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RuPaul's Drag Race is Back!
ShareTweet RuPaul reminder!!! It's Monday and that means that RuPaul is back on the air with all-new episodes! The most famous drag queen in the world is back with Season 3 of her very own RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 3 begins Monday, January 24th with a casting special at 9/8c and the first episode at […]Read more
Black, Straight & Against Hate
ShareTweet This FCKH8 campaign keeps getting our attention. It's a no holds barred F-U to the anti-gay haters out there. In their latest attention-grabbing video, the campaign gathered straight men (that are pro-gay equality) for a very revealing photo shoot. And you have to give these straight guys credit! They are comfortable enough in their […]Read more
Straight Black Women Fighting for Gay Rights
ShareTweet The straight black men showed their support for gay rights in our blog post Black, Straight & Against Hate – so, we wanted to point to a black woman that's standing up for gay rights. One woman making strides in the world of politics is newly elected San Francisco Supervisor Malia Cohen. In a […]Read more
Black Lesbian Film Featured at Sundance
ShareTweet This weekend, the black lesbian coming-of-age movie called "PARIAH" is getting a lot of buzz at the Sundance Film Festival. The early reviews are in and it sounds amazing! From the Boston Globe: "Pariah is about the loosening of sexual and social expectations among black people in Brooklyn," writes the Boston Globe's Wesley Morris. "Its […]Read more
One of the 'Gayest Cities' at Center of the Bible Belt
ShareTweet Jacksonville, Florida is in the news again this week being named as one of The Advocate's "Gayest Cities." Pastor Valerie Williams of St. Luke's Community Church is given some of the credit for helping to build and nurture a gay-welcoming church community. In a local news interview (Watch below), she says…. "People are shocked […]Read more
NAACP Supports 'I Am Gay' Billboards (VIDEO)
ShareTweet The "I Am Gay" Billboard controversy continues… while one local politician is having a tantrum, over the weekend, the local newspaper quotes the NAACP in what appears to be a supportive message: Paul Webster, president of the Schenectady chapter of the NAACP, said he would rather see black activists, politicians and clergy tackle the problems […]Read more

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Winchester Tavern T-Shirt (Shaun Of The Dead)
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T-shirt inspired by Shaun of the Dead, the 2004 British zombie comedy movie directed by Edgar Wright.
The film follows Shaun (Simon Pegg), a man struggling to turn his life around after his girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield) dumps him for only ever taking her to the Winchester Tavern, their local pub. On top of that, he has a difficult relationship with his stepfather Phillip (Bill Nighy), and doesn't get along well with his housemate Pete (Peter Serafinowicz), largely because of Ed (Nick Frost), Shaun's other housemate and crude, unemployed best friend. Things soon take a turn for the worse as a zombie outbreak descends upon London, giving Shaun a perfect opportunity to show everyone how useful he is after all.
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Hi everyone! Wow - can you believe March is half over? Me either! Today I would like to share my DT card for the new challenge on the CCC Digi Creations Challenge Blog. Our lovely sponsors for this challenge are:
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Our theme for this challenge is 'Add Some Sparkle'. For my project, I am using the sweet image Girl Cupcakes by Bugaboo Stamps.
The Copics I used are: skin - E000, E00, E11, E21, E93 & R11; hair -E43, E47 & E49; clothing - RV63, RV66, RV69 & BG18; shoes - C3, C5 & C7; cupcakes - RV04, E13, E29 & BG05. I added stickles to the cupcakes. The image is printed on x-press paper.
For the card I used Bazzill cardstock, paper and stickers from Bo Bunny, flowers from my stash and Wild Orchid, and glitter paper. I hope you will hop on over to the CCC Digi Creations Challenge Blog and join our challenge. Check out the other gorgeous projects by my fellow DT members while you're there! Hope you have a great day!


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Being a mom, you're going to be expected to carry multiple bags around. From your purse to the baby bag and everything in between, you should be able to limit the bags and items into one tote. Of course, that isn't the easiest thing but when you can limit the items why not take the opportunity. I mentioned this super cute vegan diaper bag I received from the hubby on this post, and I am so excited to share it with you today.
As you see above, this vegan diaper bag has compartments for everything. I'm able to toss my wallet, phone, and a lipstick along with all of his belongings and I still have room for more. I love the fact that we were able to have his initials engraved on the front. It makes the bag super chic and not your average diaper bag. When searching for a vegan diaper bag, I wanted to ensure it was a bag that would last and be durable to hold everything. I also love the fact the bag comes with a changing pad which is perfect when we're out and about and need to do a quick diaper change.
You can shop this vegan diaper bag here and see many other impressive options that Pottery Barn Kids offers.


