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Werewolf Research
Werewolf Research
This is the beginning of the research I have done for werewolves. Some of it are ideas I need to do more research on while others are ideas for the next book. I get my information from documentaries on tv, books on the subject, and from reading about real wolves in the wild.
- Werewolves can be killed by complete destruction of the heart or brain
- Black timber wolf -> fastest wolf -> 57mph
- Wolfs bane -> depends on mix and amount as to what it can do -> can cause change or can kill werewolf
- Greece -> origin of werewolf stories -> lycanthropes
- Book -> the book of werewolves by Sabine Baring Gould
- Book -> Metamorphoses by Ovid (penguin addition)
- The Beast of Gevaudan -> look up
- Ralston in his "song of the Russian People" -> gives the form of Incantation still familiar in Russia.
- Seventh Son of the Seventh Son will become a werewolf
- Becoming a werewolf simply by bite is modern fiction but rare in legend
- Question -> why does the moon effect werewolves?
- Answer -> The moonlight causes a change in the amount of positive changed ions available in the air, what may cause a different reaction in different living beings; this can make a normal human sick. Therefore the moon can effect a change in the werewolf.
- When a werewolf is poisoned they change. Changed when poisoned because body is threatened and immune system is stronger as a were than a human.
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- Look up -> Ulhefenar –> Norse
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Time eaters? Skree! that is funny but we don't really look at time the same way as most 3 dimensional beings. Time is odd for us to explain but we simply exist outside of reality, any reality. We correct paradoxes in any universe making sure no scars too large form but if they did we could possibly have to convert all the Biomass into food. Also we are no Brood, we are not a single being, micro organisms make are what we are? as for one we could not beat, we tend to not get in fights? and when we do we make sure we know we can overcome and consume with as much biomass is needed.
Star Swirl: Always good to take new records.
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Star Swirl: I reduced this blog to black and white, to help my dreamer draw faster. My dreamer will draw you into my blog as long as it keeps the story flowing. This is a NSFW blog but will not always post nsfw post.
I see Reignbow and Plum both have those who love them and I kinda feel left out. I'm putting in my bid for love, so please treat me like a lady. Hope I didn't forget anything, well I hope we can be more than friends.
My "Mod" (Magic Observant Dreamer) has given me full power over my blog. this mean I get to choose what form I want to be. I choose a form with fingers. So welcome to my life.
Star Swirl: I know I'm usually stuck in my library studying, but I just feel a bit left out. Don't be afraid come and chat with me awhile, I don't bite… unless you want me too.
Star Swirl: Please, find me for any question.
Star Swirl: If you didn't notice, we were living in my hat last year. When we get our new home together, I'll start inviting friends over.
Panel #2. Star Swirl: Now… Let's make inappropriate sound.
Star Swirl: OMGOMGOMGOMG~deeeeead. Wow I look like a phantom…. EEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeee~!!! Thank you so much Captain.
Star Swirl: I'm the most cutest in Fallen Heart's style.
This has been something that has been bothering me for the past few years, every time I encounter someone who's just started as an artist, they put themselves down because they're intimidated by artists who are more experienced. Intimidation is something that every artist has (or will) encounter in their lives, and they need to pull through that fear in order to grow as an artist. Take that intimidation and be inspired about it. What makes it intimidating? What makes their work look so unique? That's where your learning opportunistic moments will occur, you find those reasons and you create something new out of all that you've learned!
I believe that anyone, ANYONE, can become an artist. It takes dedication and determination, but I promise you that drawing is one of the most rewarding art forms I've ever experienced. You will always learn something new with it, therefore, the fun never stops!
this made me cry oh my god this is beautiful
This is what I always wanted to tell my favorite pony Mod's but didn't know how to put it. This for evermore will be my favorite post. Artist must reblog forever more, for their fans to know we care and want to see what they can do.
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Star Swirl: My holiday gift to you…
My personal spell book: My Mod will gender swap you.
My magic quill: My Mod will draw you a beautiful equal.
Magic pendant: My Mod will reverse time for you. (3 poses)
Orange potion: It gives you wing (A 24 hour spell)
Blue potion: Magic horn, become a unicorn (a 24 hour spell)
Star Swirl: only one to follower.
Star Swirl: 4 Thousand years ago, I found a small blind starving Alicorn sitting in the rain calling for his big brother. After nursing him back to health, I began a search for his older brother or even a hint of where a male Alicorn could have come from because back in those days Alicorns were made and female. I didn't get much information from the young Alicorn because soon after I took him in he developed a case of the mutes and gitters. To keep him safe I would leave a magic bell around his neck so he wouldn't walk into walls. Before I knew it a year had passed, I returned home after a long day of studying at the academy. It was pouring that day with short burst of thunder. I entered to find the poor dear curled in to a ball in the corner. I sat next to him to relieve his fear. I remember that day so clearly, he hugged me and called me Star. That day I stayed with him till it stopped raining. these days he calls me master, because he thinks I still treat him like a colt. No matter how old he get he will always be my little Bridge.
Star Swirl: Hope they have fun. Guess this will be the first night without my Bridge. Hu'm, lets see what flavor sir Ben an Jerry has for me tonight.
Simply just us.
There was a ask for this one but I think I deleted it to early. So here's the Stars, Swirl and Stalker.
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A familiar scene of art in America today?
"The entire discourse surrounding the Viennese avant-garde demands skeptical scrutiny. Certain of these 'truths' -- fatuous generalizations about women, obnoxious remarks about the relative abilities of races and classes -- fail to impress the modern reader. . . . As in prior periods of cultural and social upheaval, revolutionary gestures betray a reactionary mind-set. Many members of the modernist vanguard would tack away from a fashionable solidarity with social outcasts and toward various forms of ultranationalism, authoritarianism, even Nazism. Moreover, only in a prosperous, liberal, art-infatuated society could such a determinedly anti-social class of artists survive, or find an audience. The bourgeois worship of art had implanted in artists' minds an attitude of infallibility, according to which the imagination made its own laws. That mentality made possible the extremes of modern art."
