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So a few years ago (YEARS!?!) I was able to get Straw Man 10 finished. I felt like I was limping to the finish line but I pushed through and with the help of my friends was able to publish something that I'm very proud of. One of the kickstarter rewards was the opportunity to have a cameo appearance of Straw Man 11. Although issue 11 has not materialized I have not forgotten my debt and I plan to fulfill that promise. It has been an uphill battle for me to finish. I've had big plans for the issue. The work I'm putting into it feels like getting a Master's Degree. But time to do it right has eluded me and my enthusiasm has dwindled.
Realizing that progress has slowed to a crawl I've decided to keep working on Straw Man to keep my head in the game. I started a patreon account to help with funding issue but nobody has donated as of yet (totally my fault for not putting it out there more often). I wanted to continue the Pepe/Straw Man strips storyline and even penciled about 5 rough pages. I realized that I was only delaying the inevitable and that I needed to focus on making forward momentum… not to just tread water. My self-imposed rule was that I would work on the issues in order so that my style would evolve with my work. But that rule now seems arbitrary and has kept me from moving forward.
Another self-imposed rule is that I couldn't share the actual Straw Man story on the web. That's why I started doing the Straw Man strips. However, I recently realized that the people who are supporting me or have supported me in the past might just want to see ME finish what I started –because they want to support ME as a person and not necessarily Straw Man. Maybe Straw Man is funny, maybe it's ground breaking, maybe it's not… but I know people do know me and like me through my work.
Why Skip 11?
Well I won't really be skipping it. I'm just not going to share what's going on with it. And I won't be sharing everything from #12. I'll be obscuring text, covering some jokes. Jeff Smith said that he drew the last page of Bone years before it was published. JK Rowling had the last chapter of Harry Potter sitting in a drawer for years. While 12 definitely has a last page, it doesn't have that definitive shot. It remains slightly nebulous despite the fact that I know how it all ends. I wanted a concrete goal to work towards. I wanted to be able to say to myself… Just 20 more pages. Just 10 more pages.. etc.. until it was all done. So by getting 12 squared away, I'll know where I am at all times in the process.
All Talk?
Nope. I wanted to share stuff today, and here we are:
What's weird is that Straw Man Strips sort of exists in a pocket universe of it's own. Technically speaking it's supposed to take place between issue 9 & 10 of Straw Man, but the tone is really different from the those two issues. Part of the reason for keeping things separate was the fact that Tom Fink invented the character of Pepe when he was writing the strips (#7-15). Tom could no longer commit to writing the strips and he had left the story in flux. I took it upon myself to finish writing the strip and try to wrap up loose ends the best I could. Straw Man ends up firing Pepe. I did this so that I wouldn't be using a character that I didn't have 100% copyright stake in.
It then occurred to me that I could use Straw Man strips as a promotional tool to get people interested in my business. I immediately had Straw Man make up with Pepe and I set the two loose on an adventure. My commitment to the project was not 100% and eventually (with the birth of my first born Ava) everything non-essential got pushed to the side. Weeks became months. Months became years.
I have no intention of doing that again. I can work fast and I enjoy working fast. So the question is, why can't I finish 2 more comics? A measly 44 pages? Quite frankly I'm making it as difficult as possible on myself. I've made a commitment to create artwork at a skill level I have no business attempting. I have no doubt that when I'm finished with 1-12 that I'll be creating more work. That work will be closer in tone and spirit to what I've done with Straw Man strips.
The current plan is to do stuff in the vein of "It Came from the Spam Box". Doing the Straw Man Strips stuff really seemed to open me up as an illustrator and cartoonist far beyond what I was trying to achieve with the Straw Man 12 issue series. I guess the reason why I've enjoyed doing the strips so much is because they're mostly me doing whatever comes naturally. I think that's important to developing a unique voice. I think having a unique voice is important to success. I tried taking the shortcut by aping the styles of others (to varying degrees of success) but it always a labor of love (and hate).
Another reason why it might take a while for me to get started again is that I'll need to be sure of what format I'm going to be using from here on out. About 10 of the strips were published by the Cameron Collegian so it made sense for them to be in the traditional horizontal format. I found that when the first strips were collected in the original "Color Special" that I did not enjoy rotating the book and holding it like a calendar. Since true horizontal printing is hard to come by it only makes sense to reformat the strips into the traditional book set up.
So this is what I'm going to do next. I'll be collecting strips 1-56, adding Grocery Shopping, and the Vacuum Salesman story from the color special. The book will be retitled "Straw Man Adventures". It will probably feature a new cover. If space permits we'll included some of the pin ups from the original color special. Obviously I'm going to have to look over the material an evaluate what format would be best (1 issue or 2). Some strips will be re-colored. I may even add faux newsprint to the entire book. So it'll be a handsome package when it's all done.
Of course you'll still see new work from me every week through CBR's "The Line it is Drawn". I've already put in about 6 months worth of drawings already. Hard to believe how quickly time flies any more.]]>
That being said I do feel like I am truly an indie guy. Not a guy waiting to become a Marvel guy, but truly someone who's completely happy with the prospect of success on my own terms. I didn't come about this perspective lightly. I knew early on that my skills and aesthetics would be a uphill battle towards success. Rather conforming to the expectations of those "professional" companies I felt it was in my best interest to move forward finding an audience who enjoys my unique perspective for what it is.
However, if Marvel ever knocked on my door and said "We'd really love for you to do a run on Spider-Man" who would I be to turn them down? Is that likely to happen? Probably not. To me one of the fundamental aspect of being an indie artist is that it's all about the work. It's about creating something with integrity, something that lasts. There inherently lies a conflict of interests. Working for Marvel is nothing more than a fleeting aspiration. Whatever you create is either cannibalized by the system or is written out of continuity by the next creative team. In the end you're left with a paycheck, experience, and a dose of fleeting popularity.
One of the reasons I became self employed is one of the same reasons I became an independent artist. That's because I just don't fit into the mold that others expected of me. Does that mean I have no worth? Of course not! It's my job to find my audience. Every fan or happy client is a major victory that I get to keep for the rest of my life. That's why being an independent artist is important to me.
I consider this journey to be a joy and a privilege. It may not be the easiest path but it sure is satisfying.]]>
This week I experimented with a couple of things to arrive at the final strip. I have the hardest time of drawing something "ordinary" and giving it life. Unfortunately in everyday life there's a lot of boring stuff out there. In the case of this image it's the scene of a man crawling towards a wall. The wall itself doesn't have anything special about it. So I'm left with the problem of adding drama to something that's inherently bland. I've kept my eyes open to how other artists solve this problem and while it works for them I haven't found a solution that works for me. Last weekend at Planet Comicon I had some free time so I started sketching the page. I had done a few 30 minute sketches that weekend and found them to be full of energy but inherently flawed images. I thought I should apply that same energy to my pencils and then reflect that in my inking. I feel like this approach is the only way I'll ever come up with something that's powerful and uniquely "David".