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Thursday, July 20, 2017
Poster Comes to Life
Beyond Personae artwork by Kat Hudson
Beyond Personae backstage pic by Alexander Geist
If you've missed out on the BEYOND! salon series, then I am very sorry for your loss. This month we went BEYOND! Personae with Fancy Chance, GFOTY and ShayShay, my identical twin brother hosted. It was a very funny, very provocative evening, I'm really enjoying presenting these salons ESPECIALLY as we have a fully female/trans* line-up for the series. They have been a incredibly useful research tool, to think about how performance builds, to consider its limitations, and to reconsider the triangulation between artist - performance - audience. All of the material gathered in the salon series is going into the creation of a brand new piece for the And What? Festival in October, full details of which are coming soon...In the meantime there will be one more salon BEYOND! Noise to come =)
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James Gets Remixed from The Footprint Gazette
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Before and after views from around the project footprint reveal
the massive scale of the proposed luxury apartments and sports complex.
All Images Copyright 2006 Jonathan Barkey.
"Brooklyn Matters"
No single event will have a more drastic and long-lasting impact
on Brooklyn than the proposed Atlantic Yards development. This uncommon
proposal, however, is mostly misunderstood. Brooklyn Matters is an insightful
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July 16, 2006 Rally:
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This 18-minute short film profiles several Prospect Heights residents
who face eviction due to developer Bruce Ratners Brooklyn Arena project.
Ratners plan to erect not just an arena, but a 16-skyscraper mega-development
complex would displace some 800 people who live in the vibrant community
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series that profiles neighborhoods around New York, but in this film the
tour guides are community activists, members of Develop Dont Destroy
Brooklyn, who visit several of the residents facing eviction. The characters
are funny and poignant, passionate and compelling, as they describe the
life of a vital community.
Filmmaker, George Lerner has made a series of short films on Brooklyn
neighborhoods Crown Heights and Red Hook for the travel website TurnHere.com.
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Al Qaeda links in Canada, Saddam Hussein's money trail and abuses by U.S.
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So much healthy
Flavours: garlic clove, pinch chilli flakes*, 1 tsp coriander powder, S/P
Bulk: 4 large flat mushrooms, 1 courgette (~150g), 80g carrot, 70g spinach, 120g low fat cottage cheese, 30g plain white flour, 2 tbsp soy milk
Lets cook: Preheat the oven to 200oC. Grate the courgette and carrot into a large bowl and add the flour, coriander, soy milk and season well with S/P. Wilt the spinach in a frying over a medium heat for 2-3 minutes. Remove from the pan, squeeze out some excess liquid and chop it to make smaller pieces. Add this to this to the bowl and mix thoroughly. To a hot frying pan, spoon the mixture into 4 pancakes and place the mushrooms upside down on a baking tray and place in the oven. Cook for both for 8 minutes. Meanwhile, mix the crushed garlic clove, pinch of chilli flakes* and S/P with the cottage cheese. After around 8 minutes, carefully flip the pancakes over. Also, turn the mushrooms over and top with the cheese. Cook both for another 8 minutes. Once done, place a tasty mushroom on top of each a pancake and tuck in
* You can add a pinch of chilli flakes to the pancake mixture if you want. I personally like the extra chilli vibes. The pancakes may also need more frequent flipping/cooking time depending on the heat of your pan.


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Filling Scalia's Seat
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged america, congress, obama, politics, scalia on February 16, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Government Shutdown, VeggieTales Style
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged america, congress, humor, politics on October 6, 2013| Leave a Comment »
So L was watching VeggieTales this afternoon, and it made a little ditty go through my head…
"We are the Congress who don't do anything
We took your government and shut it down…
And if you ask us to do anything, we'll just tell you…. We don't do anything…"
So who wants to do a verse of this in the comments? I'll start.
Well, I've never lived on food stamps and I can afford insurance
And I don't know why we have to turn the clocks back in the fall
And I've never served in combat and I don't have a vagina
But I sure know how to legislate it all….
A better incentive to serve
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2012, congress, democrats, election, politics, republicans on February 9, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Considering the increasingly obvious phenomenon that the officials we elect to represent us are largely unable or unwilling to do so, I would like to propose the following legislation. In keeping with the cockamamie names often bestowed upon Acts of Congress, I hereby present the Compulsory Limits on Earnings, Assets and Numerous Ulteriors Pending Year End Reporting Act, otherwise known as the CLEANUPYER Act.
