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*squints eyes*
*slams head onto her desk*
*keeps slamming her head onto her desk*
*deep breath*
*keeps slamming her head onto her desk*
Okay, so like, you all know what I think about Creationists. Im not an appeaser. Im mad at the current generation of PhDs for not crushing them years ago. I continually get reprimanded from the PTers for calling Creationists 'stupid'-- but every time I hear Behe/Wells/whoever speak Im shocked the men can figure out how to feed themselves, much less get a goddamn PhD.
I think theyre evil little morons.
I didnt think it was physically possible for my opinion of them to go any lower.
You know the next line: I was wrong.
You know those other parts of the animation in EXPELLED? The parts that arent obvious traces of 'Inner Life'? I figured they just got those parts from 'Unlocking the Mysteries of Life' or some dumbass Creationist crap.
But I kept getting emails from people "I know Ive seen that other stuff before!" "Students who plagairize dont just use one source-- I bet EXPELLED people used something other than 'Inner Life' too." But I ignored those people. I was like "HAHAHAHAHA! DI Fellows are stupid mother fuckers, but they arent that stupid! No, Im sure they made those parts on their own!"
That top picture is from the video titled 'The Central Dogma Transcription of DNA to RNA'.
The bottom picture is from EXPELLED.
But youre probably thinking "Wow. EXPELLED-TARDs really did some hunting to find that Australian animation. I guess thats kinda like work. I mean, the closest thing youll ever get to 'work' out of a lazy ass silver spoon Creationist."
Nono, dear reader. You know where those fuckers got the idea to steal that particular animation?
After denying, then admitting, then denying (OH! Mega-TARD took that last post down! No harbles for him, eh?) stealing the hard work of a small animation company and a couple of hard working scientists, turns out the Discovery Institute Fellows stole from PBS too. The organization they found just sooooooooo offensive after 'Judgment Day' and 'Evolution'. The organization that teaches little kids how to count and the alphabet and how to read and how being different is okay...
The Discovery Institute stole from Mr. Fucking Rogers.
You have got to be shitting me.
What the fuck is the matter with those people???
They arent just idiots-- everyone acts stupid now and then.
They arent just delusional-- everyone can act wonky if you give them enough NyQuil.
The only answer is that they are genuinely bad people.
Thats all we can expect from them. Ever.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
EXPELLED: ERV finally gets angry
*squints eyes*
Posted by ERV at 5:53 PM
Labels: Creationism
57 comments:
- Anonymous said...
I predict the ID patrol will attempt to change the subject in one of two ways:
"AHA! How can you Darwinian losers DENY that such intricacy is THE PRODUCT OF INTELLIGENT DESIGN?!!!! Darwinism is teh doomzorred!!1"
"AHA! So homology CAN be the product of common design!! Darwinism is teh doomzorred!!!1"
Or perhaps we'll see both...
I dunno if I should admit this, being married and all, but I am totally starting to love you (or at least your "got'em-by-the-balls" blog).
I wonder how, when I was being more active as a 'lab-rat' destroying stuff on the bench and all, you and I would have got on sharing our toys (centrifuges, cyclers etc etc). It would have been either really good or really bad. (I can just tell!)
Sometime I must ask you your thoughts on the point of origin and flow through population groups of the 32-bp deletion in CCR5. (The last unpublished part from my thesis...)
- Albatrossity said...
Im mad at the current generation of PhDs for not crushing them years ago.
As one of the "current generation", I'd suggest that you channel your anger elsewhere. These people have been around since before Galileo. Should I be mad at my mentors, or their mentors? No. I don't think that willful ignorance is my fault, or their fault.
We just need to make sure that we do all that we can to bottle them up; they will never go away, but we can lessen their impact.
- Daniel Poehlman said...
Marc, I've had a madman's crush on ERV for about a year now. I'd like to say things get better, but they really don't. She's just packed to the rafters with nothing but awesome and win.
Aside from that, I really do hope these creo-tards get what's coming to them for their endless plagiarism.
It's not "intelligent design" if you copy from other sources!
- Perfectly Candide said...
ERV: Im mad at the current generation of PhDs for not crushing them years ago.
Albatrossity replies: As one of the "current generation", I'd suggest that you channel your anger elsewhere. These people have been around since before Galileo. Should I be mad at my mentors, or their mentors? No. I don't think that willful ignorance is my fault, or their fault.
Obviously more could have been done but we can claim a great deal of progress. A generation ago our side was fighting national efforts to put in flood "geology." Now we get some creationism without mention of the age of the universe and considerably watered down compared to what came before. We got a long ways to go: getting evolution actually taught correctly and with the emphasis it deserves is still an uphill battle. And we need to work on eliminating the crap the creationists are still trying to push on the kids.
We just need to make sure that we do all that we can to bottle them up; they will never go away, but we can lessen their impact.
We can win and win outright. But it is not something that will happen quickly. This is a fight that will take decades. I hate to tell ERV that she might very well be still fighting these nuts when she retires. Indeed if things go extremely well her retirement could be the time to declare victory. If strong and sustained effort is not made then no one reading these words will live to see victory and very likely neither will their kids.
A criticism for ERV, the creationists are not, in general, morons though obviously they have more than their fair share. There other explanations: scientific incompetence, scientific ignorance, dogmatism, and just being unwilling to admit to themselves that "I was wrong."
You really think creationism could have been "crushed" years ago? You really think it's in the process of being "crushed" now? You don't get it. In 40 years they will still be working hard to undermine everything you and I know to be true and beautiful about Life. Before Dembski there was Denton, before him Gish, before him Morris, before him William Jennings Freakin Bryan. They are motivated by religion and it's not going to change. We must, of course, keep up the whack-a-mole in real time, but don't kid yourself that there was something more that could have been done in the past. We been whackin!!
[added in preview: the preceding was written before I read candide's comment. I'm curious as to what an "outright win" will look like...no creationist pressure to dilute science education whatsoever? If you really think that's remotely possible, even in decades, I can only suggest that you've never lived in Oklahoma,]
I'm vaguely concerned that when Expelled gets sued for copyright infringement, they'll say "See? The conspiracy is real! They're trying to suppress the movie because they can't handle the truth!"
Actually, I know they'll say that; my real concern is that the public, and the news media, will buy in to it.
- Julie said...
Anonymous wrote: I'm vaguely concerned that when Expelled gets sued for copyright infringement, they'll say "See? The conspiracy is real! They're trying to suppress the movie because they can't handle the truth!"