With the color I chose what I thought were some pretty neon colors and was pretty happy with the overall look. Not my normal color pallet but I thought it would work for this round. Then I remembered Pixlr-o-matic's website that gives any image an "instagram" treatment. I decided to run the strip through a few filters out of curiosity. I loved the results but thought they were a tad too bold so I took the original image and merged it with the new Pixlr image by adjusting the transparency of the original. I think the end result is very satisfying and may end up informing future work.]]>


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by Graham Greene
"If you have a soul you can't be satisfied," writes Greene in introducing Fischer, a toothpaste merchant of great wealth and even greater cruelty. Because of Fischer's contempt for his fellowman, he subjects rich acquaintances to outrageous humiliations and threats, such as announcing at a fete that he has planted a bomb in one of the party favors. Terry Southern wrote a disagreeable book called The Magic Christian with a similar theme in 1960. In Greene's hands, though, broad themes like man's greed or his skepticism about God become deft entertainment, packed with insights. To wit: "One can cease to be in love as easily as one can outgrow an author one admired as a boy"; "Happiness is like one of those islands far out in the Pacific which has been reported by sailors when it emerges from the haze where no cartographer has ever marked it." This novel goes far beyond Greene's spy tales. More daring, funnier and more dismaying than his other work, it proves that, when it comes to writing, Greene can do anything. (Simon & Schuster, $9.95)
Picks and Pans Review: Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party
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This year, the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies conference is hosting a two day graduate conference before the main session starts on the 3rd of July. Our objective in doing so is to provide graduate students with an opportunity to present their ongoing work and to have interactive sessions with peers and faculties in a favorable learning environment.
Date: July 1st and 2nd July 2013
Venue: National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge Campus
Organizers: Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society, Asia Research Institute, and Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, NUS
Submission deadline: Dec 1st 2012 – online submission of abstracts
Announcement of accepted papers: Jan 1st 2013
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Cultural Studies in Asia is a relatively new field of teaching and research which aims to question the traditional disciplinary classifications as well as re-examines some of the pertinent issues and concerns that are brought on by the emergence of global capitalism. Where the West has traditionally been seen as an effective benchmark for comparison, Cultural Studies in Asia aims to create a more self-sufficient field of research by shifting the viewing lens to within the region. This year's main theme, therefore, sits perfectly in line with this new approach and hopes to bring to the table some fresh perspectives. Adopting a multidisciplinary foundation, we invite papers that offer altered conceptualizations of the flows and exchanges of popular cultural practices in contemporary Asia, across fluid and porous national and cultural boundaries.
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"August 31st is just the beginning" – Eddie Berganza: How FLASHPOINT #5 leads into DC Comics-The New 52
On August 31st, the fifth and final installment of Geoff Johns and Andy Kubert's bestselling series, FLASHPOINT, hits stores. That day will also see the launch of DC Comics-The New 52, with the release of Geoff Johns and Jim Lee's JUSTICE LEAGUE #1.
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This week, everyone's been talking about the new take on Clark Kent and Lois Lane's relationship in DC Comics-The New 52 this fall.
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When a mysterious girl arrives from another planet, the Titans discover the odd and wonderful Bizarro World. What is it? A square planet with Bizarro versions of everyone on our planet, of course. And what's more, the Bizarro version of Superboy and the Bizarro version of Supergirl are in love. Or at least they will be after Beast Boy gives Bizarro Superboy his dating advice.
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"Each decade, these characters represent our own best idea of what we'd like to be." – Grant Morrison
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"Who would want to stop this story enough to kill?"
A reporter working on a story about Batman's true identity has been murdered. In addition to his own moral struggle over whether or not he is responsible, Batman must hunt the killer down and figure out why he's so desperate to stop the story's publication. Meanwhile, Clark Kent is assigned to finish the piece. But will Superman really reveal who Batman is to the world?


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2nd child of Pa. couple dies after only praying
PHILADELPHIA -- A couple serving probation for the 2009 death of their toddler after they turned to prayer instead of a doctor could face new charges now that another son has died.
Herbert and Catherine Schaible belong to a fundamentalist Christian church that believes in faith healing. They lost their 8-month-old son, Brandon, last week after he suffered from diarrhea for at least a week, but received no medical treatment.


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> How does one get a firewall (Dlink DI-604) to choke up its WAN side IP
> address from a command line? Its easy to get via html from the LAN
> side but if one wants to automate it and mail it off to oneself for
> use from elsewhere, one needs to do it from the command line. I tried
> dig and dug up not much but lan side info.
> Any ideas or do I have to get a fixed address to be able to ssh into
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To get you started try this and see what the results are;
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Tom Cummings wrote:
> I tried that java patch and it made no difference.
> In the shortcut tab there is:
> "C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec for NetWare\JRE\bin\javaw.exe"
> -Xms64M -Xmx2654M -jar clientUI.jar
> Target:"C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec for NetWare\LIB"
> I tried pasting inot the run command and again nothing. Nothing
> happens, no errors nothing. It is if I am clicking air!!
The workstation that you are using - does it have a Pentium 4
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It's a few months until the NFL draft, but two of the bigger-name underclassmen have announced that they won't be returning next season: Georgia junior quarterback Matthew Stafford and sophomore running back Knowshon Moreno.
Many consider Stafford the top college prospect, while the Detroit Lions hold the No. 1 overall pick.
The Associated Press, January 7: ATHENS, Ga. -- Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno are leaving Georgia for the NFL draft.
Stafford, a junior, returned to campus from his family's home in Dallas on Wednesday to make the announcement. Moreno, a third-year sophomore, made the trip from Belford, N.J.
Georgia coach Mark Richt joined the two at a news conference.
Stafford and Oklahoma's Sam Bradford may be the two top quarterbacks in the draft, assuming Bradford also declares early. Detroit has the No. 1 pick and could use a quarterback.
Moreno had 1,400 yards rushing with 16 touchdowns this season to join Herschel Walker as the only players in school history with back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons.


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There are, undoubtedly, Rangers fans who do not derive great pleasure from taunting Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur.
Certainly some Rangers die-hards respect Brodeur's Hall of Fame stats and his three Stanley Cup championships enough that they would never think of screaming, "Matteau ... Matteau ... Matteau" when they spot him in a restaurant or when he is somewhere signing autographs.
But those fans may be few and far between, and Brodeur does not expect to encounter many of them over the next week or two as the Devils and Rangers slug it out in the best-of-seven first round of the playoffs. Game 1 is scheduled for tomorrow night at the Prudential Center.
