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If Corporations Are People, I'm All for DOMA
Under the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, corporations are now granted the rights of living people -- specifically the right to make unlimited financial contributions to political campaigns. all in the name of "free speech."
Of course, "the law in all its majesty" also allows the homeless and the poor the same right to give massive amounts of personal wealth to politicians and political campaigns.
But if we accept that corporations are people, what other rights follow?
Well, human individuals have the right to marry. And that is why those who cherish the traditional definition of marriage support DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act.
And make no mistake -- corporations DO marry. Except, in the parallel corporate universe, the procedure is better known as "merger."
Under law (as informed by GOP-centric "family values" advocates), marriage is a contract between a single man and a single woman granted for the sole purpose of procreation -- having and raising children.
As Mitt Romney famously emphasized, "Corporations are people, my friend." Thus, under Mitt's definition, US corporate lifestyles exist in flagrant violation of bedrock family values.
When we consider Exxon-Mobil, is Exxon the gentleman and Mobil the lady? Is it Mr. Goldman and Mrs. Sachs? Mr. Merrill and Mrs. Lynch?
No. The fact is that corporations are neither male nor female and thus, under neo-con lore, they are ineligible to participate in the sacred practice of marriage/merger.
These corporations are, in short, involved in impermissible liaisons –- "same-sexless-marriages," to be precise.
There is an added behavioral problem with these disreputable corporate citizens. Many of them are so fond of illicit marriage/mergers that they overdo it and engage in multiple engagements. Polyandry is a practice banned under federal law. If corporations are people, it follows that PricewaterhouseCoopers and AOL/Time Warner should be compelled to divorce.
Such serial mergers/marriages must be seen as an affront to all right-thinking neo-cons. Such abominations cry out for swift condemnation and require a call for a speedy and public dissolution.
Corporate marriages also fail to pass moral muster because they do not lead to procreation. Corporations -- even under the most robust and fertile mergers -- do not produce true offspring. (And, as a matter of fact, no "living" corporation has yet produced a detectible heartbeat.) Worse, the activities of many multinationals result in explosions, fires and industrial accidents that serve to create, not progeny, but widows and orphans.
More often than not, these "corporate citizens" support their own endless growth by vanquishing the competition and swallowing smaller companies whole. Instead of producing vital, independent progeny, corporate citizens frequently prosper through the antisocial practice commercial cannibalism.
Under DOMA, our course of action is clear. The government -- lead by the Republican Party -- must put an end to illegal and immoral corporate mergers.
It's time to restore the sanctity of marriage and the probity of mergers between corporate persons.
The law is clear: One man, one woman.
Sorry Sears and Kmart. Sorry Daimler Benz/ Chrysler. Sorry Disney Pixar.


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CrossVegas 2009 | August 1st Registration!
My brother from another mother, Brook Watts, sent me all the new goodness regarding CrossVegas for 2009! Registration opens August 1st!
Also, check out the new CrossVegas website! New resources for you to make it easier to get juiced up for the spectacle. I am amped for this year's edition. Maybe I'll have another Lance encounter this year like last and try and give him some on the bike instruction on how to remount. Or maybe not.
Bring it.
NEWS RELEASE CrossVegas Registration Opens August 1
July 26 (Boulder Colo.) The rush is on for entry into the biggest cyclocross race in the U.S. CrossVegas registration opens on August 1st at Noon Eastern Time for all categories. Categories include Elite Men, Elite Women and the Wheelers & Dealers presented by Mountain Bike Magazine race for bicycle industry members attending Interbike.
The 2009 edition of CrossVegas is scheduled Wednesday Sept. 23rd in Las Vegas following the first day of the Interbike show. Heading into its third year, CrossVegas has become a fixture on the U.S. cyclocross calendar attracting almost 10,000 spectators to the stadium setting of Desert Breeze Soccer Complex in Las Vegas.
Exclusive online registration is at BikeReg.com. Registration is limited for each category to 100 racers and is expected to fill rapidly.
In addition to competitor registration BikeReg.com will offer general admission ticket sales for the event. An admission of $8 per person has been created this year to cover the expense of fencing mandated by park authorities. "We're victims of our own success," explained CrossVegas co-promoter Brook Watts. "There have been serious traffic hazards created by fans parking in adjacent businesses and jaywalking major thoroughfares. As a result the fencing was required to mitigate the traffic issues as well as control fans hauling in prohibited beverages."
Food and beverages sales, including beer, are available at CrossVegas beginning at 6:00 pm. In addition, Interbike will again provide a free shuttle bus throughout the night from The Sands Convention Center. "It's the best bargain in Vegas," explains Watts, "what else can you do in Las Vegas for eight bucks?"
Avoid the crowds at the gate and purchase tickets in advance for pick up at the Will Call window at the event or at the CrossVegas booth at Interbike.
The Wheelers & Dealers presented by Mountain Bike Magazine offers divisions for Men, Women, Media, Manufacturer, Retailer, Distributor and Advocacy. New this year will be Wheelers & Dealers number pickup at the CrossVegas booth at Interbike on Wednesday allowing racers a chance to avoid the rush at race time. In addition, the Wheelers & Dealers start time has been bumped to 7:00 pm to give racers and fans more time to get to the event after the show ends.
CrossVegas 2009 promises a great show for racers and fans alike. "If you've been to CrossVegas you know what an incredible show it is. If you've never been then you've got to come see the biggest race in the U.S. " Watts concludes.
Complete information at: www.crossvegas.com
About Cross Partners LLC
Cross Partners LLC is a Boulder Colorado based group headed by Chris Grealish and Brook Watts that stages international cyclocross events including CrossVegas. The team has a combined 40 years experience creating and managing cyclocross events at every level.

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Based on a true state-documented case that took place during the 1800s, the Bell family of Red River, Tenn., was visited by an unknown presence that haunted the family and eventually caused the death of one of its members. What started as small sounds around the farm and the sighting of a black, yellow-eyed wolf escalated into physical brutality against certain family members and general psychological and physical torment. The attacks grew in strength, with the spirit slapping, pulling, dragging, and even beating the Bells' youngest daughter. Although no being could be seen, its effects were evident. It began to communicate with the family aurally, eventually through multiple voices that sounded like the wind. One message it communicated was a promise that one day it would kill one of the family members. The Bells searched for rational explanations and ways to rid their house of the evil chimera, but its presence persisted. Fearing that the haunting was caused by a local woman who had been branded a witch, the Bells tried desperately to find ways of undoing what they thought to be the woman's curse, presumably placed upon the family in retaliation for a land dispute. Despite their efforts the attacks escalated. It was not until a manuscript of the local schoolteacher, who lived on the property during the disturbance, was found in 1998 that the horrifying and shocking answer to what caused this haunting would finally be unveiled.
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Donald Sutherland (John Bell)
Sissy Spacek (Lucy Bell)
James D'Arcy (Richard Powell)
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9 Year Old Boy Saves 10 Year Old Friend
LA GRANDE, Ore. (AP) — The swift action of a 9-year-old Eastern Oregon boy helped save a 10-year-old friend from a serious injury after an attacking dog knocked her off her bike. Reilly McLean of La Grande told The Observer newspaper he didn't have time to be afraid. He grabbed the dog and pulled it away from Marie Anderson, who was being bitten on her arm and leg.


