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by LesLes - 11/30/2013 8:22 AM
Hope darkraven32179 is still about. I was loving where you were going with Jean and Sebastianna Shaw. Hope you'll add it back into the new branch.
Don't know if it's any use to anyone but here's the current cast of characters in rough order of appearance and with their normal Marvel universe codenames first. It's a big cast and I might have managed to miss some off. If so, apologies.
by LesLes - 11/30/2013 8:28 AM
Damn, did forget at least one:
And here's a shorter recap of the story so far, as I see it.
Miss Frost's Finishing School for Gifted Girls is an all-girls school where all the teachers and students are female mutants. In many cases familiar X-Men have become nymphomaniac X-girls. And, perhaps most importantly for the story, all the teachers and
students are unashamed and uninhibited lesbians. Sex is uncomplicated and frequent, whether between teenage girls in their school uniforms or teachers rewarding their eager students with experienced tongues and fingers in their tight wet cunts.
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One apparent exception are the dorm mates Summer Frost [Cyclops] and Jean Grey [Phoenix] who have been monogamous for months, much to the disapproval of Summer's mother the headmistess and surprised gossip of the school. But today the truth is revealed.
The athletic Summer sets out on her morning run and a secret rendezvous with the Stepford Cuckoos in the school caretaker's shack in the woods. There she has sex with the Stepford Cuckoos, and it is revealed to be a regular tryst.
For her part Jean has remained technically true to her girlfriend (except for being tricked by the shapeshifter Nurse Darkholme [Mystique]) but the short Canadian girl Jamie [Wolverine] has had the run of the red-head's body apart from her vagina. This morning,
in Jean's shower, the temptation is too great and Jean relents allowing Jamie to fist in her rough sex to orgasm after orgasm.
The two cheerleaders Charlize [Professor X] and Maggie [Magneto] arrive at Nurse Darkholme's office. Other students have had brief visions of another life, but Charlize is having a full-blown breakdown, believing she's a man and a professor. Nurse Darkholme
has just the hypnotic medicine to cure her.
Maggie strips her best friend and then sucks her fellow cheerleader's breasts and laps at her pussy as Darkholme instructs the drugged girl. Charlize is a girl, a bimbo who loves tits and pussy and being the best lesbian fucktoy she can be.
The nurse decides that Maggie needs a reward for helping her sick friend. Her final orders to the bimbo cheerleader turn Charlize into Maggie's own personal obedient fucktoy. Then the shapeshifter lets the enthusiastic Maggie suck on her big blue cock.
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Charlize isn't the only one having their mind altered this morning. To establish an alibi while they fuck Jean's girlfriend Summer, the Stepford Cuckoos have trapped Hettie "Beast" McCoy in a psychic illusion in their minds. Within the psychic construct
Beast believes she has turned Phoebe and Irma into obedient primitives and recruited Celeste as her helper. In truth Beast is lying unconscious on the floor of the shack in the woods while the Cuckoos fuck Summer.
However, when the Cuckoos reveal that right at that moment Jamie is giving the all-too-willing Jean a fucking in the shower Summer dashes off in a fury.
Returning to their psychic construct the Cuckoos find that Beast has turned the tables on them. Realising her fantasies were an illusion, Beast had the simulated Celeste hugely speed the passage of time in the astral plane giving her time to prepare. The
traitor Celeste and savage Phoebe and Irma are part of the Cuckoos' minds and have become vastly stronger. With Beast's help they are now in control.
Returning to the real world Beast reveals that she's in charge, savage Irma and primitive Irma sleeping within the respective girls and Celeste a traitor to the Three-in-One. With this power she makes the Cuckoos forget what has happened.
Kitty Pryde [Shadowcat] awakes in Emma Frost's bed. After months of resistance she has become the headmistress's eager wicked little protege. This morning it is Sooraya [Dust]'s turn to act as maid to the headmistress and Kitty enjoys the Afghan girl's sex
show before Emma awakes to fuck Kitty. Kitty reveals that to please Emma she has a scheme in motion to break Summer and Jean up.
Kitty is the one who arranged for her enemies the Cuckoos to seduce Summer, and she has encouraged Jamie to seduce Jean. Now her plans are coming to fruition.
Kitty remains the master of computers and has hacked student and teachers' computers alike. From the headmistress's office she scans the webcams attached to the computers and reads emails and collects sex videos and porn photos. She finds evidence her plans
are succeeding, but even better discovers what is happening in Nurse Darkholmes's office.
As the nurse fucks Maggie, Kitty phases through and steals some of the mind-control medicine. She plans to test it on her dormmate Storm. Ororo believes that Kitty is still a sweet nerd and it is easy for Kitty to ambush her once Ororo's morning lover Callisto
has left to study in the library.
Now Storm is drugged on her own bed and awaiting her mind-altering instructions.
Eleswhere, Sooraya is furious at having missed the chance to dress Headmistress Frost and run her hands over Emma's lush body, maybe even lick her breasts and pussy clean. Sooraya blames Kitty for having her dismissed from her duties early, and having to
win the lottery amongst students for her next chance.
Sooraya's dormmate Noriko [Surge] consoles the crying girl, massaging her with her electric powers before they have sex in a while of sand and electrcity. Sooraya declares herself Kitty's enemy, but she does have one reward for her work. On her cellphone
are the pictures she took of Emma (and Kitty) naked in bed.
The furious Summer bursts into the bathroom of her dormroom to discover that Jean and Jamie really are fucking. Enraged she uses her optic blasts and burns Jamie, but Jean uses her telekinesis to restrain her brunette girlfriend.
Headmistress Emma Frost enters the ruined room and dismisses her daughter's attempts to lie, but reveals to a now equally furious Jean that Summer has been fucking the Cuckoos. In tears Jean flees the room naked pursued by a nude Jamie.
Jean makes it to her half-sister Rachel's room ahead of Jamie and closes the door in her face. She borrows a uniform from Rachel's laundry basket and persuades Rachel to use her pyschic powers to get rid of Jamie by pretending to be her. It turns out Rachel
is only too happy to do so, having a crush of her own on the short Canadian girl. In Jamie and Jubilee's dorm Rachel prepares to make a move on Jamie.
Jean can't return to her destroyed dormroom or her now ex-girlfriend. Headmistress Frost has assigned her a new room with the feared Sebastianna Shaw and, excused class, Jean heads there unaware of her half-sister's planned betrayal.
Jean and Jamie haven't managed to run through the corridors of the school unseen. Jubilee has managed to capture sexy photos of the naked redhead and her raven-haired pursuer. On their way to Headmistress Frost's ethics class, Hisako [Armor] and Illyana
[Magik] are gossiping about what happened when Hisako reveals she has copies of the photos. Hisako takes the opportunity to feel up her friend as she's turned on by the hot photos, eventually persuading the other girl they have plenty of time before class.
Illyana takes Hisako to Limbo and reveals her demonic form as they stand on a dead island in a magma lake. It barely gives Hisako pause before the Japanese girl is pumping a psychic-armor strap-on into demonic pussy.
Emma takes roll at the start of class and is annoyed to find two absent without explanation. She uses an amulet gift from the sorcerer supreme Stephanie Strange to show the whole class where Illyana and Hisako are and what they're doing. Teenage hormones
do the rest and her class are quickly masturbating or more to the unearthly porn they're watching.
by LesLes - 2/9/2014 9:01 AM
Any ideas about what the school uniform, the cheerleaders' outfits or the volleyball team's clothes should look like? Don't think any of them have been properly described yet.(And should the teams have nicknames?)
by gothamalleyviper - 2/9/2014 11:09 AM
Uniforms, Uniforms... OK.
Typical girls uniform for private schools: White button down blouse, Blazer, then a skirt, tie or bow tie, and socks in the school tartan. What Miss Frost chooses for the Tartan I have no clue.
Volleyball team: Most teams go for knee high socks, knee pads, spandex hotpants, a jersey, and elbow pads.
Cheerleader: spandex body, skirt and tank top,
Really both the teams uniforms would be based on the schools colors, again what ever Miss Frost chose.


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I liked this excerpt from Betsy"s Page:
It's amazing how much like those 19th century nativists decrying the influence of Catholics in America some liberals are sounding these days as they pick out that the five justices who formed the majority in the Hobby Lobby decision are Catholics. Suddenly, Catholic-bashing is creeping into liberal analysis of Supreme Court decisions that liberals don't like. It really has been amusing to hear all these nice liberals bemoaning the use of the Religious Freedom Reformation Act when it was a law passed with near unanimity and signed into law with great self congratulation by Hillary Clinton's husband. Suddenly, liberals no longer like the idea of finding a balance between the reach of the federal government and people's individual religious beliefs if it interferes with their desired policy goals.
And all this for the goal of forcing employers to provide employees free contraceptives. It has always struck me as rather strange that that is the one prescription that the administration wants to insist should be provided at no cast to insured employees. Think of all the possible medicines that they could have chosen to be provided for free – prescriptions for heart problems, cancer, diabetes, asthma, HIV, or psychiatric treatments. But none of those were considered worthy of mandating that they be provided free of cost. Only contraceptives. Not covered with a deductible or for a certain percentage. Nope, absolutely free. I would love to have a reporter ask Obama why didn't they have similar mandates for other medical needs? I think it was all done deliberately so that they could take advantage of the opposition that they knew would arise in order to gin up their phony cries about a war on women.
Hobby Lobby is a retail chain with nearly 600 stores. Their beginning wage is $15 an hour. They pay for their employees health care, including most contraceptives. They exclude only four abortifacients. Contraceptives are available at a month's supply as low as $3.97, online, I believe. And the prices go up from there. Free, which means the taxpayers, including all the women past menopause have to pay for them. I think Democrats just don't get the meaning of "free" as they use it.

