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Birth Tree: Would You Plant One?
When a friend told me he was considering planting two trees to celebrate the birth of his friends' new baby twins, I must admit I swooned. Birth-trees! Such a sweet idea, but there are a few things to consider...
If you're thinking of planting a tree to celebrate welcoming a child into your family (or your loved ones' family), here are a few things to think about:
The ultimate size of the tree. It might look a cute and teeny now, but in 30 years that little tree could be crowding your driveway or blocking all the windows on one side of your house. If it does get huge, is it the sort of tree you'll be able to shape as needed, or will it look silly with a haircut?
The placement of the tree. Again, a mature tree will cast a lot more shade than expected, affecting the rest of your yard and garden, so plant accordingly. If it is a fruit tree, you'll want to be sure it won't end up dropping fruit in highly inconvenient locations.
What will you do if the tree dies? A child might naturally feel very attached to his or her tree, so what is the plan if the tree doesn't make it? Will you plant another of the same type? Will you try to match the size of the original tree by planting a larger, more mature (and more expensive) tree? Will you talk it over with your child and see what they prefer to do? Maybe they'd like a birthday butterfly bush or tulip bed?
What will you do if you move? Transplanting trees can be a very tricky business, and much will depend on how long the tree has been in its place. You'll want to consult your local reputable nursery for advice, but there's a good chance that moving the tree will be impossible. Will you plant a new one at your new home? Or perhaps try take your child to look at their tree every year to see how it's progressing?
For those of you who have planted trees for your children (or are simply tree experts), are there any other factors to consider?
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Maybe you plant the tree and don't tell the kid until you're reasonably confident the tree won't go kaput?
This is such a nice idea. If one were to plant a tree for a child and then move, perhaps they could take a sapling or seed to grow a new tree, or graft a branch to another tree? There are all sorts of possibilities.
There are a lot of named cultivars of plants out there. I try to find plants named for people I know, like the "Josephine" or "Henryii"clematis, etc. and whenever I see one, I buy it as I'm trying to create a "family" garden. These are easier plants to find and move than a tree is and there is a huge selection. The Royal Horticultural Society has a plant finder where you type in a name and it will give you a list of plants with that name. Then you can Google the specific plant name and see where you can buy it.
Some parks and environmental organizations have tree planting programs. We sometimes purchase some in honor of someone who has accomplished something good or in memory of someone who has passed away.
That's a great idea. Much better than planting one in your own yard, especially if you have no experience with trees. I like the idea of dedicating stars to people, too.
They weren't officially birth trees but my parents planted a yard full of fruit trees the year I was born. Great to eat the fruit growing up.
But now almost all of them have died (I'm in my 30s, pretty normal life for this kind of tree in this location). Kind of sad but kind of funny.
Consider the tree a PART of the celebration to honor the birth and not name the tree for the child. Just think about birthday cakes. People say it's the child's cake but when everyone shares the cake and the child is confused and gets upset. We should say the cake is to celebrate the child's birthday. Every birthday I had my picture taken in front of the tree planted in the year I was born, AND I was wearing something made from fabric of my baby blanket. Over the years, the blanket fabric became a robe, a long dress, a short dress, a skirt, pockets, collars and trim. Oh, and the tree in the picture got taller and taller.
We received permission to plant them in a conservation area own buy our water management district. They just asked that the trees be indigenous and not something that might cause harm to the surrounding area. The area has flourished so much that we really do not know which trees our the ones we planted but that is certainly nothing to complain about!
Lovely idea but we have been such rolling stones we never lived anywhere long enough to see them bloom ( except on Google street view).
I've always love the idea of birth tree. In the manga "Bunny Drop", Daikichi planted a birth tree for his adopted daughter Rin when she was 7 years old.
When he was planting the tree, he told her the story about ninjas. Ninjas plant a tree when they were young and jump over it everyday as part of training. As the tree grow, they would jump higher and higher. That's how they can eventually jump 30 feet high. It started out as a joke, but she ended up being very tall and athletic when she was in high school. I've always thought this is a lovely story.
Moving is definitely a problem. It's a great idea you guys mentioned to plant a tree via environmental organizations. I mean, it would be taken care of as well! No worries even if you don't have a green thumb.
I was born in Jerusalem in 1980. There is a custom there to plant trees when children are born. I obviously don't remember planting my tree, but I love the picture of my family there, holding newborn me, with my tree. I planted my sister's tree when she was born four years later. There seemed to be designated areas for the tree planting; the tree was planted in an area that needed reforesting, not at our own house. (This avoids the issue of a child getting attached to a particular tree and having a hard time if it dies or if the family moves.) I live in Florida now, but I love the idea that somewhere in my birth country there's a tree that's 32 years old. I think it's a beautiful tradition.
My friend's mom has a story: She sold the family home where she'd been born and where the tree had been planted, retired to a smaller place in the same town, and the person who bought the old house cut down the tree to accommodate an addition. She said it felt odd to outlive one's tree.
A tree was planted for me when I was born. Planted in the front yard of the house we lived in by our landlord. We moved a couple of years later, but my parents still live close to that old house, and every once in a great, great while, I find myself driving down that old street and I'll pass by the house and think, "There's my tree!"
We planted one at my parent's house when my mom finished chemo after breast cancer. The tree is now 21 years and my mom is still cancer free. I love the idea of planting trees to celebrate important events... Births, weddings, beating cancer... Even planting a tree for someone who had died helps keep their memory alive. And, like Shifrah mentioned, it doesn't have to be in your yard, you can plant one in a place that needs reforesting.
The original owners of our home planted two birth trees with their sons' births. When they put the house up for sale, we agreed they had a year to take them. They never claimed them -- and we enjoy them and remember why they were planted.
Planting trees is fabulous, but planting commemorative trees has always seemed a little uncomfortable to me. There are situations where it's lovely, but generally I don't like having my environment remind me of specific events If my parents did this for me, I would find it kind of tacky.
Tangent: Every year at my high school, the seniors had to make some kind of parting gift with the school (paintings, commemorative brick, writing "don't you forget about me" on everything, etcetcetc just stupid stuff nobody needs or wants). My year decided to plant a tree. It was the most pathetic tree I've ever seen. It was an adult tree, but there were no leaves and it looked like it was on the edge of death. It was an exact representation of how much I loved everybody in my year.
