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Monday, January 21, 2008
Cruisin' for a Bruisin'
Here's one for the books.
Jeanna Bryner, writing for LiveScience.com reports on a study Professor Craig Kennedy at Vanderbilt University had undertaken and reported in the Journal Psychopharmacology. Get this:
The experimenters put a male mouse and a female mouse in a cage together. Then they took out the female mouse and put in a second male mouse. The intruder caused aggressive actions by the resident male, which, if you're a mouse, includes boxing, a sideways stance, biting, and tail rattling. [Don't humans do this?] After the intruder mouse was removed, the researchers trained the resident male to poke a target with his nose to get the intruder to return. The resident mouse poked the target and fought, over and over, with the intruder mouse. Thus, the chance to fight was a reward. This was repeated with several resident and intruder mice
The researchers then treated the resident mice with a chemical to block dopamine release in its brain, the same parts of the brain that "see" food as rewarding. The mice were then less apt to poke their targets to get their intruders to come back. The researchers conclude that positive reinforcement is triggered by opportunities for aggression--aggression itself, just as it is by food and sex.
Are you a man or a mouse?
Given the fact that most humans see the mouse as typifying timidity, what does this say for human fighting? Will a guy go to a bar specifically looking for trouble? Probably. Maybe the scrappy little boys on the playground haven't simply been badly brought up.
The implications for peace on earth are scary, of course, but way beyond the scope of The Outfit. Unless somebody wiser than I wants to take over.
The implications for crime fiction are interesting. Maybe those books in which people simply fly off the handle and fight, and are criticized for "lacking adequate motivation," are actually well-founded. Extended fight scenes, quick recovery from that blow to the chin, and "wanting more" may be quite realistic.
Unmotivated aggression is not just a plot device. More's the pity.
6 comments:
- Tony D'Amato said...
Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous
O, what a panic's in thy breastie!
Lord what fools these mortals be
Did He who made the lamb make
- Marcus Sakey said...
What a fascinating post, Barb! More than a little haunting, too. But certainly explains a lot...
- Barbara D'Amato said...
It was a surprise to me that violence was sought out for its own sake.
Congratulations on the book, Marcus!
- Furious D said...
There's an old Cape Breton term for guys like that mouse. It goes something like: "That boy would rather fight than eat."
And I've met some people whose idea of a good time is to get drunk and beat the living snot out of someone.
- Jude Hardin said...
Everyone on the planet just needs to switch from One-A-Day vitamins to a dopamine blocker. We'll all be frozen like statues, like the patients in Awakenings, but we'll have world peace!
Hmm. For those of you old enough to remember TV cigarette ads...I'd rather fight than switch. ;)
- Michael Dymmoch said...
Pretty amazing.
Konrad Lorenz had it right.


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Speechless takes on the state of free expression in the American workplace, exploring its history, explaining how and why Americans have come to take freedom of speech for granted, and demonstrating how employers can legally punish employees for speaking their minds.
Bruce Barry shows how constitutional law erects formidable barriers to free speech in workplaces, while employment law gives employers wide latitude to suppress speech with impunity — even speech that is unrelated to the job or the company. Employers, with rights of property ownership over not just what they manage but how they manage, can decide just how much employee speech they will tolerate. Workers have little choice but to accept conditions of employment or go elsewhere.
Barry argues that a toxic combination of law, conventional economic wisdom, and accepted managerial practice has created an American workplace in which freedom of speech — that most crucial of civil liberties in a healthy democracy — is something you do after work, on your own time, and even then (for many), only if your employer approves. Barry proposes changes both to the law and to management practice that would expand employees' expressive rights without jeopardizing the legitimate interests of employers.
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"Attention: No more loose talk about American 'democracy' until you've read Speechless! Bruce Barry exposes the shameful fact that most Americans are forced to check their civil liberties — and especially their freedom of speech — at the workplace door. I'm hoping this important book will inspire a new civil rights movement — this time for American workers of all collar colors." Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream and Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
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Barry (management and sociology, Vanderbilt U.) outlines the legal, ethical, and managerial contours of free speech rights or the lack thereof in the American workplace. He discusses the constitutional "state action" doctrine that defines how rights apply differently in public and private settings and US labor law's "employment-at-will" system as key underpinnings of employer control over expressive activity. He then describes the legal evolution and status of free speech in government and private sector employment. He also explores connections between workplace speech and issues of civil rights, information technology, and work performance. He concludes that constraints on free speech by employers is a threat to more than workplace culture and individual liberty, arguing that it also poses risks for the health of civil society and deliberative democracy. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
In this troubling analysis of recent trends in the workplace, Vanderbilt professor of management and sociology Bruce Barry shows how Americans? increasing willingness to sacrifice basic freedoms while on the job undermines both our productivity as workers and our individual and collective ability to cultivate and participate in a free society.
