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|2012-07-27, 09:13
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Are your criticisms directed at Frontier as a whole (movies and TV series)? It seems like they are directed at both but the problems you list apply more to the movies than the TV series. Sheryl's first concert in the TV series is far less over the top than her first concert scene in the movies for instance.
Also while I worry about Sheryl becoming too much of a spotlight stealer I think a duet between her and Basara would be awesome. Fukuyama and May'n have done duets in real life, and Sheryl is supposed to be something of a Fire Bomber fan (didn't Grace discover young Sheryl's love of singing from listening to her singing a Fire Bomber song or something? There's a drama CD segment with a very young Sheryl singing Totsugeki! Love Heart...).
|2012-07-27, 09:41
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My gripe about the series & movies have some cringe-worthy lines is another matter .
Oh yeah, I promised to a certain someone here to give more detail example of the lines that I consider cringe-worthy, right? But I dont have that much free time. So, I'll go with the most obvious episode, the last one. Here goes:
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|2012-07-27, 11:04
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It appears that the person you most mention for the movies is Sheryl Nome's lines. Unless you dislike her, I'd give more examples in regards to the movies, because she isn't the only one with poetic lines. Alto and Ranka had some lines too, like his "I'll fly to the end of this battle" and her "wind to your wings" with Sheryl's response as "and song to the galaxy." But yes, Sheryl is poetic, but that comes from the fact that she has a French background, for she can read and speak the language as if a pro, so she is bound to have had some impressions in life that inspired her to speak in that context. Meanwhile, Alto was a kabuki actor, so he's had to speak lines like that his whole life. There is even a drama CD that starts with Alto speaking the lines to Romeo & Juliet (whilst playing Juliet). So he was not so far-fetched to speak lines like that. Ranka's poetic pieces most likely come from the fact she's been inspired by so many around her that she wants to express herself; and as she says "simple words are not enough." If you ask me, her most symbolic line is that she wishes for everyone to "embrace one another," because she wants to make peace in the galaxy using her songs.
If you wanna talk about poetic symbolism, you obviously haven't listened to their songs enough. Sheryl and Ranka's songs have enough poetic symbolism to make you fall over in agony. It is because they are expressing themselves. Everyone in this show did. It's what makes Frontier so popular. The characters seem realistic rather than futuristic. They are given a third-dimension. The show is all about symbolism. That is why no matter what happened in the romance, I loved the show, even though I dislike certain characters' personalities (more than one).
So, all in all, you're entitled to your own opinion, but everyone here will disagree with you on this matter, I guarantee it. Even I - the person who dislikes the ending of the romance most - will disagree that Frontier's lines were shitty and rip-offs.
On the concert part, I don't really understand your problem with it. After all, this futuristic show takes place 20-30 years after the end of SDF (DYRL), in which Lynn Minmei's concert in the movie was completely unrealistic as was the Flashback. However, Sharon Apple's was worse in this context, for she was a program acting as a human in her concerts, controlled by Myung. 7 was meant to be different, as Fire Bomber wasn't supposed to be about glamor, but then again, Kawamori was only the mecha designer, not the planner, and Basara wasn't supposed to be the "fancy show off with bright lights or a remake of Elvis." Frontier changed that world by storm. It combined elements of DYRL and Plus together. The stage performances were more epic and futuristic because the show is supposed to constantly change to a later date, thus technology should logically increase. It doesn't take a genius to figure that out.
But I agree with Darth on the fact that there already is a duet between Fukuyama and May'n out there and there is a drama CD of Grace discovering Sheryl singing Totsugeki Love Heart (which made me laugh in her chibi voice). So the possibility is very high, especially because May'n loved playing Sheryl. However, the one I mostly wonder about is Nakajima (Ranka). I do not doubt they won't do some form of a duet or perhaps have a band performance. That way, Ozma would combine his two favorite things: Fire Bomber and his sister, Ranka Lee. And Sheryl would be able to sing with a legend.
Now that would be a way to close the book of Frontier for good.
Then again, didn't they already say goodbye with SnT?
|2012-07-27, 12:37
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Yeah, sorry, but I don't feel that "cringe" at all. It sounds like you'd prefer Frontiers protagonists to be cussing like people in a Tarantino movie. That would not capture the feel of Macross at all.
|2012-07-27, 17:36
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Wow, there's a long reply. So exciting.
|2012-07-27, 20:52
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Some of your criticisms are legit, but they aren't things that bother me very much.
Also from my perspective Ranka's dialogue when she's trying to encourage Sheryl doesn't seem that out of place. Also that "Everyone! Embrace each other! To the ends of the universe!" is her equivalent to Basra and Sheryl's "Listen to my song!" so IMO that isn't very out of place either.
Also while I think it was mostly there just to make things more visually interesting for us viewers, there is a certain logic to Sheryl's use of stage outfits and lighting. The effectiveness of her singing against the Vajra is very dependent on how into it she is, and making use of the things that were familiar to her as an idol helps her get into her performance. (And it is a performance -one that she fully expects to be the last one of her life. She's going all out for it.)
|2012-07-27, 21:08
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By the way, don't get me started on how many lines in Cowboy Bebop that copy Super-Dimensional Fortress Macross. I don't think that show should even be included considering its themes and characters' personalities. That was the least likely show to have any symbolic means.
Macross has been around for 25 years. Kawamori wanted something more original than "screaming and cursing at the enemy." He wanted to go for originality. So your complaint here goes more towards the creator who wanted to be different than all the rest out there. If you ask me, he's an inspiration in this matter.
Besides, Alto did enough screaming in the series and movies to make up for it (whether it be reclaiming Ranka or saving Sheryl).
Sorry, but your alone in this opinion.
Second, for your post,
My post,
I never once said television series or anything like that in that paragraph. I referred solely to the movies, since that line you spoke of is a direct quote from Sayonara no Tsubasa. Also, that so-called "poetic outburst" for Alto is also from the movies. I think you're getting screwed up in which universe is which.
I personally like these characters over other Macross'. And Hikaru doesn't even add up to half of the others (he can die).
I would take my word of advice before if I were you. The others can tell you that difference of opinion can start fights here. Macross supporters never wave the white flag. Why even I haven't thrown away my shipping flag despite losing. So since you're new to certain parts of this universe, I would say watch the whole material before speaking of things you don't know.
I have watched every Macross universe, no matter how large or small. I thought SDF was boring but DYRL was surely a masterpiece. Plus was very interesting and the artwork was simply beautiful. 7 always bored me to death, even though I loved Basara, as it had a long~ run with no build up until suddenly everything ended, and I personally felt the songs were repeated too much, as were the performances. Zero was too short and didn't leave much impression beyond the CGI artwork. Frontier was the best development in the series, as the characters were more three-dimensional, even relatable at times, and the concerts were flashy and attractive, pulling your attention to the screen, as was the artwork and design for the mecha, and finally, it had awesome dogfights (although only few).
