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This is not, I assure you, going to turn into one of those "lone film writer standing bravely against the current, exhorting you all to see the light" bits of fuckery where I tell you you're wrong for liking Star Trek Into Darkness. You're not wrong. We just disagree. Hell, I'll even grant that it's no worse than a standard modern blockbuster, with a number of real bright spots:
—The design is spectacular, in particular the splendidly plausible way they add three centuries to London.
—The cast is just right, and all totally believe in it; there's no "look at me slumming and being better than this" that one occasionally finds.
—Above all else, it's still Star Trek, and you can fuck Star Trek up any number of ways and it'll still be fine on at least one level simply by being Star Trek. Even if it only is in the most superficial sense.
Added to all of these is JJ Abrams' steady-as-she-goes competence as a director. He's never going to make anything transcendently great, and he's never going to make anything truly worthy of being called awful, because he's got a firm grasp of that middle lane, and—barring a statistically improbable sudden decision to get whacked out of his dick on cocaine—is pragmatic enough to keep on as he has been, making big expensive pop movies (and TV series) and marketing the bejesus out of them, guarding their every mundane secret like the Kremlin.
But that right there is a huge thing that bugs me about his stuff. Abrams is now synonymous with years-long marketing campaigns where everything is shrouded in secrecy with the implication being that even the slightest, most seemingly insignificant tidbit would blow the whole fucking thing wide open and ruin a life-altering moviegoing experience. Which, no. We've been around the block enough times with him now to state definitively that this is all a pile of bullshit.
Cloverfield—which he produced—was so secret he didn't even want us to know the title until it "accidentally" leaked and was "grudgingly" confirmed. Super 8—which he directed as well as produced—was another one; the title was only divulged under great (apparent) duress, and details withheld assiduously. The former was a pretty solid monster movie told in then reasonably novel fashion of pretending to be found footage of a catastrophic attack on NYC by a big nasty-ass monster that came out of New York Harbor looking to rip shit up. The secrecy meant we didn't get a look at the monster until after we'd seen the movie, so those kinda beside the point but still lingering questions like "how the fuck did something that big just emerge from New York Harbor undetected?" went unasked, to the movie's advantage. Because all monster movies require a bit of suspension of disbelief right from the start, and Cloverfield was good, good enough that even if people had been like "derp, where'd that monster come from, New Jersey?" beforehand, it probably wouldn't have been affected much. (One love to Matt Reeves.)
Super 8, on the other hand, might have found itself in slightly dicier ground, being an unabashedly sentimental homage to the most unabashedly sentimental period of Steven Spielberg's career, the E.T./Goonies 80s. I fell for it like a ton of bricks on first viewing, I freely admit (and have been abjectly terrified to revisit it ever since, lest I cringe at the praise I lavished on it), but the question lingers whether the year of Internet hype leading up to it led me (and others) to confer event-movie status on something that might not have earned it on its own merits. Super 8 was competently put together, to be sure, but whether there was anything there beyond the craft is hard to say.
This is a huge problem with Star Trek Into Darkness, which is a completely standard-issue blockbuster (essentially a not-very-good remake of The Wrath of Khan) with no surprises warranting all that secrecy, unless Abrams et al were ashamed that all it is is a not-very-good remake of Wrath of Khan. His first Star Trek is the best thing Abrams has ever done, with a brilliant textual excuse—time travel leading to an alternate timeline; don't ask how, science fiction, that's the fuck "how"—to depart from existing canon, perfectly cast (holy shit Zachary Quinto as Spock), and it successfully elided all the things that didn't quite hold up under scrutiny, none of which really mattered anyway. The sequel considers all the character development done in the first as being sufficient, and doesn't do any. Which is fine, everyone saw the first one; it made shitloads of money in theaters and Trek fans subsequently watched it zillions of times on DVD/Blu/their phones/whatever. But aside from those initial points I mentioned up top, some familiar character names and a few non-narrative moments of "Hey! Remember this thing from the show or one of the movies? You like this, right? Well here you go!" before it gets back to being a nearly completely generic modern blockbuster, it's a completely generic modern blockbuster, and some of the ways it goes about being that thing betray a shocking tone-deafness to what Star Trek actually is.
