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he's probably both a wizard and an Apostle.
If Casca is cured is there any reason to expect her to go charging after Griffith with Guts? She may deal with what Griffith did during the eclipse in a very different manner then Guts, not with anger, but with resignation. And that certainly would put an interesting spin on Guts' motivations. Up to this point he's been having a hate-on for Griffith for what he did to Casca, but if she refuses to feel angry about it, or take revenge, then what is he really fighting for? Casca's pain? Or the pain of a boy who couldn't win the one time he really needed to?
I envision Elfhelm as a safehouse. Like a more intriguing and better developed Godo's place.
I believe it's stated somewhere that someone who is already marked as a sacrifice can not be sacrificed a second time. So I don't think Guts will be sacrificing Casca. I heard that some where, but I'm not sure if it's a fact.
Think about Skull Knight using the armor and what I said earlier about him losing his humanity, and the possibility Skully might have gained immortality from Godhand.
When Flora and Skullknight were talking about causality (sparked by Skully looking at the armor and saying "it is causality"), Flora stated it was more of a spiral than a circle, and followed with "they (Guts + etc.) are not limited to the same path you and I have chosen,"...that, along with all the other allusions to Skullknight previously wearing the armor, made me think that Flora and Skully eventually faced a dire situation down the line and made a choice that resulted in the Skullknight we see now. I think all this is foreshadowing that Schierke and Guts will eventually face the same choice.
I for one wonder if they will even get off the shore, remember the warnings they got about the port a while back. Just finding a ship will be hard enough I think...
Now we're talking! Good to see you back, Fletch. The Casca, Guts, Griffith angle is the one I've been looking most forward to since Griffith's rebirth and what happened at Godo's. Casca rounds out the big three in the story, and her coming back is going to affect everything. The best part is, anything can happen. She may still love and forgive Griffith despite what he's done to her and Guts. She may just want to stay away from him too, let it go, live happily ever after with Guts and let Griffith have his dream. Maybe she'll see Guts' point of view and understand a need for vengeance or justice. Maybe she'll just want to talk to Griffith and see what happens (maybe she'll think he's already lost his dream and try to convince him to stop). At the same time, a lot of these possibilities will hurt Guts. If she is still hung up on her Griffith worship, how's he going to feel? If after what Griffith did to her, she still won't stand up for herself, what's that going to do to Guts?Okay, throw all those possibilities and anything else you can think of out the window. Griff's technically her child now. Holy Shit. That complicates the situation just a bit; now it's not just a matter of Casca and her feelings for Griffith, but the child as well. Will she decide Griffith destroyed her child, first corrupting it, and now finally sacrificing it completly for himself? Or will she see her child, the last reminants of it anyway, in Griffith and love him anyway? Pretty interesting stuff.Maybe she'll wake up and say, "Win!" liked in Rocky II. Anyway, I want a panel of Casca full on slapping Griffith down the road, and him looking disturbed as fuck by it. =)I think your forgetting why they're going to Elfhelm in the first place. Guts was going to put up his sword and take care of Casca rather than go after Griffith, and who showed up? I'm just saying, the same thing could easily happen again. Let's say Casca is cured, wants to just settle down for a while with him, and Guts finally has a piece of real happiness. Then Griffith attacks Elfhem.Waiter, I'll have the Beast Armor alamode with elves on the side.-Griffith
.The Skull Knight says that the "king of the fairies" (called "Hanafubuku Ô", and I really don't know how to translate that right now) lives at Elfhelm.
The Lord of a fairy who governs guts' destination is an owner "shower-of-falling-cherry-blossom-petals く王" of the power stated by the tradition.
But I can't figure out the kana "ku". I guess it means some district or territory or just some word effect, maybe?


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Are you a childless adult? Are you not charged with athe care of any invalid friends or relatives? Do you live in New York, or some other place where its possible to get decent groceries? Then listen, you have no excuse to ever buy jarred pasta sauce.
via How To Make Weeknight Pasta Sauce | The Awl.
It is not so much a recipe that is offered here (at the link above) but a slightly scolding rejoinder for people who say they do not have time to cook. I am not one of those people, so I admit that I took some small offense from it all. But the advice given is excellent and the result was both inexpensive and delicious. In truth, it is so simple and easy that it is kind of stupid that someone has to tell people this. (But someone did.)
I added broccoli and red pepper to my version, which I zapped with an immersion blender — before serving on multigrain noodles — just because I wanted to get on with things.
Alternatively, and this is even dumber, though even less expensive and just as delicious, consider using only the best of what you can find in the produce aisle, and heating this through with your fried-up onions and garlic. Add a little feta and serve without tomato sauce as a kind of warm pasta salad.


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I built an intake plenum for a 4 cylinder engine. I used .090" h3003 aluminum sheet and 4043 filler rod. I put x creases in the panels to stiffen them. I used 1/8" pure tungsten and 1/16" filler rod. This is a turbocharged application and it sees quite a bit of pressure. After I fabricated it I built a pressure tester. cycling the pressure to 30 psi a couple of times results in cracks in the long seams. I initially drilled small holes at each end of the crack, ground the weld down to base material and re-welded. cycling after the repairs results in cracks in other areas. I have done a couple of plenums prior to this using heavier 6061 t4 plate and 4043 rod with no issues. Have I chosen the wrong base material or too thin? I am not a professional welder but I have some experience and from what I can see I have good penetration. I'm using a syncrowave 180. I am at the point of scrapping the assembly and starting over. I don't have a way to post pics at this point but really I would like to know about the base material and my choice of filler. Thanks.
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It's probably not your welds, it's your design. Thin metal, unsupported, will flex and fatigue at the joints. You need to brace it up or redesign to eliminate large flat surfaces, I suppose.
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well 4043 is used when joining other alloys to 3003
AL 1100 filler is used when welding 3003 series aluminum's to other 3003 series aluminum's
try the right filler for the material and if your design is good the problem should go away with the cracking
Thanks for the replies. I think the material is just too thin for the design. I'm going to get some 6061 .187" flat sheet and start over. I did try making up some reinforcing angles and welding them across the seams and it did seem to keep it from cracking in those areas. I THINK if I applied them all over it might hold up. This is for my dd so not going to chance it.
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.090 is WAY to thin for that
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Yes, .125 or thicker should be ok.
Also look at your weld joint design, try to steer away from corner to corner welds and maybe look at using a lap weld design.
If not, can you get access to weld internally as well as externally?
I'd use 4043 filler unless the weldment needs to to anodised in which case 5356 is the requirement there.
