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Paul Bussell goes wild
By Tanya Reed
After a lifetime spent working extensively as an advertising photographer making the seemingly impossible, possible one brief included getting an elephant to sit on a washing machine - Paul Bussells passion for animals has taken his focus in an entirely different direction.While researching into big cats, he discovered the Santago Rare Leopard Project run by Peter James. Now he has brought together a unique collection of photographs which contain rare images of snow leopard families, as well as photographs of clouded leopards, Persian and African leopards and panthers. Whereas when photographing people you have to deal with their vanity photographing animals is completely different youve seen the image you want and you have to wait for that something special, he says. Theres something about cats personalities and their independence which Ive always found amazing. A dog can become a possession, but you can never possess a cat.Pauls first mainstream animal photo shoots took place in the eighties after he gained a reputation as an animal expert. An award winning image of a horse followed, and he attracted attention with a series of images featuring his Abyssinian cat, Spike, photographed looking longingly at a goldfish bowl an idea that has been frequently copied since.Everything was shot on large format 10 x 8 transparency. Paul rarely had enough light so his work took on a brooding quality, refreshing for its time when the world was tired of a constant bombardment of chocolate box animal images.One poster was for Whiskas cat food. Before the meeting, I was told that a Whiskas cat was an inside cat and must never be black. I shook things up a bit when I said I wanted to shoot a black cat outside with wonderful whiskers, climbing through a fence."Fortunately it worked. One magazine accepted a cat food product advert in its pages for the first time, simply because they liked the photo.A commercial at Shepperton Studios produced a kitten curled up in the palm of a hand, while an elephant sitting on a washing machine proved more tricky elephants are used to sitting on soft ground. With only a concrete studio floor available, the shoot had to be done in one go as the elephant would only sit down once for a few moments.It was all a far cry from where Paul started out as a 12-year-old schoolboy, obsessed with light and images, building a studio in his bedroom on Clapham Common, painting his walls and stringing a bar across to hang lights on. What I always enjoyed most was playing God creating light. I devised my own techniques and became known as the prince of darkness never knowingly overlit. Seriously dyslexic, unable to get into his school photography class and told by his father to get a trade behind him instead of nancying about taking pictures, he was dejectedly en route to Balham Labour Exchange after his school career officer told him to become a bricklayer, when he had an epiphany.As I turned into Fleet Street I noticed a crowd of people in front of a red E type Jaguar. David Bailey and Jean Shrimpton got out and headed into the Daily Express building. Seeing all this glamour was just the contrast with my own life that I needed at the time. I knew then that I had to be a photographer.Balham Labour Exchange helped Paul get his first job in photography at 16, but it was far from glamorous. He had to print and process 60 ft long railway timetables in huge lead sinks with rats running around his feet in a railway arch near the Elephant and Castle. His next job was as a darkroom printer for the late fashion photographer John Adams. I knew a good printer could make a crap photographer look good and told him. I left shortly afterwards.He spent a short time as one of the first freelance printers for photographers before securing a job as a house photographer with advertising agency McCann Erickson which still uses his work today. I won their first poster award for a beer Bass Charrington and then travelled to the United States to photograph classical America for Chesterfield cigarettes before being sent to Ireland to shoot an ad for Hertz. I was in the right place at the right time. Because of the style of my photography, I did a lot of billboards and got a lot of recognition for everything from cars and hi-fi to booze, winning awards along the way. Aged 21, he left the agency to start his own studio, briefly in Soho, then in Chelsea. He also worked as a mainstream commercials director, set up his own production company and was responsible for a myriad of well-known ads for Whiskas, Nescafe, Shell and American Express amongst others.Consistently working with animals gave him the most satisfaction. Lots of animals would come to various studios and although all were well looked after - the RSPCA were often on hand - I always felt sorry about them being there. Now is my chance to re-dress the balance."
Recently involved in the Wildlife Heritage Foundation, working with Mark Edgerley and his dedicated team, Paul has added lions and tigers to his portfolio as well as two of the finest amur leopards. Ive worked with cheetahs and panthers; you know they could kill you and it gives them this huge power. They are totally beautiful but you must never forget how dangerous they are."I photographed a snow leopard once which came towards me placidly. My lens was just inches away, it was getting closer and closer and then it just went wild within seconds. Except for a bit of wire or someone on hand to keep them at bay, you know they could eat you alive.
"I absolutely love cats, the way they look at you, their great thick paws and huge claws, the way they walk, the way they sit and, in full flow, the way they run. They have such wonderful grace and so much expression."


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Arizona Coyotes take OHL winger Brendan Perlini with No. 12 pick in 2014 NHL Draft
For the third straight year, the Arizona Coyotes went looking for a bona fide scorer with their first-round selection in the 2014 NHL Draft.
With the No. 12 pick Friday, Arizona took left winger Brendan Perlini out of Surrey, England.
An 18-year-old prospect, Perlini has played the last two seasons in the OHL with the Niagara IceDogs.
In 2013-14, Perlini collected 71 total points (34 goals and 37 assists) with the IceDogs.
"I think I'm still filling into my body," Perlini told Arizona Sports 98.7 FM's Burns and Gambo. "Believe it or not I would like to get to 215 or 220 maybe, while trying to keep my skill and my speed. That would be a pretty lethal combo.
"This summer with going on the ice and training, it's going to be a big summer for me."
The newest Coyote is the third player from his family to be taken in the draft. Back in 2010, the Anaheim Ducks made his brother Brett the 192nd overall pick.
His father Fred was also an esteemed prospect in his day. The Maple Leafs took him in the eighth round of the 1980 draft, though he went on to have an illustrious career overseas.
"I think a guy I would compare my game to it's similar to Evgeni Malkin or Marian Hossa-style player," said Perlini. "I'm a pretty versatile player. I can play center or wing. I can bring a lot of speed and skill to the table."
Perlini is the first ever English-born player to be taken by Arizona in the NHL Draft.
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Now I heard it all..Celebrities bumming for money_LOL.. way to go Matt..-LOL
Matt should have told him to sell the pics...that would be his payback!
Way to go Matt, make the paparazzi pay for it, after all, they were gonna make some huge money for the shot anyway. Too funny! Think of it this way: FREE LUNCH!
M McC bumming for handouts? Are you sure it wasn't 80's Tv star Jan Michael Vincent?
if matt ask you for money would you tell him no? i didnt think so
Well did Mr. McConaughey have the graciousness to the return the single dollar to the first photographer????
Hell, the paparazzi should be paying for the lunches not loaning the money!! As much bugging the shit out of people that they do, I mean come on, let people get in the shower or bath in private for Christ's sake!! I love the normal pictures taken outdoors or at premieres, clubs, etc. It's the running people down for the chicken-shit shot that wouldn't get a gnat fart anywhere or with anyone else.
wtg matt!! maybe he should ask 'em for money everytime he's out and about..make 'em pay for those pictures! btw dinky, that's the most ridiculous site i've ever been to. his arms look quite normal to me. go judge yourself before you judge others.
