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The Adela Dwyer - St. Thomas of Villanova Peace Award recognizes an individual or group for outstanding contributions to the understanding of the meaning and conditions of justice and peace in human communities. The award is accompanied by $1,000 and is presented at a formal address by the recipient(s) to the Villanova University community.
Center for Peace and Justice Education staff selects the award recipient from among the nominations from the Villanova community following careful consideration of the list of candidates and supporting materials. Please send your recommendations with supporting information to Kathryn GetekSoltis. Thank you.
2013: Network. NETWORK is a national Catholic social justice lobby that has been advocating for peace and justice in Washington for over 40 years. NETWORK's recent "Nuns on the Bus" campaign has famously spoken out on the federal budget and immigration reform. The award will be accepted by Executive Director, Sr. Simone Campbell SSS, a noted speaker on public policy issues
2012: Wendell Berry. Wendell Berry is a poet, author, cultural critic, conservationist and farmer.Often referred to as a "21-st century Henry David Thoreau," he has used pen and hand to teach us about ourresponsibilities for the land and for one another.
2011: Leymah Gbowee, helped organize and then lead the Liberian Mass Action for Peace, a coalition of Christian and Muslim women who sat in public protest, confronting Liberia's ruthless president and rebel warlords. Gbowee emerged as an international leader who changed history, marking the vanguard of a new wave of women taking control of their political destiny around the world.
2010: The Coalition of Immokalee Workers. The CIW is a community-based organization that strives to build the strength of the community on a basis of reflection and analysis, constant attention to coalition-building across ethnic divisions, and an ongoing investment in leadership development to help their members continually develop their skills in community education and organization.
2009: Judy Wicks, Founder and President of White Dog Community Enterprises. Ms. Wicks is committed to building a local food economy in the Philadelphia region. She is also Chair and Co-founder of the nationwide Business Alliance for Local Living Economies.
2007-08: On behalf of The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Jane Golden, director of the Program accepts the award. Since 1984 she has supervised the completion of 2000 indoor and outdoor murals. Jane's accomplishments have been recognized both locally and nationally. While coordinating the city-wide mural art program, Jane remains committed to art education. She is an instructor at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and teaches at the University of Pennsylvania.
2006: Jonathan Kozol. A non-fiction writer, educator and activist, best known for his books on public education in the United States. He has become deeply involved in social justice work and is a critic of the voucher movement.
2005: Michael Berg. A local peace activist for forty years who stood opposed to Operation Iraqi Freedom, Berg, with his family, were thrust into the national and international spotlight when his son, Nick Berg, was brutally murdered in Iraq in May, 2004.
2004: Archbishop Desmond Tutu. In 1984, Tutu's contribution to the cause of racial justice in South Africa was recognized when he received the highest award the world can offer - the Nobel Peace Prize.
2003: Voices in the Wilderness. Founded in 1996 to campaign for an end to economic and military warfare against the Iraqi people, talk by co-founder Kathy Kelly.
2002: Noam Chomsky. Professor emeritus of linguistics at MIT and one of America's most prominent political dissidents, a strong advocate for peace and justice.
2001: Congressman John Lewis. US Congress Representative from Georgia, one of the key figures in the Civil Rights Movement who has been in the vanguard of progressive social movements and the human rights struggles of the United States for over 40 years.
2000: Daniel J. Berrigan, S.J. A celebrated Jesuit poet, anti-war activist and radical advocate of human rights for more than half a century.
1999: Project H.O.M.E. Founded in 1988, Project H.O.M.E. has been a leader in providing comprehensive and effective services to persons who experience chronic homelessness in Philadelphia and in responding to the root causes of homelessness through low cost housing and political advocacy, talk by cofounder Mary Scullion, R.S.M.
1998: Rev. Roy Bourgeois, M.M. Maryknoll priest, social activist and founder and co-director of SOA Watch, an organization dedicated to shutting down the infamous School of the Americas (renamed Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.
1997: The Catholic Worker Movement, House of Grace. Talk by Mary Beth Appel.
1996: Sr. Helen Prejean, C.S.J. Passionate advocate for abolition of capital punishment and the author of Dead Man Walking, made into a 1995 film starring Susan Sarandon.
1995: Jim Wallis. Author, preacher, activist and editor of Sojourners, a magazine reporting and analyzing the intersection of faith, politics, and culture, making a direct link between strong biblical faith and active social engagement, theology and action, spirituality and politics.
1994: Rev. John P. McNamee. Author of Diary of a City Priest, pastor of St. Malachy Church in Philadelphia, inspired by the Rev. Daniel Berrigan, S.J., wrote several books of poetry and prose championing the rights of poor persons, including Diary of a City Priest, which was made into an inspiring film for public television (2001) available on DVD & VHS.
1993: Eileen Egan. Catholic Worker, author and founder of Pax Christi, USA.
1992: Native American Rights Fund. A non-profit organization that provides legal representation and technical assistance to Indian tribes, organizations and individuals nationwide, talk by Walter Echohawk.
1991: Habitat for Humanity. A nonprofit, nondenominational Christian housing organization working to build simple, decent, affordable, houses in partnership with those in need of adequate shelter, talk by founder and president Millard Fuller.
1990: John Sobrino, S.J. Author, advocate for the poor and oppressed.
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With Sofia Coppola's Golden Lion winner at last year's Venice Film Festival , "Somewhere" set to expand into more theaters this Friday, we have some great prize packs to give away courtesy of Focus Features. One winner will receive: a $50 movie theater gift card; an autographed poster by Sofia Coppola and "Lost In Translation" on BluRay. Three runners up will receive a prize pack containing: an autographed poster by Sofia Coppola and "Lost In Translation" on BluRay.
"Somewhere" is a look into the orbit of actor Johnny Marco (played by Stephen Dorff), a hugely popular actor living at the legendary Chateau Marmont hotel in Hollywood. He has a Ferrari to drive around in, and a constant stream of girls and pills to stay in with. Comfortably numbed, Johnny drifts along. Then, his 11-year-old daughter Cleo (Elle Fanning) from his failed marriage arrives unexpectedly at the Chateau. Their encounters encourage Johnny to face up to where he is in life and confront the question that we all must: which path in life will you take? The film features some strong cinematography by Harris Savides, and strong supporting turns from Fanning and in a pleasant surprise, Chris Pontius from the Jackass crew.
For a chance to win, all you have to do is email us the answer to this question: Which actress from "The Office" has a small role in "Somewhere"?
Please include your full name and mailing address with the answer. Contest open to residents of the United States only. Good luck!
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My obsessive reading of this site pays off!
josh | January 11, 2011 4:44 AM
Ellie Kemper, who currently has a role as Erin on the office. And look up Blowjob Girl on YouTube.
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Ron | January 11, 2011 4:43 AM
Ellie Kemper.
Kevin Jagernauth | January 11, 2011 4:43 AM
Ellie Kemper (aka Erin on "The Office")
Rain | January 11, 2011 4:41 AM
Well now that the contest is over who is it ?
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Aaaaaargggghhh... I know the answer but I'm not a US resident! :(

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Should schools ban 'pink slime' from lunches?
Until this month 'pink slime' was on millions of lunchroom plates but almost no one's radar.
That changed after an Internet push to ban the meat product went viral.
The meat industry, of course, doesn't call the product "pink slime." It describes it as "lean, finely textured beef" and "BLBT," which is short for "boneless lean beef trimmings."