My father planted a tree on the day of my birth. We eventually moved away and I grew up and moved out of town. When I go back home, I always pass by the old house and look at my tree. I look at it and think of my dad, who passed away earlier this year.
love the idea! Don't see moving as being a problem, just as you're leaving behind a childhood house you can leave behind the birth tree. Will definitely consider doing this when I eventually have kids
We planted a tree for both of our children, with their placentas. The only thing that worries me is with subsequent children (hopefully!) we may run out of room for trees. we may have to switch to bushes or something! My six-year-old's tree is big enough for her climb in now and it's very special to her. I think it's the placenta that is the most significant part for us, though. Even without trees, I think doing something meaningful with the placenta is a great thing.
" Again, a mature tree will cast a lot more shade than expected, affecting the rest of your yard and garden, so plant accordingly. "
I don't get it. Why should a mature tree cast more shade than expected? With a little research - especially with the Internet at your fingertips - this should not be an issue.
I think it is a nice idea - planting a tree is generally a nice as well as good idea, regardless of the reason. I think that we cut down a lot more trees than we plant. It always upsets me to see very mature trees cut down because they are casting shade at the house. I know in Toronto one needs to obtain a permit, I don't know if there is the same rule where I live now - there should be. I find it heartbreaking to see perfectly healthy trees - that have been around for fifty years if not longer - felled.
We planted mine (not really a birth tree, but a seedling I rescued from a crack in the sidewalk at four years old, and kept in a pot for the next 6 years) in the front yard, so we could always come back and look at it. Over two decades later, it's doing great!!!
I had to cut down the tree the former homeowner of my current house planted when they first moved in. Unfortunately, a winter storm had killed it, and it had branches hanging precariously over my next door neighbor's kid's play area.
I felt guilty for cutting it down, but perhaps less guilty than I would have if it had fallen on my neighbors kids...
My family plants dogwoods everywhere we live, so I always thought of that as our family tree and when I was away from home and homesick, could just see a dogwood and feel connected. I also have many friends and family members who've bought trees in parks or a park/endangered animal sponsorship to honor a birth. My grandparents got me a manatee sponsorship and would often get me manatee ornaments/knicknacks; my sister got an animal shelter sponsorship and would get cat things. It wasn't being tied to a specific tree or animal so much as encouraging a kinship to a species.
Another thought is to plant shrubs -- it wasn't planted FOR me, but I loved a flame red rose my mother planted in our first house and I claimed it as mine! Trees are special, but smaller plants are fun too.
Quick funny story....we planted a tree for our son at his first birthday. We had a little very informal ceremony. My father-in-law was doing a funny, little tree chant and tree dance while my own dad was calling us all around to have a prayer of blessing. Anyway, we always look back on this and laugh at how different our families are:)
Just a side note, we left soon thereafter for vacation and the tree died in the drought. It was a pitiful feeling.
Growing up, my school gave us all trees on earth day in kindergarden. They were more 5-year-old trees than birth trees, but it made us all the more attached since we remembered planting them.
I remember being VERY upset when we moved. Somehow we managed to transplant my tree. My brothers weren't so lucky.
My parents did this for both my brother and I back in the early 80's - I was just visiting my parents for my 31st birthday last weekend and took my (almost) annual photo with my magnolia. It has managed to live for all of these years, even after many trimmings and rough winters in upstate New York. My brother's tree (can't remember the type) had to be replaced a few times over the years, but it has never bothered him in the least. He still knows it's his.
We did this, but it happened organically (hah!). A potted olive blew over in the storm after our first so we made the commitment of putting it in the ground, and just before our second we were landscaping and got to the lemon tree when he was a month old. They suit our two down to the ground (hah again!). I am not into the placenta burying thing, though, just - no. If the trees die, they die. I admit I am extra fond of those two trees and pay special attention to pruning. I am also very fond of the huge old magnolia that bloomed the week each were born, even though their birthdays are several months apart. I associate my own birthday with daffodils, because my mother always took me out to see them from my first week, the only bright spot around at that particular time. So it doesn't have to be a tree, as others have said. When I drive by one of my too-many childhood homes, I always check on my brother's maple tree. Moving on is bittersweet in many ways for children, it's ok to have a left behind tree encapsulate all that sentiment in my book.
It's not quite the same thing, but I have bought an acre of rainforest as a present for a significant birthday and for a wedding present and it was a huge hit in both cases. I got it from The World Land Trust (http://www.worldlandtrust.org/supporting/gift-shop) but there are several places that offer it. They post out a certificate for the recipient saying it was a gift and what the special occasion is, and both my giftees have theirs framed and hung on their walls where I'm told they attract many compliments. I have also recommended it to people as a good present for a baby. (Of course technically you sponsor the acre, you don't own it).
My parents planted a tree for my each of my siblings and I when we were born in the 80's. Their trees are growing tall and strong in my father's yard. My tree was damaged when our childhood home burned about 6 years ago, so my father cut it down to my dismay. He saved two large pieces of the trunk that I dried and stripped the bark from. They now are beautiful side tables in my home, my favorite pieces of "furniture" and will always remind me of him. If your child's tree ends up dying or if you move and want to take a piece of it with you, make something out of it that they can cherish.
My parents planted a tree when I was born. Not a birth tree, but just because they love trees. The tree is now HUGE! :). I love driving over to see it.
We have also, kind of accidentally, planted trees for both of our kids.
My parents planted a Rose of Sharon tree in memory of my grandmother who died when I was 5. We moved from the home when I was in my late teens, but we took a graft and planted it everywhere we lived since.
My aunt planted an ornamental cherry tree when her first daughter was born (the subsequent two children were not rewarded with trees). The tree died.
But for a while it was quite pretty; we've the same variety in our yard (it fared better) and grew from the ~5 foot sapling to about 20 feet tall. It's pretty and flowers well each spring. I really liked the idea when my cousin was born (I was 11) and thought it was neat.
Evidently, like children, trees need care... hehe. ;) My grandmother lived with us when our tree was planted, and she's into gardening.
My parents planted a tree for my brother and a bush for me when we were born. They chose plants named with the same first initial as ours (i.e. Matt got a Maple and Alex got an Azalea). My Azalea bush got killed a couple of times when the snow plow kept running it over. They finally planted one in a safer place, and it's doing well now. :)
I was never hurt when it died, I barely even knew. My brother and I weren't caught up in our trees and how they were doing and what they looked like. We certainly didn't equate the plant's lives and health with our own. We just thought it was kind of neat and noticed them once in a while. Kids react the way their parents react. So if the parents get nervous about the tree thriving, then the kid will. But for us, it was just something fun and casual.
We didn't move, but I don't think I would have minded if we had. Maybe we would have planted two new ones at the new house, maybe we would have even helped to select them.
