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While I usually like to keep the blog my happy, positive place, I can't help but admit – I just couldn't get into the Christmas spirit much this year. It's been a year of super highs and super lows, and when you've celebrated 29 Christmases with your parents and then lose one, the first holiday without them is hard. Harder than I even expected, and a bit like you've lost them all over again. I've felt my dads absence more than ever this past week, and it's been difficult. My dad loved Christmas – decorating the tree with a little Mannheim Steamroller dramatically playing in the background, sneaking in all the sweet treats he could between meals, and unwrapping presents – he was like a giddy little kid opening gifts. He didn't even care what was in it – dad just loved opening a present! I feel lucky to have truly great family + friends who have reached out during this time, knowing it's been a different, and hard first holiday without my sweet dad.
On a happier note, I spent the past week hanging with family and friends, baking treats, taking in Christmas movies, sipping tasty cocktails, opening gifts with some fun nieces and nephews, spending lots of time at work helping others find the perfect gift, planning a few fun getaways, overindulging in far too many treats, and sweating it all out as much as I can at yoga. As for the last couple days of 2013, I'm going to enjoy the last few moments of the year, and make some great big plans for the next one.
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Awful games in Hawks history: Dec. 31st, 1998
On this final day of 1998, Blackhawks Head Coach Dirk Graham would earn one of the final wins of his (awful) coaching career.
After dropping a heartbreaker 3-2 at home against Philadelphia on Dec. 26th (future-former Blackhawk Valeri Zelepukin would score the game winner), the Blackhawks (10-20-4) found themselves back at the United Center on New Years Eve to face the Mike Milbury coached New York Islanders (13-21-2 ).
Holy shit was this game a barn burner. Also, by barn burner I meant this game must have absolutely sucked. The Blackhawks' top defensive pairing was Chris Chelios and Dave Manson – arguably the slowest top pairing in Chicago outside of Steve Poapst + Nathan Dempsey a few years later. One total goal was scored. There were 0 episodes of facepunching. Two complete idiots were coaching.
Fortunately for all that were in attendance (ESPN reports that 17,218 were paid – no chance in hell that was accurate) Blackhawks goalie Jocelyn Thibault weathered the storm as Chicago was outshot 7-3 in the first period.
During the intermission Dirk Graham pointed his mustache at the team and told them to get their shit together. And they did! The Hawks tied the Islanders in shots on goal in the second period 12-12. Included in that offensive onslaught was the eventual game winner scored by…
Probie took a feed from Nelson Emerson (!) and buried it past Islanders goaltender Marco Cousineau. The Hawks stout defensive core (which also included such dynamos as Doug Zmolek, Christian Laflamme, and Bryan Muir) shut the offensive juggernaut of the Islanders (Ziggy Palffy, Sergei Nemchinov, Robert Reichel, and Bryan "Smoke" Smolinski) down.
The Islanders outshot the Blackhawks 28-21 on the game, and according to my imagination, absolutely mopped the floor with them in the offensive zone. Palffy had 8 (!!!) shots on goal and was second on his team in TOI. As a center. Good job, Milbury.
It was a HUGE emotional win for Chicago as they'd go on to win just 2 of their next 10 games leading to Graham's eventual dismissal.
FINAL: Blackhawks 1 – Islanders 0
- Eric Daze inexplicably played only 7 minutes.
- EDZOLCZYK played 10 minutes and contributed absolutely nothing. Much like his broadcasts.
- Dave Manson somehow played almost half of the game and nobody died.
- Ugh. Chad Kilger.
- On paper, that Islanders team shouldn't have been THAT bad.
- That Blackhawks roster is one of the worst of all-time.
- Both teams failed on the PP (combined 0-5).
- Jocelyn Thibault got a shut out. Wow.
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CLEVELAND — An Ohio man charged in the investigation into dozens of bomb threats made to courthouses — including Jackson County's — and other public buildings in five states late last year waived a bond hearing Thursday and was ordered locked up.
The FBI arrested 39-year-old Lonny Bristow of Mansfield on Wednesday in the Mansfield area.
He had an initial court appearance Thursday in U.S. District Court in Cleveland and waived a bond hearing. Bristow agreed to be held without bond while his case is pending, his public defender, Carolyn Kucharski, said in an email.
Bristow was initially charged with a single count of making a bomb threat by phone.
The FBI said Bristow was arrested in the investigation of bomb threats made in November and December to courthouses and public buildings in Nebraska, Washington, Oregon, Tennessee and Mississippi.
There was no immediate indication of a motive.
Jackson County's courthouse was one of 28 public buildings threatened in Oregon on Nov. 19.
A man called Jackson County's elections office that afternoon and said a bomb would explode in the courthouse in 25 minutes. The old county courthouse at 10 S. Oakdale Ave. and the Justice Center across the street were evacuated and searched, but nothing was found. An FBI agent's affidavit filed with the court said investigators traced numerous bomb threats to prepaid phone cards purchased at a Walmart in Upper Sandusky, located about 40 miles west of Mansfield.
Agents searched Bristow's residence and seized computers, bank cards, weapons and ammunition, the FBI said.
The Mansfield News Journal reported that in 1997 Bristow was labeled a "vexatious litigator." Since 1993, Bristow filed at least 137 lawsuits, targeting law enforcement personnel, judges, media outlets and others.
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Friends and relatives chant anti-government slogans during the funeral of Mahmoud Maki Abu Taki, 22, who died during clashes between Bahraini anti-government protesters and riot police on Thursday, in Sitra village, Bahrain, Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- Soldiers and riot police expelled hundreds of protesters from a landmark square in Bahrain's capital on Wednesday, using tear gas and armored vehicles to try to subdue the growing movement calling for an end to the 200-year-old monarchy. At least six people were killed as clashes flared across the kingdom, according to witnesses and officials.
The unrest that began last month has increasingly showed signs of a sectarian showdown: The country's Sunni leaders are desperate to hold power, and majority Shiites are calling for an end to their dynasty. A Saudi-led force from Gulf allies, fearful for their own regimes and worried about Shiite Iran's growing influence, has grown to more than 1,000 soldiers.
Wednesday's full-scale assault launched at dawn in Pearl Square, the center of the uprising inspired by Arab revolts in Egypt and Tunisia. Hours later, security forces were picking through burned debris and other remains of the protest camp.
In another area of Bahrain, one witness described police in a village "hunting" Shiites in what could be part of a wider campaign of intimidation.
The king's announcement Tuesday of a three-month emergency rule and the crackdown on Pearl Square sent a message that authorities will strike back with overwhelming force in the strategic island nation, which hosts the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet.
Security forces barred journalists and others from moving freely around Manama and other areas of the country a day after emergency rule was declared. A 4 a.m to 4 p.m. curfew was imposed in most of the country.
