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I see your point, but am not willing to make an assumption about Xiphos.
It is possible that he has a legitimate concern that allowing a crack in the definition might be a slippery slope situation.
At any rate, I'm proud of this site and pleased to see that almost all of us are staying rational and enjoying the debate!I'm your huckleberry...
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I was looking for a saint who was a devil of a lover,
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It's scary though that some people think that the courts and the government have the right to overrule the voice of the people. If that's the case, why even bother voting anymore? The government has no business overruling a vote by the people just because it doesn't like it.
The beauty about the United States is that the people make the decisions, and if you take that away (which is what California did) then you take away the heart and soul of what the United States was founded on.He who has the money, signs the cheques.
He who signs the cheques, makes the rules.
He who makes the rules, has the power.
He who has the power, has the money.
My apologies for the long post. I feel a Novel coming on. Fair Warning.
Yes, I am married. As a matter of fact, my wife also posts on this board. At the present time, I do not wear a wedding ring because in my line of work it catches on boxes and equipment and I do not want the risk of having my finger torn off, or worse. Otherwise I would wear one. If a homosexual chooses to wear some type of jewelry announcing their commitment, thats fine with me, so be it. If a homosexual chooses to make comments about their significant other, thats fine with me also, so be it. I'll even go so far as to say that I have gay co-workers. I may not personally approve of what they do in the area of sexual orientation but like I said it is none of my business. As long as they are there to get the job done.
What I have an issue with are those that seem to want to go overboard with the PDA's. If they feel the need to do that, they need to go get a room in private and get it out of their system. Regardless of sexual orientation.
What about the military and the don't ask don't tell policy?
There are also schools that want to have co ed dorms. Thoughts?
I guess that this is where I have the problem. You just explained it better than I did. People trying to be something that they're not. Why is it that it seems to be that some gay men are the ones that are doing this? Why do they have to be so flamboyant about it? Very rarely do I see lesbians doing it, or maybe I am just not picking up on it.
This is it right here, the gay men who choose to act like queens. I can't stand that. The shows that come to mind at the moment are Queer Eye For The Straight Guy and the character Hollywood Montrose in the movie Mannequin. To me, to a degree, this is rubbing it in my face. I have tried to put this aside. I hope I am succeeding.
Hollywood was in many ways a stereotype of an effeminate gay man; He was a fashion expert who wore pink sunglasses at all times, dressed his "subjects" (the store's mannequins) in flashy outfits, and often wore flamboyant purple suits. His car is a pink convertible called "Bad Girl", and it has a flashy cover which is navy blue with pink dots painted all around. He was also known for his catch phrases, such as "Never you fear. Your Hollywood is here!"
I'll be the first one to tell you that I am guilty of falling into the trap of stereotyping. I am doing my best to get out of that bad habit. Another stereotype is all Californians are either ultra liberal, gay, or surfers. Or any combination of the three. I assure you that I am neither of these and I am a native born Californian. Its what the media pushes out and the rest of America is left to their own conclusions.
Maybe you can answer this for me. Why does it have to be such a big deal for some gays to "come out of the closet"?
Another thing I think is wrong is being attacked for ones sexual orientation, regardless of who is doing it.
These are my feelings or beliefs as well.
I have also read it somewhere that somewhere, I think it was on the East Coast that this was happening. Some churches have been threatened with losing their non profit status if they do not marry gays. This is WRONG!!! The government needs to stay out of religion. Period. I assure you that the church that I choose to worship at will never marry homosexuals. In fact, they will excommunicate members who practice homosexuality.
End of Novel
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This is getting way out of hand. More Novel. Here come the radicals.
Same-sex marriage rowdies single out Mormons
Protesters riot at temple, vow further action against Latter-day Saints
Posted: November 08, 2008
12:40 am Eastern
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
Police arrested two people, and photographs from the scene show angry crowds and violent confrontations in front of the Los Angeles Mormon temple yesterday as part of continued protests over the passage of California's Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage
As WND reported, since the ballot measure was approved by voters earlier this week, supporters of same-sex marriage have made profane and violent threats against Christians and churches.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, however, has become a focused target of anger after the church's leadership urged members to support the Yes on 8 campaign and opponents of the measure, according to the Los Angeles Times, estimate LDS members gave over $20 million to pass the ballot initiative.
Lorri L. Jean, chief executive officer of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, was at yesterday's massive demonstration, which swarmed the Mormon temple with an angry mob of an estimated 2,000 protesters.
"It is a travesty that the Mormon church bought this election and used a campaign of lies and deception to manipulate voters in the great state of California," Jean told the crowd, according to KTTV-TV in Los Angeles. "Today we will send a message to (LDS) President Monson that we will not tolerate being stripped of our equal rights in the name of religious bigotry."
Jeff Flint, strategist for Yes on 8, however, told the Times, "I am appalled at the level of Mormon-bashing that went on during the Proposition 8 campaign and continues to this day."