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President Obama: Thank You for Meeting with Malala. Now Please – Please – Heed Her Message.
by: David Harris-Gershon on October 12th, 2013 | 6 Comments »
Yesterday, President Obama invited Malala Yousafzai to the White House, where he, Michelle and Malia embraced her and thanked Malala for her courageous activism in Pakistan.
The teenager, who miraculously survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban and has since become a fierce advocate on behalf of women's education in Pakistan, has been spreading her message of nonviolence and peace throughout America – a message that left Jon Stewart speechless.
During that interview, Stewart asked Malala what her thoughts were when she realized that the Taliban wanted her dead due to public critiques of the Taliban's suppression of women's rights. This was her remarkable answer:
I started thinking about that, and I used to think that the Talib would come, and he would just kill me. But then I said, "If he comes, what would you do Malala?" Then I would reply to myself, "Malala, just take a shoe and hit him." But then I said, "If you hit a Talib with your shoe, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others with cruelty and that much harshly, you must fight others but through peace and through dialogue and through education."
Then I said, "I will tell him how important education is and that I even want education for your children as well." And I will tell him, "That's what I want to tell you, now do what you want."
She brought that message to the White House yesterday, and my hope is that President Obama did more than just thank Malala for her bravery. My hope is that he truly internalized her message as well.
See, the United States spends at least ten times more on drone strikes in Pakistan than it does on education. This despite the fact that the United States, through the Economic Support Fund (ESF), gave Pakistan $905 million in aid for social services and education in 2013.
This staggering number, which is actually down from recent years, has led to some notable humanitarian improvements. However, it has also done very little to improve the way in which Pakistanis view the United States or curb extremism in the region – central strategic goals of the funding.
Per a congressional report:
By most objective measures, U.S. assistance to Pakistan since 2001 has not achieved its central goals, especially as Islamist extremism and militancy there have increased, the civilian government remains unstable, and the national economy continues to suffer.
While there are many reasons for this, a central reason is the military's ongoing, intensive drone operation in Pakistan which continues to kill innocent civilians and is helping to entrench – rather than minimize – extremists like those who tried to murder Malala for wanting an education.
These drone strikes fuel anti-Americanism, create humanitarian crises, are illegal per international law and undermine American efforts to improve life for Pakistanis through ESF funding.
Why? Because, as Malala told Stewart, we have become just like the Taliban in that we have combated extremism and brutality with an impersonal, brutal drone warfare program. A program which obliterates homes, murders innocent children and does nothing to combat those who still want Malala dead.
We must, as Malala said, "Fight others, but through peace and through dialogue and through education." We have been trying to do this as a country through intensive humanitarian funding levels in Pakistan, levels that make Pakistan the third-largest recipient of U.S. aid. Unfortunately, this has been in conjunction with our hitting Pakistan over the head with our collective shoes.
President Obama, please heed Malala's words, and stop our self-destructive and brutal assassination program in Pakistan. Stand with Malala and commit fully to combating extremism with education, dialogue and peace.
This is the only way.
David Harris-Gershon is author of the memoir What Do You Buy the Children of the Terrorist Who Tried to Kill Your Wife?, now out from Oneworld Publications.
Follow him on Twitter @David_EHG.


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The Nebraska football team is ranked 18th in the USA TODAY Sports preseason Coaches Poll released Thursday morning. The Huskers, coming off a 10-4 season and a berth in the Big Ten title game in 2012, received a total of 426 points in voting by 62 coaches from around the nation.
The Huskers were one of five Big Ten teams ranked in the preseason poll, joining Ohio State (2nd), Michigan (17th), Northwestern (22nd) and Wisconsin (23rd). In addition, Michigan State was among the other programs receiving votes.
This season, the Huskers will take on Michigan, Northwestern and Michigan State as well as non-conference foe UCLA, which was ranked 21st in the poll.
Nebraska returns 12 starters and 41 letterwinners for the start of practice on Monday, Aug. 5. Fans will have their first opportunity to see the 2013 Huskers on Friday afternoon, as the Huskers host Nebraska Football Fan Day presented by U.S. Cellular at Memorial Stadium from 2-3:30 p.m.


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I got this list from Stoney deGeyter, writing for Search Engine Guide. I plan to expand a little on many (but not all) of the mistakes he mentions to show you why each one is a bad idea, and what you should do instead. This way, you'll avoid the horror of, as deGeyter puts it, "waking up in the morning to find that Google has forgotten who you are and kicked you to the curb like a drunken date the morning after."
The first mistake deGeyter mentions is overwriting your SEO's changes by editing an outdated copy of your website and publishing it live – and worse, forgetting to tell your SEO about it. Your SEO created, or helped you create, the new version of your website for a reason: it's supposed to perform better than your old one. If your new site needs work, editing an old copy of it and then publishing that one will undo all of the positive changes (and hard work) your SEO already put in. This is why you should always discuss changes to your site with your SEO first.
The second way you can mess up your SEO campaign is by uploading a robots.txt file that "disallows" the search engines from crawling and indexing your entire site. Sadly, that's a pretty simple mistake for someone who is not technically inclined to make, if they're trying to do things they don't fully understand. You're trying to keep scraper bots from getting at your content? That's great; just don't disallow the bots that really DO need to see your content! This is one mistake that can keep Google from seeing your site at all. There's nothing wrong with wanting to learn how to handle the technical aspects of your website, but if you're not entirely sure of what you're doing (and maybe even if you are), let your SEO check over these kinds of things. His or her job involves making sure you're visible to the search engines.
Along those lines, the third mistake deGeyter mentions involves changing and re-developing your CMS. Yes, sometimes the CMS needs to be updated – but if it isn't done cautiously, it can lead to well-ranked URLs losing their ranking. That's another technical aspect of your site and its ranking in which you need to have your SEO as well as your website developer involved. Sometimes, you can't avoid changing URLs. In that case, you can at least set up proper 301 redirects as soon as possible – and your SEO can help you with that as well.
Have you ever heard the saying "if it isn't broken, don't fix it"? That brings us to the fourth mistake site owners make that drive SEOs crazy: changing all of the website's URLs to be "keyword friendly" when you're already ranking very well for your keywords. I have to give site owners credit for trying to understand SEO here. Yes, keywords are important; yes, URLs and title pages are important; and yes, it's possible that keyword-friendly URLs can help your standing in the SERPs. But before you make those kinds of changes, please check with your SEO. Anything that involves a change to a URL is pretty serious; you're likely to lose whatever ranking that page held previously. That's why you try to avoid changing URLs when your pages are ranking well.
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I'm just going to quote deGeyter on the fifth mistake he mentions, because it conveys the point so much better than I could: "Use your really important keywords really often so your really important visitors are really able to see what's really important on the page and the search engines really know what your really important page is about. Don't be shy because this is really important. Really."
To be honest, I quoted him because I didn't want to be forced to type a sentence that would make me run screaming. Keyword stuffing hasn't worked for years, and keyword density is meaningless. Don't believe me? Google the phrase "click here," click on the top result, and count how many times that phrase occurs on that page. You'll find it nowhere on the page. Even the website at www.clickhere.com ranks third. That's because links matter more than keyword density, and the web page you visit to download the Adobe Reader has acquired lots of links pointing to it with the anchor text "click here."
A number of the mistakes deGeyter lists involve forgetting that your SEO is on your side. Treat your SEO as your partner; he really wants to help you succeed. How do you think someone who wants to see you do well feels when you ignore their most important recommendations for months at a stretch, but still complain that your competitors are doing better than you are? They feel frustrated, to say the least. Remember that your SEO is making those recommendations for a reason – the same reason that you hired him or her in the first place.
