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SLAPP stands for Strategic Lawsuit against Public Participation. A number of states, including Minnesota, have laws to make it easy to dismiss lawsuits that are brought to intimidate and silence people who speak out about matters of public concern.
Cooper and Godfread's response illustrates the extraordinary lengths Prenda has allegedly gone to try to silence Cooper. When Cooper first started asking Prenda questions about why his signature was showing up in court filings, Prenda's John Steele called "several times within a matter of minutes" to discourage him from pursuing the matter. Cooper says that after repeated efforts, he couldn't get Steele or his colleagues to give him a straight answer about whether there was another man named Alan Cooper affiliated with Prenda or its clients.
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"Despite knowing Cooper was represented by Atty. Godfread, Defendant's co-conspirator, John Steele directly contacted Cooper several times via text messaging and various voicemails," Cooper's and Godfread's response says.
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Meanwhile, Steele's partner Paul Hansmeier was sending threatening emails to Godfread. In a message sent on Feb. 21, he accused Godfread and Cooper of being in cahoots with the anti-troll sites FightCopyrightTrolls and DieTrollDie:
I suspect that you aligned yourself with these defamatory efforts as a marketing strategy. I don't know if these efforts paid off, but I can assure you that making baseless accusations of criminal conduct is not a wise move for a licensed attorney. All of that being said, my client knows that you didn't work alone in these wrongful efforts. If you think we are missing out on more serious actors in your enterprise my client would be willing to consider decreasing your liability in exchange for information about these individuals. Of course, that interest will disappear if someone else comes forward first. Think it over and let me know. If you're willing to take the fall for whole group then you are decidedly a "true believer."
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Steele and Hansmeier's efforts at intimidation didn't work. Cooper appeared in court last week in Los Angeles to tell Judge Otis Wright about Prenda's conduct. Now, there's a follow-up hearing scheduled for April 2, and Wright has insisted that the Prenda principals show up this time.
Cooper and Godfread argue the purpose of Prenda's defamation suit was "not to win on the merits," but instead to "force Plaintiffs to expend funds on litigation costs and attorney fees," "discourage opposition in Plaintiffs' Minnesota action through delay, expense, and distraction," and "serve a vexatious or otherwise retaliatory purpose" for Cooper's original lawsuit. They argue this is precisely the kind of lawsuit Minnesota's anti-SLAPP law was designed to prohibit.


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The pursuits of Borini and Alonso, who had loan spells at the Stadium of Light last season, have proved particularly frustrating with Borini's agent having suggested he is happy to fight for his place at Liverpool and Fiorentina yet to sanction a switch for full-back Alonso.
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Growth Factors and Signaling in Development and Disease: (last updated 1/21/15)
CSF-1 Biology: Colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1) is a growth factor which regulates the production of macrophages, osteoclasts, Paneth cells, microglia, neuronal cells and the function of certain non-myeloid cell types in the female reproductive tract. It is expressed as a secreted glycoprotein, secreted proteoglycan or a membrane-spanning, cell-surface glycoprotein. Its effects are mediated via the CSF-1 receptor tyrosine kinase (CSF-1R), the c-fms protooncoprotein. CSF-1-deficient mice are osteopetrotic due to a lack of osteoclasts, have poor fertility, abnormal intestinal development and several other defects related to CSF-1 regulation of macrophages that have critical scavenger and trophic roles in the development, maintenance or function of tissues in which they reside. CSF-1R-deficient mice have a more severe phenotype than CSF-1-deficient mice, due to the existence of a second CSF-1R ligand, interleukin-34 (IL-34), which we have recently shown also acts through another receptor, protein tyrosine phosphatase-zeta, that is expressed on neuronal cells, but on neither microglia, nor macrophages. IL-34 is highly expressed in brain where, with CSF-1, it regulates the development and maintenance of microglia and the differentiation of neural progenitor cells. CSF-1R regulation of macrophages is important in innate immunity, inflammatory diseases, atherosclerosis, obesity and within tumors, for tumor progression and metastasis. Autocrine regulation by CSF-1 has been demonstrated in leukemia and solid tumors. It has recently been shown that dominant inactivating mutations within the kinase domain of the CSF-1R lead to a dementia, adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia (ALSP), and we have identified a mouse model of this disease. Mouse genetic and other approaches are being taken to investigate the developmental and physiological roles of CSF-1 and IL-34, as well as their roles in disease development.
CSF-1 signal transduction: Since phosphorylation of specific CSF-1R intracellular domain tyrosine residues initiate particular signaling pathways, detailed structure-function studies of the CSF-1R are being carried out in macrophages and macrophage progenitor cells. In the analysis of very early post-receptor events, proteins that are rapidly phosphorylated in tyrosine in response to CSF-1 or associated with tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins, approximately 800 in all, have been identified by mass spectrometry. A combination of genetic, proteomic, biochemical and analytical imaging approaches are being used to elucidate the roles and interactions of these signaling proteins in the immediate post-receptor events in CSF-1 signal transduction. Previous studies have identified and elucidated the actions of the protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1, that negatively affects cell survival in the absence of CSF-1, the cbl proto-oncogene product, that negatively regulates CSF-1 proliferation signaling by enhancing CSF-1R endocytosis and the protein tyrosine phosphatase, PTP-phi, that mediates CSF-1-induced morphological changes, adhesion and motility, via its action on a specific substrate, paxillin. One of the tyrosine phosphorylated proteins we have identified and studied is the macrophage F-actin associated and tyrosine phosphorylated protein (MAYP), also known as proline, serine, threonine phosphatase-interacting protein 2 (PSTPIP2). PSTPIP2 is an F-BAR protein that coordinates processes involving the cell membrane and actin cytoskeleton. We have shown that it is a negative feedback regulator of CSF-1R-mediated osteoclast and macrophage production and that a loss-of-function mutation in PSTPIP2 lead to an autoinflammatory disease involving these cell types. Recently we have elucidated the signaling pathway by which the CSF-1R regulates the suppression of the macrophage (M1) phenotype and enhances the trophic or repair (M2) phenotype. Current research is focused on CSF-1R signaling in monocytes, macrophages and osteoclasts, CSF-1R signaling mechanisms that regulate tumor associated macrophage enhancement of tumor progression and metastasis, PSTPIP2 action and the CSF-1R signaling deficits underlying the development of ALSP.
Signaling by the Shark tyrosine kinase: Embryonic dorsal closure in Drosophila is a series of morphogenetic movements involving the bilateral dorsal movement of the epidermis (cell stretching) and dorsal suturing of the leading edge cells to enclose the viscera. The Syk family tyrosine kinase, Shark, is expressed in the epidermis and plays a crucial role in this Jun kinase-dependent process where, with the adapter, Ddok, it acts upstream of JNK in leading edge cells. Shark is also expressed by glial cells, where it functions downstream of the Draper receptor and Src42A to regulate the recognition and engulfment of dying neuronal cells. Mutations in the genes for Shark-interacting proteins, coupled with cell biological approaches, are being used to define Shark function and the Shark signaling pathways.
