks for any surgery are:
- Blood clots in the legs that may travel to the lungs
- Breathing problems
- Heart attack or stroke
- Infection, including in the lungs, urinary tract, and belly
Risks for this surgery are:
- Bleeding inside your belly
- Bulging tissue through the surgical cut, called an incisional
- Damage to nearby organs in the body
- Damage to the ureter or bladder
- Problems with the colostomy
- Scar tissue that forms in the belly and causes a blockage of the intestines
- The edges of your intestines that are sewn together come open (anastomotic leak — this may be life-threatening)
- Wound breaks open (dehiscence)
- Wound infections
Before the Procedure
Always tell your doctor or nurse what drugs you are taking, even drugs, supplements, or herbs you bought without a prescription.
Talk with your doctor or nurse about these things before you have surgery:
- Intimacy and sexuality
- Pregnancy
- Sports
- Work
During the 2 weeks before your surgery:
- Two weeks before surgery you may be asked to stop taking drugs that make it harder for your blood to clot. These include aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), Naprosyn (Aleve, Naproxen), and others.
- Ask your doctor which drugs you should still take on the day of your surgery.
- If you smoke, try to stop. Ask your doctor for help.
- Always let your doctor know about any cold, flu, fever, herpes breakout, or other illness you may have before your surgery.
- Eat high fiber foods and drink 6 to 8 glasses of water every day.
The day before your surgery:
- A few days before surgery, you will be given a bowel prep that includes drinking fluids and taking laxatives and enemas. This is done to make sure that the colon is free of any stool.
- You may be asked to drink only clear liquids such as broth, clear juice, and water after noon.
- Do not drink anything after midnight, including water. Sometimes you will not be able to drink anything for up to 12 hours before surgery.
On the day of your surgery:
- Take the drugs your doctor told you to take with a small sip of water.
- Your doctor or nurse will tell you when to arrive at the hospital.
After the Procedure
You will be in the hospital for 3 to 7 days. You may have to stay longer if your colectomy was an emergency operation.
You may also need to stay longer if a large amount of your small intestine was removed or you develop any complications. By the second or third day, you will probably be able to drink clear liquids. Your doctor or nurse will slowly add thicker fluids and then soft foods as your bowel begins to work again.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Most people who have a large bowel resection recover fully. Even with a colostomy, most people are able to do most activities they were doing before their surgery. This includes most sports, travel, gardening, hiking, and other outdoor activities, and most types of work.
If you have a long-term (chronic) condition, such as cancer, Crohn's disease, or ulcerative colitis, you may need ongoing medical treatment.
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Posted: Fri 16 Mar 2012, 13:01
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need adapter to go between a sata female and a ide male..
Subject description: what do I call it?
I have Toshiba Tecra M9, 2.3hz dual cpu with 2gb Ram and a 80GB hard drive. I wiped Windows off and installed Linux, no problem, but when I go to install windows again, it cannot find the hard drive. I have reformatted the drive, repartioned the drive and installed fat 32 and NST?? But it cannot find the hard drive. I reinstalled Linux and it had no problem finding the hard drive. I want to take a ide I have and install it in this laptop, but I need an adapter. I want to sell it on ebay. What do I call the item I need when looking for it on ebay? I am in over my head, and I keep pushing off the bottom to take a breath. Thanks very much.
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Posted: Fri 16 Mar 2012, 14:08
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Hi Zippytex
You can't simply install a hardware adapter
It is a SATA driver that's needed, and you'll need to put it on a floppy or usb stick, as it needs to be installed when XP installer asks if you need to install any raid or special drivers
Also be aware that sometimes windoze can't see drives which have been partitioned with linux tools...it's a windoze protection issue
The only hardware way is to buy a 2.5" sata usb case on ebay for about $7/8, and take the drive out of the laptop
try using fdisk in a windows box, if you can, or try downloading Hiren's bootCD, and install MiniXP to a usb stick, if it won't install the sata driver to your existing sata drive using its own drive utilities
or simply d/l M$/freedos Fdisk to usb stick, then add fat32 partition
fdisk131 here
Why not sell it with Puppy installed and working, or are you keeping it but giving up on puppy??
No Licensing problems, no software to buy, no spam/viruses etc, etc
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Posted: Fri 16 Mar 2012, 15:55
Post subject: Wow! It is amazing how much I do not know!
Subject description: SATA drive
NO, I gave up on windows a long time ago! One day, I realized that I had not booted windows in about three months! It is huge and slow, but the thing I dislike most is their non-sharing attitude! It is like inviting people to wonderful? dinner and then when they get there, they are not allowed to eat.
I like Linux Mint and Ubuntu, but puppy is my favorite. I think it is because it lets you get close to the source. You understand more using puppy than other distros. At least I do. Maybe I will just keep the Toshiba, it is pretty nice and sell the Dell. I could set up a double boot on it and let someone discover puppy.
I will check out your information and learn from it. I have downloaded it and added it to my Linux notebook.
I would have quit a long time ago if it were not for this forum.
Thanks for your help, it is much appreciated!. Mary
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good luck....you can always ask again if you get stuck
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Posted: Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:23
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All the sites were great!
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I had been wanting a hiren's boot disk, but could not find it. Thanks. You took a lot of time with all these links and I do thank you!
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Posted: Sun 18 Mar 2012, 19:24
Post subject: The only hardware way is to buy a 2.5" sata usb case on ebay
Subject description: What is the process?
I ordered the case from ebay. So, I take out the hard drive and put it in the case. Then what? Can I attach it to the usb port and install windows xp pro to that? Is it the motherboard that asks for the driver?
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Posted: Sun 18 Mar 2012, 21:00
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Hi zippytex
OK, so you've gone for a SATA USB case....If you take your drive out of the laptop, ....