"To this day, I still hear his name everywhere I go from Rangers fans," Brodeur said yesterday. "It's part of history. It was a big goal. It is what it is. I got scored on a certain way, on the wrap-around with Slava (Fetisov) sliding into me. It went off him and through me.
"You remember these things a lot. I'm a believer that you learn from the games you play. ... They're good memories. People think because you lose, they're tough memories all the time. That's not the way I see it."
The 1994 Eastern Conference finals were recalled yesterday because the series was so close, and this spring's showdown has every chance of being equally as close.
It was Stephane Matteau's goal after 4:24 of the second overtime during Game 7 at Madison Square Garden on May 27, 1994, that sent the Rangers to the Stanley Cup Finals against the Vancouver Canucks. The Rangers went on to win the Cup.
Even Brodeur admits it was a classic series.
"You just play and enjoy it. I learned a lot," he said. "That was a tremendous series. I think everybody that was around then, like Ken Daneyko and Scotty Stevens, would tell you we grew as a team. We learned what it takes to win.
"You always learn from adversity. It's hard. Nothing comes easy in life. We had to go through that to be a better organization and a better team."
The Devils won the Cup the following spring and have faced the Rangers in the playoffs twice since then -- losing in five games in 1997 and sweeping them in 2006.
It was Brodeur vs. Mike Richter in 1994 and, again, three seasons later. This time it's Henrik Lundqvist in the Rangers' net.
"You've got two very good goaltenders," Devils coach Brent Sutter said. "Marty's performance over the years doesn't need to be talked about. He's obviously been huge for this organization. And Lundqvist is a very good goaltender. He's had another very solid year.
"When you look at the matchups, both teams have good goaltending. Both teams' defense does a good job and the forwards are very equal, too. So it's as even as it can possibly be."
The Rangers won seven of eight regular-season meetings, but the Devils believe several of those games -- the Rangers won twice in shootouts and once in overtime -- could've ended differently.
Now, Brodeur hopes the Devils can turn things around against the Rangers in the postseason.
"You play all year to get into the playoffs, so when your first matchup is against your fiercest rivals, it's kind of fun for everybody to be part of it," he said. "You create a lot of things in these series. You win and you lose, but when it's the Rangers it stays with you."
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Just a few sips of this drink, with its rich almond flavor, will warm you up in a hurry. "I'm the food service manager for a Christian camp," relates Kaye Kirsch of Bailey, Colorado, "and it's a favorite each year at our Christmas party."
- 1 cup butter, cubed
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 cups vanilla ice cream, softened
- 2 teaspoon almond extract
- Ground nutmeg
- In a small saucepan over low heat, cook and stir butter and sugars for 12-15 minutes or until butter is melted. Pour into a large bowl; add ice cream and extract. Beat on medium speed for 1-2 minutes or until smooth, scraping the bowl often.
- To make one serving: Spoon 1/4 cup mix into a mug; add 3/4 cup boiling water and stir well. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Serve immediately. Yield: 4 cups mix.
Editor's Note: Mix can be stored in a covered container in the refrigerator up to 1 week.
Originally published as Hot Almond N Cream Drink in Country Woman January/February 1997, p22
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For six months, Lees, of Port Richmond, distributed 28 pounds of crystal methamphetamine imported from Mexico to drug peddlers and Outlaws Motorcycle Gang members in Philadelphia, law-enforcement officials say.
In turn, the dealers and gang members allegedly moved the crystal meth, worth about $2.5 million, across the city, suburbs and New Jersey.
Lees' distribution ring, despite being a motley crew of 55 members, was highly organized and ran smoothly, authorities said.
But the sweet ride is over. State Attorney General Tom Corbett yesterday announced the arrest of Lees, 24 of his distributors and 15 Outlaws members.


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Nia Long Has Made the Arduous Journey from South Central to Hollywood
Long's scrappiness won't surprise those who see her in love jones, the new romantic comedy in which she plays a feisty aspiring photographer opposite Larenz Tate. It certainly didn't shock Will Smith, whose demure girlfriend Long played on NBC's The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air for the 1994-95 season. "She can hang with the ghetto-est of folks and swing in the suburbs at a tea party," says Smith, who picked Long for Bel-Air after meeting her on the set of 1993's Made in America. Theodore Witcher, 27, writer-director of love jones, concurs: "The public sees her as the girl next door, but she's much smarter, much sexier." Witcher was so impressed by Long, 26, that he gave her the part in jones without an audition.
Few things have come that easy to the actress. Born in Brooklyn, she moved to the Midwest in 1974 at age 4 with her divorced mother, then a master's degree candidate in printmaking at the University of Iowa. Four years later, Nia was uprooted again when Mom followed a boyfriend to South Central Los Angeles. Again, Long had to prove herself. "Girls would be, 'Such-and-such wants to kick your butt after school,' " says Long, who graduated in '89 from Westchester High.
Not all her friends succeeded. "My first boyfriend was into crack, and some deal went bad, and he got killed," she says. Still, Long managed to carve out a relatively tranquil life. "I knew who to avoid," she says. "It was very normal."
Her mother worked hard to make it so. Despite two master's degrees in fine arts, Talita drove a city bus and sold beer at the L.A. Coliseum to get by while teaching art part-time in local public schools and at the nearby Chino prison. She also encouraged Long to study acting in junior high. But life at home had its own drama. When Long was 16, her mother discovered that Nia's half sister Djamila, her father's child by another woman, was living in L.A. More shocking was the news that Djamila was her schoolmate. "She was in my Spanish class, but we didn't know we were sisters," Long recalls. "From that point on, we were tight."
Years of acting lessons paid off in 1990, when Long, who dropped out of college after two years, landed a role in John Singleton's Boyz N the Hood, filmed near her home. "It was realistic because that's where I grew up," she says. "If I had been brought up in Beverly Hills, I wouldn't have known where to go with the role."
Where she went from there was back to New York City for a three-year stint on Guiding Light. The move gave Long a chance to reconnect with her father, poet and high school English teacher Doughtry Long, 55, who now lives in Trenton, N.J. "It was important for me to know who he was as a person," she says. In 1994, Long returned to L.A. to further her budding career, love jones won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival in January, and Soul Food, a drama in which she costars with Vanessa Williams and Vivica A. Fox, just wrapped. Her love life has been full too. Long, who once dated Washington Bullets star Chris Webber, now commutes between West Hollywood, where she shares a modest apartment with her black chow Onyx, and Miami, where current beau Peter Thomas, 35, owns a restaurant. "We're best friends," says Long. "It makes the love and passion that much better." As for her early years of hard knocks, she is equally clear headed. "I thank God I grew up in an environment where things were real," she says. "It wasn't a movie. It wasn't glamorous. It was my life."
