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Obama: 'All nations' can do better to confront anti-LGBT bias
President observers International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia
President Obama issued a statement on Tuesday to commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia, saying "all nations" can do better to confront anti-LGBT bias.
"In too many places, LGBT individuals grow up forced to conceal or deny who they truly are for fear of persecution, discrimination, and violence," Obama said. "All nations and all communities can, and must, do better. Fortunately, human rights champions and good citizens around the world continue to strive towards this goal every day by lifting up the simple truth that LGBT rights are human rights."
Obama issues the statements days after his administration has unveiled pro-trans initiatives, including a lawsuit against North Carolina's House Bill 2, guidance assuring trans students access to restrooms in schools and a rule prohibiting anti-trans discrimination in health care. However, the U.S. military's ban prohibiting openly trans service remains in place.
"Our nation is committed to the principle that all people should be treated fairly and with respect," Obama said. "Advancing this goal has long been a cornerstone of American diplomacy, and I am proud that my Administration has made advancing the human rights of LGBT individuals a specific focus of our engagement around the world."
The full statement follows:
On May 17, Americans and people around the world mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia by reaffirming the dignity and inherent worth of all people, regardless of who they love or their gender identity.
Our nation is committed to the principle that all people should be treated fairly and with respect. Advancing this goal has long been a cornerstone of American diplomacy, and I am proud that my Administration has made advancing the human rights of LGBT individuals a specific focus of our engagement around the world. I am also proud of the great strides that our nation has made at home in recent years, including that we now have marriage equality as a result of last year's landmark Supreme Court decision.
At the same time, there is much work to be done to combat homophobia and transphobia, both at home and abroad. In too many places, LGBT individuals grow up forced to conceal or deny who they truly are for fear of persecution, discrimination, and violence. All nations and all communities can, and must, do better. Fortunately, human rights champions and good citizens around the world continue to strive towards this goal every day by lifting up the simple truth that LGBT rights are human rights. The United States honors their work and will continue to support them in their struggle for human dignity.
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Honoring the legacy of New Orleans' 1973 UpStairs Lounge fire
Why the arson attack that killed 32 gay men still resonates 50 years later
On June 23 of last year, I held the microphone as a gay man in the New Orleans City Council Chamber and related a lost piece of queer history to the seven council members. I told this story to disabuse all New Orleanians of the notion that silence and accommodation, in the face of institutional and official failures, are a path to healing.
The story I related to them began on a typical Sunday night at a second-story bar on the fringe of New Orleans' French Quarter in 1973, where working-class men would gather around a white baby grand piano and belt out the lyrics to a song that was the anthem of their hidden community, "United We Stand" by the Brotherhood of Man.
"United we stand," the men would sing together, "divided we fall" — the words epitomizing the ethos of their beloved UpStairs Lounge bar, an egalitarian free space that served as a forerunner to today's queer safe havens.
Around that piano in the 1970s Deep South, gays and lesbians, white and Black queens, Christians and non-Christians, and even early gender minorities could cast aside the racism, sexism, and homophobia of the times to find acceptance and companionship for a moment.
For regulars, the UpStairs Lounge was a miracle, a small pocket of acceptance in a broader world where their very identities were illegal.
On the Sunday night of June 24, 1973, their voices were silenced in a murderous act of arson that claimed 32 lives and still stands as the deadliest fire in New Orleans history — and the worst mass killing of gays in 20th century America.
As 13 fire companies struggled to douse the inferno, police refused to question the chief suspect, even though gay witnesses identified and brought the soot-covered man to officers idly standing by. This suspect, an internally conflicted gay-for-pay sex worker named Rodger Dale Nunez, had been ejected from the UpStairs Lounge screaming the word "burn" minutes before, but New Orleans police rebuffed the testimony of fire survivors on the street and allowed Nunez to disappear.
As the fire raged, police denigrated the deceased to reporters on the street: "Some thieves hung out there, and you know this was a queer bar."
For days afterward, the carnage met with official silence. With no local gay political leaders willing to step forward, national Gay Liberation-era figures like Rev. Troy Perry of the Metropolitan Community Church flew in to "help our bereaved brothers and sisters" — and shatter officialdom's code of silence.
Perry broke local taboos by holding a press conference as an openly gay man. "It's high time that you people, in New Orleans, Louisiana, got the message and joined the rest of the Union," Perry said.
Two days later, on June 26, 1973, as families hesitated to step forward to identify their kin in the morgue, UpStairs Lounge owner Phil Esteve stood in his badly charred bar, the air still foul with death. He rebuffed attempts by Perry to turn the fire into a call for visibility and progress for homosexuals.
"This fire had very little to do with the gay movement or with anything gay," Esteve told a reporter from The Philadelphia Inquirer. "I do not want my bar or this tragedy to be used to further any of their causes."
Conspicuously, no photos of Esteve appeared in coverage of the UpStairs Lounge fire or its aftermath — and the bar owner also remained silent as he witnessed police looting the ashes of his business.
"Phil said the cash register, juke box, cigarette machine and some wallets had money removed," recounted Esteve's friend Bob McAnear, a former U.S. Customs officer. "Phil wouldn't report it because, if he did, police would never allow him to operate a bar in New Orleans again."
The next day, gay bar owners, incensed at declining gay bar traffic amid an atmosphere of anxiety, confronted Perry at a clandestine meeting. "How dare you hold your damn news conferences!" one business owner shouted.
Ignoring calls for gay self-censorship, Perry held a 250-person memorial for the fire victims the following Sunday, July 1, culminating in mourners defiantly marching out the front door of a French Quarter church into waiting news cameras. "Reverend Troy Perry awoke several sleeping giants, me being one of them," recalled Charlene Schneider, a lesbian activist who walked out of that front door with Perry.