....it will install in the USB case, which already has the hardware to connect the drive, though it connects to the PC via USB interface, so Mini-Windoze from Hirens should install OK, as it'll just see it as an external drive - you can try a full XP install instead of mini if you want/prefer
You will need to add the SATA drivers I posted on 16th March, in a folder on the root, C:\ partition, - (once you've got it partitioned, before reinstalling it back into the laptop), - or on a separate USB flashdrive, for the laptop's native SATA hardware, which IS on its 'motherboard',
[though slightly different to a desktop type motherboard, and usually just referred to, as the mainboard, or system board]
When you do come to re-install the hard drive and do a full install with the drive back in the laptop, , Windoze will possibly ask if you need to install any raid or other drivers, and you'll need to point it to the folder with the SATA drivers in posted earlier, you may need to read the notes attached as I'm not totally sure, as this seems a special case for this laptop, AFAIK - I thought XP usually found SATA drives OK....
- afterwards it should now see the drive, which you will have installed mini-windoze, or maybe a full install onto [it'll save time if you do mini I'd have thought...], as it will be formatted with a windoze friendly mbr and formatting, either fat32 or NTFS, and you should be able to overwrite the existing mini-windoze, on the C:\ partition or just add a new XP version, and have a choice of which to run, with mini as an emergency rescue bootable version, with a choice of XP or mini selectable at bootup....it depends how much space you have/ or need, really
I hope you can make sense of this, as I'm better at doing/demoing this sort of thing, than explaining it....
good luck
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Posted: Mon 19 Mar 2012, 00:10
Post subject: I did try to install the driver from the Toshiba website
Subject description: using xp sp2
Nothing happened with sp3, only the f3, cannot be installed.
with sp2, I got to put in f6 and s, but it said the driver I was trying to install was older than the sp2 drivers on the disk. I got another F3, no install.
Maybe I will try to sell it with linux. We'll see after the box gets here. I try not to be too hard on myself, after all I was born one year after Pearl Harbor was bombed! The gray matter is getting slower.
I do thank you for your help, you have been very kind. I will let you know how it turns out!
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Posted: Mon 26 Mar 2012, 23:52
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A few tips...
(1) most laptops on eBay are sold with no hard drive and no operating system.
(2) there are no reliable IDE<->SATA converters that I know of.
(3) SATA hard drives are cheap.
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Posted: Tue 27 Mar 2012, 05:27
Post subject: found a disk that promises to...
Subject description: take care of sata driver problem
This looks like an easy way to take care of the problem, what do you think?
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Posted: Tue 27 Mar 2012, 15:07
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Well...whatever floats your boat as they say....
If it feels right for you, go for it....but bear in mind it's a DVD, which won't work in a CD player
....and you do need a good XP install CD with serial numbers as well
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Posted: Tue 27 Mar 2012, 15:16
Post subject: I still have a few more days before I can order it
Subject description: I will try again.
I will go over the instructions again and see if I can.
Thanks for the instruction.
By the way, I reinstalled Lucid 5.x.oo4 and this time I saved all the pet packages in a separate dos 32 partition. When I try another version of puppy, can I just reused these packages without having to download them? Some of them are sfs files and quite long.
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Posted: Tue 27 Mar 2012, 23:19
Post subject: Re: I still have a few more days before I can order it
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You can create a slipstream remaster of the windows cd with the sata drivers, I had to do that once for my acer laptop using nLite which is free.
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I believe .SFS files can be used, but some .pets are kernel specific, I think, but seem ok with each series of puppy, i.e. if made for 4 series puppy work OK in 4 and some 5 series, but not always 3 series, though ttuuxxx's 214X is an exception, as he has updated many pets/packages to work
I you keep a spare savefile as a backup, and a .pet doesn't work/messes things up, you can replace the save file with the backup and discard the corrupt one quite easily....this is a common method of playing with puppy
see shinobar's 'loadSFS-on-the-fly' .pet
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Jonathan Higbee | June 20, 2014
While airplanes get more crowded and expensive (you have to pay for oxygen now on certain airlines, we hear) at least the in-flight safety speeches from flight attendants are more entertaining. The latest in-flight safety speech to go viral comes from a Southwest Airlines flight originating in San Francisco featuring one sassy attendant.
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- 4 ears fresh corn
- 2 tablespoons butter or a little bacon grease
- 1 small sweet onion diced
- salt and pepper to taste
- Cut corn kernels from cob. Slice if off and lightly scrape the cob.
- In a heavy skillet, melt butter over medium heat.
- Saute corn kernels just until tender, then mix in onion.
- Continue to saute until onion is just beginning to turn crispy.
- Season with salt and pepper.
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And this night and the next night. Read full review
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In a rom-com, there's no rom without the com. Hart and Hall give it their all.
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It's not surprising that the remake of the 1986 film About Last Night... is broader, cruder and raunchier than the original. What is surprising it that's also much, much funnier.
Frisky fun made all the more entertaining because of the potent chemistry between its quartet of lead actors.
A rare remake in that it's sufficiently different in the details to make it of interest to those familiar to the earlier endeavor.
The four leads are enormously likable and there's still enough sharp, raunchy, sexy humor for me to recommend this version.
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Sexy, funny adult romcom gives insight on love, friends.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that About Last Night is a hilarious remake of the 1986 classic, based on a David Mamet play, that trades in mature sexual themes: one-night stands, relationship woes, breakups, infidelity, friends with benefits, and more. Men and women freely discuss sex acts with friends; one character makes sexist jokes. Expect lots of swearing (from the fairly tame "moron" to various permutations of the F-word) and hard-core drinking and one scene with people getting stoned, plus sex scenes that don't show breasts, backsides, or genitals, but definitely imply specific acts.
Messages: Friendships will see you through breakups. A good relationship requires clear and honest communication, plus heaps of patience.
Role models: Danny is a good guy, through and through, even if he sometimes has trouble expressing his feelings. Debbie, played by Joy Bryant, is also a decent person with an open heart, and their friends are loyal. They don't always handle relationship situations well, but they don't purposefully hurt others. One character's humor is sexist at times, in one instance calling women who rebuff his advances "lesbians."
