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Two short poems about Star Trek, juxtaposed with no thought or intent whatsoever, honest.
(FROM: David Marcus TO: Unknown Dad)
I wish I knew who you were.
When you impregnated Mom,
Did you even love her?
Am I just a mistake?
Like a clerical error?
Did your condom break?
I know …
I didn't come from a beaker
Or an unclean toilet seat
Mom thought me a keeper.
Not you …
One look, and you had to flee
Got in your car, sped out of town
doing a hundred and fifty.
Unfair …
Other kids know their dads.
I didn't even get cards
for the birthdays I've had.
Science …
Made me a Momma's Boy.
Another crazy torpedo
that she wants to deploy. Read more…
Star Trek Tech #1: The Transporter
What is it? The Transporter
What does it do? Transports, beams, breaks down a lot
How does it work?
Far as I can tell, the Transporter takes all your molecules/atoms, puts them into a holding pattern, chooses a new place to put you…either the nearest planet or starship…or Q'onos if you find yourself in that universe…and then puts all your molecules back together again. In the exact same order. With no interruption to the routine operation of your body, and no need to look at someone's fingers and say a number. It seems to be based on the principle that humans are merely biological machines, not spiritual beings [I think]. I mean, I don't think your soul can be taken apart and re-assembled…can it?
Which episodes is it used in?
Pretty much all of them, except 'Enterprise' because it's only just been invented in that series.
Most of them are fairly obvious…
1] You can get somewhere faster [without needing to fly over Ukraine].
2] You can escape from awkward situations before they become impossible to survive e.g. talking shit to Klingons, being lectured by Picard, waking up next to Neelix
3] You can eliminate diseases from people.
Actually, I don't know if this one is viable or not. For example, would cancer be excisable using this method? Theoretically, it must be as you could just beam out the cancerous cells, but would there be side effects if a chunk of you is missing when you rematerialize?
I really don't know for sure how cancer works. Maybe someone else could answer this?
4] You can rescue that Chinese Nobel Prize winner from prison. And, to be completely objective, all those poor bastards having their balls whipped in Guantanamo Bay. Read more…
Horror Fiction [kind of]: Leopard People
This was first published on Martian Lit about a year and a half ago…
I think enough time has passed to put it up here too.
It's one of my favourite stories because it's close to horror without actually being horror…you never see the leopard actually kill anyone.
And it has a beautiful cover image down by Soren Melville
Lermontov got on the plane back to Russia and put the jacket over his face, trying to picture an airport without people for his return.
He tried not to think of the people he'd let down.
David Warner and his gifts.
The imagination that was no good for him.
How hard it would be…
Me: What?
David Warner: Do you like being here?
Me: No.
David Warner: How many lights do you see?
Me: What?
David Warner: Over there. How many lights?
Me: I don't…
David Warner: You can leave any time. All you have to do is tell me…how many lights?
Me: How many… Read more…
Another one by Two Takes Frakes, this time breaking his trend of writing about sex [except for the part about Data, Spot and Ensign Kellogg]
The problem I have with Living Holodeck Characters, from a viewer perspective – and writer's perspective, frankly – is that there's really no point to them. Until the EMH got his mobile emitter, those rare few characters were sort of tragic, in all that they had was fantasy. Even Vina from The Cage had known all of reality before her accident. And once The Doctor did get his emitter, outside of his innocent fascination with the real world and his invulnerability, he was just learning about The Human Condition. He didn't even have to be a hologram for that.
But all of these characters are at the mercy of the limitations of a writer's imagination. They can't evolve to a perspective that's truly alien to us, otherwise no one could write for it. So, they ALL plateau at the realization and acquisition of Human sentiments and they never evolve, uniquely. They end up being portrayed just as ordinary people who haven't lost their sense of wonder. In that sense, the Holodeck is very evil, because it's not a better or even different song to sing. It just acts as a redress for standard television tropes.
