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22. September 2002
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Cyril Helnwein
Cyril Helnwein talks with Marilyn Manson
THE FRENCH SAY, "CONDEMNANT IL FAIT Q'UOD": "WE CONDEMN WHAT WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND." BUT THAT STOPS RIGHT HERE. LAY YOUR OPINIONS OF THE MAN TO REST UNTIL AFTER YOU'VE READ THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION BETWEEN CYRIL HELNWEIN AND MARILYN MANSON - Manson: Of course, for everybody who reads this – they won't know that our meeting has been very important to my career, because you introduced me to your father (Gottfried Helnwein) and we''ve gone and will go on to do lots of great stuff together. So that's the behind-the-scenes story for everybody who''s going to read this..
Thank you very much for your time; it's an honor and a pleasure to interview you.
Thank you. Of course, for everybody who reads this they wont know that our meeting has been very important to my career, because you introduced me to your father (Gottfried Helnwein) and we've gone and will go on to do lots of great stuff together. So thats the behind-the-scenes story for everybody who's going to read this.
Yes, and I'm very excited about that because you are probably my most favorite artist.
Thank you, I owe you because you hooked me up.
You're quite welcome. Okay, so my first question: if it were the last day on earth, what would you be doing right now?
Not an interview, thats for sure. I suppose I'd prefer to be performing, I've always said that this would be the way I'd like to end things; with my death as a performance in itself. But then it's hard because you're torn - once you get attached to things like your loved ones and your pets and things like that, so it would be a tough call. I suppose part of me would want to go on a killing spree and take out everyone who's fucked me over in life, and a part of me would probably just want to sit quietly with my cat and my girl. But it depends on what day you ask me, it's always different. But today is a good day, so I'd probably just want to sit with my cat.
Being not only a musician, but also a performance artist, writer, producer, actor, director and recently successful painter, where do you find all your inspiration? What drives you to create?
I've always dreaded being called a musician, because I always wanted to write and paint and I used to do art as a kid. I tried my hand at writing, and I enjoy being able to express myself in that way, but I didn't enjoy writing about other people so in journalism, there wasn't something there really. But I do like watching other people and reporting on it, so I guess you end up doing the same thing when youre a painter or a singer, because it all ends up being the same job. But journalism is in a sense, I guess, the root of all evil and the root of all art because it's really just about observing and reporting it to others. But I'm not ashamed to just merely be considered an entertainer, because art is entertaining; sometimes some of my stuff is funny, some of it has pain in it, some of it has confusion, some of it has anger, sex. I have a real hard time drawing the lines between any of them. The only thing that freed me up, and I think it is an art form in itself to act and to be an actor. You're releasing yourself to the director and you are sort of a tool of another artist. And I've enjoyed the release because I'm so much in control of every detail of what I do, that it was interesting to have somebody else put me somewhere and do something and not play myself - to act you have to be another character. And then it gets confusing because I play so many different roles in my own life, just for my own amusement. People always ask me are you the same on stage and off, and sometimes I'm much more out of control off stage than on stage. People sometimes don't know if I'm nice or if I'm mean, and I'm both. I reflect what you give to me. I think that's something that when I first began forming the idea of Marilyn Manson, it was the time when talk shows had just really become a staple in American entertainment and every channel there was, had interviews with serial killers. And then there were stories about dead celebrities and the two became intertwined and then started to bring to mind stories like The Black Dahlia, where the girl who came to Hollywood to become famous, and became famous when she died. Or more recently, Columbine: these kids wanted to be famous because they were considered nobodies. And they got what they wanted and the news media gave it to them. Thats when I first started seeing things about Marilyn Monroe that really interested me because there was so much tragedy behind the beauty. I think so many people had overlooked that because they dehumanized her later to just a product on some T-shirt sold on Hollywood Boulevard or something. And then at the same time I was seeing Charles Manson in interviews saying all these things; it made sense in 69 and it made sense in 96 and it makes sense today. He was saying a lot of things that I've gone on to say and I think he expresses the same idea that he is a reflection of culture. How can you - how can America hate something that it created. It's like being mad at your own shit. You should have eaten something different. All of that somehow started brewing up in my brain, and when you're in that position when you're turning 19 or 20 and you have to decide what you're going to be when you grow up, I found out that I dont want to grow up, I want to be Peter Pan. So I decided to create a world where I didn't have to play by anybody's rules and Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson were the two things that spelled that world out. Phonetically its like Abracadabra; you know Manson by his last name, you know Marilyn by the first name and it just goes together like Mickey Mouse". It says everything; you say Marilyn Manson and it needs no explanation. It conjures up such images, no matter what country you're from. It's very American, but at the same time I think like a European and my reason for choosing the name is both a celebration and a harsh criticism of America. And that kind of creates the whole contradiction that I thrive on. So working with your father, working with Tim Skold, now a member of the band, and he's from Sweden. I think that European artists appreciate my understanding of American culture because I look at it as an outsider. I was always treated as an outsider and it doesn't make me hate America, it doesn't make me love it; it just makes me see it for what it is. In someway a part of the problem and a part of the solution, being all you can be is entertaining in the midst of it because there is no final answer - so just be part of the show. I don't want to be in the audience, I want to be on the stage. And now with what I'm doing, I dont want to be on the stage, I want everybody to be part of the show.
One of the first stories you wrote as a journalist was as Brian Warner about Marilyn Manson.
That was also part, strangely, what I suppose deep down in my heart, I knew that I would get here, to what I am now. But in the initial insecurity of where do I go from here in my life, I thought I could lead a secret identity almost. I thought maybe I could continue to be a journalist and maybe get a great job in Rolling Stone or something silly like that, and I started this band and all of a sudden I thought well, nobody really knows who I am, I dont have any friends here, so why dont I write the article, why dont I call up all these record companies that I writing articles about their bands and say hey, I got this great band I heard of Marilyn Manson, would you sign them. It worked for a period until I didnt want to be two people anymore; I just wanted to be one person. It wasnt being a different person; I just wanted to kind of narrow it down to one thing.
Would you rather be eaten by sharks or be injected with lethal toxins if you had to make a choice between those two?
[laughs] I think I already have had enough lethal toxins on a daily basis as it is, between Absinthe and everything else. I have a real great fear for the ocean and sharks. I lived in Florida and I rarely went near the ocean because as a kid, the film Jaws really scared me. Earlier you asked where my inspirations come from; films are where everything comes from for me, its my inspiration for everything. And thats why, I think, I find myself able to direct something with the freedom of not creating something for public consumption, not working within the demands of the consumer creating it for artistic purposes. Thats where Im going to be happy. Thats what I like about painting because when I did these paintings I did not think, I wonder if people are going to like this, I wonder if someones going to buy this, you think I should paint more of this type because itll be more popular? I painted because it made me calm and it entertained me. Some of the paintings were gifts to other people and it made me feel nice to give a gift to somebody. That was a nice freedom as an artist, because as a musician, you create a family of your fans and its like being a mother and if you start feeding your kids a certain thing every Sunday, you have to keep feeding them that or theyre going to get mad or theyre going to want to go out and eat at McDonalds. [Laughs] So as a musician, in terms of music, I do have to consider the desires of my fans but I do want them to grow with me so I want them to accept change. But I dont want to be self-indulgent and arrogant and forsake their loyalty at the same time. So its a tough, sometimes very depressing, line to walk, and for someone like me, whos always changing and a shape shifter, its hard to keep things going but also be developed into a fast-forward culture where things are forgotten sometimes before theyre even remembered. Im proud to say that Ive been able to exist in the music industry this long because most people dont.
That kind of brings me to the next question - every album that youve produced, has its own drastically different style, attitude and vibe, yet its still easily recognizable as Marilyn Manson. Do you think youll ever get bored of doing that specifically, and do something completely different maybe start a boy-band or something?
