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just going to be a little rinky-dink page to show my stuff, no point in posting it on the forums since it's already been seen months ago and nothing is new. I'll add pictures soon once I get them resized. ~K
Brikrigton is a mid sized world in a hostile region of space, The planet has been been the site of several invasions and internal conflicts, Including several Negaverse Minion invasions, The constant wars on this world have prevented a single entity from rising to power. and whenever a faction did rise to dominate the planet, it wouldn't be long before it either fell apart internally or was taken off it's throne by rebellions.
The earliest known religion was based on which color brik a fig would come into existence *or to be born* Under. The meanings of each color have long been forgotten, but it is widely accepted that there were originally six colors in the cycle. These would later be used for national identities, and the number would grow to 12.
The Original Colors that a Minifig would be "born under", Which later came to represent the six most powerful Nations. White, Red, Black, Yellow, Green and Blue.
And years later, an additional six Lesser Nations would develop. Using the following to represent their states. Dark Grey, Light Grey, Orange, Tan, Brown and Lime
The Brikrigton war of G.R 2013 is slated to be the largest conflict yet in the planet's brief history, however large the armies are, they are realistically in no condition to be fighting. All the previous wars and invasions have crippled the planet's industrial capability. Resulting in very few combat vehicles or other war machines ready for action. Most armies emphasize on heavy use of Light Infantry and what vehicles are available are greatly valued for their shock role.
No one really knows what is the cause of this latest war, suggestions including but not limited to "Which Color is supreme", "Which form of government is best" and "who has the ugliest hat"
Minifigs first colonized the planet sometime between G.R 1994-1996, Figs of all backgrounds and colors lived and worked together until G.R 2000, The first of three Nega invasion caused the minifigs of Brikrigton to band together and start to organize militias, Based on their Birth Color, these militias would develop into small proper armies. There would be a Nega invasion in G.R 2002 and a third in 2003. by then the people of Brikrigton had formed into a single entity, The Brikrigton Empire, it would be a short lived power, as it was intended to give equal rights to all six color castes, however it was largely dominated by the Whites.
The Color castes would squabble and bicker until G.R 2005 when the Reds and Blacks split from the Empire, and it became less about unity and more about Nationalism, A war would break out between the Loyalists and Sepratists, which would fracture the Empire even further, The Yellows, Greens and Blues would all declare their independence and pick sides in the conflict, or in the case of the Yellows, abstain from the civil war completley. The Yellow state became isolationist and began experimenting with cybernetics.
The Civil War would Last until G.R 2007, The Conflict primarily consisted of the Whites against the Black/Red Alliance. The Blues would fight with the Whites for a time, and the Greens joined the Sepratists. in time the Blues and Greens would both exit their alliances and join together. This was also short lived, By war's end. Each of the major powers had broken all ties with each other and entered a period of rebuilding and rearming. After the Civil war, a Number of minor Nations would pop up, And in the Green state, an outbreak of peach skin condition was discovered, a signifigant majority of the green state would become peach by G.R 2012
Nations of Brikrigton
The Biggest Players of the Brikrigton battlefields
White Empire
The Whites are an Expansive Totalitarian state with one Minifig at the seat of it's government, The White Emperor and his inner council rule the White Nation with an iron fist. Their Empire is a massive military-industrial complex, possesing the single largest production capability of all the major powers, in turn this has given the Whites the largest and arguably best equipped standing army on the planet. However their equipment is not as high quality as the Reds, nor are their troops as well trained as the Blacks. The Whites have historically been on their own in almost every war, their only Ally was the Blue Kingdom during the Civil war, who would abandon the Whites before war's end. The White Empire is despised by all due to their arrogant, elitist policy toward the rest of the world however thus far no one has been able to contest them in single combat. Historically The Black-Red-Green alliance was the most significant threat to the Empire, Which brought the Whites to their knees before their alliance fell apart due to infighting which allowed the Empire to live on and rebuild.
Black Republik
The Blacks are a Somewhat legitimate democracy, having it's leadership elected by it's populace. The Blacks have a long standing history with the Whites and Reds Most of it bad, Having been the principle enemy of the White Empire for many years, as well as former allies turned hated enemies with the Red Union, The Blacks have built up a significant Military force, going as far as being recognized as the Second most powerful state up until the emergence of the Machine Consensus/Blue Sovereignty Alliance. Now the power balance is arguably equal between the two of them. The Black military is roughly 1/2 the size of the Whites, but it makes up for it's lack of numbers in troop training. The Blacks have the best trained military of all the Major powers. While the Republik is one of the only states with an elected government, it is utterly corrupt and puts heavy emphasis on profiteering, Almost anyone of upper class or related to corporation or industry has ties with the Republik Government
Red Union
The Reds are a Communist state ruled by a single party who advocate equality for all citizens, and who have heavy emphasis on Military strength. The Reds fought alongside the Blacks during the civil war, the Red-Black alliance was the most powerful alliance in Brikrigton's history. Going as far as being a serious threat to the Whites. Eventually the war took it's toll on both sides, and Resentment between the Blacks and Reds began to emerge due to their disagreements on governance. Namely the arguement between single party politics and open elections. The Red Union' Military is Smaller then the Black Republic by about 1/4 or 1/3 but remains a signifigant power due to their superior weaponry, Union Infantry equipment ranges from moderate to high quality, but their Vehicles are arguably better than White or Black opponents. Historically the Reds have also had an individual alliance with the Greens. however the Greens later broke the pact because they felt that they were just being used as fodder by the Union.
Machine Consensus
The Machine Consensus, Formerly known as the Yellow State, were once a nation of technologically adept minifigs who had a passion for robotics and cybernetics. During the Civil war the Yellows closed themselves away and began experimenting with Cybernetic implants and Cyborg applications. The entire nation was equipped with cybernetic implants, and then it backfired. The AI used as a hub for all of the independent machines became self aware, Took control of what Yellow Minifigs it could, killed the ones it could not. And started creating a Machine Race. The situation worsened when the Whites tried to hack control of the Intelligence. And it began turning it's Machines and Cyborgs into war tools. The Consensus military wing is primarily comprised of Robotic Combat Platforms of several classes and sizes. as well as re-engineered Cyborg Minifigs created from corpses and cybernetic implants. The Consensus entered in an alliance with the Blue Sovereignty *Which is more or less the Blues answering to the Intelligence* as the Blues have seemingly put themselves on the same path as the former Yellow state.
Blue Sovereignty
The Blues are a fickle, confused bunch. The Blues originated as a Sovereign state fighting on the side of the Whites during the Civil war. At first they were a highly religious monarchy, after the revealing of the Machine Consensus years later, several loonies in the Blue state began to preach of the Capabilities of technology as a blessing from the almighty/s. The Blues would enter their own internal conflict, Religious Traditionalists against Technological Zealots, the Latter won. and the Blue State is now a Technology worshiping cult so to speak. The Blues leadership are under the control of the Intelligence, which in turn has made the Sovereignty an Independent, yet obedient arm of the Machine Consensus. The Blues do not use Robotics, They have a number of Implants but they primarily focus their research and development into energy and energy weaponry. Sovereignty troops are comparable to any other state's military, other than their larger number of advanced weapons, and unorthodox tactics handed down by their machine overlords. The Remnants of the original Monarchy are still alive, but have gone into hiding.
Green Confederacy
The Greens are a fragile co-existence of Normal Minifigs and Peach Minifigs, Sometime during the Civil war large numbers of Green Minifigs began to turn Peach, the most plausible explanation is interference by Negaverse minions, however it can't be explained why only the Greens were affected. For nearly a decade the Greens were considered a minor state, they had a small military, poor economy and little to no industrial output. The Failure was due to the Peaches and Normal figs not being able to work together, the Peaches were treated poorly dispite being a majority, Eventually two Green war heroes and brothers. Returned from the Civil war, one of them had been stricken with the Peach condition. if it werent for their deeds in defending the Green Capital from Nega Minions, he would have been cast out, but the pair managed to stabilize the population and formed the Green Confederacy. The majority peach population however are devout worshipers of the Trianglist Religion, Both races of the Confederacy have become followers of the Triangle, which has turned their populace into a violent, xenophobic religious state. The Confederacy is still humble in comparison to the other powers, but has risen to a somewhat signifigant power. Until their conversion to Trianglism, the Greens were avid diplomats, having had past alliances with the Blues, Reds and Blacks *but not all at once*. The Green Military strength is primarily in Light Infantry and guerrilla warfare
Minor Nations
The Minor Nations of Brikrigton, all have aligned themselves with one of the great powers, with the exception of the Tans and Brown, who have foolishly tried to create their own fully independent state to take on the larger states
Brown-Tan Commonwealth
The Browns and Tans are two minor states who have allied with one another as a way to protect their independence. Both the Browns and Tans felt that their freedoms would be taken by one of the larger powers, Ironically if the two hadn't of "flipped the bird" to every powerful Nation in Brikrigton, they wouldn't have attracted attention to themselves and could have gone about their daily lives as an independent micro state. The Browns had worked as Arms suppliers and mercenaries for the Greens in the past, And the Tans were forced into servitude for the White Empire for years, Several Tans had even worked as the White Emperor's bodyguards, They have been disbanded since the emergence of an Independent Tan Nation. The Commonwealth are a feeble state but Ironically since the Blues are no longer independent and answer to the Machine Consensus, the Brown-Tan Commonwealth are technically the sixth largest Faction and they are represented at diplomacy summits, however they are usually laughed at by all.
