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The Big Bad Wolf huffed and he puffed but he just could not blow the house down. The masonry industry can take away a lesson from the Three Little Pigs fairy tail, and not just because the third little pig outsmarted the wolf by building his house with brick.
If there ever was a Big Bad Wolf, it would be the troublesome U.S. economy. As its winds blow, the industry may be battered and beaten, but it still stands tall.
As the construction industry tries to rebound from one of the worst economic downturns since the Great Depression of the 1930s, MASONRY CONSTRUCTION's Annual Top Contractors survey shows masonry contractors are finding ways to overcome the hardships through building schools, public works construction, and repair/restoration. They are being forced to expand their markets in an attempt to stay afloat. "Diversification is key in this economy," says Robert Gladu, president of Artisan Masonry in Garland, Texas.
Our survey respondents' revenue dropped 26.2% from 2008 to 2009. This is not surprising, considering nonresidential construction remains stuck in neutral and overall construction has fallen for the fifth consecutive year.
"The economy has forced us to downsize approximately 50%," says Bruce Dexter, president of B.W. Dexter II Inc. in Danielson, Conn. "We have been forced to lay off employees that have been working with us for 20 years."
Despite the hard times, mason contractors can take advantage of niches in the marketplace. While these will not bring the industry back to the heyday of the last decade, they will keep business alive and allow money to flow through the balance sheets.
As the nation's population continues to expand, school attendance will also increase. Many see masonry as the sensible building choice.
In 1999, $18 billion was spent on new school construction, according to the Portland Cement Association. The total for the next three years is projected to be $74.5 billion. Looking ahead eight years, it is estimated that 6000 new schools will be built. At a 90% market share, masonry construction will account for over 5400 of those new schools, the PCA says.
"Schools have been keeping us busy," Gladu says. "This market is now 70% to 80% of our business, compared to the past where it was only 20%." Similarly, Terry Burgess Sr., president of Burgess & Burgess Masonry Construction Inc. of Clifton Springs, N.Y., says his company's most important projects last year was for the Fairport and Red Creek school districts.
Tight school budgets necessitate quality construction that lasts. School districts rely on voters to pass tax levies for new school construction, so officials must persuade the public that it is paying for a quality building. Masonry's long-term benefits of durability, affordability, low maintenance, and pleasing physical appearance is just what the principal ordered.


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What Is The Nationality Of The Last Name Phelps?
Go to www.ellisisland.org it is where you can check last names and it tell you everyone with that last name who passed through ellis island to come to america and obviously , where they came from. You might find some of of your ancestors on there!
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I have heard this phrase and not sure of its actual wording or what it actually manner. You probably mean, "For all intents and purposes..." This phrase is used in several ways. When speaking legally, it means that something will be binding in...
What Year Did William Shakespeare Write His First Play?
It is thought his first play was written between 1589-1590. Here's a chronology link.

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(Slide 14) Our second petroglyph was the equally famous Sea Wolf motif several km away. (Slide 15) In its 21 levels above large stones and sterile soil we found much more organic and rock art debris than Thunderbird. Quartzite, basalt, conglomerate and sandstone hammerstones or their chips were found in nine levels. (Slide 16) Sandstone and several quartzite line grinders were in six levels and rock flour in eight levels, the bottommost with a grinder. Like Thunderbird, hammerstones and their chips (Slide 17) were mainly quartzite, followed by greywacke, basalt or rhyolite. Sea Wolf and Thunderbird are likely
(Slide 18) Turning south to central California, we tested three panels in Little Petroglyph Canyon in the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Range. We halved our test size and reverted to our original 5 mm levels because the soil is very shallow and the petroglyphs bore no sign of large chip removal. The Navy shortened my allotted time from four days to six hours. This made it impossible to test sterile sand away from the art, as recommended at the IFRAO conference. (Slide 19) I was able to test the Single & Double Spiral and Bear Paw petroglyphs with three crews of three members each. Boulders were light rhyolite coated with dark desert varnish, making them appear like black basalt. Motifs were made by pocking through the varnish. Hammerstones have never been found but may be massive quartz, based on conjecture in the Mojave Desert. I found an unaltered quartz cobble on the canyon floor and used it to penetrate desert varnish on an unaltered rhyolite cobble. Since the Coso sheep motifs were widely studied, local archaeologist Sandy Rogers asked if I might date the possibly older geometric forms, plus the odd and likely later Bear Paw motif.


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Where Can I Get More Information About The Lemon Law?
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Car Talk Car Reports:
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
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NHTSA can give you information on the safety recall history of your vehicle.
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His other series— Fame and 15 Minutes—feature celebrities like Lady Gaga, selena Gomez, Honey Boo Boo, and Kim Kardashian.
From Miley Cyrus twerking in a unicorn costume to James Franco lip-syncing selena, watch our countdown.
In this clip, Ellen chats with guest selena Gomez about how fun it would be to team up and prank fellow singer Taylor Swift.
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All summer she had made much of Jed, by way of tormenting selena.
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The die was cast; she could not bear selena's slurs and she would not.
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LONDON (AP) — Britain's privacy law is being hotly debated as Britain's rambunctious journalists, Twitter users and even sports fans defy a judge's order keeping the name of a well-known soccer star secret.
The sportsman's name has leaked to the public through various channels and Britain's prime minister says its time to rethink the restrictions judges are imposing on the country's press.
The sportsman successfully sued to stop allegations of an affair with a reality show contestant from being printed, but his identity has become widely known even though most media have followed the law and not reported it.
Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday it was "rather unsustainable when newspapers can't print something everyone is talking about."


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Business executives could be drafted directly into senior police jobs under Home Office reforms announced today.
Outsiders will be able to join forces as superintendents and recruits can be fast-tracked to inspectors while officers from overseas will be allowed to become police chiefs.
Police Minister Damian Green said the service would benefit from a wider talent pool.
But the plans were blasted by rank and file officers who said they present "risks" to the public and police officers.
The overhaul is part of a package of reforms put forward by Chief Inspector of Constabulary Tom Winsor, in the widest-ranging review of police pay and conditions in more than 30 years.
The current system sees all police recruits begin work as a constable but, under the proposals, some new starters would be able to skip the compulsory two years on the beat, opening up chief constable roles to senior officers from countries such as Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand.
A consultation document published today suggests foreign citizens should be allowed to take over forces for the first time.
The idea — opposed by the Association of Chief Police Officers — would allow chiefs such as the former New York supremo Bill Bratton to take over British forces.
The reforms follow concerns that existing rules have limited the talent pool for recruitment.
Ministers believe the reforms will also enable forces to improve the diversity of senior ranks by bringing ethnic minority and women outsiders directly into top posts. Mr Green said the changes would allow "fresh thinking" to improve performance.
Winsor found that although the police culture had "many extremely valuable strengths" it was also "somewhat closed, defensive and inward-looking".
He said an "infusion of experience and expertise" from other disciplines and occupations would improve things.
Under the plans put forward by ex-rail regulator Mr Winsor, a direct-entry scheme for inspectors would recruit about 80 candidates each year and would target graduates from the best universities, and the brightest and the best from within the police service.
Mr Green said: "But there is no organisation in the world that cannot get better and it must be the case that if you widen the pool of talent, then you will get even better policing in this country."
Labour's shadow policing minister David Hanson said a "flexible approach" to police recruitment was "a good thing" but the government needed to ensure training was sufficient.
Sir Peter Fahy, lead on workforce development for the Association of Chief Police Officers, said said: "In general police forces are not short of talent.
"In fact a bigger challenge is dealing with ambitious staff frustrated by the lack of promotion opportunities.
"Bringing people in from outside to senior leadership positions will obviously make that more difficult. There will be questions about how any direct entry scheme will work in practice, how it can be afforded and whether those already in the service can apply.
"Chief officers are not resistant to change but this one scheme will not bring about the degree of reform required.
"Chief officers have delivered the budget reductions asked of them while maintaining the protection of the public, demonstrating techniques of business transformation and change management which show the service is not short of these skills."