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Why Become a Freemason?
Why become a Freemason? This is not an easy question to answer, because every brother has his own reasons and perspective on why he originally enquired and then proceeded with a decision to become a member. So - there are a multitude of answers to this complex question. However, over the years, brethren have openly stated their reasons, so perhaps the best way is to explore and try to explain, some of the values which attracted them. Before reading on, perhaps you would like to view a short video entitled "Introduction to Freemasonry", which covers much of what we are 'about'!
Freemasonry has a strong moral code. Its ritual encourages brethren to consider their actions and, more especially, the effect of their actions upon others. In fact there is a piece of Masonic Ritual which sums this up very nicely, as follows: "A man, rising to eminence by merit, should live respected and die regretted". By joining Freemasonry a man will be accepted into a brotherhood of 'like minded' men around the world - men with similar values and understanding.
Freemasonry is like life's journey, gradually identifying and evaluating your inner-self - i.e. what 'makes you tick'! No one can tell you what that journey will be and what effect joining will have on your personal inner-self. This is the joy of Freemasonry. The joy of personally finding ones inner-self. It will not happen immediately; it will be a life long revelation. Freemasonry is similar to life itself, in that in most cases you receive back in proportion to what you put in.
There are three great principles which are the cornerstone of Freemasonry - brotherly love, relief and truth. They are universal and recognised by men and women of different faiths and cultures as a way of working together for the overall improvement of society.
They are best explained as follows:
Brotherly Love
Every true Freemason will show tolerance and respect for the opinions of others and behave with kindness and understanding to his fellow creatures.
Freemasons are taught to practice charity and to care - not only for family and friends, but also for the community as a whole, both by charitable giving and by voluntary efforts and works as individuals.
Freemasons strive for truth, requiring high moral standards and aiming to achieve them in their own lives. Freemasons believe that these principles represent a way of achieving higher standards in life.


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It's a Bird, It's a Planet
It's a Bird, It's a Planet…
In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds
On half the nations, and with fear of change
Perplexes monarchs.
–Milton, Paradise Lost
|Time lapse exposure of space station in silhouette against the Sun as seen from Earth on August 16, 2003
Credit: Roland Stalder
Have humans ever engineered an eclipse?
The month of June featured a rare celestial reminder that eclipses are not just about our moon blocking the Sun.
The first Venus transit of the Sun in over a century (since 1882) was watched around the world. When viewed from a terrestrial vantage point, the solar crossing of Venus dimmed our star. To highlight curiousity in what might underpin such an eclipse, the search engine, Google, ranked the popularity of the Venus transit as topping its query list for the entire month.
A year earlier, the more common Mercury transit became news. Transits of the sun by Mercury and transits of Jupiter by Jupiter's moons are observed frequently from Earth. Technically, any transit of a solar body between the Earth and Sun is termed an eclipse and only by apparent happenstance does our Moon's diameter exactly cover the solar disk. A transit can only occur when Earth and the eclipsing object are not only in direct conjunction with the Sun, but when the object also crosses at the same time through the Earth-Sun plane. Predicting an eclipse is not only about timing but also about solving a three-dimensional alignment problem.
Can a satellite of the Earth–other than the Moon itself–cause an eclipse? If the eclipse is caused by humans, does the question itself strike at the premise behind a host of superstitions and omens about the cursed effects of eclipses? The ancient Jewish Talmud (Sukkah 29a) declares: "An eclipse of the sun is a bad omen for the world." The word 'eclipse' itself comes from a Greek word meaning "abandonment." In the great ancient civilizations of India, China and the Mediterranean, an eclipse was seen quite literally as the Sun abandoning the Earth.
Columbus, while stranded in Jamaica with hostile locals and a mutiny of his sailors, used astronomical tables to extort supplies. The night before a predicted eclipse on September 14-15, 1494, Columbus scared the locals into providing supplies after he correctly foretold that the following night the Sun would be blocked.
Even skeptics of such claims must acknowledge that solar eclipses induce a strange shift in perspective. In the shadow of a total eclipse, birds go silent and stop singing. Bees stop buzzing. Shadow temperatures fall noticeably. The weather forecast for the day can change temporarily.
|Time lapse exposure of space station silhouette against the lunar backdrop, as seen from Earth at Tracy, CA on November 8, 2003
Credit: Ed Morana
So what can be said about an eclipse caused by the International Space Station (ISS)?
Tracking elements for the space station are well-known based on the station's approximately 90 minute orbit around the Earth. ISS moves across the sky at a fast speed familiar to those who watch airplane contrails; timing the station's fleeting appearance overhead requires mathematical skill and a good watch since the mammoth structure completely traverses from horizon to horizon in five minutes. Since the station is viewable regularly from the ground as it passes overhead, it should follow naturally that the space station must eventually cross the paths of other familiar objects like the Sun or Moon. A year and half old software project called ISS-Transit offers a method to predict the ISS crossing of the moon or Sun. This tracking might be compared to predicting the first human-induced eclipses.
Among the many superlatives that have been mentioned about the scale of the International Space Station (ISS), a less often heard one is that ISS was mistaken for a planet.
The comparison is not valid in scale, but dramatically alters one's perspective because of the station's altitude only 220 miles (354 km) overhead and its angular sweep large enough to transit the Sun and moon.
The phenomenon is a human-made eclipse, not just a consequence of one astronaut or telescope owner raising a thumb to block a star.
|ISS orbiting at 220-250 miles overhead Credit: NASA
What's the difference? One answer has to do with scale and location. The space station is more like the Venus transit than a lunar eclipse. The size of both Venus and ISS are just blips when passing across the solar face and nowhere near large enough for a dramatic total eclipse.
But on May 11th, 2004, the scale of space station was brought into relief. Just as our Moon is right-sized to blot out the Sun (based on the lunar distance and disc diameter), so too is the scale of space station right-sized to induce a total eclipse of sorts. In May, ISS presented a night view that involved a brief blotting out of the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter. Based on the ISS diameter and relative distances, the station was able to eclipse Jupiter totally.
For telescope enthusiasts, things will get even more interesting as ISS grows in dimensions. When the International Space Station is complete, it will have a mass of almost 453.6 metric tons (1 million pounds), be larger than a five-bedroom house and measure 110 meters (361 feet) end-to-end. This football-field length has prompted comparisons between ISS and natural wonders. The station is mentioned as being the largest construction project since the Egyptian Pyramids were built.
At least visually, humans have begun to shape the local appearance of our solar system. However small the changes may be, an ISS transit does bear an uncanny resemblance to what in June caused all the hoopla surrounding the Venus transit.
