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The BDSM community has rights, too. How one organization has helped alter the way the world thinks about bondage.

Fifty Shades of Grey has quietly turned into the Uncle Tom's Cabin of kinky sex. This news comes from Kink Aware Professionals, an organization established in 1998 to help protect bondage fans, cross-dressers and other kink practitioners from legal and workplace discrimination—for example, the mother from New York who almost lost her kids because she managed an online bondage group.
According to its spokesperson, a science-fiction novelist named Susan Wright, Kink Aware Professionals got started in the early 1990s by a kink-friendly therapist who needed help with his case overload. The need was substantial. In a survey of 3,000 kinky types Kink Aware Professionals conducted in 1998 with another group called the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF)—the two groups later merged—more than 550 people complained of discrimination by medical professionals and psychotherapists. Often, Wright explains, "Therapists would say, 'I can't treat you anymore until you stop this destructive behavior.'"
Soon, the united groups began expanding their scope to legal cases. Here the problem began with police officers, who often refused to take charges of domestic abuse or domestic violence seriously if a BDSM relationship existed. "If he's whipping you at night," they would ask, "how can you complain if he smacks you around during the day?"
Lawyers were a problem, too. Sometimes they'd mock their clients or make disparaging remarks about their "disgusting" behavior. Other times they'd urge their kinky clients to take plea bargains unjustified by the underlying charges, mixing up their own disapproval with the disapproval they expected from the judge.
Though judges were a legitimate problem as well. In one case, Wright says, the judge said he would take a child away from a mother unless she stopped seeing her bondage partner.
A young Brooklyn lawyer named Diana Adams described some typical cases to me. Her first foray as a Kink Aware Professional was a custody battle between a preschool teacher from the suburbs of New York City and her husband, who sued for full custody of their three-year-old when she left him for a man who introduced her to BDSM. Denouncing her as a "sex addict," her husband even mailed pictures of her in bondage gear to the parents and administrators at the preschool where she worked. "When she came to me, she was in an absolute panic," Adams tells me. "She felt like her life was falling apart."
Adams contacted the school and reminded them that her client was popular with the kids and had never been inappropriate around them in any way. She then suggested that they should have tried to protect her from her husband's harassment. Later, in court, Adams cheerfully answered a wide range of questions posed by the genuinely perplexed judge:
What if the mom was tied up when her kid needed help with her homework? (Like most parents, Adams said, her client would wait to have sex until the kid was asleep.)
Did her "dom" control every aspect of her life? (Like most human beings, Adams explained, her client knew the difference between sex play and real life.)Would it be possible to restrict her bondage play to times when the daughter wasn't home?
That's when Adams drew the line. "I said, 'Absolutely not, we don't tell adults when they can have sex. Would you tell a normal couple they can only have sex when their kids are out of the house?'"
She won that case, but it was in a liberal part of the state. In another custody battle in a conservative county farther upstate, she defended a man whose wife—they were separated, but not yet divorced—sued for custody after he moved in with his girlfriend. This time things went much differently. "The judge said, 'Adultery is not only a crime in this state, but a sin in my courtroom. I suggest you and your client need to read the Bible.'"
The wife got sole custody.
After a regular stream of such cases, Adams came to believe that justice in America is geographical. "By now, I can predict the outcome of a case based on longitude and latitude. The farther north or south, the more conservative the judges are. When people say they can't get justice in Mississippi on this issue, I have to tell them, 'Maybe you should move.'"
In all such legal battles, one of the biggest stumbling blocks has been the Diagnostic and Statistical Model for Mental Disorders, the American Psychiatric Association's official manual of mental illnesses, which famously listed homosexuality as a mental illness until 1973. Since the DSM is used by police, prosecutors and judges as a guideline for everything from what charges to bring to what sentence to impose, which lends legal power and legitimacy to the burden of social disapproval, the delisting of homosexuality was a major turning point in the struggle for gay rights—and just as Rick "Man-on-Dog" Santorum predicted, groups like NCSF and Kink Aware Professionals took inspiration from it.
To achieve the same equality for kinksters, the NCFS began a "DSM Revision Project" that lasted five years, doing surveys and mass mailings to mental health professionals and writing "friend-of-the-court" briefs. Slowly, minds began to become enlightened. Wright claims they can even take credit for one change at the level of the English language: "The phrase 'consenting adults,' you didn't hear that in the media 15 years ago. That's something the NCSF has been repeating ad nauseam to reporters. So much so that now it's common."
But the real payoff began in 2010, when the American Psychiatric Association announced that they were considering dropping "paraphilia" like S&M and cross-dressing from the DSM entirely. Immediately, the NCSF and Kink Aware Professionals began introducing this information into child custody cases. In the case of the woman who almost lost her kids over the online BDSM group, the judge told a government social worker on the case, "You're not up on the science about this. You need to do some reading."
As word spread, one dramatic index of the change became apparent—calls to the Kink Aware Professionals hotline began to drop. After holding steady at about 500 a year for more than a decade, they fell to half that in less than four years. Wright broke out the child custody numbers to illustrate the steady decline:
2010—125 calls. 2011—115 calls. 2012—87 calls. 2013—approximately 45 calls, though the final numbers haven't been tabulated.
Another example was the success rate of pro-kink arguments in child custody cases. Five years ago, lawyers from the Kink Aware Professionals network won their arguments only 20 percent of the time. "Now the rate has risen to 50 percent," Wright says.
Credit for much of that decline goes to E.L. James and 50 Shades of Grey, Wright says. In 2011, just as change was coming to the prestigious establishment artifact that is the DSM, James released the extremely un-prestigious novel she had begun as Twilight fan fiction.By the time the revised DSM-5 finally came out, Fifty Shades had sold nearly 90 million copies in 52 languages—and turned James into the Harriet Beecher Stowe of bondage.
"Funny as it sounds, that romance novel changed the social understanding of BDSM and S&M," Wright says. "It told people, 'It's okay to be kinky. You're not mentally ill.' Now people are curious and much more open to the idea of kinky sex. That's a sea change. People are seeing that it can happen in a relationship between lovers."
