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Most-wanted MOTUC: Madame Razz and Broom - Scorpia - Granita - Hunga the Harpy - Spinnerella - Melaktha - Vultak - Dylamug - Crita
Hey duke, do u think we will see plundar?
Sweet bee (though would prefer Glimmer or Castapella)
Rio blast
Two bad
Hopefully Scorpia eventually makes it!
I really want to see a couple of the following:
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Strong Arm
Two Bad
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Goat Man
Really, I'd take any cool, obscure character... just because I know that after we get through the few that made the 2013 line, we won't get any more. It'll just be the remaining "heavy hitters".
Most needed characters before MOTUC ends...
Heroic: Extendar / Lizard Man / Eldor / Miro
Evil: Strongarm / Evilseed/ Two Bad
POP: Glimmer / Angella / Madame Razz & Broom / SeaHawk / Kowl / Lookee
Horde: Scorpia / Imp / Modulok/ Entrapta / Vultak/ Horde Trooper
SnakeMen: Tung Lashor / Ssqueeze
Rock People: Granita
NA: Darius / Hydron / Flogg / Mara / Sebrian
I really hope to see Madame Razz and broom. She is such a crucial character and in so many episodes, it is a shame she has never been made. I also feel we need Lookee and definitely Kowl.
Call me crazy, but I'm calling Snake Mountain pre-order. Oh, yeah.
just wondering--but why do people think we will get an add on sub? If anything, didnt TG say theyre trimming the line even more in 2014? I hope we do get a filmation add on, but from what I've seen this seems unlikely
Because ToyGuru stated that something will be revealed at NYTF that has been greenlit to get additional characters out. Some have surmized that this may mean some type of add on sub, most likely Filmation. It has kinda been rumored that a Filmation sub might be in the works.
My guesses (and part of wishes)
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Let's put it right up front: "The Newsroom" is fiction, drama, designed (mostly) for entertainment purposes. Will McAvoy is a fictional news reporter and anchorman, who gets his script from Aaron Sorkin.
That said, let's get the points he makes here down for the record:
Those points again:
Too much of the above is Christian Reich True-Believer ideology, taken to its logical conclusion. It is the petulant spoiled-brat mentality, insistent on its own way and throwing tantrums until it gets its way. No compromise, no "reaching across the aisle," my way or the highway. What it is is one-party government, Karl Rove's ideal of a "permanent republican majority" ... and a de facto obviation of the principles which this government was founded on.
No, women are not having their noses chopped off or acid splashed in their faces for exercising their rights ... but the point is that there should be NO challenge of their rights based on illegitimate sources, and the bible is in no ways legitimate as an authority on what a woman's rights should be. Yet women's rights to control their bodies IS being challenged. Bullshit is being promoted as fact (witness Todd Akin) and pseudo-science approved for teaching in classrooms in Tennessee and Louisiana. Religiosity remains a bellwether for suitability for public office while atheism remains anathema.
Not one of the points mentioned above deserve to be any form of American policy, yet several of them, in modified or disguised form, are current planks in the GOP platform. I find that disconcerting and frightening, at minimum.
Don't you?
Tags: American Taliban, Karl Rove, TEA Party, The Newsroom, Will McAvoy
They rail against Sharia law, but in reality they embrace the idea. They just want the Christian version.
Precisely so, Pat. It's an old and apt observation that people don't like seeing things that too well resemble them, especially in reminding them what they don't like about themselves. The fact is that Sharia law and Mosaic law have entirely too much in common, something that right-wing christians are doubtless aware of at some level or other and too much in denial about.
What "Will McAvoy" does above is blatantly point out the parallels, by calling out the policy points then associating them with a term which SHOULDN'T be associated with American ideals or actions and yet is undeniably a part of them: Taliban.
This is a part of the task of saying, "The emperor has no clothes" is about: calling a spade a spade.
Good visuals can bring home just how scary these beliefs are!
Austin Cline at atheism.about.com put new text on 41 government propaganda posters (mostly from WWI and WWII) to highlight some Christian Right beliefs. The collection was apparently created during the Bush era, but remains salient today.