Selected recent original work
Cecchini, M.G., Dominguez, M.G., Mocci, S., Wetterwald, A., Felix, R., Fleisch, H., Chisholm, O., Pollard, J.W., Hofstetter, W. and Stanley, E.R. (1994) Role of colony stimulating factor-1 in the establishment and regulation of tissue macrophages during post natal development of the mouse. Development 120:1357-1372. PMID: 8050349
Wang, Y., Yeung, Y.G., Langdon, W.Y. and Stanley, E.R. (1996) c-Cbl Is Transiently Tyrosine phosphorylated, Ubiquitinated, and Membrane-targeted following CSF-1 Stimulation of Macrophages. J. Biol. Chem. 271:17-20. PMID: 8550554
Yeung, Y.G., Soldera, S. and Stanley, E.R. (1998) A novel macrophage actin-associated protein (MAYP) is tyrosine phosphorylated following CSF-1 stimulation. J. Biol. Chem. 273:30638 30642. PMID: 9804836
Lee, P.S.W., Wang, Y., Dominguez, M.G., Yeung, Y-G., Murphy, M.A. Bowtell, D.D.L. and Stanley, E.R. (1999) The Cbl protooncoprotein stimulates CSF-1 receptor multiubiquitination and endocytosis, and attenuates macrophage proliferation. EMBO J. 18:3616-3628. PMID: PMC1171440
Fernandez, R., Takahashi, F., Liu, Z., Steward, R., Stein, D. and Stanley, E.R. (2000) The Drosophila Shark tyrosine kinase is required for embryonic dorsal closure. Genes and Development 14:604-614. PMID: PMC316420
Pixley, F.J., Lee, P.S.W., Condeelis, J. and Stanley, E.R. (2001) Protein tyrosine phosphatase phi regulates paxillin tyrosine phosphorylation and mediates Colony Stimulating Factor 1 induced morphological changes in macrophages. Mol. Cell. Biol. 21:1795-1809. PMID: PMC86738
Dai, X-M., Ryan, G.R., Hapel, A.J., Dominguez, M.G., Kapp, S., Sylvestre, V. and Stanley, E.R. (2002) Targeted disruption of the mouse CSF-1 receptor gene results in osteopetrosis, mononuclear phagocyte deficiency, increased splenic progenitor cell frequencies and reproductive defects. Blood 99:111-120. PMID: 11756160
Yeung, Y-G. and Stanley, E.R. (2003) Proteomic approaches to analysis of the early events in CSF-1 signal transduction. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics 2: 1143-1155. PMID: 12966146
Wyckoff, J., Wang, W., Lin, E.L., Wang, Y., Pixley, F.J., Stanley, E.R., Graf, T., Pollard, J.W., Segall, J. and Condeelis, J. (2004). A paracrine loop between tumor cells and macrophages is required for tumor cell migration in mammary tumors. Cancer Res. 64(19):7022-7029. PMID: 15466195
Dai X-M, Zong XH, Sylvestre V and Stanley ER. (2004) Incomplete restoration of colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1) function in CSF-1-deficient Csf1op/Csf1op mice by transgenic expression of cell surface CSF-1. Blood 103: 1114-1123. PMID: 14525772
Dai, X-M., Zong, X-H., Akhter, M.P. and Stanley, E.R. (2004). Osteoclast deficiency results in disorganized matrix, reduced mineralization, and abnormal osteoblast behavior in developing bone. J. Bone Min. Res. 19(9):1441-1451. PMID: 15312244
Chitu, V., Pixley, F.J., Yeung, Y.G., Macaluso, F., Condeelis, J and Stanley, E.R. (2005). The PCH family member MAYP/PSTPIP2 directly regulates F-actin bundling and enhances filopodia formation and motility in macrophages. Mol. Biol. Cell. 16(6):2947-2959. PMID: PMC1142438
Grosse, J., Chitu, V., Marquardt, A., Hanke, P., Schmittwolf, C., Zeitlmann, L., Schropp, P., Barth, B., Yu, P., Paffenholz, R., Stumm, G., Nehls M., and Stanley E. R. (2006). Mutation of mouse MAYP/PSTPIP2 causes a macrophage autoinflammatory disease. Blood 107(8):3350-3358. PMID: PMC1895761
Biswas, R., Stein, D. and Stanley, E.R (2006). Drosophila Dok is required for embryonic dorsal closure. Development 133(2):217-227. PMID: 16339186
Nandi, S., Akhter, M.P., Seifert, M.F., Dai, X-M. and Stanley, E.R. (2006). Developmental and functional significance of the CSF-1 proteoglycan chondroitin sulfate chain. Blood 107(2):786-795. PMID: PMC1895624
Zeigenfuss, J.S.*, Biswas, R.*, Avery, M.A., Sheehan, A.E., Hong, K., Yeung Y-G., Stanley, E.R.** and Freeman, M.R.** (2008). Draper-dependent glial phagocytic activity is mediated by Src and Syk family kinase signaling. Nature 453(7197):935-939. PMID: PMC2493287
Huynh, D., Dai, X-M., Nandi, S., Lightowler, S., Trivett, M., Chan, C-K., Bertoncello, I., Ramsay, R.G. and Stanley, E.R. (2009). CSF-1 dependence of Paneth cell development in the mouse small intestine. Gastroenterology 137(1):136-144. PMID: PMC2706482
Patsialou, A., Wyckoff, J., Wang, Y., Goswami, S., Stanley, E.R. and Condeelis J.S. (2009). Invasion of human breast cancer cells in vivo requires both paracrine and autocrine loops involving the colony stimulating factor-1 receptor. Cancer Research 69(24):9498-9506. PMID: PMC2794986
Xiong, Y., Song, D., Cai, Y., Yu, W., Yeung, Y.G., and Stanley, E.R. (2010). A CSF-1 receptor phosphotyrosine 559 signaling pathway regulates receptor ubiquitination and tyrosine phosphorylation. J. Biol. Chem. 286(2):952-960. PMID: PMC3020780
Wei, S., Nandi, S., Chitu, V., Yeung, Y-G., Yu, W., Huang, M., Williams, L.T., Lin, H. and Stanley, E.R. (2010). Functional overlap but differential expression of CSF-1 and IL-34 in their CSF-1 receptor-mediated regulation of myeloid cells. J Leukoc. Biol. 88(3):495-505. PMID: 20504948
Ginhoux, F., Greter, M., Leboeuf, M., Nandi, S., See, P., Gokhan, S., Mehler, M.F., Ng, L.G., Stanley, E.R., Samokhvalov, I.M. and Merad, M. (2010) Fate mapping studies reveal that adult microglia derive from primitive macrophages. Science 330(6005):841-845. PMID: 20966214
Sampaio, N., Yu, W., Cox, D., Wyckoff, J., Condeelis, J., Stanley, E.R. and Pixley, F.J. (2011). Phosphorylation of Y721 of the CSF-1R mediates PI3K association to regulate macrophage motility and enhancement of tumor cell invasion. J. Cell Sci. 124(Pt 12):2021-2031. PMID: PMC3104034
Yu, W., Chen, J., X. Ying, Pixley, F.J., Yeung, Y.G., and Stanley, E.R. (2012). Macrophage proliferation is regulated through CSF-1 receptor tyrosines 544, 559 and 807. J. Biol.Chem. 287:13694-704. PMID: 22375015.
Nandi, S., Gokhan,S., Dai, X-M., Wei, S., Enikolopov, G., Lin,H., Mehler, M.F. and Stanley E.R. (2012). The CSF-1 receptor ligands IL-34 and CSF-1 exhibit distinct developmental brain expression patterns and regulate neural progenitor cell maintenance and maturation. Developmental Biology 367:100-13. PMID: 22542597.
Chitu V., Nacu, V., Charles, J.F., Henne, W.M., McMahon, H.T., Nandi, S., Ketchum, H., Harris, R., Nakamura, M.C., Stanley, E.R. (2012) PSTPIP2 deficiency in mice causes osteopenia and increased differentiation of multipotent myeloid precursors into osteoclasts. Blood 120:3126-35. PMID: 22923495.