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I tongue-and-cheeked it through my column on Tyler Seguin last night after Game 2.
Such is a product of being at the TD Garden for 13 hours straight.
But now that I've landed in Tampa, where the anticipation for Game 3 actually has pushed the temperature of the air to 80 — yes, the weather can actually be warm in May — I did want to go back and make a couple more serious points about what I witnessed.
•First, about Seguin. No one, not even this blog, ever said he stunk or didn't have skills or shouldn't ever play in the NHL. Based on how he lollygagged it through the regular season, however, he didn't seem ready to take the next big step in his maturity.
Putting a 19-year-old kid with just 22 hits on his stat sheet into the fire of the playoffs when there were better options didn't make a lot of sense. Let me remind you that the Bruins are in the conference final for the first time in 19 years.
When talk turns to whether Seguin was given a chance to earn more playing time and be a part of the postseason lineup, consider: from March 15 through the game of April 4 he skated on a line with Rich Peverley and Chris Kelly, a trio similar to the one he skated on in Game 2 with Kelly and Michael Ryder.
Over that span of 11 games, he averaged 13 minutes per night. He scored one goal and was a minus-2. Does that sound like a case for more playing time? Even on the power play, who should he have replace with numbers like that?
But let's look beyond the numbers. I think all of us, even the most irrational among us, would agree Mark Recchi is a sage observer of the game, a great leader and a solid thinker. If you've listened to his comments the last couple days about Seguin, there's one recurring theme — "the kid's competing." Aha. There it is. He's competing. That's not something you say about a fellow athlete and teammate unless there was a time when he wasn't competing. And that, ultimately, is why Seguin was out of the lineup.
Now he's in, he's playing like he never played in the regular season, and he's doing it at the most important time — time that could turn out to be historic. Enjoy it.
But don't say you predicted it or that Julien did anything to limit this kid's development. And remember too, that one game does not a legend make.
•Real quick on the D, I'm not sure if I wrote this already, but that might've been the worst defensive performance from six defenseman in a game coached by Julien since he took over the Bruins — win or lose. Dennis Seidenberg was, as Julien likes to say, "a horse." But the rest of them, including Zdeno Chara, looked like they were doing a tribute to the pre-Julien 2006-07 Bruins.
They have to get their acts together or the burns they return to Boston with won't be from the sun. When they take a shot from the point, they can't stand still and admire it. Almost every Tampa Bay breakaway in Game 2 was the result or a blocked shot and a forward blowing the zone. Do they not know that's what the Lightning do? Do they suddenly want to play like the Washington Capitals?
Anyway, I'd expect a 1-0 or 2-1 game in Game 3 because both coaches will demand their defenses tighten up. And their resume tells you they will. But the Bruins' defensemen will only be able to limit the Lightning by being a lot smarter and more on their toes.


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"It's a very simple game. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Sometimes it rains." (Bull Durham)
Friday, June 6, 2008
Just do it...
But the story was watching the D-backs do the little things that it takes to win a close game. They got the leadoff batter on 4 times, and plated him 3 times. And two of those runners were gimmes, reaching on a walk and a hit batsman. The pitcher singled in a run.
The Pirates? The first inning was a perfect example. Nate McLouth was on third with one away, the infield sat back - and Jay Bay popped up into shallow center. This was against a pitcher that that only allowed 4 fly ball outs all night.
We understand that he's trying to hit a fly to bring home the bacon. But when you're batting against one of the league's premier ground ball artists whose infield is conceding the run, wouldn't the smart play be a three hopper to second instead of trying to lift the ball? Little things add up.
Arizona knows that taking one run at a time will carry the day more often than not, a lesson that Pittsburgh, for its' impressive big-inning offense, has yet to learn.
The Pirates, as usual, made some noise in the ninth, stranding a pair. They might have even made a game of it if Adam LaRoche's shot wasn't hit right at the second baseman.
He's either the unluckiest human in a big league uniform or can only hit a ball up the first base line and at the second base hole.
Maybe staying back on the ball, elevating his swing a scootch and using more of the field would cure what ails him. Bad breaks or not, his .212 average in the heart of the lineup sticks out like a red flag.
Ian Snell pitched a decent game over five innings before leaving after taking a shot off the back. He struck out nine, allowing five hits and three walks. And five was all he was going anyway - he was behind batters way too often and threw 107 pitches in that span. Pittsburgh needs more out of him.
The Pirates should remember that the NL prides itself on small ball. Maybe they wouldn't need their late inning heroics if they were more efficient early on. Long journeys begin with small steps.
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- WilliamJPellas said...
I think you're onto something here, Ron. This Pirates team looks more like an American League squad than it does anything else. A bunch of big-swinging leadfoots and a pitch-to-contact pitching staff equals what they used to call the Boston Red Sox.
- June 7, 2008 at 3:08 PM
- Ron said...
You know, Bill, you mentioned before that Russell seemed to be an AL kinda manager, and after watching the baserunning, the way he handles pitchers, and dependence on the big inning, it sure looks that way.
Now whether that's his preference or just what he's stuck with will be seen down the line. You're right that the team's lead footed overall, but there are still spots when you need to put the pressure on.
Beasley did it last night when he waved Sanchez home on a 50-50 ball. He knew runs wouldn't come easy and pushed the play to try to get one. we'd like to see that pressure on a permanent basis, kinda the way LaRussa does it in St. Louis. we're not the Cubs, but we try to play like them.
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Three years ago, Rex loved his players speaking to the media. He started the chirping culture as a way to cast off the shrill of Mangini. It may be hard to do with the razor thin "note" requirements that editors require these days, but let's suppose for a second, this quote is attributed to a real NY Jet. The last 24 hours of coverage, which should be focused on OTA's, are now on "Anonymous Jet" calling for the benching of Sanchez, and as a result, a lot of outrage against the Coward Jet has spurned from mostly the fan base. Yesterday in an online chat, Rich Cimini confirmed what many in the media know, that John Idzik will not rebut the quote, because he is not going to "Chase Ghosts."
I think if this stuff is supposed to stop, Rex has to go. To send a real message, they need for a moment to stop worrying about cutting guys like Mike Goodson; you need to cut the head off the snake. These days, what kind of credibility could Rex even have with his locker room, or colleagues?
There is no anonymous jet, no circus, no locker room issues, it's all media fabrication from people with hidden agendas.
Whether it exists or not, the only thing that will change the perception is WINNING FOOTBALL GAMES.
some ridiculous conclusions come about on this board.
What the hell does Rex have to do with Goodsons night and legal issues?
What does Rex's bravado, from the days before Goodson was a Jet, make this a Rex thing?
Need to think before hitting the post button.
And, from ALL ACCOUNTS, he has credibility in his locker and the players would go to war for him.
Stop being a pupper of the media who tries to manipulate people like you into thinking the Jets are a circus. Goodson got drunk. Plaxico Burress shot himself as a giant. Did they fire Coughlin? You want to say that the Giants then cut him and no other real franchize would take him in? Well he was taken in by the STeelers last year.
Every team has knuckleheads on their teams, unfortunately for the Jets we have the leagues greates population of knucklehead fans.
There are plenty of reasons you can argue Rex should be fired but I don't know how this is one of them. How can you link what Goodson did to Rex??
You don't like Rex, fine, your right. Stop making up stupid sh!t to try and back your hate. Makes people respond.
It's not like Rex -toe fetish internet video- Ryan is the only defensive mind that can produce a top 10 defense.
Get a clue