The EMH character in STAR TREK: VOYAGER lost something by handing him so much autonomy, with the mobile emitter. When writers take away the limitations of these special characters, like Data, or The Doctor, these characters turn out not being much different than any ordinary crew member. Apparently realizing this, TNG writers eventually had Data CHOOSE to be limited in the movies after his emotion chip was activated. To keep him interesting, in other words, Data had to revert to acting how he did BEFORE the chip. Otherwise, he just acted like everyone else and only looked different because of his make-up and contacts. Characters like the android Data of TNG and the Hologram Doctor of VOYAGER have incredible story-telling potential. And yet, these inhuman characters are reduced to being overly concerned with the Human Condition. Clumsily, they "explore" such ill-studied phenomenon such as the value of friendship, and dead-end "relationships," with wide-eyed wonder and innocent fascination. Read more…
Best of Trek: Star Trek VI // The Undiscovered Country
Plot: The Klingons have over-mined their moon, Praxis, making half of it blow up and endanger their home planet somehow. According to the UN, they have 50 years before it becomes uninhabitable [judging by how smoggy it looks in TNG episodes, I'd say Klingons can tolerate quite a bit]. Spock volunteers Kirk to escort the Klingon Chancellor to peace talks on Earth, and Kirk invites everyone to dinner so he can insult the eye-patch commander with a Hitler reference. Before long, the Chancellor is dead, the Klingons are angry and Kirk is arrested for assassination. McCoy is also arrested due to gross incompetence. Chekov is Russian.
Subplot: Spock is training Samantha from 'Sex and the City' to be the new Spock. Scotty, Uhura and Chekov do their jobs, the same jobs they've always done. Sulu is captain of a ship he's willing to fly apart to get more screen time.
What's so good about it?
After Star Trek 5, Kirk meets Howard the Duck would've been regarded as a step up, but this one goes way beyond that. I don't like to do comparisons because most of the Trek films are shit, but this one is definitely in the top three, probably behind 'Wrath of Khan' and 'Insurrection'.
Yes. The one in my head where there's an actual insurrection, preferably involving Romulans or Klingons, and not just Picard and other old people running away from flying robots trying to transport boring people onto a ship neither deadly nor particularly dirty and…it wasn't even their home planet, why couldn't they just…
The Klingons
If you've read 'The Final Reflection', which was the first book to flesh out Klingon Culture, you'll know how interesting they are. They're not as one-dimensional as the Original Series often paints them to be…yes, they like to fight, but they also like to strategise, drink, fuck, laugh etc., and some of them even like to do these things with other aliens.
In this movie, you get one guy [the Chancellor] who is quite charming and respectful, and you get another guy [Chang] who is a wolf in wolf's clothing. I really don't know why Kirk doesn't suspect him as one of the traitors as soon as he steps off the transporter pad. He looks like a killer, and every line he says is laced with threat. Not sure about the Shakespeare quotes though… Read more…
Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero-One
Be warned, this is not really an analysis of the character, more a look at why she was wearing that skin-tight uniform and why it was such a problem with some people.
Written by 2 Takes Frakes
Jeri Ryan has aged pretty well, but in The Nineties, she was a blonde
bombshell with bulging eyes and puffy lips like some anime character
and a really nice rack. But more, even than this, she was – and is -
fairly talented. In a lot of ways, having landed the role of an
unassimilated Borg in STAR TREK: VOYAGER, around this time, she proved
herself to be the precursor to Cylon #6 of Battlestar Galactica.
The Seven of Nine character would first appear in the two-part episode
"Scorpion" and after a massive publicity campaign, VOYAGER's sagging
ratings jumped sky-high. Her form-fitting catsuits and Ice Queen
demeaner proved a huge hit with fanboys. She was born into a Human
family which had been assimilated by The Borg. Her birthname was
Annika Hansen, and even though Seven's connection with The Borg had
been severed, once she became part of VOYAGER, she never reverted
back to her original name. But she did have lots of flashbacks, over
several seasons, regarding her Human childhood. Still, Human emotions
remained difficult for her to contend with as she found herself
becoming VOYAGER's Science Officer – echoing Mister Spock, in some
In every other way, however, Seven of Nine – with plenty of help from
Jeri Ryan's hot body – was raw sex-appeal. She started out wearing a
silver catsuit that was kind of ribbed, in an interesting way. And her
ASSets were enhanced to the Nth degree with this "uniform," but the
raised collar had caused her some problems. Eventually, we would see
Seven of Nine in the standard, form-hugging catsuits worn by Deanna
Troi (Marina Siritis) of STAR TREK: The Next Generation. And like
Marina, Jeri had more curves than a bowl of oranges. Read more…


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unable to cook their Christmas dinner because the turkey fryer set the home on
fire. The homeowner says the fire was not caused by user error.
Bobby Gamble recently used
his saving to pay for the mobile home in full, planning for retirement. The first Christmas
there turned into a nightmare. He wants to be able to move back and make better memories.