Nandi, S., Cioce, M., Yeung, Y.G., Nieves, E., Tesfa, L., Lin, H., Hsu, A.W., Halenbeck R., Cheng, H.Y., Gokhan, S., Mehler, M.F., Stanley, E.R.(2013).Receptor-type protein tyrosine phosphatase zeta is a functional receptor for interleukin-34. J. Biol. Chem. 288:21972-86. PMID: 23744080
Chitu, V., Gokhan, S., Gulinello, M., Branch C.A., Patil, M., Basu, R., Stoddart C., Mehler M.F. and Stanley E.R.(2014) Phenotypic characterization of a Csf1r haploinsuficient mouse model of adult-onset leukodystrophy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia (ALSP). Neurobiology of Disease, 74C:219-228. PMID: 25497733
Chalmers, S.A., Chitu, V., Herlitz, L.C., Stanley, E.R. and Putterman, C. (2014). Macrophage depletion ameliorates nephritis induced by pathogenic antibodies. Journal of Autoimmunity, Dec 29. pii: S0896-8411(14)00171-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jaut.2014.11.007. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 25554644.
Caescu, C.I., Guo,X., Tesfa, L., Bhagat, T.D., Verma, A., Zheng, D. and Stanley, E.R. (2015). Colony stimulating factor-1 receptor signaling networks inhibit mouse macrophage inflammatory responses by induction of microRNA-21. Blood, . Blood, 125:e1-13. PMID:25573988
Endele, M.,Loeffler, D.,Kokkaliaris, K.D.,Hilsenbeck, O.,Skylaki, S.,Hoppe, P.S.,Schambach, A.,Stanley, E.R.and Schroeder, T. (2017) M-CSF induced Src signaling can instruct monocytic lineage choice. Blood, Feb 3. pii: blood-2016-05-714329.PMID:28159742
Selected recent reviews
Pixley, F.J. and Stanley, E.R. (2004) CSF-1 Regulation of the Wandering Macrophage: Complexity in action. Trends in Cell Biol. 14:628-638. PMID: 15519852
Chitu, V. and Stanley E. R. (2006). Colony stimulating factor-1 in immunity and inflammation. Current Opinion in Immunology 18(1):39-48. PMID: 16337366
Chitu, V. and Stanley, E.R. (2007). Pombe Cdc15 homology (PCH) proteins: coordinators of membrane-cytoskeletal interactions. Trends in Cell Biol. 17(3):145-156. PMID: 17296299
Stanley, E.R. (2009), "Colony Stimulating Factor-1 Regulation of Macrophages in Development and Disease" in Gordon, S. ed.) Innate Immunity: Host recognition and response in health and disease, The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks Ltd. London (online at http://www.hstalks.com/bio).
Stanley, E.R. and Chitu, V. (2014). CSF-1 Receptor Signaling in Myeloid Cells. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 6(6):1-21 PMID: 24890514.
Chitu, V. and Stanley, E.R. (2015). CSF-1 Receptor. In: The PDGF Receptor Family. Chapter 10 of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases: Family and Subfamilies. (D.L. Wheeler and Yarden, Y., eds.), Humana Press, New York. pp 373-538.
Caescu, C.I. and Stanley, E.R. (2015). FLT3. In: The PDGF Receptor Family. Chapter 10 of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases: Family and Subfamilies. (D.L. Wheeler and Yarden, Y., eds.), Humana Press, New York. pp 373-538.
Chitu,V., Gokhan,S., Nandi, S., Mehler, M. and Stanley, E.R. (2016) Emerging roles for the CSF-1 receptor and its ligands in the nervous system. Trends in Neuroscience, 39:378-393.
Chitu,V. and Stanley, E.R. (2017) Regulation of embryonic and postnatal development by the CSF-1 receptor. Curr. Top. Dev. Biol. 123:229-275.
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More specifically, I use elements of nature that typically go unseen and are lesser known. They are unusual, mysterious, and most importantly, inspiring. They are often microscopic such as single-cell radiolarians, the facets of a bee's eye, or our anatomy right down to the cellular level and beyond. They are the subjects of biology and science that are still on the edge of exploration, from the neurons in our brains to the fabric of the universe. They appear surreal, but are in fact real. Mixed with the imaginative, surreal elements of the painting it makes us question what is real and what is not?
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FDA Seeks to Ban PyridoxamineJuly 2009
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In this month's issue, you'll read about scientific studies that confirm how glycation accelerates age-related disease. The faster our body's proteins succumb to glycation reactions, the sooner we die.
Fortunately, several proven methods exist to slow toxic glycation processes. Nothing, however, completely stops glycation. The best we can do is to incorporate a wide range of anti-glycation strategies into our daily program as most members now do.
Glycation is the pathologic binding of glucose to proteins in our body. Proteins are the body's primary structural component. Glycation causes our proteins to crosslink and become non-functional. These non-functional proteins are referred to as advanced glycation end products.1
Scientists have developed a method to break glycated protein crosslinks, thereby reversing this mechanism of aging. FDA regulatory barriers have impeded research into these crosslink breakers, also known as glycation-reversing agents.
Glycation also damages our body's lipids. The outer membrane of our cells is made up of phospholipids, cholesterol, and proteins. Glycation damages tissues throughout the body by degrading the structure and function of our cell membranes.2,3 Since a membrane is the interface between the cell's interior components (such as DNA and mitochondria) and the fluid surrounding the cell, maintaining these structures is critical to sustaining life.
The FDA wants to deny Americans access to one of the most effective ways to slow pathological glycation reactions in our aging bodies! Unless the FDA's insidious ban of this natural vitamin B6 compound is stopped, Americans will age faster and suffer increased incidences of degenerative diseases.
What Makes Pyridoxamine So Special?
Research supports the ability of pyridoxamine vitamin B6 to prevent chronic disease and inhibit disease progression. Pyridoxamine is particularly effective in inhibiting the formation of advanced glycation end products. Some of the age-related problems pyridoxamine may be effective against are:
Unlike pyridoxine (the standard form of B6), high doses of pyridoxamine can be taken without concern for peripheral neuropathy.18-20 Some have argued that pyridoxamine should be the only form of vitamin B6 used in supplements. That's unlikely to occur as the FDA has said it will now ban pyridoxamine in response to a petition filed by pharmaceutical interests to make it available only as a prescription drug!21
The FDA's Position
Kidney disease causes almost 500,000 Americans to require dialysis or a transplant.22 Diabetes is the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease.23 With today's epidemic of type 2 diabetes, the market for a drug that protects against diabetic complications is huge.
Based on scientific data documenting its remarkable biologic effects, a drug company paid for studies to prove the efficacy of pyridoxamine in protecting against diabetic complications.
One of these studies showed that pyridoxamine slowed the rate of rise of a marker of kidney failure (creatinine) by 68% and improved certain parameters of kidney function in humans.24 This company spent about $100 million funding various pyridoxamine studies before it ran out of money.25 The FDA wants to protect pharmaceutical financial interests, even if pyridoxamine is never approved as a new drug. According to the FDA, pyridoxamine cannot be marketed as a dietary supplement because:
"pyridoxamine is authorized for investigation as a new drug for which substantial clinical investigations have been conducted and their existence made public…"21
The FDA's twisted position is that if vitamin companies can offer low-cost pyridoxamine supplements, then there is no incentive for a drug company to invest hundreds of millions of dollars getting it approved as a prescription drug. Said differently, to protect the financial interests of a pharmaceutical company, the FDA is willing to deny every health-conscious American access to the life-saving benefits of pyridoxamine, which include preventing the very disease the drug company is seeking to have pyridoxamine approved to treat!