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IFC's Portlandia once ran a classic sketch called "One More Episode," in which Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen play Battlestar Galactica fans who become so addicted that they recruit a local man (whom they wrongly believe to be BSG writer Ronald D. Moore) and several cast members to make another installment of the show. The result is a hilarious, loving tribute, an imagined BSG with dialogue like, "I need you here! Now get out of here!"
Today on YouTube, the Machinima channel, working in concert with original BSG home SyFy, premiered the first two installments of Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome, a prequel that's been a couple of years in the works. For BSG fans and completists, the new material is an entertaining enough reminder of the old days. (The remaining webisodes will complete the "pilot" of Blood and Chrome, which will come out next year on DVD; it's still unclear whether the project has a future as a regular series.) As an actual piece of television: let's say it's somewhere between actual BSG and the Portlandia version.
The premise and narrative are simple and straightforward. In the early years of the Cylon War, a young William Adama (Luke Pasqualino) enlists in the war effort, eager to fly a Viper and "kill toasters." Instead, he finds himself first assigned to "drive a bus"–flying a clunky Raptor on errand missions–in support of a war effort that is not going as well as advertised. As he reluctantly heads off on his less-than-glorious mission, we see the horrors of the war through his eyes.
In a voiceover at the outset, young Adama says of the Cylons: "There's a lot of debate about why they hate us, but in the end, does it really matter?" That captures much of the spirit of Blood and Chrome so far; unlike in BSG, the Cylon perspective is absent, and the story is much more action-oriented. Of course, in BSG, "why they hate us" mattered indeed; it was one of the things that made BSG among the most thought-provoking, brilliant sci-fi series ever made.
Blood and Chrome doesn't seem bad, exactly, and maybe it's reflecting young Adama's no-time-for-philosophy mindset accurately. But as a result, though it has striking visuals and a similar feel for the grit of war, the webisodes feel a bit off-brand, weighed down with perfunctory dialogue like, "You're a cocky son of a bitch, aren't you, ensign?"
I'm still watching, of course, as I expect will a lot of BSG lovers, because it is a small treat to get to re-immerse myself in this universe. But frankly, at this point I'd much rather see SyFy making some kind of attempt to create intelligent, ambitious sci-fi series that are not BSG spinoffs. (And I say this as a fan of the moody Caprica, even if its ratings were poor.)
It increasingly feels like BSG was a one-off for the network, which since then has retreated to its comfort zone of light entertainments like Eureka and monster movies. (Alphas is decent enough, but it doesn't have nearly the high reach of BSG.) Which is too bad. "One more episode" is a natural impulse, and I'm not immune to it. But I wish SyFy—or any channel with an interest in science-fiction series—would instead want to create one more great franchise.