Best response to that: "No, we're trying to suppress the movie because YOU'RE handling the truth. Specifically, you're stealing it, beating it to a pulp, and then trying to convince people it's something else."
- John the Skeptic said...
"I'm vaguely concerned that when Expelled gets sued for copyright infringement, they'll say 'See? The conspiracy is real! They're trying to suppress the movie because they can't handle the truth!'"
I wouldn't be too worried. Most folks understand that copyright infringement--stealing--is wrong.
- Unknown said...
It's funny how they actually don't deny that they plagiarized anything in their latest "defense" on UD:
"Concerning the intriguing smear campaign being carried on by long term activists on one side of the evolution controversy, we are completely confident of the validity of our copyright on our originally created animation."
So they are confident that they have copyrighted their originally created, plagiarized work. good non-defense.
- c said...
Wait, I know that animation. I don't think it started with PBS, it's part of the DNA Interactive site (www.dnai.org) that's run by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
- c said...
Um, duh. Now that I actually click your link, I see that it was a partnership between the two. My bad.
In case you guys haven't been keeping up, the producers of "Expelled" are now seeking declaratory judgment against XVIVO that they have not done anything wrong in their animations. They are also seeking their attorneys' fees from XVIVO, lest anyone else repeat XVIVO's particular stunt again.
You know, that'd been bugging me. Although the "Expelled" transcription resembles segments in "Inner Life", it was clearly DNA in the former vs. mRNA translation in the latter. I thought it was maybe just sneaky modify-it-just-enough-to-get-away-with-theft a la WIIIIILIAM DEMBSKIIIIIII! I guess what he actually meant was "to avoid getting sued for stealing from Harvard/XVIVO, we copied some other stuff from less famous sources. We're fuckin' geniuses, you Darwinist losers."
*Face palm*
These Expelled and Discovery Institute guys each need their own designated person to follow them around like that scene from Dexter's Laboratory, repeating "You're stupid! You're stupid! You're stuuuuuupid! And don't forget: you're stupid!"
shaden freud:
It's not "intelligent design" if you copy from other sources!
Actually, they're being consistent. The intelligent designer, if such a thing exists, creates species in such a way as to make it look as though they evolved. Here, the IDiots have created animation in such a way as to make it look as though it was ripped off. Genius!
- Jay McHue said...
It's fascinating how many lies you guys spin because of your fear of this film.
- Mark said...
It's fascinating how often IDiots make claims without backing them up.
1) What fear?
2) What lies?
- Olorin said...
Y'know how the Expelled people always seem to prove the opposite of what they intend to show?
Well, this time, they have really done it. They have proved that God does not exist! How did they do this? If God existed, He would surely have struck them down with a thunderbolt by now.
I earned my Ph.D. (Molecular Genetics) from a large well-thought-of New York University about five years ago. One day we were working in the lab when a senior graduate student loudly asked if maggots "naturally formed" in dead people or if they had to be laid by flies.
Everyone stood around with jaws hanging open. Eventually somebody pointed out that maggots are indeed the offspring of flies and that they do not spontaneously generate.
She thought for a moment and stated that, yes, she remembered reading that someone had done an experiment. (She acted like she saw it in last week's Nature)
My point is that unfortunately idiots get into grad school and some of them escape with Ph.D.s.
And yes, she was a young-earth creationist who believed all sorts of amazing nonsense.
- William Wallace said...
Well, hey, let's get back on the subject...the subject of XVIVO's standing in the supposed copyright violation.
After examining the copyright notice for Inner life..., it appears that XVIVO performed "work for hire". I would be surprised if XVIVO has a copyright stake in the Inner life video.
The Inner Life video concludes with "Copyright ©2007 Robert Lue and Alain Viel, Harvard University."
Neither Lue, nor Viel, nor Harvard are listed in the cease and desist letter, which, according to PZ, was drafted by Peter Irons.
Since it seems that XVIVO does not even own the copyright, the cease and desist letter is looking more and more like a cheap publicity stunt--one that might not be so cheap now that Premise Media has filed suit against XVIVO, according to this press release: EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed Producers File Lawsuit and Expose Other efforts to Suppress Free Speech
I wonder if Peter Irons and the NCSE have indemnified XVIVO for their losses. Doubtful.
- John S. Wilkins said...
The work from the PBS series was done by Drew Berry at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, Australia for the production company (I think it was Blue Sky). He worked out the molecular structure from various scientific sources and did the hard work visualising the dynamics. If Expelled have stolen his work, which was funded by Howard Hughes, he and they have a good case against the producers.
I was Drew's supervisor at the time it was done. You can find these videos at www.wehi.edu.au/wehi-tv
- Anonymous said...
The Inner Life video concludes with "Copyright ©2007 Robert Lue and Alain Viel, Harvard University."
William can't even get his own bullshit right. The two above are credited with "Conception and Scientific Content" while XVIVO is credited with the animation.
The copyright is attributed to "The President and Fellows of Harvard University", but I'm not entirely certain that means XVIVO has no IP interest in the product. William provides no evidence or legal precedent to show otherwise.
- William Wallace said...
"The copyright is attributed to "The President and Fellows of Harvard University", but I'm not entirely certain that means XVIVO has no IP interest in the product. William provides no evidence or legal precedent to show otherwise."
I have a screenshot in a post titled Legal threats and copyright shakedowns, toward the end in the section "UPDATE (4-15-2008)".
Are you saying this screenshot is incorrect?
When I do "work for hire", I give up copyright. Why do you think XVIVO is different?
- Anonymous said...
"Yes, I have the video"
Yes, because I have taken a screen of the video you have posted on your website that says otherwise.
The copyright is dated at 2006, and is to "The President and Fellows of Harvard College".
You have gotten it from a different version of the video, I don't know. I smell a cherry pick in that case.
- Anonymous said...
"When I do "work for hire", I give up copyright. Why do you think XVIVO is different?"
Short answer: I don't know. IANAL. But I do have a have questions as to whether there is a legal distinction between subcontracting and collaboration agreements.
- William Wallace said...
"The copyright is dated at 2006, and is to "The President and Fellows of Harvard College".
I hadn't noticed that, but no, no "cherry picking". I just tried to go to a better source (harvard, per hyperlink).
Besides, pausing youtube at a specific time point in a video doesn't seem to work well for me.
In any event, I see you're assertion "The President and Fellows of Harvard College" is also correct.
Even so, I see nothing in your or my screen captures to indicate that David Bolinsky or Michael Astrachan or XVIVO have a copyright interest.
Do you?
- William Wallace said...