Christian Right Propaganda Posters: How the Christian Right Might Promote their Agenda, Beliefs
A few thumbnails (linked to the corresponding pages) :
Can't help but notice all the talk in the above posters and associated text about "islamo-fascism." It's amazing that they can't see their own christo-fascism ... but then, they're SO convinced that they're RIGHT. HOW could they EVER be fascists?!? [groan!]
"It's Not Fascism When Christians Do It"!
In an illustration of Poe's Law, many of those posters could have been created by the Christian Right! (I was fooled by the Boy Scouts poster from this series, reproduced at "Hitchens Watch".)
Some, though, are clearly over the top. The full text of #5 (my second example) :
Secret Prisons, "Alternative Interrogations", Warrantless Spying
You're free now, but for how long?
or #40 (second to last example):
Killing Innocent Civilians is WRONG!
...and we'll keep bombing Muslims until they learn this.
And yet Karl Rove is an atheist! If only atheists had some form of excommunication to purge horrible sh*t stains on humanity from our ranks.
Karl Rove is an atheist?!? How does the rest of the TEA party tolerate him? Hell of it is, he's everything the Christian Reich accuses US of being like: unprincipled, without morals, predatory, etc. HE's probably where they get this BS from in the first place!!!
He refers to himself as agnostic.
I refer to him after another fashion ... one you don't repeat in polite company.
As big a sh*t stain as Rove is (and he is), I'll give the guy the credit. He's incredibly adept at organizing the gullible for his own personal, political, and financial gain. It's not the Sarah Palins, or in his case Bush, one needs to guard against. It's their handlers.
Not so much the puppets, but the puppet-masters, eh? That reminds me how much money the Koch brothers have funneled into the TEA party, never mind republican presidential candidates.
Puppet masters, indeed.
And before the Koch Brothers, it was Dick Armey funneling money through various channels, to bus the screamers in (from other congressional districts) at the town hall meetings to oppose health care and threaten violence. Puppet masters is correct.
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Current music: | Manowar |
Entry tags: | char: hogun, char: volstagg, creator: j. michael straczynski, creator: olivier coipel, publisher: marvel comics, title: thor |
Here are some scans from Thor #6. The interaction between the Asgardians and the Broxtonites are priceless.
It's so nice to see normal people in the Marvel universe not being stupid or acting like dicks.
Here two of my favorite scenes. Volstagg at a town council meeting and Hogun assisting a motorist in trouble.
Suggested Tags: char: hogun, char: volstagg, title: thor, publisher: marvel comics, creator: j michael straczynski, creator: olivier coipel
Volstagg has gotten his cake. Let the meeting begin!
Oh, big V. You explain things so well.
Later, residents of Broxton are swapping tales of encountering the Asgardians. One man tells how he and his son were helped by Hogun when they had car trouble.
Love it, the dialogue, the art and "...with a tan." So awesome!


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will present one of the worlds most significant privately owned photograph collections with the auction A Show Of Hands: Photographs From The Collection of Henry Buhl. The single owner sale explores the theme of the human hand, encompassing works from the art forms early 19th century pioneers to the masters of 20th century photography and beyond. It was assembled over a period of 20 years by the visionary philanthropist and collector Henry M. Buhl and was the subject of the critically-acclaimed exhibition Speaking With Hands: Photographs from the Buhl Collection at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York in 2004. It has since been featured in many of the worlds most renowned institutions, from Moscow to Macau. The sale is led by Alfred Stieglitzs Hands with Thimble from 1919 (est. $800,000/1.2 million), a study of the painter Georgia OKeeffes expressive hands. The Buhl print is the only print of this iconic image not in the collection of a museum or institution and is one of the most important 20th-century photographs in private hands today. Overall, the auction will comprise approximately 437 lots and is estimated to bring $8/12 million, with 70% of the proceeds benefiting The Buhl Foundation.
