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f~k of Anonymous,you school yard porkyPosted June 7, 2014 6:15 pm
daddy browne. e level at best.Posted June 3, 2014 9:56 am
Bend You Over and Take You to Browne Town
Every Brit is running from Big Daddy Browne. The only one (Towers) to have the sand to step in the ring with him got embarrassed and easily KO'ed. What is with all the Brit Heavyweight hype jobs?Posted June 3, 2014 12:59 am
only on prizefighter.Posted June 1, 2014 6:40 pm
Mick the Marmalizer
Anthony Joshua, Hughie Fury & Joseph Parker should supply some fantastic entertainment in the next few years!Posted June 1, 2014 5:54 pm
Fight Aficionado
"The small ring was a big factor IMO. I was very nervous as soon as I saw the size of it that Groves would end up getting caught on the ropes with a big shot when he stopped moving." – Anyone know how big the ring was? 20×20, smaller or bigger? The English guys who attended the fight expressed shock at how small the ring was as they entered the stadium. Big advantage for Froch.Posted June 1, 2014 5:45 pm
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I would not read into Joshua getting staggered as a sign he's chinny. Aggressive dudes who go for KOs get caught with bigger punches than boxing stylists. Important thing is he came back to get the KO win. If anything it's a positive because it shows he doesn't panic when getting clocked. Good prospect.Posted June 1, 2014 5:43 pm
another bruno.Posted June 1, 2014 1:52 pm
The criticism of Joshua is grossly unfair, and truly idiotic. He has only had 6 fights. Remember that Wilder was fighting people of Matt Legg level in his 25th fight!!! Joshua will probably have another 10-15 fights against gradually improving opposition, then make a move into the top 15 or top 10, which is entirely natural.Posted June 1, 2014 10:52 am
Sarcasm aside, it's good to know he can take a big punch or two…it's more than we've seen Wilder take. But at the same time, he got caught twice with the same big punch, not good…though I guess it's good to have one's weaknesses exposed so you know what to work on.Posted June 1, 2014 9:26 am
Yeah, Joshua really does look "over-muscled". Almost looks unnatural, especially for such a tall man. But I'm sure it's just due to his training regimen, which is probably designed to promote the bicep/tricep/pec hypertrophy so important for a boxer.Posted June 1, 2014 9:20 am
Fantastic Fight card . . . . BrilliantPosted June 1, 2014 9:05 am
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Great night at Wembley,Brandon Gonzales clearly had never fought anyone until last night.He certainly was not good enough to fight for an eliminator.Degale did well but he still wont beat Froch.Joshua is doing very well in 2 years time I would put him in with Fury,and he would win.Froch done what he had to do,Groves showed he cannot handle the pressure when he was on the ropes,great KO.Posted June 1, 2014 8:36 am
shame the yanks only fight pick and mix.Posted June 1, 2014 6:18 am
Mick the Marmalizer
Anthony Joshua seems to be coming along okay, but why has he not fought outside of the UK yet? The experience & exposure would do him the World of good. I also believe that he could be ready to challenge English champion John McDermott before the years out.
Tark – nonsense, it's easy with hindsight to think that Froch v Calzaghe would have filled Wembley, but back then Froch hadn't proved himself and was no where near a household name – it was prior to his big headline grabbing win against Jermain Taylor. Back then Calzaghe would have been far too experienced for Froch, wide points decision. I think if he's honest, even Froch might now admit that he was too green for Calzaghe when he was cahisng him. Both at their peaks would have been a great fight, but I'd still take Calzaghe with a UD.Posted June 1, 2014 5:36 am
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britardsPosted June 1, 2014 4:26 am
groves should rematch degalePosted June 1, 2014 1:15 am
Turb0-H@mster going whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?
And no Froch-Calzaghe would NOT have filled Wembley. YOu keep asserting this TARK, but you are not British, who knows if you have ever even been to London, and you certainly weren`t in the country when Froch was calling out Calzaghe or you would know the over-riding opinion was that Froch hadn`t earned the payday. He had just about worked his way up to mandatory status when Calzaghe left the division.
THis is several British fans, telling you what British fans are and were thinking.
Yet you are so arrogant you won`t listen.Posted May 31, 2014 10:33 pm
Turb0-H@mster going whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?
Calzaghe fought in a way that managed his hands. He hit plenty hard enough to stop people countering him.Posted May 31, 2014 10:31 pm
Groves can't defend. He has the lamest defense for a top money fighter since Jermain Taylor. Froch was determined not to take any chances so Groves wouldn't find him early.. He was super cautious this time. He sensed Groves was losing steam again, like in the 1st fight, and he stepped it up.
I have to congratulate Froch for taking on the young loud mouthed kid who was gunning for the old man. That's something Calzaghe wouldn't do back when Carl Froch was calling him out.
Calzaghe-Froch could have sold out Wembley too… But Calzaghe wasn't a risk taker… Carl can hit and Joe could be tagged… Calzaghe was like Groves, not a massive KO hitter… and I would say he had even less power than GG.Posted May 31, 2014 7:46 pm
merton suckerman got flattened. it was inevitable. he showed no respectPosted May 31, 2014 7:32 pm
ginger boy and a red bus.LMFAO.Posted May 31, 2014 6:43 pm
…. In front of his home crowd….. Anyone know how to turn off predictive text on an iPad?Posted May 31, 2014 6:40 pm
KOrnerman…. I doubt George will fight again this year. That was a damaging stoppage. I doubt Groves will be out of his shrink's office before this time next year. All jokes aside that was a damaging defeat. Groves was outwitted by what he thought was a caveman and infringe if his homecrowd.
I wouldn't put him in with JDG. He'll need a confidence fight and JDG will be too much risk.
Groves is basically now in the same position as David Price…ie another loss and that may be it for a long while for him. He needs to plot his comeback very carefully…. He may never comeback from a shattering defeat like this!Posted May 31, 2014 6:39 pm
I THINK FROCH is very, very keen on fighting in Las Vegas…. To be honest he deserves it, unless they can get 20,000 or more fans out to watch JDG!Posted May 31, 2014 6:34 pm
Tough, smart, sob this Froch is!Posted May 31, 2014 6:07 pm
The small ring was a big factor IMO. I was very nervous as soon as I saw the size of it that Groves would end up getting caught on the ropes with a big shot when he stopped moving.Posted May 31, 2014 5:59 pm
Degale looked excellent tonight too.Posted May 31, 2014 5:52 pm
TJ do you think he will fight Degale? I think Degale is a great comeback fight for Groves.Posted May 31, 2014 5:50 pm
The small ring didn't help Groves and Froches jab was razor sharp.Posted May 31, 2014 5:49 pm
MAYBE, JUST MAYBE CARL COBRA FROCH will now get some respect from all those snipers!!!!
He went to the backyard of the whinger and allowed him every single one of is moans and still Knocked the whinger out – ONE PUNCH KO to let 80,000 Chelsea fans know just who is the man in UK….