By the way, it looks like XVIVO is getting sued:
Premise Media Corporation LP et al. vs. XVIVO L.L.C..
I wonder if the NCSE and/or Peter Irons will help them out after XVIVO is compelled to pay legal costs.
- Anonymous said...
"Even so, I see nothing in your or my screen captures to indicate that David Bolinsky or Michael Astrachan or XVIVO have a copyright interest."
Seeing as though copyright notices are not even legally necessary, as per the Berne Convention, I don't see why you see it as significant proof of anything. The discrepancy itself shows that the copyright notices do not have to be comprehensive, at least. I know of no legal documentation that shows that XVIVO explicitly ceded the IP to Harvard as part of the collaboration agreement, which would show something.
- Martin said...
It is entirely possible that the Expelled team intentionally took a chance and copied the XVIVO animation as closely as they thought they could get away with legally, in the hopes that it would provoke exactly the confrontation it has provoked, so that they could in turn launch into a whole new whine about suppression of "free speech" and the "Darwinist thought police" and all that crap. These people have a serious persecution complex they need to feed, and given their rank dishonesty and sleaze all throughout the promotion of this movie the past several months, I wouldn't put it past them. They desperately want to be martyrs under the oppressive yoke of the scientistic priesthood, and they'll latch onto anything to push that meme and flatter their own perverse craving for victimhood.
I continually get reprimanded from the PTers for calling Creationists 'stupid'
welcome to the club.
sometimes I tend to think Pim decided after the class Allen taught at Cornell On ID vs science that it was his prerogative to turn pt into a safe haven for theistic evolutionists.
The main point one has to keep in mind when dealing with creationists and when anticpitaing their actions, is that creationism is just another conspiracy theory.
There simply isn't anything more to it.
Which means that they aren't just bad people, but very seriously deluded (and mostly stupid) people too.
What the fuck is the matter with those people???
It's beginning to look like some of them think that this is what scientists actually do all day. They muck about a bit, copy each other's work, and ad lib their own bullshit on top. More cargo cult science. "Waah, why isn't it working for us?" I don't know how they are missing the parts where we collect new data and do experiments.
- Torbjörn Larsson said...
- How do you know a law suit is correct?
- ???
- Creationists complain about it.
It is too bad if this will again play out in court instead of in the science arena, but that is how creationists sets up the game. OTOH I think those who predicted a hairier case than in Dover have been proven wrong. The chosen defamation strategy and the incidental thievery due to genuine ignorance of the flagship driver for the school boards "alternatives" are obvious within and without the court, at least in saner quarters.
And isn't it nice if the key case this time around would turn out not be about inserting religion in science class but another thievery case à la Hovind?
To quote Daffy Duck, "The producers of Expelled are dessspicable.
I thought it was maybe just sneaky modify-it-just-enough-to-get-away-with-theft a la WIIIIILIAM DEMBSKIIIIIII!
I almost had a drink --> keyboard reaction to this. If it's a reference to "Leroy Jenkins," BRILLIANT.
-- CortxVortx
- minimalist said...
I've had exactly the same thought over at Panda's Thumb. It's not just the animation, though; nearly everything to do with this film seems to have been done to try to provoke a lawsuit.
1.) Interviewing under false pretenses
2.) Inflammatory content (interpersing Nazi footage among the interview excerpts)
3.) Chucking PZ out of a preview screening
4.) Plagiarized animation content
5.) Continually lying and changing their story about all of the above
Considering how half-assed the final movie product reportedly is, my thinking is that Expelled was never really even meant to make it to theaters. They were hoping to bait someone into suing them, preventing the movie's release so they could scream "SEE? SEE?!? They even want to suppress this film! Because it has DA TROOF!"
The movie would therefore, become legendary among creationIDiots more as a symbol of 'Darwinian oppression'; far more powerful than the cruddy little movie would have been on its own.
Christian groups get to play the martyr all over again, downloading the "forbidden" movie via BitTorrent, doubtless getting to feel like they were early Christians in Roman times, staying one step ahead of the evul Darwinian lions...
- minimalist said...
It's beginning to look like some of them think that this is what scientists actually do all day. They muck about a bit, copy each other's work, and ad lib their own bullshit on top. More cargo cult science.
Yup, this is, unfortunately, what creationists typically think scientists do. I can't tell you how many times I've said (or seen someone else say) creationists don't do original research, only to have the creo fire back with "YUH HUH they do! Behe wrote two whole books!"
You can try to explain the difference to them, but I just don't think it gets through.
William Wallace's point seems to be that everything is hunky dory because Premise Media is ripping off Harvard University instead of XVIVO Productions. 1) I don't see how this lessens the crime on the part of Premise, and 2) Harvard University has a much bigger budget for legal assistance.
william wallace, while I take no position on the standing of anyone to sue anyone as IANAL, I'll point out that just because Expelled isn't being/can't be sued by someone doesn't change the fact that they plagiarized their content and that plagiarism is amongst the lowest and most despicable forms of intellectual dishonesty. Your attempts to distract from this point are typical of your ilk in these forums.
- Lippard said...
If XVIVO created the animation as a work-for-hire for Harvard, then Harvard owns the copyright and XVIVO doesn't, and thus XVIVO doesn't have standing to sue.
On the other hand, if XVIVO created the animation but retains the copyright, and licensed it to Harvard for use in the film "Inner Life of the Cell," for which Harvard owns the copyright, then XVIVO would still have standing to sue. The animation is only one component of the film's content.
- Cycle Ninja said...
Take a bow. I love a good blast towards people who try to shove Christian superstition down little kids throats while acting thoroughly unchristian in doing so.
About 20 comments down, tintenfisch mentions creationist stupidity in the research lab...
About a dozen years ago, twice within a fortnight or so, different grad students in our institution (one of the larger teaching hospitals in the southern hemisphere) said to me that "Jezus had 'perfect' DNA"... and it was only after the 'fall' that mutation began to occur. I wondered at the time if we could work out the correct basepairs needed to bring this "mutationless" human genome back into existence.
Well, hey, let's get back on the subject...the subject of XVIVO's standing in the supposed copyright violation.
Translation: Let's change the topic. At all costs.
Has anyone checked on the clips of Nazis, and whatever other "lord privy seals" were used? I would bet they stole most of those from PBS documentaries too, but they're probably harder to identify for most people following this story.
- the mad LOLscientist said...
marc buhler, phd reports that some cretinist grad stud IDiots are saying stupid stuff like:
"Jezus had 'perfect' DNA"... and it was only after the 'fall' that mutation began to occur.
Uhhhhhhhh.....yeah, right.