Well I do really like the scoring job. When I got to do Resident Evil, we intentionally avoided it sounding like Marilyn Manson in a rock song sense. We did desire for the score to contain guitar elements but we used them in a cold, mechanical, harsh way. My collaboration with Tim Skold was where that whole relationship began, during that job. I had a great time doing it because what I did, they had a hard time defining, because of the different jobs different people do; theres the composer who does the traditional string arranging, then theres sometimes the person who supervises the music that they take from albums that already exist, and then theres the sound designer who creates atmospheres and the alarming and emotion-invoking textures. And I wanted to do all that, I didnt see any reason why there should be more than one person handling that so they had a hard time. I guess I gave them more than they were expecting, and they were happy with it, but the other person who was hired for the job, Marco Beltrami; hes very talented in a classical sense, he even writes out things on a piece of paper. Our music was 80% of what was on the film but because he was the established composer, we kind of took second billing for that, but I think now weve kind of proved that we can do that sort of thing, weve gotten a lot of offers. Ive just agreed to score the new interpretation of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which I myself thought could be very hokey and could be very silly because the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre is the template for all horror movies - its the first and best, I would say, scary film; psychologically terrifying, not just a slasher movie. And the sounds in the score of that are all music-less, scraping and plucking strings sounds and things like that. Ive even sampled things from Texas Chainsaw Massacre, [laughs] but Ive mutated them enough so they shouldnt come after me and sue me. So I want to try and treat it in the same way when I do it, and I told the director when I had a meeting with him, he said What do you think the music should be?, and Should we put a Marilyn Manson song in the end credits? and I said that would ruin the film because theyre trying to create this interpretation of Texas Chainsaw Massacre as the real story. The movie we saw in the 70s was based on a real story and now this is the true story and thats what gives it a real interesting twist and I like it and I read the script and I feel like, if the director does everything right, I can, with the music, make it a very scary movie. And they said, What are you going to do with the music? and I said, people are really going to be paying me to create silence because I think the absence of music is what is often most effective. Some of the best movies almost have no music in them.
If you could wish one person gone from this earth never even to have existed, past or present, who would it be?
Thats hard - everybody does have their own purpose. Every person thats caused harm to me that wound that they made has been bandaged with some song or something. So I wouldnt thank them for it, but I dont know if Id be the same person. But maybe if I stepped outside my own personal existence somebody whos ruined someway that things work hmmm . Thats tough, tough, tough. I suppose Adam; then none of us would be here. [laughs]
If censorship werent as strong in America, compared to Europe for example, would you have done more provocative or more extravagant things, and where do you draw your own line?
There is a different kind of censorship in Europe than there is in America. America has a lot of hang-ups on sex but they sell and exploit it endlessly, but theyre ashamed of it so that thats where the censorship comes in. Americas really ashamed of itself, where as Europes not. And that sexual shame is the source any Freudian, Youngian, Psychiatrist, Psychologist, will tell you thats what it all comes from American Christianity and the shame that it creates. But theres a lot of political censorship in Europe; your fathers (Gottfried Helnwein,s) work finds itself in a lot of trouble as does mine, the strange things like in Japan, the cover of the Mechanical Animals album was censored but not because I was nude, because I had 6 fingers and they are real sensitive about physical deformities. I said, well what about the rest of the [gestures towards his body] and so there are just odd things like that. I wasnt allowed any religious clothing or have any references to religion when we played in Warsaw on stage. Rather than canceling the show and disappointing the fans or changing the show, we played different songs. On the DVD thats coming out, there are some bits and pieces from that concert where we did a few things there that we only played once. Over here, people want to arrest me for showing my ass or whatever it is, but they're selling Girls Gone Wild videotapes. Thats the world we live in. There needs to be censorship because there need to be boundaries in order to cross the boundaries.
True. Is there a point where you have your own personal boundary with things?
Absolutely, everything I have done is within my boundaries, and my boundaries are often more related to doing things for the wrong reasons. The thing that I hate most more than censorship, more than what the government or MTV or record companies tell you you cant its when bands, musicians, artists, whatever they want to call themselves, censor themselves in order to succeed.
Make compromises?
Well, not make compromises after the fact. I think everybody has to do that to find the bigger picture. You have to find the compromise you can live with as an artist. For example, my new record has a lot of songs that they would consider to be singles to be played on the radio and I might have to censor profanity for the single to be played on the radio. But if I would have, while writing the song, said Well this is really catchy, Maybe I shouldnt put this word in here, thats the wrong kind of thing. Thats when you sell yourself out, when you censor your creation in anticipation for success or monetary gain. Everybodys going to have to make their work fit in to the world around it after its created. Thats still part of the creation, I dont think thats necessarily censorship thats kind of putting things within the boundaries. Thats part of being an artist and wanting to succeed, for me it isnt about money as much as it is about wanting to have as many people hear and see what I do. And you can easily defeat yourself by not making certain compromises that are for the better good.
Right. When was the last time you watched a TV soap opera and what was it?
I think the soap operas of today are these reality-TV shows. I think part of it is the laziness of not wanting to hire actors and part of its the voyeurism which the internet is partly responsible for, and theres a real dangerous element of culture that is developing that needs to be stamped out and I will not be a part of, and that is the inter-active element of things like TRL or when youre watching something on MTV thats like Britney Spears is trying to pick what shes going to wear, write in and help her decide or Were in the studio writing our song, heres a piece of it, tell us what you think. When the artist starts letting the audience help them create, then the art is destroyed. Thats quite different from trying to please youre audience, but its developing a culture where like these soap operas, that arent really actors, that are just real life its a culture where eventually, because of all of that and video games and being able to make films with animation that look so real that it eliminates the artist. Its not a fear, or my fear of being extinct; its a fear of taking away the basic element, what its all about. Sure, I use a computer to record music and we use a computer to make sounds and things like that, but you have to be able to still have a set of crayons and paper to do something thats worthwhile. Eventually it will end up killing itself; kids now have grown to be so demanding, because its the whole give-an-inch-take-a-mile thing, once you start letting people make choices like where they have or youll go on a website and therell be a poll Which do you like better, Which do you think should be the next song that comes out from Christina Aguilera or Marilyn Manson or whoever its going to be, and everybody puts in their votes. Eventually thats going to create such a demand that artists are just going to its just going to make people not want to be creative. Its just going to encourage a lack of creativity. And on the Internet theres a lot of people that can just sit back anonymously and say Thats sucks, I can do that better. The challenge should be, Well, do it better. Thats why anybody that tries to criticize anybodys art, mine or someone elses, it creates an environment that is truly a product of journalism. You cant define what something is, you can say you like it or you dont like it, but you cant take it apart.
Everyone always has their own different opinion of it anyway.
It all has its own meanings. Thats just the basic idea of life being art and just enjoying all of it at all times; playing a movie, always being in a movie. Maybe Im wrong; maybe someday Ill find out that Im an actor playing somebody else. Like I had a great amnesia and no one told me.
That would be quite a realization You have often been unjustly accused of things by the finger-pointing media that you werent, I dont know if guilty is the right word, but definitely didnt have anything to do with for example the Columbine kids. Why do you think they especially like you as a scapegoat and do you think that this possibly is a sign of your own originality and success as an artist?
I think that I had as much to do with Columbine as everybody else does, as a part of American culture. But I think thats the reason why I chose Crop Failure as the title of a painting I did of Harris and Klebold. I think you have to blame the farmers when the flowers dont grow properly, you cant blame the landlord who owns the property or the girl that gets the bouquet. Or the guy who buys it for her. I think when people want something to be shocking or they want to call it whatever word I think its lazy journalism when people constantly refer to me as shock rocker its a tiring, tiring term. Because I dont think that Im shocking, I didnt try to be shocking. If I am shocking and I got your attention, that means that Im good because theres so much out there if something gets your attention, its good. I think thats the bottom line, and if it continues to, for as long as I have, then that means that Im really good and I should be proud of it. And I can say that without being arrogant, I think its just a matter of fact that we live in a world of really mediocre things and Im trying to raise the bar with everything that I do and trying to work with great people and bring back a desire for a higher aesthetic and usher in this golden age of grotesque idea. Thats obviously why Im working with your father, and trying to collaborate with other people who are like-minded and want the world to be exciting like it was in Weimar-Berlin or in the 70s in New York, or fashion, and music and art were just rather decadent and it was bursting at the seams and then just watch everyone run in fear to try and stop it all. Its always fun instigating new things. I build something up and someone else tries to break it down.
Tell us your best party joke, or some joke or prank you played on somebody else.