A factory worker is fired because her boss dislikes the political bumper sticker on her car in the parking lot. Another is canned after refusing to display an American flag at his workstation. A flight attendant is grounded because her airline doesn't like what she's writing in her personal blog. Is it legal to fire people for expressing themselves, even when it's unrelated to performing their jobs? Can you lose your job because of a bumper sticker? For many American workers, the answer is yes. In ""Speechless,"" Bruce Barry confronts the state of free speech in the American workplace. He shows how employers and courts are eroding workers' abilities to express themselves on and off the job, with damaging consequences for individuals, their employers, and civil society as a whole. In defense of free speech in and around the workplace, Barry argues that the experience of liberty in a free society, as well as in life, in general, depends in part on the experience of liberty at work.
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Peanut Butter & Jelly Stuffed Banana Donut Muffins.
What're we complaining about?
They are Peanut Butter & Jelly Stuffed Banana Donut Muffins.
Oh, and they be vegan.
What now?
You know why you need this recipe? You need it for breakfast, because sometimes you wake up craving donuts in your heart. But your head reminds you that donuts land themselves mid-thigh, stick there, and do not burn off, no matter how many times you ride that elliptical machine at the gym. It's real life.
You need this recipe for packing your kids lunch boxes. Because turkey sandwiches are way lame when you're trying to feed your kids plant-based anything. And do NOT get me started on the sheer lack of passion my children feel for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. But, stuff the combo inside a spicy, warm banana muffin, and suddenly you've got a whole table of PB&J beggars. Mouths wide open like little birds. Fingers sticky like little thiefs.
You need this recipe for the three o'clock lull. When your body decides to start shutting down, eyes becoming increasingly more sleepy, desire to fold laundry waning. Waning. Waning.
Who me? No, that never happens to me. I'm talking about you. This is all about Y.O.U.
Yeah, right it is.
You need this recipe for a million other reasons, as well.
Like cherry jam. Stuck on top of peanut butter. In a banana muffin.
See? That's three million reasons right there. But who's counting?
Hide it all with a scoop of batter. Lick fingers.
You can totally lick fingers when you bake vegan. No eggs, you know. Lick away.
When they come out of the oven, shake it like a Polaroid picture.
That like could totally be in a song. Whatevs. I'm original.
View your handiwork for a moment.
Then grab a fork and rip into your handiwork like a Polaroid picture.
Or, you know. A jaguar. Or…something.
Peanut Butter & Jelly Stuffed Banana Donut Muffins
2 very ripe bananas
3 tablespoons brown rice syrup
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon melted Earth Balance or coconut oil
1/3 cup garbanazo beans, pureed with just enough soy milk to make them run in your blender
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 3/4 whole wheat pastry flour (available in the bulk foods section of Whole Foods)
1/4 cup soy or almond milk
6 tablespoons peanut butter
6 tablespoons cherry jam (we love Crofter's)
Organic powdered sugar for dusting
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My friend made the mistake of posting the card on Buzzfeed with my phone number on it. My phone is dead. I've been getting 20/30 calls per hour. I don't even know how many, it never stops. I have hundreds and hundreds of texts and hundreds of friend requests on Facebook.
When did the calls start?
They started Sunday night. I was finishing up a grad school paper and then my phone rang and I answered and it was this girl -- I think it was a teenage girl -- who was singing "Call Me Maybe." At first I thought it was a friend of mine and I said, "I have to finish my paper" and then she started laughing. That's when I understood something was wrong. Then a friend texted me and said, "I saw your card on Buzzfeed, I think you'll be getting a lot of calls." It got crazier and crazier. I have friends from Italy, people from Argentina, New Zealand, everywhere, calling me. I think I have to change my number.
Did you answer any other calls?
