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As "Twilight" fades into the rearview mirror, Robert Pattinson's future is looking very bright. Well, that's not entirely true — when looking at one of Pattinson's upcoming projects, "The Rover," the future actually looks pretty bleak.
Pattinson stars alongside Guy Pearce in director David Michod's "The Rover," a futuristic Western set in the Australian desert. Pearce stars as Eric, a no-nonsense loner who loses his car and only remaining possessions when he's robbed by a gang. Eric forcefully enlists one of the abandoned and wounded gang members, Rey (Pattinson), to help him track down the gang and get his belongings back at any cost. It's a complicated and dangerous plot indeed, but it's also one that Pattinson is more than happy to embrace.
"It's a really tough script," he told MTV News while promoting "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2." "I don't really know, I don't even know how to talk about it yet. It's one of the best I've read. It's one of my top five favorite scripts I've read since I started doing this. It's really nerve-racking."
Nerve-racking as "The Rover" is, it pales in comparison to the real-life dangers presented by "Mission: Blacklist," Pattinson's upcoming war movie based on the true story of Army interrogator Eric Maddox, who was involved in the capture of Saddam Hussein. The role requires Pattinson to film in Iraq, which understandably made his family members uncomfortable at first — but the actor thinks his loved ones are beginning to warm up to the idea.
"My parents seem to be coming around to it now," he said with a laugh. "That's strange. I don't know what happened."
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Pattinson has made some of the most daring and impressive choices of the three of them. Before being cast as the swoony vampire Edward Cullen, the lanky British actor appeared in another blockbuster franchise as Hogwarts student Cedric Diggory in 2005's "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." In 2009, he played Salvador Dali in the barely seen "Little Ashes," and last year he starred opposite Reese Witherspoon in the circus romance "Water for Elephants" - although Associated Press reviewer David Germain wrote there was "barely a spark" between the two.
But Pattinson also has worked with the likes of David Cronenberg, starring this year in the acclaimed Canadian director's financial drama "Cosmopolis," which takes place almost entirely inside a limousine. And he'll soon work with Cronenberg again in "Maps to the Stars," and also begin shooting Werner Herzog's "Queen of the Desert."
Jones says Pattison has wisely chosen to parlay his "Twilight" fame to collaborate with serious directors and actors.
"He knows he has a certain box office appeal so the fangirls are going to see him no matter what he's in," she said. "People are willing to work with him the first time, they see all this potential he has, then they want to come back and work with him again."
Constantinescu echoed those thoughts: "He's the one to watch for additional films down the line," he said. "We are just scratching the surface with Robert."Excerpt from The Playlist:
Robert Pattinson
Before "Twilight": R-Patz had relatively few credits before he was R-Patz -- he was cut out of Mira Nair's "Vanity Fair," but bounced back with a major role as the ill-fated Cedric Diggory in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." A couple of small British TV roles and indies, "How To Be" and "Little Ashes," followed, most of which only really found audiences once he'd found success with the vampire franchise.
Chances Of Success After "Twilight": Strong creatively, but the financial success outside of "Twilight" has yet to come. The actor has found a huge female fanbase as a result of playing ageless vamp Edward Cullen, which helped Pattinson vehicles "Remember Me" and "Water For Elephants" find moderate success. Still, the Twihards mostly won't turn up for films outside the romantic weepie wheelhouse -- "Bel Ami" took a dreadful $120,000 earlier this year, and "Cosmopolis" didn't do much better, with a mere $750,000.
Still, to his credit, those films are indicative of his desire to work with interesting filmmakers, and a willingness to stretch himself, and that's something that looks to continue.
On the way, he has the apocalyptic thriller "The Rover," from "Animal Kingdom" director David Michod, "Man On Wire" helmer James Marsh's "Hold On To Me" with Carey Mulligan, a reunion with Cronenberg on "Maps To The Stars," and he's lined up to play T.E. Lawrence for Werner Herzog in period adventure "Queen Of The Desert," alongside Naomi Watts and Jude Law. They're all far from the obvious picks for a heartthrob, and even if the performances haven't necessarily wowed, we're sure he'll only continue to improve. But will his built-in audience stick around? A smart move might be to take something action/thriller-y targeted at the mainstream, to try and win a male following. Perhaps something like "American Assassin," which Chris Hemsworth just vacated.Excerpt from VH1:
Robert Pattinson: Rob seems hellbent on defying any and every box you might want to place him in, post Twilight, so his range of projects is vast. In pre-production, he's got Mission: Blacklist, in which he'll play a military interrogator who helped find Saddam Hussein; Hold On to Me, in which he'll play the love interest of Carey Mulligan, who's plotting to kidnap the town's richest guy; The Rover, about car thieves in the Australian Outback; and Queen of the Desert, about early-20th-century archaelogist Gertrude Bell (played by Naomi Watts). Then it looks like he'll be re-teaming with Cosmopolis helmer David Cronenberg for something called Maps to the Stars. We're breathless after just summarizing all that.I'm going to like seeing mainstream take notice of Rob's talent more and more. The pigeon-holed him for so long and all his future roles will really let him explore untapped corners in his skill set. I know I don't need to ask you guys if you're as excited as I am because we've been saying these things in the articles for years. ;)
How do you like the Twilight showdown?
When I first read the script I was pretty shocked. The ending with all its fights is rather untypical for Twilight. It's going to be interesting.
Have you been interested in vampires beforehand?