Theres a lot of them, I think one of my favorite was very mean-spirited. There was a girl in a hotel bar, while we were on tour, that came up to me while I was just trying to relax with my friends and my band. She was quite obnoxious; asked me who I was, it was quite clear she knew who I was. I told her, and then she said she wasnt a fan and I said, Well okay, thats fine and then she sat down and kept bothering me and told me how much she really didnt care who I was. And I said, Okay, go away then and then later I went back to my room and somehow she had found out what room I was in and knocked on my door. I had been at a spy store recently where they sold spy apparatuses and other devices and also prank items, and I bought this liquid container called The Evacuator it says to put in several drops in someones drink and they will immediately shit themselves, and it says dont put in too much because it could result in hospitalization. Well, I poured the entire bottle into a glass and I said Oh, well hey Im so glad to see you back, why dont you come in and have a drink, then I gave her the shot. She went back to her room, and her friend came knocking on the door of my room, waking me up, and my bodyguard in the room next door. Have you seen my friend, is she with you? No, I said, shes not with me. Oh, I cant get in my room, the doors locked. So they had to break in the door and they found her lying naked on the bed, covered in shit. She had gotten drunk, passed out and shit all over herself.
Oh no!
I found that to be quite amusing. [laughs]
She got what she deserved, I guess.
Youve often and openly admitted to illegal drug use. Was this more to experiment artistically and help creatively or rather for your personal pleasure?
I think drugs are best used when they are to have fun, to enjoy yourself, to loosen up. The worst use of drugs is when youre not able to deal with the depression or whatever it might be, or for self-destruction. Ive gone through periods of extreme highs and lows and I feel, in particularly this week, last week I felt quite depressed it wasnt really drugs or anything but there was a little bit of apprehension about what people you know, having to see my paintings. And not that it matters much, but of course everybody especially me, has feelings. I mean, what people underestimate about me, is how sensitive I am. Because Im so sensitive, thats why its best being so dramatic and why I have to build up such a show. But I found myself this week being rather positive, I have crossed the bridge onto the next level of where I need to go and Im quite confident that this is going to be the best era this golden age thats coming for me and as Im starting on this next album, I think it will show people exactly what Im capable of. Anyone who underestimated me before will know differently now. So, I think, any drugs now are to be part of decadence and letting loose. I think Absinthe is probably my worst vice, if I had to pick one, because I just like it. It tastes good and it makes me create a lot of, well I wouldnt say makes me, but is has inspired a lot of my best work - a lot of my paintings, a lot of my writing. It does tap in, poke holes in the temple or lobe and let out some demons that were hiding in there. So its an enjoyable, not a depressing thing. I used to be a miserable drinking person back in the early days of self-destruction, but now Im a much happier person with a different approach.
Two paintings of yours, which are probably my favorite ones, look very absinthe inspired. One is of William Burroughs I believe, how you would like to look as an old man; the other is The enabler.
Thats my friend Jonathan. Yea, I suppose I really like the color green too so maybe Im partly drawn to that, the When I get old painting it actually has some Absinthe used in there. In a couple of them, as I was painting, I had my drink sitting right by my paint bowl and Id dip into the wrong one, so it mixed in the drink, I just painted with it because it makes a nice green. So thank you, those are two of my favorites also.
Alright, I think you kind of answered my next question already, but maybe there is something else is there any one thing that gives you particular feelings of hate, fear or disgust?
Well, theres more than one thing, but I suppose while its okay to lounge around and take days off I suppose laziness or a lack of desire to accomplish anything disgusts me most. It might be because I have such an extreme work ethic, or rather, creative impulse because I dont really like to consider I do work. I have to be doing something constantly. It was hard for me not to want to sit down and paint today because I was so happy with the show; I wanted to paint a new picture of my cat. I wanted to paint so many things but I convinced myself just to relax and to meet with you and do this interview, and to go out; actually leave the house and have dinner, which is a rare thing for me. But I find it hard, and this is the reason why its very difficult for me to find people to collaborate with, and to keep certain friends or band members in my life because while it is my vision, I think that Im quite willing to share that with whoever has the same ambition and drive as I do. I find it particularly with Tim, who has helped me produce this record and has encouraged me to do things that I had forgotten that I like to do. Anyone who just doesnt want to create or whos satisfied with mediocrity or anyone who just takes for granted their talent and lets it go to waste, whatever that might be. Even if its mowing lawns, or painting walls, whatever it is. I think thats the thing that disgusts me the most. Im not an unkind person by any means; people that I love, I do anything for. I support my parents, theyre both retired and they have no retirement income. I support them completely; I take care of everybody that I care about. But you wont see me giving a dime to a beggar on the street. But I think thats actually part of a metaphor of the story your father and I are creating and the idea of how liberal idealism is often the downfall of America; when you let people think its okay to hold their hands out and expect the other people, who work really hard to get where they are, to give something to you.
That also breeds further criminality.
Yea, and a lot of people think thats all evil American capitalists but its easy to bitch about that if youre poor and its easy to hate it if youre rich. I dont consider myself extremely rich, but I think I worked hard for every dime that Ive earned. So I cherish everything I own and I dont spend my money foolishly or anything like that.
I think you also answered the next question, but maybe you want to add something else. Is there one thing that makes you particularly happy and content or gives you joy?
Several things; my cat and I have a very nice relationship, she calms me down, painting makes me very happy, finishing a record makes me very happy and creating the record makes me very happy. The middle process of getting it finished is very stressful. Anal sex, good movies, being with the woman I love that goes back to the anal sex part, I dont want you to think that was a homosexual reference. And I guess kind of getting to relax on a day like today, after the stress of having an art show and people honestly saying, Hey, I liked what you did and not just kissing my ass or trying to tell me what I want to hear. I feel like I accomplished something, I am a humble person, Im very confident and I think I do the best that I can do. Now people can debate whether Im the best that there is; I know that Im the best that I can be. And thats the best that anyone can be.
Great, that basically wraps it up for me. Thank you very much again for your time. Is there anything else youd like to say or ask?
I think people should just expect everything that theyve seen and heard from me to seem tame in comparison to what is to come.
I look forward to it.
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Fallout 4 - 3D Vision Fix
** 29 Nov 2015 - v2
- Fixed a few shader errors for reflections
- Removed the Power Armour HUD correction. This was playing havoc with several game elements: decals, bottles, lamps, test tubes, lighting shining through walls, reflections on glass.
Fallout 4 fix which addresses:
- shadows
- lights
- most reflections
- water rendering
- moon/stars/clouds etc
- Right Mouse button makes convergence 5, and makes sniper scope work properly
- Convergence toggle (on the "[" key) for first and third person views (28 and 40 respectively)
Known issues
- HUD can not be properly fixed, it all breaks up when trying to adjust depth, and screws up lots of world elements, so its a compromise.
- Recommend turning in game cross-hair and in game markers OFF. Unfortunately Nvidia cross-air does not work properly in this game.
0. Start the game and setup your graphical preferences (low, medium, high etc), then close the game down
1. Download this file.
2. Extract the files into the Fallout4.exe directory
4. Open up the Fallout4Prefs.ini file found in "C:\Users\<username>\Documents\My Games\Fallout4"
5. Set the following
- bComputeShaderDeferredTiledLighting=0
- bForceIgnoreSmoothness=0
- iPresentInterval=0
6. Save the file and then set it to Readonly
7. Open NVidia Control Panel and in the 3D Settings part, find Fallout 4 in the dropdown and set Vsync = ON
- The purpose of this is to resolve an issue of getting stuck at terminals
- If you don't have this issue, and the game runs better with VSync off, then try that
8. Play the game. It might take a minute to load first time while shaders get compiled and cached.
Special thanks to Flugan for his work on the assembler, used in this fix.

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All in the Family: New PhD Alumnus Takes Place of Retiring Alumna
It's not every day a PhD-IR alum from the University of Minnesota retires from her teaching job while another one takes her place. But as fate would have it, Nancy Bereman, '83 PhD-IR, retired after more than 33 years of teaching at Wichita State University and David Yoon, '13 PhD-HRIR, took over as Assistant Professor of Management in the same department last fall.
"I have been so excited having such a highly qualified scholar and teacher take my place," Bereman said. "The skill set that David brings is exactly what we need. I transferred to him digital teaching resources that I have developed over the years, and he kindly took most of the books that I had collected over the 33 years I taught at WSU!"