Dnky? Obsess much? Dude, you are bordeline FREAK. Do you like stay up at night thinking about this? I gotta tell you, I live in AUSTIN not terribly far from Matt and I see him frequently, BUDDY AIN'T NOTHIN' WRONG with those arms. Amazing, he tipped his baseball cap at me at a stop light a few months ago, and well, imagine this, HE REACHED IT! Dude, green is a sorry color. You actually have a website devoted to this? Get some sleep buddy.....
M Mc can put his shoes under my bed anyold day and I will gladly buy him Lunch
I have been Married to a cyclist for 14 yrs.
have you seen the cycling wear?
and it doesnt come with a wallet pocket
I am not surprised, most carry cash in the socks
30 bucks for a sandwich?? I can eat for two weeks on that!
Who cares what he does as long as he isn't hurting anyone? He is a Texas charmer, just like my husband, a free spirit. He is so true to himself and I admire him for it.


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RUGBY: Titans chase national league hat-trick
6:00am Saturday 20th September 2014
TAUNTON Titans look for their third straight victory in Division 2 (S) of the national league today when they Old Elthamians near Chislehurst in south east London.
RUGBY: Wanderers fight back to no avail
2:31pm Sunday 14th September 2014
TAUNTON III lost 32-22 at Old Morganians in Tribute Somerset 2 (S) yesterday.
RUGBY: Taunton Titans win again
2:04pm Sunday 14th September 2014
TAUNTON Titans recorded their second victory in as many matches in the National League 2 (S) yesterday when they beat Clifton 38-24 at Hyde Park.
RUGBY: Taunton Titans in league action at Hyde Park tomorrow
1:58pm Friday 12th September 2014
TAUNTON Titans play their first home game of the season in National League 2 (South) when they entertain Clifton at Hyde Park tomorrow (3pm).
RUGBY: Titans begin national league campaign with away win
9:40pm Sunday 7th September 2014
TAUNTON Titans hit the ground running in National League 2 (South) with a 29-24 win at Cambridge yesterday.
RUGBY: Titans all set for league opener
6:10am Saturday 6th September 2014
TAUNTON Titans begin their latest campaign in National League 2 (South) at Cambridge today. And despite a 34-28 defeat at the hands of the University of Wales (Cardiff) at Hyde Park in a friendly last weekend, coach Tony Yapp is feeling confident ahead of the new season.
RUGBY: Wanderers back in training
7:10pm Sunday 17th August 2014
TAUNTON Wanderers are back training at Hyde Park on Thursdays at 7pm under the guidance of manager Lee Terry.
RUGBY: Hopes are high at Hyde Park ahead of new season
4:00pm Sunday 17th August 2014
TAUNTON find themselves in a positive, optimistic frame of mind as the new season approaches.
RUGBY: Taunton looking for sponsors
12:10pm Saturday 21st June 2014
TAUNTON RFC are holding a presentation evening for potential sponsors at their Hyde Park headquarters on July 15 at 7.30pm.
RUGBY: Taunton Titans sign off with impressive victory
1:06pm Sunday 27th April 2014
TAUNTON Titans completed their league programme with a 48-27 victory over Bournemouth at Hyde Park yesterday.
RUGBY: Titans complete national league season
6:00am Saturday 26th April 2014
TAUNTON Titans, who were without a game last weekend, return to national league action today when they entertain Bournemouth at Hyde Park (3pm).
RUGBY: Taunton Titans pushed all the way at Hyde Park
11:29am Sunday 30th March 2014
TAUNTON Titans just maintained their unbeaten home record with a 22-18 victory over Southend at Hyde Park yesterday.
RUGBY: Taunton Titans lose to All Blacks
8:04pm Sunday 23rd March 2014
TAUNTON Titans lost 15-10 to the Cornish All Blacks in Launceston yesterday.
RUGBY: Taunton coaches return to their old stomping ground
4:00pm Friday 21st March 2014
TAUNTON Titans travel down the A30 to Polson Bridge to take on the Cornish All Blacks tomorrow (2.30pm) in what could be a must-win game for the home side.
RUGBY: Taunton Titans in dramatic escape
11:40am Sunday 16th March 2014
TAUNTON Titans recovered from a 24-0 half time deficit to draw 24-24 with Bishop's Stortford in National league 2 (South) at Hyde Park yesterday.
RUGBY: Taunton Wanderers battle to hard-fought victory
10:51am Sunday 16th March 2014
TAUNTON thirds maintained their good run in the face of tough opposition with a 29-23 defeat of Somerton in Tribute Somerset 2 (S) yesterday.
RUGBY: Taunton Titans gain revenge over Cambridge
8:46pm Sunday 9th March 2014
TAUNTON Titans maintained their unbeaten home record in National League 2 (South) with a 39-10 victory over Cambridge at Hyde Park yesterday.
RUGBY: Prop Wiltshire scores three tries for Taunton 3rds
3:16pm Sunday 2nd March 2014
LOOSE head prop Wayne Wiltshire scored a hat-trick of tries as Taunton III secured the double over Wiveliscombe II with a 27-5 victory in Tribute Somerset 2 (S).
RUGBY: Titans let handy lead slip in National league clash
2:58pm Sunday 2nd March 2014
TAUNTON Titans lost 28-22 at Clifton in National League 2 (S) yesterday.
RUGBY: Titans face 'great challenge' at Clifton
7:00am Saturday 1st March 2014
TAUNTON Titans visit Clifton for another National League 2 game today (2.30pm).
RUGBY: Taunton Titans overcome Exmouth
1:55pm Monday 24th February 2014
TITANS recorded their their third away win of the season with a 36-20 success at Exmouth in National league 2 on Saturday.
RUGBY: Titans visit struggling Exmouth
5:00pm Friday 21st February 2014
TAUNTON Titans head South down the M5 for a change tomorrow when they make the short trip to Exmouth for a re-arranged fixture (2pm).
SWIMMING: Minehead swimmers shine at sprint meet
4:30pm Sunday 16th February 2014
THREE members of Minehead and West Somerset SC recorded county qualifying times at the Burnham Sprint Meet.
RUGBY: Taunton Titans' match is postponed
12:45pm Sunday 16th February 2014
TITANS' home game with Bishop's Stortford in National League 2 yesterday was called off yesterday because Hyde Park was waterlogged.
RUGBY: Plummer blow as Titans entertain Bishops Stortford
6:00am Saturday 15th February 2014
TITANS put their unbeaten home record on the line again today when they entertain sixth-placed Bishop's Stortford at Hyde Park (3pm).
RUGBY: Taunton Titans lost at Ampthill
2:50pm Sunday 9th February 2014
TITANS, full of confidence following a victory over the National League 2 leaders, received a reality check yesterday when they lost 40-12 at third-placed Ampthill.
RUGBY: In-form Titans visit Ampthill today
6:00am Saturday 8th February 2014
TAUNTON Titans take to the road today when they travel to Bedfordshire to face Ampthill & District in National League 2 (South).
RUGBY: Titans topple league leaders
11:48am Sunday 2nd February 2014
TAUNTON Titans pulled off a superb 22-12 victory over leaders Hartpury College in National League 2 (South) at Hyde Park yesterday.