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I can't weld on the inside unfortunately. I'm going to the metal supply today and see what they have available in the drops bins in 6061. I tried the .090 because I could shear and bend it with the equipment I have. I'll try and post pics as I go along this time. Thanks for the replies and info!


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The boy was charged in juvenile court last week with six felony counts of making false bomb threats on April 22 through 25, Antioch police Chief Allan Cantando said. The campus was evacuated three times in as many days as a result of those threats.
"We're happy that the District Attorney's Office did file charges. The threats were serious and had a huge impact on public safety," Cantando said Monday. "Hopefully, this sends a clear message to those in the future that these types of crimes will be prosecuted."
The juvenile court judge could determine that the boy's parents pay restitution and fines for wasted police staff time, Cantando said. The teen could be sentenced to the state youth authority or county juvenile hall, but most likely would be given probation if he has no criminal history, the chief said.
Meanwhile, expulsion proceedings have started for the teen, Antioch Unified Superintendent Donald Gill said.
It is unknown how much the series of responses cost the resource-strapped police department, but Cantando estimates it was "thousands of dollars." Antioch Unified officials are also calculating how much money was lost in instructional time and staff displacement, Gill said.
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A similar string of four bomb threats in three days at two Tracy high schools in March cost that district about $101,000, officials said.
Antioch police were able to make the April 25 arrest by determining that the calls came from the same cell phone number, playing back recordings received by dispatchers and tips from a couple of Deer Valley students, Cantando said. The boy later admitted to making the bogus calls, police said.
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A Couple Of ThingsSeptember 12th, 2012
First of all, I want to thank everyone who voted for me! Once again, for the sixth year running, I've won the Down Beat Readers' Poll in the "Best Musician In His Price Range" category! I couldn't be more proud than if I had great paying work! Here's to 2013….
Now, a list of:
1. Never address a police officer as "sport"
2. White men (speaking as one myself) should never, ever (a) wear baseball hats backwards (and, incidentally, unless you're in a softball team, have skin cancer, or are under six years old, it's probably a bad idea to wear them forwards, too) (b) do the "fist-bump" (or any other kind of "soul" greeting) and (c) dance to any kind of music (especially at weddings)
3. If you hang out, on purpose, at a "Chuck-E-Cheese" restaurant by yourself and you're over 18, you will eventually be arrested.
4. You should never take your shirt off at the opera.
5. A hospital emergency room is probably not the best place to break out that jar of marinated herring you've been longing to try.
6. While most dogs like to be petted, they do not like to be shaved (the same rule applies to my friend Chuck Redd)
7. The term "drive-through window" should not be taken literally.
8. Despite the many times you try to casually work it into your conversations, the word "Nipples" will never be accepted as an appropriate nickname by your wife.
9. When one wants to express one's overall delight to the guy in the next seat while exiting a funny movie or play, the proper expression is NOT: "I laughed so hard, I think I just shat in your pants!"
10. Important business meetings should not be interrupted by a "spontaneous" performance of "KP's Puppet Theatre".
Band Names You're Free To UseSeptember 12th, 2012
(This is an update from something I put up on Facebook way back when)
OK, here's how you use this: these are all good band names that are up for grabs – if you want to test them out, simply say the following out loud: "Hi, we're ( insert band name here); thanks and goodnight!"
"David Bowie & The Spiders From Cleveland"
"The Flying Testicle"
"Ibrahim & The Discounts"
"The Gaping Wounds"
"Jeb Bush & The Fabulous Voting Machines (Formerly the 'Flying Chads')"
"Three Girls & A Credit Card"
"Jesus Christ Superstore"
"Pat O'Butter & The Loafs"
"Suspicious Blister"
"The Ungrateful Dead"
"The Stabbing Paynes"
"The Brainless Wonders"
"The Five Improbable Straight Guys" – or, simply "The Five Improbables"
"Beelzebub's Son-In-Laws"
"The Jazz Disasters"
"Satan's Accountants"
"The Deviants" (formerly known as "The Five Gentlemen")
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Videos of Ken Peplowski at SmallsApril 15th, 2012
Facebook Fatigue and a Few Other ThoughtsApril 6th, 2012
Is anyone else getting just a little overwhelmed with the whole Facebook/Twitter thing, or is it just me (that's rhetorical – we're not on Facebook right now, so you don't have to really answer it, or, even worse, press the "like" button)? We spend so much of our time posting things about ourselves, or watching the endless parade of other people's posts, or watching for people's posts about us, it seems like there's no time left to – well…live! In the last few weeks alone, I've seen people congratulating themselves for the following things: finishing a book; cooking a meal successfully; taking a vacation; and, well, working like everyone else. Have we nothing better to do as a society than to post photos of our restaurant meals – it's like being trapped in a room watching a succession of holiday family snapshots, except you have to press a button every time to say you "liked" it, or, God forbid, everyone will stop "liking" your mind-numbing self -obsessed, self-reflective posts. When you're a baby, of course you're congratulated for your first bowel movement, but does everyone need assurance for everything once they move past that level*? This may be one reason America is in so much trouble – we've become a nation of infants, burying our heads in our toys and gadgets, hoping that the endless babble of the "net" will drown out our real problems. And with that, I have to go check and see if I have any new messages….
*(Guilty, your honor! But that's probably why I stand on a stage for a living waiting for applause….)
Newport Jazz Festival, Clarinet SummitMarch 28th, 2012
The Newport Jazz Festival is now offering a special discount for all fans of Ken Peplowski. The offer is only good until April 30 so act now! To get your special discount please follow the below exclusive link…
KP's House Party on JazzTimesMarch 26th, 2012
KP's House Party was just featured in a recent interview with Lee Mergner on JazzTimes. Please use the following link to read the article.
Ken Peplowski wants to play at your house. The noted jazz clarinetist and saxophonist isn't really hurting for gigs. After all, he's on the road roughly half the year, performing at clubs, schools, festivals and cruises. He just wants to do something different….
KP's House PartyMarch 13th, 2012
Welcome to my new site! I have exciting news – this year I'm initiating a series of private concerts called "KP's House Party" – the idea is that anyone can effectively act as producer and put me with any musicians they think I would find interesting to play with! We will meet up in YOUR house (for an invited audience of your choosing) for the first time on the evening of the show, and have an open forum in front of the audience. I ask them questions about themselves, they ask me questions, I tell lots of amusing and ribald tales from my life, and we make music – all done spontaneously, and (obviously) one time only! As I listen to all kinds of music, I would encourage people to put me in everything from duet settings to larger groups, with differently – styled musicians (blues, rock, pop, etc.), even musicians from different parts of the world (India, Russia, Cleveland, etc.). The challenge, and fun, for me will be to see what we can come up with on the spot in front of the selected audience members. For more info and details of my fee (yes, I have to get paid for this!), please contact me.