The Times reported dozens of the protesters screaming "Bigots!" and "Shame on you!" through the temple's closed gates. The newspaper's website shows dozens of photographs of protesters scaling the fences around the temple, waving signs and being restrained by police during some isolated, violent confrontations.
"As protests go, this one is remarkably long," Los Angeles Police Department Lt. John Romero told KCAL-TV in Los Angeles, four hours after the marches began. "When we talk about anti-war or immigration rights, (it) typically (lasts) one hour, two hours top."
The LDS church has been a lightning rod for anger after its role in passing Proposition 8. Last month, protesters parked an SUV painted with hate messages in front of a Mormon family of seven's home. WND reported a television commercial in which Mormon missionaries were depicted barging into a lesbian couple's home, explaining their mission to "take away your rights."
David Loder, a business manager and member of the Mormon church, told the Times his Yes on 8 yard sign was vandalized and he heard about the protest on the radio.
"As a member of the LDS church we have known [and still do] the feeling of being ridiculed and mistreated because of our faith," he said.
Still, Rick Jacobs of the Courage Campaign, which produced the "Home Invasion" commercial, told the Times he does not believe his group was bashing Mormons.
"This is not about religion," said Jacobs. "This is about a church that put itself in the middle of politics."
Jean, whose Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center organized the rally outside the temple, now says she plans to continue protesting the Mormon church's involvement.
During the rally she announced plans for a new website to raise funds for advocating same-sex marriage in California. For every $5 donated, Jean said, her organization will send a postcard to LDS President Thomas S. Monson condemning "the reprehensible role the Church of Latter-day Saints leadership played in denying all Californians equal rights under the law."
LDS officials yesterday issued a statement asking for "a spirit of mutual respect and civility."
"The church acknowledges that such an emotionally charged issue concerning the most personal and cherished aspects of life – family and marriage – stirs fervent and deep feelings," church spokeswoman Kim Farah wrote in an e-mail to the Times. "No one on either side of the question should be vilified, harassed or subject to erroneous information."
'Gay' marriage ad slams LDS church
Spot portrays missionaries invading lesbians' home
Posted: November 04, 2008
4:25 pm Eastern
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
A new ad launched in California just as voters prepared to decide on a state constitutional amendment that would define marriage as being between one man and one woman depicts two missionaries from the Mormon church invading a home belonging to two lesbians.
The fictional scene shows the missionaries confiscating the womens' rings and finding and tearing up their marriage certificate
The Most Rev. Stephen Blaire, bishop of Stockton and president of the California Catholic Conference, called the ad "a blatant display of religious bigotry and intolerance." He said he was dismayed any media outlet would agree to run it.
The issue of marriage has been in the headlines in California since May when the state Supreme Court, ignoring a warning from one of its own members that the decision eventually could be used to legalize incest and polygamy, ordered marriage instituted for homosexuals and lesbians.
The court opinion rejected the expressed will of California voters, who in 2000 approved a legal definition of marriage as between only one man and one woman.
According to the Catholic News Agency, the commercial suggests Mormon missionaries would invade the homes of lesbian couples
Produced by the "Courage Campaign Issues Committee," the video is available here:
YouTube - "Home Invasion": Vote NO on Prop 8
In the ad, two missionaries identify themselves as Mormons and say, "We are here to take away your rights."
They go into the house, take the rings and hunt through drawers for a marriage , which they tear up.
Rick Jacobs, of the pro-homosexual marriage campaign, told KUTV television in Salt Lake City the ad literally is a message the houses of Californians are being invaded by the Mormon Church.
But Scott Trotter, a spokesman for the LDS Church, argued members are working with others in a broad-based coalition "in defense of traditional marriage."
"While we feel this is important to all of society, we have always emphasized that respect be given to those who feel differently on this issue. It is unfortunate that some who oppose this proposition have not given the church this same courtesy," he said.
The Catholic bishop Blaire contended the campaign to pass the marriage measure "is not about discrimination and intolerance; it is about restoring the traditional definition of marriage for the good of society and children."
"All individuals and groups, whether religious or not, have both a right and a responsibility to participate in a civil debate about this important issue," he said.
On the CNA forum page, an opponent of defining marriage as between a man and a woman said at least one vote would change because of the ad.
"I am a No on 8 supporter but this video is ridiculous. If the No on 8 campaign supports this add (sic) I will be forced to change my vote. Lying is not the way to win."
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Yes, we agree that PDA's are over the top and not needed to be seen, whether gay or straight. I guarantee you that I see probably 100 times more straight PDA's than I see gay PDA's, if not more. I suppose if I lived in San Fran. I'd see the gay ones more. In many environments, like in most midwestern locales, gays are afraid to show any signs that they are gay for fear of being gay-bashed. This ties into what I say later in this post.