& Ceiling Cat wuz in ur holey Kitteh Kondo base l00kin down uppon ur st00pid hy00minz scrooin up.
& Ceiling Cat sed, i seez wot dey did dere. iz teh rly sry i maded dem & did not eated dem. i shud hav eated dem wile i haz teh chanse.
& Ceiling Cat sed, st00pid hy00minz scrood up, so ovbiusly i maded dem 2 perfick. i tink iz messiz up deyr dee en ay & sees if htat fixxs tings.
Just another case of cretinist IDiots banging their Bibles so hard they break them.....it goes so well with the fact that they've decided there are really only Eight Commandments. Stealing? Bearing false witness? Prob noblem.
Oh, but they're still holy and righteous, because they don't worship fake Ceiling Cats, they wouldn't think of skipping church on Sunday (or Wednesday night prayer meeting either!), they don't sass back at their parents, and they're not coveting their neighbor's wife's ass or messing around with it...... Oh, and they're not messing around with their neighbor's ass [HORRORS!!!!11!] either........
So. The producers wanted to make a The Producers? Waidaminnit. Didn't that already been done, like 40 years ago? Man, that's so BC, like, Old Testosteront. And they even copied the Jewish lead, as well as the H-tl-r references. These guys must really be out to make a killing at the box office. Or at least a shilling. Or thirty.
Wonder how much they liberated from the tithe this time around? Wonder what they have been smoking rolled up in them Bible leafs to get so steined.
Play, movie, musical, cell animation -- what next... All about some hysters with a lying scheme about some hysters with a lying scheme, about some... No, I give up.
Teh recursive dizzies, it are killing me so ded.
Hi Abbie,
What are PTers?
Hi, Anonymous. If you don't mind me butting in, I think she probably means hangers-out on http://PandasThumb.org but I could be wrong. It has happened.
- Olorin said...
From what I've seen so far, the ownership of the Inner Life video, and thus the standing to sue for its infringement, is very much up in the air. While it's correct that no copyright notice is required, if the notice does appear, it must include the name of the owner. And, although it seems we have several versions floating around, the notices seem to list Harvard, not XVIVO, as the owner. So we'll have to wait to see how this gets sorted out.
Premise Media may have provoked XVIVO into a trap by threatening to sue on a copyright they may not own---Premise can look up the ownership in government records easily enough. Although I'm guessing at their legal theory, Premise then sues XVIVO for tortious interference with their business by issuing threats that it cannot enforce.
Premise may also sue for a "declaratory judgment," regardless of ownership. The basis here is to claim that XVIVO is hassling Premise with threats of an infringement suit, so Premise forces their hand by asking that the infringement issue be settled immediately. And in a court of Premise's choice, rather than XVIVO's choice. (DJ actions are fun if you are on the right side, but a real pain if not.)
Premise's strategy under either theory is probably to exhaust XVIVO's meager economic resources and force them into a settlement that allows use of the video and vindicates Premise's actions. Since the suit is only against XVIVO, the greater resources of Harvard are of no avail, unless Harvard wishes lend some help on a strictly eleemosynary basis. Also, Premise's suit is filed in a Texas court that has a reputation as a "rocket docket"---where suits come up for trial very quickly and are decided quickly. Say, before a big gun such as Harvard get get its ducks in a row.
We like to think of the IDers as stupid, but we're dealing here with the entertainment industry, which has all kinds of top-drawer legal talent, and loads of experience in both legal and business strategies for dealing with situations such as this one.
- Ken Prescott said...
Well, hey, let's get back on the subject...the subject of XVIVO's standing in the supposed copyright violation.
That wasn't the subject. And while the copyright for The Inner Life of the Cell may be held by Harvard, XVIVO still retains a proprietary interest in the animation, which is but one small part of the copyrighted work.
Which part of "THOU SHALT NOT STEAL" did Premise Media not understand?
"I thought it was maybe just sneaky modify-it-just-enough-to-get-away-with-theft a la WIIIIILIAM DEMBSKIIIIIII!
I almost had a drink --> keyboard reaction to this. If it's a reference to "Leroy Jenkins," BRILLIANT.
-- CortxVortx"
I would never compare Dembski to Jenkins without proof that Dembski, at least, has some chicken. I'd also like a recording of various DI fellows shouting "Stick to the Wedge! Stick to the Wedge! Oh my God...."
The Expelled blog is now expelling The Bible... selectively.
I signed on to Expelled's blog under the name "Bible Tales" and started posting Bible quotes courtesy of http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/donald_morgan/precepts.html with links to www.biblegateway.com, a real Christian Bible website.
My first two posts were accepted.
LE 24:16 Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord must be put to death.
DT 13:2-5 Anyone who causes someone to turn to another god must be put to death.
After that, they rejected all of these:
LE 24:16 Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord must be put to death.
DT 13:2-5 Anyone who causes someone to turn to another god must be put to death.DT 13:6-10 A man is required to slay his friends and members of his own family who are guilty of worshipping another god.
DT 17:12 A man who shows contempt for a judge or priest must be put to death.
DT 22:13-21 A bride in whom "the tokens of virginity" are not found is to be put to death
NU 3:10 An unauthorized person who acts as a priest must be put to death
Now of course there are many Christian posters on the blog who are posting all sorts of Bible quotes that support their point of view. One of the most fanatic is "John" who writes long angry childish rants full of Bible quotes. So I attempted to post this:
Bible Tales Says: .
April 16th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
John, I love your posts where you quote the Bible and God's word but the webmaster is censuring my Bible quotes. Why are they afraid of God's instructions about truth and justice?
As of 5:58 pm it still says "
Your comment is awaiting moderation.
If you can use this in any way please do.
- Unknown said...
I'm also mad at the lack of the PhD holders to squash this nonsense outright. I do have a PhD, but it's in computers, not biology or any of the other natural sciences, so I'm unfortunately I'm not well versed in biology well enough to squash them on my own. I wish a scientific movement would begin, starting with a major publicity campaign geared at exposing these morons. I mean, the hypocrisy alone is enough to convince the fence-sitters.
- William Wallace said...
"plagiarism is amongst the lowest and most despicable forms of intellectual dishonesty"
Not that Permise media plagiarized, but I wonder what the extreme left wingers at ERV think about Dr. Martin Luther King's doctoral dissertation, "A Comparison of the Conception of God in the Thinking of Paul Tillich and Henry Nelson Wieman"?
It was of course plagiarized, or, as liberalpedia puts it, it had "authorship issues".