Questions???May 24th, 2007
It's time to answer my question pile – I've had literally tens of queries since I started these blogs, so let's begin:
1. What do you think of all these aging rockers still performing way past their prime?
Well, I've always felt that you're as old as you feel, unless you feel like Strom Thurmond, in which case, you're not only old, but dead…
I did see the Who recently in concert, and I couldn't help but notice that when they sang "Tommy, Can You Hear Me", there was a resounding cry of "What? What did they say?" from the audience, so it isn't just the band members getting older. But I have a question for you – what's the proper way to wish good luck to these elderly entertainers before they go onstage-
would yelling out "Break a hip" be too gauche? That would explain why the security people threw me out…
2. Are you a religious person?
I grew up Catholic, and used to attend the annual summer retreats, where we'd enjoy such appropriate fare for children as live crucifixion re-enactments, partaking of both the body and the blood of Christ, and, my personal favorite, being threatened with burning in hell forever for even thinking about a woman!!! When the head priest took me aside one day for a bracing game of "Pull my finger/That's not my finger" I knew it was time to leave the fold….
I did briefly convert to born-again Christianity when I witnessed an evangelical preacher turning water into Fresca – a miracle!!! The bubble was soon burst when I remembered that I'd eaten a rather suspicious plate of mushrooms earlier that day; later that night I was entertained by a vision – it was Don Rickles, warning me that someone was out to steal my left testicle, so I should always wear a protective "cup" (reallybad mushrooms!).
My last bout with organized religion was about ten years ago, when a third cousin, twice removed, of John Travolta's cursed me with gout for not making it all the way through "Battlefield Earth". Coincidence? I think not….
3. Who is your favorite Beatle?
This is easy – there was a man known as the "seventh Beatle"-he grew up in East Liverpool, Ohio, and went by the stage name of "Beppo". He could play the ocarina while simultaneously solving math problems, but, sadly, never met the other members of the group, as he died in a suspicious boating accident.
4. What was suspicious about it?
He was on dry land at the time….
5. What is the meaning of life?
If you're one of the millions of people who believe, like Forest Gump, that "Life is like a box of chocolates", then, my friend, you deserve to spend the rest of your life dining at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., a soul-less corporate restaurant created after a soul-less corporate movie about a moron spouting useless greeting-card epithets, a tradition of fake band-aid drivel which continues today with books like "The Secret" and anything that begins with "Ten Ways To…"
Think about it, folks – you have millions of people now reading self-help books, books on how to get rich, and the only wealthy people are the ones who write this stuff – and you're out the $25.00 that it cost to buy the book!
Let's do an experiment – I'll come up with an idea, starting with "Life is like.." and fill in the rest with the first thing I see, then I'll make a clever tie-in with some vague generalized principles that can apply to anyone, anywhere, anytime. Let's begin: Life is like – a can-opener, because you're always opening up something new; once in a while, you get a bad can, but your job is to keep opening until you find the things you like, etc.
Let's try another: Life is like – a salt-shaker; you just keep shaking until all the salt particles have left the container – so stop worrying, just live your life to the fullest until you've "seasoned" all around you, etc.
Got it? STOP BUYING THIS CRAP!!! There is no "secret" – we're probably a biological accident that was put here on earth by the right combination of chemicals smashing together, so enjoy your short time-span here and stop reading about how to enjoy your short time-span here! Try telling a young child stricken with poverty or disease that he's just not "visualizing" well enough…
I think Charles Bukowski had it right when he said , and I'm paraphrasing, that the secret of life was the same secret as the secret to his writing, which was "Don't try". Don't force it – stop thinking too much – don't worry, be happy – Oh no, here we go again – see you next time-
Ken Peplowski
Bits and PiecesApril 16th, 2007
It's been awhile since my last blog (I feel like I'm back in confession!), but I've been busier than a butt-tick at a Speedo convention, so I'll have to catch up in a few installments. We'll start with:
So, I'm in Sweden, visiting my kids, Jeffrey, age 8, and Marty, age 6-we've seen "Pirates Of The Caribbean" Parts 1 & 2 so many times that I feel like I've definitely buckled my last swash . I decide to show them "The Mummy"-you know, the modern re-make with Brendan Fraser, kind of an "Indiana Jones" knock-off; funny, lots of adventure, and just slightly scary (or so I remember it). I explain to my boys all about mummies, ancient Egypt, etc., before we start the movie. They wonder if there's anything scary in it. "Well, yes," I say," but not more scary than "Pirates"."OK, daddy, let's watch it," Jeffrey says with those wide-open, innocent lamb-eyes. The movie begins-lots of laughs, excitement, the scene of the man being mummified, no problem, we're having fun, passing the candy back and forth, the movie cuts to a few hundred years later, more thrills, some laughs, they open the tomb, a beetle crawls under a man's skin, and this is where it gets interesting. I decide the visual just isn't enough, so, caught up in the excitement, I helpfully provide a descriptive play-by-play. "Look, it's going under his skin; now it's eating his heart; now it's crawling up—-IT'S EATING HIS BRAIN!!!!!!!"
At which point Jeffrey, on my left, bleats out, "Daddy, I think I'm going to throw up!!" Little Marty, to my right, merely bursts into tears, as I reach frantically for the remote to turn our little adventure off. Now, I'm not trying to turn this into anything but a classic example of "when good intentions go bad", but I do keep forgetting that my kids grow up in a small town in Sweden and aren't as inured to violence and jarring imagery as us tough Amurrricans…and I actually hope they stay that way for a long time…
Speaking of jarring imagery,here's today's trivia question:
How do you know you've rented a car in New York City? Give up?
Answer: When there's two vials of blood in the cup-holder (most decidedly not mine), they won't give you another vehicle, and the steering wheel shudders violently when you go above 10 MPH. True story!
Speaking of shuddering violently, I just finished listening to the rough mixes of my new CD-no, we kid the Poles!!!!Actually, I'm quite proud of this one-it started out as a duo record with myself and Greg Cohen, and became that and much more-there's lots of surprises on this one, not least of which is that I'm putting it out myself! Yep, I'm tired of seeing everything deleted faster than the Bush administration's e-mails, so I'm gonna own a few of my masters for a change-look in this space for further details….