Violence: Some yelling and storming out of rooms. A woman slaps a man, out of anger, and later out of playfulness.
Sex: Lots of graphic sex jokes, with mentions of sex acts including various types of oral sex. One character constantly talks about how much sex he's having, and how, using colorful descriptions. Lots of passionate kissing in bed with mostly naked bodies, though breasts and backsides are artfully concealed by bedding. Occasional side-views, but no frontal nudity. Some scenes imply sex acts, though they're played for laughs.
Language: Constant swearing, though much is used in humorous situations: "moron," "s--t," "ass," "d--k," "p---y," "bitch" and multiple variations of "f--k."
Consumerism: Many labels flashed and name-dropped, including Sprint, U-Haul, Sony Vaio, the Container Store, Guiness beer, Starbucks, Nokia, Facebook, Krispy Kreme, Popchips, Ziplock and more.
Drinking, drugs and smoking: Lots of scenes showing adults getting inebriated while out with friends, and sometimes it leads to confrontations and loud public arguments. Two friends share a joint at a party.
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California walnuts are on a roll. Like almonds and pistachios, walnuts have been identified as a nutritional, healthy food item.
Things are so good that Mintel, a global market research firm, reported that walnut snack sales in Europe have doubled in the past five years and are up 89 percent over the previous year, according to the California Walnut Marketing Board.
The same company reported last fall that walnuts were the most frequently mentioned nut on restaurant salad menus during the first quarter of 2006. In fact, mentions were up 33 percent from 2005 in the 550 restaurants surveyed, of which 350 were chain restaurants.
Good news indeed for California walnut producers.
But, many are not happy, due to prospects for the small 2007 crop that apparently will be delivered to dehydrators and marketers this fall from the state's 215,000 bearing acres.
The first crop estimate isn't due for two months, but growers are already putting preliminary numbers to the crop set, and the outlook for virtually every variety is down — some precipitously from last season.
No one knows exactly why. Theories abound, and no one is discounting any of them.
Scientists and researchers may be talking about 2007 for a long time to come. Seemingly, there should be a good California walnut crop in the making. But there isn't — or at least when you hear growers like Joe Conant of Wheatland, Calif., go down the list of varieties he farms, delineating how far each is down compared to last season.
"Chandler down 20 percent, and we were down last year; Hartley down 10 percent; Tulare, a crop disaster with only 20 percent of a crop; Vina down 70 percent; and Serr — terrible."
Dave Kewaya, a major grower in the Orland and Chico areas who also operates a dehydrator, doesn't argue with Conant's observation. He might differ only on how far off this year's crop will be compared to 2006.
They agree that only one variety, Howard, has managed to escape the litany of weather-related maladies.
Conant says his Howards are only down about 10 percent. Keyawa is propping up the limbs of his Howard walnuts to keep them from breaking.
"Howard is the only bright spot this year," says Keyawa.
"We've been knocking our heads against a wall trying to figure out what happened to cause such a short crop."
It's definitely not insects, all agree. Walnut Blight has not been bad this season, either.
It's all about weather.
The frustration comes partly because most tree and vine growers in the state say last winter was one of the best "chilling hours" years in several seasons.
But, shoot growth was erratic this year, a telltale sign of low chilling hours. According to the University of California, walnuts need 500 to 700 chilling hours. Keyawa believes it is closer to 1,000 to set a solid crop.
By comparison, almonds require only 400 to 500, pistachios 800, and French plums 800.
Conant and Keyawa believe growers didn't recognize that it may not be just chilling hours, but how you calculate them.
Conant knows the weather away from the thermometer can make a difference.
"Fog makes for more effective chilling hours," he says. "There is a big difference in chilling hours when you have a low of 30 degrees followed by a daytime high of 70, compared to when the low is 32 and the high tops out at only 48 because of the fog."
The fog is a result of rain. According to UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Franz Niederholzer, "There was no measurable rain here in January — and when you have no rain, there is no fog."
There are three different ways of calculating chilling hours. The two simplest and most common are to accumulate the number of hours below 45 degrees or the number of hours between 32 and 45 degrees.
The other is more complicated and more telling on the counting of this crop's chilling hours. It's called the Utah method, and uses the concept of relative chilling effectiveness and negative chilling accumulation.
It adds chilling hours like the other two, but subtracts chill units when the temperature gets above 61 degrees.
"If we use the Utah model, we find that we had as few as 500 chilling hours. We need 1,000 plus," says Keyawa.
"It got cold enough to kill some of my citrus trees, and all my 10-year-old avocados, but there weren't enough chilling hours for my walnuts," says Conant.
The excessive heat last summer is another culprit growers and fieldmen identify as a possible culprit.
The lack of nut set is also being attributed to excessive pollen. "My patio was covered with pollen this spring," says Keyawa.
High pollen load has been identified as one of the reasons for the long-standing problem of pistillate flower abscission (PFA), which causes poor nut set, primarily in the Serr variety. Some growers believe PFA may have caused problems in many of the other wind-pollinated walnut varieties.
Glenn County UCCE Farm Advisor Bill Krueger says too much pollen can create just as many nut set problems as too little.
Conant and Keyawa both say catkins were in abundance this spring, another oddity that may be a reason for the short crop.
"I had probably four times as many catkins than normal," says Conant.
"They covered the roads around orchards," says Keyawa.
Catkins are the male flowers, and when they are excessive, it takes energy away from the female buds. Some believe last year's hot summer contributed to heavy numbers of catkins this year.
Niederholzer also points out that the weather during bloom this year was very hot; temperatures were high and moisture was low.
"You have to have moisture to hydrate the flower," he says. "In prunes, research has shown temperatures above 80 degrees hamper pollen germ. I think this may have hurt walnuts in the Sacramento Valley this spring. We had a heat spike of 83-85 degrees when prunes were blooming in the southern Sacramento Valley, and there is a very short crop.
