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Here's Elton John falling backwards off his chair at a charity tennis event
On Sunday, legendary singer Elton John was watching a tennis exhibition he co-hosted with tennis great Billie Jean King to raise funds for his AIDS foundation when a funny thing happened. John toppled backwards off one of those tricky director's chairs and crashed to the ground. He got right back up after the incident, according to the Daily Mail.
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Elton John Fell Out His Seat At Tennis Match And Busted His Butt (Video)
Sir Elton John toppled out of his chair whilst attempting to take a seat at the Statoil Masters Tennis Tournament at Royal Albert Hall in London…ouch
Luckily, he was okay.Feel free to giggle guilt free now.
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Elton John Falls Off Chair During Tennis Match (Video)
Sir Elton John may be an amazing musician, but his clumsy meter is also pretty high up there. The famous singer was at the Statoil Masters tennis match in London at the, and decided to lean back in his chair. Unfortunately for him and the chair, the lean back turned into a wipe out.
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WATCH: Sir Elton John Falls In Chair In Funny Video
It's a strange Monday when one of the funniest vine videos coming out of the weekend features John Elton falling in his chair–but that's exactly what's happened.
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Elton John falls backwards in his chair at tennis match (Video)
Elton John fell over backwards in his chair while watching Sunday's Staloil Masters tennis action at the Royal Albert Hall in London.Sir Elton tried to grab some nearby chairs to prevent himself from falling, but instead ended up taking the chairs down with him. John was OK afterwards, but was probably a bit embarrassed. I guess that's why they call it the blues.H/T SBNation. ...
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17 days ago
Elton John Falling Off Chair At A Tennis Match Is Hard To Quit Watching
Elton John falling off a chair at a tennis match is hard to quit watching.
Watch Sir Elton John Hilariously Tumble Out Of His Chair At A Tennis Match
The legendary Sir Elton John is taking in some tennis in London this weekend but, unfortunately for the musician, he himself became the greatest highlight of the event when he tumbled out of his chair during a break between the action. You've at least gotta give him some credit for taking out a few other
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My friend William Tasker started it ( via a conversation with Dathan ), so blame him. He knew what he was getting you into. And best to Mr. Descalso–I do hope he lands in a good situation. Daniel (to the tune of Elton John's "Daniel" , of course) Daniel is traveling tonight on a plane I can see the red ball cap with so many [...]
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Billie Jean King, Elton John host tennis in London
NEW YORK (AP) Billie Jean King and Elton John will coach a tennis event at Royal Albert Hall in London, featuring Tim Henman and Andy Roddick.
King's annual World Team Tennis Smash Hits will be held Dec. 7 and benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation. WTT announced the full rosters on Tuesday.
Team Billie Jean will be led by Henman and Kim Clijsters, Sabine Lisicki and Jamie Murray...
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The Altered NHL
by Paul on 04/17/06 at 09:34 AM ET
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from the Toronto Sun,
The regular season concludes tomorrow, separating 16 teams with a glint of Cup silver in their eyes from the 14 holding nothing but draft lottery tickets. Surviving clubs will bore you all week with quotes that the past 6 1/2 months were a meaningless dress rehearsal, but don't believe 'em. In the wake of a damaging lockout and commitment to radical change, the past 1,230 games have dramatically altered the National Hockey League. Here's a look back at a turbulent 2005-06 schedule:read on
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Life Is Great For Ovechkin
by Paul on 04/17/06 at 09:26 AM ET
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from the Montreal Gazette via the Star Phoenix,
Alexander Ovechkin, the NHL's hottest young property, showed he possesses a sly sense of humour, even working in a second language. Do his teammates play jokes on him? "Yes, they do." Are there any he could describe for publication? "No," he said. "But if you want to know, you can ask the other guys." No one in the NHL appears to enjoy himself more than Ovechkin. True, he is young and talented and wealthy, but so are dozens of other players who don't enjoy themselves half as much as he does. "I always try joking and try to do something funny," Ovechkin said. "I think, why not smile? Life is great right now, so smile."read on
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Pronger Seeing Red
by Paul on 04/17/06 at 09:21 AM ET
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from Terry Jones of the Edmonton Sun,
Nobody wants to bend, fold and mutilate the Detroit Red Wings in a Stanley Cup playoff series more than Christopher R. Pronger. This is the 10th consecutive season he's made it into the playoffs. Half of them have involved series against the Detroit Red Wings. He's never won one. "I've had success everywhere else but in the playoffs,'' said Pronger. He came closest on his first try. "Detroit won in Game 7 in double overtime. That was my first taste of the playoffs. Losing in Game 7 in double overtime.'' Steve Yzerman scored the series winner. A year later the Red Wings won four games to two. It was a six-game series in 1998 and a five-game series in 2002. Three of those four years the Red Wings went on to win the Stanley Cup. "They always found a way to win,'' he said.more
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Pick Your Opponent
by Paul on 04/17/06 at 09:13 AM ET
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from the Calgary Sun,
Conspiracy theorists, this is your big day. Those folks always on the lookout for nefarious schemes will have plenty of speculative fodder during tonight's Calgary Flames-Anaheim Mighty Ducks season-ending tilt There's essentially nothing on the line for Calgary. They can't move in the standings, have already claimed the Northwest Division crown and know when the playoffs begin Friday night in the Stampede City, they'll have home-ice advantage over the sixth seed in the Western Conference. What team that will be, however, will likely be decided in the outing at the Arrowhead Pond. As of this morning, Anaheim, currently holding that No. 6 spot in the Western Conference, has a one-point lead on Colorado. The Avalanche, playing in Edmonton tonight, has the tiebreaker if the clubs finish tied in the standings.continued
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The Key To The Rangers
by Paul on 04/17/06 at 09:04 AM ET
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from the Journal News,
The Rangers were off yesterday, but Lundqvist skated without restrictions both Friday and Saturday and anticipates a hard practice today. "It's going to be a lot of fun to be back on the ice and play and get ready for the playoffs," Lundqvist said. "It's important for me to get a game and get the timing going. Sometimes, it's good to get a break, and I feel very fresh. Hopefully, I get going right away." There's little doubt the Rangers will only go as far in the postseason as Lundqvist will take them, with all due respect to Jaromir Jagr's prodigious scoring ability.more