Let us once again, as in the introduction, make clear that I am not doing the thing that William Shatner famously twitted Trek fans for doing in that "Get a life!" bit, obsessing over minutiae like a redshirt getting hit in a non-vital organ with the wrong color phaser or Sulu steering the Enterprise from the console on the wrong side of the bridge, or Uhura speaking Klingon with a Romulan accent or any of that fuckin shit (let us also make clear that I pulled all three of those things out of my ass). No, this is not nitpicking. There are fundamental things way the fuck wrong with this movie, in terms of being Star Trek:
—In spite of noting, at length, in the first few minutes, that morality is an essential aspect of decision-making, the good guys cavalierly let a whole bunch of people die, including a "Sorry I'm not sorry/Hey, here's a disingenuous apology-cum-wisecrack!" moment where Scotty shoots a "bad guy" (who could very well be a normal Starfleet dude just like Scotty, following orders) out an airlock into space. The movie also lets us think, for no apparent reason other than to elicit a "Daaaaaaaamn" from audiences, that Spock murdered 72 unarmed, inert, defenseless people in cold blood before turning around and being like "Sike!" Great save, guys.
—You've already seen Alice Eve's two most significant character beats in the trailer: the first is in a scene with no other purpose whatsoever than to show her in her underwear. Congratulations if you're twelve and that made your year. The second is that lifeless "Okay, Alice, you're the pretty blonde girl so this is the scene where you scream" scream. That one was in response to watching her father's head get crushed by Khan, making the rote, emotionless quality of it entirely the movie's fault (no, if Alice Eve is a shitty actress—which I have no way of knowing, having only seen her in things where she plays a blonde object—then it's Abrams/Lindelof/etc's fault for casting her in the first place, not hers). She also immediately gets injured and has to be carried around by dudes the second action starts happening, because LOL girls can't take a punch, amirite?
—Uhura does not fare much better, playing Spock's nagging girlfriend for the whole movie with the exception of the one scene where she talks Klingon to the Klingons (who show up for one sequence and then vanish, speaking of annoying misuse of Star Trek text) and then has to be saved because LOL girls can't fight, right fellas?
—I mentioned Khan in passing, so let's talk about Khan for a second. Benedict Cumberbatch. You know him. Every straight woman between the ages of about 25 and 40 that you have ever met has at least a fan Tumblr devoted to him. And don't let her tell you she doesn't. And if it's you who think you don't, trust me, you're Tyler Durden-editing a Cumberbatch fan Tumblr when you think you're asleep. (Or you're a closeted lesbian; look, I don't make the rules.) Dude's a cult icon. Hell, I even wrote a huge long, glowing thing anointing him the greatest screen Holmes (even though I'm Team Martin Freeman, because I'm not a straight woman). Benedict Cumberbatch fucking rules. And he does plenty of rad shit in this movie. But here's the thing. There's a very complicated thing with Khan Noonien Singh. (Trigger warning: shit's about to get nerdy, get your helmet.) When he was introduced, in the fan-favorite TOS episode "Space Seed," played by Ricardo Montalban—hold that thought—Khan was emblematic of the kind of shit society had transcended by the time Starfleet commenced its five-year mission to study space. He was a genetically-engineered soldier who, along with others of his kind, overthrew their original masters and became genocidal warlords in the Eugenics Wars before disappearing and floating around with a bunch of his buddies in suspended animation before the Enterprise found them. He then proves to be a gigantic handful, and Kirk just barely gets rid of him, talking him into starting a new kingdom on this little dipshit out-of-the-way planet where he hopefully won't do any lasting damage. Problem is, Khan gets pissed when his wife dies and he blames Kirk, leading to the elaborate revenge plot that makes up Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). Wrath of Khan fucking owns, largely due to the Montalban realness, from which Khan's iconic, Hall of Fame villain status derives.
NOW. Important point. Khan Noonien Singh is, textually, South Asian, even though Ricardo Montalban was not. But a character described as being genetically perfect being an actor of color was secretly kind of a big deal at a time, as "Space Seed" was, three years removed from the Civil Rights Act (i.e. "Fisher Price My First Bulwark Against White Supremacy"). This supercedes the "fuck me, not another POC villain" thing, I would argue, because the entire conception of Khan, as scripted, is that he requires you to conceive of a person of color being the physical and intellectual apex of human genetics. This is important (important enough for John Cho to make a pointed comment about it on the Press Blitz Into Darkness), because this is what Star Trek was about: hopping around from planet to planet learning lessons about life on Earth through interactions with various funky-looking aliens. After Kirk had sex with them.