And so far, the only series you can mention is... 7 and Frontier. Which they do not compare to each other just based on the main characters chosen for the individual series'. The state in which both ships fell into was entirely different. The personalities of the characters were very different. The whole themes for each show was different.
Shoji Kawamori (the author and script writer for Super-Dimensional Fortress Macross, Do You Remember Love?, Plus, Zero, and Frontier) did not write anything in Macross 7! It is only obvious that there is a large difference in plot, script writing, and characters because he had no say in 7 whilst he was the main writer for Frontier. It is as simple as that.
But no matter how I look at your replies to this, I see you leave out the fact that the situations of the shows are very different. For one, the enemies of Alto were mostly Vajra. How could they understand him if he screamed inconsistent trash? They don't speak any human language. However, Brera could understand human language. Alto expressed himself greatly - his anguish and frustrations - all things he didn't want to pin on his friends that meant so much to him. He was human in this manner, screaming it to the enemy instead.
Alto has all of these things. If you didn't notice, Alto has three times more votes than Hikaru for favorite Macross characters. Note that.
If you ask me, 7 was a cringe for me. I still can't believe I finished it. I almost gave up at episode 25. I forced myself to continue it just to finish off the Macross series.
Frontier was easy to catch my attention from episode one through twenty-five. They put in enough to keep you entertained whilst also flowing the story along. This is another way to tell the difference in writing regarding who wrote the scripts for both series. They differ greatly.
|2012-07-27, 22:10
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Of course, all of those are just my personal opinion. Everybody else is free to think otherwise. Your preference is not wrong nor do mine. They're just different.
Dear girl, since most of your reply to me is your Opinion, I don't feel the necessity to reply to most of them. Our opinion will never met since we prefer different things. However, to make things clear I'll answer some of your questions to me.
Why do I watched Frontier if don't really like it?
First, I like the Macross franchise up until Macross Plus (but I'm not one of those fans who remember all the Valkyries' code-number) so I have the urge to watch the new Macross series. Second, I get the anime for free. It was given by my friend when I was in college to accompany my boring days in the dorm. Lastly, I finished it just for the lulz coz I have nothing to do at that time.
Why Cowboy Bebop?
You missed my point again. I didn't mention Bebop for it's symbolic nature. I mention it coz the characters act naturally in the middle of a battle, which is less talking and more shooting. The characters there don't talk during battle/shootings unless it's really necessary.
Do I have to check character bios aside from what I get from the actual show to say a line he's/she's spoken is cringe-worthy?
So I guess some very compelling characters from, say, The Dark Knight and Little Miss Sunshine does not come from the well-written scripts at all? Hint: their various backgrounds actually comes from the script.
|2012-07-28, 00:26
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There has been lots of interaction between the Macross series in SRW.
I don't like the interaction between Basara and Sheryl, it always ends up in an ego clash with Sheryl disliking Basara because he seems to be hogging the stage every time he sings.
But Basara's interaction with Minmay and Ranka is great.
In SRWZ2.2, your people along with Alto were trapped in a separate dimension, Ranka and Sheryl were terribly worried and couldn't concentrate on preparing for their concert. Basara then told them its useless to worry, instead they should concentrate on what they can and should do, which is sing.
Sheryl snapped back at Basara for being inconsiderate and stupid, but Ranka joined in with her song. And because of Ranka and Basara's voices being able to transcend space-time, the lost crew were able to follow their song and return to the normal universe.
Alto thanked Basara and for the first time acknowledged his passion, but Basara said it was Ranka's voice that reached him. This was when Sheryl dropped into jealousy and self pity.
But the best interaction was between Basara and Minmay in SRW Alpha3, which when they first met was in the finale of Macross 7, where Gepelnitch went berserk and drained everyone's Spiritia. It was Minmay's song that awoken Basara who then went on to stop Gepelnitch.
Basara and Minmay had great respect for each other's music and then collaborated in a song, GONG, sang by JAM Project. GONG then became the song that saved the galaxy in the ending.
|2012-07-28, 00:47
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|2012-07-28, 13:31
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But you like M7; so to each their own.
However, comparing it to Frontier doesn't work. The situations of the characters are different. Their personalities are very different. Plus, there are a lot of moments in which there was nothing but screaming and cursing - mainly from Alto, my prime example being the major battle in the first movie. I think your problem comes from confrontations of characters instead. The very first confrontation that had really "poetic" speech was episode twelve in which Alto faced off against Tehmzin (the rebel Zentradi). This is a war that's been going on for how many generations now, folks? Alto was dragged into this fight though he doesn't want to kill anyone, and he was dragged into this war by the desire to protect others. Naturally, he would be trying to reach peace with the enemy. However, he is not beyond the ability to get pissed off, as he's shown when Tehmzin mentions the word "blood." The second confrontation lasts throughout the rest of the show really: Alto vs. Brera. But whilst Alto has always detested Brera, he doesn't hate or desire to kill him. They have a thing in common: they both want the best for Ranka. They want peace. When two people like this line up, their personalities are bound to clash and arguments of this nature are bound to happen. But nonetheless, they are still trying to protect what they assume is right. So even though they are having disagreements verbally, they must fight for their beliefs.
The script writing for Frontier wasn't the horrible part and we've already discussed this. It was the time-frame for the whole show, shoving the final battle into an episode and a half, having to end it so quickly that you get whip-lash. The pacing of the show was its main problem.
But then again, M7 was worse...
After all, the love triangle seemed to be the prime focus otherwise...
That aside, I am unsure about Sheryl still. However, I can picture Ranka doing it. She would enjoy singing with Basara, I'm sure. Since Ozma is a big fan, she is bound to know some of their songs. But Sheryl has always been Ranka's inspiration. It is unclear by the story (series and movies) if Ranka is a fan or not of Minmei. Singing her main songs is not the same as acknowledging her as a person you idolize. So the duet is still up in the air. I guess we'll just find out.
|2012-07-28, 19:44
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If you're just going by the subs, may I just note that some of the translations for Frontier really were cringe-worthy? To date, I haven't actually seen a sub of any Frontier work where I haven't cringed at least once.
Granted, I agree with you about some of the dialogue ('you are both my wings' ), but most of it really isn't as cringe-worthy in Japanese as the subs suggest... The lines during the battle scenes in particular really needed more creative translations rather than some of the literal translations they got...
At any rate, it would be interesting to see what in the world they're doing with this FB7 film...
|2012-07-28, 20:51
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I also agree with Darth. Some example of faithful translation will be pretty enlightening.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Former major leaguer Chan Ho Park is retiring after a career spanning nearly two decades in the United States, Japan and South Korea.