Witnesses said at least two protesters were killed when the square was stormed. Officials at Ibn Nafees Hospital said a third protester shot in the back later died from his wounds. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity because of fears of reprisals from authorities.
Bahrain state TV also reported that two policemen died when they were hit by a vehicle after anti-government protesters were driven out. The Interior Ministry also at least one other policeman was killed, but did not give the cause.
It was unclear whether the offensive included soldiers from other Gulf nations.
But state TV broadcast video showing military vehicles in the square flying Bahrain's red-and-white flag as security officials moved through the wreckage of the encampment, set up at the base of a towering monument to the country's history as a pearl diving center. The video showed the ground littered with debris, including satellite dishes and charred tent poles.
Helicopters crisscrossed over the square, which was cleared by security forces late last month but was later retaken by protesters after a deadly confrontation with army units.
Protesters fled for cover into side streets and security forces blocked main roads into Manama. Mobile phones were apparently jammed in central Manama during the height of the attack and Internet service remained at a crawl.
Hamid Zuher, a 32-year-old protester who slept at the square, said riot police first moved in on foot.
"They fired tear gas and then opened fire," Zuher said. "We lifted our arms and started saying 'Peaceful, Peaceful.' Then we had to run away. There was so much tear gas and shooting."
In Shiite villages, people went to mosques and held protest prayers. Others lit fires in anger. Clashes were reported in other mostly Shiite areas of the country, where traffic was tightly controlled by military forces in an apparent attempt to prevent gatherings or a surge of people toward the capital.
In Sitra, resident Rania Ali said police were charging after Shiites even as they ran for shelter.
"I'm scared. I can't move from my house," said Ali, who is a Sunni married to a Shiite man. "I saw them chasing Shiites like they were hunting ... It is a cleansing war against our Shiite brothers."
Roadblocks around the country also prevented injured protesters from reaching the main state hospital, which was working on generator power. The extent of the blackout in Manama was not immediately clear.
The official Bahrain news agency said the emergency rule bans "rallies and disrupting the public order" and imposes "movement restrictions" and possible curfews in some locations.
For Bahrain's authorities, clearing Pearl Square would be more of a symbolic blow against protesters than a strategic victory. Opposition groups can still mobilize marches and take other actions against the leadership.
Bahrain's sectarian clash is increasingly viewed as an extension of the region's rivalries between the Gulf Arab leaders and Iran. Washington, too, is pulled deeply into the Bahrain's conflict because of its key naval base -- the Pentagon's main Gulf counterweight to Iran's growing military ambitions.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday denounced the Bahraini government's crackdown on protesters and the presence of the Saudi-led force.
"The people's demands for change must be respected. How is it possible to stop waves of humanity with military force?" Ahmadinejad said, according to Iranian state TV.
Iran has no direct political links with Bahrain's main Shiite groups, but Iranian hard-liner in the past have called the tiny island nation that "14th Province" of the Islamic Republic.
Gulf rulers, particularly Saudi Arabia, fear that the collapse of Bahrain's Sunni monarchy could embolden further revolts across the region and embolden the Saudi Shiite minority whose home region is connected to Bahrain by a causeway.
The state of emergency imposed Tuesday in the U.S.-backed regime gives Bahrain's military chief wide authority.
Also Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Rhodium Clinton expressed alarm over "provocative acts and sectarian violence," and said she telephoned Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saudi to stress the need for the foreign forces to promote dialogue.
"We call for calm and restraint on all sides in Bahrain," Clinton told reporters in Cairo, where she was urging on democratic currents that chased Egypt's Hosni Mubarak from power last month.
The Pentagon has authorized military families and civilians with non-emergency jobs to leave Bahrain. A spokeswoman for Bahrain's Gulf Air, Noof Buallay, said flights were operating normally at Manama's airport.
The international credit agency Fitch Ratings cut its rating on Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat by two notches Wednesday. It follows Fitch's decision to downgrade the country's overall rating by a similar amount late Tuesday, citing the deteriorating political situation in the island kingdom.


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These are the lessons that elementary students study during this week each October, and they reviewed those lessons on Tuesday with members of the Vinton Fire Department.
VFD members visited classrooms at Tilford and Shellsburg Elementary to share fire safety lessons, such as keeping low to the floor to avoid smoke, checking the heat of a door before opening it, and if trapped in a room, crawl to a window, place a blanket or something out the window so firefighters know where you are.
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On 8/17/2010, the Fayetteville Police Department conducted two separate operations that wound up netting thirteen offenders, many going to jail and receiving secured bonds, for prostitution-related charges. The operations took place downtown and in the Bonnie Doone area.
Police Chief Tom Bergamine, who has recently taken an aggressive stance toward repeat offenders in the Fayetteville area, had issued warnings weeks ago that future operations were forthcoming and these operations, conducted miles apart, are a testament to that. Police have recently conducted operations during the day and some at night, each producing multiple arrests. "We aren't going to tell you where we will be or when," said Chief Bergamine, "But I assure you that we will be there all hours of the day and night."
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The Fayetteville Police Department wants to remind the public that these charges are public record and that the names and ages of those arrested are posted on the popular new citizen alert system, Nixle.com. In the future, police will include the offender's mug shots when available, the offender's criminal history and the street at which they reside on the alert system as well.
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Cuts May be "Deep and Narrow," Effects Widespread
SF State bears witness to its budget crisis.
May 4, 2004 11:55 AM
The $10.3 million CSU budget cuts are sparking fears of shrinking programs, lower standards in education, and matriculating at SF State under the seven-year plan.
When presented with an assignment to seek out student reaction to the budget cuts, a journalism class found varied responses, from those who were trying to hope for the best to those who were trying to look for another school.
The following responses were gathered from Prof. Austin Long-Scott's Journalism 300 class.
The Decision-Making:
"It's a string of decisions by the eligible voters who don't vote and legislators who aren't held accountable. They don't seem to realize that life is interconnected. If people aren't in school or working, then crime goes up. Then medical problems arise because you're depressed. I wonder a lot about what the world is going to be like when I finally graduate."
Financial Woes
"I have to think about every penny I spend now, all from groceries to my $35-a-month birth control pills. I didn't want to dip into my savings but I had to, because even though school fees have increased, my student loans have not. I am also worried about not graduating in time because I cannot get all the classes I need, which will mean that I'll have to dip into my savings even more."
"As a graduate student, I'm going to be hit with a 40 percent (fee) increase. I think the governor hates graduate students.
"I keep trying to psych myself out into thinking that everything will be all right, but I'm not really sure. I'm one of those students they (FAFSA) say whose parents make too much money, but yet my parents can't afford to put me through college. So with these budget cuts, I'll have to take out bigger loans, which will require me to pay back even more money; I just don't know how I'm going to do it."