So. Maybe Montalban, as a non-Asian, playing Khan in the first place upfucked the entire point about race. And maybe my casting idea—backing up the money truck to Aamir Khan's house and pouring cash out til he says when—isn't feasible. And maybe Cumberbatch is the white guy, the capo di tutti capi (which is manifestly possible; he sure has a lotta fangirls). But he's still a white guy, which makes it kinda dumb that he's playing "Khan."
And thus. Is this a big deal? Not really, in itself, because as much as I might think the good outweighs the bad in Khan's fundamental POC-ness, I'm still saying that as a white person, which means if a POC takes the "a POC villain? Again? Fuck" side, they win, I lose. And as the prophet who transcribed Chris Tucker's gospel "Behind every crime, there's a rich white man waiting for his cut" into the Evil White Guys In Suits Theory, I really should be like, "Send Cumberbatch to Savile Row before he even thinks of setting a foot on this set." Life is complicated, what can I say.
The Khan thing is thorny, but it itself is not the problem, merely a symptom. Star Trek Into Darkness is, in every regard, a movie that could have been written by a computer program that left the proper nouns blank for Orci, Kurtzman, and Lindelof to go in and fill in "Kirk," "Spock," "Klingon," "Khan," etc. And, onto the generic-as-shit sci-fi action template, toss a whole bunch of references to shit they know fans will get, making the whole thing kind of feel like a rewrite of Wrath of Khan by someone who didn't actually watch it. One can picture them sending their assistants to take notes only the assistants were busy networking with each other trying to get better jobs in the industry and so their notes were a little vague, so Orci/Kurtzman/Lindelof were like, "Oh, well, no one's going to care that we never fucking watched Wrath of Khan because Abrams doesn't even like Star Trek and as long as we write a Tribble into the plot the fans will be like 'yay Tribbles' and we'll all make millions."
I know a lot of Star Trek fans, some of them massive Star Trek fans, who like the movie. I don't want any of them thinking that any of the above is telling them they're wrong to like Into Darkness. Matter of fact, up til an undefined point somewhere in the middle when everything started getting loud and JJ's shitty framing started annoying me and one too many apocalyptically derpy things happened, I was digging it myself. But there just came a point when Star Trek Into Darkness being a normal run-of-the-mill blockbuster just wasn't enough. I think it's when people started just getting killed like whatevs, no bigs, just a bunch of extras eating it.
You can argue poetic license and adaptation all you want, but that's not Star Trek. I'm not talking about the thing I was fucking with comic book geeks about in my Iron Man post, either, because I really liked Abrams' first Star Trek picture. It was fine. Abrams not giving a particular fuck about Star Trek didn't get in the way there, because his indifference to canon led him to focus on the characters as human beings, and their relationships. Ironically, the thing that makes the sequel go tits up (for me, anyway) is the ineptitude of the fan service; it's like Abrams and the writers read the Star Trek page on Wikipedia and were like, "Oh, okay, here's Carol Marcus, which means, yeah, the bad guy'll be Khan, everyone likes Khan, oh, and sure, let's give them a Tribble. Everyone likes Tribbles, yeah?" but all these gestures seem rote and hollow.
In a way, though, I'm kind of glad Star Trek Into Darkness turned into a transcript of its own pitch meeting halfway through, because at least that's honest about the way studios view pictures like this:
"Oh, yeah, Star Trek, the nerds'll flock to it. The last one made a mint—hey, get it, JJ? that's a Super 8 joke for ya, buddy—so we're good with this one. Dig up something from the show or something. Hey, what's that part where Bill Shatner goes 'KHAAAAANNNNN!!!'?"
"Oh, yeah, that's . . . yeah, my assistant Googled that, it's from Wreath of Khan . . . no, wait, 'wrath,' Wrath of Khan."
"Yeah, so maybe do that, but a little different."
"Maybe I could have Spock say 'KHAAAAANNNNN!!!' and have Kirk be the one who dies at the end."
"Whoa whoa whoa. You can't have Kirk die in the end, what about the fuckin sequel, JJ?"
"Yeah, I know . . . that's why he's not really dead, they bring him back to life."
"Sounds great! Okay. Make us rich, buddy."


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NEWBERRY — John Luther Counts, 91, died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, at the Heritage at Lowman.
Born on Sept. 21, 1921, in Newberry, he was the son of the late J. L. and Anna Wertz Counts. He was a World War II Army veteran, retired from Newberry Mills and a member of West End Baptist Church.