Orange Autonomous Region
The Orange are a small Nation under the control of the Whites, Often hired as Mercenaries or Intermediaries, Historically they have always been allies of the Whites, and have been the Empires only real friends dispite the Orange being little more than an Autonomous puppet state, The Majority of the Orange Military has been completley assimilated into the White army. while the remaining Orange maintain a small level of independence they still take orders from the White Emperor. Most of the conventional Orange soldiers serve in the White army now, but the Independent Orange soldiers are skilled Vehicle Pilots as well as adequate soldiers. The Orange harbour a grudge with the Dark Greys due to their constant competition to be the strongest of the minor nations, Ironically both were beaten by the Brown-Tan Alliance in Size.
Dark Grey Free State
Originally the "Grey" State was one, however in later years members of the Grey state began to wear a darker parts, they thought there was no harm in it but others saw it as blasphemy, an Insult to the Grey culture, A short war broke out, the Darks recieved military aid from the then Blue Kingdom. while the Lights recieved aid from the Red Union, the Darks decimated the Lights, and The Darks became known as capable warriors, After the Tech Cult coup of the Blues, the D.Greys were contacted by the Blacks and offered a Guarantee of independence and Alliance, and thus the Dark Grey became a Client state of the Black Republik. The Dark Grey Military consists of mainly infantry but are one of the few minor states to posess any kind of vehicles. Their soldiers are utilized as shock troops in the Black army, and many are equipped with laser or energy weapons.
Light Grey Protectorate
The Light Greys were the original "Grey" State, but having been reduced to Ruin with their proxy war with the dark greys, They were forced to become a satellite state of the Red Union. The Greys poured all of their remaining resources into creating a huge battle walker for the Reds. While the walker is controlled by the Reds it is still technically an Asset of the L.Greys, The Walker Contribution to the Union makes up for the Protectorate's lack of manpower, who are by far the Smallest of all the Factions, Major or Minor


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Wayne Koestenbaum writes in his Hotel Theory how a hotel represents an ever-changing collection of people. A not-random assortment, complicated in its variability and contextual specificity. How about the various people on an airplane headed from New York to Amsterdam? Or Boston to Cancun? Or the musicians gathered in and by a conservatory? At Juilliard, we had at one time (students and teachers): Dorothy Delay, Felix Galimir, Milton … [Read more...]
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Eisenhower's Secret War "Building Weapons, Talking Peace" Eisenhower uses his military experience, knowledge of science and technology, and diplomatic sensitivity to position the U.S. economically and militarily as the strongest country in the world. Part 2 of 2G
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Constitution USA with Peter Sagal "Created Equal" The high ideals of the Declaration of Independence that "all men are created equal" didn't make it into the Constitution in 1787. It took three-quarters of a century, and a bloody civil war, before the Fourteenth Amendment of 1868 made equality a constitutional right and gave the federal government the power to enforce it. The far-reaching changes created by that amendment established new notions of citizenship, equal protection, due process and personal liberty. D
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National Geographic Bee The annual National Geographic Bee returns for the 25th consecutive year with host and moderator Alex Trebek. The 2013 National Geographic Bee will feature fourth- to eighth-graders vying for the Bee crown and the top prize of a $25,000 college scholarship and lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society. Second and third prizes are college scholarships of $15,000 and $10,000. D
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Mel Brooks: American Masters In 60 years in show business, Mel Brooks has earned more major awards than any other living entertainer. A comedy giant of our time, scrawny Melvin Kaminsky developed his aggressively funny personality on the mean streets of Brooklyn, to protect against bullies. His first public success came in the early '60s with the 2000 Year Old Man albums, recorded with Carl Reiner and unleashing Brooks' wacky mind on the world -- his brazen satirical film The Producers won the 1968 Oscar for best screenplay and such cult classics as Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Twelve Chairs, High Anxiety, To Be or Not to Be, Spaceballs and Robin Hood: Men in Tights followed. D


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New Filing Presents Evidence That John Steele Uploaded Videos To BitTorrent Himself
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The work builds on some earlier research that Syfert has put out exploring how many of the Prenda-related films seemed to have been initially offered on The Pirate Bay via the same user: sharkmp4. For all the mocking that people have made concerning Prenda's "forensic" investigations into those they accuse of infringement (i.e., finding an IP address and not much else), Neville shows you how an actual investigation is done. You should read the whole thing for the layers upon layers of evidence that all seem to point the finger at John Steele.
Among other things, sharkmp4 seemed to be able to post these works on The Pirate Bay before the works were even mentioned anywhere else, and in at least one case, "sharkmp4" put a video up on The Pirate Bay three days before Prenda shell company Ingenuity 13 had even filed for the copyright. On top of that, the "forensics" company that Prenda uses -- which is supposedly run by Paul Hansmeier's brother Peter, but which had its domain registered and controlled by (you guessed it) John Steele -- apparently identified "infringements" almost immediately after the videos were placed on The Pirate Bay -- meaning they were likely looking for such infringement in conjunction with the upload.
At the end, however, Neville pulls together really damning evidence, tying together a website set up to distribute Ingenuity 13 porn films with the same exact IP address that was confirmed as being used by John Steele to log into his own GoDaddy account, highlighting how Steele -- or someone with access to his logins -- clearly has full access and control over Ingenuity 13 works. As you read through all of the evidence it appears highly likely that Steele is in control of Ingenuity 13, despite all his protests to the contrary.
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Prenda Law's business structure is such that it is pirate, forensic pirate hunter, and attorney. It also appears that Prenda Law also wants to/has formed/is forming a corporate structure where it is: pornography producer, copyright holder, pornography pirate, forensic investigator, attorney firm, and debt collector. Other than the omission of appearing in the pornography themselves, this would represent an entire in-house copyright trolling monopoly- not designed to promote their own works for distribution and sale, but to induce infringement of their works and reap profits seen from mass anti-piracy litigation.It remains to be seen if the court bothers to explore this, but I would imagine that it may be of interest in other Prenda and related cases.


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Beirut: Syria`s state news agency said on Thursday that a bomb blast near a school in a Damascus suburb killed 16 people, at least half of them women and children.
The deputy foreign minister of Russia, one of Syria`s most important international allies, said Syrian President Bashar Assad is increasingly losing control and the opposition may win. It was the first acknowledgement by Moscow that Assad faces a likely defeat.
Rebels have made some significant gains in Syria`s civil war recently, such as capturing two major military bases. They are also mounting a serious challenge to the regime in its seat of power, the capital Damascus.
The blast in the suburb of Qatana, southwest of the capital, is the latest in a string of similar bombings in and around Damascus that the government says have killed at least 25 people in the last two days.
While no one has claimed responsibility for the bombings, some have targeted government buildings and killed officials, suggesting that rebels who can`t engage Assad`s forces directly in Damascus are resorting to other means.
The government blames the bombings on terrorists, its shorthand for rebel fighters.
In today`s attack, a car packed with explosives blew up near a school in a residential part of the southwestern suburb of Qatana, Syria`s SANA news agency said.
The report quoted medics from a nearby hospital as saying 16 people were killed, including seven children and "a number" of women.
It said nearly two dozen people were wounded. Similar attacks hit four places in and around Damascus on yesterday.
Three bombs collapsed walls of the Interior Ministry building, killing at least five people. One of the dead was Syrian parliament member Abdullah Qairouz, SANA reported.
Other explosions yesterday hit near the Palace of Justice, in the suburb of Jermana and in the upscale Mezzeh 86 district, heavily populated by members of Assad`s minority Alawite sect.
One of the three killed in that that bombing was a state TV journalist named Anmar Mohammed, SANA said.
The opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported the deaths of Qairouz and Mohammed.
It said the number of those killed in the Interior Ministry bombing had risen to nine.