Speaking of ignoring SEO recommendations, how did you respond to your SEO's last set of keyword recommendations? If you thought that they made no sense and you gave him or her your own list of keywords to try…well, you might want to reconsider. In fact, you might be wearing a set of keyword blinders and not even know it.
It also helps to keep in mind that the amount of traffic a keyword receives is less important than the amount of conversions. Which would you prefer, a keyword that gets 1,000,000 impressions and .01 percent conversions, or a keyword that gets 20,000 impressions and one percent conversions? Believe it or not, the second keyword gets twice as many conversions, even though it only gets one-fifth the traffic. And it's conversions that add money to your bottom line, not traffic.
Three other mistakes deGeyter mentions that site owners make reveal problems finding the balance between too little communication and too much. Generally speaking, you shouldn't try to get (or expect) daily contact with your SEO. They're busy doing SEO to your site, and that often involves a lot of learning in a hurry, especially if they're not totally familiar with your field and your audience. Your SEO will probably ask you a ton of questions, and you should feel free to ask questions as well; it IS your site, after all! But if you're just wondering about the progress he or she is making on your site, you might want to set up regular (say weekly or monthly) progress reports to give you some peace of mind.
Another communication mistake site owners make with their SEOs is failing to include them in the loop for their website's design and development. Of course, this is not unusual when you've built your site, had it up and running for a while, and decided to hire an SEO to improve things; that's normal. What drives SEOs crazy about this, however, is that many site owners, once they hire SEOs, say that they don't want to pay for any more changes to their site. You've basically just told your SEO to do their job while wearing a gag and a strait jacket. Could you do YOUR job that way? Of course not!
Part of the problem, deGeyter notes, is that it's not uncommon for developers to "create massive code bloat, place text in images" and fail to "use any search-engine friendly design practices." Do NOT assume your website developer knows anything about SEO – and if you didn't have an SEO involved in your website's design, figure that the SEO you hire will need to make some changes.
But deGeyter saves the worst communication mistake for last. Do you really want to drive your SEO stark raving bonkers? Then you should stop taking their calls, and stop replying to their emails. They're not contacting you because they like to talk; they're trying to get in touch with you because they need answers to their questions to do their job – the job YOU hired them to do. And the information they need is, more than likely, information that only you can provide. Your SEO is, in some sense, your partner; treat him or her as such, and the website ranking you save will be your own. Good luck!


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BadCraiger necesitaba un nuevo diseño de camiseta y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 39 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
Camp Summit
We are an online promotional products distributor.
-Kids aged 7-15
-attending summer camp on west coast of bc, Canada
-mostly from middle class homes and want a shirt to commemorate their camp experience
-design also used for camp staff. Typically late teens/early twenties
-file must be created as vector in adobe illustrator. No pixel based files. We are on CS3 so if on higher version please "Save as".
-keep in mind there isn't any surfing around here and they don't skateboard at camp.....but its that youthful....edgy...fun...artwork we are looking for. We are open to lots of different styles of art. Merchandise is a big source of income for camp so the style should be appealing for trendy kids to purchase.
-avoid cliche summer camp shirt icons (ie- crossed logs, fires, marshmallows, canoes, retro camp logos, etc)
-camp owner likes to create a different theme to his merchandise each year. Past themes have included an earthy/tree feel, retro 70's colors as well as straight up logo wear. We need a concept to hang the shirt design on
-looking for a 2-3 color design MAX.
-typically there is some art and the Camp summit logo is placed somewhere in the design or on the back. the words "CAMP SUMMIT" can be stylized in a cool font. The logo doesn't have to be on the design as we can put it on the back of the shirt
-learn about the camp here http://www.campsummit.ca Please don't use this site to determine which activities they do and then do art around the activities. Focus on a style, not activities
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VW will now be offering its up! city car in and an all-electric version called the e-Up!
The zero-emissions car is essentially the same as the gas version in looks and body style. The biggest difference is most obviously the large lithium-ion battery which is conveniently hidden under the floor. The battery storage capacity is 18.7 kW/h, allowing the e-up! to travel up to 93 miles on a charge. Another nice feature is that the e-up! can be recharged to 80% within a matter of 30min, allowing it to be used soon after the battery runs down.
The range is extended thanks to the vehicle's low 2612 lb weight, and while not a canyon carver, 0-60 takes a painful 14sec, reaching a top speed of 83mph. It's hardly the car for a spirited Sunday drive, but if passing gas stations sounds appealing, this electric VW would be for you if it was sold in the US, which it isn't.
The e-up! will be unveiled at the Frankfurt International Auto Show later this year.


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Wabash Honors Dreher with Soccer Classicby Matt Wilson
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Wabash College's soccer program wanted to find a way to honor an avid fan of the sport. Robbie Dreher, the 12-year-old son of Wabash 1982 graduate Scott Dreher, was tragically killed in a plane crash with his mom Alyce Mauricio Dreher and maternal grandparents John and Alice Mauricio in December 2006. Robbie was on a small plane piloted by his grandfather — a veteran pilot — en route to watch his older sister play in a soccer tournament.
To help honor Robbie, this weekend Mud Hollow Field will play host to the inaugural Robbie Dreher Memorial Wabash Classic. Wabash plays Spalding at 2 p.m. Saturday and Maryville (Tenn.) 2 p.m. Sunday. Robbie was an avid soccer player and fan of the Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, located in greater London, and Manchester United. Scott was a goalie for two years at Wabash. He now is a lawyer in San Diego and plays for an under-50 soccer league there.
"We just wanted to find a way to honor Robbie," Wabash soccer coach Roberto Giannini said.
Scott will be on the bench with the Little Giants this weekend. Following the games, he will present the Robbie Dreher Memorial Attitude Award and Robbie Dreher Memorial Sportsmanship Award.
As a fundraiser, Wabash will sell Robbie Dreher Memorial Wabash Classic shirts for $20. The back of the shirts feature Robbie's favorite soccer quote. All the money from the shirts support the Wabash soccer program.
The weekend festivities go beyond the soccer field. At 6 p.m. Saturday, there will be a banquet that around 90 alumni, family and friends will attend. President Patrick White and Wabash Dean of Advancement Joe Emmick will speak about the new soccer facility scheduled for 2011. The field will feature FieldTurf Duraspine PRO, the same turf used by Major League Soccer squad Chicago Fire at Toyota Park.
This weekend also will be the Little Giants' home opener. Wabash opened the season by defeating Anderson 2-1 on Wednesday. After Anderson tied the game 1-1, Wabash's Phil Rosborough scored with three minutes remaining for the victory.
"That was good because we showed we weren't going to be satisfied with a tie and we were going to go for the win because we knew we could," Giannini said. "After Anderson tied the game, the last 10 or 15 minutes we had the ball on their end of the field."
Last year, Wabash finished 9-9-1 and 4-5 in NCAC action. The Little Giants were a game away from advancing to the NCAC Postseason Tournament for the first time in program history, but fell to Oberlin 3-2 in double overtime in their final regular season contest.
The backbone of the team is a core group of juniors who already have two years of playing experience under their belt. There also will be some new faces in the lineup. Pat West, Wabash's goalie the past two years, played sweeper for 90 minutes in Wednesday's win at Anderson.
Freshman Ian McDougall from Westfield was in goal against Anderson and recorded two saves.