The Facilities:
"I did want to graduate within the next year or so. I planned to stay for my master's in Early Childhood Development, but that looks way out of the picture now. But I mean I love the school; the people are so diverse and the campus is gorgeous. It's just the question at hand now is will SFSU stay this way?"
Impacted Departments and Reduced Classes:
"I'm a little worried when the time comes that I can't get my classes, but I'll figure it out. If I can't get my classes then I'll go to a different school because there's no point in staying at this school if I can't get my classes."
"I've already had a rough time registering for summer school. They don't have all the classes I need right now and that sets me back. Most likely I would have graduated in 2005, but with the budget cuts, it won't probably be until 2006."
"I'm supposed to go study abroad next year in London. Am I going to have something to come back to? I'm not sure at this point, and pretty worried."
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The Past, Present and Future of the CSU
"If you look at the decade of the 1990s, the CSU did not do very well financially in the face of the greatest economic boom in the history of the state. How can it hope to do well during a recession, or normal times? The people of California have too many other programs where they want to invest money that used to come to the CSU. It's difficult to fight that trend. I fear for the system over the next decade unless a real change of interests and attitudes about the CSU change quickly."
"Corrigan and Schwarzenegger are damaging our society. How can we continue to be the number-one nation if we can't get an education? They aren't investing enough in the future of California, and they'll regret it."
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Akit said
May 4, 2004 11:28 PM
Here's my two cents...
I'm a new transfer student and entered as a Junior. The problems I faced due to budget cuts is that my core major classes (English Literature) is impossible to register for! I was forced to take two high level courses that I am not fully prepared for. Due to this problem, I had NO CHOICE BUT TO WITHDRAW ONE OF MY CLASSES.
"Akit", Junior, English Lit.
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Hazel Dell Hoffman fell asleep in death March 7, 2010.
Born at Creston, Wirt County, W.Va. on Dec. 16, 1905, she is the daughter of George Greenlow "Doc" Wix and Mary Elizabeth Criss Wix. Hazel is the widow of John Charles Hoffman (deceased 1988) and the mother of Guy Eugene Hoffman and James Allen Hoffman (both deceased 1971 and 1990). Hazel has five grandchildren, Leigh Ann (Roger) Full, Pam (Mark) Richards, James (Mary Ann) Hoffman, Michael Hoffman and David (Ronna) Hoffman. She has many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Hazel is survived by one brother, Robert Wix of Parkersburg, W.Va.
She was preceded in death by her parents, five sisters and two brothers.
Hazel was a member of Stout Memorial United Methodist Church and the "Lydia" Circle. She was also a member of the Eastern Star, Chapter 14 (of Parkersburg), Bethany Shrine #4, and the Ladies' Oriental Shrine and Eastern Star Past Matrons Clubs. She attended Creston School (grades 1-8), and Normal Teachers' College in Fairmont, W.Va. She taught at Pine Alley School in Annamoriah, W.Va., at Big Bend School in Calhoun County, W.Va., and at Monaville School in Logan County, W.Va.
Hazel married John Hoffman on June 8, 1925. She sold cosmetics from home (Mary Kay) and then was employed at Woolen Mills, which made men's clothes, located on 6th Street in Parkersburg.
Hazel was a warm and loving mother and grandmother, and she always created happy, lasting memories for us, while we were growing up. She especially enjoyed family gatherings at her home and at the family farm in Calhoun County, W.Va. Until we see her again, she will be sadly missed.
Visitation at Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, 400 Green Street, Parkersburg, W.Va. will be 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home with Pastor Scott Sears officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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CAPE GIRARDEAU - Harriett Ann Merrill, 55, died Dec. 23, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
Born Feb. 3, 1948, in Advance, adopted daughter of the late Delmar S. and Inah Lou Jordan Merrill Fugier, she was a resident at the Heartland Care and Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau. She was of the Methodist belief and, in spite of being disabled with multiple sclerosis, she graduated from the University of Oklahoma at Norman on July 31, 1995, with a bachelor of arts degree.
Survivors include: three close cousins, Dr. Ed Masters of Sikeston, Charlotte Masters Newton of Kansas City and Carolyn Jenkins of Tempe, Ariz.; and other relatives and friends.
One brother preceded her in death.
Graveside services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Shelbina Cemetery in Shelbina. The Rev. Virgil Clow, pastor of the United Methodist Church of Shelbina, will officiate.
Nunnelee Funeral Chapel of Sikeston is in charge of arrangements.
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Generalstab des Heeres [German General Staff] [Large scale invasion/bombing street plan of] Reading Berlin: [Department for War Maps and Surveying], 1941.
A large scale, 1:10000 (about 6 inches to the mile) street plan of Reading, 26 inches x 31 inches, 66 cms x 79 cms, folded as issued by the German Wehrmacht in 1941. This large scale map shows individual buildings and houses with areas of strategic or military importance, or potential targets for ground or air attack, being identified and outlined. In very good condition, with the slightest trace of wear on some of the folds.
Following the Battle of Britain in 1940, the Germans postponed their plans for Unternehmen Seelowe (Operation Sealion), the invasion of Britain by large-scale troop landings along the South Coast. However, whilst abandoning their immediate plans to invade, the German High Command continued to gather together detailed information to prepare the ground for any future invasion or occupation of Britain.
This scarce street plan of Reading was issued in Berlin in 1941 as part of Militargeographische Einzelangaben uber England (effectively translating as Military/geographical Single Targets across England) by Abteilung fur Kriegskarten und Vermessungswesen (Department for War Maps and Surveying), and was intended Nur fur den Dienstgebrauch (For official use only) by the Generalstab des Heeres (German General Staff).
This detailed street plan is one of a number of confidential documents prepared at the height of the Second World War for the use of high ranking military planners, officers and their immediate staff within the top echelons of the German war machine in Berlin.Very hard to obtain, particularly in such nice condition and of immense local history interest to Reading. Item reference RS-2013. UKBI 0-7 Rarity Scale 5
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Share your thoughts on all the action at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Two weeks ago, as the Olympic world turned its focus toward Vancouver, story lines were set with expectations. Seventeen days later the script was thrown out in favor of the compelling stories of achievement and character.
From downtown Vancouver, which hosted Kim Yu-Na's record-shattering figure skating performance, to Cypress Mountain, that saw Canada's first gold on home soil thanks to mogul skier Alexandre Bilodeau, to Richmond, where Sven Kramer snatched defeat from certain victory with a false turn, to Whistler, that provided the setting of Bode Miller's redemption story, the Vancouver Games left several lasting impressions.
We want to hear what your favorite moment was from these Olympics. In no particular order, these are our top-ten highlights from the Winter Games. Feel free to disagree.