Christmas day, the Gamble
house was filled with family. Bobby stayed outside with a friend, watching the
temperatures on the fryer. He found it out it stayed below 300 degrees. They
never put the turkey in. "The thermometer was definitely defective. It was
showing close to 300 and then all the sudden it blazed up. It is a brand new,
out of the box fryer."
The flames reached the
ceiling of the outdoor porch and he screamed for everyone to run outside. "It
did start spewing over and blazing. It went over to the house and then caught
the siding on fire."
Injured, gamble grabbed a
water hose, a ladder and got on the roof before fire fighters arrived. "It took
about every fire department in Saline County out here and a water truck to fill
the trucks back up to get it out."
The back half of the home
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Tears of a consummate dissemblerPUBLISHED: 06 Mar 2012 00:06:49 | UPDATED: 06 Mar 2012 05:30:03PUBLISHED: 06 Mar 2012 PRINT EDITION: 06 Mar 2012
Red eyed in Red Square: A teary Vladimir Putin, standing in the shadow of the Kremlin, claims victory in Russia's presidential election. Photo: AP
Geoff Winestock
President George W. Bush claimed after he first met Vladimir Putin in 2002 that he "looked him in the eye" and "got a sense of his soul". But a recent BBC television documentary showed that, even at the time, secretary of state Colin Powell understood what a silly comment it was. He told the program Putin, Russia and the West, which aired a month ago, that he took Bush aside afterwards and told him: "You may have seen all that but I still look in his eyes and I see K-G-B."
It is a useful anecdote to bear in mind when considering Putin's rather surprising performance at his victory speech after winning a third term as Russian president.
Putin went out on a podium under the lowering walls of the Kremlin and for a few seconds he choked with visible tears.
This was the tough guy who is regularly photographed hunting bears and driving muscle cars. So how come he went the blub?
It is tempting to see Putin's tears as a sign that he has been through a real crisis over the past six months. But then, Putin is such a consummate dissembler that it all may be part of some strategy to maintain his power for another decade.
Most do believe that the past six months have changed the ground rules for Russia's tame politics but it is still far too early to say how much.
Some would argue that Russia is in for more instability which could imperil its role as the world's biggest exporter of crude oil and natural gas and could lead to more mischief in its foreign policy. Alternatively it could be the start of a necessary transition from the current robber capitalist authoritarianism into something more stable.
Putin will host the APEC forum in September in the city of Vladivostok in Russia's Far East. He wants to use it as a showcase of his success. But he will be shamed if the protesters somehow travel nine time zones from Moscow to spoil the party.
What is clear is that after a decade in which Putin effortlessly dominated Russian politics simply by offering a strong hand instead of the anarchy of the previous 15 years of Soviet disintegration and then the post-Soviet chaos under Boris Yeltsin, the ex-KGB strongman must now find a new pitch. Maybe that is the reason for the tears.
As the sober Russian business newspaper Vedomosti put it: "Putin won the elections by a big margin ... but he has not solved the problem of his legitimacy."
Russians, at least educated Russians in the bigger cities, are increasingly annoyed at the managed democracy and corrupt economy Putin has run for the past 12 years.
It is becoming a pressing problem. On the eve of the elections, the deputy head of state-owned Vneshekonombank, Russia's second biggest financial institution, was arrested amid reports he was working on the winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014.
Putin's problems started with the dumb show around his decision to step down from the presidency in 2008 to comply with Russia's constitutional limit of two terms for the presidency. Last September, when he brushed aside his hand-picked successor Dmitry Medvedev and announced he was taking back his old job, it was clear that the whole thing had been a farce. Putin had been in control all the time.
This was followed by the weak performance of the government's party in the December parliamentary elections and then the surprisingly vigorous protests against vote rigging, corruption and electoral fraud that followed.
The government has now engineered a victory in the presidential poll and Putin is arguably still the most popular politician in Russia, but his prestige has been eroded significantly.
Masha Lipman and Nikolai Petrov of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, writing in Foreign Affairs, argue that despite the colour and inventiveness of the protests by webbed-up, mobile phone-toting intellectuals and professionals in the squares of Moscow and St Petersburg, Russia is not on the verge of its own version of the Arab Spring.
The protesters are simply not prepared to die for their cause and they don't have a clear political program. "In themselves, the current protests are too weak to bring about political change. The Moscow protesters do not have the commitment of the young Egyptians in Tahrir Square."
