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DEERFIELD, Fla. (December 19, 2013) – International Boxing Federation (IBF) Junior Lightweight World Champion Argenis "La Tormenta" Mendez (21-2-1, 11 KOs) has vowed not to leave the outcome of his January 3 title defense against No. 1 mandatory challenger Rances "Kid Blast" Barthelemy (19-0, 12 KOs), airing live on the 2014 ESPN Friday Night Fights season opener, in the hands of the judges.
Mendez, fighting out of Brooklyn (NY), will make his second world title defense against Barthelemy at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The 2004 Dominican Republic Olympian learned an invaluable lesson in his first world title defense, fighting a controversial 12-round draw with Arash Usmanee last August, in which most observers felt Mendez clearly won, on the first event ever presented by his promoter, Iron Mike Productions (IMP).
"I definitely learned that, when you're in the ring," Mendez explained, "you have to give it your all. Sometimes, what you and our corner think isn't what is going through the judges' minds. Honestly, I don't know what fight the judges saw. There was no way that bout was a draw. Unfortunately that fight wasn't the first time this has happened to me. I've been robbed twice before, once in Denver (vs. Jaime Sandoval), and the other time in Mexico (vs. Juan Carlos Salgado). I knocked both guys down during our fights. Now, I'm more determined to get in there and be more aggressive to make sure there is no doubt that I am the winner. I'm definitely not going to leave it to the judges. I know for sure that I'm going home with my title."
The irony of the Jan. 3rd fight is that Mendez' head trainer for the first time is two-time world champion John David Jackson, who used to be Barthelemy's head trainer. Also, Barthelemy also was a controversial winner in an IBF eliminator for the No. 2 spot over Usmanee, in which the large majority felt Usmanee was robbed. Unbeaten Cuban-born Barthelemy then knocked out Fahsai Sakreerin (39-3-1) on June 21 in an official IBF title eliminator to earn his first world title shot versus Mendez.
"John David Jackson has been great," Mendez remarked. "He's definitely been teaching me how to be more aggressive, throwing more punches and improving my power. He's great strategizing and together we have worked out a great plan for this upcoming fight. Along with Jackson, I also have former two-time world champion (IMP stable-mate and fellow countryman) Joan Guzman in my corner. I doesn't get any better than that! I have two world champions in my corner helping me prepare for his fight. In addition, Jackson trained Barthelemy in for his previous two fights. We already have the blueprint, my job is to go out there January 3rd and execute.
"I really think Usmanee won his fight with Barthelemy and that's why I gave him the opportunity in August to fight me for the world title. I honestly thought that he was the better fighter."
Mendez finds himself in the rare position of being the headliner on an ESPN Friday Night Fights show to conclude one season and then come right back to kick-off its next year of programming.
"I plan on expanding my fan-base by headlining both the finale and premier of the ESPN boxing season," Mendez concluded. "Everyone is getting a chance to see what I bring to the tale and why I am world champion. I would like to thank the entire ESPN family for giving me the chance to prove myself to the boxing world. The support ESPN has given me is incredible. I play on repaying them by having an exciting title match that will have all boxing fans on edge. Hopefully, my upcoming bout will bring bigger and better opportunities for me."
The first 2014 installment of ESPN Friday Night Fights on Jan. 3 is being presented by Iron Mike Productions, Seconds Out Promotions and Warriors Boxing. Tickets are priced at $35, $65, $100, $150 and $250 and are available at Target Center's Box Office, online at AXS.com or by calling 888.9.AXS.TIX (888.929.7849). Doors open at 6 p.m. ET, first bell 7 p.m. ET, and the ESPN broadcast starts at 9 p. m. ET.

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A highly detailed player that clearly identifies different strands in a piece of music without divorcing them from each other, SACD is a bonus, the ergonomics a let-down
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Involved, engaging sound
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Pioneer is firmly back in the dedicated-audio-separates world, with this SACD player (one of the cheapest around) and a couple of amps in the 'G clef' range, all chock-full of audiophile credibility and tweaked at AIR Studios in north London.
That Pioneer is backing SACD isn't surprising: it was at the forefront of high-sampling digital audio when it brought out the first 96kHz consumer product, a high-speed DAT recorder, a decade ago. Perhaps less expected is support for MP3 and WMA.
Another thing that's unsurprising, given that it's from Pioneer, is this unit's funky appearance. The front panel has a step in it that puts the display slightly forward, a subtle design feature we rather like.
What we don't like is that the minimalist approach has extended to removing almost all functionality from the front panel. All you can do without the remote is insert a disc and start playing from the top, then stop and remove it again.
The remote is small and slim and thus easily lost, and uses a coin-cell battery you probably won't have a replacement for when it runs out, so it's likely that at some point you'll find yourself cursing the D6 for its ergonomics. The display is a bit cussed too - it's slow and not as informative as it might be.
Inside the thin steel case, a dual-format PCM/DSD DAC handles CD and SACD data streams in their native format to minimise bit-twiddling, while the small frame transformer, op-amps and passive components are, while nothing fancy, perfectly respectable.
Purists can switch off the display and digital outputs in 'Pure Audio' mode, and you have the choice of Legato Link or normal sharp anti-alias filtering. Mechanical noise is on the high side, and has a rather intrusive whistling character.
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Our listening panel heard the D6 in its default Legato Link mode, though the brick-wall filter alternative was tried later in our own sighted listening. In the event, this player didn't sound that different from the average, though it attracted comments about good timing and was felt to be lively and bouncy in character.
More than that, however, it was liked for its resolution and general musical involvement. Its treble can seem a bit bright - even slightly coarse - at times, but otherwise the sound is sophisticated and well integrated across the band, and detail is convincing.
Tonally, bass seems quite well extended; solid and tuneful. The midband, one listener noted, isn't totally free of coloration, but what there is seems to be just a touch of shyness in the upper bass that can slightly reduce the impact of male voice and instruments such as cello - and the cleanliness in the upper midrange compensates.
What really emerges from the listening notes, though, is the player's good recovery of small details, which helps it separate layers (tonal and spatial) within a well-balanced recording and creates highly convincing soundscapes.
This seemed to us a touch better with Legato Link switched off, but the effect is obtained either way. Only with recordings that are already quite brash does the brightness become significantly noticeable, and this is the only real blemish on an otherwise well-rounded performance. SACD replay is likewise assured: we felt it a little lightweight, but it's certainly detailed.
Legato Link filtering has the expected effect of slight attenuation in the audio band (very slight - almost nothing below 14kHz and only -4dB at 20kHz) and considerable aliasing between 22kHz and about 26kHz; otherwise it changes very little in the measurements. The 'sharp' filter, meanwhile, makes the model sound very similar to the Arcam. Noise-wise, this player is joint best in the group, while distortion is low but not class-leading. All the same, it's better than on most amps and varies little with frequency. It also vanishes, as one would hope, at lower output levels.
To our slight surprise we found a little jitter in the D6's output, with a mostly noise-like spectrum which we would expect to have very little effect on the sound in practice. In theory it worsens the noise floor somewhat in the presence of high-frequency audio, but real music just doesn't contain enough HF to make that a problem.
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The aliens have landed. Well, sort of. ABC is greenlighting a pilot for a new version of V. Back in the 1980s, the V mini-series spawned both a sequel, novels, and a short-lived TV show.
The original 1983 mini-series stars Jane Badler, Michael Durrell, Marc Singer, Jeff Yagher, Blair Tefkin, Robert Englund, and Faye Grant, and focuses on a race of friendly and helpful humanoid aliens that land on Earth. Referred to as "The Visitors," these aliens offer up their advanced technology in exchange for the chemicals and minerals their ailing world desperately needs. Unfortunately, they're not what they appear to be. Journalist Michael Donovan eventually discovers that the human-looking aliens are actually reptiles who prefer live meat. Before he can get the word out, the Visitors take control of the media and soonafter, the world.
