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In 1972, Lori Dokken, then a bright-eyed teenager living in Benson, Minn., sent away for her first golf bag, a gleaming red-and-white model advertised in the Sears catalogue for $20. Toting her rummage-sale clubs around the Benson public course, she often played up to 36 holes a day with her brother, her cousin, or the retired farmers who berated her for walking barefoot on the greens. To earn extra cash, she'd wade into the nearby creek to fish out golf balls, then sell them to passing golfers. In junior high, she joined the boys' golf team--the only girl to play on the team. "I loved golf," says Dokken, currently a musician living in the Twin Cities.
While hardly the first lesbian to fall in love with the links, Dokken is part of a growing number of out queer women who've claimed a spot on Minnesota greens in recent years. Golf has seen a surge of interest among the state's female population since the early '90s, and women constitute nearly 40 percent of all new golfers. Lesbian leagues have sprung up on local courses as the sport has spread. Golf, one might argue, has replaced softball as the stereotypical sport of choice among athletic dykes. The Nabisco Dinah Shore LPGA Golf Tournament, held annually in Palm Springs, has become "the lesbian event of the year," according to the gay news magazine, The Advocate. And locally, lesbian golf fans are gearing up for the Rainbow Foods LPGA Classic (known as the Minnesota Classic), slated for Aug. 17 - 23. The event draws onlookers of all stripes, but, says longtime tournament volunteer Shari Gingerich, "There's certainly a large contingent of lesbians out there."
"Part of golf's popularity is that we are getting older and can't play softball," jokes Mary Zappetillo, a board member of the Minnesota Women's Public Golf Association. "I didn't start playing until after graduating from college, and it was a very humbling experience for me. I continued to play softball and golf at the same time, but my softball swing would mess up my golf swing. Eventually, I retired from softball."
Dokken, who returned to golf just six years ago after a lapse of nearly two decades, hosts an annual charity golf tournament. "The two things I like about golf are that it is a very quiet sport you can play outdoors, and secondly, it's a self-challenging sport," she says. "People don't realize what a physical challenge it is, or the mental stamina and fortitude it takes."
But many golfers are quick to point out the relaxing and less-strenuous aspects of the game. "Other sports, like tennis, require a lot of physical strength and running," says Trikkx owner Molly Kauffman, who played in Dokken's tournament this year. "In golf, you can drink and smoke, and they still call it a sport. Golf you can play till you drop dead."
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Once known as the domain of wealthy, polyester-clad males, golf has seen a transformation in the 1990s, becoming more populist and even sexy. Although most local players can name only one openly lesbian league, the Women's Twilight League, there are plenty of other women's golf organizations that have gay women as members. The Minnesota Women's Public Golf Association (MWPGA), launched in 1947 to serve the needs of the state's female public golfers, currently has 100 member clubs and hosts four amateur tournaments each year. Female members of private courses and country clubs can join the Minnesota Women's Golf Association (MWGA), which has 75 member clubs, nearly 2,400 members, and a calendar that includes seven tournaments each year. There is also the Minnesota Women's Executive Golf League, which encourages women to use golf as part of their business-networking skills. The three women's associations all fall under the umbrella of the state's largest golf organization, the Minnesota Golf Association, which has 250 member clubs.
Still, despite the accessibility of golf, it seems odd that a sport so steeped in formal etiquette and rigid rules should attract the interest of the lesbian population. And then there's the dress code, which only recently relaxed its rules on feminine fashions. "Up until four or five years ago," says Sapa, a golfer and organizer involved in the State Women's Senior Public Links Tournament, "the LPGA also required that pro golfers wear makeup and have their hair done, for instance. Until recently, you wouldn't see anyone wearing a baseball cap."
Women have been playing golf since the first American golf course was established on Long Island in 1891. The first women's tournament was played in 1895, and many local and regional women's golf associations were established just after the turn of the century (the MWGA, for example, got its start in 1915). It wasn't until 1944, however, that the national Women's Professional Golf Association was formed. Corporate sponsorship of the organization (which became the Ladies Professional Golf Association in 1950) was limited, though, and the purses awarded at women's tournaments ranged from nothing to a pittance.
Still, as one of the few sports that women could play professionally, golf held a lot of appeal for many gay women. "Professional golf is one of the few sports where women are excelling at being successful," says avid golfer Vicki Frank, who plays on the Metro Transit League with her partner, Shari Gingerich. "Even though female players aren't making the money the men are, it's a display of talent. It's women supporting women; it's a pro-woman kind of thing. Before, it was always the women on the outside looking in."
Women remained on the fringes of professional sports until the early '70s. In 1973, tennis player Billie Jean King trounced Bobby Riggs in straight sets, proving women could beat men at their own game. Just a year earlier, the U.S. Congress had approved Title IX of the Education Act, banning discrimination on the basis of gender in any institution that received federal dollars and paving the way for girls and young women in sports. According to the Gender Equity Report on Sports, published by the Women's Sports Foundation, the participation of girls in American sports has soared since the passage of Title IX--from 294,000 in 1971 to 2.37 million in 1997.
"Before Title IX, the only games for women were figure skating, tennis, and golf," says Pat Griffin, author of Strong Women, Deep Closets: Lesbians and Homophobia in Sports.
As for golf, the U.S. Women's Open Championship was first televised in 1963, but viewers were treated to only the final round. It wasn't until 1982 that the full four rounds of a women's tournament--the Nabisco Dinah Shore--was nationally televised.
Begun at a world-class country club in Palm Springs, the Dinah Shore tournament attracted widespread attention during its 1972 launch by securing Colgate as its corporate sponsor and offering the highest amount of prize money ever paid at a women's tournament: $110,000. By 1983, the tournament had become one of the LPGA's four major tournaments, and within a decade it was legendary for its lesbian audience. The Dinah attracts some 29,000 spectators from all over the country and is known informally in gay circles as "The Lesbian Spring Break."
The presence of lesbian fans at the Dinah and other tournaments has not gone unnoticed, however, and the response has often been less than favorable. In 1997, Sports Illustrated published a lengthy article in its Golf Plus supplement on the lesbian party scene in Palm Springs during the Dinah Shore weekend. In response, Titleist and Foot-Joy Worldwide canceled the remainder of their 1997 advertising contracts with the magazine, claiming the photos were "provocative" and departed from the subject of golf.
