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"Perspectives on the Properties of Stem Cells" (2005), by Ernest McCulloch and James Till
In 2005, Ernest McCulloch and James Till published the article "Perspectives on the Properties of Stem Cells," which discusses the various properties and future possibilities for the use of stem cells. Stem cells are unspecialized cells that can develop into several different cell types. In the article published in the journal Nature on 1 October 2005, the authors say they wrote the article to dispel misconceptions about what stem cells are, what they do, address some controversies surrounding stem cells, and discuss potential uses of stem cells.
Format: Articles
Subject: Publications
Pfeffer Cell Apparatus
The Pfeffer Zelle (Pfeffer Cell Apparatus), invented by Wilhelm Pfeffer in 1877, measured the minimum pressure needed to prevent a pure solvent from passing into a solution across a semi-permeable membrane, called osmotic pressure. The apparatus provided Pfeffer with a way to quantitatively measure osmotic pressure. Pfeffer devised the apparatus in the 1870s at the University of Basel in Basel, Switzerland, and he described the Pfeffer Cell Apparatus in his 1877 book Osmotische Untersuchungen: Studien Zur Zellmechanik (Osmotic Investigations: Studies on Cell Mechanics).
Format: Articles
Subject: Technologies
San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research
The San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research (SDZICR) in San Diego, California, is a research organization that works to generate, use, and share information for the conservation of wildlife and their habitats. In 1975, Kurt Benirschke, a researcher at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) who studied human and animal reproduction, and Charles Bieler, the director of the San Diego Zoo, collaborated to form the Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species (CRES).
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Subject: Organizations
California Proposition 71 (2004)
The California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act, also called Proposition 71, was a ballot
initiative proposed by California voters in 2004 to allocate three billion dollars of state
funds for stem cell research over ten years. Endorsed by California scientists and
patient-advocates, Prop 71 passed on 2 November 2004, amending the state constitution to make
stem cell research a constitutional right. In addition, Prop 71 led to the creation of the
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), in San Francisco, California to allocate
Format: Articles
Subject: Legal
Gail Roberta Martin (1944– )
In the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Gail Roberta Martin specialized in biochemistry and embryology, more specifically cellular communication and the development of organs. In 1981, she named any cell taken from inside a human embryo at the blastocyst stage an "embryonic stem cell". During development, an embryo goes through the blastocyst stage just before it implants in the uterus. Embryonic stem cells are useful for experiments because they are self-renewing and able to develop into almost any cell type in the body.
Format: Articles
Subject: People
Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that are capable of dividing for long periods of time and can give rise to specialized cells under particular conditions. Embryonic stem cells are a particular type of stem cell derived from embryos. According to US National Institutes of Health (NIH), in humans, the term "embryo" applies to a fertilized egg from the beginning of division up to the end of the eighth week of gestation, when the embryo becomes a fetus. Between fertilization and the eighth week of gestation, the embryo undergoes multiple cell divisions.
Format: Articles
Subject: Processes, Reproduction
The US President's Council on Bioethics (2001-2009)
The US President's Council on Bioethics was an organization headquartered in Washington D.C. that was chartered to advise then US President George W. Bush on ethical issues related to biomedical science and technology. In November 2001, US President George W. Bush created the President's Council on Bioethics (PCB). Convened during a nationwide cloning and embryonic stem cell research debate, the Council stated that it worked to address arguments about ethics from many different perspectives.
Format: Articles
Subject: Organizations, Legal, Ethics
"Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research: Executive Summary" (1999), by the US National Bioethics Advisory Commission
Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research: Executive Summary was published in September 1999 by The US National Bioethics Advisory Commission in response to a national debate about whether or not the US federal government should fund embryonic stem cell research. Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research recommended policy to US President William Clinton's administration, which advocated for federal spending on the use of stem research on stem cells that came from embryos left over from in vitro fertilization (IVF) fertility treatments.
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The Singapore Bioethics Advisory Committee
Established in tandem with Singapore's national Biomedical Sciences Initiatives, the Bioethics Advisory Committee (BAC) was established by the Singapore Cabinet in December 2000 to examine the potential ethical, legal, and social issues arising from Singapore's biomedical research sector, and to recommend policy to Singapore's government.
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Subject: Organizations, Ethics, Legal
The First Successful Cloning of a Gaur (2000), by Advanced Cell Technology
The first successful cloning of a gaur in 2000 by Advanced Cell Technology involved the cells of two animals: an egg cell from a domestic cow and a skin cell from a gaur. The researchers extracted the egg cell from the ovary of the domestic cow and the skin cell from the skin of the gaur. First, the researchers performed nuclear transplantation on the egg cell of the cow, during which they removed the nucleus of the egg cell. The mitochondria of the egg cell remained intact inside the cell.
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Subject: Experiments, Organisms, Reproduction
"Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Derived from Human Blastocytes" (1998), by James Thomson
After becoming chief pathologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin Regional Primate Center in 1995, James A. Thomson began his pioneering work in deriving embryonic stem cells from isolated embryos. That same year, Thomson published his first paper, "Isolation of a Primate Embryonic Stem Cell Line," in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, detailing the first derivation of primate embryonic stem cells. In the following years, Thomson and his team of scientists - Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor, Sander S. Shapiro, Michelle A.
Format: Articles
Subject: Experiments, Publications
Stem Cells
According to the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), the standard American source on stem cell research, three characteristics of stem cells differentiate them from other cell types: (1) they are unspecialized cells that (2) divide for long periods, renewing themselves and (3) can give rise to specialized cells, such as muscle and skin cells, under particular physiological and experimental conditions. When allowed to grow in particular environments, stem cells divide many times. This ability to proliferate can yield millions of stem cells over several months.
Format: Articles
Subject: Processes
Shinya Yamanaka (1962- )
Shinya Yamanaka gained international prominence after publishing articles detailing the successful generation of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, first in mice, then in humans. Yamanaka induced somatic cells to act like human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), allowing researchers to experiment with non-embryonic stem cells with a similar capacity as hESCs. The research involving iPS cells therefore offered new potential for research and application in medical treatment, without many of the ethical objections that hESC research entailed.
Format: Articles
Subject: People
President George W. Bush's Announcement on Stem Cells, 9 August 2001
On 9 August 2001, US President George W. Bush gave an eleven-minute speech from his ranch in Crawford, Texas, on the ethics and fate of federal funding for stem cell research. Bush also announced the creation of a special council to oversee stem cell research. In the speech President Bush acknowledged the importance of issues surrounding stem cell research to many Americans, presented different arguments in favor of and opposing embryonic stem cell research, and explained his decision to limit but not completely eliminate potential federal funding for embryonic stem cell (ESC) research.