There were memorable moments as well. Julia Mancuso's two surprising silver medals, Bilodeau's gold, Seth Wescott's repeat victory in snowboard cross and Shen and Zhao's gold in pairs figure skating all come to mind.
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Stephen Colbert made it popular, but the word "truthiness" has been around for a long time.
Webster's provides a list of definitions for "truthiness," including this one: (noun) : truth level of a statement; and this one: (noun) : The quality of stating what one wishes or feels to be true instead of what is actually true.
Tom's of Maine, or more accurately, the brand's majority owner, Colgate-Palmolive, was clearly guilty of "truthiness" when it created a webpage titled "How to Identify Organic Toothpaste."
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The art of beekeeping in Maya communities can be traced back centuries. Beekeepers pass the skill down from one generation to the next.
For these indigenous communities in Mexico's Campeche and Yucatán regions, beekeeping isn't just a tradition or a hobby. For many, it's a livelihood.
And that livelihood is now being threatened by Monsanto.
On July 13, the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) Mexico, Greenpeace Mexico, the Colegio de Antropólogos de Yucatán (School of Anthropology of Yucatán) and Fundar Research Read More
Today, Congress rammed through a bill that is anti-consumer and anti-states' rights.
And President Obama is expected to sign it very soon.
Why would President Obama sign the DARK Act, a bill that will preempt Vermont's GMO labeling law and is clearly intended to hide information from consumers?
We can't think of a single good reason.
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It's hard to know which is worse. The corporations that profit from poisoning your food and water. Or the politicians who will happily sell you down the river for a few campaign contributions.
Today, our "leaders" in the U.S. Senate proudly announced that they've "reached a deal" on a federal GMO labeling bill.
No matter how they spin it—and they will spin it—this "compromise" is nothing more than a handout to Monsanto, an industry-brokered deal intended to legally sanction the right of corporations to deceive you, the consumer. Read More
Monsanto may not be the largest company in the world. Or the worst. But the St. Louis, Mo. biotech giant has become the poster child for all that's wrong with our industrial food and farming system.
Since the early 20th century, Monsanto has marketed highly toxic products that have contaminated the environment and permanently sickened or killed thousands of people around the world. In a rare exception, Monsanto was recently ordered to pay $46.5 million to compensate victims of its PCB poisoning. Sometimes the company settles out of court, to avoid having to admit to any " Read More
If you participated in the glyphosate test project launched last year by The Detox Project (formerly Feed The World) and Organic Consumers Association, you probably failed.
A staggering 93 percent of Americans tested positive for glyphosate, according to the test results, announced yesterday (May 25, 2016).
What makes that figure even more alarming is that many of you who sent in urine samples for testing probably eat more organic than non-organic food. Which suggests that either your organic food has been contaminated and/or you're being exposed to glyphosate via Read More
Every 15 years, pesticides come up for review by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Last year, 2015, was the year the EPA was supposed to review and either renew, or reject, glyphosate.
We're still waiting. Meanwhile, glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup, was as ubiquitous in the media this week as it is in our environment—and on our food.Read More
Oh, to be a fly on the wall inside the offices of the top lobbyists for the Grocery Manufacturers Association.
So close to the July 1 deadline for complying with Vermont's GMO labeling law, and still no court ruling to overturn Vermont's law. Still no federal legislation to preempt Vermont's law.
Hundreds of millions of dollars spent to keep labels off GMO ingredients. Lawsuits, dirty tricks, shady schemes—all, so far, for naught. Meanwhile, food corporations are Read More
I have a confession.
Until I watched actress Kaiulani Lee kick off the Beyond Pesticides 34th National Pesticide Forum this weekend in Portland, Maine, I had only vaguely heard of Rachel Carson, marine biologist, environmental activist and author of "The Silent Spring."Read More
Monsanto has a long history of sneaking around—or outright violating—the law. Nowhere has that been more evident lately than in Mexico's Campeche and Yucatán regions, where the agribusiness giant, in collusion with Mexican government authorities, is violating a court order requiring them to consult with indigenous communities before granting permits for the growing of genetically modified (GM) soy crops.
OCA Mexico and Millones Contra Monsanto have joined Mayan authorities, activists, scientists, community organizers and human rights experts in the Civil Observation Mission, a Read More
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Here's one more early Yazoo release that for some reason never received a CD reissue, much to the detriment of those who got into prewar blues during the 1980s and 1990s. Featuring some wonderful cover artwork and an irresistible title, Buddy Boy Hawkins & His Buddies includes one side devoted to this underappreciated singer-guitarist's most compelling performances and another that showcases the works of six different blues musicians who were more or less his contemporaries. At the time of its release, biographical details about many such artists were extremely scarce. Consequently, Hawkins was often stylistically grouped with bluesmen from Texas and the Southwest as on this record and another Yazoo LP, Don't Leave Me Here: The Blues of Texas, Arkansas & Louisiana.
Information about Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins remains quite fragmentary, but there does seem to be a consensus that he was probably born in Blytheville, Arkansas sometime in the 1880s or 1890s. Although much of the state bears cultural and geographic similarities to northeastern Texas and northwestern Louisiana, his hometown's proximity to the Mississippi River meant that it was more in the Memphis-Mississippi Delta sphere of influence. As Paul Oliver theorizes in his excellent notes for Document's William Harris & Buddy Boy Hawkins - Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order CD, Hawkins may have operated primarily in the Jackson, Mississippi-Birmingham, Alabama corridor since these two cities are prominently mentioned in some of his songs. He was unique among recorded blues singers in terms of his playing. Jerome Epstein, author of this album's liner notes explains,
First, he uses a harmonic structure incomparably richer than the typical three of four chord blues piece. Second, his guitar accompaniments are contrapuntally conceived, usually in four voices. In moving from one chord to another he will move an inner voice, usually the alto played on the second string, along a natural melodic line producing along the way highly dissonant harmonies. Also, traditionally in the blues, and in folk guitar generally, the right hand strum determines the bass notes and hence whether a triad is inverted or not. No conceptual distinction is made between root position and inverted chords. Hawkins, however, realizes, like any "classical" musician, that inverted chords result from moving the bass line in a natural melodic way, that is by treating the bass as a counterpoint line on equal footing with the tune. These two factors indicate a strong influence of "classical" music, that is the composed music of white western Europe. Third, there is in some of the material on this record (primarily on "How Come Mama Blues" and "A Rag") an unmistakable influence of the classical flamenco techniques.Since I'm not a musician, there is really no way that I could have regurgitated the above any better. Thus the lengthy block quotation. While some blues enthusiasts such as Epstein clearly were fascinated by Hawkins' approach, others were obviously not - as indicated by descriptions such as "slow, whiny singing, monotonous one-chord strumming" in one of Tony Mostrom's hilarious fake Paramount advertisements featured at the bottom of this post. While I'll concede that making it through all 12 of Hawkins' performances on the aforementioned Complete Recorded Works might test one's patience, these seven sides effectively demonstrate the man's genius. The material from 1927 unfortunately sounds like it was recorded in a shoebox, but otherwise merits serious listening. "Number Three Blues," "Snatch It Back Blues," and "Raggin' the Blues" are all railroad-themed songs suggesting that Hawkins may have worked as a tracklayer or regularly utilized the Great Southern line running between Jackson and Birmingham, according to Oliver. My preference is for Hawkins' 1929 sides because of their superior sound quality and more ebullient nature. In addition to the impressive string-snapping techniques displayed on "Snatch It and Grab It," one can also make out various bits of commentary from at least one other person in the Richmond, Indiana studio of Gennett Records, which was rented by Paramount for this June 14 recording session. Research has shown that labelmate Charlie Patton also cut several sides on this date, suggesting that the second voice might be that of the founder of the Delta blues himself. "How Come Mama Blues" starts out slow, but by the time Hawkins reaches its conclusion, it ends at an incredibly feverish pace. "A Rag" is simply amazing and serves as the best illustration of the guitarist's flamenco-style playing, while "Voice Throwin' Blues" is his singular interpretation of the venerable "Hesitation Blues," complete with examples of ventriloquism that give this piece its name.
