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October 11 2011 10:34PM
It is a rare thing, but every so often an NHL player will move beyond banalities and say something interesting. Usually it is not a particularly good thing for the player involved.
I think Joffrey Lupul's comments to Mike Brophy on line-mate Phil Kessel qualify on both counts.
The article, titled "Lupul sets a high standard," features Lupul, Kessel and head coach Ron Wilson discussing the role of the players on the Leafs' top line. For the most part, it's a fairly standard piece – Kessel's numbers are going to be used by many as a gauge for the line's success, individual scoring numbers don't matter as long as the team is winning, that sort of thing. Late in the piece, though, Lupul compares Kessel to ex-Flyers teammate Mike Richards. It's a comment worth quoting in full:
"Mike is not as dynamic a player as Phil, but he's definitely a world class player. He plays both ends of the rink so he doesn't get the same pressure on him that Phil gets. If Phil isn't scoring then people aren't happy. Mike Richards, if he's not scoring, he's still killing penalties and blocking shots and stuff."
On the plus side, Lupul calls Kessel "dynamic." On the negative side, he comes pretty close to saying that Kessel's a one-trick pony, strongly implying that he doesn't play "both ends of the rink" and that if he isn't scoring, he's not doing much of anything. If Richards isn't scoring, "he's still killing penalties and blocking shots and stuff." If Kessel's not scoring, "people aren't happy."
I can't seem to find any other way to read that comment. Lupul's contrasting the two players, and doing so in a way that makes it pretty clear that Richards' game is a lot more complete than Kessel's.
I'm not sure those comments are entirely unfair. Richards plays in more diverse situations and certainly takes on more defensive responsibility than Kessel. They play different roles, and there's more value beyond the counting numbers in Richards' role than there is in Kessel's.
On the other hand, were I Phil Kessel I doubt I'd be thrilled that my line-mate felt the need to point out the somewhat one-dimensional nature of my game.
Ol' Phil often gets knocked for his defensive numbers (and it's true they haven't been great), but I don't think that he's a player whose effectiveness is limited to one zone. He backchecks, and doesn't miss nearly the number of defensive assignments that people seem to think he does. The issue with Kessel is puck recovery - and it doesn't matter what zone he loses the puck in - if the puck comes off his stick, he often just skates by or away from it.
Now, in the game against Ottawa, when he scrummed for the puck behind the Sens net with less than a minute to go, people noticed. That wasn't the Phil Kessel they've become used to watching. It should be noted, of course, that he DOES do this sometimes... just not enough.
Lupul is pretty a one trick pony himself too, and that trick is to injure his back. Alot of opinion coming from a stop gap.
Lupul might have been speaking of people expectations.
People expect Mike Richards to do all that stuff, so it's ok if he goes through droughts. Kessel is expected to light up the goal post every time he's on the ice, so people get upset even if he's back checking etc
I know he was being "honest" but I'm not liking a teammate throwing him under the bus like that. If I was Kessel and I read what Lupul said, I would have a serious talk with him.
Of course Lupul was talking about fan's opinion. And he didn't say anything that Kessel, and Lupul himself don't know.
The reality is that Kessel has to score, and if he doesn't, he can't help his team. He isn't an elite PKer, or an average one, he isn't physical so he scores or he doesn't help.
That is a fact. I don't think he was ripping Kessel, because Kessel himself has stated he needs to score to contribute.
October 12 2011, 03:16PM
Lupul might have been speaking of people expectations.
People expect Mike Richards to do all that stuff, so it's ok if he goes through droughts. Kessel is expected to light up the goal post every time he's on the ice, so people get upset even if he's back checking etc
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Memfis said:
I always disliked how most 1024x1024 maps aren't really 1024x1024. (also how 32in24 isn't really 32 or in24) IMO if you say "5 rooms" then the maps should really have 5 rooms, no exceptions for secrets or some other stuff.
( And what if I mark all sectors as secrets? хD )
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Your definition of room also provides some loop hole. What if there are windows?
If you look at E1M1, for example, there are only three rooms by your definition in that map.
First room: basically the entire map. The starting area extends to the "tower" area. Its windows allow to look into the courtyard area, and from there to the nukage area, which is connected to the computer area directly, without a door. The secret tunnel is also connected directly to the courtyard without a door. Once you have crossed a linedef, the secret zone behind the imp's platform is also connected; and the hidden tunnel overlooks the nukage area with a door-less passage. All these therefore form a single room.
The second room is right after, with the fences and the barrels.
The third room is the one with the imp and the exit switch.
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Maybe one room should be one major area of a level? Like E1M1 could be divided into these major areas:
1) Start Area, including the green armor/shotgunners
2) Computer Hall
3) Nukage ZigZag Bridge
4) Outdoor yard with the nukage puddle
5) Exit Area
Count the corridors connecting areas as one half to one area and the other half to the other area..
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I think that's an interesting solution to some of the loopholes Gez mentioned. Each of those areas you mentioned had a shift in texturing and/or decorating style. An added rule to implement could be that a room can have no such texture-shifts, or else it should be divided into two rooms.
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5 rooms only.
Phobus said:
I like the idea of a little mapping challenge like this, as I need something to get me out of my current mapping slump. Is there a target port/compatability? Limit removing tends to be the norm, but it's worth asking.
