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The newest and perhaps most helpful drugs for people with psoriasis are called biologics and include such drugs as Enbrel, Humira, Remicade and Stelara. They work by suppressing certain parts of the immune system, and are given by injection or intravenously, Lebwohl said. Because they affect the immune system, however, they carry some increased risks.
"People usually do very well on these medications," Lin said, but she added that "they may see an increase in colds or in infections like strep throat."
For people with psoriatic arthritis, Lebwohl said, methotrexate and most of the biologics are the preferred treatments.
Many people end up using a combination of medications -- a biologic and topical corticosteroids, for instance.
Even more options are in the treatment pipeline.
Lebwohl said there are "at least two pills on the near horizon, and at least five new biologics in the works." And, according to the foundation, more oral medications and new topical treatments are currently being tested in clinical trials.
"There are good medications to control psoriasis, but there's no cure yet," Lin said, but she added that, with all the new medications in development, there's reason to be hopeful.
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Is "free will" an illusion?
Can someone explain to me how to understand "free will" from a purely materialistic point of view?
Let's assume that my mind is a product of my physical brain. This means that everything that's going on in my mind is a product of neural activity. Say, I'm looking at a can of vanilla and a can of strawberry ice cream and try to make my choice. WHO makes the choice?
Again, if my mind is nothing more than neural activity, then, perhaps, visual stimulus activates some associations and connections from my past experiences, and I pick vanilla, because it is associated with some childhood memory. This means that our response to every situation is predetermined by the neural connections that make my memories. Right?
Doesn't this mean that "free will" is an illusion? Can we really make decisions or do decisions "just happen"? If not, then WHO makes the decisions?
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Eric LutherOct 18 2012: The problem for free will from a materialist metaphysics is that materialism and physicalism suppose that the universe is causally closed. An example of this principle is the second law of thermodynamics: energy is neither created nor destroyed for a given process.
Psychology and neuroscience both approach questions about the brain's nature and how our nervous system acts as an interface between the reality underlying the world we inhabit as determined ultimately by physics, but the picture that neuroscience gives us is still lacking in completeness. If the materialism which underlies the natural sciences is correct, however, it is theoretically the case that neuroscience will be able to explain the true nature of our thoughts and behaviors while maintaining parsimony with physics which does not admit of causation except between material bodies. This bears on free will depending on how exactly you understand free will.
If you understand free will to mean that you can pick from one of several choices, then you have to wonder where the perception of choice comes from. We have the ability to contemplate alternative futures based on our experience and the ability to use abstract analogy in case of events we have not fully encountered before. These abilities arise from the computational and modular nature of our neurosystems, so the will is not free because what you "will" arises from previous experiences stored as memory in the physical structure of your brain and the ability to manipulate that experiential data (i.e. having various components of intelligence) is constrained by the nature of your particular nervous system.
If you understand free will to mean "Green Lantern" free will, where you just want something really hard then *poof it happens, then simple observation points to the inherent absurdity.
Regardless of free will's existence, here's the clincher: we will always have to live with the perception that there are choices to be made.
Oct 18 2012: Thanks, Eric. Good explanation.
"Green Lantern" free will is not how I define it.
I looked at "free will" entry in Wikipedia. Oh, my, what a muddle! There are views directly contradicting each other. Here is what neuroscientists have found: "... studies of the timing between actions and the conscious decision bear upon the role of the brain in understanding free will. A subject's declaration of intention to move a finger appears after the brain has begun to implement the action, suggesting to some that unconsciously the brain has made the decision before the conscious mental act to do so. Some believe the implication is that free will was not involved in the decision and is an illusion. The first of these experiments reported the brain registered activity related to the move about 0.2 s before movement onset. However, these authors also found that awareness of action was anticipatory to activity in the muscle underlying the movement; the entire process resulting in action involves more steps than just the onset of brain activity. The bearing of these results upon notions of free will appears complex." Hmm... Doesn't it? :)
Oct 18 2012: Stephen Hawking in his book "The Grand Design" makes an analogy with the Conway's "game of life" where cells have simple deterministic rules of behavior. When multiple cells interact, new behaviors can be observed - e.g., "crawlers", "shooters", etc. These "objects" do not follow from the original simple rules of cell behavior. Hawking argues that when we observe a system that consists of a few billion cells, its behavior may be so complex that it creates an impression that the system has "free will" whereas it is based on deterministic underlying processes. This is all great. But "creates an impression" in whom? A similar system of a few billions cells? What's this "impression thing"? Is it necessary at all?
It does not look like free will is necessary for life. What is it for? Is it just a byproduct of brain evolution which, along with consciousness, just makes us suffer? If there is no "free will", there is no "sin" as well since we have no choice how to behave. There is also no responsibility for anything. Then, why do we put people in jail?
I've heard an opinion that religion turns people into puppets in hands of their imaginary God. OK. How exactly is materialism "liberating" people? This appears to be complex, indeed...