So as the space station transits across the moon or Sun, the celestial event might be said to resemble an example of our civilization's earliest attempts to engineer planetary-scale projects, ones even approaching an eclipse.
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Assistance on Mars
Our robot has many important tools. It has a spiked conveyer belt to give it traction on slick rocks and ice crystals. Two eyes seem very important so the robot might see where it has yet to go. These eyes rotate so it could be able to see in all directions. This machine has a square body covered in nylon. This nylon protects it from sharp rocks and ice crystals that may pierce its thin outer shell. This robot has a scanner that detects minerals hidden inside other rocks. There is also a scanner on the inside of the robot. This scanner makes it so rocks that have already been found and have no other useful or interesting minerals on or in them are discarded. These minerals and rocks go through a tube that will then deposit them on to the surface of Mars. Those rocks that are useful go through another tube that then deposits them into the rock storage place.
In Mar's Winds
This particular robot has springs in special places to enable it to bounce if it is tossed into the air or blown over. It can regain balance by using its springs to bounce back up, and then continue its journey on Mars. These springs also allow it to hop over large ditches and cracks.
Sources of Power
This special assistant has a battery to give it energy to work, as well as a computer to give it commands. This robot has a digital camera to take pictures of undiscovered life forms. This robot has a computer chip so that the astronauts can give commands. For an example, giving it a command to see if everything is all set to go on the trip to Mars. Another thing the astronauts can give to the robot is command to pick up rocks that have not yet been found. If the astronauts do not have access to the robot, the commands will already be downloaded into the computer chip.
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In the weekly rendezvous with the writing class at Cleveland High School, this was the prompt: You've been asked to make a commercial, pro or con, for Measure 43, which would require parental notification for a girl your age who is seeking an abortion. The camera is staring you in the face. What do you say?
This is an exercise in writing, not abortion politics. That said, read on:
My name is Ellen. I am 16 years old. I have to tell you a story about my son.
I found out I was pregnant just one day after my 15th birthday. I called my boyfriend. He said he would support me no matter what, but he wanted an abortion ... He'd done the research and showed me that we could do it in secret if we wanted.
I know now that I shouldn't have let my fear speak for me, but I did. I didn't want to disappoint my parents again. I really believed that if I had the abortion, I would never be redeemed in my parents' eyes or in God's eyes.
Nine months later, my son was born. I was angry. I had to drop out of school. My parents told my boyfriend to stay away, that he'd already done enough. Day by day, I began to feel that I should have had the strength to listen to him, to really understand what he was trying to tell me. He knew, and my friends knew, that I didn't get an abortion because of fear and shame.
Eight weeks later, my son, Julian, died in his crib. SIDS. And through my grief, I realized I was relieved my son wouldn't have to grow up in a house where he wasn't wanted. My parents said the same. We all regretted what had happened.
I want the voters of Oregon to give girls like me the choice I had ... I never want girls to be forced into relief at a child's death.
-- Ellen Wallin
Imagine your daughter got pregnant. Imagine the shame, the horror, the guilt. How could she have gotten pregnant? She's a good girl and you're a good parent. You have no idea how something like this could have happened. But that's precisely the problem. You haven't noticed any change in her behavior. You haven't noticed her excessive partying. You haven't noticed her drop in grades. And when was the last time you had a conversation with her? I mean, a real conversation, where no one is comfortable, but in the end, you love each other even more. Measure 43 is trying to solve a problem that could be fixed much more easily. It's like getting a papercut and chopping off your finger.
I am not sexually active. I've had a total of one boyfriend, and I told him right off the bat that I wasn't interested in sex. But I know that if I did have sex, I wouldn't get pregnant. Why? Because I have access to birth control. My parents have made it clear that they would prefer I wait to have sex, but if I decide not to wait, they'll make sure I get all the protection I need. This is the kind of communication parents need to have with their daughters. Face it, kids have sex. And parental disapproval won't stop them. If they're horny enough, lack of protection won't stop them, either. So make sure you're talking with your daughter. Make sure she gets the protection she needs. Because if no underage girls get pregnant, then no underage girls will even need abortions ... and no one will need dangerous measures like Measure 43.
-- Joanna Levy
I was 16 when I found myself in a situation I had never dreamed was possible. One moment I was an average high-schooler, the next moment I was pregnant. When I found out, I was so lost, so confused. I knew my parents would never accept an abortion, but I also knew that it was the right course for me. There were so many things I still wanted to do with my life. I wanted to go to college, to be a ballerina, to get married and have a beautiful garden in front of my house. I knew that having a baby at 16 would not be the right decision for myself or for the child. So I went to an abortion clinic.
The nurses were kind to me, and explained to me what exactly I was doing. They made it clear it was my choice. I felt safe and secure at every moment. Except when I got home.
See, I live in Colorado, where parental notification is necessary. I knew the letter was coming, and I dreaded it. I stayed up at night, wondering if I should be proactive and tell my parents myself. I have never felt so scared.
I was not prepared for their reaction. My father was so upset that he beat me. Worst of all, my mother stood by and watched. I could see her standing beside me through the tears in my eyes. She did nothing. I think she believed that I got what I deserved. When my father was done, he told me never to come back.
I live with my boyfriend now. I had to drop out of high school to get a job and support myself. I am not going to college. I will never be a ballerina. And in our apartment, there is no room for a garden. Why couldn't my business stay my business? Don't let parental notification ruin any more lives. Vote no on Measure 43.
-- Zoe Ballering
It was a mistake. A real mistake. What the hell was wrong with me? Shaky fingers ran through wet, bedraggled hair. My forehead was on my knees. One hand reached out to grip the cold porcelin of the toilet bowl. The air stank of sweat and vomit. I stood, taking a deep breath, and my hand settled almost unconsciously on my abdomen. A mistake. A simple mistake.
When I made an error in math class, it was easily fixable. It used to feel like the end of the world -- the difference between 94.4% and 95%, an A or an A+. I closed my eyes for the mental catalog of my wardrobe. A big sweatshirt. Yes, a sweatshirt would do fine. It would hide the invisible bump.
Why the hell had I gone to that party, anyway? Pressure? No, nothing so simple, nothing so easily explained. I had never drank alcohol before. I'm not stupid. I'm never stupid. It was just a mistake. An error. This time, though, it would take more than a little fixing. All I know is that I woke up in a bed in someone's room, in a house I didn't even know, next to some boy I vaguely recognized from my third period English class. I don't even remember the sex. Turning on the water faucet, I feel mildly cheated.
I had a reputation to uphold. I was the good girl, the one who wouldn't follow in her mother's footsteps, and in her grandmother's. Could I tell them, I was planning an abortion?