One can only speculate on where Hawkins came in contact with this material. The best guess is that he was in Europe with the armed forces in World War I, as we know Son House was. Europe had no discernible effect on House's music, but Hawkins may have been more receptive. If he was in the south of France he would most certainly have heard Flamenco guitar as well as standard European harmonies. It is also possible that he was exposed to and absorbed some classical influences in the United States, possibly in Memphis. He also could have heard flamenco here, possibly in New Orleans. The story of his life is undoubtedly fascinating.
Most of the musicians on side two have a definite Texas pedigree (thus disputing the contention that they were actual associates of Hawkins) even if other biographical details are relatively scarce. Will Day is a nonentity, although his superb "Central Avenue Blues" - a rare example of a guitar-clarinet duet and a variation on the "West Texas Blues" theme - shows that he was anything but a non-talent. The risque "Easy Rider Blues" comes from one of the last prewar recording sessions by singer Alger "Texas" Alexander, whose accompanists include guitarists Willie Reed and Carl Davis. Reed's appealingly ragged "Texas Blues" is another interpretation of the standard "West Texas Blues." San Antonio-native Dennis "Little Hat" Jones ranks as my favorite prewar blues guitarist from the Lone Star State because of his unique guitar style as displayed on "Hurry Blues" and "Rollin' from Side to Side." John T. Smith - better known as J.T. Smith, "Funny Paper" Smith (a nickname that may have resulted from a misunderstanding of the appellation "Funny Papa" by white record company executives), or "Howling Wolf" - paints a chilling portrait in "Fool's Blues," in which he sings, "It must be the devil I'm serving, I know it can't be Jesus Christ." So why haven't the idiots in Hollywood made a movie about this guy selling his soul at the crossroads? Oh yeah, maybe because he doesn't have Robert Johnson's public relations team working for him. The identities of Blind Percy and his Blind Band are complete mysteries, and their connections to Texas are doubtful at best. Some people believe that the group's leader was actually gospel singer Blind Joe Taggart recording under a nom de disc. What is certain is that "Coal River Blues" sounds a lot like "Pennsylvania Woman Blues" by Six Cylinder Smith, which may or may not have been another one of Taggart's pseudonyms. Regardless of who actually recorded it, this captivating ensemble performance seems to feature a guitar, violin, and perhaps a kazoo or other similar instrument, which gives it something of a hillbilly string band sound.
1. Snatch It and Grab It - Buddy Boy Hawkins
2. Number Three Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
3. How Come Mama Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
4. A Rag - Buddy Boy Hawkins
5. Snatch It Back Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
6. Raggin' the Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
7. Voice Throwin' Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
8. Central Avenue Blues - Will Day
9. Easy Rider Blues - Texas Alexander
10. Texas Blues - Willie Reed
11. Hurry Blues - Little Hat Jones
12. Rollin' from Side to Side - Little Hat Jones
13. Fool's Blues - "Funny Paper" Smith
14. Coal River Blues - Blind Percy and his Blind Band


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New e-cig store gets arty
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Not content to be just another e-cig store, the new Infinite Vapor in Uptown adds an artfully local touch.
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The latest e-cig shop to open its doors, Infinite Vapor (1400 Lagoon Av. S., Mpls.) is definitely not your typical e-cig shop. Part of a new vapor e-cig franchise with seven locations in Minnesota and North Dakota headed up by former Twin Cities promoter Beecher Vaillancourt and his business partner Gavin Rydell, the shop looks more like a slick design studio than a head shop.
To give the space its stylized feel, they enlisted the help of Tricia Khutoretsky, curator of the hyped art gallery Public Functionary. She's styled the space with a collection of graphic, street art-inspired screenprints by local and locally-connected artists Burlesque of North America, Greg Gossel, Eric Inkala, Adam Garcia and Mike Davis, plus an abstract, large-scale wallpaper mural by Michael Cina, released by Minneapolis luxury artist wallpaper line Area Designed Environments. The shop will also carry Glam Doll Donuts on Sundays and act as an official hard ticket location for First Avenue concerts.
Over the past year, Minnesota has seen an unprecedented rise in e-cigarette retailers. According to a list posted by MNVA, Minnesota is now home to 38 e-cigarette and vapor shops, about 20 of which are located in the Metro Area of the Twin Cities, four locations in Minneapolis and one in St. Paul. The rising popularity of e-cigarettes has been a boon to Twin Cities retailers, as many cigarette smokers are turning to e-cigs as a healthier alternative to traditional smoking, as well as a way to help them quit smoking. In fact, both Vaillancourt and his sister Anjel Vaillancourt, the Uptown store's manager, say they've successfully quit smoking since establishing the business.
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Back Pain Health Center
Backpacks May Not Cause Kids' Back Pain
"A typical third grader weighs about 50 pounds, so 6% would be about 3 pounds, and since a middle school child usually weighs around 100 pounds, that is about 11 pounds in their backpack. You could balance three pounds of weight on your nose and it wouldn't matter," says Scott D. Boden, MD, director for the Emory University Spine Center and a professor of orthopaedic surgery at its medicine school. "I think those backpack loads are way low."
Two Italian studies indicate that children there typically carry about 30% of their body weight in their backpacks. "And I'm willing to bet that most kids here carry 15 or 20 pounds," Boden, spokesman for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), tells WebMD. It's these heavier weights that are often blamed for more than 13,000 back injuries in children each year that require medical treatment.