With her novelist's eye, Wright says one of the biggest factors in the public fascination is the contract the hero asks the heroine to sign, and the discussions the couple has around that decision. "Honestly, the reason Fifty Shades got such a huge reaction is it showed two people really talking about sex. It's always been this mysterious thing where you look them in the eyes and it's just magically amazing. But people have realized that the kink community is teaching them how to communicate to your lover what turns you on, to be brave enough to say what turns you on. Very few people are talking to adults about how to do this, and that romance novel did."
Now, to the barricades! "There's still a cultural paradox we need to break through," says Adams, who, in addition to lecturing law schools (and once, the U.N.) on kink issues, lives in a polyamorous relationship and considers herself a "sexual civil rights" activist. "We still describe marriage as a form of accomplishment, a form of success, that everyone should aspire to get married. But more and more people are choosing not to get married or stay married or have alternative marriages. More than half of American adults shouldn't be considered failures."
In her mind, all the recent talk about how great marriage is for poor people who can't control their libidos is just another attempt to return to a fantasy of the good old days when men were men, women were submissive and sheep were nervous. "When people are shamed about their desires, they cheat on their spouses, they end up with hookers or they cheat and then tell their spouses, 'Honey, it doesn't mean I don't love you.' People need to learn how to negotiate their desires. It's time for us as a culture to grow up."


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Hiroi Sekai: The Vast World of Creation
It's good to see you, thanks for visiting!
The name's Thomas, but I've been called everything from "papermario" to "leader" to "hey you there". You've stumbled across my library of works, and now I have you in my grasp. Don't try and leave; I've supercharged the surrounding pages and links to 10,000 amps and it will disintegrate you upon activation.
Good, now that I have your attention, please read ahead. I am the the king of basic knowledge over a larger area of skills, which basically means I know how to do a bunch of things, but don't expect it to turn out nicely. I am striving to gain a respectable understanding of arts overall, such as photography, drawing, computer art, videography, composition, music, and so on. If you are still interested, please continue on down to have a look at my first stabs into creating.
Oh, as for personal likes, I enjoy the concept of happiness, a good cup of tea, an intense game of tennis, a day in playing video games, listening to music, and watching anime of course. It's a shame I can't physically show you many of these.
Welcome to my Photoshop works! Photoshop is something I picked up without any schooling, so be forewarned that I approach creations with a minimalistic approach. If I like how it turns out, that's usually enough for me.
You are welcome to use any of these anywhere, and on the off chance you want something simple made, don't be shy in asking!
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As mentioned, another love of mine is music. I do have a deep history of musical experience dating back to playing violin when I was a mere two years old, and since then I've completed Grade 7 in the Royal Conservatory of Music for piano, played a couple years of clarinet as well as trumpet in my high school band, and I am now focusing on getting better at the guitar. When I have sufficient recording equipment, I will hopefully be able to record and upload a few videos for you on here.
As such, this section is in a current state of "COMING SOON".
Writing's a great interest of mine; it's just a great medium for personal expression and the like. I never personally took a writing class in my life and rely on what I've learned from school and reading books to develop a style of my own.
At the moment I've basically done a few reviews and other posts through our blog "Hiroi Sekai", and along with that I've made other little articles for fun and even ran a small writing competition right here on AnimeSuki for a bit (monthly, with 2000 word limit). Please have a look below for a compilation of an archive and some of the pieces that got the most views overall.
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You've reached it, the last section of my page. Here is where I've compiled what's left, which is basically personal projects.
If I may first direct your attention to Hiroi Sekai's YouTube channel; this is where our videos are posted. At the moment there's not too much, but there are future plans of making some actual videos with structure.
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Hey, thanks for visiting, and be sure to leave a comment if you're curious about anything. Any sorts of constructive criticism and curiosity are welcome, so I hope to hear from you. Cheers! <3
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Any specific reason why you like those 2 best? *is curious*
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I like the quotes under Channel Otaku on the 3rd one, and the background, seems peaceful
I also like the K-On one with the "Listen to the Music" you will defiantly love K-On's music
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Yes, the competition was named after the show^^
Have you ever seen Seto no Hanayome? 'Tis anything BUT peaceful XD
I definitely love K-ON! music, I've got over 40 songs on my iTunes:P
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Also, if you ever do, I will immediately come in to see it
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The new Shana drawing is looking a lot better than my last one already, I'll probably have it done within the next few days^.^
And finally, major update! This thread now shows all my personal works!
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The Phoenix Wright: Remnants of the Past fangame sounds really tempting.... Must play the demo when its released.... *stares at the picture* Objection!!!
Sorry that just came out of nowhere
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^.^ There's a trailer that was made for the game, but I can't post links here
Also, I updated "Life"; posted the entire first chapter, after I modified my writing style. ^.^
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On Deadline blog: That curbside parking space in front of my home is MINE!!!'
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Jan 11, 2013
But one gut feeling clearly predominates in neighborhoods, especially (but not exclusively) those abutting business areas: "That curbside parking space in front of my home is MINE!!!"
The issue, usually referred to as "overflow parking" or "spillover parking," occurs when people who work in commercial areas decide to park all day in a neighborhood rather than in a time-limit "color zone" or parking structure, where they have to move their vehicles regularly or pay for permits or tickets. Besides, walking is a healthy activity, despite such cold, windy, wet days as we've had recently.
When the Palo Alto Medical Foundation decided to try to expand at its old site at 300 Homer Ave. its leaders ran headlong into some long-angry neighbors. They were resentful of PAMF employees who chose to park in neighborhoods and walk a block or two to the foundation. Employees and physicians were not allowed to park in the patient parking lot because one all-day staffer displaced up to 11 patients.
One resident of the hard-hit Addison Avenue area (where smaller homes often lack off-street parking) angrily confronted an employee she saw locking up her car -- an exchange I heard about when I headed PAMF's public affairs in the 1980s.
"There's a lot of angry bears out here," a Waverley Street resident wearing a Cal Bears sweatshirt to one PAMF informational meeting declared -- growled might be more accurate.
Former City Council member Yoriko Kishimoto (before seeking election) was once an upset neighbor, but primarily due to traffic concerns further south along Embarcadero Road. Another former council member, Dena Mossar, then worked for me at the foundation and was in charge of parking-lot enforcement -- we once towed a physican's car, after repeat offenses and warnings.
Ultimately, PAMF moved to its new campus at 795 El Camino Real and houses replaced the medical and research buildings.
