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How is your water intake? have you tried a laxative? if that doesn't work, I'd see a doctor, could be a blockage or something else.
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I eat small meals for breakfast lunch and dinner. Usually 2 eggs and either bacon or just 2 eggs with some sort of spinach or onions mixed in and a coffee. Then some nuts or jerky before working out...
I take acidiphilous because the pharmacist mentioned that one of my prescriptions would work better if I took it with it. Now I just take it daily. I don't see the harm.
Salt? did I miss something? why salt water? just curious.
For ME, potatoes do nothing for me but lower my blood sugar. Protein and veggies keeps my levels even and keeps me satiated.
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The false economy of fake Twitter followers
Davey Winder on why you should avoid the temptation of attracting fake Twitter followers
I've been on Twitter as @happygeek since 12 February 2007. During that time I've tweeted 5,404 times, or just over two and half times per day. Talking to friends and business colleagues suggests that this makes me a pretty average Twitter user.
My averageness – admittedly measured by my own unscientific poll of fewer than 100 people – starts and ends there though, because the number of people I follow, 562, is distinctly below the 2,412 who follow me. My follower count is above average but not amazingly so, and perhaps if I were to follow more people my own follower count would rise accordingly, but my "reality reach" would not.
Spammers and scammers use such fake accounts to follow you in the hope that you'll get caught in their trap and click their links
I employ this phrase for a good reason: I think that plain "reach" is a much overused metric for measuring the effectiveness of Twitter. What good is an audience of 10,000 accounts if 9,000 of them follow you only in the hope that you'll follow them back, hence inflating their own perceived social worth? And more especially, when the chances are that of the remaining thousand, many don't actually exist at all.
Inactive Twitter accounts belong to one of three distinct types: those that have simply been dropped by the user, who has either left Twitter for good or else created a new account from which to tweet; those who have been kicked off Twitter for breaking the terms of use; and those that never really existed in the first place.
It's this last group that I'm most interested in – and although some of them may also fall into the "banned by TPTB" category, the sad truth is that far too many of them just hang around undetected as what they are, namely Fake Followers.
There's an interesting tool that's worth a look: Fake Follower Check. It's part of the StatusPeople resource, but can be used independently. If you're worried about such apps being able to post on your wall and see your posts, simply remove it from your apps section immediately after using it.
I used it and it determined that of my 2,412 followers on Twitter, only 84% are actually "good" followers. That's 2,026 decent folk who have chosen to follow me and who comprise the basis of my "reality reach" number (this is only a starting point of course, since these followers will retweet some of my postings to their followers, and so on).
Inactives and fakes
However, the numbers in which I was more interested were the 13% of followers who are inactive and the 3% who were flagged as fakes. That inactive number is quite high, but it's always likely to be higher the longer you've had your Twitter account, and given that mine has been running for more than five and a half years, it's inevitable that there will be some attrition among the accounts following me over that time.
That figure of 72 fake followers doesn't surprise me much either, because I imagine this is a fairly average number for anyone actively posting and using hashtags to promote their tweets. Spammers and scammers use such fake accounts to follow you in the hope that you'll get caught in their trap and click their links. If the number were much higher, I'd be worried.
It would worry me because I'm quite proud of my follower conversion rate, which stands at around one new account every day. Now I appreciate that this means that I'm never going to get into the big league of social network celebs, but this isn't my intention. By allowing my follower base to grow entirely organically, I'm happy that only people who are interested in what I post – which is mostly links to stories that I've written in various places online; links to other stories that have caught my attention; and my personal observations on life and work – are going to continue to do so. This provides me with a valuable network of followers to reach out to, and hopefully provides them with a valuable source of information in return.


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LGBT rights in Denmark
|LGBT rights in Denmark
Location of Denmark (dark green)
– in Europe (light green & dark grey)
|Same-sex sexual activity legal?
|Legal since 1933,
age of consent equalized in 1977
|Gender identity/expression
|Transgender persons allowed to change legal gender without a diagnosis, hormone therapy, surgery or sterilization
|Military service
|Gays and lesbians allowed to serve openly
|Discrimination protections
|Sexual orientation and gender identity/expression protections (see below)
|Family rights
|Recognition of
|Same-sex marriage since 2012
|Full adoption rights since 2010
The rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Denmark are some of the most extensive in the world and a high priority.