Actually I'm not a fan of vampires at all, but of course I don't have anything to object to them, too. Before shooting the first movie I did a lot of research, but I noticed quickly that there were hardly any similarities between Twilight and other vampires. Stephenie Meyer developed her very own imaginations in the books the movies are based on.
In what way has Twilight influenced your life?
Before the movies I didn't really want to become an actor, but immediately I became famous and got recognized everywhere. After this success I could hardly do any other job, otherwise people would have asked me, what type of job I'd be doing there. Twilight has opened many doors for me and it made me look at my life in a different way.
The fans are looking forward to the highlight of the vampire-saga, but you're also sad that it's coming to an end. How are you feeling at this point?
I can relate to them. But right now I'm curious about how my life will continue without Twilight. Up to now I've returned from any other project back to Twilight. I'm curious about what my future will bring.
That sounds mysterious. Will you reveal where we'll be seeing you next?
I've committed myself to about ten movies in the next year. Including "The Rover" with Guy Pearce. Then I'll proceed with "Hold on to Me" where Carey Mulligan will be playing a femme fatale. Furthermore I'll be playing with Naomi Watts and Jude Law in "Queen of the Desert" and after that I'll be in "Maps of the Stars", another movie by David Cronenberg.
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In the hopes that another's point of view might be useful in opening up some hardened mental arteries, about Leonard Peltier, I'm posting in full this letter by Kurt Vonnegut, William and Rose Styron and Peter Mathiessen which was printed in the New York Review of Books.Perhaps these leading authors and intellectuals will offer a […] [Read More]
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As of this year, my good friend, Native American leader Leonard Peltier, has been imprisoned for 29 years for a murder that even the government has no idea if he committed or not. The Appeals Court judge that sentenced him wrote a letter to President Clinton asking for clemency, and informing the President that the […] [Read More]
I had signed on this morning intending to reprint a letter by a Mr. Cowan that I thought summed up the pro-nuclear position cogently, with an eye to refuting it. It was a pleasure to see the way this conversation has 'mushroomed', and that most of the points I would have made are under discussion. […] [Read More]
Because this is a subject I consider of critical importance, I wanted to have my ducks in a row before I answered. I consulted several authors at the suggestion of Harvey Wasserman, long-time anti-nuke worker, and they include: Dr. John William Gofman, nuclear specialist and heart surgeon who used to be the chief researcher for […] [Read More]
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Now that Global Warming has penetrated enough frontal lobes to be sufficiently recognized as a threat, the people who have done the most to contribute to it are offering nuclear power as the way to defeat it, describing it as a "carbon-free energy source." The first problem is that they are lying, knowingly. The construction […] [Read More]
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I am very concerned at Obama's drift into Bush territory. Given the billion dollar armored "embassies" we are building in both Iraq and Pakistan, I do not believe that we are planning to leave anytime soon. I'm afraid that Obama is simply going to substitute paid mercenaries for American "troops", and the occupations will continue. […] [Read More]
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Beds!Beds!Beds! get an Aplus the valet service is the BEST in town! They could teach others how its done. everyone makes you feel like family Lee at SNAPS café was the face I looked for in the morning! We love The Eastside Cannery and will come back again and again.
Price is very nice,and all services are excellent.
We enjoyed our stay except for the smell of cigarettes (smoke) when you enter the lobby. A better filter/ventilation would nice!
Nice accommodations. Free Wi-Fi for all my devices. A great cafe. That it wasn't crowded and loud. Proximity to the other strip via car. It's far away enough to not be caught up in the hoopla but close enough to get to it, if you want.
Smoke, but it's Vegas, so you cope. That the pool was unattended but at 3 feet deep, I don't think there's a danger for drowning. Other than that...there's nothing else.
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Demographics- smell stale cigarette smoke all over the place incl non smoking floors
Loved the hotel beds were really nice. Loved that you can get coffee and Danish every morning. A little to far from strip for us. But nice neat quiet hotel. Only 375.00 for the week can't beat that price and no resort fees!!!
Service was okay. Too far from strips no brochures of what to do on strip if you know vegas some or just cimg through great hotel to stay at.
the size of the rooms were nice and very clean
If you are not a tourist, and you have (rental) car, this is an excellent hotel. Very nice and spacious rooms. Value for money.
The buffet restaurant is not my cup of tea. I suggest that they ask for a little bit more money, and serve good food.
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Very comfortable beds & soft linens. Loved having the mini fridge for beverages and snacks.
Rooms could have used a microwave & coffee maker, but all worked out well during our brief 4 day stay. Would prefer having use of a parking structure so car wouldn't get so hot & dusty out in the elements.
The rooms are by far one of the nicest I've been in, here in Vegas. My favorite thing was the floor to ceiling window. I loved the bathroom, the decor was nice, very modern. Bed comfy, nice fixtures, I could go on & on. Great price too. Good food. This is my new get-a-way, I would'nt stay anywhere else.
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Location of The East Side Cannery gave us easy access to downtown and the Las Vegas strip. Plus the room was very clean and beds were very comfortable. Would recommend to friends and family. Would stay there again.
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the young man at entrances to the hotel i think he is great ,the young lady at the coffee cart was very nice and always smiling.
the people walk around begging for money.
We got a smoking room even though we had asked for a non-smoking-room. Front-desk was not willing to give us another room even though we were travelling with kids.
Everything from the moment we stepped into the casino was great. Staff friendly and talkative, room FANTASTIC and food in buffet and eatery great!
