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Alright, it's time to throw down. In a show that's based around settling debates, one question rises again and again; Why does Dan hate Anime? For that matter, why would anyone hate Anime? Oh if only we had a forum where Dan could defend his stance against a bearded, charismatic character and then the best argument could win ... you see where I'm going with this. East vs. West, people, and let the best animation style win!
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Here I thought this was going to be about Art Style, Gritty, Cell shaded, ect...
I love Dan's argument, well more Chris' reaction to it.
How can you hate ShinChan? That show is hilarious.
My fiancee doesn't like anime (she doesn't like simplistic art styles) but I got her to enjoy Death Note by showing her the live action version instead.
Suggestion: Ghost in the Shell
Both of the movies AND the "Stand Alone Complex" series.
This MAY make you change your mind about anime, Dan.
Funny how the combination of all three major anime tropes turns out to be the greatest Western animated character of all time! And his show is actually animated in Korea! What a crazy world we live in.
I wonder what would count as extremes in Western animation?
How the fuck did Dan get 4 points?
I've seen Akira and part of Full Metal Alchemist so Anime sucks.
Err doesn't Dan know that Digimon is technically Anime?
While I do agreed on both sides, I thought it was going to be a draw but still I don't really care that Westen win (I'm pretty much netural for this episode).
I'm going to go out on a limb and say Code Geass. It's a more serious anime so there are very few if not none of the visual animation jokes like the "rain drop", it was an original animations, so unlike DBZ or Naruto it's not based on a manga and as a result they didn't have to extended out episodes with fluff to try to match up with the manga. The animation is good, and it has a very well thought out story.
While we are generalizing everything. Aren't the popular (in the west) Miazaki films all about some sort of girl, then something bad happens to her, then she falls in love, then things get more or less ok but not great?
I'm in Dan's camp on this one. There just isn't much anime that I care for. I appreciate the style. As an artist I can see the amount of work and care that goes into it and it can be awe inspiring. But as a whole, anime holds little appeal for me personally. That's not to say that it's bad or that it has no merit, it's just usually not my cup of tea save for a few exceptions like Samurai Champloo and Cowboy Bebop.
Because games are different than tv/movies. You need to play a game before you can determine whether it or it's genre suck. Also Dan did say that he doesn't really mean all anime sucks, just the stuff he has seen.
A huge point that was overlooked was that anime came about because of Disney cartoons. So western animation, in a sense, created what we know as Anime today.
The big "rain drop" as you call it is supposed to be a sweat drop and it usually signifies exasperation. You'd have to be an idiot not to be able to figure that out, esp. considering when it appears the character usually has an exasperated and/or annoyed expression on their face to go with it.
Someone suggest Bobobo, so Dan's opinion of anime can be ruined FOREVER.
So western animation is not adult? Check out Batman TAS, JLU, some of the ADD cartoons like Fairy Oddparents, Invader Zim and such. Western animation various from very dark and serious to wacky and still adult (with all the layers in between).
I won't comment on anime though. Can't watch most without breaking into tears... from laughter. I can't take the writing serious (maybe it would change if I would understand a drop japanese. All I hear in dub is people discussing rather passionly their favorite sandwich-making methods and subbed in most cases suffers from difference in grammar and language).
So then
This is just a bit more personal for me because I've had to deal with "I don't like Anime" people before.
There's the whole Anime is not a genre, it's a medium argument (Which applies to western animation too)
Obviously neither one of them should have won because there is No Right Answer but Dan just argued poorly.
I second this.
Ghost in the Shell has very few of the tropes that are in conventional anime.
It's still has robots, but hey, it's the future, and the'ye not as ridiculous as the crap from Gundam.
I don't think you can break it down to just West vs. East. Both "sides" have a huge variety of styles in animation. For example, you couldn't call the style used by Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, Jin-Roh) to be the same as the style used Studio Ghibli and if you even think of calling it the same style as Dragonball Z or Sailor Moon, then I'm going to have to introduce you to this here crowbar of mine. On the flip side, can you say with a straight face that even every Disney film has the same animation style? The very premise of this debate is overly broad and therefore flawed at its core.
@Dan: Elfen Lied, partly cause its good, partly cause there's non of the sweat drops and such you hate, and partly cause its short clocking in at 13 eps or so.
Vampire Hunter D, the first one. a good, but bloody anime flick
other wise :/ really ... the style that brought us forgettable crap like SPONGE BOB won .... -.- no matter how crappy the anime there's always an over arcing plot, (unless your FLCL or The Excel Saga*) also, Akira and DBZ suck, so it little wonder why Dan doesn't like anime ...
"Anime" really only means animation from Japan. That's pretty broad.
They are simply too different to properly compare because of differences in culture and subject matter. And although Miyazaki's films are considered "anime", I wouldn't lump them in that category.
This topic was WAY too broad to actually debate. They were just coming up with points that, while valid, never fit within a debate topic. So, as usual, pretty dumb, dull, and unfunny.
But Miyazaki is incredible...
Even removing anime from the equation, "Spirited Away" is my all time favorite movie. It has none of the stereotypes commonly associated with anime and is just generally a very heart warming film. If I had to suggest something to Dan that would be it.
It does have some crazy strange moments but in the context of the movie they make sense and it's never blown way over the top like in Akira or anything. Everything is from the child's perspective so it can be forgiven if things go astray. Give it a shot man, even if you don't like it I imagine it would be way more appealing than what you're used to :)
If you can get behind that then I would also suggest Ergo Proxy, it's a series of roughly 15 episodes and the only time that I can remember it going into WTF-ville is, again, in an episode centered around the child.
Elfen Lied?
Seriously? You mean the series with so much fan service of young characters that it borders on some very dodgy territory?
I like Elfen Lied, it was a good series, but it's hardly a suggestion for someone who hates tradional anime tropes.
That's not really relevant to deciding which style is overall better. For example, Super Mario 64 came out long before Ratchet & Clank, and probably influenced how it was made. Does that automatically mean Super Mario 64 is the better game? No, you'd have to experience both. Their debate ignores the origins of both styles and instead focuses on content and quality.
When comparing a baby's crying or Mozart's Requieum in D minor Dies Irae, you don't say "Oh, well I'll keep in mind that the fact that crying babies have existed since long before Mozart, and probably influenced him as well, when deciding which is better." You instead, say "Gee, this baby is really getting on my nerves. Time to blast Dies Irae all up in this bitch."
Awesome debate. One of the best you guys have done. But there a few things that I think should be brought up about what you guys said.
Firstly, Howl's Moving Caste was based on a book by a Welsh author, so it's based on western mythology. Several of Studio Ghibli's are based on western mythology, like the new film based on The Borrowers.
Also, what about Genndy Tartakovsky? He's made plenty of animation that isn't cliche and childish and really pushes the envelope, like Samurai Jack. Western animation isn't just Disney and Pixar re-hashing the same old princess stories over and over.
Watch Another tell me you hate Anime.
Heh, the most obvious was clearly almost anything directly done by Miyazaki. Really, really can't go wrong there.
