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|Forza Motorsport 2
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Forza Motorsport 2 is a racing video game developed by Turn 10 Studios for the Xbox 360 console. It is the second title in the Forza series, and is the sequel to the original Forza Motorsport and is followed by Forza Motorsport 3.
Forza Motorsport 2 is a racing game on the Xbox 360, the sequel to Forza Motorsport which was released for the Xbox in 2005. The Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel was developed in alongside Forza Motorsport 2 and is designed to work with the game.
Most cars in Forza 2 can be visually customized with both aerodynamic parts as well as graphics. 1,000 layers of graphics can be created with the livery editor to draw shapes, letters and pictures onto a car.[1] According to the developer, it is preventing possible copyright conflicts, also reducing loads in online races. Paint schemes can be auctioned online to other players for in-game credits. Many players reproduced paint schemes appeared in real world, or creating Itashas through this system.
The game supports split-screen, System Link and Xbox Live multiplayer gaming. Split-screen allows two player head-to-head racing, while both System Link and Xbox Live allow up to eight players to participate in a single race. Using Xbox Live 'Silver', players can also buy in-game cars through the game's Auction House. A 'Gold' account is needed to sell and 'gift' cars.
Forza Motorsport 2 concentrates on circuit racing; point to point races which were featured in the original Forza Motorsport have been removed.[2] Real world tracks Road Atlanta, Silverstone, Laguna Seca, Tsukuba, Mugello Circuit, Sebring International Raceway, Suzuka Circuit, and Nürburgring Nordschleife are licensed and included. Forza 2 is also one of the first racing games to prominently feature cars from the American Le Mans Series in both the game and downloadable content.
The damage and physics in the game have been revamped over the previous game, allowing for multiple settings: "simulation," which is the most severe, allowing for damage that can take a car out of commission; "limited," which scales down the severity of impact of crashes; and "cosmetic," where the damage is merely visual.[3] The damage ratings for each part of the vehicle can be seen on the HUD (heads up display) accessed from the in-game menu.
Professional racers playtested the wheel to aid the development in trying to achieve realistic features and settings.[4] Forza Motorsport 2 features force feedback with the use of the Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel.
Forza 2 runs at 60 frames per second in 720p resolution (HD), with replays running at 30 frames per second to accommodate additional after-effects.
There are 349 cars available (including downloadable content) in Forza Motorsport 2. They are divided into six production classes and four race classes. A car's class can limit races for which it is eligible.[5] The final list of cars was revealed on April 20, 2007.[6]
Production cars[edit]
Production cars include stock cars, as well as cars tuned by aftermarket tuning companies. Production cars can move between classes, but cannot enter the "R" classes.
- Class D: Standard production cars including the Ford Focus SVT and the Volkswagen Golf GTI
- Class C: Sport production cars including the Audi S4 and the Nissan Fairlady Z. It also includes classic sport production cars such as the 1982 Audi Sport Quattro.
- Class B: Performance production cars including the Porsche Cayman S and the Aston Martin Vanquish
- Class A: Above average-performance production cars including the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and the TVR Tuscan R
- Class S: High-performance production cars like the Koenigsegg CC8S and the Porsche Carrera GT
- Class U: Supercars. Only two original U-Class cars are available in stock: the Chrysler ME Four-Twelve concept car, and the TVR Cerbera Speed 12. The Koenigsegg CCGT, Ferrari FXX, Ferrari F50 GT, Maserati MC12 Corsa and Ferrari F40 competizione become available after downloading extra-cost game content.
Race cars[edit]
Cars in these classes cannot be upgraded, and none of these cars can enter another class. Likewise, they cannot leave their respective class.
- Class R4: Heavily modified production cars and low-end purpose-built race cars including the #77 Subaru Cusco Advan Impreza and the numerous Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars.
- Class R3: High-end purpose-built race cars including the Dodge Viper GTS-R and most Super GT cars.
- Class R2: Ultrahigh-end purpose-built race cars including the Porsche 911 GT1 and the Chevrolet Corvette C6.R, among other GT-class American Le Mans Series cars.
- Class R1: Le Mans Prototype race cars including the Peugeot 905C.
Famous drivers[edit]
Famous racing car drivers from racing series such as Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Formula One and Le Mans Series will appear in exhibition races if the player selects racing cars for the race. Some drivers include Allan McNish, Pedro Lamy, Johnny Herbert, Max Papis, Kamui Kobayashi and Christophe Bouchut.
Web integration[edit]
New for Forza 2 are scoreboards similar to those found in Halo 2. Each user can log into the official website for Forza 2 using their Xbox Live account. In addition to leaderboards, features included are online auctions for in-game cars. Cars purchased through auctions will come with all statistics related to that car such as mileage, total repair cost incurred, number of previous owners, etc.
Other features include tournament scheduling and the ability to take in-game photos and upload to and view five at a time on the Forza 2 website.[7]
Downloadable content[edit]
On August 1, 2007, the first downloadable content for the game was released, the "Nissan Tournament Pack", free of charge. It featured three Nissan cars. A second downloadable content was also made available containing a paintable Peugeot 908 race car.[8]
On September 21, 2007, the "September Car Pack" was released, containing 11 individual cars.[9]
On October 26, 2007, the "Motegi Track Pack" was released, featuring a new downloadable track, Twin Ring Motegi. The track is playable in the form of four variations, including three road courses and an oval.[10]
On December 7, 2007, two packs of downloadable content were released. The first being the Road America track and the second being the "December Car Pack" featuring 11 cars.[11]
On March 19, 2008, the "March Car Pack" was made released, in the form of 13 individual cars.[12]
Download content for Forza Motorsport 2 is no longer supported.
Special editions[edit]
Forza Motorsport 2 was released in three editions: the regular edition, the Limited Collector's Edition and the platinum hits edition. The Limited Edition features a 157-page booklet containing insider details on the game as well as tips on how to obtain the game's Achievements. Car manufacturer detail is also provided along with three Limited Collector's Edition-exclusive cars. The three cars are the Subaru Impreza S204, Saleen S281E, and Challenge Stradale. Various online game stores also offered a bonus code to unlock the Nissan 350Z featured on promotional pictures with preorder purchase.
The Limited Collector's Edition was available in Australia, Asia, Canada and Europe, but not in the United States.[13]
A special edition titled Forza Motorsport 2 Platinum Hits was released for the North American market on August 19, 2008. This edition includes a bonus disc containing the cars and tracks available as downloadable content at the time of its release, the cars of the Limited Collector's Edition and the Nissan 350Z originally offered as a preorder bonus.