Now, for JDG…. And then Kessler IIIPosted May 31, 2014 5:45 pm
groves weak chin comes back to haunt him againPosted May 31, 2014 5:44 pm
Just like I said, KO Spark OUTPosted May 31, 2014 5:44 pm
All over what a bite from the cobra.Posted May 31, 2014 5:43 pm
What a punch, just as I thought Groves was coming back in to it.Posted May 31, 2014 5:41 pm
the Cobra Strikes YYYEEEESSSSS!Posted May 31, 2014 5:40 pm
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! Carl FROCH! COBRATIME! KOPosted May 31, 2014 5:40 pm
Well done Jamie mcdonnellPosted May 31, 2014 4:38 pm
A nice win for young Joshua. I just hope he's not pushed along too fast.Posted May 31, 2014 4:33 pm
Watching the rest of the fights now & TOTALLY DISGUSTED at the officiating. Makes me wonder why I watch since it is painfully obvious that the home fighters are getting questionable stoppages from the refs. In fights of this importance the fighters have to be given a reasonable chance. In my eyes it gives the winners a "questionable" win, really poor reffing ( do u think there are fixes on the part of the refs ??). Let's hope Groves vs Froch is not spoilt again.Posted May 31, 2014 4:22 pm
@boxing Barlow. Harrison? Oh ffs…his name is worth NOTHING now. That's a step down, even from SkeltonPosted May 31, 2014 4:18 pm
Im sure AJ is a good one and in the. Early stages but 43? Year old matt Skelton. Early days but id be hoping to see an improvement in the level of opponent shortly. Joseph Parker has minto next. Just saying. Too early to be sure but wilder syndrome is a danger herePosted May 31, 2014 4:04 pm
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Skelton makes sense. Id go skelton, sprott and then maybe even Audrey Harrison. 2 former gold medalists has got to make sense from a promotional point of view at this stage even if Harrison is finished.Posted May 31, 2014 3:59 pm
good for JoshuaPosted May 31, 2014 3:24 pm
Skelton is just another guy they will give a nice paycheck and tell him to not take it too seriously. He'll take a lie down within a round or two.Posted May 31, 2014 3:12 pm
20th fight. god no. another deontay wilder on our hands.
Joshua only got 6 pro fights, so give this guy some time to learn. Give him bums up to his 10th fight, then SLOWLY build him up. I don't hink he should fight a top 20 boxer before his 20th fight.Posted May 31, 2014 3:00 pm
Wow, what a surprise.
Anyone and his blind dog can see this is just a milking session by tbe.promoter.Posted May 31, 2014 2:57 pm
Wladimir at 50 years old still beats Joshua!!Posted May 31, 2014 2:46 pm
I am boxing in the hot sun, I fought my shadow and the shadow won
JOshua is going to rule the division one day. The question is whether he will be a kindly ruler, allowing the peasantry a certain degree of self-determination, or whether he will crush all you serfs beneath his iron fist.Posted May 31, 2014 2:30 pm
Hearn said his next fight is Skelton in July. He needs to step it up Skelton next will be a bit better but he is about 45 nowPosted May 31, 2014 2:24 pm
Yeah well James Toney at 60 years old managed to KO him too. Another joke of a fight for Joshua, the kid will never learn at this pace and will get a seriously inflated sense of how good he is. What a waste of timePosted May 31, 2014 2:02 pm


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an answer to a rarely asked question. If price is a reward for production, why do we pay for land, never produced by any of us? What is land price a reward for? Good behavior? How much money do we spend on the nature we use? Who gets it? What do they do with it? (If you answer all these correctly, you're not a genius but a geoist.) The worth of Earth is enough that were we to collect and share it, we could abolish taxes on the goods we do produce. For example, San Francisco's Redefining Progress has calculated that Cali-fornia could abolish all state and local taxes were it to collect the values of resources and of using na-ture as a dump. By exorcising the profit motive from depletion and pollution, rent collection could replace bossy regulation. Economies could self-regulate, as the rest of the eco-system does. See how big problems yield to big answers when we ask the right questions?
suitable for framing by Green Parties. When Greens began in Germany two decades ago, they defined themselves as neither left nor right but in front. Geonomics fits that description. The Green Parties have their Four Pillars; geonomists have four ways to apply them:
- Ecological Wisdom. Want people to use the eco-system wisely? Charge them Rent and, to end corporate license, add surcharges. To minimize these costs, people will use less Earth.
- Nonviolence. Want people to settle disputes nonviolently? Set a good example; don't levy taxes, which rely on the threat of incarceration, to take people's money. Try quid pro quo fees and dues.
- Social Responsibility. Want people to be responsible for their actions? Don't make basic choices for them by subsidizing services, addicting them to a caretaker state. Let people spend shares of social surplus.
- Grassroots Democracy. Better have grassroots prosperity. Remember, political power follows economic. Pay people a Citizens Dividend; to keep it, they'll show up at the polls, public hearings, and conventions.
a manual. The world did not come without a way for people to prosper, and the planet to heal and stay well; that way is geonomics. Economies are part of the ecosystem. Both generate surpluses and follow self-regulating feedback loops. A cycle like the Law of Supply and Demand is one of the economy's on/off loops. Our spending for land and resources – things that nobody made and everybody needs – constitutes our society's surplus. Those profits without production (remember, nobody produced Earth) can become our commonwealth. To share it, we could pay land dues in to the public treasury (wouldn't oil companies love that?) and get rent dividends back, a la Alaska's oil dividend. Doing so let's us axe taxes and jettison subsidies. Taxes and subsidies distort price (the DNA of exchange), violate quid pro quo by benefiting the well-connected more than anyone else, reinforce hierarchy of state over citizen, and are costly to administer (you don't really need so much bureaucracy, do you?). Conversely, land dues motivate people to not waste sites, resources, and the ecosystem while rent dividends motivate people to not waste themselves. Receiving this income supplement – a Citizens Dividend – people can invest in their favorite technology or outgrow being "economan" and shrink their overbearing workweek in order to enjoy more time with family, friends, community, and nature. Then in all that free time, maybe we could figure out just what we are here for.
not exactly Georgism, the Single Tax on land value proposed by Henry George. He did, tho', inspire most of the real-world implementations of the land tax that some jurisdictions enjoy today, and modern thinkers to craft geonomics. While his name and our remedy both begin with "geo" since both words refer to "Earth", the two have their differences. (a) George pegs land monopoly as the fundamental flaw while geonomics faults Rent retention. (b) To fix the flaw, George was content to use a tax, while geonomics jettisons them in favor of price-like fees. (c) George focused on the taking while geonomics headlines the sharing. George envisioned an enlightened state judiciously spending the collected Rent while geonomics would turn the lion's share over to the citizens via a dividend. (d) And George, as was everyone in his era, was pro-growth while geonomics sees economies as alive, growing, maturing, and stabilizing. Despite these differences, George should be recognized as great an economist as Euclid was a geometrician.