Esteve doubted the UpStairs Lounge story's capacity to rouse gay political fervor. As the coroner buried four of his former patrons anonymously on the edge of town, Esteve quietly collected at least $25,000 in fire insurance proceeds. Less than a year later, he used the money to open another gay bar called the Post Office, where patrons of the UpStairs Lounge — some with visible burn scars — gathered but were discouraged from singing "United We Stand."
New Orleans cops neglected to question the chief arson suspect and closed the investigation without answers in late August 1973. Gay elites in the city's power structure began gaslighting the mourners who marched with Perry into the news cameras, casting suspicion on their memories and re-characterizing their moment of liberation as a stunt.
When a local gay journalist asked in April 1977, "Where are the gay activists in New Orleans?," Esteve responded that there were none, because none were needed. "We don't feel we're discriminated against," Esteve said. "New Orleans gays are different from gays anywhere else… Perhaps there is some correlation between the amount of gay activism in other cities and the degree of police harassment."
An attitude of nihilism and disavowal descended upon the memory of the UpStairs Lounge victims, goaded by Esteve and fellow gay entrepreneurs who earned their keep via gay patrons drowning their sorrows each night instead of protesting the injustices that kept them drinking.
Into the 1980s, the story of the UpStairs Lounge all but vanished from conversation — with the exception of a few sanctuaries for gay political debate such as the local lesbian bar Charlene's, run by the activist Charlene Schneider.
By 1988, the 15th anniversary of the fire, the UpStairs Lounge narrative comprised little more than a call for better fire codes and indoor sprinklers. UpStairs Lounge survivor Stewart Butler summed it up: "A tragedy that, as far as I know, no good came of."
Finally, in 1991, at Stewart Butler and Charlene Schneider's nudging, the UpStairs Lounge story became aligned with the crusade of liberated gays and lesbians seeking equal rights in Louisiana. The halls of power responded with intermittent progress. The New Orleans City Council, horrified by the story but not yet ready to take its look in the mirror, enacted an anti-discrimination ordinance protecting gays and lesbians in housing, employment, and public accommodations that Dec. 12 — more than 18 years after the fire.
"I believe the fire was the catalyst for the anger to bring us all to the table," Schneider told The Times-Picayune, a tacit rebuke to Esteve's strategy of silent accommodation. Even Esteve seemed to change his stance with time, granting a full interview with the first UpStairs Lounge scholar Johnny Townsend sometime around 1989.
Most of the figures in this historic tale are now deceased. What's left is an enduring story that refused to go gently. The story now echoes around the world — a musical about the UpStairs Lounge fire recently played in Tokyo, translating the gay underworld of the 1973 French Quarter for Japanese audiences.
When I finished my presentation to the City Council last June, I looked up to see the seven council members in tears. Unanimously, they approved a resolution acknowledging the historic failures of city leaders in the wake of the UpStairs Lounge fire.
Council members personally apologized to UpStairs Lounge families and survivors seated in the chamber in a symbolic act that, though it could not bring back those who died, still mattered greatly to those whose pain had been denied, leaving them to grieve alone. At long last, official silence and indifference gave way to heartfelt words of healing.
The way Americans remember the past is an active, ongoing process. Our collective memory is malleable, but it matters because it speaks volumes about our maturity as a people, how we acknowledge the past's influence in our lives, and how it shapes the examples we set for our youth. Do we grapple with difficult truths, or do we duck accountability by defaulting to nostalgia and bluster? Or worse, do we simply ignore the past until it fades into a black hole of ignorance and indifference?
I believe that a factual retelling of the UpStairs Lounge tragedy — and how, 50 years onward, it became known internationally — resonates beyond our current divides. It reminds queer and non-queer Americans that ignoring the past holds back the present, and that silence is no cure for what ails a participatory nation.
Silence isolates. Silence gaslights and shrouds. It preserves the power structures that scapegoat the disempowered.
Solidarity, on the other hand, unites. Solidarity illuminates a path forward together. Above all, solidarity transforms the downtrodden into a resounding chorus of citizens — in the spirit of voices who once gathered 'round a white baby grand piano and sang, joyfully and loudly, "United We Stand."
Robert W. Fieseler is a New Orleans-based journalist and the author of "Tinderbox: the Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation."
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New Supreme Court term includes critical LGBTQ case with 'terrifying' consequences
Business owner seeks to decline services for same-sex weddings
The U.S. Supreme Court, after a decision overturning Roe v. Wade that still leaves many reeling, is starting a new term with justices slated to revisit the issue of LGBTQ rights.
In 303 Creative v. Elenis, the court will return to the issue of whether or not providers of custom-made goods can refuse service to LGBTQ customers on First Amendment grounds. In this case, the business owner is Lorie Smith, a website designer in Colorado who wants to opt out of providing her graphic design services for same-sex weddings despite the civil rights law in her state.
Jennifer Pizer, acting chief legal officer of Lambda Legal, said in an interview with the Blade, "it's not too much to say an immeasurably huge amount is at stake" for LGBTQ people depending on the outcome of the case.
"This contrived idea that making custom goods, or offering a custom service, somehow tacitly conveys an endorsement of the person — if that were to be accepted, that would be a profound change in the law," Pizer said. "And the stakes are very high because there are no practical, obvious, principled ways to limit that kind of an exception, and if the law isn't clear in this regard, then the people who are at risk of experiencing discrimination have no security, no effective protection by having a non-discrimination laws, because at any moment, as one makes their way through the commercial marketplace, you don't know whether a particular business person is going to refuse to serve you."
The upcoming arguments and decision in the 303 Creative case mark a return to LGBTQ rights for the Supreme Court, which had no lawsuit to directly address the issue in its previous term, although many argued the Dobbs decision put LGBTQ rights in peril and threatened access to abortion for LGBTQ people.