Mr. Counts is survived by his wife, Attice Holland Counts; a daughter, Rita Counts Cumalander of Columbia; granddaughters, Rachel (Frank) Cumalander Jurkovic and Andrea (Jason) Cumalander Livingston and a great-granddaughter, Stella Alma Jurkovic.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home by the Rev. David Lyles. Burial will follow in Newberry Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to West End Baptist Church, 620 Main Street, Newberry, SC 29108.
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Stuff from this guy ;)
His ongoing project that I think I Power will support once it is released ;)
I could do some kind of workout-lifestream for the lols, if we need basic entertainment xD
Well as I said in the chat! I think a truely hardcore subjects would be Sociolinguistics and Neurosociology!! For me this is where we really can begin too see what factors that influence us. In fact if more agree with me, I would like too have a forum section dedicated too this area.
I think that these would fit perfectly in consciousness and neuroscience for now. I'm sure that forums just for these topics would be added in future if enough posts are made only about these subjects :)
Make some posts to start us off mate ;)
maybe some documentaries, that stuff is always interesting to watch and comment
Interesting... I hadn't thought of that. Would be kinda like "movie night". :-)
Everybody make popcorn and watch a good documentary.
If it can be of any help, a good collection of free docu's can be found here: documentaryheaven.com
They have an activists section.
Also FilmsForAction ;D
1,000s of films so far, mostly a big F YOU to mainstream media :D
I concur with the above ^ A document movie night would be sweet, especially if you implement a live chat during or immediatly following the documentary.
As far as entertainment, especially in the next few days. A kid from Washington state has been playing 12 hours of Mario 64 everyday for 5 days. I think he is going for 12 or 15 days straight like this. But just yesterday I watched him beat the World Record for the 120 stars run. It is REALLY mesmorizing to watch, because it becomes hard to believe that a human is behind the controller. But the dude knows he can beat his new old record, considering he died several times and had to reset several times. If THIS had the live chat that would be cool, considering about 14k people were trying to speak all at once while he was breaking the record yesterday. He can be found at twitch.tv/siglemic
This is just An idea. I figure with how many gamers are on this site it would be a nice addition =]
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What kind of Degree did you get in Web Dev?
Hey guys I'm looking of going into doing web development. I noticed the ones I looked at where Associate degrees and I wondered, what's a good level of education for a Web Developer to get? What did you guys get? So please do share your wonderful insites because I would love to have them.
I think you'll find a lot of people (myself included) are self taught. :)+1 Self taught.< Self taught as well. It's worth mentioning that I did take several few web development classes before I got serious with it. But, as many can attest, they are pretty awful.
I'm a big proponent of education as long as it makes sense. In the case of web development, I'd recommend a complimentary degree such as marketing or something like server administration type courses.I've taught myself web development to a pretty big degree. I don't want to waste my time and money on a degree if it's like "this is what HTML is..." but I also don't want to be like "don't worry I may not have a degree but I'm really good!" So what are some good degrees to get that would supplement my knowledge or make me more valuable?
but anyway I want more people's comments.I have a bachelor's degree in computer science, but that has nothing to do with my web development skills (self-taught as well).
I guess the value of it (in fact ANY bachelor's degree) would be for an employer hiring you; it just says that you're smart enough in general, so to speak.
Not that it guarantees anything, but put it like this: if there's two guys who apply for the same web development job, one is a high-school dropout and the other one has a bachelor's degree in economics, the one with the degree has better chances to be invited for an interview. Even though the dropout may actually have better development skills. So in a way, it just makes for some impression.
But it's not the be-all-end-all. If the dropout writes a better application letter than the bachelor, then THAT might get the dropout a foot in the door.
All in all, the degree is just one of the (many) factors.I got a degree from the school of doing it myself lol
actually that's not 100% true, I actually starting in 1998 with a NVQ (UK National Vocational Qualification) in HTML and Web Design - but that was seriously not worth the time really... I did learn how to play Quake though.+1 self taught.
I think you'll find that the majority of courses are behind the times. If you want to learn, there are plenty of up-to-date online resources.Self thought
Most places want minimum of two years experience but nobody will give me the experience so I can't quit my day job just yet :(Seriously @karlcrowley - from the answers you are giving you should apply anyway :)
Mostly the things they say on job descriptions are mostly bollocks - and as long as you can get your foot in the door you can make a good impression in the interview :)
Just go for em!Don't know if I should have "I help people on the internet" on my CV haha
I have been applying anyway ;)I took a multi-media course that taught basic html, css and php but from there it's mostly self taught, tutorials and forums. The portfolio is key though.@karlpcrowley re: "I help people on the internet" -
Absolutely, you should say that. It's published proof of your programming, troubleshooting/debugging, communication, and teamwork skills.
no joke : )The Degree of Self Taught Hair Tearing and Headaches - self taught over many years (My first IDE was Macromedia MX Dreamweaver! So all the way back to 2002.)