While Bereman is eager to spend time writing two historical fiction novels, forming a WSU HR Alumni Association, and traveling, Yoon is starting his second semester teaching, and looking forward to forming relationships with students.
"I love the content that I teach, but at the end of the day, I believe people are what matter to me as a teacher," Yoon says.
Bereman earned her B.A. and M.B.A. degrees at Wichita State, so it was a natural choice to teach there once she earned her doctorate at Minnesota. Yoon, on the other hand, was attracted to the school because of its influential faculty, and was delighted to see that Bereman was among them.
"My transition to Wichita State has felt like simply switching offices among colleagues in CHRLS 3-300," Yoon said, referring to the office suite where he spent his recent academic career.
Yoon was first attracted to academia by his parents' academic careers, but later by the sense of purpose he found in academia.
"Being a South Korean, I've always wanted to contribute to bridging the gap between the North and the South," Yoon said.
Though both Bereman and Yoon have fond memories of the students, faculty, and staff at the University of Minnesota, they also have very vivid memories of the harsh winters.
"Long, bitter winter nights where the sun sets early and when one has to bike back to the Como Student Co-op from Carlson in deep snow is something I would never want even for my worst enemies," Yoon joked.


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Mycoplasma pneumoniae Circulating in Indiana
Indiana Epidemiology Newsletter
November 2006
Shawn Richards, BS
Respiratory Epidemiologist
Each year, an estimated 2 million cases and 100,000 pneumonia-related hospitalizations occur in the United States due to infection from Mycoplasma pneumoniae (1). This infection is not reportable under the Communicable Disease Reporting Rule for Physicians, Hospitals, and Laboratories, 410 IAC 1-2.3. (The Rule is available at http://www.in.gov/isdh/publications/comm_dis_rule.pdf.) However, under the same rule, an unusual occurrence of any disease is to be reported to the health department immediately. (See related article in the Outbreak Spotlight feature of this issue.)
Recently, astute school nurses and public health nurses reported a large respiratory outbreak in central Indiana. At least 50 cases of chest x-ray confirmed pneumonia have been identified among residents, mainly school children, from Boone, Hamilton, and Marion Counties since August 2006. At least 50 additional cases of pneumonia were diagnosed by a physician. Several cases reported contact with someone else who was ill, or from other ill students having a similar illness, prior to developing symptoms, suggesting person-to-person transmission. The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH), in collaboration with the Boone, Hamilton, and Marion County Health Departments, actively investigated these cases and continues surveillance to identify additional cases. Symptoms have included fever (median: 102.3°F), headache, cough, fatigue, and pneumonia.
Two cases were confirmed positive for Mycoplasma pneumoniae by polymerase chain reaction testing at the ISDH Laboratory. Most cases have had no laboratory testing conducted to identify an agent of illness. M. pneumoniae is an uncommon cause of pneumonia in children younger than 5 years of age but is the leading cause of pneumonia in school-aged children. The last documented outbreak of M. pneumoniae in Indiana was in 2001, which is consistent with the finding that community-wide epidemics occur every 4-7 years. The incubation period is 2-3 weeks (range, 1-4 weeks). The reported duration of illness for cases of this outbreak has been 2½ weeks. The ISDH recommends considering a diagnosis of M. pneumoniae in patients, especially school-aged children and their contacts, exhibiting the above symptoms. However, antimicrobial prophylaxis for exposed contacts is not routinely recommended.
The clinical features of Mycoplasma pneumoniae include upper respiratory tract infections with fever, cough, malaise, and headache, which is consistent with the recent outbreak. It is a frequent cause of atypical pneumonia and peaks late summer/fall, most frequently in children/young adults but also in the elderly (2). The disease is transmitted person to person by contact with infectious respiratory secretions. Radiologically confirmed pneumonia usually develops in 5-10 percent of the cases. Approximately half of the known central Indiana outbreak cases had x-ray confirmed pneumonia. Physicians and local health departments investigating this outbreak have reported that at least 50 percent of the patients did not have evidence of pneumonia upon auscultation; however, chest x-rays indicated pneumonia was present. Of the known cases, two have been hospitalized and released; no deaths have occurred. Diagnosis of acute infections is difficult, and early recognition of outbreaks continues to be a challenge (1).
Early identification and prompt initiation of control measures are key in preventing secondary cases in an outbreak. Preventive measures may include avoiding crowded living and sleeping quarters whenever possible, especially in institutions, barracks, and ships (4). If one is voluntarily or involuntarily detained in an institution, symptomatic individuals should be isolated until 48 hours after antibiotic therapy has been started. Diagnosis of an infected person should lead to an increased index of suspicion for M. pneumoniae in household members and close contacts, and therapy should be given if a contact develops compatible lower respiratory tract illness. (3).
Health care providers observing similar illness in patients, especially school-aged children, in other counties may want to consider submitting specimens for testing at the ISDH Laboratory for surveillance purposes. Health care providers and local health departments are strongly encouraged to submit specimens if a respiratory outbreak occurs in the community. Please contact Shawn Richards, Respiratory Epidemiologist, at 317.233.7740 for details on specimen submission.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, http://www.cdc.gov/pneumonia/atypical/mycoplasma/index.html
The ABX Guide: Diagnosis & Treatment of Infectious Diseases; Bartlett, Auwaeter, and Pham, eds. 1st ed. Montvale, NJ: Thomson PDR, 2005.
American Academy of Pediatrics. Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections. In: Pickering LK, ed. Red Book: 2003 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 26th ed. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2003: 443-445.
American Public Health Association. Mycoplasmal pneumonia. In: Heymann DL, ed. Control of Communicable Diseases Manual. 18th ed. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association; 2004: 417-419.


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Good as Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III have been, look beyond the first-year quarterbacks making a strong first impression and check out the other NFL rookies delivering dynamic performances.
It's a deep class, from Tampa Bay's Doug Martin, Cleveland's Trent Richardson and Griffin's Redskins teammate Alfred Morris at running back, to the Rams' Chris Givens and Titans' Kendall Wright at wide receiver, to Minnesota's Matt Kalil and Cleveland's Mitchell Schwartz on the offensive line, to Dallas' Morris Clairborne and New England's trio of Chandler Jones, Dont'a Hightower and Tavon Wilson on defense. Even kickers Greg Zuerlein and Blair Walsh are getting in on the act.
``By and large, this is an outstanding group of players. What they've done halfway into the season - I think you're safe to say it is one of the best groups of rookies ever,'' said former Dallas Cowboys general manager and NFL draft consultant Gil Brandt, who's been evaluating football players since the 1950s. ``This is as good as any group, in terms of playing time and honors.''
Rookies certainly are being counted on like never before.
Heading into the game between Luck's Indianapolis Colts and the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday night, there were 503 games started by first-year players, the highest total through Week 9 since at least 1991, according to STATS LLC. As recently as 15 years ago, there were fewer than half that many rookie starts.
And they're producing.
STATS said the 10,089 yards passing by first-year players leads the way to this point in a season for any year since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger. This class' 5,716 yards rushing is the most since the merger except for the strike year of 1987, when replacement players inflated the statistics.
AFC and NFC offensive player of the week honors both went to rookies this week: Luck, whose 433 yards passing Sunday set a single-game record for a rookie; and Martin, who rushed for a franchise-record 251 yards and four touchdowns and became the first back - not first rookie - since at least 1940 to score on three TD runs of at least 45 yards in one game, according to STATS.
``I don't really know if there's something in the water or what. The rookies are definitely making a huge impact this year,'' Dolphins running back Reggie Bush said.
He plays in Miami alongside one of those green QBs getting so much attention, Ryan Tannehill, the eighth overall pick in April's draft, behind No. 1 Luck and No. 2 Griffin. Add in Cleveland's Brandon Weeden (No. 22) and Seattle's surprising Russell Wilson (taken 75th overall, in the third round, he beat out veteran free agent Matt Flynn), and this season's first-year quarterbacks already have accounted for 19 victories, closing in on the record of 26 set in 2004 by a collection that included Eli Manning, Ben Roethlisberger and Carson Palmer.
In his first eight games, Luck threw for the same number of yards as four-time NFL MVP Peyton Manning in 2012 and put the Colts, 2-14 a season ago, on pace to make the playoffs.