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The International Appeal of a Lacrosse Game
Lacrosse originated in North America and was confined to that region for a long time. The speed and excitement of lacrosse, however, has made it popular around the world. In the beginning, lacrosse was played mostly in Canada and the USA (plus a few places in the United Kingdom and Australia). Today, however, you can watch lacrosse games in a good number of cities in Europe and East Asia.
Every four years a World Championship of lacrosse is held. The highest international tournament for lacrosse, it holds competitions in four categories: Senior Men, Senior Women, Men under 19 and Women under 19. Up until 1986, participation in the World Championship was limited to teams from the United States, Canada, England and Australia (with women's teams from Scotland and Wales). Reflecting the burgeoning popularity of lacrosse, the 2006 World Championship had 26 countries fielding teams and the 2009 Women's World Championship saw 16 countries participating.
Understand the Lacrosse Game in the Light of Lacrosse History
To get the full satisfaction out of playing the lacrosse game, you need to know lacrosse history. The lacrosse game was started by Native Americans as early as the 5th century. A French Jesuit missionary first wrote about it after he saw Iroquois tribesmen playing it in 1637. He called it "la crosse" after the stick used in the game.
Historically, a team could have anywhere from 100 to 1,000 players on a field that could be 500 yards or several miles long. The games could last from 2 to 3 days, sunup to sundown. The lacrosse game was part of the religious life of the peoples who played it, assuming the role of warriors with the goal of bringing honor and glory to the tribe. To give this goal a deeper, religious meaning, the lacrosse game became part of a ritual to honor the Creator and came to be called "The Creator's Game".
Practicing with a Lacrosse Goal for a Sharper Lacrosse Game
A lacrosse goal, measuring 6 feet by 6 feet inside a circular area 18 feet in diameter, is not an easy target in a lacrosse game. The measurements of a lacrosse goal remain the same for both men's and women's lacrosse. In box lacrosse, however, the lacrosse goal is traditionally 4 feet by 4 feet, although in the National Lacrosse League it measures 4.6 feet wide by 4 feet tall.
A good way to get comfortable with a lacrosse goal is to build one. There are many kinds of lacrosse goals from portable ones to small practice goals intended for accuracy training. A portable lacrosse goal has its drawbacks because it moves when a player runs into it or it gets hit hard by the ball. It is better to build a lacrosse goal that fits into holes in the ground and cannot be dislodged. Here's how you can build a portable one.
- Measure and cut 3 metal pipes 6 feet in length.
- Connect the pipes at the upper corners to form the entrance or frame of the goal.
Different Types of the Lacrosse Game
Putting aside the differences between men's and women's lacrosse, there are several variations to the lacrosse game. There's field lacrosse and box lacrosse. There's also collegiate lacrosse and international lacrosse. All of these have differences in rules and procedures which one must be familiar with in order to appreciate the entirety of the sport or of a specific type.
Men's field lacrosse is the most physically demanding form of the lacrosse game requiring superb fitness, excellent stick handling and smooth eye-hand coordination. Each team has 10 players: 1 goalie, 3 defenders, 3 midfielders and 3 attackers. The goalie's role is to prevent the opposing team's ball from entering the goal. The defenders are there to stop the opposing team's attackers from attempting to make a goal; the midfielders help with the defense and set up the play for a goal attempt by getting the ball to the attackers while the attackers are responsible for making the attempts to score by getting the ball into the opposing team's goal.


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Over the last few weeks more high street chains have announced that they are in trouble. Thorntons, Habitat and JJB Sports are closing stores, HMV has sold Waterstones and Oddbins has gone under. We are told that we should feel sad about this but wasn't it the chain stores that ruined our High Streets in the first place?
Other than the obvious human cost of up to 10,000 people losing their jobs, I feel no regret at all at the demise of the chain store. In a spectacular display of shopkeeping karma, they have reaped what they sowed and in an irony worthy of any Elizabethan playwright, they have been brought to their knees by the supermarkets and the internet for the very reasons they systematically put tens of thousands of independent retailers out of business at the end of the last century: wider product choice, lower prices and superior logistical infrastructures.
And so why should we feel nostalgic about Waterstones and HMV when they and their co-conspirators more or less annihilated independent bookshops and our record stores? And the worse thing is the inference that it's our fault for not spending enough money in these profit-obsessed faceless corporate entities.
In 2005 the NEF published Clone Town Britain, a paper evidencing how as a result of the infestation of chain stores, high streets up and down the country are now virtually indistinguishable from one another. Cambridge is cited as the worst offender, with only nine variety of shops in the city centre and high instances of multiples of retailers. It is for this reason I find city breaks in Britain depressing – every town centre is exactly the same and there is no longer any joy in holiday shopping.
For years chain stores have been dictating what we can buy, when and how. They intentionally limit choice by only selling their most profitable items, because profit is their only driving force. Remember Blockbusters? Remember how frustrating it was that they started to only offer the top twenty videos and perhaps a couple of random older ones? Well, look what happened to them.
It seems we have now had enough of our purchasing choices being limited by corporate logistics and profit margins. In the same way that the combined will of the people has overthrown numerous Middle Eastern dictatorships so far this year, so the chain stores are dropping like flies as a result of our search for democracy of choice on the internet and in the supermarkets. High street chains offer neither the expertise and localism of independent retailers, nor the eclecticism and competition of the internet and so is it any wonder we are shopping elsewhere?
Just like the more stubborn dictators most of the chains are clinging on to their power, at least for now. It is of course in their interest to propagate stories of doom and gloom and foretelling the death of the high street but research reported in the Guardian this week shows that local retailers are benefiting from chain stores closing, snapping up bargain rents on empty shops and the retailers who embrace the superior offering of the internet are doing alright. And so the green shoots of democracy continue to grow. Long live the revolution.