Two years earlier, CBS golf commentator Ben Wright had ignited a firestorm of criticism when he told a Wilmington Delaware News Journal reporter, that "lesbians in the sport hurt women's golf." Adding insult to injury, the veteran sports broadcaster also claimed that "women are handicapped by having boobs." Wright denied the comments, and CBS publicly accused the journalist, Valerie Helmbreck, of being a lesbian (she isn't) and called into question her professional qualifications. Eventually, Helmbreck was vindicated: CBS fired the 23-year veteran commentator, but paid out the remainder of his four-year contract.
"The only thing positive about [the Ben Wright incident] is that anything is better than silence," says Griffin. "But the LPGA missed an opportunity. They could have said, 'Of course there are lesbian golfers, and they're terrific people.' But instead, there was silence about acknowledging lesbians on the tour."
This silence, Griffin believes, only feeds into homophobia in professional and collegiate sports, including golf. "The lesbian label is used to intimidate women in sports," Griffin says. "It affects everyone who plays. It's saying that sports are for men only, and this only works as long as lesbians are stigmatized. Silence allows it to continue."
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Lesbian women are all too aware of the social stigma attached to coming out and the stereotype into which it plays: All female athletes must be dykes. "The stereotype makes it very difficult," says Joah Iannotta, a doctoral student of kinesiology at the University of Minnesota, who is researching women's collegiate sports and the climate of openness created by lesbian coaches. "Let's say a [collegiate] team is comfortable, but the team is getting a lot of flack that all athletes on the team are dykes. There then tends to be a preoccupation with the effect on the team. The lesbian athlete ends up asking herself, 'Will [coming out] make it hard on my teammates? Will it be a bad reflection on my sport?' And straight athletes are concerned about being accused of being lesbians in a homophobic environment too."
For women who make the cut in professional sports, the stakes are even higher. "For professional athletes," says Griffin, "the biggest fear is loss of endorsement." Martina Navratilova, for example, never received the kind of endorsement that a woman of her talent should have received, Griffin says, while Anna Kournikova, a 17-year-old Russian tennis player who began playing on the women's tour in 1997, has many endorsements. "And she hasn't even won a tournament yet," the researcher adds.
"With all the lesbian athletes there are, we can count how many lesbians have come out on one hand," Griffin continues. "Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King are retired. The only active professional athletes who are out are Muffin Spencer-Devlin, who isn't necessarily a household name, and Patty Sheehan who is at the end of her career."
Both Spencer-Devlin and Sheehan are professional golfers. In 1996, after telling a Sports Illustrated reporter she was gay, Spencer-Devlin became the first out lesbian golfer in the 46-year history of the LPGA. With three LPGA wins in her 18 years on the tour, the 42-year-old Spencer-Devlin has retained endorsement packages with Callaway Golf and MET-Rx USA Inc. (a company that manufactures food supplements), as well as her loyal fan base. And in March of this year, five-time majors champion and Hall-of-Famer Patty Sheehan confirmed a suspicion that lesbian fans had had for a long time: In an article in Golf World, Sheehan let it be known that she and her partner and manager of 12 years, Rebecca Gaston, were adopting a child.
The silence surrounding lesbian participation in golf reaches to the local level as well, although lesbian golf fans interviewed for this article emphasized that being publicly out is not necessarily a significant issue in the realm of local golf.
The subject of lesbians on the course is a nonissue, says MWGA women's coordinator Paula Lutz. "I don't think anybody really thinks about it. It's never come up at any of the board meetings. We only talk about golf."
As for Minnesota's league golfers, MWPGA board member Zappetillo says, "They're not openly out or flagrant, but they are out. On my league there has been no discrimination." (Several local professional and amateur golfers contacted for this article did not return calls by press time.)
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For the most part, golf serves as a social outlet for Twin Cities lesbians. Minneapolis and St. Paul play host to a few lesbian-identified or lesbian-organized leagues and tournaments. For the past five years in mid-June, Dokken has hosted the Dizzy Dokken's Charity Golf Tournament, which benefits Camp Heartland, a day camp for children dealing with HIV/AIDS. "The tournament draws a cross-section of the human race," says Dokken. "We have everything from millionaires and lawyers to transvestites and flight attendants." The tournament has women's, men's, and mixed divisions.
Twin Cities-based WomenWorks has also hosted in recent years an annual 18-hole tournament for members and anyone interested in playing the game. The nonprofit lesbian organization, which donates its event proceeds to local organizations that serve or support lesbian women, chose to add a golfing event to its schedule due to the popularity of the sport. Last year, 72 women participated in the tournament held at Como Golf Course in St. Paul. No WomenWorks tournament has been scheduled for this year, however.
On Thursday nights at the Highland Golf Course in St. Paul, an organized league for lesbians has been playing for nearly 10 years. Organizer Deb Anderson says the "Women's Twilight League" is basically a social league and includes players of all skill levels. "We're a real casual outing," says Bernice Wasche, who founded the league in 1989. "We set it up for fun, although it has encouraged a lot of women to go on and get lessons, or join other leagues where there is more competition." Anderson says the league hasn't had to advertise this past year because more and more have heard of their group by word of mouth and have shown up for the Thursday night outings.
Of course, these lesbian-run tournaments aren't the only place to find dykes along the fairway. Minnesota's own mini version of the Dinah Shore is the Minnesota LPGA Classic, now called the Rainbow Foods LPGA Classic, which will be played August 17-23 at the Rush Creek Golf Club. This year, defending champion Danielle Ammaccapane, plus 144 golfers, will battle it out for a $600,000 purse. Albeit, the parties aren't as public as the Dinah's, and Nye's Polonaise Room doesn't turn into dyke disco, but the tournament attracts a noticeable presence of lesbians.
"The volunteer base for the tournament also has a fair amount of lesbians," says golfer Shari Gingerich, who volunteers at the tournament every year. "But basically a lot of the women who volunteer just like to see women play good golf. That's the draw."
"The tournament really is an event for the lesbian community," says golfer and regular tournament-goer, Kathy Shaughnessy. "There are very few women's professional sporting events here in the Twin Cities."