Same-sex sexual activity was legalized in 1933, and since 1977, the age of consent is 15, regardless of sexual orientation or gender.[1] Denmark was the first country in the world to grant legal recognition to same-sex unions, in the form of "registered partnerships", in 1989. On 7 June 2012, the law was replaced by a new same-sex marriage law, which came into effect on 15 June 2012,[2] and Denmark recognizes same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation was entirely prohibited in 2004. Same-sex couples are allowed to jointly adopt since 2010, while previously allowing stepchild adoptions and limited co-guardianship rights for non-biological parents. Gays and lesbians are also allowed to serve openly in the military.
Like its Scandinavian neighbours, Denmark has become one of the most socially liberal countries in the world, with recent polls indicating that a large majority of Danes support same-sex marriage and LGBT adoption.[3] Copenhagen, the capital, has frequently been referred to by publishers as one of the most gay friendly cities in the world,[4] famous for its annual Pride Parade.
The Kingdom of Denmark also includes two autonomous overseas territories, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, which are generally more socially conservative. However, Greenland legalised same-sex marriage in 2016.[5]
- 1 Law
- 2 Public opinion
- 3 Summary table
- 4 Summary by territories of the Kingdom of Denmark
- 5 See also
- 6 Notes
- 7 References
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Same-sex sexual activity[edit]
Same-sex sexual activity was legalized in 1933, and since 1977, the age of consent is 15, regardless of sexual orientation or gender.[1]
Recognition of same-sex couples[edit]
Registered partnerships (registreret partnerskab) were created by a law enacted on 7 June 1989, the world's first such law, and came into force on 1 October 1989.[6][7] Registered partnerships had almost all the same qualities as marriage; all legal and fiscal rights and obligations were like those of opposite-sex marriage, with the major exception being that regulations by international treaties did not apply unless all signatories agree.
Same-sex marriage became legal in Denmark on 15 June 2012, after the Danish parliament voted on 7 June in favour of gender-neutral marriage, including marriages in the Church of Denmark.[2][8]
The Danish government proposed marriage equality legislation in parliament on 14 March 2012. Parliament passed the bill, and royal assent was granted three days later. The law entered into force on 15 June 2012.[9] The proposed legislation removes almost all discrimination in current law, leaving only a few gender-specific articles.[10]
Adoption and family planning[edit]
Since 1999, a person in a same-sex registered partnership has been able to adopt his or her partner's biological children (known as a "stepchild adoption").[11][12] Adoption by LGBT parents was previously only permitted in certain restricted situations, notably when a previous connection exists between the adopting parent and the child, such as being a family member or a foster child.
Since 1 July 2010, same-sex couples may apply jointly for adoption.[13][14] On 20 July 2014, a gay male couple became the first gay couple to adopt a foreign child since it became legal in 2010, when they adopted a nine-month-old girl from South Africa.[15]
On 2 June 2006, the Danish Parliament voted to repeal a law that since 1997 had banned lesbians from artificial insemination, giving lesbians more parental rights to genetically have children. Also, the other partner who is not the biological parent of the child is written onto the birth certificate as the other natural parent.[16]
Military service[edit]
Openly gay, lesbian, and bisexual soldiers serve without hindrance in all branches of the Danish Defence. Discrimination against gay, lesbian, and bisexual soldiers in recruitment, placement and promotion is prohibited in Denmark.[17] There are prominent openly gay military leaders in the Defence and there are no reported cases of threats to gays, morale, or national security.[18] A study of the conditions for gay men indicates that gay men in the Danish Defence show strength and are respected.[19]
Hate crimes and discrimination[edit]
Danish law includes protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression.[20][21]
Danish law includes hate crimes legislation, which adds extra penalties for crimes committed against people because of their sexuality and for their gender identity or form of gender expression.[20]
Gender identity and expression[edit]
In February 2013, a Guatemalan became the first transgender person to be granted asylum in Denmark because of persecution in her native country.[22] However, she was put in a facility for men, where she had been assaulted several times and was initially refused. They reopened the case when LGBT Denmark proved her life would be in danger if she returned to Guatemala.[23]
In June 2014, the Danish Parliament voted 59-52 to remove the requirement of diagnosis with a mental disorder and surgery with irreversible sterilization during the process of a legal sex change. This makes Denmark the first European country to remove the Gender Identity Disorder diagnosis as a necessary requirement in the gender recognition process.[24] Since September 1, 2014, Danes over 18 years old who wish to apply for a legal sex change can do so by stating that they want to change their documentation, followed by a six-month-long "reflection period" to confirm the request. However, receiving treatment is still very difficult, as many people are arbitrarily rejected, and non-binary people especially have a very hard time accessing hormonal treatment.[25][26]
From 1 January, 2017 people in Denmark with transgender gender identity, will no longer be treated as a mental disorder under Denmark Government policies. France has a similar policy since 2010.[27][28]
Public opinion[edit]
|This section requires expansion. (September 2015)
A December 2006 European Union member poll showed Danish support for same-sex marriage at 69 percent.[29] Angus Reid Global Monitor conducted the poll for issues regarding European Union integration. With the attitudes in Europe regarding the legalization of same-sex marriage, Denmark proved to be high on the list of possible nations that would grant marriage to gay and lesbian citizens, in third place behind The Netherlands (82 percent) and Sweden (71 percent).