Like its predecessor, the game received "universal acclaim" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[14] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of all four nines for a total of 36 out of 40.[18] In Australia, Hyper's Dirk Watch commended the game for its "excellent handling and fantastic customisation". However, he noted that the game was "not particularly user friendly and feels almost identical to Forza".[30]
Ongoing game balancing[edit]
A series of exploits and physics engine bugs have affected the fairness of online multiplayer and competitive hotlapping since the game's launch. A bug in the initial release gave the simulated Lotus Elan an unrealistic and unbalanced performance advantage over other vehicles.[31] A patch which aimed to resolve this issue introduced a second bug which again could be exploited to gain an unfair advantage.
On September 9, 2007, in an attempt to address these issues in the context of an extremely large scoreboard database and limited tool set, Turn 10 Studios began wiping [32] accumulated scoreboard times and online rankings for players who had:
- A top 5000 scoreboard time using a Manual Transmission vehicle before August 25, 2007;
- A sub-10 second laptime;
- A top 2000 scoreboard time using a Lotus Elan.
There was also a glitch that allowed a certain car to be sold for billions of dollars, going past the 999,999,999 limit the system registers.
See also[edit]
- ^ Perry, Douglass C. (September 28, 2006). "X06: Forza 2 Update". IGN. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ Chou, Che (September 22, 2006). "TGS Rumor Control". Weekly Pitpass Report. Forza Motorsport 2. 17. Archived from the original on July 13, 2007. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ Chou, Che (January 26, 2007). "Forza Motorsport 2 on Sale May 2007!". Weekly Pitpass Report. Forza Motorsport 2. 31. Archived from the original on March 15, 2007. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ Chou, Che (March 20, 2007). "Forza Motorsport 2 Triumphs at the 12 Hours of Sebring". Weekly Pitpass Report. Forza Motorsport 2. 38. Archived from the original on June 29, 2007. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ "Forza Motorsport 2 - Manual" (PDF). Microsoft Studios. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 5, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2007.
- ^ Chou, Che (April 19, 2007). "Forza Motorsport 2: The Official Car List". Forza Motorsport 2. Forza Motorsport. Archived from the original on July 18, 2007. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ Brudvig, Erik (February 22, 2007). "Forza 2's Web Integration". IGN. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ Klepek, Patrick (July 31, 2007). "Forza Motorsport 2 DLC Online Tonight". 1UP.com. Retrieved March 6, 2012.[dead link]
- ^ Hayward, Andrew (September 21, 2007). "Forza 2: Free Car, New DLC Pack Incoming". 1UP.com. Retrieved March 6, 2012.[dead link]
- ^ Burg, Dustin (October 26, 2007). "Download Forza 2's Motegi Track Pack". Engadget (Joystiq). Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ Pigna, Kris (December 7, 2007). "New Track, Car Pack for Forza 2". 1UP.com. Retrieved March 6, 2012.[dead link]
- ^ Burg, Dustin (March 17, 2008). "Forza 2 March Car Pack details and events". Engadget (Joystiq). Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ Chou, Che (May 4, 2007). "Made In Japan: Import Generations". Weekly Pitpass Report. Forza Motorsport 2. 45. Archived from the original on July 9, 2007. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ a b "Forza Motorsport 2 for Xbox 360 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
- ^ Edge staff (July 2007). "Forza Motorsport 2". Edge (177): 86.
- ^ EGM staff (August 2007). "Forza Motorsport 2". Electronic Gaming Monthly (218): 80.
- ^ Albiges, Luke; Parkin, Simon (June 8, 2007). "Forza Motorsport 2". Eurogamer. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
- ^ a b "Famitsu: Forza 2 Score". Futuremark. May 16, 2007. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ Kato, Matthew (July 2007). "Forza Motorsport 2". Game Informer (171). Archived from the original on February 20, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ Ouroboros (May 30, 2007). "Review: Forza Motorsport 2". GamePro. Archived from the original on February 4, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ Navarro, Alex (May 29, 2007). "Forza Motorsport 2 Review". GameSpot. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ Kuo, Li C. (June 1, 2007). "GameSpy: Forza Motorsport 2". GameSpy. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
- ^ "Forza Motorsport 2 Review". GameTrailers. June 7, 2007. Archived from the original on April 11, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ Hopper, Steven (June 17, 2007). "Forza Motorsport 2 - 360 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ Ring, Bennett (June 13, 2007). "Forza Motorsport 2: AU Review". IGN. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ Goldstein, Hilary (May 29, 2007). "Forza Motorsport 2 Review". IGN. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ "Forza Motorsport 2". Official Xbox Magazine: 70. August 2007.
- ^ McHugh, Steve (August 6, 2007). "Forza Motorsport 2 (Xbox 360) Review". 411Mania. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ Saltzman, Marc (May 31, 2007). "'Forza Motorsport 2' gets your motor running". USA Today. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ Watch, Dirk (August 2007). "Forza Motorsport 2". Hyper. Next Media (166): 63. ISSN 1320-7458.
- ^ Chou, Che (July 20, 2007). "More Forza 2 Auto-Update #1 Details!". Weekly Pitpass Report. Forza Motorsport 2. 55. Archived from the original on August 17, 2007. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ "The Recent Scoreboard Wipe Discussion Thread". Forza Motorsport 2. September 9, 2007. Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. Retrieved May 17, 2017.


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Details on the partnership are scarce, but Adidas reveals that Kanye's products could hit stores sometime in 2014. Adidas also calls Kanye "one of the most influential cultural icons of this generation."
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Back in the summer of 2010 Kanye West kicked off his G.O.O.D Friday series, dropping a new track free on his website, kanyewest.com, every Friday in the lead up to the release of his glorious album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, later that year (not all the Friday tracks made it to the LP).
This year he appears to be following a similar path with a new song streaming on his site on the actual Good Friday - and simultaneously released as a single through his own G.O.O.D music label on iTunes.
The song "Mercy" features appearances from 2 Chainz as well as two artists from his label, Pusha T and Big Sean. It wasn't the only track to appear on his site last week though, with another song Theraflu also showing up, this time without any official release. Neither song would stand up to his best work but both are interesting nonetheless, with the latter perhaps out in front. Theraflu comes complete with a lyrical reference to US Vogue editor Anna Wintour, which inspired The Fader magazine to compile a handy guide to "hip hop's love of Anna Wintour", with appearances from the likes of Diddy, Nicki Minaj and Childish Gambino
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I first happened across Australian composer and musician Padma Newsome at a gig last year when he was playing with his group The Clogs. This experimental four piece, whose members include The National guitarist Bryce Dessner, mix improvisation with contemporary classical, indie rock and folk sounds - and are particularly impressive in a live setting. Last week Newsome put up a gorgeous seven track solo collection of recordings entitled Shadygully at soundcloud.com/shadygully. Here, those aforementioned music stylings - with the added help of Rachel Elliott's bassoon playing - find themselves rolling together in a lovely pastoral setting, topped off with gentle vocals calling to mind the more adventurous 60s folk singers.
