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Im sure their are the people that love just brats or burgers at a tailgate but anybody have anything lets say unusual or traditional that they bring to their tailgates..
Me and My tailgate crew usually pass around 3 different bottles of Mad Dog 20/20 before the game starts all different flavors. Something different every home game. My brother an ISU Alum since 1999 has done this for sometime.. and I love it. We did a breakfast casserole on the grill for the Iowa game a few years back(new for me). But just wondering if anybody had anything unusual/traditional.
One of the successful surprises at our tailgate has been gyros. Slices of lamb are really easy to grill and they are lean and have great flavor. Quick cooking and easy cleanup. Grab some pita bread and chop a bunch of veggies - then add some creamy cucumber dressing and you have a one-handed meal.
I was never a big lamb eater until ISU tailgates - too easy and too tasty not to do at least once a year.
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Food: In college, we were too worried about getting drunk to put much effort into this, but since then the food gets better every year. Lately, for morning games, my GF makes eggbake, which heats up well on the grill and is a big hit. I try to incorporate a wide variety of meat throughout the season. Last year I made Bison steaks for the NDSU game, and they turned out great. I always love boiling my brats in beer Friday night and firing 'em up saturday, as I always use brats from my family's pigs. When it comes to burgers, I like to mix in garlic, onions, peppers, and cumin into the meat. Gives 'em a great flavor.
DRINK: I'm a huge bloody mary fan. Again, for any morning game it's a must for my tailgate.
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Tomato Juice
Pickle Juice
Worchestershire Sauce
garlic salt
celery salt
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For beer, I like to bring some Olde Main to every game, and also Grain Belt.
In 1984, I was hospitalized for approaching perfection.
Steak & eggs
Homemade salsa
Grape tomatoes gutted and stuffed with something amazing wife makes. It involves lots of bacon.
Lobster tails
Irish Coffee
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Grilled corn on the cob
My butter brownies (The secret ingredient is butter)
Pheasant (when available)
Peasant (Can be found wearing black & gold)
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My famous rum punch
Coming Soon: Torta
Beer and Brats are my favorite. Not original I know, but it's the best IMO.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
― Alan Wilson Watts
Last year I did a shrimp boil at one game and a crawdad boil at another. Both have become my new favorite. We just lined a folding table with newspaper and threw everything on the table and people came and ate as they pleased. Looking to do both types at once this year as I think I have it figured out. Also love doing steak and pork chop sandwiches. Might also try doing a Jambalaya this year too.
One of my cousins used to do steak and eggs wrapped in crepes for early games, those were awesome.
As far as drinks go it is Grain Belt for me and Mich Golden for the wife. Keep it simple there.
Edit: Can't believe I forgot to mention bloodies. A must have for the 11 o'clock games.
I try to mix it up on food so I'm not always doing burgers and brats. If we have a later time I've done stuff that takes longer like small beef or pork roasts to slice up for BBQ sandwiches, ribs. Sometimes do pork chops, various chicken things like legs or boneless breasts. Once did hobo dinner which is hamburger, potato, carrots, other veggies wrapped up in tin foil.
Drinks, normally beer but the night before we might break out the captain or jack or for early morning vodka drinks or tequilla sunrise.
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I try to mix it up on food so I'm not always doing burgers and brats. If we have a later time I've done stuff that takes longer like small beef or pork roasts to slice up for BBQ sandwiches, ribs. Sometimes do pork chops, various chicken things like legs or boneless breasts. Once did hobo dinner which is hamburger, potato, carrots, other veggies wrapped up in tin foil.
Drinks, normally beer but the night before we might break out the captain or jack or for early morning vodka drinks or tequilla sunrise.
We do the hobo dinners quite a bit. To change it up a little bit sometimes do hamburger or pork burger and mix in some ground breakfast sausage with it and add a little wine before you cook it. Have also added pineapple and fresh green beans and that was great too. However you make it it makes for a great food to eat while drinking before games.
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We do ribs, pork loins, chili, don't really do much burgers/brats. My favorite is for an early game. I grill thin cut ribeyes, butter a bun and toast that, fry an over easy egg, put some Tostitos consasa and makes one hell of a sandwich. Then after the game it is steak sandwiches. Drink are beer, bloodys, apple cider, jungle juice, Irish coffee, BV.
For the nice weather games:
Fajitas - marinate beef, chicken, pork the day before. Grill it up with some peppers+onions. Throw it in homemade tortillas. Amazing.
And of course, homemade guacamole (made that morning) and chips.
Goes great with margaritas, mojitos, or your favorite mexican beer.
Wow I love our tailgate they are always doing awesome food ,but wow wouldnt mind stopping at some of your either !! Yummy
jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and sausage, then grilled.
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2D to 3D Conversion
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Much to the delight of producers — and to audiences on the receiving end of stereo 3D content — options for high-quality 2D-to-3D conversion have increased in the last few years. A number of facilities in the U.S. and Canada offer 3D conversion services, often in conjunction with international vendor partners for a sun-never-sets approach to workflow efficiencies. Proprietary software is paired with off-the-shelf solutions to optimize pipelines and reduce costs for content of all types.
After launching in India 15 years ago, Prime Focus World (www.primefocusworld.com) is now headquartered in Los Angeles, with production facilities there, in London, Vancouver and New York. The company offers visual effects and stereo 3D services, and counts Clash of the Titans, Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 and the new Wrath of the Titans and Men in Black 3 among its 2D-to-3D stereo conversion credits.
Says chief strategy officer, Bobby Jaffe, "We have a team of 4,500 people and technology that we customize and adapt to meet directors' needs."
Prime Focus World comes to the stereo 3D conversion process with "a filmmaking mindset," Jaffe says. "CEO Namit Malholtra and myself are third-generation filmmakers, so we understand how to be part of the process. Filmmaking is in the DNA of the company and our technology."
The company's View-D proprietary toolset is fully customizable. "The whole idea is to develop a toolset and artistically integrate it across the scope of the company," says Jaffe. "When we did the lightsaber for Star Wars, it presented a new challenge with transparencies and lighting effects. Our R&D team was tasked with developing new and efficient toolsets to expand the capabilities of conversion and now we have that solution available for any laser-type effect."
Prime Focus's Jaffe cites their 3D conversion work for Men in Black 3 as "a model" for new releases. "We were involved with Joyce Cox and Corey Turner before they went into production, working out workflows and pipelines with all the VFX companies, including ourselves. So the transfer of material went very smoothly. We like to work as quickly as possible to get footage to the stereographer and director so they have an opportunity to play with the depth, the iterations and dial in exactly what they want."
He notes that the company has become "expert in data management by necessity and design. Complete movies — whether they're Men in Black 3 or Wrath of the Titans — can have 2,000 shots and tens of thousands of iterations by the time they're done. Our Prime Focus Technology division has developed a secure, easy-to-use cloud solution for data management that keeps us moving forward and is now deployed throughout the marketplace."
Jaffe says the launch of a Prime Focus NY facility will service the post production needs of that market and serve as a gateway to 3D conversion and VFX global teams. Interest is developing in NY for conversions for commercials and TV programming for the burgeoning 3D networks. "The London Summer Olympics will be broadcast in 3D and that's just around the corner," he notes.