Format: Articles
Subject: Legal
Ethics and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
The recent development of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and related technologies has caught the attention of scientists, activists, politicians, and ethicists alike. IPSCs gained immediate international attention for their apparent similarity to embryonic stem cells after their successful creation in 2006 by Shinya Yamanaka and in 2007 by James Thompson and others.
Format: Articles
Subject: Technologies, Ethics
Michael D. West (1953- )
Michael D. West is a biomedical entrepreneur and investigator whose aim has been to extend human longevity with biomedical interventions. His focus has ranged from the development of telomerase-based therapeutics to the application of human embryonic stem cells in regenerative medicine. Throughout his eventful career, West has pursued novel and sometimes provocative ideas in a fervent, self-publicizing manner. As of 2009, West advocated using human somatic cell nuclear transfer techniques to derive human embryonic stem cells for therapeutic practice.
Format: Articles
Subject: People
"Derivation of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Cultured Human Primordial Germ Cells" (1998), by John Gearhart et al.
In November 1998, two independent reports were published concerning the first isolation of pluripotent human stem cells, one of which was "Derivation of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Cultured Human Primordial Germ Cells." This paper, authored by John D. Gearhart and his research team - Michael J Shamblott, Joyce Axelman, Shunping Wang, Elizabeith M. Bugg, John W. Littlefield, Peter J. Donovan, Paul D. Blumenthal, and George R. Huggins - was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science soon after James A.
Format: Articles
Subject: Publications
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) are cells derived from non-pluripotent cells, such as adult somatic cells, that are genetically manipulated so as to return to an undifferentiated, pluripotent state. Research on iPSCs, initiated by Shinya Yamanaka in 2006 and extended by James Thompson in 2007, has so far revealed the same properties as embryonic stem cells (ESCs), making their discovery potentially very beneficial for scientists and ethicists alike.
Format: Articles
Subject: Technologies
Barack Obama Executive Order 13505, November 2008
On 20 November 2009 Democrat Barack Obama replaced Republican George W. Bush as president of the United States. Obama soon initiated changes to Bush's 2001 executive order concerning scientific research involving human stem cells. Stem cell research remains a controversial issue in the US. Some individuals consider it immoral to experiment with an embryo because they regard embryos as human beings from the moment of conception, while others believe stem cell research could lead to great scientific advancements.
Format: Articles
Subject: Legal
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc.
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (ACT) is a biotechnology company that uses stem cell technology to develop novel therapies in the field of regenerative medicine. Formed in 1994, ACT grew from a small agricultural cloning research facility located in Worcester, Massachusetts, into a multi-locational corporation involved in using both human embryonic stem cells (hESC) and human adult stem cells as well as animal cells for therapeutic innovations.
Format: Articles
Subject: Organizations, Reproduction
Thomson, et al. v. Thompson, et al. (2001)
Thomson, et al. v. Thompson, et al. was a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on 8 May 2001 as Civil Action Number 01-CV-0973. This lawsuit was filed in hopes of gaining injunctive relief against a moratorium on the federal funding of stem cell research. The plaintiffs in the case were seven prominent scientists who performed embryonic stem cell research and three patients: James Thomson, Roger Pedersen, John Gearhart, Douglas Melton, Dan Kaufman, Alan Trounson, Martin Pera, Christopher Reeve, James Cordy, and James Tyree.
Format: Articles
Subject: Legal
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Experiments by Kazutoshi Takahashi and Shinya Yamanaka in 2006 and 2007
In 2006, Kazutoshi Takahashi and Shinya Yamanaka reprogrammed mice fibroblast cells, which can produce only other fibroblast cells, to become pluripotent stem cells, which have the capacity to produce many different types of cells. Takahashi and Yamanaka also experimented with human cell cultures in 2007. Each worked at Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan. They called the pluripotent stem cells that they produced induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) because they had induced the adult cells, called differentiated cells, to become pluripotent stem cells through genetic manipulation.
Format: Articles
Subject: Experiments
Nightlight Christian Adoptions, et al. v. Thompson, et al. (2001)
Nightlight Christian Adoptions et al. v. Thompson et al. was a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on 8 March 2001. The suit was filed because Nightlight Christian Adoptions, a frozen embryo adoption agency, felt that the Guidelines for Research Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells published by the National Institutes for Health were unlawful and violated the restrictions on human embryo research put into place by the Dickey-Wicker Amendment. Additional plaintiffs with this suit were the Christian Medical Association, adult stem cell researcher Dr.
Format: Articles
Subject: Legal, Reproduction
South Korea's Bioethics and Biosafety Act (2005)
The South Korean government passed the Bioethics and Biosafety Act, known henceforth as the Bioethics Act, in 2003 and it took effect in 2005. South Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare proposed the law to the South Korean National Assembly to allow the progress of biotechnology and life sciences research in South Korea while protecting human research subjects with practices such as informed consent. The Bioethics Act establishes a National Bioethics Committee in Seoul, South Korea.
Format: Articles
James Alexander Thomson (1958- )
James Alexander Thomson, affectionately known as Jamie Thomson, is an American developmental biologist whose pioneering work in isolating and culturing non-human primate and human embryonic stem cells has made him one of the most prominent scientists in stem cell research. While growing up in Oak Park, Illinois, Thomson's rocket-scientist uncle inspired him to pursue science as a career. Born on 20 December 1958, Thomson entered the nearby University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign nineteen years later as a National Merit Scholar majoring in biophysics.
Format: Articles
Subject: People


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572 Steps Above Hampi with the Monkey God
I hear the chanting from miles away, but it takes a ferry ride across the river, an hour on my bike, and a 30-minute climb to get to the source.
I bike along the Tongahadra River valley, a palm-lined oasis in the veritable desert. It's so incredibly hot that my body refuses to remain dry. With clammy hands and growing pools of sweat under my eyes, I pedal on toward the Monkey Temple – birthplace of the monkey-shaped god Hanuman, who's considered a devoted disciple and very strong warrior of Lord Rama.
Leaving my bike with a seemingly trustworthy banana seller at the foot of the hill, I start the long hike up the 572 steps to the top.
The town of Hampi — a trash heap built on the promise of tourism — sits on the edge of a beautiful rock cemetery in the distance. The landscape itself is one of the most jarring in all of India.
Like gaping at clouds as they morph into barely familiar shapes, the Hampi region is a mesmerizing, constantly surprising jumble of utter unpredictability. Formed by millions of years of volcanic activity and erosion, the result is truly awing. It's at once both desert and oasis.