But to be honest, Puella Magi Madoka Magica. It had a great art style, and it seems to start out as a simple, clear cut magical girl anime. But then it completely surprises you in a bunch of ways, and goes pretty in depth into human behavior, and a lot more serious and deep issues then you would expect from an anime of its "type" Its one of my personal favorites, and despite it still having some of the things typical to anime, I would still strongly suggest it.
and yea, technically Digimon was an anime, hell, theres even a Digimon anime series STILL running now, Xros Wars is going strong!
You were arguing content, not animation styles. Two different things. From an objective standpoint, the majority of Anime works off of budgets far lower than western animation, and it really starts to show.
You can argue content all you want, but when it comes down to the mechanics of actual movement and fluidity, the average western cartoon is far more likely to move than the average anime series.
Visual design does factor into animation, as supremely detailed models are hard to render in fluid animation 100% of the time. This is where the anime money shots come from, where an episode will being fairly mediocre in terms of movement until an action scene happens, where you can see what the budget was actually being pumped into.
I'm not saying that Anime is somehow worse than western animation. I've seen shows I liked. However, I will challenge anyone who purports anime to be superior to western because of content. Not because Western is better, but because often the people who make that statement are talking out of their ass.
Not gonna watch this one it seems. Dans nothing but a worthless troll.
If you did watch it, you would see that they both make snipes at each other, but both also have valid points.
Watch Usagi Drop - it's an anime about a man raising a girl he adopted. One of the most heartwarming animes I have ever seen. You wont see any of your mentioned cliches and it has a beautiful artstyle.
Some people don't like movies. Or books. Or video games. Personally, I don't like drawn animation in general. I will tolerate it if it's awesome, but anything animated (east or west) already starts in a hole for me.
Anime I tend to like even less, and I'll tell you why:
All the stupid meta emotional ticks that most anime use (sweat drop, giants when yelling, etc.). I can be watching an anime and actually enjoying it, but as soon as the female lead pulls a giant hammer out of her ass to beat the male lead with, I turn it off and never return (come on, why doesn't she use that thing when being assaulted by the villain?)
On that note, I've never been a fan of the "woman who berates men into submission even when they don't deserve it" character, which anime tends to be rife with. It can be done well when that's taken as a character flaw for that one character (Nynaeve in Wheel of Time), but when every woman in an anime is this character, they're just being lazy and annoying. Same for the "angry woman traveling with two guys, one straight-laced, the other wild" group.
When I'm watching a movie/tv show, I don't want to read. If I wanted to read, I'd read a book, which I do. Often. In fact, I prefer books over visual media, but I can't always be reading. When I'm watching something, I'm usually doing something else as well (usually programming). And this doesn't work if there are subtitles.
The pacing is usually too slow. I have a similar problem with most British productions (although, this has been changing in recent years). Yes, I'm someone who reads the Wheel of Time books, and I find the pacing of anime too slow.
All that being said, I love Hellsing. I've been getting into Gunslinger Girl (even though it's pacing is slow AND it's subtitled). I remember enjoying Trigun years ago, but I don't think I could watch it again. Cowboy Bebop was okay (though, Toys in the Attic FTW). Claymore was pretty good.
Whats Dans argument? " ITS FROM JAPAN NOT AMERICA THEREFORE ITS BAD!!!"
The only thing that makes anime hard to watch and why people think it is immature is the amount of ecchi that Anime has to deal with. An example I like to use is Sekirei. The story itself is not that bad. The problem is that if someone walks in as I'm watching Sekirei, they're going to think I'm watching something else completely. So much of it caters to the horny otaku that it makes it difficult for regular people who just want to watch a good story without that awkwardness to just jump in.
And yes, Trigun is an awesome anime. Definitely worth watching.
Im kinda surprised dan doesnt like DBZ but then again i guess that would depend on the episodes hes seen.
Also i dont think disney princess films would work in a collective culture like those fo the east, so you cant really take and apply them there. its easier to do here in the us, and the west because were more individualistic so youre allowed to go out and do your own thing.
anyway, I like shows from both, but I enjoy most anime cause its more not really adult but grown up oriented. Cartoons I see today for the most part are very simplistic and outside of a few shows I look back at with nostalgia, i have a hard time sitting and watching cartoons that arent anime like in style cause I get through about half the half of an episode (thats what seven minutes) and think this is stupid.
Of coures ive seen anime that fall into this category but tehyre lesser in number from what ive seen.
EDIT: and dan should try out speed grapher.
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I need some advice as to what I should do. I am open about my atheism with my family and don't really worry about what they think since my dad is agnostic and is fine with my atheism, and I don't really care what the rest of my family thinks since I don't know them as more than acquaintances. My problem is I do not know if I should tell my best friend. I have been friends with her for about seven years. My best friend is a christian with a christian family, she goes to church every Sunday, is in a church group, goes to bible study, and goes on some summer vacations with her church.
We don't really talk about religion and she is not the type it seem to preach, but I'm worried how she will react. I think she will remain as my friend and not dislike me just because I'm an atheist, but I'm not really sure since I have heard a lot of horror stories from other atheist about what happened when they came out as an atheist.
My biggest worry is what her parent will say. They don't seem like super hardcore Christians but I'm worried they won't like their daughter associating with an atheist.
My dad advised that I wait to tell her until she is out of her house and not depending on her parents to tell her so her parents won't have a say as to who she is friends with, but I want to know what you guys say as well.
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Hi Shyanne,
Your dads advice was good. Especially if your priority is to remain friends. It would be considerate of you even though she might not see it that way. Way i see it, she would do good being your friend, it would open her mind a little to associate with people with very different beliefs or lack of them. If her parents make a big fuss about this now, there's a possibility she will detach herself a bit from you. If your main priority is to remain friends id say tell her when she's moved out. reality is, you two have very different beliefs, its not like its something you have in common there so even if you bring it up there's not a lot to say about it between the two of you unless you plan to de-convert her which seems pretty difficult now hearing about how committed and involved she is in the christian community.Maybe that'll change when shes in College/Working?!
If you enjoy her company and being friend with her inspite of difference in way of thinking then why to risk spoiling a healthy relationship? Difference in openion is not a big deal. We all differ on many other things and still go on nicely with each other.
I think it would depend on how your friend and her parents feel about your dad being an agnostic. If they're fine with it, then they'll probably be more excepting of you being an atheist. But your dad definitely has a point, wait til she's out of her parents house.
If you and she are as close as your post implies, then I would wager that she already knows your stance on religion. She may choose to look away from that one aspect of your self. By spelling it out to her, you are forcing her hand. Are you sure that's what you want? I would suggest putting off this decision for at least 6 weeks (I think 6 months would be better). And during that time, evaluate what you expect her response to be to such a revelation. Make your evaluation based on what you observe in her behavior and what she talks about. Don't let your feelings affect your judgement. Then decide. If you still don't know what to do, you can always put off making any announcements. Just remember, you can't unsay anything.
All of you give good solid advice and I don't disagree with anyone. I know this about myself and about people, many spend their lives trying to live others' expectations, wanting to fit in, willing to deny their own thoughts and needs and sacrifice themselves for others. Is that flourishing? Perhaps, I can't say one way or the other.