Be it resolved that:
a. Upon election to office, an officeholder's assets shall be placed in a savings account and will lose or gain funds at the end of the officeholder's term according to the following principles:
- For each percentage point gain in the median household income during the officeholder's term, there will be a corresponding percentage point increase in the saved funds; and
- For each percentage point drop in unemployment, there will be a corresponding percentage point increase in the saved funds; and
- For each percentage point increase in the high school graduation rate, there will be a corresponding percentage point increase in the saved funds; and
- The reverse case of all of the above will lead to a corresponding decrease in the saved funds, and;
- For each 'earmark' requested by an officeholder, there will be a percentage point decrease in the saved funds, and;
- Should Congress declare war and the President execute same, there will be a percentage point decrease in the saved funds for every 3 months of the war's duration; and
- Should any legislature adopt this Act, the officeholders voting 'aye' will receive a twenty-five point increase in the saved funds in addition to the above provisions.
b. Elected officials shall receive a stipend not to exceed twice the median income of their constituents.
c. Elected officials shall for a period of one year after leaving office be ineligible to take positions with either lobbying firms or industries which have directly benefited from legislation enacted during their term of office.
d. On election day, prospective officeholders will report to a neutral area to await results, refusing contact from lobbyists or other parties which may seek to influence forthcoming legislation.
e. In addition to the existing reporting of campaign contributions, any unaffiliated entity will also disclose the sources of its funding.
It is my fervent hope that there will one day be a government which would pass this Act. Perhaps then I would even begin to trust my government.
Dave Is A Small Rubber Pyramid
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged congress, cranial trauma, wtf on August 9, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Fear vs. Appeasement
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged congress, democrats, obama, politics, republicans on February 26, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Like many of you, I have been following the doings of the Obama administration and the 111th United States Congress with considerable despondency.
While the 'politics of hope' message inspired a great many people, it's easy to say that sort of thing when one is campaigning, but very difficult to get it done.
This is especially true, I believe, for the left-leaning end of the political spectrum, where part of the ethos is the willingness to include a variety of viewpoints, to reach compromises and generally to try to "make nice" with as many people as possible.
At this point, however, the Republican opposition has become increasingly obstructionist and stubborn, often seemingly to the point of opposing much-needed common-sense legislation for no other reason than it having been put forth by a Democrat.
But there was a filibuster-proof Senate super-majority, wasn't there? The Dems were going to be able to cram through any measure they wanted.
Here's the problem. A super-majority requires party unity. Party unity is hard to come by when you're including lots of differing views under one big tent. This is especially true when among the differing views include folks such as Joe Lieberman, representing the minor and unofficial "Whatever It Takes to Benefit Joe Lieberman" party, and Ben Nelson, representing the larger but similarly unofficial "I'm Only a Democrat Because That Made Me Electable" party.
Obama himself is similarly handcuffed by this process due to the separation of powers. By the time something makes it to his desk, it's hardly worth his time to read it.
So scratch party unity. But the message should still be compelling, yes?
Yeah, well.
The right-siders, whether Cheney or Limbaugh, Palin or Steele, have been very good at the art of the five-second soundbite. Remember the "death panels"? The "socialist agenda"?
The Republican message, starting back in the Bush years, has been one of fear. Be afraid that the terrorists will attack your city next. Be afraid that Obama will allow doctors to kill your grandmother. Be afraid that the Democrats will tax you into poverty.
The Democratic message, from most quarters at least, has been, "Hey, that's not true, quit being so mean. Incidentally, I still respect your right to say it even though I disagree with you, but I still think you're being unnecessarily mean about it. Perhaps we can meet somewhere in the middle. Or possibly even slightly toward your end from the middle."
Which of those is the more compelling message?
In this country, most of us grow up with the overarching societal concepts of divine judgment and knee-jerk patriotism, two notions which have been blended together very skillfully by the religious right. As such, being "un-American" is as much a sin as any violation of the Ten Commandments and a charge gleefully thrown at any so-called liberal to whom it will stick. "Socialist", recalling as it does notions of Russia and Eastern Europe, has much the same effect.
So if you're even remotely undecided, are you more likely to vote for the people who tell you you're hell-bound if you don't, or for the people without the balls to stand up to them?
No wonder the Democrats have gotten nothing done.
Want hope? Want change? Let's see some real leadership from Reid and Pelosi, or a change in leadership if those two can't get it done. Let's see Team Blue get their own soundbites own there, show the Republicans a little backbone. Let's see the insightful and incisive puncturing of the over-inflated rhetoric. Why are you appeasing the people who have screwed you over time after time after time?
