text: "So the car is sitting there with the rear tires in a puddle of gasoline, and somebody throws a match and runs out of the picture. Then the driver nails it, the tires vaporize the gas, and boom! That's where you get the fireball." (A word from our lawyers: Do not attempt this! Fire burnouts can cause serious injury and death. So don't do it! Now back to our story.) While a Pro Stocker performing a fire burnout was a novelty in 1972, flames and smoke had become staples of the Funny Car and Top Fuel shows. Green photographed the Brand X Camaro in an inferno for the cover of the Feb. 1971 issue. Suspended in a cherry picker above the car and shooting with a manual Hasselblad camera, Green had one chance to get the shot. "We figured that an overhead view was best way to get a shot that would fill the cover," Green said. "The basket wasn't very high, just enough to allow the car to go under me, and the upturned exhaust headers tossed the basket around a little. It was a bit of a thrill from that angle, very different than standing beside a Funny Car." Not to be outdone by its sister publication, Hot Rod ran a cover photo of Gene Snow's Dodge doing a fire burnout in the Apr. 1971 issue—and one year later, came roaring back with the Brand X Mustang performing a prodigious fire burnout on the cover of the Apr. 1973 issue. "I want to see the fire burnouts stopped right now, before someone gets seriously hurt," declared Car Craft Publisher Sal Fish in a stern editorial in the Feb. 1971 issue. "Let's limit drag racing to drag racing and forget the circus freak shows." Shooting the Brand X Camaro fire burnout at ground level, Car Craft Feature Editor Fred M. H. Gregory captured the immense fireball at OCIR. Shooting the Brand X Camaro fire burnout at ground level, Car Craft Feature Editor Fred M. Unfortunately, Fish chose the wrong time to take the high ground. The same issue that carried his hard-hitting column had the Brand X Camaro fire burnout on the cover, a Jungle Jim Camaro fire burnout in the centerspread, and a second view of the Brand X burnout in a Funny Car feature. The fact was that fire burnouts were hot on the newsstand. "How can you top a fire burnout?" asked Terry Cook, who moved from the editor's chair at Car Craft to Hot Rod in 1972. "I had two Gene Snow cars doing fire burnouts, side by side. And that sold 420,000 copies on the newsstand." Racers were willing participants in this madness. Drag Racing USA ran a section under the banner "Flame Burnouts! Latest Sensation in Drag Racing!" that depicted a dozen Top Fuel dragsters, Funny Cars, and Fuel Altereds with tires ablaze. While the NHRA had prudently banned fire burnouts at national events in the interest of safety, gasoline-fueled burnouts were frequently staged at match races and non-NHRA events. "Fire burnouts were big, showy, and incredibly dangerous," said Jon Asher, who joined the CC staff as competition editor in 1973 after a distinguished freelance career in the Midwest. "Many of them really were dangerous fiascoes. That's the only way to describe it. If you knew someone was going to do a fire burnout, you had to warn everybody in the area to get back out of the way in case something went wrong. Fortunately, I never saw one go really wrong. "Tommy Ivo taught me to smear the back of the car with a thick layer of Vaseline," Asher explained. "We'd send somebody to a drug store to buy a case of Vaseline, and then coat the back half of the car. The paint colors showed through the grease clearly enough for photos. When the gasoline ignited, the Vaseline melted instantly and absorbed the heat. That trick usually worked to perfection. Petersen Publishing shooter Gerry Stiles captured the Blue Max Mustang in a fire burnout for the Nov. '71 cover of Car Craft, and the Max was up in flames again on the cover of the Mar. '76 CC in a Jon Asher photo. Petersen Publishing shooter Gerry Stiles captured the Blue Max Mustang in a fire burnout f "When we shot the Brand X Mustang fire burnout at Orange County, the first one just wasn't good enough," Asher recalled. "The fire only blew up on one side of the car. So Terry Cook walked out with a wastebasket filled with gasoline and threw it under the car. Luckily the motor was already lit, because the gasoline torched instantly, and the driver, Cecil Lankford, nailed the throttle. It was a killer burnout, but the heat was so intense that it blistered the paint on the back of the car and singed both parachute packs." Cook later recalled the wastebasket incident: "I didn't want the guy to get hurt, and he didn't, but we were pushing the envelope." "Several photographers were shooting the burnout, but the fireball was so bright that it simply overwhelmed their camera settings," Asher continued. "I was so excited that I opened my camera before rewinding the film. I slammed it shut, and I thought I'd ruined the film. When the film came back from processing, the light leaks were just on the edge of the frames, so everything was salvageable. "I got about eight shots in the sequence, as fast as my Nikon's motor drive would fire," Asher noted. "In the first frame, the fire was already big, and then by the third one it was huge. Cecil was thrilled—he didn't care about torching the car because his partner owned it! "I also shot several fire burnouts with Don Garlits, who really knew how to engineer them," Asher added. "Connie Swingle was driving Garlits' dragster at Bristol. Garlits walked out to the starting line with a big can of gasoline, and he said to the photographers, 'How do you like your Swingle? Rare, medium, or well done?' Naturally, we all chose well done!" Gallows humor and gasoline were a volatile mixture, especially when spiced with a dash of bravado and a dollop of testosterone. By 1973, the fire burnout fad had burned itself out. In truth, the dangers of staged fire burnouts paled in comparison to the perils of high-speed engine explosions and fiberglass-fueled infernos that Funny Car drivers routinely faced, protected only by the rudimentary safety equipment of the period. Saner heads and insurance underwriters ultimately prevailed, and fire burnouts passed into drag racing legend—along with gangsters and Tommy guns on the pages of Car Craft. McDade lit up the Ohio sky with a scorching fire burnout for the cover of the Oct. '72 issue. The crew prepared Stepp's Demon for its trial by fire by removing the rear-mounted gas tank and plugging the fuel lines. McDade lit up the Ohio sky with a scorching fire burnout for the cover of the Oct. '72 iss Car owner Stepp, driver Stu McDade, and engine builder Paul Frost played up the gangster angle, posing for mug-shot portraits accompanied by aliases and identifying characteristics. Car owner Stepp, driver Stu McDade, and engine builder Paul Frost played up the gangster a Despite the obvious dangers, fire burnouts became popular with race promoters and magazine editors. The flame show by Gene Snow's Charger on the cover of Hot Rod was a hot item on the newsstand. Despite the obvious dangers, fire burnouts became popular with race promoters and magazine « | 1 | 2 | 3 | » | View Full Article By Rick Voegelin Enjoyed this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed, or use your favorite social media to recommend us to friends and colleagues!


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In the Fall 2014 issue
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One for the history books: Marblehead author Robert Booth's newest book tells the tale of an ill-fated 19th-century warship with North Shore ties.
Salt of the sea: Andrew Bushell's business enterprise capitalizes on another ocean export — salt.
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It Happened Here: J.H. Gregory's revolutionary mail-order seed business sprouted right in town.
Wheels and Keels: Take a peek at Richard Spenceley's 2013 Ferrari.
Design: Tom Peckham and Ellen Petersen didn't have to travel far to find their dream home.
Leaders: Eastern Bank VP Karl Renney keeps active in town.
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Six Big 12 teams are going bowling this holiday season, but only two of the six are going into their games as favorites. And it gets worse. Half of the six teams representing the conference this bowl season are double-digit underdogs.NCAA Football: Texas at Baylor
Baylor (11-1) and Ksnsas State (7-5) are the only two conference teams that the Las Vegas oddsmakers have pegged as favorites going into their bowl games, and KSU is only favored by a narrow three-points. It stands to reason that the nation's highest-scoring team, Baylor, would be a solid favorite over No. 15 Central Florida, the champion of the new American Athletic Conference, in their BCS Fiesta Bowl matchup. And that's the way the Vegas guys see it as well, tapping the Bears as 16-point favorites.