EDIT: Thoughts on target game (Doom, Doom II, Plutonia, etc.) and if there's any resources to take in mind would also be nice.
Phobus said:
Don't suppose you could just upload the sky1? Most of us already have the cc4 textures and it'd be generally easier to work with.
Also, now I've got a compatability to aim for, I'll do some mapping for this in a bit - see what I come up with. Blood Red was only one room, so I'm sure something quick and easy to put together will come to mind for 5.
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I feel like doing some mapping for this. Are there some clear rules I can go by? Map-format? Singleplayer? etc?
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Orange, eh? Nice, but how does it look when it's not a PNG and is, instead, in the Doom palette?
Sokoro said:
I am interested in this. If it ever start, then I will contribute with a map, just don't expect same quality as Khorus' map.
Five rooms should not take ages.
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KoJ has said Doom II, Boom compatible and I'd guess we're doing Single Player, given it's the easiest one to test.
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Well, I've updated the first post with the rules for mapping, and the project is now open for joining. If you still have questions, please ask away.
If anybody wants to be a playtester for the upcoming maps, please let me know.
Those of you who've already decided to start mapping, could you just tell me what episode you'll be mapping for, please? Then I'll be able to add you to the list.
(Hope I'm doing this the right way, this is the first time I'm starting a project. I think I'll die of nerves before the day's over.)
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I'd be interested in this -- I've had an idea for a while that could easily fit into this format, though I'd need to make it MAP07 for it to work right...
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I hope I'm mapping with the right configuration actually. Its ZDoom Doom format, so that should be Boom compatible, right? RIGHT?? :P
You can chalk me up for the first episode I guess. Don't know if there's much difference in themes in every episode?
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Update: Yay, Boom runs ZDoom Doom format! It doesn't show the textures from the texturepack though. How do I tell Boom to run the WAD with the texturepack?
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Best way to do this is to simply load your map and the texture pack (in configuration: add additional textures and flats from WAD file) in Doom Builder (or whatever editor program you use), and set your test program in Doom Builder to Boom. Then it'll load the new textures automatically.
Another way is to save your map in the texturepack, and then run the texturepack.
Agentbromsnor said:
I tried that, and it gives me an error saying "R_InitTextures: 3 errors"
I have no experience with this sourceport, so I don't know what to do. But you can take my word for it that it at least runs, haha.
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Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Willie le Roux, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Robert Ebersohn, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Philip van der Walt, 7 Lappies Labuschagne, 6 Frans Viljoen, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lood de Jager, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Adriaan Strauss (c), 1 Trevor Nyakane.
Replacements: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Coenie Oosthuizen, 18 Landman Ligtoring, 19 Boom Prinsloo, 20 Piet van Zyl, 21 Riaan Smit, 22 Ryno Benjamin.
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Personally I think one of my shipmates called the bad weather down on us.
We left the coast of Greenland and headed into the Davis Strait. We woke in the morning to calm winds and a flat sea, highly unusual for this part of the world. A comment was made -- I won't reveal who since what is said on the ship is supposed to stay on the ship -- that the sea was too calm.
"Where's the challenge in that?" Meaning: you won't get a true Arctic experience if you don't meet bad weather and get sick.
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Whether they were or not, many people took to their beds. There is something about being on a ship, feeling seasick that puts things in perspective. Like how good the weather has been to date and how lucky we have been. However, being sick is part of the experience. As an Inuit elder said on an earlier expedition to students just getting their legs back under them, "Doesn't it make you feel like a human being?"
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The young bear was asleep on an ice pan. Dozens of students gathered along the rails, cameras and binoculars in hand. The bear yawned and sat up, aware of our presence as the ship edged along the ice. Nose in the air, he caught our scent. The smell of humans -- a lot of humans -- is rarely good news to a polar bear, so he got up. At that instant, the entire student body saw him and a loud joyous exclamation burst forth from 70 pairs of young lungs.
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The lesson about shrieking and noise set in quickly. The next nine polar bears weren't annoyed away by loud voices.
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Skip to comments.Obama: An Enemy Of Boy Scouts
Posted on 01/26/2009 5:03:57 AM PST by IbJensen
Boy Scout Troop 358, one of the oldest African-American troops in the county, participated in history as it marched in the Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C. as the first African-American became President of the United States.
Truly an honor for any Scout troop, however have the leaders of this troop taken a close look at an issue that will directly affect the very existence of Boy Scouting in America? The American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA), a statewide family group, is questioning whether they realize President Barack Obama supports the very policies that are targeting their headquarters in Philadelphia.
Troop 358 is part of the Cradle of Liberty Scout Council, which has been in a pitched battle with the City of Philadelphia to retain the headquarters they built and have maintained since 1929 on property the 1928 City Council gave the Scouts free use of in perpetuity or forever.
Last May, the Cradle of Liberty Scout Council sued the city to prevent their eviction. That case was given a green light to proceed by a judge last fall, remarked Diane Gramley, president of the AFA of PA.
Why is the City of Philadelphia seeking to evict the Scouts? It is because of their ban on allowing open homosexual leaders and members.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Scouts have the right, as a private organization, to choose who they want to be leaders and members. Ever since that time they have been targeted by homosexual organizations and activists who are trying to remold the Boy Scouts of America in their image.