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The Croydon dubstep producer Benga has a new track knocking around called "I Will Never Change", said to be from an upcoming LP called Chapter 2. Last week an exceptional video for the tune emerged, made by the UK directing and design duo Christoper Barret and Luke Taylor, who go by the name Us (not a great name for Googling, it has to be said). The clip is a rather perfect meshing of sound and visual content, with 960 vinyl records set up in a pulsing line building in time with the equally pulsing dubstep sounds, in what resembles a live action recreation of an animated sound wave. It really has to be seen to be appreciated. Find the video and more of the duo's work at weareus.co.uk and listen below.
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Solar Bears, an electronic duo from Ireland have been leaking new tracks, peicemeal from their upcoming new album Supermigration - the follow up to their well received 2010 LP She Was Coloured In. The latest is album track Cosmic Runner, which sees them layer waves of synth soundscapes and beats in a fine fast manner. It's rather more on their heavier end of their oeuvre, but no less good for it. Look out, too, for what sounds like a winning sample of cheering children's choir punctuating the later half. The track is streaming at snd.sc/HuUe3m.
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I agree. The teeth should be a bit bigger. In addition, I would make your black outlines on your traps, tears and ears thinner. More pinstripe.
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Asteroid spectral types
Asteroids are assigned a type based on spectral shape, color, and sometimes albedo. These types are thought to correspond to an asteroid's surface composition. For small bodies that are not internally differentiated, the surface and internal compositions are presumably similar, while large bodies such as 1 Ceres and 4 Vesta are known to have internal structure.
A list of types can be found at Category:Asteroid spectral classes.
Present-day classifications[edit]
The present-day classification was initiated by Clark R. Chapman, David Morrison, and Ben Zellner in 1975 with three categories:[1] C for dark carbonaceous objects, S for stony (silicaceous) objects, and U for those that did not fit into either C or S. This classification has since been expanded and clarified.
A number of classification schemes are currently in existence,[2] and while they strive to retain some mutual consistency, quite a few asteroids are sorted into different classes depending on the particular scheme. This is due to the use of different criteria for each approach. The two most widely used classifications are described below:
Tholen classification[edit]
The most widely used taxonomy for over a decade has been that of David J. Tholen, first proposed in 1984. This classification was developed from broad band spectra (between 0.31 μm and 1.06 μm) obtained during the Eight-Color Asteroid Survey (ECAS) in the 1980s, in combination with albedo measurements.[3] The original formulation was based on 978 asteroids.
This scheme includes 14 types with the majority of asteroids falling into one of three broad categories, and several smaller types. They are, with their largest exemplars:[citation needed]
- C-group dark carbonaceous objects.
- S-type (15 Eunomia, 3 Juno) silicaceous (or "stony") objects.
- X-group
- M-type (16 Psyche) metallic objects, the third most populous group.
- E-type (44 Nysa, 55 Pandora) differ from M-type mostly by high albedo
- P-type (259 Aletheia, 190 Ismene; CP: 324 Bamberga) differ from M-type mostly by low albedo
and the small classes:
- A-type (246 Asporina)
- D-type (624 Hektor)
- T-type (96 Aegle)
- Q-type (1862 Apollo)
- R-type (349 Dembowska)
- V-type (4 Vesta)
Objects were sometimes assigned a combined type such as e.g. CG when their properties were a combination of those typical for several types.[citation needed]
SMASS classification[edit]
This is a more recent taxonomy introduced by Schelte J. Bus and Richard P. Binzel in 2002, based on the Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey (SMASS) of 1,447 asteroids.[4] This survey produced spectra of a far higher resolution than ECAS, and was able to resolve a variety of narrow spectral features. However, a somewhat smaller range of wavelengths (0.44 μm to 0.92 μm) was observed. Also, albedos were not considered. Attempting to keep to the Tholen taxonomy as much as possible given the differing data, asteroids were sorted into the 26 types given below. The majority of bodies fall again into the three broad C, S, and X categories, with a few unusual bodies categorized into several smaller types:
- C-group of carbonaceous objects including:[citation needed]
- S-group of silicaceous (stony) objects including:
- A-type
- Q-type
- R-type
- K-type a new category (181 Eucharis, 221 Eos)
- L-type a new category (83 Beatrix)
- S-type the most 'standard' of the S group
- Sa, Sq, Sr, Sk, and Sl transition objects between plain S and the other types in the group.
- X-group of mostly metallic objects including:
- X-type the most 'standard' of the X group including objects classified by Tholen as M, E, or P-type.
- Xe, Xc, and Xk transition types between plain X and the appropriately lettered types.
- T-type
- D-type
- Ld-type: a new type with more extreme spectral features than the L-type
- O-type a small category (3628 Božněmcová)
- V-type (4 Vesta)
A significant number of small asteroids were found to fall in the Q, R, and V types, which were represented by only a single body in the Tholen scheme. In this Bus and Binzel SMASS scheme only a single type was assigned to any particular asteroid.
A few near-Earth objects have spectra that differ strongly from any of the SMASS classes. This is presumably because these bodies are much smaller than those detected in the asteroid belt, and as such may have younger less-altered surfaces or be composed of a less varied mix of minerals.[citation needed]
Color indices[edit]
In a photometric system, the brightness of an object can be measured through a set of different, wavelength-specific filters (passbands). In the UBV photometric system, three different filters are used:
- U: passband for the ultraviolet light
- B: passband for the blue light
- V: passband sensitive to visible light, more specifically the green-yellow portion of the visible light
In an observation, the brightness of an object is measured twice through a different filter. The resulting difference in magnitude is called the color index. The U–B or B–V color indices are the most common ones. In addition, the R–I index, where the photometric letters stand for "red" (R) and infrared (I), is also used.
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These classification schemes are expected to be refined and/or replaced as further research progresses. However, for now the spectral classification based on the two above coarse resolution spectroscopic surveys from the 1990s is still the standard. Scientists have been unable to agree on a better taxonomic system, largely due to the difficulty of obtaining detailed measurements consistently for a large sample of asteroids (e.g. finer resolution spectra, or non-spectral data such as densities would be very useful).