Henry M. Buhl commented: After ten years of collecting, ten major museum shows, and pre-sale exhibitions in cities throughout the US and Europe, the journey of the Buhl Collection is coming to an end. I have been thrilled to see so many collectors share my passion for this unique cross-section of the history of photography. The majority of the sale proceeds will go to the Buhl Foundation, which supports homeless men and women currently living in shelters throughout New York City, through A.C.E.The Association of Community Employment Programs for the Homeless. I hope these photographs bring as much pleasure to their new owners as they did to me.
Denise Bethel, Director of Sothebys Photographs Department said: The sale of photographs from the Buhl Collection will rightly take its place alongside the greatest auctions ever held in our field, including Photographs from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Including works from the Gilman Paper Company Collection; Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art; Photographs from the Private Collection of Margaret W. Weston, and Photographs from the Polaroid Collection. Henry Buhls singular focus and passion for the theme of the hand was equaled by the superb quality of the images he selected. The sale will offer collectors a wonderful opportunity to acquire everything from intriguing anonymous photographs to acclaimed masterworks. Henry's collection is a real template for the best of collecting---an inspiration to seasoned collectors and beginners alike."
As Mr. Buhl recalled in his preface to the Guggenheim exhibition catalogue, the collection was born in 1993 with his purchase of Hands with Thimble by Alfred Stieglitz. It soon grew to comprise a veritable history of the entire photographic medium through the theme of hands. Among its many treasures are the unique, original photo-collage of Herbert Bayers seminal Lonely Metropolitan (est. $300/500,000); a unique Man Ray Rayograph of a hand and egg (est. $250/350,000), Andreas Gurskys ecstatic sea of hands in May Day II (est. $500/700,000), and exceptional works by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Edward Weston, El Lissitzky, Gilbert and George, Jeff Wall, and Cindy Sherman, among many, many others. The Buhl Foundation was founded in 1992 by Henry Buhl to enhance the quality of life of underprivileged individuals by supporting education, the homeless, and the arts. The Foundation supports a number of not-forprofit organizations and programs, including the Association of Community Employment Programs for the Homeless (A.C.E.) that works to enable New York City's homeless men and women to re-enter the workforce and achieve long-term economic self-sufficiency.
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The Warriors scored 42 points in their season opener against 2010 Class AAAA state finalist Starr's Mill in its season opener. They added 49 more against reigning Class AAAAA state finalist Walton and chalked up 52 more in their Region 4AAAAAA opener against Kennesaw Mountain last week.
That's an average of 47.6 points a game.
After scoring 24.1 points per game last season, North Cobb has improved through its first three games, and are on track to increase their offensive output from last season.
North Cobb coach Shane Queen, who oversaw an explosive North Cobb team to an undefeated regular season in 2007, said more than the team's ability just to put points on the board, the Warriors are having success in all three phases of the game.
"I think there (are) a lot of intangibles," Queen said. "Our kicking game has been doing very well. Kicking it into the end zone gives opponents a long field. Our defense has played well in the first three games and it gives our offense more chances. It comes down to opportunities, and it's been a team effort."
The Warriors' special teams has created instant offense, as Xavier Borishade ran the opening kickoff for a touchdown against Walton and returned a punt for a touchdown against Kennesaw Mountain.
North Cobb's defense is surrendering an average of nine points per game going into Friday's game at home against Harrison. On top of holding opponents to single digits in two of the last three games, the defense is putting points on the board as well.
Romelo Lewis had an interception return against Walton, and Cameron Albright scooped up a lost fumble and ran it 72 yards for a touchdown against Kennesaw Mountain.
From an offensive standpoint, North Cobb is more mature than it was a year ago. The Warriors aren't turning the ball over at crucial times like they have in the recent past — they only have two in three games played — and they're cutting down on penalties and negative plays.
North Cobb has lost some close games in recent years where one mistake ended up being the difference.
"We haven't had a lot of negative plays and we've had very few penalties," Queen said. "People think you're calling different plays (offensively), but it's really more about not beating ourselves."
It also helps to have a mature quarterback, though he is only a sophomore.
