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Lucy Meadows is dead.
She was a popular teacher at a primary school. But on Tuesday, police and an ambulance were called to her home. She was found dead. Her death is not being treated as suspicious. Already various people have said she took her own life. Helen Belcher reports that friends said that Lucy Meadows had spoke of suicide. The police told me today a file will be passed to the coroner.
At the moment we do not know how she died and, if it was the case that she took her own life, what the relevant circumstances were.
But what we do know is that Lucy Meadows was monstered by tabloid newspapers when news emerged that she was transitioning from male to female.
Suddenly she became not only an unwilling figure in sensational news reporting, but someone ridiculed and criticised by a national newspaper columnist. There was, of course, no public interest in any of this.
Such "monster" pieces are easy for tabloids to produce (especially if they get "before" and "after" photos), and the powerless figures caught up – victims – are unlikely ever to fight back. In a way, the tabloids treat trans people the way they would treat anyone, if they could get away with it.
In December 2011, the group TransmediaWatch made a submission to the Leveson Inquiry (I helped with some of the drafting). It documents the monstering of trans people by tabloids. Anyone with an interest in media matters should read it. The stories are horrific.
A person in transition is likely to be going through intense psychological and emotional changes: the worst thing for them is the humiliation of a sudden tabloid monstering (see more on this here). They are also having the most personal surgery one can perhaps imagine; but no other comparable group of people having surgery – say women having a mastectomy or hysterectomy – would feature in such sensationalist news reporting. Instead such intimate matters are rightly regarded as nobody's business but that of the person involved.
And this should be the case for trans people. It is a basic privacy matter. The fact that someone is in transtion does not create any automatic public interest in their national media exposure. In fact, their situation calls for a genuine respect for their privacy and autonomy. The monstering of Lucy Meadows and other trans people is wrong on its own terms, regardless of any consequences.
Such monstering pieces really must now come to an end.
You can follow TransMediaWatch on Twitter. The Samaritans can be contacted here.
Post script – I have created a resource page here.
I also did an interview for Radio 4 on the above – you can hear it here at 25:20.
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30 Responses to The death of Lucy Meadows
For all the Journalists bluster about the need for a free press, you are in the end talking about corporations who reason for existing is to make money by selling papers and advertising space within them. They will do what eve it takes provided they think they will not get sent to jail and any court costs/fines incurred are less than the revenue generated.
I agree and would add that the final blame for this obscenity lies with those who buy these titillating voyeuristic publications (not to be called newspapers!).
'Such monstering pieces really must now come to an end'
What ought REALLY come to an end are the contracts, or commissioning, of those 'writers' who write such bile.
But as long as folks click on the links, contained in outraged tweets, to such articles then nothing will change, sadly.
Lucy Meadows would have been protected from any kind of discrimination or harassment by her employer, under the Equality Act 2010. The reporter who insulted her clearly implied that her employer should commit, at the very least, discrimination ("he's in the wrong job"), and therefore himself breached section 111 of the Act which prohibits inducing discrimination or harassment. Whether there is a connection to her awful death or not, he should not get away with it.
Anyone who thinks we haven't got a long long way yet to go for LGBT+ rights should be made aware of cases like this and countless others. Truly shocking in today's society.
Well said. Although the root problem is much deeper than the thoughtless and heartless habits of the tabloids, I fear. In this case the privacy was first broken by the Accrington Observer, picked up by the Manchester Evening News (Guardian group newspapers both) and only finally – probably through the intermediation of an agency – by Richard Littlejohn's column in the Daily Mail.
Most decisions on what is newsworthy are made, and therefore most snowballs start rolling, at the local level. The national tabloids may fan the flames but they don't usually start the fire.
Absolutely spot on, David.
As you rightly say, we don't know the facts of Lucy's death at this juncture, but that does not change what she was subjected to.
Absolutely tragic – and appalling.
"Such monstering pieces really must now come to an end."
They should, but the business model for too many of the tabloids seem to have such stories at their heart – not holding the powerful to account as they so often like to claim.
The sad part of the equation isn't just that lives are destroyed by the papers just for failing to live the conventional life they approve of, but that apparently millions of their fellow citizens enjoy reading this sort of character assassination
Correction to my previous comment.
The Guardian Media Group sold the MEN and its papers to Trinity Mirror in 2010. The rest of my point still holds, though. The problem is endemic throughout the media, not limited to an all-to-easy-to-demonise Dacre/Murdoch axis of evil.
A moving and eloquent plea.
While nothing can change the fact that Lucy Meadows took her own life after the hateful monstering she endured, perhaps – instead of throwing dishes – people might donate to Trans Media Watch:
Or Galop
I'm not affiliated with any of the above, but I hear good things about their work.
The rôle of the parent who took the story – such was his 'outrage' – to both local and national newspapers and who seems to have been the only person concerned by it should also be considered, along with the readiness of said papers to exploit his bigotry to suit their agendas.
I am very saddened to hear about this death.
At the same time, I disagree that Lucy Meadows was monstered, at least by Littlejohn whose article I have read. In that article he expresses his opinions on the matter, some of which we may or may not agree. Opinions are protected by Article 10 of the ECHR and I do not see how his article could have fallen foul of a press regulator.
Were Littlejohn's opinions published on Twitter or Facebook, we would call him an Internet Troll and the police would possibly investigate him under various laws. Sadly they were not, they were published in something that claims to be a newspaper and so he remains free to ruin innocent people's lives. If anything this demonstrates the need for a press regulator with teeth. Laws do not have to be broken for something to be wrong.
You are quite right – the way they treat those unable to defend themselves shows how they would like to treat everyone. I am sick of hearing about what a wonderful free press we have. It is undeniably free to make money for foreign tycoons and British tax exiles.
I'm going to make myself unpopular…
Such monstering is demonstrably and obviously wrong. However, it will exist as long as it is legal and as long as the press thinks there is a market for it. Its existence is disgraceful, but not an argument for any sort of censorship: that this sort of thing should continue to happen is an evil, but a lesser evil than any sort of direct state regulation of the press, beyond existing laws on libel, incitement and so on. For who shall guard the guards?
The thing is, it's not legal. It breaches laws against libel, incitement of hatred, and sexual discrimination.
A "free press" doesn't have permission to write hateful, libellous, inciteful opinions any more than "free speech" allows you to shout "fire" in a crowded room.
If an individual wrote this stuff on pieces of paper and handed them out on the street they'd be prosecuted. Newspapers get away with it because the companies that own them make a huge amount of money and can afford to buy support from lawyers and politicians.
Sensationalist journalism, tabloid fodder they are just products of a society based on consumerism; we aren't informed, we're sold information. Even this story, it's not news it's a call to action. It has taken Lucy from Monster to Martyr.
I would be the first to decry the fact It's sick that an alleged news source would waste it's resources harassing someone going through such a monumental transition, but that calls me to question what about this article drew me in to read it, and if its just the medias fault for selling it, or for me deciding its worth buying into.
A few people on Twitter have said press regulation would not have stopped the Mail reporting and commenting like this. I'm not so sure. I think Littlejohn's column breached the Editor's code of conduct on discrimination. There are possibly other breaches. But the fact is the code of conduct, despite having being drawn up the industry, is a joke, and is ignored and breached daily by much of the industry because the PCC rarely polices any breaches – people have to complain and they;re often scared to- or upholds none but the most egrergious breaches.
Under a truly independent body that actually upholds the code such a cavalier attitude could be very costly. Even if this article wasn't found to have breached the code, newspapers would at least have to think twice about publishing such hateful nonsense because of the fear of a breach and possible redress. They would, at the very least, have to discuss the way the story is presented and its impact, and that might discourage this kind of approach. It would take time for the culture of many newsrooms to change but a body that upholds the code would hasten that change.