And, finally, for now, we say a brief good-bye to Kurt Vonnegut.A couple of years ago, I played the clarinet part (as opposed to the part of a clarinet) in a fascinating production of Stravinsky's "A Soldier's Tale", with a new book by Mr. Vonnegut, based on the true story Private Slovik.
To our delight, he showed up to one of the performances,and to mydelight,complemented me on my playing (there was a jazz segment we did in addition to the 'straight' performance),and told me that,yes, evenhe used to play the clarinet , and inquired, "Do they still call it the licorice stick?" I don't really know if 'they' do or not, but God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, for your visionary works of art–you sure inspired a lot of us…..
See you next time! Ken Peplowski P.S. Thanks for the 'typing tips' go out to Jim Lawler (sincerely!!!); Jim responded to my last blog with this warm message: "Ken: Hit the space bar after each comma." Who knew????…….
My Day Part IIFebruary 28th, 2007
As I race through the lobby to the elevators,I'm accosted by not one,but two,"grippers" (an English musician's term for the kind of person that latches on for dear life and won't let go),a gentleman in his 90s who used to run a jazz party, and an elderly lady who is the bane of musicians and promoters alike. (She was once kicked out of a hotel for tripping a man with her crutches after he asked her not to block the aisle, and for breaking the lock open on the kitchen door at midnight – "well, I was hungry, and they didn't have room service" was her defense!). These two charmers actually talk simultaneously and overeach other in their eagerness to engage me,so it comes out like this—
Popeye:"You've gotten-"
Broomhilda:"What's wrong with your hair?"
Me-"Excuse me?"
P:"-fat.I said you're really-"
B:"I mean,it looks like you're losing hair. Are you going-"
Mercifully,the elevator doors open-I dive in and stab frantically at the 'close' button.I'm free-except for a couple standing in the elevator,who seem kindly enough,but have a habit of always bringing up my LAST marriage.Now,I've been with Kim for five years,but to many fans,you're frozen in their memories to some past time of their choosing-in this case,I'm still married to my Swedish ex-wife,and only have one son with her,an infant (who will miraculously be shaving soon!).
"How's that little boy?" Now,should I say that I'm re-married,have fourkids in total,my ex is living in Sweden with my two sons,etc.-No,that won't work,because then the elevator will turn into a scene from The Sorrow And The Pity,and I'll have to recount the whole divorce,the fact that my children are so far away,etc.,while keeping a sorrowful expression on my face throughout their solicitations of sympathy,and trying to reassure them that "No,actually,everything's allright now"….
Instead,I say,"Fine-thanks!"Oops-this backfires big-time,because their follow-up is:
"Your wife's English is amazing!"
Now,I want to reply that,although Kim grew up in Kansas City, and so her knowledge of evolution could justifiably be questioned (actually,she's quite familiar with the descent of man-she's seen Dick Cheney on CNN),her English is exemplary….
Instead,I say,"Thanks!"The doors open to my floor-I break into a run for my room-as I nervously insert the key and the door clicks open,I hear one more,"Hey,Polack-are you going for some kielbasa and sauerkraut? We still haven't heard a polka yet!"(see last entry) SLAM!!!!Safe…
P.S. Just as an aside,if you think events from my life are frozen in time with certain fans,consider the plight of a fellow saxophonist (he shall remain nameless),whose father passed away almost three years ago.He runs into one elderly gentleman about once a month,who has a habit of approaching my friend at the most inappropriate times,shaking his hand,and offering a "I sure do miss your daddy!!!"This means that my friend has to drop whatever he's doing (in one case, a hot date!),and start 'grieving' again,no matter what his actual mood is….But,once again,I digress…
I'm doing the opening set at the Newport Jazz Party-this is always a good one,because not only do I get to play with some of the West Coast's finest musicians,but Joe Rothman,the organizer,and I have a long-standing tradition of insulting each other mercilessly over the microphone throughout the weekend,and I get the opening salvo….
Now,Joe Rothman is a bachelor for life-he's never been married,never will,so,naturally,my jokes lean in that direction-for example,two years before,I'd lowered the bar significantly with this joke:"You know,if you laid all the girls in California end-to-end…then you'd be Joe Rothman!" This,incidentally,was funny to everyone but his first-time date that night-who knew?????So this year I softened things up a bit-here's my comments:
"It's great to be back here in Newport Beach,and I'm glad to see Joe Rothman healthy again (some murmurs,some titters in the audience).No,you know he's had some health problems-I don't think he'd mind me telling you-for the last year,every time he had sex,his upper body burned like crazy-but a team of doctors finally figured out the cause-pepper spray!!!!"This was followed by,"No,I shouldn't kid Joe-at his age,he has more testosterone than Rosie O'Donnell in a women's prison!"These jokes,again,got a huge laugh from everyone but,alas,Joe's date,who subsequently referred to me as an "asshole" and a "jerk"-again,I didn't know she was in the audience,and I really didn't think that she'd be offended,considering that (a) Joe "gives" to me as good as he "gets",(b)we're close friends,which is clear to everyone,(c)these jokes were pretty mild on the offend-o-meter,and(d)our banter is just an act.(I tried this reasoning on Joe's date-she informed me that "I'm not an act!!!").OK,to anyone not in our inner circle (all 2,000 of us)-I'M JUST JOKING!!Joe's a great guy,he really is a perfect gentleman and a good,loyal,friend,and I love him-if you don't believe me,I have an elf in Irvine who can testify on my behalf!!!!(again,see last entry)
Bye for now-Ken
P.S. You should sign up for Joe and John's West Coast Jazz Party in Irvine on Labor Day weekend for more great music and hi-jinks!!!


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I thought about making Slan but I'm not planning on doing her at the moment.
I think our emoticons are a bit too big for this, but that's a good idea regardless.
Although the one your using seems to do the job, how about using something along the lines of one of the forum icons
Here is a 16x16 test.
Well, I made a new version of my own, following Headless Death's example. Coincidentally, the rose was what Walter and I had in mind, and I think the result isn't too bad, so I'll leave it like that for now.
It took me awhile to figure out the Guts emoticon actually represented Guts. I thought it was some guy w/ a flattop grinning, like the president's PR rep from the Dark Knight Returns. Even now the emoticon looks more like that guy than it does Guts.
That Azan emoticon was LONG overdue!
Is it too much to ask for a arm cross emoticon?