The mini-series spawned a second mini-series, novels, and its own weekly TV show that ran in 1984. V: The Series ran for only one season. Many of the actors from the mini-series returned and were joined by Jennifer Cooke, Jeff Yagher, June Chadwick, Michael Ironside, and Lane Smith.
NBC cancelled the show after 18 episodes and the finale ended on a cliffhanger that left many storylines unresolved. DC Comics published a comic based on the weekly series that also lasted 18 installments but didn't resolve any of the show's storylines either.
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In 1989, Warner Bros. considered producing a new series, V: The Next Chapter, that would have picked up the TV show's storylines some five years later. After numerous script drafts, the project was ultimately abandoned due to expected high production costs.
Now, Warner Bros. wants to try again and ABC has given the project a greenlight. This time around, The 4400's co-creator/exec producer, Scott Peters, has the reins. Kenneth Johnson, the original's writer/producer, isn't involved with the ABC project.
The new series pilot will focus on a Homeland Security agent named Erica Evans. She has an aimless son who attaches himself to the newly-arrived aliens, causing lots of tension at home. Like the original, the new V will center around aliens who say they've come to Earth to help but have other motivations. Because this is a reworking of the original story, it's doubtful that any of the performers from the original will reprise their roles.
If the pilot impresses network execs and gets a go-ahead, will the new series outlast the original? Other recent remakes of NBC 1980s shows, like Bionic Woman and Knight Rider, have been critical and viewer disappointments. Perhaps the new V will be different. One way or another though, these aliens just refuse to go away.
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The American Civil War Battle of Shiloh left 16,000 soldiers dead and 3,000 soldiers wounded, and some of those wounded soldiers are part of an odd mystery. Some of the soldiers had eerily glowing wounds, which healed more quickly than the non-glowing wounds. So what strange battlefield science was at work?
It took two days and nights for the medics to reach all of the wounded soldiers in Shiloh, and some of the soldiers noticed that their wounds glowed in the darkness. Because the glowing wounds healed more quickly and cleanly, the mysterious force was termed "Angel's Glow."
It wasn't until 2001 that this 1862 mystery was finally solved. Seventeen-year-old Bill Martin was visiting Shiloh with his family, where he heard about the strange glow. His mother, microbiologist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service, had studied luminescent bacteria, and Martin wondered if similar bacteria might have been at work. With his friend Jon Curtis, Martin researched Photorhabdus luminescens, a type of bacteria that lives in the guts of parasitic nematodes. When nematodes vomit up the glowing bacteria, P. luminescens kills the other microbes living in the nematoad's host.
Normally, P. luminescens couldn't live in the human body since it dies at human body temperature. But Martin and Curtis, studying the historical records and the conditions in Shiloh, realized that the nighttime temperatures were low enough for the soldiers to develop hypothermia, allowing the bacteria to thrive in their bodies, kill off competing bacteria, and perhaps save the lives of their human hosts.
For solving this decades old mystery, Curtis and Martin won first place in the 2001 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
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California has had a strange winter…first it seemed there would be no winter, magically winter made a brief December appearance that lasted 2-3 days, and then disappeared giving way to California warmth that seemed would lead right into summer, until March came and brought with it a slew of much needed rain. The tough part of this late "winter" was that it left weathermen with some trouble predicting accurately what would and would not happen….so when fellow Aperture Academy instructor Paul Porter and I sat staring at a very rainy coastline on Saturday afternoon less than 24 hours before our Big Sur workshop, we had to wonder if the forecast for 'partly cloudy' skies was real…or just a weatherman hope to give the city a optimistic hope for a break in the rain.
Thankfully we woke Sunday morning to see that the weathermen for once were correct, and the sun shone out from a breaking storm. There would be a photography class that day…and the weather would be striking!
Paul and I met our class just outside Carmel-By-The-Sea for a brief orientation prior to heading out for a full day of shooting. Everyone had a different level of experience, but no lack of enthusiasm for what the day would hold…and everyone was as excited as we were for the nice weather.
Our first stop of the day was the Catholic Carmel Mission…I love this location, of all the indoor manmade locations we visit in any of our workshops, this one, I believe has the most different opportunities for great images. There are so many little details here that as one student pointed out, "I could have spent all day here."
Paul and I spent the first portion of our time at the mission going over basic settings, and how to approach a scene, and begin to develop a routine when shooting. For me, that routine is Composition---Aperture---Shutter Speed---and ISO (if needed) I follow that routine every time I shoot. While it's tough for newer shooters to get into a mindset that lets them handle these technical skills, I found that over the course of the day most people were really starting to get comfortable with the settings, and manually changing them.
While there are no iconic images in the mission, there are so many other possibilities here that it really is a treat to shoot. This time of year every flower seems to be in bloom and not only do they provide options for composition using patterns, shapes, colors, and textures, but they also make nice foregrounds for larger scenes, and great examples for using shallow depths of fields.
We spent two hours here at the fort, everyone scattering about finding their own takes on the wonderful opportunities.
Our second stop was the first of the truly iconic locations in Big Sur. The Bixbie Bridge is a large stone bridge that instantly brings up thoughts of, "how did they do THAT?!" Photographically it allows us a chance to really talk about the polarizing filters, and the use of leading lines in compositions with either the bridge, or the coastline. A few clouds hung around in the sky to help give some more interest to the compositions. Paul and I saw some really nice shots of this popular location.
The 3rd stop of the class is probably one of the favorites for most participants. McWay Falls is like something out of a fairy tale. A perfect cove with the most beautiful turquoise water, and an idyllic waterfall that falls right on the beach and into the sea. Those participants that had ND filters were encouraged here to really work on using them to get some blur in the images and add a little extra pop to their images. Those without ND filters were given feedback on compositions, and different ways to work with the scene.
As we drove down the road to our final stop, Pfieffer Beach everyone was hoping a few of the clouds would hang around. We walked our group out to the beach and after a VERY nice group shot, everyone set up for the setting sun. Paul and I made sure we gave everyone the instructions needed to begin to get some of those shots with the silky wave movement. Those students who were without graduated ND filters, were given loaners to use so they could see how those simple pieces of resin are able to really open up a whole new realm of possibilities in terms of balancing tricky exposures in the field.
A few scattered clouds mingled along the horizon and provided some nice texture and color towards the end of the sunset for those students shooting wider-angle compositions. Some students took a more intimae approach and shot the hole in the arch with the moving water and rocky foreground, excluding sky and surrounding mountains. Whether you shoot wide or close, this is a really nice location to practice those long exposure skills, and we saw some very nice images on the camera backs!
Once the sun was gone, it got cold and before long everyone was eager to return to the van to re-warm and get ready for the final drive down highway 1 back to Carmel, and their vehicles. After a winding ride back we returned everyone, with their full memory cards to their waiting cars so they could head off to process those images and keep practicing all the new tips and tricks they learned throughout our fun (sunny) day together. Until Next Time, Brian, Paul, and the rest of the Aperture Academy Team
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Designed by S&B in memory of our co-founder Bernadette Bishop, these white linen napkins feature her signature hand drawn claret red flower as a subtle pattern and match our tablecloth design by the same name. The napkins look great on any surface, though, adding an elegant pop of colour and style to your table.
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KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — She scrambled to find her camera before the flower ceremony began. Lolo Jones wasn't going to miss any of it.
She wasn't going to let her American teammates down. Not now.
And as Elana Myers, Lauryn Williams, Jamie Greubel and Aja Evans stood on the podium and soaked in the applause after winning Olympic silver and bronze medals in women's bobsled, Jones knelt nearby recording every moment. She never stopped smiling and even screamed, "U-S-A."
This moment wasn't about Jones, and that was just fine.
She didn't get a medal, again, but this Olympic experienced trumped them all.
At last, she felt satisfied.