I don' have children but I would plant 7 which is the quantity of trees one human consumes as paper during his/her life. Sometimes I send gift of the certificate of planted 7 trees for their names to my loved one through an foundation. 1 isn't enough, let's do it 7!
Oh, what a good idea! Thanks for sharing!


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This is an update to a previous story in which Outstate Politics chronicled the campaign messaging of Representative Dan Severson (R) who is seeking the Republican endorsement to take on Mark Ritchie (DFL) for Secretary of State of Minnesota.
Recently, though, more evidence was sent to me from the fan page of the Minnesota 7th Congressional District Republican Party that Representative Severson is running for election less out of a desire to serve than a desire to seek some sort of revenge for electoral losses in 2008. On the page, Severson encourages people to visit his website because he is "going after Minnesota ACORNS" which is an apparent reference to the community organizing group that has become something of a white whale for conservatives.
It appears that this "get the ACORNS" message is a theme that extends beyond a message on one Minnesota Republican Facebook page. Severson is splattering the idea across every conservative Facebook Page he can find:
While the messaging is not entirely unexpected from a conservative candidate it does seem somewhat counterproductive to the meme being cultivated by the broader Republican Party in Minnesota who have tried to paint Mark Ritchie as a partisan DFLer who stole the 2008 election for Al Franken. It becomes increasingly difficult for the Republican Party to use this meme when its candidate for the position uses as his campaign message that he is going to use the office of Secretary of State to "take on Minnesota ACORNS". My initial email to the Severson campaign for comment was opened but never responded to so I have sent another email in the hopes that they will provide answers.

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Are Bigger Cars Safer?
Are bigger cars really safer? Many people assume that driving an SUV, minivan, or pickup truck increases your chances of surviving a crash. While that may or may not be the case, larger vehicles present other problems regarding accident avoidance and rollover that are not encountered with smaller vehicles.
Crash Survivability
Let's start with crash survivability. Yes, having a larger vehicle is to your advantage if you collide with a smaller vehicle. Having the larger vehicle, however, may not determine whether you survive a crash. One of the most important areas of survivability is the vehicle design. If the vehicle is well designed with crumple zones to absorb and dissipate the energy of a collision, and has a strong well-designed passenger compartment designed to withstand the impact, you are in good shape regardless of the size of the vehicle. Finally, bigger vehicles develop a lot more momentum and energy than smaller vehicles. If your big vehicle hits something stationary, such as a tree or a stone wall, that extra energy is going to be detrimental unless it can be dissipated by a vehicle's crumple zones.
A disadvantage of larger vehicles such as SUVs and pick up trucks is the rollover problem. Accompanying the shift from larger sedan type autos to trucks is a higher center of gravity. These vehicles are taller and therefore more likely to roll over than cars with a lower center of gravity. Regardless of the size of your vehicle, you want to avoid rollovers, which are much more likely to cause head injuries.
Collision Avoidance
Larger vehicles also cause additional problems in the area of collision avoidance. Most SUVs are not equipped with braking systems that allow them to stop as quickly as smaller cars (BMW and Mercedes Benz being the exceptions). Longer braking time means more accidents. The handling and maneuverability of bigger vehicles make them also less responsive than their smaller counterparts, so it may be easier for a small vehicle to avoid an accident. The increased height of SUVs and trucks does provide an advantage in being able to see over smaller vehicles, however. Earlier warning of a hazard down the road can help avoid an accident. Unfortunately, this advantage turns into a hindrance for smaller car drivers who can only see as far as the SUV in front of them.
Are bigger vehicles really safer? Not in all circumstances. Keep this in mind the next time you're shopping for new wheels.
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"The first thing I ever did on my own," Marty recounted, "was repair the end of a gable on our house. That was about six years ago. I was cleaning it and came across a piece of rotten wood that I thought would be easy enough to repair. As it turned out, it was tougher than I imagined. I figured it to be a 45-minute job, but it took two days.
"Around the same time, I asked my father to build me a birdhouse. Being the wise man he is, he told me to come on over and he would show me how to do it instead of doing it for me. As a true Southern female, learning to use power tools had never crossed my mind. We made three birdhouses together that day, but in addition to teaching me, he had a shiny new circular saw waiting for me when I arrived. It was my first power tool, but certainly not my last.
"My parents had divorced when I was young, and it seemed that no one in my house knew how to do anything with their hands. One thing that had piqued my interest in high school was when I restored an old Singer sewing machine with my father as a school project. That's what first got me interested in wood. However, I got married at 19 and had three kids, so there was no time for hobbies. Of course, I did the odd painting and repair jobs around the house, but that was all.
"When Christmas rolled around the next year, I built birdhouses for everyone on my list. For myself, I made a wooden chaise lounge from a pattern I found in a magazine. After Christmas, people who had seen my birdhouses started asking for custom pieces, and I started making them.
"The Internet has become a huge resource for me as far as learning techniques is concerned. I do rustic furniture as well, but it is the birdhouses that have taken off. About three years ago, I started a website to show some of my work. Quite unintentionally, it has become a business, and now is my full-time work. For the most part, my customers come via word of mouth. Being in Texas, many of them want Texas-themed items. One customer took a large Texas flag painted on a piece of wooden fence to Australia as a gift.
"At times I try to make the birdhouses reflect the personality and interests of the person destined to receive it, but often people will order several birdhouses and ask for various themes. Hunting is big around here, so that's one theme that is common. Sometimes the pieces take on a life of their own. I started one using Louisiana State University colors, but it eventually morphed into a Mardi Gras theme. Obviously, they are made to go outside, but some people decide theirs is too nice to be outdoors. One customer ordered seventeen birdhouses as gifts to clients and not a single one went outside."
Marty is proud of being green, and is a big supporter of Habitat for Humanity, which ironically makes houses not for birds but for humans. "Everything I use is recycled," she told me. "The wood can come from old fences, broken furniture and even leftovers and cutoffs from contractors and buildings. Whether a house is being put up or torn down, there's wood to be had. I also incorporate hardware, metal odds and ends from the Salvation Army or from estate sales, and even items reclaimed from the trash. I've even used old jewelry, Christmas ornaments and even a broken part from an easel."
Though it has become a viable business, Marty credits woodworking with a far more significant role in her life. "About 10 years ago," she explained, "I was exposed to a chemical at work that affected my speech and coordination, and left me physically impaired for years. For a while I was almost comatose, and could not even speak normally. For me, woodworking has been a wonderful outlet that has given me a newfound confidence. I credit a lot of my healing to woodworking."


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Tommy Mohawk and his little pal, Chatter!