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Christmas tree lighting draws a crowd in Pershing Square on Nov. 28, 1949, when the park still had some civic drawing power. (Daily News / UCLA) |
Pity Pershing Square. It's been put through more makeovers than Joan Rivers, and the results haven't been nearly as presentable.
Other cities brag about their urban parks. Ours -- except for the big glamor-pusses like Griffith Park -- we tend to try to keep tucked out of sight.
Here's Pershing Square, supposedly the green heart of downtown, and the city seems to want it walled off from sight, a place kept so bare and stark that you could hose it down at night like a prison yard -- with just enough landscaping, as a Times colleague once wrote, to serve as a "cheap wig" for the parking garage below.
Once again, an energetic, public-spirited group -- this one called Friends of Pershing Square -- has announced that it too wants to make over Pershing Square into a real park, an inviting civic key to downtown's public life.
Oh, how we need it. Los Angeles is the biggest park-poor city in the nation, and the city leaders have known it for nearly a hundred years.
City fathers may have calculated, calculatedly, that nice, middle-class Angelenos already had pretty backyards, and we can all see the mountains and go to the beach, so we didn't really need a lot of parks. Which is why I've sometimes seen poor people picnicking and sunning on grassy medians and the parkway land between sidewalks and streets.
Pocket parks, which the city began asking for back in 1928, have sprung up on odd bits of public land, and they look nice enough, but they're often not big enough to play a ballgame. A pickup game of miniature golf, maybe.
The sense is that public parks are dangerous places. Pershing Square was once the place for a fashionable foot-ramble, and a Hyde Park Corner forum for all manner of ideas. In one incident in 1928, L.A. Police Chief James Davis' officers did a sweep of Pershing Square -- what their boss called a gathering place for "communists, Bolsheviks and other radicals" who handed out fliers. One of the firebrands was the silk-hatted millionaire socialist Gaylord Wilshire -- of Wilshire Boulevard. In time, the thin-skinned city leadership -- probably unconstitutionally -- barred such speakers.
There were big plans for Pershing Square once upon a time: for a campanile taller than New York's Woolworth building; for an urban garden. Pershing Square at one point was a demi-jungle of lush, semi-tropical plants. But as you read in decades' worth of news stories, unseemly people could hide in the green shade, the homeless and the homosexuals, and sordid things went on. Better to cut down the greenery and turn it into yet another concrete vacuity.
Each redo just got worse, like plastic surgery to fix plastic surgery. And the tempting blank canvas of a makeover tempted officials to want to make it more than just a park. My colleague Gale Holland pointed out the uninviting forced-art adornments of the 1990s: Big concrete adornments in "strip-club purple and canary yellow," giant, burnt-orange balls rolled goofily onto the concrete. A dog park corner uninviting even to dogs. This is a park?
Why are we afraid of our own parks?
A new Grand Park now tumbles down from the Music Center to City Hall, cobbled together from bits of public land into something bold and imaginative if not yet thronged by the public. Can you blame them, given the official attitude toward public parks as a kind of expensive, burdensome necessary evil?
How has L.A. allowed these parks to become the kind of places officialdom just wants to hose down?
Let's tell the Pershing Square story as a cautionary tale.
In 1850, it was far from the city's hub in the old pueblo -- so far that a 120-by-165-foot lot "way out there on Hill Street," on Block 15 of the city's Ord Survey, went for $60, and had no takers. The Arroyo de los Reyes flowed through it. It was a far, wild place.
It was designated a public square in 1866, but it wasn't worthy of the name park: treeless, grassless, flat. A German immigrant planted flowers and trees for shade out of his own pocket; $1,600 was spent on trees and fencing. A 1910 fountain perked up the place.
By then downtown had grown into its spaces, and locals welcomed the breathing room. Freelance saxophonists serenaded sandwich-eaters on benches.
It began as just a "public square," then St. Vincent's Park, for a nearby school. Then, Los Angeles Park, Sixth Street Park, Central Park, Central Square and, in 1918, was renamed Pershing Square after the World War I general, "Black Jack" Pershing.