"Bobsled has made me stronger," Jones said a few minutes later, her eyes filled with tears. "The lesson in humbleness is definitely gold for sure."
Jones, who switched from track to bobsled to escape disappointment and continue her quest to win an Olympic medal after twice failing in the Summer Games, finished 11th on Wednesday night as the brakeman for driver Jazmine Fenlator in USA-3. In this race, Jones was never a factor.
Unlike Beijing in 2008, when Jones led the 100-meter hurdles before hitting the ninth one, there wasn't any late mistake. Unlike London in 2010, when she finished 0.10 seconds shy of a bronze, there wasn't any heartbreak. On an icy mountainside track in Russia, Jones finally walked away feeling like a champion.
Jones has grown tight with her teammates, who never doubted her commitment from the time she showed up to train. They dubbed themselves the "wolfpack," and when Jones and Fenlator realized they were going to miss seeing USA-1 and USA-2 make their final runs down the Sanki Sliding Center track, they cut short TV interviews and ran to the finish area.
Still a relative newcomer to the sport, Jones wasn't sure what was happening in the frantic final minutes of the fourth heat as Greubel and Evans took bronze and Meyers and Williams were bumped from gold by Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse in Canada-1.
Jones' nerves were on edge as she watched on the TV monitors, and she was unaware of the final standings when she rushed on the track to embrace her teammates.
"I congratulated Jamie," she said. "I said, 'Congratulations on the silver.' And she said, 'We got bronze.' And I was like 'It's a medal!!! I don't care if it's a chocolate medal.'"
Jones didn't want to talk about herself afterward. She praised Williams, who won medals in the Summer and Winter Games, comparing the sprinting dynamo to legendary Olympian Jesse Owens. Jones had kind words for Fenlator, the soft-yet-tough New Jersey girl who competed in these games knowing her ill mother was at home cheering her on.
Jones had something positive to say about each one of her American sliding sisters. Having run in her own lane for so long, they had taught her went it meant to be a team player.
"These are my teammates and unlike track and field, I have lived with each one of these girls," Jones said. "I've lived with Jamie, Aja, Lauryn. I've worked with them 12, 15 hours a day. I've taken eight hour-car rides, four girls in a car for eight hours. They are our mini-family.
"I know everything they've gone through, every tear they've cried. I just want to be there and lift them up and cheer as loud as I can for them because I know if I was on the podium, they would do the same for me."
Accused by some of drawing attention to herself, Jones willingly shared the spotlight.
Her selection to the U.S. team had spawned controversy by those who felt American coaches had succumbed to outside pressure to bring her to Sochi. But her teammates felt she belonged. They were the ones who saw her sand runners and pull sleds, and Jones was the one who lured Williams to the sport.
"Lolo has been a trooper through the whole time," Meyers said. "She recruited Lauryn, so to be in that situation and to recruit such a strong athlete and have the confidence to say, you're going to compete against me for a spot, that speaks loads about Lolo's character and I think she doesn't get enough credit for how hard she works and how she's dedicated to Team USA."
After USA-3 made its final run, Fenlator climbed from the sled disappointed. She had wanted to medal and tried to apologize to Jones, who wouldn't hear it.
"I told her: 'You can't be discouraged, my first Olympics was a nightmare,'" Jones said with a laugh. "I think we're good teammates because I can lift her up and tell her to keep fighting for it. This was a good day for USA bobsled. This was historic, and I honestly just want to go celebrate with them."
Jones now plans to take some time off so her body can recover. She hasn't decided about her future in bobsled, but Fenlator promised to "reel her back in" for the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang.
Jones may still be chasing a medal, but she's found a better reward.
She's on a team, and that's more valuable than anything gold, silver or bronze.
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A necessary ingredient
Folic acid (vitamin B9) is important in a number of human metabolic pathways as well as being needed for nucleic acid synthesis, growth and the healthy development of a foetus [1]. Folic acid can be absorbed from the diet, with the highest levels of folic acid being found in foods such as meat extracts (e.g. Bovril), yeast extracts (e.g. Marmite), liver, asparagus, brussel sprouts, spinach, as well as being available as supplements [1]. Recently cereals and bread have been fortified with folic acid to try and eliminate folic acid deficiency especially in pregnant women.
|Structure of folic acid
Folic acid (pteroylglutamic acid) is composed of three large sub-components. These are the pteridine ring, para-amino benzoic acid, and glutamic acid. Glutamic acid is an amino acid that the body can actually synthesize by itself and is found in proteins. Folic acid gets its name from the Latin word folium meaning "leaf", since it's found in many leafy plants. This fully oxidized form is not found naturally but is what is used in supplements. Reduced polyglutamates are what are found in animal and plant foods (see below).
The nutritional benefits of folic acid were first observed by researcher Lucy Wills (photo. left) in 1931 while she was researching anaemia in pregnant textile workers in Bombay, India. It was here that she discovered that treating these patients with yeast and liver extracts cured the anaemia [2]. This extract was called the 'Will's factor', but it wasn't until late in the 1930s that folates (compounds with the same vitamin activity including naturally occurring folates and folic acid) were discovered to be the active agent in the cure of anaemia. Folic acid was first isolated from spinach in 1941, and synthesised in pure crystalline form by Bob Stokstad in 1943 [3].
|'Folates' in common usage means all pteroglutamates having vitamin activity,
but the true folate ion is the one shown above.
It is now widely accepted that folic acid deficiency in the mother is a major cause of birth defects in the baby, especially neural tube defects (NTDs), the most common of these being spina bifida and anencephaly. Spina bifida is when the baby is born with an exposed spinal cord, and anencephaly is when the bone covering the cerebral cortex fails to develop [4,5]. The neural tube is the early spinal cord found in embryos which forms 28 days after conception. Because this is early in pregnancy, most NTDs develop before women realise they are pregnant - and therefore too late to do anything about it. There are a number of prenatal tests that are carried out during pregnancy to test for NTDs, which, if discovered, normally leads to termination of the pregnancy [5].
The link between folate deficiency and NTDs was first suggested in 1964 by Brian Hibbard. Further research was carried by R.W. Smithells in 1983 while working as an obstetrician in Liverpool. Since then many other trials using folic acid supplements in pregnant women have been carried out all over the world, and have proven the link between folate deficiency and increased risk of NTDs [3].
Due to the early development of NTDs in foetuses it is important that women wanting to conceive should increase their folic acid intake before they conceive, as well as during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Since 1992 the US Public Health service has recommended that all women of child-bearing age should consume 0.4 mg per day of folic acid. Similarly, te NHS in the UK recommends that women wanting to become pregnant take supplements of 0.4 mg per day until the 12th week of pregnancy [6,7]. Research has shown that a daily supplement of 0.4 mg per day reduces the chance of NTDs by an estimated 36%, and in some cases 4 mg per day has been estimated to prevent 8 in 10 cases of NTDs, assuming the supplement was taken before pregnancy [8].
Even though the benefits of folic acid are well documented, the current daily intake of folic acid/folates among women aged 19-64 years is only 0.292 mg [9]. This is well below the recommended daily intake for pregnant women. Because the upper intake limit is as high as 1 mg per day, there is no reason why all women and men should not be reaching the 0.4 mg level.
One of the ways to increase the folate intake in all people is through folic acid fortification of cereals and grains. There are different ideas on the levels of fortification and whether fortification should be mandatory or voluntary. For example in the USA, since 1998 all grains have been fortified with 0.14 mg/100 g of grain, and in Chile wheat flour has been fortified by 0.22 mg/100 g of grain - almost double the levels in the USA. In the USA this fortification has been estimated to increase a person's daily intake of folates by 0.1 mg per day [9], i.e. a quarter of the recommended daily dose.