"On the other hand, prunes in the Chico and Red Bluff areas missed that spike by three or four days, and the crop there is better," Niederholzer says. "We had weather in the lower Sacramento Valley in March that was more like May."
Growers also are wondering if detrimental weather during bud differentiation may have had an impact.
"They used to think bud differentiation happened in September," Conant says. "Now research has shown it's way before that. I wouldn't be surprised if we weren't seeing bud differentiation in May.
"We saw fruit three-eights of an inch in diameter fall off this year, long after PFA should have been a problem. This could be related to the lack of chilling, or intense heat last summer during bud differentiation."
No one has definitive answers about factors that reduced this crop significantly in many areas, which only makes it more frustrating when considering what could have been.
"Look here," Conant says, as he checks a Chandler block, pointing to where he would normally see young nuts. "There should be two, maybe three, nuts here. We're seeing a lot of nothings this year, or maybe one nut. There are very few doubles."
"We used a lot of Surround last year to protect against sunburn, but not this year," lamented the veteran Sutter County producer.
There is no good time to come up short, but with a crop like walnuts — on a marketing roll due because of health benefits — this year is particularly disheartening.


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Trey Hillman joined the Houston Astros in 2014, after being named the Astros bench coach on Oct. 17, of that year.
Prior to joining the Astros, Hillman was a special assistant in Major and minor league operations for the New York Yankees in 2014, and spent the previous 11 seasons (2003-13) as a manager and bench coach in the Majors and in Japan.
He began that run with a five-year stint (2003-07) managing the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan, leading the club to a championship in 2006 and three total playoff appearances (2004, 2006-07). After the Nippon-Ham Fighters championship, Hillman was named the 2006 Japan "Sportsman of the Year" by the Foreign Sportswriters of Japan. His success earned him a job managing the Kansas City Royals, a position he kept for three seasons (2008-10). Following his managerial stint, Hillman served as the bench coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers for three years from 2011-13.
Prior to managing in Japan, Hillman spent 13 years managing and coaching at the minor league level in the Yankees system (1989-2001), and also served as Director of Player Development for one season with the Rangers (2002). He began his career as a coach in 1989 with Class A Prince William before landing his first managerial job with Class A Oneonta in 1990 at the age of 27.
His coaching, managerial and front office careers followed a three-year playing career as a middle infielder and third baseman in the Indians minor league system from 1985-87. He followed that up with a two-year stint (1987-88) as a scout for Cleveland.
Hillman is a graduate of the University of Texas-Arlington, where he was an All-Southland Conference infielder for three seasons. He is also a member of the UT-Arlington Hall of Fame and the Southland Conference Hall of Fame and is a Distinguished Alumni Honoree at UTA.
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COACH: Paul MacLean, 2nd season with Senators and NHL, 41-31-10.
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LOST: LW Nick Foligno, C Zenon Konopka, LW Nikita Filatov, D Matt Carkner, D Filip Kuba.
PLAYER TO WATCH: D Erik Karlsson's continued emergence as the NHL's top play-making defenseman. The 22-year-old Swede won his first Norris Trophy in only his second NHL season after leading all blue-liners with 78 points (19 goals, 59 assists).
OUTLOOK: A surprising run to the playoffs led to captain Daniel Alfredsson's decision to put off retirement for at least one more season. The Senators have the capacity to build on last year under the firm direction of MacLean, the longtime Red Wings' assistant, who had an impressive debut as a first-time head coach.
LAST SEASON: 31-35-16, 78 points. Missed playoffs by finishing last in Eastern Conference.
COACH: Michel Therrien, 4th season with Canadiens, 77-77-36 (2000-03), 8th overall, 212-182-68 in NHL.
ADDED: RW Colby Armstrong, D Francis Bouillon, LW Brandon Prust.
LOST: C Andreas Engqvist, D Brad Staubitz, LW Mathieu Darche.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Rookie first-round pick Alex Galchenyuk, who was selected with the No. 3 pick in the draft. He's already looking impressive during training camp this week. The Canadiens could use additional scoring punch to take the burden on the line of Max Pacioretty, David Desharnais and Erik Cole, who combined to score 84 of the team's 207 goals.
OUTLOOK: After two coaching changes and a roster upheaval that sent Michael Cammalleri to Calgary, the outlook can only get better after the bottom fell out of Habs last season. Still, too soon to expect full turnaround under new GM Marc Bergevin, who is still retooling the roster that included sending C Scott Gomez home for remainder of season in order for the team to buy out his contract this summer.


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Nerves send messages to and from your brain about pain, temperature, and touch. They tell your muscles when and how to move. They also control the systems in the body that digest food and pass urine.
If you have diabetes, you can develop nerve problems at any time. Serious nerve problems can develop within the first 10 years after being diagnosed with diabetes. The risk of getting neuropathy grows the longer you have diabetes. About half of people with diabetes have some form of nerve damage.
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The symptoms of diabetic neuropathy may look like other conditions or medical problems. See your healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
To diagnose neuropathy, you will need a physical exam and other special tests. For example, ultrasound is used to check urinary issues. Ultrasound uses sound waves to visualize your bladder. Stomach issues can be identified with X-rays and other diagnostic tests. An electrocardiogram (EKG) can detect changes in your heart's rhythm due to neuropathy.
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By Cody Willard
Let's run through a few headlines this morning to get some perspective on the set up in the markets and the economy and what the mainstream media is saying about it all.
First, here are the actual headlines from WSJ.com today. This must be the most important business and markets news fit to report today, huh?
Is Housing Recovery Finally Generating Jobs?
First Trader's Thought of the Day — I'm going to remind you guys once again while the markets are here up in a straight line to new all-time highs that right now is the time to panic about the endless euro-debt crisis and the fiscal cliff and Spain and Greece and spiking oil and gas and inflation and all the other things that you don't read about right now. You and I both know that as soon as the stock markets undergo the next pullback — and there is always a next pullback — that all of those reasons to panic will suddenly dominate the headlines.