Well, religion has problems too. Consider the Genesis story. Didn't the omniscient God know that humans are going to eat from the tree? If he did, couldn't he, being omnipotent, prevent this accident? And why did he plant the tree anyway? That was a very "pro-choice" decision. This, actually, makes more sense than materialism. It leads to the logical conclusion that love cannot be forced, but must be chosen which is a self-consistent statement and seems to resolve the conundrum. It also implies that we cannot know that we are happy without suffering - which also makes sense. If omniscient God exists, he can still know all our choices. But we don't. And we are doing all this "free will" game for our own sake.
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The Sri Lanka opener Upul Tharanga has been suspended from all cricket for three months after testing positive for a banned substance during the World Cup.
Tharanga, who had not been selected for the series with England due to the charge, pleaded guilty after claiming he had ingested the banned substance in a herbal remedy.
While an International Cricket Council disciplinary panel accepted he had not intended to take the drug to enhance his performance, a statement from the sport's world governing body confirmed the 26-year-old had been handed a three-month ban, backdated from May.
The ICC said he had tested positive after the World Cup semi-final win against New Zealand on 29 March at Colombo. His sample was found to contain metabolites of two glucocorticosteroids, prednisone and prednisolone.
Tharanga will be able to play again from 9 August, the day before Sri Lanka's home one-day international series against Australia.
Tharanga said: "I apologise to the fans and followers of Sri Lanka cricket for inadvertently committing an offence. I hope my fellow sportsmen will learn from my experience and be more vigilant when taking medical treatment, so that their careers do not suffer in the way that mine has."
The ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said he was satisfied with the length of Tharanga's ban given the circumstances. "We recognise that Upul has not been found guilty of deliberately cheating, but the ICC maintains its zero-tolerance approach towards doping for the benefit of all its stakeholders.
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An adventurous supportive family and inspiring friends caused me to think outside the box, I built a waterfall in my jungle bedroom when I was 13 and won BBC Home front junior decorator of the year. Realising I was created for a purpose I was baptised at 14, as a keen artist started web design at 16, then got a job at Sky TV at 18. I bought a minibus at 21 and now travel the world having adventures with friends. At 24 I bought a double decker bus (www.boombus.co.uk), covered it in grafitti, and through music, media and parties continue to help empower youth to love life.
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A refugee camp in Kenya, we started playing drums with some kids and it turned into a wild dancing crowd, with deafening shouts and laughter. It was incredibly moving to see the simple joy amongst so much pain.
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My parents told me not to worry about saving money.
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I don't know, but a close friend recently told me that if they made a film of my life it would be a disaster movie.
What's the one thing you'd like to change about your world.
I'd like to see people become less selfish, because that is the root of so many of the world's problems. It's a constant battle especially in our consumer and convenience obsessed culture.
What's the one thing you've done which you think has influenced people the most?
Realising that loving people is more important and rewarding than my personal gain, my attempt at this (however feeble) has hopefully influenced people around me to try and do the same. One active choice I made was that when I had a promising career at Sky TV doing animation and although it had a good wage and secure future, I realised that this was not what life is about for me, and left that job to live a lifestyle that enable me to give my time to people.
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Q: Who are some of the authors you look to as role models? What are the best qualities you see in them – as persons or as writers?
A: I have literary heroes like Steinbeck who don't make great role models, and there are some writers I admire as persons even if they aren't Steinbeck. One contemporary author who is both a wonderful writer and an admirable man is Wendell Berry.
The one quality I'd say great writers have in common is that they are doggedly determined and uncompromising. Single-minded.
Q: How did you react when reviews began to sing your praises?
A: Especially in the beginning, it was wonderful to get that kind of validation from professionals. It's all very flattering, but after a while you learn to file the praises of men in their proper place and get back to work.
Q: What was your response to hearing that you are a Christy Award finalist?
A: It's very gratifying, and humbling at the same time. Ten years ago I was an electrician who had never written anything, so seeing my name up there with the likes of Lisa Samson and Jamie Langston Turner is just astonishing. It still amazes me, the places God will take you if you let Him.
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As an unabashed devotee of all things TV and all things digital media, I loved this observation from Emily Nussbaum in the New Yorker:
Technology was a crucial factor in this change, including DVDs, TiVo, and the emergence of a vibrant online TV-fan community. 'The idea that viewers would want to watch—and rewatch—a television series in strict chronology and collectively document their discoveries with a group of strangers was once laughable, but is now mainstream,' Mittell writes in "Complex TV." Television was no longer an ephemeral experience, to be watched and discarded: it could be collected, shared, and analyzed.
And few things make me happier than collecting, sharing and analyzing quality (and often not-so-quality) television.
Business Insider editor-in-chief Henry Blodget has picked up on the fact that TV is starting to go through the Internet growing pains that print newspapers and magazines have long begun to experience. The Internet has changed the way we consume the news. Now, it's really starting to impact the way we watch TV.
Gone are the days where we associate a particular network with a stellar night of TV (think NBC's classic Thursday night lineup of Friends and Seinfeld). We now consume TV in piecemeal form: an episode of 30 Rock on Hulu, the entire series of Mad Men on iTunes, a few episodes of New Girl saved to a DVR. These shows are divorced from their network and instead are being associated with the platform on which we view them. The platform has overtaken the network.
