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So… yeah. #250, and the first (I think) completely self-contained strip in a rather long time, although it might help if you have even a passing familiarity with American Girl dolls (particularly the "Just Like You" line) and with the existence of the Kit Kittredge: An American Girl movie starring Abigal Breslin (in limited release now, opening nationwide on July 2nd). That being the case, if you're a boy and you don't get this strip, I wouldn't really stress out about it. Really.
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Anyway, so #250. It's not really a milestone, just a round number. As many of you know, there are a handful of other strips not in the archives, in the first Multiplex eBook and a one or two as-yet-uncollected ones from the upcoming second eBook (yes, I'm waaaaay behind, I know), so this is really not the 250th Multiplex strip.
The next real milestone for me will be the third anniversary, which is right around the corner, on July 10th — but I guess some people still think the round-numbers thing is pretty cool, so thank you for reading all the same.
By the way, despite my promise (to myself) that I won't be going to any comic book conventions until I have a frickin' comic book to sell, it turns out I will be appearing at this year's Wizard World Chicago after all — on Saturday (June 28) only. It's kind of an unoffical appearance, so I won't be in the program book, but you will be able to find me at Tom Brazelton's booth (#4308) in Artist's Alley, alongside Joe Dunn at the Digital Pimp booth (#4310). Stop by, introduce yourself, and I'll draw a crappy little picture for you… by hand, even.
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Review: Coherence (2013)
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Written and directed by James Ward Byrkit.
Starring Emily Foxler, Hugo Armstrong, Nicholas Brendon, Elizabeth Gracen, Lauren Maher, Alex Manugian, Lorene Scafaria, and Maury Sterling.
A new Patreon backer at the $50 level opted out of the usual reward of a plug in the "Become a Multiplex Patron" box (above, on the website), asking instead for me to plug the 2013 indie science fiction filmCoherence (with which he is not affiliated). I was happy to oblige, and so "A fan of Coherence" — a.k.a. The Patron, as I'll refer to him from here out — is, for the duration of his patronage, among Multiplex's supporters. (And, yes, I will review just about any movie a $50 backer asks me to.)
What really got my interest in the film (aside from being asked very nicely to see it) was that The Patron compared it to Shane Carruth's Primer, one of the best no-budget sci-fi movies ever made. I can definitely see the comparison: both are decidedly low-budget films with small casts and a science-fictiony premise. I feel like seeing the film fairly blind is probably the best, so I won't summarize the plot beyond the premise of eight friends having a dinner party when a comet passes over and Strange Things Happen, but I don't think I'm quite as enthusiastic as The Patron.
Unfortunately, the "go in as blind as you can" suggestion means I feel like I need to be pretty vague. Some clunky (and largely unnecessary) exposition gets spat out early on, which tried my patience a bit, but it gets fun as the plot gets rolling. And the plot is definitely the star of the film, not the largely forgettable cast of affluent, Southern California white people or the dialogue, which often feels improvised (in that it neither pushes the story forward nor reveals character, as good dialogue ought to).
Despite some genuinely terrifically creepy or suspenseful moments in the film, a handful of contrived plot points hold it back from being much more than a fun genre flick for me, but I found myself wondering what would happen next — almost up to the very end. A late turn in the film got more of an eye-roll from me than the shock that I think it was supposed register. As always, your mileage may vary, but the film's merits make it well worth a viewing, particularly for science fiction fans suffering from blockbuster fatigue.
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This year marks the 85th anniversary of the introduction of the Ford Model A. During the week of June 24th, over 800 of them descended on Lexington for the 2013 Model A Restorer's Club (MARC) national meeting. Despite numerous storms that rolled through Central KY during the week, spirits were high and your humble author, a Chevrolet man through and through, learned a thing or two about the car that replaced the Model T. (Read More…)
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Place for the renegade artist witch to throw up the stuff that makes the heart pump. Art. Doodles. Funny shit. Epic things. You get the picture.
No offence, but if you were to serve me this bread, I would politely ask for you to trim the top off and give me the edge piece near the water mark.
None taken, especially since I don't recall inviting you to my table.
Can someone be kind enough to direct me to a credible resource where I can learn about this more (menstrual blood and altar food)?
Guys, she's looking for a ~*~credible resource~*~ on this shit - anyone wanna help a "blossoming Witch who one day plans on exploring shamanism in her much later years" out?
Well, Miss Dirty… you finally got me to break my bloggin' Hiatus. Many thanks to you and your glorious, bloody, bread.
If you read nothing else for the rest of the year, you have to read it.
Love Scylla and Ms. Dirty and that beautiful anointed bread. And I spy with my little eye some harpies that are most definitely not invited to my table. Doesn't matter if you find it palatable or safe (and since when is witchcraft, let alone shamanism very safe?) - you hush and learn something when the grownups are talking.
I've been thinking about this phenomena of goslings getting all ruffled and having to exclaim loudly "Ewww! I'd NEVER do that!" or whatever gems of eloquence come about. Does it give them a thrill you think? Does it somehow make them feel like they've separated themselves, that they are a safe distance from the unacceptable? Or is it some shallow attempt to put the unacceptable in it's place?
Either way it seems rather fruitless.
Actually the more I think on it, the more I think it's a instinctual response to that their curiosity or mere presence to the unacceptable isn't interpreted as participation. I remember this rather distinctly from my days of self-hatred of all things to do with my bodily functions. If I distanced my self from it by declaring it filth then the filth would not be associated with me. It's understandable in that light.
Anyways enough hypothetical ramblings on other people's motivations lol.
I continue to say it is a beautiful image of what is no doubt by now beautiful bread. And if it ain't your cup of tea then don't put menstrual blood on your bread. Easy as that folks.