To prevent back pain in children, both the AAOS and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that backpack loads not exceed 15% of total body weight, and that they always be worn using both shoulder straps and not slung over one shoulder.
But even if most children carry heavier backpacks than those studied by Haig -- who were observed toward the end of the school year, when loads tend to be lighter -- he says it shouldn't cause problems. "It is possible that a really big load or a really fragile child can combine to create back pain. More weight or longer distances mean your body should be in shape to handle the work. The backpack would be about the 10th thing on my list."
Instead, Haig says that to prevent back pain in children, parents should focus more on keeping children active. Exercise squeezes and stretches the disks that act as shock absorbers for the spine, pumping more nutrition and oxygen to keep disks healthy and pain-free, he says.
"We acknowledge the intuitive sense of parents, clinicians, and teachers that as children carry more in their backpacks, they have more back pain," he says. "But the increases in pain seem to be related to aging and inactivity. There is no evidence that backpacks cause anything more than temporary discomfort."


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FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2009, file photo a U.S. Special Forces soldier takes cover as two Chinook Ch-47 helicopters come in for a landing with supplies in Afghanistan. The Central Intelligence Agency together with U.S. special operations were the first Americans into Afghanistan after the attacks of Sept. 11th, and will likely be the last U.S. forces to leave. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)


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My two adult sons and I were driving home from dinner at ~9:59 pm Christmas Eve. We were in the Houston, TX area -- about 20 miles north in Spring or Klein, TX. We reported the sighting promptly to a different UFO website in WA state, and were referred to your website later by friends. My oldest son spotted it first -- looking up through some pine trees near the road we were on. All three of us then saw it very clearly. There were about 10 clusters of 5 or 6 bright orange or amber lights, flying in a crude formation. I assume each of these light clusters was associated with a fairly good sized aircraft of some sort, but we could not see any shapes other than the light patterns. At first they were low and quite bright and slow moving, maybe at 5000 ft. or less, and then they accelerated as they rose and moved off into the distance. Within 2 to 3 minutes from the initial sighting these orange / amber lights had moved off rapidly toward the northwest, fading into the clear night sky, headed toward Tomball, TX. As they disappeared each of the 50 or 60 lights twinkled sort of like a distant star. It was not fireworks -- nothing came down toward the ground and we heard no unusual noises. It was not normal aircraft ��� I have never seen an aircraft with 5 or 6 orange or amber lights and no other colors. And why would 10 of them be flying in a fairly tight formation at night anyway? It is a real mystery ��� like nothing me or my sons have ever seen before in the 40 years I have been here. The formation did not form a clear geometric pattern. It was sort of random, like a pack of helicopters flying at different elevations, some nearer, some further. Each cluster of lights also did not form a clear geometric pattern. Each light cluster did not form a circle for example. If I was forced to describe each light cluster, it would be 5 or 6 orange or amber lights in roughly an E or H-pattern. The clusters were quite a ways apart, like multiple aircraft would be to avoid collision, yet they were flying together in a crude formation. I know other people must have seen it, because it was very clear and there were other people out and about. We tried to take a picture but did not get a good one. We did not react quickly enough and also there were white street lights obscuring the sky and confusing the iPhone camera where we pulled over to stop the car.
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Woman robbed, beaten to death at home in South Dallas
A 72-year-old woman was robbed and beaten to death overnight at her home in South Dallas.
Dallas police responded to the 3900 block of Latimer Street near Fair Park around 8 p.m. Thursday to find Mouda Erskine dead from blows to the head. Police also believe her vehicle and some of her belongings were stolen.
Police say they are pursuing leads and are searching for a person of interest in the murder.


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Two Davidson County school buses carrying elementary school students were involved in two separate collisions on Tuesday.
One crash happened just after 3 p.m. on N.C. 109 and West Street in Wallburg. A person was hurt in the crash but not seriously, WXII's Bill O'Neil reported.
The crash involved a pickup truck and a school bus carrying students from Friendship Elementary School.
Troopers were still investigating the crash as of 3:45 p.m.
A school bus carrying students from Southwood Elementary School was involved in a crash around 7:30 a.m. at Snider Kines Road and Pine Bluff Drive near Lexington. That crash involved a bus and a car.
No one was injured, and there was no damage to the bus, Davidson County Schools officials said.


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Three years ago, the Jamaican-born hip-hop superstar Heavy D fulfilled a long-time wish and dropped his first reggae album. When he was first introducing this new musical direction to the world, he stopped by the Manhattan offices of my former employer to drop words of wisdom about his life and his work. Listening to him now, in the wake of his sudden death, Hev's words take on new meaning.
His final post on Twitter, just hours before his still-unexplained death, was an all-caps "BE INSPIRED!" Heavy certainly followed his own advice. He had just released a new album, Love Opus, in September—a follow-up of sorts to his Grammy-nominated reggae album Vibes, the first full-length release to feature him singing throughout.
Hev also performed a medley of his hits live on the latest BET Hip-Hop Awards, looking and sounding as sharp as ever. Since the shocking news of his passing, DJ Premier revealed that he and Heavy had been working on a new hip-hop project, Blue Funk 2. Perhaps we'll get to hear some unreleased jewels one day.
Many of Heavy's fans and friends have been in a bit of a blue funk since we heard about his untimely death. But hearing him speak about following one's passion and honoring one's creative spirit, it's clear that Dwight Myers lived his life doing exactly that. How many of us can same the same? BE INSPIRED. Nuff said.
As told to Rob Kenner (@boomshots)
On His Early Rap Career....
"I started young. My first record came out when I was—what? 18? So I was in the studio when I was 15, 16. My whole life from a certain point was guided and geared to...You do this, you don't do this. If he gets the big rope chain, your shit better be bigger. If he get the car, your shit better be better. You got to have the loudest system.
"[One day] it just all clicked, like, 'Wait a minute—I don't even know who I am anymore.' Like, I need to find out who I am. And raising my daughter brought me back to me, if that makes sense...
"So I went into the studio, like, 'Yeah, let me get back in the studio and make this album. Make some hot records!' They were hot, and you can all sit there and romanticize—those of you who ever cared about Heavy D or whatever—and be like, 'Aw yeah, we can't wait till Hev come out.'
It just all clicked, like, 'Wait a minute—I don't even know who I am anymore.' Like, I need to find out who I am.
"Trust me—you can wait. They're gonna be good records. But they're not gonna be great. And they'll never be able to compare to what I've done in the past. Because that was something else. The stars and the moons were aligned differently. My youth was different. It was new. We were all learning about [hip-hop] culture. We invented the culture to a degree. So that's gone for me."
The hardest thing for an artist to do is to let go. I don't wanna be the dude—if you come to my house, there are no pictures circa '86 in my house. No there's not. I'm proud of what I've done and I'm very happy about that. But how do you move forward and start looking back? You can't."