Can you imagine the endless parade of permabears and mindless pundits on TV panicking over headlines like this (if the markets weren't at all time highs that is):
Dutch state nationalizes SNS Reaal bank
Spanish economy plunges in final quarter
But you don't see any of that news on any mainstream media newspaper and certainly not being discussed on TV today, do you? Why? Because the markets are at all-time highs.
I'm not a bear (yet) and I'm still net long overall. But as the markets go higher yet again and as complacency grows, I've sold down my calls big time lately and I'm not being aggressive in these markets at all right now.
I'd like to get more aggressive on the short-side for the next few weeks at least. I'm going to focus on my newer tech short ideas like Samsung, iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund (EWY), and IBM. I'd like to get more aggressive on the banks and financial welfare short ideas like JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Lender Processing Services (LPS), but there's still so much governmental bailouts both explicit and implicit that those shorts haven't been working at all, and we probably need to wait to see them crack first. Speaking of LPS, here's another headline from today you should read:
Yet Another Cost of Doing Business Fine: Lender Processing Services Settles with 46 Attorneys General for $127 Million
Steady as she goes, folks. Let's stick with the best technology revolutionary stocks in the world and let's keep fighting the biggest welfare queen companies we can find as their gravy trains run short. Let's continue selling euphoria and buying panic. Sell the euphoria out there today. Be ready to buy the next panic.
Cody Willard writes Revolution Investing for MarketWatch and posts the trades from his personal account at TradingWithCody.com, which is not affiliated with MarketWatch. At time of publication, Cody was net short JPM, LPS, IBM and EWY. Follow Cody on Twitter at twitter.com/codywillard.


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An approach for estimating the net CO2 emissions from forest harvesting and wood products was forwarded to the IPCC Plenary in 1996, as part of the Revised 1996 Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. The IPCC Plenary then requested further technical work on approaches for estimating emissions from harvested wood products (HWP) and sought guidance from the SBSTA on policy implications. SBSTA 4 (FCCC/SBSTA/1996/20, paragraph 33) welcomed the convening by the IPCC of an expert meeting that evaluated approaches for estimating net emissions of CO2 from forest harvesting and wood products. It was at SBSTA 11 that Parties started to consider the methodological issues relating to forest harvesting and wood products (FCCC/SBSTA/1999/14, paragraphs 66 and 69). Parties provided their views on approaches for estimating and accounting for emissions of CO2 from forest harvesting and wood products, taking into account the outcome of the IPCC expert meeting.
At its fourteenth session (FCCC/SBSTA/2001/2, paragraphs 19-21), the SBSTA took note of these submissions (FCCC/SBSTA/2001/MISC.1) and decided to consider this matter further at its fifteenth session.
At SBSTA 15 (FCCC/SBSTA/2001/8, paragraph 29, sub-paragraphs (g), (j) - (m)), Parties considered several matters relating to the work of the IPCC on the development of good practice guidance for LULUCF. At that time, the SBSTA noted the intention of the IPCC to include harvested wood in the development of good practice guidance, while maintaining consistency with decision 3/CP.5. The SBSTA also noted that such work should not pre-empt future discussions and work and any relevant decisions relating to HWP.
Interested Parties were encouraged to continue their work on accounting for emissions from HWP and to undertake informal collaboration on aspects of this topic. Parties were invited to submit their views on the implications of harvested wood products accounting, including views on different approaches and methodologies (FCCC/SBSTA/2003/MISC.1, Add.1 and Add.2). These views were considered by SBSTA at its eighteenth session (FCCC/SBSTA/2003/10, paragraph26(e)).
At this same session, the SBSTA requested the secretariat to prepare a technical paper on harvested wood products. This technical paper (FCCC/TP/2003/7 and Corr.1) took into account socio-economic and environmental impacts, including impacts on developing countries and was based on, inter alia, submissions from Parties, the outcome of the IPCC expert meeting in Dakar, any technical information related to the work of Parties in accounting for emissions from HWP, and other relevant sources of information. The technical paper was prepared with the assistance of a limited number of experts from the UNFCCC roster of experts.
The SBSTA, at its nineteenth session (FCCC/SBSTA/2003/15, paragraph 27(a)-(e)), took note of the following:
The information contained in the technical paper;
The appendix on HWP to the report of the IPCC good practice guidance on LULUCF, the methodologies relating to HWP in the Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines and the references in the UNFCCC reporting guidelines on annual inventories; and
The methods for estimating and reporting of HWP currently used by Annex I Parties in their national inventory reports.
It also requested the secretariat to organize a workshop on HWP before its twenty-first session. Parties were invited to submit their views on issues relating to HWP, and their views may take into account the information contained in the technical paper, the appendix on HWP to the IPCC good practice guidance on LULUCF and any other relevant information. Parties were also invited to include national data and methodological and other information on changes in carbon stocks and emissions of GHG relating to HWP, stating the approach or approaches used for this purpose.


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|2012-10-16, 22:03
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I think you confused "Freedom" with "Strike Freedom" and Seed with Destiny, and the scenarios.
|2012-10-16, 22:52
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|2012-10-16, 23:07
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I mean it always seemed weird to me that a computer-guided lock-on system would require a SEED mode activation.
That would mean Kira goes SEED mode just to press a button but I never heard anything about Kira actually manually locking-on to targets with full burst.
|2012-10-16, 23:56
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Or the trees getting blown up in victory gundam!
i mean, there is stockfootage everywhere, but Seed takes it to the max in the final episodes, with destiny taking it to a new level
|2012-10-17, 00:02
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Kira likely uses SEED mode to better his control of the Freedom and reaction time when using the full salvo attacks to minimize casualties and hit as many enemies as possible. Taking out heads and arms without hitting the cockpit using plasma cannons or the multi-phase beam cannon certainly can't be easy.