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I am amazed at what can happen in such a short period of time. The last time I wrote, I was basically homeless, living in a travel trailer, and the end was not in sight…literally! Tonight is a different story altogether!
On July 9, 2014, which was a Wednesday night, a message in tongues went out in my church and the interpretation was as follows:
Now is not the time to back up. Stand your ground. I have picked a place for you. Stand and see it through!
That day I had looked at houses with hubby and we found nothing! We ended up yipping at each other out of frustration. He was frustrated with me because I was ready to compromise our dream and I was mad at him because he wanted to stand his ground and not face 'reality'. I did not think he was facing the reality of our economic situation and he didn't think I was placing my faith in God as it should be. Guess who was right? You got it! HUBBY!!
When I heard that prophecy from someone who had no idea what had happened that day, there was no doubt God was speaking to me. There was hope and a light at the end of the dark tunnel, as God put it that night in another interpretation.
The next night I heard from a cousin I had not seen in over 32 years! We had reconnected on Facebook and talk from time to time. This particular night when I got online, a private message popped up almost immediately from her. She wanted to know if hubby and I were still looking for a house in the country. I sent a resounding, 'YES' back to her and it was on!
She told me of a beautiful 4.5 acre property with a large and gorgeous house in the center of it. It has a yard full of gorgeous Oak trees with a beautiful 'Ranch' style house! It is everything I had wanted and asked God for. It also had some extras I didn't think about like an outdoor kitchen with a covered patio with a big screen television to boot! I had not even stepped into the house yet! All this greeted me outside before I ever got to the door!
When I saw the house it was instantly 'home'. Every room I asked God for was there and more besides. Gorgeous cabinets, kitchen island, and the kitchen was such Paula Deen would even be jealous of!
Why would I expect anything less? God, Himself picked this house out for us!! How great is our God!! Stay tuned for more on this story and pictures!! I have a feeling it isn't over yet and will only get better!
17 "Now, get ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them or I will cause you to cower before them.
The Message (MSG)
17 "But you—up on your feet and get dressed for work! Stand up and say your piece. Say exactly what I tell you to say. Don't pull your punches or I'll pull you out of the lineup.
I had to put this scripture from these two different versions because they are both so rich and really tell it like it is. I remember when God first called me to be a speaker years ago. Noboby was more surprised than I was! The door opened on a women's ministry at a very large church. The lady that had headed this ministry was moving to another state. I will never forget, she came and sat by me and said, "Juliana, you are supposed to see to this ministry while I am away." "Oh, noooooo!!" I thought to myself. Suddenly, the devil showed up and started yakking in my ear! "You can't do this! You have a hard enough time getting the occasional message, you can't get one once a week for sure! And think about how nervous you get! You literally feel your feet shaking in your shoes!" I thought about all these EXCUSES! I looked at her and told her, "You have the wrong woman! I am too nervous and scared to do this!" She looked at me as she rose with a slight smile on her face and shocked my socks off with what she had the audacity to say! "Good! Fear will keep you humble!"
As it turned out, two other women were supposed to be speaking as well. I would take one Wednesday and they would take a Wednesday. They both backed out and left me holding the Bible! I went to God and I began to gripe about those women! "Father, here you are moving your servant off and NOBODY is willing to step up to the plate and do this! This is pitiful! What is wrong with your children?? Where is the boldness, the courage, the gratitude in being given a gift to be used?? I don't have this gift!! Not one test I have taken on the gifts EVER said I was supposed to be a speaker! You know when I get scared, I can't even think straight much less speak!! How sad I am so unequipped and having to do the job of those that are!!" Oh, I was telling the Lord and how! Suddenly, the Lord spoke a scripture to me I had never heard in my entire life! It was our text for today!
I rushed home (I was saying all of this on my way to get a manicure!) and got my Strong's Concordance. Sure enough it was a scripture. What I thought would have been full of pity and mercy on God's part ended up being a good lecture! Needless to say I taught the class by the power of God, and He blessed it and grew it! I was then asked by the local Methodist church and a couple of Baptist churches to speak to their women as well. God did mighty things! Those Methodist got filled with the Holy Ghost, spoke in tongues, and were slain in the Spirit! I stood and looked with my mouth wide open! I didn't do it!!! GOD DID IT! I was just the messenger girl.
We think so many times WE have to do things. WE have to be properly equipped by "educating" ourselves. By the time we think we are "ready", we aren't fit for use! Why? Because WE get in there with OUR intellects, so-called ability, and EGO! You might as well just set yourself down at this point. You are just in the way! You will listen to yourself and even have the gall to tell the Holy Spirit YOU have this! Yep, you are flat pitiful at this stage of the game!
When you are shaking so hard, you can feel your feet shaking in your shoes, when you get up and drops of sweat are pouring down your face the size of bullets, when know you are only the messenger and GOD has brought your listening audience, when you depend on Him and what He wants said, when you realize you aren't the only one who has sinned like you did and God brought you through it and out of it to get others delivered…YOU ARE READY! Boy, are you ever ready!! You are the one God can work and do great exploits through! You are the chosen by God over the self-confident fool!
Don't talk yourself out of what God has said do! GET UP THERE!! Open your mouth and the Lord said HE will fill it! It isn't about you anyway! Do what He has led you to do and EVERYTHING you put your hand to will prosper and be met WITH GREAT SUCCESS!! GLORY TO GOD, I am ready to shout with you myself!! If it comes to mind, say it and if it doesn't it wasn't supposed to be said. That way when you leave the podium, you know you did exactly what you were supposed to do and the devil can't torment you with it! You have been given a gift…open it and use it! A world of hurting people are waiting for you! Don't disappoint God…don't be taken out of the "line-up".