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Fans Came Back In Anaheim
by Paul on 04/17/06 at 09:02 AM ET
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from the OC Register,
During every Mighty Ducks game at Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, Tim Ryan, wearing his crisp suit and sharp necktie, walks. The Ducks' executive vice president and chief operating officer paces the concourse before the opening puck drops. He roams the arena during intermission. He talks to spectators, shakes hands and listens to the fans. "There used to be questions: Will the fans come back? Will the sport bounce back? How long will people remember the lockout?" Ryan said. His game-time walks answered those questions. Hearing the crowd roar, seeing the seats filled, the concessions busy and the Team Store cash register racing to take in another souvenir purchase, Ryan knows the playoff-charging Ducks have done their part to give CPR to the NHL.read on
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Nabokov Tries To Stay Positive
by Paul on 04/17/06 at 08:55 AM ET
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from the Contra Costa Times,
While the Sharks have charged into the postseason with a memorable surge, one of their most decorated players has been confined to a largely forgotten role. The Sharks have gone 16-3-2 since the trade deadline March 9, but goalie Evgeni Nabokov has played in just four of the games, going 2-2. "It's been pretty tough the last couple weeks," said Nabokov, who owns virtually every career goaltending mark in franchise history. "I just didn't expect that, to be honest with you. But I'm trying to stay positive, which is really tough. But what can you do? You know the team is playing well. There's nothing you can do about it. Just wait for the chance and be ready. That's about it."more
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Crackdown Will Continue In Playoffs
by Paul on 04/17/06 at 08:53 AM ET
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from the National Post,
Before we start wondering whether or not the National Hockey League officials will make it through the playoffs without allowing the traditional rodeos and water-skiing competitions to break out, we should concede the zebras this much. It hasn't always been perfect, but the NHL's officials did not capitulate this time. The new levels of enforcement not only made it to Christmas, they've lasted -- give or take the odd night -- right through the end of the 2005-06 regular season. History told us it wouldn't happen but it did. So if you, like me, doubted the veracity of the NHL's crackdown on obstruction, then you, like me, were dead wrong.continued
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by Paul on 04/16/06 at 10:40 PM ET
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Buffalo beat Toronto today and something I have never withnessed happened. from the CP via TSN,
The game became somewhat chippy in the final period. Leafs' tough guy Tie Domi was ejected for being the aggressor in a fight with Jay McKee. Buffalo's Andrew Peters received a 10-minute misconduct after he made a golf swing-type gesture toward the Leafs bench with five minutes left. "It was disrespectful," Leafs defenceman Wade Belak said. "You don't need to do that. But it was nice to see the referee take action." Peters said he apologized to his teammates and Sabres owner B. Thomas Golisano. "That wasn't something I was very proud of," Peters said. "It was just stupid. I got caught up in the moment."added 7:37am Monday, Want to check out a few videos from this game, wander over to Hockey Fights and take your pick. Remember to download the video by right clicking and then "save as".
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OT In The Playoffs
by Paul on 04/16/06 at 09:46 PM ET
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from Bob McKenzie of TSN,
Well, thankfully, no one of any influence is currently peddling that notion, so as we get set to begin the run to the Stanley Cup, we can be relatively secure in the knowledge that one of our game's great traditions - sudden death OT - is alive and well. But, you should know there is some concern about marathon OT sessions in the playoffs and how long they go. The marathon playoff games can be alternatingly exciting and tedious and as dramatically as they end, they can create havoc with everything from network TV schedules to teams' travel schedules and beyond.read on
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The Media Research Center's 2011 "Dishonors Awards" for the most liberally biased news reporting drew so many guests on Saturday evening that it was staged in the mammoth National Building Museum. The 1,000-plus revelers feasted upon beef tenderloin, chicken medallions filled with ham and decadent chocolate mousse on a nougatine crust. They watched the likes of Ann Coulter, G. Gordon Liddy and American Spectator editor R. Emmett Tyrrell stroll through the crowd. Guests also had a goody bag full of noisemakers — slide whistles, tiny tambourines, bird tweeters — to augment the proceedings, if they felt the need. They did.
There were awards, of course, the winners determined by a panel of judges that included talk-radio gods Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin. Accolades such as the "Damn Those Conservatives Award" singled out journalists and pundits known for their vigorous critiques of conservatives, tea party supporters and Republicans — and their adoration of the White House.
"Yes, the press drools over President Obama like a Burmese mountain dog," said radio host Neal Boortz, who was presenting the, uh "Obamagasm Awards" for those nominees who are particularly protective of the White House.
"Yeah, these journalists are obsessed with a president who brought us change we can step in," Mr. Boortz observed.
Politicians continue to weigh in on President Obama's decision not to release the post-mortem photos of Osama bin Laden. There is still much back-and-forth about which president deserves more credit for the defeat of the terrorist leader — Mr. Obama or former President George W. Bush. The bin Laden home videos released by federal officials are a hit on YouTube and beyond. Little boys in Pakistan are now re-enacting the event with toy guns, according to local press reports. And now, an inevitable culture moment arrives.
The brand new "Kill bin Laden" video game is ready for public consumption, categorized by its makers as a "squad-based first-person shooter" mission. "Osama 2011" from Kuma Games allows players to either join up with Navy SEAL Team 6 to pursue bin Laden from room to room of his hide-out, or team up with bin Laden defenders. PC Magazine, a trade publication, is predicting a public relations nightmare for the manufacturer.
CEO Keith Halper, however, contends the game helps Americans understand what the U.S. military faces in combat and could help the nation find "closure" to the 10-year effort to find the terrorist.
"Bin Laden was a bad man, and people feel relieved that he is gone. To be able to recreate his death is just an added bonus," Mr. Halper says, noting that the game can be downloaded for free at the company's website (www.kumagames.com).
"The Hermanator"
"A Pizza in Every Oven: Herman Cain for President"
"Citizen Cain: The All-American"
— New bumper stickers for presidential hopeful Herman Cain at Zazzle.com
The Democratic Party is intent on discovering just whom they can count on these days as the 2012 presidential campaign looms.