"We have developed a toolset with the quality, definition, speed and price point [required by] TV and home markets," Jaffe says. "We want to be optimized for the individual user as 3D becomes the global norm on iPhones, computers and televisions."
Legend Films opened in 2000 in San Diego as a digital colorizing company; it developed a proprietary 3D conversion process six years later and changed its name to Legend3D in 2009 (www.legend3d.com). With 30 conversion patents, Legend3D takes "a totally different approach" to the process, says founder/CCO/CTO Dr. Barry Sandrew. This successful approach has garnered credits ranging from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides to the Academy Award-winning Hugo and the upcoming 3D release of Top Gun.
"Over the past 18 months we have improved the efficiency of our process and built a project management and asset control system, which takes out a lot of the human error as we move massive quantities of material, which can amount to 180,000 frames with hundreds of different levels," points out Sandrew.
In addition to developing the asset control system, Legend3D "redid the pipeline to make it more efficient," he says. "By improving the technology and automating certain tasks, we have brought costs down 30 to 40 percent."
The company's artist-friendly user interface also promotes speed and efficiencies. "It takes a lot of the technology out of the process so our artists can work in a straightforward way to create depth," he says. "We're now working on a realtime editing process, so ideally the stereographer will be able to make changes on the fly and see them right away with rendering done later."
All the creative happens in Legend3D's San Diego headquarters where 240 artists and engineers are housed. The company also maintains a facility in Patna, India, where a staff of 320 handles in-between masking for key frames delivered via server. "The pipeline is working beautifully," reports Sandrew.
The company just finished the entire 3D conversion for Top Gun (the original version is currently available on Blu-ray) and is working on a trio of features shot in 2D and slated for release in 3D. Legend3D has also done conversions for cinema commercials for Chase, Verizon and Pedigree dog food.
The company recently introduced a broadcast conversion solution. "We've created a totally different process that fits within TV budgets," says Sandrew. "We've approached broadcast from a different perspective to keep prices down, but the quality of the conversion still holds up. We used a combination of our theatrical process and new broadcast process on the Chase cinema spot, and it saved a good deal of time while remaining very high quality."
Only 18 months on the 3D conversion scene, Vancouver-based Gener8 (www.gener8.com) has been growing by leaps and bounds, starting with 3D conversion of about 10 minutes of Priest and the Room of Requirements sequence in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 to completing about 90 percent of the conversion for Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.
"We worked with Iloura in Melbourne, Australia, the primary VFX vendor for Ghost Rider," says Gener8 COO Tim Bennison. "We partnered to create a pre-VFX pipeline, which enabled us to share a match move at the beginning of each shot, then work in parallel to VFX in post, exchanging data all the way through. This gives you a much longer timeline for conversion than traditional post-conversions, where the effects are baked into the 2D. It proved to be a fantastic experience for us and the client. We produced the highest-quality, most cost-efficient conversion with stereo VFX integrated in true 3D space."
Bennison says, "Our method of 3D conversion lends itself to VFX work." Gener8's system "recreates a CG 3D replica of every shot — modeling the set and rig and animating the actors and props — so we're starting with a replica of the scene in true 3D space, like a high-fidelity previs," he explains. Once that's accomplished "the rest of the process is virtual native stereography — creating virtual camera pairs as if you were shooting with a stereo camera rig."
The advantage to the process is that it allows Gener8 to "integrate closely with the VFX vendors; whether they're mono or stereo, they're working in 3D space and we are too. So our live-action conversion sits very well with the VFX. There's no guesswork, no eyeballing it. It all works out very naturally."
Bennison notes that the company's process can be deployed on a large scale thanks to vendor partners in India, China, South America and the U.S., who help with the shot recreation process; the Vancouver headquarters produces the final shots. "When you convert an entire movie you're touching 2,000 to 2,500 shots, so an IT infrastructure and international vendor partners are very important," he says. "We use industry-standard tools to recreate the shots and do final touch-up and use proprietary tools for the stereo work."
Bennison and other key executives and technicians at Gener8 hail from the game industry, so they're admittedly coming at motion picture problem solving in an unconventional way. "Our engineering team built the heart of the pipeline, which reflects our history in the gaming space," he says. "It runs in realtime on a laptop so we can sit with the stereographer on the lot and author stereo with him while a shot is playing in realtime. Creative iteration is really easy; you can experiment with versions of a shot or across a sequence and make changes on the fly."
Gener8's rendering engine hardware is based on the company's games heritage, too. "It's completely different from the typical VFX giant renderfarm," says Bennison. "It's more like a render petting zoo — portable and impressive."
Gener8 is currently working on multiple major features, and Bennison is happy with the progress the young company has made. "We've made a lot of cool presentations since Ghost Rider," he notes. "Many VFX companies and VFX supervisors see the logic in an approach we developed out of naiveté. We only realized we were unique when people at SIGGRAPH told us we were the only ones working this way."
When Frank Rainone was an executive with the Weinstein Company, he searched for a stereo 3D conversion facility for Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D. "We were looking for a conversion company best suited to the project and had six companies perform tests," he recalls. "Speedshape was far and above the best." So they got the job.
"Speedshape's management and organizational skills went beyond anything I'd seen; and director Robert Rodriguez was impressed," Rainone reports.
After Speedshape (www.speedshape.com) converted the entire feature, Rainone decided he "wanted to be part of" the 3D conversion process and joined Speedshape as executive producer and head of the New York office. The company is headquartered in Detroit, with offices in Venice, CA, and Montreal.
The Montreal studio is about three-quarters of the way through converting Weinstein's Escape From Planet Earth in Montreal. Expected soon is another Weinstein-Rodriguez collaboration, Sin City 2. The company converted all the VFX shots for Piranha 3D," whose live action was shot native 3D.
Speedshape's involvement varies from project to project. "Robert Rodriguez had experience shooting stereo 3D so he had the technique in mind when he shot Spy Kids," says Mike Ward, VFX supervisor at Speedshape Detroit. "In our discussions and initial reviews for Planet Earth, we talked and advised about things to 'look out for' in quality conversion. We transplanted two of our compositors in the Rainmaker facility [where animation is being done] to not only pull CG elements and layers of shots for a better quality conversion, but also help Rainmaker's compositors set up shots for cleaner and more efficient conversion when we get them."
The company ingests individual shots from EDL frame sequences into its file structure, then implements Shotgun, the cloud-based shot management tool, to deliver elements to artists. "Shotgun helps facilitate massive file transfers automatically and offers checks and balances," says Ward.
"We try to leverage as much off-the-shelf software as possible and mix it with our proprietary tools," he explains. Speedshape taps Autodesk's 3DS Studio Max and Maya to build sets to match plate photography, Pixel Farm's PFTrack to perform match moves and The Foundry's Nuke for custom conversion toolsets. The company's proprietary process pulls depth maps, performs rotoscoping and generates left- and right-eye versions.
"People who have worked elsewhere have told us it's the amount of refinement we're able to do and the ease of use of the tools we've developed," says Ward about their process and way of working. "We continue to refine and develop things throughout, and our engineering team helps solve issues that come up along the way. We've automated a lot of mundane tasks and provide a lot of QC. Our process gives a tremendous amount of control to the amount of depth and where you place things in space."