Blessings to you, precious reader!! I will see you soon! Simply, Juliana
The Senate on Wednesday defeated a vital background check amendment seen as the linchpin to Democrats' gun control bill, dealing a major setback to President Obama — who lashed out at opponents in unusually blunt terms during remarks from the Rose Garden.
"All in all, this was a pretty shameful day for Washington," Obama said, accusing the gun lobby of lying about the bill.
The vote was 54-46, with supporters falling six votes short of the required 60-vote threshold.
The failure of the background check proposal authored by Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., now imperils the entire legislation. The proposal would have expanded background checks to gun shows and Internet sales while exempting personal transactions. The amendment was aimed at winning over reluctant conservatives, who were opposed to the more stringent background check plan in the existing bill.
It's unclear where supporters will go from here. They could try to vote again, or craft an alternative piece of legislation.
Obama vowed to press on, saying the vote was "just round one," while decrying those he claimed "caved" to political pressure.
"The gun lobby and its allies willfully lied about the bill," Obama said. He said the claims "upset" some gun owners who in turn "intimidated" senators.
"There were no coherent arguments as to why we couldn't do this. It came down to politics," he said.
Opponents, which included a few Democrats, voiced concern that the proposal would infringe on Second Amendment rights by imposing a burden on those buying and selling guns. They claimed the proposed system would not have prevented Newtown, and would not stop criminals. They also voiced concern about the possibility that the expanded system could lead to a gun registry, though the amendment language prohibits this.
The NRA said in a statement that the amendment "would have criminalized certain private transfers of firearms between honest citizens, requiring lifelong friends, neighbors and some family members to get federal government permission to exercise a fundamental right or face prosecution."
But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other Democrats hammered Republicans for not voting in support and vowed to press forward.
"I want everyone to understand this is just the beginning, not the end," said Reid. "Today, the brand of the Republican Party has become more out of step, more extreme. And that's saying something."
Four Republicans voted for the amendment, but five Democrats voted against it. One of those Democrats was Reid — who only switched his vote to oppose it because doing so allows Democrats to call up the measure again. Other Democrats who voted against the measure for non-procedural reasons were Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Sen. Mark Begich of Alaska, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Sen. Max Baucus of Montana.
The Obama administration has made the package, written in the wake of the Newtown school mass shooting, a top priority and along with its allies had applied heavy pressure to wavering lawmakers. Vice President Biden presided over the vote Wednesday.
Lawmakers proceeded to vote on a string of other amendments Wednesday, including a proposed ban on assault weapons, which were defeated as well.
In the run-up to Wednesday's vote, Democratic leaders gave ever-changing assessments of where support stood.
Biden said Tuesday that Democrats would get the 60 votes, but then said later in the day that it could come down to one or two senators.
Manchin acknowledged early Wednesday that the bill was having trouble, but then released a statement saying he remained "optimistic and hopeful."
Opponents needed just 41 of the Senate's 100 votes to derail the Manchin-Toomey background check plan.
Thirty-one senators voted last week to completely block debate on overall gun legislation. Since last week, enough lawmakers who voted to allow debate switched to oppose Manchin-Toomey, in turn defeating the amendment.
"I believe very strongly that our current background check system needs strengthening and improving, particularly in areas that could keep guns out of the hands of felons and the mentally ill. At the same time, I cannot support legislation that infringes upon the constitutional right to keep and bear arms," Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., one of those opposed, said in a statement.
Only four Republican senators committed to voting for the amendment ahead of time. The last was Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who announced his support Wednesday afternoon. The other three were Toomey, Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.
The Senate gun bill would extend background checks to nearly all gun purchases, toughen penalties against illegal gun trafficking and add small sums to school safety programs.
Perhaps helping explain Democrats' problems, an AP-GfK poll this month showed that 49 percent of Americans support stricter gun laws. That was down from 58 percent who said so in January — a month after the December killings of 20 children and six aides at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school propelled gun violence into a national issue. Family members of Newtown victims, some tearing up after the vote, also criticized the Senate for the amendment's failure Wednesday.
The Senate held eight other votes Wednesday besides the one on background checks, all of them amendments to the broad gun control measure.
They included Democratic proposals to ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines, which are expected to lose; a Republican proposal requiring states to honor other states' permits allowing concealed weapons, which faces a close vote; and a GOP substitute for the overall gun measure. The concealed weapons amendment, seen by advocates as protecting gun rights, was vehemently opposed by gun control groups, who say it would allow more guns into states with stricter firearms laws.
The other amendments were defeated.
The votes were coming a day after former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, badly injured in a 2011 mass shooting in Tucson, Ariz., and her husband, Mark Kelly, tried galvanizing gun control support by visiting Capitol Hill and attending a private lunch with Democratic senators. Reid, D-Nev., called the lunch — senators said it included emotional speeches from lawmakers — "as moving as any" he has attended.
foxnews.com/The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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The Bank of Japan could reach its 1 percent inflation goal in two years as brighter growth prospects spur prices, the central bank's top economist indicated.
Yahoo Japan Corp. surged in Tokyo trading after canceling plans to acquire eAccess Ltd. from SoftBank Corp. to focus on developing services as part of a strategy to expand into mobile.
Nintendo Co.'s prospects for meeting its profit and sales forecasts for this year are diminishing after Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. each sold more game consoles in 24 hours than the Wii U maker did in nine months.
Nintendo Co. is counting on a blowout Christmas shopping season for sales of its Wii U game console to meet its full-year forecasts.