It's beginning to look a lot like pre-school…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged america, bush, congress, gay marriage, news, obama, politics, religion, wtf on November 12, 2009| 1 Comment »
I know that the use of language in today's mass media is geared toward a fifth-grade (or thereabouts) comprehension level. Surely, though, the folks we elect to serve in the highest offices should be at least a little smarter than a fifth grader. Perhaps we should have Jeff Foxworthy come and test the entire lot of our nation's politicians for actual fitness to serve.
Our nation's savior?
Allow me to illuminate a few things for all of you in national politics.
1. Bush was not a Nazi. Obama is not a socialist. Labels of 'fascist' (which few of you appear able to spell) and 'communist' are similarly inapplicable to either of them – though it is inordinately amusing to hear words like these applied to two men of quite different ideology. Less amusingly, I believe anyone who has suffered under the rule of such regimes as those of Hitler and Stalin would be rather offended to hear the comparatively trivial measures taken by these Presidents compared to the savagery they were forced to submit to.
Enough name-calling. If you have an issue with a President's policies, come up with a reasonable alternative and we can all have a civilized debate. If you can't do that, then keep your mouth shut.
2. Stop talking about whether there is too much God or too little God in the running of the country. Both of these are meaningless. The country was founded in part to ESCAPE the notion of any kind of state endorsement of religion. I have no problem with people worshipping according to their beliefs and legislating according to their values, but don't use confuse the two and use religion to justify your political acts. In a nation whose founders specifically tried to avoid mixing religion into the law, such actions are hypocritical and offensive.
3. Related to the above: if you're a bigot, just man up and be a bigot. If you have a problem with blacks, or Muslims, or the poor, or women, or gays, or conservatives, or any other group, just say so. Don't get into the "un-American" line of bullshit. They're just as American as you are. They love freedom just as much as you do. (Not that you even know what 'freedom' means, if you're trying to deny it to anybody else.) Last but by no means least: any right which you would claim for yourself, you should also accord to them, whether it's specifically spelled out in the Constitution or not.
4. Keep your promises. Don't tell the public one thing and then do another, unless you also give us a damn good reason for the change. Don't tell one group something and another group the opposite. We live in the Internet age, and we WILL find out. When it happens, enjoy your retirement money. We won't vote for you to keep darkening our doorsteps.
5. When you watched movies as a youngster, remember how you cheered when the schoolyard bully got his comeuppance. Look at America's standing in the international community around, say, 2006-7. If elementary school parable is indeed the limit of your understanding, maybe it can at least be allowed to guide foreign policy in years to come.
6. The national media have provided you with a means of understanding whether you are acting logically – whether you identify with the right or left. His name is Jon Stewart. If your name is mentioned on his show more than twice in any given month, you might wish to take a look at your priorities. Jon Stewart, you see, IS smarter than a fifth grader.
7. Perhaps above all, remember this quote from former President Harry Truman – another individual who was smarter than a fifth grader:
"Don't piss in the soup, boys – we've all got to eat."
Obama's choice for Army Secretary
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged congress, fort drum, john mchugh, josh lyman, mchugh, new york, obama, politics, the west wing on June 2, 2009| 5 Comments »
Looks like it's Congressman John McHugh.
Although I get the 'team of rivals' philosophy, any time Obama nominates a Republican for a post I find myself looking for the benefits to the Democratic party. Naming Jon Huntsman ambassador to China, for example, takes a potentially credible 2012 GOP contender out of the public eye quite handily. So why McHugh?
Here is John McHugh's congressional district map:
Not much help there. Most of that is pretty solidly in the redder parts of NY, so a special election would most likely still result in a Republican seat. No guarantees, though – NY-20 squeaked to Murphy in their own special election, and NY-23 is considered a slightly more Dem-leaning district than that.
McHugh's voting record is somewhat mixed – he consistently voted with the GOP on key issues regarding the "war on terror", but has broken with them on other issues such as S-CHIP, federal minimum-wage increase and repeal of oil company tax credits. He also takes positions in favor of educational grants and fair trade.
It sounds more as though Obama would be losing a potential ally in Congress than strategically removing an obstructionist. So perhaps he really thinks McHugh is the right man for the job. He certainly has the credentials, having served on the House Armed Forces Committee for a long time now.
Here's hoping that having a moderate choice in there will do some good.
Also of note is that McHugh apparently has something of a sense of humor; having worked hard to support the Army base at Fort Drum, NY, McHugh took issue when the TV show The West Wing mentioned closing it – and went so far as to co-write a letter (with Hillary Clinton) to the character Josh Lyman to urge him to reconsider his position.