In 1983 Philadelphia added sexual orientation to its Fair Practices Ordinance. Two decades later, under pressure from homosexual groups, the attack against the Scouts began.
Pressure on the Cradle of Liberty Scout Council, one of the largest in the nation serving more than 69,000 youth, has been intense over the past six years as they lost hundreds of thousands of dollars of support from Pew Charitable Trust and Southeastern Pennsylvania United Way, in addition to the threat of eviction.
Yes, it is a great honor to be part of the inaugural parade, but at what costs? Do these Boy Scout leaders fully realize that President Obama supports a wide range of so-called gay rights measures. He has said he will use the Office of President as a bully pulpit to advance their causes.
Mr. Obama, knowingly or unknowingly, may be a part of the end of the Boy Scouts of America as we know them, Ms. Gramley further stated.
No Boy Scout was he.
Obama insists that the Boy Scouts of America is obligated to set themselves up as hunting grounds for pedophiles.
You're damn right I'm discriminating against homosexuals having that opportunity!
Anyone who cannot see the conflict between young boy scouts and homosexual scout leaders is too dumb to breathe.
He's a Liberal! He's either gonna hate the boy scouts or like them WAY too much! nudge nudge... wink wink...
Hussein would prefer something like the "Lil Black Panthers", or the "Union Thug Chilren", or the "Young ACORN Nuts".
Obama is a maxrist who is (and will be) against anything that fosters anything like that. He is already demonstrating this in his first weeks in office and it will continue and get worse.
He's a Liberal! He's either gonna hate the boy scouts or like them WAY too much! nudge nudge... wink wink...
My only charity boy scouts.
If Obama has in mind making enemies out of the Boy Scouts then he is a fool.
That would be like making enemies with 100,000+ MacGyvers, across the Nation and around the world. That would be like unleashing the A-Team upon one's self: not just one A-Team, but thousands of them, around each street corner, waiting to spring into action. Boy Scouts make al Qaeda look like girlie men (well, because they are — but that's beside the point!)
I would not want to have the Boy Scouts for enemies. No way! They are infinitely resourceful, cunning, and always prepared. And they stand for good wholesome values, and they never give up.
Their proud alumni would reach into all branches of life and well into the military and corporate circles. Once a Scout, always a Scout.
He is a fool to meddle with them. There are a lot of votes in the Scouting movement.
Although identified only as Frank in Mr Obamas memoir Dreams from My Father, it has now been established that he was Frank Marshall Davis, a radical activist and journalist who had been suspected of being a member of the Communist Party in the 1950s.
Mr Davis moved to Honolulu from Chicago in 1948 with his second wife Helen Canfield, a white socialite, at the suggestion of his friend the actor Paul Robeson, who advised them that there would be more tolerance of a mixed race couple in Hawaii than on the American mainland.
A bohemian libertine who drank heavily and loved jazz, he became friends with Stanley Dunham, Mr Obamas maternal grandfather in the 1960s. Mr Davis died in 1987 at the age of 81, five years before Mr Dunham.
He knew Stan real well, said Dawna Weatherly-Williams, a close friend of Mr Davis Theyd play Scrabble and drink and crack jokes and crack jokes and argue. Frank always won and he was always very braggadocio about it too. It was all jocular.
They didnt get polluted drunk. And Frank never really did drugs, though he and Stan would smoke pot together. While his mother was in Indonesia during part of his teenage years, Mr Obama lived with his white grandparents. Mrs Weatherly-Williams said that the poet was first introduced to the future Democratic presidential candidate in 1970 at the age of 10.
lf-white, Stans grandson wStan had been promising to bring Barry by because we all had that in common - Franks kids were haas half-black and my son was half-black. We all had that in common and we all really enjoyed it. We got a real kick out of reality.
Maya Soetoro-Ng, Obama's half-sister, told the Associated Press recently that her grandfather had seen Mr Davis was a point of connection, a bridge if you will, to the larger African-American experience for my brother".
In his memoir, Mr Obama recounts how he visited Mr Davis on several occasions, apparently at junctures when he was grappling with racial issues, to seek his counsel. At one point in 1979 Mr Davis described university as an advanced degree in compromise that was designed to keep blacks in their place.
Mr Obama quoted him as saying: Leaving your race at the door. Leaving your people behind. Understand something, boy. Youre not going to college to get educated. Youre going there to get trained.
He added that theyll tank on your chain and let you know that you may be a well-trained, well-paid ******, but youre a ****** just the same.
It has also been established that Mr Davis, who divorced in 1970, was the author of a hard-core pornographic autobiography published in San Diego in 1968 by Greenleaf Classics under the pseudonym Bob Greene.
In a surviving portion of an autobiographical manuscript, Mr Greene confirms that he was the author of Sex Rebel: Black after a reader had noticed the similarities in style and phraseology between the pornographic work and his poetry.
I could not then truthfully deny that this book, which came out in 1968 as a Greenleaf Classic, was mine. In the introduction to Sex Rebel, Davis explains that although he has changed names and identities all incidents I have described have been taken from actual experiences.