In a 2013 YouGov poll of 1,005 Danes, 59% agreed that same-sex couples should be allowed to adopt children, while 79% agreed that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry.[3]
Summary table[edit]
Rights of LGBT people in Denmark (European territory, excluding Greenland and the Faroe Islands):
|Same-sex sexual activity
|Civil union
|Same-sex marriage
|Same-sex adoption
|Allows gays to serve openly in military?
|Anti-discrimination (sexual orientation)
|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
|Legal since 1933[20]
|Registered partnership from 1989
|Legal since 2012
| Step-child adoption since 1999.
Joint adoption since 2010.
|Since 1978
|Bans all anti-gay discrimination
|Legal gender change and recognition possible without surgery or hormone therapy.[30]
Summary by territories of the Kingdom of Denmark[edit]
|Same-sex sexual activity
|Same-sex sexual acts legal
|Since 1933
|Homosexuality declassified as an illness
|Since 1981[31][32]
|Equal age of consent for same-sex and opposite-sex sexual acts
|Since 1977 (Denmark and Greenland)
|Since 1988 (Faroe Islands)
|Same-sex relationships
|Registered partnerships for same-sex couples
|Since 1989 (Denmark)[33]
|Since 1996 (Greenland)[34]
|No laws exists, bills rejected in 2014 (Faroe Islands)[35][36][37][38]
|Civil partnerships in religious venues
|Since 2012 (Denmark)
|Since 2016 (Greenland)[39][40][5]
|No law exists (Faroe Islands)
|Civil and religious same-sex marriage[note 1]
|Since 2012 (Denmark)
|Since 2016 (Greenland)[39][5]
|No law exists (Faroe Islands)
|Adoption and family planning
|Joint- and step-adoption for LGBT persons and same-sex couples
|Since 1999 and 2010 (Denmark)[41]
|Since 2009 and 2016 (Greenland)
|No law exists (Faroe Islands)
|Equal access to IVF for all couples and individuals
|Since 2006 for lesbians (Denmark and Greenland)
|No law exists (Faroe Islands)
|Same-sex couples as both parents on a birth certificate
|Since 2013 (Denmark)
|No law exists (Faroe Islands and Greenland)
|Equal access to surrogacy for all couples and individuals
|Commercial surrogacy for gay male couples
|Illegal for heterosexual couples also
|Military service
|LGBT people allowed to serve openly in military
|Since 1978
|Transgender rights
|Right to change legal gender
|Since 2014 (Denmark)
|Legal (Faroe Islands)[42]
|No law exists (Greenland)
|Right to change legal gender without having to end marriage
|Since 2014 (Denmark)
|No law exists (Faroe Islands and Greenland)
|Discrimination protections
|Laws against hate speech based on sexual orientation
|Since 1987 (Denmark)[43]
|Since 2007 (Faroe Islands)[34]
|Since 2010 (Greenland)[34]
|Laws against hate speech based on gender identity
|No law exists[44]
|Laws against hate crimes on sexual orientation through an aggravating circumstance
|Since 2004 (Denmark)
|Since 2007 (Faroe Islands)
|Since 2010 (Greenland)
|Laws against hate crimes on gender identity through an aggravating circumstance
|No law exists[44]
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|Since 2004 (Denmark)
|No law exists (Faroe Islands and Greenland)
|Migration rights
|Immigration equality and rights for LGBT individuals and same-sex couples
|Recognition of sexual orientation and gender identity for asylum requests
|Some cases recognised
|LGBT sex education and relationships taught in schools
|Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE), which includes sex and relationships, is compulsory,[45] but LGBT sex education and relationships is rarely or not taught in schools.