Maybe it's time to open up the naming-rights bidding on the place, or sell park cleanup naming sponsorships the way they sell highway cleanup naming sponsorships. Who can forget the Bette Midler "adopt-a-highway" stretch of the 134 Freeway?
The name change didn't much improve the 4 1/2-acre park's appeal. It was overall about as attractive as a military parade ground, which is to say, not much. The Times mocked the notion that tourists would flock there in homage to Pershing as they do to the Arc de Triomphe and Trafalgar Square.


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Today: Michael Ammar
There are those who are born performers and then there are those who are born teachers. The later are seldom.
Michael Ammar has been around for ages. And you can tell. Watch his looks, as he teaches his Encore stuff and compare it to today. You can see time at work there.
Watching him perform makes me think of better performers. His girlish laugh which doesn't stop his grinning. All too much for my taste. But I do appreciate his perverse ability to teach magic. He somehow seems to know what the core things are that need to be taught and what doesn't. I have seen magic teachers who go way too much into detail and those who don't teach you at all.
Another great thing is his choice of material. There is always a little stroke of brilliance in there. One moment you think, what the hell? Really? A grown man with a balloon. But then it turns into a magic fest. Two years ago David Letterman had a "magic week". Michael Ammar was one of the guests. Somehow Michael Ammar chose exactly the right material for that very special gig. Observe:
There you can see it all. His laughter, the grinning but also a freaking good choice of material for that event. Not over the top, but also some risky things to keep oneself alert and "present".
Being a good magic teacher also has some risks. That being the many clones of Ammar. You can tell who learned mostly from him. They move the same and their way of relaxing is the same. Ammar's performing character is nothing to strive for. But his own material and the ones he chooses to teach are top notch. Bravo.
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Letterman's comment tells you all you need to know about the topit.
About hating magicians, seems to me he hates a certain kind of magician, as we all do.
As far as I can see it, he treats his magician guests with the respect they deserve. Very little.
I'd imagine a different situation were he to have Ricky Jay on. Or anyone else who can actually have some discourse like a mature adult.Grating? Sure. Homosexual? No. Unless one's laughter is capable of orally pleasing another man's wang.
My point was that it's 2012. Unless you're in middle school, calling something or someone gay as an insult simply makes you look intellectually bankrupt. Try to get more creative/with the times.
Also, you're spot on about Letterman, Mule. He's the host of a talk show. He was merely doing his hosting duties by reacting as any intelligent adult should react to a performance like Ammar's.Lol Trickster, silly boy. He didn't literally mean 'gay', he was using the slang term.
See, words sometimes have more than one meaning. In this case, the word 'gay' takes on a different meaning:
Gay (adj): Slang: Often Disparaging and Offensive . awkward, stupid, or bad; lame: 'This game is really gay.'
So in this case, when Admin said "His laugh is gay" it didn't mean his laugh was homosexual, it meant his laugh was 'awkward, stupid, or bad'.
Does that make sense? I know it's hard, trying to wrap your head around the concept of words having more than one meaning, depending on the context in which they are used ('Context' means "Where it the word is being used", by the way)I know that he didn't literally mean homosexual. In fact, that's why I made it a point to use the word "something" in conjunction with calling him out on his juvenile lack of articulation.
Who knows, maybe Admin isn't from either America or the UK, where the insult is considered both offensive AND childishly passe (a very unfortunate combination). It's a big world out there.An insult? Considered offensive? PARISH THE THOUGHT!
But in all seriousness: Do you understand how you sound? Were you the kid who ran home to his mom every time someone called him a name on the playground?
As the say: It's a big world. Some people are gonna say things you don't like and you are gonna say things they don't like. That's how the world is, not everyone is gonna be nice and tell you how special ya are. So grow up and grow a pair.
I swear, ya all wonder why I call ya kids, then ya go and do stuff like this. "Mommy, mommy! Admin said a bad word! He said the 'G' word!"Roland, thanks for your comments about Michael's teaching. He is great at it, I hear that nearly everyday.
Regarding other comments:
David Letterman liked the performance. He made it clear he respected Michael on a variety of levels. Ashton Kutcher, also a guest on the show, loved it too. He commented on the air, "Did you see that guy? He was amazing!" The producers comments were the best.