Yahoo Japan Corp. slumped after agreeing to buy eAccess Ltd. for 324 billion yen ($3.2 billion) from parent SoftBank Corp. as the nation's most-visited Web portal expands in wireless data and voice businesses.
Nintendo Co. , the world's biggest maker of portable video-game players, plans to cut the price of its DS handheld device for the first time in Japan on June 19 to rekindle stagnating domestic sales.
Nikko Cordial Corp. , the investment banking unit of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., said it hired a total of three analysts from JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc. and UBS AG to cover Japanese companies.
"If Nintendo can create amusing games, the 3DS and Wii U will sell well, even if the smartphone game market expands."
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Financial support for Evergreen's Center for Creative and Applied Media by alumni like Dan Black '91 helps new grads like Cait Richards '12 create their own stories.
From the time she was 14 until she came to Evergreen, Cait Richards volunteered at the Hollywood Theater, an historic movie house in her hometown of Portland, Ore. There, she got her first view of cinematic masterpieces from around the world, and was so moved by what she saw on the big screen that she yearned to find a college where she could learn how to make films. "I wanted to touch cameras because I wanted to create story," she says.
Evergreen, with its media arts resources, faculty, and the Center for Creative and Applied Media (CCAM), was the perfect place for her. She focused on media studies, taking Mediaworks as a sophomore, and the next year, media arts faculty member Sally Cloninger's program Ready Camera One, which focused on HD-TV production and media studies. It was the first program to use Evergreen's new CCAM. Richards was hired as a classroom aide for the program, and says, "Working in that studio rocked my world!"
In her final year at Evergreen, Richards did an electronic media video production internship, further developing her technical skills, helping others develop theirs, and with a group of five other interns, producing and directing a three-episode variety show that was broadcast live on TCTV, Thurston County's public-access television station.
Working in the CCAM pushed open the door for Richards' current position at Portland Community Media (PCM), the city's public-access television organization, which broadcasts locally produced programming on six channels. She assists in programming and teaches classes in field production and HD studio production. She's also taken her technical know-how into her part-time job as an archivist for Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington, and has done video work for the website of the city magazine, Portland Monthly.
Dan Black '91, who works for Microsoft as lead developer account manager for the Xbox 360 game console, is an enthusiastic supporter of the CCAM and students like Richards. As an under- graduate, Black was thrilled to be able to get his hands on all the multimedia treasures Evergreen made available. Even though he graduated before the CCAM opened in 2009, he knows from experience how valuable it is for students to have the most up-to-the-minute tools at their fingertips to acquire the skills they'll need to succeed in the business.
The CCAM, with its impressive audiovisual and digital capabilities, is the integrated equivalent to the television and audio studios Black and his contemporaries learned in. He backs the CCAM to ensure that tomorrow's students will have the same opportunity, with the latest tools.
Students also reap the benefits of cooperating with others during the process of creating multimedia projects, Black says. He routinely uses the collaborative expertise he gained at Evergreen in his current position, where he manages Microsoft's relationships with game developers. "I travel around the world and help people make video games," he says, "When you're dealing with artists, electricians, computer scientists, engineers—all sorts of different folks, you learn to come up with a common language to understand each other and work together. That ability is so critical in the real world. It gives you a leg up."
Richards agrees. "In this world—and this economy—you need to know how to work and play well with others," she says. "The biggest lesson I learned: Don't give up! The only way to get technical understanding is to get your hands dirty. It's a lot to take in and you feel responsible for every mistake you make, but you can't let it defeat you. I was afraid of screwing up a lot when I came in. But the more mistakes you make, the better you get. It's trial and error, and you never get better at something unless you screw up at least once.
"The CCAM is as close as you can get to the real thing without leaving school," Richards says. "You get experience mixed with sass—from clients and staff. You're protected in a way because you're a student so they can't fire you, but at the same time the consequences are real if you screw up—and you don't want to disappoint your teachers. They want you to succeed. How many opportunities do you get to have that kind of experience?"


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Boyer's Furnace 40 Mile
Boyer's Furnace is a low-key, minimally supported 40-mile loop through the Massanutten Mountains. The run was started in 2006 by Greg Loomis and is named for Boyer's Furnace, one of four stone blast furnaces operated in Fort Valley during the 19th Century.
The event is a "fat-ass" - no entry fee, no awards, some aid. Please RSVP if you are coming.
Where: The start is in the Fort Valley.
When: Saturday, December 27, 2014 at 7:00 am.
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"Open Admissions" (written by Shirley Lauro, published in 1979, premiered on Broadway in 1984)
This is a play about race and speech (speaking/writing) in higher education. I only had the One Act version play available. "Open Admissions" has three versions (Two Act, One Act, and Teleplay). I read the One Act version which was available in Political Playwriting (a book I am currently reading). I will discuss the One Act version.
It's funny I came across this play, because there had been a lot of discussion on Tumblr about speech, racism, and level of education. The notion is that if you speak "white," you are perceived as respectable, well-educated and more intelligent. If you speak "black," you are perceived as stupid, ghetto, dangerous, and ignorant. There were discussions on Tumblr about upper-class white academics who speak in such academic mumbo-jumbo jargon, that their words are inaccessible to folks everywhere who are not well-versed or well-read. I have provided links below if you want to read.
"If you cannot communicate your ideas…"
"How can you be damn intellectual if…"
"Open Admissions" One-Act version only has two characters: Professor Ginny (well-educated white woman and Shakespeare scholar who holds B.A, M.A and Ph.D) and Calvin Jefferson (a 18 years old black male who just entered college three months ago). The play is set in New York City, at an un-named New York City public college.