Don't Ask Don't Tell: If you think this topic (Prop 8 and gay marriage) was opening up a can of worms..... hehe
As for the guy from Queer Eye (by the way I hate that title), what if he truly is that effeminate? Then he can't help it. So I can't fault him for it. Doesn't mean I want to hang out with him, but I have to respect anyone that is true to their true self. If he was really a masculine guy off camera, then yes, it wouldn't be right for him to act all queeny on air. I'm guessing he just is naturally that "fabulous". But again, if a gay man really is that effeminate, then its not rubbing it in your face, its just being himself.
As for Mannequin...is the person who wrote that gay or straight? That can affect the view of that character in the movie. Could it be that a straight writer wanted to further a stereotype? Maybe the writer just wanted to put a gay character in the movie and the only way the studio would go for it was to make the guy an effeminate guy I don't know enough about the situation to even begin to guess. But it's interesting to think about.
As for why "coming out" is important..... A closeted person has to edit what they say, for fear of being found out. A straight person often freely talks about love interests or comments on attractive members of the opposite sex. A closeted person can't make the same comments, because to do so would out themselves. Again they are afraid to be found out. Being closeted means not being able to just be one's self. Being closeted means not being able to participate in some conversations with straight colleagues without having to switch pronouns (from he to she, or him to her, etc.) to try to "act" like they are straight themselves. Being closeted means they have to just sit there and keep their mouth shut when their friends, family, or co-workers make bigoted/hateful remarks.
Coming out means that they finally can just be their self. Coming out means they no longer have to edit their words before speaking them. Coming out can mean beating the depression that many closeted gays suffer from. Coming out means that they don't have to be so afraid anymore. Coming out means being able to stand up for one's self instead of backing down. Coming out means that they then can become a role model for other closeted people who are still too afraid to be open about their sexuality. Coming out means not hiding. Coming out means that the people around them realize that they actually know someone who is gay. If every person who was gay was out of the closet, you would probably be amazed at the numbers. It's estimated that gays make up 5-10% of the population. 6 billion people on earth might just equal 300-600 million gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people on this planet.
Now what constitutes coming out of the closet? It can be holding a press conference on CNN to tell the world, "Hey, I'm gay!" It can be that when a co-worker calls someone a "faggot," that the person finally stands up and says that it's not o.k. and that it offends them because they are gay. It could be that someone suspects someone else of being gay and asks them, getting a matter of fact sounding reply of, "Yeah I am. How about those Phillies?" It could be as simple as going to a gay bar without being afraid of being seen....and maybe somebody does see and finds out about them. There are varying degrees of how much of a production or non-production the coming out process ends up being for an individual.
Kudos for being against attacks because of orientation. It's one thing to not like that fact that someone is gay. It's one thing to believe that being gay is a sin because that is what a person's religion teaches them. But it's a whole other thing to allow those viewpoints to fester into something that is nothing short of hate. CTR, we actually agree on a decent amount relative to these subjects.
There's my novel. This thread needs a publishing deal!
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What freaking idiots! It's one thing if a person wants to hold a protest because they are upset over the amendment. But being violent and threatening???? That is just plain stupid and wrong. It's no wonder that normal gay people can't sway people's opinions when you get some extremist yay-hoos doing things that are just as ignorant as what they claim the people they are protesting are doing. A wrong never makes a supposed wrong right.
CTRMan, there will always be folks that relay on lies and scare tactics to get their way.
Do Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Ileen Barzee reflect the average Mormon? How about Warren Jeffs?
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OMG! I certainly hope not. Though some, hopefully few, might like to think so. Those people need to read up on these characters. Both cases touch on polygamy, which has not been practiced by the main body of the LDS Church since 1880 when Utah was applying to become a state in the United States. Anyone found to be a member of the main body of the LDS Church and choosing to practice Polygamy is excommunicated.
For those that do not know who these people are (nutcases in my opinion), I will try to explain them to the best of my knowledge and ability. Please feel free to do some research on these individuals and draw your own conclusions.
Mitchell and Barzee are the kidnappers of Elizabeth Smart who was 14 at the time of her disappearance in 2002 in Salt Lake City, UT. Mitchell had befriended Elizabeth's father and had done some work at the family home. Mitchell and Barzee are excommunicated Mormons who kidnapped Elizabeth under the guise of making her his second wife, and supposedly brainwashing her while under their care. Elizabeth was later found wandering the streets with these two some 9 months later basically scared out of her wits that in some way her captors were going to harm her. So she did her best not to draw attention to herself. Her younger sister witnessed the kidnapping and eventually was able to give enough clues as to who the abductors were. These two abductors were later indicted and found not competent enough to stand trial and were diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenics. Mitchell was a polygamist and self proclaimed prophet who believed it was his religious right to have more than one wife, even by force. Elizabeth's family are practicing members of the main body of the LDS Church (Mormon).
Jeffs was / is another excommunicated Mormon, practicing polygamist, self proclaimed prophet, (I think) and former leader of the Fundamentalist LDS Church whom I believe was recently caught in a raid on their property. Supposedly he has some 70 odd wives.