The FDA pretends to "protect the public health." This cruel hoax is once again exposed by this bureaucratic edict that seeks to deny Americans access to a critically important disease-fighting nutrient.
Pyridoxamine is Found Naturally in Our Food!
Pyridoxamine occurs naturally in fish, chicken, walnuts, carrots, eggs, and other foods. People ingest small quantities each day. The FDA apparently feels so empowered that it thinks it can by proclamation ban an ingredient people obtain in their normal diet.
By defining the safest form of vitamin B6 (pyridoxamine) to be a "new drug," the FDA has once again capitulated to pharmaceutical financial interests at the expense of the public's health.
What if Pyridoxamine is Approved as a Drug?
On March 25, 2008, the company seeking to have pyridoxamine approved as a "drug" stated that it will be conducting a Phase IIb study on diabetic patients with kidney disease. The estimated study completion date is August 2010.26
If this study demonstrates a successful clinical outcome, it will then be submitted to the FDA for so-called "fast track" approval. It could take several years, if ever, before FDA approval is granted for pyridoxamine. In the meantime, according to the FDA's Byzantine logic, no American is "allowed" to have pyridoxamine, effectively condemn-ing millions to needless suffering and death.
If pyridoxamine is ever approved, it will only be for very limited indications, such as end-stage kidney failure and diabetic neuropathies. Unless you happen to suffer from these diseases, you will find it difficult to obtain a "pyridoxamine prescription." Then again, the cost of "prescription pyridoxamine" will be so astronomical that few will be able to afford it anyway.
If pyridoxamine becomes a new drug, the federal government will spend millions of tax dollars paying full retail price for it via the corrupt Medicare Prescription Drug Act, which adds another absurdity to the FDA's proposed ban.


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January 23, 2009
Dear President Obama,
Since the mid-1950s, classified projects connected to extraterrestrial matters have operated outside of constitutionally required oversight and control by the President and Congress. This constitutes a grave and ongoing threat to US national security and global security and peace.
We are also morally obliged to warn you of an existing highly secretive plan to use advanced technologies to hoax an 'alien attack' on Earth. There exists within the direct control of this Majestic group assets capable of launching such a false flag operation and virtually every person on Earth, as well as most leaders, would be deceived by it. Components of this operation have been tested on the public over the past 50 years and include, but are not limited to:
Alien Reproduction Vehicles (ARVs) - these are advanced anti-gravity aircraft that have been fully operational since at least the late 1950s to early 1960s. Many so-called UFO reports by civilians and military personnel are of such ARVs. They constitute an unacknowledged or 'black' Air Force and these ARVs are capable of extraordinary speed, maneuverability and lift/hover. By 2009, these technologies had gone through many generations of refinement and, if deployed, could easily hoax or simulate an Extraterrestrial Vehicle (ETV). (Note that a UFO is a nonspecific term and could be either an ARV or an ETV.)
Programmed Life Forms (PLFs) - these are well-crafted alien-appearing creatures that, while completely manmade, often deceive unknowing people as 'aliens'. The stagecraft, genetics and other sciences associated with these creatures are beyond the scope of this brief, but are very well developed. I have personally been briefed by multiple independent corroborating sources regarding the development and deployment of PLFs. These creatures, used in conjunction with ARVs, have convincingly launched the pop culture fervor over 'alien abductions'. Victims of such paramilitary human-controlled abductions genuinely believe that they have been abducted by 'aliens' and often have physical stigmata and 'implants' to prove it. These implants are also manmade and we have information about the laboratory and corporation making these items. (See attached documents)
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New Student Services assists students and families in the college search process and transition to K-State. NSS offers quality programs and services designed to provide information, guidance, and access to our campus community.
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An MS degree from a program in Civil and Environmental Engineering or other engineering discipline is required for admission. Applicants with both BS and MS degrees in disciplines other than engineering may be required to demonstrate proficiency through additional undergraduate coursework as determined by the departmental Graduate Committee. This may comprise an additional semester of study for which graduate credit cannot be granted.
No minimum grade point average is required for admission. However, a superior record of academic achievement is expected of all applicants.
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- A maximum of 30 credit hours transfer credit (grade of B or better).
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* Self-paying students may receive a tuition scholarship for up to 40% of the tuition for which the student has registered. The Graduate School, upon recommendation by the Department, provides this scholarship. Full-time Ph.D. students may receive four credits of support for three semesters. These merit awards require up to six hours of departmental work per week.
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A riveting must-see film about homophobia in women's athletics — powerfully narrated by international swimming great Diana Nyad.
From Academy-Award nominated director Dee Mosbacher and Academy-Award winning cinematographer Fawn Yacker comes one of the biggest award-winners on the 2009 LGBT film festival circuit: Training Rules.
Women's basketball coach Rene Portland had three training rules during her 26 years at Pennsylvania State University: no drinking, no drugs and no lesbians. Training Rules examines how a wealthy athletic department, enabled by the silence of a complacent university, allowed talented athletes who were thought to be gay, to be dismissed from their college team. The film follows the lawsuit filed in 2006 against Portland and Penn State by student athlete Jennifer Harris. This high profile case ignited the world of women's collegiate sports. It inspired the discussions so sorely needed to end discrimination based on sexual orientation that pervades all organized sport.
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The chain, which announced yesterday that it intended to appoint administrators, also said it had stopped issuing new vouchers.
Last week customers of Jessops faced the same problem when the camera retailer collapsed. However, it is possible that, when HMV's administrators are formally appointed, they will allow its vouchers to be accepted once more.
Deloitte is believed to be lined up to run the 92-year-old chain, although a spokesman for the accountancy firm said it could not comment until the appointment was formalised.
Gift vouchers are in effect a debt owed by the company. If the issuer goes bust, anyone with a voucher becomes an unsecured creditor, with a long and uncertain wait to get any money back. However, administrators have discretion to carry on accepting vouchers after a company has failed.
Customers with products that fail after the warranty has expired, who still have rights for up to six years under the Sale of Goods Act, can also expect problems if they seek redress from a company in administration.
If administrators sell all or part of a failed business, the new owner is a separate legal entity and is under no obligation to honour the obligations – including vouchers – issued by the original concern.
There is no guarantee scheme for vouchers, unlike, say, for bank deposits, which are protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme if a bank goes bust.
If you have vouchers from HMV, Jessops or another failed retailer, write to the administrators to claim your money back, Which? suggested. But the consumer group added: "There's no guarantee you'll get all of your money back, and it could take up to 12 months to process the claim properly. And not all administrators will take this approach."
It has a template letter to claim a refund for vouchers from a bust company.
Citizens Advice said customers with worthless HMV vouchers could use "chargeback" to reclaim their money if they paid with a debit or credit card. More details are on the charity's website, or you can call 0845 4040 506.
Allianz Insurance confirmed that it would continue to honour insurance claims made under extended warranty policies taken out by HMV customers. The insurer said it currently underwrote 369,000 HMV insurance policies and received about 1,000 claims a month from HMV customers.
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Will Likely bypassed second-semester high school senioritis in favor of a head start on his 2013 college classmates by enrolling at Maryland last month. The transition from Belle Glade, Fla., to College Park has been smooth so far for the four-star cornerback, save for one obvious exception.
"I've been freezing. Nah, I'm just playing," Likely joked Wednesday after Maryland's annual Signing Day news conference. "I'm adjusting to the cold. It's not that serious. I dress up. My mom calls me every morning, makes sure I'm dressed up. So I've got to abide by those rules, even though I'm gone."