Well you could put it on your CV... - but I meant you seem pretty competent to me and I think if you did get an interview you could easily show that competence.
"I Helpz Interwebz peoplez"
I have a degree in Interactive Media and Animation.
It's not really worth the paper it's written on, but what I did gain from it was a placement at a web development company for a year. Without this I would never have got a job after graduating@robskiwarrior and @traq
I think I'll put it in the cover section of my CV
...Or just send them this -> http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/16273527.jpgI have an IED-accredited degree in Product Design. Not directly web related, but being a design degree it gave me a lot of the grounding I needed. Plus, in it's own right, it is a fantastic degree that could lead to other things.
@karlpcrowley - that cat is awesome.Self taught as well.I have a bachelors in multimedia and graphic design...self taught in web dev, but actually going to school for Associates in Web Dev & Design starting April 7th...Another self taught here.
The best way to learn is follow the pro's: Read their blog, watch/read their tutorials, and if possible attend their conferences.
I have degree's but they're useless at this point (no employer has even asked) I had a blog post up on my thoughts on education systems, the gist of it has already been mentioned. Unless it's a well-known place for this type of media it's highly likely you will be learning old techniques that may or may not be of much use these days.
The only upsides I see to it are:- You will hopefully meet some other designers and form a few allies.
- Employers may take it into account, possibly helping you become employed.
Do people think it is worth doing a graphic design course to strengthen skills for front-end work or simply keep developing over time?
If so, can anyone recommend any courses, whether they be online or not?@tobeeornot
As an educator and web applications developer at the same college.... no. That should tell ya something ;) Both colleges and conferences are behind the times. I have been to dev connections, and some design usability courses. You're best bet is to become self taught.
I have to disagree (just a little bit) with you there hero
I wouldn't recommend a web design or development course alright but what tobeeornot is talking about is a graphic design course
graphic design doesn't age as fast
I would still go the self thought route thoughI'm self taught in web but I did take a class when studying Graphic Design.Self taught here as well :Pself taught, am going for graphic design and marketing instead of computer scienceI am self-taught in the very basics of web development; learning HTML and CSS for a while then, possessed a slight knowledge of PHP for personal projects. I think I realized development just wasn't for me. I progressed much quicker in design than developing and it's something I enjoy. Eventually I branched into UI Design and Typography/Lettering.
@karlpcrowley What do you mean design doesn't age as fast?
in a design course you learn about typefaces, white space, negative space etc.
trends come and go the basics will still be there
Helvetica is 55 years old and still one of the most popular typefaces, you don't learn stuff like that in a development course
55 year old code isn't as popular :)Thanks guys. It's interesting that courses in web design can become outdated so quickly. I'm probably going to give Treehouse a whirl next month as they have some modules in Aesthetic Foundations.You're comparing a typeface that was produced in the late 50's and type design that has been around for centuries to a technology that is still relatively new. Web development did not exist 55 years ago. And code has basic principles much like design.What I'm trying to say is even though it's a relatively new technology, the old techniques still workI started with computers science and changed to graphic design, which I graduated in.
so I self-taught myself starting with html for dummies! (includes js, jquery, php, css...BIG book...never finished the whole thing...)
seriously its a really good book and explains everything really well.Getting a degree isn't worth all that much. Say a Bachelors for instance. Anything you learn during the first 2 years is outdated. Anything you learn in the 3rd year is about to be outdated. And everything you learned in the 4th year is current, but clients don't want what's current, they want the brand new stuff, and they don't teach that in class.
Web Development is an interesting career in that the turn over for relevant knowledge is very fast. You always have to be learning in order to keep up.I Beginner, but getting there everyday I learn more and more. And Yes Internet is everything in the future.If you do "graphic design and art" classes, I would recommend staying away from anything that resembles trendy... take the very basics to give you those foundations (shapes, lighting, natural feeling, illustration, etc). Those are timeless and will certainly make you a better designer.+1 self taughtEdit. I think I was probably just over-reacting.
But yeah, some degrees are great, some not so much.
There are a lot of jobs, and not just jobs but also employers, who simply will not even bother reading your CV if you haven't got a degree. But some will.