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One of the companies that may be best positioned for the approval of online gambling is Double Down Interactive, the fast-growing Seattle upstart that was gobbled up by Las Vegas-based International Game Technology for as much as $500 million last year. Double Down has already generated more than $128 million in revenue in the past… Read More
Year in review: Vote for the top Seattle tech story of 2012
It's been quite the year in Seattle technology. Amazon.com kept growing. Microsoft kept transforming. And several startups raised huge rounds of cash as they looked to become the next Microsoft or Amazon. In case your head was filled with too many Tweets and Facebook posts to keep up, here's a handy look back at the biggest… Read More
Q&A: Double Down CEO Greg Enell on growth, games, money and Facebook
Double Down Interactive, the Seattle-based maker of casino-style social games, started the year by announcing its acquisition by gambling technology giant IGT for up to $500 million. Double Down is ending the year by moving into a new space, next door to its previous headquarters in another part of Seattle's Union Station complex. The space… Read More
Just when you thought it couldn't get worse: Tech execs dance Gangnam Style
How do you know when an Internet meme has run its course? Executives do stuff like this at conferences. In the span of two hours today, executives from two Seattle tech startups started their talks at the Seattle Interactive conference with "Gangnam Style" dances. First was Glenn Walcott, president of Seattle-based DoubleDown Interactive, who started… Read More
Q&A: Double Down's Cooper DuBois on wearing many hats at a startup
Cooper DuBois wants you to step out of your real world and come into his for a few minutes a day. How's he going to do it? He and his team at Seattle's Double Down Interactive are creating fun, social gaming environments where everyone can take a spin around a casino and share the fun… Read More
Double Down boosts revenue for slot machine giant IGT
International Game Technology's purchase of Seattle-based Double Down Interactive, a developer of casino-style Facebook games, is starting to pay dividends. In the slot machine giant's earnings report today, IGT said that revenues increased 13 percent largely due to the growth of the company's interactive unit, which includes Double Down. Without the interactive businesses, revenue would have… Read More
Game company hires 100th employee, plans free ice cream social to celebrate
OK, we know it is tough to find solid, hard-working tech employees around Seattle. But a stunt today by Double Down Interactive, the social gaming company that was acquired by gambling giant IGT for up to $500 million earlier this year, is really taking the cake. Or should we say the ice cream. In order… Read More
Casino giant IGT goes social, launches Vegas slot machine favorite on Facebook
International Game Technologies — which purchased Seattle social game maker Double Down Interactive for up to $500 million in January — is bringing its popular Da Vinci Diamonds slot machine to Facebook. But this won't be the full Vegas experience. After all, in the Facebook version, only virtual coins are at stake (for now). The game will be… Read More
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From IPOs to M&A deals to big venture capital financing rounds, today's featured category in the Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards is Deal of the Year. There certainly were some whoppers in the Seattle area, and this group of companies certainly symbolizes some of the best and brightest in the Seattle tech community. This is one… Read More
PopCap doubles down on Facebook games with grand opening of Lucky Gem Casino
This could get pretty interesting. PopCap Games this week launched a new series of casino-style games on Facebook in which players compete in slot-based games, playing by themselves or with friends using virtual currency. The Lucky Gem Casino games — which utilize characters from PopCap's line-up of blockbuster hits such as Chuzzle, Bejeweled and Zuma… Read More
With Double Down off the table, Zynga looks for playing partners in Internet gambling
The virtual coins that players wager in casino-style games on Facebook may be getting a real monetary value, at least some time in the future. The social gaming powerhouse Zynga tells All Things D today that it is in "active conversations with potential partners" about Internet gambling. "We know from listening to our players that… Read More
Newsmakers 2011: Mariachi and margaritas mark wild year for Double Down's Walcott, Enell
Executives at Double Down Interactive hired a mariachi band to entertain staffers at a company meeting in September — a special treat for hitting one million daily active users on Facebook. And then — amid the tortilla chips and margaritas — the fun really started. CEO and co-founder Greg Enell — along with execs Glenn Walcott… Read More


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The Taoiseach is considering a proposal for a designated legal quarter. The area would be North of the Four Courts, South of Kings Inns and encompass the Law Society and Green Street Courthouse.
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LITTLEFIELD, TX (KCBD) - A Lamb County man will spend 20 years behind bars and pay a $10,000 fine for helping hide the body of his dead roommate.
A Lamb County jury stayed at the courthouse until 10:30 p.m. Friday night to determine that sentence after they convicted 53-year-old Brad Halderman of tampering with evidence. Lamb county deputies say he and 51-year-old Mickey Birchfield beat their roommate, Ronald Bures, to death in July of 2009 and then dragged him more than three miles into Hale County where they left his body.
For there to be a guilty verdict, the prosecution had to prove Halderman helped hide Bures' body.
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Real Salt Lake scored two second-half goals to beat Tauro FC 2-0 on Tuesday and keep their CONCACAF Champions League hopes alive.
Having lost their first Champions League match, Salt Lake were in desperate need for three points at home. After a frustrating first half, they turned it on late to grab all three points.
That Salt Lake wasn't ahead at halftime was borderline criminal and Alvaro Anzola was the thief. The Tauro goalkeeper was sensational in the opening 45 minutes and was almost single-handedly responsible for keeping RSL off of the scoreboard.
Three minutes into the second half, RSL finally did beat Anzola. Of course, the play started with Anzola denying Paulo Jr., but Alvaro Saborio hopped on the rebound and buried it to give the home side a lead.
Just before the hour mark, Kyle Beckerman doubled Salt Lake's lead when he took a pass from Paulo Jr. and did well to create just enough space to unleash a shot. It was a good shot too, eluding Anzola from 18 yards and putting RSL 2-0 up.
It wasn't all good news for RSL, though. Beckerman was sent off for a studs-up tackle with 18 minutes remaining and Salt Lake had to hold on to their lead with just 10 men. He will also have to miss the team's next Champions League contest. This came after Nat Borchers was sent off in Salt Lake's first Champions League match and had to miss the Tauro match.
With the win, Salt Lake joins Herediano atop Group 2 on three points, although RSL has played two matches to Herediano's one. The Costa Rican side will have the chance to move back in front of RSL when they play Tauro in the next group match, while the Panamanians will look to make it a three-way tie atop the group.


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Nicolas Varchausky's "La biblioteca ciega", has been nominated for Prix Ars Electronica 2012 - Interactive Art
February 01 2012
"La biblioteca ciega", a site-specific sound art performance by Nicolas Varchausky has been nominated by one of this year's jury members for Prix Ars Electronica 2012, in the Interactive Art category. The piece was commissioned by Secretaría de Cultura de La Nación Argentina for the old reading room of the former National Library, once ran by Borges, and uses a series of instruments that turn light into sound. Mechanical photo-sensitive turntables, sonic backlights and bars of light are manipulated by members of the National Orchestra of Blind Musicians and expanded through live electronics into a 3D surround sound space.


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News: Method Wants R-e-s-p-e-c-t Man, "[We] Go Out & F*ckin' Fight For The Bread" [Video]
Monday, Jun 20, 2011 10:21AM
While Father's Day has come and gone, Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man has spoken out on the annual celebration date and why Mother's Day clearly outshines the contributions men make for their families.
From Mef's perspective, Father's Day does not get the proper amount of respect as it should.
"You know what's so f*cked up about Father's Day? It's so f*cked up that I'll give you a prime example; Dad usually holds down all the bills, keeps the lights on, everything. Put the food in the house, he go out and f*ckin' fight for the bread and all that sh*t and bring it home to the family, go out and kill the moose, drag that sh*t back on his motherf*ckin' back so his wife can cook it," Mef explained. "When Mother's Day come around, they get mugs, they give them flower pots, all kinds of dope sh*t. You know what [we] get? We get that little construction paper tie. It's not a big deal. Mother's Day, first 50 ladies in free at the club. It's Mother's Day. Father's Day, you don't get that sh*t...Father's Day sucks. We deserve way more credit -- As far as the market goes, they about to drop Father's Day because they don't really make no money. But Mother's Day, that's up there. That's tops." (Soul Culture)
Not only one to defend Father's Day, Meth previously vouched for men battling child support cases.
"Not for nothing, and I'm not knocking, I don't know the ins and outs of [Nas and Kelis'] relationship but as far as speaking for men in general, ladies come on, y'all know that's some bullsh*t," Mef said about high priced child support cases in 2009. "Ladies, let's be real and sh*t, for real for real, all you did was f*ck your man. That money right there, a kid don't need that much money to survive and sh*t. You trying to maintain yourlifestyle. I wanna see the shoe on the other foot. That sh*t is ridiculous man because then you got a lot of chicks and that's not all of them, but there are some chicks out there striving to get [that]...The court system is geared more towards the women than the men." (EZ Street Show)
In celebration of Father's Day, actor/rapper Nick Cannon recently spoke to SOHH about embracing fatherhood.
"I'm loving fatherhood. It's changed my life for the better in so many ways. I just can't wait to do more. I think I'm at that stage where I'm anxious to be a father and obviously my children are still infants. So with Father's Day and everything else going on, I just look forward to a new journey every day. Family is coming through. My mom and pops have definitely been around. I have a 91 year-old great grandmother that I have and need my children to meet. So it's been stuff like that as of late and really trying to set things up to get the family thing going." (SOHH Guest Star)
Outside of Father's Day talk, Method Man is currently working on his forthcoming Crystal Meth solo album.