RUGBY: Titans entertain league leaders Hartpury
6:00am Saturday 1st February 2014
TAUNTON Titans will turn up at Hyde Park today to face a Hartpury side which should provide an even stiffer test than Canterbury last week.
RUGBY: Brown anticipates Canterbury cracker
7:30am Saturday 25th January 2014
TAUNTON Titans take to the road again today with another long, tough trip when they take on second placed Canterbury.
RUGBY: Taunton Titans beat Redruth
8:45am Monday 20th January 2014
TITANS slogged their way through the mud to earn a 16-5 victory over Redruth in National League 2 on Saturday.
RUGBY: Taunton Titans entertain Redruth on Saturday
9:27am Thursday 16th January 2014
TAUNTON Titans return to Hyde Park on Saturday where they will be defending their unbeaten home record against Redruth (3pm).
RUGBY: Taunton Titans welcome back Cormack and Walker-Blair
1:47pm Thursday 9th January 2014
TAUNTON Titans have two key players back in the side for the visit to Shelford in National League 2 on Saturday (3pm).
RUNNING: White is leading Harrier at Longrun Meadow parkrun
5:00pm Monday 6th January 2014
ANDY White of Hydro Harriers finished tenth in the Longrun Meadow parkrun on Saturday in 20m 55s.
RUGBY: Taunton ladies hold open 'development session'
12:20pm Monday 6th January 2014
TAUNTON Ladies are holding a 'development session' at Hyde Park on Sunday from 2.30pm.
RUGBY: Taunton Titans win again
8:00pm Sunday 5th January 2014
TAUNTON Titans picked up their fourth win in five matches with a 25-5 defeat of Dings Crusaders at Hyde Park yesterday.
RUGBY: Taunton Titans in national league action today
7:00am Saturday 21st December 2013
TAUNTON Titans visit promoted side Exmouth in National league 2 today (2pm).
RUGBY: Titans tackle London Irish Wild Geese
7:00am Saturday 14th December 2013
TAUNTON Titans will be aiming to reach the top three in National Two South today when they travel to league strugglers London Irish Wild Geese (2pm).
RUGBY: Titans move up to fourth in National League 2
8:00pm Sunday 1st December 2013
TAUNTON Titans recorded their second away victory of the season with a 44-33 success at Southend in National League 2 yesterday.
RUGBY: Titans in national league action tomorrow
1:20pm Friday 29th November 2013
TAUNTON Titans, fresh from a 30-18 victory over Launceston last weekend, continue their National League 2 programme with a visit to Southend tomorrow (3pm).
RUGBY: Titans win at home again
12:00pm Sunday 24th November 2013
Taunton Titans maintained their unbeaten home record when they beat Launceston 3-018 at Hyde Park yesterday.
RUGBY: Taunton face All Blacks at Hyde Park today
6:00am Saturday 23rd November 2013
The Cornish All Blacks of Launceston descend on Taunton this Saturday (3pm) to do battle with a Titans side unbeaten at their Hyde Park fortress this season.
RUGBY: Titans concede 48 points at Cambridge in national league
3:18pm Sunday 17th November 2013
TAUNTON Titans lost 48-25 at Cambridge in division two (South) of the National league yesterday.
RUGBY: Titans face huge test at Cambridge
4:10pm Friday 15th November 2013
IN their third game in just seven days the Taunton Titans will tomorrow travel to Cambridge for a huge match as third place meets fifth in national league action.
RUGBY: Brown praises Titans' forwards
6:27am Wednesday 13th November 2013
AFTER Taunton Titans put on a powerful display in their 27-13 defeat of Clifton last Saturday, coach Chris Brown has praised the performance of his forwards in particular.
RUGBY: Yapp keen for Titans to secure first away win
8:00am Friday 1st November 2013
AFTER the Titans made it four home wins in a row at Hyde Park last Saturday head coach Tony Yapp says they now have a great opportunity to finally get their first away win under their belt.
RUGBY: Brown focuses on the positives ahead of Titans' home clash
6:00am Saturday 26th October 2013
TITANS are anticipating another hard battle at Hyde Park today when visitors Ampthill make their debut appearance in Taunton (kick-off 3pm).
RUGBY: Titans add another building block to fortress Hyde Park
3:55pm Wednesday 16th October 2013
HEAD coach Tony Yapp has said his plans to build Hyde Park into an imposing fortress for visiting teams took another step forward after the Titans fought back to beat Canterbury 38-34 on Saturday.
RUGBY: Titans stage superb comeback
6:05pm Monday 14th October 2013
TAUNTON Titans swept away the cobwebs of a poor first half and overwhelmed a gutsy Canterbury side to win 38-34 in front of a jubilant Hyde Park crowd on Saturday.
RUGBY: Titans beat Canterbury at Hyde Park
10:30pm Sunday 13th October 2013
TAUNTON Titans maintained their unbeaten record with a 38-24 victory over Canterbury in the SSE National league 2 (South) at Hyde Park yesterday.


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Joey Sielen
Photo by Amy Dykema
Name: Joseph Sielen
Age: 24
Location: Milwaukee
Disciplines/ Current Categories: Mountain Bike, Cat2/Comp
Goals for the upcoming season: Win the Subaru Cup Omnium, upgrade to Elite, and have a blast doing it all.
Why did you start racing? I started racing because I love mountain biking. Racing takes me to places I would never ride other wise.
First Race Story: I was 19 and I had just gotten back into mountain biking. I thought I was pretty fast after riding like mad for about three months. I had my brother take me to the Alpine Valley WORS race, and entered with some money I borrowed from a friend. I entered as a Comp, and blew up after a lap and a half. I knew I couldn't finish the race, but had too much pride to drop out. After suffering for some time, I heard a pop and knew I had my out. I had never been so pleased to have a flat tire and no spare tube. I dnf'd and was humbled.
1st Bicycle: A huffy with 24in wheels and a unicrown coil sprung fork. It was awesome. I learned how to mountain bike on it.
Current bikes: Santa Cruz Superlight, Voodoo Aizan, Khs Dj200, Zion 660EBB, and Andy's Soma DoubleCross.
Favorite Bicycle story (Does not have to be related to racing): Last spring my brother and I took a road trip to Moab, Utah. It's sort of a pilgrimage for mountain bikers. Beware though, if you ask me about it, I may never stop talking.
Bicycle superstitions: I always have fun while riding. When I get too serious, bad things happen.
Dumbest thing you've done on a bike: Recently? I was manualing down a staircase at UWM on one of those below-zero days. I undershot it and wound up on my face. I was bleeding during class, and had to keep pulling my sleeve off of my arm so it would get all stuck in the blood and puss.
Special Talents? Wheel building, getting up after a crash and continuing to ride, and staying stoked.
Strengths: Downhills, climbs, and technical stuff.
Weaknesses: Starts, passing, and pacing myself.
Final words of wisdom? Be stoked and you will get lucky.
Schweet! you just got me stoked and lucky all at the same time to go ride! right on, bro!