On Falling Off...
"You know, it's easy to write a rhyme—it's easy to write 16 bars, 32 bars—but to do it where it really means something, and that it's gonna transcend towards what people really respect and honor in the craft—it's over. I'm happy to admit it. I had a great run. The baton has been passed. But that shouldn't stop me from being an artist and delivering a message.
After a while, when you're in a career as long as I have been, you end up—no matter what people say—trying to keep up. If you're not accepting that, dude, somebody's gonna take your place.
"After a while, when you're in a career as long as I have been, you end up—no matter what people say—trying to keep up. If you're not accepting that—dude somebody's gonna be better than you. Somebody's gonna take your place. You're struggling, trying to keep up, there's this kind of pity that happens. I didn't want to do that.
"You know, I'm 41 now. I'm in a different headspace. The maturity level is different. The things that I listen to. I've got an 8-year-old daughter. I'm a single dad. It's like my life is different, so for me to pretend like I'm gonna up in the club at three in the morning and poppin' bottles—it's not gonna happen. I went to LL's release party yesterday. I spent 15 minutes with him and I was like "Goodnight—I'm gone." I couldn't do it.
"And where I think we get stuck in the business—those of us who are part of the business—we get stuck in a way of not allowing people to mature or grow. There's territorial-ness, you wanna keep your artist right where they should be. And I'm not gonna allow anyone to do this. Not in a bully way, but I'm pouring my heart out in this.
"As an artist there were different levels in my career that brought me to a realization that I am what you would call a pure artist. And I don't say that with any type of vanity."
On His Reggae Album...
"This whole album is reggae. It's a departure from what you're probably normally used to hearing from Heavy D. And why I haven't made a rap album is simply because I feel like I've done the best that I could do. I had a great run. There's a lot of years. Actually this month—today maybe—is like my 22nd year.
"Most of you who have followed my career—and those who haven't—I'm Jamaican by birth. I've always had one foot in the reggae and one foot in hip hop—whether it was sneaking behind the major label's back and doing records with Super Cat and Buju Banton and catching hell for it later. I caught hell from the record companies—I wasn't supposed to be in Jamaica recording with Supercat. I was never supposed to do those things.
I was sneaking behind the major label's back and doing records with Super Cat and Buju Banton and catching hell for it later. I was never supposed to do those things.
"But reggae was always a passion of mine. I used to say in interviews that I would love to do a reggae album. But it consumed my life being a hip-hop artist and being Heavy D, which I'm happy and proud of.
"For the last four years I've been working on this product and I felt like I really started getting excited again. The artist in me was reinvigorated. And I just fell in love with the process. And I was just having a good time again. I hadn't had fun in a long time.
"I made a bunch of rap records. I got 40 sitting in a vault somewhere. I tried to do a hip-hop album. I didn't love it enough to present it to the world. But I am in love with this project right here. It's all reggae. It's different.
"All my friends kept saying, "Do a reggae album." But I was always thinking Sean Paul, I would think Elephant Man. But now what that reggae has become is, it's become Jamaicans rapping over hip-hop beats. So there's no real reggae culture anymore.
"I've arrived in a place where I'm comfortable with just being happy with who I am. And it's a great place to be. For those of you who aren't quite 40 yet, it's wonderful. Trust me. Cause the dumbness is just silliness now. The pain now, I'm avoiding that. I've seen that before. So I'm in a great place."


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So far I've managed to get most of my college out of the way but I have yet to graduate. However I am now ramping up my next project which will be known as The Darkworld Chronicles starring a buddy cast. It's a somewhat of a moderate fiction because I'm still trying to work on The After War Crisis which is my lead and forerunning project and I will NEVER give up on it (hopefully) but alongside that I'm preparing to gather other series as well. Currently I'm trying to start a Fallout fan fiction series which will have comedic expressions.
The Darkworld Chronicles will have a bleak yet epic plot and story. It will center on two characters plus secondary casts but expect the articles to now include a working plo Currently I've yet to explore any artwork proposals but as soon as I get GIMP to work then I can start developing content.Loading editor
UPDATE: I'm pretty much almost finished with college, but some projects have cost me too much time constraints but once graduation nears I'm planning on getting back on writing my sci fi projects hopefully next year. I'll need further time doing that and finding a job. But hopefully next year I can finally get down on something. -MikeLoading editor
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Guess who's back? The Fett is back! And yes I am going to add a ton of new sh*t on this site as planned! Jeez I did not know how bad college held me back on this sweet community!
As of now I'm "living" on here which means I'm adding this site as my primary visiting spot.Loading editor
As of now, I will post several new articles on my current project series. I have pretty much got what I wanted and now it's time to start re-writing everything. Also Legends of Talia will be getting slight attention after exploring new ideas for it.Loading editor
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Well after the mortal kill off of the Expanded Universe of Star Wars I am back.
This event has re-motivated me to continue writing my science fiction series due to my dislike of shredding my childhood memories by Disney.Loading editor
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Soulslayer317 wrote: welcome back!
Thanks for the greeting! Yeah my science fiction series is part of my own Project Film Nostalgic I just initiated. Simply put: science fiction with a nostalgic feel like watching your childhood shows and films of what ever action film you saw. Like for example creating a sci fi inspired by Robocop or Aliens. It's my new glorious salvation for the old retro waves I grew up seeing. All mid-20th century pop culture influences and whatnot. I've said this in a blog that my sci fi takes alot of traits from alot of old action flicks form the 80s and 90s (including 70s).
I sure am preparing to update my content soo keep a nice eye out for that on the main page possibly this week. I'm on break of collage soo I'd like to get started on making new chapters for my novel. Been reading alot of William Gibson's Sprawl novels to gain insparation. Plus I have high-speed internet so I can download GIMP to try to make artwork for my project.Loading editor
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As of now my current project sorta mirrors Aliens but has some Warhammer 40k similarities. I'm trying hard to write a new plot layout but it will possibly be about another week before I can release any details. This past moth has killed me between school and playing Fallout.
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as logn as you dont copy ideas and avoid copyright, good luck with your own. I know the feeling as I've been stuck with university work since the near end of septemberLoading editor
Soulslayer317 wrote: as logn as you dont copy ideas and avoid copyright, good luck with your own. I know the feeling as I've been stuck with university work since the near end of september
Immediately after posting I just went to a simple set of originality instead. It will however mirror Starship Troopers and Aliens (Much how like Aliens and Halo did). First things first I aim to write and provide a back story on the Third World War and how technology became rapidly advance between 1984/1999 (Much like how some of the films and novels then envisioned the future in due time).