I would note here that one network that has made a successful transition to thinking of themselves less as a network and more as a platform is HBO. HBO realized early on that their paying customers want to consume content on a variety of different devices - TV, phone, iPad. When you pay for HBO, you can then watch all of HBO's shows (including shows that were on-air years ago) through HBOGo. For this and other reasons (high-quality programming, subscription base, clever marketing), HBO has avoided the dreaded divorce between series and network. Games of Thrones is HBO's Game of Thrones; Boardwalk Empire is HBO's Boardwalk Empire.
TV and print should really start learning from one another because the divisions between them are slowly eroding. Media is converging into a cross-platform experience. TV shows must have a written blog; print news must have video. All must be agnostic about devices and platforms.
I wrote recently on The Economist's Lean Back 2.0 blog about the rise of the "second-screen." People are increasingly sitting down to watch TV with their tablet or mobile phone in hand. This growing trend threatens to upend the traditional TV business, but also holds enormous potential for creative magazine apps. For example,
When I recently spoke with Annette King, chief executive at OgilvyOne UK, she reiterated this shift toward second-screen advertising, offering a tangible (and delicious) example. Let's say that Jamie Oliver is making a special truffle recipe on his television show. King imagined an ad where you might "use your tablet to find out where truffles grow in the world or how to make Jamie's recipe."
This intersection of leaning forward and leaning back might have profound implications for the publishing industry. Could magazine apps start to complement TV shows? I could imagine a travel magazine partnering with the Travel channel to offer viewers articles and trip recommendations. I'd certainly watch Anthony Bourdain travel to Lisbon while simultaneously looking up the best Lisbon eateries on my Travel and Leisure iPad app.
Or, for the more civic-minded audience, perhaps the New York Times could develop an app for use during presidential debates. While viewers watch the debate on TV, they can use the app to look up more information on where a candidate stands on a certain issue, input their own thoughts on how persuasive a candidate is sounding, and see other opinions come streaming in.
How do you think publishers could capitalize on the trend? What kind of magazine apps would you like to see in the future?
I'd love to hear some more ideas for fun complementary magazine apps. Let your creative juices flow on the Lean Back 2.0 blog.
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In a previous post, I discussed the "rise of the mass intelligent" and its implications for high-quality media. It's increasingly acceptable to be a nerd - or, at least, to proudly enjoy things normally relegated to the world of the nerdy. Andrew Rashbass, chief executive of The Economist, has expounded on this high demand for intelligent media, citing examples such as the popularity of operas screened at movie theatres and the long lines for the recent Leonardo DaVinci exhibition at the National Gallery in London. All of this bodes especially well for The Economist, which brings intelligent content to a mass audience.
As someone with strong "nerd" tendencies, I have been reflecting on other examples of this mass intelligence phenomenon. One obvious candidate for nerdiest show currently on TV is HBO's "Game of Thrones," based on the popular books by George R.R. Martin. For those unfamiliar with the show, it's a medieval fantasy set in the fictional world of Westeros and featuring dozens of main characters and complicated plot lines. There are warring families, power struggles, fantastical creatures, aristocratic lineages and (quite a lot of) sexual intrigue.
Prior to its debut on television, "Game of Thrones" already had a legion of loyal fans devoted to the books. I think it's safe to say that most of these devotees fall into the nerd demographic. What the TV show has managed to do so well is to nurture these superfans, while also attracting a larger mass audience. And perhaps one of the reasons for the success of "Game of Thrones" is that HBO recognizes the mass intelligent demographic. The show has not been "dumbed down" from the books. Instead, HBO has capitalized on the series' intelligence and complexities.
Take, for instance, what happens when you watch "Game of Thrones" on your iPad through the HBOGo platform. If you want to enhance your experience watching the show, you can follow along on an intricate map of the entire Westeros universe. If you're confused about the dizzying array of characters and their corresponding family allegiances, you can pull up a guide to help keep them straight. All of these extras are guaranteed to make nerds like me even more excited about the show.
The success of Game of Thrones may thus hold a lesson for many publishers and content creators. Don't ignore the nerdier aspects of your brand; embrace them and enhance them. The mass intelligent will thank you.
What other TV shows, magazines, movies and events do you think capture this mass intelligence phenomenon? Respond in the comments section below, or tweet your response to @LeanBack2_0 using the hashtag #massintell.
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John Mikle, 36, was ordered to spend 12 years of the sentence in prison and the balance on probation under a guilty plea accepted by LaPorte Circuit Court for Class B felony operating while intoxicated causing death and two counts of Class D felony operating while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury.
Eric Atkins, the father of the deceased woman, told Mikle if he doesn't come out of prison unchanged and without remorse it would be a disgrace to the lives of everyone impacted by the tragedy and even his own family.
"If you have no remorse for what you did I pray for God's mercy upon your soul," said Atkins.
His daughter, Katie Atkins, 26, of Valparaiso, died in the crash in July that nearly claimed the lives of 7-year old Neilah Maule and 5-year-old Jaidyn Maule.
According to court documents, Atkins was taking the girls to their grandmother's house in LaPorte when hit head on by an SUV driven by Mikle after he crossed the center line on Joliet Road near Westville.
Police said Mikle was under the influence of PCP.
Atkins was the girlfriend of Sam Maule, the father of the girls, who are both still recovering from their injuries.