To ensure a truly independent body like that you need some kind of statute.
It's this point those who think the events leading to Leveson were a failure of law-enforcement and not regulation fail to understand. Hacking etc arose out of the rotten culture that already monstered and smeared, and distorted and hired private detectives to access all kinds of illegal information. All that happened because sections of the press paid no heed to their own code of conduct and believed themselves above the law because there was no punishment for their misdemeanours from their own watchdog. So they did pretty much as they pleased, with the consequences we saw. In order to rein in that behaviour and the culture which spawned it, you need a watchdog that is independent and has the power to act. The press have shown they cannot be trusted with setting up such a body. It needs some kind of statute to guarantee true independence
In a week in which the Press Complaints Commission found that the notorious Julie Burchill article about trans people did not violate its code of practice, we learn of the death of Lucy Meadows at the depressingly young age of 32. Suicide is suspected, but not yet confirmed.
Some may remember press coverage over the Christmas period about a teacher from a Lancashire primary school who had announced an intention to commence a process of gender reassignment and who would be returning to work as Miss Meadows at the start of the new year. Richard Littlejohn of the Daily Mail was highly critical of the way in which Lucy's employer, the Blackburn Diocese Board of Governors had addressed matters, particularly in the way in which the news had been broken to parents by way of a small paragraph titled 'staff changes' in the end-of-year newsletter. Littlejohn appealed to the basic prejudices of his readers in questioning whether primary children should be exposed to such situations. Such prejudices are not uncommon but, thankfully, seemingly in the minority; the 2006 EHRC Scottish Social Attitudes Society found that 30 per cent of respondents felt that a transsexual person would be unsuitable as a primary school teacher. More recent research in Wales puts the figure at 33% with 48% taking an opposing view.
Without prejudging the findings of the Coroner's Court in the present case, some further statistics may bear repeating. In the 2012 Trans Mental Health Study 84% of respondents disclosed a history of suicidal ideation, with 48% attempting to take their own life and 34% making multiple attempts.
It is for others to determine whether intrusive press coverage contributed to the untimely demise of Lucy Meadows. I am unable to share with you the thoughts of Richard Littlejohn on the suitability of transpeople as primary schoolteachers to help you make up your own mind on the matter; in a belated show of respect, they appear to have been edited. However in a brief commentary on the sad news of Lucy's passing, David Allen Green is characteristically erudite in his plea for the ending of the monstering of trans* people by the bigots who masquerade as polemicists, and he reminds us that the true monsters in this narrative are the people who oppress us. Thank you David for your continued support of trans people.
This terrible thing happened, and will keep happening. What is the appropriate mechanism for stopping it happening? You are a legal expert in this area: perhaps you can say whether it can be achieved through proportionate law or regulation. Or is it related to social attitudes which will take time to change?
Every industry in this country with the potential to harm people is regulated. Except one.
We pass legislation to protect vulnerable groups from discrimination, harrassment by the state, by employers etc, but we exclude the press.
We can speculate why.
It cannot be beyond our legislators – those legislators who put the interests of their constituents before the party political interest in their media coverage in the run-up to the next election – to define "public interest" and protect the innocent from being hunted by the pack of hounds.
There was no public interest in Lucy Meadows. Only the prejudice of a parent called Wayne Cowie and the complicity of local and national newspapers in his campaign to bring shame on the school and the teacher because he could not tolerate the idea of gender reassignment.
100 years, Cowie, Littlejohn and their cronies would have kicked up a stink when the first black teacher was appointed to a class of white kids. 50 years ago it would have been outrage at a gay teacher. Today, they cannot tolerate a transgender teacher.
It's really helpful to see all all this material in one plce, by the way. Thanks.

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Sat, Feb 02, 2008
With Saab test pilot Mats Thorbiornson and South African Air
Force (SAAF) Colonel Mike Edwards at the controls, South Africa's
second Gripen fighter (SA02) made history when, during a scheduled
flight test sortie this week, it passed the cumulative 100,000
flying hour mark for the entire Gripen fleet of new generation
Since the maiden flight of Gripen, the Saab Test team have kept
a record of every flight hour logged during Gripen's development
program at Saab, and also all the in-service hours logged by the
Swedish Air Force and Gripen's export customers Hungary, the Czech
Republic, the UK's Empire Test Pilots' School and South Africa.
So it was that at 0915 local time on January 28, 2008, a Gripen
D two-seat fighter in South African Air Force markings, took to the
skies over Saab in Linkoping, Sweden to takes its place in the
ongoing Gripen story. After a one-and-a-half-hour flight -- which
included a 10 minute hot re-fueling short turn around and take-off
-- Mats Thorbiornson and Mike Edwards said they were delighted with
the success of the sortie.
"I'm feeling very proud today and I think everybody at Saab
should be feeling proud today -- this a great milestone for the
Gripen program," said Thorbiornson. "We are still very busy
developing Gripen and it feels very good"
Col. Mike Edwards, from the SAAF Gripen Project Team, was also
the 1,000th member of the Gripen Order of pilots who have flown the
"Yes, we were very fortunate that the 100,000th flying hour was
flown in a South African Gripen fighter," he said. "I was very
honored to participate in this 100,000th hour flight but of course
the honor and the tribute should go to all the pilots from the
Gripen Order that have contributed to the hours flown."
South Africa's first Gripens are slated to enter regular service
in 2008.
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Reduce size of patch faces
nfv = shrinkfaces(p,sf)
nfv = shrinkfaces(fv,sf)
nfv = shrinkfaces(f,v,sf)
[nf,nv] = shrinkfaces(...)
shrinkfaces(p,sf) shrinks the area of the faces in patch p to shrink factor sf. A shrink factor of 0.6 shrinks each face to 60% of its original area. If the patch contains shared vertices, the MATLAB® software creates nonshared vertices before performing the face-area reduction.
nfv = shrinkfaces(p,sf) returns the face and vertex data in the struct nfv, but does not set the Faces and Vertices properties of patch p.
nfv = shrinkfaces(fv,sf) uses the face and vertex data from the struct fv.
shrinkfaces(p) and shrinkfaces(fv) (without specifying a shrink factor) assume a shrink factor of 0.3.
nfv = shrinkfaces(f,v,sf) uses the face and vertex data from the arrays f and v.
[nf,nv] = shrinkfaces(...) returns the face and vertex data in two separate arrays instead of a struct.
This example uses the flow data set, which represents the speed profile of a submerged jet within an infinite tank (type help flow for more information). Two isosurfaces provide a before and after view of the effects of shrinking the face size.
First reducevolume samples the flow data at every other point and then isosurface generates the faces and vertices data.
The patch command accepts the face/vertex struct and draws the first (p1) isosurface.
Use the daspect, view, and axis commands to set up the view and then add a title.
The shrinkfaces command modifies the face/vertex data and passes it directly to patch.
[x,y,z,v] = flow; [x,y,z,v] = reducevolume(x,y,z,v,2); fv = isosurface(x,y,z,v,-3); p1 = patch(fv); p1.FaceColor = 'red'; p1.EdgeColor = [0.5 0.5 0.5]; daspect([1 1 1]); view(3); axis tight title('Original') figure p2 = patch(shrinkfaces(fv,.3)); p2.FaceColor = 'red'; p2.EdgeColor = [0.5 0.5 0.5]; daspect([1 1 1]); view(3); axis tight title('After Shrinking')
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Collier County Sheriff's Office deputies investigate an armed home invasion on the 6700 block of Everglades Boulevard in Golden Gate Estates on Tuesday afternoon. Homeowner Ronald Bracey exchanged gunfire with three men shortly before 7:15 a.m., and shot Yadier Gonzalez-Rodreguez, 27, of Miami, in the shoulder. At least one of the three Miami men charged in this incident was impersonating a police officer, according to detectives. Tristan Spinski/Staff
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For this week's Sketchwich! I wanted to try and do a simple bg for once, even though I know I'm awful at them.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Hula Hoop Contest!