Photo - Robbie Dreher, son of Wabash alumnus Scott Dreher, loved to both play and watch the game of soccer. Robbie perished in a plane crash along with his mother and maternal grandparents. Click here for photos from the dinner and banquet.
Matt Wilson is the sports editor of the Journal Review.


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"I was purposely, because she thought now it's younger players time , a dozen years. Meanwhile, my age is 23, and I had stripped to play sinteron. But, where she is now, "said Desi Novitasari.
Some bids that offer movie role with the Pretty, refusal. "The future she would like more selective again, constrained exit from the image like this. Because she thought this was just once, "said Desi Novitasari.
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Except for the whole world has the courage to see it, self-esteem and sex appeal that we all wish we had. The rest of us, however, still dream of what it would be to live beyond our swimwear one piece world!
There are different types, styles, models and variants of a single piece, such as swimwear Monokinis, string bodies, sling bikinis, and halter-neck. Most of them are modifications of two-piece bikini bathing suit that arose in the 1940s. New styles of swimwear one piece still growing in popularity.
Perhaps the most common one-piece, is the tank of toilets. The term "tank" has evolved from "swimming tank" - the former name of the pool. The tank, the demand has led to the development of the popular tank top, the tankini - a swimsuit that consists of a tank top and bottom of the piece bikini.


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After Sept. 11, 2001, Americans saluted the heroism of the first responders who died running up the twin towers' staircases as office workers sought to escape. On Monday, the country once again had to mix admiration with grief as it mourned the deaths of 19 firefighters near Yarnell, Ariz., the greatest single loss to any fire department since 9/11.
As residents ran from their burning homes, the firefighters ran toward the flames that would soon overtake them, trying to subdue the blazing chaparral.
This is monsoon season in Arizona, when local weather patterns can result in lightning strikes without accompanying rain.
The phenomenon may well have conspired with unpredictable winds, arid conditions and extreme heat to ignite a blaze in the high desert that is still out of control.
The 19 who died were elite firefighters trained to battle big blazes, so-called Hotshots, from nearby Prescott. They may have been attempting to build a "firebreak" — a gap in combustible material that can slow or stop a wildfire's advance. But a sudden shift in the wind, a quirk of the terrain or something else resulted in an inferno so intense that they could not escape, and emergency shelters saved none of them.
About this time every year, men and women like these risk their lives to protect the homes and livelihoods of Americans on the edge of wilderness. Their willingness to sacrifice should prompt the rest of us to take steps to minimize the risks as much as sensibly possible.
As more people move into former areas of wilderness, the annual fight against wildfires becomes more dangerous and more expensive. Climate change may exacerbate the challenge, as changing temperatures reduce snow packs, dry out the land and affect the ecology in ways that are less predictable.
As on the coasts, which have to adapt to rising sea levels, people in America's hinterlands must make smart choices about where they live and how to develop.
People who settle astride untamed nature take on natural risks, whether wildfires or floods or high seas. But often others share in the costs of their risk-taking — certainly with mountains of tax money for disaster relief, sometimes even with lives.
Instead of encouraging ever-increasing development in increasingly risky places to live, states, localities and the federal government have to think ahead.
Even with the best of planning, the country will always depend on a few men and women with grit and skill willing to protect their communities — professionals who will run toward the flames. Monday's terrible loss should remind us of the debt we owe them when they return home — and when, tragically, they do not.
Editorial by The Washington Post
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Boys basketball: Winthrop routs Traip in C South semifinals
Thursday's college roundup: St. Joseph's women reach fourth straight league final
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Boys' basketball: Wells, a No. 8 seed, advances to regional final
Senate intelligence panel will interview Michael Cohen on Tuesday
Class B Alpine state championships: Cape's Lathrop brothers, Spruce Mountain's Pomeroy come out on top


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Washington, D.C., June 28, 2007 - The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that each of the credit rating agencies previously identified as a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO) has applied to be registered with the Commission. Consequently, they may continue to represent themselves or act as NRSROs during Commission consideration of their applications.
The firms are:
On June 26, 2007, final Commission rules implementing the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006 ("Rating Agency Act") and certain provisions of the Rating Agency Act went into effect. The Rating Agency Act and the rules thereunder prescribe the sole method by which a credit rating agency can become an NRSRO namely through registering with the Commission. However, under the Rating Agency Act, any credit rating agency that was the subject of a Commission staff no-action letter identifying it as an NRSRO can continue to represent itself or act as an NRSRO if it has applied to be registered with the Commission under the provisions of the Rating Agency Act and the Commission's rules thereunder.
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Mayor Don Wesely and health officials today released the latest Injury Surveillance Report for Lincoln and Lancaster County. The report is a comprehensive analysis of injuries (1992-1999) and deaths (1992-1998) that is used to assess and monitor the occurrence of injury.
"We are one of the few communities to have this kind of local assessment tool, that pinpoints the reasons people in our community are injured," said Wesely. "As a community, we must do all we can to make sure our homes, schools, work places and neighborhoods are safe and risk-free."
Joining the Mayor in releasing the report were Bruce Dart, Director of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department and representatives from St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center and BryanLGH Medical Center.
"Each year, 95 lives are lost due to injury, and about 8,500 injured people are treated in emergency rooms at St. Elizabeth and BryanLGH," said Dart. "The Injury Surveillance Report is a valuable document for agencies and organizations in program planning and evaluation, as well as a grant writing and reporting.
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MISSION VIEJO, Calif. - UC Santa Barbara entered Tuesday's final round at the Big West Golf Championship in sixth-place out of nine teams. Eighteen holes later, the Gauchos were right where they started, sixth place.
As a team, UCSB shot a 22-over par 310 in the final round and couldn't make-up any ground in fifth-place UC Irvine, which shot a 14-over par 302 in the final round. For the tournament, the Gauchos finished with a 921, 10 shots ahead of seventh-place Long Beach State.
Individually, sophomore Glen Scher carded a 14-over par 230 to finish tied for 19th in the field of 45. Senior Tyler Weir finished at 16-over par 232, tying for 22nd-place. Paul Otte was the third Gaucho, he was at 18-over par and finished 27th. Scott Lewis tied for 28th at 19-over 235.
Senior Andrew Gunson, who entered the tournament as with Santa Barbara's second-lowest per round stroke average, struggled to a 35th-place finish at 21-over par 237. Gunson injured his hand in the team's last regular season tournament but was healthy enough to play in the league tourney.
Lewis shot UCSB's only sub-par round of the tournament when he recorded a 1-under 71 in the second round.
For the second time in three years the UC Davis Aggies claimed the Big West Men's Golf Championship that was held at the Mission Viejo Country Club in Mission Viejo, Calif.
UC Davis posted a three-round total of 871 (288-288-295), besting second place Pacific by 17 strokes. The Tigers finished the tournament with a score of 888 and were followed by Cal State Northridge (895), Cal Poly (897), UC Irvine (902) and then UCSB.
Walking away with medalist honors was UC Davis' Austin Graham, who carded a 6-under 210. Proving to be the most consistent player on the course this week, Graham fired three rounds of 70 to reach his total. This is the second conference tournament win for the senior from San Clemente, Calif., who beat teammate Ramie Sprinkling for medalist honors on the first playoff hole at the 2009 event.