A show of support to keep these types of professional women's sporting events in town is another reason lesbians are drawn to the local tournament. "Lesbians involved in golf have been very, very supportive of the tournament so that it stays," says Kauffman. "Then we don't have to travel to Palm Springs to see women play." In turn, adds Kauffman, "The LPGA tournament has generated a lot of interest in the lesbian community to play the game."
But women who enter the sport, it seems, should be prepared to fall in love, neglect their friends, and abandon other hobbies. As one passionate golfer says, "Once you get hooked, it's better than sex."
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THAT'S CERVELLI: Cervelli is not only a fan favorite, he should eventually be anointed the Yankees' starting catcher, if he continues to play like he has. Like my colleague Wallace Matthews the other day, I gave Yanks manager Joe Girardi the opportunity to do it after Thursday night, but Girardi said he is not ready for that yet.
Cervelli is clearly outplaying Chris Stewart thus far. Cervelli made it a late night with his ninth-inning, game-tying homer.
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Four of seven of Cervelli's career homers have either tied the game or given the Yankees the lead. It is the first game the Yankees have ever lost when Cervell has gone yard.
Cervelli had two catcher's interference with the one to Goldschmidt being especially ill-timed. Girardi said it might have been because Cervelli wasn't that well-versed about the Diamondbacks batters. Girardi implied they swing late. Cervelli just took the blame and did not offer an excuse.
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Humane Ohio has a grant that will allow it to spay/neuter 2,600 free-roaming cats in Toledo's 43609 zip code for free. These cats must come from the 443609 zip code and cannot be owned.
Humane Ohio Clinic Director Lisa Hochradel says, "We are focusing our grant money on the 43609 zip code because statistics from local animal shelters and rescue groups show that the greatest number of cats surrendered to shelters come from that neighborhood. Free-roaming cats are city wide, but we believe we can make a bigger impact if we concentrate on one specific area at a time."
The organization will work with people in the neighborhood who are already feeding stray cats. Humane Ohio will spay/neuter and vaccinate the cats against rabies for free. They also will give caregivers free cat food when available through the Humane Ohio Pet Food Bank, and will offer free training sessions to teach residents about Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and to provide helpful information and tips to caregivers.
Humane Ohio points out that cats are territorial animals and form strong bonds with the location they inhabit so they will be returned to where they were found after they recover from their spay/neuter surgery. The group says that relocating free-roaming cats – and convincing them to stay in their new territory – is a difficult, time consuming, and challenging undertaking. Trapping and killing does not solve the problem because new cats will move in and take over the food source.
Oregon Council on Monday will consider approving a contract with One Call Now that includes a GIS mapping system that would allow the city to notify the public of emergencies or events.
The system is used by Wood County, Northwood, Millbury, Walbridge, Lake Township, the Northwestern Water and Sewer District, and Rossford.
Michael Scott, from One Call Now, presented the package at an Oregon committee of the whole meeting last Monday. Council agreed to put it on its agenda for the next Oregon council meeting.
Scott said One Call Now is an emergency call out telephonic system.
"There's two basic sides to the product: a map based system, and a roster based system. Essentially, this is used for emergencies and non-emergencies. The map based system is there in case you need to call a particular portion of the system. For example, if you have a water boil emergency, a road closure, or a chemical spill that doesn't involve the entire city, you'll be able to go to that map based system, draw the area you want to contact, and it's going to contact everyone within that particular area…via telephone," explained Scott.
"We can make about 12,000 calls per minute, so this is a very quick system. As a matter of fact, we probably won't call that quickly just from the standpoint we don't want to overwhelm your telephone system here within the city. We do some studies prior to determining how quickly those calls need to go out. But rest assured, we'll put those calls out as quickly as possible," he said.
Oregon City Administrator Mike Beazley told council at a recent meeting that income tax collections were down by 16 percent, or $250,000, for the first quarter of this year compared to the first quarter last year.
"I wanted to give a little heads up on revenue as we get through the first quarter of the year. It's been clear that many of our neighbors are facing revenue challenges. The city to the south of us has had more challenges than we have. Oregon is not immune to that," said Beazley, referring to Northwood, which has been cutting its budget and personnel in the last two years due to a reduction of income tax collections.
"We are fortunate that we've built up a very responsible and healthy reserve in recent years," he said. "But our revenue to date for the first quarter is coming in at a slower pace than at any time in the last several years. Even the less volatile sections, like payroll withholding, which is kind of the steadiest historically, is coming in at a considerably lower rate. This is just something that we have to be aware of as we look forward."
The city, he added, has a considerable reserve built up over the years to be used in emergencies or during recessions.
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The Sunshine Equine Volunteer Network recently originated with a small group of local horse owners. They are an organized network offering short-term assistance to Ottawa County horse owners who are no longer able to provide care.
Their goal is to avoid the possibility of starvation, death, and lack of care for horses when their owners have no other options.
Network co-founder Mary Ebel said a lot of horse owners won't give up their horses, even though they may not be able to properly care for them anymore because of health, financial, or other reasons.
"It is widespread," said Ebel. "Every horse magazine that we pick up there is something in there about horses being turned loose because people can't afford to support them anymore. I mean, that's a widespread problem, and then again we have people who are keeping their horses and they aren't able to feed them or take care of them."
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Number of pages: 52
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Is kindergarten the new first grade? What to expect
Now, newspapers and magazines across the country are reporting that kindergarten is the new first grade—full of pressure and short on play. Is your five-year-old headed for some kind of academic lockup?
Not at all, say educators. In fact, the main goal of kindergarten is the same as ever: to build lifelong good feelings about learning and school. Chances are, you can expect to see familiar craft projects, painting, and little seeds in cups—and most likely, you will see your child bloom, too, with new friends and self-confidence.
But it's also true that across the country, kindergarten now includes new challenges. Specific curriculum varies somewhat; check your state's academic standards on its Department of Education website. Generally, kindergarten now includes some basics of early literacy and math, which used to be covered in first grade. In some districts, kinders may even, like first graders, attend for a full day.
So what will your child do in school? With regard to literacy, expect to see alphabet letters and letter-sound activities throughout the year, along with early-leveled readers and simple reading groups. Plan to support your child in learning to write the full alphabet, often with both capital and lower case letters. Your child will also begin writing full words, though expect that spelling will be largely phonetic and "invented."
