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Cause I taught him everything he knows
It's been a while since I posted an update about a project I'm working on…so here's an update about a project I'm working on. For the past few months, I've been creating a web series with Jon Braylock, Kyle Kolich, and Ramy Youssef who make up the comedic team of Inside Joke Films. I have had the honor of working with the trio before, but this web series, called Uplifting Dystrophy, is by far our biggest and most ambitious work to date. The premise of the series is simple: Jon tries to get me to a party, but always fails because my disability gets in the way.
The reason why we are going all out on this is because we hope it will open the door to a future in acting and writing. Because Jon and Ramy are represented by the talent agency 3 Arts Entertainment, we know that somebody will see it and we hope that with the right person, this project can go as far as being turned into a TV show.
Here's where I need your help. We have until February 20th to raise $10,000 for our budget, which will be used to pay for equipment and a film crew. Unfortunately, if we do not reach our goal, then we get absolutely no money, no matter how much has been raised. So, with this, I humbly ask you to donate to my project. No donation is too small and all are put to great use. Again, if our goal is not met, then we get nothing and it's coming down to the wire. If you can donate, I would really appreciate it. If not, another way to help is to share the link, whether it's on Facebook, Twitter, or e-mail.
This project is very dear to me and could very well be the gateway to my future. I thank you for any and all help.
Web series/donation link: http://igg.me/p/315635/x/1616939
Once again, the topic of gun control has been brought to the forefront to be debated in American society. Time and time again, this debate has risen when an event like that seen in Newtown, Connecticut, only to be swept under the rug and forgotten. However, this time may be different. This time, change may finally happen.
If anybody has seen my Facebook posts or Twitter feed after the incident, then you know that I have been vocal about gun control, but I wanted to collect all my thoughts and arguments here. To say that this is ONLY a mental health issue is foolish. Yes, the perpetrators of these horrific acts are mentally ill, but mentally ill people should not have access to guns. No licensed seller would sell a weapon to someone who is found to be mentally unstable. On top of this, the weapons used in mass shooting are used for just that, maximum damage. With this, here is what I believe needs to change so we can prevent more of these tragedies:
-Ban on assault weapons: This one is easy and I would like to believe that the majority is with me on this. Simply put, no average citizen needs a weapon designed for military use and war. No average citizen should have that kind of power and destruction. You want a firearm to protect yourself and your family, fine. But you do not need an AK-47. After a school shooting in Australia in 1996, all assault weapons were outlawed. There has not been a school shooting since. There has been a ban on assault weapons before and American society didn't collapse. There is absolutely no reason why the ban cannot be reinstated.
-More background checks: In America, it is easier to buy a gun that it is to adopt a pet, obtain a marriage license, or purchase a car. This needs to end now. Most of the time, guns are bought online, where forty percent of buyers are not subject to a background check. It should not be this easy to buy an object whose sole purpose is to cause harm.
-Stricter gun laws: How can something so deadly be so lax with the law? Buying a gun should be a process similar to buying a car and getting a license. There needs to be a multitude of tests to pass. You should have to pass a psychiatric exam to show that you are competent enough to own a firearm. The United Kingdom has very strict gun laws and has had only thirty-nine deaths by guns so far this year, compared to over eleven thousand in the United States.
Those against gun control say that these arguments are useless and will not do anything. Someone intent on inflicting harm will still break the law. Yes, probably, but that does not mean that we should not try. People willfully break traffic laws, but they are implemented and enforced because they make the roads safer.
I would like to close by saying something about the Second Amendment, which was ratified in 1791. During this time, it took an average of fifteen seconds to load one bullet. Now, multiple rounds can be fired in under one second. Also, the newly created America had just defeated the British, who were bent on getting revenge. Because the country was so new, there was no formal military and the only people who were prepared to fight in the event the British returned was the militia. The Second Amendment was written so those fighting an impending invasion would be ready, not so you could shoot a burglar with a semi-automatic rifle.