I'm not sure whether, here, the ID people would argue in favor of a "common designer"(Harvard/XVIVO) to account for striking similarities between two distinct things or, in this case, video specimens. Perhaps, they would want to ease down on that line of argument at this point, given that it doesn't always work to their advantage.
Isn't there a saying that goes something like "Satan always tries to imitate God"?


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Thursday, October 24, 2013
Season over for me. Sorry
I will be adding drawings and commentary as I see fit throughout the offseason.
Thanks for following.
Lets Go Mets.
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Thanks for the ones you did Joe! Yea...its been a rough ride. LGMReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 8, 2014 at 1:15 PM
Although I love the drawings and have enjoyed them for the past couple years after learning that you do them - I have to believe they take much time and thought. Game by game is awesome, but don't pressure yourself. Your artwork is excellent and one a series or one a week is better than none, especially when the team provides little to cheer for. I am an original fan born before the team - Lets go Mets (Richard from central CT, now in Charlotte NCReplyDeleteReplies
That is a great idea. I promise I will NOT drop the ball this season. One thing I really learned since I stopped last season is...I REALLY love these guys and I missed them more by not sketching their games on a daily basis. This year will be great. One way or another I will see it through...hopefully all the way to the world series.Delete


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For the first time in history, humanity has gotten an up-close-and-personal look at a comet on successive swings around the sun, and the scientists involved couldn't be more elated.
The Stardust-NExT spacecraft sped past comet 9P/Tempel 1 at 11:39 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Valentine's Day, and Tuesday afternoon, the science team unveiled images representing some of the flyby's greatest hits.
Among 72 pictures taken during closest approach to the comet's potato-shaped nucleus, the craft captured changes in the cometscape since it last was imaged by NASA's Deep Impact craft six years ago. The crater that mission's 800-pound projectile carved into the nucleus – obscured by dust during the Deep Impact flyby – also swung into Stardust-NExT's view. And the craft captured images of intriguing new regions of the nucleus's surface.
"If you ask me: Was this mission 100 percent successful in terms of the science? I would have to say: No," said an exuberant Joseph Veverka, a Cornell University solar-system scientist and the mission's lead researcher. "It was 1000 percent successful."
After a journey of 3.5 billion miles the craft passed 110 miles from the nucleus, colliding with dust particles in the comet's halo, or coma. The team converted the collision data into sound, yielding an audio track reminiscent of hailstones intermittently pummeling a tin roof.
During a briefing Tuesday afternoon, the team unveiled the photos of greatest interest – images taken during the flyby's closest approach to the comet.
Among the initial observations:
• In 2005, Deep Impact captured a sharply scarped plateau-like feature roughly two miles long and about 1,300 feet across. During this pass, the plateau showed significant signs of erosion – material lost during heating that liberated ices and gas during the comet's closest approach to the sun.
The plateau is likely a downhill flow of dust triggered by an outburst of gas at some point in the comet's past, Dr. Veverka says.
• The Deep Impact crater was barely discernible in the images the team released. But Brown University's Pete Schultz, a member of the Deep Impact and Stardust-NExT science teams, said the crater was readily apparent in stereo images as well as in new shots of the nucleus with in oblique sunlight.
The subdued crater is roughly 500 feet across and has a discernible mound in the middle, evidence Dr. Shultz says, that much of the ejecta the Deep Impact collision kicked up fell back onto the comet.
"The crater partly healed itself," he says.
• Views of never-seen-before features on portions of the comet Deep Impact didn't image "are simply amazing," Veverka says. The surface displays extensive layering, pits, and craters – clues he and his colleagues will sort through to uncover the geological history of Tempel 1 and the forces beyond solar heating that shaped it.
• A dust analyzer uncovered evidence for carbon and carbon bound with nitrogen – chemicals and chemical constructs that, in part, form the scaffolding for biologically important molecules, noted Donald Brownlee, another team member and a researcher at the University of Washington in Seattle.
The dusty coma surrounding the comet is "a very dramatic environment," he said, in which material is released from the nucleus "in bursts and puffs of clods and ice.
Stardust-NExT's initial objective when it launched in 1999 was to visit comet Wild 2 and return dust samples to Earth that the craft collected. The cost of the mission was on the order of $200 million.
But once it had dropped off its precious cargo – material that scientists are still studying – in 2006, the craft was in perfect health. At that point, Veverka proposed sending it back to visit Tempel 1 to follow up on Deep Impact's observations for an additional $29 million.
From all indications, the craft still is in great shape, notes Tim Larsen, the Stardust-NExT project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena., Calif. He says it will continue to take pictures of the comet for another week or two as the distance between the two grows.


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Chinese general dives in deep end on social media
BEIJING: China's most famous sabre-rattling general has turned uncharacteristically silent after a bruising first foray on the ''battleground'' of online public opinion.
Major-General Luo Yuan has attracted more than 237,000 followers since opening a microblog account with Sina Weibo, a hugely popular Twitter-like service, only days ago.
''Weibo is a very important public opinion battleground,'' wrote General Luo, warming up to his typically spirited opening salvo on Thursday.
But efforts by propaganda authorities to delete negative comments have not disguised that the ''beloved people'' have not been entirely won over to his cause.
''I don't want to talk about it,'' General Luo told Fairfax Media on Monday. ''I haven't got anything more to say about public opinion.''
General Luo, the princeling son of a former national intelligence chief, has recently suggested turning the Japanese-administered Senkaku islands (known as Diaoyu in China) into a Chinese target range.
He denied he had called for Tokyo to be bombed, but his entry onto the microblogging battlefield has been explosive nonetheless.
''We can no longer be silent, for you either explode in silence, or die in it,'' wrote General Luo, who is deputy secretary-general of the China Society of Military Science. ''For our beloved country, beloved party, beloved army, beloved people, we should fight!''
That first Weibo post alone had attracted more than 33,700 comments and had been forwarded 37,800 times by 2pm Monday AEDT.
General Luo is a star among conservative sections of his own red aristocracy and among viewers of China Central Television's military channel, where he is a regular guest.
But the less forgiving audiences on Weibo wondered why General Luo purported to fight for the ''beloved Communist Party'' before ''the people'' and whether generals should be so active in politics. And when General Luo sounded the bugle to fight ''traitors'' and ''corrupt'' officials they suggested he begin his mission at home, noting his siblings are extensively involved in business.
But the public relations war really backfired when he appeared to be caught trying to even up the public opinion scorecard by writing laudatory comments about himself. He claimed his password had been hacked, prompting netizens to ask whether the PLA could be expected to defend China's territorial integrity if its generals had such difficulty protecting their Weibo passwords.