He stated that under certain circumstances I am bisexual and that he was a voyeur and an exhibitionist who was occasionally mildly interested in sado-masochism, adding: I have often wished I had two penises to enjoy simultaneously the double but different sensations of oral and genital copulation.
The book, which closely tracks Mr Daviss life in Chicago and Hawaii and the fact that his first wife was black and his second white, describes in lurid detail a series of shockingly sordid sexual encounters, often involving group sex.
One chapter concerns the seduction by Mr Davis and his first wife of a 13-year-old girl called Anne. Mr Davis wrote that it was the girl who had suggested he had sex with her. Im not one to go in for Lolitas. Usually Id rather not bed a babe under 20.
But there are exceptions. I didnt want to disappoint the trusting child. At her still-impressionistic age, a rejection might be traumatic, could even cripple her sexually for life.
He then described how he and his wife would have sex with the girl. Anne came up many times the next several weeks, her aunt thinking she was in good hands. Actually she was. She obtained a course in practical sex from experienced and considerate practitioners rather than from ignorant insensitive neophytes .I think we did her a favour, although the pleasure was mutual.
On other occasions, Mr Davis would cruise in Hawaii parks looking for couples or female tourists to have sex with. He derived sexual gratification from bondage, simulated rape and being flogged and urinated on.
He boasted that the number of white babes interested in at least one meeting with a Negro male has been far more than I can handle and wished America were as civilised as, say, Scandinavia. He concluded: I regret none of my experiences or unusual appetites; for me they are normal.
According to Mrs Weatherly-Williams, Mr Davis lost touch with Mr Dunham some time in the 1980s. John Edgar Tidwell, who wrote the introduction to Davis's memoir and edited a collection of his work, said that there was no mention of Mr Dunham or Mr Obama in any of Mr Daviss papers.
He's a communist! G. W. Bush was a Liberal.
Me too, plus the Salvation Army.
Yes, to simply tell her she was too young, emotionally, physically, and legally, would have crushed her. Thirteen!? Libs and lefties can rationalize or jutsify anything.
O is a modern day "Manasseh." This man knows no end to his wickedness. Look at what God Almighty did to Judah because of him. Will he not do the same thing to us?
Somehow, one never seems to encounter a large number of blacks who really believe that homosexuality equates to skin color in terms of civil rights. The churches were at the heart of "the Movement."
It makes one wonder as to the legitimacy of these 'churches.' They appear to have little to do with Jesus or God, and much to do about massaging the egos of the 'ministers.'
IMO, the gays need to stop trying to infiltrate into groups in which they are not wanted. They have been out to destroy the boy scouts for a long time and just last year one of them took on eHarmony and won. They should start their own versions of what ever it is they want to do - amazingly enough they will be left alone.
What state wants a heavy concentration of perverts?
Oh, I know. Californicate.
And Gypsies, Poles and Jews too? Psst - it's been tried before. Caused all sorts of trouble.
Oh, I get it. Comparing the quarantining of our valuable perverts to Nazi concentration camps.
How about we go after the pedophiles who are the real threat in this situation instead of just painting everyone with a broad brush?
When you suggest refraining from 'painting everyone with a broad brush' you ignore some basic facts about homosexual activity.
Homosexuals head the list of serial killers.
Homosexuals spread disease by their untidy actions during their so-called 'love-making' sessions in that they ingest fecal matter and are apt to 'score' with multiple partners.
The imbecilic attempt to legitimize thereby making a mockery of marriage is anathema to a well-ordered society. Homosexuals tend to flit from partner to partner and no piece of paper is going to stop that.
I believe that homosexuals and their agenda for this nation and the world is as dangerous as terrorists. Damage after terror attacks can be repaired. The damage homosexuals do eats into the moral fiber of America and will last until the Second Coming unless it is curbed once and for all.
"All homosexuals are potential pedophiles. "
Pure bologna. The vast majority of homosexuals have no interest in underage persons. Where do you get this idea that ALL homosexuals are potential pedophiles? I have never heard that argument before, so I'm curious what you base this claim on.
An ox is gored.
List if you want it.
NinoFan, homosexuals who are not pushing the homosexual agenda are welcome on FR. But your support of the homosexual agenda is not welcome at all. If you want to make false assertions such as the above, you must cite sources to support it. But, since you won't be able to, you should shut your trap.
I have noted that your comments are generally polite and do not incite rudeness. But I am sick of your support of the homosexual agenda and its lies. It is a lie that homosexuals in general are not interested in underage males. I used to run the Homosexual Agenda pinglist and still help out. I used to have (thanks to Scripter especially) tons of links, sources and facts and figures - many from homosexual researchers and sites - that support the FACT that homosexuals are more prone to molest and seduce underage youths.
I don't have those links and sources at my fingertips right now due to various reasons including three computer deaths. Maybe someone will show up with some facts. But I don't need any links to know for a fact - due to studying this topic for years - that your assertion is a rotten lie and I will hit abuse on you if I see any more support of the homosexual agenda coming from you.
Freepmail wagglebee to subscribe or unsubscribe from the homosexual agenda ping list.
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Add keywords homosexual agenda to flag FR articles to this ping list.
Have you read that disgusting poem 0bama wrote about the stains on the shorts? (gag)
PING - Obama enemy of the Boy scouts.