The first series will start in WWIII, The second chronicles will take place after in a deserted Post-Apocalypse world (Will mirror Mad Max with resources dwindling and deserted settlements. But in sense of keeping up with the cyberpunk genre, the resources are geared to building huge isolated cities, spaceships, and androids)
I get tired of today's shows and films so I have a nostalgic craving for old school styled fiction. And it's also to keep on with the tradition of the corresponding genres and themes it will have.
I hate copycats though, but I will try to keep alot of things original.Loading editor
sounds very intersting. if you manage to compelete it I would like to read it sometime and let you know what I think of it.
As for me, I'm doing the same for my series, they have some elements of some series like Assassins Creed, star wars, Warhammer but keeping them to a limit for the series to be more original and based on some ideas from history and mythology. One of them will take place in the Society Chronicles where it sets in the present time when an organization uses advance technology in a secret war agianst a group of aliens behind the manipulation humanity's history; making them go to war, experimenting on them, manipulating governments under their control for their own purpose. some races would be native to earth, about all four including humans yet they remain oblivious of the three races' existence yet.Loading editor
I wanted to add some alien species but I was bored of the idea. But I have decided to have other sci fi projects to cover them. Star Millennia is currently going through a personal development hell, but it's just in it's first steps of infancy, so it will be a long while before I can firmly have an official novel or comic whatever.
I'm studying criminal justice, and plan on becoming a constitutional defense lawyer so I have no idea what will become of this science fiction of mine. I do hope one day it will see the screens, and possibly have a cult following. I expect nothing major of it, but I do hope I can make something out of it.
I plan on doing artwork, and possibly have a community to make this alive. I just need to find some time to study and draw manga in a traditional way and add a 80s/90s feel.Loading editor
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Alright I'm working on a new draft of the sci fi. It will be different from the current version but I am currently caught up with other things in life but expect major revamps and updates soon. I will post some new specks of articles too in the near future. The sci fi is still in it's infancy so it will be possibly a long time before a final product is made.
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Same thing for me, one of my stories, the child of earth would seriously need a revamp but sticking to the same era such as the zon ghoul war but in a different setting with university coming closer it may take some time to write itLoading editor
I am trying to see how I can reshape the story's plot. This goes with the current Star Millennia series. In fact since Star Millennia is already an anthology type series (Star Millennia has no official canon in my new draft since it will now only cover stand alone series so it's more of a cover title. And it makes it more of a multiverse consisting of various realities. So far The Loveheart Chronicles (Working title since I've written it) is still set in an alternative 1990s era (But will possibly take place in a more traditional cyberpunk setting of 2024) and humanity is building a large super space highway across the solar system to cover known territories. Mars is being converted into a mega city but other Earth planets have been discovered and quickly established space colonies and metropolises. Also WWII will be followed by WWIII in the 1980s but only lasted for 3 years due to technology advancements and only saw little nuclear use despite the fear that it would have been earth consuming. Afterwards the U.N forcefully phased the remaining world powers into a peace treaty and became the United Sol System Alliance (AKA Earth Federation) and began further space exploration. Mars had been inhabited by scientists in 1986 and by 1994 had build a small city and space colony. Soviet Union expanded and became the United Soviet Colonies System (USCS) and China became The People's Celestial Solar Colonies of China. Three superstates and a split solar system. Space travel became very common in early 1992 after it was commercialized by SpaceWave Industries.
It's pretty alternative but merely fictional. I try to balance realism and fictionalizing of it. Earth was now underpopulated by 2030 and only about 1/3 of the pop had traveled into other worlds and on Earth militia organizations started growing widespread but police organizations and military forces where minimal. Of course many started to work on their own security forces and private military companies.Loading editor
Pretty much in overhaul with the ENTIRE series. Articles are being remade and I think I need to combine some of the ideas that are getting to much out of my reach. A simple timeline era (Not to far but not to close) and I think it will be awhile before anything is official. The article once known as The Loveheart Chronicles is being renamed yet again and the new draft is being prepped with tons of new ideas. The article of Star Millennia is undergoing revamp as well. It's pretty much a different universe in the 20th century. WWII brought in huge metropolises and expanded cities into organization, crime rates skyrocketed after humans left for space colonies, police forces where being phased out of existences only to be replaced by the Galactic Marshals (Sol System Special Police Unit) and other PMC and private security and police forces.Loading editor
The new article of the current draft is up. It's pretty different than before but this change will effect my whole Star Millennia series so watch out for more changes.Loading editor
Bah I'm tired of this shit with Star Wars and all that so I am fully set to go full speed with the series I'm making. How Disney loves to destroy your favorite childhood films (And before that Lucas had lost his edge when making ep 6 and his prequels) is beyond me. But unlike Lucas I will NOT create some shitty fantasy series with "cute teddy bears" and "annoying floppy eared bastards" that would just make you sick to the stomach. Nope not at all. In fact Lucas was once on my top 10 influences but after a series of unfortunate events...It's time that I follow my own path and crate a series based on some epic nostalgic awesomeness.
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So anyways I'm just taking a break from some of the writing I've been doing (And to tell you guys the truth I have been struggling with a minor amount of writers block but I just try to force myself to write something regardless...And making some edits and changes to the draft to better fit my taste. First chapter is still WIP so it will still be awhile before anything comes up. As for the articles...They will be fixed and re-written.Loading editor
Have you seen every sci-fi movie, book, videogame? Try watching, reading, playing as many as possible, try seeing (even the bad ones) from different POVs. It might help pull you out of it.Loading editor
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- BIG YAWN and blows cow off the moon*
Alright so I am still working on my new draft...Also I have ALOT of school ahead of me but I will have some new content added in the meantime...Loading editor
And also I already have some ideas that takes inspiration from alot of great films so I'm all set for influences.Loading editor
Soulslayer317 wrote: Yeah getting inspired helps gives you ideas and learn from them and mistakes to avoid
I have already have things in mid of course...
When writing I tend to be more of an architect. I also try to make appropriate grammar and how the story will set fourth and true. I also try to be a bit artsy with my writing although I have not been able to do much recently but eventually I will go fourth.Loading editor
You could never be "all set" there is absolutely no conceivable way you could have seen everything ever created. There's still stuff out there I haven't seen. But to be fair, there is also some stuff I don't want to watch. Also, you should worry about proper grammar and punctuation last, get your ideas out, they call this the "vomit draft" phase. Where you spew out all of your ideas and you pick out the chunky/important stuff. But also, you shouldn't presume that you're the only one that approaches their work as an architect/artist. Just saying. Friendly discourse.Loading editor
"BLARGGGG" heheh. Just the right amount of everything indeed...
I'm still composing a draft but I have not gotten past the 1st chapter. I have school on top of my shoulders and so on so progress will be slow.Loading editor
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hey there, how are things with you going?. WOndered how fare you got on with the series?Loading editor
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