For me the bottom line is, a decent degree from a reputable establishment cannot possibly harm your career. There isn't really a downside to it - as long as it is a good, relevant degree.@Brightonmike
I agree and hopefully I haven't offended anybodyVery impressive when I know that you guys are self-taught developer. I had never thought so. I think they have great special education so that they can create something awesome.
This is great, Even I ventured to learn English further because of you.
PS: Sorry about my bad english.@Hompimpa
Your english is pretty excellent. It's always been good. :)
Self-taught, but currently studying for a Bachelors in CS or SE (as a freshman, I still have time to pick)
Honestly the only reason I'm in College is to form connections. Nothing I'm learning here is good for my freelance work and I don't really plan on being hired. (of course, I'm learning Java and C, not javascript and CSS)+ 1 self taught. I'm busy teaching someone to be a web dev. It's been a week and he is doing remarkably. My secret of teaching is.. Nothing, He is doing it all himself. I steer him in the right direction and let him know where he can find certain information but 99% of the teaching comes from his own practice. I think you have to be very interested and learn yourself to become 'good'. I dont think any web-dev course is going to teach you anything.
If you have questions, ask here and people will help you as far as they can. Good luck =)Check out this interesting infographic... there is a section on Degree vs Salary:
From: TopWebDesignSchools.orgI'd opt for a bachelor's degree in web design and development mainly because it'll cover a broader range of subjects and provide you with an in-depth understanding of the field. I'm interested in computer programming and I'm currently reviewing Stevens Henager College. According to a review I read of Stevens Henager, the college offers both online and on-campus programs in web design. You might want to check it out.Bachelor's degree in Biology, self-taught and still learning in HTML & CSS.I started college as a Computer Science major and switched to Graphics/Web Dev my Sophomore year. I've been self-taught up until this point starting in like 6th grade.Bachelor's Degree in CS with a focus in game programming. Self taught obviously but I got started making video games, which moved into Flash/Facebook games, which moved into websites (I had dabbled in web design for fun up until college). Still do games but I don't think I'd ever work for anyone but myself in that - no one pays enough for the hours required.
I'd also like to add that living in CA, USA, those average salary graphs always stun me and make me realize how ridiculously expensive it is to live here.I've always suggested visual communications and marketing education is a really good compliment. Those concepts really make a difference when you are building sites to work for people, generate activity, create compelling reasons to do business, market websites, etc. But I'm far more on the marketing/visual side of it than the programming, so it kind of depends on what the sub focus is, wouldn't it?I went to Art School. Most of what I learned in terms of coding has been self taught. My advice is read, read and then read some more. Everyone is different though, I have co-workers that learned by tutorials and straight up trial and error. Start hanging out with developers also. Not sure where you are from but buildguild pretty cool meetup. You will find all sorts of folks from illustrators to designers to programmers there.Thanks for your comments! I've decided to start working on a Computer Science degree because that seems to open up into a lot of options.
Mottie, I must say that I LOVE that graphic, that is SOO true.
Thanks pkinchla, Doesn't look like they have anything in my area though.


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submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which he was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the findings, Blanco consented to the described sanction and to the entry of findings that he sent documents that contained false and inflated account values to a customer and also sent the customer a false account statement, which indicated that the account's value was approximately $3 million when, in fact, it was worth less than a dollar. The findings stated that Blanco sent a false account statement with an inflated value to another customer; the false statement indicated that the value of the account was approximately $2 million when the account had, in fact, been closed. The findings also stated that Blanco failed to respond to FINRA requests to provide certain documents and access to other documents.
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The above information was obtained on FINRA's website under 'Disciplinary Actions' January, 2012, and at this point, has ended.
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Friday, March 16, 2007
Top Reseacher for HPV Vaccine Says Don't Give It To Young Girls
Larger news outlets no doubt have too much Big Pharma advertising revenue to run the story. This is from an Indiana daily:
LEBANON, N.H. — A lead researcher who spent 20 years developing the vaccine for humanpapilloma virus says the HPV vaccine is not for younger girls, and that it is "silly" for states to be mandating it for them.Not only that, she says it's not been tested for effectiveness in younger girls, and administering the vaccine to girls as young as 9 may not even protect them at all. And, in the worst-case scenario, instead of serving to reduce the numbers of cervical cancers within 25 years, such a vaccination crusade actually could cause the numbers to go up.