|MSMs allowed to donate blood
|Not legal[46]
See also[edit]
- ^ Same-sex marriages give all the rights and responsibilities of civil marriage and can be performed on approved premises and religious venues in Denmark (with a religious ceremony guaranteed in the Church of Denmark)
- ^ a b Bekendtgørelse af straffeloven
- ^ a b The Copenhagen Post, 7 June 2012: Gay marriage legalised Retrieved 2012-09-19
- ^ a b "YouGov / EMEA Survey Results" (PDF). YouGov. 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ Chris Zeiher (20 October 2014). "The most gay-friendly places on the planet". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ a b c (Danish)"Vedtaget af Folketinget ved 3. behandling den 19. januar 2016 Forslag til Lov om ændring af myndighedsloven for Grønland, lov om ikrafttræden for Grønland af lov om ægteskabets retsvirkninger, retsplejelov for Grønland og kriminallov for Grønland" (PDF). Folketinget. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ The Registered Partnership Act
- ^ Sheila Rule: Rights for Gay Couples in Denmark - New York Times. Published: 2 October 1989. Accessed: 7 June 2012
- ^ Homoseksuelle fik ja til ægteskab - Jyllands-Posten.
- ^ 'The bill as proposed by the minister of Social Affairs and Integration', "Folketinget", 14 March 2012.
- ^ Article 1, section 7 of the bill, "L 106 Forslag til lov om ændring af lov om ægteskabs indgåelse og opløsning, lov om ægteskabets retsvirkninger og retsplejeloven og om ophævelse af lov om registreret partnerskab."
- ^ "Draft Paper: Same-Sex Couples as Parents", authored by Nina Dethloff, Bonn University (footnote 16 references § 4(1) Lov om registreret partnerskab no. 372)
- ^ "National Report: Denmark", authored by Christina G. Jeppesen de Boer and Annette Kronborg, American University Journal of Gender Social Policy and Law, volume 19, number 1, page 118, 2011 (footnote 18 references Act No. 360)
- ^ (Danish) Lov om ændring af lov om registreret partnerskab, lov om en børnefamilieydelse og lov om børnetilskud og forskudsvis udbetaling af børnebidrag
- ^ "Gay couples in Denmark now allowed to adopt", International Gay, Lesbian, Trans and Intersex Association, 5 May 2010
- ^ "Første danske homopar adopterer fra udlandet". politiken.dk. Politiken. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ^ "National Report: Denmark", authored by Christina G. Jeppesen de Boer and Annette Kronborg, American University Journal of Gender Social Policy and Law, volume 19, number 1, page 119, 2011 (footnote 21 references Act No. 535)
- ^ LGBT world legal wrap up survey
- ^ Konigsberg, Eric (November 1992). "Gays in arms: can gays in the military work? In countries around the world, they already do". The Washington Monthly. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
- ^ Sexual Orientation Discrimination in Denmark. – a study of the experiences and perceptions of six homosexual men in the Danish Armed Forces Associated professor Ina Borup, NHV — Nordic School of Public Health, Jan 2010.
- ^ a b c State-sponsored Homophobia A world survey of laws criminalising same-sex sexual acts between consenting adults
- ^ Main legislation
- ^ "Transgender woman granted asylum in Denmark", UPI.com, 4 February 2013
- ^ Fernanda Milan, Guatemalan Transgender Woman, Granted Asylum In Denmark
- ^ "Denmark becomes Europe's leading country on legal gender recognition | The European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights". Lgbt-ep.eu. 2014-06-12. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
- ^ World must follow Denmark's example after landmark transgender law
- ^ Bill proposing change of law in relation to the Civil Registration System
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ Europe Split On Gay Marriage
- ^ Denmark changes sex change laws
- ^ (Danish) 30 år siden: Homoseksualitet fjernet fra Sundhedsstyrelsens sygdomsliste
- ^ (Danish) Homoseksualitetsbegrebet i Danmark
- ^ Same-Sex Marriage: A Reference Handbook
- ^ a b c http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
- ^ Faroe Islands: Equal marriage bill voted down
- ^ (Faroese) Løgtingssetan 2013 Mál: 51 Viðgerð: 2
- ^ (Faroese) Løgtingssetan 2013 Mál: 52 Viðgerð: 2
- ^ (Faroese) Løgtingssetan 2013 Mál: 53 Viðgerð: 2
- ^ a b (Danish) [3]
- ^ (Danish)"L 35 Forslag til lov om ændring af myndighedsloven for Grønland, lov om ikrafttræden for Grønland af lov om ægteskabets retsvirkninger, retsplejelov for Grønland og kriminallov for Grønland". Folketinget. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Gays given equal adoption rights Archived 16 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Jan Dagø (2013-10-23). "Holdningsskred i synet på homoseksuelle på Færøerne | Information" (in Danish). Information.dk. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
- ^ (Danish) Lov om ændring af borgerlig straffelov og lov om forbud mod forskelsbehandling på grund af race m.v.