From Alex Ross' new book, to be published in October, "The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century."
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Nine years of hard work will soon pay off for a Melbourne-based entrepreneur who is on track to launch a racing simulator in early 2015. KartSim is an online kart racing game for PC, Xbox and PlayStation 4. Founder Zach Griffin told StartupSmart he has always had an interest in racing games, but is more interested in the development side rather than playing them. "I was always a fan of Formula One growing up," he says. "In 2004 I started racing karts at a professional level at the same time as commencing a degree on game development. One of the projects was to create your own game. It merged the two interests I had and KartSim came out of it." However, the journey hasn't been an easy one. Griffin says go-karts are far more difficult to simulate than race cars, which is why there aren't many go-kart games. "The physics around them is immensely difficult," he says. "If you look at any other racing game out there like Gran Turismo or Forza, their core value proposition is to allow a player to drive a car they wouldn't necessarily experience in real life. However, the actual racing experience is quite bland. You have a corner perhaps every ten seconds, where in KartSim it is a lot more intense – you are flying through a corner every 2-3 seconds and driving at speeds of up to 150 kilometres an hour just 18 millimetres off the ground." In a show of extreme patience and dedication, it has taken Griffin two years to get the physics behind KartSim just right. In that time he had to read countless academic white papers on the physics of tyres and engines and apply those equations in a real-time gaming environment. "Resilience and persistence pays off," he says. "I think really it's about learning how to work with yourself and it's incredibly import that whenever you have a small victory you celebrate and psych yourself up for the next bit." Griffin founded his own game development company, Black Delta, in 2012. He says the startup ecosystem in Melbourne – particular for the gaming sector – is growing. "Melbourne has always been a hub for the development of racing games," he says. "The studio environment in Melbourne is beginning to grow again after it took a hit from the GFC." In 2011 Melbourne-based independent gaming company Firemonkeys Studios was bought by Electronic Arts for an undisclosed amount. Since then it has gone on to develop successful racing games such as Real Racing 3. "It is a tight knit group and people are very supportive," says Griffin. "It's good to see that startup mentality and spirit that America has always had moving towards Melbourne." Last month Griffin's business won the people's choice award at an event called The Big Pitch in Melbourne, beating 250 other applicants. "It was great to connect with other people and entrepreneurs that were there," he says. Griffin is the sole founder and points out that in his experience, it is critical entrepreneurs who are going it alone speak to other people who are going through the same thing. "Go reach out," he says. "Entrepreneurship is by its nature reasonably isolating. It's not a path where everyone else around you understands why you are doing it." Griffin is currently in discussions with potential investors and says he expects the game to be released in March next year.
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2014-2015 Fantasy Hockey Sleepers
If you want to do a little more digging yourself you should check out the official 5MFF fantasy hockey strategy guide as well as a handy primer to using advanced stats to crush your opponents. If you want to blindly trust my analysis jump ahead, I appreciate your faith.
As always sleepers are defined here as any player whose production this season should exceed the output of their draft position. So while this list may not have many obscure players, they should all be quality value picks.
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Luckily, I'm here to help. Or, more accurately, my friend Mike is here to help. Below is a list of the best of his 2014 creations. I have added a few that were floating around the internet, but these are probably 95% Mike's creations.
So although your kids may take the No. 1 spot in life's priorities these days, after naming little Katniss or baby Apollo, there's not much more important than naming your fantasy hockey team.
If nothing on this list suits your fancy check out all the fantasy hockey team names from 2013, 2012, 2011, and 2010. As always, feel free to add your own creations or anything else you find in the comments below.
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Is Montreal in Danger of Losing P.K. Subban?
Unbelievably, the two sides went to arbitration after a deal could not be worked out. Subban has asked for $8.5 million while the Canadiens have countered with $5.25 million. It is possible a long-term deal is worked out before the arbitrator hands down a decision, but if not the two sides with be bound to the one-year deal awarded by the arbitrator. Afterwards, the Habs will be unable to sign Subban to a new contract until January, 2015. Subban is eligible for unrestricted free agency in 2016.
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The real Masters & Johnson-- and their TV counterparts
It's one thing to study human sexuality in the Midwest in the 1950s. It is yet quite another to find willing participants. But William Masters and Virginia Johnson — the St. Louis-based researchers who would become famous as America's foremost sex experts of the 20th century — apparently had few problems in that regard.
"Virginia Johnson had this ability to convince people to come volunteer for the study," Thomas Maier said when I reached him by phone (what follows is an edited transcript of the conversation). A former reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, Maier wrote the 2009 non-fiction book "Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love," on which the new Showtime series is based.
"It was hilarious to interview some of the doctors who were there in the cafeteria where they're watching Virginia basically convince nurses and secretaries and faculty wives to be part of this whole study. The human heart is a very deep and unknowable thing and this was a way for some people, frankly, to express themselves sexually. Also, there were some people who saw it as going to Disneyland."
I spoke with Maier, who works as an investigative journalist at Newsday in New York, about the real-life story of Masters (who died in 2001, several years before Maier started work on the book) and Johnson (who died this past summer) and the portrayal of their lives on the Showtime drama starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan.
Though the show tends to follow real-life events as described in the book, there are a few key changes. Masters was married to someone else when he and Virginia first met. He and his first wife did indeed have infertility issues early on, though they had surmounted those by the time Virginia started work at the hospital. The show has altered this timeline pretty significantly for narrative purposes. (In fact, Masters and Johnson had children who were roughly the same age and attended school together.)
There is also this: "For the study, Bill's mother made silk masks for people to wear so they would be anonymous. So you would be having sex with a complete stranger." We don't see that on the show. Initial participants were instructed to wear bags over their heads. We don't see that either. "Eventually," Maier told me, "Bill's mother, who made the bow ties that he wore, began using that silk to make eye masks for the study. So strange!"
(Note: If the events of history qualify as a spoiler to your viewing experience, this would be the place to stop reading.)
Q: What brought you to Masters and Johnson?