And yet, the 303 Creative case is similar to other cases the Supreme Court has previously heard on the providers of services seeking the right to deny services based on First Amendment grounds, such as Masterpiece Cakeshop and Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. In both of those cases, however, the court issued narrow rulings on the facts of litigation, declining to issue sweeping rulings either upholding non-discrimination principles or First Amendment exemptions.
Pizer, who signed one of the friend-of-the-court briefs in opposition to 303 Creative, said the case is "similar in the goals" of the Masterpiece Cakeshop litigation on the basis they both seek exemptions to the same non-discrimination law that governs their business, the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act, or CADA, and seek "to further the social and political argument that they should be free to refuse same-sex couples or LGBTQ people in particular."
"So there's the legal goal, and it connects to the social and political goals and in that sense, it's the same as Masterpiece," Pizer said. "And so there are multiple problems with it again, as a legal matter, but also as a social matter, because as with the religion argument, it flows from the idea that having something to do with us is endorsing us."
One difference: the Masterpiece Cakeshop litigation stemmed from an act of refusal of service after owner, Jack Phillips, declined to make a custom-made wedding cake for a same-sex couple for their upcoming wedding. No act of discrimination in the past, however, is present in the 303 Creative case. The owner seeks to put on her website a disclaimer she won't provide services for same-sex weddings, signaling an intent to discriminate against same-sex couples rather than having done so.
As such, expect issues of standing — whether or not either party is personally aggrieved and able bring to a lawsuit — to be hashed out in arguments as well as whether the litigation is ripe for review as justices consider the case. It's not hard to see U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts, who has sought to lead the court to reach less sweeping decisions (sometimes successfully, and sometimes in the Dobbs case not successfully) to push for a decision along these lines.
Another key difference: The 303 Creative case hinges on the argument of freedom of speech as opposed to the two-fold argument of freedom of speech and freedom of religious exercise in the Masterpiece Cakeshop litigation. Although 303 Creative requested in its petition to the Supreme Court review of both issues of speech and religion, justices elected only to take up the issue of free speech in granting a writ of certiorari (or agreement to take up a case). Justices also declined to accept another question in the petition request of review of the 1990 precedent in Smith v. Employment Division, which concluded states can enforce neutral generally applicable laws on citizens with religious objections without violating the First Amendment.
Representing 303 Creative in the lawsuit is Alliance Defending Freedom, a law firm that has sought to undermine civil rights laws for LGBTQ people with litigation seeking exemptions based on the First Amendment, such as the Masterpiece Cakeshop case.
Kristen Waggoner, president of Alliance Defending Freedom, wrote in a Sept. 12 legal brief signed by her and other attorneys that a decision in favor of 303 Creative boils down to a clear-cut violation of the First Amendment.
"Colorado and the United States still contend that CADA only regulates sales transactions," the brief says. "But their cases do not apply because they involve non-expressive activities: selling BBQ, firing employees, restricting school attendance, limiting club memberships, and providing room access. Colorado's own cases agree that the government may not use public-accommodation laws to affect a commercial actor's speech."
Pizer, however, pushed back strongly on the idea a decision in favor of 303 Creative would be as focused as Alliance Defending Freedom purports it would be, arguing it could open the door to widespread discrimination against LGBTQ people.
"One way to put it is art tends to be in the eye of the beholder," Pizer said. "Is something of a craft, or is it art? I feel like I'm channeling Lily Tomlin. Remember 'soup and art'? We have had an understanding that whether something is beautiful or not is not the determining factor about whether something is protected as artistic expression. There's a legal test that recognizes if this is speech, whose speech is it, whose message is it? Would anyone who was hearing the speech or seeing the message understand it to be the message of the customer or of the merchants or craftsmen or business person?"
Despite the implications in the case for LGBTQ rights, 303 Creative may have supporters among LGBTQ people who consider themselves proponents of free speech.
One joint friend-of-the-court brief before the Supreme Court, written by Dale Carpenter, a law professor at Southern Methodist University who's written in favor of LGBTQ rights, and Eugene Volokh, a First Amendment legal scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles, argues the case is an opportunity to affirm the First Amendment applies to goods and services that are uniquely expressive.
"Distinguishing expressive from non-expressive products in some contexts might be hard, but the Tenth Circuit agreed that Smith's product does not present a hard case," the brief says. "Yet that court (and Colorado) declined to recognize any exemption for products constituting speech. The Tenth Circuit has effectively recognized a state interest in subjecting the creation of speech itself to antidiscrimination laws."
Oral arguments in the case aren't yet set, but may be announced soon. Set to defend the state of Colorado and enforcement of its non-discrimination law in the case is Colorado Solicitor General Eric Reuel Olson. Just this week, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would grant the request to the U.S. solicitor general to present arguments before the justices on behalf of the Biden administration.
With a 6-3 conservative majority on the court that has recently scrapped the super-precedent guaranteeing the right to abortion, supporters of LGBTQ rights may think the outcome of the case is all but lost, especially amid widespread fears same-sex marriage would be next on the chopping block. After the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against 303 Creative in the lawsuit, the simple action by the Supreme Court to grant review in the lawsuit suggests they are primed to issue a reversal and rule in favor of the company.
Pizer, acknowledging the call to action issued by LGBTQ groups in the aftermath of the Dobbs decision, conceded the current Supreme Court issuing the ruling in this case is "a terrifying prospect," but cautioned the issue isn't so much the makeup of the court but whether or not justices will continue down the path of abolishing case law.
"I think the question that we're facing with respect to all of the cases or at least many of the cases that are in front of the court right now, is whether this court is going to continue on this radical sort of wrecking ball to the edifice of settled law and seemingly a goal of setting up whole new structures of what our basic legal principles are going to be. Are we going to have another term of that?" Pizer said. "And if so, that's terrifying."