- ^ a b Rainbow Europe: Denmark
- ^ "Fælles Mål 2009 - Sundheds- og seksualundervisning og familiekundskab". uvm.dk. 2009. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
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Cast: Tianna (I), Tony Tedeschi, Tianna Taylor, Colt Steele, Christina Angel, Nikki Shane, Marc Wallice, Deborah Wells, Shelby Stevens, Jon Dough
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ugg. The backdoor cut/dunk by DWade while PG was standing near the corner with his hands at his sides was painful. ugg.
Wade played like he had used the "cream" pre-game.
What is it with Vogel and making stupid mistakes involving Hibbert when it comes to Heat games?
Seriously.....how on Earth was Hibbert going to avoid getting a 5th foul for 1.5 QTRs against the Miami Flop? Both the 3rd and 4th Fouls were legit on Hibbert....but Vogel shouldn't have put him in the situation to get that 5th foul in the 3rd QTR.
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George Hill described in detail the play in which his pass missed Paul George on the baseline & took all the blame for that play.
Hill is right.
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
You're the one who brought up defense not me and Hill made a bad pass that wasn't PG's fault.
The only positive things I can come up with after this two loses is that this hopefully can make the team focus again, sometimes winning too much makes a team too confident.
This is also good for fans, some people were acting like this team was perfect and any suggestion about changing a piece or two was pretty much a sin, I hope Larry see our weakness and gets it fix.
Hill took the blame I think. Right thing to do, but not necessarily true.
Hill took the blame.
It seems pretty straight forward....GH took the blame for the bad pass.
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No no I just re watched in slow motion. If Paul would have run the play as he was supposed to, the pass gets to him. Hill is throwing the ball to a spot. Sort of like a quarterback. Re watching it, I really think PG made the mistake
Exactly, Hill was just being a good teammate when he took the blame. 20 bucks George will take the blame if they ask him.
Stop acting like Lebron wouldn't have gotten the steal if PG just stood in the corner. You're such a Hill fan that if PG did stay in the corner and Hill threw it to Lebron you'd say PG should have cut to the basket.
I thought so, but it was worded as such where I could have seen where she ment PG... I agree that it is what Hill should have done... Just had a moment of unfounded worry...
Lebron would have got it.
I appreciate hill keeping the peace and taking the blame. But it was not his fault
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. But in my defense I just watched it almost frame by frame
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I name two comic book characters. You then have to connect the two using only shared appearances in comic books (official appearances in comics only – no cameos like Terry Austin sneaking Popeye into the background of a panel and no outside comic book appearances, like cartoons and the like). You have to do so using less than six comics total. Covers and pin-ups do not count – only actual appearances in the same comic book story (so it doesn't count if they each appeared in separate stories inside the same anthology). Mythological characters, public domain characters (other than public domain comic book characters, they're free game) and real people (by the way, unless a fake name is used for a real person, like Ronald Raygun or whatever, you can use the person even if they are not officially named in the comic) are unique to their own comic book appearances (so DC's Thor is different than Marvel's Thor, DC's Ronald Reagan is different from Marvel's Ronald Reagan, etc.). But a licensed character is the same in all of their various comic book companies (so the Marvel Red Sonja is the same as the Dynamite Red Sonja) and approved appearances by a real person can go across comic book companies, as well (so, for instance, you can use Marv Wolfman from his Teen Titans appearance to connect with Marv Wolfman in his Fantastic Four appearance). Approval tends to be the key (except for public figures, of course).
Every week, whoever connects the two characters in the least amount of turns gets to pick the next week's match (in the event of a tie, the winner is chosen randomly). Last week was X-O Manowar to X-Wing Rogue Leader (Wedge Antilles). A few people got it in five moves. The original fellow who I randomly picked as the winner never got back to me with his challenge, though, so I had to go to a back-up. Eric Henry was one of the people who got it in five moves, and since Eric had a few suggestions that I never used (since he did not win that week), I just chose one his old suggestions. First, here is how Eric connected the two…
X-O Manowar was in "X-O Manowar/Iron Man: In Heavy Metal" with Baron Zemo
Baron Zemo was in "Thunderbolts Presents: Zemo: Born Better" #3 with Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" with Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones was in "Star Wars Tales" #19 with Chewbacca
Chewbacca was in "Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron" #28 with Wege Antilles
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Whoever connects the two characters in the least amount of comics gets to pick the connection for next time around (I'll pick a random winner in the event of a tie)!