Ward says the company quickly built talent pools in Detroit and Montreal, training traditional compositors and painters on the Speedshape toolset, and "rolling out new toolsets quickly and efficiently to address any issues they discover. The quality of conversions has improved so much that producers are taking a second look at shooting 3D stereo, with all the gadgetry required for a successful stereo shoot, and coming back to conversions."
In just two years, Burbank's Stereo D (www.stereodllc.com) increased its staff from 14 to more than 250, then, in May '11 it was acquired by Deluxe Entertainment Services Group. "All creative work is channeled through Burbank, where we have 350-450 artists," says Aaron Parry, CCO/executive VP. "We also have a facility in Pune, India, which supports our Burbank operations."
Stereo D's most recent job was as 3D conversion lead for the release of Titanic 3D. The company converted 95 percent of the film; during that same time The Avengers and other features were also in-house in a true test of Stereo D's service capabilities.
According to Parry, Stereo D's approach to 3D conversion is "very style- and studio-agnostic. There's no one-size-fits-all." The company recommends best conversion practices to its feature film clients, then tailors "variations on that theme" to meet the demands of the project, he says. "Our goal is to be involved earlier and earlier — when the script is fresh off the presses or when a filmmaker starts to envision 3D," says Parry. "We can take test material or the first dailies and build a stereo vocabulary so the director can formulate opinions about what he likes."
An alternate approach, often involving a 3D-savvy director, finds Stereo D spending "20 to 25 weeks executing on the director's vision" after a film wraps.
In either case, Stereo D works closely with the creative editors to ensure a strong editorial delivery. "Editors give us raw plate material or the one-light from the DI facility," says Parry. "We use a lot of custom software for ingest and maintaining metadata — we don't rename material but append our versioning information onto the data. We're based on continuity. Most of our senior management is composed of filmmakers, so we know the flexibility filmmakers demand and built the studio with that in mind."
The company's toolset includes Stereo D's proprietary VDX software as well as third-party tools such as SilhouetteFX's Silhouette software for rotoscoping, Nuke and Adobe After Effects. "Our pipeline features our own VDX software for filling in occlusion and providing realtime feedback so creatives can make artistic choices," Parry explains. "With VDX's level of iteration we keep the conversation more about the stereo and less about the technology." For pipeline and studio management, Stereo D uses C.T.A.C. proprietary asset and production management software, which ensures projects and data are tracked in realtime. "Our specialized workflow is enhanced by Deluxe's suite of digital and creative services, which make Stereo D an end-to-end solution," he adds.
Parry forecasts a "bright future" for 3D conversions of day-and-date releases as well as legacy titles. In other markets, he believes the upcoming Summer Olympics will soon start to fuel conversions for commercials. He's also seeing content for in-store autostereo displays, which he thinks will "slowly lead to better home experiences. Everybody's striving for that glasses-free 3D experience."
A VFX studio which first consulted on 3D conversion about four years ago, Santa Monica's 3DPaint/FX (www.3dpaint.com) is now working with Fox as the studio preps some of its library titles for Blu-ray 3D.
"3D conversion is still an expensive proposition," notes company founder Tom Polson. Fox had begun converting titles in partnership with JVC and 3DPaint/FX: By combining JVC's conversion technology with 3DPaint/FX's roto and paint services, a significant improvement in costs can be achieved.
"Everybody thinks conversion is a big gold mine with high per-minute charges," Polson explains. "But when you get to library titles, that formula doesn't work. You have to rethink your approach. We've developed a pipeline that functions well for libraries."
3DPaint/FX's process involves "some very strong partners with roto and 3D experience," he says, including a vendor in India that can handle large volumes of detailed and complicated roto in a very cost-effective manner. "For the Fox title I, Robot we had 120,000 frames of roto. Our partner can do 70,000 frames a month — it would be hard to set that up here with the same economies."
Still, many of the same challenges remain. "With a library title you're limited by what has been shot, so your creative choices are also limited," he explains. "As we do more titles, we will be taking on more of a creative role in addition to managing the workflow."
The conversion process is done at JVC's lab in Japan. "It's a semi-automated process that delivers very good results with fewer conversion artists," says Polson. "JVC uses algorithms to enhance the shape and volume on different layers, and creates a very natural, clean conversion with no anomalies."
After the conversion is done, the Indian vendor performs paint and clean-up, then 3DPaint/FX adds VFX enhancements, if needed. "As we start to do more films we'll be ramping up in Santa Monica," Polson reports. "We're also looking at some other ways to work with partners. This part of the market [i.e., library titles] is volume business — roto, paint, clean up — it's huge. So we're always trying to find the best way to implement solutions; it's all about creating efficiencies."
The solutions that 3DPaint/FX devises for library titles will also provide a model for 3D conversion for television. "We're working with our partners to strike the right balance of quality and price for that market," he says. "Titanic 3D is one of the best conversions ever done, but James Cameron is a premier filmmaker with a large budget that few library titles justify. Those same resources aren't going to be available with a TV show."
Orlando-based 3D Eye Solutions (www.3deyesolutions.com) has been performing media conversions with its proprietary software since '07. The company's 3D Reality Splitter software enables them to convert any 2D content — for movies, TV, DVD content, games — to stereo 3D.
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"We have implemented certain automations to cut down on time-consuming labor," says Gibilisco.
All work is performed in its 10,000-square-foot studio, which can accommodate four or five features a year. A big advantage for 3D Eye Solutions is that once a shot is dimensionalized "we can tweak and view it in realtime before we render it," he notes.
3D Eye Solutions has worked with Hollywood studios, networks and broadcasters; the lion's share of its feature work has been new releases, although library content is also in the mix.
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New Year's Eve partygoers in a south Georgia town will get a free ride home, on account of two city officials.
The town of Remerton is located within the city of Valdosta, and will play host to many New Year's parties.
To make sure people don't drink and drive, two Remerton city officials have secured vans and will give free rides home to people living either in Remerton or Valdosta.
Scooter Hines, Remerton city councilman, says, "What we want to do is show a good neighbor attitude out there in the community. We want to reach out past Remerton because a lot of people from outside Remerton come in and enjoy our fun and we want to make sure they get back home to Valdosta."
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The "Leather Pride Flag" and the "BDSM Emblem" have
become widely known in some BDSM communities. This page outlines their
history, and some of the rationale behind the BDSM
Rights Flag.
The Leather Pride Flag was created by the late Tony DeBlase in 1989, and first displayed at the International Mr. Leather competition in Chicago that year. (DeBlase's own account of the flag is reproduced at the Leather Archives & Museum)
The flag is a variation on the United States flag, with red and white stripes replaced by black and blue, and the field of stars in the top left hand corner replaced by a red heart: "The flag is composed of nine horizontal stripes of equal width. From the top, and from the bottom, the stripes alternate black and royal blue. The central stripe is white. In the upper left quadrant of the flag is a large red heart."
DeBlase offered no specific meanings for the components of the flag (although "black and blue" has an obvious interpretation): "I will leave it to the viewer to interpret the colors and symbols."
However, the flag's copyright is owned by a commercial operation ("Desmodus Inc.") and according to DeBlase "anyone wishing to use it for purely commercial purposes must receive our written approval. However, we welcome members of the Leather/SM community to use the design for flags, banners, pins, T-shirts, printed material, etc. to be distributed free or sold at cost, or to be used for fund raising for not-for-profit causes that benefit leather men and women."