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Kelley Robinson, a Black, queer woman, named president of Human Rights Campaign
Progressive activist a veteran of Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Kelley Robinson, a Black, queer woman and veteran of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, is to become the next president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's leading LGBTQ group announced on Tuesday.
Robinson is set to become the ninth president of the Human Rights Campaign after having served as executive director of Planned Parenthood Action Fund and more than 12 years of experience as a leader in the progressive movement. She'll be the first Black, queer woman to serve in that role.
"I'm honored and ready to lead HRC — and our more than three million member-advocates — as we continue working to achieve equality and liberation for all Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer people," Robinson said. "This is a pivotal moment in our movement for equality for LGBTQ+ people. We, particularly our trans and BIPOC communities, are quite literally in the fight for our lives and facing unprecedented threats that seek to destroy us."
The next Human Rights Campaign president is named as Democrats are performing well in polls in the mid-term elections after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, leaving an opening for the LGBTQ group to play a key role amid fears LGBTQ rights are next on the chopping block.
"The overturning of Roe v. Wade reminds us we are just one Supreme Court decision away from losing fundamental freedoms including the freedom to marry, voting rights, and privacy," Robinson said. "We are facing a generational opportunity to rise to these challenges and create real, sustainable change. I believe that working together this change is possible right now. This next chapter of the Human Rights Campaign is about getting to freedom and liberation without any exceptions — and today I am making a promise and commitment to carry this work forward."
The Human Rights Campaign announces its next president after a nearly year-long search process after the board of directors terminated its former president Alphonso David when he was ensnared in the sexual misconduct scandal that led former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign. David has denied wrongdoing and filed a lawsuit against the LGBTQ group alleging racial discrimination.


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Q: I want to get a shell where all the variables OE and the recipe defines (CC, CFLAGS, ARCH, ...) are set.
When a build fails, it is often useful to interactively build the part that is failing. Because OE sets up the build environment, it may not be obvious how to quickly reproduce such an environment. This is where the interactive devshell can help you.
One technique that can be use is:
- cd into tmp/work/<failing package dir>/<failing package build dir>
- copy ../temp/run.do_compile.. x (or do_install or whatever task is failing)
- edit x and replace the do_compile (at the end of the file) function call w/ bash
- ./bash --norc (you now have a shell w/ the environment set up properly for doing a build)
- make (debug issues, etc)
- exit (when done to go back to shell without run.do_compile settings)
Setup devshell
The above is mainly for illustration purposes. A better/quicker way to set up a development shell is this.
- Add 'devshell' to your local.conf's INHERIT variable and enjoy the power of devshell by running it like this:
bitbake -c devshell <target>
- You now have all the environment variables set up to correctly to run configure, make, etc.
The following variables affect the terminal handling:
TERMCMD = "${SCREEN_TERMCMD}" TERMCMDRUN = "${SCREEN_TERMCMDRUN}" # Some common terminal programs to choose from # for GNOME TERMCMD='gnome-terminal --disable-factory -t "$TERMWINDOWTITLE"' TERMCMDRUN='${GNOME_TERMCMD} -x $SHELLCMDS' # for screen TERMCMD='screen -D -m -t "$TERMWINDOWTITLE"' TERMCMDRUN='${SCREEN_TERMCMD} $SHELLCMDS' # for xterm TERMCMD='xterm -T "$TERMWINDOWTITLE"' TERMCMDRUN='${XTERM_TERMCMD} -e $SHELLCMDS' # for KONSOLE TERMCMD='konsole -T "$TERMWINDOWTITLE"' TERMCMDRUN='${KONSOLE_TERMCMD} -e $SHELLCMDS'
If you set these from e.g. your .bashrc do not forget to add them to BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE E.g.
export BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE="TERMCMD SCREEN_TERMCMD"
How to get a Screen-Devshell working
Using the above variables create you a devshell. Unfortunatelly you can't see anything because a new screen session is created - not a new tab in the existing session. Just use a new (SSH) connection to your (remote) account and list your screen sessions with screen -list. The last one should be your devshell and you can connect to it with screen -r <id>.
X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication
Sometimes if you try to run devshell remote over SSH with X11 redirection this error occurs:
X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. ERROR: function do_devshell failed
The problem seems to be the XAUTHORITY handling. The following part in .profile helped some users.
if [ -e "$HOME/.Xauthority" ] ; then export XAUTHORITY="$HOME/.Xauthority" fi

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Did they actually do it?
Are they making us f-cking wait for an announcement?
God, why can't anyone tell us for sure!?!? shouted Jen across the balcony...
It's imagined dialogue but is it totally implausible?
Belinda White, the online fashion editor for The Daily Telegraph in London, reported yesterday that Brange married on Christmas Day in Turks and Caicos. The Telegraph is not The Sun or The Mirror. And, sure, Belinda White is not Hilary Alexander but, well, really, who is? The point is the story source is much more legitimate than what usually comes out of the UK, especially since it was reported from a fashion journalist and Brange were said to be staying on an island estate belonging to Donna Karan.
All full 24 hours later on no other legitimate US outlet has been able to confirm or deny and don't think they haven't tried. PEOPLE would have tried. US WEEKLY would have tried. They all would have tried. And are still trying. Gossip Cop says they tried and Brange's people have yet to respond. Which doesn't meant they actually did it but it does mean they don't mind that you keep wondering about it. And Jen and Justin too.


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I've always found that it's much easier to write for characters that have strong distinct personalities – iconic characters.