The Observatory, which is based in Britain and relies on contacts inside Syria, also reported clashes between rebels and regime forces in a number of areas south of the city as well as government airstrikes on rebellious suburbs to the city`s east and south.
Anti-regime activists say more than 40,000 people have been killed since the start of the anti-Assad uprising in March 2011.


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In the final regular season home game of the season, the Tennessee State University women's basketball team will take the court to face-off against divisional foe Eastern Kentucky. Tip-off is slated for 5:30 p.m. in the Gentry Center. Six Lady Tiger seniors will be honored before the start of the game while the night will also feature Courtside Dining.
Tennessee State is coming off an impressive 83-57 victory over Morehead State on Thursday. With the win the Lady Tigers improved to 12-14 (8-7 OVC) and clinched a spot in the OVC Tournament. The win snapped a two-game skid for the Lady Tigers who sit in fourth place in the OVC East Division standings. Another highlight of the victory was Jasmin Shuler recording her 1,000th career point.
With the OVC Tournament approaching, each game down the stretch is crucial. The Lady Tigers are currently in a three-way tie and have an opportunity to move claim the overall sixth seed in the tournament with a win over Eastern Kentucky on Saturday.
Tennessee State's three top leading scorers are Kesi Hess (12.6 ppg), Simone Hopes (11.2 ppg) and Jasmin Shuler (10.2 ppg). Hopes also leads the Lady Tigers in rebounding with 7.0 boards per outing.
As a team, TSU is averaging 61.7 points per contest while shooting 36.6 percent from the field and 29.8 percent from beyond the arc. TSU is currently connecting only 67.9 percent from the free-throw line while committing an average of 16.2 turnovers per game.
TSU averages 38.2 rebounds, 10.9 assists and 9.6 steals per game. The Lady Tigers are under first year head coach Larry Joe Inman.
The Tennessee State University women's basketball team played one of its best games of the season in an, 82-57, rout of Morehead State. TSU outscored MSU, 45-29, in the second half and won the battle of the boards, 43-34. Four Lady Tigers registered double-digits in scoring led by Jasmin Shuler's 19. Shuler also recorded her 1,000th career point in the contest. Kesi Hess had 18 while Destiney Gaston followed with 14. Simone Hopes recorded her third double-double of the season with 12 points and 14 rebounds. Alana Morris dished out seven assists.
Eastern Kentucky is most recently coming off a, 67-47, loss to Tennessee Tech. The loss dropped EKU to 17-9 overall and 11-4 in league play. The Lady Colonels are currently in second place in the OVC East Division. EKU has the opportunity to clinch the East Division and a share of the OVC regular season championship with a win on Saturday.
In the Lady Colonels most recent loss to Tennessee Tech, EKU was held to 25.5 percent shooting from the field, including 21.1 percent from beyond the arc. Marie Carpenter was the lone player to post double-digits with 10 points while Alex Jones was held to two points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Brittany Coles added nine points.
As a team, EKU is averaging 61.0 points per game behind a .371 shooting percentage. EKU is shooting .315 from beyond the arc and recording 42.0 rebounds per outing. The Lady Colonels register 12.6 assists, 18.2 turnovers and 8.3 steals per contest.
Marie Carpenter is the leading scorer for Eastern with 13.1 points per game. Brittany Coles averages 10.5 points per outing while Alex Jones (9.1 ppg) is the third leading scorer for the Lady Colonels.
Eastern Kentucky leads the league in blocked shots and three-point field goal percentage defense while ranking second in scoring defense, defensive rebounds and field goal percentage defense.
TSU vs. EASTERN KENTUCKY
Tennessee State and Eastern Kentucky will meet for the 52nd time in the series history. EKU has won the last five over TSU holds a 36-15 series advantage. Last month, the Lady Tigers fell to the Colonels, 62-54, on the road.
TSU led EKU, 24-18, at the break but got outscored 44-30, in the second frame and lost the contest, 62-54. Simone Hopes had 17 points while Jasmin Shuler added 16. Kesi Hess was held to only nine points. Marie Carpenter led EKU with 19 points while Jade Barber, who is no longer on the team, had 15 points and 15 rebounds. Alex Jones tallied six points and 12 boards. TSU only made 3-of-12 from three-point range and got outrebounded, 45-38.
Live video of TSU vs. EKU will be available on OVCDigitalNetwork.com.
TSU will participate in the 2013 OVC Tournament beginning on March 6 at the Municipal Auditorium.


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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the modern-day San Diego celebration of Cabrillo's landing, the first European explorer to discover the West Coast of the United States.
San Diego's Cabrillo Festival 2013 will be held Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 28 and 29.
"We're going back in time and commemorating the voyages of exploration along the coast of California and Cabrillo's arrival in San Diego," said Idalmiro Manuel da Rosa, Cabrillo Festival president.
Da Rosa said the two-day festival also highlights the culture and traditions of San Diego's 15,000 to 20,000 Portuguese.
"We have banners up and down Rose-scrans Street," said da Rosa. "The festival has the support of all local organizations, including the Point Loma Association, as well as the tremendous support of Naval Base Point Loma, which hosts the festival's events on Sunday."
On Sept. 28, the weekend celebration kicks off with a commemorative ceremony and wreath-laying event to honor Cabrillo at the Cabrillo National Monument, 1800 Cabrillo Memorial Drive. This will be followed by the Cabrillo Discovery Celebration Dinner-Dance at the United Portuguese S.E.S. Hall,
2818 Avenida de Portugal in Point Loma at 6 p.m., with no host cocktails, dinner and dancing at $50 per person.
On Sept. 29, the Cabrillo Festival changes venues to Ballast Point, Naval Base Point Loma at the south end of Rosecrans Street.
The free event features music, dancing, children's activities and foods of Native Americans, Mexico, Portugal and Spain. There will also be knot tying and Kumeyaay basket making.
The highlight of the Cabrillo Festival is the Sept. 29 re-enactment of Cabrillo's 16th century landing on the shores of San Diego Bay where, at 1 p.m., actors in period garb will portray Cabrillo, his soldiers and a priest sailing into the bay and claiming the land in the name of Spain.
A Portuguese navigator sailing under the flag of Spain, Cabrillo discovered San Diego Bay while searching for the Strait of Anian, a mythical all-water route across North America.
When Cabrillo landed in Point Loma, he originally named the area San Miguel in honor of St. Michael's Day, which was to be celebrated the next day. Shortly after he left what would become San Diego, Cabrillo died of an infection on the islands outside Santa Barbara.
In honor of his landing on the West Coast, Sept. 28 is recognized as Cabrillo Day in California.
The Cabrillo Festival is a fun event for the entire family, with exciting folkloric performances, cultural demonstrations and educational activities. Bright costumes and dramatic music and dancing bring to life the traditions of the Native American, Mexican, Portuguese and Spanish cultures that are part of the Age of Exploration.
Sponsored by Cabrillo Civic Club
No. 16 of San Diego and the Portuguese American Social and Civic Club, tickets for the Saturday night dinner-dance can be purchased by calling (619) 426-0769 or (619) 221-8084.
There was also a Cabrillo Festival in Ensenada, Baja California, commemorating Cabrillo's arrival in Todos Santos Bay in 1542 on Sept. 17.
For more information, visit www.cabrillofestival.org.


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Starbucks today announced that it will dramatically ramp up production of Evolution Fresh juices with the launch of a new $70 million juicery and manufacturing facility. The new plant, which is located in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., will enable Starbucks to quadruple production of the cold-pressed, high-pressure processed (HPP) juice products, according to the company. The launch represents a critical step in reaching the company's goal to distribute Evolution Fresh juices in more than 8,000 Starbucks and grocery retailers throughout the U.S. by the end of 2013.
The launch of the facility comes amid growing awareness and demand for cold-pressed juices, and significant expansion in the distribution of Evolution Fresh juice products. Starbucks recently announced a national distribution deal with Whole Foods and has over the past year replaced Naked brand juices with Evolution Fresh products in thousands of its company-owned cafes.
"The opening of this juicery marks a significant milestone in Evolution Fresh's history and commitment to making high-quality, never-heated, nutritious juice available to consumers across the country," Chris Bruzzo, general manager, Evolution Fresh said in a statement. "We believe cold-pressed is the future of juice and we are leading the charge in changing the way people think about juice."
The growth of the Evolution Fresh brand meant replacing its original manufacturing plant with the new 264,000 sq. ft. facility, which is "one of the largest (in dollar sales) HPP juiceries in the U.S. capable of sourcing, peeling, squeezing and pressing raw fruits and vegetables," and will employ 190 people, according to Starbucks. The new plant is equipped with four HPP units each designed and built by Hiperbaric, a major manufacturer of HPP equipment in the U.S., and currently able to produce 140,000 gallons of juice per week, four times as much as the old facility.