A: It was a Newsday article. We had a momentary lull in the investigative group, and I was asked to do a feature about William Masters on the day of his retirement from his medical practice in 1994. So I interviewed him for a little less than an hour.
At the time I was writing a book about (child-rearing expert) Dr. Spock. And then I wrote a book about the Kennedys. But it always hung in the back of my mind that this would be a pretty interesting book: A man and a woman studying love and sex — not married; then they get married and stay together for 20 years, then they get divorced and nobody ever finds out why.
Masters was quite secretive. So was Virginia Johnson. So when I finally got around to knocking on her door 10 years later, and once I had her complete cooperation, I knew that I had a pretty good book.
Q: Was she easy to track down?
A: No! In the telephone book she was listed as Mary Masters believe it or not. And that was just a way of fobbing off reporters like us. At the time she lived in a condo not too far from the hospital in St. Louis where they did all their work, and she had the management of the building trained to tell anyone who asked that she didn't live there.
In fact, the day I came out to see her for an epic seven-hour interview, the doorman denied that she was there. And I had to call her on my cellphone and say: 'Virginia, I'm down in the lobby."
If Bill had been alive, I think he would have put the kibosh of any type of biography like mine. They had a lot of secrets. That's part of their story together.
Q: How ironic since their work was about uncovering the secrets of human sexuality.
A: To be honest, I'm proud of the fact that the book really pulls them out of the dustbin of history and kind of brushes them off so we can reappraise the importance of their work. Most people under 45 don't know who they are or what they did. It really was on its way to oblivion. But Virginia said yes, and that made all the difference.
Q: Virginia being so private, how did she feel about her story being turned into a book and then a TV series?
A: I think she was overall pretty pleased about the idea.
Her son didn't want to be involved in anything, though. He didn't want to be interviewed for the book at all. It was very painful thing for him growing up, his mother on the cover of Time magazine as the world's sex expert. It was a very difficult thing for both him and Virginia's daughter, which I discuss in the book.
Q: Did she talk about being a participant in the study as well a researcher?
A: The most sensitive and complicated regret was the origin of her and Bill's sexual relationship, which was by any standards of today clear-cut sexual harassment that would get Masters fired and sued.
Their sexual relationship started within the first year of them working together.
Q: For the purposes of the study, supposedly.
A: She told me that Masters said, "We should do this because there's all this kind of kinetic sexual energy that we're observing here and there'll be a transference" — this Freudian term — "between us and some of the participants in the study if we don't channel it correctly. So we should channel it between ourselves." So that was the rationale as she described it to me.
She felt she had been manipulated. This was her claim late in life when I interviewed her. When people get divorced sometimes they speak about their ex with a degree of bitterness that wasn't there during the good times.
We spoke quite a bit after the book came out, and in one of the conversations she said, "I guess I did really love him," which was one of those moments with her where I almost fell off the chair because, of course, my book kind of says that! But up to that point she had denied that she ever loved him.
Q: It's hard to see the let's-have-sex-for-science idea as anything but a come-on.
A: It was more diabolical than that. It wasn't, "Hey baby, let's have sex together." It was: "Virginia, I know you're reading all of this Freudian stuff. I don't really have a taste for that, I'm more of a hard science guy — but I'm going to use the language and the rationale to get you into bed."
That said, they definitely had a hot-and-heavy sexual affair during the early years of them working together.
And there's a camp that suggests she always wanted to have some type of sexual relationship with Bill.
Q: And they eventually did marry.
A: The reason they get married is because Virginia was going to get married to one of their financial patrons, a really rich guy in New York who ran a perfume company. He financed their work to find out the relationship of smell and sexuality to see if he could commercialize it.
And what happens is, Bill goes nuts. This is 1969 and 1970. They're on the cover of Time magazine, and he's realizing his ambitions. And now Virginia's telling him, "You know what? I've had enough. I want out. I want to marry this guy." It would have ended everything. She would have moved to New York and that would have been it.
Q: On the show, no one talks about birth control for the study participants.
A: That was a bit of a murky subject. Some of their later work was funded by birth control pharmaceutical firms that had various different foams and jellies that they were testing. But earlier on it wasn't clear to me how that was handled. God knows I asked.
Q: At some point the show will have to address their awful gay conversion therapy.
A: Bill actually was one of the people who helped convince the psychiatric community to stop labeling homosexuality as a disorder. So I think he took sexuality as it presented itself with each patient. I don't think he looked askance at homosexuality, per se, although I don't know if that clears up anything.
Their initial book was essentially about how the body worked. Their second book dealt with their therapies, which had an 80 percent success rate and really was the brainchild of Virginia Johnson. But their third book, which came out in 1979, was about homosexuality.
It was really an example of Masters' hubris later in his career. Virginia told me she didn't want it published. In my research, I found that there were no files about the gay conversion cases. She tried to stop its publication late in the game because there are no files for these 12 cases of gay conversion that were claimed in the book. And Bill kind of said, "Well, just make up the case studies," in so many words. I go into that further in my book too.
Q: How does it feel to watch the show and see real-life facts changed for the sake of drama?
A: I always felt that what I had to say, I said in the book — which is completely on-the-record and names the names of everyone I talked to. When you sign away the rights, you should choose well, and I think we did. It's a drama by definition. And I think (show creator) Michelle Ashford has bent over backward to incorporate as many details from the book as possible. And then there are things she made up, partly for legal reasons. The Beau Bridges character (who plays Masters' boss) is a composite of two people; in the pilot he's called Chancellor Scully and they decided to change it for legal reasons to Provost Scully.
Q: (I emailed Maier a follow-up after the most recent episode) I noticed that you post in the comments each week on Alan Sepinwall's recaps over at Hitfix.com.
A: I think the audience really likes to compare the book and the series, both the similarities and the differences.
It's been fun to do and a reminder how much smart criticism can make you think about a show and enjoy it even more. The show is, of course, Michelle Ashford's baby but she's always welcomed my ideas and comments. So as long as I respect the creative boundaries and don't appear as too much of a cheerleader, I think folks like the insider comments.