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|2012-10-17, 16:50
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That's probably the case but the problem I saw was that whenever we saw Full Burst activated, the multi-lock system screen only shows dots on radar-like display being targeted but Full Burst only disables the targets it hits. The targeting system doesn't have the precision to aim at specific parts only entire mobile suits, from what we've seen from the show.
So that means that either Kira programmed Full-Burst to only disable or Kira has some input on where he's shooting during Full-Burst.
My conjecture is that the computer multi-locks on to targets for Kira who then somehow aims the weapons to disable the targets that have been locked-on to.
I really wish the CE universe technology and AUs in general would be more fleshed out and explained like UC. It brings more depth to the universe even if based on fake science.
|2012-10-17, 16:59
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(SEED mode is basically upping all the stats of a person and possibly giving them Newtype powers, as shown by Kira and Lacus. Like how evolution is in its name, it basically evolves the user into a New Human. Kind of like 00 and Innovators, just without the GN particles.)
, or maybe the button is actually extremely difficult to press so Kira needs super-strength and super concentration to press down on it.
|2012-10-17, 17:21
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Multi-lock system use x-y-z system = need math > that why he enter seed mode.
Newtype just think to hit your target but full burst/DRAGONs need a lot of maths to know where your enemy is in 3d map(ball).
(At least that what I tell myself...)
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When someone goes Seed Mode they usually perform some type of move/maneuver/counter.
example: Freedom vs Saviour final engagement. Kira goes *Seed Mode* in which he throws away Freedom's shield (knowing his first attempt might get blocked/parried) as he lunges towards Athrun, in which they then collide and Freedom gets parried. So because he threw away the shield his hand is free to use the other beam saber for a ''sweeping strike'' and we get that scene.
That's a example of going Seed Mode to perform some type of move/maneuver, what ever that may be ''Full Burst'' or Anything.
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Keep in mind that a full burst attack is usually followed by a lot of melee, in which case Seed becomes extremely useful. Kira's combat strategy relies a lot on shock value, so I guess he enters Seed mode to keep up the pace after a full burst.
As for the targeting system.. I guess it's similar to what you'll find in a modern jet fighter.. The Freedom's targeting system is probably more sophisticated in terms of signal processing, search method and lock & track, aided by a more advanced supercomputer.
If we go by the "lock-on" sequence from the anime, Freedom (and SF) can search for 2 targets at the same time and it can lock-on to dozens of them at the same time. But the most impressive thing is of course the sheer speed of this process. (Destiny Gundam for example also has a targeting system, but it was shown to be much slower at search and lock.)
In the end the targeting system's job is to lock-on to a target and track it, Kira still has to maneuver the MS and fire on his own.. And I'm guessing that the OS allows him to manually aim at a specific part of the enemy MS while it's being tracked. And he probably can also select which weapon to use against which MS and in which order.. I guess that requires some skill.
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As for who really performed the best. I don't think each of them are actually superior than each other, maybe Clotho get a credit for being the last one who died but that's it I guess. By kill count, I think Orga comes out as a winner (but then again they are against grunts, they are pretty much equal with each other when facing Kira & Athrun).
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|2012-10-17, 22:30
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And shani was listed as a biological computer level 3? while the other two are level 2.
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The White House announced Wednesday morning that the poet Richard Blanco, who has lived in Bethel since 2009, would be the featured poet at Barack Obama's 2013 Inauguration.
Blanco's personal friend, University of Maine Museum of Art executive director and curator George Kinghorn, called Blanco and his partner Mark to offer his congratulations, but said the poet had been swamped with media attention and well-wishers alike.
"As you can imagine, it's [quite busy] there," said Kinghorn, who brought Blanco to UMMA in Bangor in January 2009 for a reading. "It's a really important thing, not just for Richard, obviously, but for America."
Blanco is the first immigrant, the first Latino, and the first gay man to be named as the Inaugural Poet, one of the most high-profile honors a poet can receive. When President Obama is inaugurated for a second time on Monday, Jan. 21, Blanco will read a new, original poem to celebrate the occasion. He is the fifth inaugural poet overall, following in the footsteps of John F. Kennedy's choice, Robert Frost, Bill Clinton's pick, Maya Angelou and Obama's previous pick, Elizabeth Alexander.
Kinghorn's friendship with Blanco stretches back to the days when they both lived in Florida. When Kinghorn moved to Maine in late 2008 to take on the position of director and curator of the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor, he asked Blanco to come to the museum and give a reading, in conjunction with Blanco and artist John Bailly's visual-poetic collaboration, "Place of Mind," which was on display there at that time. In the midst of Blanco's visit to Bangor, the poet let his friend know a little secret – that he'd be moving to Maine as well. Bethel, to be exact, near Sunday River Ski Resort.
"We traveled together, we collaborated. When he came that January to do the reading he said to me, 'George, you just moved to Maine, and guess what – we may be moving to Maine as well,'" said Kinghorn. "And that was a great delight and surprise."
Pushcart Prize-winning poet Spencer Reece said Blanco's most recent book, "Looking for the Gulf Motel," is imminently memorable, according to a quote on Blanco's website.
"W. H. Auden, asked to define poetry from the other written arts, wrote that poetry was 'memorable speech.' Richard Blanco's speech invites the reader in with its search for home," said Reece. "His lyrics open doors onto his Cuban immigrant family, his father's early death, and his own migration from a life in Florida to a life in Maine. His speech houses a generous love of others and a persistent reach for what is absent. There is nothing here you will not remember."
According to a New York Times article, Blanco found out about his appointment on Dec. 12 and he kept the news secret from nearly everyone, including his mother, while working steadily from his Bethel home on the poem that he will read on the 21st. Kinghorn said he's not surprised that President Obama found Blanco's poetry moving and inspiring. They share many common ideals, and the ideas and topics Blanco writes about in his poetry resonate in a big way with the problems facing contemporary America.


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Rhode Island forward Jonathan Holton is accused of videotaping two of his own consensual sexual encounters and posting the videos to Facebook.