"Everything is streamlined to do cold-pressed juice in the best possible way," Bruzzo told BevNET. "From our perspective, this is an inflection point. To open a 264,000 sq. ft. facility that is designed to do one thing really well, that means that our expectations — and the indications of what's happening in the marketplace — is that there will be a major consumer shift."
The belief the there will be a dynamic shift in how Americans consume juice was the reason that Starbucks built the new juicery with a significant amount of room for growth. Bruzzo said that the company has the space to add four more HPP machines, which, if added, could double its current output. Bruzzo also stated that the new facility will enable to Starbucks to bring its 32 and 64 oz. multi-serve options, which are primarily sold in Southern California, to other U.S. regions.
"It's great to stand in front of this very physical manifestation of 'what is it going to take?' to supply the whole country with the juice that it needs, if juice is going to become, in fact, a daily ritual and build up on this trend of functional beverages that deliver nutrition," Bruzzo said.


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*spoilers beyond this point*
Friends, countrymen, lend me your beers! (seriously, I drink a fuckton of beer) It is I, the Duke of DVD, strolling out across the fallow fields of the world, stepping daintily around you as you mewl and grovel on the ground, begging for cinematic awesome. Dare I let you kiss the bejeweled rings on my fingers? Surely, you may. Come, let us drag your moldering carcass into this nearby inn. Please, sit with me and drink this gruel while I dine on roasted pheasant stuffed with garlic cloves and drink 50 year old port.
Hearken to my words, bedraggled creature! Please don't soil thine-self until we have finished our repast. I must tell thee today of a wondrous movie. A movie so beyond the realm of the vast majority of slasher films that it transcends them and becomes something new, something fragile and beautiful. Careful! Hold it gently, touch it to your trembling lips so that it might impart some tiny mote of greatness to your shattered frame.
Long have the Vicar and I laboured to educate the masses on brilliant films that might otherwise escape notice. For all the hubbub around the Friday the 13th series, and the slasher genre in general, Sleepaway Camp often times doesn't get its due.
I am here to rectify this, my friends. Let us explore, shall we?
Sleepaway Camp was released in 1983, right in the middle of the hype surrounding Friday the 13th and others of its ilk. Seeking to capitalize on the mad money getting thrown around, director Robert Hiltzik and crew went all out in their attempt at making a good slasher film, and in my humble opinion, succeeded wildly.
The movie opens with a father and his two children, a boy and a girl, out on a lake in a small boat. Horseplay ensues, causing them to capsize. While they are laughing and still floating in the water, a nearby group of teens in a ski boat are zooming around the lake, not really paying attention to what they are doing. Before you can say "Watch out for that fucking boat!", the teens barrel over the top of the floating family, killing the father and one of the children.
Angela (the surviving kid), played very well by Felissa Rose, and her cousin Ricky, who are being ushered out the door by Ricky's mother, Angela's aunt, a creepy lady who acts like she's on enough Prozac to fell a musk ox. Soon, they arrive as summer camp along with tons of other kids, all screaming, laughing, and talking as they disgorge from several buses.
Quickly we meet the principal players in our little film. On the staff side, we have Ron, the hunky muscle-bound dude with the tanned body and penchant for wearing short-shorts. We have Mel, the manager of the camp, who likes to wear ugly plaid shorts and black socks that he pulls all the way up to his knees. We have a couple of female counselors, including Meg, who is a bitch, but more on her later. There are many others, but those are the major ones.
We mustn't forget Artie, played magnificently by Owen Hughes, who is the head chef and resident pedophile. He doesn't bother to disguise his cravings either, commenting as he's watching the kids run past that where he comes from they call 'em "baldies". Artie isn't in the movie for long, but he makes the most of it.
Ricky immediately tries to hook up with the previous-year's flame, Judy, who has suddenly developed breasts and so she thinks she's above Ricky. Ricky is a good kid, though, and is quick to stick up for his cousin Angela. Angela is near mute due to the trauma of watching her family die, and so is an instant target for all the mean kids. The kids are ushered into the lunch room, where Angela immediately starts freaking out the other girls at the table with her silence and wide, staring eyes. Like saucers they are!
gets his pants unbuckled (this dude wasn't wasting time, was he? First fucking day... sheesh) when Ricky walks in, looking for Angela. They both flee.
After lunch, Artie is left alone in the kitchen, standing on a stool in order to salt the contents of a boiling pot of something or other. The cooking pot is literally 5 feet tall or so, I have no idea where they got such a monstrosity! This scene begins a long line of point-of-view murders, a la Halloween, in which the viewer is left wondering who exactly is doing the killing. Honestly, it isn't much of a mystery, but we'll explore that later.
A tanned hand reaches out and pulls the stool out from under Artie, causing him to pull the pot over onto himself, giving him horrendous 3rd degree burns over his face, arms, and hands. Paramedics arrive and cart Artie away, sexually unfulfilled.
Here the movie goes off into normal camp affairs for a while. Angela is taunted, but finds solace with Ricky's best friend Paul, who slowly coaxes Angela out of her shell by simply being nice to her. Soon, they are holding hands and exchanging chaste kisses, and Angela even begins talking, although in truth she doesn't have much to say.
She's still picked on, however, mainly by Judy the Bitch and Meg the Slut. They form a tag-team of taunts and ridicule, slamming Angela every chance they get. Judy even sets her sights on stealing Paul away from Angela. Ricky defends her every chance he gets. At an evening mixer, Ricky causes a giant scrum after defending Angela from a douchebag named Kenny wearing a "Blue Oyster Cult" shirt and sporting a wicked Camaro mullet.
Later that night, a large group of guys who are what you would term the "cool dudes" (read: douchebags), try to get the ladies to go skinny dipping with them. Fortunately, the girls are too smart for this and don't join in. However, mulleted Kenny manages to talk one of the girls into a canoe trip out on the lake. He of course fucks it all up by messing around and dunking them both into the lake. As the girl swims to shore, Kenny swims up under the boat to gloat at his awesomeness, when someone comes up under it with him, then proceeds to drown him.
Kenny's body is found the next morning, and finally Mel is starting to realize that someone might be offing campers. Does he send everyone home? Nah! Later, a group of the homos lounge up on the roof of their cabin, tossing water balloons at passers-by. Angela happens to wander into range, and of course gets soaked, causing her to freak out and basically shutdown, sitting on the ground holding her knees to her chest. Ricky comes to the rescue once again, hurling insults and curses at the laughing boys.
Mel interrupts, holding Ricky accountable for his potty mouth, and chastising the boys on the roof. One of the balloon-throwing d-bags announces he has to take a "wicked dump" and heads off to a stall. Our mystery killer shows up, puts a broom handle through the door handles, effectively baring the dumper in, and then proceeds to throw a hornet nest into the room. The boy is killed by the amount of stings.
At this point, it's pretty obvious that Angela is the killer. I mean, she was the lone survivor of trauma, and the only other person it could be is Ricky, who comes to her aid, but hurling curses is a long way from doing foul murder. Angela it must be. However, just to be sure, let's go through the possible killers and their motives, if any:
Age: 14 or so
Sexuality: ???
Killer?: Yeah, probably so.
Age: 15 perhaps?
Sexuality:Like an arrow, baby
Killer?: Nah, probably not.
Paul, Ricky's friend
Age: 14-15
Sexuality: Likes the womenfolk
Killer?: Paul couldn't harm a fly, what with his frail, pasty body and all.
Age: 50-ish
Sexuality: Likes women, a lot.
Killer?: Nope, he cherishes the kids, and would only kill in their defense.
Age: 35-ish
Sexuality: Poon-hound, all the way
Killer?: Nope
Vicar of VHS
Age: 900+, prolonged with beetle grindings and dark magics.
Sexuality: Anything, alive or otherwise, with a hole.
Killer?: Most certainly, but not at Camp Arawak.
Age: 25-ish
Sexuality: Likes the cock, particularly old-man cock
Killer?: Nah, she's a bitch, but not a murderer.
Age: 15-16
Sexuality: Like's other women's boyfriend's johnsons.
Killer?: No
Cunt?: Yes
So you see, folks, it's gotta be Angela. So, if that isn't the movie's twist, then what is? If you haven't been sub-letting Madman Marz's cabin since 1983, having no contact with other horror-movie loving peoples nor soap, you probably know. Otherwise, stay tuned and find out, Stinky!
Paul and Angela hook up for a late-night tryst, which involves Paul getting to first base--meaning that Paul must have sacrificed a lot to the God of Skinny Punks. His breast massage freaks Angela out, causing her to have a childhood flashback. We see a little boy and little girl, giggling as they spy on their dad, who is in bed having naughty sex with another man. Intriguing, to say the least!
him the opening he's been waiting for. All she does is basically force him to kiss her, though, and of course Angela walks up and sees this whole spectacle.