If one is confident in one's opinions, can stand on principle even when everyone else disagrees, then that can imply competence and careful reasoning, or it can imply bullheadedness. Again, I can't say.
Having a friend with whom you have to self-monitor your opinions says something you need to think about. Do you want to self-monitor your opinions? Do you flourish when you do self-monitor? Will you have to self-monitor with your other dear friends or boyfriend or husband or parent or children? Are you proud and have self-respect when you have to present a false-face?
I do wish you well in your decision and that all comes out in a way that empowers you to be who you are.
I would tell her if there was reason to. I have friends that are "religious", but don't really talk al ot about it. If it comes up, I'd listen to them and nod knowingly. I don't tell everyone that I am an atheist, because most don't understand and assume you are a satan worshiper or seomthing. As if you could worship another non-existent being. I have told 2 close friends, they don't care and already knew without me saying it. I said it just so I could say it out loud. Neither of them is super religious but both claim to believe in god. My wife and kids all know..they are christians. I used to go to church with my wife most sundays, just because she wanted me to go. I have recently stopped going. I told her that I dont think it is right for me to go. That it almost seems like I am making fun of her religion, which I don't want to do. She married me knowing I was an atheist..probably thought she could change me, but that has long since been proven untrue.
I guess I consider myself a "non-militant" atheist. I don't make a big deal about it. I don't see it as my duty to make sure others agree with me, and I don't try to enact political change etc.
Long story short, does your friend NEED to know? If she invites you to church or asks your opinion on religion then I'd certainly be honest..otherwise it is not worth the grief..IMHO.
I would wait until she's moved out if you think her parents could affect your relationship. I would try not to make a big deal out of it and try not to let it affect your friendship. Maybe mention it in passing or if she brings it up. You could also just not tell her. If you and your friend don't actively discuss religion it may be easiest to just let her assume what she wants.
Ivanthecur, your point of view is a familiar one, and I know you have a right to your opinion. However, think long range. Do you want friends with whom you have to wear a mask, be careful about what you say, or deny what you really think?
To be proud of being a non-believer in superstitions and delusions is a mark of critical thinking. It is not something to hide. If you are a thief, you probably want to hide that from others, but being an atheist is an honorable thing, worthy of self-respect.
I respect the fact that you could empathize with her and want to protect her. My hunch, she is strong, caring, compassionate, and able to stand up for what she believes.
I agree with Steph S.
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Well, not much since my last post. The baby is moving a lot more now which makes me think that maybe, hopefully my AFI will have gone up or atleast not gone down when we go in for a check tomorrow. We will also have a growth check tomorrow, I am hoping for maybe 4lbs, 10 oz, something like that--hey 5 lbs would be great. Only 16 more days until my induction starts at 8pm on the 27th. We are so excited, and scared at the same time. I am starting to have the usual doubts in myself, will I know what to do with her once I get her home, will I feed her too little, too much? Stuff like that. My dh, bless his heart, is worried that she will be sick. I have tried to reassure him that 37 weeks and 3 days is almost term, and some doctors even consider that full term. I too though, am planning on covering my ears when she is born until someone punches me and tells me she is crying, so I should really not be telling him to not be scared. Reality of being a parent, still has not set in. I mean I see all the baby stuff around the house, all put up in it's place, crib set up, changing table, bassinet in the bedroom, pack and play in living room, car seat buckled in, bags packed all that good stuff, but the fact that in about 3 weeks, Audrey will be home (prayerfully) here with us, well, it is kinda freaking me out. I know this is just common first baby jitters and that as soon as I see her and hold her and kiss her that all fear will pass away, but I guess for the next 2 weeks, I will be this way. Anyway, I will update tomorrow after U/S and Wednesday after NST and DA.
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|— Cub Scout Academics and Sports Program Guide, 2003 Revision (BSA Supply No. 34299B)
Belt Loops
Belt loops are awarded to boys who complete the three belt loop requirements in an academic subject or sport. Participation can take place individually or with the family, in the den or pack, or in the school or community. Academics belt loops are gold, and Sports belt loops are silver, with the exception of Archery and BB Shooting, which are copper colored.Belt loops may be worn with the Cub Scout uniform on the Cub Scout belt. Webelos Scouts who have chosen to wear the khaki uniform may still wear the blue Cub Scout belt so as to display the belt loops they have earned.
PinsTiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts may choose to continue their involvement in an Academics or Sports area and earn the pin. Pins may be worn on the Cub Scout Academics and Sports letter.
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BALTIMORE – UMBC sophomore Justin Carter (Randallstown, Md.) won a thrilling three-set match at No. 1 singles, but No. 54 George Washington (10-5) defeated the Retrievers, 6-1, in chilly, breezy conditions at the UMBC Tennis Complex.
Carter dropped the first-set, 6-3, to GW's No. 1, senior Nikita Fomin. Carter got out to a 5-2 second set lead, but Fomin battled back to send the match to a second-set tie-breaker. With the outcome of the match decided, Carter forced a third-set 10-point breaker, with a 7-5 decision. Trailing 8-7, Carter took two points on Fomin's serve, then held on match point for the hard-earned victory.
The Colonials opened the proceedings by capturing the doubles point. Viktor Svensson and Ulrirk Thomsen defeated the UMBC tandem of Eliott Loubatie (Paris, France) and Kamal Patel (Germantown, Md./Seneca Valley), 8-2, at the No. 3 position and the GW No. 1 tandem of Francisco Dias/Julis Tverijonas secured the point with an 8-6 squeaker over Carter and sophomore partner Melker Svard (Gothenburg, Sweden), 8-6.
Four of the six singles matches were tightly-contested. GW won in comfortable fashion at the Nos. 3 and 6 positions to take a 3-0 lead. At the No. 4 position, UMBC sophomore Alex Drean (Bayonne, France) served to send his first set into a tie-breaker, but was broken and fell, 7-5, to Tverijonas. The Nos. 2 and 5 matches both went to tie-breakers, but Svard and junior Daniel Gray (Bowie, Md./The Bullis School) lost to Dias and Svensson respectively.
All three Retrievers fell in straight sets, as Tverijonas' 7-5, 6-3 victory over Drean clinched the match for the visitors.
The Retrievers, now 9-7 on the year, had just returned on Friday from their spring break trip to Nevada and California. They will continue the four-match homestand with a Friday, March 28 encounter versus St. Joseph's.
No. 54 George Washington 6, UMBC 1
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No. 3 Viktor Svensson/Ulrik Thomsen, GW, def. Eliott Loubatie/Kamal Patel, UMBC, 8-2
No. 1 Carter def. Fomin, 3-6, 7-6 (5), (10-8)
No. 2 Dias def. Svard, 7-6 (4), 6-4
No. 3 Zelenkov def. Loubatie, 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 Tverijonas def. Drean, 7-5, 6-3
No. 5 Svensson def. Gray, 7-6 (5), 6-3
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WASHINGTON – For the second year in a row National Football League (NFL) scouts were on campus to evaluate a Gallaudet University football player as rising senior defensive end Adham Talaat (Springfield, Va.) worked out Monday for scouts from the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Redskins. Talaat a 6-foot-6, 285-pound defensive lineman ran the 40-yard dash, was measured and interviewed by the visiting scouts.