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Tottenham are ready to throw their hat into the ring for Crystal Palace starlet Wilfried Zaha, but face competition from Manchester City and Arsenal.
Zaha has been attracting interest from the Premier League in recent months, although Palace boss Dougie Freedman has warned any potential buyers that they will have to fork out £11 million of they want to land the 19-year-old.
The talented youngster attracted bids from Wigan and Bolton during the summer transfer window, however he appears on course to land a move to one of the Premier League's big boys.
According to the People, Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is keen on landing Zaha, and will commission a move for him in January.
However Spurs are unwilling to meet Freedman's £11 million valuation, and will hope to get their man for closer to £8 million.
A possible solution to the deal could see Tottenham get their man in January, and allow him to stay put at Palace before he joins up with his new colleagues at White Hart Lane at the end of the season.
According to reports this week Arsenal have been tracking Zaha for some time, and see him as a natural successor to Theo Walcott, who is currently stalling on signing a new deal and could potentially leave the Gunners at the end of the season.
Former Arsenal assistant coach Pat Rice was reportedly present to see Zaha score twice as Palace secured a 4-3 win over Burnley last weekend, ahead of a potential move to take him to the Emirates Stadium.
Palace chief Steve Parish will likely do all he can to keep hold of Zaha in January as the south London club go in search of promotion from the Championship, but if a big money bid from Tottenham, Arsenal or Manchester City came when the transfer window re-opens he may find it hard to resist.
Tottenham's relationship with Crystal Palace could still be somewhat frosty however, after they controversially landed former Eagles youngster John Bostock back in 2008.
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Competitors and Condoms: The International Olympic Committee on HIV/AIDS
August 2, 2012
Now that the International AIDS Conference is over and the 2012 Olympics in London are nearly a third of the way in, I thought it might be interesting to think about the global stage these athletes perform on and how sex plays a part in these world games.
During the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia, 70,000 condoms were distributed to the athletes, coaches, trainers, and officials staying in the Olympic Village, a very proactive and somewhat surprising move (at least to me) by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to promote sexual health during the games. But even more surprising was the fact that they found they needed even more and ordered an additional 20,000 condoms that year, roughly equating to 8 condoms per person and a figure that would remain static for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and the 2004 Summer games in Athens, Greece.
But with the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the number of athletes competing grew, lowering the ratio of condoms to roughly six per athlete, making the 100,000 distribution seem somewhat paltry. For this year's games in London, however, the IOC decided to supply at least 150,000 condoms giving each athlete approximately 15 condoms to use at his or her will. What's more, Durex, this year's supplier, is standing by should the IOC request more.
And this, it seems, is a very apt number, given ESPN Magazine's recent story on the levels of raucous sex and partying that happens in the Olympic Village. But that's not all. In partnership with UNAIDS, the IOC has also developed an HIV/AIDS toolkit to be handed out to the athletes and the coaches at each Olympics, discussing the basics of HIV/AIDS as well as some HIV "insider baseball," (as my boss would say), detailing the effect of exercise on HIV, ways that HIV/AIDS cannot be transmitted -- a section that at least 33 states should be reading right now -- misconceptions about HIV/AIDS in sports, and how athletes can serve as role models.
"One of the most successful strategies in de-stigmatizing HIV and AIDS is someone saying, 'I am HIV-positive.' Involving HIV- positive sportsmen and women has already proven itself as being extremely valuable in normalizing HIV and being a role model for sportspeople, both young and old. Athletes whether HIV-positive or HIV-negative, who take part in HIV awareness raising, are serving their communities and are a living example of the spirit of voluntarism by lending their name to the AIDS response."
What impresses me most about the IOC and its response to HIV/AIDS is that it's not a linear, "everybody carry condoms" strategy. Rather, it's a broad, intelligent, and open approach to the global affects and reach of HIV/AIDS, which uses its toolkit, as well as hundreds of on-hand doctors and nurses, to facilitate an open dialogue about HIV/AIDS amidst the world's best athletes, a population that many may perceive as impermeable to the disease.
To my knowledge, and as far as my research took me, there is no openly HIV-positive athlete competing in this year's games in London. But that's not really the point, because HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination doesn't affect just those who are living with the disease, as hateful homophobia doesn't just affect or hurt those who identify as gay or lesbian. The IOC is providing the global community a real chance to push back against HIV stigma and discrimination, an impressive move given the fact that the whole world is watching.
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For 150 years this locality has provided heroism in all the nation's military conflicts. To mark this distinction, Stephenson County Historical Society is presenting a newly designed exhibit of artifacts, uniforms, literature and photographs.
For 150 years this locality has provided heroism in all the nation's military conflicts. To mark this distinction, Stephenson County Historical Society is presenting a newly designed exhibit of artifacts, uniforms, literature and photographs.
Edward Finch, executive director of the society's museum, has gathered from the archives material for this new permanent exhibit titled "National Service," now available for viewing at the society's museum at 1440 S. Carroll Ave. in Freeport. The bravery and sacrifice of local heroes are depicted in the display.
Finch said the goal of the exhibit is to tell the stories of the men and women from Stephenson County who have served our nation in its wars over the past 150 years.
PHOTO GALLERY: See the photos of the people from the exhibit
The exhibit is arranged chronologically from the Civil War to the Vietnam War, Finch said. In addition to sections on all major conflicts, there are special sections on the Cold War and the story of Charles Flint Putnam, distinguished by having a ship of the U.S. Navy named for him, a singular honor for a resident of Stephenson County. During the Civil War, in 1863, Col. Putnam was a casualty of the locally formed 93rd Regiment in the Battle at Missionary Ridge.
Moseley and Loewe
Freeport has a street named Moseley, and its Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 998 is the Moseley-Loewe Post, incorporating the names of two local heroes. Who were they? What did they do?
Well, first, Arthur Francis Moseley was a pastor at the United Brethren Church in Freeport. He actually answered the call to military duty three separate times. A native of Macon, Ga., born in 1877, Moseley first enlisted in the British Army in 1900 as a 23-year-old. He served as a dispatch rider in "Brabant's Second Horse Battalion." He earned the "Queen's South Africa Medal" in the Boer War. The new display includes a photo of him in the uniform of that war.
In 1898, Moseley enlisted in the U.S. Army to serve in the Second Cavalry Regiment during the Spanish-American War. His unit served in Cuba.
At age 40, Moseley again enlisted, this time in the Second Officer's Training Camp at Fort Sheridan in Chicago. After being commissioned a captain, he volunteered to be sent to France during World War I and was given command of Company G, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division.
Moseley was killed in action on July 5, 1918, near Cantigny, France. His World War I uniform is part of the new exhibit. The Moseley-Loewe Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 998 bears his name.
A sentimental touch to the Moseley display is the letter he wrote to his "precious wife and my precious little girls" on May 1, 1918, within two weeks of his death. Though it is difficult to read, we are able to make out the fact that he is well and he tries to keep track of days and weeks. He said he tries to tell them of the most important things that happen, and he wishes his daughter, Lily, a happy birthday and many happy returns of the day.
Following his uncle's footsteps
Moseley's nephew, Warren "Billy" Vennell, was a resident of Freeport until he ran away to Canada to volunteer for the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), which was a part of the military forces of Great Britain during World War I. Vennell was trained as a pilot there and eventually flew a Bristol Fighter.
However, while flying over German lines, he inhaled poisonous gases that crippled his lungs, and he spent the rest of the war in a hospital in Scotland.
After the war, he returned to Freeport to live with Moseley's widow, where a local doctor treated his breathing disability, but "inexplicably," Finch learned, he disappeared and was never heard from again. The museum display includes Vennell's RFC cap and his Glengarry bonnet from the time he served in Scotland.
Sgt. Emmerson Loewe
Sgt. Emmerson Loewe was born and raised in Freeport. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in April 1940, and was serving on Corregidor in the Philippine Islands when World War II began. Along with American troops, he fought until ordered to surrender to the overwhelming Japanese forces. Loewe was first a prisoner of war in the Philippines and later in Japan. He escaped just as the war ended.
Finch learned that Loewe, after suffering from the poor conditions of the Japanese POW camps, was hospitalized for months before finally being discharged.
In 1946, he went back to Japan to testify at the war crimes trial of Japanese leaders. Ironically, Loewe was killed in Japan in an automobile accident. His body was returned to Freeport for burial in 1947.
His name is the one honored in the name of the VFW Post in Freeport. His photo in the Marine Corps uniform is displayed in the exhibit.
World War II featured
The section on World War II features panels on the role of women in the war and the important part many local industries played in the war effort by converting normal production to the manufacturing of necessary military supplies and equipment components.
A sidelight of the exhibit is the artwork of a former Freeport resident, Robert Dale Rohr, a Micro-Switch employee who produced drawings from life in the military while serving in the Navy.
Rohr enlisted in the Navy in 1944 at age 25. Born in Freeport, he had worked at Structo and was employed at Micro-Switch when he enlisted. Based on his training and experience as a draftsman and his mechanical aptitude, Rohr was trained as a diesel mechanic and rated as a motor machinist's mate. He volunteered to serve on motor torpedo boats, commonly called PT Boats.
Samar Island, Leyte Gulf, Philippines, was where Rohr was stationed when the war ended. During his time on that island, he began making color pencil sketches of what he observed on the island. Discharged in January 1946, he eventually returned to Freeport where he and his wife, Marian, raised one son, Michael Dale. Robert Dale Rohr died in June 1996.
Hands-on for Vietnam viewers
Finch tells of a particularly unique feature in the Vietnam display which allows viewers to try on items from a collection "to get a feel for the weight of the equipment carried by Americans as they trudged through the jungles of Southeast Asia."
Finch wishes it known that the special exhibit is located on the second floor of the museum, which is not handicap accessible. The stairway does have a railing for assisting those who are able to master the steps. He also wishes to credit funding for the exhibit through a grant from the Freeport Community Foundation and through private donors.
James A. Horstman of Port Washington, Wis., was named as the individual who made the most sizable contribution. Horstman's gift was in memory of his grandfather, Army Capt. Arthur F. Moseley, the hero previously discussed.
The exhibit is designed so that various memorabilia, uniforms and artifacts can be added to or interchanged from time to time, but will remain a part of the museum tour, Finch said.
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My apologies in advance for the shorter blog post about this, but like many other Ubuntu folks, I am absolutely exhausted right now. Everyone, across the board, has been working their collective socks off to make Ubuntu 14.04 LTS a fantastic release on desktop, server, and cloud, and pull together our next iteration of Ubuntu for smart-phones and tablets. Consequently, when the trigger is pulled to share our final product with the world, release day is often less of a blistering and energetic woo-hoo, but more of an exhausted but satisfying oh-yeah (complete with beer firmly clenched in hand).
I am hugely proud of this release. The last six months have arguably been our busiest yet. No longer are we just working on desktop and server editions of Ubuntu, but we are building for the cloud and full convergence across the client. No longer are we "just" pulling together the fruits of upstream software projects but we are building our own platform too; the Ubuntu SDK, developer eco-system, charm store, image-based updates, push notifications, app lifecycle, and more. While the work has been intense and at times frantic, it has always been measured and carefully executed. Much of this has been thanks to many of our most under-thanked people; the members of our tremendous QA and CI teams.
Today, tomorrow, and for weeks to come our users, the press, the industry, and others will assess our work in Ubuntu 14.04 across these different platforms, and I am very confident they will love what they see. Ubuntu 14.04 embodies the true spirit of Ubuntu; innovation, openness, and people.
But as we wait to see the reviews let's take a moment for each other. Now is a great time to reach out to each other and those Ubuntu folks you know (and don't know) and share some kudos, some thanks, and some great stories. Until we get to the day where machines make software, today software is made by people and great software is built by great people.
Thanks everyone for every ounce of effort you fed into Ubuntu and our many flavors. We just took another big leap forward towards our future.
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It's an Intel i5 4250U processor (dual core, laptop processor). Supports up to 16gb of RAM and the Intel 5000 graphics thing in it.
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I just wanted to let you folks know that I am recruiting for a community manager to join my team at Canonical.
I am looking for someone with strong technical knowledge of building Ubuntu (knowledge of how we release, how we build packages, bug management, governance etc), great community management skills, and someone who is willing to be challenged and grow in their skills and capabilities.
My goal with everyone who joins my team is not just to help them be successful in their work, but to help them be the very best at what they do in our industry. As such I am looking for someone with a passion to be successful and grow.
I think it is a great opportunity and to be part of a great team. Details of the job are available here – please apply if you are interested!?
At the last Ubuntu Developer Summit we discussed the idea of making our regular online summit serve more than just developers. We are interested in showcasing not just the developer-orientated discussion sessions that we currently have, but also including content such as presentations, demos, tutorials, and other topics.
I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that the first Ubuntu Online Summit will happen from 10th – 12th June 2014. The website is not yet updated (we are going to keep everything on summit.ubuntu.com and uds.ubuntu.com can point there, and Michael is making the changes to bring over the static content).
We are really keen to get ideas for how the event can run so I am scheduling a hangout on Thurs 10th April at 5pm UTC on Ubuntu On Air where I would welcome ideas and input. I hope to see you there!
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Some random bits and pieces related to SpamAssassin and Amavis
I've been looking for additional rulesets to add to SpamAssassin but haven't found many – the SARE project appears offline (for example). Eventually I found – The SOUGHT SpamAssassin ruleset which despite it's age (published in 2007) seems to still be maintained.
See http://taint.org/2007/08/15/004348a.html
To enable this on Debian Wheezy, I added a cron job (/etc/cron.d/sa-update-sought) like :
10 */3 * * * debian-spamd /usr/local/sbin/sa-update-sought
And then created /usr/local/sbin/sa-update-sought which looks a bit like :#!/bin/bash if [ $UID != 119 ]; then su - debian-spamd -c "/usr/local/sbin/sa-update-sought" exit 0 fi # See http://taint.org/2007/08/15/004348a.html /usr/bin/sa-update -v --gpgkey 6C6191E3 --channel sought.rules.yerp.org --channel updates.spamassassin.org # so wow, so speed. /usr/bin/sa-compile
(Don't forget to chmod 755 the script and also perhaps run it containing 'set -x' and/or 'set -e')Amavis – deal with duplicate headers
Firstly, Amavis was complaining about duplicated headers for some emails. Typically this would be something useless like MIME-Version, which I don't care about. So to stop Amavis moaning about duplicated headers – add to your config under /etc/amavis/conf.d/50-user (on debian) -$allowed_header_tests{'multiple'} = 0; Amavis – log spamassassin rulsets and generally more
The default Amavis log file will look something like :Mar 23 06:48:18 my.server /usr/sbin/amavisd-new[13368]: (13368-03) Passed CLEAN {RelayedInbound}, [client.ip.addr]:37490 [client.ip.addr] -> <someone@local>, Queue-ID: 3FDEC181A06, Message-ID: <firstname.lastname@example.com> , mail_id: d-dsS6ecM4vR, Hits: -9.49, size: 34124, queued_as: 80D4118089F, dkim_sd=20132014:bazarchic-invitations.com, 3203 ms
Which isn't all that useful – especially if you need to know WHY it did (or didn't) score against SpamAssassin (i.e. WHY was it -9.49).
So, to make Amavis more verbose in logging – so you can see which SpamAssassin tests triggered etc – add to /etc/amavis/conf.d/50-user (debian) -$log_templ = $log_verbose_templ;
Now you'll see something more like :Mar 28 14:33:49 my.server /usr/sbin/amavisd-new[9149]: (09149-05) Passed SPAMMY {RelayedTaggedInbound}, [client.ip.addr]:62696 [client.ip.addr] <some.user@whatever> -> <firstname.lastname@example.com>, Queue-ID: EF4F4180E71, Message-ID: <firstname.lastname@example.com>, mail_id: dzG4JS_4jH29, Hits: 6.314, size: 46717, queued_as: BBEB71819B4, Subject: "hello world this is a subject", From: Test_Person_<firstname.lastname@example.com>, helo=whatever.server, Tests: [HTML_MESSAGE=0.001,LOCAL_SEX=5,URI_HEX=1.313], shortcircuit=no, autolearn=disabled, autolearnscore=6.314, asn=AS57307_220.127.116.11/21, 4714 ms
Now – you can clearly see why it scored 6.314 – without needing to find the mail and read it's headers.SpamAssassin – some random rules
Add into /etc/spamassassin into a file named something like 'local_rules.cf'WhatCounts – spammy mailer? # X-Mailer: WhatCounts - seems spammy. header LOCAL_WHATCOUNTS X-Mailer =~ /WhatCounts/ describe LOCAL_WHATCOUNTS Spammy mailer (WhatCounts) score LOCAL_WHATCOUNTS 3.0 Sex
Often slipped into spammy email; presumably serious email (well, for a business at least) won't contain such stuff.body LOCAL_SEX /\b(sex)\b/i describe LOCAL_SEX Email contains the word sex. score LOCAL_SEX 5.0 PHP Eval'ed code
I saw quite a few spammy emails which contained a specific header – so this penalises such mail. It's crude.# Saw email headers like : X-PHP-Originating-Script: 10000:sendme.php(3) : eval()'d code header PHP_EVAL X-PHP-Originating-Script =~ /eval\(\)\'d code/i describe PHP_EVAL Eval()'ed PHP code as source score PHP_EVAL 8.0 SpamAssassin – decode short urls
https://github.com/smfreegard/DecodeShortURLs is a useful plugin to install – allowing you to decode shortened URLs – and hopefully then score/find them in RBLs etc.
i.e. expanding http://t.co/BLAH to http://blahblah.server.com/something/blah.html
As some of you will know, I founded the Community Leadership Summit that takes place in Portland, Oregon every year. The event brings together community leaders, organizers and managers and the projects and organizations that are interested in growing and empowering a strong community. Each year we discuss, debate and continue to refine the art of building an effective and capable community, structured in a set of presentation and attendee-driven unconference sessions.
This year's event is happening on 18th – 19th July 2014 (the two days before OSCON), and is shaping up to be a great event. We have over 180 people registered already, with a diverse and wide-ranging set of attendees. The event is free to attend, you just need to register first. We hope to see you there!
In a few weeks though we have an additional sister-event to the main Community Leadership Summit at the Open Source Think Tank.
The Community Leadership Summit and Open Source Think Tank have partnered to create a unique event designed for executives and managers involved in community management planning and strategic development. While the normal annual Community Leadership Summit serves practicing community managers and leaders well, this unique event is designed to be very focused on executives in a strategic leadership position to understand the value and process of building a community.
I have been wanting to coordinate a strategic leadership event such as this for some time, and the Think Tank is the perfect venue; it brings together executives across a wide range of Open Source organizations, and I will be delivering the Community Leadership Summit track as a key part of the event on the first day.
The event takes place on 24th March 2014 in Napa, California. See the event homepage for more details – I hope to see you there!
The track is shaping up well. We will have keynote sessions, break-out groups discussing gamification, metrics, hiring community managers, and more, a dedicated case study (based on a real organization with the identity anonymized) to exercise these skills and more.
If you want to join the Community Leadership Summit track at the Open Source Think Tank, please drop me an email as space is limited. I hope to see you there!
Next week we have our Ubuntu Developer Summit, taking place online from Tues 11th March 2014 – Thurs 13th March 2014. Go and see the schedule – we still have lots of schedule space if you want to run a session. For details of how to propose a session, see this guide.
I just want to highlight a session I would like to really invite input on in particular.
Today the online Ubuntu Developer Summit is largely based on the formula from our physical UDSs that we used to have, and that formula goes back to 2004. While these have traditionally served the project well, I am cognizant that our community is much bigger and more diverse than it used to be, and our current Ubuntu Developer Summit doesn't serve our wider community as well as it could; there is more to Ubuntu to rigorous software engineering.
UDS is great if you are a developer focused on building software and ensuring you have a plan to do so, but for our translators, advocates, marketeers, app developers, and more…the format doesn't suit those communities as well.
As such, I would like to discuss this and explore opportunities where UDS could serve our wider community better. The session is here and is on Wed 12th March at 15.00UTC. I hope you can join me!
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I needed a way to display the contents of an HTML file on my desktop, in such a way that it looks like it's part of the wallpaper. Fortunately, most of the answer was in How can I make my own custom desktop widgets? on Ask Ubuntu, along with Create a Gtk Window insensitive to Show Desktop and Won't show in Launcher. Combining that with the excellent Python GI API Reference which contains everything and which I can never find when I go looking for it, I came up with a simple little Python app. I have it monitoring the HTML file which it displays for changes; when that file changes, I refresh the widget.from gi.repository import WebKit, Gtk, Gdk, Gio, GLib import signal, os class MainWin(Gtk.Window): def __init__(self): Gtk.Window.__init__(self, skip_pager_hint=True, skip_taskbar_hint=True) self.set_wmclass("sildesktopwidget","sildesktopwidget") self.set_type_hint(Gdk.WindowTypeHint.DOCK) self.set_size_request(600,400) self.set_keep_below(True) #Set transparency screen = self.get_screen() rgba = screen.get_rgba_visual() self.set_visual(rgba) self.override_background_color(Gtk.StateFlags.NORMAL, Gdk.RGBA(0,0,0,0)) #Add all the parts self.view = WebKit.WebView() self.view.set_transparent(True) self.view.override_background_color(Gtk.StateFlags.NORMAL, Gdk.RGBA(0,0,0,0)) self.view.props.settings.props.enable_default_context_menu = False self.view.load_uri("file:///home/aquarius/Work/jobs.html") box = Gtk.Box() self.add(box) box.pack_start(self.view, True, True, 0) self.set_decorated(False) self.connect("destroy", lambda q: Gtk.main_quit()) #Show all the parts self.show_all() self.move(100,100) def refresh_file(*args): print args mainwin.view.reload() def file_changed(monitor, file, unknown, event): # reload GLib.timeout_add_seconds(2, refresh_file) if __name__ == '__main__': gio_file = Gio.File.new_for_path("/home/aquarius/Work/jobs.html") monitor = gio_file.monitor_file(Gio.FileMonitorFlags.NONE, None) monitor.connect("changed", file_changed) mainwin = MainWin() signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL) # make ^c work Gtk.main()
Lots of little tricks in there: the widget acts as a widget (that is: it stays glued to the desktop, and doesn't vanish when you Show Desktop) because of the Gdk.WindowTypeHint.DOCK, skip_pager_hint=True, skip_taskbar_hint=True, and set_keep_below(True) parts; it's transparent because the HTML file sets its background colour to rgba(0,0,0,0) with CSS and then we use override_background_color to make that actually be transparent; the window has no decorations because of set_decorated(False). Then I just add it to Startup Applications and we're done.