In math, kindergarteners are expected to learn to count with one-to-one correspondence between numbers and objects. They also learn to see patterns which will lead them to abstract skills later on. When they have fully grasped early counting, they may also go on to break up numbers: odd and even, counting by twos; and doing early addition, especially with hands-on discovery activities.
While reading and math used to be first grade topics, don't worry: your kinder isn't supposed to be reciting Chekhov by the end of the year. Rather, kinders slowly explore early concepts in reading and math which will be carried forward into first grade. And no matter what the topic, teachers expect to adjust lessons to the many learning styles in the room.
Especially in the beginning of the year, you can expect frustrations from time to time, but do remember: your child should enjoy kindergarten, and should find its challenges manageable. Do talk about school with your kinder. Fill your home with letters, numbers, and books. And if you have concerns, don't hesitate to talk to your teacher. Kindergarten is a frontier year, and with support from loving adults, just about every child can settle in just fine.
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Phony Libertarian
Rep. Ron Paul, by far the most popular sideshow act in the 2008 presidential circus, is supposedly a libertarian. He even ran for president as the Libertarian Party nominee 20 years ago. But is he really a libertarian?
A libertarian, we thought, is someone who favors liberty, sometimes taking extreme positions toward that end. As the old joke goes, if you want to find out if someone's really a libertarian, ask him: Do you think children should be allowed to buy heroin from vending machines? A real libertarian will answer: Only if the vending machines are privately owned.
But is it really liberty Paul is in favor of? His interview Sunday with Tim Russert of "Meet the Press" left us wondering. Consider this exchange:
Russert: Let me ask you about race, because I, I read a speech you gave in 2004, the 40th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. And you said this: "Contrary to the claims of supporters of the Civil Rights Act of '64, . . . [the act] did not improve race relations or enhance freedom. Instead, the forced integration dictated by the Civil Rights Act of '64 increased racial tensions while diminishing individual liberty." That act gave equal rights to African-Americans to vote, to live, to go to lunch counters, and you seem to be criticizing it.
Paul: Well, we should do, we should do this at a federal level, at a federal lunch counter it'd be OK or for the military. Just think of how the government, you know, caused all the segregation in the military until after World War II. But when it comes, Tim, you're, you're, you're not compelled in your house to invade [sic] strangers that you don't like. So it's a property rights issue. And this idea that all private property is under the domain of the federal government I think is wrong. So this--I think even Barry Goldwater opposed that bill on the same property rights position, and that--and now this thing is totally out of control. If you happen to like to smoke a cigar, you know, the federal government's going to come down and say you're not allowed to do this.
Russert: But you would vote against--
Paul: So it's--
Russert: You would vote against the Civil Rights Act if, if it was today?
Paul: If it were written the same way, where the federal government's taken over property--has nothing to do with race relations. It just happens, Tim, that I get more support from black people today than any other Republican candidate, according to some statistics. And I have a great appeal to people who care about personal liberties and to those individuals who would like to get us out of wars. So it has nothing to do with racism, it has to do with the Constitution and private property rights.
To be sure, it is a principled libertarian position (which is not to say we endorse it) that if a private business wants to discriminate on whatever basis, the government ought not to interfere. It would be defensible to say that the Civil Rights Act went too far in intervening in private transactions.
But it seems to have escaped Paul's notice that segregation was not merely a matter of private preference. It rested in large part on government power, chiefly at the state and local levels, and it deprived millions of people of liberty on account of the color of their skin. By forcing an end to Jim Crow, the federal government was siding with liberty against government-enforced oppression. Yet Paul allows that the federal government had a legitimate role in combating segregation only at "a federal lunch counter" and in the military. Apparently he favors "states' rights" over individual freedom.
If you think this is too uncharitable an interpretation of Paul's views, wait till you see which side he takes in the Civil War:
Russert: I was intrigued by your comments about Abe Lincoln. "According to Paul, Abe Lincoln should never have gone to war; there were better ways of getting rid of slavery."
Paul: Absolutely. Six hundred thousand Americans died in a senseless civil war. No, he shouldn't have gone, gone to war. He did this just to enhance and get rid of the original intent of the republic. I mean, it was the--that iron, iron fist--
Russert: We'd still have slavery.
Paul: Oh, come on, Tim. Slavery was phased out in every other country of the world. And the way I'm advising that it should have been done is do like the British empire did. You, you buy the slaves and release them. How much would that cost compared to killing 600,000 Americans and where it lingered for 100 years? I mean, the hatred and all that existed. So every other major country in the world got rid of slavery without a civil war. I mean, that doesn't sound too radical to me. That sounds like a pretty reasonable approach.
It's an intriguing counterfactual, but what is most telling is that Paul blames Lincoln for the Civil War rather than blaming the South for starting a war to preserve slavery. Does he love liberty? Or does he merely loathe the federal government?
Hooverville? Nah, Just Reuterville!
"Tent City in Suburbs Is Cost of Home Crisis." Reuters must have made a point of getting this dispatch, by reporter Dana Ford, out before the end of the year, so as to make the deadline for all the journalism awards:
ONTARIO, Calif.--Between railroad tracks and beneath the roar of departing planes sits "tent city," a terminus for homeless people. It is not, as might be expected, in a blighted city center, but in the once-booming suburbia of Southern California.
The noisy, dusty camp sprang up in July with 20 residents and now numbers 200 people, including several children, growing as this region east of Los Angeles has been hit by the U.S. housing crisis.
The unraveling of the region known as the Inland Empire reads like a 21st century version of "The Grapes of Wrath," John Steinbeck's novel about families driven from their lands by the Great Depression.
As more families throw in the towel and head to foreclosure here and across the nation, the social costs of collapse are adding up in the form of higher rates of homelessness, crime and even disease.
Homelessness, depression, children living in tents: This is a fantastic story! And that literary reference lifts it above the level of your typical wire-service hack work. Nice job, Dana!
Informative, too. Did you have any idea things were so bad? We sure didn't. We knew some people were having trouble paying their mortgages, but we didn't realize they were actually ending up homeless.
Oh wait, never mind. Here are the next two paragraphs:
While no current residents claim to be victims of foreclosure, all agree that tent city is a symptom of the wider economic downturn. And it's just a matter of time before foreclosed families end up at tent city, local housing experts say.