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Sheesh - The gays didn't have that much reaction to Jerry Farwell's fire & brimstone, who I mocked earlier. Now there's someone who deserves a kick in the butt.
As far as I can tell, all the Mormons did was run some political ads stating their opinions. What a bunch of sore loosers.
One of my ex-coworkers was a mormon - he said that they generally don't claim that they have the only answer, just the answer that works for them. But they will certainly tell you all about what they believe & don't believe, and you can either take it or leave it.
I think the gays' anger was totally misplaced.
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Re: The whole Mormon opinion being advertised thing.
The state should keep their fingers out of church affairs unless there is illegal activity going on, and the churches should DEFINITELY keep their noses out of secular business. IMHO, a church that crosses that line should be redefined as a political entity and pay taxes accordingly.
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I'm not a church-goer, but I definitely believe that any organization has a perfect right to advertise their opinion on anything that they see fit to talk about, whether that be an organized religion the NRA, or even the gay activists.
There is no Constitutionally-mandated separation of Church & State, nor was there ever such a separation. That was an invention of the Supreme Court relating to prayer in schools and the like, primarily.
All the constitution does is ban the government from promoting or persecuting a religion. It does not censor the collective voice of people with a common mind - quite the opposite.
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Right, because anyone who is tax exempt should shut their fucking mouths, dammit.
Oh wait, that means police departments too.
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"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money."
- Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
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The opinions expressed by this poster are wholly his own, and should never be construed to even remotely be in representation of his employer, its agencies or assigns. In fact, they probably fail to be in alignment with the opinions of any rational human being.
When the churches actively influence their parishioners' votes in the political arena, saying "DON'T VOTE FOR (such and such)" or "Vote for (so and so)" then they have overstepped their bounds as caring for the souls and have intruded into the realm of the political arena. The FOP isn't a religious organization and was never tax exempt based on that premise. I see a lot of tax dodges based on 'oh, we're a church!' which is just about as much BS you can ask. I've got no less than 60 churches within five miles of my house, and that is NO exaggeration, but not a single one of them took out ad time to influence someone's vote.
It is my simple opinion, and many of you have already stated that you disagree, that when churches use their power to influence politics they should be treated as what they are obviously striving to become - a political machine. That being said, it's already known that I'm not a fan of organized religion to being with. People should always be free to think for themselves and come to their own conclusions without it being guilt tripped or spoon fed into them.
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If I read this correctly, churches (in a couple of opinions voiced here in this thread) should not be entitled to have a publicly stated doctrine or openly pronouce their faith as it might be construed to pertain to the modern human condition, the literal application of faith to everyday life, societal issues, morality, or raising children...
Again, the hypocritical believe in free speech, but only for those whom they agree with.
Yes, a personal faith is just that, personal, however you cannot drive religion out of a society, or deny the people a free expression of their faith, individually or even congregationally. This, from someone who professes constitutionalism?
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If color pattern printing is desired, the HP Designjet Z3200 Photo Printer is a good option and the one that we have chosen for the Fashion Belle brand. This printer uses pigment inks that are water-resistant, reducing the chance of smearing if patterns are ironed flat with a home steam iron. A printer width of 44" is available, which is a couple of inches wider than most other large format printer options. A drawback to the HP Z3200 Photo Printer is that it can be tricky to get it to work with vector-based sewing pattern software (usually in DXF file format) which is unlike the bitmap-based photo files for which the printer is primarily intended. The files must be converted with software such as Adobe Illustrator that is readable by the printer, and paper lengths must be separately configured for each pattern. These challenges might be managed better with RIP software, but the cost of that is high and the software is not required. The PostScript (PS) version of the HP Z3200 is not necessary for pattern printing, and RIP software would take the place of the PS feature and be easier to update if RIP capabilities are desired. Depending on the future response to Fashion Belle patterns with different colors of lines for sizes, it is possible that our next replacement printer purchase would be a black-and-white Ioline to save on cost. However, if customers appreciate the colored lines enough to support the slightly higher cost for ink, then we may continue to use color printing.
Pictured below is an HP Designjet Z3200 Photo Printer and an Ioline StudioJet, both recommended for printing sewing patterns in a home office environment.
Pattern instruction guides can be printed in many formats, including saddle-stitched booklets. The traditional large folded sheet format would be easy for a local printer to run on a press, but using a booklet format that can be copied on a standard copy machine eliminates the need for printing plates and allows for small printing runs for a home entrepreneur. A booklet format also provides greater flexibility for changes if mistakes are discovered later. If the pattern instructions are short, they can be copied on 11"x17" paper and folded in quarters with no binding required. Longer instructions might be copied on letter-sized paper that is then cut in half and bound along the short edge with side staples. A benefit of designing a format that can be copied on letter-sized paper is that the machine for copying is smaller and paper is easier to handle. The goal with an instruction guide is to ensure that it is small enough to fit into whatever pattern packaging is desired. Care should also be taken to ensure that the paper is flexible enough to lie open easily on a table with whatever binding method is used. This is why binding along the short edge is helpful, so that the weight of the longer edge can hold the booklet open.