Posted by Bobby Pontillas at 3:33 AM
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Ooh nice designs! Great to see a rough pass on the right as well. Cant wait to see it finished.
- May 20, 2007 at 2:26 PM
- Newsquirt said...
really great style and design. Very nice work Bobby.
- May 22, 2007 at 12:00 AM
- Bobby Pontillas said...
Thanks r and jason! I'm glad you like it!
- May 22, 2007 at 1:51 AM
- Amber Monette said...
Great colors and fun style! Its great!
- May 22, 2007 at 4:07 PM
- Bobby Pontillas said...
thanks amber! hope you and kathy are doin fine.
- May 24, 2007 at 12:46 AM
- Carolyn said...
You think you're awful at what!?! This is great. It's one of my favorite hula hoop drawings ever.
- June 2, 2008 at 7:16 PM
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John Friend Speaks About the Recent Departures (in case you haven't gotten this from other sources)
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My own reflections will come at some point. Here is a thoughtful interview with John Friend on the decisions by Darren Rhodes, Christina Sell, and Elena Bower no longer to hold themselves out as certified Anusara instructors.
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine has a long history of spirited involvement in global health. Einstein's community of students, faculty and researchers work in countries around the world on the most pressing issues in healthcare, medicine, and science, with the ultimate goal of addressing the complex health challenges faced in our increasingly interconnected world.
The photo exhibition, "Global Vision: The Einstein Community Abroad," currently on view in the hallway adjacent to the Forchheimer lobby, displays a small sampling of the diverse experiences offered by Einstein in an effort to provide our students and affiliates with broad perspectives on health and medicine and, hopefully, a deeper understanding of the human condition. The exhibit was organized by students in the Global Health Club and includes images taken by students, faculty and professional photographer, Jonathan Wallen.
In addition, on Monday, November 5, 2012, the College of Medicine's Global Health Center (GHC) will host a national symposium, "The Essentials of Running a Global Health Center: Sharing Best Practices and Building Partnerships for the Future," featuring leaders from throughout the global health field who will come together to share knowledge, forge collaborations and discuss best practices for global health centers at our nation's universities and medical schools.
"Through the symposium, our goal is to bring the leadership and faculty of centers from around the country together for a day of discussing issues that we all face with the hope of sharing and learning from each other," noted Jill Raufman, program manager for the GHC. Those attending the all-day event can earn CME credits as well. For additional information or to register, visit the Global Health Center website.
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The Madden Curse
As the 2012 NFL regular season winds down, it's time to visit the inevitable phenomena known as "the Madden Curse". In 1988 Electronic Arts released the first installment of John Madden Football for PC and again for Sega Genesis in 1990. Fast forward to 1998 when 'Franchise Mode' was installed and 2004 when all other football games became obsolete. Since its inception, Madden Football had featured its namesake, former NFL player and coach John Madden, on its cover. In 2001 however the trend of placing a rising star on the cover had begun, and so did the "Madden Curse". The curse is said to affect the current cover star with either an injury or a severe lack of production compared to previous seasons. In the following article I'll take you through the details of each player featured and the misfortunes they've experienced.
Eddie George was a senior at Ohio State University in 1995, he finished his college career with 4284 all purpose yards and 45 touchdowns with a 5.5 yards per carry average. He won several awards including the prestigious Heisman trophy. He would be selected 14th overall in the NFL draft by the then Houston Oilers. As a rookie in the NFL he ran for 1300 yards and 8 touchdowns, winning the rookie of the year in 1996. In 1999 George would lead the now Tennessee Titans (13-3) to a Super Bowl match up against the St Louis Rams but would lose 23-16. The Titans would be back in the playoffs in 2000 (again 13-3) with Eddie George having the best statistical season of his career amassing 1500 yards and 14 touchdowns but would lose in the second round to the 2000 champion Baltimore Ravens. However this performance earned him the right to grace the first player cover of Madden Football 2001.
In unexplainable, supernatural circumstances the Madden Curse had begun. After having his best season in 2000, George would go on to have his worst comparable season in 2001 after appearing on the cover. The Tennessee Titans would miss the playoffs with a less than stellar 7-9 record and George only gaining 939 yards and 5 touchdowns.
Madden 2002 would bring on Minnesota Vikings Quarterback Daunte Culpepper. Culpepper, drafted 11th overall in the 1999 NFL draft would throw for 6500 yards and 47 touchdowns in his first 2 seasons as a starter (did not start his rookie season). In 2002 Daunte would throw for 3800 yards and 18 touchdowns but he would also throw 23 interceptions (the most of his career) and break the NFL record for fumbles. The Vikings would finish 6-10. In 2004 Daunte Culpepper would throw for a career best 4700 yards and 39 touchdowns but would blow out both of his knees in the following 2 seasons. He would never be the same again.
Madden 2003. When the St. Louis Rams acquired Marshall Faulk via trade with the Indianapolis Colts in 1999, they went from a 4-12 team to Super Bowl Champions instantly. Winning the Super Bowl in '99 and appearing again in '01, the Rams were a force in the NFL. Marshall Faulk would average 1268 yards and 11 touchdowns each year for 4 years prior to 2003 when he was the cover boy. The Rams would finish 12-4 and go on to lose in the playoffs in 2003 but would never eclipse an 8-8 record again. Marshall Faulk would only play in 11 games and only rush for 818 yards. He would decline for the next 2 seasons and retire in 2005 after reconstructive knee surgery.
Madden 2004. In 2001 the Atlanta Falcons had the first pick in the draft, choosing quarterback Michael Vick, they had their franchise quarterback for years to come. Vick would bring a passing and rushing attack to the NFL that is very rare for pro quarterbacks. In 2004 after getting his image on the cover Michael Vick would break his leg in a preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens and the Falcons would go on to finish the year 5-11. Just a year later Vick was indicted on dog fighting charges and sent to prison. I'm still holding out hope that the curse continues someday for Vick in having his throat torn out by a stray pit-bull in the streets of Philadelphia.
Madden 2005. Ray Lewis, by 2005 the former first round draft pick would earn 7 Pro Bowl appearances, a Super Bowl title, Super Bowl MVP, and two NFL Defensive Player of the Year awards. The NFL had not seen a dominate force at linebacker in over a decade. In 2005 Lewis would not finish the season due to a wrist injury. He would only play six games the following season as his Ravens would fall to 6-10.
Madden 2006. Donovan McNabb would lead the Philadelphia Eagles to 4 conference championship games and 1 Super Bowl appearance in his first 5 seasons. He would earn 5 Pro Bowl bids and and Offensive Player of the Year award before 2006. Once he donned the cover of Madden 2006 he would suffer a sports hernia in the first game of the season and tear an ACL and meniscus in his right knee a few games later. The Eagles would finish 6-10. Let's be honest here, the Eagles don't need any more bad luck than they already have, 5 conference championship games and only came out on top once? The only thing worse than that is the Buffalo Bills losing 4 straight Super Bowls.
Madden 2007. First round draft pick Shaun Alexander would be the league's MVP in 2006 gaining 1880 yards and a record setting 27 rushing touchdowns. 5 of his first 6 seasons he would eclipse the 1000 yard mark and be in double digits in touchdowns. He had yet to miss a game since he entered the NFL. After gracing the cover in 2007 Alexander would miss 6 games due to injury, gain only 896 yards and score just 7 times. The Seattle Seahawks would go from a 10-6 playoff team to 4-12 and Alexander would never match that seasons numbers again.