Griffin and Wilson rank sixth and seventh in NFC passer rating, ahead of veterans such as Eli Manning of the Giants, Jay Cutler of the Bears and Matthew Stafford of the Lions.
Tannehill's 1,762 yards passing through eight games have him on track to shatter Hall of Famer Dan Marino's club record for a rookie. Weeden's 2,088 are the third-most by a rookie through his first nine games, even though the Browns lead the NFL in dropped passes.
``They're knowledgeable, and they're talented. There's no question that this is a very, very, very good group,'' Brandt said. ``Now, will we say that five years from now? We could be saying, `Yeah, they're good, but their teams haven't played in any Super Bowls or playoff games.' But if you were a wagering man, I would wager that this class of rookie quarterbacks is going to have some Super Bowl appearances.''
He and others point to a number of factors contributing to the success.
Above all, players are coming into the league better prepared, mentally and physically, for the professional game.
Colleges have more serious weight training and nutrition programs these days. Pro-style offenses get quarterbacks up to speed in college - and force players at various other positions to adjust, too. Vikings coach Leslie Frazier traces it all the way back to increasing sophistication in high school football.
``Everything is evolving to a higher level,'' said Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, who was an NFL head coach in the 1990s, then was at Southern Cal, before returning to the league in 2010. ``The quarterback position is so unique and it has taken just a quantum leap here in the last 10 years, with guys understanding what's going on and being exposed to great coaching so early. ... I do think it has affected everyone; certainly receivers, corners, defensive backs and everyone who has to rush the passer, as well. They're all much more aware of the game than they were in years past.''
Cowboys coach Jason Garrett pointed to that as one of the reasons for Claiborne's early success at cornerback despite missing offseason workouts while recovering from wrist surgery and then losing time in training camp with a left knee injury.
``He came from a big-time program and had played a lot of big games,'' Garrett said, ``so I don't think at any point we feel like he's been in awe.''
Browns general manager Tom Heckert made a point of drafting players who played a lot in established college programs, making the move to the NFL easier.
Cleveland is 2-7 as it rebuilds and counts a lot on rookies - 17, nearly a third of the 53-man roster. The Browns have four first-year players starting on offense: Weeden, Schwartz, Richardson (whose 815 yards from scrimmage rank fifth in the AFC) and receiver Josh Gordon (who leads NFL rookies with 417 yards receiving and four TD catches). Defensive tackle Billy Winn, a sixth-round pick, has started every game, and linebacker James-Michael Johnson, a fourth-rounder, started the past four.
Johnson moved into the lineup after a veteran was lost for the season to injury, the way a lot of rookies often get their chance.
But whereas they used to play primarily because they needed to, now rookies play because they can. Coaches believe they can handle it.
``That's why they drafted us,'' said Bucs safety Mark Barron, the No. 7 overall pick. ``To come in and contribute early.''
His teammate Martin, taken 31st overall, is third in the NFL in rushing with 794 yards. Second-round pick Lavonte David, a starting linebacker, and Barron are two of Tampa Bay's three leading tacklers.
David, credited with 16 tackles in last weekend's victory at Oakland, has handled and relayed defensive play calls all season.
Bobby Wagner, who tops Carroll's Seahawks defense with 72 tackles, also makes those calls from his middle linebacker spot. Carolina's Luke Kuechly is another linebacker making noise as a rookie.
Not every rookie - even the high draft picks - pans out right away, of course. Some never do.
Among this season's disappointments has been Bengals cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick, who hurt his left knee while working out over the summer and didn't even get into a game until last Sunday, and that was only on special teams. Cardinals receiver Michael Floyd hasn't lived up to expectations, and Jaguars receiver Justin Blackmon has shown a knack for dropping passes.
Still, for each underachiever there are several overachievers.
Cornerback Casey Hayward, the next-to-last pick in the second round, is tied for third in the NFL with four interceptions. The Rams saw late-round picks such as Givens (five consecutive games with a catch of 50 yards or longer) and running back Daryl Richardson beat out higher draft selections.
Morris, a sixth-round pick by the Redskins out of Florida Atlantic, is fourth in the league in yards rushing, pairing with Griffin to become the first running back and quarterback teammates to both top 500 as rookies.
The Vikings are getting key contributions from rookies in all three phases: left tackle Matt Kalil, safety Harrison Smith, and Walsh.
Kalil has played every offensive snap and has not been whistled once for a holding penalty. Walsh missed only one field-goal attempt, is 5 for 5 from 50-plus yards and is second in the NFL with 35 touchbacks.
Another kicker drafted in the sixth round, Zuerlein - ``Greg the Leg,'' to some - is 7 for 7 from 40-49 yards, 5 for 7 from 50 and beyond. He's the first player in NFL history to connect on field goals of at least 60 yards and 50 yards (his went 58) in the same game.
Brandt noted that one meaningful indication of how much more likely coaches are to have faith in rookies is what's happening with the Patriots.
Jones leads NFL rookies with six sacks. Wilson leads AFC rookies with three interceptions. Hightower started five games. They were joined by safety Nate Ebner and cornerback Alfonzo Dennard against the Rams in New England's most recent game, giving the Patriots five rookies on the field at once.
``Ten years ago, if you would have said, `They are going to have (that many) rookies, with Bill Belichik coaching, on a very, very good team that will compete for the Super Bowl,' I would have said, `It's not going to happen,''' Brant said. ``But ... it's people being more prepared today than ever before. Coaches can trust them.''
AP Sports Writers Tim Booth, R.B. Fallstrom, Fred Goodall, Stephen Hawkins, Joe Kay, Michael Marot, Howard Ulman, Teresa Walker, Joseph White, Steven Wine, Tom Withers, and AP Pro Football Writers Dave Campbell, Arnie Stapleton and Barry Wilner contributed to this report.
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With two high-profile AGMs taking place at oil majors Total and Chevron this week, Tim Goodman, Director in Hermes EOS, the stewardship team of Hermes Investment Management, outlines our engagement with the firms, acknowledges progress made and highlights areas for improvement.
"At the AGM of Total, taking place today, Hermes EOS welcomes the publication of the company's climate report, Integrating Climate into our Strategy, which has been produced in response to the reporting framework of the Aiming for A investor coalition.
"We commend the leadership that Total has demonstrated on climate change, especially its strong support of the UN Global Compact's Business Leadership Criteria on Carbon Pricing, the Oil & Gas Climate Initiative and the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition. We are encouraged that the company will spearhead ambitions in the electricity value chain by expanding its midstream and downstream gas activities, as well as investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency.
"We are also encouraged by the company's swift response to our engagement and the constructive dialogue we have had with Total over the past year, which has included meetings with the company's chair and senior members of its executive. While this is only the beginning of the journey for the company in managing the risks it faces as a result of climate change, it is certainly an important step in the right direction.
"To achieve this outcome, Hermes EOS, on behalf of its 42 clients, worked with a number of asset owners and managers, including CalPERS and Établissement de Retraite Additionnelle de la Fonction Publique (ERAFP), with more than $2 trillion of assets under management who are welcoming the publication of the Integrating Climate into our Strategy."
"At Chevron's AGM on 25 May 2016, Hermes EOS will present a shareholder proposal that it has co-filed with the UMC Benefits Board which manages $20 billion in assets on behalf of 92,000 United Methodist Church pension participants and more than 100 United Methodist institutional clients.
"The resolution focuses on one aspect of the Aiming for A reporting framework, reporting on how the company's business model will be affected by a world in which global warming is limited to two degrees Celsius. BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Statoil shareholders voted almost unanimously to adopt the Aiming for A framework in 2015 and have begun to report on this and the other aspects of the framework. In addition, oil and gas companies such as ConocoPhillips and Suncor have also begun to report on their resilience to a world in which global warming is limited to two degrees Celsius.
"We aim to encourage Chevron to keep in step with developing best practice in the oil and gas industry on reporting on climate change risk. We also wish to have collaborative and constructive dialogue with its board and senior management on how the company plans to evolve as we move to a low carbon world. We seek to be a friend to the industry and look forward to publicly praising Chevron in future as we are doing with Total today.