Amidst the rubble of the precariously perched boulders and jumbled rock clusters sit ancient ruins to rival those of Angkor. The pleasant symmetry of the majestic kingdom sits in stark contrast to the rutted rock cemetery surrounding.
In 1336, Telugu prince Harihara chose Hampi as the site for his new capital Vijayanager, which in the ensuing centuries grew into one of the largest Hindu empires in history. At its peak, the empire covered the vast majority of Southern India.
Just before it was raised to the ground by the Decca sultanates in 1565, Vijayanager boasted over 500,000 residents living in unparalleled grandeur.
It's amazing what man can do under the auspices of religion. The massive columns of Hampi's grand structures are like ancient storybooks, full of wild tales of gods and warriors. In addition to the heroic plotlines, the walls of the ancient city provide vivid displays of Hinduisms casual mix of the erotic and the everyday.
The historic site of an epic battle, the 21st century city faces an altogether different type of conflict – that of conservation. Local residents moved in amongst the ruins, building guesthouses and restaurants on top of priceless constructions as tourism began its gradual rise several decades ago.
Some locals even spend their entire lives monitoring minor monuments, claiming ownership and demanding fees from onlookers.
Though the town relies on tourism, Hampi remains one of India's remarkably well-kept secrets. It's a wonder the place isn't bustling with intrepid jetsetters. A trip from the nearest train station at Hospet belies none of the glory of Hampi – but a few high-end resorts could certainly alter the trajectory of this architectural and natural wonder.
Turning away from the dramatic vista, I venture to the far end of the hilltop temple toward the source of the noisy clamor. Entering the lavishly decorated temple, I find a two-man band in a side room, blasting their music into mountaintop speakers.
Around another end of the temple, a fat-bellied man lies on the tile terrace with two young attendants.
The young boys massage his limbs as he offers orders between bouts of lethargy. Others stand by, waiting to serve. A larger-than-life mural of the Monkey King, Hanuman, looms above the entranced man and it strikes me that the two are not so dissimilar in appearance.
Hampi is a holy site mentioned in the Ramayana as Kishkindha, the realm of the monkey gods.
It's a place where anthropomorphism is not fiction but fact and men can get away with pretending to be descendants of animal gods.
Each morning and evening, crowds gather to clean their bodies and souls in the river below the monkey god's towering home.
As I make my descent back toward the river, the sun plots its course through the valley walls. Crossing back across the rambling water, an Elephant plays in the stream, dressed in ceremonial gear for a parade in a neighboring village.
As the orange sunset gives way to the violet hour it begins to rain. It's the first rain of the season – the first rain this area has seen in months. The chanting from the monkey temple grows as the rain intensifies and the people of Hampi praise the monkey god while the sky turns tar black.


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I spent all day Saturday being especially domestic! I joined some other women and all their peaches to bottle them up and provide ourselves with fresh peaches year round!
It's all about the numbers: (These are just MY numbers- for all the numbers and a few pictures check HERE)
3- boxes of peaches I purchased and were needing processing.
38- miles driven to join in on the peaching fun. (Round trip)
10- the time (AM) that I arrived for Peach Day 2008.
2- other women I joined to "Peach it up."
2- crock pots full to the brim with peach butter that I drove down that needed to be canned.
7- batches of jam I made while there. (I did most of the work on this, but Aleah and Jeri were AWESOME and helped me blanch and remove the pits for this)
20- lbs of sugar I personally used.
24- finished half pints of peach butter and peach jam I took home.
20- finished pints of peaches, more butter, and more jam I took home.
16- finished quarts of sliced peaches I took home.
6- the time (PM) I finished with peaches and headed home.
17- mph over the speed limit I was going when I was pulled over by the cop on my way home. (I was lost and too busy trying to find the right street to pay attention to the speed limit signs and my speedometer)
1- ticket I recieved from the cop that pulled me over.
9- mph he wrote the ticket out for. He was nice and cut it down to the "smallest possible fine."
80- the price of the ticket.
35- the state fee that goes WITH that ticket
60- the cost of traffic school so it won't effect my insurance rates.
And that is how the first half of my day went! When I got home I had MORE numbers to process.
2- the number of times Joe broke out laughing randomly because I had gotten a ticket.
1- poster for church that I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT in all the hectic-ness that was my Saturday.
2- displays for church on Sunday that I needed to get finished (and thanks to Rachel, I DID finish!)
1- salad I had to make for Sunday's dinner at my SIL's house.
1- Newsletter I had to finish writing for church.
2- people I had to call to get the info needed for said newsletter
90- copies of said newsletter I needed to print and staple to be distributed.
11- amazingly enough, the time I got to bed! Not too bad!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Saturday Stats
I spent all day Saturday being especially domestic! I joined some other women and all their peaches to bottle them up and provide ourselves with fresh peaches year round!
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Friday, September 26, 2008
SCATTERGORIES. ..it's harder than it looks! Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following. They have to be real places, names, things.. nothing made up!
Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question.
What is your name Pam
BOYS NAME: Paul
4 LETTER WORD: Pain
GIRL NAME: Pricilla
OCCUPATION: Plumber
A COLOR: Pink
AN ANIMAL: Porcupine
BEVERAGE: Powerade
FOOD: Plum
SOMETHING FOUND IN A BATHROOM: Plunger
A PLACE : Paris
REASON FOR BEING LATE: Power Outtage (lost the alarm clock)
SOMETHING YOU SHOUT OUT: Police! (Okay- I don't shout it, but I bet cops do!)
A PLANT: Poison Oak
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Sunday, September 21, 2008
Our trip to the zoo!
Saturday we went to the zoo! All in all, the weather played nice with just a tiny sprinkling of rain for the first 5 minutes or so of the trip. The company my mother works for took all the employees and their families to the zoo and my mother invited us to join her. The girls (okay- Lilia) had a lot of fun, and the animals were playing nice, so we saw a lot of animals, and most of them were awake and playing!
So without further ado, the pictures: (Forgive me- there are a lot of them...)
Lacey after the sunscreen application
My mom and I posing with the Elephant. This thing actually squirts water from its trunk...
The girls posing in a boat next to the Ghost of the Bayou...
And then there was this guy... He IS the Ghost of the Bayou. Not albino, just white.
Lil taking a drink from the Lion's Mouth
Monkey to Monkey discussion
Not sure if you can see him (or is it a her?), but there is a baby monkey hiding behind Mommy's legs (or is that Daddy??)