Madden 2008. In 2007 LaDainian Tomlinson was set to take the Madden cover for that year's upcoming video game. Charger fans created a website strongly opposing the decision to put their star playing on the cover of the cursed game. Ultimately Tomlinson would decline the offer, stating "contract negotiations". The "prize" cover would go to Titans quarterback Vince Young. Vince would appear on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" to announce his appearance on Madden 2008 and go on to say he didn't believe in the curse. Young would go on to have a decent season in the year he would be on the cover but the following year would be his undoing. In 2009 Vince would lose his starting job to the veteran Kerry Collins after having a mental breakdown when fans booed him during a game. Young refused to go back onto the field but after coach Jeff Fisher persuaded him to do so he injured his knee four plays later. The day after the game Vince disappeared and could not be found or contacted for hours. Reports circulated about depression and suicide. In 2010 he regained his starting job back but in week 10 of the season after injuring the thumb on his throwing hand he sat out the rest of the game. Heading back to the locker room after the game Vince threw his shoulder pads into the crowd, proceeded to have an altercation with his head coach and was released from the team at seasons end.
Madden 2009. The infamous Brett Favre, he's retired, he's back, he's retired, he's back again. Mostly famous for being a Green Bay Packer, which is how he appeared on the cover, he was a New York Jet in the game after being traded before the season began. Favre suffered a torn bicep during the season and led the league in interceptions thrown with 22, 9 in his last 5 games. The 11 time Pro Bowl quarterback and future Hall-of-Famer would retire again at the end of the season. But alas Favre would return as a Minnesota Viking the very next season. After having an amazing season in 2010 he would suffer a concussion and ultimately retire for the third time at the end of his second season as a Viking. Brett would also get caught up in a sexting scandal with a model that worked for the Jets during his tenure there. On the plus side, this scandal would also spawn one of the best Saturday Night Live skits in recent years!
Madden 10. This would be the year of firsts. The first year that a player would not fall victim to the curse but also the first year the cover would don 2 superstars. Larry Fitzgerald and Troy Polamalu. Arizona Cardinal Larry Fitzgerald would make it out unscathed but the 7 time Pro Bowler Troy would miss more games than he would play in. Spraining his mcl in the first 30 minutes of the season he would miss the next 4 games. After returning for 3 games, Polamalu would injure his posterior cruciate ligament and miss more games. The reigning Super Bowl champion Steelers would miss the playoffs.
Madden 11. The 2010 Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees would appear of the cover of Madden 11. After his Saints won the Super Bowl the previous season, they were poised for another good year. However the curse had other plans. Brees threw 22 interceptions, twice as many as the previous year and the Saints would lose in the first round of the playoffs to a 7-9 Seattle Seahawks.
Madden 12. Madden 12 was set to bring about the return of a former cover man Michael Vick however an unlikely player emerged. Peyton Hillis the Cleveland Browns running back had 1500 all purpose yards and 13 touchdowns in 2011. He was the star on an otherwise terrible team. After receiving word of his cover fame, Hillis was quoted as saying "the madden curse is a bunch of bs". The 2012 season began without an off-season, due to the NFL lockout. Peyton Hillis would play in the first 2 games before being stricken with flu-like symptoms and missing week 3. After playing the next 2 games he would miss 5 more games due to illness and injury. In the last week of the season Hillis is just over 700 yards and has a mere 3 touchdowns. Throughout the season there has been contract disputes and general locker room distractions from Hillis. Peyton Hillis was recently quoted on an ESPN blog as saying "No doubt about it, things haven't worked in my favor this season. There's a few things that have happened that made me believe in curses. Ain't no doubt about it."
I know not everyone believes in curses but that's a whole lot of mumbo-jumbo going on in the Madden franchise. I don't have a clue what may have caused this trail of destruction or what it will take to put and end to it but I for one believe that throughout the years Madden cover stars have downplayed their misfortunes but the current admissions of Peyton Hillis may change that. Next year is another year, there is no stopping the Madden franchise from putting out games year after year so the only unforeseeable end to this curse is the apocalypse. Good luck to the young man that decides to grace the cover for fame and fortune in 2013.
Justin Parmer is a freelance writer and Lancaster County's unofficial celebrity golf champion. He has been lurking GeekTraffik.com since its inception.


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Talking Points on the Sunken Military Craft Act
This new legislation does not change law, but rather ensures its uniform application within United States' jurisdiction and encourages reciprocal enforcement and protection by foreign sovereigns.
While the Property Clause of the United States Constitution underpins continuously indefinite ownership of U.S. military craft, sunken or otherwise, the favorable case law articulating this proposition has been principally limited to the Fourth and the Eleventh Circuits through a handful of cases. This act extends that limited case law uniformly across other Circuits. Accordingly, the long run effect of the act reduces cost, inconvenience, and anomalous uncertainty of future litigation. Greater certainty of the law could further be expected to discourage challenges to United States' ownership and the associated physical risk to sunken military craft by unpermitted recovery actions.
This clear statement of United States' policy is also likely to induce other nations to respect U.S. ownership and induce parallel expressions of sovereign intent. From time to time, major maritime powers including Great Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, and Spain have articulated their positions consistent with or acted in conformity to the U.S. policy position.
The statute provides the following:
- Protection of sunken U.S. military ship and aircraft wherever located.
- Protection for the graves of lost military personnel.
- Protection of sensitive archaeological artifacts and historical information
- Codifies existing case law, which supports Federal ownership of sunken U.S. military ship and aircraft wrecks.
- Provides a mechanism for permitting and civil enforcement to prevent unauthorized disturbance.
- Encourages the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, to enter into bilateral and multilateral agreements with foreign countries for the protection of sunken military craft.
- Does not affect salvage of commercial merchant shipwrecks, or recreational diving.
- Does not impact commercial fishing, or the laying of submarine cables.
- Does not relate to the routine operation of ships.
Previous case law supporting government ownership of its sovereign property:
Hatteras, Inc. v. The U.S.S. Hatteras
1984 A.M.C. 1094 (S.D. Tex. 1981), aff'd, 698 F.2d 1215 (5th Cir. 1982)
U.S. v. Steinmetz
763 F. Supp. 1293 (D.N.J. 1991), aff'd, 973 F.2d 212 (3rd Cir. 1992), cert. denied, 113 S. Ct. 1578 (1993)
Sea Hunt v. Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel
221 F.3d 634 (4th Cir. 2000), cert. denied, 121 S. Ct. 1079 (2001)
Int'l Aircraft Recovery, L.L.C. v. Unidentified, Wrecked, and Abandoned Aircraft
218 F.3d 1255 (11th Cir. 2000), cert. denied, 121 S. Ct. 1079 (2001)
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Major Events 2014
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March 2–Bridal and Special Occasion Annual Open House Come to the lakeshore of beautiful Algoma and tour local retailers to see how they can assist you with your wedding & special occasion planning. Tina Marie's Boutique will have live models featuring the latest in Bridal, Bridesmaids, Mothers, Pageant & Prom formal wear. Flowers arrangements by Steele Street Floral and Cake Designs by Joann at North Water Bakery will also be featured. Check out www.algomachamber.org for more.
March 28-29–Murder Mystery Wine & Dinner Theater Enjoy a wonderful 3 course meal while the plot thickens as audience participation, improvisation and daring comedy are used to create and solve the evenings crime. Held at von Stiehl Winery, Algoma. www.vonstiehl.com. Friday Night's proceeds benefit the Algoma Area Chamber of Commerce. www.algomachamber.org
May 17–14th Annual Main Street Car Show. Join us in downtown Algoma for our car show featuring 17 classes of quality show cars and motorcycles. Enjoy food, drink, music and a special Armed Forces Day Salute by local service veterans. For information visit www.algomamainstreet.org .