Likely is the Terps' lone high school-aged early enrollee. He came to Maryland from Muck City, an area on the shore of Lake Okeechobee made famous for football-players-in-training chasing – and in Likely's case, according to Randy Edsall – catching rabbits. Likely says he's the first person from Glades Central High to go to Maryland, and the weather here and university surroundings remind him every day just how far away he is from home.
He originally pictured himself ending up at Florida State, and as he progressed through Pop Warner football to Glades Central's varsity team as a freshman, that possibility seemed increasingly – for lack of a better word – likely. But Maryland stood out to Likely for a number of reasons.
"No. 1, it's the education," said Likely, who Edsall called 'an excellent student.' "They're an up-and-coming program. They're a good program. The tragedy that happened last year with the four quarterbacks, I think the record could have been better. This year we're looking to stand out and prove people wrong."
Proving people wrong is something Likely has become accustomed to over the years. Perhaps generously listed at 5 feet 9, 175 pounds by Maryland media relations, Likely seems familiar with a commonly repeated narrative from recruiting analysts that if he were three or four inches taller, he might be a Top 10 prospect nationally.
"I mean, it kind of hurt me a little bit because I thought I was better than some of those [more highly ranked] guys," said Likely, who is rated by Rivals.com as the No. 203 prospect nationally and the No. 17 cornerback. "I competed with the best, I showed my skills. The other players respect that, but I guess that's just the media, you know? But I don't really look at that. I just go out and play my game, because what if I was three-to-four inches taller? I probably wouldn't be better than I am right now. So every day I'm not worrying about that. I'm just looking to get better and better every day.
"For the schools that still recruited me, I took my hat off to them because that just shows that size don't mean nothing. If you can play you can play. That's all that really matters."
Said Rivals.com's Mike Farrell: "He's a tremendous athlete and a lot of fun to watch. He could be a special teams guy, and he's a guy with a chip on his shoulder who will want to cover a 6-2 guy to show he can do it."
Likely hopes to play for the Terps as a true freshman, and if Edsall's Signing Day comments are any indication, it seems like a good bet that the cornerback will see the field come fall. He joins a Maryland secondary that returns starting cornerbacks Dexter McDougle and Jeremiah Johnson. Edsall said Wednesday that Likely will challenge for time at the nickel spot and could be a factor in the return game eventually.
"I'll try to do everything I can: shut down receivers – that's what I came for – and be an impact [player] on special teams," Likely said. "I see myself playing the nickel back in the field. I'm just going out to compete ... get better every day and just earn a spot on the field."
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- Contractors on Deployed Military Operations: United Kingdom Policy and Doctrine. Authored by Professor Matthew Uttley.
- The author examines the controversies surrounding deployed contractor support, the ways that the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) has harnessed private sector capacity, and the lessons this provides for U.S. policymakers and military planners. He suggests the need for ongoing policy and doctrine refinement by defence officials as well as greater independent scrutiny of developments, not least because the use of contractors on deployed operations has an important impact on government expenditure choices, public accountability, the efficiency and effectiveness of the military establishment, and the conduct and outcome of armed conflict.
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- The Transatlantic Defense Industrial Base: Restructuring Scenarios and Their Implications. Authored by Dr. Terrence R. Guay.
- The author examines the economic, political, technological, and security factors that have shaped recent developments in the U.S. and European defense industries. The author also identifies issues that will shape further industrial restructuring and consolidation in the short- and medium-term, and makes recommendations for assisting the development of a transatlantic, rather than bipolar, defense industrial base.


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Forget snow; Lake Placid gets kudos from Travel and Leisure Magazine for Halloween
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) � New York's Olympic village has a new moniker � the Number One Best Town for Halloween.
The honor was bestowed on Lake Placid by Travel and Leisure Magazine in its October online edition.
Among the attractions cited by the magazine were the 5K Zombie Walk, the Trek-n-Treat pub crawl, and the annual staging of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" at Lake Placid Center for the Arts.
The longtime Main Street Trick-or-Treat for youngsters on Halloween also was mentioned by the national travel magazine.
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Out of Turn
Prez Obama's rainbow finds its pot of gold
M.J. Akbar
Any politician who gets elected thanks to the worst financial crisis since America's Great Depression in 1929, and needs the most violent hurricane in a century to get re-elected, obviously has the vote of the Almighty. Many Americans remain convinced that the divine benevolence Barack Hussein Obama enjoys is from a God called Allah, rather than the bearded old man of Christian iconography. Barack is not an English word, let alone an American one; it derives from the Arabic baraka, meaning blessing. Others, and Donald Trump comes to mind, accept that Obama was born, but wish he hadn't been, and certainly not in Hawai.
Obama faced three potentially fatal obstacles, two of them snake-pits: race and religion. Certainty about his colour, and uncertainty about his faith, cemented the outraged determination of conservatives to limit America's first black President to one term. The third hurdle, the economy, was colour neutral in theory, but whites reacted more negatively than other voters. Obama lost the white vote in every category: 45 to 51 among those between 18-29; 38 to 59 among the 39-44 group; 38 to 61 among the middle-aged, 45-64; and 44 to 65 in the old. But you can also see a new America emerging from this barren chrysalis. Obama's vote increases as the voter gets younger. The future is with him. Overall, Obama got 60% of young support as compared to only 37% for Mitt Romney.
Romney was straight from Republican central casting: well-brushed hair, a moderate public voice, a mean private discourse, all things to all people, and a business CV straight from a tax consultant's manual. What he did not have was sufficient population. The white electorate in America has dropped from 84% in 1984 to 72%, and will dip to 69% by 2016 as the demographic easel continues to mix colours. Romney invested in geography, as a look at any results graphic will confirm. Obama placed his bet on demography, and sliced Romney along the jugular.
Leadership is the art of extracting diamonds out of a coalmine. In a remarkable display of reverse engineering, with advice from that professor emeritus of American politics Bill Clinton, Obama mobilized the margins through positive discrimination, from rights for children of illegal immigrants to support for same-sex marriage and unprecedented health care for the impoverished, mainly Blacks. Every vote he got was obtained by commitment and craftwork through his term in office.
Obama could depend on the insular and insensitive Republican right to rescue him when he needed help most, as when the argument seemed to be fading from his grasp. One American satirist, Andy Borowitz, described the Republican message with less exaggeration than humour normally demands: 'We're strongly opposed to FEMA and health care but basically OK with rape...When God wants to create a hurricane or make a woman pregnant, big government should get out of the way.'
The antediluvian Republican challenge to abortion helped Obama cleave enough of the white women's vote to ensure that two per cent margin which made his election safe. Any disappointment with Obama was not enough to dissolve their fear of the ruthless anti-abortion lobby.
Obama rearranged his base into a sparkling coalition of minorities, till the sum became greater than its parts. It is entirely consistent that white liberals, women and men, who voted for Obama were also a minority within their demographic.
But no engineering has ever been reversed as adeptly as Obama's repositioning of a still convalescent economy. He tried to display some green shoots: IMF has projected that the American economy will grow at 3% next year; 900,000 jobs a month were being lost in 2004, today 170,000 are being added. But they were lost in the incandescent rage of election advertising. Obama deftly turned the argument into a contest between the possessed and the dispossessed. Obama remains in the White House because of support from who suffered most in a faltering economy, the poor, the deprived and those struggling to enter the middle class.