Cal State Northridge's Nick Delio, who set a competitive course record with a 5-under 67 a day earlier, finished in second place at 214 (74-67-73). Claiming the third slot was Cal Poly's Bryan Pierce with an even-par 216 (69-73-74). There was a battle for the fourth spot as UC Irvine's Max Greil, Pacific's Patrick Kucich and UC Davis' Tyler Raber found themselves in a three-way after posting 220.


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1. Max Mosley Tells Court Sex Video Had No Nazi Elements
3. Swingtown, California Judges Break Rules on Marriage and Civility
4. In Madison, It's Easy to Be Kinky: The Community
5. Stuff so raunchy, it's illegal
6. Porn peddlers guilty
7. I Can't Believe I'm Still Single From Portland to Portland: Episode One
8. What's obscene? Google Could Have an Answer?
NCSF Media Updates represent a sampling of recent stories printed in US
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Max Mosley Tells Court Sex Video Had No Nazi Elements
by Caroline Byrne
Bloomberg News Service
July 7, 2008
Max Mosley, president of Formula One's ruling body, told a London court
today there were no Nazi overtones in excerpts of a sex video he appears
in published by the U.K. News of the World newspaper.
Mosley, 68, is suing the British tabloid for saying he and the women in
the video were dressed as concentration camp guards and prisoners. Mosley
testified on the first day of the trial today in London that there weren't
any Nazi elements during the sadomasochistic sex depicted on the tape.
``Never. Absolutely not,'' Mosley said. ``I can think of few things more
un-erotic than Nazi role play.''
A lawyer for News of the World, Mark Warby, said the story was legitimate
and in the public interest given that whipping or beating a person is a
criminal offense regardless of whether they consent. Mosley said he was
whipped until he bled.
Society ``draws a line at causing people injury for the purpose of sexual
gratification,'' Warby said. ``S&M doesn't promote human dignity,
demeans it.''
Just because the sexual activity was behind closed doors doesn't guarantee
it was a private act under the European Convention on Human Rights, Warby
said. Under questioning this afternoon, Mosley agreed that the group were
dressed up as prisoners and that one woman wore a uniform. He denied the
uniform was German military.
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Baltimore Erotic Arts Festival
by Daniel Rifkin
Metromix - Baltimore
July 5, 2008
Former porn stars, sex gurus, belly dancers and performers make an
appearance at this event, filled with drag and burlesque shows, orgasm
workshops, fetishism and more. The festival also includes an erotic arts
exhibit at Load Of Fun Studios, running through July.
Friday is dedicated to "before the edge" art: Things that are more
playful, teasing and implicitly sexual. This includes drag and burlesque
shows, as well as body painting and a human buffet. (To clarify, food is
served on humans, not made of humans.)
Saturday, aims to go "after the edge," with events leaning toward more
sexually explicit topics, such as fetishism and BDSM. Special guests such
as bondage and fetish model Klawdya Rothschild, pornography director and
photographer Julie Simone and others will be on hand.
"My goal was not to redraw the boundaries between sexual differences, [or]
decide what belongs [in eroticism] and what doesn't," said festival
sponsor and Load Of Fun Studios curator Suzannah Gerber. "My standpoint
was just to make this festival as erotic and eclectic as possible."
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Swingtown, California Judges Break Rules on Marriage and Civility
by Richard Nelson (appears to be opinion, listed as "News")
WKYX AM Paducah KY/WNGO AM Mayfield, KY
July 3, 2008
When CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler said in late 2006 that the
network was "going to throw out the rule book," she wasn't kidding.
case anybody was wondering just what rules she was talking about, the wait
is over. On June 5, CBS officially joined the marriage deconstruction
movement when it premiered Swingtown-an edgy sitcom that eviscerates
marriage in our postmodern culture.
Swingtown, named in part for the wife-swapping that occurs, features open
marriage and group sex as normal. Today's cultural elite hope Swingtown,
which also refers to the mid-70s as a watershed when the cultural and
moral tide turned, serves as a catalyst to turn the tide again.
Gay marriage revolutionaries, vangards of marriage deconstruction, claim
they're not attacking marriage but rather just seeking the same freedom
that everyone else has. Perhaps Swingtown could serve as the poster city
for that idea. It's no coincidence that in a scene of a wild July 4th
party, complete with drugs and group sex, one woman extols the grandiosity
of open marriage trying to convince her newfound friend that "opening our
relationship was the best thing that ever happened." Partygoers sang the
National Anthem, and then acted as though lavishing the marital benefits
of one's spouse to another is just as American as apple pie.
Swingtown is made-up. But the legal fiction recently imposed by the
California high court that marriage is whatever you want it to be has real
consequences for our culture. Without the opposite sex requirement of
marriage, there's no longer a logical basis against the number of
participants (polygamy,) open marriage (polyamory), and blood restrictions
(adult incest).
California's Supreme Four steamrolled the democratic process and, along
with it, the self-evident truths that gender differences matter and
contribute to healthy marriage; that children deserve to have their
biological mothers and fathers raising them in the same home; and that
man-woman marriage is foundational to social stability.
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In Madison, It's Easy to Be Kinky: The Community
by John Mendelssohn
July 2, 2008
Women wanting to be owned by men occupy only one of innumerable niches in
the world of kink, of course. For every woman who shares Frances's and
Hannah's predilection, there's a man who wants no less avidly to surrender
completely to a woman, or at least be "forced" to put on an item of her
intimate apparel and then cruelly ridiculed for having done so, or one who
wants to be spanked or flogged. There are men who ask only that their
lovers wear seamed stockings and high heels in the bedroom for them, and
others who require girdles, opera gloves, garish red lipstick, and false
eyelashes too, and others who ask that their lovers also regulate their
intake of oxygen. Just as there are women who... are thrilled to be
treated almost like pets, there are other women who delight in slipping
into gleaming latex catsuits and imperiously leading their naked spouses,
forbidden to address them as anything other than Goddess, or at all,
around on leashes.
How, if these people are telling the truth, does it make sense to condemn
as sordid or even pathological their erotic interactions while respecting
the homosexuality of their siblings or neighbors, as every enlightened
person has come to the past 30 years?
Having earlier lived in Iowa and Mexico, among less picturesque locales,
Mistress Jade -- Madison's go-to gal for submissive men whose wives or
girlfriends won't or can't play ball -- came to Madison seven years ago
because Chicago was too big and Madison was where her mother had grown up.
A virgin until age 19, if a scoffer at erotic taboos from earliest
pubescence, she is the co-proprietress, according to her Website, of The
Madison Dungeon, though such a place exists only in imagination. Local
fire and safety law preclude running an establishment in which clients are
routinely tied up; there are zoning laws to consider.
In a typical month, she'll do eight outcall sessions in the homes or motel
rooms of a clientele that, notwithstanding the classic conception of
submissive men as captains of industry yearning to relinquish power,
comprises a vast array of walks of life. "Put them all in the same small
town," she muses, "and only a couple would ever run into each other."
Along with movers and shakers, she also sees Joe Sixpacks who service
furnaces, who recondition carburetors. All they have in common is having
filled out a detailed questionnaire, the details of which Her Nibs
entrusts to an attorney for safekeeping.