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Hansen, referencing another lawmaker's speech, emailed "children and vagina's" were missing; the leaked email met caustic public reaction
The parents of a New Hampshire teenager who was assaulted and forcibly tattooed on the buttocks by four older students during school hours have filed suit against the school district.
Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman will drop out of the White House race on Monday and endorse front-runner Mitt Romney, a senior campaign official said
The race to be the Republican nominee in the 2012 U.S. presidential race shifted after the results of the New Hampshire primary came in. We look at how each candidate now looks in the race.
One day after a solid victory in New Hampshire, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney faces a critical test in South Carolina as he seeks to convince conservative voters that he is their best bet to defeat Democratic President Barack Obama.
"Tonight we celebrate — tomorrow, we go back to work," Mitt Romney told a jubilant crowd at his Manchester campaign headquarters
Mitt Romney won his second straight battle in the race for the Republican U.S. presidential nomination on Tuesday
The New Hampshire battle shapes as a do-or-die test for the presidential hopes of former U.S. ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, after he all but staked his entire campaign on Tuesday's poll
Republican White House hopefuls faced New Hampshire voters Tuesday in a first-in-the-nation primary which is all but certain to strengthen frontrunner Mitt Romney's hold on the nomination
With Mitt Romney holding at least an 18 point lead in New Hampshire it is difficult, if not impossible, to see anyone beating him. However, the former Massachusetts governor is doing a fine job of shooting himself in the foot. His latest gaffe being to reveal how he likes to fire people. Sunday's debate saw […]


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Pioneer Energy Services to Present at the Johnson Rice 2013 Energy Conference in New Orleans
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pioneer Energy Services (NYSE: PES) announced today that the Company will be participating in the Johnson Rice & Company 2013 Energy Conference to be held September 30 – October 2 in New Orleans, LA.
Wm. Stacy Locke, President and Chief Executive Officer, will make a presentation on Tuesday, October 1 at 2:35 p.m. Central Time. The presentation will provide an update on the Company's operations and certain recent developments. To listen to the live audio webcast, view Pioneer's slideshow and download the presentation materials, visit the Company's website at www.pioneeres.com. A replay of the webcast will be available shortly after the presentation is concluded and will be archived for rebroadcast on the Company's website.
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MasterChef judges taste contestants dishes off-camera and are fed their on-camera reactions by producers, judge George Calombaris has admitted.
The taste tester said the time it takes to move cameras around for each segment prevents real-time taste testing and food has to be reheated.
"Some things do get reheated if it's like a sauce," he said.
"There is over 100 staff to make this show. You've got seven cameramen, lighting departments. By the time they reposition everything for the next segment, it takes a long time."
Denying tasting delays affect the final judgement, he added: "Generally with meat...you will still know how it is cooked from your professional judgement."
To ensure judges taste dishes at their optimum temperatures, contestants make extra for tasting directly after they down tools.
"When we say, 'Stop cooking' we do a quick wander of the room and taste stuff out of their pot," he said.
"When we go to taste the things you see (on-screen) we are going back to our mental notes and a lot of the time we jot stuff down...or the producers will pump it down back into our ears."
The competitive cooking show has recently been embroiled in controversy after it was revealed contestants are allowed to replate dishes under some circumstances.
Calombaris said he would have quit if Callum Hann's replated dish presented last week had've won the challenge.
Listen to the interview with George here.
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When Uncle Sam forecloses
You probably won't be surprised to hear that Wells Fargo is sparring with the government on the subject of foreclosures. But you might be surprised to see who's on which side:
Wells Fargo & Co. decided to exit reverse mortgages after federal officials insisted it foreclose on elderly customers who were behind on property tax and insurance payments, a Wells executive wrote in an email to business contacts Friday…
Reverse mortgage market participants generally agreed that the industry is enduring hard times…
One problem is that lenders are not allowed to set aside payments for property taxes and other such recurring costs, leading to trouble if the borrower cannot pay them. Contributing to the issue is a prohibition on underwriting loans based on borrowers' credit rather than the equity they have in their home.
A third problem arises in the course of disposing of the property. If the borrower dies and the equity in the home does not cover the mortgage, the FHA is responsible for making up the difference. But it is often the lender's duty to dispose of the house, a process that sometimes forces it to eat some of the costs. An FHA requirement that the lender not sell the house for less than 95% of its appraised value can make that process difficult, Lewis says. "Imagine 5% as your margin on this kind of housing market — it's insane. If someone has a 375 bid for a 400 house, we can't sell it."
All of this is, of course, a direct consequence of the fact that the government is now more lender than regulator when it comes to mortgage finance. Rather than standing up for beleaguered borrowers, it now has a huge financial interest in extracting as much money from them as it can, as quickly as possible.
It's also completely insane that lenders can't underwrite reverse mortgages: if we learned anything during the housing crisis, it's that writing mortgages based on nothing but home value is a recipe for disaster. Tanta, of course, explained this better than anyone:
Three things have been the core of mortgage underwriting since roughly the dawn of time: the three Cs, or Credit, Capacity, and Collateral. Does the borrower's history establish creditworthiness, or the willingness to repay debt? Does the borrower's current income and expense situation (and likely future prospects) establish the capacity or ability to repay the debt? Does the house itself, the collateral for the loan, have sufficient value and marketability to protect the lender in the event that the debt is not repaid? …
"Traditional" subprime lending was about loans to people who had capacity but not creditworthiness or who had creditworthiness and capacity but not great collateral…
Given assumptions about the collateral—like, its value always goes up and its value always goes up—you could more or less forget about problems with the other two Cs. When the RE markets were hot enough, in fact, there weren't "problems" with the other two Cs.
This was spectacularly boneheaded even during the height of the real-estate boom. But it's even more boneheaded in an environment where homes are falling in value. You can't underwrite a mortgage, reverse or otherwise, based only on collateral and not at all on creditworthiness. You just can't. We've learned this a million times. And yet HUD is forcing lenders to do just that — and then forcing them to foreclose when the loans go sour, even if the only delinquency is on property tax and insurance payments.
The big problem here, of course, is that no regulator is going to tell HUD to shape up and get its act together. The private sector turned out to be very bad at writing mortgages, during the boom. But it looks increasingly as though the public sector will turn out to be just as bad, during the bust.
It seems ironic worrying about the borrower's creditworthiness since the loan doesn't get paid back till the borrower is dead! Allow the lender to escrow real estate taxes and be done with it!
How would they escrow taxes and insurance in advance? Assume they never increase or increase at a fixed rate? What if hit with a special levy or one time loss? Lower disbursement rates as they increase? What if borrowers have already committed to spend that money? A tough nut to crack.
"Lower disbursement rates as (taxes and insurance) increase?"
"What if borrowers have already committed to spend that money?"
Borrowers are already committed to spending amounts on taxes and insurance, this just changes the cash flow from (lender–>borrower–>tax clerk/insurance) to (lender–>tax clerk/insurance). Borrowers get lower disbursements from the reverse mortgage, but since they would not then be paying taxes/insurance out of pocket, their cashflow would be unaffected.