We recently acquired a stack of rare television commercial model sheets created by Disney artists in the '50s. When these animated ads were produced, Walt was looking for ways to earn extra money to keep his studio afloat and help finance Disneyland. The characters you see here for Mohawk Carpets were drawn in 1952 in the traditional Disney style.
Here's Chatter the Squirrel, looking suspiciously similar to another famous nut-loving rodent in the Disney firmament. Apparently his oversized headband would sometimes cover his eyes, causing him to trip and run into stuff.
And this sweet Indian maiden is Minnie (short for "Minnehaha"). There were eight Mohawk spots produced in all, with the following descriptive titles: Tommy Tests Carpets, Tommy Supervises Weaving, Tommy Plants Carpet Seeds, Tommy Designs Carpets, Tommy Falls for Minnie, Tommy Gives Animals Sleeping Carpets, Birds Use Waterfall for Loom, and Tommy Harvests Carpets.
Here's the complete model sheet:
Notice that the Studio stamp at the top isn't Disney's, but reads "Property of Hurrell Productions." Producing commercials for TV in the early days was considered waaay beneath the status of a major Hollywood movie studio, so Walt set up a separate, secret television production studio on the Burbank lot operated by famed glamour photographer George Hurrell...who just happened to be married to Phyllis Bounds, the niece of Walt's wife, Lillian!
George Hurrell, incidentally, had photographed Walt for this famous portrait way back in 1940.
So anyway, I'd really love to see some of the Mohawk Carpet ads (Tommy Plants Carpet Seeds?? Sounds cool!) I haven't found any of them online, except that googling "mohawk carpet animated" yields this nifty roadside relic in Denver, Colorado:


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Friday, October 22, 2010
Ask Bomberger: Cubicle Blues
Unfortunately in America today many people suffer from what I'll call the "Cubicle Blues". Sedentary jobs create a very dangerous cycle of sitting, more sitting, drained energy levels, sitting and you guessed it: more sitting. Being cooped up in an office all day is the human body's worst nightmare and it is important you find some motivation within yourself to get physical activity before work, during lunch or after your work day. If you are someone who is lucky enough to be working a sedentary job and not struggling weight gain, which very lucky few are, then the reality of sluggish energy levels and the prospect of poor metabolism, heart disease and increased risk of cancer can and should all be motivation to show your body some love!
You've touched on two of the most common excuses people use to justify not getting in the gym and I am going to show you that these excuses are not reasons at all and can be beat! First, let's address finding motivation or mustering up the energy to do a workout. Sure it does take some energy, but the truth is getting your heart rate up, the blood pumping and the muscles burning will help increase the body's feel good neurotransmitters and boost endorphins, giving your body a sort of physical activity "high". Exercise has been shown time and time again to increase mood and relieve stress, something we can all use after work!
The American Heart Association recommends 30 minutes of moderate activity daily to fight off heart disease and cardiovascular related illness. That's basically just a 30 minute walk a day for basic heart health. The cool part about exercise is the harder you work in a session, the less time it takes to reap some of the same health benefits. Try these simple fifteen to twenty minute protocols which will require some blood, sweat and tears (ok maybe just sweat!) three to four times a week to keep your body fighting the cubicle blues:
Density Training
Density training is when you perform an exercise circuit as many times as you can with as little rest as possible in a set amount of time. Take rest as needed, but remember the goal is to get as many rounds in as possible! Set a timer for five, ten, fifteen or twenty minutes, try these simple density circuits and let me know how your body feels:
- 10 jumping jacks, 10 body weight squats, 10 push ups
- 10 burpees, 10 alternating lunges (10 each side!), 10 seated Russian twists (hands extended away or holding a medicine ball or light dumbbell)
- 10 squat jumps, 10 dive bomber push ups, 10 mountain climbers
30:30 Intervals
30:30 intervals are simple: 30 seconds of work, 30 seconds of rest, repeat. This timed protocol can be utilized with jogging, running, sprinting, body weight training and even resistance training. Alternate between 30 seconds of work and 30 seconds of rest, sounds easy enough right? The catch is your 30 seconds of work need to be HARD. Give it a good hard effort, then relish the 30 seconds of rest. This will result in a greater caloric output, boost your metabolism and help you burn more fat. Start with short interval sessions if you're a beginner, shooting for only 5 to 8 minutes at first. As you improve your fitness, you should build to 20 minutes of uninterrupted 30:30 action!
- Find a track and alternate between running for 30 seconds and walking for 30 seconds.
- Utilize a course 15-20 yards in length and alternate between 30:30 sets of sprints, shuffles and or cariocas for your set amount of time.
- Put together a body weight circuit where you alternate between a few different exercises for the timed interval such as: body weight lunges, push ups, pull ups and bicycle crunches. Each work to rest period will be one minute, therefore if you do 5 sets of these 4 exercises, you've got 20 minutes of work!
I hope some of these tips can help get you on the right track and fix your cubicle blues!
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These are great and totally do-able exercises. What about some tips on things you can do right at your desk? Is there anything you can do at your desk? even something as simple as posture?? Any advise?
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Trans brothers, dear dear dear men, whom I respect and look up to and adore, allow me to quote noted gender theorist Inigo Montoya:
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
I'm writing this because there's been tons of talk about this slur recently. Trans men, some of them high profile, using tr*nny, trans women calling them on it, trans men demanding that they have a right to say it, et cetera. So before I start the serious stuff, I want to say that I'm not who you should listen to. This is really a trans women's issue. You should listen to trans women. But they are already talking, and from your reactions, it's clear we need to talk about this. From one trans guy to a bunch of others.
I'm not mad, guys. Well, ok, I'm a little mad. But mostly I just want to help fix this. We've made some bad mistakes. I used to use this word too, and I own that. I fucked up. We fucked up. Now let's work to make this better.
Tr*nny is a slur. I think we've all agreed on that. Diverse sources, from Julia Serano to Kelly Osbourne, all agree. But for whom is it a slur? We know what image is summoned when we hear n*gger–a Black body. When we hear fag–a queer male body. When we hear d*ke–a queer female body. These words evoke certain identities. There are clear images associated with them. Fags are effeminate. D*kes are too masculine to be proper women. What clear image is evoked by tr*nny?
You know as well as I do: it's the image of a trans woman. A "male" body, or rather, a body doctors would assign as male, in women's clothing. A person attempting–and always failing, in these images–to be female. That's what the image has historically been, and with only a few tiny changes, that's what the image is now.