"Still working. I'm taking my time," Mef said when asked about the project's status. "F*ck that, I don't care what nobody say or think. I'm taking my time with this one, and it's gonna be like a fine wine, baby...Falling back to the first album and the second album, the darker element of Meth, but with a twist on it. I can't tell you exactly what it is because I don't want people biting me before I do it...It definitely has a twist to it. I have a new technique of writing that no one has really touched on but it's right there for them to pick up." (Hip Hop Chronicle)
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When a video of someone speaking is paused, the stationary image of the speaker typically appears less flattering than the video, which contained motion. We call this the frozen face effect (FFE). Here we report six experiments intended to quantify this effect and determine its cause. In Experiment 1, video clips of people speaking in naturalistic settings as well as all of the static frames that composed each video were presented, and subjects rated how flattering each stimulus was. The videos were rated to be significantly more flattering than the static images, confirming the FFE. In Experiment 2, videos and static images were inverted, and the videos were again rated as more flattering than the static images. In Experiment 3, a discrimination task measured recognition of the static images that composed each video. Recognition did not correlate with flattery ratings, suggesting that the FFE is not due to better memory for particularly distinct images. In Experiment 4, flattery ratings for groups of static images were compared with those for videos and static images. Ratings for the video stimuli were higher than those for either the group or individual static stimuli, suggesting that the amount of information available is not what produces the FFE. In Experiment 5, videos were presented under four conditions: forward motion, inverted forward motion, reversed motion, and scrambled frame sequence. Flattery ratings for the scrambled videos were significantly lower than those for the other three conditions. In Experiment 6, as in Experiment 2, inverted videos and static images were compared with upright ones, and the response measure was changed to perceived attractiveness. Videos were rated as more attractive than the static images for both upright and inverted stimuli. Overall, the results suggest that the FFE requires continuous, natural motion of faces, is not sensitive to inversion, and is not due to a memory effect.
Keywords: face perception, static images, dynamic images, attractiveness, fluency
Citation: Post RB, Haberman J, Iwaki L and Whitney D (2012) The frozen face effect: why static photographs may not do you justice. Front. Psychology 3:22. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00022
Received: 04 September 2011;
Accepted: 18 January 2012;
Published online: 20 February 2012.
Edited by:J. Toby Mordkoff, University of Iowa, USA
Reviewed by:Erin Heerey, Bangor University, UK
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Restorative justice for SCR 911 interim general manager publicly attacking private ctizen
These are my email requests to SCR 911's Board of Directors calling for restorative justice for SCR 911 Interim General Manager Dennis Kidd attacking (on the Internet) the character of private citizen Don Adams who claimed to have called SCR 911 about Shannon Collin's murderer on Broadway Street last May 7th. SCR 911 and the Santa Cruz Police Department (SCPD) claim Mr. Adams never called SCR 911. This is a controversy between Adams, the SCPD and SCR 911. I believe Mr. Kidd violated ethical and professional codes of conduct by posting the subject comment on a Sentinel Newspaper Internet comments forum.
May 20, 2012
Board of Directors
Santa Cruz Regional 9–1–1
495 Upper Park Road
Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Tel: 831.471.1009; 831.471.1018; 831.471.1008
via email to: jgoldstein [at] ci.capitola.ca.us
via email to: mbernal [at] cityofsantacruz.com
via email to: citymanager [at] ci.watsonville.ca.us
via email to: susan.mauriello [at] co.santa-cruz
cc: dmiller [at] santacruzsentinel.com
cc: tmoore [at] santacruzsentinel.com
cc: davidlee [at] kionrightnow.com
cc: letters [at] gtweekly.com
cc: msc [at] metcruz.com
cc: scimc [at] indymedia.org
cc: brad.kava [at] patch.com
cc: editors [at] cityonahillpress.com
cc: ksconews [at] gmail.com
cc: kusp [at] kusp.org
cc: frsc [at] freakradio.org
cc: tdunlap [at] register-pajaronian.com
cc: kball [at] thecalifornian.com
cc: assignmentdesk [at] kqed.org
cc: contact [at] pacifica.org
re: Please handle my requests for restorative justice because Dennis Kidd is SCR 911 interim general manager
Dear SCR 911 Board of Directors:
It just came to my attention that Scotty Douglass no longer works at SCR 911 as the general manager. Instead Dennis Kidd is the interim general manager.
Since I am lodging a complaint and request for restorative justice about the actions of Mr. Kidd, I ask your board to direct the copied email below to the appropriate SCR 911 staff, besides Mr. Kidd, to process. I believe your board is empowered to hear complaints about your interim general manager. Thus I would appreciate if your board would process my requests for restorative justice regarding Mr. Kidd's post on a Sentinel Internet comment forum where he personally attacked the integrity of private citizen Don Adams.
I believe my requests for restorative justice are even more important now that they involve the highest ranking SCR 911 official, making Mr. Kidd's Internet post even more indefensible.
Thank you for your effective handling of these requests for restorative justice involving your interim general manager.
Sincerely yours,
John E. Colby, Ph.D.
email: colby [at] docktorcat.com
twitter: @jecolbe
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From: John E. Colby
Date: May 20, 2012 3:35:11 AM PDT
To: Scotty Douglass
Cc: Jamie Goldstein , Martín Bernal , Carlos Palacios , Susan Mauriello , Don Miller , Tom Moore , David Lee , letters [at] gtweekly.com, msc [at] metcruz.com, scimc [at] indymedia.org, Brad Kava , editors [at] cityonahillpress.com, ksconews [at] gmail.com, kusp [at] kusp.org, frsc [at] freakradio.org, Tom Dunlap , Katharine Ball , assignmentdesk [at] kqed.org, contact [at] pacifica.org, Terry Francke , Peter Scheer
Subject: Restorative justice for character attack on private citizen by SCR 911 supervisor Dennis Kidd on Sentinel Internet forum
May 20, 2012
Scotty Douglass
General Manager
Santa Cruz Regional 9–1–1
495 Upper Park Road
Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Tel: 831.471.1014
via email to: scotty [at] scr911.org
cc: jgoldstein [at] ci.capitola.ca.us
cc: mbernal [at] cityofsantacruz.com
cc: citymanager [at] ci.watsonville.ca.us
cc: susan.mauriello [at] co.santa-cruz
cc: dmiller [at] santacruzsentinel.com
cc: tmoore [at] santacruzsentinel.com
cc: davidlee [at] kionrightnow.com
cc: letters [at] gtweekly.com
cc: msc [at] metcruz.com
cc: scimc [at] indymedia.org
cc: brad.kava [at] patch.com
cc: editors [at] cityonahillpress.com
cc: ksconews [at] gmail.com
cc: kusp [at] kusp.org
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cc: tdunlap [at] register-pajaronian.com
cc: kball [at] thecalifornian.com
cc: assignmentdesk [at] kqed.org
cc: contact [at] pacifica.org
cc: terry [at] calaware.org
cc: pscheer [at] firstamendmentcoalition.org
re: Restorative justice for character attack on private citizen by SCR 911 supervisor Dennis Kidd on Sentinel Internet forum
Dear Mr. Douglass:
I am writing in response to a post by SCR 911 Assistant General Manager Dennis Kidd on the Sentinel newspaper Internet comments forum in which he attacked the integrity of private citizen Don Adams who claimed to the Sentinel that he had made a 911 call about Shannon Collin's murderer loitering in the Broadway Street neighborhood where Ms. Collins was tragically stabbed and killed last May 7th. His alleged call to SCR 911 is a source of controversy between Adams, the Santa Cruz Police Department and SCR 911. Please refer to the Sentinel newspaper story about this linked to below:
If SCR 911 wants to dispute Mr. Adam's claims about his alleged call to the agency then the news media and press releases are the appropriate venues. I was disturbed to find Mr. Kidd personally impugning the character of Mr. Adams on a public Internet forum. I believe this violates or should violate ethics and professional codes for law enforcement employees. Mr. Kidd's post can be viewed in the article above, the attached PDF at the end of this message or using the link below:
To quote Mr. Kidd:
"Don't forget Mr. Adams also criticized 9–1–1 dispatchers, claiming they don't take his numerous calls seriously. Confusing to imagine what his motivation is."