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Meet my boyfriend. He's sleeping in this picture because he decided on this day to sleep most of it. His name is Justin, and he is pretty awesome. This boy is different to what I'm used to, he's shy and slyly says cute things. I'm the opposite, I'm loud and say things that get me into trouble. I'm quiet content with getting to know him now, and I'm glad I met him. We've been on two partial dates to the movies now and on Monday night he is taking me out to dinner, he even made reservations and Monday is four days away. Hopefully only good comes from this relationship.
I know the difference between right and wrong, and yet I still manage to put myself in the wrong. I promised myself that I would not have sex with you again because;
I don't know why I do it, I know I crave the attention and I crave what you can give me but for fuck sake Eliera, calm down and take a fucking break! You are only doing yourself more harm but hurting others and yourself. I really thought I'd grown up, but thinking back to last night and all the other times. I really am still just a child. I need some new friends, some people I can lean on for anything. I really need something new in my life or someone I can reserve my heart for because I know that they will give me theirs. I want something real, something constant. But Newcastle is so not the place to be for that.
I need a new career, a new place to be and a new life. I just wish I wasn't the person I have become. I think it's time for a change, because I know I am the only person that can change me.
I think now is a time to cry for, help?
Some people clearly have better things to do!
Some days I have no idea what to fucking do with myself. Some days I think too much about whether or not I will ever be worth someone's time. I know my son will always look up to me, and I know that to make him feel secure I have to get over all my issues. I also know that I should never lie to him like my own mother did. I can't promise I will be perfect but I can promise that I will give it my best shot.
I'm sitting here staring at my son, and all I am doing is thinking about who I will be to him when he is my age- will he resent me like I do with my mother. Will I be a person he turns to for advice, will he bring home his girlfriend or boyfriend and know that I will love that person like my own? Will he know that no matter what life decisions he makes that I will be the one to back him up? I love you Mason, and I can't wait to watch you grow. To me, you are perfect. I hope I impact your life and help you grow into a man.
Story of my life. I have so many people that just walk in and out and I never have anything constant. I watched my mother walk away from me when I was 8, my father when I was 13, my best friend when I was 15 and the boy I loved when I was 17. Yeah yeah, I get the idea, I am only 18- I have my whole life to live. I don't care. I want my moment now. I want to feel alive, feel like I have meaning. I want to have more kids, I want to come home to somebody, I want to teach myself to cook so that I can cook for you. I want to be that girl you look at and go "Damn, how did I ever meet you". I used to be that girl. The one with the uncontrollable smile that made you smile, the one who knew when you needed to just lay there in silence. You walked away from me, and here I am sitting and wondering- Where the fuck did I go wrong? Now here I am, by myself- smiling just so that people don't ask if I am okay.
I miss you. I want something new. Someone that is not you.
I love this boy more than anything in this universe!
The need to always pretend that they are perfect, or always needing to make everything dirty!! I still love the opposite sex, despite all their flaws- only because I bet they think the same about us!


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Classic car auctions kick off weekend in Arizona
Barrett-Jackson honors Carroll Shelby with record number of Shelby vehicles. Plus, the original Batmobile is on sale.
Car collectors are swarming Scottsdale, Ariz., this weekend to bid on some of the most expensive car auctions in the world.
While Barrett-Jackson is the best-known car auction house thanks to extensive TV coverage, others such as Gooding & Co. and Russo & Steele are vying for a generous slice of the pie.
Muscle cars still rule the roost at Barrett-Jackson, which began Tuesday and runs until Sunday. This year, it features the largest offering of Shelby vehicles ever at a single auction. The Gooding event, which runs today through Saturday, leans more toward rare European vehicles, with three unique pre-World War II examples: a 1935 Mercedes-Benz 500 K Cabriolet A, a 1932 Alfa Romeo 6C1750 Series V Gran Sport and a 1933 Duesenberg Model J.
More than 40 Shelby vehicles will cross the block at Barrett-Jackson, including a 1965 GT350 formerly owned by Ford, a 2012 GT500 50th Anniversary Super Snake and "the rarest Shelby Mustang in existence," according to Barrett-Jackson, The Green Hornet. Throughout the weeklong event, Barrett-Jackson will also honor automotive icon Carroll Shelby, who died last year.
Barrett-Jackson's 2013 Scottsdale event will also feature the return of the company's Salon Collection, which it says incorporates "hand-selected vehicles that showcase the very best in automotive design and style." Examples include Clark Gable's 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing Coupe and the original 1966 Batmobile created by legendary car customizer George Barris.
While the Barrett-Jackson auction is a "no reserve" affair, meaning that there's no set price and everything must be sold, Gooding sets "estimates." The 1933 Duesenberg Model J "Disappearing Top" Convertible Coupe, seen below, has an estimated auction price of $2 million to $2.4 million. Gooding calls it "the most iconic example of the legendary Model J Duesenberg Coupe." It was purchased in 1961 by a Los Angeles collector, who owned it for approximately 40 years, and it was displayed at Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance five times between 1970 and 1985.
Even more pricey is the 1935 Mercedes-Benz 500 K Cabriolet A (below), with an estimated auction price of $2.5 million to $3 million. Gooding calls it "one of the most beautiful and desirable pre-war Mercedes-Benz body styles" and "arguably the best of just 11 remaining examples of the 500 K cabriolet A." The car was ordered new by a Swedish baron. After spending nearly 50 years in Sweden among a handful of collectors, in 1983 it moved to West Germany. In 2004, it became part of the current owner's collection in the Netherlands.
With an estimated auction price of $1.5 million to $2.2 million, the 1932 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Series V Gran Sport is a relative bargain. Like the Duesenberg, it also features a spectacular disappearing top. It was awarded Best in Class at the 1996 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance and was twice entered at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and won third in class in 1985.
Car collectors, start your checkbooks.
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Personally I would love to see more classic Japanese cars come up, like Hakosuka Skylines (the GT-R model of the Hakosuka can now hit $100k+ at auction and are VERY hard to find) or the Toyota 2000GT or early Honda S cars. I know they probably won't do it; they have their specialty and I respect that. Still after the first year it got boring so I have stopped watching.
PS: I would love to see that Mercedes-Benz 300SL in person!
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Values and Approach Factors:
It's important that you find a doctor whose medical approach is consistent with your own values. Think about your own philosophies about medicine. Are you someone who likes aggressive medical intervention or someone more conservative about treatment? For example, when treating ear infections some doctors are quick to prescribe antibiotics, while others are more likely to 'wait and see' if the infection clears itself.
- Is the doctor conservative or aggressive in treatment?
- What are her views on certain medical issues such as infections, stem cell collection, breastfeeding, vaccinations, circumcision, allergies, etc.? How do these views compare with your own?
- What is the doctor's approach to caring for a new infant? Are they consistent with your own? For example, some doctors prefer that an infant stay home for three months after birth while others think a month is sufficient.
- Can she explain her approach to pediatric medicine in general? How do you feel about her answers?