Excuse me, your bullying will not work on me. You do not get to say what I can or cannot discuss here on FR.
I have been more than careful to follow the rules. I have been a good member here for only a little less time than you have. I have donated significantly to this site. Being that I have posted frequently in support of conservative causes, my credentials here are not in doubt. And if they are in doubt, you are certainly not the one who gets to second guess them.
As for my "support of the homosexual agenda", I have made clear that I do not support activist judges. Debate over gay issues should be for the voters, not for tyrants in black. The threads I comment on are those where people get out of hand the other way. It's an extreme position to say that all homosexuals are potential pedophiles and when people say such extreme things, they should expect people to respond.
But know this, since you threatened me, if you choose to harass me, I'll be forced to hit abuse on you as well.
Oh, and cholerajoe, thought you might be interested in getting in on this discussion, since it seems he's pinged his FRiends, I thought I'd invite you to join in.
I only pinged wagglebee becauase he does most of the pinging lately. And Scripter, although he's not here much, because he's got links and sources.
JR says on FR's home page that he does not want FR supporting the homosexual agenda. I'm not bullying you, just telling you that if I see any posts in which you support the homosexual agenda, I will hit abuse. Since I don't support the homosexual agenda or any liberal or leftist causes, I don't think you'll find any reason to hit abuse on me.
You hit abuse on me when you feel it necessary, and I will do the same on you when I feel it is necessary. We've made our positions perfectly clear in this matter, so any further discussion at this time would just be us letting anger get the best of us (and we're both better than that).
Have a good afternoon.
Actually, it has never been scientifically proven that homosexual adults are any more likely to molest children than heterosexual adults. Most pedophiles cannot be accurately described as either heterosexual or homosexual, since they are usually incapable of having a healthy sexual relationship with an adult of either sex.
Here are six scientific references I found in a brief search of the medical literature: (Oh and before you go calling me names, too, I'm a physician, and a confirmed heterosexual with a strong preference for adult women.)
Freund et al. (1989). Heterosexuality, homosexuality, and erotic age preference. Journal of Sex Research, 26, 107-117.
This article is discussed above in the "Other Approaches" section. As the FRC concedes, it contradicts their argument. The abstract summarizes the authors' conclusion: "Findings indicate that homosexual males who preferred mature partners responded no more to male children than heterosexual males who preferred mature partners responded to female children."
The FRC cites this study to challenge the Freund et al. data (see the previous paper above). However, the methodologies were quite different. Freund and his colleagues used a sample that included sex offenders and they assessed sexual arousal with a physiological measure similar to that described below for the 1988 Marshall et al. study. Silverthorne and Quinsey used a sample of community volunteers who were asked to view pictures of human faces and use a 7-point scale to rate their sexual attractiveness. The apparent ages of the people portrayed in the pictures was originally estimated by Dr. Silverthorne to range from 15 to 50. However, a group of independent raters perceived the male faces to range in age from 18 to 58, and the female faces to range from 19 to 60.
The article doesn't report the data in great detail (e.g., average ratings are depicted only in a graphic; the actual numbers aren't reported) and the authors provide contradictory information about the rating scale (they describe it as a 7-point scale but also say it ranged from 0 to 7, which constitutes an 8-point scale). In either case, it appears that none of the pictures was rated as "very sexually attractive" (a rating of 7). Rather, the highest average ratings were approximately 5.
On average, gay men rated the 18-year old male faces the most attractive (average rating = about 5), with attractiveness ratings declining steadily for older faces. They rated the 58-year old male faces 2, on average. By contrast, heterosexual men rated the 25-year old female faces the most attractive (about 5), with the 18- and 28-year old female faces rated lower (between 2 and 3) and the 60-year old female faces rated the least attractive (about 1).
A serious problem with this study is that the researchers didn't control for the possibility that some of the faces pictured in the photos might simply have been more or less physically attractive than the others, independent of their age or gender. The researchers explicitly acknowledged this shortcoming, speculating that the women's faces in the 25-year old group might have been more attractive than women's faces in the other age groups. But they didn't address the possibility that the attractiveness of the male and female faces may not have been comparable.
This issue could have been addressed in various ways. For example, prior to collecting data, the researchers could have started with a large number of photographs and asked a group of independent raters to evaluate the general physical attractiveness of the face in each photo; these ratings could have been used to select photos for the experiment that were equivalent in attractiveness. Getting independent ratings of experimental stimuli in this way is a common procedure in social psychological research.
Thus, even if one accepts the questionable assumption that this study is relevant, it doesn't support the FRC's contention that gay men are more likely than heterosexual men to be child molesters for several reasons:
This study categorized convicted sex offenders according to whether they molested or reported sexual attraction to boys only, girls only, or both boys and girls. These groups were labeled, respectively, homosexual pedophiles, heterosexual pedophiles, and bisexual pedophiles. This classification referred to their attractions to children. Adult sexual orientation (or even whether the men had an adult sexual orientation) wasn't assessed.
In this study, child sex offenders were interviewed. Their sexual orientation (gay, heterosexual, bisexual) wasn't assessed. The authors drew from their findings to suggest strategies for how parents and children can prevent sexual victimization. It is noteworthy that none of those strategies involved avoiding gay men.