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On the shores of the Tiranean Sea, below the steeply rising dwellings of Positano, is the Hotel Covo dei Saraceni, a former fisherman's house whose name "Covo of the Saracens" is a reminder of the marauding pirates who once tormented Italy's Amalfi Coast.
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Check Out the Evolution of Miley Cyrus in One Animated GIF
You haven't seen just how far MILEY CYRUS has come . . . or how low she's gone . . . until you see this animated GIF that traces her evolution from adorable child star to whatever the hell she is now. (Check it out here. And here's a funny pic of what Miley might look like when she's old.)
Mary McCormack Kicked her Husband Out of the House for Making Out With Katharine McPhee
: MARY MCCORMACK kicked her husband, director Michael Morris, out of their house on Sunday after she found out he was messing around with KATHARINE MCPHEE. Morris reportedly told her the pictures were about to come out, and she sent him packing.
Did Pauly D Try to Get His Baby-Mama to Have an Abortion?
PAULY D'S baby-mama claims she has texts from Pauly in which he tried to get her to abort the baby that was conceived during their Vegas fling. But yesterday Pauly said, quote, "Sometimes in life things aren't planned and they may even scare you at first, but they end up being a blessing."
Robin Thicke's Dad Told Him Not to Stare at a Pretty Woman . . . Because He Might Ruin His Chances With a Prettier One
: ROBIN THICKE shared some advice he once got from his father, sitcom legend ALAN THICKE. Robin was staring at a pretty girl, and Alan told him, quote, "What if there's a prettier girl sitting two tables away? Now she's not going to feel special." (???)
Was Lindsay Lohan Reaching for a Wine Bottle . . . or Her Purse?
A so-called "source" says LINDSAY LOHAN wasn't reaching for a bottle of wine in that picture that's been circulating for the last few days.
She was reaching for her purse and her cell phone . . . and the, quote, "photo angle was set up" to make it look like she was going after the booze.
Has Brad Pitt Stopped Using Soap?
BRAD PITT has reportedly been STINKING lately, because he's given up using soap. He feels that it's full of toxins and it's both bad for the planet and speeds up the aging process. Instead he uses, quote, "a homemade
concoction of lemons, water and apple cider vinegar."
"Bad Grandpa" and "The Counselor" Are in Theaters This Weekend
1. "The Counselor" (R) Trailer
Michael Fassbender plays a lawyer tempted into setting up a one-time drug deal for one of his shady clients, played by Javier Bardem.
It's directed by Ridley Scott, and based on a screenplay by Cormac McCarthy, the guy who wrote "The Road" and "No Country for Old Men". Ridley dedicated the movie to his brother Tony Scott . . . who committed suicide in August of last year.
Penelope Cruz plays Fassbender's naive fiancée, Cameron Diaz is Bardem's sociopathic girlfriend, and Brad Pitt is the middle man who brokers the deal between them and a dangerous Mexican drug cartel.
2. "Bad Grandpa" (R) Trailer
Johnny Knoxville returns as his old man character, Irving Zisman, in a "Jackass" movie that actually has a PLOT for a change. In this one, Irving gets stuck with his 8-year-old grandson and is taking him across the country to find his deadbeat dad.
Along the way they pull hidden camera stunts on unsuspecting people, which include . . . his wife falling out of the casket during her funeral . . . the kid dressing in drag and busting into a stripper routine during a children's beauty pageant . . .
. . . grandpa entertaining some women at a male strip joint . . . and even getting his junk stuck in a vending machine. (You can see that in the Red Band Trailer.)
Friday TV Reminders:
• "The Carrie Diaries" [2nd Season Premiere] . . . 9:00 to 10:00 P.M. on the CW.
• "Grimm" [3rd Season Premiere] . . . 9:00 to 10:00 P.M. on NBC. The show returns with a two-part conclusion to the cliffhanger that led to Nick being captured by the voodoo witch doctor who's been turning Portland into zombies.
• "Dracula" [Series Premiere] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on NBC. Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays Dracula and Jessica De Guow plays his love interest Mina. Katie McGrath, a.k.a. the chick who played Morgana on "Merlin", is her friend Lucy.
• "Strike Back: Origins" [Series Premiere] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on Cinemax. "The Walking Dead's" Andrew Lincoln and "The Hobbit's" Richard Armitage team up for this drama about two former soldiers who shared a past in the Iraq invasion.
• "Secret Princes" [2nd Season Premiere] . . . 10:00 to 11:30 P.M. on TLC. Four princes do some undercover dating in Texas.
Saturday TV Reminders:
• "World Series" [Game 3] . . . 7:30 to 10:30 P.M. Eastern on Fox. The St. Louis Cardinals host the Boston Red Sox. The fourth game airs tomorrow night.
• "Zombie Night" . . . 9:00 to 11:00 P.M. on Syfy. Daryl Hannah and Anthony Michael Hall star in this made-for-TV movie about a small town fighting the undead. Shirley Jones plays her mom and Zombie-Shirley eventually attacks her daughter.
• "Austin City Limits" . . . 8:00 to 9:00 P.M. on PBS. Vampire Weekend and Grizzly Bear perform.
• "Saturday Night Live" . . . 11:30 P.M. to 1:00 A.M. on NBC. Edward Norton guest hosts and Janelle Monáe is the musical guest.
Sunday TV Reminders:
• "Sunday Night Football" . . . 8:15 to 11:15 P.M. Eastern on NBC. The Minnesota Vikings host the Green Bay Packers.
• "World Series" [Game 4] . . . 8:00 to 11:00 P.M. Eastern on Fox. The St. Louis Cardinals host the Boston Red Sox.
• "I Dream of Nene: The Wedding" [Finale] . . . 8:00 to 10:00 P.M. on Bravo.
• "The Walking Dead" . . . 9:00 to 10:00 P.M. on AMC.
• "Oprah's Next Chapter" . . . 9:00 to 10:00 P.M. on OWN. "Modern Family's" Jesse Tyler Ferguson, "Scandal's" Dan Bucatinsky, and Wanda Sykes talk about what it's like being gay in Hollywood. Dan plays Cyrus' gay lover on the show.
• "The Governor's Wife" [Series Premiere] . . . 10:00 to 11:00 P.M. on A&E. A reality show about Trina Edwards, the sexy third wife of 85-year-old former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards. She's 50 years younger than him and they met as pen pals during his prison sentence for bribery and extortion.
Early Morning Show Guests:
• "The Today Show" – NFL player Adrian Peterson talks about the murder of his infant son.
• "Good Morning America" – Katy Perry performs.
• "CBS This Morning" – Josh Charles ("The Good Wife") and Dr. Ruth.
Mid-Morning Show Guests:
• "Live! With Kelly and Michael" – Penelope Cruz ("The Counselor") and Malin Akerman ("Trophy Wife").
• "The View" – Alec Baldwin ("Up Late with Alec Baldwin") and Anjelah Johnson.
• "Rachael Ray" – Julie Andrews. Plus: Guilt-free Halloween candies.
This Afternoon On TV:
• "Ellen DeGeneres" – Diddy talks about Revolt TV, and Mary Steenburgen promotes her movie "Last Vegas". Plus: Elizabeth Berkley performs with her "Dancing with the Stars" partner Val Chmerkovskiy. And Derek Hough is the guest DJ.
• "The Talk" – Viola Davis ("Enders Game"), David Giuntoli ("Grimm"), and TMZ's Harvey Levin.
• "Katie Couric" – Jamie Foxx talks about being cast as Martin Luther King Jr. in an upcoming Oliver Stone movie.
• "Queen Latifah Show" – Alyson Hannigan, "Young and the Restless" stud Eric Braeden, and country singer Thomas Rhett.
• "Steve Harvey" – Advice for single mothers with out-of-control children.
• "Dr. Phil" – Antonio Sabato Jr. debates with the director of the Beverly Hills Cannabis Club as he campaigns for a law banning medical marijuana in homes with children under 18.
• "Dr. Oz Show" – Answers to 5 Embarassing Questions About Health Habits.
• "Wendy Williams" – Kirk Fox pimps his new conflict-resolution talk show "The Test".
• "Bethenny" – Melissa Rycroft, Garcelle Beauvais, and Heather Dubrow ("Real Housewives of Orange County") talk about motherhood. PLUS: A 73-year-old twerker and "Jersey Shore's" Vinny Guadagnino.
Tonight's Late Night Talk Shows:
• "Letterman" – Cher performs. (REPEAT)
• "Jimmy Kimmel" – Kerry Washington. Music Guest: Sleigh Bells.
• "The Tonight Show" – Comedienne Wanda Sykes and "Today's" chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel. Music Guest: Scotty McCreery.
• "Jimmy Fallon" – Judd Apatow. Music Guest: Pearl Jam.
• "Carson Daly" – Kal Penn (Discovery Channel's "The Big Brain Theory") and director Shane Carruth. Music Guest: The Neighbourhood. (REPEAT)
• "Arsenio" – Andrew Dice Clay and Wayne Brady ("Let's Make a Deal"), "Dancing with the Stars" partners Amber Riley and Derek Hough. (REPEAT)
• "Craig Ferguson" – Julia Louis-Dreyfus ("Enough Said"). (REPEAT)
• "Chelsea Lately" – Mixed martial artist Brendan Schaub. (REPEAT)
The Five Reasons We Go to Work Sick . . . and the Ten Most Ridiculous Excuses For Not Going to Work
According to a new survey, 30% of us go to work sick so we can save sick days for when we're not REALLY sick. And the most ridiculous sick day EXCUSES employers have heard this year include, "My false teeth flew out the window while I was driving" . . . "Someone glued my doors and windows shut" . . . and "I couldn't decide what to wear."
1. 33% of people have called in sick because they just didn't feel like working that day.
2. 28% have done it because they need a day off to relax. (Which kind of goes hand-in-hand with the last one.)
3. So they can go to a doctor's appointment without worrying about getting back to the office . . . 24%.
4. To catch up on sleep . . . 19%.