Calvin has just been granted open admission into college and he is determined to make a good life for himself. He wants to meet with Dr. Ginny (who teaches Speech and English) and asks her one question: why does she always give him a B, and nothing else? Not even a C or F or an A? He asks her how he can improve himself and learn more things. He is determined to improve his writing and speaking skills, and learn new skills. He wants to be graded harshly so that he can be motivated to do better.
Professor Ginny, at first, is dismissive toward him and insists that he did a "good job." He does not believe her, and for good reason. He says that he's messed up a lot in class, and doesn't deserve a B. He also points out that the other black students in class all receive a B, while white students get graded differently. He also brings up another issue: when the students were assigned to perform Shakespeare scenes, Dr. Ginny made all the black students perform scenes out of Othello or other scenes with black characters, while white students had plenty of choices to choose from different Shakespeare plays. Calvin asks her why black students had no choice in what scene to perform. In other words: why are black students expected to perform black characters, while white students could play ANY character, regardless of race? In response to this, Dr. Ginny acts as if Calvin is being crazy.
Dr. Ginny reminds me of racist white liberals who claim they see no race, and that race shouldn't matter. She doesn't realize that her internalized racism pushes down black students and she ignores them, while she encourages and motivates white students to do better and improve their skills. She doesn't care about black students and doesn't try to push them harder. She just gives them a "B" and says "good job," while she encourages white students to do better.
As a deaf person of color, I've remember this happening too many times in public and private school, both deaf and hearing. In college, I was required to take certain class to fulfill my B.A degree for Theatre. I had to either take 18th century British or 18th century American literature class. I thought I'd take 18th century British literature, because I was born in the UK and I was familiar with British literature. Unfortunately, the class was difficult and inaccessible to me, and the professor always spoke in jargon crap. He made NO efforts to have interesting, lively discussions on 18th century British literature. I was failing and doing poorly. That professor even asked to meet me in private and he told me to consider dropping the class. He brought up my deafness as a possible obstacle to doing well in school. I got deeply offended and angry that he thought I was failing because I'm deaf! No, I was failing the class because he was doing a SHITTY JOB teaching 18th century British literature to us. I was a lover of British literature, yet I was failing.
In the play, Calvin becomes frustrated with the lack of progress in their conversation. Dr. Ginny continues being dismissive toward him and he becomes upset. He asks Dr. Ginny to TEACH him. How can he improve his grades and do better in class? Teach me, teach me. TEACH ME!!! he yells at her, that's YOUR JOB! YOU ARE A TEACHER. TEACH ME!
Dr. Ginny then relents and she sits him down, and then criticizes his speech. Instead of teaching him, she CRITICIZES him and corrects his speech. Calvin has "street" speech. Dr. Ginny says that people are perceived by others based on how they speak. Calvin is shocked by her patronizing attitude toward him.
It is a teacher's job to teach, motivate, educate, and give constructive criticism. It is not the teacher's job to constantly criticize and tear down the student. Or in this case, to whitewash the (black) student and try to teach him how to speak "white."
Dr. Ginny does not make any efforts to teach Calvin to write and read better. Instead, she just criticizes and corrects his speech. He's sitting there, dumbfounded by her paternalistic, white-privileged attitude.
During the play, Dr. Ginny bemoans about how she's being overworked and hasn't been promoted to a better teaching position despite having teached at the college for over 12 years and holds a Ph.D in Shakespeare studies. At this, Calvin retorts "and I'm supposed to feel sorry for you?" He is an eighteen years old black male who is trying to turn his life around and yet he's expected to feel sorry for a privileged white woman who holds a Ph.D in Shakespeare studies and teaches at a New York City college!
Open Admissions (One-Act version) is a great example of white privilege and internalized racism in white academia. It's a good play, and I would like an opportunity to direct this play onstage if I could.
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February 1st, 2013 by Brendan Dunne | 13 comments
The retro sneaker market has been more and more welcoming of basketball bring-backs as of late, making now as good a time as any for the the Italian sportswear giant Fila to re-introduce the world to some of their more revered silhouettes. Jerry Stackhouse is back in the mix with the Fila Stack Mid, Grant Hill's model is back under the new '96′ moniker, and The Cage that briefly popped up in 2012 will be sticking around as well. Sneaker News was privy to a recent preview featuring all of these, as well as a healthy mixture of upcoming models that end up more on the lifestyle side (including some amazing 'Knicks' looks). Hit the jump with us to get a good look at what's coming down the pipeline from the Fila team and stick with Sneaker News for the first word on the retail arrive of this awesome group.
i want GH 3, the jamal mushburn 1 & 2, stockhaus 2 now i hope its not too much to ask
fila over reebok.
Yo! Grant 1's, while we at it!
As a Duke fan, I can finally get some Grant Hill love!! All Black hi's and low's too, please!
yes finally
I want those USA Grant Hill 2's
Im actually blown away that they are dropping the all star colorway of the gh 2 ive always wanted those...i think its dope they have the 3 stars on the toe instead of the fila logo
They need to bring out the other Grant Hills 3, 4, 5s and CWebbs! FILA are you listening!!!
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- Developer: ThatGameCompany
- Publisher: SCEA
- Genre: Miscellaneous General
- Release Date: Feb 12, 2009
- ESRB: Everyone
White Flower stage
Search the following locations to find the hidden green flowers.
- Find the two tallest buildings in the first main city area, then fly through the door of the one that is facing your right when entering that area. Go up to find it on a rafter.
- Talk the ramp on the far right when the highway splits into three ramps to enter a garage with the flower.
- Immediately after leaving the highway you will be in an alley with pylons. Look behind the farther air conditioning unit as the area opens up.