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Food was excellent, enjoyed the slots. Hotel rooms were clean and very roomy.
Only had 1 problem we stayed 5 nights and our room was not cleaned the first night but was every night after that. Still an excellent stay. Excellent, courteous hotel staff!
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Clean and spacious bathroom including a large bathtub/shower, nice bar area near the bathroom adds a nice touch.
We had to move rooms because it reeked of pot smoke. This also meant having to do down to the front desk and get new keys made.
We were pleasantly surprised on our accommodations. We had two connecting rooms with two queens beds each. Each room was spacious for 2 adults & 2 children. The beds were comfortable. The pool was great with plenty of towels & lounge chairs. We had a leak in our sink but they came to repair it immediately. They were at our room within a few minutes of us calling the front desk. Overall if you are in Vegas & don't want to stay on the strip this is a good choice.
As others have commented the smoke in the casino floor is pretty bad. They could use better ventilation systems.
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Tattoo Art for Japan
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What has happened and is still happening in Japan is for us an unthinkable nightmare. Sadly it is not a dream anyone can awake from. Most of us go through life half asleep, concerned with vacation time and whether or not we can afford the newest and best of things. Imagine these things being swept away from you and not knowing if your family members are alive. To survive a natural disaster is a horrifying experience. After you have survived you try to pick up the pieces and with the help of others you start anew. Our brothers and sisters in Japan are not able to do this because for them the disaster is not over; it seems only to be getting worse…
Seeing what we have on television is like watching a horror film in real life, and however unsettling it is for us to watch, it is only a sample of how terrifying it must be there.
This calls for action on the part of us all. We can't sit back thinking how bad things are without trying to help. This is the reason we are organizing this auction. We hope to raise as many donations as we can.
Japan has influenced western tattooing for more than 100 years with its colorful woodblock prints which tell the stories of legend and folklore from centuries gone but not forgotten. And through brilliant iconography and of course the ingeniously reduced, realistic, bold tattoos done by the Japanese masters.
We as tattooers and tattoo fans owe a debt to this mystic land. Therefore we are asking tattooers from around the globe to take part by donating a work of art for auction. The painting will be open for viewing on this website, Along with information about each artist.
The proceeds from the auction will ALL (100 percent) be donated to the Red Cross fund for Japan.
Artists, We want to get this going and be done ASAP! Please don't think of time as an enemy. MAKE time. I too have a lot of responsibilities, running a shop and tattooing all day, and a wife and two children takes all my energy; but this is a one time thing. Spend the 8 hours you will need to and then you're done.
We do ask that your work has a loosely based Japanese theme and that you keep it positive. The style or interpretation is yours to choose as well as medium. Your work should be done in the standard flash format (11 x 14-ish, close enough is close enough for me).
Thank you all for taking time to read this. I hope each of you becomes actively involved in the "Tattoo Art for Japan". I also hope you will never have to experience what these poor people are experiencing.
Tattooers from around the globe have donated original paintings to be sold on auction. The proceeds of the auction will go 100% to the Red Cross Japan relief fund.
The paintings will be auctioned on eBay.
The auction begins on the 23rd of October and will end on the 30th October (Sunday 9:00 pm (21.00 h, CET). A link will be available on our website to the Ebay site. By clicking on the thumbnail of the painting you are interested in you will go automatically to the corresponding eBay page.
For more information visit the Tattoo Art for Japan website: http://www.tattooartforjapan.de/
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Jim, how might other tattooers make art donations for the event? Assuming you wouldn't mind more contributors, of course.
October 4, 2011 at 11:28 AM
That is awesome Jim, and very well stated. There are quite a few Japan relief art projects going on since the tragedy that struck and still goes on today, with so many stuck in irradiated areas… It is a noble and just cause. I will surely check yours out and if there is time and space available I would love to participate. Not to steal thunder from you as I believe we can help each other network, Please take a moment to check out our own Benefit for Japan http://www.hannyamaskproject.com
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The Girl Who Chased the Moon
By Sarah Addison Allen
Bantam Books, $25, 288 pages
By Gina Webb
"Welcome to Mullaby, North Carolina. Home of ghost lights, giants, and jewelry thieves," newcomer Emily Benedict tells herself on her first night in the sleepy, Southern town.
Other than that, life in Mullaby looks like it's going to be pretty predictable.
Every morning, Emily's grandfather Vance Shelby — who happens to be 8 feet tall — eats breakfast at J's Barbecue, where Julia Winterson, the new owner, bakes a daily cake for her customers. Every night, the Coffey family shuts itself up in the house — the members have never been seen out at night that anyone can remember. During the past year and a half, Sawyer Alexander, Julia's old high school flame, has eaten dinner with Julia's landlady every Thursday, mainly to catch sight of Julia.
When teenager Emily arrives in town, she hopes to learn more about her mother, Dulcie, who grew up there. Shy, and plagued by panic attacks, Emily accepts that her grandfather is a little, well, different. She takes it in stride the way the pattern of the wallpaper in her mother's old bedroom changes from day to day and sometimes smells like lilacs. The way mysterious white lights sparkle at night in the woods behind her grandfather's house. The fact that her missing jewelry reappears "where it hadn't been just minutes ago."
This sort of Mary Poppins-style magic — light, friendly and mixed into everyday events — is Asheville native Sarah Addison Allen's stock in trade. In her best-selling "Garden Spells," a caterer made magical dishes from the flowers that grew near an enchanted apple tree. Her characters' special powers are limited to good witchery: Making people feel better or helping them find things they've always needed. In "The Girl Who Chased the Moon," a single whiff of the cakes that Julia bakes has an unexpected affect on people, making them dream of better days, calling them home.