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Did you listen to any of your voicemails or read any of the texts?
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You seem like you're in good spirits about this. Are you mad at the friend who posted the card on Buzzfeed?
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"It's important that we continue to move ahead with our athletics program," President Lois B. DeFleur said. "We appreciate the interim leadership of Jim Norris, but we need to continue looking to the future and to long-term leadership."
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Gov. David A. Paterson appointed Matthew J. Salanger, president and CEO of United Health Services, Inc., to the Binghamton University Council, effective Dec. 7, 2009. The council is comprised of 10 unpaid members – nine appointed by the governor of New York and the tenth, a student, selected by his or her peers.
The council reviews budget requests, makes regulations for student conduct, supervises student housing and safety, names buildings and grounds, and reviews plans for improvement of the faculty, staff and physical plant.
Salanger earned his bachelor's degree from the University at Albany and his master's degree in hospital and health administration from Xavier University in Ohio.
He worked at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, and University Hospital Health Science Center at Syracuse before joining United Health Services Hospitals as an assistant vice president and hospital director in 1985. Salanger rose to associate vice president, vice president for operations and executive vice president/COO before being named president and CEO of United Health Services Hospitals in 1994. He retains that position in addition to his appointment as president and CEO of United Health Services, Inc. in 2007.
Salanger, who will serve until June 30, 2016, replaces Rayan Aguam, whose term on the council was completed.
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The Castle Coole Gallery is now a firmly established event in the local calendar, offering the chance to admire and purchase works of art from a variety of renowned local artists. Located in the historic servants' quarters, the basement rooms provide the perfect backdrop for the artists to showcase their work.
Artists exhibiting in Autumn 2013 Gallery
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The end of September marked the passing of Merton Root, DPM, who died from complications from pneumonia. Dr. Root was a biomechanical pioneer and one of the most influential educators in the podiatric profession. Over 40 years ago, he posed theories that laid the groundwork for the modern orthotic industry which have helped to advance sports medicine and general orthotics.
While Dr. Root will be missed in the podiatric community, his contributions remain timeless, as evidenced by the warm remembrances from his colleagues.
"His contributions to the podiatric field have been enormous and extraordinary," offers Douglas Richie, Jr., DPM, who co-authored Dr. Root's last original paper on range of motion of the first ray. "Dr. Root's greatest contribution has been his emphasis of clinical observations to justify diagnosis and treatment decisions. He taught that biomechanical examination and gait analysis required a level of skill that could only be attained after years of experience and diligence. He was committed to following sound scientific methodology with a painstaking commitment to detail and accuracy."
Howard Dananberg, DPM, concurs, noting that he has been inspired by Dr. Root's work ethic almost as much as his volume of biomechanical literature.
"Dr. Root brought objectivity to podiatric biomechanics and brought podiatry into the 20th century," notes Dr. Dananberg. "I have learned from Dr. Root the importance of persistence. His dedication to excellence and the drive to get his message across is as significant as the incredible body of work he produced. His was an amazing contribution that can never be underestimated."
Robert Phillips, DPM, also drew considerable inspiration from the work of Dr. Root and cites the pioneer's pervasive influence.
"Just about everything he taught can be found in the literature in bits and pieces," says Dr. Phillips, the Director of Podiatric Residency at the Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Coatesville, Pa.
"I have found Dr. Root to be a dynamic person in constantly trying to continue to develop his ideas and listen to new ideas. He had a type of continuous learning attitude that was very influential on me and caused me to constantly review and rethink even the most basic concepts. His vision of combining the knowledge of physiology and anatomy with the knowledge of mechanics and engineering was also very influential in my practice."
Dr. Phillips says Dr. Root's innovations have fueled modern orthotic technology.
"In the field of orthotics, he popularized the use of a non-weighbearing casting technique and the use of thermoplastic in making orthotics," points out Dr. Phillips. "Almost all orthotic laboratories today use various forms of his techniques for making orthotics."
Dr. Richie concurs and emphasizes that "Dr. Root ensured the integrity of the technology (of orthotic fabrication and biomechanics) and provided the impetus for the widening of knowledge embraced by the podiatric profession in the last half of the 20th century."


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The Wild avoided an early-season distraction when they announced Thursday morning that winger Jason Pominville had signed a five-year contract extension that will keep him in Minnesota through 2018-19.