"We're building the Democratic Party from the bottom up because it's how we believe we can be competitive in all 50 states," says Patrick Gaspard, executive director of the Democratic National Committee.
The organization has confabulated an intricate but strategic survey for Democrats, gauging how far they lean to the liberal or conservative sides, their feelings about the party itself, and the importance of assorted issues, from energy to immigration. The Democrats are also intent on defining who might populate their proverbial "big tent." Lots of folks, apparently.
"Do you identify with any of the following groups?" the survey asks, offering the following category choices: "African Americans, Americans abroad, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, business owners and entrepreneurs, environmentalists, health care professionals, labor, Latinos/Hispanics, LGBT, Native Americans, people of faith, people with disabilities, seniors, students, veterans, young professionals."
HEROIC DeMINT
A grass-roots rally is building among those who insist that Sen. Jim DeMint deserves a seat on the Senate Finance Committee.
"At the height of the struggle in the U.S. Senate to prevent President Obama from ramming Obamacare down America's throat, Republicans sounded the retreat. They withdrew to the backrooms to cut a deal with the Democrats," says Lawrence A. Hunter, director of the Social Security Institute.
The interest group calls the South Carolina Republican "heroic, principled and relentless," among other things, particularly in his fight against health-care reform legislation.
"Sen. Jim DeMint would have no part of it. DeMint stood alone on the Senate floor in an effort to rally the Republican troops to make a stand. He was cajoled and threatened by Republican leaders to give up his effort but he persisted," Mr. Hunter continues.
He's asking conservatives to contact Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and "demand" that Mr. DeMint be given that single open seat on the Finance Committee, which controls legislation on Social Security, Medicare and other retirement programs.
"He is a forceful and dependable voice of conservatism in the Senate," Mr. Hunter says.
• 84 percent of Americans say the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack "changed America forever."
• 11 percent are undecided; 5 percent disagree.
• 57 percent say "America has changed for the worse."
• 21 percent think the nation has changed for the better.
• 11 percent say there has been no change, with another 11 percent unsure.
• 57 percent said America "changed for the better" in a similar poll conducted in October 2001.
• 51 percent say the U.S. is safer today than it was before the attacks.
Source: A Rasmussen reports survey of 1,000 adults conducted May 2 and 3.
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Ryan Gosling Doubles Up His Toronto Premieres With Drive
A Burberry-clad Ryan Gosling reunited with his friend and Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn last night at the film's Toronto International Film Festival debut. The collaborators weren't joined by leading ladies Carey Mulligan and Christina Hendricks for the evening, but Drive's supporting stars Albert Brooks and Bryan Cranston both turned up for the event. As usual, the camaraderie between Ryan and Nicolas was evident on the press line and as they introduced the movie. It's been a busy weekend in Canada for Ryan. On Friday night, he attended The Ides of March premiere with his director and costar George Clooney. George had his new love Stacey Keibler along for the red-carpet affair, while Ryan brought his mother as his date. Ryan has spent recent weeks shooting The Place Beyond the Pines in NY with Eva Mendes and Bradley Cooper, but made a pit stop in LA before heading north for the fest. Ryan and Eva went to Disneyland together on Monday night, where they were spotted cuddling and holding hands.
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Commentary: Appendix N: Inspirational And Educational Reading by Gary Gygax (from AD&D's original Dungeon Masters Guide)
Gary Gygax, co-creator of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons added, on page 224 of the 1979 Dungeon Masters Guide, a list of "Inspirational And Educational Reading."
Long out of print, but still incredibly relevant, this list of inspirations for the phenomenon that is Dungeons & Dragons, and role-playing games in general, deserves to be better known. There is a Wikipedia entry for the "sources and influences on the development of Dungeons & Dragons", but there's nothing like looking at the real thing.
So, here it is in it's entirety, following it you will find hypertext links to the Wikipedia entries for the specifically mentioned novels and collections (when available).
Appendix N lists the following authors and works:
Poul Anderson – THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS; THE HIGH CRUSADE; THE BROKEN SWORD
John Bellairs – THE FACE IN THE FROST
Leigh Brackett
Fredric Brown
Edgar Rice Burroughs – "Pellucidar" Series; Mars Series; Venus Series
Lin Carter – "World's End" Series
L. Sprague de Camp – LEST DARKNESS FALL; FALLIBLE FIEND; et al.
[L. Sprague] de Camp & [Fletcher] Pratt. "Harold Shea" Series; CARNELIAN CUBE
August Derleth
Lord Dunsany
P. J. [Philip Jose] Farmer – "The World of the Tiers" Series; et al.
Gardner [F.] Fox – "Kothar" Series; "Kyrik" Series; et al.
R.E. [Robert E.] Howard – "Conan" Series
Sterling Lanier – HIERO'S JOURNEY
Fritz Leiber – "Fafhrd & Gray Mouser" Series; et al.
H.P. Lovecraft
A. Merritt – CREEP, SHADOW, CREEP; [The] MOON POOL; DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE; et al.
Michael Moorcock – STORMBRINGER; STEALER OF SOULS; "Hawkmoon" Series (esp. the first three books)
Andre Norton
Andrew J. Offutt – editor SWORDS AGAINST DARKNESS III
Fletcher Pratt – BLUE STAR; et al.
Fred Saberhagen – CHANGELING EARTH; et al.
Margaret St. Clair – THE SHADOW PEOPLE; SIGN OF THE LABRYS
J.R.R. Tolkien – THE HOBBIT; "Ring Trilogy" [aka The Lord Of The Rings]
Jack Vance – THE EYES OF THE OVERWORLD; THE DYING EARTH; et al.
Stanley [G.] Weinbaum
Manly Wade Wellman
Jack Williamson
Roger Zelazny – JACK OF SHADOWS; "Amber" Series; et al.
Now with regards to the audio availability of the works and authors on this list I have composed the following set of notes:
Too few of the novels and collections specifically mentioned above are or ever have been audiobooks. But, there are several that have: the two Jack Vance books, the Tolkien books, of course, and Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword is available from Downpour.com (narrated by Bronson Pinchot). Unfortunately very few of the remaining bolded titles are in the public domain. One of the interesting exceptions is The Moon Pool by A. Merritt, which is available from LibriVox and narrated by veteran narrator Mark Douglas Nelson.