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user comments 41 comment(s)
|rhapsody is not that complicated… (2:48pm est thu sep 16 2004)
…costs 20 cents less per track, and gives you wav files that you can do whatever you want with (mp3, aac, wma, ogg, etc). yeah, there's a monthly fee ($8.61 for me), but i can stream the entire collection wherever i go! the net result? i don't need to buy any music because i already can listen to what i want when i want. – by msp
|ms sucks ass (2:52pm est thu sep 16 2004)
apple stands up to the record labels on behalf of the consumer while ms just doesn't give a shit. they happily pass along baffling drm rights that vary by song. what a great "choice". anyone that believes a convicted monopolist when they claim to stand up for "choice" is the stupidest person on earth.
ms admits to copying itunes (as if anyone on earth didn't see it with their own eyes… same goes for buymusic.com). what a surprise. i wonder how the apple-bashing trolls will defend this one. – by dr alien
|itms (3:18pm est thu sep 16 2004)
"apple and some other competitors have refused to carry these albums, making the stand that song-by-song purchasing is a fundamental part of the online music business, and that it is better for the consumer."
this is kind of ironic, as the itms carries a small number of songs that can only be purchase by downloading the entire album. – by
|hee hee! (3:23pm est thu sep 16 2004)
and you fools pay for music…
i'll be laughing about that all night.
– by earthstation9
|i wonder when… (3:25pm est thu sep 16 2004)
…ms will finally admit that windows copies mac os.
just like windows is a cheap rip off of mac os, msms is a cheap rip off of itms.
i also wonder when ms will do something original and innovative. – by rbmusician
|bashing (3:26pm est thu sep 16 2004)
bash bash bash….all of them….
compressed proprietary formats suck…..apple just has the prettiest and most populr site that supports technology that just sucks.
how's that dr alien? – by bashabashabasha
|microsoft admits to copying the itms? (4:18pm est thu sep 16 2004)
so??? they are going to do what they always do…..put chumps in their places. itms, ibook, ipod, icrap. i wouldn't even wipe my ass with a mac or any other fruity apple app. – by hardcore female
|pay for music? (4:21pm est thu sep 16 2004)
i'm still confused, why buy a song download when you can simply download it for free? who cares about who has the best store, as far as i'm concerned limewire is the best music store, all their songs are free.
– by mxhalo
|re: hardcore female (4:23pm est thu sep 16 2004)
if your really "hardcore" you'd shove a mac up your @ss.
…and then take pictures of it. – by macs==cool
|at least apple… (4:37pm est thu sep 16 2004)
supports open standards. think what you may about compressed music for sale (you can still buy cds you know). as a creative pro, i don't steal music because i prefer to live by the golden rule (and i'm an adult with a real job so i can afford to buy my music, unlike 90% of the posters here).
microsoft refuses to include mp3 encoding or mpeg2 decoding in windows. both are extra expenses for the poor ignorant saps that buy windows. so no mp3 ripping above 64kbit or dvd playback with windows out-of-the box. paying all that money in windows licenses and they don't have the decency to include open standards that everyone uses and wants. great choice you windows guys have made. way to pick a tech provider. – by dr alien
|dr alien or os/x stud (4:54pm est thu sep 16 2004)
sorry guys i know this aint the thread but i'm kind of jammed for time. i already bought my new minidv sony digital camcorder with all the fixin's for about $1100 canadian at futureshop here in vancouver.
since i've done pretty much everything windows all my life (all stable here at my digital video business). the time has now come to use final cut pro.
do any of you know if a decked out powerbook g4 15.4 or 17 (probably 17 would be better for editing) would suffice considering it's a g4 or should i go g5 tower?
have any of you done final cut on both? would prefer the laptop for mobility reasons but then again that's why i'm asking which format is better tower or pbook?
thanks guys! – by let's all get along!
|open standards (4:56pm est thu sep 16 2004)
if apple were really champions of open standards then i'd be listening to my ogg files on an ipod instead of the iriver i had to get instead.
and mp3 isn't an open standard, if you want to distribure an mp3 player/ripper you gotta pay fraunhofer gesellschaft for the pleasure of a licence.
|let's get along… (5:04pm est thu sep 16 2004)
hey man. a powerbook will work perfectly if you want the portability. here are some of my latest spots which i've cut on my powerbook as well as my g5. i move between them interchangably:
the first link was shot on 35mm, then edited in hd resolution with the panasonic hd codec, captured of the new 1200a deck via firewire. this was on my powerbook 1.25ghz.
the second was shot on hd and cut uncompressed sd. the third was shot on 35mm and cut in sd. i directed, produced and cut them all. all of them were cut running off a lacie bigger disk extreme (though i would go with the new media firewire drives for video now) and have been edited on my powerbook 15inch 1.25ghz as well as my dual 2ghz g5.
hope you enjoy the work. all this stuff was at least uncompressed sd. dv works flawlessly on a powerbook and has since the first powerbook g4.