Obama united the differences of America and inspired the collective to rise above snake-pits to claim a new centre. He has reset politics on a fulcrum that just might send Republicans into oblivion. In 2016 Democrats will have a white candidate sailing in the breeze of economic recovery, and anchored in the grateful commitment of diverse minorities. Republicans were once the party of Abraham Lincoln, guardians of national unity and uplift. Obama is Lincoln's child now, and Democrats the Lincoln vehicle. If Republicans do not change they will be forgotten like the Whigs of Lincoln's time.
A sigh of relief was audible across the world when Obama won. There was sullen anger in only three places: Republican America; Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's office; and Drone-peppered Pakistan. But that is a thought for another day.


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Yes, it's true: Kristen Wiig, Jon Hamm, Maya Rudolph, Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Chris O'Dowd. (Vulture calls it "Bridesmaids Revisited.") If Westfeldt — who wrote and directed — had added Betty White and Mindy Kaling, none of us would be alive because brains would have exploded all over the place. Anywhoozle: The trailer gives a lot away. BFFs Jason and Julie decide to have a kid and co-parent without the messy relationship/marriage stuff. Their friends think it's a crazy idea, but it actually seems to work… Until Julie meets Ed Burns and Jason meets Megan Fox. That bitch ruins everything.
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Empress BallroomWinter GardensChurch StreetBlackpool, FY1 1HW
Booking forms must reach the organiser by the deadline date. They need to be accompanied by your remittance. Entry forms available from the organiser website
All Championships and Competitions will be conducted under the British Dance Council Rules governing the recognition of Championships. Trophies to be held for a period of Twelve Months. All Juvenile and Junior Competitors MUST be registered with their National Amateur Association and British Competitors will be required to quote their registration number on the Entry Form.
Competitors must be within the stated age group on the day of the event. Juniors must be over 12 and under 16 years of age for the Junior Championships and Competitions, and over 6 and under 12 years of age for the Juvenile Competitions and Championships. The group in which a couple may dance shall be determined by the elder member of the partnership. Proof of age must be available upon request - either BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR PASSPORT.


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gomanga1 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 142 diseños de 5 diseñadores freelance.
Formed in 2004, Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC. is devoted to producing original manga, comics and graphic novels, and bringing the best in Japanese licenses to North American audiences. The company's headquarters is based in Southern California. Website: http://www.gomanga.com/
Manga and comic fans. Teens and young adults aged 13+.
We're looking for a logo for the "A Certain Scientific Railgun" manga that gives people the impression that this is a fun, high school comedy series with a dash of action and weird science.
Style notes:
- The book's title is "A Certain Scientific Railgun" (without the quotes).
- The logo should have both a horizontal and vertical variant depending on how it is used.
You can see all 5 of the manga covers here:
As with past winning logos, we're not looking for anything overly flashy. Sometimes less is more.
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Welcome to a world where mysticism and science collide, and supernatural powers are derived from either science or religion. At the heart of this world is Academy City, an advanced metropolis whose population is comprised mostly of students. The majority of students are enrolled in the city's "Power Curriculum Program," where they must learn to master their latent psychic powers. Out of several million students, only seven are deemed powerful enough to have Level 5 status.
Meet Mikoto Misaka, the third most powerful Level 5 esper in Academy City. Together with her best friend Kuroko Shirai and the other members of Judgment, a student-run law enforcement agency, Mikoto delves deep into the dark heart of the scientific sprawl she calls home, and uncovers secrets she wishes she hadn't!
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Jordan will examine the possibility of joining Lebanon and Syria in a regional scheme to import natural gas from Egypt across the Mediterranean Sea, Petra news agency reported Monday.
Amman agreed to study the proposal during talks earlier Monday between Jordanian Energy Minister Wael Sabri and Egyptian Oil Minister Sameh Fahmi, the official agency said.
Fahmi is expected Thursday in Beirut to initial a gas deal allowing Lebanon to import between six and nine million cubic meters (210-315 million cubic feet) daily from Egypt.
The deal provides for Lebanon to import gas from the Egyptian coastal city of El Arish to the port of Tripoli in north Lebanon, before re-exporting it to Syria and Turkey.
Jordan meanwhile proposed another scheme to export gas from Egypt in pipelines from El Arish across the Gulf of Aqaba to the Jordanian Red Sea port of Aqaba, Petra said.
Fahmi said Egyptian experts would look at the feasibility of the project and give their views within three months, Petra said without giving further details.—AFP.
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The Daiquiri Factory's decision to name one of its drinks "Date Grape Kool-aid" is outrageous and insensitive, sending a message to rape survivors everywhere that their experiences can be reduced to a mere punch line. Date rape statistics are now higher than ever (especially in college towns like Spokane) and making light of these sexual crimes just perpetuates the culture of violence. We urge you to take "Date Grape Koolaid" off your menu and issue and apologize for your bar's tasteless sense of humor.
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The Daiquiri Factory, a new bar that opened last week in Downtown Spokane, Washington, is calling one of its signature cocktails "Date Grape Kool-Aid."
Despite hundred of protesters, angry...
The Daiquiri Factory, a new bar that opened last week in Downtown Spokane, Washington, is calling one of its signature cocktails "Date Grape Kool-Aid."
Despite hundred of protesters, angry comments online, and calls for boycotts, the bar is defending itself on its Facebook page, saying: "It's the name of a drink … Not meant to offend...there is a thing called fun."
Guess what? Rape is never fun.
"Date Grape Kool-aid" is more than just a bad joke, it suggests that getting drugged and sexually assaulted at a bar isn't a valid concern for women.
The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network estimates that every 2 minutes, an American is sexually assaulted, and that there is an average of 237,000 victims of rape or sexual assault each year. Clearly, this is a very real problem and joking about the issue just perpetuates the kind of attitudes that got us here.
So far, Jamie Pendleton — the owner of Spokane Downtown Daiquiri
Factory — has refused to apologize and has yet to respond to any media's request for comment. Instead, and continues to paint himself as a victim of online "haters."
Jamie, drop the offensive name and apologize to rape victims everywhere for your bar's gross insensitivity!


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copyright, Mario Testino.
In a Vogue issue paying homage to the Royal Wedding, Mario shot Freja Beha Erichsen, Lara Stone and Natalia Vodianova in some of the season's loveliest wedding gowns. It also marked the first time the magazine had been published with a choice of three different covers. This silk soft cover shot of Lara was created with five lights.
Camera: Hasselblad H2 with 150mm lens and Phase One IQ140 digital back, set on a tripod 12 feet back. Shot at 1/125, f5.6, ISO 50.
Lighting: The overall lighting is somewhat flat with highlights taking the place of shadow. An Arri 1200 watt fresnel (shot through a silk) with tight barn doors at f4 ½ (-½ stop) sits at head level, just off to camera left. A 2500 watt fresnel at f5.6 is bounced off an overhead 6×6 framed silk from camera right. This helps to even out Lara's hair. A 2500 watt fresnel (shot through a silk) at f11 (+2 stops) rests ten feet behind her to camera right and creates the hot, soft glow on the rear of her face and neck. Another 2500 watt fresnel (shot through a silk) at f11 (+2 stops) is placed to camera right, slightly behind her. A 2500 watt fresnel with barn doors at f11 (+2 stops) is set behind the wall to camera left and aimed at the background. This creates the angelic glow around her head.
Comments: Lara was slightly jet-lagged, but extremely excited on the shoot day. She had just returned that morning from Vyborg, Russia where she picked up a newborn, petite lap giraffe. The wee giraffe quickly made itself comfortable on-set and huddled against Mario's pant leg while he worked with Lara. Natalia was smitten.