Basic Knowledge and Experience:
- How long has the doctor been in practice? How old or young is the doctor? There may be comfort in a doctor who has been in practice for many years and has much experience, but a younger doctor may be more up to date in new approaches and technology.
- What is her training? Where did she study and do her residency?
- Does the doctor have children of her own? Some parents might take comfort knowing a doctor has personal parenting experience.
- If there are any specific conditions or allergies in your family, what is the doctor's knowledge of these?
The Vibe:
You should view your pediatrician as your partner and advisor, and use her as a resource. As the parent, you remain primarily responsible for helping your child stay healthy; however, you must have confidence in your child's doctor if the partnership is to work. If you don't have confidence in your doctor, and discussing the issues does not alleviate your concern, find another doctor.
In all likelihood, you will probably not find a doctor who answers every single question exactly as you would have liked. So then you need to make an assessment based on your chemistry with her and trust. If something about the doctor rubs you the wrong way, this may not be the doctor for you and your child. If you walk away feeling as though you have "clicked" with the pediatrician, that's a great sign.
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Re: Pulling RSS feeds from other sites onto my home page.
6 November 2009 at 6:43am Last edited: 6 November 2009 6:49am
So I was able to get the date to display by the following code. I removed the "cast the date/title stuff" and added '$item->get_date' to '$output'. By the way, what was that cast stuff for? It didn't seem to make any difference.
foreach($items as $item) {
$output->push(new ArrayData(array(
'Title' => $item->get_title(),
'Date' => $item->get_date('Y-m-d'),
'Link' => $item->get_link()
My RSSPage.ss looks like:
<% control getItemsFromRSS(0) %>

$Title
$Dateread more

<% end_control %>
I still would like to know how to link and display the full post within my website.
Any ideas anyone?
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Re: Pulling RSS feeds from other sites onto my home page.
6 November 2009 at 12:47pm
I believe that you cast the variable, so that you minimise the chance of sending the wrong type of variable to your script and causing it to fall over.
I also believe (but may be mistaken) that casting takes out some of the potential nasties you might get from loading unchecked data (IE injection attacks etc).
In answer to your question about having the story appear in your page. You would have to amend your method (or write a new one) that would also pull in the RSS feeds description. I doubt this will be the whole article though, RSS feeds usually only hold a summary of the story.
I am not sure what you would need to do to load this., I cant imagein ti would be that difficult though. I believe there is a get_decription() method. I would check Simplepie's documentation (http://simplepie.org/wiki/) and there API reference (http://simplepie.org/wiki/reference/start).
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Re: Pulling RSS feeds from other sites onto my home page.
6 November 2009 at 1:06pm
Respect to the Mo!! x
Samba Sam
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Re: Pulling RSS feeds from other sites onto my home page.
7 November 2009 at 10:47am Last edited: 7 November 2009 10:50am
Yes respect to Mo.
I am able to get the description to show on the same page as the title, etc, which is great, by adding the get_description to the "foreach($items as $item)" statement to my RSSPage.php. For RSS feeds with longer descriptions (e.g., PUBMED), I would like to be able to link to a separate page on my website to display the full content. But, that seems like a fairly complicated endeavor, beyond my current ability. Also, I kept the Title and Content "casted", but not the date as I couldn't figure out how to change the date format when it was "casted".
public function getItemsFromRSS($feedNum = 0) {
include_once(Director::getAbsFile(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/thirdparty/simplepie/SimplePie.php'));
$feedItem = array();
$output = new DataObjectSet();
$feed = new SimplePie($feedItem[$feedNum], TEMP_FOLDER);
//init the process
if($items = $feed->get_items(0, $this->NumberToShow)) {
foreach($items as $item) {
// Cast the Title
$title = new Text('Title');
// Cast the Content
$content = new Text('Content');
$output->push(new ArrayData(array(
'Title' => $title,
'Content' => $content,
'Date' => $item->get_date ('j F Y, g:i a'),
'Link' => $item->get_link()
return $output;
I also added a "NumberTOShow" variable to the CMS:
function getCMSFields() {
$fields = parent::getCMSFields();
$fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Content.RSS", new NumericField("NumberToShow", "Number of Items to show"));
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Re: Pulling RSS feeds from other sites onto my home page.
10 November 2009 at 9:10am
Happy to help . Not sure what's happening with your date option. Maybe RSS feeds don't format the date in a correct format? You may need to write a function that de constructs the date and then rebuilds it using the php date() function?
As for loading the whole story, It would be a big pain in the ass. The only way I can think to do it would be to screen scrape the target site for its content, which is not easy on complex sites. Also, I would also advise caution, because if you are taking the whole story, the original article's author might not be happy with you presenting it in a manner that might make it appear like your work. You might end up with a nasty law suit (I have seen it happen before, its not nice). So I would suggest sticking with just the description, unless you have explicit permission of the content author/editor.
Hope thats some help
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Re: Pulling RSS feeds from other sites onto my home page.
20 January 2010 at 12:09am
This has been a great posting. I worked on this problem for several weeks. I started with Flash, it allows for xml parsing, but won't allow to pull data from a remote server. I found this and it was perfect. By the way, the google apps works pretty well, but you get very little control.
By the way, for the below listed code:
From Mo: public static $db = array(
'Feed1Name' => 'Text',
'Feed1URL' => 'Text',
'Feed2Name' => 'Text',
'Feed2URL' => 'Text',
'Feed3Name' => 'Text',
'Feed3URL' => 'Text'
So where does this get placed?
Also, does simpliepie parse the xml or is that the PHP parsing function? I have it turned on, but was curious.
Thanks to all who worked on this.
(p.s. don't use "view format help" It covers the post button and you can't post)
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Re: Pulling RSS feeds from other sites onto my home page.
9 March 2010 at 2:41pm
It has been a great Tutrial for Pulling outside RSS feeds into SS website. Heaps of Informaiton was quite essential for me as a newbie to handle the RSS stuff.
I was using the RESTFULSERVICE First, seems the tutorial feeds works but mine seems hard to work right.
Then Basically, i was refering the Blog Moduel RSS widget stuff for structuring me coding function in Page.php using SimplePie RSS parser.
In the second way, was quite good though. Simple and Easy.
Just donnot know why the restfulservice doesnt work well on mine XML. Wonderring maybe the XML nodes' different?!
My RSS feed url:http://rss.nzherald.co.nz/rss/xml/nzhrsscid_001500879.xml
The errors:
[Warning] SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [simplexmlelement.--construct]: Entity: line 1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found.
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Facebook: New Timeline Feature Makes It Easier to Find Who 'Defriended' You
ABC News Radio's @cohanjosh and Mashable's @PetersMeg discuss the recent changes to Facebook profiles.
ABC News' Josh Cohan reports:
If Facebook's recent changes have left you angry and perplexed, brace yourself for some more unsettling news.
When Facebook fully rolls out its latest overhaul in the coming weeks, anonymous "defriending" – or the simple act of removing someone from your Facebook friends list without their knowledge – will become a thing of the past. Sort of.
On Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced a new feature called timeline, which aims to provide users with a visual display of their lives, as documented on the social media site.