Let's be real here for just one minute. The government is not going to take your guns away. It did not happen when Barack Obama was elected president and it will not happen now. There are way too many trigger-happy people in this country. Also, we will not be invaded by a foreign enemy. What country would invade America, the country with the biggest military in the world? And what really cracks me up are the delusional gun clingers who say that they need guns because it is their right to overthrow the government if it gets out of control. Yeah right. Good luck fighting against Seal Team Six.
But you do not want to talk about gun control now? OK, that's fine. I will just wait for the next mass shooting. Or the one after that. Because events like this are inevitable and if we can prevent just one from happening, than we have made change. If not, then we have failed ourselves, this country, and the victims of every mass shooting. Quite honestly, it makes me sick to continue to have the right to easily purchase and own a gun meant for war at the expense of innocent lives.
I am writing this post because I have had a lot of thoughts building up to the election, which is poised to be one of the craziest and most important in recent memory, and the past four years of the Obama administration. This post is purely my opinion and mine only. If you want to attack or criticize me then go ahead.
I try to stay as bi-partisan as possible. I do my best to look at both sides of all issues, but it's been pretty hard to do so these past few years. The election of Barack Obama has shown America's true colors. Some people voted for John McCain (and intend to vote for Mitt Romney) because they were either too ignorant or immature to vote for a black man to be president. People have burned and lynched Obama in effigy, reminiscent of the horrors seen in the South just sixty years prior. Racism wasn't dead in America, it was just dormant, and the election of '08 was the awakener.
The election of President Obama has also brought out the sheer insanity of some people. The fear and paranoia of these nut jobs was laughable at first, but now just downright sad and pathetic. First, was the lie that he was born in Kenya, which for some reason was still perpetuated even after he produced his long form birth certificate. Then, it was alleged that Obama was going to send the UN out and go door to door to take away everybody's firearms. Next, it was told that he was going to set up "death panels" that would ration health care for the disabled and elderly. The list goes on and on.
But the real travesty has been the members of Congress, the same members of Congress that were elected by us to serve us. Never before has the office of the presidency of the United States of America been disrespected and sabotaged by a political party like this. During an address to Congress, a congressman interrupted Obama by shouting "You lie." Before the midterm elections, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that he and other Republicans would to what they could to make sure Obama is a one-term president. House Republicans resorted to holding bills hostage, such as the bill that raised the debt ceiling (something Bush did 7 times and Reagan did 18 times). When Obama tried to get his jobs bill passed, House Republicans took the time to instead vote on other, inconsequential measures, such as reaffirming that our national motto is "In God We Trust."
Is Obama perfect? No, of course not. I'm not afraid (or delusional) to admit this. At the beginning of his presidency, Obama had a Democratic majority in both houses of Congress. He failed to close Guantanamo Bay and address gun control when he had the perfect opportunities. Most recently is the incident at the embassy in Benghazi. But can any president be expected to bat a thousand throughout his entire term? No, of course not.
There are those out there who argue that Obama can't run for reelection on his record. Here's a list of accomplishments for those naysayers who may have forgotten: Saved the economy from entering a depression, rescued the automotive industry from total collapse, instituted health care reform (insured up to 30 million more, no more preexisting conditions, free preventative screenings, stay on parents' plan until 26), student loan reform, repealed "Don't Ask Don't Tell, killed Osama bin Laden. That's just off the top of my head.
Then there are those who say that Obama has not done enough in his four years as president. Well how could he when those across the aisle refused to cooperate? How can anything get passed when every bill was filibustered? Even when he was willing to compromise, it still wasn't good enough.
Heading into this election, it seems that the constantly asked question is "Is America better now than it was four years ago?" When presented with this, Obama haters say, "Absolutely not. He is the worst president ever. We can't afford another four years of Obama." Really? Have things been that bad? They make it sound like there is chaos and anarchy everywhere. These are the same people who act like everything was great on January 19, 2009, but it all hit the fan at 12:01 PM the day Obama was inaugurated. Not only are jobs being constantly added, but the unemployment rate is under eight percent. Yes, the deficit did go up, but you can't ignore the fact that the previous administration paid for tax cuts, a prescription drug plan, and two wars with borrowed money.