Julia, Dulcie's former high school classmate, is one of the first people Emily talks to about her mother. Julia gently changes the subject. On her second day in town, Emily meets young Win Coffey, who hints that Dulcie did something unforgivable to his uncle — but won't say anything more. When Emily presses her grandfather, he admits that Dulcie took "great pleasure in teasing people who didn't have as much as she did." Julia, he says, was a frequent target.
Emily is shocked: How could her mom, "the most politically correct person on the planet — an activist, an environmentalist, a crusader for the underdog," have ever hurt anyone?
There's something no one's telling her — then again, everyone in Mullaby seems to be hiding something. Especially Julia, with her sugary confections.
We soon learn that Julia's teen years could easily have led to a Mullaby high school shooting.
Victim of a less-than-ideal home life, the troubled Julia — with her dyed pink hair and "eyeliner so thick and black that she'd looked bruised" — was a magnet for vicious teasing by Dulcie Shelby's mean-girl clique. Relief came in the form of Sawyer, the "perfect" boy who loved her for herself — then dumped her after one night. Julia still hides the scars of those miserable years under long sleeves.
Despite her plan to leave Mullaby after making enough money to move back north and open her own bakery, Julia's resolve is weakening. For one thing, Sawyer won't give up his dream of rekindling their romance. For another, the homesickness she's felt for the past 20 years seems to be disappearing.
The story comes to a head when Emily discovers that Dulcie, too, may have hidden an inner sorrow no one knew about, one that changes everything about her relationship with the Coffey family — especially their fear of coming out at night.
Frothy as a cupcake and just as easy to devour in one sitting, "The Girl Who Chased the Moon" — like Julia — has a darker interior that offsets its predictable romances and Pleasantville stage set.


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We are small family hostel 5 minutes from centre of Prague. We have 4 rooms - Green (spacious private twin), Blue (spacious private double), White (small low budget private double) and Red room (4-bed mixed dorm). We designed rooms ourselves as we would like to find it on our trips.
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The virus of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) has been identified, according to two reports released online by The New England Journal of Medicine (April 10, 2003). It turns out that the SARS virus is a novel coronavirus.
One of the reports in The New England Journal of Medicine is first-authored by Thomas G. Ksiazek from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta. The other report is first-authored by Christian Drosten from Hamburg, Germany.
Ksiazek Report: Specimens from patients in 6 countries were tested using virus isolation techniques, an electron microscope, and other tools to try to identify the virus. Electron microscopy revealed features characteristic of coronaviruses. A very sensitive molecular method called reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was also used. This technique revealed a chemical (nucleotide) sequence of DNAthat clearly identified a unique coronavirus.In fact, this virusis only distantly related to other known coronaviruses. For the decisive test, specific RT-PCR segments of DNA (primers) wereused to identify identical nucleotide sequences in 12 other SARS patients from several locations. This finding is consistent with a point source outbreak; that is,with an outbreak that began in a single location.Furthermore, it appears that this virus may never before have infected the US population.
Drosten Report: Clinical specimens of patients with SARS were searched for unknown virusesby usingcell cultures and molecular techniques. A novel coronavirus was isolated in cell culture, and a sequence 300 nucleotides in length was obtained by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Genetic characterization indicated that the virus, as the Ksiazek group also reported, is only distantly related to known coronaviruses. The virus was present in high levels in sputum. Accordingly, tests of sputum should revealthe virusin SARS patients, although nasal and throat swabs may not pick it up. These investigators also found that the virus can be shed in feces. Appropriate precautions, therefore,need to be taken to avoid spread (transmission) by both the respiratory and fecal routes.
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The name Urbani SARS-associated coronavirus has been proposed for this new virus, as a tribute toDr. Carlo Urban. Director of Infectious Diseases for the Western Pacific region of the World Health Organization, hewas the first person to recognize the SARS epidemic. He courageously cared for many patients in Vietnam with SARS and tragically died of it. He was 46.