"We expect stricter reporting on asset portfolio resilience to the climate scenarios outlined by the International Energy Agency to become a standard requirement for companies exposed to the effects of the transition to a low-carbon economy. Companies should look to embrace these changes sooner rather than later, not least because the Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures, convened by Mark Carney as chair of the UK's Financial Stability Board and chaired by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is consulting on climate change disclosure by companies."
Aiming for A
In addition to reporting on scenarios relating to how their businesses may be affected by global warming that is limited to two degrees Celsius, the Aiming for A investor coalition also asks that extractive industry companies report annually on:
• Ongoing operational emissions management;
• Low carbon energy research and development and investment strategies;
• Relevant strategic key performance indicators and executive incentives; and
• Public policy positions relating to climate change.
The oil and gas industry will be one of the most affected by the transition, with direct impacts on, among others, demand for fossil fuel and commodity prices. The ratchet mechanism agreed as part of the COP 21 climate change agreement in Paris in December 2015 also means that companies will need to be prepared for stronger policy action on climate change over time.
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A View From the Coast
Once a hidden home to counterculture revolutionaries, anti-prohibitionists, surfers, hippies, abalone divers, gardeners tending to their weed, drop-outs, and those wanting to be far from the hum of modern life, Mendocino, California is now one of the largest and most hip counties in the state. Located a breathtaking, three-plus hour drive from San Francisco, this area remains remote and untouched by blatant commercialism.
With mile upon mile of shockingly blue coastline, the seas frothy and violent year round, to the deep, dark redwood forests further inland, Mendocino is home to some of the most beautiful natural terrain in the world. Tourists flock to the indescribably charming inns nestled into hills overlooking the ocean, perusing the galleries, hiking the forests, and kayaking the tributaries. Apple orchards, local honeys and beers, foraged mushrooms, freshly liberated abalone, line-caught fish, and grass-fed animals provide the means for memorable meals. And, of course, the wines are becoming known for their high quality and great value.
Indeed, grapes provide the second largest revenue to the area, with redwood logging, sheep, and apples trailing behind. One throwback fact that has not changed: the county's number one cash crop is still produced by the gardeners tending to their weed.
While Mendocino County is an AVA (American Viticultural Area) in its own right, it also contains seven distinctly different appellations located within its boundaries. Many other regions, such as the Ukiah Valley, are awaiting AVA approval. The overall Mendocino AVA has 11,000 acres of vineyards, located mainly in the southern portion of the county. The coastal appellations are Anderson Valley, Mendocino Ridge and Yorkville Highlands, while the inland appellations include Cole Ranch, McDowell Valley, Potter Valley, and Redwood Valley.
As it hugs the coast and its long fingers reach inland, Mendocino County has a wildly divergent climate and soils. Mountainous terrains share vineyard space with warm valley floors. And while any knowledgeable wine lover would presume that Mendocino would be a cool grape-growing area due to its proximity to the coast, the reverse is actually true. The fog's breath does not often penetrate the valleys, which lie far below the 2,000- to 3,000-foot ridges, leaving them exposed to the sun's warm, drying influence.
Many of the AVA's tucked into Mendocino County received their accreditation more than 20 years ago, quite ahead of the curve. The wines, however, are just beginning to capture the attention of true aficionados and, indeed, many of the region's wineries continue to list the more commonly known moniker of 'Mendocino' on their labels, rather than the proper AVA from where the fruit hails.
Three of the seven appellations that have captured wine drinkers' hearts and palates:
Anderson Valley was declared an AVA in 1983 and covers 57,000 acres, less than 2,000 of which are planted to the vine. Fine Pinot Noir, crisp Chardonnay, and rich Zinfandels mix it up with Riesling and Gewurztraminer, both of which are produced in dry and sweet styles. Handley, Husch, Lazy Creek, and Navarro all bottle brilliant examples. The sparkling wines of Roederer Estate in Anderson Valley are worthy of a special occasion, due to the cooling influence of the short Navarro River.
McDowell Valley Vineyards petitioned for the McDowell Valley AVA in 1983. This prescient house, with just over 700 acres under vine, continues to be the sole winery operating in this tiny AVA, situated in bench lands that slope upwards of 1,000 feet above sea level. The Rhone varietals produced here are noteworthy.
Potter Valley's AVA was established in 1983 with more than 27,000 acres; less than 1,000 are actually planted to grapes. It is known for its clean, crisp Sauvignon Blancs and bright, high-toned Chardonnays.
The independent spirit that has always permeated the region provides much of the impetus for many of the grape growers to pay homage to their lands by farming organically. Approximately 36% of all certified organic vineyard property in California is located in Mendocino. In Napa County, 5% of the vineyards are certified organic and in Sonoma that number drops to 1%. Vineyards in Mendocino which are farmed organically total 18%. Many wineries take the notion of sustainable and organic farming even further with biodynamic practices. This method dictates various activities be performed in the vineyard at specific times within the lunar calendar, utilizing the notion of full-circle farming, animals, their compost, and the constant turn of the earth.
Mendocino County proves that wines grown correctly, with the proper varietals married to their ideal sites, produce remarkable wines. Leading the charge for this large and diverse region is a unique group of people with a love of their land and a passion for their grape growing.
A view of the region through its wines:
2003 Demuth Winery Chardonnay, Anderson Valley
2005 Patz & Hall Chardonnay 'Alder Springs Vineyard,' Mendocino
2006 Copain Pinot Noir 'En Bois,' Anderson Valley
2005 Handley Cellars Zinfandel 'Gianoli Vineyard,' Mendocino Ridge
2005 Paul Dolan Cabernet Sauvignon, Anderson Valley


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I started this tutorial(http://http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/ ->highly recomended tut to newB's) yesterday i finished it today, but i have got some probs,please be kind and look past any STUPID questions that i may ask,and plz help me...
I use DEV-Cpp.
1)I cant get Resource files to work(not even Rc-files that was defined by a built-in wizard)
THIS IS DEV's default new RC-file
When i use the wizard or if i add the code manaully it looks like this(check for errors,plz)#include <windows.h>
If i build the resource,no problems found, but as soon as i include it to ANY other code/file#include <windows.h>
POPUP "&File"
MENUITEM "E&xit",201
POPUP "&Tools"
MENUITEM "&Eneable Toolbar",202
MENUITEM "&Disable Toolbar",203
it give this error:
No matter what i use(menus/dialogs/icons..etc) it give this same error.2 c:\mydocu~1\2.cpp
c:\mydocu~1\winprog.rc:3: parse error before `20'
Does anyone know why??
2nd) How do u know what(data) to put in the parameters of WPARAM and LPARAM??
Can anyone maybe show me how to like just pass a simple "message"(of type char within the SendMessage()-function)as a argument to wparam/lparam, like say , so that when the user clicks on a a submenu item wich then calls WM_COMMAND and here maybe a code that whould pass a string as argument to another WM, to do something like changing a button caption to that string.
I tried doing this using global variable, but it(I) messed up big time.
3rd) What does it mean when the linker gives me an error like : udefined reference to initcommoncontrols@4 (and some other functions does this too)???
4th)Where should i go from here(after i swatted this tut from head to toe)??
Is API better than MFC??
If you read "these words" then i thank you for reading up to this point.....


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Karen Conterio, founder of the in-patient "A Safe Alternative Program for the Treatment of Self-Injury" at University Hospital in Chicago, describes the average self-mutilator as intelligent and sensitive. She has low self-esteem, comes from a middle- to upper-class economic background, and began injuring herself as a preteen. Her parents are generally high-achievers who have trouble effectively communicating their feelings and often neglect their daughter's needs. -- Teen Magazine
My body is a journal in a way. It's like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something, a specific time in your life when you make a mark on yourself, whether you do it yourself with a knife or with a professional tattoo artist. -- Johnny "not the face" Depp
When it comes to dealing with depersonalization disorders, David Cronenberg was ahead of the curve. He's the undisputed master of the Cartesian horror film, where the self is never wholly integrated with the body. Even his recent crime film, Eastern Promises, shows such a detachment where the Russian mob doesn't trust memory, relying instead on tattoos to signify their identity. Unfortunately for them, anyone with money can get a tattoo, Megan Fox, suburban mall punks, or an undercover cop. Therein lies the problem with trusting the body: it's too easily manipulated and controlled by external forces. As any self-flagellating monk could tell you, the surest way to sin is in reducing self to the earthly constraints of body, the locus of empty spectacle.