Remember, only authorized appearances in comic books count (for instance, all the Marvel characters in Savage Dragon/Destroyer Duck do not count)!
Oh, ok…you DID count the Star Wars/Indiana Jones crossover. That was the one I was dying to ask you about last week, as I could see argument that it wasn't "official." Sheesh! I was going crazy trying to use the Indiana Jones connection and couldn't find any evidence that he even had a remote crossover with Marvel. I even tried using the "Assistant Editor's Month" issue, but the editor who appeared in that issue only showed up in a one-page story that was separate from the main Indy title.
For the record, the only other Star Wars crossover comic that I know of was an online-only issue with the Soul Calibur video game characters (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Visions_of_the_Blade). However, I couldn't find any links from Soul Calibur to the Marvel Universe, or anything in-between. I even desperately tried to find whether the official Lego Club magazine had the Star Wars characters meeting any other licensees…argh!
"Baron Zemo was in "Thunderbolts Presents: Zemo: Born Better" #3 with Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" with Indiana Jones"
Isn't that against your own rules, though? To wit:
"real people (by the way, unless a fake name is used for a real person, like Ronald Raygun or whatever, you can use the person even if they are not officially named in the comic) are unique to their own comic book appearances (so DC's Thor is different than Marvel's Thor, DC's Ronald Reagan is different from Marvel's Ronald Reagan, etc.)."
I mean, *technically* both these Hitlers were in Marvel comics, but only in the way that Hellboy and X-Wing Rogue Squadron are both Dark Horse comics.
Niels: That was initially what I assumed as well, but the question of whether a historical figure in a Marvel universe comic counts as the same as a historical figure in a Marvel licensed comic was specifically asked and answered by Brian in the comments last week, when this particular challenge was posed.
Buttler: That's… I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to officially declare that utterly lame. "These are the rules, but occasionally we'll be going directly against the rules and you'll just have to ask about exceptions at exactly the right time to hear about them"?
Well, it wasn't posed as an exception so much as a clarification. That is, does "DC's Ronald Reagan is different from Marvel's Ronald Reagan" mean that all Marvel Ronald Reagans are the same Ronald Reagan, or that Captain America's Ronald Reagan is a different guy from, say, G.I. Joe Ronald Reagan? His call was that a historical figure is the same in a licensed comic and the regular Marvel universe. As I say, that wouldn't have been my assumption, but it's his call to make.
And yeah, that would have meant that if Teddy Roosevelt had shown up in Hellboy, it would have been the same Teddy Roosevelt from the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, which is pretty counterintuitive.
I don't know–I can see where the confusion lies, given that my own assumption was that Indiana Jones was a "separate universe" even though it was under the same publisher at the time. I'd personally want to see a clearer connection than that.
With your Reagan example, I think you WOULD have an argument that it's all the same universe, as Marvel's G.I.Joe crossed over with Marvel's Transformers, the latter of which was apparently set in the Marvel U (Spider-Man, Nick Fury, and the Savage Land all made appearances in the Transformers comic, so they'd all arguably have the same Reagan).
I would like to know what effect this has on the Amalgam Comics, as Bill Clinton showed up in LEGENDS OF THE DARK CLAW #1–to my knowledge, the only real-world individual to show up in an Amalgam story. I think DC published LOTDK, so would Clinton be a mutual link between DC and Marvel, or DC and Amalgam only…? (There's probably enough Marvel-DC links through JLA/Avengers alone, but I'm genuinely curious where this would lie.)
I thought for sure we'd have to use the Magnus Robot Fighter/Predator crossover, but I didn't get anywhere with it.
I was thinking that there should be a route using "Sergio Aragones stomps Star Wars" (oddly enough, I can't think of any reason why that would be excluded)- as Sergio draws himself in it it must be an authorised appearance for him and link to Sergio's other comic appearances (Jon Sable, Sergio Aragones destroys DC, etc)
That's a great point, John. I can't see any reason why that would be off the table either.