Texas, Texas Tech and Oklahoma, which is the Big 12's other BCS bowl team, are all two-touchdown underdogs in their forthcoming bowl appearances. It's very atypical for Texas and Oklahoma, two of college football's elite brands, to go into a postseason bowl game an anything but the favorites. The fact that both are underdogs this year, and by such long odds, is truly a sign of changing times in the college game.
The Sooners have perhaps the most difficult draw in the entire postseason and certainly among the BCS matchups, although the point spread in the Baylor-Central Florida pairing is the most of any bowl game this season. Alabama is the two-time defending champion, and the Crimson Tide was potentially just one-second away from perhaps playing for a third straight national title. Many would still argue that Bama (11-1) is the best team in college football, regardless of what the records say.
The holiday bowl season kicks off this Saturday with four games scheduled, and runs through Jan. 6, the date for the BCS National Championship game between top-ranked Florida State and No. 2 Auburn. If Auburn prevails (currently the Tigers are an eight-and-a-half-point underdog), it would extend to eight the number of consecutive championships by a team from the SEC. And Auburn owns one of those national titles (2010, led by Heisman-winner Cam Newton).
Most of the Big 12 bowl teams are just starting serious preparations this week for their upcoming bowl games. In the coming weeks, we'll go inside each bowl matchup involving a Big 12 team, examine each team's strengths and weaknesses and provide a perspective on what to watch for in the game. And, of course, we'll predict the outcome and the final score.
There are 35 bowl games in total, with the Big 12 appearing in six of them, including two BCS bowls (the Sugar Bowl and the Fiesta Bowl). The current Big 12 teams are 11-9 all-time in BCS bowl games and 2-4 in the national championship game.
Here are the present betting lines on the 2013-14 bowl games involving Big 12 teams (BCS rankings in parentheses):
Kansas State vs. Michigan – Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, Dec. 28 (K-State +3 1/2)
Texas Tech vs. Arizona State (14) – Holiday Bowl, Dec. 30 (Arizona State +14)
Texas vs. Oregon (10) – Alamo Bowl, Dec. 30 (Oregon +14)
Oklahoma State (13) vs. Missouri (8) – Cotton Bowl, Jan. 3 (Missouri +1)
Baylor (6) vs. Central Florida (15) – BCS Fiesta Bowl, Jan. 1 (Baylor +16 1/2)
Oklahoma (11) vs. Alabama (3) – Sugar Bowl, Jan. 2 (Alabama +15)
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A little glue, a little block of wood and a brass dowel, suddenly you have some chic jewelry display and/or storage. This project can easily be done with found items like a kids toy block and a super light curtain rod. (Or am I the only one who has one or more hiding in a closet somewhere?)
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The F4 examination has undergone significant changes, with a new format for the written papers, for both English and Global and all variant papers, applicable from December 2014.
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Could Sidhu now contest from Kurukshetra instead of Amritsar?
Speculation is rife that former Indian cricketer-turned BJP politician Navjot Singh Sidhu has been offered an alternate Lok Sabha seat to contest from, instead of from Amritsar, where he has been a Member of Parliament (MP) thrice.
Though there is no formal confirmation of this development as yet, there is a view in BJP circles that Sidhu is facing a strong anti-incumbency factor in Amritsar, and a suggestion is being made that he consider contesting from Kurukshetra.
Sources have said that the names of Arun Jaitley and Punjab BJP vice president Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina is doing the rounds for the Amritsar seat.
When contacted, Sidhu said that he had been offered other sites too, but he is yet to make up his mind.
"My heart lies in Amritsar, and I want to contest this seat only. The BJP top leadership is worried that alliance partner Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) may not extend support to me and want me to shift away. But I am ready to contest only from Amritsar," Sidhu told ANI on phone from Mumbai.
Sidhu said he is trying to convince the central leadership of the party not to shift him out of Amritsar, as he believes he can win the seat for the fourth time.
"See, the Badals are very influential and can play a role in deciding the ticket. But, I have prepared my mind that I will either contest from Amritsar or I will not contest from anywhere this time," he said.
He described Jaitley as his 'guru', and added that he would support him (Jaitley) if he decides to contest from Amritsar.
However, sources said that Jaitley has not shown interest as yet to jump into the poll fray.
Sidhu's wife, Navjot Kaur, who is an MLA and chief parliamentary secretary in the Badal Government said the party high command has asked her not to speak to the media.
Sidhu is facing trouble in Amritsar because of his prolonged absence from the constituency, and bitter war of words with alliance partners, the Akalis, besides bickering within the local BJP unit.
He was reportedly asked to contest from Delhi (West) and the Ghaziabad seats also.
Chhina, who is the only another 'Sikh face' within the BJP in the state after Sidhu, has intensified his lobbying for the ticket too.
Though the name of the state BJP president Kamal Sharma and former Minister Baldev Raj Chawla had also been doing the rounds, the main fight is between Sidhu and Chhina.
Both belong to the dominating Jat Sikh community, and have not been seeing an eye to eye for long.
Their differences surfaced when Sidhu blamed Chhina for not working wholeheartedly for him during the 2009 general elections, and Sidhu vowed to return only after Chhina was removed as chairman of the local improvement trust.
The bitterness further deepened when Sidhu batted for his wife Dr.Navjot Kaur as a candidate for Amritsar (East) which Chhina was also eyeing, and his claim was overruled as Sidhu threatened to resign from the party if the ticket was given to Chhina.
Sidhu who had been spending time on TV Comedy shows and cricket commentary had been staying away from Amritsar and was in the eye of storm for criticizing the BJP-SAD Government in state, which angered the local eladership.
Sidhu stayed away from all party's programs and functions and did not attend even party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's Fateh rally at Jagraon recently.
Chhina, a local influential leader, has closer ties with the top brass in the BJP. Ever since he sensed that Sidhu might be shifted away, he has left no stone unturned to stake his claim for a ticket.
He had strong support from Kamal Sharma and various local leaders, including Cabinet Minister Anil Joshi, general secretary Tarun Chugh, Mayor Bakshi Ram.
He has been camping in Delhi, and there are indications that he might prevail upon the central leadership of the BJP if Sidhu is shifted to any other seat or adjusted in the Rajya Sabha, as had been desired by him during his recent meetings with the party bosses in Delhi.
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This is one of my journal's many "channels."
Thank you, Father, for the uncountable and innumerable blessings you've poured into my life.
Thank you Corinne for the love in your eyes and the touch of your hands and your humor and for putting up with mine and for sticking with me even when all seemed lost.
Thank you Lauren for being such a sweet, smart girl and for lighting up so brightly whenever you see us. I dare say I've learned as much from you as you have from me.
Thank you Mom and Dad for raising me, for teaching me the way I should go, for helping me to see the wonder and beauty and hope and humor in this life on God's Way.
Thank you Mikel and Shannon for adopting Corinne and I as surrogate parents, for letting us love you and Richie, Lauren and Sam, for coming home again, for letting Lauren still be such a huge part of my our life.
Thank you Katie for being one of the most wonderful people I know. Come home!
Thank you Ellyn for agreeing to be my only big sister (instead of my aunt), for forgiving me for NOT being there when you needed me a few years ago, and for loving me like only a big sister can. ;-)
Thank you Ben and Mandi for becoming more than "just cousins" to me this year. I love you both.
Thank you also to Lilly for being one of Lauren's best friends!
Thank you Steve for the excellent discussions of the truth and our life in it, for the many hours together on our bikes, for your patient and constant work to reunite something which looks permanently broken to so many others.
Thank you Mark for being there whenever anyone needs you, for always trying to be The Blessing that we seek for our brothers and sisters, and for being one of my oldest friends.