So, I have a few questions for those who have been against Obama since day one and never gave him a chance. First, how come he hasn't come for my guns yet? Did they come to my house and I missed them? I mean, it's been four years, surely that was enough time. I even had cookies ready for the nice UN inspectors. Second, how come Obama hasn't killed my grandma yet? During the health care debate, everybody told me that the next time my grandma got sick he was going to kill her. Maybe he felt compassionate because I'm in a wheelchair. Either way, I feel bad for everybody who had their grandmas killed by Obama. And third, if Obama is reelected, will the next president also be an atheist Muslim communist socialist fascist Marxist terrorist from Kenya? Something tells me he won't.
You can vote for Obama. Or you can vote for Romney who has swapped positions on just about every issue. Or you can vote for Gary Johnson. We should probably all vote for Gary Johnson.
I'm mad. Want to know why I'm mad? I'm mad because Amanda Todd committed suicide…and everyone won't shut up about it.
Now, hear me out before you attack me. Do I feel sympathetic that someone resorted to suicide because they were bullied? Of course I do. But I personally believe that committing suicide is selfish. Take a minute right now and think of all your friends and family that love you. Think about how hurt and lost they would feel. Anybody that says that nobody cares about them is too caught up in the moment to truly notice. And before you say anything, yes, I was bullied growing up. I would come home from school and playing with my friends and cry just about every other day. But committing suicide? That was the farthest thought in my mind. I wanted to punch the kid in the middle of his smug face.
But why has this reached an epidemic-like status? Bullying has been around forever, so why are teens now going to the extreme? I think it's because they're weak and soft…and it's all our fault. Whenever bullying is mentioned, whether in school or on TV, there's always a process on how to deal with it, and it's a long list. First, you tell a parent. Then, a teacher. Then, your friends. And you can't forget about the guidance counselor at school. But the bullying continues and you alerted everyone you were told to. So now what? Well, here's one option…ignore it. Not even fight back, just be the bigger and better person and walk away. Why do we as a nation only focus on telling kids and teens who to tell and neglect to put emphasis on self esteem? Whatever happened to telling kids and teens that they are special and shouldn't let a group of horrible people get to them? Instead, we make these troubled youth go through a system that usually makes the situation worse.
Let's be real. Teens commit suicide every day as a result of bullying. But why do we only focus on the Amanda Todds and Tyler Clementis? Why doesn't the news report every suicide during the evening news and why do social media outlets bombard you with tribute pages and trending topics of only a select few? It seems that cases like these have the "Kony effect." What I mean by this is that everybody at once stops what they're doing, likes a fan page, puts up a couple hashtags, wears a certain color shirt to school and "Look at me! I'm making a difference!" Wearing a purple shirt to school because ONE gay teen, or a pink shirt because ONE girl who was bullied committed suicide only does a disservice to everybody else who suffered the same fate. Want to really make a difference? Then wear pink, or purple, or whatever color Facebook decides, EVERY DAY because this happens EVERY DAY.
I'm going to get right to my point…I'm trying to win a brand spankin new wheelchair van and I need your votes. Oh, and voting ends Sunday :D
I could give you a sob story telling why I need this van, but that's just not my style. Basically, the one I have now is unreliable and cannot go long distances. In fact, I've spent almost more money on repairs than I spent to buy the van. If I win this van, my friends and I plan on taking it cross country to visit our friend who is moving to Los Angeles. Of course, we will document our adventures and hijinx.
All I'm asking for is your vote and to reblog this post and share it with your friends. You don't have to buy stickers or t-shirts to help me out, just vote and share. And use promo code 797.
EDIT: OK, I lied. Thanks to the watchful eye of my sister, voting ends this Sunday, May 13th. You know what that means? MOAR VOTES AND MOAR REBLOGS!
If you found out you had exactly one year left to live, how would you spend it? Would you travel the world, visiting ancient and major cities? Would you complete a Bucket List of things you have always wanted to do? Or would you go to raves and get drunk?