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HoopsHype Mike Woodson rumors
Phil Jackson made his first major decision since becoming Knicks' president. As expected, Mike Woodson took the fall for the Knicks missing the playoffs for the first time in four years. Woodson and his staff were relieved of their duties, the Knicks announced Monday morning. Jackson fired Woodson five days after the Knicks finished a disappointing 37-45 and failed to reach the postseason in the watered-down Eastern Conference. Woodson was 109-79in 2 ½ seasons on the Knicks' bench. His.580 winning percentageranks third in franchise history, behind Pat Riley and Jeff Van Gundy. Newsday
Ian Begley: Phil Jackson: "The time has come for change throughout the franchise as we start the journey to assess & build .. for next season & beyond." Twitter @IanBegley
Tim Bontemps: Little surprised that the whole Knicks coaching staff was canned along with Mike Woodson. Thought Herb Williams would stick around. Twitter @TimBontemps
Jonah Ballow: "I have a tremendous amount of respect for Mike Woodson and his entire staff" -- Phil Jackson #Knicks Twitter @jonahballow
Ken Berger: Knicks president Phil Jackson announces that Mike Woodson and his coaching staff have been fired. Twitter @KBergCBS
But you almost get the sense that Kerr, who played under both Jackson and Gregg Popovich, feels burned by the incessant speculation that he is set to replace Mike Woodson, whose job status is uncertain. Kerr, as loyal as they come, hates it when he hears coaches campaigning for jobs that are currently filled. New York Daily News
Kerr already has a job: he's TNT lead analyst and intends to work through the Western Conference finals. In fact, a source close to Kerr emphatically denied a report that Kerr has spoken with his bosses at Turner Sports about altering his schedule in the event that he accepts a head coaching job. "I hope you understand, but I'm not talking about anything," Kerr said prior to Game 1 of the Bulls-Wizards first-round series before walking away. New York Daily News
Woodson's future could be resolved this week, according to a source close to the Knicks' head coach. Woodson is under contract through next season but it is widely believed that Jackson will begin to rebuild the Knicks beginning with the head coach. Woodson won 54 games last season and led the Knicks to their first playoff series victory in 13 years. New York Daily News
New York Knicks coach Mike Woodson is not interested in having a face-to-face meeting with team president Phil Jackson until he gets further clarification on his status, a league source said. "He just wants to know one way or the other," the source said. ESPN.com
On Wednesday, the coach said he'd like a resolution on whether he will return next season as soon as possible. "I think it's been enough said about my job all year with you guys," he said. "Hopefully, soon I'll know my destination in terms of where I'm going to be." Earlier Friday on "SportsCenter," ESPN's Stephen A. Smith said Woodson would prefer that Jackson reach out to his agent if he's going to fire him rather than having a face-to-face meeting to inform him that he's being let go. ESPN.com
Knicks president Phil Jackson and owner James Dolan addressed the Knicks after their final game on Wednesday, a Knicks player confirmed to ESPNNewYork.com. While Jackson commended the team for its effort and complimented coach Mike Woodson, he made it clear that there would be personnel changes this summer, the player said. "He credited Woody," said the player. "But he also said that there's going to be changes, some of us won't be in this room next year." ESPN.com
Dolan, who told staffers on the eve of the season that he felt the Knicks could contend for an NBA title, told the players on Wednesday that he was "disappointed by the season, that he had higher expectations," the player said. "He said we left the fans wanting more," the player said. The player said Dolan added the Knicks "have to start thinking about a championship and he told us that it starts [Thursday]. It was a great speech." Woodson was in the room for the speech, according to the player. But his future with the Knicks is unclear. ESPN.com
While it is widely believed that the New York Knicks have already made the decision to move on from coach Mike Woodson, sources tell ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard that nothing will be announced this weekend. Woodson's fate is likely to be announced early next week. ESPN.com
Sources close to the situation told ESPN that Woodson is "bracing" for the worst, especially after the Knicks conducted exit interviews with players Thursday without the coach present. ESPN.com
Chris Broussard: I'm told there will be no decision made this weekend on the fate of Knicks coach Mike Woodson. Look for a decision early next week. Twitter @Chris_Broussard
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Phil Jackson's first real imprint on the Knicks organization will come when he names a new head coach or stuns the basketball world by retaining Mike Woodson. Among those waiting on the news is Steve Kerr, the former player and general manager turned broadcaster for TNT. According to a source close to the situation, Kerr "absolutely expects" to be offered the job. "And if he's offered the job he's definitely going to do it," the source told The Post. New York Post
Phil Jackson didn't have time for Mike Woodson during the season, and now it appears that the head coach doesn't have time for the Knicks' new president. The standoff between the coaching legend and the coach in limbo is apparently underway with Woodson, according to a Knicks source, informing the organization that if Jackson plans on firing him there is no reason to meet formally. New York Daily News
According to another team source, Jackson and Woodson will talk over the phone on Friday and will either plan on meeting face-to-face next week or work out of the terms of Woodson's dismissal. Either way, Woodson almost assuredly coached his last game with the Knicks on Wednesday and will represent the first of many significant changes in the Jackson era. New York Daily News
Woodson, according to a source, never believed he had the full support of management and was telling close associates that Grunwald's replacement, Steve Mills, wanted him out. Months later, it was learned that Mills and Dolan offered Jackson the Knicks' head coaching job in December but Jackson turned it down. New York Daily News
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Many film critics, along with parents like myself who would prefer our daughters not sit around crocheting doilies, practicing etiquette, and learning subservience until a suitable husband comes along, had hopes that this would finally be the movie that broke away from the narrowly envisioned, patriarchy-reinforcing, and traditionalism of past Disney princesses.
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Investigators began following the group in 2011. They say they have evidence from wire taps and intercepted text messages.
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No Straight Pride: Why is there a Gay Pride?
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'which vegetable wears the strap-on' is what they're asking. the answer is all the vegetables.
I've had this exact same conversation with my Grandma. I told her 'whoever happens to be holding on to the dildo at the time.'
She seemed pretty satisfied with that.
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can all us queer and/or trans* muslims on tumblr get together weekly or even monthly to chat? we could even hold our own makeshift worship service. i end up shying away from masjid a lot because i feel judged for being queer and i really need to feel some queer muslim community in a more immediate way than just catching your posts on tumblr occasionally. maybe if any of us are imams or would like to be imams, we could throw together something for the group. if not, we could just talk about our spirituality and what islam means to us.
please boost this even if you aren't muslim to help us spread the word and message me to let me know if this is an idea you'd be interested in helping to organize. you don't necessarily have to be queer and/or trans* to get involved, but you do have to be a progressive Muslim who believes in equality.
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Was gonna talk about that, huh? Before I got distracted by the Sims 3 Pets.