Thank you Darren for keeping me sharp, as David says, "like iron sharpeneth iron!" I've learned things from you, too, that I didn't seem to be learning anywhere else.
Thank you Frank and Bonnie for loving Lauren so much, and Frank for our new friendship!
Thank you Jim and Dee for trying to see past (or ignoring) my foibles, for being our friends, and for always reminding us to keep the Kingdom of God at the top of the list and the front of our minds.
Thank you Eric and Bonny for forgiving me for my temper (which got the better of me a couple years ago) and for everything you bring to our ecclesia.
Thank you Rich for the friendship and the work over the years. 7 ½ years!
Thank you Joseph and Andy for the work and the chance to make something(s) fun.
Thank you Corinne for the love and magic you work in the kitchen, and for how much you love to share it with our brothers and sisters (and anyone else who eats real food).
Thank you Robin for coming back into Corinne's life. She's my best friend, and you've made me happy by making her happier than I could do alone.
Thank you to Kim and Dave and Tiff and Joshua and Jed and Sarah and dozens or hundreds of other people, too many to list, who have brought love or peace or adventures or joy or laughter into my life, who have taught me something, or somehow managed to learn something from me.
Thank you, Father, for blessing us all so thoroughly, and for providing each of us as blessings to each other.
(There's a point to this, but you have to read the whole thing to get it!)
I was reading a tech article and actually noticed an ad. (That's almost bizarre enough to merit a mention!) The ad was for Emirates Air. Specifically for, "First class private cabins between JFK and Milan." The ad's photo implied extreme comfort and luxury.
Note that I am NOT in the market for tickets to Milan. Or anywhere else.
Just out of curiosity, I clicked the ad and eventually figured out how to search for the fares for these first class flights.
Now I should point out that Emirates Air actually has a decent reputation, from what I've heard on NPR. They have budget seats.
These aren't them.
The highest and lowest rates are highlighted, both near the middle of the table.
Who would ever, EVER, pay that kind of money for two people to fly anywhere on someone else's plane and schedule?
The high rate is so high that the lowest rate almost seems reasonable until you think about it in the absolute sense.
But, I suppose if you're a billionaire and your private jet is in the shop or you have family going multiple directions, $44,000 (boggle...) is just money.
After all, a man with $1,000,000,000 in the bank looks at $44,000 the same way a man with $10,000 looks at $0.44.
Yeah, that's right. Forty-four cents to the man with ten thousand dollars is forty-four thousand dollars to the man with a billion dollars.
OK, so I went to the extreme by bringing in Billionaires. There are plenty of them around these days (over 1,600), but there are a lot more ten-millionaires (over a million). So how does someone with $10,000,000 in the bank see a $44,000 airfare? The same way a man with $10,000 sees a $44.00 airfare.
This brings me, in my own round about way, to something I've been thinking about quite a bit lately. I often hear people talk about how generous this-or-that rich member of their church or ecclesia has been. It's clear that there is some gratitude there, but also that a bit of pedestal building has happened. That rich person has been elevated in someone's mind because of the generous donations made to the church.
How do those generous donations compare to the person's resources, though? If you had $10,000 in the bank, would you only donate 44 cents to your worthy causes and charities?
I'm trying to make a point without being blunt or sounding accusatory, so let me finish with a quote from a much wiser man than myself:
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
In Declining Your Friend Request, Apollo writes:
I'm on a large number of social networks. On some of them, people see my profile and add me out of the blue.
After receiving numerous such friend requests, particularly on new social networks, like Twitter and Pownce, I thought I'd put together a list [so you'll know why I declined your invitation].
I totally agree with Apollo. I'm only on a few social networks, but I receive a few too many requests "to be friends" from total strangers.
In fact, a few weeks ago one such request got me into some trouble. See if you can follow this: The potential "friend's" nickname sounded slightly familiar, so I followed the link to see who it was. The page was loading very slowly, and then Rich started talking to me in IM so I brought Adium to the front. One of his messages included a link, which (when clicked) opened in a new tab in Firefox. Time passed, and I forgot all about the page I'd been waiting for. Corinne sat down next to me, I showed her something, and then started shutting down the Mac for the night. As I closed my tabs in Firefox one-by-one (so I could be sure I wasn't leaving any unfinished work anywhere, as I've done many times), there was the link I'd followed from the "friend request": a page on Flickr with a model in all of her, uh... "natural beauty." NOT COOL.
Anyway, I don't care enough about the social networks to bother acknowledging most of the friend requests. I do feel the pressure to reciprocate with people I actually know, but mostly I just wish the networks would go away. How anti-social of me.
Immediately after "retiring" from the Prototype Core Team, I became active (for the first time!) on the group and finally did what I was there to do in the first place. The next version of Prototype (1.6) will have custom events. The custom events code in 1.6 doesn't look much like the code I described in my essay a year ago, but it's built on the same idea: piggyback custom events on one of the browser's built-in events. (The custom events code in 1.6 was written by a number of people, not just me.)
Anyway, the real point here is that I use Prototype for nearly all of my web projects now, and I contribute to its development. That's working on my own tools.
Plus, immediately after finishing my side of Prototype's new events code, I realized that the next version of Prototype didn't look quite right in BBEdit's function popup. (Some objects were listed as [anonymous] when they should have had names, and some class methods were listed as though they weren't contained by anything.)
So, I updated BBEdit's JavaScript module to fix that problem.
I'm rather proud of the JavaScript support in BBEdit, but (again) the real point here is that I love being able to work on my own tools! (See the BBEdit Disclaimer...)
The same is true for Conversant, which currently runs on Frontier, and which runs my site (and lots of others).
Being a tool-builder makes me feel like a real craftsman.
Steve Jobs wrote an essay about why he thinks the music industry should drop DRM (the 'feature' that prevents you from using music you've purchased at the iTunes music store on more than a few machines).
This greedy clown at Macrovision, Fred Amoroso, responded.
John Gruber translated Macrovision's response from "PR speak" to English. John's a funny guy.
Now Pudge, on /., has translated John's story from "Pundit-speak" to English. It's funny enough to have me laughing out loud most of the way through it.
Macrovision has been in the content protection industry for more than 20 years, working closely with content owners of many types, including the major Hollywood studios, to help navigate the transition from physical to digital distribution.
We've been helping and encouraging the entertainment industry to annoy its paying customers for more than 20 years.
I have an amazing power to state the obvious.
Very funny stuff. I'm glad that John linked to it himself, too.
(There's a lot more if you follow the link, that quote is just one part.)
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Dallas startup Jack Mason is introducing its collegiate accessories line by taking an Airstream showroom on the road to visit 14 college campuses across the country.
The Airstream is making a stop Saturday for the Texas A&M vs. SMU game. The Airstream will be packed on SMU Boulevard to allow students and visitors to check out Jack Mason wares, which includes watches and wallets. Jack Mason products features logos of 30 schools, including SMU and University of Texas.
The Airstream tour began earlier this month with a stop in Austin for the the Texas vs. BYU game.
The tour will also include stops in Waco, College Station, and Tempe, Ariz.


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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!!! We can't believe it's been a year here at Bisexual Books! So help us celebrate our first blogiversary by winning free stuff!
First prize is a package of four queer books (Different Slopes, Bi Lives, The Mermaid of Chelsea Creek, and Jimmy's Blues and Other Poems), an awesome Danial Anzola t-shirt (XL), an Excluded card autographed by Julia Serano, plus a bunch of bookmarks, stickers, and buttons!
Second prize is a bisexual ebook of your choice from Amazon.com (up to $10)!
Third prize is a queer comics pack with Fake and Lavender Menace, a neato comic book-sized bag from Northwest Press, plus a bunch of bookmarks, stickers, and buttons! This includes a button that says "Superheros Do It With Capes" hehe
Now for the rules part:
- You can reblog as many times as you'd like!