Lil looking at one of the gorillas
Lil comparing her hand to the gorilla's
Lil participated in some game put on by Radio Disney... she won an eraser by hitting the froggie into the kiddie pool...
It's blurry, but oh well. This is about as interested as Lacey was in the animals. She liked checking out the snake while upside down
Lil checking out the boa (I think)
The owl checking out Lil...
Brass Tiger Races!
Cute kiddos
Two of my favorite monkeys at the zoo
This was the most active cat we saw... and this is about as active as he got...
The WILDEST animal at the zoo!
My favorite animal... well- maybe not this one in particular, but I do LOVE the penguins
Together we all weigh as much as a baby elephant! (Alone, I weigh as much as a baby rhino)
The water globe. MAJOR kid attraction
The kids before we could get out of the parking lot
And the kids wearing their souvenirs from Grandma (the shirts say See ya Later Aligator!)
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Friday, September 19, 2008
Funny Photo Friday!
I really love this idea, so here ya go! CLICK HERE to see other peoples funny photos!
Lil getting ready for a bath. Anytime we said the word PUSH! She would pull this face. :)
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Lil's tag!
I have seen this in a couple places recently, and last night Lilia was tagged by my friends daughter! SO here you go, totally unedited, totally Lil.
(Pictures of Lil in her new clothes and shiny boots for school...)
1. What is something mom always says to you?
"I don't know! You tell me!"
2. What makes mom happy?
"Um, by not getting spanked."
3. What makes mom sad?
"By getting spanked"
4. How does your mom make you laugh?
"By making funny faces"
5. What was your mom like as a child?
"You had to be a baby and you sleeped in Lacey's crib!"
6. How old is your mom?
"(she rattled off our phone number so my age is 7 digits long)
7. How tall is your mom?
"(she pointed from my toes all the way to the top of my head and said:) That tall!"
8. What is her favorite thing to do?
"play with me and make me laugh (insert fake laugh here)"
9. What does your mom do when you're not around?
"You been a mermaid when I'm not here!"
10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
"For playing music on Daddy's cello"
11. What is your mom really good at?
"I don't know"
12. What is your mom not very good at?
"You are not good at playing the computer because you don't play hard things!"
13. What does your mom do for her job?
"For working on your computer"
14. What is your mom's favorite food?
"Apple pie that Lacey has in her hand!(Lacey has an Apple Nutri Grain Bar)"
15. What makes you proud of your mom?
(She says she doesn't know, but last night she said she was proud of me for buying her all new school clothes...)
16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
"I'm thinking, I'm thinking... Ah HAH! Go Diego Go!"
17. What do you and your mom do together?
"We got to the library together"
18. How are you and your mom the same?
"My eyes are them same then you are"
19. How are you and your mom different?
"We are different, TOGETHER!"
20. How do you know your mom loves you?
"You only eat your own cereal, not my cereal."
Now- Lilia is tagging Max and Lillie (friends), Gracey (vkiddo), Elsie (cousin), and Rori (vkiddo), and Lissy (2nd cousin)
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Monday, September 15, 2008
Lacey can hold her own!
We have a little kiddie chair we bought a few years back. It is totally made of foam, and has a Winnie The Pooh cover on it. Lil used to sit in it all the time, and now, Lacey does too. She LOVES this chair. In fact, she has pretty much claimed it as hers. Well, when Daddy wants to watch TV from the ground he likes to rest his head in the chair (since it really is like a large oddly shaped pillow). So- what happens when Lacey sees Daddy using HER chair?
And just so ya'll know what exactly is going on with the background noise, Lil was playing Dora The Explorer on the computer and we were watching the credits for the incredibly FREAKY movie, The Skeleton Key. So yeah- loud and noisy, but at least I FINALLY caught on tape what Lacey does to ANYONE she catches using her chair!
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Friday, September 12, 2008
I am somewhat glad my house is not a wreck today, since I was tagged by a pretty awesome friend, AM, and therefore have to post this here blog...
So the rules are this- you must take pictures of the following things, as is, no straightening up etc.
My fridge (kinda blurry, but oh well!)
My toilet (Yeah- that sticker has been on it since before we moved in... Maybe its time to remove it?)
My kitchen sink (Complete with clean dishes in the drying rack!)
My favorite room in the house (Well- technically that would be the girls room, but its a mess and Lacey is sleeping in there so you get my favorite room of the moment- only cause its GETTING SO FULL!)
My closet (WOW! I need to reorganize the top of it!)
What my kids are doing right then (As mentioned above, Lacey is sleeping)
(And Lil is helping me make this bread)
Dream vacation (Alaska was SO MUCH FUN! I will SO do it again someday!)
And lastly, a self portrait (I hate self portraits! Even when I have time to prep for them! Pay no attention to the clutter- Today is deep clean day for that room...)
I am, in turn, tagging 5 people: (Some I know well, others, I wanna know better!) Julie (best friend EVER), Beth (as in my swap buddy), Kristin (vFriend), Heidi (church), and Loots! I would have added my latest favorite blogger - Mamasphere, but I am not sure she puts personal pictures on her blog, so she can do this is she wants (since I know she is gonna read this!) But she doesn't have to if she chooses to keep personal stuff, well- um, personal...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Special Delivery!
A while back I signed up for a "Favorite Things" Swap. They gave us a deadline for when to have our packages in the mail... The deadline isn't up yet, but I was surprised to open my mailbox on Friday and find me package from my SWAP BUDDY! I was so excited! I actually had the package opened and rifled through before I even got back to my front door! And since this is my blog, and I wanna, I am gonna post all the awesome goodies I was sent.
Now, the rules for this swap were simple. Send in an email with your name and address and a list of things that you like. Then you will get a swap buddy assigned to you and you can read their list. BUT- you are to send them 3 (or more) things that are YOUR FAVORITES. My swap buddy sent me 6 of her favorite things AND a special letter! Each item had a small note of explanation... Here are the notes:
(haha! I just realized the picture is sideways! Oh well!)
Here is a picture of all the different goodies she sent:
and a close up of my favorite item of the bunch.
... Okay- its hard to tell what I was getting a close up of. It is the little giraffe card. It is SO DARN CUTE!
So as a breakdown, she sent me a super yummy smelling (calming) lotion. Some gel pens (I LOVE THEM! And the one I was using for writing checks* just ran out, so it was perfect timing!). Some Swedish Fish, the little giraffe card, a homemade birdies card, and a picture of her favorite actress. It was an awesome package, and I love, love, LOVE IT! Thanks so much Beth!