No. Call it pride. Call it stupidity. But I'm never stupid. I've already explained it. They wouldn't sign it anyway. If I had a daughter, I wouldn't sign it.
I no longer believe in God.
-- Hannah Gatz-Miller


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Firefighters responded to a 4:51 a.m. alarm at 220 Niagara St., where witnesses reported that many residents fled from the smoke-filled building.
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1 ounce sesame seeds toasted
6 each cilantro
1/4 pound shrimp p&d cut in half lengthwise
4 6-inch round sheet rice paper
Asian Barbecue Sauce
1/3 cup hoisin sauce
3 tablespoons ketchup
1 1/2 teaspoons ginger peeled and grated
1/4 teaspoon Chinese 5 spice powder
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 tablespoons water
In a large bowl combine rice noodles, cabbage, carrots, green onion and sesame seeds.
Place cilantro and shrimp in another bowl.
Fill a pie pan with warm water, place one rice paper sheet in the water to rehydrate.
After about 45 seconds place the softened rice sheet on a clean work surface.
Pile 2 ounces of the noodle mixture on the bottom third of the rice sheet.
Just above the the noodles place the shrimp outer skin side down, top with cilantro leaf.
Fold the bottom of the paper up and over the noodle mixture, then fold the sides toward the center, rolling gently and tightly as possible until completely rolled.
Place rolls seam side down on a plate, cover with a damp towel until you have rolled all six.
Store at room temperature up to three hours, do not refrigerate.
Asian Barbecue Sauce
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Who works more? You or him?
A recent study finds women do more work than men. Men work longer hours, but women do more actual work because they work at home as well.
Do you work more, or does he?
There is no doubt about it,my husband works more.Sure I'm always on the go but what he does (for 14+ hours a day) is WAY more work than I do in a week.But he'd be the first to say that he wouldn't want to do what I do,lol (I'm a SAHM)
He does. I nanny 4 days a week and he works a 9-5 M-F sometimes Saturday
its actually about equal. i do a lot of multitasking so i get more done than he does, but i really don't work any harder than he does.


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Favorite TV Moments of 2013
HitFix looks back on 'Breaking Bad,' 'Game of Thrones,' 'Bob's Burgers' and more
'Game of Thrones' (HBO)
The Moment: The Red Wedding (from 'The Rains of Castamere')
After the sudden and unexpected death of Ned Stark at the end of Season One, you'd think 'Game of Thrones' fans would know better than to pin their hopes on any one character, but that's the bitch about hope, she just keeps hanging in there. And sure, in a normal show, the son of the murdered hero would be the triumphant victor because that's how narratives work dammit! But Martin once again shattered that assumption with the death of near half the remaining Stark clan in one fell swoop, cleaving a path of anguish and rage through television fans and a whoop of schadenfreude-esque glee and sorrow from in-the-know readers of the books. Bloody and savage, with even more brutal death than in the novels (Talisa's book alter ego Jeyne Westerling is alive and well), HBO pushed the limits of how much wholesale slaughter an audience could tolerate. But don't worry, it's all rainbows and puppies from here…no, no. That's a lie. Apologies.
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Orlando, IBM CONNECT 2013 – January 28, 2013 - Qumu, http://www.qumu.com/, the leading business video platform provider, today announced its IBM Connections Social Video Solution that enables users to collaborate with others using video within the IBM Connections interface.
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Community Investments
Summer 2009
« Past issues
Community Investments Vol 21, Issue 2
San Francisco's New Model for Mixed-Income Housing: HOPE SF
Ambitious plans are afoot to revitalize the City of San Francisco's oldest and most deteriorated public housing sites. Through the city's new HOPE SF program, 2,500 units of distressed public housing will be rebuilt as components of new mixed-income developments. This is not your ordinary public housing rehabilitation plan, though; nearly every city agency is involved in an effort to integrate investments in housing with those in educational and supportive services for current and future residents.
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Advice on Ruger P95
Tools and Technologies
Handguns: Autoloaders
> Advice on Ruger P95
September 29, 2007, 09:53 AM
Is the Ruger P95 a good firearm for CCW. hinking about geting one from Buds gunshop at a very nice price.
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September 29, 2007, 09:57 AM
Great pistol, a little blocking but fairly accurate and very good as far as reliability goes.
September 29, 2007, 12:07 PM
The 95 is a great pistol. It's a little bulky for CCW during the summer months, but is accurate and very reliable.
Buy it!
September 29, 2007, 01:15 PM
i had one that i bought on my 21st birthday it was a great gun but i sold it for an xd, they are a little big for most ccw applications but they would work well in a shoulder holster. i never carried mine ccw. it was more for the wife to use while i was in the field.
September 29, 2007, 01:38 PM
I CCW'd one for a few years here in Alabama and Tennessee (even in the summer) and had no problems with it becoming exposed. Just make sure you've got a good belt to keep it tight to your body, and wear the appropriate attire.
The pistol itself is wonderful; never failed to go bang, and could put a magazine's worth of 9mm into the black of a standard 25 yard pistol target. Sold it a while back to finance a divorce and custody battle (that was a bummer).
September 29, 2007, 01:56 PM
Good gun for the money. Stick with Ruger or Mec-Gar mags.
Not nearly as accurate as a Glock.
Plenty accurate for what is intended.
Often associated with thugs - so disliked by police types.
September 29, 2007, 02:07 PM
Pistols that size for most brands are 'blocky' anyway.
Full size or somewhat smaller pistols are hard to hide anyway, but with judicious planning can be hidden well. There are even IWB holsters that tuck the shirt so the holster doesn't show.
Bellybands, Thunderwear, Kramer Confidant Shirt holster, and other creative ways to carry can be used. There are also many 'tactical' shirts,pants, and vests, some of this dress clothes too, are other alternatives for CCW carry.
Any number of gun trainers and writers present annually, maybe more, ways to carry in extreme summer heat. Even guyaberra and Hawaiian shirts can be used to cover even large pistols with a regular outside the pants holster.
September 29, 2007, 02:13 PM
I had one, best carried IWB or OWB and definitely not a summer gun in Texas. I can carry my P90 just as easily and, in fact, the P95 fit in the same Sparks Summer Special. It is under 30 ounces, but loaded it's not.
I like the gun, just ain't what I'd call the most concealable of firearms. If I'm going to pack a gun like that, I'd rather tote my P90, my favorite autoloader. It has a better trigger and is more accurate than my P95 was. But, the P95 is a heckuva deal at under 400 bucks most places. It's a solid, reliable, accurate 9mm hi cap pistol.
September 29, 2007, 04:12 PM
I got one, and have put roughly 5,000 rounds down it in the 4 years I've owned it. Really nice pistol, I've never had a FTF, and it'll shoot hollowpoints, ball, and lead ammo.