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6 Gadget Must-Haves For Bedroom Producers And Music Tech Junkies
Whether you're harboring DJ dreams of becoming the next big EDM star or you just love to play with music toys (like us), purchasing the right gadgets is a must. And you must choose wisely. Just because a headphone looks pimp with a big gold skull on it does not mean it features cranium-rocking sound quality. VIBE guides you through the process of choosing some quality gear at (mostly) bargain prices. Get plugged-in. —>
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OMAK George Dunckel, Larry Widman, Jason VanderWeide, Bill Carson and Greg Richards finished first in the Valley Lanes team challenge last week.
Percy Kuehne, Mike Dennis, CJ Bjorson, Dale Bjorson and Chance Eperson took second. Gene Gates, Teresa Perry, Patty DeTro, Justin Allen and Dale Dunckel were third.
Last week in bowling:
Sunday Mixed: High game: Bill Carson, 244. High Series: Bill Carson, 631.
Monday Majors: High games: John Gelvin, 255; Nick Powell, 254; Les McKay, 247; Dale Dunckel, 237; Dan Wentz, 236; Larry Widman, 236; Smiley Smith, 233; Cory Fletcher, 232; Bob Stevens, 229; Dave Carlton, 228. High series: Nick Powell, 712; Les McKay, 674; John Gelvin, 674; Dale Dunckel, 656; Todd Stanley, 650; Dave Carlton, 646; Dan Wentz, 629; Smiley Smith, 619; Al Hoberg, 605.
Wednesday Classic Scratch: Men's high games: Jason VanderWeide, 269; Travis Fry, 260; Lyle Ludeman, 248; Dale Dunckel, 236; Jeremy Fletcher, 235. Men's high series: Travis Fry, 731; Jason VanderWeide, 693; Jeremy Fletcher, 650; Dale Dunckel, 648; Smiley Smith, 621; Don Peck, 612; Larry Widman, 611.
Ladies' high games: Karen Trottier, 204; Teresa Perry, 202. Ladies' high series: Teresa Perry, 541; Raelyn Lewis, 529.
Thursday Seniors: High games: Jim Allard, 233; Bob Kawahara, 219; Ed Elwell, 201; Les McKay, 189. High series: Jim Allard, 595; Bob Kawahara, 556.
Thursday King Pin: High games: Larry Widman, 258; Travis Fry, 248; Brodie Verstegen, 248; Don Peck, 247. High series: Don Peck, 719; Travis Fry, 685; Jason VanderWeide, 661; Brodie Verstegen, 650.
Friday Mixed: Men's high games: Travis Fry, 268; Lyle Ludeman, 238. Men's high series: Travis Fry, 758; Lyle Ludeman, 668; Dale Dunckel, 601.
Ladies' high game: Raelyn Lewis, 203. Ladies' high series: Raelyn Lewis, 558.
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A new study released today by Rutgers University's Center for Women and Work shows that 83 percent of state residents of all political affiliations support paid sick-leave policies.
The report is the result of a public opinion telephone poll conducted last month by the university's Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling. A total of 925 New Jersey residents were surveyed.
"Not only do most New Jerseyans — over 83 percent — support paid sick days policies, but one of our most striking findings is that this support spans all economic and racial groups, both genders and even political affiliations," CWW research director and assistant professor Danielle Lindemann said in the report.
The study comes on the heels of a busy few weeks in New Jersey for paid sick-day policies. Earlier this month, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop put his signature on the city's mandatory paid sick-leave ordinance, the first of its kind in the state. On Tuesday night, the Newark City Council introduced a version of its own.
Eyes are currently on Trenton to see when the Legislature will take up a similar statewide bill introduced last spring by Assemblywoman Pamela Lampitt (D-Voorhees).
Several cities across the country including Seattle, Portland and San Francisco have all adopted similar ordinances.
Today's report also concludes that 37 percent of state residents lack access to paid sick time altogether. That figure is particularly pertinent for workers of Hispanic or Latino backgrounds as well as young employees and those who work part-time or earn under $50,000 per year, the study said.
"Over 37 percent of New Jersey residents work in jobs with no paid sick days," CWW affiliate fellow and Widener University assistant professor Linda Houser said in the report. "This proportion is significantly higher for some of New Jersey's most vulnerable citizens — low-income earners, part-time workers and young adults."
Among those polled, 38 percent said they could not financially afford to take time off, 28 percent noted that they feared a bad performance review if they did, and 24 percent reported that they were afraid of losing their jobs if time off was taken.
"Our findings show that New Jersey's low-wage workers, the majority of whom are women, are those least likely to have access to paid sick days," Rutgers' Working Families Program director Karen White said. "Yet they are the ones who most need this workplace standard so that they don't have to choose between losing a day's wages and caring for a sick child (or) themselves."
Statewide business groups have repeatedly stated their opposition to mandatory paid sick-leave measures. They say doing so would force employers to give fewer raises and bonuses and may ultimately lead to layoffs.


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France is planning to replace the words "mother" and father" in all official documents with the gender-neutral "parents" in order to normalize the idea of same-sex families. The move comes as the country prepares to legalize gay marriage.
The draft law defines marriage as "a union of two people of different or of the same gender." While the law will also permit gay couples to adopt children in the same way that straight couples can, it will not give them the right to medically assisted reproduction.
Plus: California Bill Will Allow Children to Have More Than Two Parents
Unsurprisingly, the proposed law has stirred some controversy with the country's Catholics and conservatives. However, France's Justice Minister pointed out the this isn't the first time there have been dramatic changes to marriage in the country's history—the 1884 introduction of divorce was met with similar outcry and debate.
Plus: Can Kids Be Raised in a Gender-Neutral Environment?
"Who can say that a heterosexual couple will bring a child up better than a homosexual couple, that they will guarantee the best conditions for the child's development?" she told the Telegraph.
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Catherine Hart Posted on Friday, July 26, 2013 at 3:30PM
Greensburg GreenTown and GreenTown Joplin were asked by the City of Oklahoma City Office of Sustainability to help with the REBUILD Expo on Saturday, August 3 in Moore. We've assisted with putting together the agenda and offering suggestions for the event, which is free and open to the public. If you know folks in Oklahoma who might benefit from the Expo, please share the program info with them.
A delegation of four from Joplin will staff an informational table and will make presentations: Willy Crane, a green building expert and home energy rater; Frank Schaffer, a builder whose family lost their home in the Joplin tornado and who has rebuilt a house that is a durable model of energy efficiency; Andrew Whitehead, Chair of GreenTown's advisory group; and Catherine Hart, General Manager of GreenTown Joplin and Co-Founder of Greensburg GreenTown.
Expo organizers have assembled two dozen exhibitors who will be on hand with free informational materials for homeowners. (The expo is educational in nature rather than being a commercial venue.) In addition, there will be consultants on hand (architects, green building consultants, energy efficiency experts, etc.) to meet with folks one-on-one to answer questions about their individual rebuilding needs. GreenTown is also preparing new handouts on the topics of: How to Find a Green Builder, Low- and No-Cost Sustainable Building Strategies, and Incentives.
The Expo will run from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Presentations will get underway at 11 a.m. and will include information about improving a home's durability and energy efficiency, water quality concerns, how to select a homebuilder and an architect, insurance issues, personal stories of recovery from Greensburg, Kansas and Joplin, Missouri, and other pertinent topics. The agenda lists speakers and their time slots.
Program content has been to tailored assist people who are rebuilding in areas affected by the May storms, but the Expo is open to anyone who is considering building a home and wants to learn how to do so with energy efficiency and durability in mind.
GreenTown looks forward to doing whatever we can to assist with the recovery of the good folks of Moore, Oklahoma City, and the other Oklahoma communities affected by tornadoes last spring.
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Review Group Week 200 - INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #21
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by thefourthman » Sat Dec 12, 2009 11:35 am
and now I am just convinced that Punchy is clearly insane.