Now- just so she knows, her package is still in the process of being put together. I am almost done MAKING something for it, then I will pop it in the mail for her! I hope she is as happy with my package as I was with hers!
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For those of you not familiar with Google Analytics, well... shame on you! Okay- so it's fine for you to not know about it. But I LOVE my Goggle Analytics! It is a program you can add to your blog page to see analysis on your site. It shows you ifo like, where people live that are reading your blog, (no worries- it doesn't give addresses, just cities, and countries. It shows you how many hits you get a day, it shows which specific blog entries are the most hit, you can find out who is referring your site (such as I have had over 30 people hit my blog after reading something I commented on McMommy's blog. Anyway- its kinda fun to see all this info about my blog. WELL- one of the features is seeing which keywords are being searched for that lead people to your blog. Now- I have seen others do this and thought it may be fun, so here is a list of the searches that lead to my blog and my opinion on that search...
1. Voldemort carries Twilight in his purse Well- HE DOES! :)
2. a phrase with beyond, flowers, friends Ha! It's totally BEYOND me why anyone would be interested in reading about my FRIENDS and FLOWERS!
3. "sneeze attack" ?
4. a quick learner as whole Why- YES! I am... Thank you for noticing!
5. facebook flair One of my favorite features of Facebook, and at the same time, the bane of my existence a month ago
6. flowers lilie tattoo AWESOME! I wanna see it!
7. frills pictures well you will find TONS of pictures on my blog, but not too many of actual frills... That is until I start taking pictures of Lil in her tutu!
8. naming siblings flowers Lilia is as close as I will come to that. Though Ivy is kind of a cute name...
9. picture of haven Well I sure think so! My main picture is not just a haven, its totally serene! IMHO...
10. renaesme AWFUL name isn't it? Though I do like the kiddo, just thought the middle name was much better...
11. writing a sense of foreboding Didn't realize reading my stuff was so depressing! It's like I can just hear the depression in this person's search... Hope they found what they were looking for.
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Thursday, September 4, 2008
We had pictures taken on Tuesday. They turned out AWESOME! (And yes- I have the rights to these photos, so I can legally post them on the net...) So of course, now I will share them with you all!
I especially love the last one. So cute!
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… the great teen road trip? Two teens set out together the summer before they start college, finding themselves along the way. Troy is the perfect guy — handsome, smart, athletic, friendly with everyone, and a genuinely nice guy. Helen is also smart and athletic, although rather shy. They both get along well with their parents and siblings, and they work together at Magic Burger. Together, they're taking the ride of their lives in Troy's father's electric-blue Ford convertible. However, this is A. Lee Martinez, so there a few differences between Helen & Troy's Epic Road Quest and the usual teen road trip novel. For one thing, they're on the trip because of a geas placed on them by a rather unpleasant deity who was summoned by their boss. For another, Helen has fur and horns – your basic minotaur.
Martinez does a spectacular job of mixing his signature off-beat, occasionally-dark humor with a coming-of-age story. On their trip, Helen and Troy face challenges ranging from an orc motorcycle gang and dragons to the fates and their own doubts. They must complete the quest or die trying, but thousands of innocent people may die if they succeed. Will they make it to the end? Will they sacrifice themselves for the greater good? Can any challenge be harder than admitting their feelings for one another? As an agent from the National Questing Bureau says, "A quest without mystery is like a wolverine wearing a carnation."
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LONDON (AP) — Admirers of the late Princess Diana gathered outside Kensington Palace on Friday, a bright sunny day that would have been the troubled royal's 50th birthday.
Cards, a cake, a collage and other mementoes were among the gifts left at the gates of Kensington Palace, where Diana once lived — an echo of the massive, makeshift memorial set up there following her 1997 death in a Paris car crash.
"She would've been so popular still. Everyone would have been here to help celebrate," said Kathy Martin, a 49-year-old childcare worker from Australia. "We'll never get to see her grow old."
Martin was one of several hardcore Diana loyalists at the gates — a testament to the hold the princess still has on many fans. They were joined by passers-by, tourists and other admirers, many of whom left cards.
Although her public image was the "People's Princess," Diana died at a time of turmoil in her life. A discreet and lengthy romance with heart surgeon Hasnat Khan had recently ended; her relationship with wealthy playboy Dodi Fayed, who died with her in the accident, was less than two months old.
Martin said it was probably because Diana died young — at only 36 — that she and others were still so drawn to her story.
"Marilyn Monroe was an icon, Grace Kelly was an icon, and Princess Diana was an icon," she said. "They all died young. They'll be remembered as princesses — beautiful, radiant, princesses."
John Loughrey, a 56-year-old who attends just about every Diana-themed event, was the man behind the custom-made cake bearing her name in pink. He said Diana was "just like a magnet."
"The press followed her everywhere and the people followed her everywhere," he said. "Diana's still here in spirit."
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LONDON (AP) — Admirers of the late Princess Diana gathered outside Kensington Palace on Friday, a bright sunny day that would have been the troubled royal's 50th birthday.


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Score two for Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison, and well, zero for the rest of us. The Oracle head just snatched up yet another beachfront abode in Malibu, this time from film and TV producer Jerry Bruckheimer, reports the Los Angeles Times.
Bruckheimer, the executive producer of "The Amazing Race," never listed his home on the open market, though the assessed value is more than $3.65 million, reports the Times. The mansion boasts 70 feet of ocean frontage, 2,239 square feet, and a modest three bedrooms. Well, modest compared to Ellison's other properties, which include an entire Hawaiian island.
Ellison's recent purchase merely bolsters his real estate holdings in the area. The Oracle frontman already owned both of the houses on either side of the producer's. In addition he owns a further eight residences (so that makes 10 total for those counting) along the exclusive and picturesque Carbon Beach aka Billionaires' Beach.
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Billionaires' Beach, indeed--this is Ellison's second purchase in recent months. In fact, prior to scoring Bruckheimer's home, Ellison recently shelled out close to $37 million for former Yahoo CEO Terry Semel's beachfront spread. That extravagant mansion boasts three structures, a three-story rotunda, and a bevy of amenities one could only dream of (well, for us non-billionaires).
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Much may hinge on the outcome of Saturday's football game, when West Virginia (5-2, 2-0) travels to Connecticut (6-2, 2-1), to take on the Huskies for a shot at first place in the Big East conference standings.
Much may hinge on the outcome of Saturday's football game, when West Virginia (5-2, 2-0) travels to Connecticut (6-2, 2-1), to take on the Huskies for a shot at first place in the Big East conference standings.
The Huskies have won 11 in a row at Rentschler Field, while the Mountaineers have yet to win a road game this season.