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Feng Shui For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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Part I: Getting Started: Feng Shui Made Clear.
Chapter 1: Discovering the World of Feng Shui.
Chapter 2: Mastering the Principles of Feng Shui.
Chapter 3: Unveiling the Secrets of the Octagon.
Chapter 4: Picking Up Your Feng Shui Tools.
Chapter 5: Harnessing the Energies of the Five Elements.
Chapter 6: Tapping the Inner Power of Feng Shui.
Part II: Energizing Your Home's Exterior.
Chapter 7: Harnessing Nature's Power to Enhance Your Outdoor Spaces.
Chapter 8: Making the Most of Your Lot and Home Shape.
Chapter 9: Open Sesame! Creating a Welcoming Entry.
Part III: Feathering the Nest: Nurturing and Nourishing Indoor Spaces.
Chapter 10: Reinventing Your Home's Layout.
Chapter 11: Maximizing Results in the Bedroom.
Chapter 12: Now You're Cookin': Feng Shui for Your Kitchen.
Chapter 13: Home Is Where the "Shui" Is: Enhancing Your Family Areas.
Chapter 14: Sprucing Up the Bits and Pieces.
Chapter 15: Power-Boosting Your Home's Energy.
Chapter 16: Improving Your Apartment with Feng Shui.
Chapter 17: Using Feng Shui in Your Offi ce to Enhance Your Career.
Part IV: Going to the Next Level: Using Feng Shui for Life Change.
Chapter 18: Hitting the Ground Running: Your Fabulous Feng Shui Action Plan.
Chapter 19: Taking Care of the Big Three: Your Money, Honey, and Health.
Chapter 20: Looking Before You Leap: Selecting Your Next Home with Feng Shui.
Chapter 21: Creating New Energy with Feng Shui Blessing Ceremonies.
Chapter 22: Unleashing the Genie: Personal Feng Shui Empowerment.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 23: Ten Principles for Success with Your Feng Shui.
Chapter 24: Ten Tips for Finding the Right Consultant and Sticking with the Plan.
Chapter 25: Ten Tips for Selling a Home with the Help of Feng Shui.
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The Obama administration recently said it will stop deporting young illegal immigrants who were brought to the United States as children if they meet certain requirements. Soon after, the Supreme Court rejected key parts of Arizona's immigration law but upheld its most controversial provision.
Under Obama's new policy, people younger than 30 who came to the United States before the age of 16, pose no criminal or security threat, and were successful students or served in the military can get a two-year deferral from deportation.
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A Katy man found naked in a west Harris County home as a family slept is in jail on $75,000 bond, charged with burglary and intent to commit indecency with a child.
Rick Allen Mitchell, 25, was discovered about 3:30 a.m. Feb. 1 in a home in the 20000 block of Fort Stanton, near North Fry and Saums roads, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Investigators said a 14-year-old girl in the home woke up to find a naked man in her bedroom and went to her parents' room to alert them. The parents then called 911, authorities said.
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- Support growth. If you're helping, then you already "know how to do it". The goal of these forums is that the learners grow in understanding as you have. Providing the complete hand-in solution to a take-home test might be "fun" for you, but the student (experience shows) learns very little which is positive.
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Hi Roger,
Need your advice. I'm a very big man - 6,5 and 260lbs. Physically strong. Do i have chance to drive windsurf and what model you can advice for me. Or, on a my case i have chance to drive just pontoon boat?
|9th August 2007, 05:24 AM
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RE: Question about board
Hi Igor,
Yes, with the right equipment, and some lessons to get you started, I'm sure you can windsurf (drive a windsurfing board and rig).
Since you are big, and fit, one of the toughest thigs for you to learn about windsurfing is going to be to use balance rather than your superior physical strength.
While there is a small amount of strength required to windsurf (most of this "requirement" can be alleviated by matching lightweight gear to lightweight, less strong entry level sailors.
If you want to "teach yourself" it's going to be somewhat an uphill battle until you get all the basics mastered.
Look for a school near you, or travel to a windsurfing "destination" that has a school/training program.
Try to sail on a Start Large at first with a 5.5-6.5 m2 rig and you should be able to balance on the wide Start board nicely.
When you have your balance on the board, and can uphaul, get into the sailing position, balance your rig on the mast foot, rotate your upper body to sheet in and get underway, tack up through the eye of the wind and jibe with the wind coming across the tail of the board, you will be ready to get a Start board and a rig of 2 of your own.
Hope this helps,
|9th August 2007, 08:40 AM
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Thank you very much Roger. You right - need to find some course/training near the Dallas. Here, Texas, i think very good weather for windsurfing - most of the time it's windy - 10-20MPH. But i never see surfers on our lakes - probably will be hard to find school here. Any way - if you think Start L with 225 litres will be enough for my weight - i can find a complete package (need to buy all equipment in one pack) and try to starts myself.
Thanks a lot.
|9th August 2007, 09:04 AM
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RE: Question about board
Hi Igor,
I would look for an older 2001-2003 Start L.
The are wider, a little longer, and have more float and stability.
If you could find one of the 110 cm wide 2003 Start L's, that would be even better.
START Large
Volume 210 litres
Length 264 cm
Width 110 cm
One foot off 71.8 cm
Weight D-Ram 15.1 kg =/- 5%
Fin Start 40 + Start Convertible Start 40 + Start Convertible
Finbox Deep Tuttle Deep Tuttle
Sail size 1.0 - 10.5 m2 1.0 - 10.5 m2
If you live in Dallas, check with the guys at Mariner Sails to see if they don't have some instruction available.
I don't think there's as much wind in Dallas, TX as you think, especially in the summer.
Usually more wind down in Galveston or Corpus Christi.
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The human knot!
Enjoy these quick glimpses of Merrimack life. Or, maybe you want to submit a photo of your own? Email photos to firstname.lastname@example.com or add #macksnap to your social media uploads!
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Incoming freshman participated with their Orientation Leaders's in the famous Merrimack ice breaker: the human knot!