But the move doesn't mean there won't be another potential distraction for this franchise. It simply means the focus has now shifted to the man behind the bench.
In many ways, Mike Yeo is fortunate he remains head coach of this team.
The Wild entered the lockout-shortened 2013 season with big expectations after owner Craig Leipold invested $196 million in free agents Zach Parise and Ryan Suter.
Yeo had his team in first place in the Northwest Division with a month left in the season but then, just as had happened the previous season, the wheels came off.
Despite trading for Pominville, the Wild went 5-8-1 down the stretch and suffered a humiliating 6-1 loss to Edmonton at home in the second-to-last game of the season before managing to sneak into the playoffs with a 3-1 win at Colorado.
The Wild's first playoff appearance after a four-season absence didn't last long as the eventual Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks dispatched them in five games.
If the Wild hadn't managed to halt their late-season slide just in time and missed the playoffs, it's hard to believe that Yeo would have been retained by Leipold and general manager Chuck Fletcher.
There remained a feeling that the quick playoff exit might have cost Yeo his job, given Leipold's investments in Parise and Suter meant a deep playoff run was, and is, needed to make the moves look financially sound.
The Wild brass elected to stick with Yeo.
But as the Wild prepares to open the season on Thursday night against the Los Angeles Kings, there is little doubt that a list of NHL coaches on the hot seat includes Yeo.
He is entering the final season of his contact and there is no doubt that Leipold, who might be the biggest fan of any local sports owner, is expecting big things.
Gone are the excuses of not having a training camp or not having players be familiar with one another because of the lockout.
The Wild have what could be one of the NHL's best top lines in Mikko Koivu, Parise and Pominville and a second line that features one of the NHL's best young players in Charlie Coyle. There also are few defensive pairings better than Ryan Suter and Jonas Brodin, who might be the best defenseman to wear an NHL jersey in this state (North Stars or Wild) before he's done.
Yeo does have some issues to deal with, including his goaltending situation.
Can starter Niklas Backstrom remain healthy and be good enough to lead a deep playoff run? Many of us have our doubts. The Wild also is making the move from the not-so-difficult Northwest Division to a Central Division that features Cup favorites in Chicago and St. Louis.
Leipold is unlikely to want to hear any excuses.
What he does want is for the Xcel Energy Center to be sold out on a nightly basis once again and for that to happen deep into the spring. He gave Yeo the pieces to make that happen by signing Parise and Suter in July 2012 and then approving Pominville's five-year deal that will pay a reported $28 million.
Yeo must now take that talent and make sure it can deliver victories. If that fails to happen, there might be someone new behind the home bench at the X before the snow begins to fly.


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The House Appropriations Committee has just sent a message of the worst kind to business interests around the world:
"Yes, we'll create an incentive megafund for economic development. And yes, we'll commit funds to projects. But if times get tough and we have to balance our budget, we're going to renege."
The committee raided the fund to the tune of $82 million this week to offset budget cuts. The Department of Economic Development has committed, and the Legislature has appropriated, a $67 million incentive to the Next Autoworks project in Monroe that awaits word on a U.S. Energy Department Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing loan. If that project comes to fruition, it means 1,400 jobs in northeastern Louisiana.
Withdrawing the money will kill that deal.
According to LED Secretary Stephen Moret, the state also is a strong contender for another major economic development project in northeastern Louisiana representing 500 good jobs. A decision on that project is expected by the end of June.
However, the raid on the megafund also will kill that deal.
It's devastating to northeastern Louisiana to see 1,900 jobs within our reach disappear at the hands of legislators looking for easy ways to balance the budget. The impact of 1,900 jobs could be a real game changer for our economy when added to the other economic development successes of recent years.
As Moret said: "It's a critical blow to our efforts in northeastern Louisiana. ... The fact that this vote passed the committee sends a signal to every prospect that the Legislature might not support economic development. If it's not reversed, it's a crushing blow to northeastern Louisiana, and even if it is reversed, it undermines our efforts."
We were disappointed Appropriations Chairman Jim Fannin, D-Quitman, allowed funding for both projects to fall. Yes, the state budget now is balanced without using Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposed contingencies or making some really tough calls - but at what cost to the people Fannin represents?
It's possible to restore the funds - Appropriations Committee action is but one step in the legislative process.