"They don't hit the streets immediately," said activist Jane Mercer. Most families can find transitional housing in a motel or with friends before turning to charity or the streets. "They only hit tent city when they really bottom out."
What seems to have happened here is that Ford heard about the tent city and went there with the idea of writing a story about how the housing problem is making people homeless. When she arrived, she found zero factual evidence to support her thesis, but she was attached to it so she wrote her story anyway, and made the lack of evidence a throwaway line in paragraph 5. She then rested her story on the prediction of an "activist" that it is "just a matter of time" before Ford's journalism comes true.
In addition to this activist, the homeless folks Ford spoke with "all agree" with her view of the economy, even if they don't exemplify it. It sounds as though they are fully qualified to do economic journalism. Let's hope Ford handed out Reuters job applications.
Not a Bully--or Not Bully Enough?
This columnist is no fan of Mike Huckabee, but we're no fan of editorializing in the news columns either, and it seems to us that's what the Concord (N.H.) Monitor does, at Huckabee's expense, in a piece on Huckabee's views on homosexuality. Here's how it opens:
On Valentine's Day 2005, Mike Huckabee and his wife, Janet, were married all over again. Then governor of Arkansas, Huckabee hoped the super-public ceremony--which took place in an arena full of more than 6,000 people--would spark a wave of covenant marriages, legal contracts available in only three states that commit couples to counseling and a two-year waiting period before divorce.
At one point during the ceremony, a whistle sounded and about two dozen protesters stood up, according to The New York Times. They unfurled a banner: "Queer equality now."
Huckabee ignored them, the Times reported, and went on with the ceremony.
Arkansans who watched Huckabee during his 10 1/2-year tenure said that gesture was emblematic of his approach to gay-rights issues: He paid them little mind unless pressed.
This makes no sense. What "gesture" is the Monitor talking about? Huckabee merely ignored some obnoxious people who tried to disrupt an event in which he was participating. There is no reason to think that he was making any sort of statement about "gay-rights issues." If this story is emblematic of anything, it is the in-your-face attitude of some who advocate what the unfurlers dysphemistically call "queer equality."
The central part of the story is this:
Observers said Huckabee's positions on gay rights fell in line with those of most social conservatives: He supported a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman, and he opposed allowing gays to become foster parents. But, they said, Huckabee didn't make those issues priorities, focusing instead on issues such as education and health care.
"He may well be a mean-spirited, gay-bashing Christian evangelical in his heart of hearts," said Janine Parry, who teaches Arkansas politics at the University of Arkansas, "but it's not how he governed. He didn't use the bully pulpit to bully gays and lesbians. He could have, but he didn't."
The Monitor's headline reads " 'Bullying' Gays Wasn't Priority for Huckabee." This makes it sound as though he describes his own position as pro-bullying, but as governor was too lazy or distracted to do much about it. Wouldn't it be fairer and more accurate to say something like "Huckabee Took Moderate Approach on Gay Issues"?
The Big Mo
Here is a silly bit of alarmism from London's Evening Standard:
For the last 13 years Jack has been the most popular boys' name in the land.
But in multicultural Britain children named after the Muslim prophet Mohammed come a close second. . . .
Although Jack topped the list with 6,772 babies, that figure fell 156 on last year, meaning if the trends were repeated next year, Mohammed and its variant spellings would be the most popular choice in England and Wales.
Yet the paper includes a chart showing that among the top 20 boys' names, Mohammad is the only distinctly Muslim one. There are no Muslim-sounding names among the top 20 for girls. Moreover, Mohammed places second among boys only when alternate spellings--"Muhammad, Mohammad, Muhammed, Mohamed, Mohamad, Muhamed and Mohammod"--are included. Mohammad alone ranks 17th.
So this story tells us very little other than that Mohammed is a very popular name among Muslim boys' parents. It may be true that Muslim birthrates and radicalism are cause for concern in Britain, but sensationalism like this only obscures the issue.
Wannabe Bookies
Bloomberg columnist Al Hunt predicts the odds of various presidential candidates winning--but there's something screwy about his math. He begins by offering the following odds by party, which we've helpfully converted to percentages:
|5 to 7
|2 to 1
|Independent/third party
|20 to 1
Add them up, and the total is just 96.4%. If Hunt is purporting to put forth actual probabilities, he's saying there's a 3.6% chance that the next president will be neither a Democrat, Republican, independent or third-party member. What other options are there?
But maybe that 3.6% is the "vigorish"--i.e., the house's take. Oddsmakers wouldn't make money if they paid out 100% of money bet. Only look what happens when Hunt breaks down the odds by candidate:
Hillary Clinton
|3 to 1
|Barack Obama
|7 to 2
|John Edwards
|10 to 1
|Any other Dem
|40 to 1
|Mitt Romney
|5 to 1
|John McCain
|8 to 1
|Rudy Giuliani
|10 to 1
|Mike Huckabee
|12 to 1
|Fred Thompson
|20 to 1
|Any other GOP
|25 to 1
Add up the percentages for Democrats, and they come to 58.7%, roughly the same odds Hunt gives to the Democratic field as a whole. But add up the percentages for Republicans, and the total is 53.2%, much better than 2 to 1. In fact, if you believe these numbers, there is better than an 11 in 10 chance that the next president will be a Democrat or a Republican.
To put it another way, if Hunt were actually taking bets at these odds, you could guarantee yourself a return of more than 10% simply by betting a proportionate amount on each candidate. Except that you'd lose your shirt if the winner isn't from a major party. Does Hunt have inside info thanks to his Bloomberg gig?
It doesn't matter anyway. He's only a political pundit, so you'll have to stick to riskier gambles like stocks and bonds.
Metaphor Alert
"At this time of year, we find ourselves knee-deep in two kinds of clutter:the debris of holiday gift packages and a glut of high-profile endorsements of presidential hopefuls. Endorsement season reached a crescendo right after Thanksgiving, when Oprah Winfrey announced she'd campaign for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., followed swiftly by Barbra Streisand's testimonial for Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. But you do have to wonder whether the value of such benedictions outweighs the risk. . . . This delicate dance started nearly a century ago. . . . Absent reliable exit polling data, candidates must roll the dice when trying to gauge whether a celebrity is, on balance, an asset or a liability. Add this to the list of other high-stakes wagers that become necessary when the political system is driven by the almighty dollar."--Ross Baker, USA Today, Dec. 26
'Look What You've Done! I'm Melting! Melting!'