To read this entire article, go to:
Stuff so raunchy, it's illegal
by Barry McDonald and John Stagliano (published debate)
Los Angeles Times
June 30, 2008
Today's question focuses on whether obscenity laws should continue to
exist in modern American society. To put this question in its proper
perspective, one must understand the relatively narrow scope of these
laws. Under a 1st Amendment test established by the U.S. Supreme Court
known as the Miller test (from the 1973 case Miller vs. California), only
sexually explicit materials that are designed to appeal to a morbid
interest in things sexual and are depicted in an extremely offensive way
-- all as determined by an "average" person of a given community -- can
made illegal by obscenity laws. Moreover, even works that meet these
criteria but also possess serious artistic or literary value cannot be
deemed obscene (such as a sex magazine with articles). Finally, works that
qualify for obscene treatment cannot be criminalized in the home (private
possession is legal). It is mainly the public sale, distribution or
exhibition of such materials that can be prohibited.
In short, obscenity laws generally target commercial distributors of
extreme pornography. And even there, obscenity prosecutions are rare
because of the difficulties prosecutors encounter in proving that
materials meet the Miller standards. One study found that materials that
have been deemed obscene by juries or judges usually contain explicit
depictions of sex acts involving human excretion, sex with human corpses
or live animals, acts of incest or violent, forced sex.
Because today's question asks us to assume that such extreme materials are
made without violating any laws (an assumption that would probably falter
in the real world), we must inquire whether even simulated depictions of
such acts should qualify for illegal treatment when they are publicly
distributed or exhibited. In other words, the standard way of putting the
question usually asks: "If no one is harmed by this stuff and someone
wants it, who is the government to say that he or she can't have it?"
It does not matter to you that pornography is now almost exclusively
consumed in the privacy of one's own home. In fact, to me this is not the
issue. The issue is about porn that is "extremely offensive." Some
individuals do not take offense to extreme porn, and those individuals are
protected by the Constitution. No one should be subject to the whims of a
group or "community" that does not like what you look at. And what is
wrong with being extreme? In today's culture, being extreme is revered. It
is the people on the extreme who move the world forward, who experiment
and find new ways of living. Technology has made extreme changes in our
lives. If we are not open-minded to change, we stagnate and wallow in
sanctimonious righteousness about the world.
From a legal standpoint, this comes down to your view of human nature and
society. Is it right, ethical or moral for one group of people to control
the thoughts of another group? Indeed, it is the thoughts that erotic
images arouse in the viewer's mind that those who would assume the power
to control others have a problem with. Just remember that if you would
assume such power, Barry, you personally are responsible for arresting me
because I sold images you didn't like. This is exactly what you allowed to
happen when I was indicted on nine counts of obscenity by the Department
of Justice last April.
Barry, your point is that people must be forced to not think things that
you don't like, and for that you'd have me put in jail. Your comment that
it "seems" to you that viewing images "to obtain sexual pleasure
cannot be
the healthiest way of experiencing sex" seems not a good enough reason to
imprison me for 39 years. In fact, using a proper concept of morality
based on individual rights, it is you and those who would put me in jail
when I did not infringe on anyone's rights who are behaving immorally.
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Porn peddlers guilty:
4 men avoid trial in case of X-rated Web site run out of Pensacola area
by Kris Wernowsky
Pensacola News Journal
June 25, 2008
The final curtain dropped Tuesday on a multimillion-dollar adult
entertainment enterprise B- featuring X-rated movies shot in Pensacola and
Pace - as its key players pleaded guilty in court.
- Clinton Raymond McCowen, 47, of Navarre, also known as Ray Guhn, pleaded
guilty to unlawful financial transactions.
McCowen will be sentenced to from three to five years in state prison.
- Andrew Craft, 40, of Pensacola, and Kevin Patrick Stevens, 38, of
Pensacola each pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering. They face two
to four years in state prison.
- Thomas Dwyer, 41, pleaded guilty to wholesale promotion of obscene
All four men remain free on bond until their Aug. 11 sentencing hearing
before Circuit Judge Ron Swanson. Each defendant left the courthouse
without comment.
"Ray Guhn Productions" featured a Web site with more than 5,000
subscribers who could view films featuring group sex and other acts for
$30 a month.
The company made $10 million in its five years of operation, prosecutors
The films were made at homes throughout Pensacola and Pace; at least five
hotels in Pensacola; along Interstate 10 and Interstate 110; in wooded
areas and in other public places.
Tuesday's pleas helped attorneys avoid a three-week obscenity trial that
was expected to begin Monday with jury selection at the Santa Rosa County
Assistant State Attorney Russ Edgar prosecuted the two-year-old case that
began with arrests in summer 2006.
The veteran prosecutor heralded Tuesday's pleas as a major victory against
obscenity in the Panhandle and the state of Florida.
"We have this problem statewide. I hope prosecutors will take our lead and
enforce our law," he said.
But McCowen's attorney thought otherwise.
Altamonte Springs attorney Lawrence Walters, one of McCowen's three
attorneys, is known for representing clients in the adult-entertainment
industry. He said that he doesn't expect Tuesday's outcome to result in
rash of charges filed by Florida prosecutors.
"There was no finding of obscenity by a jury," Walters said. "The
of the state attorneys in this state have come to recognize that the
communities don't want publishers sent to jail for sexual expression."
To prove that material is obscene, and not protected by the First
Amendment, it has to fall below the community standards. In this case,
that standard is defined by the 1st Judicial Circuit of Florida.
To read this entire article, go to:
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I Can't Believe I'm Still Single From Portland to Portland: Episode One
by Paul Goebel
TV Squad.com
June 23, 2008
The good thing about this new series is that you know in the first two
minutes whether or not you are the audience the show is looking for. All
you have to do is ask yourself, "Am I interested in seeing a man forced to
go down on a dildo being worn by a dominatrix?" If the answer is yes, keep
The premise of the show is quite simple. Eric Schaeffer wrote a book about
being single and trying to find love. When he went on his book tour he
decided to make stops along the way, talk to different people about love
and relationships and film it all for this documentary.
The show is rife with too much information. I'm sure Schaeffer finds a lot
of humor in his stories about masturbation and being anally violated but
for me it's sort of like having a friend who you've known for a short
while tell you something personal you never wanted to know, like he enjoys
being anally violated.
Another annoying part of the show are the multiple interviews Eric has
with his longtime dominatrix. I suppose if I had an interest in S&M, I
might like hearing her talk about their activities but while I enjoy many
colors of the sexual rainbow, that particular shade doesn't appeal to me,
Moreover, I don't have much interest in the sexual habits of a guy as
desperate as Eric Schaeffer, therefore those conversations are of no value
to me.
To read this entire article, go to:
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What's Obscene? Google Could Have an Answer
by Matt Richtel
New York Times
June 23, 2008
Judges and jurors who must decide whether sexually explicit material is
obscene are asked to use a local yardstick: does the material violate
community standards?
That is often a tricky question because there is no simple, concrete way
to gauge a community's tastes and values.
The Internet may be changing that. In a novel approach, the defense in an
obscenity trial in Florida plans to use publicly accessible Google search
data to try to persuade jurors that their neighbors have broader interests
than they might have thought.
In the trial of a pornographic Web site operator, the defense plans to
show that residents of Pensacola are more likely to use Google to search
for terms like "orgy" than for "apple pie" or "watermelon".
The publicly
accessible data is vague in that it does not specify how many people are
searching for the terms, just their relative popularity over time. But the
defense lawyer, Lawrence Walters, is arguing that the evidence is
sufficient to demonstrate that interest in the sexual subjects exceeds
that of more mainstream topics b and that by extension, the sexual
material distributed by his client is not outside the norm.