But the road will be a tough one.
Northeastern Louisiana citizens who want to see this region grow and prosper must get involved in the process. We need courage in Baton Rouge, and that courage comes from constituents who take the time to make the call, send an email or go to the Capitol.
We've had good success in the Jindal administration with projects that have created jobs in our area. Moret and his team are actively working for us.
We must keep that momentum going and not let it get derailed by legislators who are not living up to the commitments they've made to the state's economic development efforts.


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This recipe is from
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YIELD: makes 6 to 8 servings
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 loaf extra-thick sliced white bread, such as Texas Toast, crusts removed
- 2 cups whole milk
- 6 large eggs
- 1 cup your favorite berries
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Melt the butter in a small saucepan set over medium heat. Add the brown sugar and 1 teaspoon of the cinnamon and stir to make a paste. Spread the paste in the bottom of a 9 x 13-inch casserole dish. Lay the bread on top of the paste in two layers.
In a separate bowl, combine the milk, eggs, and remaining 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Pour the mixture over the bread in the dish. Bake for 30 minutes, or until top has risen a little and is golden brown. Top with berries when serving.
Great for freezing! See our Freezer Tips on pages 23–27.
This casserole can be made the night before and kept chilled in the fridge overnight. All you'll have to do the next morning is pop it in the oven.
Vegetarian friendly!
Crystal Cook and Sandy Pollock, the Casserole Queens, have been delivering casseroles in Austin, Texas, since 2006; they also teach cooking classes at Whole Foods stores in the area. They have been featured on Food Network's Throwdown! with Bobby Flay and Bobby Flay Radio on Sirius XM, as well as on television news and radio talk shows.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories649
- Carbohydrates81 g (27%)
- Fat32 g (49%)
- Protein13 g (27%)
- Saturated Fat18 g (90%)
- Sodium314 mg (13%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat3 g
- Fiber3 g (10%)
- Monounsaturated Fat9 g
- Cholesterol255 mg (85%)


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Tech News: Google Shows How it Displays Customized Search Results
This newsbit actually freaked me out. If you're a paranoid-delusional, then this is something you'd rather not know. But then again, anyone who would be reading about this would become paranoid-delusional as well.
Remember how Google apparently tracks everything that you do with them? Well, get ready for this – they're making public how they dish out customized search results for you. And yes, it involves something about your location (tracked via your IP), your recent searches, and your web history (which they record if you search while logged in another service like Mail or Reader).
Sure, you could appreciate their transparency. But it does come off as a confirmation of your worst fears. Anyway, here are more tips on making your searches private.
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The Wonder Woman invisible jet toy started as an April Fool's Day gag, but turned into a real live product – just for Comic-Con. Unfortunately for the rest of us, Mattel decided to make it a Comic-Con exclusive, so if you want one – you are going to have to get onto eBay and part with a few extra bucks. [Nerd Approved]
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Since then, Nerima has channeled her energies into helping children across the globe through the Junior World Affairs Council (JWAC) of Dallas/Forth Worth. As chapter president, she has organized food drives to benefit children in Kenya, collected clothing to donate to homeless kids in the U.S. and abroad, and coordinated various other fundraising efforts that have helped raise the profile of children's issues. This past fall, Nerima led a group from JWAC that hosted three marathon events which raised money for the Save the Children Foundation and brought awareness to the needs of children worldwide.
In April 2014, Nerima was one of five teens from the JWAC to attend Save the Children's annual Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C., where she learned about and developed important leadership skills needed to help influence policymakers at every level. She continues to help Save the Children in its fundraising efforts to support programs that give kids throughout the world a chance to survive and thrive.
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I'm about to have a baby, and I've been blitzed with ads and brochures urging me to save my child's umbilical cord in a blood bank for whatever possible medical benefits its stem cells can provide. Should I?
Welcome to the thorny and thoroughly confounding frontier of science and technology. Cord blood banking is studded with hot-button issues, like patients' rights, for-profit medicine, and stem cell -research. Let's get the filthy lucre out of the way first: Cord blood banking is expensive. It costs at least $1,000 up front, and $100 a year or more in annual storage fees thereafter. Some 350,000 people have reportedly done it so far, creating an industry worth $3.5 million and counting.