On the other hand, Lipman and Petrov argue, Putin's problems could loosen his grip on power, not in favour of some popular revolution but to the advantage of the other players in Russia's oligarchy.
"Regardless of whether or not the protests continue after his re-election, various centres of power, such as the parliament, big business, or local governors – which had been kept under tight control during the years of Putin's unchallenged leadership – will likely gain more autonomy," they write. "Within the next couple of years, the elite class now under Putin's shadow may see their weakened leader as a burden rather than a safeguard of stability. A likely next step would be to divide his authority among them."
This should not be over-dramatised. As long as the price of oil stays high, the commodity-dependent Russian economy will be reasonably strong and Putin will be under less pressure. But if the price of oil falls, his government will face a major shock.
How might a new Putin respond to this new internal weakness? On the one hand, he is promising limited concessions at home. He might allow for the election of local governors and make it easier for opposition candidates to register in national elections.
But he gave some other signals in his victory speech that were not so conciliatory and indeed augured ill for his relations with the West. He said the result of the elections showed "no one can force us to do anything" and "our people are able to tell the difference easily between innovation and renewal on the one hand and political provocations and destroying the state on the other".
This is part of a narrative that plays well in the Russian rust belt and among those who remember the Soviet Union with fondness. Putin's team claims that the protests against his rule and indeed against Russian control in former Soviet states such as Ukraine and Georgia are all orchestrated by the US. Putin's tears might have been calculated to show he was relieved at having saved Russia from this malign Western threat.
Yet it is unclear how effectively Putin can spin this in Russian domestic politics. Certainly it's a line that has no traction among the educated citizens of Moscow and St Petersburg who now spend their holidays in the West and do not see anything there which scares them.
There is little question of Russia returning to the old Communist days of savage repression, and indeed Russian society is much more pluralist than, say, China.
The internet and even Russian newspapers are already buzzing with embarrassing posts and stories about the elections which Beijing would never allow.
Putin's options in lurching away from the West are also limited because Russia is increasingly locked into the global trading system. Last December, after 18 months of talks, Russia finally secured entry into the World Trade Organisation, an event which should start to open up the country's still highly protected economy. This will no doubt create some challenges to Putin's control but equally it could launch a transformation similar to China's since it joined the WTO.
Putin may talk about breaking with the West but he has few other ways to turn. It has been locked in a holding pattern.
The Obama administration when it came to power announced what it called "a reset" in relations with Russia which mainly involved backing away from the Bush administration's aggressive plans for a Star Wars-style anti-missile program based in Eastern Europe.
Since then, Putin has annoyed the US with his lack of enthusiasm for intervention in Libya and by joining with China in opposing the overthrow of Bashar Al Assad's regime in Syria.
Yet despite some attempts to carve out a broader alliance with China, Putin has had little success. Indeed, Russia is pleased that US policy is now increasingly shifting to confronting China.
Russia and China are strategic rivals in central Asia where China, by purchasing natural gas, has become the key trading partner.
Russia sells China weapons and oil but given the two countries' long-shared border, integration is still limited. The corruption in Putin's Russia plays a role, making it impossible to build pipelines to bring Russian East Siberian gas and coal to market in China. It is unlikely to blossom any time soon. Overall, Russia's relationship with China is developing but not particularly warm.
"A fundamental problem in the relationship is divergence between Chinese and Russian world views. Chinese analysts believe that Russia views itself predominantly in European terms, a heritage which is alien to China," writes Linda Jakobson, East Asia program director of the Lowy Institute in a recent paper on China's energy and security relations with Russia.
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New boss Antony Jenkins wants us to have an "emotional" connection with Barclays - I'm sure a lot of people do, just not the one he would like!
New Barclays boss Antony Jenkins insisted the bank was in good shape despite a torrent of reputation-scarring scandals and a £47 million quarterly loss.
New boss Antony Jenkins wants us to have an "emotional" connection with Barclays - I'm sure a lot of people do, just not the one he would like!
Broadly, Barclays' profits are up thanks to investment banking, but having to set aside cash for PPI compensation pushes the bank into a small loss.
New Barclays boss Antony Jenkins has insisted the bank remains "strong and well-positioned" despite a torrent of reputation-scarring scandals and a £47 million quarterly loss.
Delivering his first set of results today since taking over from Bob Diamond in the wake of the Libor-fixing affair, Mr Jenkins accepted the lender had "much to do to restore trust among stakeholders."