I usually write something right after watching the new episode, when I'm most jazzed up by what I've seen. His audience is very sophisticated, so the comments are usually very insightful. If my insider comments about the real-life Bill and Virginia make the whole experience more enjoyable — and they run out and buy my book on Amazon, lol! — then I'm delighted as an author to be part of it.
"Masters of Sex" airs at 9 p.m. Sundays on Showtime. It is based on the non-fiction book by Thomas Maier "Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love." The Season 1 finale airs Dec. 15.
Orson Welles in Illinois
Born in Kenosha but raised in an around the Chicago area, as a preteen and teen Orson Welles attended the Todd School for Boys in Woodstock, where he first began dabbling in theater. A festival celebrating his Illinois ties is scheduled for next May in Woodstock ("Orson Welles Weekend: Creative Genius From the Beginning"), and organizers are looking to raise more than $15,000 on Kickstarter by Dec. 1. The fest will spotlight Welles scholars as well as screenings of his films. For more info go to Kickstarter.com.
Music Box purchase
William Schopf, owner of the Music Box Theatre, is in the process of acquiring the retail space to the north of the cinema where White Birch Trading Co. currently resides. The property came on the market only recently and unexpectedly. According to Rob Walton, the cinema's publicist, Schopf moved quickly to buy it but has not yet decided how the additional space will be used. (The sale does not close until January.) In theory, the storefront could be repurposed as office space, an expanded lobby or possibly another auditorium.
Double features
To celebrate its 30th anniversary the Music Box is reverting back to a double-feature repertory house for two weeks (through Dec. 5) in homage to the cinema's beginnings. The theme for Friday's lineup is mistaken identities, with "North By Northwest" and "The Big Lebowski." Go to musicboxtheatre.com.
Mind control through math
Shot in Iowa City, "The Formula" centers on a pair of engineering grad students who devise a math formula for mind control — which they then use in their romantic fumblings. The makers of the formula are men, and (perhaps not surprisingly) copious womanizing ensues in this romantic comedy from directors Joe Clarke and Tim Nash, who will be at Saturday's screening at Chicago Filmmakers. Go to chicagofilmmakers.org.
HBO alert
"Getting On," HBO's newest Sunday night comedy, premieres 9 p.m. this week starring Steppenwolf ensemble member Laurie Metcalf and Highland Park native Alex Borstein, who play members of a hospital staff juggling the demands of extended care patients. Also in the cast is former Chicagoan Irma P. Hall.Copyright © 2014, Hartford Courant


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I'm bored, and this could be good practice. At the moment I'm working on some big stories, but they seem to be all over the place and I might need to start again from scratch (from what the protagonist and antagonist wants).
Right now I thought I'd try to fit some classic stories into the Hero's Journey story structure I posted a while ago.
The Wizard of Oz
Ordinary World: Dorothy lives in Kansas with her Aunty Em and other relatives (I never paid attention to this so I don't want to get it wrong). She is afraid the neighbor will take her dog Toto away and have him killed. To prevent this from happening, Dorothy runs away from home, but then returns when she is convinced her family is worried about her.
The Call to Adventure: A twister reaches the farm Dorothy lives on, but Dorothy arrives too late to get safely in the shelter. She looks for her family inside the house, but Dorothy is trapped as the house is lifted into the sky by the wind.
Mentor/Supernatural Aid: Dorothy arrives in Oz. She is stranded there. The Good Witch of the North explains the situation to her (the whole good witch, evil witch thing and having to see the wizard for assistance) and offers her help (well sort of).
Crossing the First Threshold: Dorothy sets off down the yellow brick road to get to the Emerald City where the wizard lives. She hopes the wizard will be able to get her back to Kansas. The Wicked Witch of the West pursues Dorothy to get the ruby slippers from her.
Tests, Allies and Enemies: Dorothy meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodsman and the Cowardly Lion on her travels down the yellow brick road. They join Dorothy on her journey as supporting characters, hoping the wizard will also be able to fulfill their desires. They reach the Emerald City despite the traps and intimidation of the Wicked Witch. The characters see the wizard to fulfill their requests, but the wizard will only do so if they bring him the broomstick of the Wicked Witch of the West.
Approach to the Inmost Cave: Although it is dangerous, they all go to the dark forest to get the Wicked Witch's broomstick. Dorothy is temporarily captured and her new friends have to sneak into the castle of the Wicked Witch to rescue her.
The Ordeal: The Wicked Witch discovers them and chases the protagonists through the castle with her armies (at least that's what I remember). Dorothy accidentally defeats the witch by splashing water on her, causing her to melt to death.
The Reward: Fortunately the witch's guards don't care that a girl has just killed their leader and hail Dorothy as a hero. She gets the witch's broomstick as a reward.
The Road Back: Dorothy and her friends bring the broomstick back to the wizard, however things are not as they seem. The wizard is not really a wizard, but a man. He does not have magical power, however he gives the Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman and Cowardly Lion gifts that are adequate substitutes for their desires. He offers to take Dorothy home himself using a hot air balloon.
Resurrection: The hot air balloon leaves without Dorothy by accident and she is left stranded again. Luckily the Good Witch of the North appears and tells Dorothy she can go home just by clicking her slippers together, because she has learnt the lesson she needed to learn (or something like that…you could also see this alternate ending)
Return with the Elixir: Dorothy wakes up in her house surrounded by her family and her journey was apparently all a dream (although in the book it really happened for her).
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There are many excellent automotive museums nationwide – Ford people are probably familiar with perhaps the best, The Henry Ford in Dearborn – but on the West Coast the tip of the hat has to go to The Petersen Automotive Museum.
Founded by Hot Rod magazine publisher Robert E. Petersen and his wife Margie in the mid-'90s, the Petersen has a stellar collection of cars, motorcycles and all things related to the automobile and American car culture. On two levels of the 300,000-square-foot museum (which takes up an entire city block in the Los Angeles Miracle Mile area near Beverly Hills) you can see approximately 150 different vehicles on display, ranging from famous movie cars and classics to historic hot rods and significant designs from vehicle manufacturers around the world. But there are many more vehicles, around 400 total, in the museum's collection. Where are the cars that are not on display? They're kept in The Vault, which is a nice way to say they're in the basement storage warehouse, underneath the museum's main floor.