In the USA, since the implementation of mandatory fortification, the number of cases of NTDs fell from 37.8 per 100,000 live births before fortification, to 30.5. This is a decrease of 19%, which strongly supports the government's decision to make fortification mandatory. However, there are number of other factors, e.g. greater number of terminated pregnancies in which NTDs have been diagnosed, or increased use of folic acid supplements which could also contribute to the decrease [10]. Despite these facts, however, there are still groups opposed to mandatory folic acid fortification on the grounds of freedom of choice.
In the UK and many other EU countries, the debate on whether fortification should be mandatory continues. To date, no EU country has introduced mandatory fortification. Between 1995 and 1998 the UK Health Authority ran a folic acid campaign, aimed at increasing the awareness of the benefits of folic acid as well as increasing the availability of cereals and breads fortified with folic acid. The campaign was successful; in 2000 92% of mothers knew of the benefits of folic acid in early pregnancy compared with only 51% in 1995. Furthermore, 98% of mothers had increased their folic acid intake through supplements (73%) and changing their diet (31%) [11]. However, many commercial organisations argued they saw little benefit in voluntary fortification, because the target audience was too small to warrant serious investment and development.
Most recently, in 2007 the UK Food Standard Agency decided to recommend that folic acid fortification should be mandatory as part of an overall effort to increase folate levels in young women. They suggested that mandatory fortification of bread or flour will increase the levels of folate in around 13 million people in the UK who are currently folate deficient [12]. One advantage of folic acid fortification is that it is more effective at increasing folate levels in the body than naturally occurring folates found in food. This means eating foods fortified with folic acid have an advantage over eating foods naturally rich in folates [13].
|Tetrahydrofolic acid.
Folic acid is converted into dihydrofolic acid (DHFA) using various enzymes or coenzymes in the body, such as NADPH.
This is then further converted to the tetrahydrofolate form (THFA, the 4 new H's are shown in green),
which can then polymerise to form the various polyglutamates found in living organisms.
The hydrogenated ionic form of folic acid (THF, tetrahydrofolate) is used in the complex, enzyme-catalysed synthesis of DNA. It acts as a substrate to carry C1 groups (in the form of methanoate), and help in the biosynthesis of purines, serines and glycine - the building blocks of DNA.
Unlike NTDs, the link between cancer and folic acid is still in its infancy. Folate deficiency is said to increase the chances of getting cancer of the brain, cervix, lung and colon. Folates play an important role in DNA synthesis and it has been hypothesised that a lack of folate will cause mutations and DNA strand breakage, leading to cancer [14]. On the other hand, there has been serious interest in a set of drugs known as antifolates, which are now being used as anti-cancer drugs. Because tumour cells replicate rapidly, a deficiency in folate would interrupt replication and reduce tumour growth [15].
Some studies have shown that the use of B vitamin supplements (including folic acid) have led to a decreased risk of cardiovascular diseases. The mechanism by which folic acid reduces the risk of CVD is unknown, but it has been linked with folic acid's ability to regulate hymocysteine [16,17]. Moderate-to-high levels of hymocysteine have been attributed to increased risk of coronary heart disease because of the negative effect hymocysteine has on blood vessels [17].
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You guys- You lovely, lovely people out there, reading and baking your hearts out- I think we need to talk. We've been seeing each other for a couple of years now, and suffice to say that things are getting pretty serious. This isn't a phrase that should be tossed around lightly, so trust that it's coming from a sincere place: I love you. Honestly, those comments everyone made on my 1000th post were enough to fuel my next 1000 without pausing to come up for air. It's all too easy to lose sight of the the bigger picture when you're caked in wet flour and scraping burnt pie filling off the bottom of the oven, but that genuine enthusiasm and encouragement makes it more than worthwhile. It makes me want to wake up every morning and slog through the dozens of disasters, just to come up with one stellar recipe to share in this space. If there was ever one goal I had with this blog, it was to make a positive impact. Whatever that meant, however deeply felt, I just wanted to make someone, somewhere, a little bit happier. Ironic that that someone turned out to be me.
Enough sappy lovey stuff, right? Right. Now, what everyone's been waiting for… The winners! All were chosen via the mighty, infallible Random Number Generator. If your name is on this list, expect an email with details about your winnings to arrive shortly.
Congrats! While these lucky commenters now have the means to pre-order Vegan À La Mode, it's with bittersweet feelings that I must announce the retirement of the original À La Mode ebook. You'll be able to find most of these recipes in the printed version, but revised, improved, and with shiny new accompanying photos. If you can't wait another two months for the official release, this is your last week to check out this sneak preview of what's to come.
I would hate to leave anyone empty-handed, so if you didn't get lucky and want to hold out for the all-inclusive print book, I still have one more trick up my sleeve: New desktop wallpapers!
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The Zoom Snorkel Series has been developed, by Omer's technicians, specifically for Spear Fishing and Free Diving. The shape of the Silicone Mouthpiece and the Air Tube has been Ergonomically Designed to follow the Profile of the Spear Fisherman's Face, to greatly reduce its Visibility during the Dive. The Internal Diameter of the Tube is 0.8" (20 mm), a Specific Dimension to Optimize the Air Flow Rate. ,,The Tube of the Zoom Pro is manufactured in Thermoplastic Urethane (TPU), an Extremely Flexible Plastic Material with a High Mechanical Strength. The Tube will undergo no Swelling in water and won't yellow under the action of UV Light. The Snorkel has a High Rebound Elasticity and "Snappiness", allowing the Diver to Fold-It" when it is not needed, and to take it out whenever the use of a snorkel becomes a necessity. Snorkel has an Easy-to-Use Snorkel Keeper, is available in 4 colors of Black, Mimetic Med, Ocean Mimetic or Mimetic Brown colors and is covered by a 24 month limited warranty.,,The Omer Zoom Snorkel is commonly used for Pool, Snorkeling, Spearfishing and more. The Omer Zoom Snorkel is most used by customers who consider themselves to be a Advanced among others. The Omer Zoom Snorkel is popular because customers like the following qualities of the Omer Zoom Snorkel: Comfortable Mouthpiece, Ergonomic Design.Regular price $40.00


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There are 32 teams left after the Champions League playoff round ended yesterday, and so today was the Champions League draw, where the teams were divided into eight groups of four for the group stage of the tournament. There will be plenty of analysis and explanation and bloviation around the internet throughout the Champions League, but the thing everyone is talking about today is the Group of Death.
This year, that's Group F. It comprises England's Arsenal, Ligue 1's Olympique Marseille, Borussia Dortmund of Germany, and Napoli from Serie A, and it looks to be an absolute motherfucker. Napoli were Italian runners-up last year to Juventus, and have since sold star forward Edinson Cavani to Paris Saint-Germain for about €65 million and used the funds to bring in an army of players. They were given a low seed, though, and so it was obvious that whichever group they were placed in would immediately become a lot harder.
Of course, Napoli were drawn with three studs. Dortmund were Champions League runners-up last year, and the best team in Germany not named FC Bayern. Marseille placed second in France to PSG. And Arsenal, who finished fourth in the Premier League, are a very capable bunch who always advance to the round of 16, but have so far spent a grand total of zero dollars strengthening the team after last season.
What we have here is a clusterfuck. Each of these teams are good enough to navigate the group and make it through, which means that two of these teams will be left absolutely heartbroken. Probably your favorite team, and mine.
Elsewhere, there are a lot of great matches to be played. In Group B, Real Madrid will have to play Juventus and Turkish champions Galatasaray, who made it all the way to the round of eight in last year's tournament before losing to Madrid. In Group D, defending champs FC Bayern take on Manchester City, who have so far underperformed in the tournament but are stacked. In Group G, Portuguese side Porto will twice take on Atlético Madrid, and in Group H, Barcelona and AC Milan are paired.
The games begin September 17 and 18. Full draw below:
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STATELINE, Nev. - Mark Mulder won his record third straight title Sunday in the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament, and Stephen Curry rallied to finish fourth.