one of many words I coined over 20 years ago: geoism, geonomics, geonomy, geocracy, etc – neologisms that later others came up with, too. CNBC once had a Geonomics Show, and Middlebury College has a Geonomics Institute. If "economy" is literally "management of the household", then geonomy is "management of the planet". The kind of management I had in mind is not what CNBC was thinking – top-down. My geonomics is not hands-on, interfering, but hands-off, organic. It'd strive to align policy with natural processes, similar to what holistic healing does in medicine, what organic farming does in agriculture. Geonomics attends to two key components: One, the crucial stuff to track is fat – or profit, especially profits without production, such as rent, or all the money we spend on the nature we use. Society's surplus is the sine qua non for growth, needed to counter death – not merely more, but sustainable development, more from less. Two, the basic process to respect is the feedback loop. These let nature maintain balance automatically and could do the same for markets, if we let them. Letting them would turn our economies, now our masters, into a geonomy, our servant, providing us with prosperity, eco-librium (to coin a term) and leisure, time off – a hostile environment for economan but a cradle for a loving and creative humanity.
a way to connect the dots. Making the cyber rounds is "The Cavernous Divide" by Scott Klinger, from AlterNet (posted March 21): "As the number of billionaires in the world expands, so does the number of those in poverty." Duh. The yawning income gap is not news. Nearly every issue of our quarterly digest carries a similar quote. Yet the connection was worked out long ago by one of America's greatest thinkers, Henry George, who labeled his masterpiece, Progress and Poverty. Techno- and socio-advances always enrich few and impoverish many. Yet progress also pushes up location values – the geonomic insight (is Silicon Valley cheaper now or more expensive?). Instead of taxing income, sales, or buildings, society could collect those values of sites, resources, EM spectrum, and ecosystem services via fees and dues, which would lower the income ceiling, and instead of lavishing corporate welfare, pay out the recovered revenue via dividends, which would jack up the income floor. Dots connected.
a study of a phenomenon David Ricardo noted going on two centuries ago. When wine grapes rise to $10,000 a ton from the very best land (last year, cabernet sauvignon commanded an average of $4,021 a ton in the Napa Valley), then vineyard prices soar from $18,000 an acre in the 1980′s to $100,000 an acre five years ago and now for a top pedigree up to $300,000 an acre (The New York Times, April 9, via Wyn Achenbaum). Pricey land does not make wine pricey; spendy wine makes land spendy. While vintners make their wine tasty, nature and society in general – not any lone owner – make land desireable. Steve Kerch of CBS's MarketWatch (April 5) notes that much of what a home sells for on the open market is a reflection of intangible factors such as what school district the house sits in. The price the builder has to pay for the land also tends to be driven by the same intangibles. Because the value of land comes from society, and because one's use excludes the rest of society, each user owes all others compensation, and is owed compensation by everyone else. Sharing land's value, instead of taxing one's efforts, is the policy of geonomics.
the study of the money we spend on the nature we use. When we pay that money to private owners, we reward both speculation and over-extraction. Robert Kiyosaki's bestseller, Rich Dad's Prophecy, says, "One of the reasons McDonald's is such a rich company is not because it sells a lot of burgers but because it owns the land at some of the best intersections in the world. The main reason Kim and I invest in such properties is to own the land at the corner of the intersection. (p 200) My real estate advisor states that the rich either made their money in real estate or hold their money in real estate." (p 141, via Greg Young) When government recovers the rents for natural advantages for everyone, it can save citizens millions. Ben Sevack, Montreal steel manufacturer, tells us (August 12) that Alberta, by leasing oil & gas fields, recovers enough revenue to be the only province in Canada to get by without a sales tax and to levy a flat provincial income tax. While running for re-election, provincial Premier Ralph Klein proposes to abolish their income tax and promises to eliminate medical insurance premiums and use resource revenue to pay for all medical expense for seniors. After all this planned tax-cutting and greater expense, they still expect a large budget surplus. Even places without oil and gas have high site values in their downtowns, and high values in their utility franchises. Recover the values of locations and privileges, displace the harmful taxes on sales, salaries, and structures, then use the revenue to fund basic government and pay residents a dividend, and you have geonomics in action.
an economic policy based on the earth's natural patterns. Eco-systems self-regulate by using feedback loops to keep balance. Can economies do likewise? Why don't they now produce efficiently and distribute fairly? The answers lie in the money we spend on the earth we use. To attain people/planet harmony, that financial flow from sites and resources must visit each of us. Our agent, government, must collect this natural rent via fees and disburse the collected revenue via dividends. And, it must forgo taxes on homes and earnings, and quit subsidies of either the needy or the greedy. As our steward, government must also collect Ecology Security Deposits, require Restoration Insurance, and auction off the occasional Emissions Permit. And that's about it – were nature our model.
an alternative to conventional land trusts. Just as it seems some functions should not be left to the market – private courts and cops invite corruption (while private mediation is fine) – just so some land should not be left in the market. That said, sacred sites do not make much of a model for treating the vast acreage of land that we need to use. So the usual trust model, which is anti-use and counter-market, can not apply where it's needed most. Trust proponents worry about ownership and control – two very human ambitions – but they're not central. Supposedly, we the people own millions acres – acres that private corporations treat as private fiefdoms – and conversely, the Nature Conservancy owns wilderness the public can some places use as parks. So, the issue is not who owns but who gets the rent – ideally, all of us.
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4 What will people think when they hear that I'm a Jesus geek?
I am proud to say, I am a geek.
This should not be a surprise to any who has known me or read my blog. But in case those reading this might need proof of my geek cred, I offer the following for evidence:
- I'm in a role-playing group two nights a month.
- I have a replica Doctor Who sports coat which I will occasionally wear to my place of business.
- I prefer bow-ties over neck ties and, if I had my druthers, would only wear bow-ties.
- I play the accordion.
- I use the word "druthers."
- I can be found most evenings lounging around the house in my Star Trek bathrobe.
- I've read the Hobbit/Lord of the Rings numerous times.
- I can quote most lines from Star Wars.
- I've accumulated over 10,000 "geek points" at thinkgeek.com.
- I read comic books and still have all the ones from my childhood.
- Was the first point really not enough for you?
It seems silly to have to defend one's geekiness, since normally admitting you were a geek was proof enough that you were one (just like a man who admits to being a bronie, a male fan of "My Little Pony.") But apparently that's not enough for some, or at least for one. Last week the geek world was set ablaze by an article that berated some attractive, young women who the author claimed were just faux geeks looking for attention. It's quite a statement on the world that there might be women who would fake being into comic books/sci-fi movies/RPGs, etc. to look "cool." My first thought: where were they when I was young?
My second thought: what does it mean to be a geek?