Cheesy means inauthentic. If there is anything Michael is NOT - it's inauthentic. He is who he is, his laughter is what it is.
- Hannah"childishly passe"
A great start to explaining why Admin sounded like a fool using it.
Tensai, check the history of the insult usage of Gay and you might wonder why any self respecting or mature person would use it. I think you'll find that the 2 meanings of the word I referred to are pretty much it, the insulting slang usage is based on one of them.
1xTS"Good enough for my audience" has always seemed to me to be a lazy form of the classic argument from authority. Although it comes across more as an argument from ignorance. Maskelyne said it better than I ever could.
Face it, we all know how easy it is to get said reaction when you merely know a secret that some one else doesn't. The fact that this celebrity or another thought it was "amazing" says absolutely nothing.
I would define "cheesy" slightly differently. In hearing the word magic, an audience is conditioned to expect a clown, and invariably they get one.
'Guile", "Penetration"? Maybe 40 years ago!
I could be wrong, but to me magicians are stuck in some sort of protective bubble, it always comes across as if the host is humouring a child whilst he does his "little bit."Oh ! The battle is not over yet ? Alright then. Reply to Trickster :
You know what immaturity is ? It is what you just said. That mature people only use certain words and NOT others (like the word GAY). This is what immaturity is about. About believing that maturity comes from what word you employ to describe something. Huh, so gay.I would say that a definition of maturity should also include the ability to communicate your point clearly to others.
I'm a big fan of using all the words at our disposal regardless of who may be offended, but when you say Ammar's laughter is gay I honestly have no idea what you are getting at.I believe that choosing to do the little hand on David Letterman was a stroke of genius because Letterman chews magicians up and spits them out. I tend to side with Letterman because he openly states that which people are thinking to themselves.
The perfect example is the Jason Randal clip. Letterman calls him out on everything and states that his handling of the cards is "tactile." Randal immediately states, "Yes, it's tactics..." Letterman looks up at the audience with a bemused look in his face and about half of the audience catches this - spectators are not stupid. When he places the card in that wonky sleeve thing, Letterman states, "This is going to be some kind of optical thing."
Later on the show, an actor comes out and does an impromptu card trick (and not an altogether bad one, at that). Letterman, upon watching and enjoying the trick, says, "And you didn't even need one of those special sleeves."
When Ammar throws in that little hand, of course Letterman thinks it's stupid. It completely takes away any possibility of him making fun of Ammar - you cannot make fun of something that is making fun of itself. To wit: have you ever heard of Elvira? She used to host late night horror films on the television. Her whole schtick was to make fun of the genre and specifically make fun of the show that was featured. In an interview, she stated how much she hated showing, "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes." Her reasoning was simple...You cannot parody a parody.
Ammar can be classed as cheesy, but he's the real thing - just one hell of a nice guy.Not MY opinion.
You said "of course Letterman thinks it's stupid" and the whole thrust of your point was that Ammar was purposely making HIMSELF look stupid so as to avoid Letterman making him look stupid.
I was just reiterating your own point back to you but in simpler terms.
I certainly do not need anybody to inform me that I am entitled to my opinion thank you very much.As much as I have found myself in frequent opposition to Admin's views, I'm with him on this one.
Not that I agree nor disagree with him regarding the annoying/silly nature of Michael Ammar's laugh; that's a matter of personal taste and hardly relevant to the debate.
But I very strongly support Admin's right to call it whatever he wants to call it without being called out on the un-PC-ness of his choice of words. I'm tired of the thought and speech policing that we Westerners have got into the habit of enforcing ruthlessly upon one another.
In the PRC, generally viewed as an awful dictatorship by most westerners, the citizen's alleged absence of freedom of speech comes down to two things: no public display of pornography (who consumes that kind of goods in public anyway?), and no questioning the government's legitimacy (which would be useless anyway since they can't change it... A bit like when Americans question the legitimacy of their congress: maybe fun to do but utterly useless).