Why bank at all? Cord blood is rich with highly elastic stem cells and therefore it has great potential for helping cancer patients rebuild their bone marrow and immune systems - especially in cases where the patient cannot find a matching marrow donor. If your new baby has a sibling with cancer, you absolutely ought to bank your baby's cord blood. It could be instantly useful.
Beyond that rare situation, the arguments for banking are far short of compelling. The cord banks promise the moon: They suggest that if your new baby develops cancer later, the kid's own banked stem cells will be the best transplant possible. What's more, stem cell researchers claim that by the time your child is middle-aged there will be stem cell cures for diabetes, heart disease, and neurological disorders. Thus, banking is "like a form of insurance," says Robert Hariri, who runs Lifebank, a popular cord blood storage service. Yet as with all insurance, this is an economic gamble. It's a scientific one, too. Say your kid develops leukemia. His own banked cord blood might be useless - because many doctors fear that transplanting it might reimplant the seeds of the cancer (though no one knows for sure). And as for all those future cures - hey, if we're smart enough to stop Alzheimer's, we're probably going to be smart enough to do it using stem cells from other donors, or even adult stem cells plucked from our own bodies.
The biggest thing driving the private banking industry is not so much cutting-edge science as cutting-edge guilt. Anxious new parents are one of the most lucrative markets on the planet, as the geniuses who invented the $1,000 baby stroller know. This is the social message that underpins the appeal to private cord blood banks: Only negligent monsters of parents would skimp on their kids' health, right?
Not really. Here's the upshot: If you're sufficiently well-off to afford the banking fees, then by all means, go ahead. But if you're not as flush, don't lose sleep over this issue. Better yet, donate the cord blood to a public bank. The more the public banks grow, the more the science of cord blood transplants will improve - and benefit us all.
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UPDATE: The Thunder won't leave Miami until noon Friday, John Rohde reports. The team will arrive in Oklahoma City between 1:30-2 p.m.
NBA Finals: Win or lose, Thunder will be greeted with a crowd at the Oklahoma City airport
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Or the talented young team may falter for the fourth straight game, closing out its banner season on a solemn and disappointing note.
The only certainty regarding Thursday night's Game 5 is the postgame reaction coming early Friday morning, when a fatigued group of players, coaches and personnel descend upon Will Rogers Airport, returning to Oklahoma City after a weeklong road trip to Miami.
No matter the time, weather or result, Thunder fans will be waiting.
"It shows you the support we have," guard James Harden said. "Win, lose or draw, they're there, supporting us regardless and it's been there for a couple years, as long as I've been here. It shows the support they have for us and the love they have for us."
It began on April 3, 2010, following a return trip from Dallas, where the Thunder had just clinched its first playoff berth since the franchise moved to Oklahoma City.
Daily Thunder blogger Royce Young spawned the idea, along with help from some of his readers, and he got the message out there.
A few hundred fans showed up at the airport, showing support for their beloved team.
From there, the event took off, transforming into a playoff tradition, with an expanding number of fans welcoming players back from every postseason road trip.
"In the fourth quarter, people will already start tweeting at me, 'Hey, airport time? You got a time?'" Young said. "People are dying to know. And it's really become this kind of tradition of welcoming the team back to Oklahoma. It's become a cool thing."
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~ There would be no chapters in the next three weeks because Shounen Magazine has double issue and the author takes a break.
~ As I check some forums, I see that many don't know why the author sometimes take a break after some weeks. So, let me explain it here: Mahou Sensei Negima! is not like other manga; the author, Ken Akamatsu, can draw only 2 pages / day (and thanks to that we all have the best quality for each and every chapter). A regular chapter consists of approximately 18 pages. That means he would need ~9 days (more than 1 week) for each chapter. So, his regular breaks are one after every 4 chapters (once every four weeks); or we can say that his working cycle is 4 + 1 weeks. Thus, we have: 9 x 4 = 36 days and then, 36 : 5 = ~7 days. However, these break weeks are not really "breaks" for him.
~ Although the magazine has double issues, each issue still has only one chapter of Mahou Sensei Negima!. And only in this break week from the double issue can our author have his "real break". He needs some rest too, after such a long and intense working schedule. (And he still have no children either for such a young and beautiful wife =__^) Hope you all can understand (and sympathy XD)...