Best part, I see 'em around for only around $350 in my part o' Missouri.
I think it's the best deal in semi-auto pistols. It works as well and is as accurate as pistols in the $800 range.
September 29, 2007, 04:42 PM
I used to have a P-95 and it never missed a beat. But, I didn't like it for concealed carry becaues of the mag release. Sometimes it would get depressed when drawing the gun from the holster. I prefer a more slick sided gun for concealed carry. I now have a SW99 and am lots more satisfied. It also has 15rd mags as apposed to the Ruger's 10rd. I know that is not that big of a deal as you can buy hi-caps for the P95, but I bought my gun during the 10rd mag limit and never bought any hi-caps. I would prefer a SW Sigma over the Ruger simply because if the more carry friendly design. Providind that the Sigma was reliable.
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September 29, 2007, 04:54 PM
I second the mag release issue. I have a KP-95 and a molded nylon holster, and the release always snags on the edgeing material on the holster.
But one hell of a value though. There are good 17 rd magazines. Mecgar is the way to go.
If you want small, look into the Kahr CW9 or CW40. single stack DOA with a really nice trigger. For regular shooting get the Pierce grip extender for a finger ledge, and keep one mag without one for concealed carry. My FFL buddy will sell a CW9 for $400.
September 29, 2007, 07:56 PM
both literally and figuratively. Try the trigger before you buy. If you can live with it, you will be well served for years to come. I just sold one the other day after putting a couple thousand rds through her with no problems.
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Celebrity Central / Top 25 Celebs
Taylor Swift
- 2008
Swift's sophomore effort, Fearless, tops the Billboard charts with 592,000 copies sold in its first week. Rolling Stone calls Swift "a songwriting savant with an intuitive gift for verse-chorus-bridge architecture. If she ever tires of stardom, she could retire to Sweden and make a fine living churning out hits for Kelly Clarkson and Katy Perry." Fearless resides at No. 1 for more than six straight weeks and earns Swift Album of the Year at the Academy of Country Music awards.
- 2009
Taylor Takes on Rolling Stone
Swift, 19, gets candid on the cover of Rolling Stone, where she says of sex, "I feel like whatever you say about whether you do or don't, it makes people picture you naked. And as much as possible, I'm going to avoid that." Of her love (and breakup) songs, she adds, "I love love. I love studying it and watching it. I love thinking about how we treat each other, and the crazy way that one person can feel one thing and another can feel totally different."
Swift's VMA Diss
While accepting the MTV VMA for best female video, Swift is interrupted by Kanye West, who comes onstage and takes issue with her win. "Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time," he says. After, celebs like Kelly Clarkson and even President Obama take West to task. He eventually phones Swift to apologize.
Taylor Squared
After Taylor Lautner is snapped at Swift's concerts–including one in which she runs offstage to give him a hug–the Valentine's Day costars attend a hockey game together in Los Angeles. Pressed about their relationship, Swift says, "He's an amazing guy and we're really close."
Sweeping the CMAs
It's a monumental night for Swift at the 2009 Country Music Awards, where she takes home four awards, including album of the year for Fearless and entertainer of the year. "I will never forget this moment because in this moment everything I have ever wanted has just happened to me," the 19-year-old says after becoming the youngest-ever winner of the CMA's top trophy.
- 2010
Grammy Girl
Eight-time Grammy nominee Swift takes home four awards, including the coveted album of the year. "I just hope that you know how much this means to me – that we get to take this back to Nashville," she says in her acceptance speech. At the ceremony, the country hitmaker also scores best country song, best female country vocal performance and best country album.
Swift Goes Hollywood
Swift makes her big-screen debut in the star-studded movie Valentine's Day with former flame Taylor Lautner. The romantic comedy, which also costars Julia Roberts and Ashton Kutcher, debuts at the top of the box office. "She may win something as an actress very soon," director Garry Marshall predicts of the acting newcomer. "I think she's got a career."
Taylor Kisses & Tells
With the release of her third album Speak Now (which sells more than a million copies in a week and helps her win the entertainer of the year ACM award!), Swift nabs her first PEOPLE cover, in which she dishes on the guys who inspired her new music. "I will say everything in my music," says the 20-year-old country star. "Sometimes when things impact you so intensely, it takes writing a song to get over them."
Taylor's Hollywood Hookup
After attending Saturday Night Live together, Swift, 20, is spotted having brunch with 29-year-old actor Jake Gyllenhaal in Brooklyn the next day. "They're cute together," a source close to the actor tells PEOPLE, before the pair hit the singer's hometown of Nashville during their brief romance.
Easy, Breezy, Beautiful
Joining the ranks of Drew Barrymore, Ellen DeGeneres and Queen Latifah, Swift becomes the latest face of CoverGirl. "I have admired many of the CoverGirls since I was a little girl… great artists and actresses who are confident and still themselves," the singer says in a press release. "It's like a dream come true to be a part of the future of CoverGirl."
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Conor Kennedy (dated briefly in 2012)
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quote: How is that an excuse for violating property rights? ...to make the actions of the left somehow excusable.
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Skip to comments.Get ACLU off Taxpayer Dole
Posted on 12/09/2004 5:10:09 AM PST by Jay777
Petition: Get ACLU off taxpayer dole Legal group awarded 1/2 million tax dollars for ridding courthouse of 10 Commandments
By Ron Strom © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
A new online petition asks Congress to change a specific civil-rights statute in hopes of preventing the American Civil Liberties Union from collecting attorney fees from taxpayers of local governments the organization takes to court.
The effort spearheaded by Craig McCarthy of CourtZero.org, a site dedicated to stemming judicial activism seeks to change 42 U.S.C., Section 1988, of the United States Code. The statute now allows judges to award attorney fees to plaintiffs in civil-rights cases brought against local governments, thereby putting the taxpayers on the hook and oftentimes funneling public money to the ACLU. McCarthy wants the law changed so cases involving the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment would not apply.
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Taxpayers pay for them to go to court?
Talk about adding INSULT to INJURY!
Signed at 8:15am.
Get the damned liberal-demokkkRAT-socialist-commie-nazi-fascist-hate-America ACLU filth out of my country! And let's begin to reverse the damage they've done for the past 45 years.
This should be an important Priority for all Freepers!
This paying the ACLU should STOP, NOW !!!
Call and write everyone about it !!
Your TAX dollars are being used against YOU !!
There are many organizations that are fighting the ACLU. I think they need to be advertised better. They need exposure and contributions. I don't think enough people have heard of them. Some churches just might take up an offering for the cause of defending it's principles if they only knew their was a way to fight. Here are some of the organizations fighting it.