5. To run errands or take care of a personal matter . . . 14%.
CareerBuilder also asked employers for the most ridiculous EXCUSES people have used to get out of work in the past year. Here are the top ten.
1. My false teeth flew out the window while I was driving.
2. My favorite football team lost on Sunday, and I needed Monday to recover.
3. I'm grouchy because I'm trying to quit smoking.
4. Someone glued my doors and windows shut, and I can't get out of my house.
5. I bit my tongue, and I can't talk.
6. My car was surrounded by a swarm of BEES.
7. I ate too much turkey and fell asleep before my shift.
8. I need to finish my Christmas shopping.
9. I can't get my glass eye to stay in.
10. I couldn't decide on what to wear.
There's a New Record For the World's Strongest Beer . . . and It's Stronger Than Vodka, Whiskey, and Tequila
There's a new record for the world's strongest beer. A brewery in Scotland just created a beer that's 67.5% alcohol, or 135 PROOF. That means it's stronger than pretty much any vodka, whiskey, or tequila. But if you want a bottle, it'll cost more than $100 to have it shipped in from Scotland.
The 11 Types of Alcohol Americans Drink Most
According to a new study, more than one in three Americans drink alcohol at LEAST once a week. And only 21% never drink at all. The five types of alcohol we drink the most often are beer, wine, vodka, whiskey, and champagne.
1. Beer, 34%.
2. Wine, 31%.
3. Vodka, 11%.
4. Whiskey, 6%. That breaks down to 3% bourbon, 2% scotch, and 1% other.
5. Champagne, 4%.
6. Rum, 3%.
7. Tequila, 3%.
8. Gin, 2%.
9. Cordials and liqueurs, 1%.
10. Cognac, 1%.
11. Brandy, 1%. (Harris Interactive)
Guys, What's the Most Feminine Thing You Do?
Here's a question, guys: What's the most feminine thing you do? Some of the best answers we've heard are a guy who loves shopping and gets upset when no one notices his new clothes . . . a guy who has such long, thick eyelashes that women always tell him they're jealous . . . and a 6-foot-2 guy who skips to work in his suit every day because it makes him feel like he's in a musical.
1. I have long, thick eyelashes. Women tell me all the time they're jealous of them.
2. I truly love shopping for clothes. And if I wear a new shirt to work and no one notices, it bums me out.
3. I am 6-foot-2 and wear a suit . . . and I skip down the street to work every day. It makes me happy and feels like I'm in a musical.
4. If I'm feeling really stressed out I'll buy a pint of Ben & Jerry's and watch an episode of "Grey's Anatomy".
5. I really like cuddling . . . but only when I'm the little spoon.
6. I order girly drinks at bars. I just like how they taste.
7. Sometimes I like taking a bubble bath with candles when I'm not feeling well.
8. I always sit down to pee. (Reddit)
The Three Colors You Should Never Wear on a Date
: In a new survey, both men and women say the least attractive color you can wear on a date is . . . YELLOW. Men also don't like brown, and women don't like pink. Men say the most attractive color a woman can wear on a date is RED . . . women say the most attractive color a man can wear is GRAY.
Women in a Small Town Have Launched a Sex Strike . . . So No One's Getting Any Until a Road Is Fixed
: The women in a small town in Colombia just launched a SEX STRIKE . . . no one's getting any until the one road into town is fixed. The road is in such bad shape, it can take 14 hours just to get to a hospital 35 miles away. So far, it seems like it's working . . . work HAS started up on the road.
Six More Unwritten Rules of Life That Everyone Should Follow
We've got a few more UNWRITTEN RULES in life that everyone should follow. Like, if you finish the coffee, make more . . . don't tag people in Facebook photos when they look like crap . . . and never tell a pregnant woman she looks huge.
1. If you finish the coffee, make more.
2. If a car stops for you to cross the street, hustle a little.
3. Don't ask people how much they paid for things. It makes them uncomfortable, and it's a boring conversation anyway.
4. Wipe down equipment at the gym when you're done.
5. Never ask a pregnant woman when she's due, touch her belly without asking, or say, "You're huge!"
6. If someone looks bad in a photo, don't tag them on Facebook. (News.com.au)
Katy Perry – 29 (John Mayer's current piece. She's all-natural . . . for now. But when she starts to really sag, you know she's gonna have work done. There's too much money wrapped up in those things.)
Ciara – 28 (The First Lady of Crunk & B. Despite the rumors that were going around, Ciara was NOT born a MAN. Her "goodies" are all minx, baby.)
Josh Henderson – 32 (John Ross Ewing on TNT's "Dallas".)
Craig Robinson – 42 (Darryl on "The Office" . . . Delaney and "Zack and Miri Make a Porno", the doorman in "Knocked Up" and . . . HIMSELF in "This Is the End". He likes drugs.)
Pedro Martinez – 42 (Future hall of fame pitcher who won three Cy Youngs and one World Series with the Boston Red Sox.)
Adam Goldberg – 43 (He WAS Mike Newhouse in "Dazed and Confused".)
(He also played Richard Sol in "A Beautiful Mind" AND the title character in a superhero movie you never saw called "The Hebrew Hammer". He also played Nick Rubinstein, the sleazy, spoiled, rich producer of Vince and E's movie "Medellin" on "Entourage" . . . and Joey's crazy roommate Eddie on "Friends".)
Chely Wright – 43 (Openly lesbian country MINX.)
SPEECH – 45 (Arrested Development.)
Keisha – 47 (Naturally-stacked mattress actress who's starred in 323 fine films, including . . . "Fatal Erection", "Ali Boobie &The 40 D's", "The Long Ranger" . . . AND "The Fist, The Whole Fist And Nothing But The Fist".)
Chad Smith – 52 (Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer who looks just like Will Ferrell.) (You can see a gallery of comparison photos here.)
Christina Amphlett – Would have been 54 – (1959 – 2013) (Divinyls' very chesty singer. Their biggest hit is "I Touch Myself".)
Nancy Cartwright – 56 (The voice of Bart Simpson . . . not to mention Nelson Muntz, Rod AND Todd Flanders and the amazing Ralph Wiggum.)
(She was also the chick who got banished to CARTOON LAND in "Twilight Zone: The Movie".)
Glenn Tipton – 66 (Judas Priest guitarist.)
"TAFFY" DANOFF! – 69 (Starland Vocal Band. Remember "Afternoon Delight"? I do!)
Jon Anderson – 69 (The only Yes lead singer who matters . . . although he and the band had a falling out and they now have a NEW singer.)
James Carville – 69 (Looks like a snake. He's Billy Clinton's boy.)
HELEN REDDY – 72 ("I Am Woman".)
Bobby Knight – 73 (Retired college basketball anger-ball.)
MARION ROSS – 85 (Mrs. "C". Marion Cunningham on "Happy Days".)
BILLY BARTY – (1924 – 2000) (He was Hollywood's go-to little person for DECADES. He was the Peter Dinklage of his time . . . although he never got his own show like Peter did. But he PAVED THE WAY for Peter's success. In other words, Peter stands on the shoulders of this not-so-giant giant!)
John Matuszak – (1950 – 1989) (Ex-football player turned actor. He was Sloth in "Goonies", Killjoy in "The Ice Pirates" and, as if that weren't enough, Tonda in the RINGO STARR comedy spectacular "Caveman".)
(Died of heart failure at the age of 38. DON'T TAKE STEROIDS!)
Minnie Pearl – (1912 – 1996) (Country legend. Real name: Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon.)
Pablo Picasso – (1881 – 1973) (Tight quote: "My mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a General. If you become a monk, you'll end up as the Pope.' Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.")
Countdown to Upcoming Events
• 6 days until Halloween
• 9 days until Daylight Savings Ends
• 14 days to "Thor: The Dark World"
• 34 days until Thanksgiving
• 61 days until Thanksgiving
• 1,183 days left of "Hope and Change"
58 years ago . . . in 1955 – The FIRST MICROWAVE OVEN was sold. . . by Tappan. It cost $1,200. . . but it could cook bacon in 90 seconds.
49 years ago . . . in 1964 – The ROLLING STONES made their first appearance on the "Ed Sullivan Show". Numerous complaint letters prompted Sullivan to promise they'd never appear on his show again. . . but, of course, they did in 1965.
40 years ago . . . in 1973 – JOHN LENNON filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government, alleging that his telephone was being tapped at a time when he was fighting a deportation order.
35 years ago . . . in 1978 – JOHN CARPENTER'S "Halloween" premiered in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. It starred JAMIE LEE CURTIS and her big breasts. Oh, and some guy in a mask with a big knife. (The ROB ZOMBIE remakes . . . your thoughts?)
33 years ago . . . in 1980 – PAUL KANTNER of JEFFERSON AIRPLANE suffered a stroke, and said it happened during sex. He suffered no permanent damage from his stroke during sex.
33 years ago . . . in 1980 – THE POPE said divorced Catholics who remarry can only receive communion if they ABSTAIN FROM SEX.
27 years ago . . . in 1986 – In Game 6 of the World Series, New York Met Mookie Wilson hit a slow roller to first base that WENT THROUGH BILL BUCKNER'S LEGS.
22 years ago . . . in 1991 – Rock promoter BILL GRAHAM died at 60, in a helicopter crash while returning from a HUEY "HUNG" LEWIS CONCERT at the Concord Pavilion in California.
21 years ago . . . in 1992 – TINY TIM'S UKULELE WAS STOLEN from a Des Moines, Iowa, hotel lobby. Unfortunately, it was found a few hours later in a trash bin.
20 years ago . . . in 1993 – VINCENT PRICE, the Master of Horror AND the man who played EGGHEAD on "Batman", died of the lung cancer at age 82. (He also did vocal tracks for Alice Cooper's "Welcome to My Nightmare" album and Michael Jackson's "Thriller".)