Barclays has revealed its conduct is being investigated by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Both will examine whether the bank's relationships with third parties who help it win or retain business are compliant with the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Barclays has reported a pre-tax statutory loss of £47 million for the third quarter, against a £2.4 billion profit for the same period last year.
The bank's adjusted pretax profit in the three months to the end of September was revealed to be £1.73 billion, in line with analysts' forecasts and up from £1.34 billion a year ago, thanks to strong profits from investment banking.
But including a £700 million charge for mis-selling payment protection insurance would have left profits down 23% at £1.03 billion.
It will be interesting to see how new Barclays boss Anthony Jenkins handles his first press call (in around an hour) after the first set of results under his watch were announced.
Barclays has revealed the first results under the new chief executive Anthony Jenkins. They have made £5.9 billion in the last nine months.
As expected, the bank has set aside more money to pay the PPI compensation, a move other banks will likely do later this week.
Barclays has also put aside cash to pay compensation for interest rate "swaps" sold or mis-sold to business.


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Short Interest in Apollo Global Management Drops By 83.2% (APO)
Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) saw a large drop in short interest in June. As of June 13th, there was short interest totalling 1,739,815 shares, a drop of 83.2% from the May 30th total of 10,326,218 shares, Stock Ratings Network reports. Currently, 1.2% of the company's stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 1,444,945 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.2 days.
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Shares of Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) opened at 27.50 on Tuesday. Apollo Global Management has a 52-week low of $23.39 and a 52-week high of $36.51. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $26.49 and a 200-day moving average of $29.83. The company has a market cap of $4.100 billion and a P/E ratio of 9.89.
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Synergy effects of international policy instruments to reduce deforestation: a cross-country panel data analysis
AbstractSafeguarding tropical rainforests is one of the most important challenges for the future, particularly to mitigate climate change. The international community has actively sought international policy solutions to curb deforestation in tropical countries. Debt-for-nature swaps and certification of sustainable forest management have been implemented by NGOs. Some states are currently negotiating the implementation of the REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) mechanism, a North-South financial transfer to compensate countries for avoided deforestation. However, little is known about the efficiency of these instruments. We argue that they may have a double effect: an expected direct impact on deforestation linked to the conditionalities of instruments, and an indirect impact due to their feedback effects on macroeconomic variables, affecting in turn the drivers of deforestation. The second effect is often overlooked by policy makers [...].
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Bas Rutten is disappointed in Wanderlei Silva's recent downturn outside of the cage and believes the Brazilian's actions will "tarnish" his otherwise remarkable legacy.
The former UFC heavyweight champion joined Australia's Submission Radio, where he discussed Silva's recent troubles with the Nevada State Athletic Commission that stem from "The Axe Murderer's" failure to comply with the commission's drug testing policies. Rutten considered this recent plunge to be a "shame" considering the legacy Wand erected during his PRIDE days.
"What is happening lately to him, it's a shame," Rutten told Submission Radio. "This is going to be a tarnish on his career. I talked about it on 'Inside MMA' last Friday with Dana White, I was at the offices, at the UFC offices, and you know it's true. With the athletic commission, once you walk out while you have to do a test, oh they're gonna make an example out of you, you know. Otherwise, when you get caught, maybe you can't fight for six or nine months, but that's pretty much the maximum penalty, you know."
Although positive drug tests result in a suspension that varies between 6-12 months depending on the commission and the circumstances, but Rutten believes Silva's case is far more severe, as he actually walked out on a drug test.
"This is going to be much worse than nine months, I guarantee you that. They're going to go like 'ok, let's make sure this will never happen again', and god knows they're going to give him a couple of years. And with the age that he is right now, this could be a career killer, you know. And that's a shame, because he's such a good guy and such a fun guy to watch, always exciting, I mean the fights he had in Pride where just the wildest, all the time you know. The Axe Murderer is the perfect name for him"
Apart from discussing Silva's recent troubles, Rutten also recalled a story where he almost fought the Brazilian in Japan years ago.
"We were pretty close I thought. What happened was, there was that show with the 91,500 people, it was Dynamo or something, I forget the name right now. Anyway, they needed an opponent for him. Now I was at the time, I didn't do any ground. But I was just training for the last six months Thai boxing, and it actually went really well, I was getting very strong. So I thought to myself, well since this is an event where you have Pride fights and you have K1 fights, I would love to fight him - because they asked me if I wanted to do it - I said I'd love to fight him, but not Pride rules, let's do K1 rules but with the Pride gloves. That's what everybody wants to see anyway. They want to see us beating the crap out of each other in a striking war with pride gloves. And they said ok, well let's ask.