Over here, on the other hand, one week never goes by without me reading at least one article about how some advertisement campaign was pulled out, or how some sportsman's "offensive" comment got him kicked out of his team, etc. after causing a "public outcry" (read: being attacked by lobby "X") for having upset one of the hundreds of touchy chords we must now navigate through when making any remotely-public (or even private, in many cases) statement.
When you feel more free to say whatever you want to say in a dictatorship than you do in you own country, you know something's gone awfully wrong.
Besides, in this particular case, Admin criticized M.Ammar's laugh by calling it "gay" (understood here as "silly"), which Admin claims was by no means an attack against actual gays. Trickster then criticized Admin by calling him "childish", which I assume is no attack against actual children either. To use magician talk, I'd say that's "the same principle used in a different effect". ;)
Making the whole argument even more worthless...
End of my rant. Sorry, I've had a rough week and freedom is one of those things that press my buttons...


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My kids attended a fine arts magnet school in Chicago. The great thing about this elementary school was that everyone danced. Dance was as big a part of the school day as gym. Most kids seemed to enjoy it. Mine certainly did, so when we moved to Michigan it didn't come as a surprise to me when my youngest asked if he could continue dance lessons. It started off good, especially with him being the only boy in the group. He got all kinds of attention from the girls and the instructors. When he walked into class everyone stopped what they were doing and said "Hi, Tommy". My problem was he was growing fast so he kept outgrowing his shoes. I got him through a couple of years by using his older brother's and sister's slippers and tap shoes. Then he outgrew those. It was time to face facts. Although, Tommy was still having a good time in dance and was learning a lot about movement, he wasn't that interested in the actual dance part of it. So, I did what most American moms would do. I bought him a basketball. Then he was a cool kid with a basketball.
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As we reflect this month on teen novels for adults to read, I offer this item from the teen collection. Actually it isn't a novel, but a collection of short stories, so it does count as fiction. It isn't specifically directed toward a teen audience either, but it's one teens would enjoy. When I was a sophomore in high school, one of the assigned readings from our literature text was 'Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe. I remember being captivated by the tense horror of the story, so I later bought a paperback so I could read more of Poe's work. When I arrived at WMU as a freshman, the first English class I took read 'The Tell-Tale Heart.' Other favorites of mine were 'The Pit and the Pendulum,' 'Fall of the House of Usher,' and 'Descent into the Maelstrom.' It has been many years since I read any of these, so perhaps it's time for me to revisit them.
For the month of April, I chose a teen title to blog about, and the one I picked was a lucky choice. "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi is set on the United States Gulf coast following an unnamed apocalyptic event. It's pretty much every person for themselves, and life is hard and cruel, although small communities have sprung up. Nailer, a teen age boy, is a scavenger of huge cargo tankers, along with crews of other young people who can fit into the small spaces of the ships to search for prized copper wire. A devastating hurricane upsets the already delicate balance of life, and after the storm has passed Nailer and a friend find a large passenger sailboat that has been wrecked. Amazingly, one person has survived, a teen age girl who claims to be from a very wealthy family. She says they will pay richly for her return- but does she really want to go back, and is she telling the truth? What I really liked about this book was the imagined look at what life could be in the United States if there was a total breakdown of modern life as we know it. It's a world where living by your wits and skills are the main keys to survival, and trust is not given lightly. "Ship Breakers" is a National Book Award finalist, and fortunately there is a sequel, which I definitely am going to read.
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For more information: American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists American Diabetes Association The American Thyroid Association The Endocrine Society
News & Events
Dr. Esther Krug's Diabetes and Vitamin D Research Study Receives National Media Attention:
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Dr. Thomas:
In this WBAL-AM "Know Your Health" radio clip, Dr. Thomas discusses thyroid disease.
In this WBAL-AM "Know Your Health" radio clip, Dr. Thomas discusses osteoporosis.
The Division of Endocrinology at Sinai Hospital 2435 W. Belvedere Ave. Suite 56 Baltimore, Maryland 21215-5271 www.lifebridgehealth.org 410-601-5961


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