Pattern envelopes can only be printed by a local printer if the printer has the capability for printing on flat paper and then assembling envelopes on site. Pre-assembled envelopes do not run well through any press or copier. Rather, printing on adhesive labels which are then attached to envelopes is the preferred method if post-print envelope assembly is not possible. Another alternative to envelope packaging is a wire-bound book that features sewing instructions in the front with an envelope holding pattern pieces bound into the back of the book. This type of format may not be available through services of local printers, depending on your area, but it is easily sourced through large printing houses nationwide. Wire-bound book machines are also available for purchase for a home office, though a book style of presentation will increase manufacturing cost above that of the traditional envelope. Customers tend to be price sensitive when purchasing sewing patterns, so the justification for any added cost must be cautiously considered. Many small pattern companies use plastic ziplock bags for packaging, though this method dulls the appearance of any color photo inserted into the front of the package for display.
In this article, we have looked at methods for sewing pattern designers to put their work into print. McCall offers a complete package of printing that is the easiest option for someone who is starting out and has a budget for a 1,000-piece minimum printing run. For the more ambitious sewing pattern publisher, working through a local offset printing press facility could be rewarding with a cost reduction in printing, but many details will need to be handled separately, from sourcing pattern paper to determining instruction guide and packaging formats. Finally, purchasing a large format printer to bring printing into your home office offers incredible flexibility for print-on-demand patterns. However, digital pattern software and equipment will be required for that method in order to transfer patterns to the printer digitally. Most of all, if you have a dream of one day becoming a published patternmaker, keep the dream alive! It is possible, and the home sewing market is bursting with potential for anyone who produces innovative, well-fitting patterns.
Thank you very much for this very informative article about Sewing Pattern Printing for independent publishers.
Do you also have an article on digital pattern download companies?
This is so wonderful the way the free enterprise system is working. For decades there were only a few major pattern companies with mysterious printing facilities that the average home stitcher could only wonder about. Now with them "sharing" with individual pattern makers, it is similar to the way printers have become household machinery. I can remember standing in a line at a copier place waiting just to get two copies of a document. I used to wish we had our own office machinery, and now it is available to everyone. Maybe one day there will be pattern printing available at home that you can use from your computer. It is good that McCall's is opening up their equipment to others outside their own company. They can only benefit from it in the long run.


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Witnesses said the men entered the store, brandished what was possibly a semi-automatic handgun and ordered three employees and a lone customer to the ground, Clearlake Police Sgt. R.N. Joseph said in a statement. They took an undisclosed amount of cash from a register and fled on foot.
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Holy cow. So they think they may have caught it at the same time then? Any idea why one was ill so much sooner? It really does make you want to make sure things are well cooked when you hear of things like this.
I hope both guys are on their way to recovery and I bet your hubby is glad he passed on that turkey.
It's really interesting how things can get us. My mom was absolutely diligent about cooking and handling foods because of worry about what might be in it and yet there are people who regularly eat things rare or raw and don't seem bothered. I've heard that most of us have a form of food poisoning on a regular basis and think it's stomach flu or some other problem vs what it really is.
Years ago one of my parent's friends ended up in terrible shape, in a wheel chair because he could no longer walk and this went on for a couple of years. they couldn't figure out what it was but every time he was in the hospital he improved and when he went home he got worse. Turned out it was the coloured TP at home and once it was gone he returned to normal health. It wasn't long after than coloured TP went out of favour which makes me wonder how many other people might have reacted.
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Texas advertising agency GSD&M took the initiative in the days after the September 11 attacks in 2011 with "I Am An American", a television advertising campaign celebrating diversity in the USA. Creatives from the company were in Maryland for a meeting with Land Rover clients when the attacks occurred. With air flights suspended the creative team chose to drive home to Texas. Along the way they decided to create a public service announcement (PSA) that would address the temptation to label "UnAmerican" those with Middle Eastern origins or appearances.
Broadcast producers lined up directors, producers, and editors from around the country. Roy Spence, agency chairman, contacted the Ad Council about being a partner and sponsor. "I am an American" went to air nationally 10 days after the attacks. The final version of the PSA features people of many ages, races and religions proudly stating "I Am an American." The spot ends with the words, E Pluribus Unum, which means out of many, one. That phrase communicates that, "out of many faces, religions, geographical backgrounds, and ethnicities, we are one nation."
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A Walk on the Wild Side started as a revision of Somebody in Boots, but as it progressed, Algren transformed his serious first novel into a parody of the American Dream. Algren justified this on the grounds that, times having changed, he had to entertain readers. Moreover, disgusted by the triumph of materialism, he no longer believed that writing could change attitudes, only mock them. This apparently defensive response betrays a lack of confidence in what some critics considered to be a great idiosyncratic masterpiece of the absurd that prepared the way for such writers as Thomas Pynchon, Ken Kesey, Joseph Heller, and Hunter S. Thompson.