This study, described above in the section on "Other Approaches," contradicts the FRC's argument. The FRC faults the study because the researchers didn't directly interview perpetrators but instead relied on the victims' medical charts for information about the offender's sexual orientation. However, other studies cited favorably by the FRC (and summarized in this section) similarly relied on chart data (Erickson et al., 1988) or did not directly assess the sexual orientation of perpetrators (Blanchard et al. 2000; Elliott et al. 1995; Marshall et al., 1988). Thus, the FRC apparently considers this method a weakness only when it leads to results they dislike.
In this study, the researchers compared 21 men who had sexually molested a male under 16 years (and at least 5 years younger than themselves) to 18 unemployed men who were not known to have molested a child. Over a series of sessions, each man watched color slides of nude males and females of various ages and listened to audiotaped descriptions of both coercive and consensual sexual interactions between a man and a boy. During the sessions, each man sat in a private booth, where he was instructed to lower his trousers and underwear and attach a rubber tube to his penis. The tube detected any changes in penis circumference, with increases interpreted as indicating sexual arousal.
The FRC cites this study as showing that "a homosexual and a heterosexual subgroup can be delineated among these offenders." This is true but hardly relevant to their claims.
The researchers categorized 7 offenders who were more aroused overall by the male nudes than the female nudes as the homosexual subgroup. They categorized 14 offenders who were more aroused overall by the female nudes as the heterosexual subgroup. The offenders were not asked their sexual orientation (gay, straight, bisexual) and the paper does not report any information about the nature of the offenders' adult sexual relationships, or even if they had any such relationships.
the gays need to stop trying to infiltrate into groups in which they are not wanted. They have been out to destroy the boy scouts for a long time and just last year one of them took on eHarmony and won. They should start their own versions of what ever it is they want to do - amazingly enough they will be left alone.""
You might also look what the gayzos did to the Catholic Church too.
Thank you for your support of the homosexual agenda.
The homonazi pederasts have relentlessly attacked the BSA for years.....
Same deal with the Catholic Church...
Yet here and your "budd" are here on this thread defending the perverts.
Last time I checked; Male +
Male + sex = homosexuality!
The ones after the "boys" are homosexual pederasts.
perversion cheerleader alert.
I do not have access to my files. Perhaps one of you guys still have links..
"Actually, it has never been scientifically proven that homosexual adults are any more likely to molest children than heterosexual adults."
ACTUALLY -it has never ever been proven that there are homosexual adults -there are only those that 'feel' predisposed to enegage in homosexual activities and or those that choose to engage in homosexual activities -of these some reveal the claim and some do not///
How does one prove they are a homosexual adult there Einstein...
You must concede that any study premised upon a group such as those that claim to be homosexually inclined YET claim not to engage in sexual activities with minors would of course be completely subjective and as such irrelevent...
Maybe better put would be my study that claims 100% of men that molest boys are by definition homosexual...
"Have a good afternoon"
Nino Fan? Boy fan? This is surreal...
Don't even go there, you sicko. Nino is Antonin Scalia's nickname. I'm a huge fan of his jurisprudence.
Sicko? Suggest you recalibrate...
I understand your love of Scalia now. How would Scalia decide this issue?
Hey, you're the one who jumped to the conclusion about it meaning 'boy fan'...
As for Scalia's opinion on gay issues, I don't really know. I do know his opinion on the Constitution and the equal protection and due process clauses in relation to gay rights (such as his dissents in Romer and Lawrence), but I have no idea how he thinks as a private individual and voter on gay issues. One thing I like about him is that he's able to separate his personal views from his judging. It's what a judge should be able to do. He recognizes that legislatures and courts have different functions. I like Justice Thomas for that reason, too. (And, in fact, Justice Thomas has indicated that he finds criminalizing homosexuality to be a silly thing for a legislature to do.)
BTW, I fully support the right of private groups to exclude whoever they want for ANY reason no matter how much I may disagree, because frankly, who private individuals choose to associate with is none of my business. If the Boy Scouts don't want gays, that's their right, IMO. If a women's gardening club wants to exclude men, that's just fine. I'm rather libertarian in that sense.
Also, an article from 1999 Homosexuality and child molestation: the link, the likelihood, the lasting effects
And from my profile:
Targeting Children, Part 1: How the gay movement intends to capture the next generation
Targeting Children, Part 2: How the homosexual movement uses public schools as instruments of change
Targeting Children, Part 3: Activists encouraging experimentation
Targeting Children, Part 4: Access to children: homosexuality and molestation
Nobody is saying all homosexuals are child molestors... in fact far from it — most homosexuals do not molest children. Still, the issue is the disproportionate number of child molestations by homosexuals.
Thank you, Scripter - I should (re)familiarize myself with what you've got on your profile page.
(I've been laid low the last couple of weeks but will be able to send a little something soon.)
He is, indeed, polite, but most agenda sycophants are to a certain point. They can become ranting, foaming at the mouth zealots if they can't obtain some concession in debate.
Best not discourse.
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Highly regarded and rightfully so, the Harrisburg boys basketball team is the best among any other team in southern Illinois.
But what about Illinois?
After just one win, Harrisburg entered the Illinois Associated Press Top 10 poll in 2A at No. 2, behind Chicago's Seaton Academy.