The most seriously injured was Neilah, who with a severe brain injury surprised doctors by breathing on her own after taken off a respirator.
Mikle seated next to his attorney, Julianne Havens, offered a soft-spoken apology and often looked down as family members of the victims told about how the accident has changed their lives.
"I'm absolutely sorry for the incident that occurred," said Mikle.
Atkins with his voice cracking with emotion said he felt the court, by accepting the terms of the plea, was showing mercy toward Mikle.
He also said the four years Mikle will serve on probation should be added to his prison time because he tried hiding from the police when they showed up with a warrant after the crash to take him into custody and he was driving without insurance, forcing the families of the survivors to grapple with the exorbitant medical expenses.
"The medical bills will go on for the life of these children due to the injuries," said Atkins.
Maule told stories about the tremendous support from the community that helped him and his daughters along with family and friends through the ordeal even as he paced the hospital floors.
He said a good friend of his is now pushing for legislation calling for tough penalties for accidents caused by impaired drivers.
"Substance abuse is only part of the problem and one we can't easily solve, but with enough support behind us we will," said Maule. who took a moment to inform Mikle just how much damage and suffering was inflicted by his poor decision making.
He also said Katie will live forever in their hearts.
"The love she showed to my children has left an impact far greater than this one act of evil," Maule said.


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I Loved this recipe. In my opinion and for my taste, (because I do not like all the fake cheese whiz/ketchup stuff) this was very delicious. I actually made it very low fat by using low fat cheese and the light rolls. So It can be made to meet Weight Watcher's standards. This is a nice addition to the menu. Thanks
Chicken Philly Sandwiches
Photo: Lee Harrelson; Styling: Jan Gautro, Laura Martin
Taking a cue from the classic Philly cheese steak, this recipe replaces the traditional beef with chicken but keeps the cheese and onion-bell pepper topping. Pressing the already-warm filling helps the cheese melt and binds the ingredients so they don't fall out as you enjoy the sandwich.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 sandwich)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 490
- Calories from fat: 28%
- Fat: 15.4g
- Saturated fat: 6.5g
- Monounsaturated fat: 6.2g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.5g
- Protein: 35.2g
- Carbohydrate: 51.3g
- Fiber: 4.2g
- Cholesterol: 69mg
- Iron: 3.9mg
- Sodium: 945mg
- Calcium: 359mg
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 3/4 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into (1-inch-thick) strips
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup red bell pepper strips
- 1 cup green bell pepper strips
- 1 cup vertically sliced onion
- 1 1/2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
- 4 (3-ounce) submarine rolls (such as Cobblestone Mill brand)
- 4 (1-ounce) slices provolone cheese
- Heat oil in a medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken to pan; sprinkle with 1/8 teaspoon salt and black pepper. Sauté 5 minutes or until chicken is done. Remove chicken from pan. Add red bell pepper and next 5 ingredients (red bell pepper through garlic) to pan; sauté 6 minutes or until tender. Stir in chicken and pepper sauce; remove from heat.
- Slice each roll in half horizontally, cutting to, but not through, other side. Place 1 cheese slice and 1 cup chicken mixture on bottom half of each roll, and gently press roll halves together.
- Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat; add 2 sandwiches. Place a cast-iron or heavy skillet on top of sandwiches; press gently to flatten. Cook 4 minutes on each side or until cheese melts and bread is toasted (leave skillet on sandwiches while they cook). Repeat with remaining sandwiches.
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Cats Massaging Dogs Is a Metaphor for What Society Needs
They're supposed to be archenemies, right? But you'd never know it by how these cats and dogs are behaving.
The Olympics Are Even Better With Fart Sounds
Figure skaters move as elegantly as any athletes on the planet. So naturally the Internet has added the perfect touch to their performances: fart sounds.
These People Think Jumping Into Freezing (or Frozen) Water Is a Good Idea
Think you've had a cold winter? Well, okay, you're right, it has been a ridiculously chilly past several weeks. But just imagine if you were insane enough to strip down in these temperatures and voluntarily leap into a pool of ice-cold water.
These People Have Some Really, Really Awkward Yearbook Photos
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Kevin Arnold. Winnie Cooper. Paul Pfeiffer. You remember what they looked like as kids, right? What about now, 20 years later?
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One of the few advantageous things that feminism and the sexual revolution is the openness and freedom it gives to horny sluts. Tack on an acceptance of online dating and the horny little nymph's are even more accessible than ever to modern man. Never in history have we had accessible willing and horny pussy, and the variety as well. So it can seem strange that there's a lot of complaining around about chicks today.
I suppose most of the complaints comes from the men who'd like to marry a nice girl and not a horny slut that's doled it out to the hottest alpha available at the time, and I understand that complaint, but recently I went on here talking about a real way to go about marriage and there was an even bigger uproar over that. I'm not even sure what is causing anger anymore. Sure I get that the girls attitude sucks, we all hate that, and that the average girls waistline is expanding almost as fast as her ego does, but really, I don't pay much attention to these types. Not when there's still willing and ultra horny sluts out there.