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Knowledge of Calvin is of two kinds. There is knowledge of Calvin himself, as we know him in his life. And there is the knowledge of ourselves that we project onto this historical figure in the name of our many versions of Calvinism and anti-Calvinism. Nowhere is this distinction more illuminating than in my own native Scotland, the country where Calvin's theology carried out its most thorough reformation in Europe, led by his Scottish follower John Knox. One modern Scottish poet put it like this:
O Knox, he was a bad man,
He split the Scottish mind,
The one half he made cruel
And the other half unkind!
That verse says more about the psychology of modern Scotland than it does about the theology of John Calvin. Is it any different on this side of the Atlantic? Calvinism is enjoying a revival in the United States. Time recently named it one of the ten "new ideas" shaping the country. This was news to most American Christians in the Reformed tradition who celebrated the five hundredth anniversary of John Calvin's birth last year. Time's claim was based on the embrace of the more demanding doctrines of predestination and strict church discipline by a group of younger pastors. While historians have long recognized the influence of Calvinism on American religious life, this contemporary interest is happening outside the mainline churches with roots in Geneva, Edinburgh, or Amsterdam. Muscular Calvinism is back on the streets,...
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OXFORD, Miss. -- Everything's coming easy now that Jerrell Powe is finally on the practice field at Mississippi.
He was elevated to first-team nose tackle by coach Ed Orgeron after just a few workouts. And at media day in his first meeting with the press, he charmed a nonstop series of questioners for an hour as if he was deftly shedding blockers on his way to a sack.
He mixed thoughtful answers to painful questions about his academic struggles with the occasional joke. When asked why he didn't just enroll in a junior college and abandon his quest over the last two years to qualify to play at Ole Miss, Powe displayed his impish smile.
"I wanted to play for coach O," Powe said. "But I didn't know practice was going to be this hard."
If only his fight with the NCAA was so effortless.
Twice college sport's governing body has barred the Wayne County High School graduate from playing at Ole Miss. He's now practicing under a special provision that expires Wednesday while he waits to hear if the NCAA will block him a third time.
Staff members at the NCAA's Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse are studying more than 35 pounds of documents and workbooks they've requested from Powe to see if he met eligibility requirements.
An NCAA spokesman said a decision could come as soon as next week, though he cautioned that Powe's case is complicated and could take longer to sort out.
Attorney Don Jackson believes Powe has satisfied all the requirements to play this season. If the NCAA rules against Powe, the player likely will sue the NCAA, asking the federal courts to stop it from discriminating against athletes with learning disabilities.
"This particular case is about a lot more than Jerrell Powe," Jackson said. "Jerrell Powe is the face unfortunately. It's really about all of the young people who are anonymous who are not Parade All-American football players."
After initially denying Powe eligibility in 2005 because he had not completed the 14 core high school courses required to compete in college sports, the NCAA accused Powe of receiving too much help in his quest to qualify last year. The NCAA even put out a news release in September that cast a shadow over Powe's academic work after graduation.
"The NCAA stressed it is concerned about Mr. Powe's long-term well-being and that he has not yet demonstrated he can successfully manage the demands of full-time college academics and intercollegiate athletics," the statement said. "Among its concerns, the group noted there was insufficient information provided to the NCAA to determine that Mr. Powe completed the work on his own without significant assistance."
Powe has dyslexia and attention deficit disorder. Under federal law, teachers must accommodate his disabilities. Jackson said teachers never offered more help than is required by law and the NCAA is violating the Americans With Disabilities Act.
"What it really gets down to is an absolute ignorance of their responsibilities under federal law," Jackson said.
NCAA spokesman Bob Williams said staffers waited 1-1/2 weeks for the most recent round of documents that arrived Friday and are moving as quickly as possible to rule on Powe's case. He said delays in receiving paperwork, not processing it, have slowed the decision.
"There's been a lot of accusations about the NCAA stalling and not rendering a decision quickly on this," Williams said. "The fact is we need all information before we can make a decision."
In the two years since graduating from Wayne County, Powe, 20, has attended two prep schools, returned to his high school, taken correspondence courses and even worked as a jailer for a short time in the Wayne County.
Powe's appearance on the Ole Miss campus has generated a lot of excitement, too.
Orgeron, a former defensive lineman who coached the lines at Miami and Southern Cal, believes the 6-foot-2, 330-pound tackle is a future star who should be looked up to for his fight to join the Rebels.
Powe has the bulk needed to be a force inside, but has the quick hands and nimble feet of a basketball player who averaged 10 points and 10 rebounds in high school.
Most scouting services ranked Powe as among the top-three defensive lineman in the nation and the state's top prospect coming out of high school. He had 37 career sacks for Wayne County and 89 tackles, nine sacks and five forced fumbles in his senior season alone.