Park was the first South Korean-born player in the Major League Baseball.
The 39-year-old right-hander announced his retirement Friday.
Park holds the MLB record for most wins by an Asian pitcher, going 124-98 with a 4.36 ERA. He was an All-Star in 2001, when he went 15-11 with a 3.50 ERA for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
His 17-year big league career began with the Dodgers in 1994 and included stops with the Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Noted speed freak, serial-killer fangirl, and Tea Party hero Ayn Rand was also a kleptoparasite, sneakily gobbling up taxpayer funds under an assumed name [note: it might have been her legal name] to pay for her medical treatments after she got lung cancer.
An interview with Evva Pryror, a social worker and consultant to Miss Rand's law firm of Ernst, Cane, Gitlin and Winick verified that on Miss Rand's behalf she secured Rand's Social Security and Medicare payments which Ayn received under the name of Ann O'Connor (husband Frank O'Connor).
As Pryor said, "Doctors cost a lot more money than books earn and she could be totally wiped out" without the aid of these two government programs. Ayn took the bail out even though Ayn "despised government interference and felt that people should and could live independently... She didn't feel that an individual should take help."
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First of all, how do you know?
And second, I totally would, if I wasn't still so comfortable here and if I could. It is not worth it. I can still propser even though I'm being fed off of by freeloaders.
Funny John. Spartans rule!
I live in a reality where I am forced to pay a higher percentage of my money so that others may have more than they earn. Ancient Greece would suck! I'll take my Droid, the MRI I needed last year, the grocery store across the street and the less than half a day trip I recently took to Italy as well as the medical care that I could get a possible crippled son or daughter I might have. Help the crippled babies you don't know, I don't care. Maybe I'd even chip in. I give money even after taxes to multiple causes. I am not saying that to demonstrate how awesome I am, but to say that charity and philanthropy are inextricably linked to human nature and you can't even stop them by taking large portions of people's money away from them for much bullshit. It would increase if you stopped forcing people to help for things they are not interested in, immho.
This guy is not a big fan of hers.
This is fucking awesome:
"There's a guy who built a thing that lets you fly through the sky in an air conditioned room. Of course he's rich, because flying is fucking awesome and people will pay him to do it."
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Lowell W. Heffley, a longtime resident of Sullivan County, passed away on Friday May 24, 2013 at Catskill Regional Medical Center in Harris, NY. He was 76. He was the son of the late Ralph and Edith Fister Heffley and was born on June 8, 1936 in Kutztown, PA.
Lowell was retired from his position as a Teacher for Liberty High School, where he taught from 1962 to 1996. He was a U.S. Army Veteran, serving during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of St. Peter's Church in Liberty, NY, a member of NYS Retired Teachers Association and he was active in various civic and community projects.
Survivors include his two sons, Jean-Jacques Heffley and his wife, Jodi of Bristol, VA and Jean-Philippe Heffley and his wife, Melanie of Berlin, NY; a special friend, Ellen Jaffe of Liberty; brothers: Donald Heffley of Edgewood, FL, Malcolm Heffley of Pennsylvania, Ralph Heffley of Allentown, PA, Colin Heffley of Kutztown, PA and David Heffley of Delaware; a sister, Elaine Musser of Bally, PA; five grandchildren: Jessica, Joel, Alec, Kyle and Curtis and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife, Simonne Gasparini Heffley and his sister, Priscilla Messick.
Visiting hours will be on Tuesday, May 28th from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Ramsay's Funeral Home, 275 S. Main St. Liberty, NY. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Peter's Church, 264 N. Main St. in Liberty on Wednesday, May 29th at 11 a.m. Burial with Military Honors will follow the Mass at Laurel Hill Cemetery in White Sulphur Springs.
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Solidarity Federation
This is the page for Bristol SolFed (formerly known as South West SolFed).
"Active for Plymouth" is a new far-right group in Plymouth. They act like they're just a common-sense party run by ordinary people. They are anything but! Their leader is a conspiracy theorist, expelled from his last party for racism. Their secretary has put out hateful campaign material ranting against gypsies. And what's more, there are concerning links to Plymouth's extreme right. We're putting out the truth of what they're really about, so that no-one gets taken in by their election campaign this month.
Jason Shopland has been trying to get elected for the past few years. Standing for UKIP in 2015, he went on to start "Plymouth Independents" the next year. The party only lasted a few months but still found time to kick out Shopland for racism
It's snowing. Snow is fun, and lots of us will have a rare day off today to go sledging, have a snowball fight, watch daytime TV and generally do anything we like other than going to work.
However, some of us will have to go to work despite the weather. This is some potentially life-saving advice for anyone who finds themselves layering up and trudging in regardless.
1) Do not drive anywhere under any circumstances. Avon and Somerset Police have advised not to use any roads in the region. People have had serious incidents on the Bristol roads over the last 24 hours. Don't risk life and limb for a boss who would replace you in a few weeks if anything happened. There aren't any buses running currently either, so if you can't safely walk to work, don't go in.
I've not got much experience of organising, and I work in an industry where it's rare for people to be unionised (IT). But I did win some small victories at my last workplace (mostly thanks to SolFed's workplace organiser training) and like they say, the best way to learn is by trying! This is a report on two of those victories - blocking an attempt to give us unpaid overtime, and improving health and safety. Things were easier because we were all on permanent contracts and couldn't be replaced quickly, but harder because no-one else had much knowledge of unions or organising and because we worked in a small open-plan office where it was hard to talk without the boss overhearing.
This year's Bristol Anarchist Bookfair is looking at "Building an anarchist future". As part of this dialogue Bristol SF will be hosting a workshop on:
Healthcare Beyond the State. For a people's NHS
What can we learn from recent NHS struggles that could help shape a health service based not on some golden age that never was but instead on the principles of direct democracy and mutual aid? How can we provide progressive healthcare without the bureaucrats and the bosses?
What can we learn from recent NHS struggles that could help shape a health service based not on some golden age that never was but instead on the principles of direct democracy and mutual aid? How can we provide progressive healthcare without the bureaucrats and the bosses?
Here is how Bookfair Collective hope that the workshops and meetings with develop the theme of "Building an anarchist future".
George Ferguson, the elected Mayor of Bristol, is directly responsible for cuts to services in this city - including services for children. He has halved the number of beds at the Bush, a residential centre for disabled children. [1] Even though the council voted to preserve funding - he pushed it through personally. This month the Hawkspring, a vital service that helps families affected by drug addiction, almost closed after having its funding from the council slashed. It only stayed open thanks to a charity stepping in to help at the last minute. [2] This is all while having plenty of money for other things - like massive pay-rises for council bosses [3], and £2.3 million a year on public relations and marketing. [4]
A second picket of Jimmy's in Bath passed off with everyone in good spirits and confident of winning the holiday pay owed to former employees of the Jiimy's in Brighton.