- This is a reblog contest (so likes don't count)
- You must be following us
- This giveaway is open to our international friends!
- The contest ends April 13th at 5pm CST
Hey gang! It's been a while since we've done a giveaway and things are starting to pile up around here. Plus, we all know that holidays are HELLA stressful. Frankly everyone could use a free queer book and some fantastic swag like buttons, bi pride flags, and autographed bookmarks from Julia Serano and Hannah Moskowitz.
So for this one we're looking for multiple winners to each get a book of their choice! Reblog with your choice of one of the books above to win:
- Fake
- Bi-Normal
- American Honor Killings: Desire and Rage Among Men
- The Lavender Menace: Tales of Queer Villainy
- Bi Lives: Bisexual Women Tell Their Stories
- Franky Gets Real
US/APO followers only for this one guys. We'll pick winners at random on 12/23 at 7pm CST. Good luck!
Don't forget, your last chance is today! Only 4 more hours to make your choice and try to win the gift of queer books!
um, random giveaway?
trying to get rid of things that remind me of my ex. -_-
- PS3 500 GB +controller & wire things
- Fallout New Vegas
- Nintendo 3DS +battery pack, for days of battery & charger
- Super Mario Bros 2 3DS
- Pokemon Diamond
- Pokemon Black
- Pokemon White 2
- Adventure Time 3DS
- Cooking Mama
- Mario Party
- Pokemon Y 3DS
- Sims3 3 DS
- Tetris Party
- Naruto Path of the Ninja
- Scooby Doo Unmasked
- 6 sets of 00 plugs
must be following me, 7stitches, every reblog counts twice, likes once.
ENDING NEW YEARS DAY. ships anywhere, i'll pay.
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Youngist Indiegogo Update: We've Raised 82% of Our Goal, 10 Days to Raise the Last $2,099!
We're in the home stretch. It's been a thrilling (read: nerve-racking) past two weeks here at Youngist. We've already managed to raise over 82% of our Indiegogo campaign's $12,000 fundraising goal!
That $9,901 alone could put us a long way towards building the full website we so-need to effectively showcase and amplify the untold stories and independent news and analysis of Millennials worldwide.
Here's the thing: unless we reach our full $12,000 goal by July 11, we won't receive even a penny of that $9,901. So, we need to raise $2,099 more in the next 10 days.
But fear not! That's just $197/day. And, If you can spare the next 2 minutes to help out, I'm confident we can hit that goal. Hell, maybe even exceed it.
- Step 1: Share this video on Facebook
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- Step 3: Chip in $10, $25, or more to the Indiegogo campaign. Donate $50 or more and we'll send you a limited edition Youngist t-shirt designed by or own design guru, Tom Acker!
If you dig the work we've been doing, I hope you'll take a couple minutes to help make certain this campaign is a success!
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Hey everyone. I might be moving again soon. It's complicated, and we'll see. But I'd like to scout some potential options.
A bit about me. I'm twenty-two years old. I'm a no-compromise vegan. I love eating raw when I have the money. I have one dog (who does bark when someone comes to the door, but loves EVERYONE) and five cats (three of whom are kittens and litter-mates). I don't party, though I will occasionally drink or smoke (the latter in my car only, if my roommates prefer). I'm not about having ragers in the house, and don't really even like crowds.
I do have Bipolar disorder, which means on some days, I'm really down, and I do keep to myself a bit when that happens. It's not personal, but I do need someone who understands this and understands that I won't always be happy-go-lucky. It's been my experience that this is hard for some people to deal with, so I'm putting it up front.
I'd like roommates I could be friends with, preferably vegan. Must be open-minded and not racists, homophobes, or general assholes.
I'm also flat broke right now, because I've been in Canada and haven't had a job yet. So if there was a place with an opening for a friendly, loving vegan and some animals that would give you cuddles, I could pay rent back as soon as I get a job. I understand if that doesn't work, though; I could also stay with friends for a bit until I make enough money, in which case, I'd be looking for a place in a month or two.
But yeah. I'm open to moving just about anywhere, really. It's a time in my life when I can travel, so I'm open to loads of options (as long as they're in the U.S.). If you have a space and think we might like each other, let me know. If you don't, please reblog for me! Thanks!
To promote the start of DontBreakVeg Clothing we are doing a free give away!
We are coming to the close of the set up of our clothing label and to celebrate we are going to do a free give-away!
The winner will recieve
- 1 "I <3 Tofu" Shirt, in their selected size
- A bunch of "DontBreakVeg…
Yeah, why not.
I'm working on a new submission for an on-campus publication, but decided to look through some more old stuff first. I decided I'd post some more short little poems I have from high school. No titles, I suck at those.
you may laugh, you may flirt
you may spin in your skirt
but I'm smarter than you though I'm lazy
I have will, you have might
in an all out fight
I would crush you, are you crazy
are you crazy
I would crush you
if you make me
I feel like crying because you care
I feel like shouting because you stay
I feel like leaving because you won't
Forgive me, for I have sinned
Learn to take me as I am
wait for me as I leave
Flowers, like the sunrise in the meadow.
Sun, quickly fading away.
Everyone, silently inhaling the atmosphere.
Trying to hold on.
"It's all right" she said, she said
but he read her hesitance
still he plunged ahead, ahead, ahead
and she closed her eyes.
don't say sorry now
when you didn't mean it then
just stay, stick around
and be my perfect man,
my charming perfect man
there is nothing like a dream
unpolluted and still clean
free from the burden of reality
white and fulfilled
it holds everyone thrilled
as it shines through the darkest of ills
it is black waves
against tan sand
with the illusion of blue between
and the bright bright white
which makes everything complete
That last one is my favorite, for reasons too bizarre to explain.
Love Letter to the word Boi
Hello Boy, or should I say boi,
the i meaning you and representing you to me
because I'm in Pennsylvania and you're in Belize
but we can communicate with ease
with the word
You speak the word with confidence
though it sounds strange to my unaccustomed ears
because that's Kriol boi.
You know, Kriol,
Belizean Creole, English infused,
mixing with the Mestizo immigrant Spanish to make the sentence:
Tu sabes, boi, soy hardcore on the shores of Belize.
You own the word, you love the word,
and smile when I say it, like a Gringa.
No, not Boya,
it's Boyi,
Your lips curl up into a smile
as mine stretch out to make the sound,
practicing to say the word you own,
the word you love.
The word that loves you,
and hugs you,
and tells you that you are not a Hispanic,
you are not a seasonal immigrant,
you are not a 2nd generation anything.
You are not just those things, you are all those things,
because you are a Belizean.
In private, in my room that night
my lips curl around the word,
practicing, mimicking the way our fingers curl around each other's
to prove to ourselves that the only thing we need
to keep connected
is the
Dear Friend From Back Home,
it was nice talking to you again last night,
at three a.m. as we tend to do,
because that's the only time
we have time
for our long discussions,
which always seem to circle back to one thing:
For three years now we've been discussing our faith,
explaining it to each other,
but in reality we're only figuring it out as we speak.
It only makes sense when we share it,
share the feeling, share the faith.
We've transitioned together,
from devout, to questioning,
to criticizing,
to deist.
From indifferent, to questioning,
to criticizing,
to agnostic.
I won't say which is which,
sometimes I think we don't even know.
We get lost in the minute distinctions between body and soul,
and spirit.
We get lost in our spirits.
But that's okay because our spirits get lost in us,
as we focus on the must-dos
and the bodily don'ts
mechanically performing and boring the body
and numbing the soul,
our spirits get lost in us.
But at three a.m.
we get lost in our spirits.


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Looking for some tire advice...