Housed here in a dimly lit storage area are all the vehicles that either were on display at one point or are set to go on display eventually, as well as others that have never been on display and may not be anytime soon. Examples of vehicles currently in the vault include the spectacular one-of-one 1925/34 "Round Door" Rolls-Royce Phantom I Aerodynamic Coupe, a Ferrari given to Henry Ford II by Enzo Ferrari, a rare Jaguar XKSS formerly owned by actor Steve McQueen and a 1939 Bugatti given to the Shah of Iran as a wedding present. A wide variety of hot rods, musclecars, Hollywood vehicles, exotics, vehicles used by heads of state, motorcycles and even a Popemobile are housed in the vault.
The bad news is that the public cannot get into The Vault. The good news is that Ford Social pulled some strings and got a private tour of the place so we could show you the treasures housed there. And when we say treasures, we mean it. Not just for what's down there, as you read above, but also for the feeling you have when you're there. Access to The Vault is through the elevator in the highly polished and beautiful main lobby, but you need a special key to make it go down into the bowels of the museum. When the elevator doors open, the sight is completely different from what it was upstairs. You step into a fairly cramped, dark area surrounded by even darker hallways and chain link-fenced storage enclosures, and you sense there are hundreds of spider webs just waiting for you to walk face-first into (there aren't any).
The climate-controlled, guarded vault is housed behind a set of doors, which when opened made us feel like we were in the final scene of "Raiders of the Lost Ark," with rows and rows of storage that seem to go on forever. The first car we saw was the incredible Round Door Rolls sitting next to Mr. Petersen's personal Bentley Turbo R, while beyond them were Ferraris, French Delahayes and a bunch more, some of them unidentifiable, hidden beneath their plain car covers. Of special interest to Ford fans is a collection of historic Blue Ovals, including a one-of-four, left-hand-drive Ford GT40, classic Mustangs, T-birds, Model Ts and As and a large group of Ford hot rods that have won the America's Most Beautiful Roadster trophy, the most prestigious award in hot rodding. The other Ford divisions—Lincoln, Mercury and even Edsel—are represented as well.
Touring the vault is like walking through Heaven's parking garage. Just when you think you've seen it all, another vehicle pokes its nose out of the darkness and surprises you yet again. There are no velvet ropes to keep you away from them; only the enthusiast's respect for the history makes them untouchable (even though we did run a gentle hand over the roof of that lovely GT40—don't tell anyone!).


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MA sweeps rival Kirk
By BARRY BURLESON
The Marshall Academy Lady Patriots never trailed Friday night at Kirk and stunned the higher-ranked Lady Raiders.
Kelsey Shaw and Callie Clanton combined for six threes as MA beat the district foe 35-27.
The Kirk girls entered with a number three ranking in Class AA, according to the Clarion-Ledger, while the Lady Pats were tabbed fifth in last week's poll.
"That was one of the best defensive efforts by one of my teams in a long time," coach Craig Dailey said. "The kids completely shut down their sets. This was a huge win for our girls. It puts us in the driver's seat in the district.
"This is one of three (versus Kirk) if we both end up in the district championship again, and each one will be more important. But this one was a shot in the arm for my girls. Now they (Kirk) get to chase us."
It was Emma Elgin's three that gave Marshall a 7-2 advantage at the end of the third period.
Then Clanton and Shaw caught fire in the second quarter, each hitting two threes to push the lead to 19-10. MA was up 21-10 at the halfway point.
Kirk cut the deficit to 23-15 at the end of the third period. But Shaw added two more long-range bombs in the fourth quarter to up the score to 31-17.
The Lady Pats went on to win by eight.
Shaw led the way with 14 points. Clanton had 12.
"Kelsey has had a tremendous first half of the season and tonight was one of her best," coach Craig Dailey said. "Callie hit several huge baskets and completely shut down their best guard. This was definitely her best all-around game of the year.
"Megan (Anderson), Lauralee (Fant) and Emma all had big plays on both ends of the floor. Lane (Cunningham) played their post star straight up and held her to one field goal."
In the late game, the Marshall boys struggled a bit in the early going before routing the Raiders 65-30.
All 11 Patriots scored. The only one in double digits was Matt Rappa with 11. Taylor Maurey added nine, Chase Ferrell and Jordan Brock eight apiece and Andy Burleson seven.
"Matt has steadily been improving his play and tonight was one of his best all-around games," Dailey said. "He has really developed his skills and his mental game.
"Taylor, Chase, Andy and Jordan all contributed in a balanced team effort.
"Cliff (McCain) has done a good job with that Kirk group and they will get better and better as the year goes on."
After trailing 4-3 two minutes into the game at Grenada, MA pulled in front 19-12 after one period.
Buckets from Mitch Gholson and Kevin Fitzpatrick in the last minute of the half gave the Pats a 32-20 lead at the intermission.
Marshall tucked away the victory in the third by going up by 25 (47-22) at the end of the quarter.
Vince Hoyt closed out the scoring with a three and the Patriots won by 35.
Both Marshall squads improved to 2-0 in District 1-AA play.
MA vs. St. Benedict
The Marshall Lady Patriots led 2-0 Saturday night over St. Benedict at Auburndale in neighboring Tennessee but it was all Lady Eagles after that.
Big school SBA coasted to the 47-18 win.
"Ouch – their strengths went to our weaknesses and made for a long night," Coach Dailey said.
MA trailed 18-5 after one quarter, 32-8 at the half and 42-10 following three periods.
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scored six points each for the Lady Patriots (10-8).
"We are looking forward to a week off to enjoy the holidays and the come back to get ready for the Brookhaven Tournament," he said. "I'm extremely proud of my girls. They have arrived at Christmas break tested and ready for district competition."