The way I went about getting laid frequently, was using direct game on any girl under an 8. Start the sexual flirting almost right away, gauge how horny she might be, after a few lines back and forth and she should reveal that she's horny and down to fuck. If she isn't I simply moved on. If she were particularly cute, I might actually go to charisma game, where I'd spend time comforting her that I'm not just looking to bang (tho I was). Then if I liked the conversation a little or I saw that she's interested, that there'd be an opening, I'd go for an actual date type scenario. For the girls that did take the bait, I'd just rev their horny lil engine up so when we met we'd quickly go back to my place to bang, or in a lot of cases just have her show up at my place, bang and leave, no fuss no muss.
This strategy is less effective on hotter girls, but it can work on them too, however since they can get high quality men at any time, the direct game needs to be toned down quite a bit, they'll be looking out more for protection over their hot bodies, more on the lookout for a beta in alphas clothes. They will shit test you after a direct approach. A solid frame and an ability to segue to new topics without falling into her frame is key.
This method works well on dating sites where you can weed out all the girls not DTF. Instead of 10 or so pointless and nauseating conversations, you can have one or two sexually charges ones with willing babes.
The idea behind this being that I was choosing quantity of poon over quality, even though my standards would go up with each bang – there would be however then get to a period I would get no nibbles from better looking babes, and then I'd hit up a 6 for a quick bang and get back on track. If bangs are all that matter, you can do so with very little actual interaction and very little money, very little public outings with these girls. As a cheap and lazy bastard this was my preferred method. Online dating sites were a goldmine for this method. In real life, it works wonders too, if a girl shows through her body language that's she loose and into you.
This is still a players paradise, unless you want more out of your experiences, like dating a girl, then, well then it's a different story.


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Beauty Pageant Row Over MTF Transsexual
Jenna Talackova has become the first known transsexual to enter and be disqualified from the Donald Trump-owned Miss Universe Canada competition. Once again, beauty pageants become a platform for cultural comment.
By Kate Gould
Bitching on the beauty pageant circuit is hardly news, but it's become a little more gender-political as Jenna Talackova has managed to gain media coverage as the first transsexual to enter (that anyone knows of) and be disqualified from the Miss Universe Canada competition for failing to meet the main requirement of the pageant - that she be female. The other requirements for entry into the Donald Trump-owned extravaganza are that the women have never been pregnant or married. If he could get away with it, I think Donald would be demanding vestal virgins to worship at the temple of Trump, but he has to make do with the possibility that the entrants might be virgins.
Jenna Talackova preparing for an interview
Much of the response to her disqualification has been in support of Jenna - it's a violation of her rights as a woman, transgender and transsexual women should be able to do anything a woman can etc - and has been dominated by male journalists drooling over her long legs, huge breasts, and enormous hair. You might think, it's just a beauty pageant, who gives a sh*t, and, to a point, I'd agree with you. But I happen to think that beauty pageants represent a retrogressive step in the quest for sexual equality, pitting women against one another, from birth in the case of baby pageants, based on little more than their ability to say "world peace", wave, slink, pout and smile. There are more rewarding abilities on which the many millions could be spent fostering. Beauty pageants are a social phenomenon that reaches into the far corners of this solar system and the next if the Miss Universe title is to be taken literally and are, therefore, culturally significant. Girls (and some boys) dream of entering them, journalists write about them, a fortune is made promoting them, no matter how fleeting their fame, people follow the stories of the winners, and I'm here writing a piece about them. So, as a starting point for debate on the issue of what makes gender, they're as relevant a platform for cultural comment as any other.
April 10 2012: Jenna Talackova was reinstated in Miss Universe Canada pageant. Though she was allowed back in on April 2 after initial disqualification, Talackova held out for a larger rule change, arguing that in the future no other transgender woman should have to face what she did.
The problem seems to be a matter of defining femaleness. If being female is defined as having two X chromosomes, then Jenna isn't a woman and all the huge hair, bee-stung lips, breast implants and man-made vagina aren't going to make her one. But sexuality is complex and our coitus is far more than the sum of our biological parts or our DNA helix. Jenna's battle to be accepted as a Miss Universe Canada contestant raised some debate about gender and who's defined as what, but what doesn't seem to have made it into the conversation is her will to be female. Ask any man what he thinks of the idea of having his testicles and all, or part, of his stamen (that's a euphemism) removed and it's likely to be a bit of a conversation-stopper. Whether the pageant officials took this into account in their decision to reinstate Jenna as a contestant is unknown, but I imagine it would provide pretty powerful evidence of her desire to be regarded as a woman.
Jenna Talackova with her mother
Not wanting to be male doesn't automatically qualify a person as female - the female gender isn't just a depository for anyone who didn't want to be a boy - but the surgical procedures required for gender reassignment are proof, if any is needed, of what a man will put himself through in order to be acknowledged as a woman. It takes dedication, soul-searching and the courage of conviction. Having once had a stamen (that's a euphemism) should be no impediment to a woman's acceptance by others as female.
For all her efforts, Jenna deserves some reward. To me, pageants are a catfight with hairspray and g-strings, but if the Miss Universe Canada is what she's after, then good on her. She didn't make it to the finals, but she may have set some kind of precedent for MTF transsexuals wishing to enter female beauty pageants. At the very least she brought some glamour to the gender definition debate.