"This was a great opportunity for Adham to get the chance to perform before NFL scouts today," said Gallaudet football coach Chuck Goldstein, who enters his fourth season at the helm. "Adham is a bright student-athlete that has been working hard to get to where he is. He needs to keep that mindset this offseason and in preparations for the 2013 season so he can help the team excel and make a name for himself."
Talaat is a 2012 Capital One Academic All-American Division III football second team performer. He also was named to the Capital One Academic All-District First Team for Division III for District 2. Talaat is a physical education major that has accumulated a 3.88 grade point average. He is also a two-time Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) All-Academic team honoree.
The Springfield, Va., native was named to the ECFC second team defense at the end of the season. Talaat received recognition after a 2.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss performance in a 48-26 victory over Becker College on Oct. 20 as well. For the effort he was named the ECFC Defensive Player of the Week and the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Northeast Defensive Player of the Week. Talaat was selected as an all-conference honorable mention on defense in 2011.
Gallaudet went 7-3 overall during the 2012 season and finished 5-2 in ECFC play.
Last year, All-American cornerback Tony Tatum (Gardendale, Ala.) worked out for several NFL clubs on campus and just recently performed at the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) Pro Day on March 4.
Talaat earned a $1,000 scholarship from National Capital Region Chapter of the National Football Foundation (NFF). He will be recognized on Sunday, April 7, at the 7th annual Scholar-Athlete Banquet. For more information about the award you can read the story here.
Also see:
- 2014 NFL Draft Prospect: Gallaudet's Adham Talaat (NFL Draft Zone)


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Today is the 4th annual International Sloth Day!
Created by the AIUNA Foundation, International Sloth Day aims to bring awareness to illegal trafficking and the mistreatment of sloths in Central and South America. AIUNA is a nonprofit located in Medellin, Colombia focused on the rehabilitation and release of sloths injured by power lines, hit by cars or sold illegally.
Here at the Aquarium, we have four Linne's two-toed sloths that live in our Upland Tropical Rain Forest exhibit! With two claws on the front feet and three on the back, Linne's two-toed sloths are designed for an arboreal life. They move through the tree branches and even mate and give birth while hanging upside down!
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In Which She Is Worth Risking Everything For
Eliot Spitzer's No Good Very Bad Days
by Alex Carnevale
To be left alone, a man will do a lot of things. To be left alone to have sex with a beautiful woman, a man will pay many green things.
One of freedom's greatest enemies was sacrificed on the altar of his own hubris this month, and everyone seems to be enjoying it quite a bit, not least of which is the brave prostitute who didn't permit him to penetrate her anus without a condom.
she surely deserves the presidential medal of ho-dom
We are party to one of the better times to be a prostitute in recorded history. This particular prostitute lived in a $4,000 dollar a month apartment, partied 4 days a week, and all she had to do was fuck the governor and other rich clientele on a regular basis. There are worse bargains. At least when she gives herself over to the government, they foot the bill, as opposed to the taxpayer.
I have no idea how prostitution has managed to be illegal for this long. There's clearly nothing wrong with taking money for sex, and criminalizing this behavior only serves to put what should be a honest, public business in dark shadows where abuse and misery loom ever larger. As with most government intervention, laws against prostitution do nothing but waste resources and further hurt those who they are designed to protect. And prevent us from seeing awesome photosets that appear in the Post, and US Weekly.
showtime series will capitalize on this photoset
Also amazing were these letters to the Post. If you can believe it, the Post was given to many schools for free on the day of the Dupre pictorial. I know. I know.
As an employee of the New York City Department of Education, I was appalled at the cover and interior pictures of the woman involved with the Spitzer scandal ("Bad Girl," Cover, March 14). The paper is delivered free of charge to many public schools, and to have the paper put into the hands of children is unconscionable.
James Favilla
I am astounded that you would print such a photo on the front page of your paper and send free copies to an elementary school. I think that when you supply free newspapers to our schools, your front page should not be a nude picture of Gov. Spitzer's hooker.
Dolores Gateson
ms. dupre reportedly has man hands
The crusading lawmaker has only way of achieving success. Spitzer must make laws, he must prosecute wrongdoers. You'd think Eliot would have be willing to hand himself over in handcuffs once revelations of his misdeeds hit the airwaves, once he'd subjected his wife and children to his adulterous ways.
Instead the sniveling prick hired Scooter Libby's lawyers and resumed crowing about the public good. There is no shortage of words to say how wrong Mr. Spitzer is.
dupre myspace
Like most lawyers, Spitzer fed on the good work of others, siphoning off money from the public and private sources that are compelling by the government to employ them. There should be no such thing as a lawyer, a malevolent group of ne'er do wells who tear down instead of create, who bill hours instead of working for them, and who steal our best and brightest for long proceedings in which "judgment" is rendered, and a supposed higher good is upheld.
"kristen" and her tramp stamp
We see in these foundering black socks another spoiled rich boy, who immediately set out to abuse the office he wanted so desperately to attain. I once met one of Mr. Spitzer's aides: a friend of a friend, he had less to say for himself than a whore. Any person naïve and stupid enough to put their trust in a fucking "steamroller" deserved what he got in the wake of this scandal.
And as for his wife, staring vapidly into her excuse for a husband's eyes? What are we to say of this one, educated at Harvard Law to marry this perverse twit; a woman who once resolved she'd never be like Hillary?
men: it wasn't her place
Instead of separating herself from the man who betrayed her family, she had the nerve to stand next to him, as he "apologizes." For him to use her as a shield is despicable. To give the impression that this is a man worth saving, even for a moment, is the wrong message to send to her daughters. I will cut her some slack considering her life is falling apart because of the woman in this photo...
...but still. Reports that she urged him to hold onto his office until the last moment complete the portrait of a woman whose craven desire for power overwhelms even the most damning of circumstances.
"She'll come out with flying colors," Thomas Comer, whose sister married Silda's brother, told The Post. "She'll probably end up being more powerful than he is."
Great. And yet in her heart Silda is just misguided and down on anal sex for no real reason. We quote the prostitute Dupre, from her myspace:
If you are in a relationship, and it is "doing absolutly nothing" for you, makes you feel bad about yourself or situations, just causing unessesary drama, and ruining things that you may actually care about...why would you want that in your life?? you need to surround yourself with the people that make you feel good, and that will help you get to that next step in your life. that is what a relationship is all about...growing and moving forward.
she would have have stood by him too
Surround yourself around people that are making moves, and doing what "they want and love" with their lives, positive energy...thats what life is all about...living. Because if you dont, misery loves company, they will only try to bring you down with them...but the question is, are you strong enough, to not let that happen?
Silda had better take the photoset's advice.
spitzer: lessons for nigerian politicians
Mr. Spitzer's fall from grace should have imparted a number of lessons. No one seems to be much interested in learning them. When Mr. Spitzer said that what he did was by any standard not moral, he should have been more specific. Was prostitution immoral? Was it paying for sex that was immoral, or was it doing so in violation of his wedding vows that was?