He's encountered another type of angry public opinion, one that is more inclined to blame China for the world's problems than the reverse.Andrew Chubb, researcher
''If the national security professional can't even change his password then the people really should be worried,'' said Kaifu Lee, an IT entrepreneur who was the founding president of Google China, writing on his own Weibo account.
Andrew Chubb, who is researching links between Chinese public opinion and government policy on territorial disputes, said General Luo had been ''itching'' to enter the Weibo fray in the two years since the PLA ordered him to shut his long-form blogs.
The blogs were ''popular with angry military enthusiasts'' and he had grown accustomed to soft interviews, said Mr Chubb, who has written about General Luo on his blog.
''But on the Weibo 'front' he's encountered another type of angry public opinion, one that is more inclined to blame China for the world's problems than the reverse,'' Mr Chubb said.
The founder and chief editor of China Digital Times, Xiao Qiang, said General Luo's state-driven nationalism has collided with the relatively open Weibo debating environment.
''If Weibo is the battlefield between pro-state voices and civil society, then it looks like General Luo has hopelessly lost his first encounter,'' said Professor Xiao, an adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
John Garnaut is Fairfax Media's Asia Pacific editor. Most recently he was China correspondent. John graduated in law and arts from Monash University and worked for three years as a commercial lawyer at Melbourne firm Hall & Wilcox before joining the Sydney Morning Herald as a cadet in 2002. He became the Economics Correspondent in the Canberra press gallery and in 2007 was posted to Beijing.


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For the third time, cancer has darkened our doorstep. This time it was Mr. Sunshine and I was having such a hard time with that.
To occupy my mind…and soul…during the many hours in waiting rooms while he went through testing, procedures, surgery and recovery, I gathered some yarn and began to crochet. One of the most calming things one can do without a lot of concentration.
Last night I crocheted the very last stitch. And I have a pretty little afghan. It was very therapeutic for me. But it isn't mine…I hope to give it to someone else who could also use some comfort…perhaps Hospice or a Care Center. I hope it helps someone else just like it did me.
And Mr. Sunshine is doing very well…we think we got it all.


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"Office of Future Plans" set by author.
I went up to Baltimore on Friday for a night of good old fashioned American indie rock. The kind of early to mid-90′s, DIY-fueled, noisy indie rock that produced local legends like Ian MacKaye and J. Robbins. I guess it's what music historians are calling post-hardcore these days. Emotional rock music with hardcore's heart but with a compositional sophistication that punk could never pull off. This music has got guts and up tempos and expresses deep emotion without ever sounding limp or boring. It is music that can keep a room full of people moving or just as easily soundtrack your loneliest moment.
The big draw for me on Friday was finally seeing Office of Future Plans headline a show. This is J. Robbins' new project that he has been incubating for almost two years now. Anything new from J. Robbins of Jawbox (et al.)* is going to peak my interest, but I had been hearing great things about his latest group and I wanted to check them out in the right setting. A special bonus on the bill was SPRCSS, a mysterious post-punk band with minimal internet presence, who surface like a submarine surprise attack every few years to blow audiences away with their select performances. Kicking things off was Baltimore's own psychedelic freak-out heroes, Whoarfrost. Watching this spastic, noisy triple bill in The Wind-Up Space really took me back to my first days in DC, back when almost every other night offered great shows full of sonically interesting, passionate, local indie-rock bands who mixed power and emotion perfectly.
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A Smooth & Stable Ride with Award Winning Performance
Passage-making downwind under spinnaker - with only 2 people on a 40 footer - is now so easy, you'll have fun doing it every time you go sailing. Exceptional performance and construction earned J/120 the distinction of being CRUISING WORLD magazine's OVERALL BOAT OF THE YEAR and the BEST VALUE in a full-sized cruising boat.
Downwind, it's a whole new world with an asymmetric spinnaker she'll do 7.2 knots at 150 degrees true wind angle in 10 knots of wind with a VMG of 6.3. Other cruisers might keep up if they used an engine. Flying one of an asymmetrical is a one person job. Snuffer controls lead back to the cockpit. No one goes on deck when deploying, jibing, or dousing the spinnaker. To jibe, simply let off one sheet and pull in the other. It's safer. One comer of the spinnaker (the "tack") is always secure to t e bowsprit, eliminating wild oscillations. The center-of-effort is located further forward and lower. Meaning balanced, "finger-tip" control rather than "white knuckled" round-up broaches. The asymmetric's greater power drives the apparent wind 30-50 degrees forward of the true wind angle. In light air and lumpy seas, the sail's greater area acts as a stabilizer. Deep sailing angles (165 degrees True Wind Angle) can be achieved by easing the sheet to project the luff to windward - as if it were pulled aft by a spinnaker pole.
A Few Thoughts on Comfort...
Comfort... is a sense of well-being. More a mind-set than a settee. More spiritual than material. Faith in yourself, designer, builder and boat to come through no matter what the weather. A boat and rig that will hold together. It's ease of operation and the absence of overwhelming forces. It is freedom from anxieties!
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Comfort... is getting off the mooring in 3 minutes with people who've never sailed before - and showing them how easy it is. It's sailing with mainsail alone with plenty of visibility and control in crowded harbors.
Comfort... is protection under a well-designed dodger with side curtains. Cockpit seat-backs angled outward for sailing comfort to windward as well as lounging in harbor. It is flared topsides that slap waves down instead of bouncing them up onto the deck. A dry boat that creates sunny dispositions even on gray days.
Comfort... is straight as an arrow tracing of the long, narrow hull when running before seas. A balanced, not wedged, hull shape with enough reserve buoyancy forward to lift the bow easily over waves when surfing off the wind.
Comfort... is a responsive, large diameter, leather-covered wheel for one-hand steering from either side deck or from behind the wheel. Sail controls within easy reach for trimming mainsail and genoa (or asymmetric spinnaker) on long coastal passages - without leaving the wheel or relocating a safety harness.
Comfort... is not having to turn on the engine so often. It's two people being able to fly the asymmetrical to steady the boat and sail fast enough to make port in time for a walk ashore.