Some groupings of asteroids have been correlated with meteorite types:
- C-type - Carbonaceous chondrite meteorites
- S-type - Stony meteorites
- M-type - Iron meteorites
- V-type - HED meteorites
See also[edit]
- ^ Chapman, C. R.; Morrison, D.; Zellner, B. (1975). "Surface properties of asteroids: A synthesis of polarimetry, radiometry, and spectrophotometry". Icarus. 25 (1): 104–130. Bibcode:1975Icar...25..104C. doi:10.1016/0019-1035(75)90191-8.
- ^ Bus, S. J.; Vilas, F.; Barucci, M. A. (2002). "Visible-wavelength spectroscopy of asteroids". Asteroids III. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. p. 169. ISBN 0-8165-2281-2.
- ^ Tholen, D. J. (1989). "Asteroid taxonomic classifications". Asteroids II. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. pp. 1139–1150. ISBN 0-8165-1123-3.
- ^ Bus, S. J.; Binzel, R. P. (2002). "Phase II of the Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopy Survey: A feature-based taxonomy". Icarus. 158 (1): 146–177. Bibcode:2002Icar..158..146B. doi:10.1006/icar.2002.6856.


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"I will say also in a genuine question-how can an all white staff cultivate an environment of true learning when it comes to culture, differences etc of there is no true example shown? It cant ALWAYS be beneficial for white people to teach about liberation in Mexico or slavery in ths South.....maybe I am wrong....I really wanna find a ground and stand on it about this."
So only the Jews can teach about the Holocaust
And only someone of French heritage can teach French history
And only someone who is of German heritage can sing Wagner
And only someone who is of English heritage can teach Dickens and Shakespeare.
I find that ridiculous. A good history teacher should be able to teach facts, and then express the different points of view major historians have about those facts. While I agree it is useful to have a diverse faculty for purposes of role-modeling, I do not feel it is necessary from the perspective of "only an African American has the right to teach/can "really" teach the history of the civil rights movement."
I think it's wrong to assume whites can't teach AAs or to assume that an AA student's only place of learning will be the classroom. Anyway in those situations the students might teach the teacher with their opinions and views. Learning can go both ways in the classroom.
Anyway, the fact that AA parents are choosing to send their children to this school (since it's a private school, not a zoned public school) makes me think the staff must be acceptable to them on some level. There is a Haitian contingent in the school, maybe their expectations are different from the AA contingent, but I have no idea, really, and hate to generalize. But maybe Haitians have different feelings about whites in this country since they don't descend from a legacy of US slavery, and thus there is less tension about having a white person teach their child.
Yes, but you see, your response here is part of what makes it harder for people to get past their racism. I can assume that you have been very hurt in the past and that this is an emotional subject for you. Please be assured though that typing words in bold letters and using exclamation marks isn't helping the other side understand or care about your concerns any better. In fact it makes me sad that trying to have a dialogue with you about it has suddenly made me a racist too! I'm the one with the son in an inner city program as one of the only two white kids and I reported a positive experience, remember? So it hurts me that you would lump me in with everybody else just because I believe honesty on all sides without fear is important. That doesn't mean I think people should be allowed to use inflammatory language or derogatory comments either. That isn't appropriate in any conversation...but trying to silence the other side or calling them racist as soon as they disagree with political correctness or voice any reservation regarding race or class isn't going to solve anything. Then we go back to everyone being politically correct and nothing getting solved because people don't want to offend anyone.
Why doesn't that make sense?
Interesting, actually I feel like De-lovely's point of having teachers that have been thru/or are a part of group that historically has had to suffer (in some way) is a valid point. Of course that doesn't mean that a person of another race couldn't teach the subject matter-I'm not saying this-but when you have someone who is teaching you who has actually experienced something, then the infomation being taught may have a deeper impact, of course this IMO.
|If I had a child who was gay, I wouldn't discourage him/her from being in a majority straight school because I feared teasing.
grateful mother to DD, 1/04, and DS, 2/08
Ok, I am glad we cleared that up!
It is a fine line. People need to ask themselves WHY they are reffering to a person by race/color/ethnicity. My own grandma refers to everyone by racial/ethnic slurs (including "her own") with no apologies. It is rough. If someone catches themselves referring to "them" or describing a person by race when it has NOTHING to do with the discussion, they may have an issue. (ie. White Mom: "Little Billy was playing with his friend, a little *whisper* black boy." Yet when a white friend "Little Billy was playing with his friend.") Or "those Mexicans." "Those Indians." THEM THEM THEM.
I had a huge response typed out and my dh clicked the computer off so I lost it. Hopefully I can regain what I was typing at such a frenzy. I think its RIDICULOUS not see that I am genuinely asking a sincere question not expressing a concrete opinoin I have formed...
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|If I had a child who was gay, I wouldn't discourage him/her from being in a majority straight school because I feared teasing.
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Why not?? Teasing is a real problem for gay children in straight schools. In Toronto they have the Triangle Program, for queer and transgender students. I would send my child there if I could. WAY better, plus they get queer history and queer role models in the teacher.
Not comparable to a white student attending a non-white school, but I wanted to point out that gay students in straight schools can have a horrific time.
Teasing and social ostracization are real issues.
I wouldn't either, but I would hesitate to send him or her to a school where he or she was the ONLY out queer student. That sounds, again,...isolating. I also wouldn't send my differently abled kid to a school where she was the only one needing accomodations. (Remember, this was the actual example: THE ONLY ONE.)
Personally, I don't have a problem with people wanting to have at least some small community around them of people they identify with, whether that's on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, whatever. Of course it's much less of an everyday issue if you are of the majority group, and we should all reaiize that, but that doesn't mean it's impossible for someone in the majority group to feel isolated or to have a hard time when the tables are turned. Is it good for people who are in the majority to experience this? Yes, I think so. Is it something I'd want any kid who happens to draw that card to experience every single day for years on end? I don't know.
Anyway, I'm sorta sick of being called classist at this point, so I guess I'm done. One last time, though: I think it looks different when it's your kid, your reality, your baby 5-year-old. (I'm not talking about race here, FTR--I'm talking about a poor school that has behavior and safety issues.) I wonder how many of you here who say that economic status and test scores would never influence you are actually sending your kids, by choice, to a school that is by every state and federal standard a failing school in deep crisis.