Since 1989, the flag has become very widely used in the Gay Leather community, and many Leather shops and bars fly it outside their premises, use it on their literature or even sell mugs and T-shirts displaying it (it's not clear how many of these have sought permission from the copyright owner.)
However, the flag has achieved very little prominence, or even recognition,
among the wider "pansexual" (ie largely straight and bi) BDSM
After discussions on an AOL message board, Quagmyr proposed a design for a BDSM Emblem in 1995. His emblem was originally inspired by the Roissy rings in the "Story of O", although he later decided the Roissy design had spirals rather than "teardrops." In fact the Triskelion is an ancient symbol used by many cultures, including Oriental variants with Ying-Yang style dots or eyes.
Quagmyr naturally realised it was impossible for him to copyright a design with thousands of years of history, and instead claims ownership of one very specific emblem: "The rims and spokes are of a color indicating metal. The rims and spokes are of uniform width with the arms rotating clockwise. The inner fields are black. The holes in the fields are truly holes and not dots."
He sells merchandise featuring the Emblem, and allows other people to use his specific emblem for "non-profit cultural, educational and artistic use within the BDSM community." However, written permission is required for any commercial use of the Emblem (including fund raising by non-profit BDSM organisations.)
It's probably due to these restrictions, at least in part, that many variants of the ancient triskelion have been used on BDSM websites and other media instead of Quagmyr's. So, unlike the Leather Pride Flag, no single colour scheme is universally used. Quagmyr's site includes a helpful page showing other triskelions and explaining how they differ from the design he claims rights over.
(As we've used his GIF image, we are legally required to reproduce his
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freely available for all educational and non-commercial use
within the BDSM community without charge.")
The BDSM Rights Flag we're promoting, uses the colour scheme and stripes from the Leather Pride Flag, but replaces the curves of the red heart with the curves of a red triskelion.
This combination aims for a symbol which is recognisable by people familiar with either the Leather Pride Flag or BDSM use of the Triskelion, but without the commercial restrictions associated with the other designs, and not under the control of any individual or organisation.
Furthermore, it specifically represents the concept of "BDSM Rights": the belief that people whose sexuality or relationship preferences include Bondage and Discipline, Dominance and Submission, or Sadism and Masochism ("BDSM") deserve the same human rights as everyone else, and should not be discriminated against for pursuing BDSM with consenting adults.
If you support our statement on human rights and anti-discrimination, you may use the BDSM Rights Flag design on your own websites, publications, T-shirts, mugs, whatever - whether for personal use or for commercial gain.
We believe that BDSM vendors, event organisers and publishers are an important part of the various BDSM communities, and that anything they do which publicises the idea of BDSM Rights should be encouraged. You do not need to ask our permission to use the design or the image files we make available.
See the main flag page for more about the flag, free images you can use yourself, and a flag maker program to create images to your own specifications.
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- Get Started – Just show up for an Orientation on Saturdays at 2pm to find out about us, and what you can do.
- Adoption – Work 24 hours and you will get a credit that will allow you to get a computer, CRT display and the keyboard, mouse and power cables. This system runs Linux and is ready to surf the net, do word processing, spreadsheets, and many other functions with Open Source Software.
- Build – Depending on your drive and understanding of technology you can get to the build group fairly quickly, your first builds will be supervised until you have improved your understanding and skills to build on your own. Building is not a process to start with, you must either work through our others areas to understand the computers components, or prove you have prior understanding of computers. Your first builds will only be done when a volunteer mentor can work with you to build. We can only accommodate a few new builders on certain days, so you will want to get there early and be prepared to do something else if we do not have enough mentors. We are always looking for people to commit to mentoring others, please contact a staff volunteer to learn more.
- Internship – we have not a dedicated internship, but are open to consider sponsorship if we can find the right goals.
What you get: You get to help the environment, help organizations that get grants, help individuals who purchase the very affordable systems and parts, you get to learn about computers, and you get a chance to meet others who are doing the same.
Who can volunteer? Do I need to know about computers?
Anyone who wants to volunteer time at Free Geek and can make it to our facility is welcome. No computer experience is required. Our facility is mostly accessible, and we welcome people with different abilities. People under 16 years old must be accompanied by an adult who will work alongside him/her. You will start by learning the parts of the computer in our tear down and recycle room, which gives you valuable insight to how computers and other electronics are assembled.
Is this where you can get a free computer?
Yes, in order to learn more about how to get a free computer as a volunteer, please come by and take a tour (2 pm on Saturdays) so we can answer any questions and get you signed up for the program. Not-for-profit organizations may get free computers through our Community Grants program.
What kind of computer is it? Can I play games?
It's a PC built from used equipment that has been donated to the recycling center and running the Ubuntu Linux operating system and other Free and Open Source Software. These PCs come loaded with a bunch of software.
The short answer for playing games is "no, not really," but if a person has the patience and some degree of computer expertise (and is willing to purchase, on their own, more memory and a better graphics card), there is a way to play certain Windows-specific games on a PC (i.e. World of Warcraft). However, there are about twenty games which come pre-installed on your PC, and web-based games work well under Ubuntu.
Can I get a Laptop or Mac?
While we are not able to give these items away through any of our volunteer programs, we occasionally have these items for sale in the Thrift Store.
Do I get to build my own computer?
If you don't need a computer right away and are interested in learning how to build computers, you may want to join the Build Program. Otherwise, it is and faster for you to go through the Adoption Program. The computers are all built to the same specifications, so you're not missing out, equipment-wise.
How do I sign up?
There are volunteer orientation tours Saturdays at 2 PM. No appointment is necessary, just show up a few minutes before the tour and check in at the reception desk. The tour takes between a half-hour to 45 minutes and will show you how our different programs work. At the end of the tour you will have an opportunity to sign-up for one of our programs and schedule your first volunteer shift. Just a note, that many of the tasks at Free Geek involve working with stuff that can get messy, InkJet Printers, Dust, Grease can make a mess of clothing, so wear something appropriate and comfortable.
What do volunteers do at Free Geek?
- Volunteers in the Adoption Program perform the following tasks:
- Receiving: helping donors unload, sorting through boxes of stuff, dispersing donated stuff throughout the building
- Recycling: disassembling computers, printers, and other electronics bound for raw material recycling
- Other: Cleaning, Data Entry, Monitor Testing (heavy lifting)
- In the Build Program, we'll teach you how to build computers. We will teach you the process, including hardware identification, system evaluation, troubleshooting, and assembly. You can earn a computer after 24 hours of vounteering time.
- Beyond that, Mentors, Marketers, Course Development, and many other opportunities exist.
I don't have time to volunteer. Can I just buy a computer?
Sure! The Thrift Store frequently has a variety of computers for purchase. Plus parts like LCD Displays, Video Cards, blank Hard Drives, Cables, and other parts that still have some use.
Can we put our hours together in order to earn our computer faster?
Yes, you may combine your hours. Please keep in mind that it's one computer per person, so if you have three people adding their hours together, they may earn up to three computers.
I notice that you guys keep upgrading the specs of your PC. Can I trade mine in for a newer one?