Heading out to ride the UTBDR in June on my 2003 KTM 640 Adventure. I'll be riding for 9 days with a buddy and camping most nights. The bike will be loaded. It will be equipped with a Rekluse clutch by the time I leave on the trip.
I currently have a set of Pirelli MT 90 Scorpions on the bike that replaced a set of Mefo Super Explorers.
The Mefos wore like iron on the bike, but when I went to replace them I had purchased a Husqvarna TE 310, which I now use off road, so I decided a bit more tame of a tire would be the better option for the 640.
However, now that I have this trip planned to Utah, I am wondering if I should opt for a more knobby-based tire for the trip...
Thoughts? Recommendations?
Any experience with the MT 90's in sandy terrain?
On the road less traveled....
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text: One of the biggest problems in technology is that systems are designed by people who are technical by definition. I used to always tell my development team, "you need to design a product that my dad could use. He's a smart guy. He's a doctor. But he didn't grow up with technology. He never pays attention to all of the feature creep in products and in many ways the more features the less he is able to use the product. My Dad uses email – he still doesn't understand the 'forward' button."


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Like any other discipline, entrepreneurship has its own lingo, and parsing that jargon can be tough for the newcomer. What to do? Via Mashable, a solution: Smart-flashcard maker Brainscape has released a deck specially designed for the bewildered startup novice. Even better, it's a way to…
While we're on the topic of investors: 2011 was a big year for funding, according to the latest MoneyTree report (authored quarterly by PWC and the National Venture Capital Association, via GigaOm). VCs invested $28.4 billion in 3,673 deals in 2011. That's 22% more cash than 2010. Many…
Reports on the economy go up and down, but it's great to see there's hope for entrepreneurs. Been sitting on an idea for a business? No time to launch your startup like the present.
Don't start a company just for the sake of starting a company. Don't start a company because it's cool. Don't start one because you think it's going to turn out like it does in the fictional movies, because it won't - death is the default for startups. Don't start a company because you want to be like the founders you see at startup school, or want to be the "next [fill in the blank].
PG (via brycedotvc)
A lesson from Startup School: Start a company because "you've found your mission." No other reason will do.
(via nasdaq)
1. The company was named for CEO Mark Pincus' beloved American bulldog, whom you might recognize from the logo. Though its namesake has passed away, employees are encouraged to bring their pups to work.
2. The company reached the 100-million-user mark after just two and a half years.
3. As of summer 2011, American FarmVille users outnumber American farmers five to one.
4. Zynga's approach to charity is typically playful: Users can purchase game-boosting, limited-edition virtual goods, and the proceeds are donated. Offering items such as a never-withering daikon radish, the company raised more than $3 million for Japanese earthquake relief.
5. DreamWorks Animation CEO (and Zynga board member) Jeffrey Katzenberg says that if he had to start his career all over again, he'd want to be Mark Pincus.
The creative processes developed and nurtured by the tech world are spreading to new sectors, according to MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito. (You could say they're going viral.) He explains, "The compass has replaced the map, and 'rough consensus and running code' has become the fundamental philosophy for the so-called lean start-up movement." But while this open, fast-and-loose style of development was once limited to Internet startups, technologies like 3D printing are rapidly putting it within reach of hardware makers and setting up for a new startup boom.


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Battle On the Block
Episode HBOBL-106HSee all Episodes
In this episode, three families in the hip urban neighborhood of Ybor City in Tampa, FL, compete to redesign and renovate their master bedrooms. In a battle for the best design plan on the block, the families have only three days to completely transform their rooms. Steve and Lauren Erickson attempt to defy their reputation as traditionalists with a modern wood paneled wall and an unexpected contemporary twist in their color scheme. Tony and Jose attempt a chic boutique hotel design, but are stricken by the confines of their challenging layout and instead strategize by using the height of their space. Newly engaged Ryan and Jenna are desperate to create a soothing bedroom that reflects their hip style, but their bold color choices threaten to make their bedroom more zoo than Zen.


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October 22, 2014
The top federal prosecutor for northern Indiana could be heading to the federal bench.
President Bush nominated US Attorney, Joseph van Bokkelen to fill the soon-to-be vacant district court judgeship in Hammond.
The 63-year-old prosecutor says he became interested in the position soon after the current judge, Rudy Lozano, announced he was retiring in July.
Van Bokkelen now has to be approved by the democrat-controlled senate to become the next judge.
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Not super proud of this one, but hey, it's a comic! I've been preparing for LA Zine Fest this week. If you're in the LA area, come say hi on Sunday and maybe buy a comic or something!
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1999 Cross-dressing British comedian Eddie Izzard begins previews for Lenny, the biopic on the life of American shock comedian Lenny Bruce. The production, directed by Sir Peter Hall, plays at the Queen's Theatre in London. Izzard is best known for his touring comedy shows and videos such as Dress to Kill and Glorious.
2000 Nathan Lane stars as Sheridan Whiteside and Jean Smart stars as Lorraine Sheldon in the revival of the Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman play, The Man Who Came to Dinner, which opens tonight at the Roundabout Theatre Company's new Broadway house, the American Airlines Theatre. Lane will probably be remembered more for his second starring role of the season, as Max Bialystock in The Producers which won him the Tony for Best Actor. The American Airlines Theatre is the refurbished and rechristened Selwyn Theatre on 42nd Street.
2001 Alan King's solo show, Mr. Goldwyn debuts at New York Stage & Film at Vassar College. The production later transfers to Off-Broadway.
2003 Actor and comedian Bob Hope dies today at age 100. Though he's known primarily for his film career, he appeared in eight Broadway musicals in the late 1920s and early 1930s, notably Jerome Kern's Roberta, Cole Porter's Red, Hot and Blue! and Vernon Duke's Ziegfeld Follies of 1936.
2008 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, which opened at the Westside Theatre Aug. 1, 1996, plays its final performance at that Off-Broadway venue. The musical revue played a total of 20 previews and 5,003 regular performances, making it the second longest-running musical in Off-Broadway history.
2008 Stuart W. Little, who for three decades covered the New York theatre as a reporter and author, dies at age 86. He wrote a theatre column for the New York Herald Tribune from 1958 until the newspaper closed in 1966. Thereafter, he became known for a series of books that examined the inner workings of the theatre business.
Today's Birthdays: Alexandre Dumas, fils 1824. Miles White 1914. Keenan Wynn 1916. Beatrice Pearson 1920. Maureen McGovern 1949. Simon Jones 1950.


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OAKLAND, Calif., (Nov. 27, 2010)-Andre S.O.G. Ward out-brawled and out-battled a rough and tumble and otherwise worthy opponent in Sakio The Scorpion Bika on Saturday night, winning a unanimous 12-round decision to defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Middleweight championship belt in front of his enthusiastic hometown fans at the Oracle Arena and on SHOWTIME
Earlier in the day, Wards Super Six World Boxing Classic opponent was learned as he will next face Arthur Abraham in the Tournament Semifinals. One of the pre-tournament favorites going into the Tournament, Abraham lost a 12-round unanimous decision against Carl Froch in Helsinki, Finland, also on SHOWTIME. Froch will take on Glen Johnson in the other Tournament Semifinal.
The tournaments top-seeded Ward won on all three judges scorecards, 118-110 twice and 120-108. SHOWTIME commentator Al Bernstein actually saw the fight closer giving Ward the victory by a four-point margin. Bika proved to be a tough out, Bernstein said. This just shows another side of Andre Ward. Hes a chameleon and can beat you in so many different ways..
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Webcomics 103: Making Money Panel At San Diego Comicon
Submitted by Erik Melander on June 23, 2005 - 13:33
David Willis has annouced that he and the rest of Blank Label Comics will attend a number of panels at the San Diego Comicon. Willis will attend a panel entitled Webcomics 103: Making Money. Should be interesting, especially considering the recent discussions regarding the economics of webcomics.