The freshman was arrested by campus police Tuesday and charged with two felony counts of video voyeurism, The Providence Journal reports. New Rams coach Dan Hurley has suspended him.
The arrest occurred after two female students complained separately to school officials about the alleged incidents, the newspaper reports. The women were told some videos of them had been posted to Facebook and forwarded to about 30 people.
Holton, 21, was released on personal recognizance and ordered to have no contact with the two victims.
"These are disturbing allegations that strike at the core of our commitment to make this a safe and civil campus community," Thomas R. Dougan, the school's vice president for student affairs, said in a statement. "Respect for the rights and privacy of all of our community members is paramount. Campus police and Student Affairs are involved in separate intensive investigations surrounding these allegations."
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Happy, Happy 24th Birthday, Ms. Hollyann!
Today is officially Hollyann's (a.k.a Bacon-loving Friend) big birthday and I want to wish her the best birthday yet, I know her boyfriend will take care of that though! No pressure, Brandon...
For the office celebration of Hollyann's birthday, which took place on Friday, I offered up my services to bring in Hollyanns' treat-of-choice. Most would assume that when given this chance, you would conjure up some decadent dessert [or at least that's what I would do!]. I mean if someone else is making it, why not?! But no, instead Hollyann went basic and old school on me and asked for nothing more but her favorite 'Funfetti' Cake. I was actually quite excited about this request though because 1) I had never made a Funfetti Cake before and 2) it gave me the chance to bring some favorite recipes together to make her goodie [ahem, we don't do boxes around here].
What I came up with was quite simple, but I think it all turned out very nicely and the birthday girl was happy. Which is all that matters in the end anyway!
Since I can never make exactly what someone asks for [my dad would know about this], I opted to make her cake into cupcakes, since those are always easier to share in the office. For the cupcakes, I chose the basic [yet fabulous] Vanilla Cupcakes from the More from Magnolia book. I've used this recipe before to make the Strawberry Vanilla Cake, so I pretty much knew what I'd be getting here. It's a great recipe, a slightly dense cupcake with a wonderful vanilla-butter flavor. Simple, yet perfectly constructed by the magicians over at Magnolia.
Instead of just a regular frosting, Hollyann mentioned how much she loved the cream cheese frosting from the Hummingbird Cupcakes, so that was easy. Yet another simple recipe but one that I will be using for years to come.
And what's a 'Funfetti' Cupcake without confetti?! Here's the ridiculous easy, no-brainer part. All I did here was throw in some sprinkles to the both the batter and the frosting, and there you have it: 'Funfetti' Cupcakes!
So I hope that Hollyann has the most blissful birthday! It's crazy to think that we've already known each other for over a year now...wow! And I can't wait to see what's in store, love you girlie! .
My Notes:
- When mixing the batter, mix just before the batter completely comes together. You'll be adding and stirring in the sprinkles following this step, which will allow you to combine the batter just enough. Otherwise you'll end up with 'tough' cupcakes.
- Make sure to let the cupcakes cool completely before frosting, otherwise the cream cheese and butter will soften and slide off. Not pretty.
Homemade 'Funfetti' Cupcakes
Adapted from Magnolia Bakery and Bake or Break
1-1/2 c. self rising flour
1-1/4 c. all purpose flour
1 c. unsalted butter, softened
2 c. sugar
4 eggs, at room temperature
1 c. milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 (1.25 oz.) jar of sprinkles
Cream Cheese Frosting:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/2 c. butter, softened
2-1/2 scant c. powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 tbsp. sprinkles
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Line 12 muffin cups with liners; set aside.
2. In a small bowl, combine self rising flour and all purpose flour; set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter until smooth.
3. Add sugar gradually and beat until fluffy (about 3 minutes).
4. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add dry ingredients in three parts, alternating with milk and vanilla extract (with each addition, beat until incorporated but do not over beat).
5. Gently stir in sprinkles. Fill muffin cups with batter, a little over 1/2 full. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cupcakes comes out clean. Let cupcakes cool completely. Repeat with remaining batter.
6. For frosting, beat cream cheese and butter together until creamy.
7. Gradually add in powdered sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add in vanilla extract and beat until combined. Stir in sprinkles.
8. Frost cooled cupcakes as desired.
Yield: 2 dozen cupcakes


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Before the mass produced milk bottle, people carried and held their milk in cans. The first known use of factory-produced milk bottles was by the New York Dairy Company in the 1870s. The first patent for a milk container was issued in 1878 for a "milk jar;" the first patent for a milk bottle was issued in 1880. By the late 1890s, increasing concerns about the sanitation of milk led to a number of state-passed regulations requiring better, more sterile methods of delivering milk. Milk in steam-sterilized, individually sealed bottles became the standard for milk distribution. But smaller dairies often could not afford the equipment for sterilizing bottles, and so they began to ship their milk to larger, distributing, dairies. In order to keep track of their bottles, these dairies commissioned glass bottles with their logos annealed on them. This example comes from Snow's Dairy in Greenfield, Massachusetts, one of the more than 150 known milk dealers in Franklin County from the 1890s to the 1960s, and still in operation in 2002.
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his most famous songs performed by other artists and one for his work with the Muppets.
Born in Omaha, September 19, 1940, initially Williams aspired to be an actor. He had a couple of roles here and there, but pretty soon he figured out the money-maker for him was as a songwriter. Initially his songs, usually co-written with Roger Nichols, were mostly B-sides. However, one day Richard Carpenter heard "We've Only Just Begun" used in an insurance commercial. Soon the Carpenters gave Paul Williams his first hit. It was followed by many others including "Rainy Days and Mondays" performed by the Carpenters, "Family of Man," "Out in the Country," and "Old-Fashioned Love Song" performed by Three Dog Night, "You and Me Against the World" performed by Helen Reddy, and the Oscar-winning "Evergreen" co-written and performed by Barbra Streisand. Researching Paul Williams I kept saying "Wait... he wrote that one too?" Besides being all over the radio in the 1970's, Williams was a frequent guest on TV. He made multiple appearances on The Tonight Show, Hollywood Squares, and The Gong Show just to name a few.