Of the series, those are the ones mentioned in quotes, I recommend Edgar Rice Burroughs's first Pellucidar novel, At the Earth's Core which is available from narrator David Stifel's site – we also have a podcast discussion of that book HERE. And we did a show on A Princess Of Mars, which is the first audiobook in what Gygax calls the "Mars series." The audiobook is HERE and the podcast is HERE.
Andre Norton's work is actually well represented on LibriVox.org, have a look HERE.
Several of Fritz Leiber's "Fafhrd & Gray Mouser" collections were produced by Audible, HERE. But several of the stories are also public domain and are available on our PDF Page, for turning into audiobooks or podcasts!
Roger Zelazny's first Amber series book was once available with Roger Zelazny's narration, today Audible.com has the original ten book series as narrated by Allesandro Juliani.
As for H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Lord Dunsany, we have done several audiobooks of their stories for The SFFaudio Podcast, available on Podcast Page, so that's a good place to start.
Further recommendations would have me point you towards the excellent small press audiobook publisher Audio Realms, which has the majority of the great Wayne June's readings of H.P. Lovecraft. They also have two volumes of Robert E. Howard's "Weird Works." Even more Robert E. Howard is available from Tantor Media.
I should also point out that most of the authors listed in Appendix N are now represented somewhere on our PDF Page, a page made up of U.S. public domain stories, poems, plays, novels, essays and comics. Please make some audiobooks, audio dramas, or podcasts from them! We will all be all the richer for it.
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The SFFaudio Podcast #265 – READALONG: Deus Irae by Philip K. Dick and Roger Zelazny
The SFFaudio Podcast #265 – Jesse, Tam, and Paul Weimer discuss Deus Irae by Philip K. Dick and Roger Zelazny
Talked about in this episode:
1976, "hey it's Zelazny", Tibor and whatnot, "The Great C.", waking from a gnostic dream of oblivion, "the book is opaque to say the least", "on the pilg", recommended for super Dick-fans who like religion, New Wave (basically shitty), Christianity, Ted White, the Sector General novels, mythology and religion, 80-85% Dick, post-apocalyptic story, the local A.I., the sacrifice of the Athenians to the Minotaur, like a Jeopardy game, heliocentricity vs. geocentricity, "Benford, Bear, and Brin's new Foundation trilogy", Hari Seldon in a chimpanzee body, The Best Of Gregory Benford, it's a paycheck, "If you wanna read this piece of shit that's fine … I'm getting paid.", cynicism, looking for the truth behind things, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, Tibor's conversations, there's no fixed ground, Dr. Bloodmoney, Or How We Got Along After The Bomb, the fallout from nuclear fallout, Utah, Denver, "where are they getting this coffee?", the socio-economic underpinnings of this book are fantasy, The Man In The High Castle, is he really worried about his bottle?, Autofac, the consequences of automated production, an economic weapon a weapon of war, Gresham's law, The Crawlers, incs = incompletes, the thalidomide baby phenomenon, Arthur C. Clarke, Of Withered Apples (and our podcast about it), the apple tree scene doesn't pay-off, the dog, episodic feel, the parallel pilgrimage of Peter Sands, the guy with the face problem, devil from the sky, Lufteufel (from the German words "Luft," meaning "air," and "Teufel," meaning "Devil"), the class of people who engage with believers but don't believe themselves, if you go into churches…, if there is a point to this story, representation, no photos of Jesus, does it matter if we worship a false image?, drawing a symbol, "the novel is extremely gnostic", Zelazny's Amber series, Islam goes the opposite way, depictions of Muhammad, believers tend not to worry about such details, the Klingons, the gnostic gloss, "it works as what it is", the miracle of the arms and legs, a vision of the Deus Irae, what's going on with the cow?, she's a holy cow, the authors say?, "the cow slept and dreamed – Tibor ruminated.", mechanical arms only (no legs), the crucifixion in reverse, the endings, Lufteufel and his daughter, dissolution, he does partake in divinity, Dr. Abernathy, Luke Daniels, the ozone in the air, an Arthurian motif, the healing of the wound, The Last Defender Of Camelot, dedicated Stanley G. Weinbaum and The Martian Odyssey, connecting the books, The Martian Odyssey is important and interesting but not great, "a classic of the field", the first Science Fiction to come out of the 1920s, mostly junk, aliens that are just alien, where it fits in the history of Science Fiction, PKD's favourite author was A.E. van Vogt, changing things up every thousand words, a formative influence on both Dick and Zelazny?, Eric S. Rabkin, maybe they had coffee together, A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr., dung beetles, the lizards (Lizzies), the talking bird, "the little black boys", I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison, transformed by Am, another name for God or Popeye, evil turns into good, it's all for the best, the philosophy behind Voltaire's Candide, "it was good that we had a nuclear war", the story of Noah, the ultimate Spring cleaning, religious people don't tend to get stuck at that point, "maybe I'm wrong", somebody is going to enjoy that sermon by Dr. Abernathy, the passing of good out of evil, internal arguments, "good" is not as strong as "evil", a very clever sophistic argument that kind of works, a lot of German, allusions to other literature, and "the stars threw down their spears", William Blake's Tyger Tyger, a gnostic poem, the currency of half-forgotten poems, funerals and weddings call for the imagery and vocabulary of poetry, cultural tools for sealing social relationships, The Stars My Destination, what is gnosticism?, going out into a cave…, a vision quest, revelations, Jesus' marriage, canonized gnosticism, religion as Jesus fan fiction, fan service, Galactic Pot Healer, a crisis of faith, a god needs help, a lack of editing, the meditation/drug thing, pastors can be grumpy without coffee and cigarettes, Abernathy is an asshole.
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A Martian Odyssey by Stanley G. Weinbaum
A Martian Odyssey is a classic of alien human interaction. Isaac Asimov said of it and of Weinbaum:
"With this single story [A Martian Odyssey], Weinbaum was instantly recognized as the world's best living science fiction writer, and at once almost every writer in the field tried to imitate him."
It is also argued that this is the first story to satisfy Astounding editor John W. Campbell's famous challenge:
"Write me a creature who thinks as well as a man, or better than a man, but not like a man."