The dozen campaign supporters handed out a couple of hundred leaflets during the Saturday lunchtime period. The leaflet outlined the central issue. Non-payment of £1,500 in holiday to three people who worked for Jimmy's in Brighton and how they are still waiting on P45s. Some customers turned away on hearing how Jimmy's treat their staff and one tour guide even told us he wouldn't be bringing groups there any more, which could be a big dent in the business!
Security tried to move the protestors on saying the pavement was private - but the picket just stood their ground. Outnumbering security 4-1 and then the police refused to help, so they had to just watch from the side.
Three Bristol Solidarity Federation members travelled to Bath today (26th March 2016) on an Easter Bank Holiday weekend to picket the 'Jimmy's' restaurant there after a request from the Brighton Hospitality Workers for collective national direct action against their bosses after they refused to pay them about £1,500 in owed wages and have yet to supply them with a P45.
As a Bristol SF member recently arrived at a UK airport he was not expecting to be approached by plain clothed police and invited to have a little chat. This blatant attempt to harass and intimidate one of our members swiftly ended as the SF member, after realising they were not going to detain him, attempted to record the conversation and chased them off.
Bristol SF have a clear message for the police. We are about working-class solidarity, internationalism and freedom. Your creed is suspicion and paranoia. Your role is to protect privilege and crush dissent. We will never talk to you.
On the 24th of October, members of Swindon Anarchists, including SolFed members, took 3 vehicles crammed with supplies to the refugee camps of Calais.
As numbers at the camp swelled to over 6,000, the group decided we had a responsibility to offer what solidarity we could to men, women and children forced into cramped, cold and unhygienic conditions just for seeking a life free of war, persecution, poverty and hunger. As well as hoping to improve material conditions in the camp, we reject the concept of national borders, embrace freedom of movement for all and support all those whose circumstances have forced them into conflict with the border regime, the political class and their stooges in uniform.
Some thoughts from one of our members on the uk's growing anti-austerity movement and how anarchists can contribute to it…
Attempts by the nazi Bristol United Patriots to march through Bedminster, on Saturday 17th October, ended with them being routed and seen off. Their feeble attempts to mobilise failed to happen because of community action and brave resistance by anti-fascists. Members of Bristol Solidarity Federation joined up with others to ensure that they were not free to spread their message.
One Bedminster resident said he "was chuffed to fuck" to see people willing to come to his neighbourhood and stand up to racists and fascists.
In the last election, about 22 million of us didn't vote [1]. That's more people than voted for any political party. It's not because we're apathetic – it's because most of us see through the "good cop, bad cop" routine of Labour and the Tories. Both parties support cuts, privatising the NHS, and making life hell for benefits claimants. [2] In the same way that a "good cop" will offer a cup of tea and a "friendly chat" while a "bad cop" shouts and makes threats, the Tories jeer at "scroungers" while Labour smiles and talks about the need to be practical. But whatever they promise in their manifestos, they both want to do the same thing – to screw us over on behalf of the rich.
Saturday the 13th December 2014 was a busy day for the Bristol local, as they took on workfare in Bristol and poverty pay in Swindon.
Members of Bristol Solidarity Federation turned out of a roving anti-workfare action in Bristol, responding to a callout from our friends Bristol Anarchist Federation. Around 30 people, many dressed as santa and belting out carols with revolutionary and anti-workfare lyrics held a noisy action in central Bristol calling on (and in one case, briefly invading) well known workfare users such as Poundland, Savers, M&S and Primark.
Join the anti-workfare Street Party in Bristol this Saturday, 13th December 2014.
Meeting at the Castle Park bandstand at 2pm sharp before moving off to visit some firms who profit from using unpaid workfare labour. Please try and make this and pass it on to your mates.
Bristol Solidarity Federation will be there, so look out for our banner! Our friends and comrades in Bristol Anarchist Federation and Bristol IWW are also helping mobilise for the event.
There is a facebook page for the event: "As we approach solstice we are told that we are in a season of giving – yet some companies still aren't giving workers a wage. As we approach solstice we are told that we are in a season of giving - yet some companies still aren't giving workers a wage!
Bristol Solidarity Federation extends it's solidarity to the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) as they continue to take industrial action over detrimental changes to pensions - with the latest day of strike action happening today, 9th December 2014.
SolFed members in Swindon, along with other anarchists and local union members helped maintain a near constant show of support on their local picket line: "We brought along banners encouraging support from passing cars, and the reception was great. We also made a donation to the local firefighters strike fund." Members of the local in Stroud attended recent picket lines at the Stroud fire and rescue station and are featured in the following video explaining the dispute, made by Stroud Against the Cuts:
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- Nancy at My Ancestors and Me recommended the short story "Little Selves" by Mary Lerner – interesting reading, especially for anyone who writes down their memories and has to try to call up those memories and remember how they thought and perceived things at the time.
Two more Henry Lewis articles transcribed.
This was a big week for Norman research. First, my copy of Garland County Arkansas: Our History and Heritage arrived. It contains an article on my great-great grandfather, Joseph Madison Carroll Norman as well as a few articles on associated families.
Second, I actually managed to finish up basic research on the family of Thomas Frank Norman (the brother, not the son, of my great-grandfather William Henry "Jack" Norman), and this winds up the children of JMC Norman and Rebecca Monk. Next come the children of JMC Norman and Mary Patterson, his second wife. Over the past couple of years my Norman research on JMC's descendants has continually been hijacked when I get sidetracked by other families. Now this research has been sidetracked a bit by JMC's own ancestors.
I had seen online genealogies connecting JMC's father Thomas Norman to a line that goes back to an Isaac Norman of Culpepper, Virginia, but I didn't know how reliable they were. However, a couple of things have now reversed this thinking. Some random Ancestry and Google searches (just to make sure I had covered all bases) on Joseph MC Norman and JMC Norman turned up an earlier JMC Norman: on the 1830 census for Perry Co., Alabama (my JMC was born in 1833), on an early tax record (indicating that he was a fish dealer; there is another Norman somewhere who was both a fish dealer and a farmer), and in a marriage record with Zella Rogers. Then the article in the Garland County book also gave JMC's father's middle name as Stapler – that is one of the families I have seen connected to this family in the extended genealogies. Some digging around produced online transcriptions of the wills of these people, and JMC (the older one) is mentioned in them. With everything put together, this line appears to be legitimate (of course I'll have to track down the actual documents and verify it). The earlier JMC is the father of my JMC's father Thomas. Since I already refer to the later JMC as JMC Sr., I am now referring to his grandfather as JMC Sr. Sr. On the Zella Rogers above, I believe she was the second wife of JMC Sr. Sr.; his first wife was Elizabeth Stapler – the histories say she died by 1823, and I think that the marriage record with Zella Rogers would push that date back to before 1815.