Similar angry feelings about overflow parking have been expressed by residents north of University Avenue as well as north of the California Avenue business district, between El Camino Real and the Caltrain tracks.
Recently residents of the Crescent Park area of Palo Alto, near Newell Road and the old, narrow bridge over San Francisquito Creek (to the "Triangle" area of East Palo Alto), have felt the impacts of overflow parking from the Triangle. Parking restrictions along Woodland Avenue have driven some to park on Palo Alto streets near the bridge. Not having enough spaces within the apartment complexes, a number of residents are flooding, so to speak, the nearby residential streets in Palo Alto, with as many as 50 vehicles, according to one estimate.
So it really doesn't matter much whether the overflow comes from commercial or dense housing areas, or some other source.
For more than a few residents, it doesn't matter that a curbside parking space is actually part of a public right-of-way. The inconvenience of having to hunt for a parking space is a continuing irritant that affects visitors and relatives as well as residents. While residents may know intellectually that those are public spaces, feelings runs deeper, along lines of the gut-level, "That curbside parking space in front of my house is MINE!"
Nowhere in Palo Alto history was that more evident than 41 years back, when in early February 1972 the City Council approved a drastically expanded bike-lane system that would have covered 66.6 miles of city streets with bicycle lanes. (Aside: There actually was strong community interest in bicycling and bike lanes years before the late Ellen Fletcher pedaled onto city politics and the City Council circa 1977, although she did much to further biking in the community and beyond.)
The expansive 1972 system would have banned parking on both sides of the street for 45.6 miles, many of those in residential areas.
But just weeks later, on Feb. 23, the Palo Alto Times reported bluntly: "A 'skeleton' bicycle system has emerged from three weeks of flaying by angry Palo Alto residents who would have had their curbside parking banned under an initially approved 'Plan A' system."
"Plan B" cut the overall system to just 42 miles, with parking banned just on one side of the street on 13 miles of residential streets, plus 5 more miles in industrial areas.
"We're trying to de-fuse the strong divisive feeling," then Assistant City Manager Charles Walker explained, adding that he and then-Traffic Engineer Ted Noguchi were still both interested in feedback on the bare-bones system. Both men eventually recovered from their bicycle-battle scars and went on with their careers outside of Palo Alto, a bit wiser about folks' feelings about "their" curbside parking spaces.
The experience of four decades ago has faded, and the system has been tweaked and expanded to include the Ellen Fletcher Bicycle Boulevard and soon a sleek new bike bridge to the city's baylands.
Today few remember the intensity of feeling about parking spaces that became what I believe is still the single greatest sudden uprising of citizen revolt in Palo Alto's often turbulent political history of concern about growth, traffic, environment, diversity and, yes, overflow parking.
It is a lesson today's community officials and leadership might keep in mind as they fashion new parking standards for commercial and apartment areas, or even plan for rebuilding an old, scarred-up bridge.
Note: Former Weekly Editor Jay Thorwaldson can be e-mailed at firstname.lastname@example.com with a copy to email@example.com.
Comments (15)
a resident of College Terrace
on Jan 11, 2013 at 4:03 pm
Please tell us all where you live in Palo Alto. I am sure we can arrange for the public street spots, in front of your house, to become occupied by those who do live in this town.
You seem to be somewhat aloof, Jay, like Larry Klein. Surely, you still live in Palo Alto, right, Jay?
a resident of Community Center
on Jan 11, 2013 at 4:11 pm
Craig---give it a rest. Public spots are public spots--- available to everyone. Get over it and move on.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 11, 2013 at 4:17 pm
The people who are making most noise about parking right now are the near to downtown residents. A few years ago, it was the College Terrace residents.
The point I would like to make is that anyone who lives near to where people want to go are at sometimes affected by people parking outside their homes. The fact that sometimes may be every day, or just when the venue is busy, can still be a big nuisance to those who live nearby.
People chose to live near downtown and they knew that would be an area of difficult parking when they chose to live there. Likewise, people living near a park must have realised that at weekends the parks would mean cars outside their homes. People living near a school realise that parking at school drop off and pick up times as well as some evenings and weekends, would be a problem. People living near a community center, shopping, coffee shops, etc. etc. etc. should have had no surprise that the curb outside their house would at times be used by others.
I do have some sympathy, but can't say that these people should be surprised.
Our parks although thought of as neighborhood, often have soccer or baseball games from residents all over the city. Our schools once were small compared to the enrollments now.
Downtown needs a better parking system. Get the cars off the streets and into the lots, not by parking permits of any type, but by pay per hour machines in all the lots. Make parking in the lots easier and cheap. Don't look on parking prices as a source of revenue but as a means to encourage fair use available space. Stop making the parking complicated and then encourage them with availabilty of spaces signs on the outside of all lots.
a resident of College Terrace
on Jan 11, 2013 at 4:26 pm
"Craig---give it a rest"
No, I won't. Our neighborhoods need a certain amount of protection.
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a resident of Community Center
on Jan 11, 2013 at 4:32 pm
What are you complaining about, Craig. Your neighborhood has a parking permit system. Protection from what? Use of the streets,that our tax dollars paid for.? [Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
BTW, jay, yoriko moved into one of our main streets and has spent decades trying to get traffic from her street onto other streets-- no sympathy for her.
a resident of College Terrace
on Jan 11, 2013 at 4:42 pm
"What are you complaining about, Craig. Your neighborhood has a parking permit system"
Yes, we in CT, finally, have a residential parking permit program (RPPP). It took a long time with many dedicated citizens to make it happen. However, I am not just about College Terrace. I think that all neighborhoods, in Palo Alto, that are afflicted with parking maximus should be protected.
a resident of Community Center
on Jan 11, 2013 at 4:48 pm
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a resident of Downtown North
on Jan 11, 2013 at 4:55 pm
A parking spot is a parking spot.
It' ain't your property.
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a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Jan 11, 2013 at 5:02 pm
Not an issue - We need a residential parking system for much of our City. The families on Edgewood and Newell did not "know when they bought their homes" that East Palo Alto would ban parking on a nearby street and that the new owners of the apartments in EPA would start charging for parking causing up to 50 cars to park in Crescent Park instead. Many residents of Professorville and Downtown lived there long before there were so many offices Downtown when most of the cars were visiting retail establishments. You live in Community Center, an area usually unaffected by rogue parking except during swim meets and the occasional City event in Palo Alto, so you shouldn't judge.