It seems that frat college students and immature high schoolers have adopted the mentality of "you only live once." Normally, I would support wanting to live life to the fullest and having no regrets. Unfortunately, these children have misconstrued this into thinking that the only way to live life is to get obnoxiously drunk and going to black light parties with music that is used as medical tests to induce seizures.
This past week, the Barstool Blackout Tour visited Montclair, home to my college, Montclair State University. Before the show even began, the venue was shut down. What ensued was an outdoor frat party that included fights, alcohol poisoning, and people biting each other. Nothing says "I'm really looking forward to tonight" like throwing up in the middle of the street and biting the first guy that walks past me.
Now, there are many aspects of this that really make me uneasy and enraged. First, look at the name of the show: Barstool Blackout. The whole point is to get so drunk that you don't remember anything. I'm sorry, but I just cannot wrap my head around this. You want to have fun…but you don't want to remember it. Kind of defeats the whole purpose if you ask me.
Second, is it really necessary to go to multiple events like this? There are people who follow this tour and go to every show in their area. This is the frat version of the McRib.
Third, stop with the Facebook statuses and Tweets about how drunk you got and how hungover you are and how much you just threw up. Why would you want to share something like that with the entire world? It's disgusting, completely unnecessary, and incredibly unattractive. It seems that the drunker you get, the worse the hangover you have, and the more you throw up makes you "hard." Because you better not be "soft."
I understand you want to have a good time. However, most people just do not know how to have a good time without alcohol. When someone throws a party, everything stops and the only thing that matters is drinking the most and being the drunkest so everyone will look up to you. But, when there are no parties, suddenly the town sucks and there's never anything to do. Trust me on this one, there are many more things to do on a Friday night than play beer pong.
Yes, you only live once. You should not spend it getting drunk and belligerent and making a complete fool of yourself. You can call me "soft" or "tarr" or whatever word high schoolers are using this month, but don't come crying to me when you need a liver transplant. Despite having muscle and heart disease, in twenty years, I'll be healthier than all you suckers.
Edit: No more than two hours after I posted this blog entry, I saw this Tweet: Life's so good, please enjoy it. End up every night with your heads in the toilet. #WeUpAllNight #YOLO.
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It's March, so you know what that means…it's
March Madness the MDA Muscle Walk! For those who may not know, the Muscle Walk is one of the Muscular Dystrophy Association's biggest fundraisers, and it is held throughout the country. One of the largest is held at the Prudential Center in Newark, and includes all of New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut.
The purpose of this fundraiser, and all others run by the MDA, is to raise money to help those affected with Muscular Dystrophy. Money raised goes to many things, including paying for medical equipment, doctors visits, and sending kids to summer camp. Funds are also reserved for ongoing research to find a cure.
With all of this, I humbly ask you for a donation. Any donation you feel comfortable with. I don't care if you donate five dollars, two dollars, even one dollar. Each and every donation goes a long way. I know this first hand.
If you don't feel comfortable donating or have any questions, please feel free to message me and I would be more than happy to talk to you. If you do make a donation, please message me so I can personally thank you. We can help those with Muscular Dystrophy, and give them a better life.
No matter your decision, the biggest thing you can do is share this video. Share it on Facebook, retweet it on Twitter, or reblog it on Tumblr. I have made it my life mission to spread awareness for this disease, and I am personally asking you to help me.
Thank you.
Link to donate: http://www2.mda.org/site/TR/Walk/11-A4-357-MaywoodDistrict?px=1003394&pg=personal&fr_id=1685
Imagine living in a society in which black people are unable to get married to each other. Imagine living in a society in which white people are unable to marry black people. Seems pretty ludicrous. As crazy as it sounds, and it sounds pretty damn crazy, marriage in America was once shaped these ways. In fact, interracial marriage was not fully legalized until 1967. Yes, marriage between people of different races has been fully legal in the United States for only 45 years.
As everybody is aware, a new battle is being fought to legalize same-sex marriage. Opponents say that it is "immoral" and it "redefines" marriage. They say it's wrong because "the Bible says so." They say that same-sex marriage would "destroy the sanctity of marriage."