So I was thinking recently and realized that I am more of a lesbian than I am a straight woman. Like if someone were to erase everything but monosexuality and demand I identify myself, I would say I was a lesbian.
I've had crushes on guys, but honestly I wonder if I actually "liked" them or if it was just me realizing that answering "no one" every time I was asked what boy I liked was apparently unacceptable. There was one who I can say I wanted to snuggle with, yes, but everyone else…not really. Honestly, crushes were more like wishful possessiveness. I didn't really want Mr. So-and-so. I just wanted him to be my boyfriend. I never fantasized about doing anything with him (hell, most of the time I knew nothing about him and what little I did know, we weren't at all similar or compatible). I just fantasized about him having that label. Boyfriend. I just wanted to be able to call him my boyfriend, to win some intangible prize and best my friends in the contest which I was sure dating was.
Girls, though? I liked girls. In the friendship way, sure, but also in the "I want to hold you and kiss you and be able to say that you are mine, because you are precious and perfect" way that I lacked with guys. I don't remember getting jealous when one of my male crushes showed interest in anyone else. My best friend started dating my supposed crush, at one point, and told me timidly, clearly terrified I would be furious. I remember wondering why I should care. Me female crushes, though, made me a bit sulky when they showed more affection for others than me. Even when I was their best friend and they told me that, I wanted to be more, special to them in the way that they were special to me.
I think I sometimes identify with the label "lesbian" too. I have never had a moment where I was like "I feel very straight right now" but I've often thought that I felt like a lesbian. Not that I could identify what that meant, of course. There I would be, sitting on my bed holding my male (or male-ish, at least) companion(s). And, silly as it is, I fit some of the appearance stereotypes: when trying to figure out how to cut my hair, I looked through tons of short hair cuts and rejected them all. It was only when I googled "lesbian hair cuts" that I suddenly found pages full of things that I liked. I like plaid and cats. Not that any of that matters, of course, but…I dunno. Fun fact, I guess.
If I was currently with a woman, this might be some sort of revelation and I might start calling myself a lesbian. But instead… just another fun fact, I suppose? I don't exactly identify as a woman, after all, and neither of my partners are women. If "panromantic asexual agender lesbian" was an option, maybe I would be that, but then what's the point? If a lesbian is a homoromantic homosexual woman and I tack on descriptors which cross out each facet of that identity, all I'm doing is latching onto a label that I feel falsely comfortable with.
So…yeah. I guess the main practical application is that this makes me feel better about being queer. I've wondered often if maybe I'm just a straight woman taking allyship too far. But if I'm not even a woman… well then I would have to be "a lesbian taking queerness too far" and then that is saying that there are somehow degrees of queerness, and lesbians are barely queer. Which ha.
Anyway. Babbling. Pointless babbling. But I'm queer and not just an ally faking it to look accepting, so that's nice to be sure of. Not that I'll probably stop worrying, since OCD has prolly latched onto it as a new obsession by this point, really.
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Don't know if you guys do signal boosts, but…
Tyro and I have about a week and a half to move out or risk having both of us, ah, "removed" from the premises by my lovely father.
I hate to ask for donations (and those of you who have dealt with me and money before know that I really, really dislike taking money), but here's the situation. We have absolutely no place to go, save for couch surfing with a couple of friends for a little while. I've got a friend calling around to see who has a spare room available that we can sleep in until we're financially stable, but neither of us have jobs, and the places we could potentially stay are in another town, which means we're either gonna have to stay somewhere without rent (i.e. with a friend, and pay through chores) until we can get jobs, or we're gonna have to commute back and forth, which burns gas we also don't have the money for.
So my plan at this point is to finish up the commissions on my plate (which are few, but a month's worth of carpal tunnel flareups is making that difficult), reopen for proper commissions, have Tyro do the same, and possibly see about selling her car. Hopefully that'll net us enough money to help with rent and food for wherever we end up until we can land jobs and afford our own apartment.
My paypal is email@example.com. Anything at all would help right now, even if it's just a signal boost.
We will definitely signal boost this. These two groups used to be mods here, and are close friends of ours. Please, help them however you can.
whoops putting this here too.
-boosting signals- :( (And Anshin - I threw tags on it which…I…think you identify as/with? To maybe have more people see it? But if they are wrong and you want me to take them off, tell me and I quickly will.)
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AKA Hannah really really needs to do laundry and is now binding because she's run out of shirts that fit her boobs.
And it's too hot to wear my bind-stealthing jacket that I normally wear so hi there person staring at my chest from across the room :D
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My mom has decided to read about "transgender issues" to try to understand them. If I could get her to somehow believe that Ace is not broken and flawed because of the whole not-being-cis thing, it would be amazing. Buuuut, her issue with him (and with trans people in general) is that "her Christian viewpoint gives her one way to see it", as she said.
So if anyone has any books to recommend about trans experiences which might help her be more open-minded that'd be glorious. And if anyone has any that are written by Christians (if there is a book by a trans Christian person it would be amazing) or from a Christian perspective or whatever even, that would be marvelous.
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I don't understand homosexuality.
But I don't understand heterosexuality, either. Bisexuality is understandable in theory.
I don't understand how someone can be trans and want to transition, but that's because I don't understand how someone can have a strong enough gender identity to want that - I don't really get strongly identified cis people, either.
I don't understand any of that, but by all reports, there are a lot of people who identify those ways and I don't see people questioning the existence of straight people or using this "identity" that they claim to have as a joke or mockery.