Through Genealogy Wise I have been contacted by a descendant of Margaret Leake Brinlee, the oldest sister of my great-grandfather Hiram Carroll Brinlee, Jr.
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The Wandering Jazzman... Jazz & politics
19th of January 2012
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19th of January 2012. We will be playing at the King and Queen pub , 1 Foley St w1 . near to the bt/post office tower .GILAD ATZMON on saxophone , sean khan alto saxophone and mike edmonds on double bass, drums tba . 5 quid entry , 4 quid concessions . 8pm kick off . near to Goodge Street or Warren Street Tube . We had the great Jim Mullen last month at this intimate venue, and he was sensational. When ever Gilad plays something special always happens.
As an interesting addition Gilad will be having a debate before the gig (this is free),at 7.30pm, at the venue with MARK MOFFET (political activist, scientist and musician) with respect to Gilad's new book 'The Wandering Who', Mark has a number of interesting points which he feels need to be examined. This book has caused much controversy both here and the USA. In the book Gilad examines Jewish identity politics and its impact on both the Middle East (especially Palestine) and the West. The debate will be an attempt to examine both the pros and cons of the book in an impartial way and I would like to invite anyone interested in this to take part in the open debate, after the formal debate between Gilad and Mark. I must stress that anyone who is opposed to Gilad's views is very welcome and its important to 'grill' Gilad on any points raised in his book; I have spoken to Gilad about this and he wants an open debate so please take this opportunity.
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Vanessa Hudgens is 25 and several years removed from her relationship with her 'High School Musical' co-star Zac Efron, yet we often still associate the singer and the actress with that period in her life, both professionally and personally. The Hudge has shed her Disney past and talks grown up roles and audiences as the smoldering cover girl for the February 2014 issue of Flare.
Hudgens looks amazing in her black pencil skirt and square top, like a sexy middle manager at an office. But that smoldering stare gets us every time.
She has not shied away from bad girl roles, like that of a naughty, law-breaking co-ed in 'Spring Breakers' and as a pregnant teen with a chopped 'do and family issues in 'Gimme Shelter,' out next year.
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Good year in great outdoors
Where the outdoors is concerned, 2011 has really been an unusual year. Even back into latter 2010, there was a definite shortage of rainfall. That situation has continued until even now. Sure, we have enjoyed some good showers in Southeast Texas, but the big lakes are all still at a very low level. But all in all, there have been many more positive things that have taken place than negative ones.
Beginning in January 2011, the annual crappie run on Toledo Bend was right on time. The weather was cold, and that's when the hordes of crappie show up on the upper end of the lake. The area north of Milam known as the Chicken Coop has historically been the go-to place for wintertime crappie. The word is the colder the weather, the better the fishing becomes. Those crappie migrate upstream to feed upon the clouds of shad that are also there annually. The fish that showed up in 2011 were a good bit larger than usual. In fact, most of the anglers who were hasty enough to go out in that cold weather caught many crappie in the 1 1/2 to 2 pound range. Following that action came the catfish and white bass and some happy anglers.
During the early springtime, the big lakes – Toledo Bend, Sam Rayburn and Lake Livingston – were continuing to lose water. Even so, the largemouth black bass were finding places to stage and then spawn. With so much structure available, bass catching was excellent. I would suspect that all three of the lakes experienced some of the better bassing since the last drought. Our winter continued on into what would normally be the springtime. In fact, it seemed we went from winter into summer, with very little spring. Even so, the Rio Grande turkey hunters scored well. There were fewer folks going after the eastern turkeys in East Texas, and the birds proved to be a real challenge.
When summer actually began, the weather was not only hot and dry, but it was also windy. The folks that would normally be seen out after speckled trout, redfish or flounder were forced to either remain on shore or head to the big lakes where crappie fishing continued on for a good while. The folks that enjoy fishing from the bank discovered that there were large numbers of speckled trout and redfish feeding along the north levy road. The anglers that were using live shrimp seemed to be able to take 10-fish limits in a short time. Lure fishermen also did well, but they would need to remain fishing a little longer. The Gulp seemed to be the hot lure when it was fished under a popping cork. This super action soon began down on the south levy road. The action was so good and so consistent that both boat and bank fishermen were casting in the same areas.
Soon after that great speckled trout and redfish action, the Sabine jetty began to yield some really good-sized specks and redfish. There were also some black drum that were present to take natural bait. Lure anglers did well, but the anglers that took along live shrimp got into some fast speckled trout action. Not only were the jetties good, but the fish turned on all along the ship channel. Whenever the water became warm and clear, the Spanish mackerel moved in. These fish provide a lot of action, but they also take the lures from the fishermen that do not use a leader.
The water all along the Gulf Coast, up into the ship channel and on into the rivers remained more salty than normal. In fact, there was a hot flounder run on the channel side of Pleasure Island where the drain runs into it. This situation lasted for several weeks and then many saltwater fish species were showing up in the rivers all the way to the saltwater barrier on the Neches River. Tripletail, grouper, Spanish mackerel, specks, flounder and redfish, along with drum, sheepshead and croaker are still up in the rivers because of the lack of freshwater flowing into them.
Then came the teal, the doves, and now the major waterfowl migration of wintering birds into the Southeast Texas marshes and flooded rice fields. Having contacted outfitters several times regarding their duck hunting success, some report the best hunting in at least 10 years. Finally, the thousands of snow geese are covering both the rice fields and green fields with 30 percent or more of young birds. That means super good goose hunting.
Then add the exotic hunting, the feral hog hunting and predator hunts, and we can look back over 2011 as a banner year in the outdoors. All of the great fishing and hunting has happened despite a prolonged drought and, in some cases, mega wild fines. The good times will likely continue into 2012.
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We started by cutting the back pieces (6 - 1 x 12's side-by-side) to be 7 1/2 feet long (height of the hutch). To age the wood, we used a hammer, rocks, nails, etc. to create divots in the wood. we sanded all of the edges of each piece, weathering the wood. After distressing, we stained the wood with a walnut stain and applied a coat of polyurethane.
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Grahamme Glaser, a Peabody-area farmer, is the only candidate on the ballot to represent the southeast portion of the county. The committee has three members who serve for staggered three-year terms. The committee helps steer USDA and FSA programs at the county level.
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A Beaumont man has undergone at least one surgery and is recovering after he was wounded in a gunfight with Beaumont police Saturday night, Aug. 24.
