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RBG Has Died

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News is just breaking that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at 87.

Apparently Mitch McConnell has already promised a vote on her replacement.

Died American Democracy 1776 - 2020

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First Sign of Spring

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As of February 10th Boston (Mass) has received just over six feet of snow for the season with a storm this weekend expected to add another 12 inches.

Despite this, there has been a first indication of Spring. The equipment truck for the Boston Red Sox (Major League Baseball) is being loaded for the trip to Florida to start Spring training.

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Fraternity Raises Money For Brother’s Sex Change Surgery

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A Boston TV/Radio station has a report of a transgendered (FtM) Emerson College sophomore whose fraternity brothers are helping him pay for breast removal surgery.

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Throne of Glass - Debut Novel

A relative of mine, Sarah J Maas, is a young author (mid-twenties) writing Young Adult Fantasy fiction.

Her first novel Throne of Glass, will be published on August 7th by Bloomsbury Children’s. She has three novellas currently available on Kindle at $.99 and a fourth to come that introduce her main character.

Her main character is a young female assassin. As far as I know there are no TG elements to the story.

Her Amazon page is:
http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-J-Maas/e/B0070291GK/ref=ntt_athr...

Her "offical" web site is: http://sarahjmaas.com/

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CNN article: Kids who veer from gender norms at higher risk

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CNN has an article posted on their web site about the problems of children who do not conform to gender norms.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/20/health/child-gender-nonconform...

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Ye Olde Menu: Dormouse, Anyone?

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Today's Wall Street Journal had an article with the headline "Ye Olde Menu: Dormouse, Anyone?" in the Personal Journal section. The article was about a "trend-in-the-making" of finding recipes from old to ancient sources to spice up menus. The article does state "One recipe he won't bother to explore: Stuffed Dormouse."

A subscription is required to read the article online.

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Transgender discrimination costs Massachusetts millions

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The Boston Business Journal has a short article about a study of the economic impact of transgendered discrimination in Massachusetts.

Story: http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2011/05/11/transgende...

The study can be found at the Williams Institute website: http://www.law.ucla.edu/williamsinstitute

Press Release: http://www3.law.ucla.edu/williamsinstitute/pdf/MATransEmpDis...

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DSM V Comment Period

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According to the CNN web site, the newest edition of the DSM (the "bible" of psychiatry) has been posted for comment. The comment period runs through June 15.

The story can be found at http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/04/psychiatry-bible-st...

The revised edition can be found at: www.dsm5.org

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GLBT Youth Home

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I have recently been hearing radio ads for a charity event to benefit a residential group home specifically for GLBT youths that is run by a local charity. In the ad they mention that this is one of three such facilities in the US.

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CNN Story: For LGBT teens, acceptance is critical

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Here's a link to a CNN story about a couple of studies of LGBT youths. As is to be expected the major focus is on gay students.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/12/06/lgbt.teens.punishment.p...

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Transgender Rights Debate in Massachusetts

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A Transgender Rights Bill is currently being debated in Massachusetts. The Republican Govenatorial candidate has said that as govenor he would veto the bill despite the fact that his running mate is a co-sponsor of the bill.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010...

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Weed killer 'castrates' male frogs, study says

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Here's a story on the CNN web site.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/science/03/01/pesticide.study.f...

"The effects of atrazine in the long term have been shown to demasculinize or chemically castrate [frogs], combined with complete feminization of some animals," said lead researcher Tyrone B. Hayes, a biologist and herpetologist at the University of Berkeley.

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Sex hormone progesterone to get head injury trial

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News story on the BBC web site:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8525777.stm

Previous studies have shown that progesterone supports the normal development of neurons in the brain, and that the hormone has a protective effect on damaged brain tissue.

If it supports the development of neurons in the brain it might explain quite a few things.

I wonder if they will be looking for any "unusual" side effects? Perhaps a change in clothing tastes?

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Anniversary

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Today marks my one year anniversary as a registered user of BCTS. It has been a wonderful year of getting acquainted with the whole BCTS community.

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