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It would mean that D'Artagnan, the premier supplier of foie gras and foie-gras related products for New York tri state area restaurants and retail would be forced to go out of business or move elsewhere. In addition to no more foie that means no more magret duck breasts, duck bones, confit, charcuterie, or myriad other fancy food items from that essential source. Understand that the burgeoning New York restaurant fine dining scene GREW UP around Ariane Daguin's company. That she has--since the company's inception-- been a premier supplier of all things French, European, and hard to get for chefs--and not just foie!. New York menus reflected and continue to a great extent to reflect what she could import or create for her passionately devoted and grateful clientele of virtually every name chef in the North East. As well, she has provided, guidance, support, networking and help of every kind to chefs both French and otherwise--in short: she is a personality as central and integral to the whole landscape of professional gastronomy as Julia Child was to home cooks in her day. As well, the entire Franco/American subculture in New York revolves around her and around D'Artagnan products. To do think of the New York restaurant scene without her--or her company is to contemplate the apocalypse.
It is absolutely unbelievable that opportunistic politicians would attempt to bring shame and ridicule on their state, cripple the dining standards of New York City, remove a crucial primary color from every chef's palate so as to beat up on the easy target of a small, independently owned and operated company, built up over time through the hard work of an extraordinary woman. Meanwhile not DARING to tackle the far more destructive (to human AND animals) battery chicken issue--our country's voracious appetite for crispy fried chicken From Any Source Necessary. Why try picking on the Colonel on principal when there's a small business you can ruin for a few votes?
This is not a question of whether or not the production of foie gras is "cruel" or "crueler" than other processes involving food production. About lurid videos, gag reflexes or lack of. That has been explored elsewhere--and more authoritatively. This is a question of the dining public's right to choose. This is about a vital figure central to all our lives--we who claim to love food and fine dining-- and her ability to stay in business. This is about big goverment and a few lunatic fringe attempting to crush the little guy. With every likelyhood of succeeding. It's the final barricade, the last redoubt. If the invaders breach this line than dining as we know it will surely change beyond recognition.
As a longtime Jersey boy, I am ashamed and embarrassed for my state--particularly as I recently made a show which --over-optimistically perhaps, portrayed it as a place poised to become a serious food destination. This atrocity--if passed--could be the beginning of the end. The Final Victory of the Rubes and Extremists. New Jersey, New York chefs, and the dining public deserve better.
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A CHILD from Truro with only one ear is a victim of a healthcare "postcode lottery" and has been denied a hearing aid, her mother says.
Kelly Sanders, mother of four-year-old Ellie, desperately wants a specialist hearing aid for her daughter before she starts school in September.
However, Mrs Sanders said the upheaval in the NHS had denied her the vital equipment available to children with similar conditions elsewhere.
"Ellie was born with a condition called hemifacial microsomia, which affects the right side of her face and more importantly means she has only one ear," she said.
Ellie wears a hearing aid but has had problems with infections and glue ear. A medical device called a bone anchored hearing aid (Baha), worn on a band, would allow her to hear on the side where she does not have an ear to give her more balanced hearing.
Mrs Sanders said: "She struggles now in a nursery setting. We have become more concerned with her affected side and how she will cope with starting school in September."
The family tried unsuccessfully to get a Baha from the former Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust, now replaced by NHS Kernow.
The family put in a request to the new body but has now been told it will have to be dealt with by NHS England.
"I don't know if they've moved the goalposts," Mrs Sanders said. "They seem to be passing the buck."
Families in the same situation elsewhere in the UK had been offered a Baha, she said: "They don't have to go crawling around to other trusts.
"I don't know how long this process is going to take. It's just so unclear where we stand, whereas other people seem to have great support."
Mrs Sanders said the care received from consultant David Whinney and the ear, nose and throat department at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro had been excellent.
Mrs Sanders said a Baha costs approximately £3,000.
A spokesman for NHS Kernow said: "This particular type of equipment is funded by NHS England.
"We have written to the consultant caring for Ellie to advise him of this."
A spokesman for NHS England said she could not comment on individual cases but the new system should mean people all over the country qualified for treatment based on need, not location.
"From April 1, 2013 there was a new national commissioning policy in place providing guidance on bone anchored hearing aids for hearing loss," she said. "This now ensures patients have the same access to treatment irrespective of where they live in the country."


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