May 16-17–7th Annual Hotel Stebbins Girls Night Out! Start off summer right! Surround yourself with great people add in laughter, entertainment, drinks, and fabulous food and you have a weekend worth remembering. We spin it different every year. 487-5521 or visit www.thehotelstebbins.com. Reservations are required since space is limited.
May-Aug–Stadium Diner Saturday Concert Series Enjoy a variety of live music on the deck Saturdays from 2-5pm. Food and beverages are available while you relax and enjoy the sounds of the day including Irish, 50/60's and Evlis. www.algomadiner.com
Sat May 31 – Mike. Katrina & Mojo John 1-4
Sun June 1 – Lee Birchfield 3:30 – 6:30
Sat June 7 – Irish Gerry 1 – 4
Sun June 8 – Lee Birchfield 1 – 4
Sat June 14 – Mike, Katrina & Mojo John 1 – 4
Sun June 15 – Lee Birchfield 1 – 4
Fri June 20 – Lee Birchfield 7-10 PM
Sat June 21 – Lee Birchfield 1 – 4
Sun June 22 –Irish Gerry 1 – 4
Sun June 29 – Lee Birchfield 1 – 4
Sat July 5 – Irish Gerry 1- 4
Sun July 6 – Lee Birchfield 1 – 4
Fri July 11 – Lee Birchfield 7 – 10
Sat July 12 – Mike, Katrina & Mojo John 1 – 4
Sun July 13 – Lee Birchfield 1 – 4
Sun July 20 – Irish Gerry 1 – 4
Sat July 26 – Lee Birchfield 12 – 3
Sun July 27 – Lee Birchfield 1 – 4
Sat Aug 2 – Irish Gerry 1 – 4
Sun August 3 – Lee Birchfield 1- 4
Sat August 9 – Lee Birdhfield 1 – 4
Sun August 10 – Lee Birchfield 1 – 4
Sun August 17 – Irish Gerry 1 – 4
Sun August 24 – Lee Birchfield 1 – 4
Sat August 30 – Irish Gerry 1 – 4
Sun August 31- Mike, Katrina, Mojo John
June 14–Annual Tractor Rally. Wisconsin has one of the largest numbers of farm tractor collections in the country. Tractor rallies are an opportunity for tractor enthusiasts to get together to share our love of tractors, just like many auto restorers, motorbike enthusiasts, and others join their friends for a time to share their passions traveling down scenic byways. Check out www.agrigulturalheritage.org for all the information on this annual event in Kewaunee County.
June 21–Lady's Fest & Stiletto Walk at von Stiehl Winery. Sat 10-6 Join a lively but relaxed crowd enjoying good company, live music, massage , chocolate, and of course wine! Also featuring a full line of Ladies of the Vine Club wines. The Shopping Faire will be offering stylish wares. check out www.vonstiehl.com
June 21–Ahnapee Trail Summer Solstice 50 This is a 50 mile running relay race through scenic Door and Kewaunee Counties. Come join the fun starting in Sturgeon Bay where relay teams of up to five runners will run 50 miles on the beautiful Ahnapee State Trail and rural country roads to the finishers' party at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds in Luxemburg. Visit www.ahnapeestatetrail.com for info and registration.
June 28–The Flying Pig annual Birthday Celebration Enjoy Big Mouth and the Power Tool Horns, an iron pour, artists demonstrating and selling, food, and beverages amongst the beautiful garden and nature area surrounding the store. Explore their indoor galleries, creative environment, sculpture gardens, display gardens and unique plant selections. www.theflyingpig.biz
July 5–Rio Creek Fly-In & Hanger Dance, Celebrating 41 Years. Enjoy the fun beginning at 7:30 for pancake & porky breakfast, Chicken Booyah and more throughout the day and dancing to the Polka Band 11:00 – 3:00. Antique Car & Tractor Display too. Check out http://www.riocreekairport.com/ for the latest information.
July –August Von Stiehl Cuisine Concert Series Saturdays 12:30-4pm. Live music, gourmet wine, craft beers and food in a relaxing outdoor setting. The "Skaliwagon" will be onsite offering cuisine specially matched to the wine and music. Visit www.vonstiehl.com for more information. 2014 Music Schedule:
July 5: Annie Rose Band (classic rock)
July 12: Two Souls (island rock)
July 19: The Blue Gills (classic rock/blues)
July 26: Dave Steffens Band (blues/rock)
August 02: Given up the Ghost (acoustic rock)
August 09: The Hits (60's-90's hits)
August 16: Redfish (cajun/rock)
July 11-12–Algoma's City-Wide Garage Sale from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Maps available at the Algoma Visitor Center on Friday and Saturday. Sponsored by Community Improvement of Algoma. 487-5498
July -Aug–Concerts in the Park. Join us every Thursday evening to hear the best in local, regional, & national artists perform at Heritage Park, located adjacent to the City Marina and Crescent Beach. Farmers Market at 5:30, Concert at 7:00 pm. Facebook-Algoma Concerts or www.algomachamber.org will post full listing when it becomes available.
Thursday, July 10: Trapper Schoep & the Shades (Wisconsin based national act)
Thursday, July 17: The Missiles Celebration of Neil Young, All Neil all Night (1966 – Now)
Thursday, July 24: Uncle Lucius (Austin, TX)
Thursday, July 31: Big Mouth & The Power Tool Horns
Thursday, August 7: Somebody's Darling (Dallas, TX Roots Rock)
Thursday, August 14: Giles Corey's Stoned Soul (Delmark Recording Artist Chicago, IL)
July 17-20–Kewaunee County Fair at the Luxemburg Fair Grounds. Call for entertainment schedule and ticket information. 845-2241 www.kewauneectyfair.com
July 19-27–32nd Annual Kewaunee/Door Salmon Tournament. Thousands of dollars in cash and prizes will be on the line in the Midwest's most popular Chinook salmon fishing contest. Cast or troll anywhere in Lake Michigan off of Kewaunee and Door counties, with weigh-in ports at Algoma, Kewaunee, Sturgeon Bay, Baileys Harbor and Washington Island. First place is worth $10,000 cash to the lucky angler who reels in the winning "king." The payout typically goes more than 200 places deep, making it unique among Great Lakes' fishing contests. That's in addition to the daily cash and prizes awarded at each of the five weigh-in ports. For more information, visit http://www.kdsalmon.com or call 883-9792.
August 2-3–Czech Fest/Kolache Fest – This is the largest Czech Festival in Northeastern Wisconsin. Enjoy 2 days of Czech food, Kolache baking demonstrations, Kolache sales, Czech music, beer gardens, Czech vendors and displays! Polka Mass and Czech dinner on Sunday. For more information www.agriculturalheritage.org.