I'm not the first to ask or try to answer such a question. My usual operating definition of a geek was someone who was really over-the-top passionate about something that wasn't mainstream. But John Scalzi, popular science-fiction author who has won a few Hugo and Nebula awards and hob-knobs with other famous stars in the geek universe, adds an important nuance to that:
Many people believe geekdom is defined by a love of a thing, but I think — and my experience of geekdom bears on this thinking — that the true sign of a geek is a delight in sharing a thing. It's the major difference between a geek and a hipster, you know: When a hipster sees someone else grooving on the thing they love, their reaction is to say "Oh, crap, now the wrong people like the thing I love." When a geek sees someone else grooving on the thing they love, their reaction is to say "ZOMG YOU LOVE WHAT I LOVE COME WITH ME AND LET US LOVE IT TOGETHER."
Any jerk can love a thing. It's the sharing that makes geekdom awesome.
Being a geek is not just over-the-top loving something. It's over-the-top sharing about it as well. And that made me think: how can we be geeks for Jesus?
I'm not proud to admit I'm more familiar with the geography of Middle-Earth than I am with the United States. But can we get as excited and knowledgeable about our faith as we do about our fiction? I met a wonderful, faithful, young Christian who told me they've read the Harry Potter series three times over but, in further conversation, admitted to never having read all (or even most of) the letters in the New Testament. Why?
Let's be honest, the first letter to Timothy isn't as exciting (to most) as the first book of Twilight. The US Bishops commented on that in their national document on catechesis:
Most people today, but especially young people, expect learning experiences to be entertaining and tend to judge the effectiveness of those experiences on the superficial level of how entertaining they are rather than how humanly enriching or authentic they are. Young people are taught both by the excitement generated by technology and by the effervescence of popular culture to reject something if it bores them – and often the only things that do not bore them are those that seduce or titillate. (National Directory For Catechesis p.16)
Before we get into the deeper meaning of this quote, let's first tip our hat to the US Bishops who found a way to use both the word "effervescence" and "titillate" in the same sentence. Double Word Score.
Now on to the deeper meaning: I think this hits a bulls-eye. We have been raised to be amused. In the 70s, Pope Paul VI said the following: "Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and to teachers only if they are witnesses." But I think a more modern rendition can replace "witnesses" with "being entertained." I know some brilliant teachers at my university who many students don't like because they are "boring." But those who pay attention discover how intelligent they are and really get a lot of our their classes.
I spend a lot of energy trying to make what I do to pass on the faith both educational and entertaining: short movie scripts, dramatic presentations, song-writing, and even some comedic things I do in class to keep my student's attention. But if someone is to grow into spiritual maturity, they've got to go beyond only what "titillates" them. Falling in love with someone means going deeper than what infatuates us and often involves a struggle. It's not always "entertaining." It is so much better. But if our passion for Jesus Christ doesn't surpass our excitement for pop culture, then our spiritual lives will be shallow and our evangelization ineffective.
Can we be as geeky with saints we are with superheroes? As knowledgeable of doctrine as we might be with Doctor Who? Are we willing to enter into the world of holiness as much as we are the Hunger Games? Or as devoted to prayer as we are to pop culture?
But here is the real challenge for an amusement-addicted culture: are we willing to allow times of "boredom" with God in our spiritual lives, as He detoxes us from the constant stimulation of superficial entertainment, so that He can lead us to a place of deeper intimacy? Of course, the spiritual life is not actually "boring." As Fr. Thomas Dubay once wrote, "People who are in love are never bored." But a life of prayer is not seductive, titillating, or entertaining. And if that's all we're used to, then spending time with God can be very difficult indeed.
A geek is someone who is not only over-the-top passionate about something, but also over-the-top passionate about sharing that with others. If that's an accurate definition, then I think it's appropriate to call the Apostles and all the saints as "geeks." The question before us is, are we willing to be one as well?
If I can paraphrase the call to the "new evangelization:" we are all called to be geeks for Jesus. And while I don't mind that people know I collect comic books, enjoy science-fiction, or play role playing games, what I really want to be known for is being a Jesus geek.
8 Green Lantern and a new definition of "reality"
And no, that's not an opinion of the Ryan Reynolds movie.
This week it was revealed that Green Lantern is a homosexual. For those of you don't know, Green Lantern is a comic book character with a power ring that can create solid constructs (a sword, a car, a large fist, etc.) based on his imagination to create and his willpower to create it.
Headlines have said, "Green Lantern comes out of the closet" but that's not entirely accurate. He was never in a closet—the subject was just never addressed. DC Comics (who publish Green Lantern) did a reboot of the super-hero universe and they decided to make this new incarnation of Green Lantern gay. This ends a few months of speculation after DC leaked that one of their major superheroes would be homosexual. There were lots of geeks talking about which one it might be. Me, I thought it was going to be Aquaman. There was always something fishy about that guy…
People concerned that a gay Green Lantern will encourage homosexual behavior, especially among young people, clearly haven't watched an episode of Glee which is seen regularly by way more people than will read the comic. But GL being gay is a culturally significant statement, especially at a time when the popularity of the super-hero genre is at an all time high.
It's not that Green Lantern is the first homosexual superhero (or villian) in the comic book world, though he is certainly one of the first "A-list" superheroes to be so. Marvel comics made news a few weeks ago when they announced that one of the X-Men (Northstar, a Canadian superhero who was one of the first heroes to be portrayed as a homosexual back in 1992) was getting married to his boyfriend. But in researching this blog I discovered that the first comic book homosexual marriage has already happened in… Archie Comics? (To which the world replied, "They still make those?") But neither of the couples in Archie or Marvel has the kind of popularity that Green Lantern does.
The New York Post interviewed James Robinson, the head writer for Green Lantern:
Robinson, a British writer who lives in San Francisco with his wife, is no stranger to gay characters – he wrote DC's "Starman" comic in the 1990s, a groundbreaking title that starred a homosexual superhero. He said the only agenda he's pushing is reality.
"It's a realistic depiction of society," he said. "You have to move with the times."
In my opinion, I think Robinson is being honest. Though I'm sure everyone at DC Comics are happy for the publicity (look for the Green Lantern logo to be quickly embraced by the gay community) I don't think this is a publicity stunt. People who are homosexually active are a part of life and the writer wants to portray "reality."
But it's obviously not a real reality. It's a reality where people have superpowers and wear tights. And though there are real homosexuals in the world, it's rarely they are portrayed in a "real" way.
The same goes with heterosexuals. How many sitcoms show characters sleeping with one person or another, never dealing with the emotional or physical consequences of their actions? Over the past decade, we (media consumers) have all come to accept and expect a faux-reality of storytelling. Female lawyers are always hot. Crime investigations usually lead to a strip club. Sexual partners can be changed as quickly as clothes. People actually laugh at the dumb jokes written for the Disney Channel.