According to a BPD press release, officers responded to the Sunshine Market at 3310 Concord in response to a robbery at the small grocer Saturday night about 11:16 p.m. The clerk told police a man robbed him at gunpoint and fled. Minutes later, an officer would find a man matching the description given to police by the store clerk in the 3300 block of Cleveland Street. The press release said when the officer exited his vehicle, the suspect fired a single shot at the officer before fleeing. The officer returned fire several times before the suspect fled and an area-wide manhunt ensued with the help of police K-9 units.
The man may have been able to evade police for several hours, but wounds he likely suffered when the officer returned fire eventually brought a family member to call EMS on his behalf.
At about 7 a.m. Sunday morning, Aug. 25, EMS responded to the 3900 block of Steelton in Beaumont after a caller told police her brother had broken his arm. When they arrived, EMS discovered the man had actually suffered a gunshot wound.
Police arrived soon after, according to the press release, and found a man they identified as 35-year-old Mitchell James Clay of Beaumont. Police identified Clay as the man who robbed the store and shot at police and confiscated items that implicated him in the Sunshine Market robbery, the press release said.
Monday, Aug. 26, police issued an arrest warrant for Clay, and Judge Dollinger attached a $75,000 bond for aggravated robbery and a $125,000 for aggravated assault of a public servant.
Clay is still at Christus St. Elizabeth hospital where police will take him into custody upon his release.
Clay may require numerous follow-up surgeries to repair damage from the gunshot wound, according to the press release.
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By David Cho, Jia Lynn Yang and Brady Dennis
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Saturday, June 26, 2010
Nearly two years after tremors on Wall Street set off a historic economic downturn, congressional leaders greenlighted a bill early Friday that would leave the financial industry largely intact but facing a more powerful network of regulators who could impose limits on risky activities.
The final bill took shape after a 20-hour marathon negotiation between House and Senate leaders seeking to reconcile their separate versions. The legislation puts a lot of faith in the watchful eye of regulators to prevent another financial crisis. New agencies would police consumer lending, the invention of financial products and the trading of exotic securities known as derivatives. Bank supervisors would have the power to seize large, troubled financial firms whose collapse could threaten the entire system. The bill calls for banks to hold more money in reserve to weather economic storms but leaves the details to regulators.
But with a few exceptions, the measure avoids dictating to Wall Street what it can and cannot do. The bill does not break up big banks or ban the trading of derivatives. Nor does it significantly streamline the confusing array of financial regulators in Washington.
The House and Senate are set to vote on the legislation next week, and administration officials said President Obama could sign it into law before July 4.
The action capped a surprisingly good week for Wall Street. On Thursday, Democrats failed to pass a separate bill that would have raised taxes on some of the country's wealthiest financiers. On Friday, stocks of financial firms jumped when trading opened in New York. Many analysts said the markets breathed a collective sigh of relief that the regulatory reform talks were over and that the results could have been much worse for the financial industry.
One firm that is likely to face more oversight is Goldman Sachs, which has become emblematic of the excesses of Wall Street. Regulators would more carefully track the firm's riskiest activities. In the coming year, a regulatory council could force the bank to shed its sizable hedge funds and private-equity activities. It also could be banned from making financial trades for its own profit instead of for clients, shaving roughly 10 percent from the firm's revenue. But after those changes, Goldman Sachs and a few other financial titans will still dominate the financial system, the analysts said.
A flurry of dealmaking allowed several industries to escape the new system. At the last minute, auto dealers were granted exemptions from new consumer rules, despite their major role in lending. Most mutual fund and insurance companies avoided a ban on some risky trading. Community banks, which make up the vast majority of their industry, got a carve-out months ago.
Still, the deal reached a few minutes before dawn Friday all but ensures that Obama will see his second major legislative achievement of the year, after health care, Democrats said. It also gives the president momentum as he presses major economies in Europe and Asia to make similar changes at an economic summit in Toronto this weekend.
"We are poised to pass the toughest financial reform since the ones we created in the aftermath of the Great Depression," Obama said at the White House, adding that the bill "represents 90 percent of what I proposed when I took up this fight . . . We've all seen what happens when there is inadequate oversight and insufficient transparency on Wall Street."
Asked whether he expected the compromise legislation to pass the full Senate — which approved an earlier version, 59-39 on May 20, with support from four Republicans — Obama replied, "You bet."
Republican lawmakers who serve on congressional financial panels blasted the compromise bill. "This legislation is a failure on both counts," Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) said in a statement. "It will not encourage much-needed stability and confidence in our financial markets. It will not significantly reduce systemic risk in our financial sector."
A flurry of change
The bill's final passage would set off a rush of activity. Two long-standing bank regulators would be combined, and regulators would have to launch more than 20 studies on controversial topics such as limiting the risky activities of big financial firms and setting precise capital reserve standards for banks.
Some administration officials acknowledged that leaving so much decision-making in the hands of regulators could open the process to lobbying by the financial industry. Many bank supervisors, in fact, work inside the headquarters of the biggest financial firms and have close relationships with the executives of the companies they regulate.
Among the first tasks for the administration would be to set up a new consumer protection bureau that would monitor credit card companies, mortgage brokers and banks to make sure consumers have clear information about financial products. The new agency, while housed in the Federal Reserve, would have its own budget and director appointed by the president and would have wide authority to write consumer protection rules and enforce them with civil penalties. It could, for instance, force mortgage lenders to be more upfront about possible interest increases in adjustable-rate loans. During the crisis, many borrowers were caught off guard by the rise in rates on such loans.
The wee hours of Friday morning brought about the final and most arduous compromises between lawmakers in reconciling the chambers' two versions of the bill.
Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) agreed to scale back a controversial provision that would have forced the nation's biggest banks to spin off their lucrative derivatives-dealing businesses. The proposal had been a particularly thorny issue for Democrats, causing internal divisions that threatened to derail the entire process.
Administration officials and Democratic leaders worked fervently to bridge the divide between Lincoln and a bloc of House Democrats that opposed the provision, especially those from New York, where much of the derivatives industry is concentrated. Finally, the two sides agreed to allow banks to hold onto derivatives related to traditional banking operations such as interest rates, currency rates and gold and silver. Banks would have to move their riskiest derivatives trades into an affiliate that must have its own capital reserves. The Senate agreed to the compromise language just after 2:30 a.m.
'Volcker rule'
The conference panel also strengthened the "Volcker rule," named after former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker. That measure would bar banks from trading with their own money, a practice known as proprietary trading. In reaching this deal, negotiators adopted a provision that would ban certain forms of proprietary trading and forbid firms from betting against securities they sell to clients.