The arguments against same-sex marriage are the most ignorant, most childish, most hypocritical, and most illogical excuses for "reasons" I have ever heard. You cannot be against "redefining" marriage while at the same time be in favor of redefining what a fetus is, or what a "job creator" is. You cannot use the Bible as evidence because we do not live in a Christian nation.Contrary to what many think, not everybody in America believes in the Bible. You cannot claim that same-sex marriage will "destroy the sanctity of marriage" when a candidate for President left his cancer stricken wife to be with his mistress and is now on his third wife, and when many elected officials have been caught either with a "rent boy" or tapping his foot in a public bathroom.
Same-sex marriage is a civil rights issue, despite what many claim to the contrary. It is a civil rights issue because gay people are fighting for rights that were endowed to them by their Creator. Yes, they were born gay, just as black people were born black, straight people were born straight, and as I was born with a neuromuscular disease. It is because of this that same-sex marriage cannot be put to a referendum for the citizens to decide. Never has a majority granted rights to a minority in this manner. This is called "popular tyranny" and it is inherently undemocratic.
Same-sex marriage is about love. Nothing more, nothing less. When gay people are not allowed to marry, we as a nation are preventing them from loving to the fullest extent straight people have the luxury of. Gay people are forbidden to marry who they love for just that reason, who they love. You know who else makes a big deal over who loves who? Fourth graders.
I am writing this only hours after Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey, my home state, vetoed a bill which would have legalized same-sex marriage. Despite this, and all that I have stated before, I am 100% confident that one day same-sex marriage will be fully legalized throughout this country. Civil rights battles are always won by the minority. Always.
Ahh the Grammy's, the award show that reminds us how terrible and annoying music is today. Need proof? Look at Skrillex, who won three awards before the festivities started. I listened to one of the songs that won an award, and immediately I was reminded of an old dial-up modem. That's not music. That's noises layered together to make an incoherent mess. But the night wasn't all the bad. The show saw the iconic Beach Boys reunite, Sir Paul McCartney perform a few Beatles hits, and a touching tribute to the late Whitney Houston. However, the night was ruined by one act (OK two, Nicki Minaj needs to stop. Now.).
Three years after beating up Rihanna before the very same awards show, Chris Brown was invited to perform twice and even won the Grammy for Best R&B Album. Upon completing his performance, Brown was given a standing ovation. This is only the beginning of our failure as a society.
See a mugshot in the paper of a scummy-looking guy charged with domestic abuse and people say "How could he? I hope he spends the rest of his life in jail!" See Chris Brown perform at the Grammy's and people say "Oh, he made a mistake. Why can't you let him move on with his life?" If you like his music, then great. To each his own. But he made Rihanna look like she went twelve rounds with Mike Tyson. This is why the statistics on domestic abuse are through the roof, because we as a society choose to give losers like Chris Brown a free pass.
I didn't think the situation could get any worse, until I took to Twitter, and I'm not talking about the ignorant tweens who didn't know who Paul McCartney is. Trending on Twitter last night was "Chris Brown can beat me." I found this incredibly arrogant and appalling for two reasons. First, how would you feel if a guy beat you up? Would you like it? Is that what I need to do to get girls to like me, just beat them up? Second, many victims of domestic abuse feel that it was their fault or that they "asked for it." What makes this situation so disgusting is that those girls were literally asking for it.
But what do I know? I'm the stereotypical "nice guy."


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Actors can cultivate their skills through years of training and learning their craft from all sorts of experts. They can take steps to improve their appearance, whether through natural, chemical or surgical means. But unless I'm missing something, the one part of a performer that it seems there's no real way of attaining other than the happy accident of being born with it, is the quality of the voice. Certainly this is something that be augmented by how it's used, and a case can most likely be made that the size of the voice doesn't matter. But if Ted Williams, a.k.a. the homeless man with the golden voice, taught us anything, it's that some people are just born with a gift for speaking in a way that tickles the eardrum just so.