Not exactly. Our policy is that a Free Geek volunteer may earn one PC per person, in exchange for 24 hours of service.
Does Free Geek accommodate handicapped volunteers?
Our facility is mostly handicapped-accessible, and we are sensitive to and can work with people with different abilities.
How about volunteers who don't speak English?
While there are some folks on staff who speak other languages, they are not always around to translate. Unfortunately, we don't have the resources yet to accommodate non-English speakers (or people who have significant difficulty understanding or speaking English) without translators. Volunteers are welcome, though, if they can bring a translator with them when they volunteer and when they take the class or call for tech support.
Can kids volunteer?
Kids can earn a computer from Free Geek just like anyone else – it's just that they have to have an adult with them while volunteering if they are under 16.
Do I get a printer with the PC?
Unfortunately, we can't refurbish enough good, working printers to be able to give one away with each PC. However, if you're a current volunteer, you may buy a printer from our Thrift Store.
I've never used Linux before and I hear it's hard to use.
While this is a common misconception and Linux can be very easy to use, with theAdoption Program, Free Geek offers help in how to use and personalize the computer you earn. Free Geek also hopes to offer a series of in-depth classes about each OpenOffice.org program (Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Presentation) AND a class which allows you to find out a little more about how to do what you want to do with your computer ("Super Adopter" class). Additionally, as an incentive to keep using Linux, Free Geek offers a year of free tech support for all volunteers who keep Linux on their PCs.
I live in Eastern Oregon/Missouri/Liberia/Mankato, and I can't come in to earn a computer. How can I get one?
The bad news: we're not there (yet.) The good news: we DO have affiliates in numerous other places. Check our website for other locations. If there's no Free Geek in your area, try using http://www.google.com/ and searching for the name of your town and "free computer". You also might want to search for "Linux Users Group" as many Linux users like to help people set stuff up cheaply.
What do you take?
We take all kinds of computer and computer-related equipment, working or not. This includes printers, scanners and gaming devices. We also accept other consumer electronics, such as fax machines, telephones, audio and video equipment, small appliances. Basically we want to keep these electronic items that far too often are considered disposable from the trash.
For more about what we take, visit our Donate page.
Do you want the software and documentation that came with this stuff?
Not really, since we install Free Software on the computers we give away, the proprietary software isn't all that useful. You can recycle the paper with your curbside recycling. We will take the old software disks and and old floppy disks and recycle them.
Exceptions: Old video game software (original boxes are sweet!).
What don't you take?
We do not accept:
- photocopiers
- refrigerators
- smoke detectors
- fluorescent light bulbs
- batteries
- Styrofoam
- chickens
Well, where do I send that stuff?
Minnesota has state and county programs, as well as many local cities can refer you to the method to recycle or dispose of other materials. Smoke detectors can usually be sent back to the manufacturer (they frequently contain small amounts of radioactive material). There are also a couple of places locally that will take photocopiers and large printers: Google, Metro, or the Yellow Pages can be great resources in this case. Batteries can generally go to Battery Exchange.
What do you do with the stuff that gets donated?
Free Geek strives to reuse as much as possible. Computer equipment that we can reuse is given to those in our Adoption and Build Programs, local not-for-profits through our Community Grants Program, or sold in our Thrift Store. We reuse ~35% of our systems, monitors, and printers this way.
Computers and other electronics that are deemed obsolete or broken are disassembled and separated into their basic components. Free Geek then finds a local industrial recycler to process the materials. Free Geek chooses recyclers that we're sure process our materials in an environmentally responsible way.
What do you do with hard drives? Is the data on my hard drive safe with Free Geek?
At Free Geek we take the utmost care to ensure complete data destruction of all user data that is donated to us. Hard drives that meet our specifications for reuse are removed from their systems and wiped in our hard drive sanitation banks. The process we use is Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) for data destruction. DBAN overwrites sectors of the hard drive 3 times using a destructive write which ensures that ALL data on the drive is completely destroyed and totally unrecoverable. Hard drives that are below our specifications for reuse are physically destroyed on site.
Magnetic media such as floppy disks and backup tapes are disassembled in our recycling area and the plastic components are shredded by our plastics recycling vendor. Optical media such as cd-rw discs are physically destroyed as soon as we receive them.
What's with the prices for the donating other stuff? I'm donating it to you, isn't that enough?
Those numbers are suggested donations you can make along with your donation of equipment in order to show support for our community-benefiting programs and to help us pay rent, utilities, salaries, etc. They are not required, but are certainly appreciated.
Thrift Store
Can I buy other stuff?
Why, yes you can. Our Thrift Store has computers, monitors, printers, networking equipment, stereos and more. We also stock all the computer parts you'll need to work on your computers — or build one from scratch!
Can I buy X other item?
Everything that's for sale at Free Geek is located in our Thrift Store, so you'll have to ask there. Please do not ask us to search for a specific gizmo, as we cannot accommodate such requests. If your gizmo is available for sale, you will only find it in the Thrift Store.
But what about that cool gizmo I saw in your receiving area? No one else wants it — can I buy it?
If we opened up our sales policy to include everything at Free Geek, volunteers, donors, store customers, and staff would rifle through everything at Free Geek constantly! And we need to stay on-task so we can save the world from a deluge of techno-detritus.
For this reason, we limit our sales area to the Thrift Store. It is not ok to pick up an item from the non-store section of Free Geek and carry it over to the store. The stock in the store is variable, as it depends on our donation stream, so we can't guarantee that we have any given thing (though some are more consistently stocked than others).
Can I trade my computer/VCR/stereo for some other gizmo?
Sorry, but there is no trading of equipment or hardware. The only trade we deal in is 24 hours of volunteer time in exchange for a computer (in our Adoption Program). If you're looking for something other than a computer, you should check out the low, low prices in our Thrift Store.
General Info
How long has Free Geek been around, and how did it start?
Free Geek Twin Cities started sometime about 2007, and continues to grow and define itself within the image of the Mother Ship in Portland.
Hours, address, and bus lines
Hours: 12 pm – 5 pm Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays (we are open for dropping of donations or buying things on Thursday and Fridays). Address: 2537 25th Ave S, just West of Memory Lanes bowling Ave in the Seward neighborhood. A map of our location is available on our front page
But really, if you want more complete info, with links, a map, and more, check out our Directions page.
How can I get a computer (or other hardware) for my church/non-profit/revolutionary sewing circle?
Through our Grant Program. Free Geek donates many computers and peripherals to local non-profits and some other organizations. Please note that we do not grant hardware to individuals.
I can't volunteer my time but I'd like to help Free Geek – what can I do?
Spread the word about Free Geek and Open Source Software. If you don't live in the Twin Cities Metro area, find out if there's a nascent Free Geek in your area. We will always accept monetary donations – perhaps your employer will make a matching donation!
Are you hiring?
No. Everything we do is done by volunteers.
How do you make your money?
We primarily earn money from cash donations, recycling income, and sales in the Thrift Store. Unlike most non-profits, Free Geek is financially self-sufficient and only seeks out grant money for extra projects.
Can we get someone to make a presentation on Free Geek at our fair/organization?
It's certainly possible! Let us know about the event (time, date, how many people, what the audience is interested in, your contact info) on this page.