Under the agreement, firms would have up to two years to scale back proprietary trading and investments in hedge funds and private-equity funds. Banks also would be barred from betting against their clients on certain investments.
Even as they worked to toughen the Volcker language, lawmakers agreed to an exemption at the behest of Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), one of the four Republicans who voted for the earlier version of the bill. Brown, whose state is a hub of the asset-management industry, wanted the bill to allow banks to invest at least a small amount of capital in hedge funds and private-equity investments. The measure would prohibit a bank from placing more than 3 percent of its capital in such investments. It was one of a number of provisions tailored to hold onto key votes as the bill heads toward final passage.
The cavernous Dirksen 106 conference room remained packed as dawn approached, but it was a chaotic and cluttered mass of humanity. Lawmakers had stopped trying to conceal their yawns. Aides who had worn down their BlackBerry batteries recharged them for the home stretch. Trash cans spilled over with coffee cups and sandwich wrappers. Empty Fritos bags and plastic Diet Coke bottles littered the room, along with reams of paper: old amendments, new amendments, handwritten amendments, amendments to amendments.
Weary lawmakers wrapped up their work minutes before sunrise. "It's a great moment," said a teary-eyed Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), who as chairman of the banking committee led the effort in the Senate. "It took a crisis to bring us to the point where we could actually get this job done."
One of the last motions Friday was to name the bill after the two chairmen, Dodd and Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who had shepherded the legislation through the House over the past year. At 5:07 a.m., they agreed unanimously that it would be known as the Dodd-Frank bill, and the sound of applause echoed down the empty hallways.


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Residnets urged to keep city clean
Since the Pick-Up Boonville event, local resident Joan Read said the hard part is keeping the city clean at all times.
"We have made so much progress but our work is never done. It's frustrating when new litter appears. Major corridors in and around town are particularly challenging. We are fortunate to have several Adopt a Spot teams pick up roadways in and around Boonville three times a year," Read said.
Residents of Unlimited Opportunities have joined the effort of picking up trash along the Katy Trail once a month.
Read said she has seen more people picking up trash in the last couple years.
"Hopefully, with time, not littering will be the norm for our community. We'll need to continue to spread the word," Read said.
Read said recycling is a major component in keeping the area and landfills from not overflowing with trash.
"Last year Boonslick Industries diverted 2.4 million pounds from trash containers. Recycling reduces litter, conserves our natural resources, saves space in our landfills, creates jobs and saves money," she said


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Well, we moved and didn't bother to tell you about it - that is until now. On December 21, 1999 we relaunched our Web site. You can find us at our new home by visiting www.industryclick.com and clicking on the "Electrical" link. From there, click on the EC&M logo, and our new home page will appear. So why did we move? Or more importantly, what's in it for you? The new site initially offers the same great content you find in the printed magazine. And our archives reach as far back as February 1995. If you're looking for articles on a specific topic, just enter a keyword in the search field and you'll find everything we've published on the subject.
Another exciting feature is our online buyer's guide - the industry's most comprehensive product and service reference source (listing more than 2400 companies). You can search for everything from annunciators to wiring devices with just a few keystrokes. You can even renew your subscription online and save the hassle of mailing in that form we always send you in the mail.
But this is just the beginning. With the support of our parent company, PRIMEDIA, we'll soon be able to offer you a host of features, such as late-breaking news stories, special product reviews, links to key associations and distributors, and an industry calendar of shows and events. Although these features will help keep you abreast of the latest trends and technologies in the industry, what excites me most about our new site is the opportunity to work with our sister company, PRIMEDIA Workplace Learning (PWL). PWL provides industry-specific education and training to dozens of industries worldwide. How does this affect you? With the help of PWL, EC&M will be able to implement high-quality interactive training sessions and videoconferencing - live via the Internet or on CD-ROM. Just imagine sitting at your computer and learning how to re-program a variable-speed drive rather than sitting in a two-day training class in a city 200 miles away. Or picture yourself getting immediate answers to your most pressing NEC questions in seconds through a virtual Code expert chat room. How can you not get excited when you consider the influence these multimedia technologies will have on our industry? With this in mind, bookmark www.industryclick.com to your favorites and visit us on a regular basis. If you don't, you're going to miss something special.


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These simple cookies, an interpretation of the Middle Eastern pastry of baked phyllo layered with ground nuts and soaked with honey syrup, go nicely with ice cream.
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
1/4 cup honey
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
4 phyllo sheets (18 inches by 13 inches each)
2/3 cup pistachios, walnuts or a combination of the two, finely chopped (about 8 tablespoons total)
Melt the butter with the honey in a small saucepan over medium heat, then remove from the heat and stir in the cinnamon and allspice. Reserve 2 tablespoons for brushing the formed batons. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone liner. Lay one sheet of phyllo (cover the remaining stack with dampened paper toweling to keep the sheets from drying out) on the counter, with one of its long edges running parallel with the edge of the counter. Use a pastry brush to paint the sheet with the butter mixture. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of nuts evenly over the sheet. Carefully grip the edge closest to you and fold it one-fourth of the way, away from you. Fold the folded quarter in half and then in half again. This will create a kind of pastry baton that you can then easily roll all the way to the end of the sheet, until you have created 1 long baton. Cut the baton into five 5 1/2-inch lengths. Transfer the batons to the lined baking sheet, with the seams on the bottom. Repeat the process with the three remaining phyllo sheets. Before baking, brush the tops of the batons with the reserved butter mixture. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes until golden brown. Transfer to a wire rack to cool before serving.
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Dr. Michael Perez was named the new Faculty Athletic Representative at Cal State Fullerton as appointed by President Mildred García, it was announced by the athletic department on Sept. 6, 2013.
Perez serves as the university's appointed faculty athletics representative in its relationship with the NCAA and the Big West Conference concerning academic integrity, governance and rules compliance, and student-athlete welfare.
"I am humbled and eager to support our student-athletes in this new role, and I look forward to working with an excellent staff in the athletics department, student affairs, and the President's office to enhance the academic and athletic experiences of our student-athletes in ways that they will cherish long after their athletic careers," Perez said. "I am also honored to represent my faculty colleagues in intercollegiate athletics, and be a part of this exciting pivotal moment of further bridging academics and athletics on our campus."
Perez succeeds Dr. Stephen Walk, who operated in the same position from 2004-12, while also functioning as the interim director of intercollegiate athletics from July to December of 2012. Walk vacated the position after recently being appointed Associate Dean for the College of Health and Human Development.
"I look forward to working with Dr. Perez, and would also like to thank Dr. Walk for his years of outstanding service to our department and our student-athletes," Athletic Director Jim Donovan said. "During my first year at Cal State Fullerton, Dr. Perez has been active colleague on campus, and I know he will be a valuable member of our team."