Mulder had an 11-point victory over fellow former pitcher Derek Lowe and former tennis player Mardy Fish in the modified Stableford event at at Edgewood Tahoe. Players got 6 points for eagle, 3 for birdie, 1 for par, 0 for bogey and minus-2 for double bogey or higher.
Curry had 28 points in the final round - the best round score of the week in the 54-hole tournament - to finish with 60. The NBA star eagled the par-5 18th for a 68.
"This is no exaggeration, this is the best complete round of my life," Curry said. "I think I am one off from my best score, but considering the environment, how terrible I played earlier in the week, and to finish like this was the definitely the best round of my life. To finish like that on 18 was really, really fun. I'm going to be bragging about that for a long time."
Mulder had rounds of 72, 69 and 69 on the par-72 course. He earned $125,000.
"My three kids think this is the tournament where they get to run on the green," Mulder said about the victory celebration. "It's really cool that I was able to back that up. I didn't want to disappoint them."
Former NHL player Dan Quinn (2001-02) and former pitcher Rick Rhoden (2008-09) were the only others to win back-to-back titles.
Curry is set to play in the Web.com Tour's Ellie Mae Classic at TPC Stonebrae in the Bay Area on Aug. 3-6. The Web.com Tour is the PGA Tour's top developmental series.
"It is going to be a totally different environment," Curry said. "But hopefully I play like I did today and everything will be all right."


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Sanibel Island Light
Lush greenery lines the pathway and storm clouds provide the backdrop to the Sanibel Island lighthouse in southwest Florida.
Cape Canaveral Light
A distinguished guest on the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the 150 year old lighthouse stands proudly.
Egmont Key Light
Residing on Egmont Key in Florida the lighthouse stands tall over the ruins of Fort Dade and over 100 years of history.
Gasparilla Island Light
For nearly a hundred years, the Gasparilla lighthouse continues to stand 100 feet tall over the gulf of Mexico.
Ponce Inlet Lighthouse
Ponce Inlet, Florida
Looking up into the Lighthouse in Ponce Inlet, Florida
Boca Grande Light
Aglow from the last sunlight of the day while a storm passes behind sits the Boca Grande lighthouse on Gasparilla island.
Old Point Loma Lighthouse
Atop a high hill overlooking all of San Diego, the lighthouse subtly sits as part of the Cabrillo National Mounument.
St. Marks Light
Located at St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Apalachee Bay, Florida
St. Joseph Point Light
Port St. Joe, Florida
Harbour Island Lighthouse
Tampa, Florida
St. Augustine Light
St. Augustine, Florida
Cockspur Island Light
Sits on an islet only seen during low tide, off the tip of Cockspur Island, Georgia, near the Fort Pulaski National Monument.
St. Simons Island Light
Morris Island Light
Near Folly Beach, South Carolina
Crooked River Lighthouse
aka Carrabelle Light, Carrabelle, Florida
Cape San Blas Lighthouse
Cape San Blas, Florida
Tybee Island Light
Tybee Island, Georgia
St. George Island Lighthouse
St. George Island, Florida
Hunting Island Light
Located in Hunting Island State Park close to Beaufort, South Carolina. Watch out for deer in this area - they are literally everywhere.
The afternoon sun glows behind the Sanibel island lighthouse on the beautiful Florida barrier island.
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Leidos is currently seeking experienced and highly qualified Saharan Translator to support the company –National Security Programs. The linguist will perform a full range of activities in processing materials or participating in situations requiring a general professional capability. We will sponsor candidates for clearances.
Required languages: Saharan + Local languages
The linguist will perform a full range of activities in processing materials or participating in situations requiring a general professional capability as follows:
Can accurately translate reports/texts in electronic and hardcopy formats that not only contain facts but also some abstract language showing an ability to capture intended implications and many nuances.
Can generally capture geopolitical, regional, ethnic, and cultural elements in text. Word choice and expression generally adhere to target language (TL) norms and means of expression specific to subject field (s) and are strong enough to allow translator to operate successively in that field.
Able to interpret accurately. Normally consecutive interpretation is needed, but on rare occasions simultaneous interpretation may be requested
Has good understanding of one or more regional dialects.
Reviews audio or internet materials, transcribes with high degree of accuracy and expression.
Must possess excellent English-language written communication skills for preparing reports.
Has good understanding of one or more regional dialects.
Is able to identify and accurately summarize factual points as well as abstract concepts.
Can triage documentation to isolate pertinent and nuanced info.
Master use of reference materials. Must possess computer skills; including MS Office, to be able to produce written translations and products and sufficient internet skills that will allow basic research on the Web.
Must possess excellent English-language verbal communication skills for giving briefings.
Security Clearance & Training Requirements:
- Attending and passing all sponsor related training is a requirement of employment
- No clearance is required to apply to the job.
- After passing the required tests, we will sponsor and upgrade your security clearance.
- TS/SCI with polygraph is required. Linguists cannot begin work on contract without a fully adjudicated security clearance.
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BA/BS and/or equivalent formal military training and 2-15+ years of related work experience.
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All candidates will be required to take and pass an English and language tests administered by Leidos or an accepted commercial testing vendor.
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Experience deployed as a linguist supporting contingency operations,
Knowledge of U.S. Intelligence Community, military, cryptologic, law enforcement experience
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing in Target and English,
Linguists who are proficient in multiple languages are strongly desired.
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U.S. Cities Face Legal Challenges, and All 50 States Try Their Hand at Making Immigration-related Laws
Cities and states taking immigration matters into their hands—a trend that began in 2006 in response to federal-level failure (see Issue #1: Political Paralysis: The Failure of U.S. Immigration Reform)—only gained momentum in 2007. Since the town of Hazleton, Pennsylvania passed its Illegal Immigrant Relief Act (IIRA) in July 2006, approximately 90 localities have proposed more than 100 similar IIRA ordinances that would sanction employers and landlords, and at least 35 have passed.
But cities face an uphill legal battle. In Escondido, California; Valley Park, Missouri; and Farmers Branch, Texas, courts have temporarily blocked or permanently barred these ordinances from going into effect.
And this past July, in the first such case that has gone to trial, a U.S. District Court judge struck down the Hazleton law on various constitutional and statutory grounds. The case is on appeal, and may potentially reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
Issue No. 7 of Top Ten of 2007
In addition to the legal obstacles, the fiscal and economic impact of these ordinances is gaining attention. In September, the township of Riverside, New Jersey, rescinded its Hazleton-type ordinance, citing the fiscal burden of defending it.
Prince William County, Virginia, a fast-growing suburban area southwest of Washington, DC, passed a narrower resolution in October to deny some county services to unauthorized immigrants, and to give local police increased powers to check their status.
A lawsuit challenging Prince William County's policy has been filed. The Washington Post has reported that a number of Hispanic immigrants, both legal and unauthorized, have left the county since July (see Ones to Watch: New Settlement Patterns), and that businesses catering to immigrants have experienced losses.
The action at the state level reached a new milestone in 2007. For the first time, all 50 states introduced a measure regulating immigrants. Over 1,000 such measures have been introduced nationwide; 182 have become law in 43 states.
States' bills have focused overwhelmingly on employment and driver's licenses and other forms of ID, but also on health, education, law enforcement, public benefits, human trafficking, and voting.
Not all state and local measures are punitive towards immigrants. California, for example, enacted a new law in October that makes it illegal for cities to require landlords to check the legal status of tenants, making it the first state in the country with such a law. Over the summer, New Haven, Connecticut, began offering municipal ID cards to residents regardless of status. In November, San Francisco passed a local law allowing unauthorized immigrants to obtain municipal identification cards.
Perhaps the biggest state-level immigration controversy erupted in late October, when New York Governor Elliot Spitzer's plan to offer driver's license to all state residents regardless of legal status spilled into the Democratic presidential debates. Under intense political pressure, Spitzer abandoned the plan altogether in mid-November. The frustration with lack of progress on immigration reform at federal level guarantees that legal and political scrutiny of laws at state and local levels will continue in 2008.