Some cartoon writers like to begin with a high concept, ("Let's start the picture by shooting the protagonist's mother and then the son goes on a magical adventure to search for a replacement mother figure, but then finds out through trials that he himself is an individual and thus important to the uncaring universe and can solve his own problems with the help of a nagging assertive female.") "Who IS the protagonist?, some junior executive asks. Everyone in the room agrees that that will come later and isn't. The story is what's important, not who it's about.
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The message seems to be: it's OK to be an individual, just not if you work in our unfeeling corporate-owned monster of a studio.
Stimpy's Invention was originally pitched as a typical "Character A makes crazy inventions that backfire on character B. Hilarity ensues"
It was rejected on that basis and I reexamined it and thought that it needed something that took advantage of Ren and Stimpy's personalities.
Ren is a psychotic highly strung nervous wreck and Stimpy is a trusting, dumb but empathetic guy who loves Ren despite Ren's meanness.
When Stimpy realizes that his inventions are driving Ren nuts, he doesn't blame his screwy inventions, he instead thinks Ren just needs a cure for his unhappiness. Inspired with a new mission, he decides to invent something to make Ren happy. He gets the idea for a Happy Helmet.
Once we came up with that, the story wrote itself. (Well Bob Camp and I did, but it came much easier once it wasn't about wacky inventions) Now the gags were all about the characters, not about the props.
In Ralph Bakshi's Mighty Mouse, the best stories were the ones about the villains. MM himself didn't have much personality, so I found it more rewarding to write about the bad guys or quirky new superhero characters we created.
Tom Minton wrote "The Littlest Tramp" which, on the surface was a satire of "The Little Match Girl" and other sappy 1930s cartoons. The satiric elements were funny, but what made the cartoon exciting for me to work on was the character dynamics between Mighty Mouse, the Polly Pineblossom (the poor flower girl) and the villainous Big Murray, whose sole motive in life was to make Polly's life all the more miserable.
The drawings of the acting of the well defined personalities was really what sold the story.
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Sorry I have no pictures today, but click any of the labels below and there will be other articles with illustrations.
Next: a bit about how to write strong character dialogue.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
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I'm kinda burnt out on cartoon theories for the moment-or at least writing about them
however, I always love when Mike Fontanelli sends me these wacky toy images, so I just put 'em up in case anyone else likes funny toys too
I would love to be in the board meeting when someone says "I got it! We'll make a line of Yogi toys where all the characters have flesh colored heads, but the bodies will be their regular colors!" I bet he got a bonus for that. Maybe another top exec added the oversized belly buttons.
here's a well groomed 70s Fred with vestigial ear mounds and webbed digits
Magilla Gorilla cartoons are pretty stinky but he sure made a great line of toys
Top Cat teaches our young the all-American happy art of killing. The cardboard hanger is as cool as the holster design. Is that a one-eyed Huck at bottom right? Musta had the other'n shot out by TC.
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Bipedalism didn't evolve as a way for ancient humans to keep cool during the heat of the day, according to a new model published today (December 12) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. But once hominins did start walking on two feet, it ignited another change that allowed them to stay cool—the loss of body hair. The new model explains why similarly sized mammals that walk on all fours and that may tend to overheat have not given up their coats.
"If you are already walking upright for other reasons it actually makes the advantage you get from losing hair bigger than if you were on four legs," said David Wilkinson of John Moores University in Liverpool, who authored the study along with Graeme Ruxton of the University of Glasgow. "You are moving more of your body up above the ground and sweat...
Wilkinson and Ruxton came to this conclusion after analyzing a mathematical model of body temperatures during activity at different times of the day for quadrupeds and bipeds with and without fur. The model is an update to a previous theory by Peter Wheeler also of John Moores University, who proposed that both hair loss and bipedalism were driven by our need to cool down. His theory was that switching from four to two feet would reduce the amount of an animal's body in direct sun and thus increase its ability to stay cool.
But Wheeler left out a critical factor, Wilkinson said—animal movement. Stationary animals could just hang out in the shade during the peak of the day to avoid overheating, he noted, while activities such as foraging likely forced early humans into direct sunlight more often.
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"In Peter's models, he had a nice thermal advantage to standing upright," said Wilkinson, "but now that vanishes in our version of the model."
The new model further showed that four-legged creatures do not shed body heat as quickly when they lose their fur, suggesting that the loss of body hair would only have been a significant advantage to ancient humans if they were already walking on two feet. Thus, Wilkinson and Ruxton argue that bipedalism arose first—for some reason other than heat loss, such as improved observation of dangers, appearing larger to predators, or freeing the hands for tool use and carrying—then hair loss began, as a way to combat overheating.
The addition of animal movement to the model was key, said Sarah Elton of the Hull York Medical School, UK, who was not involved in the study. "In any environment you move between parts that are shaded and parts that are in open sun…. sometimes you are sheltered from the wind or not."
But while Elton is generally in praise of the model, she pointed out that, "at the end of the day, it is just a model and models stand and fall on the type of evidence and also on the sensitivity of the model itself," or the degree to which it is affected by variations in the assumed parameters, such as the climate, early humans' movements, availability of shade, and so on. "There are other ideas" about why humans may have dropped their body fur, such as selective pressures imposed by the opposite sex, like a preference for hair-free mates.
Markus Rantala of the University of Turku, Finland, who was not convinced by Ruxton and Wilkinson's model, offered another theory. "My personal opinion is that only selection caused by ectoparasites is able to explain the origin of human nakedness in a satisfactory way," he said in an email. As humans began to live in fixed home bases and in close quarters, many parasites such as lice and fleas would have flourished. "As the ectoparasite burden on hominids increased, having fewer parasites may have become more important for survival than a warm fur coat," Rantala said. Less body hair makes ectoparasites easier to spot and pick off.