The many enemies that Mr. Spitzer made in the state of New York attest to his grotesque incompetence.
As he declared war on Wall Street and other corporate abusers, Spitzer also declared war in effect on his own oath of office: a commitment to the state and federal constitutional guarantees of the presumption of innocence.
Time after time with high-profile corporate officials - most conspicuously, former American International Group CEO Maurice "Hank" Greenberg - Spitzer railed on national television that his targets had broken the law.
But in most cases - after the damage to reputations was already done - no charges were brought.
possible difference between slave and prostitute
Spitzer's wife, who he deigned not to even mention in either of his preplanned advisor-approved-I-don't want to go to jail talks, is going to leave him eventually. Might this be the appropriate time to confess his love for the prostitute he felt so close to that he pleaded for unprotected sex? George Fox, the real one and the imagined one, would be proud.
"It is also my client's understanding from the same source that Governor Spitzer did not remove his midcalf-length black socks during the sex act," said the letter, which was signed by Stone's attorney Paul Rolf Jensen. "Perhaps you can use this detail to corroborate Mr. Stone's information."
God love Roger Stone.
in all likelihood we will be buying this
There is probably such a thing as a public good, but we have no real way of measuring it. We cannot really know what is best for another person, and it is heresy to think we can.
It is not a matter of judgment. We may judge another, but we cannot hope for them, or live their lives. It may seem like a good idea to be a moral crusader, as men on both sides of the aisle have been to the city of New York. In a place like this, we all agree, to a certain extent, to be policed, to be watched, the temptation is even greater to moralize for others.
if celebs moved to oklahoma
Each generation produces a critical mass of people invested in change. This is as it should be. It is natural for the young to believe in the power of government, especially now, when there are so few social and cultural organizations that bind us together in meaningful ways. This generation, like their parents, wants to be involved in something, and government suddenly emerges as a way of giving meaning to a life that has been divested of it. And yet we cannot say what is right for other people.
how to be a scandalite
Spitzer and his wife are no more, and a new adultering, coke-addled governor has taken his place. For the people that will mean more talk about what kind of horrible men and women we choose to lead us nowhere, as if there were any difference between them.
Alex Carnevale is the editor of This Recording.
Alec Baldwin against prostitution: who'd have thunk it?
"Eyelids" - The Dodos (mp3)
"Walking" - The Dodos (mp3)
"Fools" - The Dodos (mp3)
Dodos myspace
Dodos website
The latest Thomas Pynchon got us thinking.
We told you our answers, we left you our dreams on your answer machine.
Molly yelled at me for posting Five for Fighting.
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So, unless you've been living under a chunk of rock candy (this might not be such a bad thing, actually), you probably know that possibly the sweetest book ever to be published is coming out this fall: CakeSpy Presents Sweet Treats for a Sugar-Filled Life (oh, and you can click on that hyperlink to pre-order, if you'd like).
And--even better--I am coming to a city near you on a book tour. But aside from a couple of exceptions, the tour will take place not at bookstores--but at BAKERIES! That's right. OMG. And so that's why we're calling it Tour De Sweet! Basically, we're going to hang out, eat baked goods, and then you will buy like 30 copies of my book (Official Tour de Sweet Promise: I promise to sign and draw a unicorn, cupcake, and/or robot in each and every copy of my book you buy).
Sweet disclaimer: Now. These dates and times may shift slightly, so be sure to check back closer to the events!
Online Launch: Tour de sweet Blog Party!
October 10: Cupcake Project
October 11: Bake It in a Cake!
October 12: Culinary Concoctions by Peabody
October 13: Dessert First
October 14: Cookie Madness
October 15: Bake and Destroy
October 16: Piece of Cake
October 17: Not Martha
October 18: Scoopalicious
October 19: Big Girls, Small Kitchen
October 20: Blondie and Brownie
October 13: Official Book Launch Party!
Well, this date you can count on: the official kickoff party for the book will take place on Thursday, October 13 at the CakeSpy retail shop at 415 E. Pine Street in Seattle! We'll be there from 6pm til we sell out of books or run out of cake. Details here!
October 15-18: Seattle Events
- Friday, October 14: Book Larder in Fremont, details TBA
- Saturday, October 15: Sweet Meet-Up at Cupcake Royale of Capitol Hill, 1111 E. Pike, 7-9 pm - more details here!
- Monday, October 17: Cupcake Royale of Bellevue, 3-5 pm! More details here.
October 20-24: Portland, OR
- Thursday, October 20: Pix Patisserie, 3901 N. Williams Ave., 5pm; more details here
- Saturday, October 22: Saint Cupcake, 4pm; more details here
Oct. 29-31: SF BAY AREA
- October 29: Teacake Bake Shop, Burlingame, 2pm
- October 30: Omnivore Books, 3pm. I will wear a Halloween costume if you want me to.
November 7-8: Boston
- Monday, November 7: Sweet Cupcakes, Downtown location, (11 School Street) 5-7 pm
- Tuesday, November 8: Eat Cake, Newburyport, 3pm
November 9-11: New York (Manhattan and Brooklyn)
- Wednesday, November 9: Butter Lane , 2pm
- Thursday, November 10: BAKED in Brooklyn , 7pm
November 12: Philadelphia
- Saturday, November 12: Bredenbeck's Bakery, Chestnut Hill, 1pm
November 14: Baltimore, MD
November 15: Washington DC
- Baked & Wired at 7pm
November 16-17 New Jersey (cities tba)
November 18-19: Chicago
- November 18: Angel Food Bakery, 3pm
- November 19: Bleeding Heart Bakery, 1955 west belmont ave, 11-3 pm
November 25-December 7: Seattle
- November 25: Poggi Bonsi, Renton, 3-6 p.m.
- December 1: Tom Douglas Cookbook Social
- December 3-4 (both days): Urban Craft Uprising! I will also be signing books at this event.
- December 6: Venue, Ballard, 5-7 p.m.
- December 7: Wallingford, Seattle's Trophy Cupcakes (for an art show and book event!) The time is to be announced, but count on 5-8pm ish.
December 10+11: Portland, again
I'll be there for Crafty Wonderland!
December 12-15: Los Angeles
- December 13: Yummy Cupcakes of Burbank, 12-2 p.m. Facebook event here.
- December 14: Vanilla Sunshine Cupcakery, Claremont, CA 4-6 pm. Facebook event here.
- December 15: Village Bakery Cafe. 5-7 pm. Facebook event here.
...and I think we'll have another event (maybe a cookie swap!) at the CakeSpy Shop before Christmas.
Best book tour ever? I think yes. If you are a bakery or bookstore (or both!) interested in hosting an event, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com!


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Hardcore Gamer: That's right, Brian O'Conner himself will be donning a suit and barcode in the Hitman reboot, dubbed Agent 47, set to shoot in Singapore and Berlin this summer.
What was wrong with Timothy Olyphant?
This is really the only videogame movie my wife ever liked and I thought he did a great job as Agent 47. Dam you FOX!