In other con-related news, Josh Lesnick has a con report from A-kon.
Whereas at previous cons, there were around 2-3 panels related to webcomics, and this year, there were around 25. And... people showed up to them; all of them. It was quite mind-blowing!
Re: Webcomics 103: Making Money Panel At San Diego Comicon
by Erik Melander - 06/23/2005 - 13:57
You're quite right, I've edited the post to correct this.
Re: Webcomics 103: Making Money Panel At San Diego Comicon
by DavidMcG - 06/23/2005 - 13:51
According to the provided link, David Willis didn't say they'd ALL be on that panel. He said that the members of BLC will be in a series of panels at Comic Con and that he'll be on the Webcomics 103: Making Money panel in particular.


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Juventus's Ultra group, the Drughi, have launched a scathing attack on the widow of former player Gaetano Scirea after she condemned the anti-Neapolitan chants that have been heard in the Curva Sud Scirea of the Juventus stadium.
Gaetano Scirea is considered as one of the greatest Juventus players of all time however at the age of 36 he tragically died in a car crash in September 1989 while he was on a scouting mission for Juventus in Poland. In tribute to the Bianconeri legend the Curva Sud of the old Stadio Delle Alpi and now the Juventus Stadium was named in his honour.
The Curva Scirea has housed many of the Vecchia Signora's Ultras over the years and Mariella Scirea has always asked that these groups respect the name of her former husband while occupying the Curva.
Following the discriminatory chants which were heard in that section of the stadium, Scirea's widow suggested that the club should remove his name if the supporters continue to behave in this manner.
However this has triggered an unprecedented reaction from one of the Drughi Ultras who released an open letter chastising Mariella Scirea, accusing her of "working against the colours worn by the much-missed Gaetano."
The letter then attacks her role in politics by claiming she "only got into politics because she was the widow of a legend, certainly not because of her talents or credentials."
The Ultras suggest her request to remove the name Scirea from the Curva is "enthusiastically" supported by all the enemies of Juventus.
"Consider the incriminated chants have been sung by everyone for more than 20 years and are also sung loudly by the Curva Nord, only that section is reserved for the Club Doc."
As well as urging her to step down from her role as President of the co-ordination committee for the fans the Ultras call on her to stop using the surname of the Juve cult hero.
"What we all agree on is that it's wrong to use the name of a Champion beloved by all. Therefore we accept the invitation of the lady and from now on the name Scirea will no longer identify our section of the Stadium.
"However, she should do the same and go back to using her maiden name, Cavanna. Having known Gaetano's reserved nature, we are certain he wouldn't have appreciated such a pushy wife who, shielding herself behind a name she inherited, made her way in the worlds of politics and sport proving she knows nothing about either."
The Drughi are renowned for their uncompromising nature and in the past they have been implicated in acts of violence, even against other Juventini. Back in 2006 they were allegedly involved in a clash between various Ultra groups which culminated in two fans being stabbed and 50 being arrested.
The Drughi's reaction has been decried by many in the Calcio world including other Juventus supporters and the FIGC president Giancarlo Abete gave his views on the letter:
"I think it would be only natural Mrs Scirea would want to hold dear the name and image of her late husband, who honoured Italian football with the jerseys of Juve and Italy.
"He deserves the utmost respect and the people who have the opportunity to sit in an area of the stadium that is in his honour have the duty to remember that."
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Guest Speakers
Regent University's School of Communication & The Arts (SCA) seeks to serve as a creative and spiritually uplifting place where people connect with others who are working in media and the performing arts. Each year, SCA welcomes an amazing cast of industry professionals. On the pages below, you will discover a few of the many artists and professionals who have shared their lives and experiences with us.
Industry Speakers & Guests
|Tony Hale
|Doug Gresham
|Rebecca St. James
|Brian Davidson
|Ben Stein
Dave Berg
Dave Berg was a co-producer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Jay Leno Show (18 years), The O'Reilly Factor and NBC News. He has also worked as a reporter, anchor, executive producer and bureau chief for various local and network television news organizations. He has written for such publications as USA Today, Reader's Digest, National Review, The Huffington Post, Christianity Today, The Washington Times, The Daily Caller and Crisis magazine. He also writes jokes and speeches for politicians, politicos and other public figures. He was a consultant to the late Frank Pastore and a regular guest on his award-winning radio show in Los Angeles. He has a B.A. in political science from Northwestern University and an M.S. in journalism from Kansas State University. He and his wife Mary live in Valencia, Ca. They have two adult children, Melissa and David.
Robert G. Lee
Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter
Robert G. Lee is already known in the entertainment industry as Hollywood's top warm-up comic. This veteran of 1,000 episodes of such shows as The New Adventures of Old Christine, Just Shoot Me, Becker and The Drew Carey Show is considered to be the reigning king in this very specialized profession. Robert has written, produced and starred in six stand-up comedy specials and has been seen on the Bananas Comedy series, on Showtime's The Joke's On Thee, VH1's Stand Up Spotlight, Comic Strip Live and a variety of roles on such sitcoms as Wings and Perfect Strangers. Robert has also written many Veggie Tales videos such as "Little Joe," "Gideon" and "Sheerluck Holmes."
Corbin Bernsen
Actor, Director, Producer
Corbin Bernsen stars as Henry Spencer on the USA Network's hit original series Psych, now starting its third season. He was first catapulted to stardom during the 1980s by the hit NBC TV show L.A. Law, and from the late 80's to early 90's, he appeared on over 50 magazine covers and earned both Emmy and Golden Globe nominations, hosted Saturday Night Live, and appeared on Seinfeld and The Larry Sanders Show. Most recently, Bernsen has moved to the other side of the camera, writing, directing and producing the films Carpool Guy, Donna on Demand, Dead Air, and the recently released film Rust.
John Ratzenberger
Actor, Drector, Producer
John Ratzenberger is an actor, director and producer. John's work for Pixar, as well as his parts in Superman and The Empire Strikes Back, makes him the 6th most successful actor of all time, as measured by a total box office of over $3,000,000,000. Ratzenberger is also best known for playing mail carrier Cliff Clavin on the sitcom Cheers. John produced and hosted "Made in America", a show for the Travel Channel, which established a television precedent and led the way for a new series of shows including: "Dirty Jobs"; "Deadliest Catch"; "Ice Road Truckers"; and more.
Karen Covell
Co-founder of The Hollyood Prayer Network, Producer
Karen is a television producer, Director of the Hollywood Prayer Network (HPN) and co-founder and producer for JC Productions, an independent television and music production company. She has had extensive experience producing TV specials, documentaries and children's programming. She is a member of the Producers Guild of America, a founding member of PREMISE, and a board member of the Biola University Media Task Force.
Ron Maxwell
Awrd-winning Writer/-Director
Ronald F. Maxwell is an independent film director and writer from Clifton, New Jersey. He is most famous for writing and directing the American Civil War epics Gettysburg, 1993 and Gods and Generals, 2003. He graduated from New York University (NYU) Institute of Film 1970. Maxwell is a member of the Writers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Craig Forrest
Documentarian, Emmy-Award winning production teammember for "The Amazing Race" Season 7
Craig D. Forrest (born July 13, 1956) is an American filmmaker best known for producing, directing and lensing shows, stories and documentaries that often have involved difficult or dangerous overseas locations while exploring unique subjects ranging from voodoo to holocaust to silent film. Forrest's projects for notable TV and cable networks have been considered diverse in that his body of work encompasses various genres across a broad spectrum, including non-fiction, investigative journalism, sports, music and journeys of faith. Various projects and shows he has produced or directed have earned numerous video awards, most notably a CINE Golden Eagle.