Donald Brown, Connecticut's starting running back, is second in the nation in total rushing yards with 1,324 yards. Brown has scored 14 touchdowns in the Huskies' first eight games and is coming off a 150-yard, two touchdown performance against a fine Cincinnati team.
"We better be ready to play at twelve o'clock, in Connecticut, or No. 34 [Brown] is going to run through us like you've never seen," said WVU head coach Bill Stewart. "We're going to face the best running back in our league."
Last year, the Mountaineers emphatically defeated the Huskies, 66-21, in Morgantown. WVU and Connecticut wound up being co-champions of the Big East, by posting 5-2 records in league play. The Mountaineers owned the head-to-head match-up and earned the automatic bid to the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.
Stewart made the example of how WVU beat East Carolina, 48-7, last year, at home, then went to ECU this year, and were embarrassed, 24-3.
It seems you can't rewrite the past. Or can you?
As it appears now, these two teams may wind up co-champions again, but the team who wins Saturday may earn the BCS bowl bid.
Brown is a fine running back, however, WVU has the Big East's second leading rusher in Noel Devine. Devine has 849 yards and three touchdowns, while averaging better than seven yards per carry.
Devine has been on fire in his last two outings, rushing for 188 yards and a touchdown against Syracuse, then posting 207 yards and a touchdown against Auburn.
If you like watching dynamic rushing offenses, be sure to tune in Saturday because this should be an old-fashioned, gritty, run dominant football game.
Last week, the conference standings were literally turned upside down, when Pittsburgh suffered its first conference loss, as did Cincinnati. South Florida was handed its second loss by a Big East foe and when the dust settled, WVU sat atop the league standings.
When Rutgers (3-5, 2-2) can go to then-No. 17 Pittsburgh and put up 54 points on the Panthers, meanwhile unranked Louisville (5-2, 1-1) can upend then-No. 16 South Florida, one thing becomes apparent — this league is as unpredictable as picking Sen. Barack Obama or Sen. John McCain to be elected our next president.
Three of five of WVU's final regular season games are on the road. It goes without saying, the Mountaineers take each team's best shot and winning in another's house isn't an easy task.
Stewart complimented Connecticut, along with its coaching staff and seemed worried about what may happen.
"Which Mountaineer team is going to show?" Stewart asked himself. "I don't know," he answered.


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Park recently entered talks to direct another Black List script, the violent Western The Brigands of Rattleborge, but that's film's graphic nature necessitates a major star before it can move forward. As such, Corsica 72 is expected to be Park's next project. He recently made his English-language debut on the horror drama Stoker with Nicole Kidman and Mia Wasikowska, which is set for release next March.


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NORTHWOOD — Coe-Brown Northwood Academy junior Jeremy Brassard was named Thursday as the 2012 Gatorade New Hampshire boys cross country runner of the year.
He is the first Coe-Brown cross country runner to win the award, and he is the only CBNA boys runner to win an individual cross country state title of any sort.
Brassard capped the finest individual fall in school history by winning the Division II title at Derryfield Park in Manchester and the Meet of Champions crown one week later at Nashua South High School.
When Brassard won the D-II title, he was 30 minutes shy of being the school's first division champ. Hannah Parker of the girls team earned that honor when she won the girls D-II race and led the Bears to their third consecutive D-II title.
Brassard's time in Manchester was 16:06, while in Nashua he used a kick over the final 100 yards to beat Bedford's Sam Daly with a time of 15:46.1.
"It was definitely a goal all summer that kept me motivated," said Brassard of winning the two state titles.
"The thing for Jeremy that was so special about it," said co-coach Brent Tkaczyk, "it's predominantly a senior that wins at the state level. The Meet of Champions is almost always a senior. ... He feared nobody. That boy had no fear going into either of those races."
Brassard was also the top N.H. finisher at the New England championships in 19th. In addition, he was named runner of the year by Foster's Daily Democrat, New Hampshire Union Leader, Concord Monitor and the New Hampshire Cross Country Coaches Association.
He concluded the regular season unbeaten against New Hampshire competition.
Also a winter and spring track standout, Brassard has maintained a B average in the classroom. In addition to donating his time as part of food drives and community cleanup efforts, he has volunteered locally on behalf of the Boy Scouts of America, the Special Olympics, Court Appointed Special Advocates and The Way Home, an affordable-housing non-profit.
"To win a state title takes some luck and fortune," said co-coach Tim Cox. "He was able to capitalize on a really smart race."
Moving forward, Brassard will train in the area this summer (he worked last summer at a Lakes Region summer camp).
"I think summer is the most important part of it," he said. "I'm staying around so I'll be able to train with my teammates a lot more. I believe we have a chance for next year, as a team, if we push each other enough."


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Allocated entirely to the assisting the GPU process graphics, VRAM is also known as Video RAM. It would be quite difficult to specifically purchase just VRAM, as it's usually either integrated into a dedicated GPU or into the motherboard itself.
When buying new memory, it's imperative that you check out the specifics of your motherboard and the Operating System it uses, as this will help guide you to your most appropriate selection.
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With ancestry stretching back to Chrysler Europe via Simca, the crypto-Peugeot 104-based Samba- the final vehicle to wear Talbot badges- may well be one of the most terrible European vehicles made during the 1980s.
But who cares? Look at those happy Spanish tourists about to Get It On at the resort, and their Sambas will hurry them on their way to their herpes-soaked sweaty sheets. Sort of a depressing way for the Talbot name to go out, but not as bad as the fate of Stutz.


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Perry Brief Bonanza
On December 6, the Ninth Circuit will begin hearing the appeal of District Judge Vaughn Walker's decision in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, which struck down California's gay marriage ban as a violation of Equal Protection and Due Process under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Supporters of the appellant, ProtectMarriage.com, filed their amicus briefs last month. The Alliance Defense Fund, appellant's co-counsel, has compiled links to those briefs–26 in all–here.
Yesterday, the opposition amicus briefs–that is, those arguing to uphold Walker's decision–flooded in. Prop8TrialTracker.com has compiled 24 of the briefs here.
I would like to commend, in particular, my friend Justin Ford of O'Melveny & Myers, for a job well-done co-authoring the National LGBT Association brief. I've known Justin since our days at Duke together and regret that our tenures at Georgetown Law did not overlap. If gay marriage–and with it, full and equal rights for gays–is the final frontier for American civil rights, then the Nat'l LGBT Ass'n brief squarely addresses the corresponding jurisprudential final frontier: whether laws classifying on the basis of sexual orientation should be subject to heightened scrutiny.