Dove Linkhorn is the last of a line of poor Texas rebels against authority. Illiterate but canny, Dove is a loser who is too innocent to feel like a loser. Incapable of recognizing society's moral code, and so amoral, he does know when he has betrayed those who helped him. Deprived of any meaningful childhood, as Algren may have believed he himself was, Dove at sixteen wants two things, education and love, which he finds in Terasina Vidavarri. While trying to teach Dove the alphabet, she awakens his indefatigable virility, convincing him that he is a born world shaker. When she resists his later advances, he rapes her and flees, only to find he can escape neither his love nor his guilt for violating the reverence he feels for her.
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Fitz Linkhorn barely manages to make a living pumping out cesspools, but his consuming vocation is preaching from the courthouse steps in Arroyo, a small town in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. He denounces all sins except drinking, because he is drunk as often as possible. Fitz has two sons: Byron, who is weak and sickly, and Dove. Dove has had no education because his father does not want to send him to a school with a Catholic principal. Instead, Dove is supposed to see movies with Byron to learn about life, but he never gets to go because his brother does not have the price of a ticket. Dove gets his education from the hoboes who hang around the Santa Fe tracks, telling one another what towns, lawmen, jails, and railroad bulls to avoid.
Dove begins hanging around the La Fe en Dios chili parlor in the ruins of the Hotel Crockett on the other side of town. The hotel is the place where Fitz had met the mother of his sons. The hotel is closed, but the seldom-visited café is not; it is run by Terasina Vidavarri, a wary woman who had been raped by a soldier. She continues Dove's education by teaching him how to read from two books: a children's storybook and a book about how to write business letters. Dove and Terasina eventually become lovers, and at one point Dove takes Terasina by force.
Byron steals from the café, and Terasina mistakenly blames Dove for the crime. She is so angered that she throws him out, and Dove leaves Arroyo on a freight train. He takes up with a girl named Kitty Twist, a runaway from a children's home, and saves her life when she is about to fall under the wheels of a train. When the two attempt a burglary in Houston, Kitty is caught. Dove gets away on a freight train to New...
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Right fielder | |
Born: Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
July 18, 1975 |
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MLB debut | |
August 22, 1997 for the Minnesota Twins | |
Career statistics (through 2013 season) |
Batting average | .279 |
Home runs | 314 |
Runs batted in | 1,227 |
Hits | 2,170 |
Stolen bases | 189 |
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Torii Kedar Hunter (/ˈtɔriː/; born July 18, 1975) is an American professional Major League Baseball right fielder for the Detroit Tigers. Previously, he played center field for the Minnesota Twins (1997–2007) and center and right field for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2008–2012).
Hunter is a five-time All-Star. He has taken away many home runs throughout his 16-year major league career by "climbing the fence" in the outfield. He won nine consecutive Gold Glove Awards as an outfielder and has won two Silver Slugger Awards.
Professional career[edit]
Minnesota Twins[edit]
Hunter was selected as the Twins' first-round pick in 1993 out of high school, and made his debut with the Twins as a pinch runner in Baltimore on August 22, 1997. It was not until 1999 that Hunter began starting regularly, playing in 135 games for the Twins. He finished with only one error in 292 chances in the outfield.
Hunter exploded onto the scene in the beginning of April in 2000, but his batting average dropped to .207 by the end of May. He was subsequently sent down to Triple-A to work on his mechanics at the plate; however with Hunter's new approach at the plate, he caught fire in the month of June, capping it with a two-home run, seven-RBI game and being named the Twins' Minor League Player of the Week and Player of the Month. After a 16-game hitting streak, four consecutive games with home runs and three grand slams, Hunter was recalled by the Twins on July 28. Hunter was named both Best Defensive Outfielder and Most Exciting Player in Pacific Coast League by Baseball America for 2000.
In 2001, Hunter led the Twins in at bats, home runs and outfield assists (with 14 – tied for second best in the league), and was second in RBI and total bases, leading the Twins to their first winning season since 1992. Hunter led all major league center fielders in range factor (3.29), and was named Best Defensive Outfielder in the American League by Baseball America. He also won his first Rawlings Gold Glove Award in 2001.
In 2002, Hunter began to post near-MVP numbers, and was a contender for the award a good portion of the year. In the month of April, he went 39–105 (a .371 average) with nine home runs and 20 RBI, winning American League Player of the Month honors.
Hunter was selected by the fans to his first All-Star Game, in Milwaukee in 2002, becoming the first Twin since Kirby Puckett in 1995 to start an All-Star game in center field. One of the biggest moments came in the first inning, when, with two outs, Barry Bonds sent what appeared to be a towering home run to right-center field. Hunter, who had built a reputation for his outfield thievery in the American League, jumped and caught the ball over the wall (accomplishing a personal goal he set of robbing one from Bonds).[citation needed] Although there were no awards given at the All-Star game, because the game ended in a tie, the catch was later awarded as the This Year in Baseball Best Defensive Play of the Year by the fans.[citation needed]
Hunter, along with an improved team and solid bullpen pitching, led a resurgence in the latter half of the season which powered the Twins to win the American League Central Division. The team would advance to the ALCS, where they would lose to the Anaheim Angels four games to one. The Angels went on to win their first World Series championship.