When it was republished, just 4 years later, in Startling Stories, A Martian Odyssey was added to the "Scientifiction Hall Of Fame":
And with that that same printing was this extolling editorial explanation:
A Martian Odyssey
By Stanley G. Weinbaum; Read by Gregg Margarite
1 |MP3| – Approx. 58 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: January 13, 2009
Early in the twenty-first century, nearly twenty years after the invention of atomic power and ten years after the first lunar landing, the four-man crew of the Ares has landed on Mars in the Mare Cimmerium. A week after the landing, Dick Jarvis, the ship's American chemist, sets out south in an auxiliary rocket to photograph the landscape. Eight hundred miles out, the engine on Jarvis' rocket gives out, and he crash-lands into one of the Thyle regions. Rather than sit and wait for rescue, Jarvis decides to walk back north to the Ares. First published in Wonder Stories, July 1934.
Here's an illustrated |PDF| made from the original publication in Wonder Stories.
Posted by Jesse Willis
LibriVox: Pygmalion's Spectacles by Stanley G. Weinbaum
Pygmalion's Spectacles was first published in 1935 in the aptly named Wonder Stories magazine. Four years after it's first publication it was reprinted in Startling Stories as a "classic" and it was placed in their "Scientifiction Hall Of Fame." It was reprinted again in Fantastic Story magazine in the Spring 1955 issue. Three magazine publications is a rare occurrence for any SF story. So, what makes this story special?
Well, this tale of utopia, immortality, and romance, is also, most probably, the very first story to feature the concept of virtual reality.
Here's the description from the Wikipedia entry:
A comprehensive and specific fictional model for virtual reality was published in 1935 in the short story Pygmalion's Spectacles by Stanley G. Weinbaum. In the story, the main character, Dan Burke, meets an elfin professor, Albert Ludwig, who has invented a pair of goggles which enable "a movie that gives one sight and sound […] taste, smell, and touch. […] You are in the story, you speak to the shadows (characters) and they reply, and instead of being on a screen, the story is all about you, and you are in it."
And though the ideas may be pioneering, the plot of Pygmalion's Spectacles is very similar to Fitz-James O'Brien's The Diamond Lens, itself an excellent SF tale. The tone of their respective endings differs, but their plot, in which a man falls in love with an intangible woman, is straight out of the Greek mythology that Weinbaum alludes to. And they both use science, rather than magic to get to their respective endings.
There is, I should also point out, a LibriVox |MP3| recording of the Metamorphoses by Ovid, a 2,000 year old poem featuring the myth of Pygmalion.
Here is a |PDF| made from the Pygmalion's Spectacles publication in Fantastic Story. And here are two LibriVox versions (my advice, go for the first one):
Pygmalion's Spectacles
By Stanley G. Weinbaum; Read by Gregg Margarite
1 |MP3| – Approx. 43 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: January 13,2009
He put on the glasses and fell in love with a dream… First published in Wonder Stories, June 1935.
Pygmalion's Spectacles
By Stanley G. Weinbaum; Read by Chrystal Layton
1 |MP3| – Approx. 45 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: November 17, 2007
He put on the glasses and fell in love with a dream… First published in Wonder Stories, June 1935.
Pygmalion's Spectacles illustration by Lumen Winter (from Wonder Stories, June 1935):
Pygmalion's Spectacles illustration by Virgil Finlay (from Fantastic Story Magazine, Spring 1955):
Painting of Pygmalion and the statue by Jean-Baptiste Regnault:
[Thanks to Tim at The Drama Pod for the reminder]
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Commentary: How (and why) I make ebooks out of paperbooks
When you've got an old paperback book that's coming apart at the spine, with pages falling out all over the place it's time to consider making it immortal. In order to do that, in a reasonable period of time, you must kill the book. That's the hardest part of the process. The actual transformation is pretty easy.
To do it I use a Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 which came with Adobe Acrobat Standard 9. Here are three videos I put together that show the process of turning a paperback into an ebook:
And here's a PDF |SAMPLE| of the result.
John writes in to say:
I read your recent post about digitizing print books with interest. I wondered if you might be able to expand on your process a bit, as it seemed to me like a few steps were missing from your video.
Indeed, here are my answers to some specific questions:
How do you actually sever all the pages from the book?
Most of the time this can be done just with your hands, at least with paperbacks and old magazines. The only tools I've ever needed to use are flathead screwdriver, to pry up staples found in some mags from the 1960s and 1970s, and scissors which I've used to trim out glued edges. If you're doing a hardcover with sewn binding you'd probably be able to do it with just an X-Acto knife.
When you run the pages through the scanner, does it scan both sides of the page simultaneously? Or do you have to scan them all twice?
The Fujitsu ScanSnap is not only superfast, it's also supersmart, it scans both sides at the same time (technically the term is "duplex").
If so, how do you collate them so the pages are all in the right order?
The bundled software, called ScanSnap Manager, allows you to customize the named output files. I usually have them just come out as 001, 002, 003, etc..
How long does it take you to digitize a single book?
Lets see I've just scanned the February 1976 issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction which has 128 pages (64 leaves). In the scanning itself I set a stopwatch. It took 1 minute 30 seconds to scan the entire mag. The software took another 45 seconds of processing. And I spent about 30 seconds correcting orientation on a few pages. So under three minutes for 128 pages
Have you tried this on hardcovers as well, or just paperbacks?
I don't think I've done more than a couple of hardcovers, they were really easy though as they were essentially unbound already.
Posted by Jesse Willis
Free Listens review: "A Martian Odyssey" by Stanley G. Weinbaum
"A Martian Odyssey" by Stanley G. Weinbaum
The tale is told by astronaut Dick Jarvis to his fellow explorers on the first human mission to Mars. After Jarvis's sidetrip from the expedition ends in a rocket crash, he sets out on foot for the main rocket. Along the way, he meets several alien species including the intelligent bird-like creature who introduces itself as "Tweel."