August 8-10 — Shanty Days Celebration of the Lake. Come join us for the 28th annual Lakeshore Celebration. Featuring one of WI's largest parades, a car cruise and show, 150+ arts and crafts & street fair vendors, 5k walk/run as part of the Bellin Title Town Series and great food. Plus fun for the kids, fishing contest and more! Visit www.algomachamber.org for full schedule. Live music including:
Lovin Country 4-8
The Dweebs 8-12
Rocker 1-4
Bourbon Cowboys 4-8
Vic Ferrari 8-12
Sugar Bush Boys 11-1
Red Clover 1:30-5
Spice 5-8:30
Sept-Oct.– Kewaunee County Farmers Market- Every Sunday through October from 10:00a.m.- 3:00 p.m. Located at The Flying Pig on Hwy 42 http://www.kewcofarmersmarket.com/
Sept 4-7–Harvest Celebration Join the Kewaunee County Food Pantry in Algoma for a fall rummage festival and fundraiser. Take a tour including the community gardens. www.kcfpantry.org
September 12-13–13th annual Wet Whistle Wine Fest. Fri. 4-8, Sat 10-6 Legion park. Award winning wines, grape stomp, fine art and specialty foods are featured. Add in good friends, dancing, and a beautiful lake view and you have a party! And did we mention you can dress up in a costume? Don't take our word for it…come see it for yourself. For more information call the Main Street Center at 487-5498 or check out www.vonstiehl.com Music schedule 2014:
Fri. Annie Rose Band 4-8
Sat. Men in Suits 10-1:30
Sat. The Groove Hogs (reunion concert) 2-6
Sept 11-13–8th annual Bluegrass Adventure featuring the best in local, regional, and national Bluegrass & Roots music. Craft and Music workshops, kids activities, and food including fish fry, barbeque, and breakfast each morning. Camping is available. Visit www.bluegrassadventure.com or call 920-487-9727. Held at the Algoma Hunting and Fishing Club N7809 Willow Drive, Algoma. The Music schedule is as follows: The Freight Hoppers,Beef Tea String Band, The Mullet River Boys, Frogwater, The Oak Street Ramblers, The Goodtime Specials, Sortin' the Mail, 2nd String
September 20-21–Agricultural Heritage Days. This annual event is held at the Luxemburg Fairgrounds and features antique farm equipment, tractor pulls, horse pulls, demonstrations of old time farming and more. Watch food being prepared on antique wood-fired cook stoves. Large flea and craft area. 388-0604 or www.agriculturalheritage.org.
October 18-19–Algoma's 8th Annual "Magical Storyland/Halloween Walk". A unique chance to visit person-to-person with Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, Tinkerbelle, Scooby Doo, Sponge Bob, Dora The Explorer and many other storybook characters. There are also "scary" places to visit for those more brave participants. The Halloween walk is at the Algoma High School 10am-3pm both days. Visit http://fairytale-trail-in-algoma.com/ for more info.
November 29–North Water Bakery and Deli 6th Annual Christmas Open House Free wagon rides, complimentary beverages and samples. Get your picture taken with Santa's Elves and Live Reindeer. www.cakedesignsbyjoann.com for more info.
November 29–Small Business Saturday. The goal is to raise awareness about the importance of shopping at small businesses and encouraging Americans to spend at least a few of their holiday dollars at a local business. Come spend the day by the lake and shop the unique shops in friendly Algoma, you'll be glad you did. www.algomachamber.org
December 6–Christmas in the City in Algoma. Join visitors and residents as they celebrate the holiday season. Spend the days shopping our unique local businesses; have milk & cookies with Santa, and more. Don't miss the Holiday Parade through downtown. www.algomamainstreet.org
December 7–Christmas With The Kings Dinner Show from 1-4pm or 6 – 9pm at Stadium Dinner & Bar. Delight in Lee Birchfield as Elvis, Ken Uanke as Johnny Cash and Jessica Router as June Carter in this lively entertaining show while relaxing over a delicious meal. Reservations required: (920) 487-9788.
December 7–Premier Brass QuintetAlgoma United Methodist Church, 4:00pm. Christmas in the City Concert Finale.
December 17–Algoma Community Band and Chorus Holiday Concert. 7:00pm, Algoma Elementary School Auditorium (Algoma Performance Arts Center).


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Information on senior health insurance is available at an event in Ruston on Tuesday, September 10th at 10:00 a.m. at the Ruston Civic Center. Counselors from the Louisiana Senior Health Insurance Information Program provide Medicare beneficiaries with information they need to better understand their Medicare coverage. Synergy Home Health is the focus of this discussion. The public is invited to attend.
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Reunion is now out on HD Download http://reuniondocumentary.com and DVD https://www.visionvideo.com/detail.taf?_function=detail&a_product_id=37559
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Check out the new website for Reunion http://ReunionDocumentary.com The amazing documentary film about adoption, reunion and redemption. Reunion is an upcoming feature—length documentary film about a teenage mother (Kim Copple) who choose to give her daughter (SaraAnn Evans) up for adoption, and their reunion more than 25 years later.
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Beauty and the Beast Review: The Beautiful Beastby Carissa Pavlica at . Comments
Every episode of Beauty and the Beast just gets better.
"Insatiable" was no exception, as it upped the stakes even higher. Who thought that was possible? It was on the 15th episode of Beauty and the Beast Season 1. We still have seven more to go. Can you imagine what else is going to happen or be revealed? I really can't - and that makes for great writing. The best reveal would be for a second season pickup.
I really don't like that every murder will immediately be "vigilante" related by the police force. Catherine was right, he may not be an angel, but he only kills when he's protecting someone else. Isn't that the definition of vigilante? At first I thought Gabe was going to listen to her rationally after Joe wanted to get justice at the end of a barrel (nice one, Mr. Police Chief), but then he also wrapped up his lashing of Cat by rounding up the murderer and the vigilante as the same person. Very poor police work.
That's a hell of a task force ADA Lowen put together. Cat is protecting Vincent, the very vigilante they're trying to catch, Police Chief Joe just wants to kill him as his own vengeful justice for his brother's murder and Evan is working on behalf of Muirfield, willing to tamper with evidence to ensure Vincent is caught for their purposes instead of that of the task force. That doesn't even count Gabe's own hidden agenda.
Essentially, he would have been better to choose a bunch of yahoos off the street than the group he has working with him now.
I really love Evan. He is a good man and truly cares about Cat. I have no doubt about that. As soon as I saw Cat left her scarf behind in Evan's lab, I panicked. He had just enough questions to want to look for DNA on it. Sometimes I wish he wasn't as smart about Cat and smarter about Muirfield. But what was all of that crap about demanding the truth from her and wondering where their trust went when he is lying to her face every day while carousing with Muirfield? He knows as much about Vincent as she does at this point, but in a different capacity. That was such a disappointing moment for Evan, to stand there making demands of Cat he wasn't willing to face himself.
It was surprising that Evan didn't put J.T. and Vincent together after their discussion, because the way J.T. beat it out of there after hearing about Muirfield, I would have been testing the dirt where he stood for cross-mutation. If he had been the Road Runner, J.T. would have had dust under his feet and that speedy sound as he hightailed it back to his car to try to warn Cat and Vincent what was to come.
Vincent's plan to give himself up via a charred corpse seemed like a decent enough plan until Evan decided to share the information with Muirfield, thereby putting Vincent's and Cat's lives into immediate danger. They had to run for it after Muirfield dropped in via helicopter. What pissed me off the most was the elite task force came in via the front of the building, so when it exploded they had no idea Muirfield was in back. Once again, only Cat and Evan know what really happened, and I don't think they'll be chatting over it while tossing back a beer any time soon.
The whole time everyone was doing their various parts to find the vigilante, Joe sent Tess to walk the streets and re-interview ever available witness to the vigilante's "crimes." What confounded me was her inability to hear what they were saying. He saved each and every one of them in true vigilante fashion. He did not swoop in on an innocent man and tear him limb from limb for the hell of it. Every person she spoke with said if not for him...blah, blah, blah.
But Tess seemed incapable of processing that. She heard the information about the monster. The cat-like reflexes, the veins covering his face and cat eyes, but not how he came in at a time when people were in need of help and nobody else was around to assist. Another disappointment from a character I once thought of highly.
I missed how she ended up in the tunnels where Cat and Vincent were making their escape after the bombing of the loft. Why was she there? I'm also unsure as to why she shot Vincent when his hands were in the air. In any regular police force, girlfriend would be in for a reprimand and possibly lose her badge. You don't shoot an unarmed man who is surrendering; I don't care how many horror stories you heard about him during your work day. It's your job to hear those stories, and most of them told a tale about a guy who helped people.