text: Beth has been the Assistant Director of the Ross-Blakley Law Library since January 2000. Before coming to ASU, she was a Reference Librarian at the University of Nebraska Law Library. She has a J.D. and M.L.S. (with a certificate in Law Librarianship) from the University of Washington, where she was an Associate Editor of the Washington Law Review. She practiced law for two years at the Seattle firm of Bogle & Gates. She teaches Advanced Legal Research, Research Methods in International Law, and Indian Legal Research. She is a member of the CALI Legal Research Community Authoring Project Advisory Panel and has authored CALI lessons on researching uniform laws, Arizona primary law, the United Nations, the International Court of Justice, and Indian treaties.


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Kik'em – A Cat's Story
Today we're featuring a cat named Kik'em. The story from owner April:
Kik'em came into April's life as "a very fluffy stray cat was hanging around my sister's house. We couldn't bear to leave her outside during the winter so we brought her home and later found out she was pregnant. We kept her and her two babies; one being Kik'em.
"Since we spend so much time together, I was able to train her to come to me when I tap my fingers together. No matter where she is in the house and no matter what she's doing, she will always come when she hears me calling her name and tapping my fingers. She also loves napping with me…and I sure love sleeping!
"Kik'em has a lot of personality. Before she can take a drink of water, she has to scratch the floor. If something startles her and she stops drinking, she cannot resume drinking until she scratches the floor again. It's really quite funny to witness."


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Serene Placemat by Lisa R. Myers
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Serene Placemat
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Notes from pattern description:
Yarn held doubled throughout.
Yarn amounts given are for four placemats, with each placemat using a different contrast color. To make one placemat, you need just over two skeins of main color and one skein of contrast color. To work with one contrast color across all placemats, you would need about three skeins.


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urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:willow_dot_com Seeking Avalon One girl's rambling comics blog Willow 2008-10-09T17:37:19Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:willow_dot_com:28700 packed my bags, took my ball and went elsewhere 2007-12-08T05:50:24Z 2008-04-18T23:38:58Z This journal has now officially moved. SEEKING AVALON is now to be found @ Blogger. Because so far Google doesn't suck like livejournal.

Feed on Livejournal here. Add it there.

RSS Feed over here

If you don't like Blogger, I've a personal journal on Scribblit and I'm considering a double of SA there. But other than that, I guess it'll just be too bad. It's not like I'm famous or anything anyway. So I'll just wish you well. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:willow_dot_com:28636 5th Carnival Is Up! 2007-11-29T00:19:49Z 2007-11-29T03:52:17Z The 5th People of Colour in Scifi & Fantasy Blog Carnival is up @ Shewhohashope's livejournal. It's a little late, but given the holiday season, the flu season and near end of year exhaustion, we can all handwave that.

This issue is really embracing the multiculturalness behind the phrase people of colour. There's Maori legend, Chinese legend, Anime, Manga, Bollywood and more, in areas all over from film to fandom essays.

Please head over, read, and thank Shewhohashope. She's done a lovely job of gathering links. Now you can bring the commentary.

Next Carnival will be the 6th and will be held by Delux-Vivens' @ livejournal's DeadBroWalking. The 7th will be held at Seeking Avalon. (which will have moved by then, finally, I hope)

If you're interested in hosting in the New Year 2008, please contact me.

<big>PS:</big> Don't forget to promote the carnival in your journal or blog. The more readers the better! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:willow_dot_com:27976 PoC SF & F Carnival: Issue 4 2007-10-24T23:21:53Z 2007-10-24T23:36:53Z It's short but sweet. The 4th People of Colour Scifi & Fantasy Carnival is <big>UP!</big>

October seems like it was one thing after another and some have commented that the rock has been pushed over and now we see what was wriggling underneath.

But I'd like to think that it says something important and powerful that there are so many raising loud voices to point out ignorance and idiocy.

Please go have a look. There are copious link lists.

5th Carnival to be hosted by Shewhohashope @ Livejournal

6th Carnival to be hosted by Delux Vivens @ Livejournal

If you're interested in hosting in 2008,  please contact Willow. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:willow_dot_com:26911 SPECIAL EDITION #1: PoC SciFi & Fantasy Carnival 2007-10-17T08:47:07Z 2007-10-17T21:04:51Z Special Edition: The IBARW Edition hosted @ lj on The IBARW Community.

Links, links, links and more links. If you missed some of the wonderful discussion of IBAR2 the first time around, find it now. Read. Browse. Self-educate.

There's been a lot going on recently; discussions, trolls, flames. The links here might lead to better conversations seeing as how 2007 seems to be the year we discuss how to discuss racism so that we're all on the same page when it comes to addressing it.

Coming near the end of the month, a regular edition, hosted at<s> Willow_dot_com @ Lj IF I don't hear back from assigned hostess</s> Starkeymonster / Julia's Livejournal.

Submission deadline 10/20. Post goes live 10/24. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:willow_dot_com:25300 Issue #3: People of Color in SF Blog Carnival 2007-09-29T16:09:49Z 2007-09-29T16:09:49Z The third  People of Color in Scifi & Fantasy Carnival is up and live @ Bellatrys Livejournal.

Please, please go take a look. It's a very interesting collection of links and commentary, noting everything from Victorian attitudes on the Dark Continent to the treatment of Characters of Color in Boy's Love Manga.

And she mentioned Coptic Art!

Also October has a host but I haven't heard back from the people who said they'd be interested in November & December. So, any takers? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:willow_dot_com:23918 People of Colour in SF Blog Carnival 2007-09-07T15:33:02Z 2007-09-07T15:33:02Z Submissions here for the next PoC SF Carnival. :)

Just a little nudging.

Deadline is September 25th/2007 urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:willow_dot_com:22925 Issue #2 2007-08-25T15:04:42Z 2007-08-25T17:55:08Z The Second Carnival is up.

It's been an interesting month for People of Colour.

Everyone please go check it out and thank Wychwood for all her hard work. Read and tell your friends and get them to tell their friends.

Tiny Note: In recent discussions there has been conflict over the general use of the term 'people of colour' and the lack of the use of the term 'non-white'. If my choice disagrees strongly enough with someone that they choose not to participate then I'm sorry for the loss.

Usage Note: Dissatisfaction with the implications of nonwhite as a racial label has doubtless contributed to the recent popularity of the term person of color and others, such as woman of color, with the same construction. In effect, person of color stands nonwhite on its head, substituting a positive for a negative. It is interesting that the almost exclusive association in American English of colored with Black does not carry over to terms formed with "of color," which are used inclusively of most groups other than those of European origin. See Usage Notes at colored, nonwhite. 1, 2

 urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:willow_dot_com:21136 Painted With A Bitter Brush - PoC SF Carnival #1 2007-07-13T03:49:46Z 2008-10-09T17:37:19Z Hello and welcome to the very first, PEOPLE OF COLOR IN SCIFI & FANTASY BLOG CARNIVAL.

First off, this carnival was not put out on CPT. I was in the midst of moving house and unfortunately assumed I've be settled in and have time to stop unpacking and collate. That was not the case. My move wasn't completed until the 27th of June, fully 12days after the original deadline for the Carnival and one month after I was supposed to move house.

Secondly, I'd like to pre-emptively thank Ragnell of Written World, Delux Vivens on Livejournal, The Most Fearsome & Feisty Zvi (aka Witchqueen on LJ) and The FoCing Cabal in general. After a couple of weeks immersed in this project I couldn't begin to tell you all the various inspirations, but it's easy to give thanks for the support and encouragement. I saw a need, and your good will kicked me in the arse to help fill it.

Thirdly, I love SF. I love Scifi and I love Fantasy. I'm a reader and a writer. I've been a role player and a moderator. I originally said I'd ask for permission first before posting. Those rules will be changed in the guidelines. The information is much too important. I'd like to ask that people who stumble across this little gathering take care in how they go to discuss or 'confront' the various writers. Discussion is Good. Stupidity is Bad. I Carry A Big Stick. I won't hesitate to point out someone in need of help from trolls or if they're being pestered by idiots and sycophants.

Now, unto the original prologue - I am never not black. Ever. Other people see me and react to me and force me to see myself as black first, a woman second, usually an immigrant third and then as a human being. And that's supposing I'm not holding another woman's hand and then a sexuality label gets pushed past my humanity. There are only a few very short options I've found to deal with it - be ashamed and apologetic and try to hide who I am, ie disappear. Or be proud of my heritage as part of the diaspora and look for myself in the world's art, literature and music so I can nod and smile and say 'There I am. I count'.

SF, SciFi & Fantasy are the slice of the world I look at to see myself reflected. It's where I go to feel a part of the myriad ideas about life, love, the future, space, life on other planets, magic and folktales and myth of old. But there's a decided lack of people like me in this slice of the world and that needs to change. I'm hoping this Carnival gives a chance to pull together discussions and experiences so we can work towards change.

Enjoy the Carnival (sign up to host an issue)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Carnival Related: There have been various offers of help that I wasn't able to get back to promptly, due to my moving-house. Please  email me again. The del.icio.us in particular does need the help of how many ever volunteers it can get. Let's not designate the Carnival itself as the only time we share links.

General: ♣ fanficofcolor. Announcing a new community!