Whenever I have this debate, I suggest people google "tr*nny." I stand by that suggestion. Click over the image tab and you'll see trans women and drag queens galore, a few car parts, and fabulously enough, a picture of Kate Bornstein with a photoshopped mermaid's tail, but almost never a trans man. When you do see trans men online associated with the slur, they're almost always calling themselves tr*nnies. They're not having the word pinned on them by cis people. This distinction is excruciatingly important.
The fact that cis people don't call trans men tr*nnies very often illuminates two important things about trans male experience: the degree to which are and have been invisible, and what a weird place we stand in as female-assigned men in a patriarchal world.
The invisibility is a big part of what's scary about being a trans man. We're so unspeakable that there isn't even a common word used to degrade exclusively us. When we look into history for gender variant people, we see trans women, and we see this word used against them. We see few trans men, and just like those historical trans men are mostly invisible, so are the structures of oppression used to keep them down.
Reclaiming tr*nny feels like a way to have a history. But that word was never our history. It feels like a way to name and confront those invisible oppressive structures. But it doesn't do that work, because while the structures that oppress trans women have many elements in common with the ones that oppress us, they're not the exact same ones.
That's because, like I said, trans men are in such a weird position in relation to patriarchy. To the patriarchal eye, we seem to following the sexist imperative that being a man is better than being a woman, which of course the patriarchy is all for. But we're doing it by violating another central patriarchal imperative: that people with vaginas are women.
So we move through this sexist world in a peculiar manner–able to wield our male privilege when we're allowed to function as men, but subject to a particularly painful brand of transphobic and homophobic sexism when we're understood as women.
Sure, sometimes trans guys get called tr*nny. But let's please be real: It's not that often, and it's a recent phenomenon. Maybe we'll get to the point where it's a common enough slur against trans men that we can start to have the reclamation conversation. But man, I hope we don't. It's depressing and comical, us wanting our very own slur.
Sure, you might have a trans woman friend who doesn't mind you calling yourself a tr*nny. This is because women, like men, don't always agree with one another!
Sure, you may be very attached to the word "tr*nny" as a part of your identity. You can identify as anything you want! But if it is absolutely imperative for you to use that word, and you using that word makes trans women feel unsafe around you, I'm not sure what to tell you. Maybe you should do some work within yourself, trying to discover why you have such an intense need to own a word that makes people feel unsafe. All of which is to say that, ultimately, your identity is your identity, but you don't need to share all of it with everyone if it makes them feel unsafe.
Raise your hand if you're a young white trans guy who went/goes to a liberal arts college and is reading this on his Macbook. (My hand is raised.) Please know that most people who get tr*nny used against them on a daily basis are poor trans women of color. Please try to remember that working to include poor trans women of color in our movement is like, one of the most important things we need to do right now.
Which is more important, working to make trans women feel comfortable and safe in our community, or using a word that makes us feel all tingly and transgressive?
Resist transmisogyny. You do not need someone else's slur to connect with your own history. Stop using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.
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October is very hard for me.
It's not that the early autumn in Wyoming isn't beautiful. If you haven't experienced the crisp air as the nights come earlier each day, or the last few cricket chirps of the season that follow the brilliant orange sunsets, you can't really know the peaceful, quiet contemplation this time of year brings those few of us fortunate to make our homes here.
But it's those cues, these turns of the calendar pages, that remind me of the tragedy that autumn brought us 13 years ago, and start us reflecting on what our family, and our society, have learned from it.
Thirteen years ago this week his father, brother and I were at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colo., with our firstborn son, Matthew Shepard. He was 21, and dying. Just days before, he had been just like millions of American college students whose names are not known to the world — getting the hang of his new classes, adapting to a new campus, making friends. His father and I thought his biggest challenges were keeping money in his checking account and getting his homework in on time.
But here he was in intensive care, the victim of a terrible, senseless attack at the hands of two other young men who, at some point in their lives, learned it was OK to hate others for being different, to victimize them, to disregard their humanity.
Matt passed away quietly in the early morning hours of Oct. 12, 1998, with his family at his bedside. He died because of violence fueled by anti-gay hatred. For a lot of reasons, some of which we will probably never quite understand, the world had been watching, praying for him, and voicing their outrage.
October cannot go by anymore, and never will again, without us wondering what might have been, for us and for so many other families, if hatred of gay, and lesbian, and bisexual, and transgendered people, and all those whom others simply think might be, had been rooted out long ago.
In the painful months that followed Matt's death, we came to understand a lot of things we never knew before: about hate crimes, and how shockingly many there were every year; how they are characterized by obvious signs, like excessive violence, and the denial that surrounds them; and how hard they were to prove, and prosecute, and appropriately punish, with sensitivity to the victim's loved ones and the wider community.
We learned about the LGBT community and its long struggle for acceptance and equality. We learned how easily LGBT people could be fired from their jobs just for being themselves, how they couldn't serve their country openly, couldn't marry, couldn't adopt kids in some states. And most of all, we learned about the fear so many otherwise good people had in their hearts about their gay neighbors, coworkers and family members.
We set about creating a legacy for Matt. He had always been interested in politics, human rights and LGBT equality — he had in fact been at a Coming Out Week meeting at the University of Wyoming on his last night. With the support and sympathy of the thousands who wrote us and the millions who were touched by his death, we decided to try to make a difference in his name.
Thirteen years later, the Matthew Shepard Foundation stands up for the LGBT community and its straight allies, in Matt's memory. We are a modest organization, but we do our part and persuade others to do theirs, as well. We pushed — for a long, long time — for federal hate crime legislation that includes LGBT people. That finally happened in another chilly October two years ago — one more step forward. We go to schools and companies and community groups to implore everyone there to embrace diversity. We try to give young people hope, despite their parents' or peers' rejection of them, that they have a bright future. We keep Matt's story alive and look to turn bystanders into activists.
It's been such a long, sometimes tiring journey, but a rewarding one, as well. The coming out stories that young people tell me, slowly, almost imperceptibly, got better. More and more, the story ends not with a young person being turned out of the house, but affirmed, and accepted, lovingly. Every time I speak at a college somewhere in America, I am hoping I will hear another one like that.
Marriage equality is coming slowly, state by state, and military service has finally been opened to all, regardless of sexual orientation. This is progress. But we have a lot of work left to do, in employment discrimination, in family law and, most of all, in people's individual lives.
We all have a role to play. We all have our story to tell. When we all finally stand up and demand equality, the scourge of hatred will wither and disappear. And maybe we can all have our Octobers back to enjoy for what they're meant to be — a season to see, celebrate, change.