"Giving it to 11-year-olds is a great big public health experiment," said Diane M. Harper, who is a scientist, physician, professor and the director of the Gynecologic Cancer Prevention Research Group at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth Medical School in New Hampshire."It is silly to mandate vaccination of 11- to 12-year-old girls There also is not enough evidence gathered on side effects to know that safety is not an issue."
Internationally recognized as a pioneer in the field, Harper has been studying HPV and a possible vaccine for several of the more than 100 strains of HPV for 20 years - most of her adult life.All of her trials have been with subjects ages 15 to 25. In her own practice, Harper believes the ideal way of administering the new vaccine is to offer it to women ages 18 and up. At the time of their first inoculation, they should be tested for the presence of HPV in their system.If the test comes back negative, then schedule the follow-up series of the three-part shots. But if it comes back positive?"Then we don't know squat, because medically we don't know how to respond to that," Harper said.
Harper is an independent researcher whose vaccine work is funded through Dartmouth in part by both Merck & Co. and GlaxoSmithKline, which means she is an employee of the university, not the drug companies.
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19 comments:
- Stacy said...
Agghhhh! The manipulation of women with respect to their reproductive organs and cycles, will it ever cease? Thank you for this message.
- Kim said...
Horrifying. So awful. And one of the worst parts is if the media really doesn't run with this--UGH.
- Edgy Mama said...
My family doc never recommends a vaccine until it's been in use for 10 years. Let other doc's patients be the guinea piggies!
I can't imagine, given the controversy, that states would do more than recommend this vaccine. I doubt it will make it into law.
The media has covered this, pretty extensively, AND our goal is to be balanced. - 8:49 PM
- Michelle O'Neil said...
I can't imagine we'd inject mercury into babies and pregnant women, yet we do! (flu shot, Hep B).
Texas has already mandated the HPV vaccine and many other states are in the process of deciding.
If it is required for school, people will blindly follow their doctor's advice, oblivious to the possible long term negative effects on their children. No child should be a guniea pig.
The vaccine should be given in the way it was studied, to the population it was designed for.
BTW, I spent some time in the news business. Our job was to sell stories, balance wasn't really the main issue. Glad your employer is more ethical than mine was Edgy.
There is no balance in our nation's media when it comes to the vaccination/autism connection.
None. - 9:34 PM
- Shari said...
Thanks for the info, Michelle. I have a 12 year old daughter. I wasn't too happy hearing about the HPV vaccine.
No wonder insurance costs are rising-with all the needless medical procedures such as HPV vaccines-you'd think that health insurance companies would find a way to cut costs by taking a stand against Mr. Pharm and Company. It's too bad that there's so much influence (campaign funding and lobbying) by Mr. Pharm and Co. with regards to politics and law-making. - 10:18 PM
- kario said...
Thanks for putting it out there, Michelle! I'm passing it on and putting my stamp of approval on it. God forbid we should teach our children about sexual issues upfront - let's just avoid talking about the topic and give 'em all a shot.
- Suzy said...
I've read other studies that agree with this researcher. And the commercials on TV are just down right scary- talk about manipulation.
- Jerri said...
Thanks for the info, Michelle.
Like others, I absolutely can not believe that states are going to legislate the guardianship of our daughter's bodies.
At 20, my daughter is old enough to decide for herself, but you better bet I'm putting in my two cents worth.
Again, thank you. - 1:28 PM
- Jenny Rough said...
When will our society ever learn that to prevent the spread of such viruses and diseases we don't need a vaccine. We need to treat sex as the sacred gift it is and teach our sons and daughters as much...
- Kim Stagliano said...
The problem lies in that they don't know WHEN a booster is needed. So you vax your nine year old and when she's 17 or 19 having sex, she might THINK she's protected and not use a condom and then she gets HPV. Then she might get cervical cancer. The Vax is NOT a cancer vaccine any more than throwing away your cigarettes is considered a lung cancer vaccine. All cervical cancers stem from some strains of HPV, most women who have HPV do NOT get cervical cancer. 3000 women die per year of cervical cancer. You'll save more girls by teaching them to use a $3 condom than giving them a $1000 vaccine - that is the current cost.
balanced media?
- JR's Thumbprints said...
I don't know. It seems that the doctors are really encouraging this too.
- Kim G. said...