"And it never went through, and it wasn't because they were scared, or 'oooh Wanderlei is scared', Wanderlei isn't scared of anybody man, this guy fights everybody. So that was really not it, they just went with a different opponent and it didn't happen."


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A newly-formed musical collective led by English producer Toddla T., the Toddla T. Sound introduce themselves to the world (and The DJBooth) with debut single, Worst Enemy. Paddington, London R&B singer Shola Ama takes center stage on this dreamy, stripped-down selection, crooning cryptic lyrics over her colleagues' sparse percussion and hazy synth ambiance. Pitched-down flows, possibly courtesy of crewmates DRS or Serocee, break up her verses. Has this eminently chill promo cut left your interest piqued? Then stay tuned; Worst Enemy isn't currently attached to a forthcoming project, but we'll keep you supplied with the latest from Toddla T. Sound in the weeks and months ahead.
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Society for Sight Works to Prevent Blindness in Baltimore's Homeless People
Providing vision treatment and care for the homeless, indigent, and uninsured
The Maryland Society for Sight provided follow-up eye care and treatment for people who were homeless, indigent and uninsured and who had been originally identified through the organization's vision screening programs.
The society is a non-profit organization that works to prevent blindness and preserve sight for Marylanders.
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- The organization identified 57 individuals who needed follow-up eye care after their initial screening, but who were unable to afford the care.
- Patients with limited resources or public insurance coverage were referred to physicians with whom the project negotiated a reduced rate for care. For those ineligible for medical coverage and without resources, the project used grant funds to pay for care at a reduced rate.
- The most common types of care provided to patients were eye examinations and eyeglasses, cataract surgery and glaucoma exams.
- As of January 2003, none of the 57 patients treated had lost their sight, according to the project director.
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The Fancie Dancers will perform a Dance Show on Sunday, July 13th, at 3:00 p.m. at the Assembly Theatre, entitled "Visit to Disney. All the characters will be there! Come join in the fun. Tickets are $13.00 in advance, and can be obtained by contacting the Fancie Dancers School of Dance at 401.333.2623. Tickets are also available at the door for $16.00.
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College Station, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Davonte Fitzgerald scored 17 points off the bench as the Texas A&M Aggies cruised to a 69-53 victory over the Arkansas Razorbacks in Southeastern Conference action at Reed Arena.
Fabyon Harris netted 15 points and Jamal Jones narrowly missed out on a double-double with 14 points and eight rebounds for the Aggies (10-4, 1-0 SEC). Texas A&M has now won two straight and four of its last six.
Rashad Madden scored 12 points to lead Arkansas (11-3, 0-1), while Coty Clarke almost had a double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds. The Razorbacks had a seven-game winning streak snapped by the loss.
Texas A&M shot 37.1 percent from the field in the first half, including 4- of-9 from 3-point range. Arkansas converted 43.8 percent from the field, but just 3-of-11 from distance, allowing A&M to enter the half with a 35-33 lead.
The second half was murky for the Razorbacks, who shot 26.9 percent from the floor and just 1-of-8 beyond the arc. The Aggies improved in the second frame to 45.8 percent shooting and outscored Arkansas 34-20 in the period.
Texas A&M proved to be too much to handle in the paint, outscoring Arkansas 32-22 and winning the rebound battle, 42-38.
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YouTube can provide a significant source of income by itself. But when a YouTube star can take their talents elsewhere, that's when the money usually starts to roll in.
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Katy Perry Opens 2013 American Music Awards by Performing 'Unconditionally' as a Geisha
Katy Perry opened the 2013 American Music Awards tonight (Nov. 24) by performing her new single 'Unconditionally' while dressed in full geisha garb.
Katy Perry opened the 2013 American Music Awards tonight (Nov. 24) by performing her new single 'Unconditionally' while dressed in full geisha garb.
Ariana Grande sparkled in a floor-length scarlet dress on the 2013 American Music Awards red carpet. It's not often that the singer opts for something this long, but we love it! Since there is a lot of sparkle going on in the sequin-covered gown, we like that Ariana kept her makeup and accessories minimal. Her black clutch is the perfect accent to the trim on the dress.