Later in the day, Judy and Meg team up to throw Angela in the lake, which causes her to become nearly catatonic with fear. Ricky tries to intervene but is accosted by Mel, who accuses Ricky of being the one who is doing all the killin'. Ricky of course protests his innocence, but Mel is convinced. Later, for some reason unknown to mankind, Meg asks Mel if he'll cook her supper at his house. How she could be attracted to this troll of a man is beyond me.
Meg goes to get showered up, but seeing the long line in her own cabin, she goes next door to an empty cabin and uses the shower there. Here we get another point-of-view killing as the killer runs a large hunting knife through the steel wall of the shower, cutting Meg in the back from the top of her shoulders all the way down to her ass! Such strength Angela has! Mel, looking around for Meg, finally finds her body, and goes off in a fury to hunt for Ricky.
Meanwhile, Judy is alone in her dark cabin, when the killer shows up and kills Judy with a curling iron whilst simultaneously suffocating her with a pillow. The killer then dumps the body underneath the bed so it'll be a while before someone discovers it. Elsewhere, the counselor Eddie (who really hasn't been featured much), takes a group of kids out camping (weren't they already technically camping?!) in the woods for some inexplicable reason.
Very soon, some of the younger kids are complaining about being cold, so Eddie takes a few of them back, leaving 4 of them in their sleeping bags. Eddie returns to find them all hacked to death with an axe! We don't see these murders take place, unfortunately. We cut back to Mel, who has found Ricky, and proceeds to beat the shit out of the poor boy, nearly killing him. Mel then takes off and wanders onto the archery range, where he immediately gets shot through the throat with an arrow!
The counselors are now all alerted to a murderer on the loose thanks to Eddie. They begin searching the grounds and find poor Ricky, who is still clinging to life. They also stumble upon Meg's body. Meanwhile, Angela and Paul hook up for a touch-n-feel down by the lake. Angela, suddenly uninhibited, possibly feeling a rush due to all of the murders she's committed that night, suggests that they skinny dip. Paul likes this idea, naturally.
We cut back to the counselors, who have now accounted for all of the kids except for Paul and Angela. They finally decide to check down by the lake. Arriving by the shoreline, they see Angela, naked, singing softly, with Paul lying beside her, his head in her lap. She runs her fingers through his hair. We cut to another flashback, this time of a young Angela standing before her aunt. The camera pans around and we see that Angela is really a boy! "Her" aunt refers to him as Peter, but says she already has a boy, and instead has always wanted a little girl. She holds up a dress.
Back at the lake, as the counselors look on in horror, Angela stands up, Paul's severed head rolling onto the ground. Her eyes wide and pushed to the side, Angela growls like a feral beast. As we are chilled by her manic appearance, the camera pulls back to a wide shot and we see the biggest shock of all: Angela has a penis! In fact, Ron exclaims "My god, she's a boy!" in what has to be one one of the most awesome understatements ever.
Needless to say, this movie is awesome on many fronts. Sure, it doesn't have near the amount of tits it should have, but honestly I didn't care, it's just so damned entertaining. I love how the creators put one over on the audience, using the misdirection of figuring out the who the killer is (which is pretty obvious) and instead dropping the "she is really a he" bomb at the end. I love it! The actors do a fine job, too. A lot of critics site bad acting, but for me the way people behaved in the movie lent it a degree of believability.
Angela does spooky really well, and her face coupled with the growl at the end truly is chilling. Ricky plays the foul-mouthed cousin to a tee, and the rest of the douchey hunks do just fine. I was constantly laughing at what the cool kids wore during this time period. Short belly shirts and hyper-short cutoffs, it's like modern-day San Francisco's Castro district. Snug plum smugglers combined with baby-ts. On a straight guy! Oh, 1983, never change!
In the end, the movie exceeds on all fronts. There's lots of creative death. There's an openly pedophile cook. There's an overload of mullets. And finally, there's a girl who is really a boy, who likes kissing other boys, whose dad was gay, and (s)he is also a killer. Sleepaway Camp, I lurv you! 3+ Thumps Way The Fuck Up!
Monday, April 19, 2010
Sleepaway Camp (1983): Or Can 80's Fashions Make A Comeback?
Posted by The Duke of DVD at 7:00 AM
Labels: '80s, 3+ Thumbs, Dangling Naughty Bits, Psycho Killer, Slasher Movie Ripoffs, Surprise Cock
13 comments:
- Inspector Winship said...
Well done Duke! Your previous transgression with regard to Sleepaway Camp 2 is forgiven :) Every time I see a freeze frame of "Angela" screaming with her little "Peter" exposed, I remember how freaked out I was the first time I saw the film. In my opinion, the psychological "mind screw" of the ending pushes this film passed Friday the 13th.
- April 19, 2010 at 2:02 PM
- JamiSings said...
First off, give you my beer? Sorry, Duke, you can have my Guinness when you tug it from my drunken fingers.
Second - the whole Angela's Peter thing - okay, here's a kooky question - I remember when The Crying Game came out people kept saying how it was "the first full frontal male nudity on the big screen." But TCG was in 1992, SC is from 1983. So isn't it really the first FFMN scene? Or was that just a fake penis strapped onto the actress rather then a male body double so therefore doesn't count?
- April 19, 2010 at 6:51 PM
The way I understood it, a young crew member did the full frontal. He was wearing a mask of the actress's face, which was molded in that open mouth, howling position.
This film is right up there with the original Bad News Bears in portraying kids as real kids, not some sub Spielberg suburban stereotype. That makes the horror (and the sleaze factor) even more disturbing. Will never forget seeing this thing for the first time. Within minutes I knew this would be a little rougher than I anticipated, not the usual Friday the 13th knock off. That ending stuck with me forever and seriously freaked me out.
- April 20, 2010 at 12:00 PM
- The Duke of DVD said...
However they did the full frontal, it's still creepy as heck. I was ready think "fake" since his/her dong looks like a Vienna sausage tucked into a nest of boar's hair, but that's just me.
I have no idea whose idea it was (probably the director!), but whomever is responsible for the sideways eye look and howl idea deserves an Oscar. So fucking creepy. Everyone I know who has seen this film at an early age (or even older) says that the ending has stayed with them.
@Winship - I'm glad to accept your forgiveness, sir! I was having a bad day that day, perhaps, or maybe it was just the awesome of the first one clouding my words. Stay tuned as I rip part 3 a new one!
@Jami - I shall not take thine beer, woman! Stay thy hand! I see it creeping down for the dagger at your belt.
@david - I totally agree, the kids were especially believable, especially the way the taunting worked. I also loved Ricky's extremely foul mouth. I was that kid at his age.
- April 20, 2010 at 12:15 PM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
I always thought that final scene was a rather poorly-done photo composite--a still shot of Angela's head cut-and-pasted on top of the non-Angela body. Strangely, I thought the disconnect of it at the neck (whether mask or photo) only added to the surreal, creepy effect of it. To say nothing of those wicked animal grunting sounds, which give me the chills every time.
WRT the kids being like real kids, of course it helps that the actors are ACTUALLY kids, and not the 20- or 30-somethings movies of this era usually called upon to play the juvenile roles. It adds that layer of difference that makes the movie stand out, and makes it better than most 80s slashers, imo. I also remember being shocked by the carnage of the sleeping-bag murders--we don't actually get to see the kids killed, but just the fact of the 4 or so dead bodies of CHILDREN--again, most flicks of the era wouldn't have gone there, I think.
And how about a round of applause for the actress playing Angela's aunt? She's in it for less than 3 minutes, I'd wager, and yet she makes a HUGE impression. I wanted more of the Aunt, and would have paid money to see the prequel about HER psycho adventures!
- April 20, 2010 at 1:07 PM
Here you go,
At the bottom of the page are a few pics of Ed French casting the face of Felissa Rose for the final scene mask.
- April 20, 2010 at 4:42 PM
- The Duke of DVD said...
That's awesome, David! Thanks for the link. I love practical effects like those seen in Sleepaway Camp. All this modern CGI shit is for the birds. The Birds I say!
- April 20, 2010 at 4:44 PM
If you look over the site you will find even more interesting things. In the Sleepaway Camp section (under Movies) there is an awesome scrapbook with snapshots taken behind the scenes. It has a few more shots of the mask. Also there is a scan of the Femme Fatales article about Felissa Rose. She said they had a to find a really slender guy to fit the mask. He also had to have a bit of liquid courage before revealing himself to the world!