Yes, parking is public. But if enough residents of Palo Alto would like to be able to park near their homes, we should do something to make that happen. Residential parking on one side of the street (such as Castilleja has voluntarily done) would preserve both neighborhood parking and public parking.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 11, 2013 at 5:08 pm
Craig, why are you attacking Jay? He's just suggesting that the powers that be keep in mind the history of past battles over parking in Palo Alto, and he recounted those battles -- not taking sides, as far as I could tell.
I think you are out of line.
a resident of Community Center
on Jan 11, 2013 at 5:12 pm
Craig-- college terrace is big. We need to make sure the house you live in has a parking problem. We know the street. We just need the number. Everyone has " skin in the game ", since we are all taxpayers that pay for upkeep of the streets you want to privatize.
People like you and PA mom need to realize there is no right to a parking spot on a public street by your house.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Jan 11, 2013 at 5:44 pm
Not an issue - I don't ever have a parking problem in front of my own house and have plenty of space in my driveway. But MANY cities have parking permit programs. This does not eliminate the "right" for the public to park on a street, but it does preserve a reasonable amount of neighborhood parking for the residents.
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Jan 11, 2013 at 9:32 pm
Hmmm is a registered user.
Uh, what parking restrictions on Woodland? I think that's a rumor w/no truth to it.
a resident of Menlo Park
on Jan 15, 2013 at 3:43 pm
Nick Baldo is a registered user.
I guess I'll just never understand this issue. When I walk through Palo Alto all I see is empty driveways (which, sadly, are mandated by law), and even at peak times for parking it seems there are open spots on pretty much every block. Garages are now mostly used for storing random junk plus a refrigerator. If you want more parking spots available, the appropriate policy is to charge money for parking so that it is allocated to users with the highest willingness to pay. As Mr. Thorwaldson reminds us, these streets are public rights of way, and in my opinion they ought to be dedicated to public use.
Turning the space into bike lanes is the obvious answer, but even metered or status-quo free parking are way better than some residential permit system that amounts to outright theft. Everyone has ownership rights to the street, not just local residents who make a stink at city council meetings. Hopefully one day some public spirit will return to this area.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Jan 16, 2013 at 9:55 pm
bru is a registered user.
I don't like driving through all the areas of Palo Alto and seeing all the cars parked on the side of the street. It is unsightly, a hazard, make it easier for criminals and hard for anyone who needs to park legitimately to find a place.
That said, there is no good solution to this since the city seems to have decided to always err on the side of not providing parking spaces ... like somehow the lack of parking places is going to magically create the parking places needed or that people who cannot afford to park will sell their cars and take the bus.
There should be some kind of review of this kind of thinking. I would not want to pay millions of dollars or more to be stuck never being able to find a parking place in front of my own house, for me, my service people, my friends or deliveries?
This is just insane. Parking places is one place where "socialism" is called for. The city should build as many parking structures as it takes, and demand that large new construction projects build parking beneath their floors until we have enough safe, free, easy to access parking to allow our city to be accessible and easily traveled, and sightly.
I am against pay for parking. For God's sake, now even when you go to the doctor or the hospital you have to pay to park .... parking is a necessity, and cars are not going away, just deal with it.
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According to McShay, Mercilus is going early 2nd day... So maybe he might not be such a reach at 32nd overall...
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WaPo reports on East Anglia CRU e-mails, global-warming controversy
posted at 12:00 pm on November 22, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
It's out in the mainstream, in a not-too-bad report from the Washington Post. Juliet Eilperin focuses exclusively on the controversy and not the content in this report, which is a story in itself (via Instapundit):
While few U.S. politicians bother to question whether humans are changing the world's climate — nearly three years ago the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded the evidence was unequivocal — public debate persists. And the newly disclosed private exchanges among climate scientists at Britain's Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia reveal an intellectual circle that appears to feel very much under attack, and eager to punish its enemies.
In one e-mail, the center's director, Phil Jones, writes Pennsylvania State University's Michael E. Mann and questions whether the work of academics that question the link between human activities and global warming deserve to make it into the prestigious IPCC report, which represents the global consensus view on climate science.
"I can't see either of these papers being in the next IPCC report," Jones writes. "Kevin and I will keep them out somehow — even if we have to redefine what the peer-review literature is!"
In another, Jones and Mann discuss how they can pressure an academic journal not to accept the work of climate skeptics with whom they disagree. "Perhaps we should encourage our colleagues in the climate research community to no longer submit to, or cite papers in, this journal," Mann writes.
"I will be emailing the journal to tell them I'm having nothing more to do with it until they rid themselves of this troublesome editor," Jones replies.
Why is that important? Global-warming advocates routinely criticize skeptics for not having enough peer-reviewed work rebutting their findings. If they're conspiring to block the publication of such research, that undermines their argument and their scientific credibility. One of their nemeses explains the significance:
Patrick Michaels, a senior fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute who comes under fire in the e-mails, said these same academics repeatedly criticized him for not having published more peer-reviewed papers.
"There's an egregious problem here, their intimidation of journal editors," he said. "They're saying, 'If you print anything by this group, we won't send you any papers.' "
As I wrote when the scandal first arose, the anthropogenic global warming advocates have not been practicing science, if these e-mails prove genuine. Scientists welcome debate and analysis of data to test hypotheses and theories. When people start attempting to silence dissent, they cease being scientists and start being high priests of a faith-based system. This smacks more of Galileo's treatment than Galileo's work. E pur si muove?
Real scientists also don't delete data when asked to provide transparency to their work, as John Hinderaker points out:
These emails appear to show that, when faced with a legitimate request under Britain's Freedom of Information Act, these global warming alarmists preferred to delete their emails with one another about the crucially important IPCC report–the main basis for the purported "consensus" in favor of anthropogenic global warming–rather than allow them to come to light. This is one of many instances in the East Anglia documents where the global warming alarmists act like a gang of co-conspirators rather than respectable scientists.