Katy Perry loves to have fun with fashion, and with her dress at the 2013 American Music Awards, it was no exception! The stunning singer worked the carpet in a polka dot and floral dress by Oscar de la Renta. Our favorite part? The book-inspired clutch she carried!
Lady Gaga's 'ARTPOP' is not connecting on a visceral, primal level like its predecessor 'Born This Way.' It just isn't. It's also not selling at any sort of rapid, "must own" clip. But we're not about to write it off as a flop... yet. There is a simple prescription that can help the Mother Monster turn things around and cure all that ails Gaga in relationship to 'ARTPOP.'
MTV debuts new video last night inside of Teen Mom 3 rerun.
Don't judge me - This video of a burlesque dancer performing to Katy Perry's "Roar" brought tears to my eyes...
Lady Gaga released 'ARTPOP' on Nov. 11 to mixed reviews (which she doesn't care about) and amid a lot of traffic, including that from her labelmate Eminem, who sold nearly 800,000 copies of 'The Marshall Mathers LP2.' The sales projections for 'ARTPOP' are in and they are not what you think. Is 'ARTPOP' a flop and therefore 'ARTFLOP?'
Miley Cyrus continues bizarre behavior at MTV's Europe Music Awards.
Sixteen-year-old Olivia Wise has recently gone viral on the internet after she posted a video of her covering Katy Perry's 'Roar.' Olivia suffers from an untreatable brain tumor that was discovered when she had a seizure last year
Katy Perry has thrown her hat in multiple rings -- her new single, "Roar," is off the charts, she appeared on 'SNL' a couple times (as both host and musical guest), she voiced Smurfette in 'The Smurfs' movies, and she's been vocal about wanting a role in the proposed 'Blade Runner 2.' Now, with 'Beetlejuice 2' under discussions, she already has her eye on a role.
Katy Perry and Robert Pattinson are pals, so close that they fart around one another without embarrassment. The twosome once sang some (presumably) drunken karaoke back in 2008, too.


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Yep, the people who usually complain the most about photoshop usage are the people who don't know how to use it. Go figure.
Law 36 of the 48 Laws of Power: Disdain things you cannot have.
Well put. I second that.
I give my clients un-edited copies and if they want retouching or don't like a birthmark or they had a blemish I will edit if they ask.
There is no such thing as too much or too little retouching. There is ONLY good and bad retouching.
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I mostly agree, however in my own experience I've found that some images can be manipulated to the point where no matter how good you are it just looks fake and bad. That being said most of those types of images are bad to begin with and you just can't save them.
Also, some of us don't have access to models with perfect skin and features, amazing MUA's/stylists and pro lighting equipment. I know that's why I end up doing a lot of retouching on my own work. Maybe if I was shooting scarlett johansson it'd be different but hey, whatcha gonna do :p
but also there are a lot of guys who DO over do it...let's be real !!
I know of almost no professional retouchers who do that to skin. It's usually the photographers who blur out the texture (and the newbie retouchers).
OP its just as bad on the photography threads as people go on and on about gear and how one body/sensor has better dynamic range. Never really understanding that the clients don't give a shit and a good image shot with a 4 year Canon Rebel will out do a D800 in the public/clients eyes
A good image is a good image, it can be enhanced or sometimes fixed (sneaky tripod leg got in frame) but it has to be worth looking at first; then retouched
Some cameras already have stuff built in them... it's cheesy but it's only the beginning.
Which, I argue, is not knowing how to use it.
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Brady named new state banking commissioner
by MBJ Staff
Published: October 4,2011
Tags: banking and finance, banking commissioner, Banks, financial institutions, state government
RIDGELAND — Gov. Haley Barbour has appointed Theresa Brady of Ridgeland as commissioner of the Department of Banking and Consumer Finance. Brady begins the new position effective immediately.
Brady replaces John Allison, who retired in September after almost 40 years with the department.
The Department of Banking and Consumer Finance executes laws related to banking, credit unions, motor vehicle sales, mortgage brokers and other financial businesses, and ensures compliance with statutes and regulations.
Brady's appointment must be confirmed by the Senate.
Brady, a native of Columbus, joined the Mississippi Department of Banking and Consumer Finance in 1981 as a bank examiner. She has served as deputy commissioner since July 1, 2000. Prior to becoming deputy commissioner, she was the director of the Department's Consumer Finance Division where she was responsible for overseeing the examination of and enforcement actions against a number of consumer industries.