We learned nothing about why ADA Lowen came into town, but we know he's planting evidence to get his hands on Vincent. I don't think he's working with Muirfield, because if he was he and Evan would have already crossed paths. It doesn't make sense to choose another Muirfield agent for the task force if you're not going to share evidence to get as much as you can from what you find, so he's obviously looking for reasons unrelated to Muirfield.
My original theory that he be an early generation monster himself felt a little off tonight when he didn't get angry at the cops who let him down, but I forgot all of the evidence of the murder, slashes across the face of the victim included, pointed back to him. Perhaps his DNA isn't transgressing and he is either monster or man. Maybe he wants to be able to control his animal side more fully and is hoping studying Vincent will give him that opportunity. I'm tossing mud here, seeing what sticks!
Things are hitting fast and furious at the moment, and with wildcard Tess holding the future of VinCat in her hands, I can only hope her own relationship with Joe and her need to keep it secret somehow forces her hand and shuts her up. She doesn't have to stay friends with Cat or help them, but she should give them a fighting chance, just as Cat has done for her and Joe. She needs to take time to process what she's learned about vigilantism and rethink their strategy about bringing him to justice. She's smart. She needs to question everything she's been told.
All of this needs to happen because I need more tender moments between Cat and Vincent. We should get at least one scene like the opener every episode because they are so well done. Kristin Kreuk and Jay Ryan have it down at this point, and I wouldn't be surprised if someone started to question a real life relationship between the two. They are that good.
I can't wait to hear your comments and theories. They're the best! Until next week....
Carissa Pavlica is the managing editor and staff writer for TV Fanatic. Follow her on Twitter and on Google+.Tags: Beauty and the Beast, Reviews
agreed....loved 80's BATB as much as i love this one. You can't possibly compare the two, life is different after two decades. By the way, Jay Ryan sits in a chair for 4 hours to make him look like the beast in the show. They don't use computers for everything. I wish people would get their facts straight before going online to malign one of the best programs on TV not to mention one of the hottest actors :)
I watched the old Beauty and the Beast with Perlman and Hamilton, and I loved it. Great series for sure. However, the current BATB is a totally different animal (excuse the pun) for sure. It stands alone. I don't equate it with the old one at all, and as such, I don't look for similarities or anything else that would link the two. That was then, and this is now, and the now is my favourite show on the air. Yes, they may have put Vincent and Cat together a little early in the game, but in view of the fact that there may not be a second season (I don't even want to think about that), I would have been pretty upset if they had not gotten together at all! I also have to say that I think Jay Ryan is an amazing actor. The emotion he can portray with just a look? He "gets" the whole Vincent and Catherine relationship, totally, and I for one cannot get enough of this series...
Wow, how incredibly disrespectful. You're entitled to your opinion of course,but might I suggest you express it by not watching the show instead of coming on a fan site and bashing it for not being an EXACT copy of a show from the 80's? Nobody 'ruined your beloved show', it still exists and you are welcome to enjoy it. This is simply a more modern and grittier retelling of the story. The fans of this version still see 'magic' but it exists between the two lead characters. And if you can't see that then you REALLY shouldn't be watching. Also, for the record- 'this Jay person' is actually a real human being and deserves better than to be referred to in such a way. Telling us you're 37 only proves that bad manners can come in all ages.
It bothers me as true fan of the original, how much has been lost in this new version. There is no MAGIC. I want tunnel people, I want Father, I want Mouse, Paracellsis!!!!! And wow... half way through the season and Vincent has already slept with Catherine!!! What?! That goes against everything Batb was about. They rushed it, that's for sure. I like Kristen Kruik from Smallville but I LOVED Linda Hamilton as Catherine and I am sorry, Ron Perlman is the only Vincent. I miss Vincent with all the makeup etc. I mean he sat in a chair for 8 plus hours to get into that character, and this Jay person gets some cgi and a little scar... whoopie do. I miss what the tunnels looked like in the original, and I am no ok with the premise of this Army experiment gone wrong. They ruined my beloved show. It better than Arrow, and that's not saying much. God how I miss the original BatB and Smallville for that matter. This coming from a woman who is now 37, but wrote to the producers of the original BatB when she was 12 asking to be on the show and received and hand written color postcard explaining how I need to be a part of Sag and not be too disappointed. It was followed by autographs from the actors. That was a class act. Fix this show fast, make it more true to the original, please!
So I was watching 'Insatiable' for the *cough* 20th time and I paused it at the beginning to get a good look at the room when Vincent was cleaning up. Did anyone else notice what a complete disaster it was?? Chair knocked over,tableware on the floor,storage locker on it's side and bottles everywhere. At some point the table came into play and they also bumped up against the chemical rack.It's pretty obvious even if they did start out slow and sensual, it didn't stay that way all night!! Love how the show let's you in on how passionate they can get without actually pointing it out directly.
Totally addicted! I agree Tess has been a bit of a disappointment lately, but going forward I believe as her relationship/friendship with Cat strengthens, it will be beneficial for Cat to have a confidante on her side, like J.T. is to Vincent. And I can't wait to see how Tess and J.T. will interact through it all. They are such different people, and I think there is great opportunity for comic relief!
@ Rhonda, even though Tess has seen JT before, to me and to other people I've spoken to, JT looks completely unrecognisable without the glasses. So I don't blame Tess for not recognizing him. In terms of Evan, I still don't get why he hasn't put it together yet. @Xraygirl:
Yes yes and 1000 times yes! Vincent was owning it so hard with the affection in this episode. When he kisses her and looked at her in the tunnel I nearly died.
I'd like to point out that throughout this entire episode, our boy Vincent was the one initiating all the kisses. I don't blame him, they've come a long way from the early days of minimal physical contact.
Oh, and thanks to you Carissa, for writing such detailed and thoughtful reviews. It's easy to see you are a true fan of the show as well. Probably why so many of your insights and observations are so spot-on. Well, except maybe for the whole Tess/tunnel thing. ;) lol
Lovely to find place to share my addiction! Will need to go to support meetings soon!! LOVE LOVE LOVE this show. For some reason, one moment struck me as particularly poignant. Catherine was about to leave the tunnel, when Vincent said 'Wait' and then leaned in to kiss her, almost as if he needed one more moment of connection before she went. When he said 'Okay' like 'NOW you can go' I thought I would melt into a puddle. Such a sweet little interchange.Sometimes the way he looks at her nearly stops my heart.


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Dear Gītā lovers!!!
Great news! Finally.. after years of dreaming of it... found a great free software (it's only 5MB to download - pls do download it from http://www.karafun.com/ ) and then try watching this sneak preview of the first 43 verses of Ch 1... you can adjust the sliding controls to change the speed (slower or faster), and even the key - to sing higher or lower
I can't wait to get all 18 chapters done in this long-overdue format!
i'll upload it shortly.
Now you can download it from our new webpage www.karaokegita.on.to - the link for downloading the KaraFun software is also given there. I'd love to hear anyone's feedback on this..
the software does not permit individual alphabets to be formatted.. so i could not put in Red slashes after the looong vowels as i normally do, nor could i add in slashes (slashes are used to break syllables in the software, and they are non-displaying). Neither could i individually format each letter... So i had to do the only thing possible, that is, converting all looong characters into CAPITAL letters (upper case).
soon i'll be uploading a poor resolution video sample. those who like it may then visite the karaokegita page and download the .kfn file to see it in high resolution.
When playing back using the KaraFun software, we can easily speed up / slow down the singing speed, and we can even change the key to match our voice, i.e. sing on a higher or lower scale! Please try it out!
