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...Holden-Galluccio household in suburban Maywood, N.J., is unremarkable in most respects. There's oatmeal with bananas at breakfast, then preschool for Adam, 2, regular feedings for his one-year-old foster sister and bedtime stories when Dad returns from a long day at his telecommunications job. Dad No. 1, that is: Jon Holden and Michael Galluccio are a Ward and June Cleaver for the '90s, gay partners whose yearning for a traditional family of sorts--Dad, Dad and the kids--may have just transformed the battle for gay equality...
...Born addicted to cocaine and suffering from a respiratory virus and a weak liver, his chief concern last week was trying to open some of the Christmas presents crammed under the tree. Having finalized his adoption in October, Holden, 34, and Galluccio, 35, plan to adopt their foster daughter as well. Of Adam, Holden said last week, "he has had two physical parents, two psychological parents, two emotional parents. The only things we weren't were his two legal parents." Now Adam has those as well...
...similar turning point today. Thanks to a potent combination of government incentives and private investment, technologies that use synthetic materials, advanced electronics and biotechnology are sweeping through the energy industry. They could foster a new generation of mass-produced machines that efficiently and cleanly provide the energy that enables people to take a hot shower, sip a cold beer or surf the Internet. The transition to a 21st century energy system is gathering speed on at least four fronts...
Seider says depression can easily strike guests during the holiday season despite Uni-Lu efforts to foster a cozy environment...
...asking the concentrations to give up some of the carefully wrought program it's already put together," said Deborah D. Foster, the assistant dean for undergraduate education and the head tutor of the Folklore and Mythology department...