The Marshall boys kept battling and battling in their game at St. Benedict. They rallied from a 14-point deficit in the second half to tie the game before falling 64-57.
"They stuck us," Coach Dailey said. "I don't believe we will face a more athletic team.
"I feel good even in the loss. At the break we have a solid record versus this tough schedule and haven't lost in the MAIS (Mississippi Association of Independent Schools). Brookhaven will be a huge barometer for us."
The game was tied at 4 at the 4:11 mark of the first quarter but the Eagles went on a 10-3 run to close the period with a 14-7 lead.
St. Benedict increased the margin to 23-12 with 1:08 to go in the first half. MA's Jordan Brock scored off a steal and teammate Peyton Lewis drilled a three at the half-time horn. MA was down 25-17 at the recess.
The Pats fell behind 35-21 midway through the third. But Joey Omedeo, Brad Bennett, Kevin Fitzpatrick and Ferrell sparked a run that sliced the deficit to 41-38 at the end of the period.
Omedeo's three tied the game at 43 with 7:15 remaining. But then Marshall committed four consecutive turnovers that led to St. Benedict baskets.
At the 5:07 mark, the Patriots trailed 55-43.
Brock and Gholson hit threes down the stretch to cut the final margin to seven.
Fitzpatrick finished with 14 points, while Bennett scored 10, Ferrell eight and Omedeo seven.
"Kevin had huge game on both ends of the floor," Dailey said. "He brought us back in the second half and gets better each time out. Brad came off the bench to play well under pressure. Joey hit some huge shots and made some big hustle plays to help bring us back."
Marshall's record went to 13-4 at the Christmas break. The Patriots are ranked fifth in Class AA by the Clarion-Ledger.
"I'm proud of this group of boys," Dailey said. "Every kid I put on the floor has proven to be willing to pay the extra price it takes to obtain our goals. That's pretty uncommon in today's times."
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-nods hesitantly to the first comment- It's going really well actually. I got him to see my personal physician and then we're going to head out for patrol once he's healed enough.
*Chuckles at the nod* He let a doctor get near him? That's a surprise. *Frowns a little* Is he ok?
He was very stubborn, yeah. It was surprising. However it's my private doctor, he knows my secret identity, I think that helped. Not to mention I assured him that he wouldn't do more than check for pulled muscles. He's fine. A um… magic anon made him…. cum every time someone said his name… and he may have pulled muscled in his stomach.
Wait! A magic anon did what? Pffftt *Begins to laugh hysterically, After a moment wipes a tear from his eye* Well at least he's not really injured.


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Bates Technical College employees and students will brave cold temperatures during the morning hours of Thursday, Dec. 6 and Friday, Dec. 7 to help raise funds for Bates students in need at the 21st annual Holiday Food and Toy Drive.
The college's Fire Service program will light up Yakima Avenue from 11th to Earnest S. Brazill streets with ladder and fire trucks and join volunteers to help canvass the area and collect cash donations from 6:30-10 a.m. Throughout the two-day fundraiser, Fire Service students will continue the annual tradition of performing push-ups for donations.
This year, the college has partnered with Fred Meyer to provide one ready-made holiday meal per recipient. Event organizers will also use funds to purchase gift cards at a toy store. Last year, the drive raised more than $10,000, which organizers used to purchase food and gift cards for about 175 students.


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Seems Nicolas Cage is finally over that whole "financial ruin" thing -- 'cause dude just dropped TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS on a steak knife in Alaska ... TMZ has learned.
Nic was chillin' in Anchorage Wednesday -- when he rolled into a bad ass custom blade shop called Northern Knives.
We're told Cage fell in love with a Don Dezarn original -- which featured MAMMOTH IVORY in the handle and a patriotic bald eagle engraved onto the 4-inch blade.
The knife is primarily used as a decorative piece, and one knife expert tells us it's common for people to wear similar blades as a holstered accessory with a "nice suit."
Knife experts tell us ... $2,000 is pretty reasonable for a knife of that caliber. But the crazy part ... Nic told people inside he plans to use his fancy shank to cut his steak!!!
Chew on that.
Only an ignorant pig would buy ivory products.
cool purchase - lots of jealous homos in this thread.
NUFFSAID.....so we do sell ivory here....it is legal and a way of life. As far as what he spent....is it anyone's business how he spends his money? How would you like it if we posted all over the internet one of you owes credit card bills, late car payments, ect then gossiped about you buying an xbox???same thing and very immature. Nic is a great actor and has given us many hours of entertainment. He has been very nice to the Anchorage residents. His purchase helps our local economy. Thank you Nic Alaska Loves You!!!!!
He's weird. Has he ever paid all his back taxes?
Regarding all the comments about the ivory. I wear a hand carved hawaiian fish hook made from ivory. It is NOT ILLEGAL to purchase ivory. Boone's in Washington state sells ivory for scrimshaw that pre-dates the 1972 C.I.T.E.S. Ban. In Alaska it is part of the culture to scrimshaw. It is not legal for a non-native to buy and sell raw ivory. They scrimshaw and sell it which is legal. You people need to do your research as you all sound ignorant making statements without knowing the laws. YES WE WEAR FUR, HUNT, AND EAT WILD GAME TOO!!!! What is the difference between eating cow meat and wild game? (game tastes better and isn't full of steroids and antibiotics). What is the difference between the leather belts and shoes you wear and our boots? Long before all the stores and faux fur society killed and ate wild game, used the fur for clothing, used the bones (ivory included0 to make tools. Many villages still live life as they did over a hundred years ago. If you want to see real cruelty go to a slaughter house and watch how they shock a cow then bash their head in with a sledgehammer. That is the steak, hamburger, and ribs you eat ...purchased from a store. Jello comes from a cow, ivory is a tooth from an animal that can be found where seals live, where walrus' live, where a whale beaches its self to die. Natives use the entire kill and don't waste anything. Educate yourselves before you go on about something you know nothing about. Remember many of us live life the way we have for generations. There is nothing wrong with that.