Also, as a favor to me, try not to abuse the use of these things, like for situations that don't warrant it.
Awesome! Azan is a great addition and the Void one is hilarious.
Also, I fleshed out Skully's emoticons to make them look a little more realistic. I'm pleased with the results. VS . And VS
I'd like to emphasize this. Using them in the proper context is what makes those emoticons great. For example, spamming the troll emoticon (which is supposed to imply a trollish comment) just ruins it, and can even confuse other members over your intentions.
Love the Azan icon! (Carcus is my favorite out of all of them) Any plans for Slan?? I have no idea what emotion she'd represent, but the comments you guys make about her always make me laugh out loud!


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First, we had a woman impersonating a little Sandy Hook victim's aunt because she was allegedly trying to scam people out of money for "funeral expenses." Now we have a dude who claimed to be Adam Lanza's uncle because he was ... well, not sure. Because he's crazy? A man named Jonathan Lee Riches was arrested after showing up in Newtown, Connecticut shortly after the shootings and claiming to be "Jonathan Lanza," Adam's uncle. There, he got the attention of the press, who took him at his word, and began spouting off.
Jonathan told a reporter for The New York Daily News that his "nephew," Adam, was on the antipsychotic drug Fanapt. That story ran, and other outlets picked it up. But oops! It looks like the guy has a history of trouble and wasn't actually related to Adam Lanza, so the News removed the story. But you can still see a bunch of stories linking the drug to Adam Lanza.
Jonathan Riches was reportedly already on probation for perhaps an even more bizarre stunt -- he claimed in a lawsuit that he stumbled upon none other than Kim Kardashian and Kanye West in an "Al-Qaeda training camp" and that Kim had "taken his virginity." Wow. Doesn't get any loopier than that!
He also, according to the Huffington Post, filed lawsuits against the Lincoln Memorial, James Hoffa, and the Eiffel Tower. I wonder what the Eiffel Tower did to him? He also apparently tried to sue the Guinness Book of World Records for "hurting [his] feelings." He's listed in Wikipedia for filing over 2600 lawsuits against everyone from Martha Stewart to Steve Jobs to Perez Hilton.
Since he was on probation in Pennsylvania, he shouldn't have been in Connecticut. This man seems to be mentally ill. A judge, however, said his lawsuits are "self-promotional." But it goes to show you shouldn't believe everything you read in the press. Or believe everyone who shows up after a tragedy claiming this, that, and the other.
Can you believe this guy?
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Instead of media and markets continuously hounding Apple about "what's next?!", there's a case to be made that Apple has already announced several services that could do with a little -- or a lot -- of their attention. It might not be as magical or revolutionary as a fresh name on a big slide, but making what's already here work better could also increase the value of Apple's platform as a whole. At least that's what Joe Cieplinski thinks:
If the pattern used to be "release, then iterate, iterate, iterate," it seems like Apple is not giving itself enough time for the "iterate" part of that process. It's being pressured to move on to the next thing. And that leaves us with a lot of half-baked products and a ton of unrealized potential.
Cieplinski calls out FaceTime, Passbook, iBooks Author, and, of course, iCloud. And you know what? He makes a compelling case. Read it over.
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Our week-long downtime meant no Fancy Pants last week. Bummer. Thankfully, just as we're back at our own digs this week, we're also back with a look at some of the week's best cosplay.
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Fancy Pants is a look at the world of cosplay (costume play), where people dress up as their favorite video game characters. Sometimes it works! Sometimes it...yeah.
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EarthTalk: Monarch butterfly population on decline
Dear EarthTalk: How are monarch butterflies doing today? They used to pass through my area in big numbers but in the last few years, there seem to be many fewer. -- Bill Wright, Erie, Pa.
The monarch butterfly, royally adorned in black, white and reddish-orange and able to migrate as far as 2,800 miles, is a true wonder of nature. Each year monarchs travel from Canada and the U.S. to hibernate in the forests of central Mexico. But in recent years, the monarchs have been in sharp population decline due to habitat loss, eradication of the plants it depends upon and other environmental factors.
The decline in monarchs has been going on for two decades, but the last few years have been particularly worrisome. Mexico's National Commission of Natural Protected Areas reports a 59 percent decline in the area of forest there occupied by overwintering monarchs since December 2011. Meanwhile, the World Wildlife Fund reports that overwintering populations along the California coast have shrunk from more than a million individuals counted at 101 sites in 1997 to less than 60,000 at just 74 sites in 2009. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature, which maintains the "Red List" of endangered species around the world, recognizes the monarchs' annual migration as an "endangered biological phenomenon."
According to Monarch Watch, an educational outreach program based at the University of Kansas that engages citizen-scientists in monarch monitoring and conservation efforts, habitat destruction is one key driver in the monarch's demise: "New roads, housing developments and agricultural expansion ... all transform a natural landscape in ways that make it impossible for monarchs to live there."
Also, drought and record-high temperatures in North America in 2012 triggered an earlier-than-usual monarch migration. This disrupted the butterflies' breeding cycle by drying out their eggs prematurely.
The hot weather has also reduced the nectar content of the milkweed plants that monarch larvae depend on. In addition, milkweed is becoming scarce due to farmers' increasing reliance on herbicides. Most of the soy and corn crops grown in the U.S. are genetically engineered to resist herbicides. This means even more chemical spraying -- and far fewer milkweed plants. Nectar producing plants that attract adult butterflies are facing a similar fate, further complicating survival for the monarch.
It won't be easy to stem the tide of human development that threatens the species' long-term survival. In 2008 the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, set up under the North American Free Trade Agreement to help the U.S., Canada and Mexico coordinate on environmental initiatives, published its North American Monarch Conservation Plan to establish a conservation blueprint for the butterflies. Key aspects of the plan include the creation of incentives for the conservation of overwintering sites and the restoration of breeding habitat throughout the butterfly's extensive range.
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In the meantime, the Mexican government has worked with WWF and other groups and made strides in restricting logging in areas critical to monarch populations. And in the U.S., monarch habitat restoration work in California and other parts of the U.S. have helped provide the butterflies some relief. Whether these and other efforts are enough to rescue the monarchs remains to be seen.
Dear EarthTalk: How far along are we at developing algae-based and other higher yield sources of biofuels? -- Jason McCabe, Tullahoma, Tenn.
A few years ago, biofuels were all the rage. But the bubble burst when it became apparent that there wasn't enough agricultural land in the U.S. or elsewhere to grow sufficient amounts of corn, palm and other crops to feed both people and their engines.