Sexually active people almost never get STDs (even though the CDC estimates that 19 million people get them each year.) Matters of faith are rarely dealt with. It is often the unspoken assumption that God doesn't exist (as much as I loved The Hunger Games, notice how nobody facing their imminent death said a prayer for help or mercy?)
And here's something you'll never see from this "reality": Some people with homosexual attractions can be freed from them through therapy.
There is still a lot we don't know about where homosexual impulses come from. It could very well be that some people are born with them. But it is also the case, often unsaid, that many people develop homosexual attractions through the conditioning and experiences of their childhood.
As I've traveled around the country, often speaking on men's issues, I have met a few men who, because of things in their past, ended up being homosexually active. These men gave their lives to Christ and went through counseling. And now they are happily married now and grateful for people who spoke the truth to them. (An example of one man's testimony to this can be found here.)
Statements like those above are abhorrent to the gay community and I understand why. To say someone can be "cured" of homosexuality infers that being gay is a disease. They believe that homosexual attractions should be embraced, not questioned. It should be accepted, even celebrated, by society. People who think otherwise are close-minded and bigoted. People who suggest homosexual inclinations can be "cured" should be silenced. Homosexual activity should be seen as normal as heterosexual activity.
But it's not. The truth is this: homosexuals cannot have "sex," at least in the classic definition of it. They can simulate it, but not replicate it. They can engage in "oral sex" or "anal sex" but not "sex." It is clear that the male and female body were created for each other—they have complimentary genitalia that can bring about a positive result: the creation of life. Such complementarity does not exist between members of the same sex.
And yet we don't think about people involved in homosexual activity as "virgins" (as we might with a heterosexual person who hasn't "gone all the way") because as a culture we've redefined what "sex" means. And because we as a society have become used to having a false definition of sex (thanks in part to the unreal reality portrayed by the media,) many now push for a false redefinition of marriage.
Here is a key part of the Church's argument against gay marriage. It's not that marriage is a right that homosexuals are kept from receiving. Marriage is a reality that homosexuals can't do. Humanity's understanding of marriage preceded civilization and the government doesn't have the "right" to change it.
I have said in a previous post how I feel that there are those in the Christian community who have much to atone for in the way they have dealt with people with homosexual attractions. And while I certainly feel that people shouldn't be bullied or discriminated against because of their homosexual attractions or the decisions they make because of those attractions, that doesn't mean I have to accept it as a "good" nor vote for policies that condone it. Loving and treating people with homosexual attractions with dignity doesn't mean we need to accept homosexual activity as good.
Of course, as a Christian I'm operating with a different definition for the word "good." The way the world often decides right and wrong is simple:
If you enjoy it and it doesn't hurt anybody, then it's good.
That is different from the Christian foundation of morality, spoken by Jesus:
"Love one another as I have loved you." (John 13:34)
How did Christ love us? He loved us enough to speak the truth to us. Jesus accepted people where they were but loved them too much to let them stay there. He said what needed to be said, even though His words caused Him to be rejected and crucified. People who preach what Christ preached shouldn't expect any different reaction.
Why not just "live and let live?" The answer is because that wouldn't be the loving thing to do. Truths revealed by God are not restrictive. It's just the opposite: "the truth will set you free." (John 8:32) There are many men and women who are trapped in homosexual behaviors and are told there is no hope for anything different. But that's not true. There is hope. It can be a difficult road and everyone's journey is different, but there is hope.
Using his power ring, Green Lantern changes reality using his imagination and willpower. It's fitting that he's the first major superhero to be gay because that's exactly what advocates for homosexual behavior are trying to do. We who have received God's Word can't stay silent lest we allow fiction to masquerade as fact and abandon people, created for truth, to live in lies. It's hard to speak that truth in love because many will take it as hateful, but we have a responsibility to try.
0 Hey, Hey, We're the Zombies…
I get to write a scripts for Outside Da Box. They asked if I could write something for teens about "the healing power of the Eucharist."
My first shot at the script had a teen go through the day under constant attack: mom says he's grounded for the weekend and then throws a grenade at him, girlfriend dumps him and then sword fights with him, etc. The idea is that he would be "beaten up" by his daily activity but then comes into the chapel and is healed and refreshed by the Eucharist.
But the script was deemed too violent. So I wrote a zombie one instead.
Oddly enough, that worked.
The short film will be out in the next few weeks, but there is already a fun buzz about it on Facebook. And if you're just dying (or, more appropriately, undying) to know what happens, you can highlight the invisible text below to get a special SPOILER for the film:
Jesus wins.
Great twist ending, isn't it? I think it will surprise everyone who sees it.
I'll let you know when it comes out and post a link to it on this blog. I'm eager for you all to see it but even more eager to hear what you think. Until then, I will attempt to satiate your love for all things zombies with my favorite song about zombies ("re:Brains" from Jonathan Coulton) preformed by a guy dressed as a zombie translating the lyrics into American Sign Language. Because that's what the internet is for.
9 Kids and Fame Don't Mix
Having children that range from 4 to 13, there are times I watch the Disney Channel. I love the cartoons (Phineas and Ferb!) but not a fan of their sitcoms. Aside from the bad writing, lame jokes, lack of good parental role models, and the laugh track (which I only appreciate because it lets me know when they were trying to be funny,) the thing that bugs me the most about these shows is that I wonder what will happen to these "child stars" when they get older.
The track record is not good. Let's turn the wayback machine to 1981 when an adorable Drew Barrymore (6 years old) helped her brother with the E.T. in his closet. She was smoking cigarettes by the age of 9, drinking by the age of 11, smoking pot by 12 and snorting cocaine by 13.
Miley Cyrus got a lot of publicity after she turned 18 and became overtly sexual with her outfits and lyrics.
Do I need to go into details about Britney Spears and Linsdey Lohan?
Most recently, Demi Lovato (Disney star of Rock Camp and "Sonny with a Chance") has come out of rehab for drug addiction and shared with the press that she still struggles with self-injuring. She's 19.
And it's not just the girls who are at risk. Macaulay Culkin, star of the classic Home Alone movies, was just ten when those started. He's been mostly silent about his personal life during his teenage years, though he was arrested for drug possession when he was 24. Haley Joel Osment (when he was 18) flipped his car because he was driving under the influence and also possessed drugs. Daniel Radcliffe reciently confessed that as a teen he regularly came to the Harry Potter set drunk.
Kids and fame don't mix. We all know that TV and movie sets are not a healthy place for them, but we have more "child entertainers" now than ever before.
Is anybody doing anything to stop this?
Is there anything we can do to stop this?
It is easy to shake our heads when former child stars end up on the cover of People magazine because of one scandal or another, but aren't we also at fault? It's not as though this surprises us anymore. Here's the obvious truth: The more famous a child becomes, the more likely they will get involved in dangerous and unhealthy behaviors that could even lead to their deaths (like River Phoenix.)