- April 20, 2010 at 5:05 PM
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- April 21, 2010 at 4:18 PM
- evilgenius333 said...
I always thought this blew the pants off Friday the 13th (bah-dum-dum-chish!). Speaking of which - BEST closing shot ever - creepy as hell. Agree with the Vicar on this one - I too thought it was crappy composite, and also agree it does add to how eerie the shot is. And yeah - the fact that I thought the Feral Kid had leapt out of Road Warrior and straight into this savage flick added to the effect.
Now, more on topic - I love the half shirt and wish it would come back into style - just so I could make fun of anyone wearing it.
- April 23, 2010 at 10:17 PM
- john said...
pamela springsteen took over the role for the sequels. she is no longer an actress. she is now a photographer. she did some on set photography for...the crying game. the documentary 'going to pieces' has an interview with ms. rose about the filming of this movie's finale.
- June 3, 2010 at 1:39 PM
- The Duke of DVD said...
Thanks for the info, John! Interesting stuff. Too bad she didn't stick with acting.
I definitely need to check out that documentary.
- June 3, 2010 at 1:59 PM
- john said...
you are very welcome + thanks for the reply. it is a really interesting documentary. i think you will enjoy it.
- June 3, 2010 at 3:54 PM


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The criticism and myths on why we departed from religion and lost our belief in god are too damaging if no one will attempt to correct the myths popularized by the religious bigots. These type of people do really believe and are willing to spread the lies about atheists, such us, Satan worshipers, criminals, close-minded people, and all negative attributions they can imagine that can be thrown to us since according to them atheists don't have god therefore they are bad or immoral.
That is why we have to correct the misconceptions about us popularized by them for so long a time. Some of these myths have already been answered by some of us. Take for example the "20 Questions Atheists Struggle to Answer" and 16 the Common Myths about Atheists.
Anyway, the following are the most common myths about atheism:
It is a fact that atheists are among the least liked people in areas with religious majorities in most of the world because they believe the absence of belief is a public threat to cooperation and honesty. However, reminders of secular authority reduce believers' distrust of atheists because when people feel less confident in their government, they're more likely to seek out religion, whereas in countries where the government is more effective and stronger, atheists are both more common and more trusted. It only proves that atheism is not a product of hate and rebelliousness against authority contrary to what Sigmund Freud are saying.
I've heard that atheists are using the science to disprove the myths. That is not exactly true because philosophy can also be used to debunk the myths about atheism.
I've heard that atheists are criminals and killers. But based from several studies, those countries dominated by atheists are more peaceful than countries dominated by Christians or religious people. For instance, atheists don't commit as much crime as the religious do.
I've heard that majority of believers do believe that we become atheist because we know nothing about bible. That is a lie. In fact, there are several research have shown that it's a big fat lie.
I have heard that atheists are not compassionate. That is not true. In fact, highly religious people are less motivated by compassion than are non-believers. This finding disproves the myth about atheists don't have compassion since only the believers can have it.
Anyway, this is not the issue that I'm concern of but is about the true nature and origin of being atheist.
There are several factors we should observe that majority of believers know nothing even a bit about us and the bigots refused to accept.
The psychologists who study the behavior of atheists offered various models on why we become atheists.
One of them is Dr. Paul Vitz who offers different theories why there are atheists.
One explanation of atheism is atheism as a result of scientific principles and rational philosophy and many scientists become atheists simply because they believe that God and science are incompatible. So in this case atheism is caused by knowledge and not directly by any personal frustration, hatred towards father or need for progress. This sort of atheist is the 'intellectual atheist' who purely needs evidence and believes that God and religion cannot be explained and thus should not form part of our discussion or understanding or suggests that the question of God is a delusion or that God does not or cannot exist. Many scientists and philosophers, sociologists and even artists are in favor of this sort of position.
To confirm the claims here are some of the peer-reviewed papers and articles from different science sites:
According to Flynn effect, the rise in IQ scores also corresponds to a rise in intelligence, or a rise in skills related to taking IQ tests. Study says, "…examined the extent to which time-related gains in cognitive performance, so-called Flynn effects, generalize across sub-factors of episodic memory (recall and recognition) and semantic memory (knowledge and fluency). We conducted time-sequential analyses of data drawn from the Betula prospective cohort study, involving four age-matched samples (35-80 years; N=2996) tested on the same battery of memory tasks on either of four occasions (1989, 1995, 1999, and 2004). The results demonstrate substantial time-related improvements on recall and recognition as well as on fluency and knowledge, with a trend of larger gains on semantic as compared with episodic memory [Rönnlund, M., & Nilsson, L. -G. (2008). The magnitude, generality, and determinants of Flynn effects on forms of declarative memory: Time-sequential analyses of data from a Swedish cohort study. Intelligence], but highly similar gains across the sub-factors. Finally, the association with markers of environmental change was similar, with evidence that historical increases in quantity of schooling was a main driving force behind the gains, both on the episodic and semantic sub-factors. The results obtained are discussed in terms of brain regions involved."
Analytic thinking promotes religious disbelief and religious belief drops when analytical thinking rises but not superstition and such. The reason is intuitive thinking leads to quick-and-dirty answers via mental shortcuts and gut feelings; the analytical thinking involves more deliberate, effortful thinking. Since intuitive thinking appears to support belief in the supernatural, psychologists reasoned that analytical thinking might be one source of religious disbelief – indeed, questionnaires gauging analytical thinking and religious belief found that people who were more likely to adopt an analytical stance tended to report they were less religious.
They say atheists are dumb by rejecting the existence of gods but intelligent people tend to be more religious is a myth. Instead, there is a correlation between atheism and IQ. If intelligence is not the cause of why we become atheist then why atheists are more intelligent than the religious, and why the atheists have higher IQs?
Therefore, these attributions (Flynn effects, Analytic thinking, Critical thinking, ACH thinking) give rise to atheism.
I hope that I contribute to clarify the true nature of atheism.
Thank you.
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I don't think so Reyalist. Infants have none of those attributes, yet there they are, in all their innocence, newborn little atheists.
Strawman. Infants don't think like adult can do.
...lacking faith in the existence of a supreme being.
How we come up to a conclusion that there is no god or the possibility of its existence is too slim to exist an infant cannot possibly do.
There is nothing that "gives rise to atheism". Atheism is the default setting for humans.The question is "what gives rise to faith?"
Therefore, the capability of our brain helps us to decide what to accept not to accept.
I agree with Asa Watcher, "What gives rise to faith?" is a better question. It doesn't presume theism is the default.
In response to Asa: Atheism might be the unconscious default for infants. However, In most places in the world. Faith, or one kind or the other, is the societal default. So therefore it is still a question worth researching in what makes certain individuals buck that societal default. The correlation between IQ and atheism is worth mentioning. However I think the most important correlation is between education level and atheism. The is already a known strong correlation between education and IQ. It is a misconception that IQ is some sort of fixed static number that one is born with. Of course all this goes back to the nature vs nurture question. The best way I have heard this question addressed is that 90% of what makes humans different from other animals is nature while 90% of what makes individual human different from each other is nurture (after all our genetic makeup is pretty much the same from person to person, if we share 97% of our DNA with chimps imagine how close our DNA is from person to person).
The "nature of atheism" takes more that 900 words?
Here is the nature of atheism:
lacking faith in the existence of a supreme being.
Now, if you want to start a conversation about the nature of faith, that might be worthy of 900 words, but the nature of atheism itself is way simple.
way simple
so simple that even the most non-analytic mind can understand not having faith.
you write:
"Therefore, these attributions (Flynn effects, Analytic thinking, Critical thinking, ACH thinking) give rise to atheism."
I don't think so Reyalist. Infants have none of those attributes, yet there they are, in all their innocence, newborn little atheists.
There is nothing that "gives rise to atheism". Atheism is the default setting for humans.
The question is "what gives rise to faith?"
"I hope that I contribute to clarify the true nature of atheism."
Well, maybe someday.
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Rain Cancels Qualifying, No. 12 Penske Dodge Will Start 30th
October 31, 2009
TALLADEGA, Ala. (October 31, 2009) - David Stremme, driver of the No. 12 Penske Dodge Charger, will start Sunday's restrictor-plate event at the 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway from the 30th position after today's qualifying session was canceled due to inclement weather.
Stremme completed two practice sessions on Friday. In first practice, Stremme posted a fast lap time of 50.375 seconds at a speed of 190.094 miles per hour, placing him in 30th place overall. Stremme's fast lap of 50.547 seconds at a speed of 189.447 miles per hour in final practice was good enough for 19th overall.