another thing to consider now would be to get the imac g5. that thing is powerful for something so small and cheap. i'd probably recommend the 1.5ghz powerbook for you since mobillity is important. you won't be disappointed. motion also works well on the powerbook and it's nothing shy of revolutionary. the app would be totally impossible on the pc and is the best example of apple's hardcore software tech at work to make truly innovative software. you should buy the production suite, which essentially throws dvd studio pro in for free (dvdsp is also far and away the best dvd authoring app on earth).
these apple bashers clearly don't have a damn clue how these systems really get used. enjoy. email me with any other questions to firstname.lastname@example.com. – by dr alien
|pat… (5:07pm est thu sep 16 2004)
there's nothing wrong with software developers getting paid for their creation. i'd have no problem with windows media if i didn't know for a fact that it's an insidious ploy to further lock in the windows monopoly. how do i know? because ms doesn't make any money on windows media and windows & office are the only profitable product lines in the company's vast and largely unprofitable porfolio. all thier non-windows products are simply designed to further push out competitors and lock people into windows. – by dr alien
|the best player is (5:09pm est thu sep 16 2004)
from feature standpoint is the cowon player… 40gb, 320$, plays a variety of files, records voice memos in mp3, which you can choose between 64kb – 320kbps. also doubles as file storage too, and is reasonably attractive.
ms – the whole purpose of buying a single song instead of the album is because most people only want a single song, not the whole crappy album.
– by chuckycheese
|dr alien (5:16pm est thu sep 16 2004)
all very valid points, i wouldn't disagree with any of them. however when i think of technology companies and vendor lock-in, apple comes to my mind right after along with ms. the ipod is a good example. they are unwilling to licence fairplay and will no doubt try to prevent competitors if they make their drm fairplay compatible. they only want apple bought music on their apple ipods.
i'm not saying ms is any better, just not a great deal worse in *this* regard. – by pat mustard
|dr. alien (5:26pm est thu sep 16 2004)
"you should buy the production suite, which essentially throws dvd studio pro in for free (dvdsp is also far and away the best dvd authoring app on earth)."
aside from our digital video business both my fiancee and i have decided to take a few courses at vancouver film school. i guess it's nice to start something new from the camera operator's, producer's, writer's and director's point of view (hence our new digital camera). yes i know premiere (pc) quite well in addition to a whole bunch of other 3rd pary apps but the school and pretty much the industry uses final cut.
does the production suite include final cut? sorry for the million questions.
wicked .mov's! that's another question, i know that 80 gigs is pretty much standard for the 1.5 pbooks, but i feel (you can correct me if i'm wrong) i should buy an external hard drive (how big would you recommend? –
any suggestions?
thanks again doc :) – by let's all get along!
|pat, (6:05pm est thu sep 16 2004)
did you know that all of apple's file formats for it's very profitable pro applications are built on xml and totally open. any developer can create applications that can both read and write files for apps like final cut and keynote. the same goes for all the ilife application databases and osx system preferences. osx is the most thoroughly open environment on earth in terms of accessibility to files formats, communications protocols, and system files.
now, i realize that itms is locked to the ipod. i believe that there are two reasons for this.
#1, with their current marketshare as well as music selection, apple has no good business reason to license fairplay.
#2. since other music stores have different rights negotiated for their songs, the user experience is inconsistent. apple has gone to great lengths to make their music platform obvious and easy to use with consistent rights. they've gone to bat on behalf of the consumer to get the same rights for all the songs in their library while other stores (including microsoft who certainly could have done the right thing if they gave a shit about consumers) have simply given in to record labels. why should apple have their user experience compromised and ultimately field the support calls and anger of confused customers who buy songs from other stores yet call apple when they run out of burns or shared computers??
apple's shown tremendous growth. they're working hp. they're writing an ipod interface for motorola. they aren't going to give up this market and get complacent the way john sculley did with the mac. steve jobs understand the game and genuinely cares about the user experience. that's why he's fighting for consistent user rights. that's why he went to the labels and single-handedly got them to open up to ala-carte downloads. – by dr alien
|fcp qs (6:17pm est thu sep 16 2004)
thanks for the props. i'm glad you like the work.
production suite is a bundle that apple sells for $1299 that includes final cut pro hd, motion and dvd studio pro 3. check it out on their site. since you are studying, you could probably get an incredible discount, though it's not really right to use educational licenses for commercial work. i get a 25% discount on apple software through their viacom/mtv networks discount site (which rocks).