BLOGSPHERE HISTORY

In looking for links and information, I found myself face to page with far too many people who wonder, why 'a superficial attribute (skin color) is the most important thing about a fictional character'. As Glacierdust went on to say in a thread about 2004's SciFi Channel's EarthSea. 'How can we ever get past racism when well-meaning parents encourage children of all races to think of themselves as members of a particular race first, and people second?'

I feel and understand where Pam Noles of 'AND WE SHALL MARCH ON' was coming from when she wrote her essay response to the SciFi Channel's EarthSea and included what it meant to be a brown child growing up reading about blonde sorceresses with flashing green eyes. She lived in a household where her parents were determined that she grow up aware and proud of who she was and everything she could accomplish. Though at the time their pointed questions - and where are we in that fantasy universe - seemed like they were trying to dim the love.

I had relatives who wondered about that too. It made reading scifi a somewhat shameful and guilty little pleasure, somewhere between chocolate cake and porn. I wish I'd discovered EarthSea as a child. It could have changed that little tweak in my mind that had me wanting to treat people of color as rare and exotic even in my own writing. And not all of that mental block was because everyone I meet, in general, treats my own childhood experiences on a tropical island as distinctly unique.

Noles's rebuttal of Glacierdust's assumptions of 'reverse racism' is another good historic read.

" A lot of white people - within the wide world and the narrow closet of genre - think that validation of Ethnic Self means exclusion or disparagement of Ethnic Other. They think that if you stand up for Blackitude, you are de facto beating down the Caucasians. "

And so are Witchqueen's  Jazz In The Machine an off the cuff essay on race issues in the slash community and the disparity between secondary characters of color and secondary characters who are white:

" You know the slashed character I hate the most? I despise this character with a passion that others reserve for Buffy or Lana or Carolyn Plummer. I detest him and want to shred him into tiny little pieces, kick his butt, and forbid his name to be written ever again. It's Rafe. That guy with no last name (or maybe with no first name) on The Sentinel. "

And her later and much more brilliant. Some Advice For White People In Fandom.

"I, an actual Fan of Color, am going to give you some advice on how to grab your CoCs, and what to do if the FoCing Cabal* accuses you of abusing your CoCs. "

In one last round up, before pointing you to the delicious site, I give you Te of comic fandomdom and fanfic writing fame with:

"It's about fucking time the media recognizes something closer to the full range of Black "

And LJ's WordofAStory on Cultural Appropriation & Defining The Other:

" I took a writing class a few months ago. I happened to be one of the last to turn in my manuscript for critique, and so got to read nearly everyone else's before writing mine (because I didn't write mine until the night before it was due, of course). I got so annoyed with every single person writing about a white, middle class, suburban character who was living in Ohio that I deliberately wrote about an exteremly poor Middle Eastern character and set it in an unnamed location, but which was clearly not Ohio. And nearly every single one of the comments I got back wanted to know- how does this character feel about her race? Why didn't you talk more about her race? I want to know how her race affects the way she feels about this other character. I was furious. "

It's slightly tangential as it isn't specifically about speculative fiction, but I think it's worth the read.

CURRENT BLOGSPHERE

Guest blogger N. K. Jemison. in her essay hosted by Angry Black Woman discusses  "No More Lilly White Futures & Monochrome Myths". It certainly got my attention, because I've currently overcome my own subconscious habit of thinking the world of scifi needed to be either white or description free. Click here for my personal response. It might make you smile.

Still, Jeminson has a point which set up a theme for a few ensuing blog posts.

"The show is set several hundred years in the future. White men are in the severe minority now on this planet, destined to become far more so if current demographic trends continue. Yet the Enterprise has a crew overwhelmingly dominated by white men. Another example is the current longest-running SF show on TV, Stargate SG-1, which has pretty much relegated people of color to the role of superstitious space-primitives (carrying space-spears, no less). There's a whole planet of 'em, or two or three. But there still aren't many in the show's version of the American military. "

Her post links directly an extremely long conversation where in the SFWA get smacked in the face by the fact they've been coasting in terms of racism and race awareness and the promotion of and recruiting of young authors of color. There's actually a point where someone compares the lack of diversity in the organization and it's unwillingness to change with past resistance of SFWA members against the word processor - seriously, go read it here and skip all the rest if you think I'm kidding. It's mind blowing.

Also on point, if more touching, aggravating and poignant was this post on ♣ deadbrowalking from Delux Vivens and all the comments following.

" Apparently its sorta expected for us to be Trek fans (especially of DS9 and ST:TNG) and maybe Firefly fans, but watching Who from back when Baker was the Doctor, being able to recite chapter and verse of Highlander or the X-files, and reading any books ever are astonishing signs of the earth shifting its axis."

And as one fan put it in the comments:
 "Just because they don't see us at cons, doesn't mean we don't exist. "

We're all but invisible as consumers of SF product as well as being invisible in the SF product. The Angry Black Woman, however, has something to say about  promoting diversity in fiction markets.

"Why isn't the slushpile more diverse? There are several factors, some of which have nothing to do with the magazine or editor. Writing requires free time, some measure of economic stability, money, and a supportive environment. There are some writers who, despite all of these drawbacks, were able to make sales and become famous, but they represent a small minority."

And she's not alone. Tobias Buckell speaks up too.

 " As for myself, online I keep seeing the same repetition. Someone says SF/F isn't diverse, people respond by chanting "Hopkinson, Butler, Delany, Barnes" like it's a magical phrase that dispels the +10 diversity attack spell. "

Kawasi of 'Ramblings of an African Geek' puts up a  Race & Science Fiction FAQ.

" ...I've noticed a trend when this topic come s up of a set of basic excuses/rationalizations that always get rolled out..."

I personally recognize quite a few of the excuses from Racism Bingo.

Just as important, though again only tangentially related is Millenia Black's, a romance writer, complaint against her publishers. One blogger got her hands on a copy of the complaint.

"On information and belief, defendants' employee and agent, Kara Cesare, who was assigned by Penguin to be Aldred's editor, asked plaintiff's agent, Sara Camilli, whether she had ever met Aldred in person and whether Aldred was black or white. Camilli responded that Aldred is black. "

If publishers can set a standard of thinking that a black author has to be writing about black characters and be marketed as such, then that will undoubtedly affect any scifi/fantasy writers, or paranormal romance authors of color. Do publishers believe that black folk have nothing to say that will appeal to a broader audience? Or is it as  Mat Johnson believes. They don't want to read anything where they aren't the center of attention, for good or ill.

Self-centeredness? Or some strange twisted belief that 'THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE' and Octavia Butler was it.

And speaking of Octavia Butler....

CONVENTIONS & CON REPORTS

'We're all the next Octavia Butler'. WISCON 31's Panel: Genre Tokenism Today: The New Octavia Butler. I suggest a look at the transcripts. There's a real feeling of admiration and gratitude to Butler for the path she forged and yet an intense frustration to the publishing world for wanting to make every black writer of science fiction into some kind of Octavia mold, or at least to see us all in said mold, as if we're not allowed to be as different and varied in our writing as non-blacks.

Also relevant among those con reports, are the following link write-ups, as I cannot begin to get into everything that's gone on in the WISCON 31 (2007) Con Reports regarding racism and white privilege. It starts with the Panel But The Master Has A Black & Decker, wherein just by the very name, those in charge of the panels show a certain level of Cultural Appropriation mixed with Cultural Unawareness.

EXIBITS / EVENTS / AWARDS

 Looking For A Face Like Mine . May 12 - Sept. 10, 2007. From the Museum of Comics & Cartoon Art is a show to explore and examine the roles African Americans have played in the comics and cartoon industry. The Museum is in NYC, NY. 594 Broadway, (between Houston and Prince)New York, NY 10012.

" 'Blacks were deliberately left out of comics and American society for many years,' Foster noted. 'On those rare occasions when we were included, we were misrepresented as savages, cannibals, simpletons, and worse. My research documents this important history both fair and foul, for all time, while there are still traces of it left.'"

General admission $5. Children under 12 for free. Are you going to NYC sometime this summer?

The Glyph Awards. From historical analysis to current times, the The East Coast Black Age Of Comics Convention, held their first annual awards for outstanding achievement in black comics. Mikaela of Mikahela.Net offers a pictorial review and more of this occasion to honor those striving to carve a presence in a majority white industry.

MOVIES

Angelina Jolie has been tapped to play The Fox in a movie version of Mark Millar's WANTED. Fox in the comics is a brown female play off of DC's Catwoman. She's sleek, she's smooth, she's a jewel thief and her ex-boyfriend is 'The Detective'. But with Angelina Jolie playing her, she'll no longer be a sistah.

Now I know rumors fly all over the place as to whether or not Angelina has Iroquois blood in her. And thus would make her a woman of color. But I don't think the 'one drop' rule even matters when she's almost always played white characters. Her recent role as Mariane Pearl not withstanding. I'm left wondering what have we done, or failed to do that Hollywood doesn't think twice about putting a white actress in a woman of color's role. Whatever Halle Berry did to the association of black women and comicbook movies can't have been bad enough that known and unknown black actresses never even get to see the casting door.

And Jolie is not the only one taking on character of color roles. Jessica Biel has been rumored as lately as May 2007 as taking on the role of an Asian character in the 2008 movie version of Street Fighter, Chun Li. Angry Asian Man is pissed as hell over it. And the rumors don't seem to be going away. Just Google Jessica Biel and Chun Li and see what some other critics think. Though you probably might not agree with all of them. They probably see 'cute white hot young blonde chick doing martial arts'; not OMG WTF Cultural Appropriation - ColorBlindness Leads To Invisibility.