Rantala also asks why, if the Ruxton-Wilkinson model is correct, did our ancestors not regain hair when they migrated to northern latitudes with cooler climates, about two million years ago. "Our skin color changed but we did not regain the hair," he said. "There must have been other selective benefits to being naked than just thermoregulatory reasons."
But by that time, humans may have gained other ways to keep warm, Wilkinson argued. "One possibility is that by the time humans were migrating they probably had fire and possibly clothing." Although Wilkinson believes in the new model, he's not surprised that there is some disagreement in the field. "Human evolution is an argumentative area of science," he said. " It always has been."
G.D. Ruxton, D.M. Wilkinson, "Avoidance of overheating and selection for both hair loss and bipedality in hominins," PNAS, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1113915108, 2011.


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At a large public high school in Freemont, Calif., southeast of San Francisco, Alyssa Tucker and Thao Le sit on a metal table. Both come from families with modest incomes.
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"Very few people would look at that number and feel like, 'Oh, no problem, I can just whip out my checkbook,' " says Lauren Asher, president of the Institute for College Access and Success, a research and advocacy group.
Asher notes a study that shows that the complexity of the Pell Grant application process may discourage those who need it most — lower-income students who may be wavering about college because of cost worries — from even applying for aid.
"The formula that the federal aid system uses to determine your estimated family contribution is not perfect," Asher says. "Some would like to see it greatly simplified. It's a common public misperception that the lowest-income students are getting their financial aid needs met when they go to college, and that's simply not true. They are much more likely to have loans and to owe more than all other students."
Colleges have been asking students and families to cover more of the cost, Asher says, which are rising faster than family income or available grant aid. So more students — undergraduate and graduate — are borrowing ever more amounts to fill that gap.
Tracy Butler, 24, is finishing a doctorate in physical therapy in Columbus, Ohio, and her fiance is finishing a medical degree.
They are likely to earn good salaries in their respective medical fields, but their combined, mostly federal debt load, by the time they finish school later this year, will be at least $350,000.
"We're definitely planning to live minimally — not take lots of vacations or live in a fancy apartment and delay buying a house, which is unfortunate," Butler says.
She and her fiance are heartened about a relatively new federal income-based repayment program that ties the loan repayment amount to earnings and family size. After 20 years, if they still owe money, the remainder will be forgiven.
Advocacy group president Lauren Asher, who pushed for the plan, says that while it doesn't solve the problem of rising cost and debt, income-based repayment is a big step forward.
"That's a light at the end of a tunnel," she says. "The forgiveness in the income-driven plans is the assurance that your payments will not last forever. They won't follow you to the grave."
Few can predict their income five years down the line, let alone 20. But Tracy Butler says the program offers solace that the debt burden might be manageable, and may allow her and her fiance to start saving for kids, a mortgage or retirement a lot sooner.
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All orders from the date of payment normally take 7-10 days business days to process before being shipped.
Paying for overnight shipping does not expedite your order. If you would like a rush order please contact us. There is an extra fee for Rush Orders.
Shipping may take anywhere from 7- 10 business days to be received by you, depending on your shipping address, and the type of shipping service you choose. We offer multiple ways to receive your item in an expedited manner. See examples below:
First Class Package - Orders Below $50.000 - Standard Carrier Price Based On Weight.
Free USPS First Class Package - Orders Above $50.00
USPS Priority Mail - Current USPS Rates
USPS Priority Mail Express - Current USPS Rates
UPS® Ground - Current UPS Rates Based on Zip Code
UPS Next Day Air® - Current UPS Rates Based on Zip Code
UPS® Ground - Current UPS Rate Based on Zip Code
However, Crafty Casey's is not responsible for lost items in the mail, nor delayed shipping times due to the courier you have chosen. Due to Acts of God, United States Postal Service, UPS, or a current event that may delay shipping, i.e. Covid- 19.
Crafty Casey's makes every effort to get your order to you, and shipped in an timely manner. If for any reason your order can not be fulfilled in the allowable time frame as set forth. We will issue you an refund a pond your request.
Thanks so much for supporting our small business!
Refund Policy For Crafty Casey's
Due to the personal nature of our business we must take return requests on a case by case basis.
Please check the size charts,color of item, style of the item before ordering. We are not responsible for ordering errors.
Due to Covid-19 Some Colors Maybe substituted for a comparable color or brand.
If you would like to make a return request it must be done within, 7 Business Days of receiving your order.
To be eligible for a return, your item must be in the same condition that you received it in, unworn, unused, with tags, and not washed.
To start a return, you can contact us at email@example.com. If your return is accepted, we'll send you a return shipping label, as well as instructions on how and where to send your package. Items sent back to us without first requesting a return will not be accepted.
You can always contact us for any return question at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Damages and issues
Please inspect your order upon reception and contact us immediately if the item is defective, damaged or if you receive the wrong item, so that we can evaluate the issue and make it right.
Exceptions / non-returnable items
Certain types of items cannot be returned, like perishable goods (such as food, flowers, or plants), custom products (such as special orders or personalized items), and personal care goods (such as beauty products). We also do not accept returns for hazardous materials, flammable liquids, or gases. Please get in touch if you have questions or concerns about your specific item.
Unfortunately, we cannot accept returns on sale items or gift cards.
Exchanges & Returns are accepted with a 10% restocking fee applied.
We will notify you once we've received and inspected your return, and let you know if the refund was approved or not. If approved, you'll be automatically refunded on your original payment method. Please remember it can take some time for your bank or credit card company to process and post the refund too.
We appreciate you supporting our Small Business.
Thanks So Much !


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A toast to elegance and luxury
Whether you are pouring yourself a glass of wine at the end of a long day or hosting a formal cocktail party, you and your guests can experience the full reward of wine tasting with elegant, hand-crafted stemware from GEARYS Beverly Hills. Our famous crystal stemware collections feature silhouettes that are skillfully executed to clearly convey every varietal, from the Baccarat Chateau Baccarat Flute to the William Yeoward Olympia Port/Sherry glass. Evoking glamour, elegance, and sophistication, our stemware comes in a variety of styles and forms to suit every style and taste.