Todd Sims
Producer, Founder of Fusion Productions, SCA Alumnus
Fusion Productions was founded in 1990 by Todd Sims and his wife Gina M. Sims. Todd, two months out of college, and Gina, just starting her junior year, acquired the rights to a small local cable television series for only $600. The Brownwood Lion Football Review was Fusion Productions' first venture into professional video production. They turned a profit through ad sales and went on to produce and direct two additional television news programs, one being awarded a national ACTS award. Since then, Fusion Productions has produced numerous projects in the U.S. and abroad earning thirty domestic and international awards for excellence in production.
Cheryl McKay
Screenwriter, Book Author, SCA Alumna
Cheryl McKay has been professionally writing since 1997. Cheryl wrote the screenplay for The Ultimate Gift, based on Jim Stovall's novel. The award-winning film stars James Garner, Brian Dennehy, and Abigail Breslin and was released in theaters by Fox in 2007. The Ultimate Gift won a Crystal Heart Award at the Heartland Film Festival, received three Movieguide Nominations, winning one of the Ten Best Family Films of 2007, and won a CAMIE Award, for one of the Top Ten Films of the year. Cheryl also wrote the DVD for Gigi: God's Little Princess, another book adaptation based on the book by Sheila Walsh, as well as the Wild and Wacky, Totally True Bible Stories audio series and books with Frank Peretti. She wrote a half-hour drama for teenagers about high school violence, called Taylor's Wall. It was produced in Los Angeles by Family Theater Productions. She wrote a script called Greetings from the Flipside, commissioned by Art Within, after winning a year-long fellowship. It's currently being adapted into a novel for B&H Publishing (with Rene Gutteridge). Her screenplay, Never the Bride, has been adapted into a novel for Random House Publishers and was released in June 2009. The film version is in development. She also wrote the screenplay for A Friend for Maddie.
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|Richard Clabuagh
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|David & Tamela Mann
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|Gordon Pennington
|Elluz Peraza
|Ricki Ravitts
|Richard Ryan
|Todd Simms
|Dave White
|Terence Berry
|Dominic Carola
|Brian Davidson
|Rev. Kim Dorr-Tilley
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|Ron Maxwell
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|Crystal Cameron
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|Michael Chin
|Richard Clabaugh
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|Oh Yeon Ho, Ph.D.
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|Wes Llewellyn
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|Michael Ward, Ph.D.
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|Gene Loving
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|Deborah Norville
|Jerry Rose
|J. Scott "Skip" Rudsenske
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|Sherri Shepherd
|Phil Stacey
|Ken Wales
|Kristi Watts
|Lee Webb
|Bruce Wilkinson
|Karyn Williams
|Pat Williams
|Chris Auer
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|Terry Botwick
|Danny Carrales
|Richard Clabaugh
|Tim Conway
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|Rick Eldridge
|Bill Ewing
|Michael Gaunt
|Jack Gilbert
|Monica Giminez-Grillo
|Tony Hale
|Ton Halleen
|Dennis Hassell
|Victoria Jackson
|David Kinnaman
|Wes Llewellyn
|Karen Long
|Paul Long
|Rob Loos
|Dick Mann
|Cheryl McKay
|Mary Lou Quinlan
|Tim Scott & Will Decker
|Mike Sinclair
|Ben Stein
|Michael Ward, Ph.D.
|Natalie Wenninger
|Lynn Wilford Scarborough
|22 Weeks
|Geoffrey Alm
|Mark Atteberry
|Chris Auer
|Dr. Ted Baehr
|Dean Batali
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|Thom Black
|Cindy Bond
|David Brimmer
|Michael Chin
|Tim Conway
|Melissa Dogero
|Dr. Gary Edgerton
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|Carol Jaudes
|Michael Johnson
|Jenny Jones
|Colleen Kelly
|Brian Kilmeade
|David Kirkpatrick
|Michael Landon Jr.
|Earl Lestz
|Derek Leonidoff
|Anthony De Longis
|Dick Mann
|Cheryl McKay
|Daniel McKenricks
|Randy Pease
|Mary Lou Quinlan
|Tim Robertson
|Charlie Rose
|Scott Ross
|Joe Saitta
|Tim Scott & Will Decker
|Mike Sinclair
|Jackie Matthews Snow
|Ben Stein
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|Jason Upton
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|Ken Wales
|Michael Ward, Ph.D.
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|Lynn Wilford Scarborough
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|Clifford Christians
|Michael Chin
|Louise Duart
|Per Holmes
|Michael Johnson
|Jeff A.R. Jones
|Coleman Luck
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|Nic McLean
|Chris Mitchell
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|Squire Rushnell
|Jason Russell
|Richard Ryan
|Ralph Singleton
|Stephen Walker
|Randall Wallace
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|John Wynne
|Michael Chin
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|Michael Johnson
|Jennifer Jones
|Scot Mann
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|Richard Ryan
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|Catherine Crier
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Plus, Mandy Moore admits that she tolerates Ryan Adams' love of Death Metal, but thinks he's lying when he says it influences his own music.
The DreamWorks movie about a giant-headed supervillain will be released November 5.
Plus: Martha Plimpton coins the phrase "beige trash."
While IFC snatches up the Sarah Silverman movie, 'Peep.'
No. But it could be!
Plus: Joan Holloway to play a teacher who romances Adrien Brody.
Plus: Katy Perry on her strict no-sex-with-crucifixes policy.
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'The Other Guys' opens this Friday, August 6.
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Also, something from Will Ferrell about that Jewel video becoming a reality show.
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Plus: The Situation an inspiration.
Will these nerds ever lose their virginity?
Or one about the Jews.
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The studio thinks it should cost $40 million.
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Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell are very, very angry.
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Barefoot by the Sea by Roxanne St Claire
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Barefoot by the Sea by Roxanne St Claire
Powerful emotions. Deep longings from Tessa Galloway but she is not sure John Brown is for real. Something just isn't right and warning bells keep going off in her head. 4th in the Barefoot series but able to stand alone. For the first half of the book, I just wanted John to tell her the truth. I understood why he couldn't though so it was a frustrating lack of communication between them. And since we knew how much she dislikes secrets, the anxiety levels just kept going up.
Tessa works at Casa Blanca as an organic farmer. She loves to make things grow. What she really wants, longs for, is a baby.
John is currently in the witness protection program and will do anything to get his children back. But he can't tell Tessa the who he really is. He can "Live" and keep his past history a secret. Or hazard "to die" by telling Tessa the truth.
Things get interesting when John's timeline to get his children is pushed up and a coveted destination wedding recommendation is sought by the resort. Suddenly a wedding is being planned by two people that still have a lot of questions for each other.
In the end, it's HEA. Ahhh. Utter contentment. That's what I felt after turning the last page. What a great romantic read. Mmmm, satisfying.
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Animal Evolution and Diversity
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The Theme of Controversial Cousins in Animal Evolution and Diversity
Relationships are hard. Four invertebrate phyla remain to be discussed and they are tricky. The phyla Phoronida, Bryozoaand Brachiopoda used to be grouped together into one group called lophophores. (A lophophore is a special type of feeding structure.)
More recent molecular evidence suggests that these phyla may have more in common with flatworms, rotifers, mollusks, and annelids, which do not have lophophores. These four all have the trochophore stage of life. (A trochophore is a little, swimming larvae that changes into the adult form.) That makes a big group that has either a lophophore or a trochophore to give us the mouthful of a name, Lophotrochozoa. This puts Nematoda and Arthropoda together as a new group called Ecdysozoa.
That still leaves one more invertebrate we haven't discussed, Echinodermata. These are deuterostomes, but are unlike the rest of the deuterostomes, which are all vertebrates.
Lost yet? Maybe a map would help.