In arguing that heightened scrutiny should apply, the brief surveys the history of federal and state discrimination against gay Americans, including this lovely 1966 letter by then-Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, explaining the continued ban on gays in the federal government's employ:
Pertinent considerations here are the revulsion of other employees byhomosexual conduct and the consequent disruption of service efficiency, the apprehension caused other employees of homosexual advances, solicitations or assaults, the unavoidable subjection of thesexual deviate to erotic stimulation through on-the-job use of thecommon toilet, shower and living facilities, the offense to members ofthe public who are required to deal with a known or admitted sexual deviate to transact Government business, the hazard that the prestige and authority of a Government position will be used to foster homosexual activity, particularly among the youth, and the use of Government funds and authority in furtherance of conduct offensive both to the mores and the law of our society.
Of course, gays are no longer banned from working in the federal government, and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is on the outs, whether judicially or politically. But the brief argues that these gains made towards sexual orientation equality in the United States don't stand in the way of recognizing gays and lesbians as a suspect class:
The existence of, for example, the Civil Rights Act of 1870, Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Voting Rights Act of 1965—not to mention the Fourteenth Amendment itself—obviously does not negate the suspicious nature of race-based classifications. More to the point, the Supreme Court in Frontiero noted the existence of antidiscrimination legislation enacted by Congress for the benefit of women—including the then-pending Equal Rights Amendment—as a factor cutting in favor of applying heightened scrutiny to sex-based classifications, because it showed that "Congress itself has concluded that classifications based upon sex are inherently invidious."
Indeed, to show that gay rights have not enjoyed a one-way ratchet towards equality in recent years, the brief offers a litany of legislated from state statutes and constitutional amendments banning gay marriage to the federal Defense of Marriage Act to Congress's failure to amend the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to include protection against sexual orientation discrimination. "In light of these repeated legislative and ballot-box defeats," the brief states,
it is difficult to see how gay people can be seen as "politically powerful" in any way that could possibly make a difference to the equal protection analysis. On the contrary, women and African-Americans have long demonstrated an ability both to obtain substantial protective legislation, and also to elect and appoint representatives to higher office, and yet legal classifications based on sex and race (rightly) remain suspicious and subject to heightened equal protection scrutiny. It is, in short, as indisputable as it is unacceptable that gay people continue to be treated differently by the law, and by voters, from straight men and women. Such differential treatment is a product of historical animus and unjustified stereotype, and thus warrants the most searching scrutiny when subject to judicial challenge in any context.
The brief goes on to tackle the Ninth Circuit precedent standing in its way. In the 1980 case of Hatheway v. Secretary of Army, the Ninth Circuit upheld a challenge to the military's criminalization of sodomy, but along the way declared sexual orientation a quasi-suspect classification, like gender, worthy of intermediate scrutiny. But this was reversed in 1990 by a case called, High Tech Gays v. Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office. Because the Supreme Court in 1986 ruled in Bowers v. Hardwick that states could criminalize homosexual conduct, the Ninth Circuit in High Tech Gays held that "because homosexual conduct can thus be criminalized, homosexuals cannot constitute a suspect or quasi-suspect class entitled to greater than rational basis review for equal protection purposes."
The brief then invokes a similar syllogism in support of returning to the Hatheway standard of review:
The central premise underlying High Tech Gays—that sexual orientation cannot constitute a suspect or quasi-suspect classification because homosexual conduct may be criminalized without any constitutional impediment—was squarely rejected in Lawrence v. Texas, which explicitly overruled Bowers. The Lawrence Court determined that the "State cannot demean [gay people's] existence or control their destiny by making their private sexual conduct a crime. Their right to liberty under the Due Process Clause gives them the full right to engage in their conduct without intervention from the government."
Because the foundation upon which High Tech Gays rested has been rejected by intervening Supreme Court precedent, the case is no longer controlling and must be overruled. Just as High Tech Gays overruled Hatheway in light of Bowers, this Court should overrule High Tech Gays in light of Lawrence and apply heightened scrutiny to classifications based
on sexual orientation.
Overall, the brief is a powerful and accessible argument for the application of heightened scrutiny to classifications based on sexual orientation. But the question remains: is heightened scrutiny even necessary, given that Prop 8 failed to meet the rational basis test in Judge Walker's courtroom? Here, there is some equivocation. As Walker wrote:
The trial record shows that strict scrutiny is the appropriate standard of review to apply to legislative classifications based on sexual orientation. All classifications based on sexual orientation appear suspect, as the evidence shows that California would rarely, if ever, have a reason to categorize individuals based on their sexual orientation. Here, however, strict scrutiny is unnecessary. Proposition 8 fails to survive even rational basis review.
In its previous gay rights cases, the Supreme Court struck down anti-gay laws using only the rational basis test. Such review clearly empowered Judge Walker to extend that rationale to gay marriage bans, but it is unclear whether the Ninth Circuit or the Supreme Court will be equally disposed towards such an extension. That uncertainty, it seems, has led the National LGBT Association to advocate for a more secure jurisprudential protection against discriminatory laws. But given Justice Kennedy's pivotal fifth vote, trusting in his just-for-gays rational basis review may be a better bet than counting on him to anoint a new suspect class.
As I wrote on the night of Judge Walker's decision:
[S]exual orientation's rational basis review, which started as a dodge by Justice Kennedy back in Romer v. Evans and continued by Justice O'Connor in her Lawrence v. Texas concurrence, now seems to be as protective as intermediate and strict scrutiny. Rational basis review is supposed to be the most forgiving of acts of discrimination–if one gives even a hypothetical justification in defense of a discriminatory law or practice, that law or practice would always be deemed constitutional. Higher levels of scrutiny were left for "officially" illegitimate identity-based classifications.
But now, the Court, in avoiding the anointment of a new suspect classification for fear of bringing the Clinton/Bush era culture wars into the courtroom, has made its imprimatur irrelevant. If you enact a law or institute a practice that tells a distinct and traditionally maligned group of Americans that they are unequal citizens, then you are irrational. Hypothetical justifications are now inadmissible opinions unworthy of deference. And when this case reaches the Supreme Court, the justices' reliance on rational basis review will no longer be a peevish dodge or refusal to stratify suffering; it will be an honest reckoning of an America that no longer tolerates intolerance.
It's also worth considering that heightened scrutiny can be turned against the parties who originally sought it, whereas a uniform rational basis with bite test, as deployed in Romer and Lawrence, does not have the same pitfall. Even rational and benevolent classifications based on race are subject to strict scrutiny, which has led to the cutting back on affirmative action over the last three decades. Should sexual orientation classifications be subject to heightened scrutiny, future laws that seek to remedy past discrimination against gays may fall when challenged by straights incidentally burdened by such laws.