COMICS

In somewhat brighter news the seventh smartest person in the world of Marvelverse has returned.  Amadeus Cho. I don't know him from Adam or a hole in the ground, but it's an Asian character getting play and I'm thinking he has fans out there who're overjoyed to see him again.

Just the same way fans of Daughters of the Dragon would love to actually see Misty and Colleen and not the really tanned chick with the puffy Buckingham Palace Guard Hat (guides on how to draw black hair, obviously needed) and that blonde chick with the slanted eyes.

But Brad MacKay has something to say  about Black Superheroes, the Hero Deficit and why we don't see enough African Americans in the media. He's done research and asked questions and gotten some very interesting responses.

" Reginald Hudlin: ... Somehow, in this medium people are so out of touch with popular culture that they don't understand that black culture is popular culture.""

It's a beautiful article, the original un-edited version, discussing everything comics fandom is missing out on by sticking to a nostalgia base. For discussion see the re-posting of newspaper 'The Star's version at One Diverse Comic Book Nation.

And it'll be a good buffer before reading 'Why Don't Black Books Sell'.

" Alan Grant: I'm pretty sure "black books" sell okay in Africa..."

SilverBullet Comics asked some creators and noted their responses. The above is just one of many replies, some of which are incredibly thoughtful about institutional racism in the industry.

SilverBullet Comics also hosted Myth Conceptions - Black History of Comics during Black History Month in February.

" When reality is so depressing and oppressive, who can dream about the wonders of fantasy and science fiction? To frame it a little differently, it's kind of hard to dream about flying through the air like Superman, if you can't get a decent education on a day to day basis. Or how can you have these grand visions of soaring to the stars in a space ship, if you can't get a decent job or even vote here on earth."

While my mind blanked out when I thought I read praise for Joe Quesada. I will be re-reading this, especially in light of Christopher J Priest's experience trying to produce his comic Xero. Some say there's progress, look at Storm, Black Panther in comics, look at Dwayne McDuffie. But I think when we're still pointing out exceptions, there's something wrong with the system.

TELEVISION

Slightly related to comics is the background history for the character known as 'The Hatian' to most viewers of NBC's Heroes. To members of a certain LJ community, however, he's called Bob. The online comic adjunct to the series has revealed a stereotypical and (I find personally) insulting history for the character who still has no name, but whose foundation is now one of superstitious darkie. Chapters 35 to 38 are all about voodoo, sexual appetites and a white man coming to save the day. As someone of Caribbean descent and who has found herself involved in Haitian culture, the amount of stabbings I want to do to this drek and the people who insensitively created it are best left lightly mentioned but not expressed.

In less aggravating news CBS's Jericho has been renewed. And this summer the first season is being repeated to draw in more veiwers. Fridays, 9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT. Yes, there is only one black man in the show, thus making only one black family in the show. And yes, the world as we know it now has ended but those black women found pressing combs and good conditioner. But Robert Hawkins is a vital character. He's in the know in a way the other characters on the show are not. He's involved in a way they are not. And all of this happens while he's being a strong black man, a concerned father and an intelligence agent trying to juggle his strong feelings for his family against national security. His is a plot line that rises to the top and we don't often get to see that.

And speaking of strong black characters who've won over majority white audiences, the character of Martha Jones, the latest Dr. Who companion and the first black female companion (I count Mickey as the first black companion) has had an outpouring of outrage over her treatment on the show.

Dr. Who is the longest running scifi television series ever. There was enormous excitement over Companions of Color. But now the season finale has left many viewers talking about institutional racism; Mikey, Martha And The Message That Doesnt' Belong On Who. It's also left them discussing whether or not TPTB for the show were aware of just how they'd marked the character; Martha As Mammy And More' Isms' In The Whoverse. The last post is especially interesting for a thread wherein someone compares being black to being a redhead. No lie, I'm totally serious here.

I'm also being serious when I point you to this link where a self admitted priviledged white chick starts talking about the possible racism with Martha in Who and how she thinks people are stretching to find offense. But when called out for telling minorities how they should feel, she then insists her conversation was only meant for other priviledged white chicks.

Yup, typewriters, redheads and other white people, when it comes to looking at racism in certain SF institutions, we're objects or just like them only tanner.

Are we really meant to just be grateful we see ourselves reflected on the screen in the first place and not complain at the treatment of those characters?

I say no.

FANDOM

The FoCing Cabal (Fans of Color) are restless. They've been restless for a while and it's likely that I'm only just noticing how restless we are in fandom. In a space where it's all about shifting paradigms and counter-culture and reinterpreting the text and expanding and spinning it and playing with it... there's a huge and obvious lack.

MakesMeWannaDie @ Livejournal sums up in very few words why  The Archive For Fanfiction For Characters of Color: Remember Us is important.

And now that archive, is not alone. Livejournal plays host to Fanfic of Color, a community for posting fic and also discussion of Characters of Color. It's a new space being carved and realized - check it out.

YOUTH RELATED

I mentioned Millicent Black, earlier, and romance writing and racism in publishing, but that's not the only 'out of the corner of the eye' situation going on when it comes to protagonists of color in genres that can be intertwined with SF. Where are all the People of Color Young Adult SF? Why are libraries and bookstores filling up with ghetto-lit and street-lit but not something magical, something about saving the world, or discovering magic powers ? There should be more out there than retellings of fairy tales like Bound by Donna Jo Napoli. Disappearing Black Girls In Young Adult Literature, takes a look at YA literature and how it seems to be devoid of colour.

I've had the opportunity to pour through bookstores and the library recently and I couldn't find anything. There were a few young black or Asian or East Indian girls in high school scenarios. But young adults of colour in fantasy settings? Where are they?

Does anyone know of any articles discussing why we have no Menollys or Vanyels?

Though that does lead me directly to the very freshest and newest wtf.

VIDEO GAMES

America loves a new racial profile to stereotype and jail. Asian Highschooler and Gamer, Paul Hwang, age 17, is labeled a threat, for putting a detailed build and description of his high school in his Counter-Strike Map. This is May news. I'd like to be facetious and suggest we all wait two more months for the newest Asian stereotype to turn up in television - Not only will Asian men not get the girl, they'll now all be labeled as potential threats to national safety and security. Except that now in July I can't find a follow-up mention of him any where. A teenager's life is blasted open by 'suspicion' and scapegoating and that's it. I'm not a gamer, I'm interested in gamer responses to what happened to this boy.

In other news: "I Gotta Pay To Be Black?. Yes, yes you do.

"Black is an EXTRA feature. It makes your person look unique, so that is an EXTRA feature. Therefore, you having to PAY for it. (Or ask a friend to pay for it).".

Game company Acclaim is branching out. And no, I'm not giving them direct linkage so - http://dance.acclaim.com/index.htm. The game's in beta and the forum moderators believe it's making a fuss out of nothing to insist that a game in beta not think of white as the default.

But if that pisses you off, you're not going to want to hear Chris Mottes defending his company's games as not being racist. He claims there's a double standard. He wonders why bigoted, racially insensitive characters can exist in movies like The Departed but not in his games (doesn't that contradiction of motives just hurt your head?).

Still, someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Jack Nicholson play the 'bad guy' in that movie? The man who is definitely in the wrong and who does several bad bad things? I haven't seen it, but I'm pretty sure all the trailers etc pointed him out as the bad guy.

Chris Mottes is claiming artistic expression for games, games such as one wherein there's supposedly a move called burrito blasts.

But it's all okay, because this native South African says there's nothing intentionally offensive in his games at all and he did hire Mexican-American voice actors and tried to promote some Mexican underground bands using their music.

I have no more words.

Next Carnival: August 15th. Hopefully hosted by Angry Black Woman


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The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
2008 Annual Meeting
SHAFR will be sponsoring a group trip to the ballpark on Saturday evening, June 28, to watch the Columbus Clippers (AAA affiliate of the Washington Nationals) play the Indianapolis Indians (AAA affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates).
Bus transportation will be provided from the Blackwell Inn to the stadium, and then returning after the game. Buses will begin running at 5:15, and will shuttle back and forth until 6:15.
Dinner will be served at a special picnic area behind the left field fence (see photo below), beginning at 5:30. The tentative menu will include the following: Italian sausage and peppers; baked chicken; macaroni and cheese, baked beans; fruit salad; cookies; and drinks. Vegetarian orders can be placed through the organizers by sending an e-mail request to: [email protected]
The cost for the entire event is $31.00 ($26 for graduate students), and includes transportation, dinner, and a game ticket. Tickets only, without dinner or transportation, can also be ordered through SHAFR for $9.00 each, by contacting the organizers at [email protected] with your request. More information about the game can be found at the Clippers web page linked here.
Please note that refunds will NOT be offered if the event is cancelled due to poor weather.
Don't miss out on what is sure to be the single greatest sporting event in all of human history!


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The 38-year signed for the Hampshire club last summer as a player but takes over as manager following the departure of current boss Paul Holden.
"It's not too often you get someone of Andy's quality at this level," said Fleet chairman Martin Griffiths.
"Everyone is really looking forward to working with him."
Holden has left the club because a new army appointment means he is no longer able to fulfil his managerial responsibilities at the club.