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FAU Focus
Tag: Jeff Brohm
Experts regard FAU as darkhorse in C-USA East
- 4:39 pm Tuesday, August 12th, 2014 by Brian Biggane
College football experts like Desmond Howard and Kirk Herbstreit can tell you all about conferences like the SEC and Big Ten. But when it comes to a mid-major like Conference-USA, it's better off to talk to the guys who work that beat on a year-in, year-out basis. Guys like Adam Sparks, who covers Middle Tennessee for the Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Daily News Journal and Brett Vito, who covers North Texas for the Denton Record-Chronicle.
Spoke with both writers this week and their take on C-USA is pretty similar. Both have a strong sense that Marshall is clearly the class of the conference [More]
Several names already being thrown around as possible successors to Howard Schnellenberger at Florida Atlantic
- 12:25 am Friday, August 12th, 2011 by Tom D'Angelo
Let the speculation begin.
FAU AD Craig Angelos will spend the next 3 ½ months searching for a successor to Howard Schnellenberger. Angelos said he will start talking to people right now and start watching possible candidates.
"Everybody is in play until the very end and I'll go after anybody," he said.
FAU fires defensive coordinator Kirk Hoza, replaces him with Kurt Van Valkenburgh
- 8:12 pm Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 by Tom D'Angelo
FAU has fired defensive coordinator Kirk Hoza, replacing him with Kurt Van Valkenburgh.
Hoza, who also coached the secondary, has been the lone defensive coordinator in the school's history. Van Valkenburgh will continue his duties as linebackers coach and the program will look for a secondary coach.
Coach Howard Schnellenberger called it a difficult move but "one that I had to make in looking out for what's best for the football team."
"I think Kirk did a great job over a number of years but in the last several years our ranking nationally has gone down steadily," Schnellenberger said. "You've got make a change at a certain time. It becomes a burden to you that you have these less productive years you have to deal with.
QB coach Jeff Brohm leaves after one season
- 6:37 am Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 by Tom D'Angelo
The first departure from the FAU coaching staff took place late Monday, but it is not on defense.
Quarterback coach Jeff Brohm hardly settled into South Florida before picking up and leaving for Illinois, where he will coach quarterbacks for Ron Zook.


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Archive for Dellin Betances
Hot .GIF Action: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. BetancesPosted by: | Comments
Perpetual prospect Dellin Betances threw a scoreless inning on the road against the Astros this afternoon, and to quote Houston's announcers, he was "scary wild." That's pretty typical for the right-hander, who had a nightmare season a year ago and has struggled to harness his admittedly impressive stuff over the last six years. The 25-year-old ranked 23rd on my preseason top 30 prospects list, and today he walked two, struck out two, hit a batter, and uncorked a wild pitch. We'll start with the good stuff, like the big fastball in the .GIF above. More to follow — click to embiggen — after the jump.
Cashman: Dellin Betances will start for Triple-A ScrantonPosted by: | Comments
Via Chad Jennings: Brian Cashman confirmed that prospect/suspect Dellin Betances will open the season as a starter for Tripe-A Scranton, just like last season. He's expected to join Adam Warren, Brett Marshall, Vidal Nuno, and Shaeffer Hall in the rotation. Hall could get stuck spending a third year with Double-A Trenton if the Yankees sign a veteran depth starter.
Betances, 24, was so awful as a starter for Scranton last year (6.39 ERA and 5.88 FIP) that he had to be demoted to Double-A, where he was slightly less awful (6.51 ERA and 4.15 FIP). Betances pitched in relief during the Arizona Fall League and it seemed like he would continue to pitch out of the bullpen going forward since his command and mechanics have shown negligible improvement during his 6+ year pro career. The Yankees will burn Dellin's final minor league option this year, meaning he'll have to pass through waivers to go to the minors starting in 2014. It's make or break time, if he doesn't show any improvement early in the season they should stick him in the bullpen quickly and salvage whatever value they can.
Update: Reports from Instructional LeaguePosted by: | Comments
Friday: McDaniel following up with a part four looking at a number of secondary pitching prospects — including an interesting 18-year-old right-hander just brought up from the Dominican Summer League — as well as OF Slade Heathcott, SS Cito Culver, and SS Austin Aune. So yeah, get on that.
Tuesday: Over at FanGraphs, Kiley McDaniel put together some scouting notes on various Yankees prospects he saw in Instructional League the last few weeks (part one, part two, part three). Among those covered were OF Tyler Austin, 2B Angelo Gumbs, RHP Hayden Sharp, 3B Dante Bichette Jr., RHP Dellin Betances, 3B Miguel Andujar, C Peter O'Brien, and C Gary Sanchez. Some of the reports are good, others not so much. They're all worth the read though, so make sure you head over to check all of them out.
Yankees designate Cory Wade for assignmentPosted by: | Comments
Via Anthony McCarron, the Yankees have designated right-hander Cory Wade for assignment. The move clears a 40-man roster spot for Dellin Betances, who was activated off the 60-day DL so he could pitch in the Arizona Fall League.
It was quite a fall from grace for the 29-year-old Wade, who gave the Yankees about 55 great innings before falling apart in late-May. He was an important part of the bullpen in the second half last year and for the first six weeks of 2012, but for whatever reason he just lost the ability to locate. That's a recipe for disaster given his pure finesse approach. All told, his Yankees career featured a 4.23 ERA (4.13 FIP) in 78.2 innings after being plucked off the scrap heap. For shame, I liked Wade.
Betances, 24, was placed on the minor league DL with shoulder tendinitis in late-August, but the Yankees recalled him and stuck him on the 60-day DL to clear a 40-man spot for Andy Pettitte last month. He had a nightmare season that included a demotion from Triple-A to Double-A. The AzFL season begins tomorrow, and Betances is one of seven Yankees prospects heading to the desert.