I want to clarify that behavioral and safety issues aren't exclusive to poor schools. Might I remind you of Columbine? Again, I think some people equate "all black" with "all bad" or that somehow the quality is lacking.
I grew up in a upper-middle class neighborhood and went to school with mostly white people. Those students had as many issues as the young black students that I now work with as an adult.
I hope to God that my boys never encounter this level of ignorance and bigotry, where they are reduced to some primitive creature to be feared. Unfortunately, if someone is capable of expressing that thought, of "verbalizing" it, knowing POC are reading, I have little doubt that all we can do is prepare as best as we can for that kind of ugliness.
|I think it looks different when it's your kid, your reality, your baby 5-year-old.
One thing that I found interesting in this thread is that some people responded that the question was not relevant to them because they were homeschooling. However, I think the issue of diversity and homeschooling is a very important one (though maybe not responsive to the issue raised by the OP). I have felt uncomfortable with some aspects of my DSS' homeschooling experience. His mother/the homeschooling group sets up "diversity" experiences. However, those are mostly things like helping at a soup kitchen. I grew up in a town with a fairly strong black middle class, and had a number of friends in that group. I feel my experience with those kids (which was peer to peer) is manifestly different than my DSS' which has been "giving assistance".
I'm having a hard time responding to any of this appropriately, within the UA. I mean, I know people draw an invisible line between my family and themselves. I see it in action. But generally, the most obvious lines (in some cases, ditches) are drawn (dug) by ultra-conservative good Christian folk. To see the emotion behind those lines so clearly articulated here, in a place that rests under the words "mothering" and "commune"...I want to know how people can put their hands on the keyboard and deliberately choose the letters that spell out the type of fear and ignorance I've seen expressed on this thread. How do you do that and still claim, with a straight face, that you're not racist?
I know this is not your point, that you're trying to take it in the opposite direction...But HELL YEAH--what about MY BABY 5-YEAR-OLD????? The one squirming behind me in the computer chair while I'm trying to type? Is the crap in this thread what he's going to grow up dealing with? The assumptions, the stereotypes, the ignorance?
And then, for someone to presume that my 12-year-old daughter isn't worth the effort of friendship because of her skin color is going to impede the level of intimacy? I'll make sure that she realizes she needs to stick with her own kind.
You know, just throwing your stereotypes in a different direction doesn't make them any better. As a mother of a boy, I'm really offended by this statement. The vast, vast majority of them are not criminals and rapists, and they shouldn't have to justify their existence to you. They're hurt by our patriarchal society, too.
What kind of marriages will your daughters be able to have if they've picked up "fear every boy" from you?
|I want to know how people can put their hands on the keyboard and deliberately choose the letters that spell out the type of fear and ignorance I've seen expressed on this thread. How do you do that and still claim, with a straight face, that you're not racist?
The way we speak here isn't how we will speak to our sons or your son.
Look at your own son. That is exactly how the majority of boys/men are.......good people just trying to figure out life, too.
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The speaker device can also dance to the music and uses facial recognition to point its speakers towards the listener.
Searching for a song on your smartphone but don't know the name or artist? Now you can simply clap or tap out the tune and this mini robot will analyze your phone's music library and play the song that best matches the beats. The gadget called Shimi was created by Gil Weinberg, Director from the Georgia Tech's Center for Music Technology.
Shimi is a one-foot-tall robot DJ with built-in speakers and facial recognition camera. It can detect where the listener is and point the speakers towards him/her for optimal sound. Once a song is selected, Shimi is able to bop along to the music and tap its feet.
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MILLERSBURG-- The battle for the top spot in the Ohio Cardinal Conference was a one-sided affair, as the visiting Tygers of Mansfield Senior manhandled West Holmes 67-41 Friday in the Dungeon at West Holmes.
One thing you don't want to do is get into a track meet with the Tygers. Mansfield likes to get out and run, and when the Tygers did that, they left the Knights in their dust.
West Holmes eschewed employing its traditional man-to-man defense and played a 2-3 zone against the Tygers in an attempt to slow the visitors down.
The ploy worked in the first half as the Knights trailed 13-12 after one quarter and by five at intermission (29-24).
But a 9-0 run by the Tygers in the third quarter opened the floodgates, and the visitors poured it on in the second half.
"We didn't want to get in a track meet with them," West Holmes coach Keith Troyer said. "That third quarter, I thought with some of those long rebounds they kicked it out and got it up the floor and we didn't get back, which played right into their hands."
The Knights didn't score in the second half until more than four minutes had elapsed in the third quarter when Brady Arnold was able to knock down a 3-pointer. The senior led all scorers with 21 points, but got little offensive help.
"There is no game plan against Brady Arnold. All you can do is make every shot as tough as possible with a contested hand and hopefully wear him down,"
Mansfield coach JT Reese said.
Josh Neer finished with eight points for West Holmes, which suffered its first OCC loss of the year, dropping the Knights to 9-3, 5-1.
DeJorr Gibson answered Arnold's triple with one of his own and followed that up with a three-point play in transition to extend Senior's lead to 44-27. Gibson added another triple to finish with 16 points, one of three Tygers scoring in double digits, as Senior took a 48-35 lead into the fourth quarter.
Mansfield (7-1, 5-1) closed out the game on a 19-6 run. Naradian James scored 13 points and the Tygers also got 11 points and 11 rebounds from Donovyn Benson.
"We'd get stops, but then we'd come down and take a bad shot, and they'd get a long rebound and kick it out in transition," Troyer said. "We were careless with the ball. And we've got to give them a little credit. You don't see that kind of pressure from any other team in the OCC with their size and ball pressure.
"I thought we played a good first quarter," the coach continued. "And really, we played a decent first half. But when we got stops and came down and turned the ball over, that's where it kind of got away from us."
James threw down an alley-oop dunk on the first possession of the game against the West Holmes zone.
Mario Davison drained a 3-pointer to give the Tygers a 9-4 lead.
But a pair of free throws by Neer and back-to-back 3-pointers by Nate Hall and Arnold gave the Knights a brief 12-11 lead. A driving jumper by Malon Samuel put Mansfield on top 13-12 after the first quarter. The Tygers scored the first four points of the second quarter and never looked back.
"We lost a game at Lexington a couple weeks ago through the same formula they used tonight," Reese said. "So it comes down to us making initial shots. The other quest is to try and get easy baskets before they can set the zone, and for the most part, we were able to do that tonight.