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Friday, March 19, 2010
Catching Up with Fergus Mayfield
For those of you who've been following the IBKC awhile, you'll remember this fluffy fellow, Fergus Mayfield. Martha, his mother, was kind enough to send some recent (and beautiful) pics and a little blurb on her boy.
Here's what she had to say...
We just moved to a new home (the first day was traumatic but after that Fergus settled in ok) so he and his brother are learning new routines, places to sleep (current favorite is under a lamp), and new things to see out in the yard from the windows. He "hunts" birds from the back windows and is very interested in a very large Maine coon that lives next door. Fergus is such a great cat, I can't even tell you how glad we are that we added him to our lives. He gets in trouble to be sure (he is obsessed with eating any scrap of paper or cardboard in the house!) but he is still the snuggliest most loving cat ever. He lets you rub his belly forwards, backwards, and any way you like. He is still tiny (in our experience with cats) at only 8.5 pounds. Every night it's like he's trying to win a cutest-fluffiest-cat contest all over again.
Thanks so much for the update, Martha. It's so nice seeing the lovely little boy again!
You've seen the "after"... now here's the "before".... a couple of pics of the little lad from IBKC archives....
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Fergus was a bit before my time reading but my what a handsome big guy he is... ;)ReplyDelete
He was a lovely kitten too! Hugs and cuddles to the big guy!
- AnonymousMarch 19, 2010 at 3:29 AM
Oh good heavens! Fergus seeing your beautiful face again just melts my heart....and as an 8 pounder you are still an itty bitty bundle of floof.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 19, 2010 at 4:08 AM
Oh he's such a cutie, he's gotten so fluffy it's amazing.ReplyDelete
awwww...Am in LOVE with the little guy..He is soooooooooo gorgeous and was such a goooorgeous tiny kitty..what a lucky momma he has...loads of tons of zillons of snuggles and kisses to you Fergus....ReplyDelete
Fergus is a beautiful kitty. Look at all of that fur he has!! He's beautiful!!ReplyDelete
Oh, what a handsome, lion-esque young man he's grown up to be!ReplyDelete
- Anne BoleynMarch 19, 2010 at 7:46 AM
Even at 8 pounds he appears to be a big guy with the floof and the adult expression.ReplyDelete
He's very beautiful.
- scooterpantsMarch 19, 2010 at 7:49 AM
WHOS A BEAUTIFUL BOY ??ReplyDelete
Now that's a gorgeous fella. Definitely leonine as Lily says. I love the long-haired tabby boys!ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous kitty!! Ear Floof to spare, and whiskers from here to beyond!!ReplyDelete
- MichelleMarch 19, 2010 at 8:34 AM
Oh, Fergus was one of my favorites! He is so gorgeous now. Glad to hear he's doing so well and so well-loved.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 19, 2010 at 8:58 AM
Aw, grown-up-Fergus-on-blanket! He looks so happy. And, as others have mentioned, that is some truly impressive ear floof. Thanks, Martha!ReplyDelete
- Sarah in T-townMarch 19, 2010 at 9:17 AM
That pic of him yawning is one of my faves! Glad to hear he's doing well.ReplyDelete
what a beaut!ReplyDelete
Oh how I remember that yawning photo of Fergus. And the mischief he was getting into with his sibling at the time. He's become a handsome heartbreaker of a grown-up kitty!ReplyDelete
He has been one of my faves and I am glad to see he grew into his floof!ReplyDelete
So handsome and content...thanks to Martha for the update and the gorgeous photos. Sigh
He was adorbs! And now look at him - so regal and handsome! Gorgeous. :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 19, 2010 at 11:50 AM
This litter was before I started following along and that kitten pic of Fergus yawning made me just laugh out loud...such a qt!!! Love the "all growed up" pic too!ReplyDelete
- webbthistleMarch 19, 2010 at 12:43 PM
That's Fergus - following a path all his own! What a character - and so handsome, too! Thanks for the update, Martha. Please pass along my snorgles to Fergus!ReplyDelete
OMG, he's a ferociously good lookin' young man now!ReplyDelete
Martha, that's not eating cardboard... it's post modern cardboard deconstruction! It's an art form!! Really! Would an engineer lie? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHXBL6bzAR4)
- MelindaMarch 19, 2010 at 2:16 PM
Hey now! He is a real beauty! How old would he be now? He looks like he should be big because of the floof, but 8 pounds really isn't that much, perfect for snorgling, I'm sure!ReplyDelete
- Martha L.March 19, 2010 at 3:47 PM
Thanks so much for your lovely comments everyone! Everyone remarks on Fergus' ear floof and his super fluffy belly. He feels no need to have his fur all smooth and in order. :)ReplyDelete
He's gorgeous, now and as a kitten! Fergus rocks-- obviously a happy boy, too. Lucky him, lucky you!ReplyDelete
Oh, my, Fergus, you handsome devil, you!ReplyDelete
Martha, thank you so much for sharing this update. I can just imagine him tummy-up, making it clear to anybody and everybody that this belly isn't going to rub itself, you know.
Oh my goodness Fergus! I am in love!ReplyDelete
DEAR Laurie, please pass this on to DEAR Martha: YOU know how fond all of us out here get to the IBK; well, it transfers to their new forever families too. Fergus was the favorite of us all, floofy little guy he was and I can see that under your adoration and nurturing he's become an elegant, self-possessed exquisite example of pussycatness. For your care of him, Martha, THANK YOU (and for sending update pix? YOU ROCK!!)ReplyDelete
We've never seen Fergus before ~ but wot a lovely fella he is. He was a cute bay and now he's a cute mancat!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 22, 2010 at 9:51 AM
Such a pretty boy. Funny that he's small, because he looks like he's at least part Maine Coon to me (the floof, the ear tufts). Then again it might just be a different strain of longhair. Love his contented smile in the sun.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 23, 2010 at 7:00 AM
I've never seen such gorgeous ear-hair before!ReplyDelete


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Victory: Ohio College Settles First Amendment Lawsuit, Scraps Speech Code
DAYTON, Ohio, March 12, 2013—Ohio's Sinclair Community College (SCC) has settled a First Amendment lawsuit by revising an unconstitutional speech code that prohibited students and visitors from holding signs on campus. The plaintiffs' attorneys confirmed this week that the terms of the settlement have been accepted by the Ohio Attorney General's Office.
The lawsuit, filed last July on behalf of students Ruth Deddens and Ethel Borel-Donohue and invited speaker Bryan Kemper, director of Youth Outreach for Priests for Life, was prompted by SCC's brazen violation of the First Amendment at a campus religious freedom rally held on June 8, 2012. At the rally, police officers forced event attendees and participants to put away their handheld signs communicating the protesters' message, citing the college's speech code.
Incredibly, SCC President Steven Lee Johnson told the Dayton Daily News that the ban on signs was necessary because of "safety and security" concerns. Invoking the tragic Virginia Tech shootings in 2007, Johnson said that banning signs was justified because signs could be used as weapons, telling the Daily News that the restriction "has nothing to do with what was printed on those objects, but what those objects could be used for."
Under the revised Campus Access Policy adopted by SCC in the wake of the lawsuit, "any person or group may use, without prior notification, any publicly accessible outdoor area" (with some exceptions) for the purposes of "speaking, non-verbal expressive conduct, the distribution of literature, displaying signage, and circulating petitions."
"This settlement should send a clear message to colleges in Ohio and across the nation that unconstitutional speech codes aren't worth defending," said Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), which came to the students' defense. "It's outrageous to use the shooting at Virginia Tech to justify a blanket ban on holding signs at protests on a public campus. A ban on signs is an insult to our liberties and has no value in preventing violence on campus."