Umm you idiots complaining about ivory know that MAMMOTHS are extinct right? if he was buying items made out of elephant ivory I would agree with you but damn, read the damn title.
Seems the man has a thick skull and doesn't learn from his mistakes. Casein point blowing money on things in stead of being fiscally responsible and marrying over and over again and he still seems a miserable creatur
Awesome! Northern Knives is a great little shop! So cool I buy my knives from the same place as Nick Cage!
Wonder if he paid all of his back taxes yet?
I think Nicolas has the right idea, USE the damn thing for practical purpose. Don't just let it sit around and become a dust collector! Once again Nicky is using his head! Way to go hun.
A loner dressed in black? buying a knife? is this hollywood's idea of a publicity stunt?
He avoids Access Hollywood, the Red Carpet events, His anti-social personality comes through Loud and clear.
A loner dressed in black? buying a steak knife? Hollywood Hype is this?
He avoids Access Hollywood, the red carpet events, and turns to anti-social behavior publicity. yea, o.k.
Mammoth; extinct. As another person wrote; read the headline. Enough said about that. The situation I find disturbing here is; why would the owner of the shop turn on his customer? This is no different than the tattoo shop owner in New Orleans. Why on earth would they turn over their private security cameras to media like this? Do they not want this man's business anymore? I don't have a business of my own, I'm a math teacher, and I find this kind of disloyal treatment of these business owners unethical. Did they make money from these pictures and videos? What has happened to integrity? Or, were they forced by some court order to hand over these pictures? Does anyone know the truth? I'm just curious, and saddened how easily people will turn on others for a buck. Just imagine if I went around talking to people about my students. Shouldn't we all be held to a higher standard? Lastly, if Mr. Cage gave these shop owners his blessing, then I stand corrected.
@nuffsaid: Yes, as in mammoth tusks. From the extinct animal. Since they are extinct, none of them are being hunted, it's all from skeletons and frozen carcasses. So there wasn't 'nuffsaid, Nuffsaid. :P As for the cost, one can get 3 or 4 pounds of mammoth ivory for maybe 500 to 600 bucks?
WTF this stupid loser... he sucks at acting he's ugly as hell AND he's evil enough to buy ivory...I hate all of his stupid movies...A-HOLE!


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By Malcolm V. Venolia
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The California Constitution mandates restitution for victims of crimes who suffered losses absent compelling and extraordinary reasons to the contrary. Cal. Constitution, Art. 1, sec. 28. The amount of restitution to be awarded must be "sufficient to fully reimburse the victim or victims for
every determined economic loss
incurred as the result of the defendant's criminal conduct." Penal Code Section 1202.4(f)(3) (emphasis added). This restitution statute includes a nonexclusive list of several types of economic loss for which restitution is to be ordered.
In juvenile criminal cases, courts are required to order restitution "sufficient to fully reimburse the victim or victims for
all determined economic losses
as the result of the minor's conduct." Welfare & Institutions Code Section 730.6(h) (emphasis added). Though the language of the two sections is slightly different, both require sentencing courts to order restitution for economic losses caused by crime without any exceptions.
This article and self-study test review the rules for calculating restitution found in statutes and caselaw specific to different types of losses caused by crimes.
Regarding stolen or damaged property, the Penal Code allows for compensation of the victim with either the replacement cost of like property or the actual cost of repair where repair is possible. Penal Code Section 1202.4(f)(3)(A). The replacement cost is specifically for "like property," which means not the retail price for a new item, but the cost of replacing the stolen item with another in the same age and condition.
People v. Thygesen
, 69 Cal. App. 4th 988 (1999). So the actual cost incurred by the victim in replacing the stolen item, whether new or used, is only a guide to the court in valuing the stolen item. If the victim chooses to have a damaged item repaired, the cost of repair awarded as restitution can exceed the replacement cost.
People v. Stanley
, 54 Cal. 4th 734 (2012).
Theft of cash or any assets which could be invested requires an additional calculation. Interest is to be charged at the rate of 10 percent per annum from the date of sentence or loss as determined by the court. Penal Code Section 1202.4(f)(3)(G). The 10 percent rate is fixed and is not to be adjusted to reflect actual interest rates.
Where the value of stolen assets rises after the offense, courts should order restitution using the increased value.
People v. Tucker
, 37 Cal. App. 4th 1 (1995). In
, the defendant had embezzled mutual fund shares from a trust fund. By the time the defendant was sentenced, the mutual fund shares had appreciated in value by 99.75 percent, and restitution was based on the value at time of sentence.
When the theft victim is a retail business, the replacement cost for stolen inventory will ordinarily be based on the wholesale price.
People v. Chappelone
, 183 Cal. App. 4th 1159 (2010). Restitution based on lost sales at the retail price would be justified if the stolen items were unique or if the victim could show sales to the public were lost because of the theft. If stolen goods are recovered, restitution must be based on any loss in value in those items resulting from the theft.
Theft of cattle involves different restitution considerations than inanimate property. Though restitution will not ordinarily be awarded for any cows which are recovered, courts will calculate restitution for loss of calves born while the cows were out of the owner's possession.
People v. Baker
, 126 Cal. App. 4th 463 (2005). In
, the court had no evidence how many calves were actually borne to the stolen cows. But the court accepted the assumption that all the stolen cows would have had calves every year they were in the defendant's possession because the owners would not have retained any cows which were not productive. To estimate the dollar lost per calf, the court used an average of sales prices for calves obtained by the defendant for the prior year. The loss amount for the calves was quadrupled pursuant to Food & Agriculture Code Section 21855.
Other Crimes
Restitution is to be awarded for wages or profits lost due to any injury caused by crime. Penal Code Section 1202.4(f)(3)(D). Specifically, a victim's lost commission income is to be based on an average of the commissions received during the 12 month period prior to the date of the crime, unless good cause for a shorter time is shown.
Using average wages or profits from the year prior to the offense are also to be used to estimate losses for parents of crime victims who are minors who lose work in caring for their child's crime-related injuries. Penal Code Section 1202.4(f)(3)(E).