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The product placements, which include got2b styling products and Gliss Shampoo, are part of a wider £2m partnership between the brands' parent group Henkel and Channel 5.
Henkel's Schwarzkopf Live Color XXL hair dye is the headline sponsor of 'Big Brother', 'Celebrity Big Brother' and 'Big Brother's Bit on the Side' and packets of the hair dye will also be available to the housemates.
The branded products will be placed in the bathroom of the 'Big Brother' house for the housemates to use and additional supplies will be available in the larder.
Ben Haxworth, head of marketing at Schwarzkopf & Henkel, said that placing Live Color XXL hair dye in the 'Big Brother' bathroom for the housemates to use is a "natural extension of this highly innovative sponsorship deal".
The deal was negotiated with Channel 5 and producer Endemol by MEC Access on Henkel's behalf.
Chantal Rickards, head of programming and branded content at MEC Access, said: "This partnership has allowed us to get the best out of sponsorship, product placement and product integration in a major TV series.
"It has been a collaborative and symbiotic process with all parties really wanting to make it work for each other. This initiative puts the Schwarzkopf and Henkel brands directly in front of the perfect target audience in the right environment."
Channel 5 has previously shown two films in the 'Big Brother' house (Touchstone Pictures' 'Fright Night' and Paramount Pictures' 'Paranormal Activity 3'), but this is the first time a brand has paid for a physical product to appear in the show.
Nick Bampton, commercial sales director at Channel 5, said: "This innovative product placement deal is the next step in the evolution of the show and demonstrates the speed, enterprise and ingenuity of Channel 5 when delivering these bespoke partnerships."
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Think of GQ magazine and you think interviews and photo shoots with glamorous celebrities. From Hollywood eye candy such as a swimsuited Jessica Alba to a brooding James Franco or Michael Fassbender, they are invariably cut from the same superficial A-list cloth.
But the star of its latest American issue marks a radical departure for the magazine, and provides one of the most extraordinary and life-affirming stories in its history.
In 1997, Richard Lee Norris, then aged 22, arrived home drunk and got into an argument with his mother. In the heat of the moment, he grabbed a shotgun, pointed it at his own face and told his mother he was going to shoot himself. The gun went off accidentally, shattering the lower half of Mr Norris's face. Miraculously, he survived, but lost his nose, jaw, teeth and most of his tongue. As he told GQ, there was flesh, bone and blood on all four walls of his bedroom.
Richard Lee Norris before his injury, after several operations and, right, following his face transplant (Photo: AP Photo/University of Maryland Medical Center and Pat Semansky)
Mr Norris spent the next decade living as a recluse in Hillsville, Virginia, only leaving home to go shopping at night. He underwent dozens of operations to repair his face, but conventional surgery could only redress a small proportion of the damage.
"When I was disfigured, just walking the sidewalk, I was surprised that more people didn't walk into telephone poles or break their necks to stare at me," he told GQ.
"Now," he continued, "there's no one paying attention. Unless they know me personally, they don't know I am a face transplant patient. That right there is the goal we had."
In 2012, Mr Norris underwent the most extensive face-transplant operation ever performed, a 36-hour procedure involving 150 doctors and nurses at the University of Maryland Medical Center, which carried only a 50 per cent chance of survival. The transplant included tissue from the neck to the scalp, as well as the upper and lower jaw, teeth and a section of the tongue.
The donor was a 21-year old man from Maryland, Joshua Aversano, who was killed after being knocked down by a van while crossing the road. Mr Norris is in regular contact with Mr Aversano's family.
The operation came just seven years after the first successful partial face transplant was carried out on Isabelle Dinoire from France, who lost her nose, lips and chin after being attacked by her pet labrador. Doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center believe the procedure carried out on Mr Norris could have far-reaching consequences for the many others who have suffered facial disfigurement, including soldiers injured in conflict.
Two years after the procedure took place, Mr Norris is recovering well, although he will have to take immunosuppressant drugs for the rest of his life, and there is a risk that his body could reject the new face at any time. "Every day," he said, "I wake up with that fear: Is this the day? The day I'm going to go into a state of rejection that is going to be so bad that the doctors can't change it?"
But for now he is more than happy to show the world his face, and to be the pioneer of a treatment that could change the lives of many others. Above all, he is happy to have something approaching a normal life again.
"When I look in the mirror," he told GQ, "I see Richard Norris."


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A Truth Journal: Kudos Watch: First Step Iran Nuke Deal A Win For ALL: From Denny: Israel is not in charge of America. So, zip it, Israeli PM Netanyahu. Entitled to his opinion? Sure. Not entitled to lobby Congress and bully this President to get the legislation Israel wants instead of what the American people expect.
It's bad enough Israel has its long reach tentacles into our poorly managed NSA and a stranglehold on our intelligence community, now it's Congress. Enough. Stay out of interfering in our national politics, Israel, before we all give you the bum's rush out of the room permanently. Or, to quote cheeky Stephen Colbert, "You aren't the boss of me!"
Sec. of State Kerry has done a marvelous job of steering the negotiations between the United States and Iran just to get the two countries to engage in this first step toward thawing a deep freezer cold relationship.
Are there a number of problems wooing this new relationship with a vicious regime after 34 years of throwing feces at each other like a room full of gregarious chattering monkeys? Oh, yeah...
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Nursing Consideration Dates: December 3 - 13, 2013
Accepting applications for the Practical Nursing program on the Lillington campus starting January 2014
Nursing Consideration Dates: Dec. 3 to Dec. 13, 2013 ending at 3 p.m. for the Lillington campus, starting spring 2014. All information and requirements must be completed and on file with CCCC by Dec. 13 at 3:00 p.m.
You can pick up a nursing consideration application, health form, criminal background check and drug testing forms from the Nursing counselors on the Sanford, Pittsboro, or Lillington campuses. Completing the above forms will not guarantee acceptance into the PN program.
Return the following information to the Nursing counselor on the Lillington campus by December 13 at 3:00 p.m.:
- Nursing consideration application to Trinnette Nichols-Jones
- Health form
- The NC Nursing Assistant 1 transcript or certificate from an approved NC NA1 program as listed on www.ncnar.org
- Active American Heart Association Healthcare Provider CPR card.
- The criminal background check and drug testing must be completed by December 13 at 3 p.m.
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As a teacher with 36 years in regular and special education in Rapides Parish, I have seen many students come from homes that are well below the federal poverty line.
As a teacher with 36 years in regular and special education in Rapides Parish, I have seen many students come from homes that are well below the federal poverty line.
Living in poverty makes students' lives harder, but that doesn't stop teachers from challenging them on a daily basis.
Whether it is in reading, writing, math or a game of basketball, every time teachers raise the bar, most of the students step up.
Students in poverty need to be challenged and engaged more so than other kids who have more solid support systems outside the classroom. Poverty is certainly a piece of Louisiana's poor education ratings, and it must be addressed, but it's not an excuse.
Teachers are a large part of the solution, but we need the same support and high expectations that we have for our students, and we need to be paid for our successes.
That's why I support Rep. Lenar Whitney's House Bill 644 that does just that.
The bill gives districts the ability to pay teachers for improved student performance.
Furthermore, performance-based compensation is crucial to keeping our best teachers.
I see teachers working at school from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and throughout the summer, as they slowly inch their way up the standard "step" pay scale with each year of experience.
It's no wonder many excellent, committed teachers consider leaving the profession for another that recognizes their contributions financially.
Imagine a teaching profession that acknowledged and rewarded excellence, was well-respected, attracted the best and the brightest and gave high-performing teachers opportunities to stay in the classroom yet earn a larger salary and further their career.