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RideStats was created to help cycling clubs track and manage their rides. It originated as a "favor" to a board member of the Twin Cities Bicycling Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2010. The first version was a stand alone application with rides passed along via email. The latest version is a service that any club may subscribe to for the benefit of their members.
The service can be integrated into an existing website, or used standalone as a complete solution for the web needs of a club.
Among the many features of RideStats are:
RideStats is a small enterprise and remains dedicated to enhancing the cycling experience for groups of all sizes. If you would to participate, email us to get started. Customizations are possible.
RideStats has provided ride management to clubs for 10 years. Our goal is to make riding the focus for everyone, not paperwork.


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True Beauty - Jigsaw Puzzle Rainy Day 800 Pieces
Purchased directly from original website
100% authentic products
100% satisfaction guaranteed
Buy True Beauty Jigsaw Puzzle Rainy Day 800 Pieces (여신강림 퍼즐 비오는 날 800피스) online with confidence at DKshop. Shop official Korean manhwa and manga books and authentic merch all in one place. 100% genuine and premium quality guaranteed with express worldwide shipping available on every order. Sign up for deals now!
True Beauty Jigsaw Puzzle Rainy Day is an exquisite 800-piece puzzle that captures the serene and captivating beauty of nature on a rainy day. This high-quality puzzle is perfect for puzzle enthusiasts who enjoy challenging and engaging activities that bring a sense of relaxation and accomplishment. Each piece is made of sturdy, durable materials and features vivid, colorful artwork that highlights the intricate details of the natural scene. This amazing Korean manhwa merch is a delightful way to unwind and spend quality time with loved ones, while appreciating the beauty of the natural world.
Product Details:
Condition: New
Manufacturing Company: Toy&Puzzle
Origin: Korea
Model: True Beauty Jigsaw Puzzle Rainy Day 800 pieces
Number of Pieces: 800
Size: 38*52cm
To view the original source, click the link.
- You can combine your orders from DKshop and Delivered Korea by providing your Suite number at the checkout.
- You can cancel or modify your order within 24 hours after it's placed, before the order is too far along in the process.
- If your order includes pre-order items, your package will be shipped out once all items are ready to ship.
Upon receiving your order, we source products directly from suppliers, and the lead time will take around 3~4 business days or longer (depending on the schedule of seller and your selected shipping methods). Once all items arrive, we will combine them in one shipment and send them to you.
You can combine your orders from DKshop and DeliveredKorea by providing your Suite number at the checkout stage. We will notify you when your package is registered to your Suite.
For customers who want domestic shipping for orders, please note that DK shop offers a domestic shipping method exclusively for customers who are registered on DeliveredKorea (www.delivered.co.kr) and have a Suite number. Any orders with a different domestic address will be automatically canceled and refunded.
All items will be shipped from South Korea. We are currently using FedEx and DHL as an Express shipping option, and it usually takes 3~5 days for delivery from the day the package is dispatched (business days being from Monday to Friday). We also have Delivered Standard and K-post Economy as Standard shipping options, and they will take about 2 weeks after you order. Shipments might get delayed because of traffic volumes, courier's capacities, or your location.
Delivered Standard service is one of the cheapest economy shipping that has a good quality-price ratio. This delivery option is suitable for non-express shipping and is eligible for packages of up to 10kg only.
Please refer to the below local courier list which is responsible for last-mile delivery.
- Japan - Sagawa
- Singapore - Janio
- Malaysia - Ninjavan
- Taiwan - HCT
- Philippines - Ninjavan
If your order includes pre-order items, your package will be shipped out once all items, including -pre-ordered items are ready to ship. In the case of high-demand K-pop products, there could be an unexpected delays.
Even if we state that Pre-order benefits included on our product detail page, we cannot guarantee the availability due to the manufacturer's stock status.
All products at our shop does not include duties and tax in its price. Customers who have purchased items from DKshop or subject to receive any free gifts from us are responsible for customs and taxes since all orders will be shipped out from South Korea. The buyer is the importer on record and therefore agrees to pay any fee that is asked for by their local office. We are not responsible if parcels get caught in customs, delays or returns caused by customs.
We can assist you in trying to change your address even after your package has been shipped by doing our best to contact the carrier. However, please note that a address change fee may apply.
If a package could not be delivered for any reason (wrong address, undelivered, customs clearance failed, etc.), the package would be sent back to the sender's address or disposed at the carrier's local facility according to the carrier's policy. We will reach out to you if we are notified from the carrier, but please note that we will not be able to take responsibility for the packages that are disposed or returned if reasonable measures are not taken from you by deadline specified by local carrier or in a timely manner.
In the event of return, shipping fee will not be covered by us, and customer will be charged below cost and we have no control over any cost related to return shipping.
- Return shipping fee
- Duty and tax charged by local customs and import tax (if there's any)
- Reshipping fee
If your package arrives damaged or missing items, please make sure to keep all packing materials for investigation by both DKshop and shipping carrier. Please file a claim directly to the local carrier used for last-mile delivery. Once you get confirmation from the carrier that your claim has been accepted, please wait designated period. If you have any issues, you may contact us, and we will do our best to help.
If you need our assistance, please send DK shop below information:
- A copy of your registered claim
- Name, Email address used for your order
- Order number
- Reason for claim
- Clear picture of damaged items - Damage case
- Unboxing video taken from opening the sealed box – For Missing/Partial missing case
- Picture of outer/inner packaging and shipping label
- If your items are damaged, please keep the original package box with you until the claim is closed.