Judy Shepard
The police report has been released in the case of the woman who was beaten in McDonald's yesterday, although redacted. And the victim was identified as female in it. The Smoking Gun identifies her as Chrissy Lee Polis The police report says that the fight started as a "verbal argument" in the women's bathroom, and also says that the older woman who appears later in the video was punched in the face but did not seek medical attention.
The perpetrators were 14 and 18. The 14-year-old will be charged as a juvenile, while charges have not yet been filed against the 18-year-old as the state attorney's office reviews the case.
The guy who took the video and posted it on YouTube discussed it on Twitter (although his account appears to have been deleted):
On Facebook (account also deleted), he repeats again that the fight started because the victim was transgender:
McDonald's says that he's been fired and that "appropriate action" has been taken regarding the other employees:
Their original statement, from yesterday, called the situation "reprehensible." Today, they say there's no room for violence in their restaurants:
As Jake noted earlier, racists are eating this story up and trying to make it about black people beating a white person instead of cisgender people beating a transgender person. The Drudge Report tweets that sentiment:
It's interesting that a conservative, cis, gay man's site would erase the transgender aspect of this story.
The state of Maryland does include gender identity in its hate crimes law, but, bizarrely, the state attorney is quoted in the Daily Mail saying that he's looking for a racial motivation:
State's Attorney Scott D. Shellenberger said hate crime charges were being considered.
'If there is evidence that the crime was racially motivated, we will take a look at those charges and see if we meet those elements. We have the ability, if the facts are there, to upgrade the charges at a later date,' Shellenberger said.
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Need help with adoption expenses? An LGBT-inclusive nonprofit, Helpusadopt.org, is offering grants between $500 and $15,000 for just that purpose. The spring deadline for their semi-annual grants is April 15, so you'll have to get moving if you want to apply. I have no affiliation or experience with the organization, so you're on your own from here. I'll simply pass along their press release in its entirety.
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I've brushed up on this subject numerous times, but I found the many knots I was left to unravel, too insatiable a cleft not to get to the bottom of it. Labels. Everyone knows what they are, and I'm sure the conscious choices to slap them on ourselves within the LGBT community varies from person to person. The LGBT community harbors some of the most proud people I've ever known, myself included. We should be proud. We've come a long way from the stigma that once threatened to dislimb us. I suppose we could be doing worse for ourselves, but in all actuality, this labeling system so many of us have adopted, puts us in the same bigot boat as those in the 'straight world' who exhaust a lot of their resources in attempts to belittle us.
Usually I only post LGBT issues but since this is an equality issue I am going to make an exception.
@TheGayAggregate. As a Queer Person of Color I would greatly appreciate it if you didn't say "Illegal Immigration" is not a "LGBT issue" because there are many Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans People of Color who are affected by Immigration in ways that have gone unacknowledged by mainstream news outlets. There are many LGBT families that will be torn apart by Arizona's legislation and many LGBT identified "immigrants" seeking asylum within U.S. borders who will be deported back to their country. Additionally, this legislation will make those who are trans identified even more susceptible to state-sanctioned discrimination when their mugshot/sex stated on their I.D. card conflicts with their current name and gender presentation. When Civil Liberties are trespassed upon by the state, they always affect people in various social positions unequally. For Queer People of Color living within Arizona borders, the Arizona Immigration Bill will harm them two-fold in ways straight "immigrants" won't be. If the lines between "LGBT" and "People of Color" issues continue to be drawn, then Queer People of Color like myself will continue to be erased, overlooked, and marginalized by the LGBT movement. Thanks for reading.
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Clay and his partner of 20 years, Harold, lived in California. Clay and Harold made diligent efforts to protect their legal rights, and had their legal paperwork in place—wills, powers of attorney, and medical directives, all naming each other. Harold was 88 years old and in frail medical condition, but still living at home with Clay, 77, who was in good health.


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Atlanta's street vendors are protesting outside of City Hall on Monday.
Late Sunday afternoon, vendor Larry Miller could be seen selling Braves gear on private property near Turner Field.
He told CBS Atlanta News that he's had to pay a hefty fee to do so since April.
That's when the city of Atlanta started enforcing a new ban on vending on public property.
"This private property thing is not working out. But this is all we can do right now," said Miller.
Miller and members of the Atlanta Vendors Association hosted a luncheon on Monday to garner public support.
The group hoped that their guests will follow them over to City Hall for rally and protest.
"We want to show the City Hall and the mayor's office that the people are behind the vendors. We do have support from the public."
Atlanta city leaders attribute the ban to a December court ruling.
The city would like a more uniformed way of vending by using green stationary vendor stands.
But, street vendors say the fees are too high, leaving dozens of vendors and their employees out of work.
"We just want to let him know we're not giving up. This is our livelihood. This is what we do for a living. We're going to be here all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary," said Miller.
Miller said flyers they handed out over the past few weeks helped them register about 200 people for the luncheon.
The rally started at 12:30 p.m. outside of Atlanta City Hall.
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This is a tumblr dedicated to Cassadee Pope and her amazing style.
It's kind of hard to find alot of good pictures of her outfits from a concert so if you have any you can either email them to me at firstname.lastname@example.com or submit them yourself.
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thanks! :) some of the songs for sure are:
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but then they played wondergirl recently, so yep!
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this was last year in like october..but the concert was like a birthday party for someone who works at the radio station in wichita, ks. Cass brought out the birthday boy and made the crowd sing happy birthday. she got the cupcake from someone in the crowd.
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beckythebug replied to your post: Where does Cassadee sing her name in the song "In my head"?
wut that was the worst thing her voice sounded so bad im sorry this blog made me love her from hating her guts but still guh
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The Robin Hood Foundation's annual gala raised an estimated $47 million to help New York's poorest and U.S. veterans last night.
Founded in 1988 by hedge fund honcho, Paul Tudor Jones, The Robin Hood Foundation is one of the most successful charities in the United States, with a board made up a who's who of Wall Street including Blackstone's Larry Fink, SAC Capital's Steve Cohen, Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn and Och-Ziff Daniel Och, Ken Langone.
Wall Street's elite gathered at The Core Club in New York Thursday evening for a conversation with author William D. Cohan to discuss his new book "Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World"
Ben Bernanke spotted at the movie theaters earlier this month."True Grit" playing on the big screen.
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One of the hottest tickets at Davos was "Connectedness" a talk about how will online and mobile behaviours be reshaped over the coming years.
CEO of a large entertainment company—Just call him "MAX"—in business class, en route to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, tells me "I think Eric Schmidt will be Apple's next CEO.
You'd expect Wall Street's most powerful banker to spend his lunch hour at Grill Room of the Four Seasons Restaurant. But Lloyd Blankfein would rather hit the salad bar at his company's cafeteria any day of the week.