Just because you don't understand something doesn't mean you should dismiss and mock it, people. So when you respond to my attempted explanation of transsexuality and non-binary identities with a dismissive "so what if I wanted to identify as a goat?" you are an asshole. Because you just invalidated two types of identities, and while you may not understand them, I probably don't understand yours, either.
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Disclaimer: this rant is written for a specific group of people. If you don't belong to it, you already know that you don't, congratulations, great shall be your reward in the afterlife.
Hi there! I don't know who "specific group of people" refers to, but I have a suspicion, based on the contents of this post, that it's "people who will not call me out on my massive douchebaggery". Hey, guess what? You're shit out of luck on that one!
Honestly, there was so much offensiveness here that I had to pick one thing to focus on, so I decided to move past the whole "no one else counts except for me!!11!11!" part of it, because my dear and lovely favourite gyzym has done that here, and focus on your incredibly problematic opinions about the queering of literature. But first, let's see some evidence, of which you seem so fond, yeah?
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Okay apparently I can't reblog myself, at least not without like…installing a thing or doing some sort of fanciness or…something. And since I am on a library computer, that ain't gonna happen. So…shall just copy it over. But if you feel like doing survey, you should still reblog this instead of following my poor example. k.
How do you identify?
Panromantic asexual/demisexual (genderqueerish) woman
Do you want to expand on that? (You don't have to but…just acknowledging that labels are generalizations and may miss important things.)
Panromantic feels like it doesn't really need expansion - I like people and I confuse myself when I try to understand monosexuality. I don't get how it works, and I think I just puzzle or accidentally offend people when I ask them to explain their sexuality. Sexuality I go back and forth on between "asexual" and "demisexual." I am now thinking that part of that was thinking that I would have the same level of attraction to both of my companions. Now that I've realized I'm not attracted to Ace but am probably attracted to Thomas, I think there will be less bafflement. But I call myself ace and usually tell people I'm asexual for simplicity (especially since I'm not attracted to who they think of as my boyfriend). And I identify as a woman but calling myself that still weirds me out, so I dunno how much is habit/"this is what I should be" and how much is genuine identification. But sometimes I wanna bind and crossdress and be read as male or androgynous - not as a woman. So…yeah.
When did you notice that your experiences with gender, romance, and/or sexual attraction were non-normative?
When people in my class started getting crushes on each other and joking about and teasing each other about sex in fourth grade, I was kind of puzzled and figured they were just trying to be grown up and mature. I really have no idea when interest in sex becomes the norm instead of just precociousness, but I probably should have realized something was weird when I was a
sophomore senior (because actually I guess I still get really confused when I find out people my age are having sex) in college and still being shocked that people are already having sex!!! So young?!
I had definitely figured out that I was romantically interested in ladyfolk by the end of high school (probably by the end of 10th grade, actually) but since I thought I must clearly be faking it for attention (given that I didn't have a strong urge to have sex with them, just look at them and cuddle them and be really close) I ignored it.
Was kind of always (well always since like age 10) weird about femininity and my gender but figured that was just insecurity because I hated my body, like all teenagers are clearly meant to.
When did you first find words that fit your experiences and with which you started to identify?
I think sometime around March of last year was when I started to realize that Ace's talk about asexuality sort of seemed familiar. I don't think I started really strongly identifying as asexual until summer break, when Thomas mentioned how the asexual community breaks attraction down so much. Once I found out that asexual didn't have to mean aromantic, everything clicked and I started identifying as panromantic asexual.
When did you first encounter someone who identifies as you now identify? Was it before or after you had started to identify that way?
I feel like a lot of my first reactions to asexuality were the stereotyped, problematic reactions we all fear. The first time I read about someone identifying as asexual, it was a mention on a blog. I don't even know why I was on the blog or what I'd been looking for when I stumbled across it, but I remember thinking that the person must be sad and lonely, and that once they found the right person, they would realize how much they wanted love and would stop being asexual.
I didn't really think about it any more until I started talking to Ace. Again, it seemed sad. I think especially since Ace is also aromantic, it seemed loveless and lonely - how could you not want romance??? I think my initial "you must be sad and hate intimacy" reaction (and the resulting fear that they must hate me for trying to get close to them) probably slowed down my realizing that I was asexual, too.
What was your reaction to their identity/described experiences?
Oh. Dangit! I wrote the damn survey and I am answering it badly. Well. Basically all of that up above. Confusion, the usual "are you lonely? why don't you want love? you'll find the right person, don't worry :D" nonsense. And then felt totally silly and ridiculous when it finally clicked and I realized that I identified the same way that these supposedly lonely and antisocial people identified.
Anything else you feel like adding? (Because maybe I am missing questions that you feel would go along with these theme?)
Um. Not really going with the survey, but just in case people doing the survey also read this: I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO ACKNOWLEDGE OR THANK YOU FOR DOING IT? Maybe I will just go send asks at you, but does that feel obnoxious and insincere? :/ It's the best I can think of because reblogging you seems like it would be even more annoying for anyone who follows me and then gets a thousand survey responses on my wall. Unless other people would want to read them. Ff I dunno. If anyone reads this far and has input, you should let me know, and if anyone reads this far and did the survey, thanks and you're glorious.
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How do you identify?
Do you want to expand on that? (You don't have to but…just acknowledging that labels are generalizations and may miss important things.)
When did you notice that your experiences with gender, romance, and/or sexual attraction were non-normative?
When did you first find words that fit your experiences and with which you started to identify?