The roid-fest that is Mr Universe is running sometime later this year. I'd be curious to know the reception a FTM transsexual would receive if he attempted to enter. For all we know - talk of muscle structure aside - perhaps one already has.


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By Accident portrays a year in the life of a woman after the accidental death of her teenage son. Laura Lucas is numbed by the loss, a loss that is paralleled in the spate of upscale construction -- and attendant destruction -- in her starter-home neighborhood...
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Sun setting over Shanghai!
Sun setting over Shanghai!
Delicious Lamb at Barbarossa! Barbarossa is located in People's Park and boasts outstanding international cuisine.
A great dinner at Elefante!
Address: 20 Donghu Lu, near Huaihai Zhong Lu, Xuhui district
Phone: 5404 8085
When I landed in Shanghai, I had a locked AT&T iPhone 4. Meaning that I was on international roaming and could not use a local carrier as my service provider. My aim is to explain how I was able to make my iPhone work on China Unicom's network. I also hope to provide some information which may be helpful regarding getting your phone to work in Shanghai.
My first issue was how do i unlock my phone. iPhone gurus would recommend to jailbreak and then subsequently unlock ones' phone. One issue my iPhone was one of the models that you could not unlock. So from an early stage I thought I was out of luck, but as Wayne Gretzky said "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take". So I persevered and searched the internet for solutions. To my surprise i read an article on the net about how AT&T would unlock a customers iphone if they met certain criteria.
With the Wayne Gretzky attitude, I contacted AT&T support and inquired about getting my iPhone unlocked. I was astonished, they said my iPhone was eligible for unlocking and it would take one week for instructions to be sent to my e-mail on how to unlock the iPhone.
Well a week later I received instructions in my inbox on how to unlock my iPhone. I unlocked the phone following their instructions and went to buy a sim card for the iPhone.
To do this these are the things you will need
Phone: Make sure you know what kind of sim card you need Micro-Sim or regular Sim
Money: anywhere from 120-600 rmb or $18-$94 [All depends on the Plan You buy]
Passport: If you sign up at the China Unicom office you will have to present your passport
I first stopped by a small store selling sim cards and quickly realized that they only sold regular sim cards and my iPhone needed a micro sim. Of course you can go home and cut out a micro sim, but if it breaks then you have to by a new sim card. Also because of the language barrier I was unsure how many minutes and how much data I was getting.
I had heard that China Unicom has the best 3G network and best user experience for iPhones users. So I went to the China Unicom office located near the Huangpu river in Pudong. The staff there worked hard to help me and showed me the different plans and rates. The pre-paid plan i chose had almost two thousand minutes and 2 gb of data. I knew that I would be on the phone a lot over the next few months and would need a lot of data as well.
There were different plans as well, some only for calling and texting. I would primarily be calling and use the internet so I chose that one. Furthermore they included 14 rmb of text messaging at the rate of .1 rmb per sent text so 140 total. The cost was 600rmb or 94 USD.
So far i have been very happy with China Unicom's service. I have service everywhere in Shanghai and my 3G data speeds have been extremely fast. Data rate are always between 1.5-4.5 Mbps.
Other Good to know information:
You can buy a sim card many places without showing your passport but if you go to the China Unicom office you have to
If you have an unlocked phone from abroad you may need to change your carrier settings to get your data to work.
If you need more data i believe you can get 1gb for 100 rmb 2gb for 200mb
While walking around Kerry Center and taking in all of the modern architecture I spotted a restaurant by the name of Johnny Moo. From a distance I could see that it looked like a diner spread across an open space. The bright neon sign was so bright my camera gave up trying to capture an image. As I sat down, I was greeted in a prompt and polite manner which has been consistent with my other experiences in Shanghai. I briefly glanced at the menu and knew I wanted to try the Johnny Moo 10oz cheeseburger (fries included) and a chocolate shake. The server or Fúwùyuán in Mandarin had a question.
She asked politely
"How would you like your burger done?"
I responded quickly but reluctantly with "medium". The thing is when you order something to be medium, sometimes it can be too rare. I was worried that the chef would send me a rare cooked patty.
Minutes passed and before I knew it my meal was sitting infront of me. I took a sip of the chocolate milkshake and immediately I was impressed. The shake was not too thick requiring a vacum cleaner, neither was it too watery like melted ice cream. One look at the burger can make even the heaviest of eaters uneasy. It's pretty big, and comes with lettuce, American cheese, onions and a tomato slice.
The burger looked great, but did it taste good ?
In one word… Absolutely!
One bite, and one's palette is bombarded by flavors of animal fat and exquisitely prepared beef which are complemented by the fresh cheese and vegetables. They made sure to prepare it to specification, making sure it was a nice pink medium not a red rare.
I continued to enjoy the burger, fries and shake all the while enjoying the stainless steel diner like decor which transported me to a simpler time.
All in all I would highly recommend Johnny Moo to anyone who enjoys a high quality burger. I would recommend coming there on a weekday evening, as that is when there aren't many people out in Shanghai.
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Address: D.No 3219 Hong Mei Road.Shanghai
Tel: 51579198
Lunch- Cool Docks, Pudong, Shanghai
Hello Bentley Arnage! Had to take my glasses off to get a good look at it!