"[A]ll your stories, all your apps, a new way to express who you are," Zuckerberg said at the company's annual developers conference in San Francisco.
But the timeline will also let you see older versions of your friends list and a button that not-so-subtly indicates whether you're still "friends," BuzzFeedreported Friday.
"There is a way where you can go in to a certain point in time and basically, if you look at your friends tab, maybe from three years ago, and you see the 'Add Friend' button from someone in that list, that will basically tell you that they have defriended you since you became their friend," said Meghan Peters, community manager at Mashable.
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Guest Post: The Helix Fossil, Bird Jesus & the False Prophet: The Newfound Triviality of Christianity
Today's article is from Tommy, a great friend of the blog and a long time aniblogger. He runs Anime Bowl, where he blogs about the latest episodes airing on Toonami, anime conventions, and Green Bay Packers football.
Only a few hours after America lapsed into the month of March, the worldwide phenomenon known as "Twitch Plays Pokémon" came to a conclusion, as the Aussies and whoever was left awake in the U.S. pushed Red past the Elite Four and Blue to a Pokémon League championship. After 16 days of democracy, anarchy and random button-mashing, the journey was complete1.
In case you're not aware, "Twitch Plays Pokémon" was a "social experiment" conducted by an Australian who programmed a Game Boy emulation of Pokémon Red into the streaming service Twitch, making it so that anyone could type a command into the chat, and have the game respond to it. Thus "up" made the character go up, "Start" made the Start menu come up, and so on.
Of course, with the entire world able to play the game, chaos ensued. The main character Red would do bizarre things over and over again as tens of thousands of people (and bots) typed in commands. Progress in the game was made very slowly, if at all, because of the long list of commands coming through, not to mention the lag the video had with the chat. To tell the story of how the game was actually beaten would be far too long. This YouTube channel tells the story through video, while this Google document gives the facts in a different fashion.
But what made "Twitch Plays Pokémon" more than just a video game was its "religion" of sorts that its players created out of the events of the game. It began through the fact that Red kept on checking the Helix Fossil by mistake. This led to a joke that the Helix Fossil was a "god," and the religious references spiraled out from there. Eventually it led to a full-blown narrative where nearly every major figure in Christianity was being referenced by the game players. Omanyte was "God," Pidgeot was "Bird Jesus," Zapdos was "Battery Jesus," Gastly was the "Holy Spirit," even Flareon was the "False Prophet."
This isn't a condemnation of those who came up with these ideas. Many of them were clever, and certainly quite a few of them brought quite a chuckle out of me (although of all the memes that "Twitch Plays Pokémon" produced, my favorite was the constant plea that "we need to beat Misty," no matter how far in the game Red was).
The question I pose is quite different: has Christianity become this trivial in today's society? We all remember how a small cartoon of Muhammad and a bomb caused such an uproar amongst Muslims, so much that even a book written all about the cartoon failed to include the actual cartoon itself, presumably due to the writer's fear of backlash.
Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: Aniblogger Faith, the Number Three in Rinne no Lagrange, and Unmasking Lelouche
Jordan wrote an interesting article about the role one's faith plays in watching anime, quoting Naru, Canne, and myself from interviews he conducted for the post. [The Otaku HQ]
Ephemeral Dreamer makes some wonderful connections between Rinne no Lagrange and various religious motifs, including those in Buddhism and Hinduism. [Ephemeral Dreamer]
Zeroe4 continues his "Under the Mask of Lies" series by examining Code Geass, reaching the conclusion that Christ can unmask us. [Zeroe4]
Also, wish Zeroe4 luck as he starts on his trip to Japan for Discipleship Training School! [Zeroe4]
As part of the Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere series of posts, each week, Beneath the Tangles links to writings about anime and manga that involve religion and spirituality. If you've written such a piece or know of one, please email TWWK if you'd like it included.
Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: Religion and Aniblogging
The Otaku HQ released a terrific post today (and not just because I was interviewed for it, hehe). Entitled "Religion in the Anime Community," blog editor Jordan put together excerpts from three interviews, with Naru (Muslim), Canne (Buddhist and ghost worshipper), and myself (Christian). Jordan does a wonderful job of investigating how our faith affects our viewing of anime (or how it doesn't), and finishes with a nice conclusion. The post reminded me of the aniblogger testimony series we did here a year ago, in which anibloggers (including Cannes) opened up about their faith. This post approached some of the same topics in a different way.
Aniblogger Testimony – Dressing down while dressing up: on being a Muslim anime fan and a one-time cosplayer
In the Spring of 2011, I asked some of the anime blogosphere's most noted writers to create posts discussing anime and their own personal faith. Though the main phase of the project is over, I'm always eagerly looking for additional guest posts to add to the series. Today, Hana, a wonderful blogger from the ever-popular T.H.A.T Anime Blog, gives us a wonderful addition to this series.
It wasn't the first time that I'd been to an anime convention, but it was the first time that I'd cosplayed at one. Needless to say, it was a rather memorable experience.
Not that the M.C.M. London Expo is strictly an anime con, as it's more like a trade fair for movies, comics, games and related pop culture. Yet, I knew from the previous two times that I'd been, that many attendees cosplayed in outfits that were just as impressive as what I'd seen in photos of American and East Asian cons.
The first time that I attended the Expo was in May 2009, I went with two friends and I dressed how I usually do, in casual trousers with a matching top and headscarf. As a moderately religious Muslim female who wears the hijab (or headscarf), I usually wear western clothes (I'm Bangladeshi by blood, but born and live in London), otherwise whatever I want, as long as I'm dressed modestly. Sometimes, I'll wear a hat instead of a headscarf, as long as it's roomy enough to stuff my hair into it. So, comfy outfit in place, my first con was a positive experience, mostly spent walking around with friends, staring at the cosplayers, avoiding the 'Free Hug'-ers, buying a few anime related items, buying a tonne of Pocky, and generally feeling very cultured and weeabooish.
The second time I went was in May of last year and it was rather different, as it was more of an excuse to meet up with Ame, a fellow anime fan and blogger who I'd met online (and a couple of another ani blogger friends called Scamp and Hanners, as it turned out) and had been friends with for about a year, also around the same time that I had my one year anniversary as an anime blogger. In short, it was slightly nerve-wracking, as it was the first time I'd be meeting people face to face who I'd previously only conversed with online. However, having already shared photos with Ame and Skyped with all three meant that it wasn't really the first time we'd met, so it wasn't a big deal in that sense and turned out to be a lot of fun. In terms of the whole what to wear thing, I decided not to wear a headscarf and to wear one of my Bakerboy hats instead, i.e. like the one in my avatar, the same avatar I use when posting/ commenting on anime blogs and on Twitter. Thus, I wouldn't say that this was a deliberate decision to downplay the fact that I'm a Muslim, in the highly unlikely event that anyone else's first impression of me face to face would be that of some kind of religious nut. Rather, knowing that at least one of them had already shared pictures with me and knew me fairly well by that point, and that quite frankly all three of them are simply really nice, non-judgemental, 'normal' people, I just thought the hat thing would be a fun way for them to make the connection with my online persona and to help recognise me in the crowd. Read the rest of this entry
My Heart with Egypt and Libya
Off-topic – this post has little or nothing to do with either anime or religion – but I've just meaning to share a little bit about Egypt and Libya. Of course, I support the overthrow of the dictatorships in both countries (particularly in Libya – no matter how much Muammar Gadhafi has toned down in the last decade or two, his hand was and is still brutal). But I don't want to blog about that – others much more qualified than I can explain what's happening. I just want to share my personal connection to each country.