Despite losing in the ALCS, it was still a very good year for the ballclub, and by far the best year for Hunter. He led the club in home runs, RBIs, and stolen bases, and was tied for the lead in games and doubles. Hunter won the team's Calvin R. Griffith Award as Most Valuable Twin for 2002. He ended the season sixth in the MVP voting, and also earned his second Gold Glove in center field. Hunter was additionally voted baseball's Best Defensive Player Award for 2002 by the fans.
Hunter struggled offensively in 2003. Although he played in a career high 154 games, he often struggled at the plate, achieving an OPS of .763 and a batting average of just .250, .039 lower than in 2002. He stole just six bases, while being thrown out seven times. His defense was still strong enough to win his third straight Gold Glove for his play in center field.
Hunter missed much of the 2005 season after breaking his ankle and tearing ligaments when he attempted to scale the right field wall in Fenway Park on July 29. Despite playing essentially only half a season, Hunter was awarded his fifth consecutive Gold Glove.
On the last day of the 2006 regular season, Hunter hit his career-high 31st home run, helping the Twins to their fourth division title in five years.
On October 10, the Twins notified Hunter that they had picked up his $12,000,000 option for the 2007 season, keeping him from becoming a free agent.[citation needed]
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim[edit]
After turning down a three-year, $45 million deal in August 2007 from the Twins, Hunter signed a five-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim worth $90 million. He replaced Gary Matthews Jr. as the everyday center fielder.[1]
In 2009 he was named #44 on the Sporting News' list of the 50 greatest current players in baseball. A panel of 100 baseball people, many of them members of the Baseball Hall of Fame and winners of major baseball awards, were polled to arrive at the list.[2]
Hunter hit three home runs in one game against the San Diego Padres on June 13, 2009. It was the first time in his career he had accomplished the feat.
Hunter was selected to represent Los Angeles in the 2009 All-Star Game, making his third appearance, but he was unable to participate. He was on the disabled list because he had crashed into the outfield wall at Dodger Stadium and at AT&T Park, separating his right shoulder. This sidelined him for more than a month.
On November 10, 2009, it was announced that Hunter had won his ninth consecutive Gold Glove award for the outfield.
Two days later, it was announced that Hunter won a silver slugger award. He batted .299 with 22 homers and 90 RBIs.
On September 2, 2011, Hunter said in an interview with the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that he wanted to retire as a member of the Angels,[3] but he became a free agent following the 2012 season.
Detroit Tigers[edit]
On November 14, 2012, it was announced that Hunter and the Detroit Tigers had reached a two-year agreement worth $26 million. He would be playing right field and batting second for most of the season.[4] After Hunter signed with the Tigers, pitcher Rick Porcello let him have #48, which Hunter has worn for his entire career, and Porcello changed his uniform to #21.
On June 16, 2013, Hunter hit his 300th career home run in a game against the Minnesota Twins, in the city where his major league career started (Minneapolis).[5] On July 1, Hunter was voted in as a reserve outfielder in the AL player voting for the 2013 Major League All-Star Game.[6] It was his fifth career All-Star selection. As of the All-Star break, Torii was hitting .315 with 7 home runs and 44 RBIs.
Hunter finished the 2013 regular season with a .304 batting average, 17 home runs and 84 RBIs. Batting in front of Miguel Cabrera for most of the season, Torii was walked only 26 times, helping him to the highest at-bats total of his major league career (606), as well as a career-high 184 hits.
Hunter began the 2007 season with one of the fastest starts to a season in his career, featuring a 23-game hitting streak starting in mid-April and ending on May 10.[7]
Hunter hit three grand slams in 2007: April 17 in Seattle, May 18 in Milwaukee, and August 15 again in Seattle.
Hunter has been awarded nine consecutive American League Gold Glove Awards for his defensive talents in center field.
Hunter has been selected to the All-Star Game five times.
On May 30, 2011, Hunter collected his 1,000th RBI off of Joakim Soria, which was also a go-ahead two run home run to give the Angels a 9–8 lead, a game which they eventually won 10–8. Hunter was the 268th person to collect 1,000 RBI[8]
On August 15, 2012, Hunter was sliding home when he accidentally slashed umpire Greg Gibson by his left eye with his metal cleats. Gibson wasn't seriously injured. Hunter noted that he wasn't wearing rubber cleats and his slide was somewhat awkward when trying to score.