This gift can be put to use in a variety of effective ways. Some use it to narrate documentaries to give them a sense of authority, or playfulness, or grace. Some provide character voiceover to narrative movies, serving as the narrator of a story who may or may not be featured on screen. There are those who provide voices to animated or game characters, or to disembodied speakers selling us products in commercials.
As far as movies go, these are 5 of the most memorable narrational voices to grace our ears with their sweet sounds.
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1) Morgan Freeman
Let's start with the obvious. If there's one person that just about anyone would pick to narrate their own lives, it would be Morgan Freeman. If there's one person whose voice we'd all pick to have to listen to for the rest of our lives, it would probably be Morgan Freeman. It's probably safe to say he has the most beloved voice in cinematic history. It may not be the most powerful or authoritative, although it can be both of those things in any given moment. It's more relaxed, inviting, soothing and calming than a typical voice of god, although he has played God multiple times.
Much of the affection for Freeman's vocal timbre and speaking style is likely an offshoot of the affection for The Shawshank Redemption, in which Freeman plays Red, the narrator character and one of the two central characters in the story. There's a perfection with which he recites emotional dialogue with a simplicity that doesn't overplay the feelings but transfers them onto the listener nonetheless; I think of the moment when he simply states that he missed his friend Andy. He of course went on to narrate plenty of other work, including the Clint Eastwood film Million Dollar Baby for which he won an Oscar, the documentary March of the Penguins, and a number of other films and television shows. Needless to say, if God had a voice, he would probably sound pretty much like Morgan Freeman.
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2) Orson Welles
Orson Welles, director of what is possibly the greatest movie ever made, if such a distinction has any meaning, was really only able to make Citizen Kane because of his voice. Or rather, it was because of his famous War of the Worlds radio broadcast which he directed and narrated, and which led to RKO offering him a movie contract that gave him complete directorial control over the finished product. Although he directed, produced, starred in and co-wrote Kane, it's the Thompson character who provides the narrative dialogue throughout the movie, with Welles playing the mysterious mogul whose life Thompson is trying to piece together.
Welles' voice was that booming baritone stage voice you imagine when you think of a major theater actor, and so in addition to performing on stage and screen, showcasing those pipes, he narrated countless movies and television shows, and the occasional commercial for champagne or other products. One notable piece of work that he narrated is the short documentary film Future Shock based on the popular 1970s book. Welles' flare for the dramatic served the material well, even if its style and content seems somewhat ridiculous to the modern viewer. Even late into his life, when his appearance transformed completely, Welles was forever recognizable for his signature, unmistakable, powerful voice.
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3) Cate Blanchett
When the first Lord of the Rings movie came out in 2001, it introduced itself in a tremendously captivating way, one that felt unlike any movie that came before, with a soft voiceover introduction leading into the title and score, then proceeding to explain the backstory of the trilogy.
But unlike more awkward uses of exposition to open a movie, this one feels like it delivers relatively little actual information and instead instills a distinct tone of the story to our ears while our eyes are being shown these delicious images that seem like they come from a completely different world than what we're used to. The tone for the trilogy is largely set by Blanchett's striking voice, both in the introductory voiceovers and later when she is portraying Galadriel and communicating mind messages to the characters and audience in a manner that is utterly haunting.
She's done little other voiceover work to my knowledge, aside from narrating a recent documentary on the rise in prominence of women and girls on the international stage, as well as a TV series on the British monarchy. The quality of her voice and accent could really be put to greater use.
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4) Werner Herzog
German filmmaker Werner Herzog is known first and foremost for his work as a director, helming some of the most acclaimed films of all time as well as some of the most compelling documentaries in recent years. Most recently, he appeared in front of the camera in the Tom Cruise vehicle Jack Reacher, as the sinisterly foreign villain, The Zec. This is at once surprising and also kind of a perfect fit for Herzog, whose voice has attained a kind of legendary status in the cinephile community, as it's a character whose dialogue is delivered for the most part over the phone.
This status is a result of Herzog narrating many of his own documentaries, with his odd and distinctive voice, as well as his affinity for poetic language to describe the images as they unfold. But then of course his German accent makes everything sound somewhat nefarious to English-speaking audiences, and so there's a quality of mischief if not evil to everything that he says, even when he's describing penguins. This also makes for an even greater effect when it's put to comedic use.