But a new generation of biofuels based on algae might just change all that. One of the major problems with biofuels that algae could solve is space, since algae can yield as much as 100 times more fuel per unit area than other so-called "second generation" biofuel crops (e.g. non-food crops or non-food waste parts of food crops). Federal researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy report that it would take only 15,000 square miles -- less than 1/7 the area now used to harvest all the corn across the country -- to produce enough algae fuel to replace all of our petroleum fuel.
At least three well-funded ventures are poised to ramp up production of commercially viable quantities of algae-derived crude oil over the next couple of years.
EarthTalk is by Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss of E -- The Environmental Magazine (www.emagazine.com). Send questions to firstname.lastname@example.com.
While burning algae-derived fuel in an engine or factory generates carbon dioxide emissions just like fossil fuels do, the algae itself requires CO2 to photosynthesize -- so overall no new CO2 is added to the atmosphere. Furthermore, any CO2 created through processing or refinement can be captured and redirected to the growing algae beds. And unlike other biofuel feedstocks, algae production has minimal impact on freshwater supplies -- especially when it can be undertaken in ocean waters or even wastewater.
At least three well-funded ventures are poised to ramp up production of commercially viable quantities of algae-derived crude oil over the next couple of years. California's Solazyme is building an algae fuel factory in Brazil in partnership with food processing giant Bunge and expects to manufacture 100,000 metric tons of fuel there each year. Solazyme is also retooling an Archer Daniels Midland factory in Clinton, Iowa, to produce another 100,000 metric tons of algae fuel per year domestically.
Another company ready to make the leap into commercial scale production of algae fuel is Sapphire Energy, which operates a 2,200 acre algae farm in New Mexico where oil is harvested across 70 open ponds and refined on site. Sapphire -- Bill Gates is a big investor -- expects the facility, which goes online next year, to generate some 10,000 barrels of crude oil a day by 2018.
Yet a third player in the emerging algae fuel market is Synthetic Genomics, the brainchild of genomics guru Craig Venter, who beat the U.S. government in sequencing the human genome and at a fraction of the cost. The company, which last year purchased an 81-acre site in California's Imperial Valley to scale up and test its synthetic algae strains across 42 open ponds, plans to genetically modify algae to optimize its oil output. ExxonMobil signed a $600 million development deal with the company to further the cutting edge research.
EarthTalk is by Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss of E -- The Environmental Magazine (www.emagazine.com). Send questions to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Chances are, there's soybean in your diet. You eat it directly, down soy milk with your coffee, or more likely eat meat that fed on crushed pieces of soy.
By far the dominant maker of soybean seeds is Monsanto. This morning the company won a unanimous case before the Supreme Court that threatened to undercut its market share. In other words, Goliath beat David.
Like Intel's dominance in the chip market, almost every soybean in America has Monsanto inside. Monsanto makes some 90 percent of soybean seeds sold. And the product patent means farmers have to buy them every year.
Today's case threatened to undo that. But antitrust scholar Mark Patterson of Fordham Law School says the ruling means the company keeps its market position.
"It gives it the freedom to continue to control year by year the sales of its products to farmers," Patterson says.
Once a chemical maker, Monsanto came to dominate the seed business over the past two decades.
Agricultural economist Neil Harl at Iowa State says, first, the company patented its Roundup herbicide and Roundup-ready seeds. Then, it acquired other seed producers. And as Harl sees it, Monsanto now impedes competition.
"Beating in the heart of every good capitalist is the heart of a monopolist," Harl says. "So we have to have rules, we have to have the economic police on the beat. Or we end up with concentration and that means higher prices."
By one estimate, farmers pay double for the Monsanto product, though some say it pays for itself in higher yields.
Now, patent protections do expire after 20 years, and Monsanto's Roundup Ready product effectively goes generic in 2014.
Still, that's the original, arguably obsolete version of the product.
"You're not going to buy a Commodore 64 in today's computer market," says Indiana soy farmer Ron Moore. "They just aren't going to make it because no one will buy it. That's what's going to happen to the varieties with the Roundup 1 herbicide tolerant traits in them."
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This rich tapestry of more than three centuries of Jewish cooking in America gathers together some 335 kosher recipes, old and new. They come from both Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jews who settled all over America, bringing with them a wide variety of regional flavors, changing and adapting their traditional dishes according to what was available in the new country. What makes Jewish cooking unique is the ancient dietary laws that govern the selection, preparation, and consumption of observant Jews. Food plays a major part in rituals past and present, binding family and community. It is this theme that informs every part of Joan Nathan's warm and lively text. Every dish has a storyfrom the cholents (the long-cooked rich meat stews) and kugels (vegetable and noodle puddings) prepared in advance for the Sabbath, to the potato latkes (served with maple syrup in Vermont and goat cheese in California) and gefilte fish (made with white fish in the Midwest, salmon in the Northwest, haddock in New England, and shad in Maryland). Joan Nathan tells us how lox and bagels and Lindy's cheesecake became household words, and how American products like Crisco, cream cheese, and Jell-O changed forever Jewish home cooking. The recipes and stories come from every part of the U.S.A. They are seasoned with Syrian, Moroccan, Greek, German, Polish, Georgian, and Alsatian flavors, and they represent traditional foods tailored for today's tastes as well as some of the nouvelle creations of Jewish chefs from New York to Tuscon. WhenJewish Cooking in Americawas first published in 1994, it won both the IACP / Julia Child Cookbook Award for Best Cookbook of the Year and the James Beard Award for Best Food of the Americas Cookbook. Now, more than ever, it stands firmly established as an American culinary classic.
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What are the most dog-friendly cities in the United States and Canada? According to the website DogFriendly.com, the top 10 cities in which to vacation with your dog are:
1. Boston – You can see most of the best tourist sites with your dog. Getting around is easy because the Boston T (subway) allows leashed dogs of all sizes during non-rush hours. Follow the red line on the sidewalk along the 2-1/2-mile Freedom Trail or take one of a number of boat tours. Even some whale-watching tours welcome pups. For a weekend getaway near Boston, you can take a dog-friendly ferry to Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, or Nantucket or visit the dog-friendly beaches of Block Island.
2. Vancouver, British Columbia – Visit Historic Gastown, Granville Island, and the Capilano Bridge and Park with your pooch. Many ferries allow leashed dogs of all sizes, and the city's public transportation allows small dogs in carriers. The city has many outdoor restaurants and cafes and quite a few of the stores allow you to shop inside with your dog. Consider taking a dog-friendly trip to the Minter Gardens, Hell's Gate Airtram, and to Victoria on Vancouver Island. While on Vancouver Island, you and your dog will want to see the beautiful Butchart Gardens. Vancouver boasts seven off-leash dog beaches and more than 20 off-leash dog parks that give your dog ample opportunity to run.