Eilperin's report is a straightforward account of the controversy. How long will it be before the media that has hailed AGW scientists and amplified their hysterical findings gives us analysis of the e-mails, such as those being done at Climate Depot and Watt's Up With That, in order to expose the highly unscientific behavior of AGW hysterics?
Charlie Martin at Pajamas Media gives just such an analysis and concludes:
These emails and the data associated, taken together, raise really important questions about the whole scientific structure of AGW. Is the data really valid? Has the data been effectively peer reviewed and have attempts to falsify been fairly treated? Is CO2-forced AGW really the best hypothesis?Until these questions are answered, the various attempts to "deal with the climate change crisis" have no acceptable scientific basis.
If CRU's scientists have been conspiring to smear skeptics and keep people in the dark about their processes, the assumption should be that the work is dishonest and could not stand the light of scrutiny. Based on the e-mails, Hadley and everyone who relied on their work — including the UN and the IPCC — should be forced to start over from scratch … with total and complete transparency.
Update: East Anglia's CRU is not Hadley. None of the e-mails exposed came from Hadley's servers. Those are two separate institutions. I've corrected this post's headline and body to reflect that.
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ropa dope??? "If the debate was football Obama lost by at least two tds." Krouthammer
ropa dope??? "If the debate was football Obama lost by at least two tds." Krouthammer
So whats the deal with Nicks?!? They havent really said anything about his injury, he practiced last week, but then was held out, didn't play...he's not practicing this week, and they are saying he likely wont play....
Wtf is he doing exactly?? lol
Oderint Dum Metuant
It's too bad, I'm too good....
CNN poll gives first 2012 Presidential debate to Romney, 67% to 25%
Hope he can keep it up.
I know its your first time Ichi, but quit being such a woman lmao
It doesn't matter that Romney outlined his plan, it doesn't matter that Romney, in no subtle terms, shut down Obama's talking points.
Obama claimed Romney wanted to cut 5 Trillion dollars right? Romney flat out said...NO I do not want to do that.
you have to take Romney on his word about that...just like we all took Obama on his word during his election, Obama didn't live up to his word...will Romney? who knows, but the point is you can't dismiss everything Romney says if you want to look at this race objectively and if you aren't looking at it objectively...then why watch it at all, if you can't look at both sides then you are clearly going to vote one way already so whats the point of the debate.
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How can he says that his $5 trillion tax cut, isn't actually his $5 trillion tax cut?
He also said that in his non-existent healthcare plan, that it would protect against pre-existing conditions, where in fact it does the exact opposite.
He also said(this confused the **** out of me...) that Obamacare was a government takeover of health care. lolwut?
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Oderint Dum Metuant
It's too bad, I'm too good....
Bottom line is, I want facts....not acting. I dont care about either candidates body language, i dont care that Romney was rape-staring Obama all night as if he was looking at his own wife. I dont care that Obama was looking at the podium as if he wasn't even focusing on the task at hand....
Obama at multiple points durign the debate, had opportunities to go on the offensive, and either missed them, or left them alone (or cut off lol).
The public is going to see that Romney is now in version 9.0 mode or something(more flip flops than a beach), and doesn't give any good information other than defensive information to counterpoint. It was so lame.
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New youth voters are feeling oddly less enthusiastic about Obama now than in 2008
posted at 4:01 pm on July 2, 2012 by Erika Johnsen
As a member of the recently-graduated demographic crowd, I can attest that I've got a fair number of friends — well-educated, hardworking friends — who are currently living at home with their parents. (Not that I think having a college degree entitles you to a job, and certainly no more or less than anyone else, but I do hear that back in the good ol' days, there was a solid market for such qualifications.) They're underemployed, they're working part-time, they're volunteering, or they don't have jobs at all.
It's frustrating, and I'm frustrated for them — and it can't be any less frustrating for their parents, who are now diverting their financial resources away from savings and retirement and into supporting their adult children. It's all one big hot mess, and as economic ramifications start to hit home more and more, it looks like the next generation of voters may be starting to realize it doesn't have to be this way.
Polls show that Americans under 30 are still inclined to support Mr. Obama by a wide margin. But the president may face a particular challenge among voters ages 18 to 24. In that group, his lead over Mitt Romney — 12 points — is about half of what it is among 25- to 29-year-olds, according to an online survey this spring by the Harvard Institute of Politics. And among whites in the younger group, Mr. Obama's lead vanishes altogether.
Among all 18- to 29-year-olds, the poll found a high level of undecided voters; 30 percent indicated that they had not yet made up their mind. And turnout among this group is expected to be significantly lower than for older voters. …
Experts say the impact of the recession and the slow recovery should not be underestimated. The newest potential voters — some 17 million people — have been shaped more by harsh economic times in their formative years than by anything else…
For 18- and 19-year-olds, the unemployment rate as of May was 23.5 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For those ages 20 to 24, the rate falls to 12.9 percent, compared with the national unemployment rate of 8.2 percent for all ages. …
Yikes. Years of economic-related setbacks aren't going to do much to energize the youths to flock (and I do mean flock — you know, like sheep) to the polls to vote for the incumbent president, at least not to the record-smashing, game-changing degree that they turned up to vote for Obama in 2008. Living on your parents' couch or being continually discouraged in a summer job search really helps to remove some of the luster from the once-enticing promises of Hopenchange.
And with Obama at the helm, it isn't looking like there's an end in sight — as Jim Pethokoukis summarizes, several of our already-anemic growth indicators are starting to slow up even more. The hits just keep on coming (unexpectedly, of course):
New data suggests the three-year economic expansion — as anemic as it has been — may be at an end, or is at least perilously close. The Institute for Supply Management's factory index unexpectedly fell to 49.7 in June from 53.5 a month earlier. A reading of less than 50 signals contraction.
Not one of 70 economists interviewed by Bloomberg thought it would be below 50.5. …
But these numbers are just the latest in a long string of worrisome reports including rising initial unemployment claims, slowing job growth, falling consumer confidence, and declining durable goods orders. Oh, and the rest of the global economy is slowing, too.
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"What does this have to do with videogames. More and more like Kotaku every day"
At least they are aware that the quality of their articles is dwindling. Though I bet that is written by John Walker after having received much criticism so as usual he take the passive aggressive stance and try to ignore the valid concerns of their readers.