Fifteen games later, Harrisburg still unbeaten and have further proved this particular group of 'Dogs bite is just as bad as its bark as they were deemed the No. 1 team in the state among writers ranging from the Land of Lincoln.
Randy Smithpeters, in his 20th year on the sidelines at Harrisburg, isn't completely unaware of talented teams. So when he talked to his kids, before the season even started, he already had an idea of where he wanted his message to go.
"If we're good, we're good all the time. So if the polls consider us to be that good than we want to have the qualities of a team that are that good and that's the qualities that we want to practice with, play with and be in classroom with."
It's not just Smithpeters' starting five, but his group as a whole, that embodies the characteristics of the champions they have become.
"One of the enjoyable things about this group is they practice hard every day, they get along," Smithpeters said. "We don't have problems or issues in the locker room. There has been nothing to detract from our efforts because we are not dealing with personality conflicts in the dressing room or on the floor with a staff or with each other. Again, one of the strengths and qualities that helps them get to where they are. People understand their role and people just work together to be as good as they can be as a team.
Harrisburg senior guard Ryne Roper echoed many of Smithpeters' sentiments.
"I think one thing that makes our team good is that we all know each others playing style very well," the 6-foot-3 shooting guard and University of Illinois baseball signee said. "We know what the other person is going to do next, if they are going to shoot or pass and we can anticipate that next move. We are all friends and spent more time together during the season than we probably do with our own families. So we become brothers and just enjoy being together.
To date, this senior class made up of Tyler Smithpeters, Capel Henshaw, Dakota Upchuch, Justin Younger, Caleb Bartok, Gabe Oglesby and Roper are 94-21 over the last three-plus seasons.
They have won three straight Eldorado Holiday Tournaments and have parlayed that with three straight regionals, including four in the past five years and two sectional championships.
Roper is one of those guys that cherishes the moment, but also puts into perspective the full scope of the ranking.
Page 2 of 2 - "It means a lot in the sense that people regard our team as a very good one and that we have been rewarded for our hard work. But we also understand that it's just a ranking and that it doesn't mean anything. It's not going to help us make shots or win ball games. We still have to prepare the same way and continue to work hard to accomplish our goals this season.
Tyler Smithpeters, who was recently named Most Valuable Player of the EHT, said that it is an honor to be name No. 1, but it's not popular conversation amongst them.
"It's just great to be part of this team and I'm thankful for the opportunity to play with these guys, I wouldn't trade it for anything."
Tyler Smithpeters noted how most of the guys on this team have been playing together since they were in the fifth grade. Roper moved in, in the seventh grade.
"We're all like brothers," the younger Smithpeters said. "
Henshaw knows how cool it could be to look back in year's time and talk about when they were No. 1.
"It's a great honor to be listed at No. 1 and I think it means a lot to our team because we work so hard to be where we are."
Still, the notion of No. 1 is something that Smithpeters will admit he doesn't concern himself with, but also recognizes how it's something the kids should be able to enjoy.
"I think it's something that these guys have earned through their time in the gym and in their playing together and all the things that they have done just to be considered No. 1."
Smithpeters added that a No. 1 ranking or not, Harrisburg's goals do not change.
"One goal is to be good all the time," Smithpeters said. "That's not only our goal, but also one of our biggest challenges is to try and not have a let down, realizing that there is a target on your back every night and you're the "Big Game" every night you play.
Roper said that the team is well aware that everyone has Harrisburg circled on their respective schedule.
"We know with that come everyone's best game. We have to play to the level we are capable of playing to and hopefully things will go well for us."
So far, Harrisburg has been playing like a team that doesn't mind the spotlight or being No. 1.
Michael Dann can be reached at hbgsports@dailyregister. com Follow Michael Dann on Twitter @spydieshooter.
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By PAUL L. YOUNGSt. George
Dear Editor,
The recent deluge of most welcome snow has created power outages to over 70,000 Utah Power & Light Company customers. Going into the fourth day, there are still over 2,500 customers without power. In several instances, there is room for error and finger pointing at several parties involved. The old axiom of what starts in a circle comes around in a circle.
When PacifiCorp took over Utah Power & Light Company, one of its first changes was reduction of personnel. For the intent and purpose of giving those holding the high positions in the company a humongous bonus from the salaries of those employees dismissed. If you inquire from a person that was released from the company the reduction was 20 percent of the payroll. If you inquire of an employee still working, the percentage of employee reduction was 17 percent. The majority of those dismissed from the company payroll was in the Lines and Service Department of the company.
In one district there were five line crews. One crew was assigned to maintain the transmission lines, the other four crews were assigned to distribution services, which included connecting new customers, installing outdoor yard lights, replacing rotted poles and broken cross arms and poles hit by cars, etc. One of those crews was a tree trimming crew that cut the limbs on trees that were growing up or out into the distribution lines. Now there are only three crews assigned in that district, the tree trimming crew was dismissed.
Another area had three crews. There are none there now and the UP&L property was sold.
The following year PacifiCorp applied to the Public Service Commission for a rate increase. If PacifiCorp was running short of funding why did they ignore plowing part of the humongous payroll profit given to the top executives back into the company.