I could see him doing a decent job, but I'd imagine someone with a more intimidating figure and face.


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Crystal Miller necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 116 diseños de 42 diseñadores freelance.
Give a Dam
Give a Dam is a ten-year dam-building initiative of In Our Own Quiet Way (Quiet Way). We intend to build 1000 dams in the drought-stricken areas of Kenya over the course of the next 10 years. We need a brand that draws people in and compels them to learn more.
Quiet Way is a global non-profit organization dedicated to helping im-poverished or underdeveloped regions around the world develop practical, long-term solutions. Quiet Way accomplishes its mission by investigating and responding to the greatest needs ofsuffering communities, as defined by these communities, and then organizing a cooperative ef-fort with other non-profit organizations, businesses, governments and community groups. Underthis effort funds are consolidated, resources are pooled, and both are directed to serve thegreatest good. Quiet Way is committed to ensuring its efforts are resulting in positive change,and thus maintains close contact and accountability to those in need, as well as to social invest-ors.
The Youth Market (12-35)
The logo needs to hip and cool enough for kids to still want to buy a product with the logo on it.
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Embroidered on book bags
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A logo for the Give a Dam campaign. It needs to include a space where partners can put their own personalization in (15-20% of the logo open for customization)
If it can be on a shirt as the only logo and be appealing enough to have someone buy it, mission accomplished!
There should also be a consistant color scheme tied to the logo. So companies can use that color and make limited edition products in the GaD colorway. Headphones, watches, glasses, etc.
Blue is an obvious fit. But a specific and custom color would be best. See attached logo for the parent color scheme. (Quiet Way)
The typeface should be clear, simple and bold. EASY TO READ! We want something that stands out.
Please feel free to experiment with colors!
The files we will require are:
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Jury selection has begun in the trial of one of two Ohio police chiefs accused of snooping on the woman who carried twins for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick.
Barry Carpenter is on suspension as chief in Martins Ferry, the eastern Ohio town where the surrogate lived. Carpenter and Chief Chad Dojack from nearby Bridgeport are accused of conspiring to steal items from the woman's home and sell them to celebrity photographers.
Opening statements could follow jury selection that began Monday in Carpenter's trial on multiple felonies, including burglary and receiving stolen property.
Dojack's trial is set for January. Both men have pleaded not guilty.
Carpenter could face 21 1/2 years in prison if convicted on all charges.


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The Weyburn restaurant at the centre of temporary foreign worker scandal today issued a statement. It is republished in full below:
We feel it is necessary to address some of the allegations made in the media about our family owned and operated business.
As a result of changes in our business this past winter, we found ourselves in the position of having to restructure our restaurant hours of operation.
As part of the restructuring process, employees were advised their current positions would no longer be available and were laid off.
We held a subsequent meeting with employees to discuss the changes and the implications to their future employment opportunities with us.
As a result of the changes of our hours of operations, some of our employees advised us they required more hours than we were now able to offer and made the decision to not return to our employment.
Most employees did so in a respectful manner and we wish them the best of luck.
Other employees unhappy with changes we were forced to make, indicated they would not be returning. We respect their decision if not the way they have chosen to conduct themselves toward our business and their former co-workers.
We would like to be clear that we have not hired any new employees.
We have and continue to employ some temporary foreign workers who are now filling some of the vacated restaurant shifts.
All of the people who currently work for us were staff members who have chosen to remain with us through the restructuring of our operation.
All employees were offered employment within the framework of our new restaurant hours.
The two employees who are choosing to take their case to the media were both offered jobs under the restructured operation.
It was entirely their choice to reject our offer of employment and the new structure of their hours of work.
We have worked hard to establish our business and our reputation and we do our utmost to support our community and our employees.
It has been a difficult time for our business and we have to make difficult decisions in this respect.
What is being said about our family, our business and our employees is not only hurtful, it is an inaccurate account of the situation as it occurred.
We each immigrated to Canada as young men and have a great respect for our employees who have immigrated to Saskatchewan in search of better jobs and better lives.
They are honest hard working people and we appreciate their dedication to our business through this difficult transition.
Thank you,
JGH Enterprises Ltd.
J. Siourounis, G. Siourounis, H. Siourounis
o/a Brothers Bar
Weyburn Saskatchewan


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Walking off the field in team-issued sweats on Jan. 13, his Houston Texans having just been eliminated from the AFC playoffs, injured linebacker Brian Cushing was hit with mixed emotions he hardly expected.
As you'd guess, he was disappointed for his guys, who were wrapping up the most successful season in club history three wins short of the ultimate goal. But there was also, in a way, some weight lifted off the 255-pound former All-Pro's shoulders.
"I don't want to say I'm happy we lost," Cushing said on Wednesday, wrapping up another day of work in his comeback from October surgery on his anterior cruciate ligament. "But it was a feeling where, 'OK, we're at the end now, and we're all starting at the same point again.' It was the offseason. And I knew, the next time the team takes the field, I'll be there."
The price Cushing paid for tearing his ACL on a Monday night in October in his native New Jersey was tangible: 11 regular-season games and two playoff games at age 25, when he's just entering the prime of his career.
And that's not even the worst part. To Cushing, what really stings is that what happened on that low block from New York Jets guard Matt Slauson was so completely avoidable.
This week in Indianapolis, the competition committee is staging its initial meetings for the 2013 season, and the idea of eliminating all low blocks is on the table. The group brought in players, including Cushing's teammate Antonio Smith, to discuss the issue, and will draft rules proposals next month in Florida, with the league voting on them at the NFL Annual Meeting in Arizona at the end of March.
Very clearly, Cushing has a horse in this race.
"I'm happy they're taking the initiative to look at this," Cushing said. "To me, it's an acknowledgement that defensive players have to be protected, too. I wasn't the first guy to go down like this; there have been similar injuries. What happened, that's a play that can be eliminated. You look at the play, it doesn't need to be done. So for them to go back and really acknowledge that guys need to be protected, that's moving in the right direction."
For Cushing, this type of injury actually was a first. He identifies a torn labrum that cost him five games his freshman year at USC -- and which necessitated surgery the following offseason -- as his most serious prior ding, and his football career goes all the way back to when he was in the third grade.
He hasn't shied away from watching the play -- which happened on a second-and-7 in the second quarter of Houston's Week 5 win over the Jets -- to see just how it happened all over again. He explained that "for two days, I couldn't believe it, so I watched it a couple times, and again. Soon enough, I won't watch it again."
He never wavered on his takeaway from the tape.
"I can understand if you're 180 pounds and trying to block a 300-pound guy, and you know you have no chance," Cushing said. "But I'm not looking, we're behind the ball, and it's low. And he specifically, with a purpose, went for the knee. There was nothing clean about it. There's no debate on whether it was clean. The league fined him $10,000, so they had a problem with it; they felt there needed to be a fine, which means they agreed it wasn't a clean play."
Asked if he had heard from Slauson, Cushing quickly responded, "No. But I didn't expect that. It's how he wanted to go about that. I don't have a relationship with him, nor am I looking for one. It doesn't bother me. It wasn't gonna help me come back, and I don't really care what he thinks."