I still cringe at this sort of article that appears on the front page: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013...s-to-kill-son/
There is no source, no information about the game and only related to some "gaming culture", not unlike those Kotaku writers at all. So much for proper gaming journalism eh? This is not just a one-off too as more and more articles barely related to gaming have been posted on the website. So much so that I've to check who wrote the articles before reading them and this is really unfair for them as they occasionally put a decent article or two but it has left a bad taste for me to not to ignore them.
If this may sound harsh, my apologies...
I find the story about the dad who hired gamers to gank his son repeatedly until his son stopped wasting time gaming all day to be an interesting human interest story.
If you don't like those kinds of stories, you don't have to read them.
I have gone from reading every single post to cherry picking like I did at 1up (pre fall) or something like giant bomb.
I have started filtering by writer unless I really like the idea of the game in question.I am once again writing a blog, vaguely about playing games the wrong way
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Although I found the article about the Dad and the Son interesting I do have to agree that either:
1. Things and people change, and RPS is not what it used to be like.
2. Things and people change, and I am not what I used to be like.
Where before I would find every single article posted interesting, intriguing or thought-provoking, I now scroll past the majority of them hoping to find one that catches my interest.
I never read every single post, but there were always enough interesting stuff to read in a voice that I couldn't find elsewhere. This is still true. About the only change I've noticed is that the volume of posts have increased - and that I generally call a good thing, as it means RPS is being relatively successful.
But really, in a paper, there's four basic types of news:
International News: "3,000 civilians killed this week amid fighting in Syria..."
National News: "Costs of grain have risen due to record-breaking drought..."
Local News: "City government threatens layoff of 2,500 workers..."
Human Interest Stories: "Child victim receives charitable help, is grateful."
The last is to stop us from slitting our collective wrists over the first three.
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I think the gaming world produce a number of stories every day (maybe 0.8 stories) and if you post more than that number, you are forced to make opinions (typical "blog posts") or mirror news other people are reporting, and that include "man byte dog" stories.
So I imagine a slider bar, with "Quality" on one side, and "Quantity" on the other, and it is configured to be in the middle, a noch to the right. I think some people would want to move the slider a notch to the left.
Personally, I want both quality and quantity. Maybe sacrifice quantity if theres a really good story to tell.
Another fact of life is that people get old and move on. I miss some posters, and writters,.. but we have to give a oportunity to new posters and new writters. The great writters have to start somewhere, and RPS could be the place.
We are not Kotaku yet, ... RPS still have to write articles about Cakes or some dude dreshing as the princess Zelda*.
* I know. I was trolling you.
From our first ever month of posting, July 2007: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007...mo-kidnapping/Peace through tyranny
"At least they are aware that the quality of their articles is dwindling."
Heh. For future reference, it's probably easier to assume that everything on RPS is written with heavy sarcasm.
03-02-2013, 12:01 PM #9steam: sketch
03-02-2013, 06:18 PM #102017 Yay!!!!
Why yes you're right I'm deliciously evil. Tradition is the tyranny of dead men
Steam:Kadayi Origin: Kadayi
Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes....
The Conclave beckons ... PM for details
I have to agree, it's quite a shock finding myself actively starting to avoid posts based on the writer or a combination of the topic and number of comments. It used to be that you could read anything and everything and it'd be pretty interesting. And I *do* like posts not strictly regarding a particular game, but stuff that goes on around gaming in general, but lately there's been an oberabundance of that kind of article, and they beat the same themes time and time again, making them all a bit "same-y". Then another problem is that everything is starting to get a little too politically correct and some people seem to be actively trying to egt offended by some thing or other. Or we have more american writers lately, I don't know.
I'm not trying to be offensive at all, just giving feedback as a reader. We know what you guys think as writers because we read you, this is the only way we have to let you know what we think as readers. Cheers!
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I see this sentiment more frequently in the comments now, and I still really don't get it. Having been reading RPS for ages, the tone and the balance of articles seems pretty much the same to me as it ever did. I mean, the article about the in-game assassin does have a source -- Kotaku -- and the Kotaku article itself has a source, the Sanqing Daily. It's an interesting story, it's about gaming, so... what's the problem? I don't really know Kotaku, but even if some of their articles are somehow more "frivolous" or whatever I don't see what's wrong with pointing to the interesting ones.
RPS wouldn't be nearly as interesting if it was just a stream of reviews, previews, and development updates. There's a million websites for that. What sets RPS apart is the variety of stuff you see here, the random flights of fancy, the analysis, the essays, the playthroughs, opinion pieces and stories. They pick up on all the stuff that's part of the medium, the industry, the experience of being a gamer, that gets filtered out of the usual press releases and standard article formats. That's, like, what the whole New Games Journalism thing is about, innit?
But yeah, I guess I'll stop dancing around the huge elephant in the living room here. Part of that approach means picking up on stuff that has pervaded the industry for ages and that people are now actually starting to pick up on, to talk about and, if it's nasty bullshit, to point it out as nasty bullshit. Stuff like sexism, which is still rife as hell in the community and comes up pretty often in the medium itself. Other journalists and commentators are starting to talk about that, and RPS are picking up on a few of those stories. That's cool. That's their job. Despite how much it freaks people out, it still only takes up a tiny portion of the actual output of the site -- sexism, for instance, is not mentioned in more than a percent or two of the articles by my counting.
Seems like some people can't handle that and would prefer if RPS left all of those issues completely alone. I don't think RPS will, because they have integrity and stick to the same principles they always have. I quote the RPS staff:
"At RPS our knickers are almost permanently in a twist. And thats because we operate in an industry thats worryingly busy with pantie-bunching nonsense. Were also not the sort of site that likes to stay quiet about such things, and whole-heartedly believes that by making a fuss you can make a difference. Sometimes we have, sometimes we havent, but weve tended to have an opinion either way."
Meh, I like them all and can hardly tell one from another.
05-02-2013, 07:56 AM #152017 Yay!!!!
Why yes you're right I'm deliciously evil. Tradition is the tyranny of dead men
Steam:Kadayi Origin: Kadayi
Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes....
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Don't get me wrong, I'm no savant writer, but I feel like my expectations of rps are being occasionally confounded on the front page. I also need to highlight that by and large the rps community are the most interesting, divergent and meritous folk as I could hope to meet online (I miss wizardry and wulf though), but some topics are needlessly incendiary and I avoid those threads.