It is not clear that the approach will succeed. The Florida state
prosecutor in the case, which is scheduled for trial July 1, said the
search data may not be relevant because the volume of Internet searches is
not necessarily an indication of, or proxy for, a community's values.
But the tactic is another example of the value of data collected by
Internet companies like Google, both from a commercial standpoint and as a
window into the thoughts, interests and desires of their users.
"Time and time again you'll have jurors sitting on a jury panel who will
condemn material that they routinely consume in private", said Mr.
Walters, the defense lawyer. Using the Internet data, "we can show how
people really think and feel and act in their own homes, which,
parenthetically, is where this material was intended to be viewed", he
Mr. Walters last week also served Google with a subpoena seeking more
specific search data, including the number of searches for certain sexual
topics done by local residents. A Google spokesman said the company was
reviewing the subpoena.
Mr. Walters is defending Clinton Raymond McCowen, who is facing charges
that he created and distributed obscene material through a Web site based
in Florida. The charges include racketeering and prostitution, but Mr.
Walters said the prosecution's case fundamentally relies on proving that
the material on the site is obscene.
Such cases are a relative rarity this decade. In the last eight years, the
Justice Department has brought roughly 15 obscenity cases that have not
involved child pornography, compared with 75 during the Reagan and first
Bush administrations, according to Jeffrey J. Douglas, chairman emeritus
of the First Amendment Lawyers Association. (There have been hundreds
involving child pornography.) Prosecutions at the state level have
followed a similar arc.
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|2010-02-22, 06:47
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I only watched the first six episodes of the dub, I really like all the VAs except for Konata's(Wendee Lee's).
Now I don't hate Wendee Lee's Konata(it is starting to grow on me, I am starting to like it) but I think she sounds a bit rough or something if that's the right word to describe it.
For example, I liked the way "Haushinka" voiced Konatain this fandub clip. Though maybe I don't like Wendee Lee's Konata because I watched that(fandub clip) before Wendee Lee's official dub version. I know "one" of the reasons I liked Kagami's official dub VA was because the official VA sounded similar to the fandub VA in the example above, and of course I liked Kagami's fandub VA because it seemed to fit her.
Anyway, I am enjoying the dub. Also I like how the dialogue is intact.
One of the annoyances for me(recently), with subs is that I can't seem to read and process(I reread what I just read) the subs fast enough(when Lucky Star first came out subbed, I remember not having to pause but rewatching it but I've been having to pause it a lot recently ), so it gets tiring watching the subs sometimes(I still enjoy it enough though).
Note that I only recently rewatched Lucky Star subbed last week, so I forgot a lot of the exact dialogue(I do remember the scenes), which is why I focused so much on the subs.
That's why I found the dub to be more relaxing(and therefore, more enjoyable) than the sub. Though I do prefer the Japanese voices over the dub(just a bit, for some reason I feel more attached to the Japanese voices).
|2010-02-27, 22:37
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The English dub were somewhat enjoyable; the only dub I hated hearing was Patricia Martin's. I'm not sure if they were trying to give her a Minnie Mouse voice, but either way, the voice hurt my head so my bad, after I finish any episode with her in a speaking role I had to take aspirin.
I'm currently watching the series over again with just the English subs. And while Patricia's seiyū sounds a lot better to my ears and brain, I'm not sure if the producers were trying to do the same thing as the Americans (not saying they would, it's a possibility though).
|2010-02-28, 12:23
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
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I think the idea is that Patricia (being the uber-otaku) is trying to emulate her impression of the higher-pitched voicing that Japanese women use when they're in 'cute mode'.
Unfortunately for Patricia --- her voice is high to begin with so 'the joke' is that it is grating.
Why the English dubbing does it .... well, I suppose the VA director was just trying to emulate the original Japanese. The high pitching simply doesn't seem to translate well when spoken by native English actors ... which is odd because when Japanese women do the effect in English it works just fine.
|2010-03-04, 20:38
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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|2010-03-05, 09:31
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Location: A Swede in Tokyo
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|2010-10-15, 14:49
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cambridge
Just to weigh in;
I usually hold Lucky Star up as an example if people want to see something with a good English dub. Personally, I love all the voices except Patricia's- and she's unusually high-pitched and grating in the Japanese dub as well, so I guess she's meant to be that way. XD
|2010-10-16, 17:46
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Moe Kyun~!
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Philippines
True...yet sometimes in spite of all that...u know...=/
People sometimes simply generalize it all (that dubs are mostly terrible)
Lucky Star is a sure exception to all that. (and as season 2 may as well -- for all I know -- in around a year, if not never) we'll just hope that Bandai will keep almost everyone's voices except Patricia's? lol
|2010-10-16, 19:38
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Talking about her japanese VA though. But as you said, it seems there's not much of a difference anyway.
|2010-10-20, 19:53
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Moe Kyun~!
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Philippines
That's why let's hope that the English VAs will be a little more...uhh...stickier to the voices of the Japanese VAs...
Like everybody said...Konata sounds like a geek sometimes, although it's an advantage as well =P
|2010-11-11, 05:21
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hmmm... I watched the dub first so I'm a little bit biased saying that the dub is good, but I've watched some eps subbed too plus the OVA and both the seiyuu and the VAs fit their characters perfectly (Patricia's voice may not be the best in English but what could they've done? there'd be a huge uproar if her voice sounded completely different from her Japanese voice)
|2010-11-14, 09:04
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Moe Kyun~!
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Philippines
Doesn't the Japanese VA know English? I say make at least Patricia's VA the same for English and Japanese...(That's if Season 2 is coming anytime soon...3-4 un adapted volumes are enough for a season)
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June 11, 2012
From No NATO protests in Chicago to anti-nukes actions in Japan, the past three months have been action-packed for CODEPINK roseroots organizers and the national staff team. Read our quarterly Roseroots Report here and join us in action this summer!
Dear CODEPINKer,
Save these dates!
June 30 July 4:
Occupy Movement National Gathering in Philadelphia and Feminist General Assembly
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Aug 27-Sept 6: RNC and DNC protests for Peace and Economic Justice
Now October: See Medea Benjamin's Drone Warfare Book Tour Calendar and invite her to speak in your community!
The United States was born as a nation in Philadelphia, and this summer Occupy movement activists from around the country are gathering in Philly for the Occupy National Gathering a week of direct actions, movement building and the creation of a vision for a democratic future June 30 July 4. I invite you to find out more and to join Women Occupy organizer Nancy Mancias and many other women for a strong feminist and pro-peace presence. Sign up to join us and for more info email Nancy.
This follows on the Feminist General Assemblies (FemGAs) that were held in NYC, Chicago, Tucson and elsewhere in May: read more (scroll down) here. Women in pink: let's show up, get on stack at the National Gathering and share our ideas and energy! I have a tall stack of summer reading at home, including Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution which includes contributions from CODEPINKers Kristen Ess Schurr, Nancy Mancias and Rae Abileah. We rocked the NYC and SF book launch parties. Get your copy here.
For your own beach/bedtime reading, please check out Recommended Reading. A sampler from CODEPINK local actions during the past three months: In March, for International Women's Day, Western Massachusetts CODEPINK and allies organized a week of actions including talks and an anti-nuke direct action with CP co-founder Diane Wilson. In San Francisco and Oakland, Super Sheroes and our friends brought the Bust Up Bank of America message to banks and ATMs. In a sad, solemn action, the names of 6,800 soldiers slain in Iraq and Afghanistan were read in a memorial ceremony lasting from 7am until 7pm, Friday, March 30, at Pima Community College in downtown Tucson.