Tweel and Jarvis's attempts to communicate and understand one another comprises the leap that Weinbaum made over his contemporaries. Weinbaum imagines an intelligent being who is not just odd sounding or funny-looking, but actually alien in its thought patterns. This took the alien in science fiction from being either a bug-eyed antagonist or a green-skinned stand-in for other humans, to being a rational but unknown xenobiology species. Although this isn't among the best science fiction stories you'll ever read, it is a good one that all fans of the genre should know.
Rating: 7 / 10
The reader: Greg Margarite has read numerous science fiction stories for LibriVox. He has an expressive voice that clearly conveys the printed page. In this story, Jarvis is narrating his adventures to the other members of the crew, so Margarite gives the astronaut a cocky tone that fits well with his character. He emphasizes the international nature of the rest of the crew by giving them accents for their few lines. Margarite narrates other Weinbaum stories in the Collected Public Domain Works of Stanley G. Weinbaum at LibriVox, including the sequel to this story "The Valley of Dreams.


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How does a school, in an area saturated with choices both public and private, rise above persistent rumors and misconceptions? Pikesville Middle School advocates are hoping the answer lies with a new dynamic principal, a newly formed schools coalition and support from CHAI. CHAI decided to expand outreach to Pikesville, taking a cue from its… Read More
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When he passed away on Jan. 2 at age 90, Rabbi Dovid Edelman left behind his wife, Leah, their eight children, approximately 100 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren, as well as three generations of students. Although family members and friends had no choice but to share him, according to grandson, Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum of Baltimore, almost… Read More
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The $44.9 million renovations to Pikesville High School might not include all of the originally proposed improvements due to higher-than-anticipated construction costs. The renovations, which include a new HVAC system, new roof, accessibility upgrades, new classrooms and technology, now includes a list of "add alternates" — pieces that will get done if money is left… Read More
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Country singer Billy Currington kicks things off.
Tucson elephant Connie, euthanized in San Diego, had cancer
Connie, the Asian elephant who spent decades at the Reid Park Zoo before being moved to San Diego earlier this year, had an "aggressive" type of cancer in her reproductive system, necropsy results show.
Reid Park's beloved Connie put down at San Diego Zoo
Connie, left, and Shaba shared an enclosure in Tucson for 30 years. They were moved in February to the San Diego Zoo's Elephant Odyssey, which has facilities for sick and elderly elephants. Connie suffered from urinary- and reproductive-tract infections.
Reid Park's beloved Connie put down at San Diego Zoo
Keeper Gale Ferrick helped take care of Connie at Tucson's Reid Park Zoo. Connie was born in the wild and came to Reid Park in 1968.
Reid Park's beloved Connie put down at San Diego Zoo
Connie, pictured here with a 2-year-old Shaba, became a mother figure to the African elephant.
Reid Park's beloved Connie put down at San Diego Zoo
Connie, a 45-year-old Asian elephant who spent most of her life at the Reid Park Zoo, was euthanized at her new home in San Diego Thursday after urinary- and reproductive-tract infections caused a serious decline in her health.
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Connie, Reid Park Zoo's longtime elephant, was euthanized last week at the San Diego Zoo. Officials there said the elephant was suffering from cancer and other illnesses.
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- Three of the stars of the hit movie "The Smurfs" will be visiting Knoxville Zoo this Saturday! Papa Smurf, Clumsy Smurf and Smurfette will be making a special appearance in the zoo's Kids Cove Tent on Saturday, March 31, from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The event will also feature a special animal encounter from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
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->''"I always felt myself to be an unlucky person like Donald, who is a victim of so many circumstances. But there isn't a person in the United States who couldn't identify with him. He is everything, he is everybody; he makes the same mistakes that we all make."''
'''Carl Barks''' (1901-2000) was a Creator/{{Disney}} writer and artist who made comics set in the ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse from 1942 to 1966. He was known as ''the Good Duck Artist'' by the readers for much of this time due to a Disney company rule which forbade the comic authors' names from being featured in their magazines.
Barks is renowned for creating characters such as Scrooge [=McDuck=], Gladstone Gander, Gyro Gearloose, the Beagle Boys, Flinthart Glomgold, Magica De Spell, and many others, as well as setting in stone the base geography of the city of Duckburg. His stories brought in the treasure hunt plot to Duck comics and inspired a generation of people (such as GeorgeLucas, Creator/StevenSpielberg, OsamuTezuka, Creator/DonRosa and the writers of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'') to replicate the thrill of adventure. He's also responsible for expanding Donald Duck's personality beyond his usual one-note characterization in the ClassicDisneyShorts; reaching levels that were never rivaled in the animated appearances of the character.
After retiring, Barks took up painting (as seen in the page image). First his paintings were unrelated to his comic career, but later he began recreating scenes from Duck stories in paint. One completely original scene led to him writing one more story in retirement, which was drawn by William Van Horn, a younger Duck artist.
If you've been interested in reading his stories, there's good news for you:[[http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2011/01/exclusive-fantagraphics-to-publish-the-complete-carl-barks/ Fantagraphics books has been in the process of republishing all of his old Donald Duck stories over a 30 volume series of books in the upcoming years, with two volumes a year!]]
Not to be confused with a [[FunnyAnimal dog]] themed PunnyName version of UsefulNotes/KarlMarx.
* AdaptationalVillainy: People who have read stories featuring John Rockerduck but never read the only Barks story where he appeared will be surprised to learn he was by no means portrayed as a villain in that story.
* YouFailEconomicsForever: Averted in two occasions.
* AtopAMountainOfCorpses: Non-lethal variant, of course. Let's just say Scrooge can kick butt.
* BambooTechnology
* BleachedUnderpants: Before Barks started his Disney career. In the 1920's he began his career at a racy men's magazine called the "Calgary Eye-Opener" a racy men's cartoon magazine of the era. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_21568_7-famous-artists-you-didnt-know-were-perverts-pt.-2_p2.html During his retirement, he would constantly draw or paint erotic pictures of women or men with Duck Faces.]]
* BreakoutCharacter: Scrooge [=McDuck=].
* BunglingInventor: Gyro Gearloose.
* ChasteToons
* ColdCash
* ComicBookTime
* ContrivedCoincidence: Invaribly accompanied by someone (frequently the nephews) exclaiming, "[[LampshadeHanging What a break!]]"
* CoolOldGuy: Scrooge all the way.