Now, just because Cushing can recount the play, split-second for split-second, doesn't mean he's consumed by it. In fact, the way he sees it, some good has come of all this.
For one, he was forced, for the first time, to consider what life after football will be like.
To that end, he's planning on returning to USC next spring to finish his degree, and he wants to use that as a springboard to business school, where he can pursue his MBA. In his time on the sidelines, he learned that he doesn't want to coach, so when he's done with the NFL, that'll probably be it for football.
The other thing he learned while being shelved for a longer stretch than he ever has before is just how much he loves playing.
He's talked with Minnesota Vikings tailback Adrian Peterson, who emphasized focus, and Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway, who's bounced back from multiple torn ACLs. He's also been texting with Wes Welker through the process, with the Patriots receiver telling him that the workload determines the timetable.
"I've looked at guys like Adrian Peterson and (Kansas City Chiefs running back) Jamaal Charles, and they came back just as good, if not better," Cushing said. "Adrian had arguably the best season ever by a running back. I know he's a hard worker, and hard work, that's something I can do. I'm very focused, motivated. I feel like I had it taken away from me, that camaraderie; I missed it a ton."
Next week, he'll start jogging on an Alter-G -- an anti-gravity treadmill -- with the idea that he'll "reprogram" his ability to run. Cushing's work is being done mainly at the team facility in Houston, with periodic check-ins with Dr. James Andrews in Pensacola, Fla.
He said he's "keeping goals short-term, not looking ahead and trying to avoid setbacks. Getting to 100 percent, that's the biggest thing, for Week 1. I want to be the same player, if not better."
As for the possibility that he could effect larger change, Cushing echoed what many defensive players have said for years: that they aren't protected in the same way as their offensive counterparts. His beliefs -- that quarterbacks in particular "make more money, and have more invested in them, so there's more depending on them" -- are not novel.
Still, even if his injury results in something being done to balance the scales just a little, he'll feel good about it. No, it won't make up for the time lost after what he considered to be such an avoidable event. But at least then, maybe he'll feel that time was slightly less wasted.
For its part, the competition committee has taken this seriously, at least on the surface. Though chairman Rich McKay didn't immediately respond to a Wednesday email on this topic, NFL executive vice president Ray Anderson told me -- all the way back in the fall -- that there was good reason to eliminate all low blocks.
Cushing doesn't think there should be much debate. The time for action is now.
"I'm not the first; a lot of people have spoken up," he said. "If it saves other guys from things like this and prevents future injury because we spoke up about it, that's great. If that means football is safer going forward, and more people feel comfortable playing, even better."
Of course, the best thing would've been for Cushing to be on the field, for him not to have to sort through those strange emotions on that cold January night in Foxborough, Mass.
But maybe, in lieu of that, the competition committee will deliver a nice consolation prize to him next month.
Follow Albert Breer on Twitter @AlbertBreer.


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A Massachusetts police dog searching for a stolen Ruger buried in a snowbank not only found the pistol but also managed to fire it with a paw early Sunday morning.
No one was injured after Ivan, a specially trained police dog, pawed through the snowbank, found the weapon and fired a bullet into a home at 82 Crescent St., according to a police report.
Ivan, a canine handled by Lt. John Pickles of the Essex County Sheriff's Department, was called to Lawrence, Mass. to help police find the Ruger after it was buried in the snow by a Lawrence man.
Officer Jeff Hart said he was parked on Reservoir Street, near the city barn, when he heard three gunshots coming from the front of the building around 2 a.m. He pulled to the front of the barn and saw a gray Honda Accord with three males inside driving away, he said.
When Hart pulled behind the Accord and started to follow it, "the vehicle fled at a high rate of speed."
At an intersection Hart said the driver pulled over. Jose Calderon, 28, jumped out the back of the Accord, ran to the opposite side of the road and started "burying something in the snow." Then Calderon ran back to the car, Hart wrote.
Once back up units and two canine officers from the Essex County Sheriff's Department arrived, Calderon and two other men, Alexander Gonzalez, 21, and Jorge Henriquez, 26, were all ordered out of the Accord at gunpoint.
Inside the car, Hart found a 9 mm bullet casing on the back seat where Calderon had been sitting, he wrote. Hart then told the canine officers where Calderon had buried something in the snow.
Pickles' dog Ivan "pawed at the snow, at which time a shot was discharged from the buried firearm," Hart wrote.
Police woke up the residents at 82 Crescent and made sure no one was harmed.
"The firearm likely discharged when K-9 Ivan contacted the trigger while trying to narrow his search," Hart wrote.
Officer Christopher Bussey then cleared the pistol and made sure it safe.
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For the women's team, strong performances on the diving board by sophomore Ashley Kirchner (Arlington, VA) helped put the Lady Monarchs in the lead against their three opponents, and usual stand outs Sarah Mooney (Riverside, RI), Jamie D'Agostino (Ardsley, NY), and Kara Fichthorn (Landsdowne, PA) helped put the matches away. The Lady Monarchs defeated UNC-Wilmington and American and tied the College of William and Mary.
Although the men weren't as fortunate, several individual swimmers performed well. Junior Mark Giusto (Va. Beach, VA), senior Mike Coley (Niskayuna, NY), sophomore John Wall (Hoover, AL), and freshman Steve Maher (Lincoln, RI) all logged victories in the three losses.
Old Dominion will return to the pool on Saturday, February 3, when they host UMBC.
Final Scores-2001 Cox Communications Scholarship Swim Meet
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ODU vs. AU: L, 224-116
ODU vs. UNCW: L, 137-210
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October 15th, 2012
Founded in 1987, Domestic Violence Awareness Month is a chance to bring together people around the world to join in the common cause of ending violence against women and their children.
The 2012 Day of Unity was celebrated Monday, October 1, and was commemorated with events across the country. Here are a few of our favorite events, activities, and thoughts about DVAM:
- Hungry for Justice: Food Security and Violence Against Women. Author Sarah Kalloch eloquently discusses the disturbing correlations between world hunger and domestic violence. (Note: World Food Day is tomorrow, October 16th; read this essay to see how you can participate.)
- In Tonawanda, NY, the local YWCA is lit up with purple spotlights to increase awareness of domestic violence and women's support services.
- Bliss Tree made a list of 8 ways to spot domestic abuse.
- If you're interested in creating an event of your own, the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence has a list of resources and activity ideas.
- And last but not least: President Obama's DVAM 2012 Proclamation.
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Since she was a little girl, Kandi Wieberg of St. Elizabeth dreamed of being a college softball player. Playing as second baseman for Missouri S&T's softball team, she's achieved her dream and much more.
Wieberg, who studied civil engineering, worked hard to gain the skills to be able to play softball in college and her efforts have been recognized. In 2007, she was named the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) "Player of the Year" and the GLVC "Scholar-Athlete of the Year" for the spring season.
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Quentin Jammer and Shaun Phillips walked across the parking lot that separates the weight room and locker room, along with but also slightly apart from the rest of the group.
Maybe the effect was doubly dubious because they were side by side.