In April, Tax Day fell on the 17th this year, also Global Day Against Military Spending, and CODEPINK LA joined our allies for marches on war and drones profiteers Boeing and Raytheon. On Long Island, CODEPINKers and friends took part in a 'Global Days of Listening' conference call, an international project that connects people to a group of Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers.
In May, CODEPINKers in SF protested the indefinite detention provisions in the FY2012 NDAA; participated in the May Day General Strike; commemorated the original spirit of Mother's Day by calling out war profiteers; and received international press coverage for heckling British war criminal Tony Blair (B-Liar) in Maine, among other actions. The mid-month No to NATO protests and educational events in Chicago were, in Medea's assessment, historic (and she's been to many over the years!). Chicago-area local coordinator Pat Hunt did a great job representing CODEPINK to the Coalition Against NATO/G8 War & Poverty Agenda (CANG8) and to the Network for a NATO-Free World. Thanks to CODEPINKers from Illinois and Indiana who turned out for direct actions, alternative conferences, marches and fun gatherings!
Enjoy this quote by German participant Kristine Karch: If NATO's interests were focused on women's rights, it would have to abolish itself immediately.
See videos and photos of CODEPINK in action. To see all the local report backs from Spring 2012, please look here. International work:
Elsa Rassbach in Berlin, Germany worked with the European and North American committees of the Global March to Jerusalem (GMJ) and interviewed Dr. Mustafa Barghouti. Elsa joined CODEPINK in Chicago to protest NATO and the People's Summit showed her award-winning 1984 film "A history the 1% doesn't want you to see."
From Hisae Ogawa in Japan: The study tour to Guam (of Japanese CODEPINKers) was great. I found the military build up in these two years had done so wrong to the indigenous Chamorro people. The Green Tea Party, an ally organization of CODEPINK Japan (and completely different from the US Tea Party) is planning a gathering in San Francisco in November. Hisae has bravely visited the contaminated province of Fukushima and will share her reflections with the Roseroots listserv soon. Updates from a few of our national campaigners:
The Ground the Drones campaign Alli reports: CODEPINK DC hosted the first-ever international drone summit in Washington, DC in April. The conference featured academics, scientists, activists, and others interested in the US's use of unmanned aerial vehicles domestically and abroad as weapons and tools for surveillance. See Drone Summit pictures, interviews, and notes here.
Plus: The Nation highlighted our Kill the Kill List petition to Obama, and Medea wrote a brilliant article on drone warfare here.
The new website droneswatch.org serves as a major source of information. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com if you want to help on the campaigns, or if you have articles, resources and other suggestions for the website. Email Ramah Kudaimi to be added to the Googlegroup "Drone Summit 2012" to facilitate further collaboration, networking and advocacy efforts. Make sure to check out Why I Interrupted Obama Counter-Terrorism Adviser John Brennan by Medea Benjamin and share the video, which has already had over 150,000 hits! Medea is on a book tour with her new book Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control. If you'd like her to speak in your community, contact Alli. Medea has already visited New York (state and city), and several locations in the Midwest and South, and her book tour will go through the rest of 2012.
As part of grassroots activism against drones, now going from upstate New York to Wisconsin to Nevada to California, Toby Blome organizes a monthly 2-day vigil/flyering action at Beale AFB, home of the huge spy drone Global Hawk; the May vigilers included Cindy Peace Mom Sheehan and a guest from Germany, Elsa Rassbach. For a fact sheet on drones, news, and more, go here. Peace with Iran Rae reports: As the drumbeat to war on Iran intensifies, CODEPINKers are doing all we can to oppose escalating sanctions and an attack, which would be a catastrophe. CODEPINK joined with women in Iran and Israel to create a petition to say no to war, and we received an overwhelmingly positive response. Once we topped 20,000 petition signers, we handed the petition to Michelle Obama, who thanked us for keeping the pressure on, and gave it to Hillary Clinton at the State Department and to Ambassador Susan Rice. Following on a heartwarming wave of images from Israelis expressing love for Iranians, we created www.weloveiran.org - a new site where you can create your own "Iranians We Love You" image and share it with friends on facebook and twitter. Is your image up yet? STOLEN BEAUTY/Boycott Ahava Nancy K reports: This month the Stolen Beauty/Boycott Ahava campaign celebrates its third anniversary. We are proud of the victories of our international coalition partners. Recently our friends at Open Shuhada Street in South Africa successfully campaigned to have that country's Trade Minister correctly label Israeli settlement goods. In the official notice, Ahava was mentioned by name as a settlement company fraudulently labeling its products as Made in Israel -- they're made in an illegal West Bank settlement. Two days later, the Danish government announced that it was planning to label settlements goods as such so that consumers could make an informed choice. In Japan, there was another BDS victory: the distributor dropped Ahava cosmetics; read more on Mondoweiss, The Electronic Intifada, and in our national email alert sent out on June 7!
Follow this campaign at Stolen Beauty and on twitter, and see the Boycott Sodastream campaign website. Staff News: Building CODEPINK
Hard times and an election year impact small grassroots groups like us, but thanks to your support, on Mother's Day we received a matching grant and raised above and beyond our goal - $21,500!
Thanks to our Facebook page moderator Carla, of CODEPINK Ohio, for keeping our page up-to-date with the latest news and actions. Also, like our page here. We held a social media training with Women Occupy.
When Kristen went on maternity leave (and just gave birth to a healthy baby boy!), Magda joined the team in the LA office. Magda is an avid livestreamer with Occupy LA (follow her on twitter). A huge thanks to Ramah Kudaimi who coordinated the drones conference in DC and has now moved on to work at the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation.
Welcome to our summer interns: Samantha and Assata in SF; Marlen in Venice, CA; and Jillian and Bridget in DC.
This spring, I had the pleasure of meeting in person with longtime locals Eliz Barger of Tennessee and Occupy Nashville; Lisa Savage of Maine and 3 ME occupies; Martha Shelley of Portland, OR who came to SF for a huge Wells Fargo protest; and Elsa Rassbach of Germany. Let me know if you are coming to the Bay Area and I can greet you at our office in the beautiful SF Women's Building and/or meet you for lunch. SF office intern Sharon Miller and I have updated Action Planning Resources, now renamed Action Toolkit; this includes the NEW Social Media section. Every section of the Toolkit has been substantially updated and some include occupy-related info. Big thanks to Sharon (who's moving on after a year of great work) for her help, to web manager Farida for updating this section, and to YOU for reading, using and sharing!
Onwards for peace and economic justice, Janet
CODEPINK Roseroots Coordinator
The Roseroots Report is a bouquet of CODEPINK local actions and news. Why roseroots? Because we're cultivating a vibrant pink flowering garden with a hearty stemming history and strong roots, not just little grassroots. The 1912 Lawrence textile workers on strike had it right when they said, We Want Bread, But Roses Too! Our pink hearts are moved by CODEPINKs approach to peacemaking: we aren't just about getting out a talking point or ensuring a basic right, we're about bringing our money back to our beloved resources schools, health, parks, libraries and more, disarming our defenses, opening our minds to new narratives and possibilities, and creating beauty.
CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S. funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, and to redirect our resources into health care, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities. The name CODEPINK satirized the Bush Administration's color-coded, fear-mongering "security" alert system that has since been phased out. CODEPINK is a lively call for the people of the world to "wage peace." More...


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