"Charming and Aloof, Huckabee Changed State"--headline, New York Times, Dec. 22
'I Say It's Duck Season'
"Bus Driver Allegedly Asks Decoy for Sex"--headline, Associated Press, Dec. 20
Think and Grow Rich--I
"Worms Infect More Poor Americans Than Thought"--headline, Reuters, Dec. 26
All Your Base Are Belong to Us
"Apple Rumor Site Think Secret to Shut Down"--headline, MarketWatch.com, Dec. 20
News You Can Use
"Cat Fleas' Journey Into the Vacuum Is a 'One-Way Trip' "--headline, ScienceDaily.com, Dec. 22
"Magic Carpets Possible, Mathematician Says"--headline, New York Sun, Dec. 21
Bottom Stories of the Day
"Oprah Effect Didn't Really Sway Voters"--headline, Chicago Sun-Times, Dec. 20
Academentia Watch
If you think American political correctness is twisted, wait till you get a load of the Israeli version. From the news site ArutzSheva.com:
A research paper that won a Hebrew University teachers' committee prize finds that the lack of [Israel Defense Forces] rapes of Palestinian women is designed to serve a political purpose.
The abstract of the paper, authored by doctoral candidate Tal Nitzan, notes that the paper shows that "the lack of organized military rape is an alternate way of realizing [particular] political goals."
The next sentence delineates the particular goals that are realized in this manner: "In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it can be seen that the lack of military rape merely strengthens the ethnic boundaries and clarifies the inter-ethnic differences--just as organized military rape would have done."
The paper further theorizes that Arab women in Judea and Samaria are not raped by IDF soldiers because the women are de-humanized in the soldiers' eyes.
ArutzSheva raises the obvious question: "Can't it just be that Israeli soldiers come from a culture that very much condemns rape?" To which Zali Gurevitch, head of the professors' committee that recommended the publication of Nitzan's paper, replies that, as the news service puts it, "Observers do not have the right to demand a particular explanation to a given phenomenon." But it's hard to see how Nitzan can condemn soldiers for not committing rape unless she's already made up her mind what she thinks of them.
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Mandy L MillerModel Female Cleveland, Ohio, US My MM URL: http://www.modelmayhem.com/MandyMiller25
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About MeHello, my name is Mandy!
It's a little long, but here's all of the info you could want on me in regards to modeling. It includes why I want to model, my personality, physical traits, and related experience.
--Views on Modeling/Why I Want to Model--
I believe that models are one of the top facilitators of the arts- the ultimate canvas, if you will. A good model can become a medium to transform a stylist's or designer's work into moving art on the page or runway, bring life to a character through cosplay and acting, or create a recognizable figure to represent a brand name. Everyone thinks of nurses, teachers, etc. when they name careers that help others, but I think that models can contribute in their own way, too. I would love to be able to use my appearance and skill to improve myself and to help make others' visions a reality.
This section is always a little awkward for me, so I'll let someone else do the talking! :) It might be a little silly, but this description for Aquarius fits me pretty well, I think:
The most important fact about me is that I'm always looking to try new things. I would love to expand my horizons and try as many different types of modeling, projects, styles, etc. as possible!
--Physical Traits Not Covered By MM Questionnaire--
My hair color is listed as "other" because there's no option for dye. My hair is naturally a very dark brown, but I currently have it dyed. It is always a shade of red, and I will always redye and touch up roots before a job. I also own and am experienced with wearing wigs in different styles and more natural colors, and I would be willing to dye or cut my hair for long-term or well-paying work.
I answered "yes" to the question about allowing nudity, but I am not looking to feature in pornography. However, lingerie or swimsuits, as well as implied, partial, or full nudity are fine as long as they are tastefully done for art or fashion shoots. Ideally, I like the look of nudity in fashion magazines, museum displays, etc.
I personally feel that my best features are my legs, which the MM measurement info does not cover. My inseam is 34 inches, hipbone to floor is 39 inches, and my legs are well-toned from running and dance.
--Related Experience/Other Talents--
I've done a little bit of modeling before, in the form of figure modeling. I also have a little bit of experience that might help me develop useful skills for modeling and other performance-based jobs:
~Dance Experience: I've been a pop dancer for the last five or six years, which has greatly improved my flexibility, coordination, cooperation, and confidence. I also have a basic understanding of several types of ballroom dance, and have recently taken up pole dancing for exercise as well.
~Confidence/Being on Stage: Through my dance group, I am used to talking, dancing, and interacting with audiences at least once a month, and am very comfortable with being on stage as a result. I've also taken several courses on public and business speaking.
~Heels: I wear heels that are at least 2 inches high every single day, and 4-inch heels when my dance group performs, so there should never be an issue with tripping over footwear, whether I'm walking down a runway or simply standing all day.
~Photography and Video: For dance, I often participate in themed photoshoots which serve as promotional images for the group. In addition, we film dances and vlogs often, so I'm used to being on video as well.
~Education: Communications and East Asian Studies double major at a private university, plus study abroad experience in Asia and Europe. The former has helped me with most of the communication and media skills listed here, while EAS/study abroad have allowed me to become experienced at travel and intercultural communication(useful if I get to travel or participate in shoots with international companies), as well as become attuned to global trends in pop culture and fashion.
~Media, Marketing, and PR: Because marketing, PR, and social media are a core part of my studies, I believe that I could do well as a model/spokesperson for a product or company. I've also had hands-on experience with this, filling a variety of PR and marketing roles for various paid groups.
Thank you again for reading through my profile! If you have any more questions or feel that I may suit your project, please feel free to message me on this site, and I can provide a phone number or email from there.
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Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord (D) abruptly resigns, plea-bargains.