A Perfect First Offshore Sailboat--- "Extraordinary" you may say. One family chose the J/120 instead of an airplane, because with this sailboat everyone could be involved in its operation. Another had just owned dinghies. Two friends in their late 20's combined to form a cruising syndicate for their new families. Maybe these first-time keelboat owners were dedicated readers of Cruising World Magazine when J/120 was made the Overall Boat of the Year and Best Value in a large cruising boat. Or is Southern California that much ahead of the world in appreciating the high-tech contribution of SCRIMP construction to performance? Does the retractable carbon fiber bowsprit and asymmetrical spinnaker offer the distinctive innovation to set them apart from staid traditionalists? Maybe sailing 14 knots with only 2 people aboard makes the blood run faster. Or, is it the fact there's no teak on deck to maintain, leaving more quality sailing time for friends and family?
On the other hand, there's life in the marinas and raft-ups at Catalina Island to consider. So the joiner work below and comfortable cruising appointments could have been decisive.
Raft-up parties also mean good-natured camaraderie and friendly competition. When all the boats are alike, or "one-design" and are easy to sail, fingers aren't pointed at friends having an unfair advantage. After all, any race to be fun, is just part of the broader festivities that bring friends together. The J/120 gives up very little speed to stripped-out race boats, but comes out way ahead in terms of its recreational return on investment. Key to this success is versatility and ease of handling by fewer people. There's greater chance of regional one-design when more people get enthused about owning one.
The VMG Difference- VMG is the measure of sailboat design: Velocity Made Good straight into the wind or away from the wind, regardless of tacking or jibing angles. A J/120 sailing at 7.2 knots, 38 degrees off the true wind (25 degrees apparent wind angle), makes good a velocity (VMG) of 5.7 knots straight into the wind. This is 15% faster than a boat doing 7 knots at a 45 degree true wind angle.
J/120's performance is a function of low center of gravity, a narrow waterline, 7.0' draft and a powerful sail area to displacement ratio. A key contributor is high quality SCRIMP balsa-core laminate construction with 65-70% glass content. And, owners can go one step further by selecting the Hall Spars carbon-fiber mast rather than aluminum. The 120 lbs. saved up high is the equivalent of having two 200 lb. crew hiking out on the rail when sailing to windward.
Reaching at 9+ knots becomes almost a daily occurrence on a J/120. Two people can safely fly the asymmetrical spinnaker on its 7.0 foot retractable carbon-fiber J/Sprit. No one has to go on deck when the spinnaker is deployed. It's contained in a snuffer sock operated from the cockpit. jibing is as easy as letting go the old sheet and pulling in the new one.
Sailing downwind, the spinnaker projects out to windward of the mainsail, allowing one to sail as low as 150 degrees apparent. J/120 needs half the crew of other 40 footers, allowing you to sail with who you want to, not who you have to.
Join over 230+ J/120 owners who know the huge difference this "J" makes in their enjoyment of daysailing, cruising or racing.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 164 diseños de 41 diseñadores freelance.
We're a company in the web and mobile space that's doing some cool stuff.
Pretty broad: typical, mainstream consumers.
You know those cards they give away at sandwich shops, where you get a stamp for each sandwich you buy? (Here's one sample: http://www.doorhangersetc.com/Subwa…_Front.jpg ) We'd like a graphic that we can use as the basis for a virtual version of that card. Here are the criteria:
- No larger than 320x245 pixels.
- Space for 10 "stamps."
- We need to use this template to support a lot of companies. So it should include space for a photo of the place in question that's at least 64x64 pixels (larger is preferred, but not required.) As example companies, think about something that could work for Applebee's, TGI Friday's, Quizno's, etc. I've also attached a sample photo of a "place" that can be used.
- A generic company name
- "Member since" text (i.e., "Member since January 9, 2010".)
- Space for an instructional phrase that describes the goal. For example, "Get 10 stamps to earn Silver Status!"
- Must be immediately recognizable to a casual observer what this is, i.e., an "affinity card" similar to the kind many people already have in their wallets.
- A graphical representation of the "level" of the card. The card can be "no status," then bronze, silver, gold, and finally, platinum.
- Card should be attractive and appealing. It should feel like something that is precious and has value, though an expression of over-the-top luxury probably isn't appropriate. Too far in the other direction—say, a worn-down, distressed appearance (i.e., what most people's "real" cards look like)—isn't appropriate, either.
We'd like the source graphics for what you produce. (Photoshop file, Illustrator file...whatever.)


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Creditors like Community Choice Credit Union cannot harass you over a debt. You have rights under the law, and we will stop the harassment once and for all.
If Community Choice Credit Union violated the law, you may be entitled to money damages and Community Choice Credit Union will pay our fees and costs. You won't owe us a dime for our services. Plus, some of our clients also receive debt relief and cleaned-up credit reports. You have nothing to lose! Call us today at 888-572-0176 for a free consultation.
Community Choice Credit Union is a credit union based in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Founded in 1935, it is not accredited by the Better Business Bureau (BBB).
Community Choice Credit Union maintains over 20 locations, serving more than 100,000 members in the state of Michigan, and offers both personal and business banking as well as insurance services.
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If you want to know just how unhappy consumers are with Community Choice Credit Union, take a look at the number of complaints consumers have made online. Nowadays, most original creditors, credit card companies, etc. have arbitration clauses, which means that if you have a complaint against that company, you must file your claim in arbitration. Arbitration limits discovery, is not public, has a limited appellate process, and, most importantly, is funded primarily by the banks and big businesses. While it can be difficult to get a fair chance in arbitration, the good news is we have filed hundreds of credit harassment cases in arbitration, and we know how to aggressively fight these cases against the big banks and businesses even when arbitration is necessary.
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Several states also have laws to provide its citizens an additional layer of protection. For example, if you live in California, Florida, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, or Wisconsin, you may be able to add a state-law claim to your federal law claim above. North Carolina, for example, has one of the most consumer-friendly statutes in the country: if you live in NC and are harassed over a debt, you may receive $500 - $4,000 in damages per violation. We work with a local counsel in NC and our NC clients have received some great results in debt collection harassment cases. If you live in North Carolina and are being harassed by a debt collector, you have leverage to obtain a great settlement.
We will use state and federal laws to immediately stop Community Choice Credit Union's debt collection. We will send a cease-and-desist letter to stop the harassment today, and if Community Choice Credit Union violates the FDCPA, EFTA, FCRA, or any state law, you may be entitled to money damages. For example, under the FDCPA, you may receive up to $1,000 in damages plus actual damages. The FDCPA also has a fee-shift provision, which means the debt collector will pay your attorneys' fees and costs. If you have a TCPA case against the agency, we will handle it based on a contingency fee and you won't pay us a dime unless you win.
We have helped thousands of consumers stop phone calls. We know how to stop the harassment and get you money damages. Once again: you will not pay us a dime for our services. We will help you based on a fee-shift provision and/or contingency fee, and the debt collector will pay your attorneys' fees and costs.