On June 8, 2012, SCC's Traditional Values Club (TVC) hosted a "Stand Up for Religious Freedom" rally on the SCC campus, one of more than 160 such rallies held on that day nationwide to oppose federal government mandates regarding abortion and contraception. Despite SCC's clear obligation to uphold the First Amendment on campus, police ordered participants and attendees to put signs supporting the event on the ground, out of view. The censorship was documented with photo and video evidence.
Such censorship had apparently been taking place at SCC for more than 20 years. According to The Clarion (PDF), SCC's campus newspaper, campus police had enforced a policy against signs at SCC since 1990, justifying this censorship through an extremely broad reading of the college's Campus Access Policy.
FIRE wrote to President Johnson on June 15, 2012, asking SCC to disavow the censorship of TVC's event by the SCC police and to promise never to enforce such a ban against signs in the future. SCC's response was to ask for more time to make a decision and then to reiterate its policy.
After discussions with FIRE and the Thomas More Society, the plaintiffs filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio with the assistance of Ohio attorneys Curt C. Hartman, Christopher P. Finney, and Bradley M. Gibson. The suit alleged that SCC, its Board of Trustees, President Johnson, and SCC's police department maintained and enforced policies that restricted expressive activity at SCC (particularly spontaneous student speech in response to recent or unfolding events), gave unfettered discretion to administrators and the police to restrict student speech, and threatened students with disciplinary or criminal charges for exercising their First Amendment rights.
"It's hard to believe that for 20 years, Sinclair Community College had been enforcing an absurd ban on holding signs at protests," said Robert Shibley, FIRE's senior vice president. "We're glad that Sinclair Community College and the State of Ohio realized that continuing to defend a ban on signs would not just fly in the face of the First Amendment, but would also be a profound waste of taxpayer money."
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FRESNO, Calif. – Fresno State has absorbed several tough lessons this season under second-year coach Rodney Terry.
Wednesday night was one of the toughest. After leading No. 19 New Mexico by 11 points at halftime, the Bulldogs scored just 17 in the second half and lost 54-48 to the Mountain West Conference leaders.
Fresno State shot 26.9 percent after halftime and missed a chance for its first victory over a Top 25 team since 2002.
"In this league you have to play for 40 minutes; you can't play for 38 or leave 3 extra minutes out there without finishing it out," Terry said. "At the end of the day you have to make shots, too. I said to our guys a little while ago, we've learned some really tough lessons this year."
Kendall Williams scored 13 points, capped by an emphatic dunk just before the final buzzer, and Alex Kirk added 10 points, nine rebounds and six blocks for the Lobos (21-4, 8-2 Mountain West).
Tony Snell also scored 10, and his 18-foot leaner with 20 seconds left sealed the victory as New Mexico remained a half-game ahead of second-place Colorado State in the conference standings.
"When you're down 11 at the half on the road and you play the way we played in the second half, it was outstanding," Lobos coach Steve Alford said. "These guys, they just find a way. You shoot 37 percent and still get a road win."
Kevin Olekaibe led Fresno State (8-15, 2-8) with 11 points, while Kevin Foster had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Foster scored all of his points in the first half.
The Bulldogs scored only three points, on Olekaibe's 3-pointer, in the final 10:08.
"We knew that their coach was going to get on them at halftime, and they were going to come out with fire," Olekaibe said. "We just have to try and master our intensity in the second half."
After Olekaibe's shot put Fresno State ahead 48-45 with 3:46 remaining, the Lobos pulled within one on a layup by Cameron Bairstow.
Kirk then blocked a shot on the other end, which led to a 3-point attempt by Hugh Greenwood. The shot missed, but Greenwood grabbed the offensive rebound and threaded a bounce pass to Bairstow for a dunk with 1:28 left that put the Lobos ahead for good.
"It was a loose ball, so I knew something was going to be open," Greenwood said. "I just knew he was there and I threw it under him."
Alford was more complimentary of Greenwood's pass, which skipped past several defenders.
"A lot of guys just dribble back out," Alford said. "But he saw Cam and made a great pass."
Greenwood made one of two free throws with 53 seconds to go for a two-point New Mexico lead, and the Lobos maintained possession when the miss went off a Fresno State player out of bounds.
New Mexico then milked most of the 35-second shot clock before Snell's jumper made it a four-point game.
"It's bagging road wins," Alford said. "We're sitting at the top of the league not just in wins but in most road wins. We're plus-three now, 3-2 on the road with three road games to go, and that's huge."
New Mexico used the first 9 minutes of the first half to whittle away at an 11-point halftime deficit. The Lobos finally went ahead 41-40 with 11:02 remaining when Snell found Williams along the baseline for a dunk.
Fresno State answered right back, regaining the lead on Marvelle Harris' drive. But the Bulldogs, who average the fewest points in the MWC, didn't score for the next 6:59.
Fresno State led 31-20 at halftime after limiting the Lobos to 25.9 percent shooting. Those 31 points represented the Bulldogs' highest-scoring first half during conference play. Fresno State scored 22 of those points in the final 7:30.
"It was really, really, really quiet (at halftime)," Kirk said. "We had to come in, come together as a team and focus a little bit. That's what we did. It was a lot better second half."
New Mexico led by as many as eight before Fresno State went on a 14-0 run sparked by two jumpers from Harris and capped by Olekaibe's 3-pointer.
After Kirk made two free throws to stop New Mexico's 4:46 scoring drought, Olekaibe and Foster extended the Bulldogs' lead to double digits at halftime.
The Lobos lost key reserve Demetrius Walker late in the first half to a knee injury after he crashed into two defenders under the basket. He did not return and will be evaluated by team doctors, Alford said.


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Thursday, May 1, 2008
Pazham Pulisheri
Banana-Nendrapazham,is one fruit with which you can prepare so many delicacies.Pazham pori,Nendrapazha pradhaman,Unnakaya,Kelya ambat to name a few.Pulisheri is one such dish which my dear friend Deepthi introduced me to.We usually prepare Kelya ambat-a curry with channa dal,coconut,jaggery and banana for festival and other such special occasions.This one was new to me.Try it once and I bet you will fall in love with it..
Pazham Pulisheri
Ripe banana/Nendrapazham - 1 big
Turmeric Powder- 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Jaggery - 4 moulds or 4 tbsp of grated jaggery or 4 tbsp jaggery syrup
Thick curds - 1/2 cup
Grind to a smooth paste
Grated coconut - 1/2 of one coconut(medium)
Jeera/Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Green chillies-1 or 2(depending on the chillyness)
For seasoning
Coconut oil - 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Jeera - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Cook banana in 3/4 litres of water with turmeric.
When it is cooked,add salt to taste and mash the bananas gently.
Add the jaggery and let it boil.
Add the coconut paste at this stage.
Simmer for 3 minutes till everything gets mixed.
Switch off the flame.
Prepare seasoning in a pan and add all the ingredients one by one.
Add it to the pulisheri.
Beat the curds with a fork and add to the pulisheri when it is cooled a bit.
This pulisheri tastes equally good when served cool or hot.
So what's your choice??
9 comments :
Hi Divya finally did u make ur hubby eat this?the same with my husband too.Like urs and looks yummy too.ReplyDelete
looks yummy, cant wait to try thisReplyDelete
I like pulisseri too...but I prefer mambazham to pazham....ReplyDelete
nice platter..ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 2, 2008 at 6:55 AM
I heard about this one but never made at home. Looks absolutely yummy. Nice recipe.ReplyDelete
i am not a big fan of curd but this dish looks yummy divya..this totally reminds me of kellya ambat which is my fav...got a sudden craving for it after seeing this dish...:)ReplyDelete
Never tried this, looks great . Thanks for sharingReplyDelete
Loved your Pulisheri! Shall try it out and let u know ( am yet to try ur yum Soyibhajjil masolu n randayi) :DReplyDelete
I m lagging behind in posting, cooking and many things :)
Kamala,I've decided not to force him anymore so that I can have his share too;-)ReplyDelete
Anjali,thank you.It tastes yummy too!!