Sadly, I don't have a conclusion to this blog. It's more of a lament. I see children in danger and an economy and society that encourages their destruction.
If you think about it, it's not unlike the Hunger Games. So perhaps Peeta offers us the best advice: "If no one watches, then they don't have a game."
What about you? Any thoughts?


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Kiss me is by the cranberries
but other than that i like it :)
this version is by sixpence none the richer :)
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I just checked, the cranberries version sounds the same. Whose the actual artist?
As far as I know, Sixpence did the original version. It's been covered by a few different artists though.
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Had a perfect travel day yesterday. Actually got away early, 8:45, and had beautiful cold clear weather all day. It was only once we got close to Portland that we saw any snow at all and there it was only deep in the bush. But shortly after we stopped for the night the snow started. It looks like we got about 3" overnight. Luckily we're heading south! Had great Chinese food last night. Who knew we'd find it in Maine! Here's what morning looked like - winter ...
New Years Eve in Boston
... chose a place to watch the fireworks and watch 15 minutes of some of the best ones we've ever seen.
Once finished around 100,000 people all of a sudden started leaving the park in every direction and we quickly realised the original plan of catching the subway to Hanover street for dinner would not be the best idea.. Especially as they were now all free. We decided to walk the estimated (by me) 1km walk to the restaurant we had chosen for NYE ...
The day we never wanted to end
... The waitress was lovely and funny which made the night even better. 'There isn't a starch I've met that I didn't like'.... the menu sides included fingerling potatoes, fries, roast potatoes, rice, potato salad and mashed potato! They were the only options for sides... no vegetables or anything. Just starch. I had TWIN lobsters for tea! 2 whole lobsters for $37! 2 lobsters steamed are only about 300 calories! Dad you really would love the lobster!! So ...
December 29, 2014
... we got to Rockport, a seaside port that is just gorgeous. Pretty much deserted at this time of year, with about half the shops and most restaurants were closed. Didn't matter though. The harbour was so peaceful and gorgeous, with little boats and wooden buildings. The shopping areas were beautiful to wander through. Was a very nice walk, but very chilly!! In love with Rockport. Part on the appeal was the fact it was so quiet. I imagine in summer / Autumn ...
Down the coast of Maine
... and lots of businesses making a play on words (most frequently things like "Maine-ly Glass", "Maine-ly Muffins", "Maine-ly Transmission", etc). Some were more clever such as "Curl Up and Dye" at a hair salon.
Our first stop was Old Orchard Beach which is a seaside town with a boardwalk. It was a carnival atmosphere with pizza shops, "fried dough" shops, T-shirt vendors, and ...


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Analysis of the genome content of Lactococcus garvieae by genomic interspecies microarray hybridization
1 Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
2 Área de Bioinformática y Salud Pública, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Madrid, Spain
3 Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
BMC Microbiology 2010, 10:79 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-10-79Published: 16 March 2010
Lactococcus garvieae is a bacterial pathogen that affects different animal species in addition to humans. Despite the widespread distribution and emerging clinical significance of L. garvieae in both veterinary and human medicine, there is almost a complete lack of knowledge about the genetic content of this microorganism. In the present study, the genomic content of L. garvieae CECT 4531 was analysed using bioinformatics tools and microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) experiments. Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis IL1403 and Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4 were used as reference microorganisms.
The combination and integration of in silico analyses and in vitro CGH experiments, performed in comparison with the reference microorganisms, allowed establishment of an inter-species hybridization framework with a detection threshold based on a sequence similarity of ≥ 70%. With this threshold value, 267 genes were identified as having an analogue in L. garvieae, most of which (n = 258) have been documented for the first time in this pathogen. Most of the genes are related to ribosomal, sugar metabolism or energy conversion systems. Some of the identified genes, such as als and mycA, could be involved in the pathogenesis of L. garvieae infections.
In this study, we identified 267 genes that were potentially present in L. garvieae CECT 4531. Some of the identified genes could be involved in the pathogenesis of L. garvieae infections. These results provide the first insight into the genome content of L. garvieae.


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GE Opens Manufacturing Plant in Pune
Inaugurating US-based General Electric's first multi-modal manufacturing plant in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched his Make in India campaign and invited GE to manufacture ships in India. Modi said, "The opportunities for manufacturing in India are immense. We are blessed with demographic dividend."
The $200 million new plant is as much path-breaking for India as it is for the 136-year-old GE. It is the result of thinking that began within GE about three years ago: How can the company harmonize its various operations for better economies of scale and better use of capital? The answer was a multi-modal facility. The unit will manufacture a range of diversified products for sectors like energy, aviation, and oil and gas transportation.
Salient Features of the Facility
- Employment opportunities for over 1500 people
- Currently comprising over 25% female employees
- Covering an area of 68 acres
- 250,000 square feet, scalability potential to 1 million square feet
Sharing his comments, John G. Rice, vice chairman, GE said, "Today signifies a proud milestone for GE in India and the next step in our technology and innovation partnership, a journey that started over 110 years ago. Our operations here in Pune help us to compete locally and globally and play an important role in the resurgence of India's manufacturing sector and in the country's growth and development."
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Rolls-Royce and KOEL, India to Build Gensets for Nuclear Power Plants
Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. (KOEL) based in Pune, India, has signed a MoU with MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH (MTU), Germany, for stating intent of co-operation for future business whereRolls-Royce will supply MTU Engines and key components and take responsibility for basic engineering and generating set configuration. KOEL, as a main contractor to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd., will integrate the systems and assemble and test the equipment on site in India.
"Working together with KOEL, we see good chances of gaining entry into the emergency genset market for nuclear power stations in India," said Dr. Michael Haidinger, CSO of Rolls-Royce Power Systems.
Rolls-Royce expects India to focus on nuclear power in the coming decades with the industry expected to supply a quarter of India's electricity demand by 2050, NuclearStreet reported.
"This cooperation is enabling us to pool our own experience and expertise as a local supplier with the technological leadership of MTU in the area of NPP emergency gensets," said Rajendra R. Deshpande, executive director of Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd, during his visit to Friedrichshafen.
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India in Top 15 for Sealed Air, Growing Fastest
Fortune 500 company New Jersey headquartered Sealed Air Corporation says India is its fastest growing geography. "India for us I would call within Sealed Air, a mid-sized country, it's in the top 15 countries but with the highest growth rate," Jerome Peribere, president and CEO told the television network NDTV.
Sealed Air is a packaging company known for its brands – Cryovac food packaging, Bubble Wrap cushioning, and Diversey cleaning and hygiene. It has two units in India – in Mumbai and Bangalore. The company is growing at 3 times India's GDP growth and expects even more robust growth going forward by creating value addition in industries.
Because of the company's level of expertise in their laundry business in India where their technology has been able to save 40% both in the usage of water and in energy consumption, Peribere said, "We are going to increase our manpower by 50 per cent, and we are going to make our global laundry labs in India because we have an extraordinary and growing business here in India."