Yankees activate Pettitte, place Betances on 60-day DLPosted by: | Comments
As expected, the Yankees have activated Andy Pettitte off the 60-day DL in time for this afternoon's game. To clear room on the 40-man roster, right-hander Dellin Betances was recalled from Double-A and placed on the 60-day DL. He missed the end of the minor league season with shoulder tendinitis but is expected to be healthy in time for the Arizona Fall League next month.
Betances & Montgomery highlight Arizona Fall League pitching cropPosted by: | Comments
Via Josh Norris, the Yankees are sending right-handers Dellin Betances, Mark Montgomery, Danny Burawa, and Zach Nuding to the Arizona Fall League this year. Austin Romine, Slade Heathcott, and David Adams have already been confirmed on the position player side.
Betances had a nightmare season that ended with shoulder tendinitis, but apparently he'll be healthy enough to pitch in the desert. He has a long way to go to rebuild his prospect value, and it'll be interesting to see if he starts or relieves out there. Montgomery is the club's best bullpen prospect and Burawa isn't far behind, though he missed the entire season with oblique and rib problems. Nuding is a bit of a sleeper and might have the biggest arm in the organization, though he missed time with a shoulder injury this year as well. That's the common theme here, everyone ticketed for the AzFL other than Montgomery had injury problems in 2012.
Update: Dellin Betances placed on DL with shoulder tendinitisPosted by: | Comments
8:28pm: VP of Baseball Ops Mark Newman confirmed to Norris that Betances had an MRI and has been diagnosed with shoulder tendinitis, so at least there's nothing structurally wrong in there.
5:30pm: The year of the pitching prospect injuries continues. Josh Norris reports that right-hander Dellin Betances has been placed on the Double-A disabled list with a sore right shoulder following last night's four-inning, 82-pitch outing. With both Manny Banuelos and Jose Campos missing most of the season with elbow trouble, the top three pitchers on my Preseason Top 30 Prospects List have now spent time on the shelf with an arm injury this year.
Betances, 24, is in the middle of a disastrous season split between Triple-A and Double-A. He's pitched to a 6.44 ERA in 131.1 innings, with a walk rate (6.8 BB/9 and 15.7 BB%) that is far too high and a strikeout rate (8.5 K/9 and 19.6 K%) that is well-below his previous career norms. Arm injuries are nothing new for Betances, who had Tommy John surgery in 2009 and also missed about a month with a sore shoulder in 2008. The minor league season ends in less than two weeks, so he's probably done for the year even if the Thunder make a deep playoff run.
Dellin Betances and Wasting TimePosted by: | Comments
This has been a very poor year for the farm system, mostly due to injuries. High-end prospects like OF Mason Williams (shoulder), LHP Manny Banuelos (elbow), and RHP Jose Campos (elbow) suffered season-ending injuries, the latter two before the calendar even flipped to June. OF Tyler Austin missed about a month with a concussion, and OF Slade Heathcott (shoulder) and C Austin Romine (back) didn't get into their first games until June and July, respectively. Add in the usual array of miscellaneous injuries to lesser prospects, and you have one ugly season on the farm.
One player who has managed to avoid the injury bug this year is RHP Dellin Betances, which is somewhat ironic because he was spending time on the DL with arm-related injuries every year earlier in his career. Instead, Betances has seen his prospect stock take a hit because of his performance. Never known for his command, he walked 69 batters in 74.2 innings with Triple-A Empire State (8.3 BB/9 and 19.0 BB%) before being demoted down to Double-A Trenton. Betances has been better with the Thunder — 3.8 BB/9 and 9.6 BB% in 44.2 innings — but still has a long way to go in his development.
VP of Baseball Ops Mark Newman told Mike Ashmore yesterday that Betances is likely to spend the rest of the season in Trenton, which makes sense. Newman reiterated that he, and presumably others in the organization believe the right-hander can start long-term, but that's no surprise. Even if they don't believe that at all, they wouldn't say so. After a little back-and-forth with Ashmore, he mentioned that he believes the Yankees are just wasting time by not sticking Betances in the bullpen now, and that got me thinking a bit about the plan for the righty going forward.
First of all, we have to understand what the problem. Betances isn't just having trouble with his command this year, he's having trouble with basic strike-throwing ability, especially during his time in Triple-A. This isn't a case of a guy being unable to hit the corners, Dellin hasn't been hitting the strike zone at all. Is that something that will click with a move to the bullpen? It's possible, but I believe that he's going to need as many innings as possible to iron things out. As Keith Law and Kevin Goldstein recently explained, it's a mechanical issue more than anything. Despite his size — listed at 6-foot-8, 260 lbs. — Betances is not all that athletic and has trouble repeating his delivery.
Secondly, the Yankees do have time on their side. Betances isn't a kid anymore, he'll turn 25 in Spring Training next year, but the club still holds one more minor league option for next season. They can send him down to Triple-A again to work on whatever he needs to work on, which apparently is a lot. The conversion from starting to relieving isn't the most difficult thing in the world — guys often say the biggest adjustment they have to make is to their warm-up routine. With a little less than a month to go in the minor league regular season plus a potential playoff run (Trenton has an eight-game lead in the division and should have no problem qualifying for the postseason), Betances has at least another five starts left to make this summer, likely more. Those innings are valuable.