My first request:
Under rights granted me by the California Public Records Act (CPRA), I am making a CPRA request pursuant to California Gov't Code Government Code Section 6250 et seq. I ask for all policy guide chapters, handbook sections, code documents, memoranda, personnel policy documents and electronic or non–electronic written communications regarding SCR 911 policies for public comments by SCR 911 employees, supervisors and officials pertaining to issues involving the agency.
If these documents are available in an electronic format such as Portable Document Format (PDF), eXtensible Style Language (XLS), MS Word Document (DOC), Rich Text Format (RTF), Hypertext Markup (HTM), plain electronic text (TXT), native email formats — like AOL for Windows, Apple Mail, Claris Emailer, Compuserve, EML, Entourage, Eudora, Maildir, MBOX File, Mulberry, Neoplanet, Outlook, Outlook Express, Outspring, Powertalk, Quickmail Pro, Thunderbird, Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail, Yahoo Archive! — then I ask that they be provided to me in one of those forms, preferably in their native form.
I am willing to pay a fee of up to $100 for this request. If you estimate the cost of completing this request will exceed that amount, please contact me first before completing it with a fee estimate. If this request would entail special searches which would incur search fees to me, please contact me first with a fee estimate.
My second request:
• I ask that Mr. Kidd be formally reprimanded for his unprofessional, unethical public comment attacking the character of a private citizen.
• I ask that Mr. Kidd publicly retract his comment and issue an apology to Mr. Adams in the Santa Cruz Sentinel or through another local news outlet in print, radio or on television.
• I ask that Mr. Kidd be educated about how to act more appropriately when making public comments about agency issues.
• Subsequent to the records I receive from my above referenced CPRA request, I ask that SCR 911 issue a written policy specifically addressing public comments by agency employees, supervisors and officials, especially on the Internet, which involve issues pertaining to the agency. I ask that this new written policy be made available to the public on SCR 911's official website.
I sincerely hope that Mr. Kidd's Internet comment was an isolated incident, not reflective of SCR 911 policy and staff behavior. I appreciate your processing my CPRA request and meeting the elements of my second request to provide Mr. Adams remedy for his character being personally attacked on a public forum by Mr. Kidd.
Thank you for carefully considering what I have written and taking effective action on my requests.
Sincerely yours,
John E. Colby, Ph.D.
email: colby [at] docktorcat.com
twitter: @jecolbe
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At least for now, Lubbock will get to keep both its K-Mart and its Sears stores. Neither store was on the closure list Thursday, nor was any location in Texas. The company announced earlier this week that there would be a round of closures after a disappointing 2011 Christmas shopping season.
Tuesday's announcement said 100 - 120 stores would close but Thursday's list only had 79 locations. Several national outlets including the Wall Street Journal say this is only a "partial list." So, Lubbock could still face possible store closures.
Also on Thursday Fitch Ratings decided to downgrade Sears from a 'B' rating to a 'CCC.'
Sears Holdings Corporation bought out K-Mart in 2005. The Lubbock K-Mart was downsized back in 2009, with 90 jobs lost.
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The microfracture technique introduced by Dr. Richard Steadman is considered to be the first-line surgical option for full-thickness articular cartilage defects because of its minimally invasive nature as well as its technical ease, limited surgical morbidity and low cost. The damaged cartilage section is débrided to stable, squared-off edges. This provides a pool for the clot to form. The underlying bone is scraped, and then penetrated using an awl, causing medullary bleeding and clot formation. Marrow stem cells in the clot mature to yield a fibrocartilage repair tissue that is of inferior stiffness and that has poorer wear characteristics than does normal hyaline cartilage. Limited weight bearing and continuous passive motion are key elements in postoperative success. Dr. Steadman has reported that up to 80% of young patients with isolated posttraumatic, full thickness chondral defects that were treated with microfracture were improved at an average follow-up of 7 years. He also noted that worse outcomes were associated with patients aged >30 years and with microfracture treatment of lesions sized >2 cm2 and located in the central portion of the medial femoral condyle. Advanced arthritis and lack of compliance with rehab protocols, especially the lack of use of a continuous passive motion (CPM) device were also related to poorer outcomes.
For those of you interested, I have included Dr. Steadman's rehab protocol from his original surgical technique article.
Lesions on the weightbearing surfaces of the femoral condyles are treated immediately postoperatively (commencing in the recovery room) with a continuous passive motion (CPM) machine. We start the machine with a range of motion of 30 ° to 70 °, and then increase it as tolerated by 10 ° to 20° every 2 hours. The rate of the machine is usually 1 cycle per minute, but rate can be varied to the preference of the patient. Many patients tolerate the use of the machine at night. For those who do not, however, our experience indicates that intermittent use during the day is equally beneficial. If the patient is unable to use the CPM, then instructions are given to passively flex and extend the knee with 500 repetitions 3 times per day. The primary goal is to regain full passive range of motion of the injured knee as soon as possible after surgery.
These patients are treated with a period of crutchassisted touchdown weight-bearing ambulation for 6 to 8 weeks, depending on the size of the lesion. For most lesions, our experience indicates that 6 to 8 weeks is the appropriate time to limit weight-bearing. However, for lesions that are small (<1 cm in diameter), we may shorten this time period by a few weeks. Rarely do we use a brace for lesions on the femoral condyles.
Limited strength training also begins immediately. Patients perform double leg one-third knee bends the day after surgery. 5 Since they are touchdown weight-bearing, patients place most (75% to 80%) of their body weight on their uninjured leg to perform the exercise. Spinning on a stationary bike and a deep water program are begun at 2 weeks after microfracture surgery. The deep water exercises include use of a kick board as well as a flotation vest for deep water running. After 8 weeks, patients progress to full weight bearing and begin a more vigorous program of active motion of the knee. Elastic resistance cord exercises are begun at approximately 8 weeks after microfracture surgery. A detailed description of use of the cord and the exercises have been published previously. The maximal levels for sets and repetitions using elastic resistance cord exercises are an excellent indicator for progressing to weight training. Free or machine weights are permitted when the patient has achieved the early goals of the rehabilitation program, but not before 16 weeks after microfracture surgery. We strongly emphasize the importance of proper technique when beginning a weight program. Depending on the clinical examination, we may recommend a return to sports that involve pivoting, cutting, and jumping after approximately 4 to 6 months.
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Police say they now know who has been making 'Purge' posters, and will be confronting them soon.
July 23, 2005
Albany- All safety force jobs come with some dangers. For the family members and friends of a nurse, paramedic, and pilot those dangers unfortunately became a reality five years ago.
Several ambulances made their way onto the US 19 Raceway and paused to remember Pilot Bart Bradshaw, Nurse Renee Chapman, and Paramedic Michael "Stick" Elam.