PA treasurer Rob McCord (D) will be resigning and pleading out.Read More »
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(#MI4CS) Stabenow must go! As part of the DO NOTHING (Democrat controlled) SENATE, she/they failed to do their Constitutional duty and pass a Budget for 900+ days. When, in December, they finally passed Omnibus spending Bills for FY2012, they ignored "supposed cuts" agreed upon (Debt Ceiling agreement) and "automatic cuts" (Defense/Medicare) if the "Super Committee" failed; which the Democrats sabotaged from the start; spending (yet | Read More »
Wow, here's more great work (sarcasm) by the GOP House/Senate Leadership. To get the following for 2 months and putting it right back into the forefront during the 2012 campaign and therefore to allow the Demoncrats BS to demagogue the issue with the 'Republicans only really want Tax cuts for the wealthy" BS and/or to put forth a CINO concept that Democrats are for Tax | Read More »
Here we go again. The Democrat controlled Senate forces yet another Continuing Resolution (CR) discussion and threats of a Government Shutdown! Which again brings up all those questions of Base-line Budgeting and conveniently forgetting those Debt Ceiling "compromise" promises to cut, um, "reduce," spending by anything and ram through more, and more, and more Government largess. We have been here before and as long as | Read More »
Barack Obama continues to trot about the country on his "PASS THIS BILL" tour… What "JOBS" Bill?… but first…<br Just this last weekend he was in front of the (CBC) Congressional Black Communists… um… er… I mean… Caucus… Where is this "JOBS" Bill?… wait still… You have to hear this manufactured (forced/laboured) righteous-indignation… What is the "JOBS" Bill number?… hold on… You have to hear | Read More »
"Labor Freedom: where unions are as free to make their case as workers are to make their choice." – Michigan Freedom to Work Coalition I attended a (Tue. Sep. 21) "'Freedom To Work' Legislation discussion". Here is a brief report of some of what was discussed…
For starters, one must understand the premise/concept and basic math of: $40 (forty dollars) is MORE, not less, than $20 (twenty dollars). If you can handle this simple concept and figures, you too can follow (the Democrat LIES of) Base-line Budgeting! So, read on (as well as, share this with the countless people you know that don't grasp the concept. From the hard working; well-intentioned | Read More »
FACT: The House of Representatives (controlled by Republicans) have passed a Bill regarding the FAA EAS (Essential Air Service) and the Senate (controlled by Democrats) have NOT!
In the ongoing Human Rights Campaign attempt to extort money from Target, it seems the Left isn't too hip on supporting their 'allies.' HRC is coming under increasing fire from the GLBT community for trying to 'equalize' the political contributions of the Target Corporation. They have staked a great deal of press and prestige on this issue and Moveon.org has stepped in to cover their rears, | Read More »
I don't write about being gay and conservative because to me it isn't important. I'm first and foremost a proud American who believes in the founding principles, the American Experiment in capitalism, the American Experience in democratic ideals, integrity, honesty, and fair play. It just so happens that I'm also gay. I am going to write about my fury over the Human Rights Campaign and their | Read More »
Enjoy…and congrats to Coldwarrior! And the Oscar for Best Producer goes to……….Erick Brockway! Be sure and visit http://theprecinctproject.wordpress.com and http://www.trust1.com/precinct
Uncle Obama has gotten ahold of your credit card. And he's amassing charges on it that – you – not he – are liable for. You can call the fraud line, you can call the police, you can call any politician or government agency, and they will all tell you the same thing. Shut up and pay up. Since misery loves company, you might feel | Read More »
Sen. Ben Nelson appears to be the lone Democrat refusing to go along with ObamaCare, unless language is added that would prevent the federal funding of abortion. Obama can't afford to outrage his radical left base any further and therefore cannot insert such language. With no other way out, the Obama administration has quietly informed Sen. Nelson that if he does not support the health | Read More »
Americans should be outraged at the leaders, and I use that term loosely, because from what I've seen they are not leaders at all but Hostage takers! Do nothing to bail out the Americans from the Energy crisis, but bail out the largest stock market fraud, i.e. Fannie and Freddie, controlled by whom? (Black Caucus of congress). *The mortgage lenders of Fannie and Freddie are | Read More »


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great shot
Love it J.MEDBURY
There's always some beauty in decay, as shown here!
Thankyou all and your absolutely right Detailicious :)
Thankyou Dominique!
very cool!
Thanks for the kind words Andre and Monica!
Excellent capture sweetheART a 5***** fave ;~} Valz
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Creepy, love it.
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very cool shot, J.!!!
Thanks Jussi!
Great job with this! Love your work...
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So gritty, so real...
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realy briliant shot j!&tones are wonderful!
Thankyou Noblackcolor for the kind words!
Love the textures!
Happy you like it Tina :)
Mystic piece! make a great book cover illustration! :)
Hey Bruce thankyou and I never though of that lol.....still suprised the love this one has had lol.
Such a great picture. Love the lines and the textures...the colors are awesome as is the composition.
Thankyou kindly Mark!
Fantastic capture, dear John! Would be a real mission to restore this door. So glad you found it!!!***
Lol I think you may be right Crisman! Thanks for dropping by :)
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Why Some Tea Partyers Are Skeptical of Rick Perry
Feldman, Linda, The Christian Science Monitor
In the latest Rasmussen poll of likely GOP primary voters, 39 percent of tea partyers back Gov. Rick Perry, but some are questioning the candidate's tea party credibility.
When asked to name their top options for president, tea partyers often include Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R).
He was one of the first major Republicans to embrace the low- tax, small-government movement when it started in early 2009. Now a fully announced candidate, he talks about a President Perry vetoing new spending measures "until the ink runs out" of his pen. He includes himself when discussing the tea party - as in, "we're not angry, we're indignant."
In the latest Rasmussen poll of likely GOP primary voters, 39 percent of tea partyers back Governor Perry. (And overall, Perry leads the Republican field at 29 percent. Ex-Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts is at 18 percent, and Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota gets 13 percent.)
But not all tea party leaders are sold. Take Katrina Pierson, a top member of the Dallas Tea Party. She told Reuters recently she thinks the Texas budget is balanced only on paper. And she's fielding phone calls from tea party activists around the country who want to know if Perry is "for real."
"With Perry, there are a lot of concerns, including his stance on illegal immigration," wrote Judson Phillips, head of the social networking site Tea Party Nation, on his website before Perry announced.
Another blogger on Tea Party Nation, Andrew Cochran, asked this question before the Perry announcement: "Which Rick Perry will run for president?"