I don't begrudge those writers their opinions but nor do I hasten to read them.I am once again writing a blog, vaguely about playing games the wrong way
Here's the thing - gaming has come so far in only a few short decades. We live in an interesting time where video games are still young enough to be scapegoated, still young enough to warrant constant studies into their effects, have gone from a geeky niche hobby to being bigger than the giant movie industry, and are sailing into the uncharted waters regarding both corporate and consumer rights.
So yes, I like reading articles that aren't necessarily about specific video games, but gaming, and the stories surrounding it.
If you cant tell the writers apart, you must not have read many articles. Its true that their styles are all similar, but you can definitely tell from *what* they write about.- Tom De Roeck.
verse publications & The Shopkeeper, an interactive short.
"Quantacat's name is still recognised even if he watches on with detached eyes like Peter Molyneux over a cube in 3D space, staring at it with tears in his eyes, softly whispering... Someday they'll get it." - The Conclave
Hate is a strong word. I don't need to hate something to be disinterested in it now do I?I am once again writing a blog, vaguely about playing games the wrong way


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Consumer confidence has lifted to a 32-month high in the ANZ Roy Morgan survey as people take a more optimistic view of their own finances and of the economy.
ANZ economist Mark Smith said the bank's composite indicator, which draws on its consumer and business sentiment surveys to give a better guide to economic prospects than either survey alone, was flagging 2.6 per cent growth by mid-year.
"So far so good, but a sustained lift in confidence will ultimately depend on healthier labour market conditions," he said.
Consumer confidence usually declines in February as back-to-work reality sets in, but this time the headline index rose 2.7 points to 121.
A level above 100 represents more optimists than pessimists.
A net 2 per cent feel worse off financially than a year ago, but that's an improvement on the net 5 per cent last month, and a net 35 per cent are positive about their prospects over the year ahead, up from the net 29 per cent in the January survey.
Respondents' views on the economy, both one year and five years out, improved.
A net 32 per cent see it as a good time to buy a major household item, a robust level by the standards of the past five years though down from a net 38 per cent last month.
In Auckland, overall confidence dipped one point to 122, led by a 10-point fall in responses to the questions about current conditions, which are the ones best correlated with retail spending.
A similar disparity - overall confidence up, but sentiment about current conditions down - prevailed in Canterbury and the rest of the South Island.
Overall confidence rose eight points in Wellington, though it remains the least optimistic region, and rose five points in the rest of the North Island.
House price expectations lifted to their highest level in the history of the ANZ survey, Smith said, led by Canterbury and Auckland.


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One year just passed from an earthquake disaster.
I experienced that earthquake disaster, too and received the influence of the radiation by the nuclear plant accident.
Therefore I sympathize with YUZURU very much.
One year just passed from an earthquake disaster.
I experienced that earthquake disaster, too and received the influence of the radiation by the nuclear plant accident.
Therefore I sympathize with YUZURU very much.
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I remembered that YUZURU said on a different video.It about his SP.
It is talked about his complicated feelings that lost many things in a big disaster.
and The reason why he chose this music as.
YUZURU said in this way.
"Scriabin Etude in D# minor, op. 8 no. 12."
The title in the Japanese is "悲愴"(pathetic)
"wave ..., the sorrow about the tsunami, a violent wave, the calm sea. Those images appeared among oneself"
"It is a sad image"
"But I do not want a Japanese victim to feel sad".
I think that he was able to express it enough.
I add a postscript to that YUZURU said in this way.
"Do not fade The memory of the earthquake disaster. I want you to remember a stricken area by watching my skating."
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The funny support video to Japanese male skaters. Because Yuzuru is included, I introduce it here.
thank you for the vids
I feel for him and I admire his toughness even in times of great troubles in his country
How sweet. What a nice story. Peace on Earth to all!!!!
May God help all the Japanese people marking 1 year anniversary of earthquake/tsunami/reactors meltdown. It is terrifying, the natural disasters. In America, tornados ripped thru several states in March! This is not tornado season. It usually happens beginning in June. The earth is very sick, and I hope everyone with faith in a higher being prays because the earth is clearly so sick. In my area we had snow in October, before the leaves even changed or fell. I do collage art with leafs or used to. 1994 was the last year I could find unblighted maple leaves in my area. Then the so called Asian beetles came in this decade and destroyed so many maples and we had to cut hundreds and still the spread is not secure. Between an ice storm 4 years ago and the Asian beetles, we lost so many trees. Parts of the area have a barren look. It is so upsetting to see the photos of Japanese tsumnami. The earth is out of balance and I think everyone is afraid as every week, there is natural disaster somewhere.
I don't think God will reverse what we humans are doing to the earth. The world mourns with Japan.
Thanks for those adorable videos. Who was the skater dressed like the samurai warrior? It was funny to see Brian's image pop up amidst all the japanese skaters. I would love to experience a show in Japan, or better a competition because the skaters like Mao and Dai are like rock stars. It must be very entertaining to experience this mania for skating in Japan. (or Korea for that matter!) Sad Yuna is not around anymore.
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The earth is not existence for only human prosperity.
So we get ready to reduce damage and must live.
In Japan, The warning was left on a monument and ancient documents and a historic spot and the place name which people several hundred years ago and 1,000 years ago made . " When big earthquake was generated, and a tsunami came to here." We thought it to be a mere old tale, and we overlooked the warning from ancient people.
But we modern people could leave a concrete picture and a scientific record.
It's same about the tornado and hurricane and abnormality of creature and etc.
There studies advance and should be able to reduce damage.
So, we Japanese don't forget that people different in religion to believe in gave prayer with the same feeling. Thanks!
As kriwyr1009 wrote it before, we welcome many gods. So, many gods of the world gave us wisdom and morality.
The name of the samurai skater is Tatsuki Machida(町田 樹). His unique expression is shown in 4CC of this year. If he becomes able to jump with confidence, more high ranks are not impossible. (it applies to Mura too)
The factor that Mao and Daisuke surely made popularity of the skating.
But now. All skaters are STARS in the ice show and competition, in Japan. Of course including foreign skaters!☆
The videos of many competitions and foreign skaters is uploaded in "nicovideo". We watch the broadcast content such as CBC and Universal Sports and Euro Sports and translated and enjoy them.