"For us, I don't want to run a whole lot of half-court offense," the coach continued. "To be able to do that, you have to extend your defense and hopefully count on the pressure to create opportunities, and for the most part, we were able to do that. We expect to see a lot of zone every game from here on out. We're getting better at dealing with it than we were last week, and hopefully, tomorrow we'll be even better."
The first-year coach of the Knights hopes his team learns from Friday's loss.
"You've got to play with confidence when you play teams like this," Troyer said. "I thought we played timid in that third quarter, and you can't do that against a team like Mansfield Senior. You've got to play with confidence and take care of the ball. We wound up with only 13 turnovers, but they forced us into a lot of bad shots."
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Verdi Bicentennial Recordings Go For Starpower
You won't find many new full opera recordings in this Verdi 200th anniversary year – the production costs are simply too prohibitive – but record companies are dolling out compilations from their brightest vocal stars. And given that Verdi is sharing the spotlight with Wagner and Britten anniversaries in 2013, it's hard to complain about a lack of interest in the Italian composer. Below is a quartet of noteworthy new releases, each mixing familiar chestnuts with overlooked rarities.
Jonas Kaufmann: The Verdi Album
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Jonas Kaufmann has been buffing his Wagnerian credentials these past few years, especially in New York, where he sang the title role in the Met's Parsifal last season, and previously played Siegmund in the Robert Lepage Ring Cycle. But this German tenor first made his reputation playing a range of French and Italian roles, and with this recording, he applies his dark, dramatic voice to heroic roles of Verdi. Standout numbers include extended scenes from La forza del destino and Don Carlo (joined by the superb baritone Franco Vassallo). There's also a nicely characterized "Ah! sì, ben mio … Di quella pira" from Il trovatore (with Erika Grimaldi). Skip the heavy "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto and don't get too pumped for his "Celeste Aida." But all in all, it's a fine selection of Verdi scenes well supported by the Orchestra dell'Opera di Parma.
Anna Netrebko: Verdi
Deutsche Grammophon
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Anna Netrebko is that rare breed: a virtually critic-proof soprano. While she took some ribbing for the photoshopped cover of this Verdi collection (and eyebrows have raised over her salty language or politics) she remains the biggest female opera star of our time. Netrebko's contribution to the Verdi bicentennial opens in striking fashion with a suite of five arias from Macbeth, a role that she'll be bringing to the Met in the 2014-15 season. What stands out most is the marriage of form and function: the full, lush quality of her voice is well served with Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare's most notorious female character. This is Netrebko's first studio album in five years and it reveals a growing opulence in her tone, particularly in turns as Leonora (Il Trovatore), Elisabetta (Don Carlo) and Elena (I vespri siciliani). Rolando Villazón turns up in the Act Four duet of Trovatore, sounding in particularly fine voice.
Placido Domingo: Verdi
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Can Placido Domingo credibly play a baritone after five decades of living in the tenor range? Absolutely. Will his baritone performances eclipse his many renowned tenor recordings? Probably not. But one can admire this recording on its own terms. The 72-year-old singer takes on baritone arias from Verdi's Macbeth, Rigoletto, Un ballo in maschera, Don Carlo, La forza del destino, Ernani, Simon Boccanegra and Il Trovatore – all operas in which he has previously sung the principal tenor role. Especially heartfelt and vocally assured is his rendition of Germont's Act II show-stopper, "Di Provenza il mar, il suol," from La Traviata. Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado leads the Orquestra de la Comunítat Valencíana. Domingo talks with WQXR's Jeff Spurgeon about the recording in a special hour-long special on Tuesday.
Montserrat Caballe sings Verdi
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Like fellow Spaniard Domingo, Montserrat Caballé has had an enormously wide-ranging repertoire (including some notable stints into crossover territory) but it is Verdi that she has sung more than any other composer. This two-CD collection spans several decades and includes Verdi favorites including "Va Pensiero" from Nabucco, "Sempre libera" from La Traviata and Caro Nome from Rigoletto. There are also some early-career performances (Otello and Un Ballo in Maschera) and several Verdi rarities including an exciting 1979 live performance from Aroldo. One for both fans and newcomers.


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1950s Slip on Loafer Men's Shoes. Marked Foti - Hand crafted in Italy - Gold Tag with Frank Foti signature on bottom of sole. Leather soles and leather tops. What I like about these shoes are the heels and the fold over gray taps on the back of the heel. Would fit a man's 10 M or a smaller wider width. My husband wears a size 10 and these fit him perfect. Please click on the thumbnail for a larger group of pictures for viewing.


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As some may have read on a thread I put in the lounge. I'm going to take an S10 or Ranger, cut the cowl off ( leaving firewall ), remove front sheetetal and bed. construct 30's style cowl, extend roof over the A and B pillar 'mounts' for vertical pillars and flat glass .. and add a stake bed and build a truck reminescent of the 30's... originally I thought an X cab with filled in rear windows ( reconstructed rear window of course ) and a rake would look good, but I'v found a '92 S10 Reg cab 5spd thats right priced and thinking, Reg cab might be better.. I know for it to fit my vision, it will almost have to have the Rake.. should I hold out for the X cab or settle on the Reg cab?
SETTLE for NOTHING or you'll be disappointed in the end. Just because the reg is priced right, if your vision is an extended, then get one. Those trucks should be cheap enough anyway, that it wouldnt be a big deal to wait. They are on Craigslist here all the time.