The value of time spent by salaried employees repairing or responding to criminal damage is to be included in restitution awards even though this is not an out-of-pocket expense.
In re Johnny M.
, 100 Cal. App. 4th 1128 (2002) upheld the lower court award of restitution for the time of salaried employees, including the cost of their benefits, in repairing criminal damage at a public school.
In instances where crime victims are found to have contributed to their injuries, courts can reduce the amount of restitution awarded using the contributory negligence doctrine. For example, in
People v. Millard
, 175 Cal. App. 4th 7 (2009), the victim in a driving under the influence-related collision was found to be 25 percent responsible for the collision and the restitution award for his medical damages was reduced by that percentage. The Court of Appeal recently held that reduction of restitution using comparative fault principles is never mandatory, even when a criminal conviction is based on a defendant's criminal negligence or recklessness.
People v. Watson
, 220 Cal. App. 4th 313 (2013).
Restitution for crimes can include any economic losses suffered by family members of the victim. The Penal Code defines victims entitled to restitution as including "the immediate surviving family of the actual victim." Penal Code Section 1202.4(k)(1). The extended family including grandparents, parents, grandchildren and siblings are entitled to restitution as well provided they were living in the same household as the victim at the time of the offense. Penal Code Section 1202.4(k)(3). People not related to the victim, but who lived in the same household for at least two years, can also be included if they had a relationship to the victim similar to that of the listed types of relations.
In adjudicating crimes resulting in death, this broad definition of victim will often require courts to estimate how much the decedent would have earned had the offense not happened. Such an award for the surviving spouse in a vehicular manslaughter case was upheld by the California Supreme Court in
People v. Giordano
, 42 Cal. 4th 644 (2007). The lower court had awarded $167,711.65 in restitution calculated using a three year average of the victim's earnings, multiplied over an estimated five years the victim would have been able to work had he lived.
Restitution awards for loss of future income are now to be reduced to account for the time value of money. In a recent appeal from a driving under the influence conviction, the injured victim asked to be compensated for a reduction in the amount of his pension by $246.50 per month which had been caused by his inability to continue working after his injuries.
People v. Pangan
, 213 Cal. App. 4th 574 (2013). The sentencing judge awarded restitution for the full monthly amount multiplied over 24 years which came to approximately $70,000. The Court of Appeal reversed, pointing out that the current value of an income stream is significantly less than the eventual total amount.
at 581-82. The methods to use in discounting restitution awards for loss of future income were not set forth in the decision.
Relocation expenses are specifically listed in the Penal Code's restitution statute, but law enforcement is required to verify that the expenses were incurred as a result of the offense. Penal Code Section 1202.4(f)(3)(I). In
People v. Mearns
, 97 Cal. App. 4th 493 (2002), the victim was awarded the difference in price between the sale of her original motor home ($13,000) and purchase of a new home ($26,575) even though the victim admitted the sale price she received was lower than what she could have received had she not been rushing to get out. The appellate court did not require any reduction of the award to what a "like property" would have cost.
Restitution for possession or manufacture of counterfeit recordings or audiovisual works is now governed by Penal Code Section 1202.4(r) amended effective Jan. 1, 2013. Prior to this amendment, courts attempted to determine the value of legitimate sales lost by sellers of copyright-protected items, based on an estimate of actual sales of counterfeit goods by the defendant.
People v. Garcia
, 194 Cal. App. 4th 612 (2011). Under
, any counterfeit merchandise seized from defendants was not considered a basis for a restitution award. Now, under Penal Code Section 1202.4(r), courts are to base restitution on the number of counterfeit items "involved in the offense" valued at the wholesale cost of lawfully made versions of the same items. So the total number of counterfeit discs or other types of recordings or audiovisual works as defined in Penal Code Section 653w, whether seized or not, is now to be used in calculating restitution.
Calculation Issues
In cases where the dollar amount of the losses caused by a criminal offense is uncertain, the general rule is that courts can "use any rational method of fixing the amount of restitution which is reasonably calculated to make the victim whole." See
People v. Ortiz
, 53 Cal. App. 4th 791 (1997). This standard has been relied on in upholding restitution awards based on extrapolation from a sample in utility theft cases. In
People v. Goulart
, 224 Cal. App. 3d 71 (1990), total loss was estimated using the amount stolen in one month when a line meter was placed on defendant's property and multiplying that amount by the estimated number of months of the theft. That this calculation was performed without taking account of seasonal variations in energy usage or any principles of extrapolation was found to be consistent with the "any rational method" standard. In
People v. Phu
, 179 Cal. App. 4th 280 (2009), the estimated loss amount was calculated for the entire duration of the utility contract. This was found to be rational under the standard even though there was no evidence specifically showing when the theft began.
There is one exception to the rule that restitution is only for economic losses. The restitution statute specifies that victims of felony violations of Penal Code Section 288 (child molestation) can be awarded restitution for noneconomic losses including psychological harm. Penal Code Section 1202.4(f)(3)(F). This statute was found not to violate state or federal equal protection provisions in
People v. Smith
, 198 Cal. App. 4th 415 (2011). The court in
, upheld an award of $750,000 for mental distress suffered by a child molestation victim calculated at $50,000 per year for 15 years of abuse.
Criminal defendants have the right to contest any proposed restitution amount in a court hearing. Penal Code Section 1202.4(f)(1). The standard of proof to be used at restitution hearings is preponderance of the evidence.
People v. Holmburg
, 195 Cal. App. 4th 1310 (2011). Any statement by a property owner as to the dollar amount lost is considered prima facie evidence and shifts the burden to the defendant to disprove the claimed losses.
People v. Gemelli
, 161 Cal. App. 4th 1539 (2008). When setting restitution amounts, courts are required to make a clear statement of the calculation method they used and how that method justified the amount ordered.
People v. Giordano
, 42 Cal. 4th 644 (2007).
Malcolm V. Venolia
, deputy California attorney general.
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