A Toast- Blue Frog Shanghai!
One of the best Iced Teas I have ever enjoyed, both cups have Blue Frog's signature Passionfruit iced tea. The burger below was also enjoyed , all in all a great meal on a hot day!
Blue Frog Mushroom Burger-Blue Frog, Shanghai
Three Point Star- Mercedes Benz, Shanghai, Pudong, China
Wonderful Salmon,Avocado, Egg, Lettuce on Rye Sandwich!-at Wagas, Thumb Plaza, Shanghai, China
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The Denver Broncos are hosting the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game this weekend, and local businesses are vocally supporting their team. Sometimes supporting your team means taking shots at the opponents, and one liquor store set its sights on Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.
Denver businesses keep taking shots at Brady pic.twitter.com/4hhW3kSenU (via @nothreeputt, @TerezOwens)
— darren rovell (@darrenrovell) January 18, 2014
Whether or not Brady drinks Appletinis is unconfirmed, but it is still a funny sign. Of course taking shots at Brady is easy, especially when he is modeling Ugg boats. Brady is also embracing the under dog role the Patriots unusually find themselves in this weekend.
"I'm sure no one's going to pick us to win this week," said Brady. "We've had our backs against the wall for a while. Really, the whole season we've lost players, and teams have really counted us out."
Still it should be a thrilling game.
"It's going to a barnburner," Broncos executive vice president of football operations John Elway said.
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Union wins it all
Bridgeport: Birthplace of champions or something. The Union Dutchmen are national champions after Saturday's 7-4 win over Minnesota in Philadelphia. Darien's Kevin Sullivan had a late insurance goal and an assist; New Canaan's Alex Gonye and Fairfield's Griffyn Martin are also on the roster. The Dutchmen played three regionals here in the past four years […] [Read More]
Teen Beat: WBS liveblog
I've now missed four Sound Tigers trips to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in 13 years. Two were because of blizzards. One was because the car and I kind of got knocked around that one time (pardon me, upper-body, day-to-day, for the past 2,900 days). And tonight. What can you do. What we'll do is listen to Mike O'Brien […] [Read More]
Even newer: Thursday notes
So the roster rotation remains on full spin. Missing today: Brock Montpetit, who's going back to school, and Marc Cantin, going down to Stockton. Cantin had played just six of the past 15 games after his second suspension, and the arrival of Kyle Burroughs gives them another body on the blue line. By the way, […] [Read More]
Novelty: Hartford postgame
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Hockey in New Haven: Wednesday notes
While Yale and Fairfield's staffs take over Webster Bank Arena this weekend, the Sound Tigers borrow Yale's barn. Bridgeport will practice at Ingalls Rink the next three days. (We'll probably miss out, over with the Fairfield and Yale folks.) No apparent changes to the roster today. Slackers. Tonight Roy Sommer coached his 1,257th AHL game, […] [Read More]
Turning points: Portland from afar/after the fact
So this thing this afternoon appears to have turned sharply in the last minute of the second period. Bridgeport led 2-1 when the Sound Tigers, breaking up the left wing, had Matt Mangene take a hit from Joel Hanley. Phil called it an elbow. Terry Koharski did not. The teams scrummed. Mangene got up and […] [Read More]
Quinnipiac, local angles in East Regional
We got us a bracket for Friday in Bridgeport in the NCAA East Regional. And of course it involves Union. But it'll also involve last year's runner-up. Union and Quinnipiac are the top two teams in the bracket, third and sixth seeds. Providence joins them, and so does Vermont, bringing in the local boy. Union-UVM […] [Read More]
Replay, scoreboard
There's one crazy moment in the middle — darn, almost right in the middle — of regulation to talk about, but the other crazy moments are mostly saves. Tyler Beskorowany made a ton of them. Shake your head at a few of them. Chris Langkow passing up a shot in the slot, feeding Scooter Vaughan […] [Read More]
Frequent changes: Tuesday notes
So, the new-look Sound Tigers, three in and three out, skated at Wonderland this morning. Newbies Jesse Root, Yale's captain (amateur tryout), and Adam Brace were alongside John Persson. Riley Wetmore was with Brett Gallant and Chris Bruton, who remained non-contact. Andrey Pedan went non-contact but left early, not feeling well, Scott Pellerin said. Matthew […] [Read More]
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Carlos Zambrano is a friggin' Beast
Sure, he hit a homer and a double yesterday, both of the non-cheap, boldly struck, bat-crackin' variety. We've seen this monster crack the shiznit out of the ball before. It pained me that it passed noon here in the Great Midwest and none of us had made notice of Citizen Z's feats yet. Kurt is probably gamely suffering from carpal tendinitis for all the typing he provided on here this past weekend, so that's his excuse. But it's expected, I guess. We've seen it before. We all know Zambrano is a modern-day Babe Ruth.
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This is where perception and lack of attention to the statistics can hurt you. It seemed to me that all of Z's hitting damage was done from the left side of the box. I figured that his batting right-handed against lefties was an affectation - I didn't remember him doing much right-handed. Granted, he doesn't do it as often, due to the preponderance of right-handed pitchers, but I could only remember one good right-handed shot he hit before yesterday, and wondered out loud to people - he is obviously a right-handed person, so shouldn't he be a stronger right-handed hitter?