i recommend the g-raid from medea (
check em out! – by dr alien
|again. (6:35pm est thu sep 16 2004)
once again, microsoft seals from the competition then markets their own product. due to apple single format they have limited their selves again. soon microsoft will control the market yet again unless apple allows other devises to use its format. – by soc
|ipod is gospel (6:50pm est thu sep 16 2004)
i am a windows security analyst/active directory administrator. i use windows for about 8 hours each day almost everyday. having said that, i thank god that i come home to a mac!!! i am also thankful for the fact that i can listen to songs all day long on my ipod while dealing with administering windows 2000/xp. the ipod and itms is the best period. apple has in fact allowed 2 other companies to use and sell the ipod. hp and motorola come to think of it… hey, i understand that my home team has a lousy 6% of the marketshare… but if it weren't for apple, ms wouldn't have anyone to get its ideas from. – by s73bz
|get with the times, folks (7:46pm est thu sep 16 2004)
i know this is a litle off topic, but comparing windows xp to mac os x panther is ridiculous. the user experience and the oss are totally different.
now, if you were to compare xp and its predecessors to what we now call "classic", that's a different story.
mac users who claim that windows is becoming more like mac are simply cave dwellers still desperately clinging to their old os because they're scared of change and the shock of the new. the windozers (zzzz) who make the claim haven't used a mac since high school and the days of os8. – by yuridaman
|dr alien (7:58pm est thu sep 16 2004)
awesome use of the aio original mac in the cuco spot. still chuckling.
little note: even an add-in fw 800 card for a pc laptop would be constricted by the (relatively) slow cardbus interface, whereas the fw 800 port on the powerbook has a direct link to the i/o controller.
|54545454 (8:27pm est thu sep 16 2004)
if your really "hardcore" you'd shove a mac up your @ss.
…and then take pictures of it.
(o)(0) – by you're 0wned byapple
|look but don't touch… (8:39pm est thu sep 16 2004)
and you people think winpee is better os x? ha!
– by john
|thanks macjedi… (10:27pm est thu sep 16 2004)
that spot was kinda my 20th anniversary mac salute. i believe it's still airing right now on spike. – by dr alien
|re: macs==cool (10:27am est fri sep 17 2004)
actually, i have. it fits very well unlike the way your pinky of a penis would.
get a spine. – by hardcore female
|earthstation9 (11:10am est fri sep 17 2004)
i pay for all my music.
if you dont then you don't listen.
or you steal. do you steal your car/house/food
or do you just do it whn you can hide and dont have to be scared.
you are a burden to others and apparently gutless and weak.
i cant stand thieves or weak people
laugh little boy. me i laugh at other things and get to be a fully fledged man – by poorand proud
|$0.99 per song? (2:15pm est fri sep 17 2004)
how do any of the online music services get away with their pricing. your business model contains no physical product production (i.e. buring cds), no physical distribution (shipping to customers or stores) and yet you charge pretty much the same price per song as buying a cd… hmm, somehow i doubt the extra profit is going to the artist… i think i'll keep my cd collection and rip them to whatever format i want. – by pocketpc fan
|who cares (2:20pm est fri sep 17 2004)
who cares about all this drm infested crap anyway – by towel401
|hehe… (10:34pm est fri sep 17 2004)
where are the trolls? only thirty posts!?! i wonder why… :d – by you're 0wned byapple
|no trolls… (11:20pm est fri sep 17 2004)
because you just can't argue with this issue. apple has over 70% marketshare with their music store and close to 60% share with the ipod. since most of these trolls liek to beat up on mac users for our 3% marketshare (as if that proves inherently that the mac is inferior) they really have nothing to argue. add to that the fact that ms has quite obviously copied itunes as closely as their feable designers could, and you really have an open-and-shut case of apple-the-innovator, microsoft-the-shlocky-copycat. no argument. no debate. just facts. – by dr alien
|heh (11:43pm est sun sep 19 2004)
another biased blurb from mac-loving, everything-else hating zealots. congrats, thomas!
– by yuppers
|innovator? like bush, keep repeating it, it must be true! (11:29am est wed sep 22 2004)
"no argument. no debate. just facts."
funniest thing i've ever heard come outta alienhead.
– by jake 2.1
|jake.. (4:13pm est wed sep 22 2004)
so are you trying to suggest that microsoft isn't copying itunes? or maybe that apple didn't crack open the music market by delivering ala carte downloads first? what is you point exactly? the new york times quotes microsoft executives all but saying the words "we copied apple as best we could". just like they did with windows. nobody with a brain can deny this. – by dr alien
|lol (1:31pm est mon sep 27 2004)
"or maybe that apple didn't crack open…"
"nobody with a brain can deny this."
lol… you just get funnier and funnier, dont you, alienhead??