Orgeron said Powe reminds him of Cortez Kennedy, the seven-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle with the Seattle Seahawks who played for the coach at Miami.
"(Kennedy) was quick and had girth and power," Orgeron said. "He was a great young man who loved to play. Jerrell Powe reminds me a lot of him. Jerrell is a little bit heavier than Cortez was when he came in, but he has the quickness and attributes Cortez had."
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Are these real Hobbit and LOTR movie props for auction?
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Premeire Props is having their Hollywood Auction Extravaganza XIV on June 21-22 in California. Included in this auction are quite a few listings labeled as from the first two Hobbit Films and the three Lord of the Rings movies. A linked list of these items is included below if you are interested.
It is important to keep in mind that provenance and authenticity are of absolute importance when collecting movie props. Premiere Props offers certificates of authenticity for any items that they sell through their website (see their terms here) but those same terms do not generally apply to their weekly auctions such as this one, where items are typically consigned by other sellers. For the live auction items, each item description details the provenance and authenticity guarantees that each item comes with. For example, here is an item from the X-Men films, where the item description states "actual hero screen used claws", "These are the hero rubber versions worn by Jackman", "The blades come with a Letter of Provenience from producer Lauren Shuler Donner", and "This item also comes with a Movie Props DNA", which is a system of authenticity that Premiere Props uses to authenticate items even after they are sold.
Now, if you read all of the below item descriptions, you will note that not once is it mentioned that these are screen used,
[Update]I just now received this email in response to my queries to them:
All come from a guy who works on the props in these films. Premiere Props will provide a COA.
So the provenance for these items is "a guy". The Certificate of Authenticity is nice, though! [End Update]
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PAUSE: LSU led Vanderbilt 29-28 at the half Saturday and seemed primed to win its first SEC game of the season. But Les Miles once again mismanaged the second half, and LSU lost its 11th straight conference game.
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Hotels have vacant rooms, and restaurants have plenty of empty tables. Traffic restrictions have kept locals from getting around. With construction sites and factories closed, a lot of migrant workers have left town.
Local officials are now hoping for a post-Olympics tourism boom.
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Try to check the headers of the response once you have request an HTTP connection of that URL... try to look for the mime-type.
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Let $C_1$ be a fixed circumference with equation $(x-1)^2 + y^2 = 1$ and $C_2$ a circumference to be shrinked, with center at $(0, 0)$ and radius $r$.
Let $P$ be the point $(0, r)$, $Q$ the upper intersection between $C_1$ and $C_2$ and $R$ the intersection between the line $PQ$ with the $x$ axis.
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Sustainability is concerned with the impact of present actions on the ecosystems, societies, and environments of the future. Such concerns should be reflected in the strategic planning of sustainable corporations. Strategic intentions of this nature are operationalized through the adoption of a long-term focus and a more inclusive set of responsibilities focusing on ethical practices, employees, environment, and customers. A central hypothesis, that we test in this paper is that companies which attend to this set of responsibilities under the term superior sustainable practices, have higher financial performance compared to those that do not engage in such practices. The target population of this study consists of the top 100 sustainable global companies in 2008 which have been selected from a universe of 3,000 firms from the developed countries and emerging markets. We find significant higher mean sales growth, return on assets, profit before taxation, and cash flows from operations in some activity sectors of the sample companies compared to the control companies over the period of 2006–2010. Furthermore, our findings show that the higher financial performance of sustainable companies has increased and been sustained over the sample. Notwithstanding sample limitation, causal evidence reported in this paper suggests that, there is bi-directional relationship between corporate social responsibilities practices and corporate financial performance.
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The couple was reported missing Nov. 29 after leaving a relative's home in Citrus Heights.
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RE: where to stay for good surf in costa rica« on: December 31 2004 15:12:00 »
i went to costa rica lst year and i founf tamarindo was the best it's freaking aswome i suggest staying at the bottella de leche hostel it's about 10 per night and really well kept
RE: where to stay for good surf in costa rica« Reply #1 on: January 01 2005 10:01:00 »
Carribean side I'd go to Salsa. I went there this Christmas and it was awesome. Pacific side I'd go to Tamarindo or Mal Pais. Except don't go to Tamarindo during Easter or Christmas because of the crowds.
RE: where to stay for good surf in costa rica« Reply #2 on: January 06 2005 13:01:00 »
surf express has car rental & hotel voucher deals to start with then pick your spots


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