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U.S. Mexico border reflection
February 4, 2011
By Alivia Tison '13
When 10 CSB and SJU students and I met at the airport to begin our travels to one of the most controversial regions of the United States over winter break, we did not know that we would instantly find community, hospitality, and a new family within the people along the U.S./Mexico Border.
Whether learning about the Segundo Barrio community in El Paso, Texas, sharing meals with our host families, or learning from a Border Patrol agent, we may not have known the immensity of the complications of our new friends' lives yet, but upon arrival we knew that we were surrounded by exceptionally caring individuals. We learned that El Paso was recently namedof the "Safest city for its size in the U.S.," while across the highway Juarez has been referred to as the "Most dangerous city in the world that's not declared a war zone." As if those two extremes aren't enough, many people along the border live in El Paso but work and have family in Juarez and vice versa. Little by little, we pieced the information together, and the more I learned, the more my heart fell heavy with knowing the tremendous obstacles that people face in our own backyards.
It didn't take me long to learn that unanswered questions would haunt me during this trip.
- Why should it take the class of ESL students we visited 20 years to obtain U.S. citizenship only to be greeted with a test that many U.S. born-citizens cannot even pass?
- Why should my host mom have left the country that she loved because of a poor economic situation to arrive in the U.S. where she lives off welfare from the government for her five children and does not have the papers to obtain a job?
- How come our site supervisor in El Paso could not attend his uncle's funeral in Juarez for fear of being shot only to be filled later with a mixture of emotions upon learning that every man at the funeral was killed by a drug cartel?
- When will the sweet, elderly man from the Sin Fronteras Farm Workers Center be paid and treated reasonably?
The most difficult question for me came when touring the actual border fence with Border Patrol. At one point, I had one foot in Mexico and the other in the United States, literally straddling a cement line that someone deemed as the border. Looking across the highway, I could see the city of Juarez marked with mobile homes on a mountain and one large green house, which we later understood belonged to a drug cartel. I thought about all of the people living in Juarez, of the stories my host family told me about the celebrations that used to occur there, and of how much they wish they could go back to see their families and communities. It puzzled me why this cement line has resulted in many deaths and sufferings for those who did not make it across, while many others made it to the other side only to end up feeling dejected and lost. A shiver went through me as I thought about all of the families separated, the smugglers who take advantage of their own people, and the way a line can divide human beings into two separate groups.
It is easy to look at the U.S./Mexico Border just as that - a line that splits one group into two. It's much harder to see that simply because someone creates a division does not mean that we aren't still part of one group, the group called human beings that shares the same thoughts, desires, and love. God resides in all of us, and to deprive one group of the care and love is to deprive Him of the same.
As a CSB Campus Ministry trip, it is hard to explain why God allows these miseries to occur, but then we look around and see all of the beauty that does occur in their lives. By reflecting nightly with the group from CSB/SJU and incorporating the Catholic Social Teachings, we developed a better understanding of our thoughts and how God was working in our lives throughout the trip. Despite the fact that many of the homes we stayed in on the border were not filled with material things, it does not mean that their lives were not filled with tremendous happiness. God showed us a side of living that many of us are not accustomed to and that reminded me of the value of talking with family, sharing meals together, and giving back to your community. During the trip, we met a woman who wrote for The New York Timesbefore returning to Segundo Barrio to help restore her community, and a graduate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology who grew up in the neighborhood, pursued his education, and now works at a non-profit organization that helps immigrants obtain health care and take important classes. It's inspiring and uplifting to hear of people who give back to the community that raised them, and it's people like these who contribute to making the world a better place.
One of the five pillars of Alternative Break Experience's at CSB is Intentional Living, and we realized how important it is to incorporate this pillar into our daily lives. After seeing the injustices that farm workers face and living in a house the size of my CSB Suite with five children and six dogs, I cannot imagine what life would be like for them if everyone bought from local farmers, paid higher prices for groceries, and lived a modest lifestyle. Reflecting upon these issues helped us come together and hold ourselves accountable to put these simple measures into our daily lives. It seems unfair that while we attend college and move forward, so many are facing hardships beyond their control, and it is our responsibility to do our best to help them move forward as well. They have inspired me to give back to my community and live less of a material but more of a relationship-focused lifestyle.
I did not know that by participating in this Alternative Break Experience I would find a family not only in the ten other students from CSB/SJU, but also in my host family, the students taking classes, and the supervisors of our trip. A cement line, a fence, or a river can separate a group into two, but that does not mean that we are separate people. The people I met along the border showed me what happens when people work together to make change. In our daily lives we can do so much to make a huge impact on the world, and I'm forever grateful to my new friends in El Paso for making me realize how possible it truly is to make an impact on a community and how we can come together to create happiness for all people.


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CITY HALL — Local leaders from East Harlem and the South Bronx are calling on City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to help redraw District 8 council lines they believe will be fairer to both neighborhoods.
On the steps of City Hall Thursday, the leaders accused Quinn of hampering the lines the Districting Commission drew for the two neighborhoods — creating new lines that would extend the district farther into The Bronx while removing 30 blocks.
"What I need the speaker to understand is that the East Harlem community has a very long memory," said East Harlem district leader and Community 11 board member Peggy Morales. "This is the same community she will need to come into to gather support for the mayoral seat she is after."
East Harlem Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito, who was not at the rally, has accused Quinn of altering the lines to curry favor with the Bronx political establishment for her run for mayor. The redistricting lines are still in a preliminary phase and a final map is expected to be issued in March.
Mark-Viverito is mentioned as a leading candidate to succeed Quinn as Speaker.
The group called for the Districting Commission to adopt a map that does not extend so far north into the Bronx and that includes Randall's Island and parts of El Barrio — such as portions of the Lexington and Carver Houses — that were removed.
"We must keep our NYCHA developments whole and preserve the vital parkland on Randall's Island for our community," said Johnny Rivera, a community activist.
The seat representing the area is also likely to be won by a Bronx representative, leaving East Harlem without a voice, Morales said.
Mychal Johnson, a Mott Haven resident and member of Community Board 1 in the Bronx, said the new district extends too far north into The Bronx to be represented by one person.
"We are imploring Christine Quinn to respect South Bronx and East Harlem residents," Johnson said.
The Districting Commission has said its decisions are independent.
The leaders, however, said Quinn has some sway because lines that helped disgraced Assemblyman Vito Lopez were withdrawn after Quinn wrote a letter to the commission.
"We saw firsthand with the Vito Lopez scandal that this commission is far from independent and that the speaker has a great deal of influence over the process," said Harry Bubbins, a Mott Haven resident and a co-founder of Friends of Brook Park. "We're here to ask the speaker to intervene and send a message to the commission that the issues surrounding District 8 must be resolved before the final maps are voted on."
A spokesman for Quinn did not directly address the accusations.
"The Council awaits the independent Districting Commission's determinations and will review them in accordance with the federal Voting Rights Act and the City Charter," the spokesman said in a statement.