Perez is the former Department Chair and Vice Chair of the Sociology Department as part of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS). He is a member of the Academic Senate, and has served the campus and students in a number of capacities including the University Strategic Planning Steering Committee, HSS Strategic Planning Committee, faculty mentor for the Enhancement of Postbaccalaureate Opportunities at CSUF for Hispanic Students (EPOCHS), advisory board member of the Social Justice Summit, and the Associate Dean Recruitment Committee for the CSUF Irvine Campus. Perez also served on the Athletic Director search committee that resulted in the hiring of Donovan in December of 2012.
Perez began his tenure-track appointment at CSUF in 2000, earned early tenure and promotion to associate professor in 2004, and early promotion to full professor in 2008.
Perez received his bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees in sociology from the UC Riverside, upon conducting fieldwork and completing his dissertation on Chamorro/Chamoru identity in Guam in 1997.
Prior to his time at Cal State Fullerton, Perez was an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Guam in the late 1990s.
His teaching and scholarly interests include critical race studies, race, ethnic and indigenous relations, Native Pacific studies, sociology of sports, social justice, education and critical pedagogy, deviance and delinquency.
Perez's published work has appeared in Amerasia Journal, Critical Criminology, Deviant Behavior, Ethnic Studies Review, Faculty of Color Teaching at Predominantly White Institutions (Anker Publishing), Global Processes, Local Impacts: The Effects of Globalization in the Asia Pacific Region (University Press of America), Pacific Studies, Social Identities: Journal of the Study of Race, Nation and Culture, Social Science Quarterly, Sociological Spectrum, and Sovereignty Matters: Locations of Contestation and Possibility in Indigenous Struggles for Self-Determination (University of Nebraska Press).
Ancestrally native to the island of Guam, and born and raised in Long Beach, Calif., Perez resides in Corona, Calif., with his wife Amber, and four daughters, Inyssa, Kiana, Jenae and Mihaela.


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|What makes us human? The sequence of the Neanderthal genome has been largely completed -- and we're not all that different from those ancient relatives. Writing this week in the journal Science, researchers compare and contrast the Neanderthal genome with the genomes of present-day humans from different parts of the world. The researchers also found clear evidence of 'gene flow,' evidence of interbreeding between the species. Surprisingly, on a protein level, the researchers found fewer than 100 differences between the human and Neanderthal proteomes. We'll talk about how we're different from -- and similar to -- our Neanderthal relatives.


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I love the Porsche 911, and I mean love in a slightly obsessed and unhealthy way. Perhaps I've been influenced by Richard Hammond or have been hanging around here too much. Because this is one of the few places that understands the strange obsession with the "fancy Beetle."
I'm also not picky about which 911 strikes my fancy, new ones, old ones...and how can I forget about the racing ones! But I couldn't help but notice that only certain generations get all the love.
Since the 991 is the new kid on the block that is understandable. And folks like Singer, RWB, and Magnus Walker have brought new life back into the 964. What about those in the middle? Take the 993 for example, no one really talks about that body style, which is too bad because it was the last air-cooled 911, it still had round headlamps (looking at you 996) and was an impressive performer.
So what say you...are we forgetting about some great Porsches (911s or otherwise)? Or are some in that weird zone of not old enough to be classic but also not the latest itineration?


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Safe Online Shopping with Shop Shield
When you walk into a store and make a purchase with cash you can be completely anonymous (except perhaps to the security camera). Online shopping is so convenient, but when you buy online, you lay your soul bare, giving up your e-mail address, physical address, credit card number, and more. Even highly reputable vendors suffer data breaches. Shop Shield from Kemesa LLC (the company name comes from "keeps me safe") is designed to minimize your exposure of personal information while shopping online.
Shop Shield installs as a Firefox toolbar for the Mac and for Windows XP and later; an Internet Explorer version is under development. You can also use it directly from the company's Web site without installing the toolbar. It's a secure payment service that lets you make online purchases while exposing as little personal information as possible. When you need to give an e-mail address to the online merchant, Shop Shield supplies a DEA (disposable e-mail address) that's specific to that merchant. Messages get routed to your real address automatically, and if you start getting spam you can cut off that particular DEA (and chastise the merchant).
In a similar fashion, when it's time to pay up, Shop Shield supplies a one-use credit card number with a valid billing address that isn't your address. For subscriptions and other on-going payments it can generate a reusable card that's valid only for one merchant. Of course, it has to fill in your real information for the shipping address, but only there. And yes, if the merchant goofs and ships to the billing address, Shop Shield will forward your package.
The service can also handle registration at secure non-shopping sites without forcing you to give away your actual e-mail address. Here again it will generate a DEA specific to the secure site and also generate a username and password that don't give away anything personal. It manages those login credentials for you, naturally, and also gives you a single spot to track all online activity managed by Shop Shield.
So how much does this service cost? It starts at... free! At the free level, you must back your purchases with a checking account, you can't use it for transactions under $25, and you can't use it to register with non-shopping sites. The "free plus" level lets you back your purchases with a major credit card and also removes the other limitations, but it requires a small fee for each use. For full unlimited use of the service you pay $9.99 a month or $99 a year. Too much to pay for peace of mind? There's a 60-day free trial period, so you can see what it's like before committing to a subscription.
But wait; haven't we just created a new problem? Now Shop Shield has your personal information on file. What if it loses your data?
According to the company's CTO, this is well-nigh impossible. It uses patent pending technology that encrypts and fragments your data, with function-specific servers that raise red flags if forced to do anything outside their function.
Kamesa can do this because there's nothing in its business model that requires (or even permits) selling the data to anybody. The Shop Shield toolbar can draw specific information out of the database as needed, but the design simply doesn't permit a wholesale data dump. Well, that's what they say; it would be hard to check. But the company is confident enough to offer up to $10,000 in reimbursement if your data is compromised.
The folks at Kemesa feel the product isn't truly complete until they finish the Internet Explorer version, so I'm holding off an actual review until then. But with holiday shopping coming up, now would be a very good time for Firefox users to take advantage of this service's 60-day free trial.


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MyTek Communication Development and Trading Ltd.
The MyTek Communication Ltd. is a Taiwanese-Hungarian joint venture. The company was established for trading and development of computer products. The R&D department developed multimedia and FireWire products mainly for Far-East companies.
The company also pursues importer activity. We are trading by the imported products mainly for the wholesales and dealer networks. The descriptions, brochures, data sheets and photos of the generally distributed products can be found on our WEB side. Moreover we also accept the service of the customer's own initiative requests: we explore, import and carry the properly products.
Our company has wide-spread business connections in Taiwan, Mainland China and United State. We want to make a good use of this knowledge for service of our customer's interest.