"We need to remember them, not just let them go, so remember the paramedics that saves peoples lives," said Michael Elam, Michael's Father.
"They gave their lives for what they did, they loved their job, they loved their patients, the people, their families," said Randall Balkcom, Michael's former partner and event coordinator.
All three were killed when their Lifeflight helicopter crashed five years ago, July 24, at 2:30 a.m., just ten miles east of Sylvester.
"They were three of the best people on earth that I can think of and they set an example for everybody," said Balkcom.
All three had a love for racing which is why the Dougherty County EMS decided to tie their memorial with Saturday's races. Bart's wife Debbie says Bart was a big Bill Elliott fan, while Michael preferred Jeff Gordon.
"I worried more about him doing motor cross than I did flying in the helicopter, but things happen in life that you have to bear it and go on and remember your son, my son," said Elam.
More than 100 t-shirt remembering the crew were passed out to race fans and colleagues who came to remember the three.
Some of Michael's family, his sister and cousin wore shirts that said, "Gone, but not forgotten."
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I don't think she's all that sorry.
Redditor omnicidial is getting a divorce, and well, he's not happy about it. His wife, on the other hand, is pretty stoked. The divorce wasn't entirely mutual, and while omnicidial wanted to make things work for the kids, he eventually agreed to end the marriage. For his birthday, his wife brought him this cake, and they snapped a photo that is truly worth a thousand dollars in child support.
In his words: "That was the funniest thing about the picture to me. It reflects her in a sort of funny/crazy way and that I'm just sad. Just happened to turn out that way." I'm guessing a lot of their family photos were turning out this way lately. It's pretty clear that omnicidial and his ex are going to be vying for the kids' attention, as he writes, "This will sound sort of fucked up, but I fed part of that cake to the kids." That's okay, omnicidial. Everyone needs a little extra sugar to get through the bad times.
On the plus side, omnicidial says yes, "it does blow but at least I got to laugh about it today." Indeed.
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MSNBC's Chris Matthews: 'Torture Advocate' Dick Cheney Should Waterboard Karl Rove
MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Monday continued to obsess over Dick Cheney, deriding the former Vice President as a "torture advocate" who should waterboard Dick Cheney and Scooter Libby.
The Hardball anchor attacked Cheney for complaining that Barack Obama has ended Bush-era war on terror polices. Matthews offered this aside: "...But Cheney being Cheney- doesn't that sound like a good torture advocate name, by the way- he couldn't help but stick it to the President on this very issue."
He then played a clip of Cheney and, rather than address the ex-VP's statements, mocked, "Why don't we have Cheney try that waterboarding thingamajig of his on Karl Rove and Scooter to really find out who said what in that CIA leak case? I think they're fair game, to use a phrase. "
[See video below. MP3 audio here.]
Only six days ago, on May 06, 2011, Matthews lashed out at Cheney as a "sadist."
Oddly, Matthews concluded his show on Monday with a stirring call for patriotism and non-partisanship. Apparently, this doesn't include lobbying to waterboard Republicans.
A transcript of the segment, which aired at 5:30pm EDT on May 09, follows:
CHRIS MATTHEWS: As we showed you earlier, Dick Cheney was generally complimentary of how President Obama handled the bin Laden mission. That was nice, but Cheney being Cheney- doesn't that sound like a good torture advocate name, by the way- he couldn't help but stick it to the President on this very issue.
DICK CHENEY: I still am concerned about the fact that a lot of the techniques that we had used to keep the country safe for more than seven years are no longer available, that they've sort of been taken off the table, if you will. It's not clear to me today if we still have an interrogation program we could put somebody through, should we capture a high value detainee.
MATTHEWS: Where would we be without this fellow? Anyway, he says high value detainee the way that some people say, "I want waffles." Anyway, I have got an interesting thought: Why don't we have Cheney try that waterboarding thingamajig of his on Karl Rove and Scooter to really find out who said what in that CIA leak case? I think they're fair game, to use a phrase.
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Matthews' TV show is worse
Submitted by rbosque on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 6:21pm.
Matthews' TV show is worse than torture!
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Crissy is confused, he thinks
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 6:24pm.
Crissy is confused, he thinks that waterboarding is the same as when he and schultz engaged in "watersports".
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Test MSNBC's water
Submitted by JeffC... on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 6:26pm.
There has to be a logical explanation to MSNBC's accelerated charge off the deep end.
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Yea well, when your able to spread your
Submitted by Boudin on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 6:38pm.
Propaganda, tax free, what do you have to loose?
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Money is the usual reason,..
Submitted by Mark81150 on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 10:17pm.
Perhaps the field sensing there's no clear frontrunner for the Olbermann position of face of the network, they're subconciously all running for the prise.. how much was Olbermann's last contract?
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give chris a choice...
Submitted by MidAmerica on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 6:38pm.
1. Being waterboarded by Cheney
2. A rifle shot in the head by obama
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No brainer
Submitted by Boudin on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 6:50pm.
He would rather have anything by Obama
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Cheney's way obama's way
Submitted by MidAmerica on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 7:03pm.
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"No Brain"...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 6:22pm.
...One of Chrissy "Manlove" Tingles many nicknames....
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Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 7:29pm.
LOL - I'd go for the former, as the latter is much too quick and painless.
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Submitted by Clutch1956 on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 8:01pm.
Chrissy would rather take Obama's "fast freight up the Brown Route", IYKWIMAITYD.
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Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 8:34pm.
Just like to ask, am I the only one that would pay to watch Tingles zapped with a cattle prod for an hour each night?
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LOL - Looks like MS(CCCP)NBC is dead serious about being nothing
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 6:50pm.
...more than a tax write-off for Comcast.
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Chris is the picture of a Lib
Submitted by desert3030 on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 7:03pm.
He comes from a mind set of wheelers and dealers that think no one has a right to challege their thoughts, and haven forbid their wishes. I just wonder when the time comes, and it does for us all,...How he will square it all up?
He falls into that group that you say ...does he use a mirror as there is no way to face up too what he says. Chris, this may put you over the top, I will pray for your soul.
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Earth to Matthew: We know who revealed Plames' . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 7:45pm.
. . . CIA identity to Robert Novak.
It was Richard Armitage.
He admitted it under oath to Special Prosecutor Fitzpatrick.
Novak confirmed under oath that Armitage was his source.
Neither was ever charged with a crime.
We can reasonably assume that since the Special Prosecutor had a confession from Armitage and never charged him with a crime, the facts failed to meet the burden of proof that the law had been broken.
The one guy he did get was Scooter Libby in a perjury charge. Libby did not reveal Plame's employment.
End of story.
Unless you're a blithering idiot like Matthews.
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Heh, I wonder how many frames of that video Scott had to...
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 7:54pm.
...plow through to get that one cap that is just perfect.
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Left-wingers are so hateful
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 8:42pm.
Left-wingers are so hateful of anyone with a different way of thinking. .
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Simple Solution
Submitted by IrateNate on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 8:48pm.
Chris Matthews needs to be beaten with a 2x4 until he stops twitching...
OK, so that may be a bit harsh. But I know this would draw better ratings than his normal broadcast.
Have we sunk this low? The smart money says "yes".
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Chris Matthews Biased or Insane?
Submitted by Chris Norman on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 9:16pm.
With all due respect to NB, is Chris Matthews even part of bias in the media? I mean, this guy is so far over the top, he shouldn't even be considered merely biased any longer. Now, insane - maybe. Perhaps NB should open a sister site devoted to the Chris Matthews and Mike Malloys of the media, called "NewsShrinks" - Exposing & Combating Liberal Insanity in the Media. Save NewsBusters for the everyday garden variety liberal bias. Just an idea....