I struggled when the chicken pox vaccine came out (right when my first one was starting school) but I did as was said, and blindly followed the doctor's recommendation. To this day, I wonder if I did the right thing. I had a friend who was an adult when he got a very serious case of the chicken pox and had a high school friend who developed a serious case of Rye Syndrome from chicken pox. I pray that the vaccine protects them through their life and doesn't leave them vulnerable as adults. When I saw the ads for the HPV vaccine, I wondered the same thing. Having just lost our elderly neighbor to cervical cancer, I know it's a serious disease, but my goodness, if only 3000 women die each year, the odds are so small in comparison to other things.
Thanks for the great information. - 10:55 AM
- Dawn said...
interesting entry ~ I wouldnt give it to a TWEEN ~ YIKES!!!!
- Michelle O'Neil said...
Actually they are finding that kids who get the chicken pox vaccine (both mine did) are more likely to develop shingles as adults, which is much more debilitating than a childhood case of chicken pox.
If only the joke was just on us parents.
Unfortunately, it will be on the kids. - 12:15 PM
- Amanda said...
i understand the cause for concern and we should all do our own research when things like this become available, but the importance of this vaccine should not be undermined. **this is our opportunity to literally eliminate cervical cancer.** i have done some work for the company that developed the vaccine here in new york, so i am familiar with their side of the story. however, i also have a friend who contracted HPV from a boyfriend (men are only carriers, they have no symptoms, which is why it is up to us to protect ourselves) and basically every couple years has to go in and have pre-cancerous cells removed from her cervix, each time diminishing her ability to conceive once she decides to have children. pharma companies are making great stides to protect us, not only with vaccines like this but also with tests that can detect HPV with near 100% effectiveness. so, as i said, it's importance - very important - to make sure we have all the information before we act, but please, let's keep an open mind. it's very possible that this could be a major victory for women and girl.
- Michelle O'Neil said...
Again, "the vaccine should be given in the way it was studied, to the population it was designed for."
Anything else is a public health experiment, with drug companies reaping the rewards.
Sadly, Big Pharma is NOT about protecting people, they are about making money.
If it WERE about protecting people, they would listen to the researcher that has been working on this for over twenty years...(the authority in the field), not using their political clout to coerce government officials to mandate this STD vaccine to children. - 4:17 PM
- Amanda said...
i agree that this is something that needs to be watched, and i don't know if it should be given to younger girl but the researcher is funded by the drug company...so i don't see how you can say that they aren't promoting the development of drugs that will help people...
- Michelle O'Neil said...
The research is funded by the drug company. That's exactly it.
And the drug company stands to make a ton of money on the vaccine. So the research is often skewed.
And even if it isn't, they'll just ignore the advice of the top researcher and forge ahead anyway.
And the fox watches over the hen
And that's not safe. - 5:22 PM


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DescriptionKnown to Willamette Valley locals for years, The Garden is one of the state's best bouldering areas. Tucked away in the forest near Sweet Home are a few collections of gigantic boulders with many great problems and potential for many more. Getting ThereTake Hwy. 20 East through Sweet Home. Drive through town and past the lake. Look for a sign to Quartzville and the fish hatchery and take the left turn. The parking for the main area is 4.3 miles from the turnoff. There are two prominent uphill dirt roads at about this distance; the first one goes to the Armageddon area and the second (better quality) road leads to the main area. Parking for the main area is 50m up this road at the big sweeping left turn. Take the trail down into the forest from here to reach the boulders. The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Garden:
Mole V0-1 Boulder, 10 feet The Garden
Showboat V1 Boulder, 10 feet The Garden
Trust V2-3 Boulder, 12 feet The Garden
The Bubbler V2-3 Boulder, 8 feet Garden
Boys in Woods V3 Boulder, 10 feet Garden
Swollen Member V3-4 Boulder, 5 feet The Garden
The Siren V5 Boulder, 10 feet The Garden
Leave it to Jesus V5 PG13 Boulder The Garden
Angry Grandma V6+ Boulder, 20 feet Garden
Fight Club V6-7 Boulder, 12 feet Garden
Garden Variety V7 Boulder The Garden
Octernal V9 Boulder, 25 feet The Garden
Cavebound Squirrel V10 Boulder Garden
Azian Crack 5.9+ PG13 Trad, 1 pitch, 30 feet Garden
Garden Groove 5.10a Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 35 feet The Garden
Featured Route For The Garden
The Siren V5 OR : The Garden : The Garden
An excellent problem with a lot of movement. Works up the stand alone prow near Garden Variety. Start low and heal out right on a good ledge. From there work up to the inverted V pinch and left to the arete. From there it is a long committing move to the slopers on the top. ...[more] Browse More Classics in OR