yea. it needs the long roof to make the Rake steep enough for my likes, and look right
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I was haveing trouble figuring out which winch I wanted for my 2002 tj and finally after searching every site on the web I found a company out of New Jersy that sells warn winches with get this free shipping and no TAX applied in mississippi I got my WARN XD9000I for $795.01 with 125' of cable, roller fairlead, remote, and it was on my doorstep within 2 days of ordering it. Great people to deal with the online customer support is second to none here is the web add. www.autopartsauthority.com
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text: Deja vu at Charleston Catholic Middle By Ryan Pritt October 19, 2012 Story Share Kenny Kemp Zach Bogan's Charleston Catholic Middle School girls soccer team has posted a record of 8-1-1. Charleston Catholic athletic director Bill Gillispie does not have a modified 1981 DeLorean sitting in his garage.But sometimes when he checks out the Irish middle school girls soccer team, he is taken back in time.That's because the man patrolling the sidelines for Catholic this year walks, talks and, most importantly, coaches just like the man that did in the early 2000s.The man in the present is Zach Bogan, a Catholic and Wake Forest graduate who played for the Irish and was a team manager for the Demon Deacons basketball team.The man in the past was his father, Jeff Bogan, under whom Zach played for a majority of his youth."First, they just look so much alike," Gillispie said. "Their teams back then and now have a lot of things in common, but they are both very disciplined and very fundamentally sound. They might not have superstars, but they work very well as a team. It's a reflection of how his dad coached him, and he's taken a lot of principles from his coaching."Gillispie went on to reminisce about how well Jeff was liked by his players and the Charleston Catholic community, sentiments echoed by Zach."Every coach has his own playing style," Zach Bogan said. "How you generally treat your players and how your demeanor is on the sideline and at practice I got from dad. He was always laid back, never yelling at us. Even if upset with us, he would talk to us like we were people and it wasn't like he was talking down to us. I try to stay laid back and let the girls have as much fun as possible."Indeed, Zach and his teammates enjoyed playing for Jeff Bogan, and those good times lasted until 2002, Zach's 8th-grade year. In the middle of that soccer season, Jeff, who was 39 at the time, lost a 16-year battle with a brain tumor, leaving a team and a son in emotional disarray.Still, Zach and his teammates voted to play a game against Hayes on the same day as Jeff's passing, and Gillispie, just a couple of years into his duties as athletic director at the time, said it remains one of the most memorable nights of his career."It was absolutely phenomenal," Gillispie said. "If you're in the Charleston Catholic community and you kind of knew what was going on that night and that day, I guarantee everybody in the stands that was aware, it brought a tear to their eye."The evening culminated in Zach registering his first goal of the season in a 6-2 win for the Irish. Though he was a defender, Zach was moved to forward toward the end of the game to help him follow through on a promise he had made. Now 10 years removed, the night seems as fresh as it ever has in the 23-year-old's mind."When he passed away, there was no question for me as to whether or not I was going to play that night," Zach Bogan said. "I saw the rest of my teammates and we were all saying, 'No, we want to play.' I got through it with the help of my teammates. It was one of those places I could go to get away. We both loved soccer so much - I felt like I could still be close to him [on the soccer field]. "I'll never really forget it, no matter how many games I've played in. I remember most of that season like it was yesterday. I remember that day, remember playing at Hayes. It was storming and I remember thinking, 'I don't want it to storm, I want to be able to play.' The game, the atmosphere, friends, family, the support from family and my family at school - it was incredible." Even while battling for his life, Jeff Bogan continued to coach right through his final days, leading the Irish from a wheelchair toward the end of his life.It was an inspiration that not only helped Zach in his playing days, but still fuels him today."Starting in May, things were getting worse but he was still coaching in a wheelchair," Zach Bogan said. "It was one of those things where no matter how bad of a day I was having, if he was out there coaching I couldn't complain, I had to be out there playing and I loved every minute of it and loved my team. I tell the girls that all the time, 'When we have a team, we're not just teammates, we're family.'"As a young man with a great education and a bright future, Zach Bogan's current stint as the Charleston Catholic middle school girls soccer coach may be the first of several steppingstones toward a long and prosperous career.For the record, the Irish are 8-1-1 with two games coming up next week. But Zach Bogan's first coaching gig has stretched far beyond wins and losses, the 10 years between then and now, and the emotional scars and pain that time has soothed but will never erase.In 2002 as an adolescent, Zach Bogan said he discovered he had a family within his school that helped support him through one of the most difficult times in his life, and that very principle is what he tries to instill in his team beyond anything else."I feel like I have 13 little sisters now," Zach Bogan said of his team. "I want what's best for them. We've turned into a family. One of big things about Charleston Catholic is they really kind of push that ideal on people. It's a small school, a small community, but it's easier when people are always there for you."I've told the girls, 'No matter where I end up, I'll never forget coaching this team.'"Reach Ryan Pritt at 304-348-7948, firstname.lastname@example.com, or follow him at twitter.com/Rpritt. 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^^ Yeah the style 73's look nice, but they are definitely not the strongest BMW wheels out there. Plus they are only 7" inches wide, which limits your tire choices.
I'm still in my 20's, but if you want some good advice- skip the Michelin snow tires. Nokian Hakkapeliitas are the snows you want on an xi.
Coincidentally, I have a pair of Hakka 10s in my garage that are either in their late teens or their 20s (us old folks lose track of these things).
Got the car, love it. Despite the fact that Hakkas are great, I ordered 16" Sport Edition A7 wheels and Blizzak WS70s from Tire Rack. I live in the boonies and dont have good retail options near me. I needed a quick solution so I am not snowed in for work trips in the next couple of weeks, and didn't want to mess around with getting tires from one place, wheels from another etc.
Wish the car has more options and sport seats but its super tight, super clean, fast, and an amazing car. 28mpg on the 3 hour trip back from Spokane, and (as you can imagine) not always sticking to the 70 MPH speed limit.
My only complaint is that it tramlines, but I will see how we do with the snow tires and then worry about it in the spring when I get new summer tires.
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JCCC at Shawnee Mission North
The JCCC northeast Johnson County location, Shawnee Mission North High School, provides classes as a service to the local community.
SMN was the second site ever to operate as a location for College Close to Home.
JCCC students should use the main entrance, located on the north side of the building. Photos of the building entrance and classrooms.
7401 Johnson Drive
Mission, KS 66202
Location Hours
This location is open when classes are in session. Classes typically are from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday during the fall and spring semesters.
Find Classes
Credit class, seminar and workshop descriptions and schedules are listed in the JCCC Class Search website. The Shawnee Mission North High School building code is SMN.
Smoking Policy
Shawnee Mission North High School is a nonsmoking high school campus.
Food and Drink
Vending machines will be available for student use. No food is allowed within the classrooms, but drinks with lids are allowed with instructor permission.
Inclement Weather
If JCCC is closed for inclement weather, your JCCC class will not meet. Likewise, if Shawnee Mission North is closed for inclement weather, your JCCC classes will not meet. Check your local media outlets for school closing information.


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William Blake
On this date in 1757, poet and artist William Blake was born in London to shopkeepers. He enrolled in a drawing school at age 10, then apprenticed to an engraver at 14. After his 7-year apprenticeship, he became a journeyman copy engraver at age 21. He was admitted to the Royal Academy of Art's School of Design in 1779. His book of poetry, Poetical Sketches, was published in 1783. Blake set up a printing and publishing partnership in 1784 and invented relief etching in 1788. His first illuminated books were influenced by the Swedish mystic, Emanuel Swedenborg: All Religions Are One and There is no Natural Religion. He had become disillusioned with Swedenborg by the time he produced Songs of Innocence (1789) and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790). He began to rub shoulders with London's leading rationalists and reformers, composing and engraving designs for Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories from Real Life (1791). He met William Godwin, Joseph Priestly, and Thomas Paine. It was said Blake tipped off Paine about an impending arrest and helped him flee. Although Blake lived in the imagination and was theistic rather than rational by temperament, he was also staunchly unorthodox: "As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys." (Proverbs of Hell, from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.) His ethical advice? "A truth that's told with bad intent/ Beats all the Lies you can invent." (Auguries of Innocence.) Wordsworth wrote after Blake's death: "There was no doubt that this poor man was mad, but there is something in the madness of this man which interests me more than the sanity of Lord Byron and Walter Scott." D. 1827.
"Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion."
—William Blake, Proverbs of Hell, 1790
Compiled by Annie Laurie Gaylor
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Friedrich Engels
On this date in 1820, Friedrich Engels was born in Germany into a wealthy family. Managing a branch of his father's business in Manchester, England, from 1842-1845, Engels became appalled at the poverty of the workers. He wrote his first socialist work, Conditions of the Working Class in England. After their meeting in 1844, Engels and Karl Marx became lifelong colleagues. While co-writing an article with Engels called "The Holy Family," Marx was expelled from France at Prussian insistence. Engels followed him to Belgium. They founded the Communist League in London in 1846 and co-wrote The Communist Manifesto. A month after it was published in 1848, Marx was expelled from Belgium. Engels became a primary financial supporter of the Marx family, returning to work in Germany with his father while Marx lived in England. Prime Minister John Russell had refused to expel Marx or Engels on principles of freedom of thought. Engels' books include Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State. After Marx' death in 1883, Engels edited and translated his writings. According to freethought encyclopedist Joseph McCabe, Engels' acquaintance, Belfort Bax, called him "the devout Atheist" (A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists). D. 1895.
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Randy Newman
On this date in 1943, singer-songwriter Randy Newman was born in Los Angeles, California to parents Irving George Newman and Adele Fox. Growing up in New Orleans, Newman was greatly influenced by the music he heard as a child. He began playing piano at age seven, and later discovered that talent ran in the family. His uncles wrote film scores for a living, and one, Al Newman wrote the now-famous 20th Century Fox fanfare.
At age 17, Newman began work as a songwriter for a California publishing company, and released his first single in 1962. He studied music at UCLA, but dropped out with just one semester left. Newman established professional relationships and wrote hit songs for well-known musicians, such as Cilla Black, Gene Pitney, and the Alan Price Set. His first album, "Randy Newman" (1968, Warner Bros. Records), was critically acclaimed. In 1972, Newman's songs "Sail Away," covered by Ray Charles and Linda Ronstadt, and "You Can Leave Your Hat On," covered by Three Dog Night and Joe Cocker among others, gained him further recognition. Newman's first major pop hit, "Short People" (1977), reached number two on the Billboard charts. His song, "I Love L.A." (1983), was also successful, and can be frequently heard at sports games in Los Angeles. Newman has written music for decades, releasing more than a dozen albums over the span of his career, including The Randy Newman Songbook, Vol. 1 in 2003, and Vol. 2 in 2011.
In the 1970s, Newman branched into his other major métier: writing film scores. The film "Ragtime" (1981) earned him two academy award nominations for best score and best song. His other scores include "Parenthood" (1989), "Avalon" (1990), "Awakenings" (1990), "The Paper" (1994), "James and the Giant Peach" (1996), "Pleasantville" (1998), "Meet the Parents" (2000), "Seabiscuit" (2003), and "Meet the Fockers" (2004), to name a few. Newman has also worked with Disney/Pixar, scoring the three "Toy Story"films, along with "A Bug's Life"(1998), "Monsters, Inc." (2001), "Cars" (2006), and "Monsters University" (2013). With 20 Oscar nominations, Newman has won twice — for his original songs "If I Didn't Have You" from "Monsters, Inc."(2001) and "We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3" (2010). Newman's other accomplishments include six Grammy Awards, and three Emmy Awards for his work on the cable shows "Monk," and "Cop Rock." In 2002, he received the Recording Academy's Governors' Award and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.
Although nostalgic and heartwarming at times — "You've Got A Friend In Me" (1996) from "Toy Story," for instance — Newman's instantly recognizable voice came to be associated primarily with his acerbic and irreverent political satire. In "Political Science" (1972), Newman criticizes American foreign policy, and in "I'm Dreaming" (2012), Newman vilifies American racism. His song "Louisiana 1927" came to be an anthem in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, reviling the government mismanagement of the disaster. That Newman's parents, an internist and a secretary, were from Jewish families, but were not observant, may have contributed to his lifelong commitment to freethinking. Newman was married to Roswitha Schmale from 1967 to 1985, and they have three children. He has been married to Gretchen Preece since 1990, and they have two children together.
And the Lord said:
I burn down your cities — how blind you must be
I take from you your children and you say how blessed are we
You all must be crazy to put your faith in me
That's why I love mankind
You really need me
That's why I love mankind
—— Randy Newman lyrics from "God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)," a song from his album "Sail Away" (1972)
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Sir Leslie Stephen
On this date in 1832, former Anglican priest, author and political essayist Leslie Stephen was born in Kensington Gore, England. He was educated at Eton, King's College and Cambridge, primarily studying mathematics. He was required to become an Anglican priest when he became a fellow of his college, but was known for his athletics, not his sermons. He later told freethought historian Joseph McCabe that Cambridge was so liberal when he was there that if it was known a dinner party was open to heretics only, it was standing room only. By 1862, Stephen refused to participate in chapel services, saying he had not lost his faith, only discovered that he had never had any. He was divested of his orders in 1875. He became editor of the Cornhill in 1871, and wrote freethought articles for Fraser's and Fortnightly. In 1877, he wrote An Agnostic's Apology. His writings include: History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century, 2 volumes (1876), Johnson (1878), Pope (1880), Swift (1882), Science of Ethics (1882), and The English Utilitarians, 3 volumes (1900), among others. Stephen also edited 26 volumes of the Dictionary of National Biography and was its first editor. In 1902, he was knighted and made a fellow of the British Academy. Today, he is best known as the father of Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf, and was the model of Virginia's Mr. Ramsey in To the Lighthouse (1927). D. 1904.
"I now believe in nothing, to put it shortly; but I do not the less believe in morality."
—Sir Leslie Stephen, journal entry, Jan. 26, 1865. (Quote source: 2000 Years of Disbelief by James A. Haught)
Compiled by Annie Laurie Gaylor
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