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Levy County Emergency Management Director Mark Johnson said Wednesday morning that Hurricane Irene poses no threat to the county at this time.
Johnson had been watching the storm, prepared to brief county and municipal officials should it take a turn toward Florida. Instead, the storm that has left devastation in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and other parts of the Caribbean, is tracking out in the Atlantic Ocean and will only affect Florida's east coast, he said.
Parent Pickup/Drop off :
It seems hard to believe that another summer has come and gone and it's time to start getting the kids ready to go back to school. On Mnday, Aug. 22 Levy County will begin that timeless annual ritual: the first day of school. It is a time when parents breathe a sigh of relief and students and teachers anticipate new beginnings and new challenges.
The following is a list of roadwork underway by the FDOT that may impact traffic.
Archer Road (State Road 24) Daytime lane closures for westbound traffic at Interstate 75 while crews repair stormwater pipes.
Hawthorne Road (State Road 20) Daytime lane closures from Waldo Road (State Road 24) to the Putnam County line to repaint the roadway markings. Crews will also be repainting the roadway lines which is a moving operation.
HHALO will hold a food distribution at Bronson Church of God, 9353 U.S. Highway 27A in Bronson at noon on Aug. 25. Anyone who resides in Levy County is eligible. Proof of residency is required. For additional information visit our website at www.hhalo.us or call 352-949-1775.
By LES COLEMAN
Special to the Citizen
Everyone was sweltering two weeks ago in the temperatures in the high 90s that felt like 105 with the high humidity, But none more so than the workers at the Levy County Health Department on Main Street in Bronson where the air conditioning system went on the blink.
It was a big item for the Levy County Clerk of Court's office. One that had not been seen in awhile.
The purchase of about 29,000 acres of wooded land in the heart of Levy County is already having effects.
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Peter Guhl wrote:
> Probably somebody asked before (sorry ...)
> Well, a customer wants to work from home during christmas holidays.
> have got a m0n0wall acting as PPTP-Server placing it's clients in
> same IP-range as the Server (samba). Unfortunately Windows 2000's
> client tells me that it can't bind NetBEUI to the VPN because it
> negotiate the PPP control protocol (rough translation of the German
> error message). The checkbox to use NetBIOS over TCP/IP doesn't
> in the advanced configuration (WINS-tab) of the TCP/IP-Properties.
> Of course the Server is not visible in the Network neighbourhood
> really surprising after all...).
Are you able to connect?
Once you connect, can you ping internal IPs?
If you can ping, can you go to Start -> Run -> type "\\ <Server IP w/o
Space>" and get a list of the shares on the Server?
If you can then I would use a LMHOSTS file on the users machine to
resolve NetBIOS names to IP. Take a look at MS KB article 314108 or
180094 "How to Write an LMHOSTS File for Domain Validation and Other
Name Resolution Issues" (Sorry for the assumed English-US version -
hope you can find one in German...)
For XP Pro: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314108/EN-US/
For 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/180094/EN-US/
Also make sure the users home network is on a different subnet than
the office network.
> Do you know how I can make that work? What's faster - trying to make
> NetBEUI work or switch to something like NFS?
Depends on your skill set... ;-)
James W. McKeand


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From: "Ken Nordtvedt" <>
Subject: [yDNAhgI] Disles I2a2a is T at S163.2
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:48:33 -0600
A relatively new clade of M423 called Disles just received its first test result on S163 a.k.a. L69. Ethnoancestry found the Disles haplotype "T" on this nervous snp, uniting Disles with Dinaric as the haplotype motifs suggested. Disles gets its membership almost entirely from Scotland. So it will have an interesting post-LGM migratory history in Europe when we sort it out.
S163 a.k.a. L69 is a useful snp to divide I2a2-Isles from I2a2a Dinaric and Disles if you want this distinction pinned down by snp.
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Former Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are to reunite on an Amazon Prime show.
The 55-year-old star had hosted the successful car series as a trio alongside Richard Hammond and James May until earlier this year when Jeremy was fired over punching a producer.
It has since been confirmed Chris Evans is to take over the popular programme, but Jeremy isn't missing out at it was revealed this morning that he will present with his pals once again on a show for Amazon Prime.
Produced by former Top Gear executive Andy Wilman, the show will air next year and will see the three men back in their fast car element.
"I'm very excited to announce that Hammond, May and I have signed a deal with .@AmazonVideo," Jeremy wrote on Twitter.
"@AmazonVideoUK now saying I can't be their chief drone pilot. Apparently they want us to make a car show (sic)."
Richard too shared his delight, telling his followers it was time to get a hair cut, a new pair of jeans and practice driving again in preparation.
James didn't miss out on commenting on the news either, joking: "Good news! I've got a job with @AmazonVideoUK. Bad news! So have the other two. #AmazonPrime #ItSaysHere (sic)"
Jeremy initially got fans excited last month when he revealed there was a new car show on the way.
It isn't just the stars who are happy; Jay Marine, Amazon Prime Video EU's vice president, knows the company has made the right decision for fans wanting to see the clan reunited. Jay is optimistic about its success next year.
"Millions of Prime members are already enjoying our ground-breaking original shows. We can't wait to see what Jeremy, Richard, James and the team will create in what is sure to be one of the most globally anticipated shows of 2016," he said in a statement.
The show has yet to be named, but London Evening Standard newspaper reports the deal sees a minimum of three series and that an Amazon insider calls the move a "significant investment".
Top Gear was relaunched in 2002 and the three men made it a hit all around the globe, with famous names including Hugh Grant, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana and Sienna Miller all jumping at the chance to get involved.
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Revisiting 'the popular': New work in cultural studies
Burgess, Jean E. (2005) Revisiting 'the popular': New work in cultural studies. Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, 19(2), pp. 315-319.
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Of all the recurring themes in the history of cultural studies, it is arguably the relationship between popular culture (especially mass-mediated popular culture) and various forms of cultural legitimacy and authority that has most consistently inflected the politics of the field, both in its substantive contributions to academic debate and in its own struggles for institutional space.
While some might argue that these battles have been fought and won, others clearly feel that contemporary reconfigurations of 'the popular' demand renewed attention. Of these three recent anthologies, two (Hop on Pop and High-Pop) make explicitly polemical, though sharply differentiated contributions to this renewal, while the third (Prime Time Animation) provides substantial new coverage of a particular popular media genre.
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Thanks Kristen Stewart! Liberty Ross Scores Big in Divorce Settlement From Rupert Sanders
Kristen Stewart's cheating scandal with her Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders ended up having a happy ending after all…
Well, at least for Sanders' ex-wife, Liberty Ross!
The split has been finalized and the divorce paperwork settled, and let's just say Liberty won BIG!
obtained by TMZ, the 35-year-old actress and model will get the family home as well as their two additional homes in London.
She will also receive $25,000 in monthly spousal support, $14,000 in monthly child support and have of all their shared bank accounts.
But the most interesting gain of them all is the fact that Liberty will get 15% of all profits Rupert makes from his films–With the exception of "Snow White." Liberty will have nothing to do with that blood money.
Rupert, on the other hand, will get their Malibu beach house and a 1970 VW van.


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By SAM HATCHER Is he or is he not? That seems to be the question regarding whether Jackson attorney Mike McWherter will follow in his father's footsteps and become a candidate for governor in 2010. The son of former Tennessee Gov. Ned McWherter was in Lebanon yesterday and visited the Morning Rotary.
He looked like a candidate although he never said he was.
He walked the length of the room a couple of times shaking hands and introducing himself to Rotarians and as one Rotarian appropriately noted "he likely didn't drive all the way to Lebanon for the breakfast."
His presence was that of a politician. He listened and was patient as a number of Rotarians told him about either how they knew his father or how they were fond of his father or reminisced about his father's service in state government as a state representative, as Speaker of the House of Representatives and as governor. Mike McWherter is not yet ready to say he's a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor but what's that saying, "if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck . . . it's probably a duck?"
By the way the Rotary program for the day, presented by Rotarian Reed Thomas, was the world renowned whistler from Mt. Juliet, Pat Sonnier.


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- School District: Gull Lake
- Year Built: 1930
- Status: Active
- New Construction: No
- Above Ground Sq. Feet: 1,314
- Estimated Annual Taxes: $2,243
- Subdivision: K24 - Gull Lake
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Jude Sparks had discovered the fossilised skull of a stegomastodon, missing only a tusk.
Senior climate scientist warns of potential Trump damage
Peter Hannam Budget cuts to key US climate programs proposed by President Trump are a major worry for the international research community.
'I think she tried to say help': Justine's chilling 911 call
Paul McGeough Justine Damond was the kind of woman who'd rescue ducks in distress – and humans.
Shark scare halts surfing comp at same site of Fanning's attack
Two years after Mick Fanning was attacked by a great white shark at Jeffreys Bay, the day's surfing has been called off with a shark spotted in the lineup.
Kelly Slater's unlucky break at J-Bay
Rachel Browne It was free surfing but a gruesome foot injury ended Kelly Slater's competition surfing plans for some time.
Australian was in pyjamas when police shot her dead
Peter Mitchell The police officer who shot a Sydney woman in the US was reportedly in the passenger seat of his vehicle at the time.
Australian nurse breaks down in court, says she has cancer
Nara Lon and Lindsay Murdoch Australian nurse Tammy Davis-Charles broke down in tears and said she had lost everything at the end of her trial on surrogacy charges.
Nearly 20,000 Australians caught up in Bupa data breach
Tony Yoo Bupa's international health insurance arm was hit by a malicious act in the UK, putting private details of almost 20,000 Australian customers in danger.
With approval rating falling further, Trump blames media for 'distorting democracy'
Scott Clement and Dan Balz US President Donald Trump's standing with the American people has deteriorated.
MH17 memorial opens in Amsterdam
A symbolic forest monument will open to the public in Amsterdam on the third anniversary of the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight.