* CreepyTwins: The Nephews at times.
* DurableDeathtrap
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** Scrooge living in a mansion, his money being stored in a bankhouse instead of the money bin
** In its first appearance Scrooge doesn't hold his NumberOneDime in particularly high esteem - when he decides to change all his coins into banknotes, the dime is spared because he kept it in his pocket, but he apparently wouldn't have cared had it been changed too - unthinkable in later stories.
* EEqualsMCHammer
* EscapedAnimalRampage: One Carl Barks comic strip had Donald Duck walking around with a necklace that brings good luck. When he hears that a dangerous gorilla escaped he decides to turn the giant ape in, believing that he will be prevented by his lucky device. Of course, it doesn't work.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Barks' comics often suffered from this. Several stories that were considered inappropiate were censored or just thrown out entirely, others were cut down to make room for adverts. Some material is most likely LostForever.
* {{Fiction 500}}
* FurryConfusion: Barks actually points it out in one panel.
* GetTheeToANunnery: "the only live one I ever knew"
* GoldenSnitch
* GoodIsNotNice
* HiveMind: The Nephews at times.
* HollywoodMirage
* IdenticalGrandson
* IncredibleShrinkingMan
* IslandHelpMessage
* {{Jerkass}}: Gladstone Gander
* TheLastStraw
* LemonyNarrator: There was a surprising amount of snark in the narration boxes: "No more trouble? Ho ho! That's what you think, Donald!"
* MagicHat
* MoneyFetish: Scrooge swims in it.
* MrViceGuy: Scrooge used to be the TropeNamer.
* NarratingTheObvious
* NoodleIncident: Scrooge keeps on littering them around, referring to his adventurous past.
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Everyone, but most notably the nephews.
* OurFounder: Cornelius Coot.
* TheProfessor: Gyro Gearloose
* ScoobyDooHoax
* ShinyNewAustralia: In "The Golden Helmet", the eponymous helmet was proof an ancient viking named Olaf the Blue was the true owner of North America, theorically allowing any (alleged) descendant of his to use it to take over the continente. When DonaldDuck got the helmet, an attorney offered to help Donald and wanted Canada as his legal fees.
* ShootOutTheLock
* ShownTheirWork: Barks was very well known for doing his homework on whatever subject his stories involved.
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Up to three U.S. Naval Academy football players could in coming days face charges relating to an alleged sex assault of a fellow midshipman, a Navy official told CNN.
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We shouldn't be surprised when troops are accused of rape and abuse. After all, the military tells them it is okay to devalue human life. They indoctrinated with the idea that humans don't have worth and that it is okay to murder for the government. Morals such as "thou shalt not kill" are no longer valid to them, so is murder is okay to them of course rape and abuse are going to be okay. We need to teach our children to choose morals, not the military.
Let me guess, the military wouldn't take you so you found God to make you feel better about yourself. "Morals such as "thou shalt not kill" are no longer valid to them, so is murder is okay to them of course rape and abuse are going to be okay. We need to teach our children to choose morals, not the military." Unless you have served, you have no idea what morals they teach. You have no idea what kind of people serve. Maybe we shouldn't have cops because they have no morals either. Since some are bad, that means all are bad. Some doctors are doctors only for the money and abortiob doctors muder kids so therefore, let our child pick morals and not medicine.
You have to admit Steve, that much of what Jim said above is very true indeed. The military shouldn't lessen the values of our young people. They're low enough already thanks to their ignorant parents who think that war is a "good" thing!
I've served for 21 years in 2 services. I'm an O-4 now and nothing that is being taught in bootcamp is to lessen the value of life. Are they taught to kill, yes because other countries are doing the same. You can't hold 1.4 million servicemen accountable for what 100 do every year. Lets go to a normal college campus and see what happens in a fraternity house or lets see how many kids have been molested in churches and measure the per capita.
Quite true Jim, quite true. This is one reason why we have become a sick society and less of a Christian nation and why so many sickos here favor all these obnoxious wars that we're in!
You are so very wrong, and your comments are sad. My son just graduated from the Naval Academy, along with 1000 other brilliant, caring, and moral kids who have traded their youth to protect your right to be ignorant.
All of the midshipmen are devastated by the actions of a few idiots. They are all proud, hard-working, and grieving over this.
Support our most spectacular asset, these kids.
Whatever it takes to expose the Navy as the bunch of low-lifes they are and always have been...
Let me guess: You're enlisted Army.
In so many of these casse a man's recklessness makes him a criminal, and a woman's recklessness makes her a victim.
How many men are victimized by women?
And how many women are victimized by women?
Four drunk sailors not able to remember what they said or did.. only one is believed because of their gender? Is this the way it should be in our society? From your definition, I have been raped 2 times, waking up beside someone I would never have slept with had I been sober.
And how many women are victimized by men?
Let's not blame the victims. Let's protect them and advocate for justice, on their behalf.
In what possible way does a women's recklessness allow a man to rape her. Unless you believe that your 'recklessness' would give a man permission to rape you.
There is a world of difference between "reckless" and criminal. These were supposed to be the best this country has to offer, our best should be able to tell the difference between the two.
I do not advocate the rape or harassment of any servicemen but everyone here is holding 1.4 million uniformed people accountable for what a handful are doing. No matter how hard they try with training, alcohol and youth make for bad and criminal decisions. DC or Baltimore has less people than the military, we should compare numbers on violent crimes.
A senior officer will decide if a court martial shall proceed. However, that decision is not final. It can always be overruled by the commanding officer. That is a place where the whole military justice system is flawed.
Chris, they announced last month that the CO will no longer have the authority to stop inquieries into a rape case.
From Long Beach local news; A judge Friday awarded Long Beach Unified School District $2.6 million from a former student who falsely accused Poly High football star Brian Banks of raping her, for which the district paid her damages. The district announced the decision late Friday in an e-mailed statement. It had paid student Wanetta Gibson $750,000 after Banks was convicted of raping her on campus. When the football player with college and pro promise was released from prison, Gibson contacted him on Facebook and later recanted the rape charge in a secretly recorded meeting. Gibson later admitted to the court she lied about the rape.
Which means what? That every reported rape is a lie?