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the joke or the yoke is on you?
Submitted by lrgon on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 12:47pm.
Mathews is not insane anymore than the devil is insane. But in this particular instance how can anyone see into another man's heart and see what is there.
Does Matthews truly object to water boarding based on his convictions that the practice is evil? We can only tell by a man's actions the type of person he is. Mathews is an establishment man who is covering for Obama who hasn't closed GITMO nor stopped torturing people.
However dispicable Matthews is he pokes fun at the water boarders by drawing a parallel to the Scooter Libby case and shows the "insanity" or perhaps "evilness" of using torture methods to extract information from people who are liars. I don't know how serious the man is about his condemnation of that medieval practice but he does have a point.
Your life is no more precious than anyone else's on this planet but somehow you think it is just fine for your governmen to use torture to protect your sorry hide. Well you aren't guaranteed a long life or a rich life or healthy life on this earth but you are willing for your government to transform itself into a government resembling the kind that the terrorists came from just so that your miserable life can feel safe from them bad old buggermans who entered America with your government's permission; all carrying legal VISA cards issued by GWBush and his water boarding fanatics.
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Hope you don't fall off your high horse, there, lrgon---
Submitted by matthewdean on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 12:51pm.
because there is a rough stop at ground level.
It is known as reality.
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reality is
Submitted by lrgon on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 1:04pm.
that Cheney and Bush attacked the Constitution.
You are blinded by the uttererings of liberals like matthews that you think that because he criticizes or appears to criticize a medieval pratice that you have to take the opposite view?
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Bush and Cheney attacked the Constitution---
Submitted by matthewdean on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 1:23pm.
and I am blinded by the utterings of liberals like matthews (sic).
I am starting to get the impression you don't much care for Bush, Cheney, torture, or spell checks on your posts.
I pretty much keep my own counsel, there, lrgon, in that I consider righteous rantings such as yours to be righteous only within the confines of your own skull.
That much righteousness crowded into such a small space must make it doggone hard to squeeze in any thoughts, cares, or concerns for your fellow man.
Only room for condemnation, eh?
Righteous righteousness, indeed.
What a concept.
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Student VISAs issued by Clinton and Bush administration
Submitted by lrgon on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 1:23pm.
Terrorists entered America with your government's permission; all carrying legal VISA cards issued by GWBush and his predecessors.
The government abolished House ans Senate internal'security committees, Attorney Generalslist of subversives, State police department and city counter intelligence units were destroyed by court attacks by leftwing lawyers organizations.
The Cheny and neo cons' answer: imploy torture on anyone who is the least suspect to protect us!
The protection needs to be inforce before the crimes are committed not after they kill.
The premise and the speculation is that torture was the key that led to the whereabouts of the redoubt where Bin Ladenwas hiding. Why shouldany sane person believe a government that dismantles its own security apparatus and allows terrorist to enter and begin to blow things up in America all the way back beginning in the 70's?
There was lots of warning signs since then.
Neocons utter in a confused haze:
" But oh we gotz to torture 'em cuz that's de 'Merican way of doin things now. Yep, its eben in da bill o rights."
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Submitted by Agnostic on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 1:39pm.
I actually agree with a great deal of your post - minus two points I hope you could clarify for me.
"The Cheny and neo cons' answer: imploy torture on anyone who is the least suspect to protect us!"
1) I missed the round ups and the infiltration into Muslim communities, the restriction to religious preferences in prisons, the crackdown on La Raza, etc..., per your comment I would think these would have been first steps yet no real sign things like this happened. How does that play into evil Cheney and Neocon stereotype?
2) What is a Neocon? At least, what do you mean by Neocon?
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Irgon, talk about gibberish.
Submitted by bassndude on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 1:54pm.
Irgon, talk about gibberish. Where do you get your information? Seems to me alot of what your saying fits right in there with the Truthers and the Birthers. Your posts are utter nonsense. The rantings of a mad anarchist. One who must live in some other country and gets what news they do get from notes placed under a rock in the forest, least they be found out.
Water boarding is not torture. We do that to OUR troops in training. We want our people prepared for what they may encounter. We provide candidates with sleep depravation, cold mud baths at night, restricted movement in a wall locker, out side under a water hose or rain. Rain is easier, but the hose works better.
We call these techniques standard. Water boarding is "enhanced". We do not torture our own troops. So we don't torture terrorists.
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Submitted by Agnostic on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 1:43pm.
You need to brush up on your medieval torture technics if you think that what was done was any thing close though there were similar ideas only without all the safety precautions and the policies of limited use.
If you are not interested in history then see areas of Persia, North Africa and Central Africa still have some interesting technics though it is unclear whether they are still used or not. Except for the hacking off of the head with a dull sword - we know they still do that. And the one where they roast the children and serve them to the parents - we know they still do that as well.
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Hay Chris I'm with you on Chris
Submitted by upcountrywater on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 2:01pm.
I went to the Gala a few years back and It was wall to wall matthews.
Looks like this year MRC corrected the glut of Chris?
I do not play his clips on here anymore....
Yes spin-off the KOOKs to a sister fringe site.
And/Or use numbers. The viewership/listeners needs to exceed one million.
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I say we should waterboard
Submitted by jessieH on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 9:42pm.
I say we should waterboard the lame stream media to find out why they have turned their backs on the American people & journalism.
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they have "turned their backs on journalism and the people"
Submitted by lrgon on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 12:29pm.
is probably an accurate observation but to use waterboarding as a way for themto see the light is best left up to the Lord if you don't have any better suggestions that to torture them!
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sentiments over reality
Submitted by Agnostic on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 1:18pm.
Irgon, I can appreciate what you are saying in the context you are implying but the reality is that it is hard for me to accept water boarding a form of torture. Will it scare the crap out of you? Yes. Is there a possibility for long term psych issues? Possibly. Permanent damage or excessive psychological damage is doubtful. It wasn't that many years ago that things nearly as bad or worse were going on in college fraternities, military 'unofficial' ceremonies and in several other establishments were the 'Newbie' always got a string of character test thrown at them.
Every week military personnel around the world take gas mask off in a room full of Tear Gas. Perception is big with the left when it suits them; so, when you start with the above perception the whole idea of water boarding as torture is difficult to swallow. (pardon the pun)
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Blessed are the enhancing interrogators
Submitted by lrgon on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 12:24pm.
for they will take 10 years using their enhancing interrogation boards to find their man in a mansion close to a military resort! Or was that a military spa?
No sooner had the news broke on the "alleged" hit on Osama Bin Laden that the Bush supporters came out of their villages demanding that the intellectual from Crawford, Texas be given the full faith and credit that he deserves for the discovery and the eventual "alleged" killing of Bin Laden. After all reasoned Bush's adorning fans it was the man with the "wanted dead or alive" poster that incorporated "enhanced interrogation" that did the trick.
I suppose Jesus would also approve of "enhanced interrogation?" Would he also approve of drawing and quartering people? How about bringing wives and daughters to a GITMO cell and forcing the "detainee" to watch as his wife or daughter is abused by stripping them naked and having the brave men and women in uniform abuse them with sticks and dogs? If it saves a town or a city from a bomb it should meet with the approval of the Master shouldn't it?
Here is a fact Bushistas hate to admit:9-11 was committed right under the noses of our intelligence community.