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Steel Scrap is a Major American Export to India
Steel scrap is a vital raw material for the production of new steel and cast-iron products, and is a hundred percent recyclable. Since domestically generated steel scrap falls short of requirements by the casting and steel making industries, India imports this resource.
In 2013-2014 India imported five million tons of steel scrap, making it the world's third largest importer of the metal, after Turkey and South Korea. While there is no official data on the amount of steel scrap being produced within the country, rough estimates put the figure at around ten million tons a year.
Steel is the most recycled material in the world with scrap accounting for 40 percent of the global steel production, reports The Hindu BusinessLine. The re-melting of scrap requires much less energy than the production of iron and steel products from iron ore.
The U.S. steel industry has been recycling steel scrap for more than 150 years, and the steel making and foundry industries are highly dependent upon the ready availability of scrap from manufacturing operations, and from the recovery of products that are no longer used or needed. The country also exports scrap iron mainly to Turkey, Taiwan, the Republic of Korea, and China, and will likely continue exporting valuable ferrous scrap for at least another decade.
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India's Finance Minister Presents Landmark GST Bill
The long-awaited goods-and-services tax bill, or GST Bill, aimed at creating a single sales tax for goods and services across the country, was introduced in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of parliament) on December 19, by the Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley.
While India is one nation of 1.24 billion people, it isn't functionally one market. When a business sells across state lines, it encounters levies including border taxes, local sales taxes, a central service tax, federal excise, a central sales tax and other duties that often vary by state and product.
"It is expected that introduction of GST will foster a common and seamless Indian market and contribute significantly to the growth of the economy," Jaitley said. The Federal government has committed to compensating states fully for the next three years on account of any revenue loss. The compensation would be partial in the following two years.
"This is by far the biggest tax reform in the country," Devendra Kumar Pant, chief economist at India Ratings & Research, the local unit of Fitch Ratings. "The implementation will reduce transaction costs and spur investments," he added. KPMG opined, "The speed with which the government has introduced the bill in the parliament shows the seriousness attached with this important reform."
Since the tax requires a constitutional amendment to be enacted, it must be approved by 15 of India's 29 states as well as both houses of parliament.
The GST Bill, which will bring the "single biggest tax reform since Independence", will be considered for passing in the budget session of parliament beginning February 2015, the finance minister said.
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The plan lists the following specific industry policy objectives:
1. Project Labor Agreements (#10.4)
2. Community Benefit Agreements (#10.2)
3. Remove barriers to unionization (#9.3)
4. Create licensing requirements and enforce labor and employment laws to professionalize workers across an entire industry (#9.4)
5. Establish multi-employer joint labor-management training partnerships to raise skills in in an industry (#9.2)
The meeting on January 15th, launches a Bay Area strategy to improve economic opportunity for low and moderate wage workers. This plan will hinder our industry by imposing costly regulation and discouraging competitive bidding for public and private projects.
The City of Hercules is a 50% funding partner for the $42M Wastewater Treatment Plant project and has specifically requested that we attend their City Council Meeting TONIGHT. This is our opportunity to represent and further educate the City Council before they take their vote in January.
What we need you to do NOW:
1. Attend the meeting.
2. Contact the City Council members. Tell them to vote NO on the proposed PLA. Not sure what to say? Check out thesetalking points.
Meeting Details
When: TONIGHT , December 16, 7:00 p.m.
Where: Hercules City Hall
Refer to agenda item IX.3 - Receive information on Project Labor Agreements
Thank you!
Please consider attending this important meeting and letting the council know what you think about a PLA on ALL city work.
As you can see here the city is moving in that direction and we need your help to stop them!
Meeting Details
When: TONIGHT, December 16th at 5pm
Where: Council Chamber, 333 W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802
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If you live or work, or would consider working, on a City of Long Beach construction project, then you need to plan on attending tomorrow's Long Beach City Council meeting at 5:00pm. At the meeting the city council will be taking up the issue as to whether or not there should be a study undertaken by staff to determine what the cost of placing a PLA on all city work might be. Click here to read the agenda item (#14) for yourself. While the answer appears obvious you can bet that will not be the case for union yes men on the council who really have no time for such triviality. To paraphrase former Long Beach City Councilman Jack O'Connell, the city just needs to come to agreement with union bosses and work out the details later.
Please consider attending this important meeting and letting the council know what you think about a PLA on ALL city work.
As you can see here the city is moving in that direction and we need your help to stop them!
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When: TOMORROW, December 16th at 5pm
Where: Council Chamber, 333 W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802
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Monterey County PLA Vote TODAY on $63M Interlake Tunnel Project
The Monterey County Board of Supervisors and Monterey County Water Resources Agency will vote TODAYto give the Monterey County Water Resources Agency the green light to negotiate a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for the project connecting Lake Nacimiento and Lake San Antonio. All contractors selected to work on the project will have to adhere to the PLA terms regardless of the construction services method they use.
We Need You To Do Two Things:
1. Attend and speak out at the meeting (see details below).
Click here to email Chairman Richard Ortiz, Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors and staff
Meeting Details
When: TODAY, December 9th at 2:00 p.m.
Where: Monterey County Government Center, Board Chamber
168 W. Alisal St. 1st Floor Salinas, CA 93901
Background Info
AB 155, signed by Governor Brown, mandates the Monterey County Water Resources Agency to use a PLA if the agency uses the Design-Build method for the construction of the proposed $25M Interlake Tunnel Project to connect Lake Nacimiento and Lake San Antonio by an underground tunnel or pipeline.
On July 28, the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors voted 5-3 to direct agency staff to contact the Monterey County Board of Supervisors and ask them to withdraw support for AB155-Alejo.
Past discussions at Board of Supervisors meetings and news media coverage of those meetings suggest that the PLA is an unwritten condition to obtain state funding for this project from the Proposition 1 Water Bond. The boards need to publicly discuss this rationale and the ethical ramifications of mandating a labor agreement as an unwritten condition of receiving state funding for a project.
Trustee Gloria Macias Harrison
Meeting Details
When: Thursday, December 11th 2014 at 4pm
You can view the meeting agenda here (item 10).
Hope to see you on Thursday!
BILL - (For Introduction) - Amending Section 4-401 of the Fresno Municipal Code and repealing Sections 4-402, 4-403 and 4-404 of the Fresno Municipal Code relating to prevailing wages for public works.
Sponsors: City Councilmember Brandau
Passage of this ordinance will reinstate the original Project Labor Agreement Ban Ordinance upon the entry of a final judgment invalidating Labor Code section 1782 (Senate Bill 7 (2013)).
The final adoption of this ordinance will take place on Nov. 20. This is to replace the ordinance that was introduced back in August to repeal the PLA ban.
Please email Council President Brandau and Councilmembers Brand, Olivier and Caprioglio to voice your support for #3.