Jayashree,given a choice I too like mambazha pulisheri,but we shouldn't forget the humble banana who's available 365 days a year,right?;-)
Divya,thank you!!
Shriya,thank you.Do try it out!!
Ranji,do try it using minimal amount of curd.It tastes very similar to our ambat.An easy to make ambat I shall say!!
Medhaa,thank you.My pleasure.
Purnima,please come out of your blogging blues.I check out your blog almost every day to see if you have posted a new recipe.Please!!
A blog is not complete without the readers feedback.Please let me know how you liked my post.Thank you so much for visiting my blog.


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The New York Giants cornerback who was wounded hours after being drafted in an April shooting that claimed the life of his Washburn University teammate is trying to make a career in the NFL not only for himself but also his late best friend.
Speaking to the Giants media for the first time since the shooting in Topeka, Kansas, Corey Ballentine said he is still haunted by the random late-night attack after attending an off-campus party.
The 23-year-old, who was shot in the rear end, said he thinks of Dwane Simmons almost every day and he was relieved police recently made an arrest in the shooting. He said it took him a while to get his mind back on football and he is seeing therapists to help him cope.
The Giants advised Ballentine to skip the team's rookie camp a week after the draft.
"There have been a lot of highs and lows," Ballentine said Sunday before the Giants finished their first week of training camp. "I am trying to stay focused on football now. But everybody knows about the situation I was in. I don't want to speak on it too much out of respect to my friend. I am trying to deal with it on my own. The Giants are helping me, I am seeing a therapists. I kind of realize I can't keep myself in that mental space."
Ballentine said making the NFL was always a dream for him, but now he is trying to fulfill two dreams. One for him and one for Simmons, who also was a defensive back at Washburn.
"I think he helped me get here every step of the way," Ballentine said. "When I was on the field by myself he would come out there and join me. I am doing it for both of us. If he was here now he would love to see where I am at and how I am doing."
"I am going to try to keep him in my heart," Ballentine said. "At the same time, try to strive for the good of the team and my own personal goals, just do my best."
Ballentine said he has recovered from his wound and he feels 100 percent physically.
He made one of his first marks in practice on Saturday, intercepting a pass.
However, he said getting totally focused on football took some time.
"I think about it every day obviously because it was somebody who was in my life every day and it's hard to fill that gap," he said. "I haven't filled it yet but I am trying to move forward. I have a lot to accomplish here, the playbook I have to learn. I have other things to learn but I can't keep myself in that place every day. But I think about it every day. It's hard."
Being back on the field has helped ease his mind and help him move forward. So did the arrest.
The Shawnee County district attorney in Kansas announced roughly two weeks ago that Francisco Alejandro Mendez, 18 was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and five counts of aggravated battery in the April 28 attack. The Kansas man is being held on a $1 million bond.
Giants coach Pat Shurmur said Ballentine is very smart and instinctive.
"Each day, he looks a little bit more comfortable," Shurmur said. "I would say it's running parallel with two things. Obviously, coming back from the gunshot. And then also just becoming more comfortable in the defense. He made a play yesterday which was good, and he's generally been in the right spot. He's been competing. We're sort of pleased to this point with his progress."
While the Giants have given Ballentine time to get over his wound and support him in his recovery, he knows life and the NFL are not going to wait for him.
"I think personally that it's time for me to be strong now," he said. "I can't keep thinking about that and dwelling on it, I've got to move forward. If I want to make this team, I've got to learn the plays, I've got to execute, things like that. So, mentally I just kind of shifted mentally, knowing the obligations that I have to do, and just moving forward with it."
Ballentine also knows one other thing. Dwane Simmons will be with him on the journey.


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One evening in late November 1998, I was walking home with a friend of mine. I was venting my frustration with the transgender community of the time, and the world at large. Rita Hester had been murdered a day or two before, and I was angry that those in her community could not even recall the murder of Chanelle Pickett in the same general area just a couple years earlier.
Pickett's murderer, William Palmer, had received a light sentence only a few months prior to Hester's death, and while it was clear there was no direct connection between the cases, it was also clear that here was yet another African American transwoman in Massachusetts, murdered on another November night.
I was telling my friend that I wanted to do something about this, try to show people these deaths. Their killers wanted them erased, and we were helping these murderers by forgetting our own.
In March the following year, a group of nearly 100 people showed up at a viewing of The Brandon Teena Story at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. It was raining. We stood out in front of the movie house with signs bearing the names of 30 or so transgender people who had been murdered over the previous decades, to remind people that Brandon's story was not an isolated incident. I wish I could recall what few words I said to the crowd, standing in the rain, shouting to our group huddled under the theater awning.
That relatively small gathering was the genesis of what is now known as the Transgender Day of Remembrance, the first of which was held in San Francisco and Boston on November 28, 1998. The event continues to grow to this day: it was observed in 18 countries this year, stretching from the Bay Area to Ankara, Turkey, and from Belfast to Tel Aviv.
I want to talk about one Transgender Day of Remembrance event in particular this year: it was one that very few attended, and took place behind closed doors, behind a metal detector and a very well protected gate. It is one I never could have predicted all those years ago, standing in the rain — let alone that one night in 1998.
I received a phone call the Monday before the Transgender Day of Remembrance from Mara Keisling, the head of the National Center of Transgender Equality located in Washington, DC. She wanted me out there on Wednesday afternoon, and was asking me to drop everything and be on a flight Tuesday morning. I dropped everything, handled what little I had to, and packed my suitcase.
After a day of travel by bus, commuter train, a pair of jets, and finally a taxi, I showed up at NCTE's annual awards ceremony. While my presence at the event was noted, I was not an honoree: this was not my reason for being in DC.
Rather, the night was about longtime transgender activist Donna Cartwright and Democratic National Committee staff member Brian Bond, and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan — the latter most likely being the first cabinet secretary to speak at a transgender event.
Donovan, in an amazing speech detailing some of what HUD is attempting to do for transgender people said, "I'm here this evening because this administration is not only committed to ensuring the transgender community has a seat at the table." This would prove to be personally truer than I thought.
The next day, I was with a small group of transgender and ally activists as we walked up to black, iron gates at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: the Eisenhower Office Building, adjacent to the West Wing of the White House.
We were met there by individuals from within the Obama administration, and entered a large room decorated by images of people who had been there before us: heads of the military, a Supreme Court justice, and others. I was given a very literal seat at the large table that dominated the room, and was one of the first to speak, detailing a trio of anti-transgender murders for all in attendance.
I spoke of Roy A. Jones III, a 16-month-old killed by his babysitter because he was somehow "acting like a girl." I spoke of Gwen Araujo, beaten and strangled by a group of boys who then had the gall to ask for leniency from the jury due to "transgender panic." I spoke of Duanna Johnson, shot and killed under mysterious circumstances not long after winning a case against the Memphis police.
Together, we all ended up speaking that day about the violence perpetuated against those viewed as transgender or gender non-conforming. More than this, our voices were heard.
I'm not going to tell you that this one meeting, as incredible as it was, will itself make for great change. I hope it will, of course, but I look at it as more of a ripple in a pool. It took more than a decade for this to go from me kvetching to a friend, to sitting at a conference table in Washington, DC, sharing these stories. This was not the end of the story, but another chapter in a much larger tale about transgender rights.
One last thing: the day after this meeting — at an event I dearly wish I could have attended — over 50 Department of Justice and federal government employees met at the DOJ to honor the Transgender Day of Remembrance. These are words I never could have imagined typing all those years ago.
This is change, and it's very, very good.
Gwen Smith honors those who have supported TDOR all these years. You can find her online at www.gwensmith.com.