3. New York City – Some of New York's most fashionable hotels welcome dogs. If you stay outside the city, you can bring your dog on the Metro-North trains from Connecticut or the northern suburbs or on the Seastreak Ferry from New Jersey. There are also a number of Pet Taxi services in the city that you can call for transportation and some regular taxis will also pick up passengers with dogs. Many of the famous stores in Manhattan will allow leashed dogs to accompany you. Take a walking tour of lower Manhattan, a carriage ride in Central Park, walk the Brooklyn Bridge, or visit one of the 30 off-leash parks in the city.
4. San Francisco is a great vacation site for a traveler with a dog. There are so many parks, off-leash areas, and beaches. Try Baker Beach, Ocean Beach, or Fort Funston. Visit Golden Gate Park, walk across the Golden Gate Bridge or shop in many dog-friendly stores throughout the city. Also, dogs are allowed on most public transportation, including the famous cable cars, Muni buses, and trains. Every August the San Francisco Giants host their annual Dog Days of Summer baseball game where your dog is welcome to attend with you.
5. Austin, Texas – You and your dog can take a walking tour of downtown, ride a horse and carriage or visit the Zilker Botanical Garden. Austin has a large number of dog-friendly parks as well as 10 off-leash dog areas. You may also dine with your dog at many dog-friendly patio restaurants throughout the city.
6. Portland, Ore., boasts more than 20 off-leash dog parks, some of which are fenced; a city amusement park where leashed dogs are allowed; the Hoyt Arboretum; and the famous Rose Gardens. Also visit the Portland Saturday Market, an open-air market with artists, entertainment, and shops.
7. Northern Virginia – During the summer months, cruise the Potomac with your dog on the Potomac Riverboat Co. Canine Cruises. Visit the outdoor areas of historic Mount Vernon, the Iwo Jima Memorial, and the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial. Hike the Mount Vernon Trail from Washington, D.C., to Mount Vernon or visit more than 20 off-leash dog parks.
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Dec. 15 is the first day that players signed in the offseason can be dealt, an unofficial start of the trading season, if you will, considering the annual offseason signing frenzy.
There are exceptions -- such as players re-signed with raises above 20 percent (those players cannot be dealt until Jan. 15), or those who have signed within the past three months -- but it certainly is a day circled on the NBA's personnel calendar.
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As the pitches mounted, and they did rather quickly last night, it was tempting to think, "well, he's back to being the old Mike Pelfrey."
The pitches added up to base runners – ten in all – but, other than the angst, not much else. Something strange happened: Pelfrey got a pop up to end one inning; double plays to end two more; and a couple of strikeouts also bailed him.
While one never wants your pitcher to get in trouble, the telling sign is the ability to escape and that's what Pelfrey did last night. He didn't just minimize damage, he avoided it all together. That's something he didn't do last season, or in spring training of this year for that matter.
Pelfrey is getting outs on his splitter, a secondary pitch he has been working on. There will be times this year when the pitch might flatten, but for now it is working and it is exciting to see his development.
Pelfrey has been on hot streaks before, but this one has a different feel. This one comes with the sense of maturity and progression to the next step. This one has the sense of his development into a pitcher, leaving the thrower behind.
The Mets did a solid yesterday when they invited fans to move into whatever seats they wished. OK, you got to stay in them for a few innings, but still the gesture was nice. Also, the Mets announced anybody with yesterday's game can exchange them for complimentary tickets to a game during the San Diego and Detroit series in June.
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Lousy weather all day today in Queens, but tonight's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers is still on.
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She has been on the covers of the magazines ELLE, Madame Figaro and Brazilian Vogue/Teen Vogue magazine. Dicker has walked in many fashion shows including Gucci, Anna Sui, Peter Som, Matthew Williamson, Lanvin, and Dolce & Gabbana, amongst others, and she is known for her red hair, pouty lips, and abundance of freckles. Fellow Brazilian models Caroline Trentini and Bruna Erhardt are her New York City roommates and good friends. She is currently dating IMG model Andre Bertani. Cintia Dicker's Blog


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BLACKSBURG, Va. (Apr. 19, 2005) - With two outs in the top of the ninth, East Tennessee State sophomore centerfielder Stephen Douglas (Kennesaw, Ga.) belted a three-run home run to tie Tuesday night's game against Virginia Tech from English Field in Blacksburg, Va. Junior left fielder Josiah Glafenhein (Knoxville, Tenn.) then scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the top of the 10th to give the Bucs a 5-4 victory over the Hokies.
The game was scoreless through the first six innings as Buccaneer freshman lefty Joey McCown (
Virginia Tech (13-17) was able to break through in the bottom of the seventh with three runs on four hits. With one down in the inning, Matt Hacker and Jose Cueto hit back-to-back singles followed by a two-run triple by Bryan Thomas. Thomas would later cross the plate on a single by Matt Foley.
The Hokies pushed another run across in the bottom of the eighth on an RBI single by Cueto.
ETSU then scored the winning run in the top of the tenth. With two outs, Glafenhein doubled down the left field line. He would advance to third on a wild pitch and crossed the plate as another pitch got to the backstop.
Randy Buffington was charged with the loss (0-2) for the Hokies, giving up one run and striking out two in an inning of work.
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China taunts Ambassador Gary Locke, calls him 'banana'
China seems pretty happy that former Washington Gov. Gary Locke is no longer the US ambassador to that country.
The New York Times reports that the state-run China News Service took a "parting shot" at Locke and, among other things, called him a "banana."
The term, considered offensive my many Asian-American, is used to slur someone as "yellow on the outside and white on the inside."
Locke left his post talking about the need for China to cool tensions with Japan and the importance of China's supporting human rights.
The Times says the news service wasn't impressed:
"Gary Locke is a U.S.-born, third-generation Chinese-American, and his being a banana — 'yellow skin and white heart' — became an advantage for Obama's foreign policy,'' opened the commentary, written by a person identified as Wang Ping...
"However," the commentary continued, "after a while, a banana will inevitably start to rot.''
Locke drew the scorn of the news service by going to such places as Tibet. It said he stirred "an evil wind" in such places.
Then there was this nugget:
"When Gary Locke arrived, the skies in Beijing became hazy. When he left, the skies suddenly became blue.''