Based on our experience, some debt collectors may credit-report, which means one may mark your credit report with the debt they are trying to collect. In addition to or instead of the debt collector, the original creditor may also be on your credit report in a separate entry, and it's important to properly identify these entities because you will want both to update your credit report if or when you pay off the debt.
If Community Choice Credit Union is on your credit report, we can help you dispute it. Mistakes on your credit report can be very costly: along with causing you to pay higher interest rates, you may be denied credit, insurance, a rental home, a loan, or even a job because of these mistakes. Some mistakes may include someone else's information on your credit report, inaccurate public records, stale collection accounts, or even being a victim of identity theft. If you have a mistake on your credit report, there is a process to dispute it, and my office will help you obtain your credit report and dispute any inaccurate information.
If a credit reporting agency violates its obligations under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), you may be entitled to statutory damages up to $1,000, and the credit reporting agency will be required to fix the error. The FCRA also has a fee-shift provision, which means the credit reporting agency will pay your attorneys' fees and costs. You won't owe us a dime for our services. We have helped hundreds of consumers fix inaccurate information on their credit reports, and we're ready to help you, too.
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"Michael Agruss handled two settlements for me with great results and he handled them quickly. He also settled my sister's case quickly and now her debt is clear. I highly recommend Michael."
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"Agruss Law Firm was very helpful to me and my veteran father! We were harassed daily and even called names for a loan that was worthless! Agruss stepped in and not only did they stop harassing, they stopped calling altogether!! He even settled it so I was paid back for the problems they caused!"
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Yes, Community Choice Credit Union can sue you. Community Choice Credit Union can hire a lawyer to file a breach of contract lawsuit against you for the underlying debt, fees, and costs. If you've been sued by Community Choice Credit Union, do not ignore the lawsuit; you may have defenses. If you ignore the lawsuit, default will be entered and the agency may seek to garnish your wages. If you receive notice of a lawsuit, contact an experienced attorney as soon as possible, even if you intend to represent yourself pro se. If Community Choice Credit Union has threatened to sue you, contact Agruss Law Firm as soon as possible; we're here to help.
Yes, if Community Choice Credit Union has a judgment entered against you. If Community Choice Credit Union is currently garnishing your wages or threatening to do so, contact our office as soon as possible.
If you want to settle a debt with Community Choice Credit Union, ask yourself these questions first:
These are not the only things to consider when dealing with debt collectors. We are here to help you answer the questions above, and much more. Whether it's harassment, settlement, pay-for-delete, or any other legal issue with Community Choice Credit Union, we at Agruss Law Firm are here to help you.
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Howard70 brauchte ein neues Website Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 69 Designs von 13 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
I want a new design for my personal training business that will be used for promoting my services to prospective clients and providing high quality health and fitness information. Also I will be using the site to review and compare a number of different health and fitness related products that appeal to both men and women
Energia Fitness - http://www.energiafitness.eu
As mentioned in summary I want to promote my services to potential and existing local clients but really the main emphasis will to become an authority site for the different health and fitness products I feature and to be a credible reference source for related health and fitness information.
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My Core target audience is health conscious men and women aged 25-55 based primarily in the UK and Spain
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As mentioned the real job of this site is a pre-sales site that will educate people who are interested about certain health and fitness products plus relevant information. I want them to learn about the benefits of using these products plus assist them with information to help and motivate them acheive their health and fitness goals
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As you can see from the existing site http://www.energiafitness.eu Which I just threw together using webbuilder software I need a more professional looking site that appeals to prospective clients and customers. I want a Web 2.0 design that is clean, promotes a healthy lifestyle and easy to navigate.I am thinking a colour scheme of red and white but I am open to suggestions
I don't have any existing designs that I like that I can point you to as a starting point so the design should be unique
All contest entrants should should create both a home page design and one sub page design. The home page is your own design but for the subpage please see this wireframe
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I have images on the website at the moment but i'm looking to change those so any images used in the winning design will be paid for.
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I found it hard to believe that the Obama administration appears ready to reverse its strategy of trying the 9/11 mastermind in a civilian court, instead using a military tribunal.
The front page Washington Post story this morning ascribes the change to mounting pressure from both Democrats and Republicans. Is the president really going to give in that easily for political reasons?
What happened to using the civilian system to show the world how this country respects the rule of law? If the administration changes course to curry favor in the political arena, it would be vastly disappointing.
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New York, October 31, 2013--Saudi authorities should immediately release a columnist who wrote in support of the women's right to drive and has been held without charge since Monday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Tariq al-Mubarak, a columnist for the London-based Arabic newspaper Asharq al-Awsat, was summoned by investigators on Sunday in the capital, Riyadh, about a car that had been stolen over the weekend, according to news reports. But when he arrived at the Interior Ministry's Criminal Investigation Department the next day, interrogators questioned him about his role in a campaign for women's right to drive in the kingdom, according to news reports and human rights organizations.
Al-Mubarak was arrested and has been in government custody since. He has not been allowed access to his family or a lawyer, according to news reports.
In early October, al-Mubarak wrote an article in Asharq al-Awsat criticizing the driving ban and other discrimination against women in Saudi Arabia. The article, which was called "The Woman in the Gulf ... Time for Change," urged Saudi citizens to bring about change in the country and said that it was time for women to be "emancipated."
On October 26, there was a demonstration against the government's ban on women driving, which angered religious leaders.
"Tariq al-Mubarak is evidently being held in retaliation for writing in support of women's rights, which is not a crime," said CPJ Middle East and North Africa Coordinator Sherif Mansour. "Saudi authorities should disclose charges against al-Mubarak or release him immediately."
Shortly after al-Mubarak's arrest, a new column he wrote was published, called "When the mob threatens." In the article, the journalist criticized extremist religious groups in the country and urged Saudi citizens to demand human rights.
Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour Al-Turki told CNN on Tuesday that the Saudi Bureau of Investigation could summon people for questioning, but did not confirm or deny whether al-Mubarak was being held in custody. Authorities have not disclosed any charges against him.
Separately, Saudi blogger Hamza Kashgari was released on Tuesday after being held for nearly two years for insulting the Prophet Mohammed on Twitter, news reports said. Kashgari had fled to Malaysia in February 2012 fearing for his safety after receiving death threats, but he was extradited back to Saudi Arabia and imprisoned. Convicted blasphemers can be sentenced to death under Saudi law.
- For more data and analysis, visit CPJ's Saudi Arabia page here.