Do you have Linux classes?
Not exactly. You can get started on the technical end of learning Linux via the Build Program, where you'll learn basic command line and a bit about how the operating system interacts with the hardware. But we don't yet have a general-purpose Linux intro.
We are looking for people who want to develop and instruct classes on Open Source Software


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SEATTLE -- The Husky men's basketball team was back practicing at Hec Edmundson Pavilion on Tuesday after spending the weekend down in Lacey at St. Martin's College. Coach Lorenzo Romar briefly met with the media to discuss his thoughts on the first couple of practice sessions held at St. Martin's and also divulged some news.
Freshman Desmond Simmons has been cleared to rejoin his teammates for drills after undergoing arthoscopic knee surgery several weeks ago and was back on the court participating. The news on senior Venoy Overton wasn't quite so good as he suffered a slight setback with his hamstring and will miss a couple weeks so he can fully recover.
Sophomore Aziz N'Diaye was a popular topic among reporters on Tuesday and Romar cautioned the group to not annoint him the next coming of Shaquille O'Neal quite yet. Romar reminded the crowd that he has been out of basketball shape for over a year and N'Diaye is coming off an ACL tear. Romar is still pleased at what he has seen from his seven-footer.
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I don't get it, but I fixed some typos and grammar. Are you going for a straight journalistic take? If so there are some changes I would make, most notably getting rid of "crapped" and going with "excreted" or something, but I don't know if there's some joke here I am not getting. --Raxvulpine 02:22, 4 March 2008 (UTC)


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How many times have you dreamed of going on strike?
It could be the smallest thing that sparks it off; your other half brushing crumbs onto the floor because he won't think to sweep them up or the kids walking mud in when you've just hoovered.
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"It was just a squashed grape on the kitchen floor. Hardly a reason to get upset, right?
But six years of motherhood has left Lisa Stratton feeling like a skivvy.
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So when her husband deliberately steps over the grape because it's 'her responsibility' to run the house, it tips her over the edge.
He wasn't always like this – they used to share everything.
Then the kids came along and he saw it as an excuse to sit back.
But this time things are going to change. Lisa has made a decision. She's going on strike."
See you on the picket line!
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"A book that is so NOW where many mums are trying to get their "me" back. I wanted to shout "Yes" at every page but I was too busy laughing and nodding my head in recognition. A must read for any mother going through the mumopause."
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School of Social Work professors named among Top Black Educators in South Florida
Posted On : November 04, 2015
Two members of Barry University's School of Social Work faculty were recently named among the top Black educators in South Florida by Legacy Magazine. Sharon Singleton, DSW, associate professor and Tisa McGhee, PhD, assistant professor, represent Barry in Legacy Magazine's list of South Florida's 2015 Top Black Educators. Singleton earned a spot... read more
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Barry University was recently named among the 50 top colleges for an undergraduate degree in psychology according to the Online Psychology Degree Guide. The organization published their 2015 list of 50 Great Small Colleges for a Degree in Psychology list of 50 Great Small Colleges for a Degree in Psychology with Barry taking the 28th overall spot.... read more


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Guess Who Else Isn't On Board With the U.N. Resolution to Decriminalize Homosexuality
Jim Burroway
December 5th, 2008
Mark, at Slapped Upside the Head, has a good take on yesterday's news that the Vatican is opposing a U.N. resolution calling on member states to rescind laws outlawing homosexuality — which in some countries includes the death penalty. We discussed the Vatican's intrinsically disordered logic here. Mark has his own take here.
There are a lot of countries which have already signed on to the declaration, including: Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Uruguay, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Those last three are rather surprising. Also surprising co-sponsors are three African countries: Gabon, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau. That's quite an impressive list.
So, who's missing? Well, let's see. Oh look: the United States and Australia.
Marriage Rights Around the World
Timothy Kincaid
May 15th, 2008
The following countries offer some form of recognition to same-sex couples:
Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Canada, South Africa, United States (Massachusetts, California)
Civil Unions
New Zealand, Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Argentina (Buenos Aires, Rio Negro), Mexico (Coahuila), Uruguay, United States (Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey)
Registered Partnership or Domestic Partnership
Denmark, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Finland, Luxembourg, , Slovenia, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Italy (City of Padua), Switzerland, Hungary, Australia (Tasmania), United States (Maine, Washington, Oregon)
Other Methods of Limited Recognition
France (PACS), Germany (Life Partnership), Croatia (Law of Same-Sex Relationships), Andorra (Stable Union of a Couple), Mexico (Mexico City – PACS), Colombia (Common-law marriage inheritance rights), Israel (Limited recognition of foreign legal arrangements), United States (Hawaii – Reciprocal Benefits; New York – recognition of out-of-state legal marriages)
Although recognition is in a rapid state of change, this is my best understanding of the current rights provided. Several nations are in the process of adding or revising recognition.


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First Second Panel & Signing Schedule for NYCC 2014
October 3, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, New York, New York Comic Con, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Top Stories
Press Release:
First Second is proud to be featuring some wonderful authors at NYCC, including Andrew Arnold (Adventures in Cartooning), Box Brown (Andre the Giant), Cory Doctorow (In Real Life), Zack Giallongo (The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth), Ben Hatke (Julia's House for Lost Creatures), Danica Novgorodoff (The Undertaking of Lily Chen), George O'Connor (Olympians), Paul Pope and J.T. Petty (The Rise of Aurora West), MK Reed (The Cute Girl Network), and Jillian Tamaki (This One Summer).