But there really can be no overstating how odd – surreal, really -- it was to see these two San Diego stalwarts, who endured through the triumphant and the trying times of the past decade, who played so much and oftentimes so well for the Chargers, to be wearing the dark blue shorts and grey shirt with the enraged, in-motion horse head …
… of … the … Denver … Broncos.
"It is weird," Jammer said.
"Yeah, definitely," Phillips agreed.
The Chargers begin minicamp Tuesday.
For the first time in 12 years, Jammer won't be there. For the first time in 10 years, Phillips won't be there. For the first time in five years, Louis Vasquez won't be there.
All three will be in Denver as the Broncos hold their minicamp over the same three days.
The reality
Face it, the Broncos own the Chargers.
The two straight division titles weren't sufficient. The comeback from 24-0 wasn't the ultimate humiliation. A Manning as their quarterback is not nauseating enough.
Now they're treating the Chargers like their farm team.
The Broncos this offseason have harvested the Chargers roster, taking three players who started every game in 2012.
Only thing worse would be if Eric Weddle signed with the Raiders with maybe Nick Hardwick also signing on to hike the ball to whichever quarterback is next up in Oakland. And, ok, it would have been worse if the Chiefs had decided to fill their quarterback void not by trading for Alex Smith but by acquiring Philip Rivers, with the Bolts throwing in Antonio Gates for a mid-round draft pick.
Jammer's 172 games as a Charger rank fourth all-time – behind only David Binn, Junior Seau and Dan Fouts. Jammer didn't make a lot of interceptions, but no Charger has had more since 2002. And neither has a Charger made more tackles than Jammer since in that span.
Phillips' 136 games rank 17th in franchise history and are just five fewer games than LaDainian Tomlinson played with the team. Phillips' 69½ sacks are second-most in franchise history behind only Leslie O'Neal. His 19 forced fumbles are most ever by a Charger, eight more than Junior Seau.
And while Vasquez's time in San Diego was much shorter than the other two, he did start 54 games over the past four seasons, second-most among Chargers offensive linemen.
And so it was that the players were pilloried by many fans for their "choice" of new employer. Given their importance to the franchise – Jammer will undoubtedly be and Phillips should be one day inducted into the team's Hall of Fame -- the reaction to them leaving was understandable, if a bit misguided at times.
"I was never upset at the Chargers or Chargers fans, but when they call us traitors," Phillips said. "Like, we didn't do anything wrong. If anything, be mad at the Chargers, they didn't re-sign us. I'm not mad at them. They gave me my opportunity to play football.
"I just get mad that people bad mouth us like we did something wrong. So we're supposed to be like 'No, we can't go play for the Broncos.' … The Broncos wanted us here, so we came here."
Moving on
Now, we can't live in the past. Times and circumstances change.
Jammer will be 34 this month and is slowing down. Phillips turned 32 last month and was viewed as neither essential on the field nor the best influence in the locker room. Vasquez was considered a solid player but not worth the extra millions and salary cap finagling it would have taken.
Still, for whatever factors went into allowing Jammer, Phillips and Vasquez to depart, it is curious, given the positions the three play, that the Chargers' believed they would be better off without these particular veterans.
The Chargers are in the midst of remodeling their offensive line. Yet they decided arguably the top guard on the market did not fit in their blueprint, at least at the price the Broncos paid.
Vasquez acknowledged it surprised him that the Chargers did not make more of a play for him, especially after Mike McCoy reached out to him almost immediately after being hired.
"But there's the business side to it," Vasquez said. "And it sucks, but at the end of the day you gotta do what is best for you, I guess."
Even before Melvin Ingram was lost to an ACL tear, the Chargers' pass rush was iffy. Yet a player with 9½ sacks in 2012 was not worth the $1 million guaranteed he ended up getting from the Broncos.
"I thought it would be a no-brainer," Phillips said. "I would just think you would keep a couple vets around just because of the fact that, to help groom the young guys … My impression was that there was no interest. They told me that the door is always open, that I could come back. But they told me that I was coming back as a backup. You know, I'm definitely not coming back as a backup."
The Chargers' free agent prize was cornerback Derek Cox, and they have one of the game's finest free safeties in Weddle. After that, their secondary is endemic with inexperience. Yet they moved on from a man with 161 career starts who was willing to play a supporting role at corner and safety.
"I don't believe they had interest," Jammer said. "I talked to (General Manager Tom) Telesco. He told me the door was open, but I didn't hear anything else from him."
Vasquez signed with the Broncos on the first day of free agency. Phillips signed last month. Jammer agreed to become a Bronco two weeks ago.
All three say the new systems, new terminology and new surrounding have them feeling a little like rookies after spending their entire careers with one team. Jammer, especially, is spending a lot of time learning, as he is primarily playing safety.
Vasquez bought his first home recently. Jammer and Phillips are staying at the same hotel for now. Phillips recently found an apartment. Jammer is looking for one.
Where Vasquez is, ideally, still nearer the beginning of his career than the end, both Jammer and Phillips could be playing on their last contract. They know not even these one-year deals are guaranteed.
"We're here to compete," Phillips said. "The moment you take your foot off the gas is when you start to go down in your game. Maybe that was (the case) with San Diego. Maybe we were complacent, or maybe they just didn't want us. Maybe we weren't good enough. We don't know that and it's okay. It's the nature of the business. I mean, Joe Montana went from the 49ers to the Kansas City Chiefs. Like, you would never think that. But it happens. It's part of the game and I accept it."
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At DD's birthday last night we had a seating plan, which worked out wonderfully I thought. I mean, just look at what happened as soon as people got out of their assigned seats (above).
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Today I needed to use up some Cheap Dirk Fish I'd defrosted ("Alaskan Wild Salmon" it's called...it's nothing like what you normally think of as salmon, I wonder if it's humpy). This is an adaptation of a recipe from Cradle of Flavor, I would happily do this again.
ikan boemboe roejak (spice-braised fish).
1-2 tbsp tamarind concentrate
3/4 cup hot water
4 shallots, peeled
3 cloves garlic, peeled
1 piece fresh ginger, 2 inches long, peeled
2 red Holland chiles, stems removed
700gr Cheap Dirk Fish
4 tbsp peanut oil
2 pieces cinnamon stick, each 4 inches long
5 cloves
2 whole nutmegs, cracked open
2 thick stalks fresh lemongrass trimmed and tied in knots, or 2 tsp dried lemongrass
4 tbsp ketjap manis
3 canned tomatoes, crushed
4 tbsp water
Combine tamarind extract and hot water, stir, set aside.
Add next four ingredients to food processor, blend to a paste, adding a little of the peanut oil if you need to.
Gently fry paste until garlic and ginger no longer smell raw, about 5 minutes. Make sure you don't burn your garlic.
Add fish, stir to coat fish with paste, saute for 5 minutes or so, taking care not to burn the paste.
Add rest of ingredients (including tamarind water), simmer for 45-60 minutes until nicely reduced and things taste right. Remove lemongrass (if using fresh) and warn diners about the remaining whole spices (cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon). Or remove them, but I like to leave them in if there are going to be leftovers.