Maybe the folks at the news service should look out the window at the heavy layers of smog. It's been so bad that even statues are wearing masks.
The South China Morning Post reports that Locke, who made quite a stir by flying coach, waiting in line for a cup of Starbucks and carrying his own bags, has been remembered fondly by many online in China. And some not so fondly
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The US embassy's release of air pollution data had further bolstered his image. "Gary Locke's biggest contribution was to tell the Chinese people what PM2.5 is, and also to tell Chinese ambassadors that they can fly economy class," television actor Sun Haiying wrote in a weibo post.
The US embassy has released measurements of smog-induced fine particles known as PM2.5 for years. Last year, Locke ordered thousands of air purifiers for his staff in China.
In a joke circulating on Sina Weibo, China's answer to Twitter, a journalist asks Locke: "China is your ancestral home, will you take home some of your ancestral home's soil?" Locke replies, "I am. I've filled my lungs with it."


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Le portrait du roi : Louis XIV sculpté par Le Bernin © EPV/ Christian Milet
This exhibition, Louis XIV, the man and the king, brings together more than 300 exceptional works coming from collections all over the world and never shown together before. Paintings, sculptures, objets d'art and furniture will be exhibited. These masterpieces, some of which have never been presented in France since the days of the Ancien Régime, will enable visitors to get to know the famous monarch better in both his personal tastes and through his public image.
The richness of the image of Louis XIV has no precedent in history: Louis XIV is the Sun King, i.e. Apollo as the sun god. Fashioned by the king himself and his counsellors, this image constantly evolved to convey emblematic figures of the royal power: the king of war leading his troops, the patron king and protector of the arts, the very Christian king and Defender of the Church, the king of glory, an image constructed for posterity. This visible glory, given mythical proportions, which was constructed during his lifetime, took shape thanks to the excellence of the artists chosen, such as Bernini, Girardon, Rigaud, Cucci, Gole, Van der Meulen and Coysevox who set out to sublimate the royal portrait.
Louis XIV saw himself as a king who was the protector of the arts and a collector, competing with other sovereigns of Europe who were also genuine connoisseurs. Benefiting from the example of Mazarin, Louis XIV formed his taste in direct contact with artists, and through the personal relations that he established with them: Le Brun and Mignard in painting, Le Vau and Hardouin-Mansart in architecture, Le Nôtre in the art of gardens, Lully in music, and Molière in theatre.


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While I have some problems with MCSR's "My Strength" campaign (I think that it, unfortunately, plays on traditional male masculinity--i.e. 'men must be strong', and the images used in the various media of the campaign reinforce traditional male masculinity as well), I think that Stoltenberg's basic take on the ways that feminism can help men is right on. Feminism can help men realize that traditional conceptions of masculinity can be harmful to men. In "Why I Stopped Trying to Be a Real Man" he says:
As I watched guys trying to prove their fantasy of manhood--by doing dirt to women, making fun of queers, putting down people of other religions and races--I realized they were doing something really negative to me too, because their fear and hatred of everything "nonmanly" was killing off something in me that I valued.
That's why I feel a connection to feminism. I want a humanity that is not measured against the cult of masculinity. I want a selfhood that does not reject fine parts of myself just because they are not "manly." I want courage to confront the things men have done in the world that are damaging to women and that are also leaving no safe space for the self I hope to be.
Go check out Men Can Stop Rape. Some of Stoltenberg's writings can be found here.


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We are witnessing the birth of a transcendent baseball career right in front of our eyes, as Angel outfielder Mike Trout has electrified his team and Major League Baseball in the first half of the 2012 season.
There has not been a rookie this dazzling since the days of New York Yankee outfielder Mickey Mantle. It is evocative of Robert Redford in "The Natural."
The first year of a player in any sport is traditionally a time of adjustment. The competition is so intensified compared to the minor leagues or college that the first year is filled with misadventure. The caliber of athlete the rookie encounters is daunting. It takes time to adjust to the speed of the game.
Rookies tend to make more errors and misplays in baseball than they will ever do later. Baserunning can be erratic, knowledge of the pitchers is embryonic, and it is hard to see much more than a hint of how a career will play out. Hitters lack consistency and endure episodic slumps. It is a period of tutelage and development.
And then there's Trout.
The 20-year-old leads the American League in batting with a .347 average going into Saturday. He also leads the American League in stolen bases with 26. He hits leadoff and sets the table for the rest of the order.
In a game last week, he walked, stole second, stole third and scored on the overthrow. He produced a run all on his own without getting a hit. Every time he gets to first base he is a danger to run, which destabilizes the opposing pitcher and rattles his delivery. His productivity sets up Torii Hunter, Albert Pujols, Kendrys Morales and Mark Trumbo who follow him in order. And his fearlessness and enthusiasm are infectious and light a fire under the Angel veteran players.
His extreme speed and athleticism make him a devastating fielder, and he is capable of making a circus catch on any given play. Will he cool off at some point and go through slumps? That is inevitable, but no one has stopped him yet.
He was selected to the All-Star game in just his second year in the big leagues — he played in 40 games last year but still qualifies as a rookie this year.
Trout isn't the only Angel in the All-Star game this year. The power-hitting outfielder Trumbo, who has hit a club-leading 21 home runs and will participate in the Home Run Derby, was also selected.
When Pujols was signed by owner Arte Moreno, it appeared that Trumbo might not have a position to play and he was not an everyday player early in the season. An experimental move to third base did not look promising. But injuries to Hunter and Vernon Wells gave Trumbo the opportunity to play every day, and he hasn't looked back since.
If you like baseball, or the artistry of talent on any field, do not miss the charisma and youthful joy of Trout in this rookie season. It may be a while before this phenomenon reoccurs. Rejoice in the metamorphosis of Trumbo. And get ready for what promises to be a season-long struggle as the Angels try and catch the Texas Rangers in the American League West standings.
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A student must begin classes at the new school within 5 months of transferring out of the previous school, or within 5 months of the completion date on his/her I-20, whichever is earlier. For students on OPT, a transfer can be done only if the student begins studying at the new school within 5 months of transferring out of the school that recommended OPT, or the date that OPT authorization ends, whichever is earlier. Students, who are ineligible for transfer within the US because of the 5-month rule, should travel abroad and re-enter the US with a new I-20 from the new school.
On-campus work ceases at the old school on the last day of class for the degree you finished at that school. On-campus employment may begin at the new school 30 days prior to the orientation date at the new school.
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