If the men had been drinking technically they couldn't give consent either.
Sounds like a lot of folks be waking up after a crazy night and start calling everything rape.
Why doesn't CNN use the same comment mechanism for sections???
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This type of thing has been going on for years and the men have been getting away with it. Gald this young ladies are telling what happen to them..
Don't rush to judgment one way or the other. Trial first, judgment after.
These comments make me sad.
Charges haven't even been filed yet and most of the commenters have already deemed a guilty verdict.
Do we remember how our justice system works? Innocent until proven guilty?
Reading about something somebody did to you on social media.....reporting the incident and being disciplined for being so intoxicated (passed out) you couldn't give consent even if you choose to.....Jeez
and what if it was your Mother or Sister in that position?
Another ignorant Tea Partier taking up for these creeps. I wonder how he'd feel if someone in his family fell victim to these Clowns! They'll probably get off with a slap on the wrist as usual!
An accusation is not a verdict.
If these young men are found guilty in court, I will be the first to condemn their actions.
A CNN report of an accusation is hardly condemning evidence.
George Patton is rolling over in his grave thinking about all the men and women that have died preserving our way of life only to see someone using his name to trash the same.
@ Jeff ....What do you think the judicial outcome would be if a very intoxicated male midshipman were accosted in the same way? These violated women are our daughters....stupid, drunk or not.....they deserve the same respect as any future jet pilot or ship' commander would get at a military academy.....
Reading your post I was a little surprised at how you basically state these women should be treated equally or maybe just with the same respect as others. Yet you compare that equality and respect to those going to be pilots and captains. It does not sound like you expect them to be able to achieve the same positions as their equals. Maybe it is just the wording, but it read differently to me.
Any midshipman can qualify for command , however women are limited in their career path by Naval tradition and congressional edict!
@Tony, Thats old school. They have female ship Commanding Officers in all of the naval services. The USCG has had 2 female Vice Commandants.
The female midshipman's future career in the Navy is already destroyed.
She's now looking for some other notoriety by re-opening her charges. The fact that she got so drunk as to pass out is a punishable offense in the military. The fact that she reported it then made sure that her commanding officer must investigate all wrong-doing. And the fact that she admits to being so drunk as to pass out will be entered into her military personnel file, and it will be seen by every promotion board that she has a problem with excessive alcohol.
Male or female, the military would treat the victim the same way: Admission of guilt of excessive alcohol use would be entered into their record and they would be offered an Article 15 (non-judicial punishment without trial by admitting guilt).
It is not true that "Male or female, the military would treat the victim the same way." The military, and specifically the U.S. Naval Academy, has been treating female rape victims very differently than victims of other types of assaults. This is especially true at USNA when the accused is/are members of the football team who are protected from the normal course of justice. When the military gets serious about rape - something they have yet to do - then perhaps we can say that all victims are treated the same.
I don't see anywhere that there was drinking involved. Did you read this somewhere else because it is not in the article above.
So, it's just like any other college then?
So we should ignore it then?
Men, women, and alcohol can be a dangerous combination. I told my children to avoid situations where these things can happen.
Why not just teach your BOYS to TREAT WOMEN with RESPECT and there is no avoid neccesaary. simple
The operative word would be "children". Gender was not identified. Maybe she was telling her daughters to avoid situations where they could avoid being raped. Also, I agree with the idea of avoiding situations. if you know a party is going to become a drunken event, stay away or leave early. Avoid the situation by not becoming one of the drunks that would be the victim or the victimizer.
Goes both ways Lady.. Teach your daughters not to be loosy goosy..
You can prevent rape by preventing offspring.... but that doesn't do the species any good.
Some people will do stupid stuff no matter what you 'teach them' Some girls will accuse anyone of 'violating' them if it will get them attention (see recent CA case). Some guys will take advantage of girls (and some girls will take advantage of guys for that matter). Rather than assume that because an accusation is made that the accused must automatically be guilty. How about demanding a standard of proof from the accuser.
I saw this one happen a lot in the Air Force. Women go out partying with the guys and make bad alcohol fueled decisions. The next day they are really upset about what happened the night before and buy law a drunk woman can't consent. The military is a heavy drinking culture that puts college parties to shame.
AMEN – 10 years in the AF and the last place you would find me is at the Enlisted/NCO club getting drunk with the boys. Being a single enlisted person it was expected. And yes, I know of plenty of females that ended up in bed and some pregnant, because they two spent more time being drunk than they did most anything else. Truth is I was looked over for training and reassignment because I was not part of the Good Ole Boys Club.
I hope military becomes gay friendly and helps a lot of people come out of closet.
Why do bring up the gay mental illness? This article is about rape.
Keep women out of the service academies...
Then they will merely rape a DIFFERENT woman.
One of the biggest problems with blaming women for their rapes is that "don't get raped" is actually "make sure it's someone else who gets raped instead of you." That doesn't solve anything.
This is not a solution.
So they raped another member of the team?
Not surprised
Let's all hope that justice will be done here for one time instead of another military whitewash to make itself look good. I'm afraid that just may be wishful thinking on my part. I expect to see a lot of "macho makes right" idiots blog in here to take up for these lowlifes who committed the assault as usual with their Tea Party mentality.
The fact that you have to throw that Tea Part comment at the end makes me sad i read the beginning. You made some valid points but to assume the far right would defend these people based on their conservative beliefs is crazy. You are the same reason we can't get anything progressive done in this country because your automatically labeled a "crazy" leftist socialist or "idiot" tea party member instead of actually debating the issues.
I feel the same. We get a lot of senseless comments by both the right and the left. None of this has anything to do with rape of a student. I just hope she gets justice. I don't want these rapists to think they can get away with this. We certainly don't want rapists running amoke in public with no working legal system to contain them.
Exactly, forgive the iPad spelling in the last reply
Nope, she was drunk out of her mind so by law she didn't consent, even if she was cheering them on.
Next time you get drunk, I'm sure you'll be cheering the guys to get it in? Huh!
I'd post my opinion regarding that comment, but I am concerned about turning my thoughts and feelings into data that can be stored by the Government without a warrant. Good to see a fellow military member speaking out against all the "whitewashing" that goes on in the service.
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