Many architectural purists consider Goldman Sach's new headquarters in lower Manhattan "totally forgettable."
With over 150,000 CES attendees in town this week, Vegas hotels are mobbed and most folks are having a rip-roaring good time. Over at the Bellagio, the endless snow crab buffet sends masses swooning. The Mirage is pulsating with activity... Even that elderly woman at the five-cents slots--you know the one: a vodka tonic in one hand, cigarette in the other and the death stare if you try to edge in on her territory--even cracked a smile. So why is everyone so darn serious at the Wynn?


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Summer's going out with a bang in Lansing.
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Sound advice, considering the weather in Lansing today.
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Futurist George Friedman told a crowd at the Michigan Chamber's annual Future Forum this week that robots were the answer to the state's economic problems (more specifically, he wants Michigan to get good at building them). What do you think? Should we swap GM for Johnny 5?
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QSPORTS, the country's premier social sports organisation with more than 2000 members wrapped up its second season at the Al Wakrah stadium on Friday. The actionpacked day saw finals of four different events followed by a presentation ceremony. Over, 1,100 athletes took part in various sporting events in the 10- week season 2
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By Jennifer Emert - bio | email ALBANY, GA (WALB) - Procter and Gamble's new Albany plant manager was introduced to the community Monday. Bella Lewis met members of the Payroll Development Authority at their noon meeting.
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Chapman Family to Join Steven on Tour
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When we interviewed Steven Curtis Chapman last fall about how he and his family have dealt with the pain of losing a daughter, it was one of the most-read stories of the year on our website.
This fall, Chapman is hitting the road for "A Night with the Chapmans" tour with his entire family, including wife Mary Beth, who will share some of her own stories from the stage about finding hope in the wake of losing their daughter, Maria Sue, to a tragic accident at home two years ago. Mary Beth Chapman recently penned a book, Choosing to SEE (Revell), that chronicles their grief and still ongoing healing process. The book releases in September.
The tour, sponsored by Show Hope, the adoption agency/ministry founded by the Chapmans, will include warm-up act Caleb, featuring Steven and Mary Beth's sons Caleb and Will Franklin. Tour dates and ticket info can be found here.
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Australian YouTuber Hellojarrad presents this haunting and eye-opening audio clip that might provide a better understanding of what it's like to experience auditory hallucinations as someone diagnosed with schizophrenia.
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|Standard Name
|Systematic Name
|Feature Type
|ORF, Verified
|Ubiquitin-protein ligase; functions in ER retention of misfolded proteins; required for ER-associated degradation (ERAD) of misfolded proteins; genetically linked to the unfolded protein response (UPR); regulated through association with Hrd3p; contains an H2 ring finger; likely plays a general role in targeting proteins that persistently associate with and potentially obstruct the ER-localized translocon (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and see Summary Paragraph)
|Name Description
|HMG-coA Reductase Degradation 1
|Chromosomal Location
|Note: this feature is encoded on the Crick strand.
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|Molecular Function
|Manually curated
|Biological Process
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|273 total interaction(s) for 122 unique genes/features.
|Physical Interactions
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|Length (a.a.)
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|Note: this feature is encoded on the Crick strand.
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Ssm4p and Hrd1p are ubiquitin ligases (E3) involved in endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) (5, 4, 9). Ssm4p and Hrd1p are central members of the ubiquitin ligase complexes that are responsible for recognizing and ubiquitinating misfolded proteins in the ER for degradation by the proteasome (10, 11, 12). Misfolded cytosolic proteins are ubiquitinated by Ssm4p whereas misfolded luminal and membrane proteins are ubiquitinated by Hrd1p (10, 11, 12). The Ssm4p and Hrd1p ubiquitin ligase complexes also localize to different regions along the ER-nuclear membrane system: Ssm4p localizes to the inner nuclear membrane while Hrd1p remains in the ER membrane (13). Despite these differences, Ssm4p and Hrd1p appear to have overlapping substrate specificities and redundant functionalities (9, 14). Each ubiquitin ligase complex interacts with the Cdc48p-Npl4p-Ufd1p AAA ATPase complex via Ubx2p in order to extract ubiquitinated substrates from the ER (10, 11, 12, and references within).
Hrd1p forms a complex with Hrd3p, which stabilizes Hrd1p (6). Hrd3p also interacts with Kar2p and Yos9p to specifically target misfolded cytosolic proteins (10, 11, 12, and references within). Ubc7p or Ubc1p can act as the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (E2) for Hrd1p (5). Ubc7p interacts with the RING-H2 domain of Hrd1p (1, 4).
S. cerevisiae Hrd1p is related to the H. sapiens HRD1 and gp78, which is also known as the autocrine motility factor receptor (15 and references within). S. cerevisiae Hrd1p has also been shown to degrade the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) when CFTR is expressed in yeast (16).