Prior to returning to the department in 1998 as director of the Consumer Finance Division, Brady served as the bond director for the State Treasury Department and as an assistant city attorney for the City of Jackson.
Brady is a current member and a past president of the National Association of Consumer Credit Administrators. She previously served as first vice president and as secretary-treasurer. Brady is also a member of the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators and the Mississippi Bar Association. Brady has attended courses of instructions and conferences presented by various groups such as CSBS, NACCA, AARMR and MTRA as well as courses offered by related industries and associations.
Brady received a bachelor of science degree in banking and finance from Mississippi State University and a law degree from Mississippi College School of Law.
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Take the 'Plunge' for Special Olympics
Hundreds of people will be headed to Hampton Beach in February to plunge into the Atlantic Ocean.
Individuals will be participating in the Sixth Annual High School Plunge on Saturday, Feb. 1, and the 15th Annual Penguin Plunge on Sunday, Feb. 2, to benefit Special Olympics New Hampshire.
Participants solicit support from family, friends, business associates and others to raise a minimum of $350 for the Penguin Plunge and $175 for the High School Plunge.
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Hugh Hefner wasn't BS'ing when he got engaged to Crystal Harris ... again -- a year after she abruptly ended their previous engagement -- because TMZ has learned, the couple just went to a courthouse to obtain a marriage license.
Sources tell TMZ, Hef and Harris dropped by the Beverly Hills Courthouse this morning to obtain the necessary paperwork in order to make their New Year's wedding ceremony official.
TMZ broke the story ... the re-engaged couple are planning to tie the knot during an intimate ceremony on New Year's Eve at the Playboy Mansion.
Harris moved back into the Mansion earlier this year, and we're told she and Hef have been on fantastic terms ever since.
A big change from last June -- when Harris canceled the couple's previous engagement just 5 days before their big wedding.
just more proof that there's no fool like an old fool
Why does anyone care? This is like posting the details of someone's use of a hooker, because that's all this is -- a very expensive selling of sex. He's use her up and either move on, like he always does, or die first, but with the pre-nup it won't matter that much either way. I assume she's just an attention whore who's willing to be a real whore to get some more.
Can we say GOLD DIGGER??? There is not enough booze or pills in the USA for me to do that...sorry.
Hef is no doubt a fun guy, but he's dumber than a box of dumb asses!
After what she did and said last time to and about HEF he shuld be the one running, she only cam back for the money after her record flopped!
Finally! They got their marriage license...now it's off to the funeral home for arrangements
If you think about it, this is Hef's version of settling down. He's had different groups of blonde girlfriends living at the mansion for years. The last ones I heard about were 19 year old twins.
Now, he's vowing to be with just one (well, maybe), and she's not a teenager. I still wish it would have been Holly.
What a ****ing dumb@ss. guess it doesn't matter how f*cking old you are, you can still be stupid as f*ck!
Umm. Well. Umm. Best wishes?
Hef! What the hell are you thinking dude?
So Hef, you wouldn't marry Holly who truly loved you, but you are marrying this whore who truly loves your money. Good luck bud, you were warned.
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Proposed Indicator of Life On Alien Worlds May Be Bogus
Re:Distance and Radiation make it a moot point.... (112 comments)
That reminds me of an old SF book called Dragon's Egg, about life that developed on the surface of a neutron star. The molecular structure of this life was based on particles interacting via the strong force rather than the electromagnetic force, and because of that their chemical processes ran about a million times faster than ours. The main bulk of the story took place over a couple of months of our time, in which a spacecraft of ours was orbiting this neutron star. In that two-month timeframe, the beings on the star evolved from primitive savages to a highly advanced civilization, far more technologically advanced than ours. We were able to communicate with them, but from their standpoint it would take nearly a whole lifetime for just a few messages to be exchanged back and forth. Interesting story.


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Police on alert for drunken drivers at Angels game.
From the look of that pic it looks like the police will indeed have a "heavy" presence.
I went to ALDS game 1 and it didn't seem that the cops were very active. We were able to have a couple of beers in the car before hand. Anyone go yesterday? Was there more of a police presence or is this just hype to scare people into buying beer inside?
I personally think it is ridiculous to site the change in enforcement as having to do with the Adenhart accident because they've been lax about it all season. This should have been done immediately after the accident if they were hoping to make a statement about drinking and driving.
I really isn't a big deal to me not to be able to drink in parking lot but it just pissed me off that they site the Adenhart tragedy like that.