American Center for Law & Justice
Alliance Defense Fund
The Rutherford Institute
Liberty Counsel
The Becket Fund
Christian Legal Society
Thomas More Law Center
Pacific Justice Institute
Landmark Legal Foundation
American Family Assn. Center for Law & Policy
Signed. BTTT.
In 1976, Congress passed the Civil Rights Attorneys Fee Awards Act, which was designed to encourage private lawyers to take on suits to protect civil and constitutional rights. The law provides that judges can order federal and state governments to pay legal fees to private lawyers who sued the government and won. The result has been a flood of civil rights cases in federal court. From The New American Feb. 2, 1987
It's an outrage that US law, passed during the Watergate era, allows the ACLU to collect attorney's fees for makework----Christian-hatng lawsuits it itself launches.
That means "values voters" have been footing the bill for the ACLU's launching a juggernaut to remove Ten Commandments images, Christmas creches and Christmas carols, taking God out of the Pledge of Allegiance, and because they claim they have a civil right not to see the Ten Commandments, a civil right not to hear the word God in the Pledge of Allegiance, not to see a creche of the Baby Jesus, not to hear Christmas carols. The ACLU has collected a huge amount of our tax dollars in this left-handed fundraiser for the ACLU.
FReepers can silence the ACLU with a bit of activism. We need to insist our Congressmen repeal this abusive law that allows the ACLU to get rich on harassing Christian America. Congress must repeal laws enabling the ACLU's Christian-hating activities. Cut off the ACLU's funds and watch them disappear. Here's what we can do.
The IRS should determine whether the ACLU is properly accounting for all its tax-funded activities, whether it is inflating legal costs, and whether it is using tax dollars for the purposes stated. We need to know whether the ACLU is engaged in Enron-style accounting and spending practices.
Apparently, when Congress contemplated the fee-shifting bill three decades ago, it never conceived that 42 U.S.C. §1988 would be used to secure fees in esoteric battles over the meaning of the establishment clause of the First Amendment.
The statute gives a court "discretion" to award attorneys' fees to the prevailing party in civil rights cases.
Study of the legislative history of the statute reveals that Congress intended this statute to apply to civil rights abuses, including certain race and sex discrimination cases, but not to arguments about whether Judge Roy Moore is allowed to display the Ten Commandments in the Alabama courthouse.
During the deliberations on the bill, the Senate penned that "in many cases arising under our civil rights laws, the citizen who must sue to enforce the law has little or no money with which to hire a lawyer."[6] In the recent First Amendment lawsuits filed by the ACLU, the tables are turned.
Small school districts and municipalities can either defend lawsuits and risk paying the ACLU's attorneys' fees if they lose, or they can voluntarily submit to the ACLU's view of the Constitution.
Even if lawsuits over the establishment clause somehow fall within 42 U.S.C. §1988, the statute empowers courts with nothing more than "discretion" to award fees.
In these cases, one would expect courts to withhold awarding fees. Since this is not happening, Congress must take immediate action to clarify 42 U.S.C. §1988 to explicitly exclude lawsuits related to the acknowledgement of God.
Good question. I can't think of a reason why judges shouldn't be elected. Remember, senators used to be appointed also... I think you're right, if the judges were held in check by the people they would stop interpreting the law and start enforcing it.
This is an utter abomination. It's one thing to have to tolerate these fifth columnists. It's quite another to reward them for destroying our country. Contact your congressfolks as soon as possible and demand that this absurdity be stopped at once!
this needs to be done very urgently! Won't stop ACLU, but at least it will slow them down as they will have to start making decisions on where and how to spend limited resources. At least they will no longer have carte blanche to sue every school board and village council over creche scenes.
Why stop there?
Why not cut off the ACLU entirely?
How about getting the (shudder) IRS to review their tax status?
This was not a civil rights case so the law shouldn't even apply in the first place.
Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) - http://www.alliancedefensefund.org
Thomas More Law Center (TMLC) - http://www.thomasmore.org
American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) - http://www.aclj.org
The Rutherford Institute - http://www.rutherford.org/
Stop the ACLU Coalition - http://www.stoptheaclu.org
Here are a few examples of how two of those organizations are fighting back:
ADF Contacts Over 3,600 School Districts Over Attempts To Censor Christmas
ADF: 700 lawyers ready to fight ACLU lawsuits
ADF: Pentagons' Warning About Boyscouts Is Absurd
Thomas More Law Center: Town of Palm Beach Pays $50,000 In Attorney Fees Apologizes To Women In Nativity Lawsuit
Additional information:
The ACLU must be destroyed: Joseph Farah supports Boy Scouts, urges Americans to fight back
Citizens mobilized to stop ACLU (seeks to consign group to 'ash heap of history')
ACLU fulfilling communist agenda
Revealing FACTS on the ACLU from its own writings
See how YOUR Senator or Representative ranks with the ACLU
It's okay to say Merry Christmas:
If you attack a poor church organization (that is operating in God's way with God's power) you can't stop them. (Wonder when the ChiComs are going to figure this out.)
ACLU = Spawn of Satan.
I do support the Pacific Legal Foundation and the ACLJ.
Well I wasn't asking you to fund them...just sign a petition. Cost nothing but a minute of your time. And thanks for supproting those organizations.
For suing to overturn Proposition 187, a law passed by 59% of the voters of the State of California, Judge Pfaelzer awarded the plaintiffs attorneys - a group of ACLU, MALDEF, and a couple of other sedition operations attornies - over $3 million in fees. On the basis of it being a "civil rights case".
So not only did the SOBs steal our vote, they stole our money too.
They almost always award them. It's one attorney asking another to scratch his back. The gang sticks together. They get the money.
It's more work all the way around, for both judge and plaintiff. And they don't even have to wait for one of the little people to show up with a dispute to reconcile. They just make it up.
Signed Emailed and BUMPED
this needs to be done very urgently! Won't stop ACLU, but at least it will slow them down as they will have to start making decisions on where and how to spend limited resources. At least they will no longer have carte blanche to sue every school board and village council over creche scenes.
I don't like the ACLU very much, starting from the time I was in my early teens and they tried to stop that Russian kid from emigrating to the U.S. Their actions against the Boy Scouts are abhorrent as well. They also support some of the maniacal street preachers too. The ACLU's suits against school boards are responsible for some things being taken out of some public schools and no doubt serve as fodder for the education liberals' political agenda and negativity towards the public schools.
With pleasure!
Another taxpayer-funded gravy train for enemies of Christian America. Disgusting.
Does the law make the ACLU pay the defendent's attorneys fees if they lose? I read that it does not.
Where do I go to sign the petition?
Thanks for the ping!
Signed; bumped.
Mr.Pilgrim and I, are both signed up!
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