The Yankees have given Betances 113 minor league starts and nearly 500 minor league innings to improve his ability to hit the strike zone, and so far it hasn't happened. He still misses bats (8.6 K/9 and 20.3 K% this year), throws hard, and actually has two very nice offspeed pitches in his curveball and changeup, but he has yet to harness that stuff. I think that unless some kind of light bulb clicks over the next few weeks, Dellin should go into next year as a regular old short reliever to see if he can make it work just by going out and letting it fly for one inning at a time. I respectfully disagree with Ashmore that they've been wasting time by not putting him the bullpen yet, but starting next spring they have to focus on extracting value from Betances however possible. A shift to relief is the next logical step.
Sanchez, Williams among prospects with most trade valuePosted by: | Comments
In an Insider-only blog post, Keith Law ranked baseball's best prospects on contending teams in terms of their trade value. SS Jurickson Profar of the Rangers tops the list, followed by RHP Gerrit Cole of the Pirates and OF Oscar Taveras of the Cardinals. The Yankees didn't place anyone in the top ten, but C Gary Sanchez and OF Mason Williams rank 13th and 15th, respectively. They would have ranked higher had it not been for the whole Single-A thing — kids at the upper levels have more trade value because they're closer to contributing.
On the other side of the coin, Kevin Goldstein posted an article (Insider req'd) looking at prospects who have lost trade value this season. Both LHP Manny Banuelos and RHP Dellin Betances made the list thanks to their disappointing seasons, the former due to an elbow injury and the latter due to control problems. The Yankees are kinda stuck in trade bait limbo right now, with their top chips in the lower minors and their upper level chips struggling.
White Sox "zeroing in" on Dellin BetancesPosted by: | Comments
Via Josh Norris, the White Sox are "zeroing in" on right-hander Dellin Betances after scouting his last three Double-A starts. No word on if the two sides are actually talking trade or anything like that, however. Betances does fit their style though, they grab big power arms and hope pitching coach Don Cooper can help them out. That part makes sense.
I'm not quite sure what the ChiSox realistically have to offer that can help the Yankees. Chicago's contending so it's not like they're going to send over Matt Thornton or something, that would be ideal. Gordon Beckham would be a sweet change of scenery candidate, but I wouldn't hold my breath.


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Mitigating risks posed by the Occupy Wall Street movement: Part 1
Security experts share strategies for protecting executives and their families from demonstrators
Former ASIS President Jeff Spivey, who currently serves as president of North Carolina-based Security Risk Management, Inc. says that having an intelligence gathering mechanism to keep up with the protests is paramount in being able to have the situational awareness that is crucial in protecting executives and other employees.
"As these (protests) ramp up, planning becomes more and more important," Spivey said. "Being able to understand, one, what the potential is and then trying to make plans. And that can be done through the monitoring of social media in combination with other law enforcement groups."
Chris Swecker, former assistant director of the FBI's Criminal Investigations Division and the former global security director at Bank of America, agrees that gathering intelligence is a key component to protecting executives and the organizations that they work for.
"I think the most important thing is to understand what they're doing and when they intend to do it and how they intend to do it," he said.
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Because many law enforcement agencies have had to walk a thin line between keeping protests under control and allowing demonstrators to exercise their civil rights, Sordi said has been a heavy burden placed upon private executive protection firms to not only ensure that a company's employees are kept safe, but that its brand is also not sullied in any way.
"The challenges in terms of protecting a client of ours, it's a multi-tier process and it begins with knowing that the number one thing is ensuring the brand. Obviously, they need media attention, the Occupy Wall Street protestors, they need attention, they need to be filmed protesting key principal people or key financial people to keep the catalyst effect going," he explained. "From our perspective, how do we minimize that exposure? How do we avoid confrontation? We're looking for conflict resolution, conflict avoidance."
Sordi says that there are three things executive protection firms look at with regards to risk in these situations, which are avoiding the risk, transferring the risk or accepting the risk. In this case, the risk cannot be transferred to law enforcement for the aforementioned reasons, so Sordi said that they've examined how they can help their clients avoid and accept the risk.
In moving an executive into or out of a facility, for example, Sordi said that a company has to accept risk, however, there are some things that can be done to mitigate that risk, such as being on the lookout for key protestors that have been previously identified and using secure parking garages or back entrances to minimize their exposure to demonstrators. He said it's also important to gather intelligence on the company itself by speaking with human resources to see if there have been recently terminated people that could pose a threat or if there is anyone else that is disgruntled in the organization.
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A three-week cycle challenge run by Cycle Cambridge has seen organisations in the city clock up more than 163,500 miles – equivalent to cycling round the world six times.
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Q: I live in a 100-plus-year-old home. It belonged to my grandfather, and I want to keep it in good condition. The walls are four bricks thick, with plaster on the inside walls. I'm concerned about moisture damaging the plaster, because sometimes, after a heavy rain, I see stains. Will this damage the plaster?
A: Adding a vapor barrier would only cause additional damage to the plaster. This older brick home was designed to soak up and store huge amounts of moisture to prevent damage to the interior wood and plaster. After a heavy rain, the four courses of brick in the all-masonry home release the stored moisture to all six sides of the wall. The moisture problems begin when the sun heats the brick, forcing the moisture through the wall to the interior.
This wetting and drying process was taken into account by the original builders and should not be a concern.
In an all-brick home the interior plaster is sacrificial. It is designed to fail over the years to protect the brick and the bricks mortar.
Adding an interior vapor barrier would trap the moisture between the bricks interior plaster and the new wall.
Simply monitor the walls for damage and repair as needed. If the plaster gets damp, it will dry. If it fails, it can be patched.
If you cover it with vapor barrier-type paint or vinyl wallpaper, you will only cause the damage to accelerate.
Patching and painting are all you need to do.
(Dwight Barnett is a certified master inspector with the American Society of Home Inspectors.)
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