Before the Public Service Commission gave PacifiCorp their rate increase did they make inquiries of the Consumer Protection Agency if they were receiving any complaints of PacifiCorp service to its customers?
Now let's look at those 70,000 customers who were, and some still are, voicing strong words of protest. When the Utah Power & Light crews approached the customer who has trees on their property that had grown up into the distribution lines refusing to give the crews the right to top their tree and deform it. I think perhaps the Environmental Protection Agency should step in and inform those people refusing to have their trees trimmed to insure the flow of power in such instances as this recent snow storm, that person refusing to let his trees be trimmed should be held accountable for all costs if it can be proved his tree created the power outage.
The time is now, that those agencies that are dealing directly with the public to review their back track record and make the necessary adjustments, to prevent another repeat.
I suggest that our legislators pass a law: Whereas, any company servicing the public, when filing for a rate increase be required to mail out to all their customers in a stamped, addressed envelope, with a customer service questionnaire enclosed allowing their customers to rate them. There should be line space at the bottom of the questionnaire where specific incidents can be specified. This should be mailed to the Consumer Protection Agency and they in return have dialogue with Utah Public Service Commission before the rate increase is granted.
It is time the Environmental Protection Agency got their act together and declare all distribution lines including telephone and cable TV be buried on any new development. Cities and towns be so advised as to correlate their planning department, notifying the electrical, telephone and television companies to start a burial program of putting a percentage of their old lines that are above ground, and yes, grant them a rate increase to cover that cost, as it is to the betterment of their customers.
In the future, if all these power lines that have failed the consumer were underground, this problem, that has effected 70,000 consumers, would be avoided.


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By LARRY KIMBLEGunnison
To whom it may concern, we would like to express our deepest sympathies to the families that have been affected in the tragedy in Emery County at the Crandall Canyon coal mine. Both for the rescuers and those they were desperately trying to save.
The heroism that was displayed by all the rescue efforts and individuals participating in those attempts, show that people really do love and care about each other. It shows that the basic principles on which this country was founded do still in fact exist, that we do care about our neighbors, friends, co-workers...
We are 48 individuals that in our own small way are having a bump in our road on life's journey. Nothing compared to the struggles that you have just gone through or are going through at this time in your life.
We would like you to know that you and your family and friends are in our prayers. We have followed your story every single day, ever since the collapse at the mine. It has brought an enormous amount of empathy and compassion for all of you. We wish we could help as unselfishly as those who gave their lives tying to save your men.
We have an evening meeting with the serenity prayer. We would like you to know that we take a moment of silence for you and your families in the hopes that you will be comforted in your losses. We sincerely want to express our condolences. Please know that you are in our prayers.
We are convicts doing time for drug offenses. We are in a program called HOPE. Your tragedy has touched us deeply. It has shown us that our drug addictions can be beaten. Whereas, your losses cannot be replaced. Please accept our sympathies and condolences.


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things so slowly, and sleep never done so much and feeling tired all the time. I missed it last year as I was so bad but we didn't know what we were dealing with then.
I hope you get some motivation...
Merry Christmas to all...
Thanksgiving preps and more leaf raking (we had a big wind storm and my lawn is full of my neighbor's leaves again!!!)
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
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Merry Christmas to all...
It's a working weekend - so much to do in preparation for Thanksgiving and Christmas
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
This weekend Im gonna do some Christmas gift shopping, as, prices always go double, when Christmas days aprroach...
And so, as Tiny Tim observed, "God Bless us!! Everyone!!''
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Your Susan G. Komen 3‑Day® journey will begin with an inspiring, emotional Opening Ceremony. You'll walk through the shaded neighborhoods and beautiful city parks of Dallas and its suburbs, and spend two fun-filled nights at our Komen 3‑Day camp, bonding with your fellow walkers. It all culminates in a celebratory Closing Ceremony.
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Last month, we digitized most of Charles and Maurice Prendergast's sketchbooks. You can view them all if you search the Prendergast section of our collection database, and use the drop down menus to select "Title" and "contains", and then type "sketchbook" in the last box. Below, you can actually browse through one of them. The sketchbooks allow for some interesting insights into the artistic processes of the brothers, and some are even preliminary sketches for paintings in the museum's collection. Take a look!
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First Olympic Appearance: 1996
by John Gettings and Mark Zurlo
Olympic softball is played in fast-pitch style, as opposed to the high-arcing slow-pitch game you often see played recreationally. At the Olympics, only women participate in this sport.
Pitchers can throw fastballs that reach speeds between 65–74 mph. And considering the distance between home plate and the pitcher's mound is a third less than baseball, softball batters have generally the same split second baseball players have to make a decision.
Here are some other interesting differences and similarities between Olympic softball and baseball.
Along with baseball, the Beijing Games will likely feature the final Olympic softball competition. Dropped beginning with the 2012 Games due to lack of international interest and the dominance of the U.S. team, the 2008 competition will feature eight teams in a two-round competition, the first being a round-robin tournament, and the second being the single elimination semi-finals and championship game. Competing for the gold will be China, the United States, Japan, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Taiwan, and Venezuela. Competition will be held at Fengtai Softball Field, which also played host to the 1992 Women's Softball World Cup Championships.
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