When we found that there was a vacant seats, on the video of a competition held in a foreign country "No way! I wanted to go there and wanted to sit in that seat!!!!! (ah...but had no time no money...orz)" we say together like that.
Japanese skate mania respects a personality and passion of the skaters very much.
If my English is strange, I'm sorry. Because grammar and expressions are too different in Japanese and English. But I don't give it up
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Too much talent in Japan. Amazing.
Favorite collage Ninja YUZU
This link to the video site "nicovideo" of Japan. The collage clip that Yuzuru changes into the costumes of other skaters with Kozuka. It is the work of the person who made Ninja YUZU.
It is displayed by a Japanese language first, but you can choose English language when you push written in "Facebookでログイン". you can watch it with Facebook account.
When it is not Facebook, push 「はじめての方はアカウント新規登録へ」[making new account] and transmit an e-mail address. When you register from a URL in the email, you can choose a language in lower part of the screen.
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He told that he was weak in English before.
However, he seems to be able to reading and hearing a conversation only a little.
And it was said that he took the communication by a gesture somehow.
He can image the English word, but, like many Japanese, it seems to be hard to express it by a conversation. If he will training under a foreign coach in the future, like Miki Ando and Daisuke, his English may improve.
Latest news on the Japanese skaters with a special focus on Yuzuru, broadcasted on Fuji TV last night.
Seems Yuzuru is in a good shape.
Hope he will do well in Nice!
just out of curiousity - does anyone know if Yuzuru or any member of Team Japan is romantically linked to another skater??
For example, the junior world champion Yuzuru Hanyu is very emotional, malleable, a brilliant athlete. He already performs the most complex elements. I was offered big money to work with him, but I refused. Firstly, because he will be my opponent...
since they toured Japan in summer 2010 but one recent I found that I think the poster was refering to is this one from Cor 2011
- First place of the 16-y. o. Japanese Yuzuru Hanyu was unexpected for you?
- He is going towards his aim for a long time. Sometimes he lacks stability, but this is due to his age. There growing a very serious competitor for our country, our athletes and for me personally. At practices the Japanese does two quads - Salchow and toe loop in combination. Just few cross-overs (несколько перебежек) - and two difficult jumps. We performed at the exhibitions in Japan. Igor Bobrin worked with him, and his victory in Moscow is logical.
So I think mentioning Chan was rather irrelevant.
Thanks, seniorita.
As for other Japanese skaters, I heard that Asada is romantically linked to Kozuka and Daisuke admitted he fell in love with Yukina Ota at first sight. Yukina is such a lucky girl. Why arent they dating?


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UTSA's Larry Brooks aims for NCAA Indoor Championships
By Brian Hernandez
UTSA Associate Sports Information Director
(March 7, 2007)--Last fall, Larry Brooks wrote down a list of goals he wanted to accomplish during his final indoor season. They included helping the Roadrunners defend their 2006 Southland Conference Indoor Championship, winning the league's indoor 800 meters for the first time, qualifying for the national meet and earning All-America honors.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Six months later, the Stafford native has successfully crossed off nearly every item on his list.
This weekend, he hopes to put one more feather in his cap when he competes at the NCAA Indoor Championships, which begin Friday at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark.
Brooks enters the national meet having run a school-record 1:48.72 at last weekend's Iowa State NCAA Qualifier, a mark that ranks eighth in the country. The top eight finishers at this weekend's NCAA Championships will earn All-America honors and if he is able to accomplish that feat, Brooks will become just the fourth All-American in school history.
He knows this weekend will present the biggest challenge of his career, but it is one that he is ready to tackle.
"First and foremost, I have to advance to the finals, so that's my first step," Brooks said Tuesday before heading out to practice. "The key for me is not changing the way I've run all season. I just need keep my emotions in check, run my race and finish strong. If I can do that, then I think I'll have a good chance to accomplish my goal of becoming an All-American."
After a successful high school career that included a pair of runner-up finishes at the UIL Class 3A Championships, Brooks came to UTSA as one of the top middle distance runners in the state. He made an immediate impact as a freshman, finishing second at the 2004 SLC Indoor and runner up at the league's outdoor meet. Since then, Brooks has earned a total of three individual conference championships, including his first indoor crown three weeks ago.
"I owe everything to Coach Fox because he gave me a chance," Brooks said. "He has put me in a position to be successful and without him, I wouldn't be the person I am today."
Fox, who has coached two of UTSA's three All-Americans (current Roadrunner Brandon Buteaux, Justin Youngblood), said his senior co-captain has earned everything that has come his way during his career.
"Larry is an example of how hard work, focus and determination pays off in the long run," he said. "He is one of our team leaders and does a great job of taking care of his business on and off the track. Coach Slade has done an outstanding job with him this season and Larry will leave here as one of the top middle distance runners in school history."
In August, Fox hired Scott Slade to coach the distance program. Brooks, who had run under the tutelage of Rose Monday his first three seasons, said the first-year assistant has helped him reach the next level in this, his final season as a Roadrunner.
"Coach Slade has taught me to be patient when I race," he said. "I've learned so much from him and none of this would be possible if I didn't work with him throughout the cross country season."
Last fall, Brooks went through a full cross country campaign for the first time in his career and, when the indoor season began in late January, he felt as fit as he had ever been entering the season.
Slade, who joined the coaching staff in August, said Brooks has earned the right to run with the best this weekend.
"Larry has made a total commitment to becoming the best he can be," he said. "He has become more proactive about taking care of his body and addressing the mental side of racing. We have worked not only on improving his speed and endurance, but we also have worked to refine other areas of his running such as racing strategy and running technique."
"Knowing I have the chance to become an All-American is very exciting," Brooks said. "It's something I've dreamed about since high school and it would be a great honor to represent UTSA as one of the top runners in the country."


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The Jets were brought back down to earth by an 0-4 team.
So can we stop reading and hearing how it's not too crazy to talk playoffs for the Jets.....because it IS crazy .
And they get to play the Patriots next, who have obviously shaken off the rust and are hitting their stride.
This is nothing more than Jets2012:The sequel, with a different actor playing the role of Mark Sanchez!


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