– by jake 2.2
|pc vs. mac (6:23pm est wed sep 29 2004)
musically speaking, itunes is an awesome software. as for microsoft copying it… not a real surprise. it's just corporate tactics. wait for the best to come out and then try to beat it. why invest your own funds in creating when you can merely copy and attempt to make a better product?
microsoft's software quality, business practices, and services have made less than friends of its customers. lacking its monopoly position, a lot of customers would just as soon do without flawed software, non-existent support and increasingly-frequent, enterprise-wide, virus-induced shutdowns.
bill gates isn't all bad though. he did infuse apple with 150 mil when purchasing non-voting stock back in 97, which was greatly needed by apple then. his motive… perhaps to avoid an anti-trust action…or do an old friend a favor. in any case, it's an investment that prompts competition, which is the greatest of things.
as for the operating system comparison…i've been in advertising for the last 7 years and have been on both the pc systems and mac osx and classic. the point of fact is that for my industry the mac osx is more reliable, efficient and cost effective than that of it's pc counterparts.
the argument has been made on processing power, and i would agree that pc's have the advantage. however, how the microsoft operating systems use this power is inefficient in comparison to osx. in 2006 when longhorn comes out, perhaps this will change as well. for now though, my g5 can handle my design / web / video software just fine and with far less problems. i've used the same software on both platforms, and from experience i can say that the mac will out perform the pc day in and day out.
i'm a mac fan and have been a mac owner since 2000. the cost is prohibitive at times, but so are bmw's (i don't drive one – just a comparison.). you certainly wouldn't wisecrack your neighbor for driving one because of cost or for the vehicle's low market share would you (mac's is 1.7 to 12 percent – depending on the source)?
quality is everything and macs seem to have a longer life than that of pcs. thus, even the comparison of per capita purchase seems to be lopsided given that most macs will run long after there pc comparison has passed on.
if you compare apples to apples (forgive the pun) each system has it's uses and downfalls. however, for my industry, the mac has and will win time and time again hands down. it's been the case for many years and hopefully many to come. – by t. kadavy
|and they're not more expensive… (7:15pm est wed sep 29 2004)
read and learn…
– by dr alien
|pricing vs. market (11:17am est thu sep 30 2004)
dr alien,
as stated in the article you presented, macs systems, when put toe to toe with other similarly stocked pcs, will win the pricing game. i also concur that macs are not "more expensive" or "overpriced" as the article stated, but they are cost prohibitive.
when the average consumer, i.e. jane and john doe, with a median household income (based on the 2000 u.s. census) of $50,046, goes to the store to buy a computer for the purpose of surfing the web, cost will indeed play a factor. it's the price point that will drive the sale on new systems for the uneducated buyer. they could spend the extra dough on an emac and have a better system with less hassles, but unless they're sold on the idea of trying something new (or different from their neighbors) they'll go with the most "apparent", cost efficient, and familiar means. (emac $799 or dell at $499)
i know they're not more expensive, but on the shelves, john and jane are price conscious. this same demographic will also debate dial-up vs. cable modem vs. dsl. (cost vs. quality and the knowledge of your products presented.) the average consumer will look directly at their bottom line and what is given to them at the time of purchase. if they're familiar with the mac os and the benefits of using it, the extra money is well worth it. on the flip side of that is the the fact that most of the windows issues are widely known, but just accepted as the norm.
in any case, i agree with you on the pricing structure, but i believe you had misunderstood or perhaps i misspoke with the terms and how they were used. – by t. kadavy
|i wonder… (6:44pm est thu sep 30 2004)
how many people's receipt from dell is $499. i doubt many. if all you want is a internet dumb-station, get a used mac, or an outdated new one. it's no different then buying a $499 pc. the celeron is last year's processor rebranded for this year. after the added cost of antivirus, and other upgrades that many consumers certainly buy, i bet the total spent equals the price of the emac or more.
call dell, tell them that you want to surf the internet, manage your digital photos and music and see how they direct you. you won't end up spending $499. i guarentee it.
it's an old trick know as "bait-and-switch". you could call it dell's own "switch" campaign. – by dr alien


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An understanding of change theory is critical to the success of human services professionals.
A classic model of change theory consists of three phases: unfreezing, (b) movement, and (c) refreezing (Lewin, 1951).
Another model describes the differences between first- and second-order change and how first-order change may continue to perpetuate the very problems human services professionals seek to remedy (Watzlawick, Weakland, & Fisch, 1974).
As you examine issues related to the human services profession and society, you should think about how you can apply change theory and processes to guide you in addressing the issue. Along with change theory and processes, you also should consider codes of ethics to guide you in addressing these issues.
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Briefly describe your professional or societal issue.
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