Will we see the Rick Perry who cherishes and honors the 10th Amendment as the vehicle for protecting states' rights - the one who is willing to honor a state's decisions even when it might interfere with his personal views?"
Mr. Cochran continues, "Or will we see the Rick Perry who continues to brag about Texas-style tort reform, as [if] it's a nationwide solution, even though federal tort reform is clearly a breach of the 10th Amendment and states' rights?
Other points about Perry have come up as tea partyers decide whom to support for the GOP nomination:
Perry was a Democrat until 1989. He was, of course, a conservative Southern Democrat - which is different from, say, a Minnesota Democrat, as Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R) of Minnesota was as a young woman. But a D is a D.
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UPDATE: 4.1 magnitude earthquake reported in central Oklahoma Wednesday
3 p.m. A 4.0 magnitude earthquake was reported at 2:11 p.m. Wednesday just north of the Salt Fork Arkansas River in Pond Creek, about 8 miles southwest of Medford, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.
8 a.m. A 2.7 magnitude earthquake was reported about a quarter mile north of NE 122 near the John Kilpatrick Turnpike at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reports. A 5:53 a.m. quake near Lake Arcadia was a 4.1 magnitude quake. Check NewsOK.com for earthquake updates.
6:48 a.m. The 5:53 a.m. earthquake in central Oklahoma near the south side of Lake Arcadia was a magnitude 4.1, according to the Oklahoma Geological Survey website. Check NewsOK.com for earthquake updates.
6:32 a.m. The latest earthquake was reported in the area of an ongoing swarm near Lake Arcadia. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the location was near E Memorial Road and N Douglas Boulevard. Check NewsOK.com for earthquake information.
6:28 a.m. A 4.3 magnitude earthquake rattled central Oklahoma Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.
The 5:53 a.m. quake was located 7 miles north of Spencer.
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6 a.m. Another earthquake has rattled central Oklahoma.
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Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the latest news, views, dilemmas, and developments within the Linux kernel community.
Linus Torvalds finally pulled the trigger on 3.0, setting off a vast array of minor issues in a kind of "Y2K event" that's still going on.
For one thing, the Git tree itself, where the kernel sources are housed, had "2.6" in the title. So, shortly after sending out the 3.0 release, Linus changed the Git URL to git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ torvalds/ linux.git. The old URL might still work for a while, but if you're keeping up with the source tree, you should probably update the URL in your .git/config file.
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ahahah COOOL she's nice. A lot of man like to see under her skirt. ahah
it's very nice! I love your style!
OOOOOOOH, those are her arms!!!
Took me forever to realize that xD
Took me forever to realize that xD
Love the angle, you should've had 17 in there too (making ref. to the scene in the Future Trunks movie where they obliterated everything while they were hovering in the air...i think that was the scene) but still too awesome man
nice view!
Faving it.
But I have to agree with the two below me, I think her nose looks a bit pointy.
But I have to agree with the two below me, I think her nose looks a bit pointy.
great job i just feel something is offabout her nose
The coloring in this piece is just mind-blowing! I love all of the detailed realistic touches that you included in this piece, it gives a lot of flesh and dimension to the original animation from DBZ. Android 18 has always been one of my favorite characters from that sieres too, so that doesn't hurt, but man, everything about this piece is just spectacular! Amazing, amazing work!
Oh....god. She has ALWAYS been my favorite DBZ character o_o this is epic epic WIN This is the best possible fanart of her ever. Android 18 FTW
Awesome shot!
sooo awesome
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAA Oo
amazing love it.
wowww excellent
Gah... That's just outstanding...
O_O Your great at this
awsome angle
awsome angle
This is a really well done piece, especially in the lighting and the camera angle. I like the attention to the muscle tone of her arms and the lighting on her is simply excellent.
Wow this is amazing! Love it!
i was crazy about this girl in the anime when i was young ^^ she was kinda freaky too :l
Very nice
All I can say is "I'm not worthy!"
18 had never looked this good!
18 had never looked this good!
wow excelent word my friend !!!!!!!!!
awsome work here
Krilin saw her from this angle... and fell in love.
Cool chara and Great Color work!! Congrats for teamwork, it's an artpiece!!!
Good Job amazing coloring and angle
a very deadly wepon ^_^...............for Crilin
diggin it
this is co-co-cool!
speechless. coloring is just .....
you guys make one heck of a team!
you guys make one heck of a team!
This is sick... you make DBZ look cool. That is unholy. You made me a serious DBZ deviation.
I must say I like the angle... and no, not because of the pantyshot. Oh and the explosion and the lighting are both great. A very solid job.
I must say I like the angle... and no, not because of the pantyshot. Oh and the explosion and the lighting are both great. A very solid job.
y'know at first I thought those were her boobs. I wonder what that says about my subconscious.
Anway very nice job. You deserve all the credit you're getting right now.
Anway very nice job. You deserve all the credit you're getting right now.
That's really epic! Nice anglesssss...
oh my god!!!
in the end!!!
18 alive!!!!!
haha nice good luck!
in the end!!!
18 alive!!!!!
haha nice good luck!
awesome coloring (btw..uhm have u noted that the jacket (i think is the name xD dunno) is uhm over the sleeves? xDD hehe) anw, awesome
unbelievable color, I love the light around her foot for some reason
oh i love android 18!!! epic render!!
Dear god those colors are bloody amazing!
this is simply.... Awesome dude!


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Dekalb Co. DA Robert James Seeks Indictment for Anthony Hill ShootingThe death of an unarmed man at the hands of a DeKalb County police officer leads the DeKalb District Attorney to file murder charges.
Former Dekalb Co. CEO Debunks RumorsFormer Dekalb County CEO Vernon Jones talks his non-profit works and debunks rumors that he may be considering running for another term as Dekalb County CEO with Rashad Richey.
Congressman Hank Johnson To Seek Sixth Term In OfficeRep. Johnson represents the 4th Congressional District which encompasses portions of DeKalb, Gwinnett, and Newton counties and all of Rockdale County.
Rashad Richey, Community Activists Call for FBI to Investigate Death of George WardLorriane Fredricks and her Attorney Harry Daniels discuss their call for the FBI to investigate her son George Ward's death while being a recruit for the Dekalb County Sheriff's Office.
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