Anime and Religion Survey: Conclusions
So, after all that, what does it all mean? I've given some analysis of the results in each of this week's posts, and many of you have contributed thoughtful comments and additional breakdown. As a whole, though, here are some of thoughts about what the survey revealed:
The Aniblogging Generation
The aniblogger sample for this survey was young and educated, and had varied backgrounds and religions. I understand that a group of anibloggers does not serve as an accurate sample of young America at large…but then again, perhaps it can in some facets. Drawing from my experience as a teacher, through online interactions over the past 15 years, and through other social interaction, I think I can say that the aniblogging population is similar to the thinking, leading, opinionated young people in America today. Of course, differences abound from region to region, neighborhood to neighborhood, and across cultural and other boundaries, but still, I think you can find people that are like this population in most every high school and college.
These young people largely lack an organized religion that they are connected to. Many are, in fact, anti-religious (often a source of turmoil at home). Read the rest of this entry
Anime and Religion Survey: Religion of Anibloggers
What do you believe? Is there a God? What is your faith? Do you have a faith?
I wanted to know how the aniblogging community would respond to these questions. About half of all respondents were either atheist or agnostic, with responses split exactly evenly between the two. In other words, 49% of respondents don't believe in a god or are unsure about a god's existence. If one combined the respondents who declared themselves Catholic, Christian (Protestant), Orthodox, and non-denominational Christian as one group, 35% of anibloggers believe in the Christian religion, which would be the highest percentage of all. Within that group, most were either Protestant (20%) or Catholic (10%). Read the rest of this entry
Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: Fractale System as God
Fractale just started airing in Japan (lucky for us, Funimation is simulcasting the series, with episodes appearing just hours after premiering!). The first episode was nothing at all like I expected, which isn't entirely a bad thing.
One surpring element in the first episode had to do witht he idea that the Fractale system had become a god in society. Not only reminiscient of organized, state-required religion (there are similarities to Islam in religiously conservative countries like Saudi Arabia), the system also reminds me of North Korea, where the divine leader is even projected as part of a triune God – Kim Jong-Il is the "son," his father (and the first leader of North Korea) is the "father," and the state is the "holy spirit," if I remember correctly.
Ghostlighting of We Remember Love goes into further detail about the religious ideas (and other themes) from the first episode. Take a read!


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Perhaps Brown-Stearns will never know what became of today!
Stephanie's Mom is in town and it's been lots of fun. This is a big visit month, ranging from my boyfurendo (I read that in Japanese, that's how they say boyfriend) to my old college roommate to Stephanie's mom.
Anyway, I forgot all the words for a second.
Stephanie's mom saw Daniel Radcliffe at 3rd and 70-something.
When we asked her about him she said: "He's more buft than he's skinny."
Stephanie saw James Franco again, and she said the exact same thing her mom said about Daniel Radcliffe.
1. A dinner with the entire cast of Arrested Development. I will be in the middle, delicately placed on a lazy susan (not sexually).
Also, I totally saw Mariah Carey in Puerto Rico. She was filming the video for the song Honey.
1. Mariah Carey: I've always admired Mariah Carey, and receiving the "Emotions" cassette tape when I was eight was a benchmark moment. It was then I realized that I was a homosexual man.
That's all she wrote!
I had this delicious lemon raspberry muffin from Two Little Red Hens. I know it's not a celeb, but maybe it should be. Also, I miss Stearns. Come back.


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For the nearly 500,000 people in the United States who develop Alzheimer's disease before they reach age 65, life can begin to take some unexpected turns. Although the memory loss and mental confusion the disease causes is devastating at any age, it presents a different set of challenges for people with early onset Alzheimer's and their families. Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, created the Without Warning group to help them address these challenges, give them a sense of connectedness and find a sense of purpose.
The importance of the shared bond among these families facing such unusual and difficult circumstances as early-onset Alzheimer's disease is evident in the fact that some members come from as far away as Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin to be part of the Without Warning group. The group meets once a month at a church in Elmhurst. The members divide into separate discussion sessions for the people with the illness and for their caregivers.
Another example of Rush's compassion is that the Without Warning group also includes people with Alzheimer's who no longer are able to participate in conversation. For those patients, Swanson holds a third session of music therapy during Without Warning meetings. "When you're no longer able to sit around the table, most groups say you can't come anymore, and we're not going to that," Smith says.
During the conversation sessions, group members discuss a variety of issues related to the disease, including its financial impact, its effect on children in the families and what it means to have hope in the face of the disease. "It gives me a chance to speak with others about their trials and tribulations," Ron Pole says. "That's the key to these meetings, gaining from the experiences of others."
"It's very helpful," he continues. "You get an education from others who are actually dealing with the same situation. You can read about it in a book or on the Internet, but if you relate to something personally you can empathize and learn more that way."
Without Warning also helps its participants find a sense of purpose when they are no longer able to work or perform many household tasks. Many of the group's members have taken part in research studies at Rush that are trying to find treatments for the disease and understand it better. Without Warning members also are active in public policy issues related to their illness and have traveled to the state capital in Springfield to talk with legislators about obtaining funding for research into the disease.
"I've always been a go-go person," says Bahr, who was a vice president at an insurance company before his illness forced him to leave his job. "This group gave me an outlet to do something. It's really healthy for me. I couldn't just sit around with nothing to do."
Read more about early-onset Alzheimer's disease in "Without Warning: Coping with Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease."
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Took my second trip to Powell's City of Books in three days. If heaven exists…I imagine it looks something like this place.


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Dear CAU alumni in North America:
There are hundreds of us in North America who spent several years of our best time in Beijing, on either the East or the West Campus of the China Agricultural University (CAU), pursuing the dreams of our careers. Many of us have bidden farewell to student life and become professionals - agronomists, scientists, engineers, professors, administrators, and businessmen; some still in the final stage of formal education. Yet there is one thing in common among us – we all are CAU alumni and we all call CAU our "mother school".
The China Agricultural University American Alumni Association (CAUAAA) was established in late 2004 in response to the calls for centennial celebration of CAU. Although very young,
CAUAAA has quickly become a platform of communication and cooperation for our alumni in North America, and has made some splashes in helping our mother school in meaningful ways. In particular, CAUAAA has established a scholarship to support CAU students with financial difficulties to complete their college education as a gift to our mother school during her centennial celebration. Up to date, over $7,000 has been raised for the purpose, and the first patch of help was delivered to 10 students in January 2006.
As CAU alumni, we feel the need to join together for our career and/or family development in North America, and the obligation to help CAU to grow into an even greater university. As your President, I hereby formally call for your participations and actions:
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