Thursday, October 9th
Signings at the First Second Booth (#2237):
- 3:00 pm–4:00 pm : Danica Novgorodoff
- 5:30 pm–7:00 pm: Paul Pope
2:15 pm–3:00 pm The Mary Sue Presents Fight What You Know—with Danica Novgorodoff
The geek world needs better representation in media, but aren't you supposed to write what you know? Truth is, the whole "write what you know" thing is a load of bull honkey. A writer who can't appreciate the perspectives of others is no kind of writer at all. Writers from all backgrounds and experiences join to talk about research, listening, soliciting criticism, and how to make sure you're writing well when you're outside the comfort zone of your own perspective. Room 1A14
3:00 pm–3:45 pm
Coffee Talk with Monsters—with Paul Pope
What makes a monster something to be feared? A force to be reckoned with? Or just misunderstood? Join R.L. Stine (Party Games), Caitlin Kittredge (Black Dog), Lou Anders (Frostborn), Barry Lyga (Blood of My Blood), Paul Pope (The Rise of Aurora West), Ethan Reid (The Undying), Ransom Riggs (Hollow City; Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children), and moderator Ali T. Kokmen (Barnes & Noble/NOOK) as they discuss the "monsters" in their books and what makes them truly something monstrous… Room 1A18
4:00 pm–5:00 pm Post-Panel Signing with Paul Pope in the Autographing Area, Table 19
Friday, October 10th
Signings at the First Second Booth (#2237):
- 12:00 pm–1:00 pm: Andrew Arnold, George O'Connor
- 5:00 pm : Cory Doctorow
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Create Your Own Monster—with Andrew Arnold and George O'Connor
Two authors enter… and with your help, they'll each create a monster who embodies everything that you think monsters should be! Which will be best? It's up to you! Moderator: Jack Baur Family HQ – 1C03
3:00 pm
Spotlight on Bryan Lee O'Malley—with Cory Doctorow
Bryan Lee O'Malley, creator of the bestselling Scott Pilgrim series, discusses his newest project, the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel Seconds, with Cory Doctorow, New York Times bestselling author and co-editor of Boing Boing. Room 1A21
Saturday, October 11th
Signings at the First Second Booth (#2237):
- 1:00 pm–2:00 pm : Jillian Tamaki
- 2:30 pm–5:00 pm : Cory Doctorow
- 5:30 pm–7:00 pm: Box Brown
1:00 pm–1:45 pm
Spotlight on Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow is awesome! Moderated by Eric Smith from Book Riot.Room 1A10
7:15 pm–8:00 pm
Breaking Good
—with Cory Doctorow
This panel explores how comic books, video games, and novels are addressing world challenges. Perhaps the most inspiring content for our panel audience will be to hear about how you are using popular entertainment to address the issues that you care about. We'll have about 10 minutes each to talk. It's an exciting lineup of panelists which includes an FBI Victim Specialist, the dynamic Alexis Krieger, who was involved in creating the comic book Abolitionista! that is being used to empower young people to protect themselves from predators. Room 1A05
Sunday, October 12th
Signings at the First Second Booth (#2237):
- 11:30 pm–12:30 pm : Zack Giallongo and Ben Hatke
- 12:30 pm–1:30 pm : Cory Doctorow
- 1:30 pm–2:30 pm : Box Brown
- 2:30 pm–3:30 pm : MK Reed
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Create Your Own Magical Creature—with Zack Giallongo and Ben Hatke
Two authors enter… and with your help, they'll each create a magical creature who embodies everything that you think is awesome! Which will be best? It's up to you! Family HQ – Room 1C03
2:00 pm–2:45 pm
Comics and Graphic Novels for All Readers—with Cory Doctorow and Paul Pope
Join graphic novelists JP Ahonen (Sing No Evil), Emily Carroll (Through the Woods), Cory Doctorow (In Real Life), Kazu Kibuishi (Amulet), and Paul Pope (The Rise of Aurora West) for a discussion of the graphic novel form, its place in the literary canon today and their exciting new books, moderated by Scott Rosenberg, AM NY. Room 1B03
3:15 pm–4:00 pm
Post-Panel Signing with Cory Doctorow and Paul Pope
in the Autographing Area, Table 19
3:15 pm–4:00 pm Build Your Own Adventure—with Zack Giallongo, Ben Hatke, and George O'Connor
In this interactive panel perfect for kids and families, top-tier graphic novel and comic authors and illustrators will work with the audience to write and illustrate an original adventure story! It will be an exciting ride, great for aspiring writers and artists. Featuring George O'Connor (Olympians), Matt London (The 8th Continent), Zack Giallongo (The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth), Frank Cammuso (The Misadventures of Salem Hyde), Scott Campbell (Hug Machine), Ben Hatke (Julia's House for Lost Creatures). Room 1A01
4:15 pm–5:00 pm Post-Panel Signing with Zack Giallongo, Ben Hatke, and George O'Connor in the Autographing Area, Table 19
IE – Seconds Signing
July 24, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Ireland, Movies, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Cartoonist Bryan Lee O'Malley, creator of Scott Pilgrim, appears at Forbidden Planet's Dublin store on Wednesday August 20th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm!
Forbidden Planet Dublin
5/6 Crampton Quay, Dublin, Ireland
UK – Seconds Signing
July 21, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Scotland, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Cartoonist Bryan Lee O'Malley, creator of Scott Pilgrim, appears at Forbidden Planet in Edinburgh to sign his new graphic novel SECONDS on Sunday 17th of August from noon till 1:00 pm!
Forbidden Planet Edinburgh
40/41 South Bridge, EH1 1LL Edinburgh
WA – Seconds Signing
July 14, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Washington
Cartoonist Bryan Lee O'Malley appears at the Town Hall on Saturday July 19th at 6:30 pm for a signing of his new graphic novel Seconds.
Press Release:
This edition of Verse Chapter Verse features an author Q&A with Canadian cartoonist Bryan Lee O'Malley, sandwiched between the musical stylings of Seattle-based Tacocat. Magic mushrooms, second chances, and best intentions all surface in O'Malley's newest work. Seconds: A Graphic Novel follows the journey of chef Katie, her restaurant-related business exploits, ex-boyfriend, and what it means to start over. The event is presented as part of Verse Chapter Verse, The Stranger's readings-and-music series, with books editor Paul Constant. The Q&A will take place between brief Tacocat sets — a palindrome, a foursome, and a "pop-punk-pop" band. O'Malley is the author of New York Times bestselling Scott Pilgrim series.
Presented by: Town Hall and The Stranger, in partnership with University Book Store, as part of the Arts & Culture series. Sponsored by City Arts.
Tickets: $5.
Town Hall Member Benefits: Priority seating, discounted onsite book sales.
Doors open: 6:30 pm
Signing note: Signings will be limited so that any attendees can get 1 copy of Seconds signed plus 1 other item (including books/comics by the author, and the Scott Pilgrim DVD. No toys, shirts, bags, body parts, or other memorabilia). If a fan doesn't have a copy of Seconds, then they only get 1 item signed. One item per person will be personalized — the second item will get a signature only. Pictures in line are okay, but no posed photos.
Town Hall
1119 8th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
NYC – Seconds Signing
July 8, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, New York, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Bryan Lee O'Malley appears at Barnes & Noble to sign his new graphic novel Seconds on Monday August 4, 2014 at 7:00 PM!
Barnes & Noble
150 East 86th Street, New York, NY 10028
ON – Seconds Signing
June 30, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Canada, Comic Books, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Bryan Lee O'Malley appears on Wednesday, July 30th at 9:00 pm at The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema!
Admission $10/door or FREE with Advance Purchase of SECONDS at The Beguiling
Press Release:
One and all! Please welcome Bryan Lee O'Malley, author of the bestselling Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series, as he celebrates the release of his new graphic novel SECONDS in Toronto! O'Malley will be interviewed on stage at The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema about SECONDS, the massive success of Scott Pilgrim, and the transition between the two.
Admission to this event will be ticketed. Tickets are $10 each at the door or FREE with the Advance Purchase of SECONDS.
SECONDS is officially on sale beginning July 15th. Pre-purchase your copy at The Beguiling, including a FREE event ticket, beginning June 23rd.
Bloor Hot Docs Cinema
506 Bloor Street West, Toronto, M5S 1Y3, ON
OR – Seconds Signing
June 17, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Movies, Oregon, Other, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Cartoonist Bryan Lee O'Malley, creator of Scott Pilgrim, appears at Powell's City of Books on Friday July 18, 2014 at 7:30 pm for a signing of his new graphic novels SECONDS!
Powell's City of Books
1005 W Burnside St, Portland, OR 97209-3114
CA – Seconds Signing
June 15, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under California, Comic Books, Movies, Other, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Bryan Lee O'Malley appears at Barnes & Noble to sign his new graphic novel Seconds on Tuesday July 15, 2014 at 7:00 PM!