In his career, he has 531 plate appearences, 147 as a right-handed hitter. He has sixteen homers, SIX as a right-handed hitter! He has a .275 average with a .458 slugging percentage as a right-handed hitter, compared to .226/.361 from the left. As a left-handed hitter, he has a tOPS+ of 87, outstanding for a pitcher, but honestly, weak for a legitimate pinch hitter or DH. Right-handed, tOPS+ is 135. Even in only 147 plate appearences, that's getting it DONE, mister man.
This is the kind of frivolous analysis you come to GROTA for, kids. Since our primary power-hitting PH (the Great Hoff) is left-handed, I propose to dear old Uncle Lou that Scarlos, Che Zambrano himself, become our first-choice pinch hitter VS. left-handed pitching.
Against right-handed pitching, meh. Only in an extra-inning game.
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I like the way you think, Rob.
We got it backwards
Completely agree. Z is the Big Babe Ruth on the team, with of course our starting 2B as Little Babe Ruth. He should be our 7th outfielder, too.
Actually a right handed person should bat "left handed." My hitting instructor taught me, your dominant hand should be the the hand on the bottom of the bat. This is the hand that provides the most control in your swing and should have the best coordination with it. The top hand provides some extra power. So we in America got it backwards, a right handed person should have the right hand on the bottom of the bat (batting left handed).
You're right
I am a very predominately right-handed person, but my old man taught me to bat lefty because he himself was lefthanded, and it never occurred to him that people stand on the other side of the plate.
As a result, my right eye was closest to the pitcher, and for awhile there, I enjoyed the benefits. I hit pretty much .700 until HS Varsity, when a nasty-ass lefthanded pitcher from the neighboring town struck me out four times one day. That messed with my head, permanently. Even though he pitched for the Tigers for two years, it still didn't ease my mind. http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/duboibr01.shtml
I agree
My primary role was a RH pitcher through high school and college (Purdue), though I also played every position except catcher. I was never a very good hitter, but I did post a career .325 avg as a lefty. From the right side I was only a .200 hitter.


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"Wright details the experiences and hardships faced by Ginny, a young African American girl, and her family as they travel west from Virginia to California in 1865. Unwelcome on the big wagon trains departing from Independence, Missouri, Ginny's family must form its own group of newly freed friends and relatives. They endure snakebites, drought, broken wagon wheels, extreme temperatures, and treacherous mountains before finally reaching California. In keeping with the picture-book format, Wright includes no maps and mentions no famous landmarks, concentrating instead on a few episodes in the fictional journey."--Booklist
Taken from the records of the Federal Writers' Project of the 1930s, these interviews with one-time Virginia slaves provide a clear window into what it was like to be enslaved in the antebellum American South.
"Louis Hughes was born a slave in Virginia and at age 12 was sold away from his mother, whom he never saw again. After a few interim owners, he was sold to a wealthy slaveowner who had a home near Memphis and plantation nearby in Mississippi. Hughes lived there as a house servant until near the end of the Civil War, when he escaped to the Union lines and then, in a daring adventure with the paid help of two Union soldiers, returned to the plantation for his wife. The couple made their way to Canada and after the war to Chicago and Detroit, eventually settling in Milwaukee. There Hughes became relatively comfortable as a hotel attendant and as an entrepreneur laundry operator. Self-educated and eloquent, Hughes wrote and privately published his memoir in 1897."
On June 19, 1865, slaves in Texas were formally notified that they had been emancipated, or given their freedom. This day became an annual holiday known as "Juneteenth," and it is celebrated today with food, fireworks, and community and family parties that commemorate the end of slavery in the United States.
A simple retelling of the importance of Juneteenth. Part of a series of holiday books for kids.
Robert Carter III was born into the highest circles of Virginia's Colonial aristocracy, neighbor and kin to the Washingtons and Lees and a friend and peer to Thomas Jefferson and George Mason. But in 1791, Carter severed his ties with this elite at the stroke of a pen. Having gradually grown to feel that what he possessed was not truly his, clashing repeatedly with his neighbors, his friends, government officials, and, most poignantly, his own family, he set free nearly five hundred slaves in the largest single act of liberation in the history of American slavery before the Emancipation Proclamation.
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"From its spontaneous beginning on June 19, 1865, as slaves in Galveston, Texas, reacted to the delayed news of the Emancipation Proclamation, the holiday has spread nationwide among Black Americans. It is small gatherings on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina, to immense crowds in Buffalo, New York. This ethnic holiday includes the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, retelling of legends about how it got its name, parades, parties, and family reunions.
"Join the author and photographer as they traveled to experience this celebration of freedom in various spots around the United States."
This history book includes many illustrations and photos.
Contents: The day of jubilee -- How free is free? -- "Give us this, and we will protect ourselves" -- A second bondage -- Black spirit, black mind -- A new war -- Redemption and rejection -- Timeline.
A "Dear America" book about the life of a former slave girl during Reconstruction.
Explores the events leading up to Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which freed most slaves, and its effects on the course of the Civil War.
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