Teachers are ready and willing to lead the charge to re-imagine what the teaching profession can and should look like. We must raise the bar in order to be the teachers we want to be — the teachers our students deserve.
I want to be able to stay in my classroom and still develop as a professional.
H.B. 644 places the emphasis on teacher pay for teacher effectiveness and recognizes and rewards deserving teachers.
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Toyota Highlander Electrical Problems
My cigarette lighter and other ac outlets in my car not working. I have verified that fuses are functioning correctly. What are my next steps to resolve the issue?
beachfish2 Richmond VAPosts: 177What year is it? I haven't seen a cigarette lighter in years.
Does ac = air conditioning, or do you have alternating current outlets?0
chris227 Posts: 1I have a 2001 toyota highlander, the ac has been malfunctioning for a little while now. When you turn on the ac the heater comes on or it stays warm. If you turn the hot cold knob back and forth it will sometimes kick the ac on. However, today the gauge panel is out and the ac won't turn on at all and feels like the transmission is slipping out of gear. HELP...0
The problem is the contacts behind the temperature control dial. First step is to pull off the dial and, holding the stem from turning, tighten the lock nut. Test the system. If that doesn't work, the problem is deeper in the two connection to the dial control. If you're that handy, open it up and re-solder the leads. If not, you're at the mercy of the dealer.
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johndill Posts: 1Hi Chris,
I have a 2002 Highlander that seems to be having exactly the same problem. My temperature knob stopped working then today I lost all the gauges on my instrument panel as well as my radio, and air conditioning.
What was causing your problem and what did you have to do to fix it?0
santi1031 Posts: 1Hi, i have a 2005 highlander and i can put the windows down on the back door from the driver panel but to put them up i have to go to the back sits and put them up the bottom from the driver wont put the up but will roll the one from the front doors
thank you for your time
moonlight293 ILPosts: 23I have a '05 Highlander and only had the right rear window not function. From the driver's seat, it would go down but not up. I would have to get out and go to that door and use that door switch to bring the window back up. I took a chance that it was the master control switch and replaced it. Replacing it is a LOT more easy to do than taking the door panel off. You just gently pop it off with a flathead screwdriver and GENTLY disconnect the wire. You can find a used one on ebay, craigslist or go srounge one up in a junkyard. Lots of messed up vehicles out there with perfectly good parts. Just make sure you get one from same year and model. In my case, once replaced, everything worked perfectly. You don't even have to get one of the same color because you can switch plates.0
roadrunner70 Posts: 241I have a 2002 hl and both rear windows will not go down. When I push the button on the driver's door, or on the rear door (either one) I hear a click, but nothing. It sounds just like when a window is up all the way and you click it to go up. It is the main control, or is the window stuck, as there are message boards which discuss that the window channel on these cars are also a problem. thanks, rr700
nstone101 Posts: 2Did any of you ever find a solution to the instrument panel/dash light dimmer problem on the Highlanders? I drive a 2001 highlander and I believe I shorted something or something just went bad. The clock, a/c climate control dimmer light, radio backlight, and dash instrument panel lights all turn off when headlights go on. Suddenly, I have the same problem as you, my dash lights are out when my headlights turn on, however, they work as usual when my headlights are off. The clock stays consistent with the time so it's never losing power, it's just the dimmer light or backlight(?). Is it that darn auto dimmer switch? That was kind of my guess since there isn't a manual dimmer switch. Before I start poking around every wire with a multimeter, I was really hoping someone might have found an answer to the problem. PLEASE HELP if someone has experienced this issue. Let me know what you did, what you heard, what they said, and how it turned out. Any info on this would be very helpful. I'm a broke college kid trying to figure this out without dropping $187 (that I dont have) on a auto dimmer switch that I don't know will fix my problem. I'm half tempted to go to radio shack and get a couple small LED's and a toggle switch, use a spare spot in the fuse box and run a string of speaker wire behind my gauges for a new makeshift dash light. I'd run the switch to fit to left of the steering wheel where there are spots to add lights and buttons like the security light, etc. ANY comments are greatly appreciated0
farmerda Posts: 1The ribbon cable (3 conductors) have come loose or detached caused by the nut behind the knob coming lose. You'll need to remove the cover arounf the radio and climate controls to get to the bolts that holds the assembly in the dash. When you get it all out you'll need to either resolder the connections back on or replace the 3 conductor ribbon with new wires. DON"T PAY TOYOTA $1000 to replace the board as they don't do soldering and that is the only way they will fix it! I just fixed mine this weekend and am going back to Toyota to get my $90 back for their diagnose that I already knew it didn't work and they know too !0
Control buttons screwed up. Open and Close arrows are not operational at all. Buttons 1 & 2 will open the moon roof as programmed but the C button not operational. Once open, the moon roof will only close when engine is shut off.....it goes into auto close. Any ideas?0
jls808 Posts: 1The lights come on like they should but the fan doesnt blow. Troubleshooting section of my owners manual shows no reference. Anyone else had this happen?0


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St. Patrick's Day is the perfect time to convince your kids that green veggies are cool! Here are some healthy options for your St. Paddy's meal:
Asparagus. It's rich in vitamin C, folate and vitamin A. It also contains almost 70% of the daily value for vitamin K, a nutrient that helps the blood clot to heal wounds.
Avocados. ?The avocado gets a bad rap among vegetables because of its high fat content, however the fat contained is healthy—it helps with both inflammation and digestion.
Basil.? Basil is rich in vitamin K, iron, calcium, vitamin A and other essential vitamins and minerals. The herb also contains anti-bacterial properties.
Broccoli. Good for your heart, this fiber-rich food can help lower cholesterol, especially when eaten cooked. Broccoli compounds are also supportive of the body's natural detoxification system, helping to eliminate toxins and other unwanted compounds.
Celery. ?In addition to being rich in vitamin C and flavonoids, scientists have now discovered that celery has other beneficial antioxidant nutrients that protect us against unwanted damage to our cells, blood vessels and organ systems.
Cucumbers.? Cucumbers are the fourth most widely cultivated vegetable in the world, behind tomatoes, cabbage and onions. These belong to the same botanical family as melons and squashes and have both antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
Zucchini.? Zucchini, or summer squash, is an important source of carotenoids such as alpha-carotene and beta-carotene as well as antioxidants such as vitamin C.
Try some of the ingredients above in a healthy green smoothie too. Of course, kids do not live by veggies alone—and neither do adults. Here are a few fun options for St. Patrick's Day treats.
Gold Coins
24 ritz crackers
1 cup creamy peanut butter
2 cups butterscotch chips
Directions: Make 12 "coins" by spreading half of the crackers with peanut butter and topping with second cracker. Melt butterscotch chips in the microwave and dip sandwich cookies into melted butterscotch. ??Place each coin on waxed paper and let set.
Pot O' Gold Snack Mix
2 cups Lucky Charms cereal
1 cups Cinnamon Toast Crunch
1 cup Honey Nut Cherrios
1 cup mixed nuts or peanuts
1 cup green Skittles or M&M's
1 cup pretzels (dipped in white almond bark, if you have the time)
Directions: Place all ingredients in a large bowl and mix well. Serve in little pots of gold.
Also, many favorite foods can become "green-friendly." Make milkshakes with mint chocolate chip ice cream. Add a few drops of green food coloring to milk and pour over Lucky Charms cereal. Make green frosting to spread over cinnamon rolls. Or dip Cool Mint Oreos into almond bark, then sprinkle green-color sugar over them before they dry.