Barnes & Noble – The Grove at Farmers Market
189 The Grove Drive Suite K 30, Los Angeles, CA 90036
CA – Inkstuds LIVE
April 1, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Animation, California, Comic Books, Movies, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Television
A live panel of EPIC PROPORTIONS with Robin McConnell and Brandon Graham plus Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O'Malley, Love and Rockets cartoonist Jaime Hernandez, Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward, and White Clay author (and Adventure Time contributor) Thomas Herpich at Meltdown Comics on Thursday, April 24th, 2014 at 7:00 pm. Signing after podcast.
Free admission but tickets are limited. Get them at the link!
Meltdown Comics
7522 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046
Comic-Con International Announces 3rd Wave of Special Guests for SDCC 2014
February 20, 2014 by Brian Pate
Filed under Book Festivals, California, Comic Books, Comic-Con International, Convention News, Television, Top Stories
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Via Toucan Blog:
20 More Guests Announced for Comic-Con International 2014!
Comic-Con International introduces 20 more guests for the 2014 event, to be held July 24-27 at the San Diego Convention Center. This brings our 2014 list to 60 amazing guests! This third wave of guests for 2014 includes a pair of bona fide comics legends, creators from mainstream and alternative comics, graphic novels, and comic strips, plus one of the most popular Young Adult series authors. For complete bios and larger photos of these guests, please click here to visit our CCI 2014 Special Guests page!
Neal Adams, artist, Batman, X-Men, Ms Mystic
Sergio Aragonés, cartoonist, Groo, MAD, Sergio Aragonés Funnies
Ray Billingsley, cartoonist, Curtis
Greg Capullo, artist, Batman, Spawn
Mark Evanier, writer/producer, Garfield; Kirby: King of Comics
Athena Finger, granddaughter of Bill Finger, co-creator of Batman
Kelley Jones, artist, Batman, Deadman
Michael Lark, artist, Daredevil, Gotham Central, Lazarus
Jae Lee, artist, Batman/Superman, The Inhumans
Mike Mignola, creator/writer/artist, Hellboy
Bryan Lee O'Malley, writer/artist, Scott Pilgrim series, Seconds
Rina Piccolo, cartoonist, Tina's Groove, Six Chix
Joe Quesada, chief creative officer, Marvel Entertainment
Veronica Roth, author, Divergent series
Scott Shaw!, artist, Captain Carrot; comics historian, Oddball Comics
Dan Slott, writer, Superior Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man
Brian Stelfreeze, artist, Shadow of the Bat, Daymen
Jim Steranko, writer/artist, S.H.I.E.L.D., Captain America
Brian K. Vaughan, writer, Y, The Last Man, Saga; executive producer, Under the Dome
G. Willow Wilson, writer, Ms. Marvel, Air, Alif the Unseen
– See more at: http://www.comic-con.org/toucan/20-more-guests-announced-comic-con-international-2014-0#sthash.N30SGPp9.dpuf


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For those who may be interested. BDC is running a squares contest for the playoffs.
Here is the link, or you can find it buried on their Patriots page.
Disclaimer: They ran one last year for a ski trip to Canada but I don't think they ever announced the winner, despite numerous requests.


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The King and Queen and The Crown Princess Couple attend a seminar about King Karl XIV Johan
The King gives the opening speech at the seminar. Photo: royalcourt.se
On Friday 25 January, The King and Queen and The Crown Princess Couple attended a seminar entitled "King Karl XIV Johan — a builder of society".
26 January marked the 250th anniversary of Jean Bernadotte's birth in Pau, France. The seminar was hosted by the Friends of the Bernadotte Museum, the French Embassy, the Swedish Academy, the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.
Lars Lagerqvist, Chairman of the Friends of the Bernadotte Museum, gave a welcome address and The King opened the seminar with a speech. There then followed a number of talks about King Karl XIV Johan's rein, on subjects such as his work in connection with agriculture, healthcare and reforming the Swedish state finances between 1810 and 1844. The seminar was concluded by the French ambassador, Jean-Pierre Lacroix.
The Friends of the Bernadotte Museum is an association for supporters of the Musée Bernadotte in Pau, France. The museum is housed in the listed building where Jean Bernadotte was born 250 years ago. The museum is owned and managed by the city of Pau, and its creation in 1951 was made possible by donations from the Royal Court and the Swedish State.


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Company BelSimTek was founded in 2011. BelSimTek is the Belarusian Engineering Innovative company that uses the skills of high-level scientists and engineers from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine to create professional-level flight simulators and computer games in the same subjects. All employees have a high education for their specialization, three of whom have a doctor degree.
DCS: UH-1H Huey was the first gaming application from BelSimTek that was released in April 2013.
This game simulator that runs in the environmental resources of DCS from Eagle Dynamics. Currently the company is working on the improvement of the already issued simulator UH-1H, and started new game projects:
- DCS: UH-1H Huey release in November 2013
- DCS: Mi-8MTV2 release at the end of 2013
- DCS: F-86F Sabre beta-version to be released in spring 2014
- DCS: Mig-15bis release in first half of 2015
The games listed above will be released in the same way as UH-1H, in format of Add-On to DCS:World.
Particular attention is paid to developments in the realism of flight dynamics and operation of the systems. This is achieved by high level of detail, as well as constant product testing by professional pilots of many countries that have experience in operating such equipment or simulated.


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Obama Speech to School Kids Gets Little GOP Reaction
President Barack Obama's back-to-school speech hasn't changed much in a year – the same exhortations toward hard word, the same use of his own biography to cheer on the nation's youth. But what a difference a year makes in terms of political atmosphere.
Last year, some Republicans and conservative pundits were slamming the president for what they warned darkly were efforts to indoctrinate impressionable Americans into his socialist ideology. Conservative parents were saying they would keep their kids home from school rather than listen in. The run-up to the speech became so heated that the White House released the speech ahead of time to prove Obama harbored no nefarious hidden messages.
This year, conservatives appear to be yielding to the request of senior Republican strategists to stay focused on the economic message, to "not run down rabbit holes," as Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour put it last week. The White House again released the speech ahead of the president's address to students in Philadelphia today. The president will express his sympathy for students forced to grow up fast amid economic tough times, talk of war in Afghanistan and struggles at home.
"It's a lot to handle; it's more than you should have to handle. And it may make you wonder at times what your own future will look like; whether you'll be able to succeed in school; whether you should set your sights a little lower, and scale back your dreams," the president plans to say.
But, he will tell the students of the Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School, "nobody gets to write your destiny but you. Your future is in your hands. Your life is what you make of it. And nothing – absolutely nothing – is beyond your reach.
Republicans have largely been mum, save one.
Jim Greer, the former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, accused the president last year of using "taxpayer dollars to indoctrinate America's children to his socialist agenda."
Now, facing fraud and money laundering charges and the reproach of his GOP colleagues, Greer is offering up some contrition.
"In the year since I issued a prepared statement regarding President Obama speaking to the nation's schoolchildren, I have learned a great deal about the party I so deeply loved and served," Greer said in a written statement Monday. "Unfortunately, I found that many within the GOP have racist views and I apologize to the President for my opposition to his speech last year and my efforts to placate the extremists who dominate our party today. My children and I look forward to the president speech."


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