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One day the entire world will be mobile and connected. Upcoming generations of business workers will be able to collaborate and communicate in real time. Entire economies will go mobile as emerging markets and countries go directly to an unwired economy. These are some of the predictions made by SAP executives during teleconferences on May 12 and 13 regarding the collaborative business software company's $5.8 billion acquisition of Sybase.
Sybase, a California-based provider of enterprise and mobile software, offers its clients the tools to analyze and mobilize information, a capability SAP wanted to add to its business applications. Founded in 1984 by Mark Hoffman and Bob Epstein, Sybase began as a database management system but now provides information management, analytics, and enterprise mobility solutions for the financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, and government sectors.
[Editors' Note: CRM magazine awarded Sybase one of its CRM Market Elite awards in 2007. See that story here.]
"Sybase's core business will benefit from SAP's breakthrough in-memory computing technology," said SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott during the call. "SAP will extend our industry-leading business applications and analytics to billions of mobile users. SAP will be the only company enabled to deliver a full suite of enterprise software and next-generation business intelligence on any device at any time, fully harnessing Sybase's mobile platform."
McDermott, who took the reins at SAP in February along with Jim Hagemann Snabe, also acknowledged that SAP would benefit from leveraging Sybase's strength in financial services, telecommunications, and public services, in order to build upon the strong performances in SAP's focus industries.
The acquisition is also seen as a play by SAP against rival software provider Oracle, the leading provider of database solutions to SAP's customer base.
"This is a pretty serious salvo across Oracle's bow," says Joshua Greenbaum, principal at Enterp
SAP's May 12 press release listed several other key benefits:
"This acquisition falls right in line with our three-pillar strategy of on-premise, on-demand, and on-device software," said Jim Hagemann Snabe, McDermott's co-CEO. "We are already the leader in on-premise software. We are expanding in on-demand. Now with the acquisition of Sybase we will establish our leadership in on-device."
Sybase will operate as a standalone unit under the name "Sybase, an SAP company," according to the press release. Its current management team will continue to run the business and John Chen, the chairman and CEO of Sybase, will be proposed for appointment to SAP's Executive Board, which includes both Hagemann Snabe and McDermott.
Because Sybase will become a separately managed subsidiary, rather than becoming integrated into SAP, the two companies have simplified what can normally be a tricky transition process for two businesses of this size.
"There isn't much overlap in the customer bases and products, so they're going to be able to do a lot right away," Greenbaum predicts. "The technology cross-fertilization process can take time…but they shouldn't lose much momentum."
Sybase has been relatively successful in recent years, having recorded 10 consecutive record quarters in revenue, profitability, and cash flow; the company has also generated $384 million in cash from operations.
But according to Gartner research and an article in Thursday's New York Times, Sybase still lagged far behind Oracle in the marketplace for database management software, with just a 3 percent share of that market compared to Oracle's 43 percent.
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"There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends." (John 15:13)
That's what Oklahoma Christian University student Kyle Seitsinger did 10 years ago.
Serving as an Army Sergeant in Afghanistan, he died along with seven other U.S. soldiers when a weapons cache exploded. Kyle was less than a year away from graduating with a dual major in journalism and Spanish when he died.
On Wednesday, the 10-year anniversary of Kyle's death, the OC family paused to remember Kyle during a special Chapel service.
Dr. Philip Patterson, distinguished professor of mass communication at Oklahoma Christian, delivered the Chapel message in memory of his former student. Ironically, the service also fell 40 years to the day after Patterson had been drafted with lottery number nine, which would have sent him to war if he hadn't been in college at the time.
"I knew that someone else went in my place, that someone did have to go fill the military need in Vietnam," Patterson said. "Today, we're celebrating someone who did go in someone else's place. We thought it was only fitting for you to pause for a moment and think about someone who sat exactly where you're sitting right now who had the courage to say, 'I'll go if I'm called.'
"He did, and he paid the price."
As part of the Chapel service, OC president John deSteiguer presented Kyle's father, Dan Seitsinger, with a citation awarding a posthumous degree to Kyle, who aspired to be an international correspondent living and reporting out of South America.
During his time at Oklahoma Christian, Kyle worked for the Talon, OC's student newspaper, serving as an editor for two years. He also wrote part-time for The Oklahoman and the Edmond Sun.
In 2002, he was one of 16 student journalists chosen to participate in the Summer Institute in Journalism sponsored by the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities. His assignments included interviews with the Colombian president and with U.S. representatives Ernest Istook and J.C. Watts.
Prior to coming to OC, Kyle served in the U.S. Marines from 1993 to 2000, guarding U.S. embassies in Brasilia, Brazil, and Moscow, Russia, as well as the U.S. consulate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Kyle also was an expert marksman and rifle instructor at Camp Pendleton. He was named "Top Gun" at his embassy school graduation in Quantico, Va.
Kyle's down-to-earth, gregarious personality attracted friends of all kinds. In Brasilia, he "adopted" two young poor girls and urged his family to send them gifts. He rarely missed a chance to practice Spanish or Portuguese with native speakers. Despite their cultural differences, Kyle always knew what to say and how to keep them talking.
He enrolled at Oklahoma Christian in the fall of 2000 and enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserves to help pay for college. He was called into active duty in November 2003.
When he and his fellow soldiers were killed, it represented the United States' largest loss of life in Afghanistan at the time. Kyle was the first Oklahoman killed serving in "Operation Enduring Freedom" and is the only active student in OC's history to be killed in the line of duty.
"That makes Kyle unique among us for that greater love," Patterson said, invoking John 15. "Kyle stands alone."


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Lefthand Canyon is now closed to cyclists between U.S. 36 and Peak to Peak Highway until May 1 while crews remove major flood debris from the area and continue road re-construction.
The closure will be in place seven days a week, according to a news release from Boulder County.
"Due to unsafe conditions on the roadways such as steep drop-offs along the roadways from washed-away ditches and washed-away roadway shoulders, plus the increased volumes of heavy construction and road maintenance equipment along compromised roadways, so we can remove debris before spring runoff, we ask that cyclists stay out of the canyons if possible," said George Gerstle, Boulder County transportation director, in a statement. "While these conditions are experienced by both motorists and bicyclists, bicyclists are much more likely to have their safety compromised."
Residents who ride a bike for basic transportation purposes can call 303-441-3650 for a permit.
James Canyon remains closed to cyclists as well.
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OTTAWA — The Kahnawake Mohawks pull out all the stops when it comes to preserving their language.
Street signs on the Montreal-area reserve are in Mohawk, three schools offer Mohawk immersion programs, the local radio station hosts a Mohawk talk show and there's even a cable access program nicknamed the "Mohawk Muppets."
But despite their best efforts, residents of the territory are still struggling to keep the pre-colonial language thriving. Only 545 Canadians claim Mohawk as their mother tongue, according to 2011 census data released Wednesday.
"When you understand your language, it gives you a sense of pride and a greater sense of self," said Ka-nahsohon Deer, principle of the Karonhianonhnha Mohawk immersion school. "There was a time when we thought we might lose our language but we're heading in the right direction. We just have our work cut out for us."
While data show a growing number of Aboriginal speakers in Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and other provinces, the latest census paints a bleak portrait for the future of native dialects in Canada.
About 213,500 Canadians are native speakers of an aboriginal language – virtually unchanged since 2006 but a nine per cent increase since 2001. However, that statistical jump coincides with a 20-per-cent rise in the population of native people in Canada between 2001 and 2006.
In other words, while the number of aboriginal people is growing, an increasingly smaller percentage of them claim an aboriginal language as their mother tongue. Overall, only 18 per cent of Canada's 1.17 million aboriginal people are first-language speakers of an Indigenous dialect.
"We've been teaching immersion classes since 1984, in many cases children are educated in Mohawk for six years before they're taught in English but it's still an uphill battle," Deer said. "Whether it's television, the Internet or just being across the river from Montreal, we're surrounded by non-aboriginal languages."
The largest aboriginal language family in Canada is Algonquian, with 144,015 people claiming a dialect as their mother tongue. Cree and Ojibwa are the two most popular branches of the linguistic family.
"The (Algonquian) language is at the very heart of our identity as a people," Wemotaci Grand Chief David Boivin told Postmedia News in a recent interview. "It has a richness to it, it connects us to nature and to our traditions."
Like most of the communities that speak an Algonquian dialect, Wemotaci lies deep within Canada's wilderness. The northern Quebec territory is only accessible by a long trudge down a logging road or up the St. Maurice River.
Although unemployment and poverty remain problematic in the community of about 1,300, an overwhelming majority of the village speaks Algonquian as a first language, and traditional practices such as hunting and fishing remain common on the reserve.
"There's poverty, yes, but there's a kind of wealth you retain when you can hold onto your identity," Boivin said.
Boivin's dialect of Algonquin, called Atikamekw, has the highest retention rate among all First Nations languages. About 98 per cent of people who claim the dialect as their mother tongue will continue to speak it at home throughout their lives. However, only about 5,900 Canadians speak the 13,000-year-old language.
About 60 aboriginal languages from 12 linguistic families are spoken in Canada.
The lack of momentum in moving forward aboriginal language-learning nationwide drew fire from federal interim Liberal leader Bob Rae. "I'm very concerned about what we're seeing with respect to the loss of aboriginal languages and the fact that the government of Canada has no policy at all with respect to maintaining aboriginal languages and culture across the country. I think that's very significant," he said.
Some who do speak indigenous languages are enthusiastic about their skills.
Kelli McLarty, a teaching student at the University of Lethbridge, believes her ability to speak Inuktitut will give her an edge with prospective employers once she graduates. "It's almost going to guarantee me a job up North," says McLarty, who isn't Inuk but grew up immersed in the culture after moving to Nunavut as a child.
"I can speak to Inuit from Greenland, from Alaska, Northern Labrador or Northern Quebec, because we all share a different dialect but the same language … Speaking the language is the Number One tie to a culture."
Randy Morin, a high school teacher from Saskatoon, describes himself as part of the final generation that grew up conversing entirely in Cree. But the 34-year-old is working hard to change that, both in his community – he volunteers as a Cree instructor once a week – and in his home, where he addresses his four-year-old son exclusively in their native tongue.
"That will be my legacy to him," says Morin, who grew up in Big River First Nation.
"This language shaped who I am. I have a greater connection to the natural world, the spiritual world, because of it … I'm fulfilling what my ancestors wanted."
– With files from Misty Harris, Postmedia News