|Hampton RY, et al. (1996) Role of 26S proteasome and HRD genes in the degradation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase, an integral endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein. Mol Biol Cell 7(12):2029-44
|Bordallo J, et al. (1998) Der3p/Hrd1p is required for endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation of misfolded lumenal and integral membrane proteins. Mol Biol Cell 9(1):209-22
|Friedlander R, et al. (2000) A regulatory link between ER-associated protein degradation and the unfolded-protein response. Nat Cell Biol 2(7):379-84
|Deak PM and Wolf DH (2001) Membrane topology and function of Der3/Hrd1p as a ubiquitin-protein ligase (E3) involved in endoplasmic reticulum degradation. J Biol Chem 276(14):10663-9
|Bays NW, et al. (2001) Hrd1p/Der3p is a membrane-anchored ubiquitin ligase required for ER-associated degradation. Nat Cell Biol 3(1):24-9
|Gardner RG, et al. (2000) Endoplasmic reticulum degradation requires lumen to cytosol signaling. Transmembrane control of Hrd1p by Hrd3p. J Cell Biol 151(1):69-82
|Rubenstein EM, et al. (2012) Aberrant substrate engagement of the ER translocon triggers degradation by the Hrd1 ubiquitin ligase. J Cell Biol 197(6):761-73
|Izawa T, et al. (2012) Yos9p and Hrd1p mediate ER retention of misfolded proteins for ER-associated degradation. Mol Biol Cell 23(7):1283-93
|Swanson R, et al. (2001) A conserved ubiquitin ligase of the nuclear envelope/endoplasmic reticulum that functions in both ER-associated and Matalpha2 repressor degradation. Genes Dev 15(20):2660-74
|Gauss R, et al. (2006) A complex of Yos9p and the HRD ligase integrates endoplasmic reticulum quality control into the degradation machinery. Nat Cell Biol 8(8):849-54
|Denic V, et al. (2006) A luminal surveillance complex that selects misfolded glycoproteins for ER-associated degradation. Cell 126(2):349-59
|Carvalho P, et al. (2006) Distinct ubiquitin-ligase complexes define convergent pathways for the degradation of ER proteins. Cell 126(2):361-73
|Deng M and Hochstrasser M (2006) Spatially regulated ubiquitin ligation by an ER/nuclear membrane ligase. Nature 443(7113):827-31
|Kota J, et al. (2007) Membrane chaperone Shr3 assists in folding amino acid permeases preventing precocious ERAD. J Cell Biol 176(5):617-28
|Kikkert M, et al. (2004) Human HRD1 is an E3 ubiquitin ligase involved in degradation of proteins from the endoplasmic reticulum. J Biol Chem 279(5):3525-34
|Gnann A, et al. (2004) Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator degradation depends on the lectins Htm1p/EDEM and the Cdc48 protein complex in yeast. Mol Biol Cell 15(9):4125-35


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Glasgow & District Wargaming
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Players tend to use 15mm armies although the advent of
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|FBNIQ > SEC Filings for FBNIQ > Form 8-K on 10-Sep-2013
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
The maturity date of the loans made under the DIP Financing is the earliest to occur of: (i) the date of the closing of the Asset Sale (as defined below), (ii) 150 days from the Petition Date and (iii) the occurrence of an event of default under the DIP Financing Agreement. The outstanding principal on the loans under the DIP Financing will bear interest at a rate of 6.5% per annum payable monthly in cash in arrears.
Pursuant to the terms of the DIP Financing Agreement, the domestic subsidiaries of the Borrowers (the "Guarantors," and, together with the Borrowers, the "Credit Parties") will guarantee the obligations of the Borrowers under the DIP Financing. Subject to certain exceptions, the DIP Financing will be secured by a first priority perfected priming security interest in all of the assets of each Credit Party. The security interests and liens are subject only to certain carve-outs and certain permitted liens, as set forth in the DIP Financing Agreement.
The DIP Financing is subject to certain customary covenants and events of
default as set forth in the DIP Financing Agreement.
The foregoing description of the DIP Financing Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the DIP Financing Agreement filed with the Bankruptcy Court.
On the Petition Date, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries (together, the "Sellers") entered into a "stalking horse" Asset Purchase Agreement (the "Asset Purchase Agreement") with certain affiliates of Oaktree including FB Group Holdings LLC, FB Intermediate Holdings LLC, FB BH Intermediate Holdings LLC, and certain of their subsidiaries as set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement (collectively, the "Oaktree Purchasers"), pursuant to which the Oaktree Purchasers agreed to purchase substantially all of the assets of the Company except the Company's "Lane" business (such assets, the "Assets," and such transaction, the "Asset Sale").
The Sellers have sought the Bankruptcy Court's approval of the Oaktree Purchasers as the "stalking horse" bidder in an auction of the Assets under
Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code. If approved by the Bankruptcy Court as the stalking horse bidder, the Oaktree Purchasers' offer to purchase the Assets, as set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement, would be the standard by which any other bids to purchase the Assets would be evaluated.
Pursuant to the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Oaktree Purchasers agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of the Asset Purchase Agreement, to acquire the Assets from the Sellers for $166 million, which would be satisfied in cash and with a "credit bid" (as defined within the meaning of Section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code) with respect to Oaktree's portion of the Company's secured indebtedness. The Asset Purchase Agreement provides for consideration to be paid by the Oaktree Purchasers in the form of assumption of specified liabilities relating to the Assets, including certain trade payables and specified employee benefits. The consummation of the Asset Sale is subject to certain customary conditions precedent as specified in the Asset Purchase Agreement. The Asset Purchase Agreement also provides for a termination fee and expense reimbursement payable to the Oaktree Purchasers upon the occurrence of certain events.
The foregoing description of the Asset Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Asset Purchase Agreement filed with the Bankruptcy Court.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth above in Item 1.03 of this Form 8-K regarding the DIP Financing is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.04 Triggering Events That Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement. The commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases described in Item 1.03 above constitutes an event of default under each of the following debt instruments:
(i) the Credit Agreement, dated September 25, 2012, as amended (the "Prepetition Credit Agreement"), by and among the Company, Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc., HDM Furniture Industries, Inc., Lane Furniture Industries, Inc., Maitland-Smith Furniture Industries, Inc. and Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc., the other Credit Parties named therein, the lenders party thereto, General Electric Capital Corporation, as administrative agent, and General Electric Capital Corporation, Bank of America, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as co-collateral agents, and
(ii) the Term Loan Agreement, dated September 25, 2012, as amended (the "Prepetition Term Loan Agreement"), by and among the Company, Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc., HDM Furniture Industries, Inc., Lane Furniture Industries, Inc., Maitland-Smith Furniture Industries, Inc. and Thomasville Furniture
Industries, Inc., the other Credit Parties named therein, the term lenders party
thereto, and NexBank, SSB, as administrative agent and collateral agent.
As of September 9, 2013, there was approximately (i) $91 million in outstanding
borrowings under the Prepetition Credit Agreement (including outstanding letters
of credit) and (ii) $49.7 million in outstanding borrowings under the
Prepetition Term Loan Agreement. As a result of the filing of the Chapter 11
Cases, all commitments under the Prepetition Credit Agreement were terminated
and all loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts outstanding
under the Prepetition Credit Agreement and the Prepetition Term Loan Agreement
(including, without limitation, all amounts under any letters of credit) became
immediately due and payable.
As a result of the filing of Chapter 11 Cases, the Company believes that the ability of the Debtors' creditors to seek remedies to enforce their rights against the Company under these and other agreements are stayed and creditor rights of enforcement against the Debtors are subject to the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
Additional information on the Chapter 11 Cases, including access to documents filed with the Bankruptcy Court and other general information about the Chapter 11 Cases, is available at http://dm.epiq11.com/FBN.
The information in Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section. The information in Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any incorporation by reference language in any such filing.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On September 9, 2013, the Company issued a press release announcing, among other things, the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the DIP Financing and the Asset Sale. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The Company does not expect to be able to distribute any proceeds from the Asset Sale and the contemplated sale of the Company's "Lane" business to shareholders and therefore believes that the shares of common stock are worthless. Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description 99.1 Press release of Furniture Brands International, Inc. dated September 9, 2013.


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