The CIA,FBI, DEA, DIA, et al have at their disposal spy satellites that can look down and read the numbers on your car plates. They use sophisticated listening devices and have billions of dollars at their leisure to hire informants to secret themselves into terrorist cells. So should we do away with the spy satellites, surveillance devices and quit hiring informants and focus on using torture as our main defense against terrorism?
One has to wonder where "enhanced interrogation" fits into the intelligence equation? Unless it's to change our once civilized American society into one that resembles the society that the terrorists come from I don't see its purpose.
Good intelligence will win out every time. Using barbaric and un-Christian style interrogations after the crime has been committed is unholy and evil.
The best defense of course is to be the peacemakers that our Lord recommended and to leave those lands where we have no business being there. It antagonizes people who want to be left alone.
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Everyone, lrgon,---
Submitted by matthewdean on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 12:36pm.
is entitled to an opinion.
Nowhere does it say that opinion has to be a viable one in today's world of terror.
Good thing.
Are Bush's "adorning" fans the ones you see draped all over his body, or is your BDS affecting your eyesight?
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jibberish reply
Submitted by lrgon on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 1:00pm.
Of course we all have an opinion. What does that have to do with the discussionof torture?
If what you mean to imply by your jibberish reply that deep in that dark heart of Cheney is the kind of man you admire: an evil and sick man who hates what the Constitution is all about; who would in an instant ,destroy the protections citizens have under the Bill of Rights to be free of such things as being spied upon, molested and abused and tortured by our very own government, then you are the kind of person that would rejoice at the evil kind of animal that has run Cuba. An island prison where torture is as fcommon as green fatigues and a beards.
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Speaking of jibberish there, lrgon---
Submitted by matthewdean on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 1:10pm.
how is it that you know what is in Dick Cheney's heart?
Are you the heart surgeon who operated on him?
Did you plant something in there?
Oh, and I take back the remark about your BDS.
It is obvious you are afflicted with BADS - Bush Administration Derangement Syndrome.
You are going to be a fun poster to fence with.
Most weirdos are.
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Irgon, Hello your Obama has left everything in tact.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 1:47pm.
Your rants are Obama Free, I see...
Change ... We got huge change.
Gitmo.... still there.
All the intelligence structure still there.
But wait theres more.... 16,000 more irs folks with 12 G. shot guns.
A FRESH third war.
And the spending the likes the gods have not seen.
Even Cuba gets to drill for it's own oil.
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First, one has to accept the premise
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 2:22pm.
....that waterboarding is torture.
Which I don't. It leaves no permanent scar. It merely scares the living crap out of someone who isn't trained to deal with it.
In rejecting your premise, I therefore reject your entire argument. ACLU tactics aren't going to work on terrorists, lawyer them up and feed them bon bons is a ludicrous tactic.
Your smear of Dick Cheney is just typical of the left....all emotional and no facts.
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Irgon must be a play of the
Submitted by bassndude on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 2:34pm.
Irgon must be a play of the Irgun name. A radical Jewish group from the 1930's who attacked and killed Arabs in what is now early Israel before WW II. I have a feeling he has spent to much time on http://www.arabcompiler.com/aqsa/isreal-en.htm.
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We didn't torture anyone.
Submitted by NC Cop on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 4:12pm.
We didn't torture anyone. That's why your entire line of posts is irrelevant.
Anything else?
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Umm, what exactly is a Christian-style interrogation, "Irgon"?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 2:07pm.
We're at war with barbarians, sonny, and they want you and me DEAD. And they don't want Christian-style anything, in case you've just crash landed on Earth from another planet.
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Skip Tracer Al Hendershot Jr. performs legal/financial/criminal database search and discloses new details about the records matrix linking Barack Hussein Obama II and Harrison J. Bounel sharing the exact same Social Security number, home address, family and more.
Pixel Patriot and the World's Leading Eligibility Website: BirtherReport.com team up to bring you a multi-part series by a Subject Matter Expert revealing new tax records for the Obama residence recently released by the Cook County Treasurer.
Document released from Cook County, Illinois Treasurer in response to Al Hendershot Jr. FOIA request #3209. Documentary evidence property transfer tax was paid on property the Obama's purchased and made payments on even though according to the Cook County treasurers' office "no assessment has ever been made on the property, no PIN can be absorbed into another PIN, and no property tax was made in accordance with tax laws."
FOIA Records Release: Cook County Tax Records for Barack Obama's Cook County Property - 9/1/2011


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Gloucester Daily Times
---- — To the editor:
I'm writing in response to the "Midweek Musings" column (the Times, Wednesday, Muly 3) by the Rev. Patrick Slyman.
I'm not writing to defend Mayor Kirk. She is an honorable person, a good neighbor, and a dedicated public servant. Her positive contributions to the City of Gloucester and its citizens are too numerous to elucidate here. Her character and accomplishments require no defense from me.
Nor do I wish to engage the very Reverend Slyman in a debate about the accuracy or usefulness of the writings found in the Bible. Experience has shown that zealots are rarely swayed by reason, and, in fact, often become harder in their positions when engaged in healthy discourse.
Instead, I would pose to the very Reverend Slyman one simple question: How do you presume to know the mind of God?
I suppose your answer would be that you have studied ancient writings in great detail, and therefore you are an expert on what this super being is thinking right now, at this very moment. Or perhaps God speaks to you directly, in dreams or visions. If that be the case, you are indeed a remarkable man who possesses both extraordinary spiritual gifts and privileged access to the highest level of supreme cosmic power.
When I read your "Midweek Musings," aside from being struck by the chilling irony of the word "musings" (is this what you "muse" about on a beautiful summer's day?), your tone, and even your very words, seemed oddly familiar.
I've heard them before. But where? Then it struck me: I've heard such words from the leaders of the Taliban. I've heard such words spoken from fundamentalist pulpits in Tehran and Baghdad. I've heard such words from those who insist upon the infallibility of the Koran.
How ironic, then, that as we celebrate our national independence, and when our brave soldiers are fighting the forces of religious extremism, that in our own community we hear echoes of the very same irrational intolerance?
In closing, all I can say is that maintaining the good character of my own soul is enough of a job for me.
While I don't have the time or the energy to seek out and expose presumed spiritual and moral defects in others, I'm not going to let pure hate speech pass unchallenged.


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This took me about 14 hours over a period of 2 days. I put in some shading and highlights to help the art and took some advice from many different people in the reviews of my last video.
Aeris - Autumn Stroble
Leo - Edwyn Tiong
Krug - Edwyn Tiong
Ternaldo - Nick Tiner
And the music:
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Baldur's Gate 2 (selected tracks)
Final Fantasy 8
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u all fucking drop dead then the red dude died :3
The classic VG cats comic.
This was done very well. Especially the voice acting. I wish leo's was more childish but the actor does a fine job. The one who does Aeris could use a little more practice but is better than most "voice actors" in flashes.
The reason I'm not giving it a perfect score isn't because of that but because of some of the animation being lazy in some spots. It moved smoothly 90% at the time but sometimes (Aeris leaving and slamming the door being the most obvious) there was little animation.
These are very tiny flaws and I love this series! Keep it up.
I discovered VG Cats in 6th grade...
HOW HAS IT TAKEN SO LONG FOR IT TO RECREATED IN ANIMATION!? This is so so good.
And no matter what. Aeris is still one sexy pussycat. :3
Rat Flail FTW
This was one of Scotts most hilarious strips.
You gave it most Justice...ness...itcity!
keep it up
...Pants man demands it...
Thank you!!
Yay! Rat Flail! Very awesome animation of a very awesome comic.