Steve Brandau, Council President District 2
Lee Brand, Councilmember District 6
Clint Olivier, Councilmember District 7
Paul Caprioglio, Councilmember District 4
CFEC will be there to speak out and we need YOU and your employees there too!
Meeting Details
When: Thursday, November 20th, 2014 at 1pm
Where: Fresno City Hall (2600 Fresno Street, Fresno, CA 93721)
Please contact the Pinole City Council today to express your opinions about PLAs!
Your support in crucial as the vote is extremely close! Your help will be key in stopping this PLA!
Meeting Details
When: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 7pm
Where: 2131 Pear Street Pinole, CA 94564
Review the Meeting Agenda (Item 9-A)
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Black Teachers on Teaching is an honest and compelling account of the politics and philosophies involved in the education of black children during the last fifty years. Michele Foster talks to those who were the first to teach in desegregated southern schools and to others who taught in large urban districts, such as Boston, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. All go on record about the losses and gains accompanying desegregation, the inspirations and rewards of teaching, and the challenges and solutions they see in the coming years.
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Pictures of Natalie Portman's Huge Pregnant Stomach in LA
Natalie Portman Shows Off Her Bigger Pregnant Belly in a Tight Shirt
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A very-pregnant Natalie Portman was spotted leaving Square One restaurant in Silverlake, CA, this afternoon. She went casual for the lunch outing after dressing up in a gorgeous white gown for Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards. Natalie picked up the best actress statue for Black Swan and once again thanked her fiancé and choreographer, Benjamin Millepied, in her acceptance speech. Benjamin's had his own share of the spotlight since the film has received so much attention during award season and his career and fame were chronicled in a NY Times spotlight this week. Natalie has said that her baby is due late this Spring or early Summer, but we're thinking he or she may be coming sooner!
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2seaterdodge 4 years
It's important to point out Natalie will most likely fulfill her expectancy and motherhood with as much grit, coherence and finesse that befits most future moms. This is her personal and unique way of dealing with the day-to-day celebrity life- without confrontation, bird-flipping and jet away tactics. She's taking good care of her child no matter how much coverage photographers are posting on hundred thousand other blog sites; the movies, "No Strings Attached" & "Black Swan" are completed, so why not she can put other projects on hold-clock in some R&R for the sake of bond with little Natalie before and after natural birth. No other evidence to the contrary exists-that I even care about, must be her first baby! Some of y'all doubting like they are hating-- on other blogs- they speculating Natalies been more times around the block? Where's your proof? She not going to clash with paprazzis; she will count nine months for herself. Also she's savvy enough to not engage the razzis for drama, not make more stress or be worried about unfinished production filming. Lady is focused on baby. So show her some love; that role character she played in 'Goya's Ghost' took the worst whipping this life could deal a person but to search for her baby in the movie was as real as it gets. Bravo, Natalie!
addictedreader 4 years
wow-- that's pretty cold if you're suggesting this isn't her first... if she did get preg before & carried the child I'm sure she would wish that to stay personal. there are plenty of reasons to show early from twins to retaining fluids to simply having more elastic skin and muscles than most. the uterus is a giant muscle and typically stretches very slowly with the first and faster with later pregnancies but everyone's got a different degree of muscle flexibility. I wish Portman all the happiness in the world & a beautiful little baby that will look just like her.
The-H-in-Hollywood 4 years
#16 That is normal for you to not look pregnant now if this is your FIRST baby!
The-H-in-Hollywood 4 years
#16That is normal for you to not look pregnant now if this is your FIRST baby!
4 years
I don't think that "ready to pop" is derogatory either. I've heard lots of women use the term to describe themselves when they have a small frame and large belly like Natalie's (I work with pregnant women)! Every woman is different, so of course some may find offense with this term, but others, like me, find nothing wrong with it! Also, I am pregnant too and I find it hard to believe that Natalie is only in her 2nd trimester. Every woman is different though! I am 18 weeks right now and don't even look pregnant yet.
addictedreader 4 years
Portman always looks gorgeous & ready to pop shouldn't be considered rude for a pregnant woman as IMO it implies merely that a woman's belly is overwhelming her and therefore that SHE is small while the belly is big. I wouldn't be surprised by any celebrity putting a late due date to gain more privacy. Not huge for date given her small frame but often first pregnancies appear smaller because the skin doesn't stretch as easily. For a 1st preg she is looking a little over avg which makes me wonder if she might be carrying twins. As to sadness, I sincerely hope she doesn't have any concerns over the health of her baby/s or her own. Would be truly awful for her to have any issues as she is such a sweet gentle human being. If she happens to read or a friend of hers does, please offer my best wishes for her and baby-- I'm sure she'll be an amazing mom.
The-H-in-Hollywood 4 years
She looks beautiful....
The-H-in-Hollywood 4 years
She looks beautiful....
Frida83 4 years
'Ready to pop'? Is that your 'polite' way of saying you think she looks huge? Wow, that's really what a pregnant woman want to hear... Besides she doesn't look nine months pregnant, maybe five or six.
Hockey-Princess 4 years
And whether Natalie (or any other woman) is 5 months along or 8 - can we please stop using the expression "ready to pop"? It is so disrespectful and crude. She's not a balloon - she is a woman carrying a baby.
ilanac13 4 years
it has to be hard to be so petit and to be preggo - cause when you show - YOU SHOW. she went from a little bump to popping out completely. and she's got a few months left to go. oh well. at least this seems to be good for her and i'm sure that she'll be a great mom.
sydneyalias 4 years
I agree, she's tiny and petite so that's why big in the belly.When this story was first posted, it said her "huge" belly. I'm glad you changed it, Popsugar! That was a bit harsh!
sydneyalias 4 years
I agree, she's tiny and petite so that's why big in the belly. When this story was first posted, it said her "huge" belly. I'm glad you changed it, Popsugar! That was a bit harsh!
Hockey-Princess 4 years
What's "almost ready to pop"? Like, ready to give birth? Ummm, no. She looks between 5 & 6 months. She may be not as far along at all - she's so tiny, the baby has nowhere to go but out. Thus, a larger belly.
purple_sage 4 years
I looked like that at 6 months pregnant. She's wearing a tight top so of course the bump looks bigger.. I wish photographers left her alone!
4 years
LOL, what happened to this site? Adding all these extra divisions has diluted the site and the messy format is such a downgrade. Was much more fun to visit a couple of years ago when it was just a gossip site and was much more user friendly.
katialoves 4 years
looks very comfy, not necessarily 'showing off' though
Burkina 4 years
Everytime she talks about her pregnancy she seems sad
4 years
Poor girl. She looks evidently upset to be stalked and mercilessly photographed as she tries to quietly go about her business. I feel quite awful that I am even looking at these pictures and essentially feeding the machine.
letter2elise 4 years
She is adorable!
letter2elise 4 years
She is adorable!
Kimberly-Timlick 4 years
She looks almost ready to pop!
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