Paul Williams' first collaboration with the Muppets was composing the songs for Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas. The show remains a holiday favorite for Muppet fans, especially now that it has been made into a stage show. The standout song in the show was "When the River Meets the Sea." The song proved to be such a good fit for the Muppets that it was later used on the Christmas album with John Denver, and ultimately at Jim Henson's memorial service, as well as being performed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon a few years ago at Christmas time.
During the first season of The Muppet Show Paul Williams was the guest star in Episode 108. Paul had the chance to sing his songs "Sad Song" and "Old-Fashioned Love Song" (joined by two Muppet clones of himself). He also had the chance to show off his comic chops. My personal favorite is when Williams revels in finally getting to be the "tallest person on the show" only to be proven wrong when Sweetums, Thog, and one of the Mutations show up.
Williams later teamed up with Kenny Ascher to write the songs for The Muppet Movie. Easily the most famous song is "Rainbow Connection." Recently, in the documentary Paul Williams: Still Alive, a group of people were asked if they had heard of Paul Williams. They hadn't heard of him, but every last one of them knew "Rainbow Connection." Williams and Ascher made a rare joint appearance on the television special The Muppets Go Hollywood. Williams also made a cameo in the movie as the piano player at the El Sleezo Café.
Drug and alcohol abuse would take its toll on Williams' life and career. He pretty much disappeared during the 1980s. However, as of today, he has been sober for over 22 years.
After a lengthy absence, Williams would once more work with the Muppets, writing the songs for The Muppet Christmas Carol in 1992. In an interview, Williams pointed out that the musical themes for "Scrooge" and "One More Sleep Till Christmas" are related. Williams' most recent work with the Muppets was in A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa. He wrote the songs as well as appearing in the role of Chief Elf.
A year ago, "Rainbow Connection" was featured in the movie The Muppets in the scene I like to call "The scene where all the 30 and 40-somethings in the audience are weeping and thinking about their childhoods."
Williams continues to record, perform and collaborate with other artists. I was rather surprised to find out he had written a song with The Scissor Sisters. Listening to the song "Almost Sorry," the song has a definite Paul Williams feel to it, while being surprisingly edgy for the man whose most famous songs were sung by Kermit the Frog and the Carpenters.
Most recently, Williams was featured in the documentary Paul Williams: Still Alive. Not your garden-variety documentary, filmmaker Stephen Kessler sets out to discover what happened to his childhood hero. It's a good exploration both of Williams' career, and how much he has grown up and evolved over the years. I know I'll never look at Emmet Otter or The Muppet Christmas Carol in quite the same way.
Paul Williams: Still Alive is currently available for download and viewing on iTunes.
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Dec 3, 2012
Muppet Maestros: Paul Williams
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I love paul williams! He is amazing! I used him for a research paper one year and 'the rainbow connection' a long, long time ago! He is an amazing singer/song writer! And I'm so amazed I can't stop using exclamation ppoints even though I'm to old too! Oh well! I just want to say paul williams is an amazing, wonderful person. And he deserves so much credit!ReplyDelete
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Producing antibodies suitable for research however, has often been a difficult, costly and laborious undertaking. Now, John Chaput and his colleagues at Arizona State University (ASU) have developed a new way of producing antibody-like binding agents and rapidly optimizing their affinity for their target proteins. Such capture reagents are vital for revealing the subtleties of protein function, and may pave the way for improved methods of detecting and treating a broad range of diseases.
Antibodies are Y-shaped structures, capable of binding in two or more places with specific target proteins. Synthetic antibodies are much simpler forms that attempt to mimic this behavior. As Chaput explains, creating affinity reagents with strong binding properties can be accomplished by combining two weak affinity segments on a synthetic scaffold. The resulting affinity reagent, if properly constructed, can amplify the binding properties of the individual segments by two or three orders of magnitude.
Traditionally, antibodies for research have been extracted from animals induced to produce them in response to various protein antigens. While the technique has been invaluable to medical science, obtaining antibodies in this way is a cumbersome and costly endeavor. Instead, Chaput and his team produce synthetic antibodies that do not require cell culture, in vitro selection or the application of complex chemistry. They call their reagents DNA synbodies.
The new strategy—referred to as LINC (for Ligand Interaction by Nucleotide Conjugates) uses DNA as a programmable scaffold to determine the optimal distance needed to transform two weak affinity binding segments or ligands into a single high affinity protein capture reagent. The result is an artificial antibody, capable of binding to its antigen target with both high affinity and high specificity. The process is rapid and inexpensive. It also offers considerable flexibility, as the distance between the two ligand components bonded to the short, double-stranded DNA scaffold can be fine-tuned for optimum affinity.
In earlier work, the group identified ligand candidates by producing thousands of random sequence peptide chains—strings of amino acids, connected like pearls on a necklace. The peptide sequences were affixed to a glass microarray slide and screened against a target protein to pinpoint those that were capable of recognizing distinct protein binding sites. Two promising ligand candidates could then be combined to form a DNA synbody.
In the current study, the group instead makes use of pre-existing ligands with documented affinity for various disease-related proteins. The method involves the use of well-characterized ligands as building components for high quality DNA synbodies, eliminating the initial screening procedure and expanding the potential to tinker with the two-piece synbody in order to optimize affinity.
The results for the best synbody in the study were impressive, demonstrating a binding affinity five- to ten-fold stronger than commercially available antibodies for growth factor receptor bound protein 2 (Grb2), despite the synbody's comparatively primitive architecture. In further tests, the synbody was shown to exhibit high specificity—isolating Grb2 from other proteins in a complex biological mixture and selectively binding with its target.
The technique offers a new approach to producing high qualityaffinity reagents for disease research, diagnostic testing and the development of effective therapeutics.
MEDICA.de; Source: Arizona State University