Hare Kṛṣṇa!
your humble servant,
in service of śrī guru and śrī gaurāṅga,
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To edit the font and other options with gita karaoke (so that the text fits on your pc screen)
please try the following:
With the Karafun Player window open – click Ctrl and P which should take you to the options screen where the settings can be changed.
Under the Display window you can tick on 'start in fullscreen'.
Under the Training mode window you can set the font size as you prefer and enable (tick) 'start the karaoke player in training mode'.
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With the above screen open – click Ctrl and P which should take you to the screen below where the settings can be changed.
Under the Display window you can tick on 'start in fullscreen'.
Under the Training mode window you can set the font size as you prefer
and set other options as shown below.
Hare Krishna!
Thanks for these karaoke files. Need help in reducing the text font size - it is way beyond the screen and some text is barely visible on screen. Much appreciate assistance in reducing font size. Thanks in advance.
Hare Krishna! I played a small part in converting the chapters of the Gita to karaoke format and it was a very inspiring and fruitful exercise. It's thanks to Dina prabhu who worked very hard in putting it all together for easy download. All you have to do is:
Download the free KaraFun player from http://www.karafun.com/karaokeplayer
Install it,
Then download all the Gita Karaoke files:
www.karaokegita1.on.to for the first 6 chapters (with Invocations & Gita Dhyanam)
www.karaokegita2.on.to for the middle 6 chapters
www.karaokegita3.on.to for the last 6 chapters (with Gita Mahatmyam).
Hare Krishna! With much hard labour by Logie Mataji, now all 18 Chapters of the Gita are ready in Karaoke format. Please find the first 13 chapters already uploaded - you can download them from www.karaokegita.on.to
Do visit www.karafun.com first to download the free Karaoke player - then visit the site and start downloading the ".kfn" files which have the sound files already embedded. The first 6 Chapters will be at www.tinyurl.com/karaokegita1 , the middle six chapters at www.tinyurl.com/karaokegita2, and the last six Chapters at www.tinyurl.com/karaokegita3. As I type this, already the first 13 chapters have been uploaded. We hope to have all 18 Chapters online, with Invocations, Mahatmyam and Dhyanam very soon, to celebrate Gita Jayanti 2011! This karaoke version is VERY useful for beginners because we can easily slow down the singing speed - thus encouraging the beginners who cannot read so fast or who are not familiar with the tune.
Gita Chapter 1 part 2 of 2 now being uploaded to www.karaokegita.on.to - done again (at first the file was 7000mB coz i had used a very high resolution background picture, but now i have corrected that, so it is just 770KB)
This is the second and final part of Ch 1 - verses 44 till the end. (In future i will try to combine the two parts of Chapter 1 into one .kfn file, but for now, on this current new laptop of mine, i don't have the tool needed to thread the two segments of the edited audio file together, hence i've had to split it into two files.)
۞ Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare - Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare ॐ
Thanks! downloaded the karaoke in less the 3 mins. It works!
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Simmons SSW Hosted the NSWM's 25th Annual Management Conference
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It was an inspiring time last Thursday and Friday when Simmons School of Social Work hosted the Network for Social Work Management's 25th Annual Management Conference. With over 250 attendees the conference was a perfect venue for collaboration, networking, and innovation! Attendees ranged from researchers and professors, to practitioners and emerging leaders. A wide variety of panels, workshops, and presentations were held allowing for invigorating discussions and open forums for professionals from the public, private and non-profit sector.
Leadership was a prominent theme throughout the conference and a topic of discussion at several of the workshops. Presenters Jennifer L. Magnabosco and Murali Nair from the University of Southern California's School of Social Work provided a deeper understanding of leadership as it relates to human service organizations during their talk on Thursday. Magnabosco and Nair stressed how creating an effective management and leadership system is pivotal to the advancement of the human services profession. Creating an environment where leadership is at the forefront will motivate and inspire human service professionals to have an even greater impact on their profession.
Monica Leisey, Assistant Professor at Salem State University, also spoke to the engaged audience about the importance of improving and instilling leadership skills among social workers and social work students. Leisey's presentation was nothing short of empowering! Teaching social work students to be pro-active, confident, and assertive is just the start of building an even stronger foundation to make positive change.
The excitement continued on Friday with another full day of engaging presentations. Participants attended morning and afternoon sessions, and were invited to an exciting presentation over lunch by 2U —an educational technology company that partners with universities to enable them to create and deliver online degree programs (including the new SocialWork@Simmons online MSW)! Mayena Yonoszai and Megan Schneider focused their talk on social media and the ways in which it can enhance community outreach. How interesting is that! As the internet becomes a bigger influencer than TV, as Yonoszai and Schneider pointed out, social work professionals can now utilize these platforms to better connect with those in need. Not only does a presence on social media sites allow for the enhancement of community outreach, it also allows for collaboration with other social work professionals. Connecting and collaborating on LinkedIn and sharing ideas and insights on Twitter are just a few examples of how social media can enable the global community of social work professionals to grow! On that note, be sure to link up with everyone you connected with last week and share your thoughts and experiences on Twitter using #NSWM25!


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Thank you to all of the sponsors and volunteers who made Railroad Days 2014 come to life! For a look at some of the fun, check out the Railroad Days Facebook page.
2014 is a big year for the Snoqualmie Valley! This summer celebrated the 125th anniversary of passenger train service to the valley. On July 4, 1889 the inaugural run was a day trip from the foot of Western Avenue in Seattle to Snoqualmie Falls. The excursion was operated by the ME Church Society over the lines of the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway Company. Now, 125 years later, the Northwest Railway Museum continues the tradition of train excursions to Snoqualmie Falls.
Wouldn't you love to ride a Train powered by a Steam Locomotive to get a feel for that first run?
Visitors had the chance to ride the first steam train in the Snoqualmie Valley in 25 years on August 15, 16, & 17! During Railroad Days, the Santa Cruz and Portland Cement locomotive 2, a 1909-built Porter locomotive will let you step back in time to the early days of Snoqualmie.
There are still more opportunities to ride on the steam train before the end of 2014! Steam Excursions are available on; October 4 & 5; October 25 & 26; and during the December 19 Santa Train runs. Advance Purchase Tickets are available for all of these!
What is Snoqualmie Railroad Days?
Railroad Days is the annual community festival celebrating our spirit and origins as a railroad and logging town, and the home of the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe. The event is held in Historic Snoqualmie, in and around the Northwest Railway Museum. Volunteer firemen and their wives organized the first festival in 1938, and the popular event is still going strong. Last year about 10,000 visitors attended the festival.
A unique festival that strives to keep the "Trains, Timber, Tradition" encompassing the history of Snoqualmie alive. The event has included: Entertainment Stages, Vendors, a Grand Parade, Children's Field of Fun, Timber Sports Demonstrations, Food & Drink venues as well as the Fireman's Pancake Breakfast that started it all! Artisans display & sell their wares while the Legends Classic Car Club hosts hundreds of classic vehicles among the local services and businesses showcasing what they can do for you. And of course, you can't have Railroad Days without trains. Host organization, The Northwest Railway Museum, offers railroad tours and Train Excursions, including a Steam Locomotive, that whisk you to the top of Snoqualmie Falls and beyond, for a panoramic view of the valley. Snoqualmie Railroad Days is your community festival – one stop for family fun. You won't want to miss it!
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National Web site: www.nsna.org
SNA provides the OBU community with opportunities to give blood through regular blood drives. The group also is involved in volunteering for the Salvation Army. The Student Nurses Association also is responsible for organizing the annual Senior Nursing Banquet at the end of the spring semester.
All meetings will be held on the first Monday of every month at 10 am in Thurmond 126 and are open to any nursing major. Come for a FREE breakfast and fellowship!
Those interested in applying for membership into SNA may find an application here. Submit completed applications to a member of the SNA leadership team.