In all, however, as long as assignment to levels of scrutiny are meted out by identities and not by actions–which is always, given the Equal Protection Clause's protection of persons–the National LGBT Association's brief should be taken very seriously. After Romer and Lawrence, our Equal Protection Clause jurisprudence with regard to sexual orientation makes no jurisprudential sense. The brief forcefully states the obvious: heightened scrutiny for sexual orientation classifications is a no-brainer given the indisputable history of legal and social animus against gays in America. Further, relegating sexual orientation classifications to rational basis also strains doctrinal integrity. Over time, something must give: either all non-suspect classifications must be subject to similar biting "rational basis" review as laws impacting gays, or laws impacting gays must be subject to the standard forgiving review all non-suspect classifications have long enjoyed.
Whatever the Ninth Circuit decides (if it gets past the standing issue to get to the merits at all), the decision will ultimately be the Supreme Court's, and thus, Justice Kennedy's. I have doubts that his liberal colleagues will once again join him in ducking the standard of review. If he once again refuses the call to heightened scrutiny, this time to deny a majority over the issue, he will, at best, do so to push forward an idealistic vision of America in which rational basis alone is sufficient to defeat all discriminatory laws. At worst, he will be committing unprincipled, political cowardice.
My suspicion, however, is that should he vote for a federal right to gay marriage (which is hardly certain), we will find his reluctance to anoint a new suspect class to have evolved. However happy he might be to retain Romer's rational basis with bite, he will be the senior justice in the majority responsible for maintaining such a majority, particularly if he assigns the opinion to himself. If he seeks anything short of intermediate scrutiny, he may have four justices threatening to splinter the majority and leave him with a lonely concurrence in the judgment, thereby robbing his opinion of its historical force. Although addressed to the Ninth Circuit, the National LGBT Association's brief is ultimately directed to this very to this consideration.


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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
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Monday, October 3, 2011
Interview in the new Gestalten book and Art Tails project
Yayyy, I have an interview feature in the new Gestalten book: Illustration Unlimited-the essence of contemporary illustration.
The book will be released:
Continental Europe and UK: late September
Asia and Australia/NZ: early October
North America: mid October
Latin America: mid October
Find out more on Gestalten's website if you are interested!
Art Tails is a charity art-book app for i-Phone/i-Pad by 180(and increasingly more) artists from around the world. All the profit of the project goes to the rebuilding of Tohoku, Japan after the disastrous 311 earthquake. I think the project is a brilliant idea as it promotes arts and enables us "starving artists" to contribute with our pictures! I hope you will like it too, thanks for the support!
You can purchase the app here.


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Can this be the Golden Age of the Monkees?
Rock's original manufactured group outsold the Beatles in 1967, and filled arenas in the 1980s. Reruns of their fondly remembered television show and the run of ridiculously catchy singles that accompanied it – "Last Train to Clarksville," "I'm a Believer" and "Daydream Believer" among them – ensured a baseline level of popularity through the decades that followed.
But the death last year of Davy Jones sent the albums back to the charts and helped to speed a reconsideration of the band's catalog and its enduring influence on the power-pop that followed. It's no longer just the hits: The B-side "Goin' Down" enjoyed an iTunes revival following an appearance on "Breaking Bad," the album cut "Porpoise Song" did the same after turning up on "Mad Men." A 12-city reunion tour last fall of Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and, for the first time since 1997, Michael Nesmith, sold out all dates.
One good tour deserving another, the trio launched its 24-date "Midsummer's Night with the Monkees" tour last week in New York, and brought the show Sunday to the Warner Theatre in Washington. Playing before a screen that showed scenes and montages from the brightly colored TV show, they tore through a well-paced, 30-song set that alternated between the hits and extended explorations of the album "Headquarters" and the soundtrack to their movie "Head" for an enthusiastic, multigenerational crowd.
Never have they sounded better, appeared more assured or been more enjoyable than right now.
The absence of Jones and the return of Nesmith makes for an edgier setlist. Gone, for the most part, is the poppier fare at which Jones excelled: "I Wanna Be Free," "(Look Out) Here Comes Tomorrow" and the like. Taking its place is the cosmic roots music pioneered by Nesmith: "You Just May Be The One," "Tapioca Tundra," "The Kind of Girl I Could Love."
The material from "Head," particularly Dolenz's transcendent reading of "Porpoise Song," and a droning take on Nesmith's "Sweet Young Thing" bathed the theater in psychedelic colors.
Backed by a crack band that included Nesmith's son Christian on guitar and Dolenz's sister Coco on vocals, the trio played the material straight, leaving the comedy to the clips of their younger selves playing onscreen behind them. An amusing exception: Nesmith singing the electronic chirps, bleeps and growls of the Moog synthesizer on "Daily Nightly."
Other highlights included Dolenz scatting through the epic "Goin' Down" and Tork infusing "Early Morning Blues and Greens" with a wistful maturity.
In between songs, Dolenz spoke of the group's friendship with the Beatles, who were fans; Nesmith introduced the off-the-cuff "No Time" as a song that changed "the entire universe;" Tork recited the comic "Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky."
Jones remained a presence throughout, appearing on the screen and providing the emotional center of the evening: Toward the end of the show, the trio left the stage to a clip of the onetime Broadway actor singing and dancing through the vaudevillian "Daddy's Song." Then the survivors returned to invite a fan onstage to lead the crowd in Jones' signature "Daydream Believer" – a fine tribute and a fitting climax to a terrific night.
Set List
(Video: (Theme From) The Monkees)
Last Train to Clarksville
Papa Gene's Blues
Your Auntie Grizelda
The Kind of Girl I Could Love
Sweet Young Thing
I'm a Believer
(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
You Told Me
Sunny Girlfriend
You Just May Be the One
Mary, Mary
The Girl I Knew Somewhere
Early Morning Blues and Greens
Randy Scouse Git
For Pete's Sake
No Time
Daily Nightly
Tapioca Tundra
Goin' Down
Porpoise Song
Can You Dig It?
As We Go Along
Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again?
(Video: Daddy's Song)
Daydream Believer
What Am I Doing Hangin' Round?
Listen to the Band
Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky
Pleasant Valley Sunday
Matthew Hay Brown is a Washington correspondent for The Baltimore Sun. He last reviewed the Counting Crows at Wolf Trap. Wesley Case edited this review.


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