When did you first encounter someone who identifies as you now identify? Was it before or after you had started to identify that way?
What was your reaction to their identity/described experiences?
Anything else you feel like adding? (Because maybe I am missing questions that you feel would go along with these theme?)
If you do this survey, please do so by reblogging it so I get notified and can come read your answers. (Is that standard procedure? Maybe that is utterly unnecessary.)
I have questions. And I am going to make a survey. And hopefully at least one person will answer the questions? And also hopefully it isn't super obnoxious.
So since putting all this in the survey feels weird, I am instead putting the "sorry if I am problematic accidentally, and if anyone wants to be awesome, answers would be cool" thing here since…the same people will see this and the survey.
So yes.
Off I go to actually make it. And then I'll probably answer it because I feel less obnoxious if I answer it than if I am just like "K PEOPLE. TELL ME YOUR LIFE."
I feel like you shouldn't tell someone they should be or do something unless you know that is possible for them or, at the very least, are willing to join their fight if they want it to be possible for them.
Like otherwise you risk being all kinds of -ist. Like fat shaming and saying that someone could get in shape if they just tried: maybe that's true. I could certainly be in better shape if I could motivate myself and stop being lazy. But not everyone has access to/can afford to go to a gym. And you don't need a gym to work out, I know - there's walking, or riding your bike instead of driving, but that's not always an option, either. When I stay late at school, it makes me nervous even just to walk a block and a half off campus to get to my car. I certainly wouldn't want to walk or ride my bike home in the dark, because I really don't live in a safe area; I've been harassed during the day, people have gotten stabbed just off campus, and several people have been sexually assaulted even on campus, so I'm not gonna go waltzing off into the darkness.
In some cases, encouraging people to do something can be good. If someone nagged me into going to the gym, it would probably be a good thing. But if someone told me to walk to and from school, it just wouldn't be an option. And I'm privileged as hell. Giving the same suggestion to someone who lives further from their destination, or in a worse area, or whatever, is even worse.
Or marriage. My mom hasn't said anything about me and Ace getting married, likely in large part because we've only been "together" in the normative romantic sense for a little under three months. But if stay together without getting married, she's going to start making comments about it, I'm sure. I don't know if it would be one year in, two, three…whatever. But eventually, she might want us to get married. (At least, she would not want me just living with a cis guy indefinitely without getting married, so I can't imagine she'll be like ":D k, just live in sin forever" with Ace.) And…well, that's not…really an option. Legally, that would fall into the "same-sex marriage" category and that's not quite A Thing. Unless my mom is willing to help fight for my right to marry my partner, her pressuring me to get married would be ridiculous and possibly hurtful.
I…I think this was meant to be some sort of Brilliant Social Justice Post but ended up as an incoherent ramble. Basically the first sentence was my point. You can't pressure or demand that people be a certain way or do a certain thing unless you're willing to help make it possible if it isn't already.
I dunno whether or not I'm being a dick about Ace. Like… bringing him up. Like the whole "at least I won't get pregnant :D" is basically shoving "hey mom, my boyfriend is trans" at her, if she takes that as a sign that we're having sex, or a "hey mom, I'm asexual, which also bothers you", if she thinks that is making me celibate.
And like then when she was talking about me being pregnant, I was like "if I did want to, though, I guess there's some new technology that lets them make sperm. Like from female bodied people. Their bone marrow or something. So Ace could get me pregnant, if we wanted." Which is both "hi, my boyfriend is trans and would need The Powers of Science to impregnate me" and "I am rather serious about someone you're still iffy on, and am implying years if not decades of commitment to him."
On the one hand, she should accept that he's trans, and that I'm asexual (feel like I should explain demisexuality, because it feels like I'm lying since…she now takes that as "we're never ever going to have sex" which…isn't true), so trying to get her to accept that isn't necessarily a bad thing. But I wonder if the way I'm doing it - bringing it up in conversation and sort of springing it on her when the conversation comes around to relationships - is dickly and…and cruel, I guess? Like is it…rubbing it in? To mention Ace?
Except like…if he was cis, I wouldn't be asking this. If he was cis, it would be totally logical to bring him up because hi, he's kind of one of the most important people in my life, and is relevant in a lot of discussions. So it's not bad that I'm not censoring the "oh he's gonna come visit" or "he said ____" because…it's relevant. He's part of my life and I'm allowed to acknowledge that. But I don't know if I'm bringing him up when he's not relevant, and that's what worries me. Like what if I'm just dragging him into conversations where he doesn't belong, just so I can try to make my mom be used to him and his transness?
Sigh. I dunno. I don't want to avoid him or try to de-queer my life for her benefit, but I also don't want to be throwing my and my boyfriend's queerness in her face over and over for no reason.
(And every time I write a post like this, I feel horrible because…what about Thomas? Thomas is also one of the most important people in my life, but I'm not bothering my mom with him because I'm not even mentioning him to my mom… So I feel like I'm just erasing him from my life.)
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By law, agencies do not have to follow GAO's recommendations — but most do.
"The recommendation is followed in 99 percent of the time," said William Welch, chair of the Government Contracts Practice Group at General Counsel, in an interview with In Depth with Francis Rose.
"Congress can't tell the executive [agencies] what to do without passing a law signed by President," he said.
Despite the fact recommendations don't carry the weight of a mandate, generally agencies abide up "an written policy" that they should follow the recommendation, Welch said. If an agency does not follow a GAO rec, that agency must notify GAO and the Congress, he said.