I fucking hate Captain America. I think Bucky as Cap was the best thing ever, so don't even start with this patriotic loyalty to Steve Rogers shit with me. They played Cap against type (i.e. his patriotic loyalty) to make a point about Patriotism - Civil War was very much about US Foreign Policy at the time, with Superheroes playing the roles of suspected terrorists being persecuted with out any kind of due process. Tony was the villain, he was written that way in every single Marvel book, except for his own book, where they tried to make you understand his view point.
And again at the end of the day. The New Avengers weren't letting bad guys go to settle their beef with the Mighty Avengers. That is what Ms. Marvel and her cronies did.
Dark Reign is what Registration would have been like if a Crazy fucking asshole villain were in charge of it. It is Registration taking to its faulty slippery slope extreme.
by Punchy » Sat Dec 12, 2009 11:37 am
To elaborate on this point, remember when Marvel first announced Civil War and had those 'I'm with Captain America' and 'I'm with Iron Man' sigs? They didn't even announce what they were fighting over, no mention of a registration, just that there would be a conflict. Even then, on the basis of no information, I remember most posters at the old Newsarama sided with Cap for no other reason than he was Cap.
by Punchy » Sat Dec 12, 2009 11:40 am
I'm not going to have another massive argument over something that's nothing really to do with this week's book, I'll just say that it's all a matter of perspective and in my eyes, there was no real villain in Civil War, that's what made it special. People were bringing their own politics (although many didn't seem to understand that Cap was actually the right-wing one) and beliefs to the book, Civil War was very clever in how it divided the audience as well as the characters, almost meta.
by thefourthman » Sat Dec 12, 2009 12:00 pm
but it is relevant to this issue... they are redeeming the character. You don't think he needs to be redeemed because you have a different reading of Civil War. It should be apparent to you that you may have a bad reading of the story, because the writer of the book and the editorial department at Marvel want him redeemed and see a need to redeem him. So maybe, again, not to really pick on you, but if everyone else in the world says a duck is duck and you say it is a chicken... you may want to rethink your position. It is one thing to talk about interpretations, but unless Matt Fraction comes on here and says you are right Iron Man was the good guy in Civil War and his story is just meant to shut up fanboys who read the book wrong, I am going to believe all the evidence before my eyes, my reading, everyone else's reading and the stories that Marvel is telling that reinforce that reading.
by Punchy » Sat Dec 12, 2009 12:04 pm
To be honest, I don't think Fraction particularly thinks of this as a redemption, he depicted a perfectly heroic King Of The World Tony in the first arc of the book, and had him and Spider-Man bury the hatchet in the standalone #7, he considers Tony a hero. He's also shown how Tony planned all this whilst still in charge of SHIELD.
Marvel also published a book with Tony as a hero for a year and a half after Civil War without feeling the need to put him through a redemption.
And to be honest, I don't see how being lobotomised is a redemption, to me, this whole thing has shown how good Tony was, compare him to Norman, and he's a massive hero.
I think the change is more to do with the impact of the movie than any fan feeling of Tony as a villain.
by Wally Brando » Sat Dec 12, 2009 12:05 pm
And I completely disagree with everything in this post.
by Punchy » Sat Dec 12, 2009 12:06 pm
Fair enough, the whole thing is based on perspective, that was the point of Civil War.
by Wally Brando » Sat Dec 12, 2009 12:11 pm
I definitely looked at Tony as the villain of Civil War, personally.
And I loved that, because I was never much of an Iron Man fan. But Civil War made him interesting to me. I actually was hoping that it would end with him having gone off the deep end and embracing his dickish behavior during the event for good.
However, despite that, Fraction has made me a fan of the heroic Tony as well with his run.
by Punchy » Sat Dec 12, 2009 12:13 pm
Hey, hero or villain, as long as you're interested in the character, it doesn't really matter.
by 48THRiLLS » Sat Dec 12, 2009 7:28 pmInvincible Iron Man #21
This was probably an odd book to review if you have not been reading the current run, it was not a standout issue but in context of Fraction's current stint on this book it was enjoyable. I will say that I still do not care for Larocca's pencils but I admire the fact that he is a machine and this book is always on time. My only problem with this book is the showing up of Steve Rogers. As excited as I am to see him, I was hoping to see this in Reborn. You see him and Bucky together but what is the context? Is there gonna be 2 Caps? I know there is nothing that could have been done so save the 'but it's called Reborn you should have known he was coming back, blah fucking blah' ...yes, I know. I know they can't delay the books also(and I would not want them too). It is just a bummer that's all. Seeing Thor bring the hammer down on Cap's shield was pretty freaking cool and redeemed some of this issue.
In the end this was a good but not great issue, they can't all be hits ya know...
by Punchy » Sun Dec 13, 2009 11:35 amNo more reviews?
by Notauser » Sun Dec 13, 2009 4:59 pm
Great googly moogly, I thought I was the only one who understood that.
by john lewis hawk » Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:12 amIn regards to Civil War and the Superhuman Registration Act, there were no villains except the actual characters who've always been villains. Captain America started the fight when he used that device to shut down Iron man's suit but by continuing the fighting and increasing efforts against the other side, both Cap or IM have blood on their hands.
by Chubbles » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:30 amI'm with Tony Stark in regards to the civil war storyline. I've said this before but the superheroes jobs are to protect people and if having them run around with no consequences endangered people then I'm all for the forced registration. Tony wasn't trying to make their identities public knowledge, he was going to store them in his head just so that if shit hit the fan there would be accountability. I'm a huge mark for Cap but I was with Tony throughout.
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MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Two days after Hillary Clinton's husband raised eyebrows with a tepid endorsement of Obama, the spouse on the other side of the Democratic equation praised the former First Lady for bringing women's issues to the forefront of this election's debate.
Before a roundtable discussion in New Hampshire -- the state that relaunched the Democratic battle after Clinton's surprise win in January -- Michelle Obama paid homage to those who have dreamed of equal rights in America.
"I know that we are closer to this America than ever before," she told an audience of about 300 in Manchester. "And that's largely because of an extraordinary woman who's not in this room, but she's traveling with my husband tomorrow, and that woman is Hillary Clinton."
"Because of Hillary Clinton's work," she added, "the issues of importance to women and to working families are front and center in this election."
Obama appeared with former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, who will challenge embattled New Hampshire Republican John Sununu for his U.S. Senate seat.
Four other New Hampshire women participated in the roundtable, which focused on education, health insurance and other issues mentioned by participants as those particularly important to women voters. At one point, the aspiring First Lady quipped that the discussion between the women looked like "our version of The View."
Michelle Obama enjoyed an enthusiastic reception, especially when she described herself as a working mother, both in her current job as a campaign surrogate and in her former life as a hospital executive.
She noted that women, and all Americans, often "suffer in silence," rather than complain about the trials and tribulations of an economy that can be tough on families.
"That is the beauty of America," she said. "We are grateful, and we are willing to struggle and work hard. But at some point we have to say, 'Enough.'"
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Babe Ruth Limited-Edition LeRoy Neiman Serigraph - Printer's Proof
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Titled The Babe , issued in 1995, serigraph numbered "PP 5/6" (printer's proof), signed in pencil by Neiman (grading "10") in the lower margin. Edition limited to 341 total impressions (285 numbered impressions, 50 artist's proofs, and 6 printer's proofs). Stark contrasts highlight this classic artwork of the legendary "Sultan of Swat." The brilliant white hue of Ruth's pinstriped uniform is masterfully juxtaposed against the dark background colors, thereby giving the piece an almost ethereal quality. Neiman created this iconic image of Ruth in 1995 as a special tribute to the much-celebrated 100th anniversary of Ruth's birth. The serigraph measures 18 x 23.5 inches (image area) and is in Near Mint condition. Matted (by means of tape on the reverse) to total dimensions of 27.5 x 34 inches. Reserve $1,000. Estimate $2,000+. SOLD FOR $2,233
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This park is a unique geographic province in that it contains 5 different major landscapes, and is home to an astounding diversity of plants, animals, and recreational pursuits. The campground at Round Creek is the only camp area that stays open year round. Dogs of all sizes are allowed at no additional fee. Dogs may not be left unattended, and they must be leashed and cleaned up after. Dogs are allowed on the trails. The camping and tent areas also allow dogs. There is a dog walk area at the campground. Dogs are allowed in the camping cabins. There are no electric or water hookups at the campground.
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