Plenty of scientists make careers out of trying to figure this stuff out. In the meantime, we'll just describe the rest of the invertebrates, starting with the lophophores.
Phoronida, Bryozoa, and Brachiopoda have in one thing in common that no one else has, a lophophore. This is a ring or coil of tentacles that surrounds the mouth. These aren't like the tentacles we've seen before. These tentacles are hollow extensions of the coelom and have cilia on them. The anus is just outside the mouth, putting both ends of the digestive system at one end. Lovely mental picture, isn't it?
Phoronids are also called tube worms. You might see them if you take a submarine trip to the bottom of the ocean. They make their tube out of chitin, the same substance in arthropod exoskeletons. They attach themselves to the sea floor and stick their lophophore out of the tube to catch food particles in the water. If threatened, they pull their soft tentacles inside their tube.
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Bryozoa means "moss animal." They live in clone colonies that share an exoskeleton. (The clones are called zooids, like the polyps that make up the Portuguese Man 'O War.) They use their lophophore to strain food particles out of the water like the tube worms. They have a lot in common with the Phoronids, except that they work cooperatively.
Brachiopoda look a little like clams, with two shells on the outside. Upon closer inspection of the shells, however, each half is symmetrical and but is different from the other half. Bivalves do not have symmetrical shells and the two shells do mirror each other. Brachiopods also hold onto the ground with a muscular foot called a pedicle while mollusks use a thread-like structure. And, of course, brachiopods have a lophophore and mollusks do not. Brachiopods are also called lamp shells.
Sea stars break a few rules. Rebels without a head. Echinodermata (sea stars, sands dollars, sea cucumbers) have radial symmetry and no head, despite being part of the larger bilateria branch of the animal family tree. Radial symmetry reappeared in the family tree, evolving from a bilateral ancestor.
This demonstrates an important point. Evolution is not a straight line and every common feature does not imply a common relationship. Ancestral echinoderms had bilateral or no symmetry, but somewhere along the way, having slightly more radial symmetry became advantageous and radial symmetry developed.
The radial symmetry of echinoderms is not like that of the radiata. It is usually in the form of five spokes. Echinoderms also differ in that they have an endoskeleton of plates and spines underneath the skin. This makes them look spiky on the outside, but without a shell.
Another unique feature of echinoderms is a water vascular system. This is a system of water filled vessels that runs from the center out, ending in tube feet that act like little suckers. The pressure in this system is what moves the animal. This is not a wimpy system. Sea stars can pull apart mollusks this way.
Check out tube feet in action and some pretty worried clams.
Echinoderms have male and females forms and fertilization is usually external. External fertilization is when the eggs and sperm meet outside the animal. In the case of sea stars, males and females release eggs and sperm into the water, where they meet up to make baby sea stars.
Echinoderms go through metamorphosis, starting out as a bilateral embryo that settles on the floor to grow. The embryo then develops into free-floating larva that grows into the adult form. It ends up on the sea floor again, but this time, it can move. Some echinoderms can also reproduce asexually by splitting themselves apart.
Lost an arm? No biggie, make a new one. Many echinoderms can regenerate parts and may even give them up on purpose to escape a predator. Check out the sea cucumber spilling its guts to save its skin.
Echinoderms range from filter feeders to grazers to hunters, but all live on the ocean floor. This is the largest phylum of animals to have only marine species.
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The aggregate increased probability P of occurrence of any of n (presumed) nonthreshold end points caused by exposure to an environmental mixture of m toxic agents may be conveniently expressed under a few general assumptions. First, assume that the m agents are present in an environmental mixture at corresponding concentrations Ci, where i = 1,2,…,m, each of which produce, in exposed people, corresponding lifetime, time-weighted average biologically effective dose rates Dij, each causing one or more of n quantal (all or none) toxic end points Tj, where j = 1,2,…,n (see Figure I-1). Let Oij denote the occurrence of a particular jth end point Tj induced by effective dose rate Dij, and assume that Tj has a background occurrence probability of pj = Prob(Oij ¦ D=0) for total effective dose D due to all relevant agents and that Oij may arise only by events independent of those giving rise to either the background incidence rate of Tj or to events Ogh for any g and h such that g≠i, 1≤g≤m, h≠j, and 1≤h≤n. Finally, for very small values of Dij, assume that the corresponding increased probability of occurrence of the Tj is defined by an independent ''one-hit" (nonthreshold, low-dose linear) function of Dij. In the following, ∩, ∪, and the overbar denote the logical union, intersection, and negation operations, respectively.
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JL8 #95 by Yale Stewart
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Yesterday, I was too lazy to figure out what complex bus route I needed to devise in order to get home and avoid the hordes of dangerous people that I am constantly warned about. As the sun went down, I clutched my new, bright purple yoga mat closer to my chest and walked in the general direction of my school. A disheveled (homeless?) man asked me loudly, "What's that?" I averted my eyes and kept walking. "A dildo?" He laughed and I heard his fading words as I rushed away, "the way she's holding it looks like…" So, now I know how to appropriately hold a yoga mat.
Besides this, I also learned some fun things at school. Mostly in Torts and Contracts. Also, in yoga and flamenco class. I think it's important to do "guilt-free" activities outside of school; that way you can be productive in a non-academic way. As fun as parties and night excursions are, I'm not sure they can justifiably fall under the "networking" (=productive) category. Too bad.
Today, I went to an LGBT career workshop for the legal market. All the panelists were great—recruiters, career counselors, and lawyers with backgrounds in government, public interest, and litigation. They had a lot of advice and information for us, but what I took away was this: it's okay/good to work for non-profits/government in school even if you want to end up doing big law (private sector/a.ka. $$$) and it's okay/good to come out, as long as you are not in any physical danger if you do so. (If you were, why would you want to work there anyway?) I met a couple of interesting people too. One woman I met was born and raised in Siberia and Russia, respectively. Another person I met told my friend and me about what really goes down at Lavender Law, a huge annual conference for the gays & co.. I forget the term he used…horn-something and c*ckshopped. I'm learning so much. Anyway, "networking" apparently takes on a whole new meeting once the drinking starts. It sounds like a lot of fun, whether or not you take advantage of the opportunities to get to know some older lawyers in a more intimate way. Again, I was reminded that lawyers are real people too, complete with relationship drama and Weiner-esque scenarios. Do we ever grow up?
This week was orientation. I loved the overload of information and people. I've met over 50 people in the last couple of days. Out of those, I think there's a strong possibility I'll be good friends with at least three of them. Yesterday, there was a "networking" event where I had the opportunity to connect with a few of my classmates. One of my new friends had a moment—"We'll be going through three years together! Do you know we'll be colleagues? We will be lawyers together! Can you imagine that?" It sounded much more profound when he said it, but in any case, I did feel the same way. These kids dancing away around us will all be future professionals and allies. Lawyers can be fun! If we learn, study, eat, live, party, hang out, with each other for three years, our "unprofessional" personalities are bound to be revealed in a way that will hopefully help rather than harm us.
Even though, as someone said to me today, "they've done a good job of scaring us," no one can quash my enthusiasm for law school. I feel like a giant nerd because I really enjoyed our sample class where we discussed two contract cases. Everyone told me something like, "the discussion was pretty good, despite the material…" and I was thinking, what's wrong with the material? Wasn't that interesting to you?
Anyway, I hope this good feeling lasts!
a.k.a. networking
Tonight, thanks to our Section's facebook group, I met three of my fellow classmates for dinner. I feel pretty good about my academic position, since they haven't even cracked open the books yet (and furthermore, have no desire to!), but in terms of who will be more successful in the end, I have no idea. Orientation is tomorrow!
I took it alllll…7.9% interest on grad+ and 6.8% for the other two Stafford loans.
1L Fall books purchased! $301.32 (school) vs. $147.84 (half.com/amazon)