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Fast and successful upgrade of shears automation
In October 2012, Gerdau awarded Danieli Automation a contract to upgrade the automation system for the intermediate shears on Rolling Mill No. 2 at Pindamonhangaba. The mill produces specialty steel bars for the automotive industry, with strict controls ensured by the installation on the same line of two special gauges for dimensional control (HiGAUGE) and surface defects control (HiTEST). The system was installed during the 2012 Christmas Season and the Final Acceptance Certificate was released at the beginning of January 2013 with the successful execution in the record time of only 4.5 months from the contract signature to the project completion.


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Oysters and Bubbly Tasting
Whole Foods Market Dedham Culinary Center
Friday, September 27, 2013 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
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Champagne and sparkling wines are commonly reserved for a New Year's Eve toast, when in fact any kind of sparkling with is a perfect food partner on any day of the week, for just about any occasion. Like sparkling wine, oysters take on the flavor of their home. So, raise your glass with us as we toast to an amazing selection of local oysters for a casual cocktail style event. The bubbly will be flowing and the oysters aplenty.
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Friday, September 27, 2013 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
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Cast: Alina Li, Britney Bitch, Sadie Kennedy, Carmen Caliente, Jenna Ashley
Starring Alina Li!
Nobody knows sexy teens quite like Joey Silvera. The quirky director captures young sluts being their irrepressible selves in 'The TEEN-aholics$,' which debuts July 21 on DVD and VOD. Among a cast of tender, college-age porn babes is a rookie in her very first scene, but with an experienced chaperon like Silvera, all the girls prove to be precociously uninhibited.
For more than one reason, Evil Angel's sales team is excited about the prospects for 'The TEEN-aholics$.' Says Justin Rich, the company's Domestic Sales Manager, 'The teen genre is huge right now, probably because there's a bunch of hot and horny teens getting into the industry. Joey has one of the most popular, Asian star Alina Li, on the box cover.' But this title has a chance to stand out even in a bestselling category. Notes Rich, 'Fans know that Joey creates something unique, no matter what genre he's working in.'
Featured in 'The TEEN-aholics$' is the virgin XXX appearance of 18-year-old Kylie Cyrus. Fresh from Wisconsin, the tattooed alt-girl seductively smokes cigarettes and consummates her on-camera carnal career with veteran stud Mr. Pete. For an encore, blue-eyed Cyrus fellates the director amid tobacco puffs – perhaps Silvera has created a hybrid 'nico-teen' fetish.
Li, Silvera's pixieish cover girl, joins rhinestoned redhead Sadie Kennedy in an anal threesome with well-hung Jessy Jones. He sodomizes Kennedy's rectum to gaping; the sensational, 19-year-old Li enjoys ass-to-mouth flavor, gives the stud a lewd rim job and ejaculates girl squirt. Jones returns to service bodacious blonde Latina Carmen Caliente and tasty newcomer Jenna Ashley – this threesome starts poolside with the tasty teens clad in just fishnets and heels, perfect attire for seductive swaying in hula hoops. Vibrators and bisexual face sitting highlight the scene. Silvera adds international flavor: On a street corner, Brazilian teen Britney Bitch licks a lollipop and shakes her butt like a hooker on the prowl. Alex Victor takes advantage with an anal manhandling.
Out of the country in search of more exotic erotica, Silvera could not be reached to elucidate the intriguing title of 'The TEEN-aholics$.' It is known that the movie runs well over three hours; that the DVD includes behind-the-scenes footage. View responsibly – 'The TEEN-aholics$' could be habit-forming!


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I was wrong about weight, admits Lohan
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Confirming what many fans had been saying all along, teen actress Lindsay Lohan has acknowledged that she got dangerously thin earlier this year.
Not only that, she urged young girls not to follow her example but to maintain a healthy body weight.
The usually red-haired 19-year-old became the focus of gossip in May, when she showed up to promote her Disney comedy, Herbie: Fully Loaded, as a blonde and looking like a shell of her former self.
Now regaining some of her weight, Lohan expressed regret for mistreating her body.
"I was going through a rough time, and I probably wasn't taking care of myself - I wasn't," she said.
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|Art Education
|Submitting Dean
|Dedley B. Turner, Interim Dean
|Submitting College
|Fine & Applied Arts -- Dudley Turner x6518
|Departments Generating the Proposal
|Objection Deadline
|December 31, 2009
|Proposal Status
|Final Approval Granted
|Proposal Last Updated
|April 01, 2010 by Karen Greene
|Effective Date
|Fall 2010
|Brief Summary of Proposal
|Replace printmaking course options (one of the following) 7100:213 Introduction to Lithography 3 7100:214 Introduction to Screen Printing 3 7100:215 Introduction to Relief Printing 3 7100:216 Introduction to Intaglio Printing 3 With 7100:213 Introduction to Printmaking 3 (see FAA-09-021) to update BA in Art Education.
|Type of Proposal
|Program changes
|Graduate School Endorsement Status
|Not required
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|November 18, 2009 by GS Heather Blake
|Institutional Research Status
|Approved with comment
|IR Comment
|5300:100 should be listed with zero credits.
|IR Status Updated
|December 11, 2009 by IR Anu Mahapatra
|Library Status
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Ice Fishing, Lake Winnipeg
painting by artist David Roberts
11 in X 15 in (27.9 cm X 38.1 cm)
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It's a VERY long speech, but very informative at the same time. The most juicy bits come out when he is talking about the convergance of 3d games technology and cinematic rendering technology.
Here is a quote (about 40 minutes in):
"No reason why you can't do pixar quality images on upcoming hardware"


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DAME COLLECTION - GOLD PEACOCK PLUMAGE HAIR CLIP - ArtFire Artisan motleyboutique handmade Accessories
From the Dame Collection - 1 3/4 inch alligator clip graced with beautiful gold peacock plumage and an elegant soft green button.
Handmade Bobby Pins with Yellow, White and Blue ButtonsTags: accessories, silver, handmade, hair, buttons, set of three, hairpins, daffodils, Bobby PinsAdded 6 Years Ago from Artfire
Hair Pins with 12mm Mum Flowers in Blue, Pink and WhiteTags: pink, accessories, flowers, floral, hair, mum, hairpins, carnations, Bobby PinsAdded 6 Years Ago from Artfire
Feminine and sweet with a variety of four colors of resin flowers attached to bronze colored bobby pins. 2-inches (50 mm) in length
So many crafts and so little time. My first love is Jewelry. Making polymer caly beads is so much fun. I also offer learning materials like books, dvd's and boxed sets. Floral wreaths too.Tags: jewelry, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, bride, spring, handmade jewelry, wedding jewelry, hair combsAdded 8 Years Ago from Artfire
Great on smart coats,jackets,blouse... anywhere everywhere it is going to look elegant!
Full bloom poppy flower Chic- Pretty Anytime- Everytime!
Chic - flower pins or ponytail holders!
Elegant and sophisticated !
Anytime - everytime look fresh!
Lemon color! Isn't this cute for sping, summer,even on thebeach? evening,day,night any time, it will look for fresh & beautiful!
Perfect for girls night out,party,spring,summer,beach,casual,formal. Ruffles in your hair
Very pretty and fresh looking!
More natural goodnes from powderpuff2u.. i'll be raving about these guys for a while.. check out an article about them on http://ohtrueapothecary.blogspot.com/2009/08/guest-poster-tonie-silver-does-powder.htmlTags: oil, hair, handmade, natural, treatments, bath and beauty, afro haircareAdded 8 Years Ago from Artfire
Beautiful handmade items!
great skull stuff. very cute!Tags: accessories, hair, handmade, skull, clips, hair clips, cuuute!Added 8 Years Ago from Artfire
When I saw this photo, I had no idea what these were. I liked the holiday patterns, though. So, I had to take a closer look. If you were your hair as a pony tail, or know someone who does, this would make a nice variety package... When I saw this photo, I had no idea what these were. I liked the holiday patterns, though. So, I had to take a closer look. If you were your hair as a pony tail, or know someone who does, this would make a nice variety package. Or, give one each to five people who wear ponytails!Tags: hair, accessories, buttons, holiday, Christmas, handmade, hand-crafted, ponytailAdded 8 Years Ago from Artfire
I love this hairpins, they are so simple, but so nice!!Tags: accessories, bridal, hair, white, wedding, bridesmaids, bobby pins, Organza, hair clipsAdded 8 Years Ago from Artfire
I thought this was really cute and great for spring and summer. I am trying to be more colorful this year. Check out www.momof4dailyliving.artfire.com or www.momof4dailyliving.esty.com