On June 16, 2013, Hunter hit his 300th career home run off Twins pitcher P. J. Walters.[9]
Hunter contributes to many charities, including the "Torii Hunter Project Education Initiative," which provides college scholarships to students in California, Arkansas, Nevada and Minnesota, the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy in Las Vegas, a partnership with Major League Baseball to help maintain and improve baseball diamonds in inner cities, the Big Brothers and the Prostate Cancer Foundation, and in addition, Hunter helped fund construction of a youth softball field in Placentia, California in 2008.[10] This work has resulted in Hunter being presented with the Branch Rickey Award in 2009, which rewards excellence in charity work.[10]
In a discussion about the number of black players in the Major Leagues, Hunter said during a USA Today-hosted committee to improve baseball panel that black Latinos do not count. "People see dark faces out there, and the perception is that they're African-American. They're not us. They're impostors. Even people I know come up and say: 'Hey, what color is Vladimir Guerrero? Is he a black player?' I say, 'Come on, he's Dominican. He's not black.' ... As African-American players, we have a theory that baseball can go get an imitator and pass them off as us. It's like they had to get some kind of dark faces, so they go to the Dominican or Venezuela because you can get them cheaper. It's like, 'Why should I get this kid from the South Side of Chicago and have Scott Boras represent him and pay him $5 million when you can get a Dominican guy for a bag of chips?' ... I'm telling you, it's sad." Though Hunter does not dispute the accuracy of the quotes, he has denied accusations of racism, insisting that he was merely making a cultural distinction between African-American and Latino players.[11]
Hunter also has indicated that he would be uncomfortable with having a homosexual teammate, citing his Biblical upbringing as the motivator behind his discomfort.[12]
Hunter resides during the off-season in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex suburb of Prosper, Texas with his wife Katrina, who he met in high school.[13] He is a cousin of former MLB outfielder Choo Freeman.[14] Despite the same spelling, Hunter was not named after torii, the gates to a Japanese Shinto shrine. Hunter says jokingly, "I think, when my mom filled out the paperwork after I was born, she accidentally put two 'I's."[15]
In September 2012, his son Torii Jr. verbally committed to play football and baseball at Notre Dame beginning in 2013.[16]
See also[edit]
- List of top 300 Major League Baseball home run hitters
- List of Major League Baseball leaders in career stolen bases
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs batted in
- ^ Nightengale, Bob (November 22, 2007). "Angels land Torii Hunter with five-year, $90M deal". USA Today. Retrieved November 22, 2007.
- ^ "Ichiro 30th on Sporting News list of baseball's best | Seattle PI Sports Blog - seattlepi.com". Blog.seattlepi.com. May 20, 2009. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
- ^ Souhan, Jim (September 3, 2011). "Torii Hunter talks of retirement and more". StarTribune. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ "Sources: Hunter, Tigers reach deal". Fox Sports. November 14, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
- ^ Hunter hits career homer No. 300 Erickson, Kelly at detroit.tigers.mlb.com on June 16, 2013
- ^ All-Star Rosters mlb.mlb.com on July 14, 2013.
- ^ "Hitting streak? Hunter doesn't want to hear it". St. Paul Pioneer Press. May 9, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2007.
- ^ Falkoff, Robert (May 30, 2011). "Hunter nets 1,000th RBI in Angels hi ' win". MLB.com. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
- ^ Drew Silva (June 16, 2013). "Torii Hunter hits his 300th career home run". NBC Sports - HardballTalk. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
- ^ a b "Hunter honored for work with kids". ESPN.com. Associated Press. September 10, 2009. Retrieved September 10, 2009.
- ^ "Hunter regrets 'wrong word choice' | MLB.com: News". Mlb.mlb.com. June 19, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
- ^ Brown, David (May 30, 2012). "Torii Hunter: Having an openly gay teammate would 'be difficult and uncomfortable' | Big League Stew - Yahoo! Sports". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
- ^ Proud dad Torii Hunter appreciates wife more than ever | tigers.com: News
- ^ Scout.com: Choo Freeman Signed to Minor Contract
- ^ Brown, David (May 14, 2006). "David Brown's 20 Questions With Torii Hunter". Retrieved February 18, 2008.
- ^ Fischer, Bryan (September 23, 2012). "Talented athlete Torii Hunter Jr. commits to Notre Dame". Eye on College Football Recruiting (CBSSports.com). Retrieved September 23, 2012.
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A Montgomery County Common Pleas jury sided with Cracker Barrel in a disability discrimination lawsuit field by a former manager.
The jury of five men and three women voted 6-2 in favor of Cracker Barrel's parent company that Johnny Wills was not involuntarily discharged from his position. The same 6-2 margin voted in favor of Cracker Barrel on the question of whether or not the company had discriminated against Wills based on a rare liver disease that ultimately resulted in an organ transplant.
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Cracker Barrel has been sued in multiple lawsuits relating to the chain's discriminatory practices against customers and staff. In 2004, it settled a 2004 discrimination lawsuit with the U.S. Justice Department by paying $8.7 million. The company paid $2 million in a suit brought against three Illinois restaurants.
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