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Let us not forget that during the mid 2000s, Nokia decided to ally itself with Intel on WiMAX and other initiatives. And how did Intel repay Nokia?
What Nokia needed first was a fab partner to replace Texas Instruments. I have read nothing to indicate Intel ever offered Nokia the use of Intel's fabs.
And while Intel and Nokia were working on Meego, Intel hired Mike Bell in July 2010 to begin a skunkworks phone project at Intel for an ANDROID phone:
"And so in July 2010, three months after the release of the iPad, Otellini brought in Bell ... He hired a huge number of Android software developers to adapt Google's open source mobile operating system so it could run apps on the Intel phone. One month after Bell was hired, Intel paid $1.4 billion to acquire German chipmaker Infineon Technologies' wireless division." Nokia hired Elop in September 2010. Intel had already planned to jump ship to Android before Elop was even hired at Nokia.
And what was Intel doing for Meego which Nokia needed as a successor to Symbian?
"In addition to the lack of LTE support, another MeeGo developer described that Intel was trying to slow down the development of MeeGo on its own part. MeeGo was designed to support both x86 and ARM architectures, and the hardware adaptation of Intel's Atom SoC mated with MeeGo, codenamed Ilmatar, wasn't ready yet."


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This year's Call of Duty game is expected to fall short of the lofty sales figures of Black Ops 2. While little is known about Call of Duty 10, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg told investors today that the game will be shipping Q4 this year, meaning the franchise has not missed a single year since its debut in 2003.
Hirshberg argues that the lowered expectations for this year's game isn't necessarily from brand fatigue. Instead, the "ongoing console transition" is giving the company reason for a more conservative estimate. It's unknown if this year's Call of Duty game will be available on next-gen consoles--or if next-gen consoles will even be available by year's end.


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Pujols likely out of Classic; teammate Aybar in
By Alden Gonzalez /01/17/13 11:15 PM ET
ANAHEIM -- Erick Aybar was the lone Angels representative when provisional rosters for all 16 World Baseball Classic teams were unveiled on MLB Network on Thursday, setting the speedy shortstop up to play for his native Dominican Republic for the first time.
It doesn't look like teammate Albert Pujols will be joining him.
Pujols' agent, Dan Lozano, said via e-mail over the weekend that the three-time National League MVP Award winner was leaning toward playing, as long as his right knee continues to feel good, adding that the knee -- which underwent a minor arthroscopic procedure early in the offseason -- "feels great so far."
But Pujols wasn't listed on the provisional roster for the Dominican Republic. And even though final rosters aren't due until Feb. 20 and five spots are left, the first baseman ultimately will not take part, multiple sources told MLB.com.
The main reason: Classic officials aren't expected to insure Pujols due to strict guidelines pertaining to players who underwent offseason surgery. Playing an event like this uninsured is too great a risk for the player and for his club, and it's something the Major League Baseball Players Association probably wouldn't approve of anyway.
Pujols, who turned 33 on Wednesday, played for the Dominican in the inaugural 2006 Classic, losing to Cuba in the semifinals. But he ran into the same problem in '09, when underwriters of the Classic were unwilling to provide insurance for his participation following relatively minor offseason elbow surgery.
The guideline will allow Pujols to have a normal Spring Training with his team in Tempe, Ariz., and will let the Angels breathe easier now that their most highly paid slugger won't participate.
The Dominican Republic squad is in Pool C -- along with Venezuela, Spain and Puerto Rico -- and will begin first-round play on March 7 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Aybar is one of three shortstops listed on the Dominican roster, along with the Blue Jays' Jose Reyes and 38-year-old Miguel Tejada, who signed a Minor League deal with the Royals earlier this offseason. The Dodgers' Hanley Ramirez is also on the club, but he's listed as a third baseman.
Other notables on the Dominican team include the Rangers' Adrian Beltre and Nelson Cruz, the Yankees' Robinson Cano, the Blue Jays' Melky Cabrera, the Indians' Carlos Santana and former Angels reliever Fernando Rodney, who's now with the Rays. Edwin Encarnacion of the Blue Jays is the only first baseman listed.
Aybar posted a .290/.324/.416 line with 20 stolen bases in 2012. The 29-year-old switch-hitter also played a 14-game stint in the Dominican Winter League in December, batting .283 with a home run.
Team USA, under the direction of former skipper Joe Torre, is led by the likes of Ryan Braun, Giancarlo Stanton, David Wright, Joe Mauer and reigning NL Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey, now with the Blue Jays.
Former Angels manager and current special assistant Marcel Lachemann will serve as part of the Team USA coaching staff for a third straight Classic, this time as an assistant to pitching coach Greg Maddux.


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CINCINNATI — A spokesman for the company that is the main owner of a pipeline that leaked oil in the area of a southwest Ohio nature preserve says an estimated 240 barrels were released.
The Mid-Valley Pipeline Co. pipeline runs nearly 1,000 miles from Texas to Michigan and is largely owned by Sunoco Logistics. A Sunoco spokesman says the cause of the leak is under investigation.
Authorities say the pipeline has been shut off and the leak contained. An Ohio Environmental Protection Agency spokeswoman says a wetland of about one acre was affected by oil that went about a mile down an intermittent stream.
Authorities say nearby residents aren't in danger from the leak reported Monday night.
There were no reports immediately of injuries to wildlife at the Oak Glen Nature Preserve.


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PENNumbra Debate Series Presents "The Argument for Same-Sex Marriage"
October 05, 2010
Perry v. Schwarzenegger, in which a federal district court held California's ban on same-sex marriages unconstitutional, is set for expedited review in the Ninth Circuit; many argue that the case will ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court. The arguments for and against the constitutionality of such statutes are thus at a fever pitch. In an article published earlier this year, Professors Nelson Tebbe and Deborah Widiss argued that marriage rights are best conceived of as an issue of equal access, rather than one of equal protection or substantive due process. Nelson Tebbe & Deborah A. Widiss, Equal Access and the Right to Marry, 158 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1375, 1377 (2010).
In The Argument for Same-Sex Marriage, Professors Tebbe and Widiss revisit the arguments they made in Equal Access and the Right to Marry and emphasize their belief that distinguishing between different-sex marriage and same-sex marriage is inappropriate. They lament the sustained emphasis on the equal-protection and substantive-due-process challenges in the Perry litigation and suggest that an equal-access approach is more likely to be successful on appeal.
In his rebuttal, Professor Shannon Gilreath questions some of the fundamental premises for same-sex marriage in Arguing Against Arguing for Marriage. He challenges proponents to truly reflect on "what there is to commend marriage to Gay people," and points to his own reversal on the question as evidence. Though he stands fully in opposition to critics of same-sex marriage who use the stance to veil attacks on equality generally, Gilreath argues that marriage can be seen as a further institutionalization of gays and lesbians that risks "assimilationist erasure of Gay identity." Gilreath concludes by noting that to the extent that marriage is assumed to be normatively good, the Tebbe-Widiss equal access approach to same-sex marriage recognition may be the most successful; still, he invites those on all sides of the debate to vigorously challenge that assumption.
Read the full argument at the University of Pennsylvania Law Review's PENNumbra website.
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