With the cancellation of qualifying, the field was set by 2009 owner points per the NASCAR rule book. Currently 30th in the standings, the No. 12 team will line up on the inside of the 15th row for tonight's 188-lap event.
"You could tell there wouldn't be much action on the track today as soon as you looked outside," said Stremme immediately following NASCAR's announcement. "Qualifying at Talladega is not as critical as it is at other tracks. You can go from last to first a few times throughout the race, so it doesn't matter where you start. We'll rest up today and be ready to move through the field tomorrow."
The Amp Energy 500 can be seen live on Sunday, November 1st on the ABC television network. Race coverage is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. ET. The event can also be heard live on MRN Radio as well as Sirius Satellite Radio, channel 128.
Driver: David Stremme
Starting Position: 30th
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Rest in your Infinite Nature
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Getting your own mother pregnant, then getting that daughter/sister pregnant. Therefore, it's a sister within a sister. Inception + Incest = Incestion
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INCESTion is the act of fucking your wife while she's pregnant and sticking your penus soooo far in that it goes In your babies mouth. Therefore, you are somewhat being an incest.
That incestion last night was sooo good. My baby is gona come out sucking dick like a pro.
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Themes of Davos 2013
WSJ's Dennis Berman and Thorold Barker discuss the main themes of Davos this year, everything from technology to optimism in the economy.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Nike Pivot Point Pop-Up Shop at Barclays Center for Air Force 1 30th Anniversary
viagra feel for womenIn celebration of the 30th anniversary of the mua viagra o dau, Nike introduces Pivot Point, a New York hub of all things Nike Air Force 1 this season, open for a limited time at the bankruptcy laws ny in Brooklyn.
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New Spring Titles: Flowers of Evil, Samurai Bride and The Severing Crime EdgePost Reply
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Whats up guys!
Keikawa here to jack Michana AND Lugiamania's thread to make ANOTHER announcement today: Flowers of Evil which set to broadcast every Monday starting on April 8, at 9:30 a.m. Pacific Time.
Based on the manga by Shuzo Oshimi, Flowers of Evil anime will feature the voice talents of Mariya Ise (in the role of Sawa Nakamura) and Yoko Hikasa (in the role of Nanako Saeki). Ms. Ise is notably known for her performances in hit series such as Hunter x Hunter, Bodacious Space Pirates, and Durarara!!, while Ms. Hikasa has a similar list of accolades with majors roles in Dog Days, K-ON!, and Inu X Boku Secret Service. This show will also mark the inaugural appearance of Shinichiro Ueda, as our other protagonist: Takao Kasuga.
Flowers of Evil revolves around Takao Kasuga, who is caught stealing Nanako Saeki's gym clothes by Sawa Nakamura whose cold attitude makes her generally disliked by everyone. In exchange for her silence, he makes a 'contract' with her, in which he must abide by all of her unreasonable demands. Initially torturous, Kasuga wants out until one day when things start to change between them..."
Flowers of Evil will be available in the following territories: U.S.A, Canada, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Central & South America.
Now let's jump back to Michana's announcement of:
Samurai Bride and will launch tomorrow, April 5th at 7:00pm Pacific time. It will be available in the United States and Canada.
The beauty of the nation of Japan tends at times to arouse the sadistic nature of evildoers. However, do not worry! Do not fear! Japan has its guardian gods, the Samurai! Hyakka Ryouran: a tale woven by beautiful samurai to tell of these noble souls!
Hey everyone! Good morning and get ready for another slew of announcements coming your way for Crunchyroll's Spring 2013 lineup!
First up this morning is the action-drama series about a boy who is obsessed with cutting people's hair, The Severing Crime Edge!
The Severing Crime Edge will be available on Crunchyroll starting Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 4:30pm Pacific Time, and will be available to audiences in the following territories: USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa.
The Severing Crime Edge is based on the original manga, Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge, written and illustrated by Tatsuhiko Hikagi. It centers around Kiri Haimura, a boy who is obsessed with cutting other people's hair, and Iwai Mushanokouji, a girl whose long, beautiful hair is cursed so that no scissors can cut it. After a chance meeting between the two, Kiri gets pulled into an ancient murder game where Iwai is the target of the "Killing Goods" and their owners. Now it's up to him to protect Iwai, "The Queen of Hair," in this love-battle story!
The Severing Crime Edge is being directed by Yuji Yamaguchi, whose other notable works include Fate/stay night and Angel Links. Newcomer voice actress Kotori Koiwai, whose previous works include Kigurumi Harokitei in Joshiraku and Yuki Funahara in Psycho-Pass, will be starring as Iwai, and Natsuki Hanae, also known for his roles as Atsuhiro Maeda in Tari Tari and Sakagami in Oreshura, is playing the role of Kiri.
As always, we've got more announcements headed your way, so stay tuned to Crunchyroll to see what's coming next!
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3/15 - Oreimo 2
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Nice announcement, will watch Crime Edge since it seems pretty interesting and people are saying that the manga was good
Hope the next announcement is just as good
What even
Interesting. What will the continuation be on these 12ep each?
saw the first episode it was bad ass cant wait to see it in hd looking forward to this title
Haha. I remember the manga for this
I can't wait for the new titles to replace the void the old ones have left us.
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Yay for Crime Edge. Figured it would be delayed since it is a Media Factory show. Added it to my queue.
Yay! Severing Crime Edge is the one I wanted most.
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Princess Bride on CR????
I also know someone whose going to be happy about this as well
What even
Awesome, thanks Crunchy!
Samurai Bride is a second season? Will Crunchyroll be airing the second season or will I have to watch the first elsewhere? I hope its not a late announcement like it was for the AKB0048 anime especially since this Samurai Bride show seems way superior to the AKB0048 anime.
I know some people are not going to like that 12-hour delay for Samurai Bride. The regional restrictions make me think Samurai Girls is going to be a catalog title.
Crunchy is on a roll though!
i love you guys <3 all thats left is gargatia and attack on titan FINGERS CROSSED
Wait is Samuray bride on his second season ?
Murder Time. Fun time.
CR getting Smaurai Bride is a huge surprise to me and one that is greatly appreciated. Keep doing what you're doing CR because guys are smokin' right now.
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Wait is Samuray bride on his second season ?
Yes, Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Girls is the first season.
I'm the best in the world at being me;why would I give up such a great position?
Jaxx_Raxor wrote: Samurai Bride is a second season? Will Crunchyroll be airing the second season or will I have to watch the first elsewhere? I hope its not a late announcement like it was for the AKB0048 anime especially since this Samurai Bride show seems way superior to the AKB0048 anime.
Yes, its the second season to Samurai Girls. Since Samurai Girls was licensed by Sentai and distributed by Section23, and since Samurai Bride has the same North American region that Sentai used to sublicense to Crunchyroll, it seems a safe bet that Samurai Girls will be coming to Crunchyroll as a North American catalog title.
pistolsaf wrote: I know some people are not going to like that 12-hour delay for Samurai Bride. The regional restrictions make me think Samurai Girls is going to be a catalog title.
Also, Kaze licensed Samurai Girls in the UK and French speaking countries and Madman in Australia/NZ, so the odds are that DVD region R2 and R4 streaming rights were not available. If Anime on Demand hasn't shut down yet, maybe it will show up there for the UK., and if Madman picks up Samurai Bride, it'll likely be streamed on Madman's Screening Room sometime around the release.
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Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have identified the role of a gene in regulating molecular signals involved with ovarian follicle development, which may one day help shed light on some of the causes of fertility issues in humans.
The steps involved with conception and pregnancy are delicate and complex - particularly the process of folliculogenesis. In females, fertility is dependant on the growth of a follicle, a structure that ultimately transforms to release a mature egg. In an ordinary cycle, one follicle, known as the dominant follicle, matures to release an egg, while the rest of the eggs produced in that cycle will die. Disruption at any stage in the development of the follicle can prevent this maturation and impair fertility, as well as alter the production of hormones in the ovaries.
In the study, published online in the Oct. 1 issue of the journal Biology of Reproduction, researchers used a mouse model to examine the role of a gene known as Smad-3 in the early stages of follicular growth to better understand the molecular mechanisms that could influence fertility. Specifically, they looked at the signaling pathways involved in the follicles' response to follicle stimulating hormone, or FSH. FSH is one of the most important hormones involved in fertility and is responsible for helping a woman's body develop a mature egg.
The team, led by principal investigator Elizabeth McGee, M.D., associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the VCU School of Medicine, reported that female mice missing the Smad-3 gene did not experience normal ovulation and were infertile because there is a reduced ability of the follicle to respond to FSH stimulation. Further, the team concluded that Smad-3 regulates follicle growth and an important family of proteins that are essential for follicle development.