Upon receiving the above information, we can request an investigation to both our carrier and warehouse and proceed with compensation procedure if required.
We cover damaged or lost packages by following carrier's policy only to decide on compensated amount.
Delivered Korea operates as a middleman, an intermediary, and an agency providing the service of connecting customers with our partners' products and allowing an easy and secure way to order Korean products globally. Thus, the product information shown on this site is the product information provided by the supplier and is displayed as it is.
Delivered Korea is responsible for the refund only if products are out of stock, missing, damaged or wrongly shipped due to our mistake. If you would like to get a refund due to other reasons, return any item, exchange, or get A/S services, we can help you out by contacting the supplier. Please note, that we follow their policies and merely pass you their decision.
Your order can be returned to a supplier only within 7 days from the date of receipt of your order in our warehouse. If your order has been delivered to you but passed the specified refundable period, which is accumulated from the date your order has been delivered to our warehouse, we won't be able to request a return to the supplier since we only mediate between suppliers and you and must follow their policies.
- Return request should be made by contacting email@example.com within 14 business days from the date of receipt of your order in our warehouse.
- Returned products must be in their original condition: unopened (i.e., primary packaging must be intact), unused, unmarked, and not disfigured).
- Refund or reshipment will not be made if the delivery has failed due to the incorrect or insufficient shipping address.
- Return should be arranged by you using a trackable shipping service and/or purchasing shipping insurance, and you will be responsible for the return shipping fee as well as duties and tax.
- Return handling fee of $10 will be deducted from the final refund amount.
- Any returns that do not meet our policy will not be accepted.


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Our hospital offers dog boarding you can trust. It is sometimes difficult to find a boarding facility that will tend to the needs of your dog and give them the attention they deserve. Boarding at our facility is ideal, especially if your dog has certain medical conditions that require medication.
So that we can best accommodate your dog, please make reservations in advance, especially during the holiday season. We will also review your dog's vaccination history to make sure that everything is up to date prior to the start of the boarding visit.
Since boarding facilities and amenities vary from place to place, please call or stop by and let us show you the additional amenities we can offer your pet during his or her stay.


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Google has rebranded their Google Apps. Walsh IT Group is now proud to present Google Workspace.
Google Workspace, with Google Drive, brings all the benefits of cloud computing to your small business. By having Google host your files securely in the cloud, your work will always be saved and backed up. You can also share your work with the specific people on your team that you give permission to, while blocking access from everybody else.
With Google Workspace, locations and computing platforms are no longer barriers for getting work done. Google Workspace works on multiple different platforms, and is available on different mobile devices and web browsers. Everybody on your team does not have to have the same software and be in the same place to collaborate on a project with Google Workspace.
Stay Connected with Gmail
New features to Gmail give you the power to do more, work faster, and save time.
Gmail securely stores your messages to the cloud, allowing you and your staff access to all of your communications from anywhere, on any device. Gmail also offers offline support which allows you to keep working on your important messages without being connected to the Internet.
Every Gmail account in your company comes with plenty of cloud storage that can be managed from a dashboard. From your dashboard in Gmail, you can also stay connected with your contacts, by texting, calling, and video chatting with anybody online. Plus, Gmail is integrated with Google Workspace to allow for easy sharing of projects.
Your Favorite Apps Now On the Cloud
Share and manage important documents with everyone on your team.
Google Workspace includes more than just Gmail and Google Calendar. Google Drive is a virtual drive that allows you to store files in the cloud, share them with others, and access your files from different devices, anytime, anywhere. Inside Google Drive, there are several different applications. Google Docs is a standard word processing document creation software. Google Sheets is a data management spreadsheet creation application that will extrapolate the data into a variety of charts and graphs. Google Slides is similar to other presentation creation software with simple integration of photos and videos.
Manage Agendas with Google Calendar
You can easily check everyone's schedule and know when they are free.
Manage your time better with Google Calendar. You can have Google Calendar send you important event reminders on your phone or Gmail inbox, and you can access the schedule of team members to make sure they are free and there are no scheduling conflicts.
Google Calendar even has a feature that will automatically show you when there are open spots on a person's schedule, this means that you do not have to waste time looking for openings. You can even export Google Calendar to your website so the public can know what is going on with you and your business.
If you are looking for a fully functional productivity suite in the cloud, look no further than Google Workspace, available today from Walsh IT Group. We provide powerful managed IT services and technology support for all Katy small businesses. If you would like to speak to one of our expert IT technicians about your company's IT, call us today at (832) 295-1445.


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High polished sterling silver Ampersand Ring. Available in size 5, 6, 7, 8.
- Plain sterling silver : 3-5 business days for assembly; does not include shipping time.
- 14k gold and stone : 2-4 weeks for production.
- Plain sterling silver and 14k gold and stone mix - 2-4 weeks for production.
If your sterling silver item is not in stock or if your 14k gold/stone order will require more production time we will contact you as quickly as possible.
Sterling silver and 14k gold rings with stones, 14k gold pendants with birthstones, international orders, gift cards, and items from our Outlet are final sale and are not eligible for return, exchange, or refund. Plain sterling silver and 14k items without stones and sterling silver birthstone pendants can be returned or exchanged with return authorization within 30 days of receipt.
Shipping timeline :
- USPS First Class : 3-5 business days after production.
- USPS Express : 1-2 business days after production.
- DHL Express : delivery times vary by destination.
A signature will be required for all orders valued at $500 USD and above. International orders are final sale and shipped via DHL Express. A shipping phone number is required for all international shipments.
Have questions? We have answers! Send us a message at email@example.com.
Our team will review your email to better service your needs. You will receive a response within 1-3 business days. Our NYC studio is open Monday - Friday from 10am-5pm EST.