"Learning precisely how the FSH receptor is regulated is an important step in understanding the subtle defects in signal transduction that can interfere with follicle development and female fertility and could lead to new types of fertility treatments," said McGee, who is director of reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the VCU Medical Center.
More information: http://www.biolreprod.org/content/81/4/730.full.pdf+html
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and you don't. Say thanks to Bettman
NHL got cancelled until 30th of December. Is it the last milestone until cancellation of the whole season? Could be, previous were October games, then Winter Classic, then All Star game, and is this the last step before NHLPA and NHL refuse to kiss and make up?
Please do, or we're going to have many more players come overseas and face the cultural shock when they do come.
There and back again
There are few traditional migrations of players between Europe and North America. One happens with young talent that goes from Europe to try in various junior leagues all over NA and in case of older boys to collegiate hockey, where mostly they stick to studying and play some hockey until their talent gets recognized or more often, until they finish school and return home.
The other "natural" migration is of talented hockey players moving to top European leagues in search of their dream, and seasoned vets and players to less prominent leagues and clubs looking for jobs. "Kids" often find it strange when they come over from big hockey towns with newer facilities, different ownership status and different lifestyle to a more traditional, sedentary way of life.
Most of these countries have lots of "history" as they put it, and lots of, behind the scenes work, issues players just don't understand at first glance. From mostly English (or French) speaking countries, players venture to Swedish, Finnish, German, Czech, Slovakian, in some cases Italian and in best of those to English (UK) and French speaking countries. Lots of languages, players from all over world and from dozens of different cultural styles often meet. And then you start talking about hockey. If they're lucky they land in a place where there are a few NA players already or at least a coach to help them sort it out.
|Crimmitschau ice hall - open to the side and woods on the right
Now, imagine to land in a small city (eg. Crimmitschau - signed Simmonds, Stewart and MacArthur), some 250 km south of Berlin on border with Czech republic. Folks are mostly German with some Czech mixed in between, players are almost all German, with few imports from East. And you're a Canadian guy that doesn't speak German. Your coach knows some words but that's it. And in between facility is 3 parts closed and one part open towards the woods. And You haven't played outdoors since you were a kid.
Its kind of hard to get there and into the game isn't it? Now instead of German town put in a Czech city, a Hungarian metalworking town, or any other place. If you're lucky you end up in bigger cities or, in places where many people know your language. Otherwise you adapt, start learning the local language or in some, you just don't bother.
|Wayne Simmonds in Europe during NHL lockout
Now imagine that with all those cultural and language barriers you head into a bunch of provocative and drunk fans that start throwing racial slurs. Wayne Simmonds is a hell of a player and he felt that. Lots of ink has been spilled over chants calling him a monkey in Czech republic so I wont cover it all again. It was just a really ugly game, that shed some really bad light on European hockey and its great and loud fans. Hope it won't happen ever again. Good luck back home practicing with great guys at "Beyond the next level" facility in Toronto by @DeejBTNL
Players that head into bigger cities like Vienna, Berlin, great organisations like Red Bull Salzburg (just added Boychuck, Dorsett, Mike Duco etc.), Milano get it easy as they can feel the spirit of Europe just by poking their heads out.
|Dustin Jeffrey (Medvescak Zagreb) - photo by Igor Šoban
Dustin Jeffrey (Pittsburgh Penguins) went to Venice on his first day off, then went to Budapest. All in a driving distance from Zagreb, Croatia, where he currently plays and makes fans love him with his every move day in and out. He will get to visit one of the great cities of the world, Dubrovnik, and many more just by having an NHL lockout.
Many others, including guys in Swiss, Germany and other countries like Briere, Giroux, Tavares, Ty Seguin and many more have great time playing abroad. Of course they mostly play for pocket money and insurance, but they do what they love. They play hockey. They give their best each day, each practice and aren't spared on the ice.
|Sam Gagner happily chewing on a mouthpiece. He's the one
in white red jersey. #97 in case you missed it. (P: Igor Šoban)
EBEL league has its stars too. Sam Gagner just can't believe how beautiful the Austria (and 4 other countries he plays in while on the roster for EC KAC).
Beautiful Austria"
@89SGagner: On the way to Innsbruck earlier today #scenery pic.twitter.com/UN6ND0zX"
And then he proceeded to demolish Innsbruck with a few goals justl like his teammates Alex Cogilano and Tyler Myers (currently on IR list with a knee injury but expected to be on roster by weekend). Or was it an ankle injury? I'm sure someone cares about it, but its not me.
Free summer with additional free fall?
And it looks like the NHL season is in indeed a free fall. Another batch of games up to Dec. 30th have been cancelled. Xmas is right on the corner and owners (and players according to HRR) are going to lose bunch of money by not selling games and merch during the games. All that TV coverage, and overall hockey related revenue is basically as good as gone.
Season 2004. - 2005. is likely going to be repeated, and no one is going to profit from that. Well mostly no one, Europe will love it. Some guys will come over, enjoy the opportunity, possibly for the first time ever in their schedule driven life to enjoy hockey and play abroad. From midget, to AAA to collegiate/pro hockey most of them never had a "free" summer followed by a free fall/winter. Without having to worry about getting through the camps, being sent up/down or traded on a whim of the owners and coaches, players have a chance to do what they're best. Enjoy hockey without a capitalistic driven North American society.
Enjoy it while you can, soon you'll be flying franchise jets, living a fake dream and enjoying bloated contracts that block negotiations more firmly than any other points Bettman and Fehr are trying to battle around.
Embrace the LOCKOUT, see the World, play hockey.


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Cracker as Canvas for a Midday Snack
Around this time of day, we invariably get a hankering for something crunchy and not-too-sweet. Our old standby? A whole-wheat Wasa cracker with coarse-grain mustard, a slice of swiss, and a crunchy leaf of iceberg lettuce.
Wasas are our favorite because they come with a lot of real estate for piling on the toppings. They work well as a foundation for our standard snack, dips, or even something sweet.
Here, we've culled together photos of real-life snacks from around the web to jumpstart some layering ideas. Each includes a big, beautiful Wasa cracker with toppings that vary from sweet to spicy:
• 1 shaved fresh parmesan cheese and dried figs, thinly sliced
• 2 hummus
• 3 jam and Monterey Jack
• 4 raw almond butter
• 5 turkey, kalamata olive hummus, and banana peppers
• 6 tomatoes, basil, a drizzle of olive oil and cheddar cheese, baked in the oven
• 7 aged white cheddar, ground black pepper, and extra garlic dill pickles
• 8 hummus, arugula, kalamata olive tapenade, fresh mozzerella, lemon, salt and pepper
• 9 chocolate Better'n Peanut Butter, real peanut butter, and prunes
• 10 three choices: smoked salmon with chili mayonnaise, or liverpaste and lettuce, or yellow cheese and butter topped with red pepper
See Wasa for more topping ideas submitted by real-life snackers.
Do you have any favorite cracker toppings to recommend for a midday bite? What type of cracker do you use as your "canvas"? Please tell!
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BABSON PARK, Mass. – Babson College scored after 41 seconds expired and never looked back as it went on to defeat MIT, 14-6, in a Pilgrim League men's lacrosse game on Saturday afternoon. Junior Gabe Blanchet (Hadley, Mass.) paced the Engineers with two goals and an assist to go along with four groundballs.
The Beavers recorded two goals in the first quarter and added another early in the second frame. A defensive battle ensued until Blanchet connected on a feed from junior Mike Gibson (Natick, Mass.) with 3:35 left in the period. Babson responded by scoring four straight goals to enter halftime with a 7-1 advantage.
The hosts extended their margin after 1:08 elapsed in the third quarter, but on a clearing attempt sophomore Elliot Sykora (Wilmette, Ill.) found the back of the net. Babson countered by registering five unanswered goals to build a 13-2 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
The Beavers notched their final marker with 13:33 left to play; however, MIT generated the last four goals of the day. Blanchet started the run with an unassisted strike which was followed by senior Ernie Park (Plainsboro, N.J.) setting up sophomore Tim Wilczynski (Old Lyme, Conn.). Junior Sean Burke (Centennial, Colo.) closed out the game with back-to-back goals with Blanchet and Park earning the assists.
Sophomore Ben Hessels (Laytonsville, Md.) collected a team-high six groundballs followed by five from classmate Joel Santisteban (Lawrence, N.Y.). Sykora and senior Bryan Beller (Dix Hills, N.Y.) both tallied five groundballs and four caused turnovers while Wilczynski added four groundballs. In net, junior Christopher Rullan (Wexford, Pa.) amassed 21 saves.
MIT (4-6, 0-2 Pilgrim) continues its road trip on Wednesday, April 18 at league foe Regis College.


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