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5) Sam Elliott
The name Sam Elliott may not immediately bring to mind a face, but upon hearing his voice, most people find him instantly recognizable. It may in fact be one of those voices that for most people a face is never put to, a bodiless entity that exists in a form too pure and thunderous to belong to an actual human being. His slight southern drawl and deep bass voice makes him seem like a natural fit for any voiceover work that requires dialogue dripping in cowboy masculinity, you know, like truck commercials. This impression is played up for comedic effect, and fantastically so, in The Big Lebowski. A movie whose concluding moral is "the Dude abides" is well served by this kind of vocal authority.
There comes a point in a medium when all the styles start to sound the same, and this can be as true to movies as it is to radio announcers or TV newspeople or stage performers. It's the ones that stand out that really make an impression, and I suspect that this is just a unique gift that a person stumbles upon, and one that I envy greatly.
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- Morgan Barnes
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Has the time come for the U.S Second Amendment to be repealed or amended?
After yesterdays tragic shooting in Newtown CT and the worst year ever for firearm related deaths and mass killings , has the time for the US Government to tell the Gun Lobby it is over and repeal or amend "the right of the people to bear arms".
Should it be repealed on the grounds that when originally written it was for a smaller population to defend the "State" and meant for Muskets and flintlocks not semi automatics and military hardware, which makes it no longer viable on account of relevance to this day and age.
That Militia should be held to Law Enforcement agencies, Military and government controlled Para military agencies, with a show need, clause for people such as certain Primary producers etc.
Is it time to tell the NRA and the Gun Lobby there will be no more "collateral" damage no matter how much you donate to the "Party"
What would be the best way for the government to enforce such a law???
And please no Guns do not kill people, people kill people debates it was people who invented firearms in the first place.
The time has come to realise it is mainly our children who pay the ultimate price for lack of diligence in monitoring a problem that has been there for far too many years.
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Firstly I would like to say I did not flag or delete anyone's comments I am perfectly capable of speaking for myelf however I did get frustrated and had some comments deleted myself.
As I write this President Obama has signed 23 executive orders inline with Colleen's post from yesterday from New York.
I have to admit I am a little disappointed that we could not of just discussed the issue in a more calm, critical and logical manner and be able to offer solutions as well as recognised the underling causes, as this is a forum for open ideas and thinking, Then again we are dealing with human nature.
To those of you from the International community thank you for your imput and allowing people to see the different views helds in different parts of the world on this subject.
I will not deny that the Constitution and The Bill Of Rights are the backbone of America, but remember it was written by man not given by god and man can take it away or amend it, if he really wants too.
I am a believer that in the 21st Century we should use it to advance humankind to address the problems of the world and improve it for all. It won't be easy but we have to start somewhere or we risk implementing our own destruction.
I hope that this be a positive start and and an even more positive step in which the US can show the way.
Once again I thank you all for your contributions
"In a progressive country change in constant : change is inevitable "Benjamen Disraeli
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Dec 31 2012: I don't read full Conversations anymore as I find much of the commentary tiresome.
However I have picked up that some consider the fully/semi automatic guns to be the issue. So I'd just like to say this: the more bullets you're able to shoot the higher is the risk of killing a fellow human being. This does not mean that single round firearms aren't able to kill, they just don't do it as effectively.
Nukes are perhaps the most effective way of killing people, then we go to canons and bombardment, down to (I'm skipping many steps here) assault rifles, pistols and lastly knives.
Of course hands also kill people but taking people's fists is just unreasonable (and inhumane) as they are also used for good.
So, you should ban all firearms and weapons in general, that includes machetes, swords and knives.
This is not a conversation about poverty or homophobia, making the argument that we should focus our energy on only the worst things is totally invalid as it's all connected. We should fight to get rid of all that harms man.
Dec 31 2012: ... You tell Pat what he shouldn't contribute. Then you say you find much of the thread tiresome? You do not read the whole thread then you reply to me and speak for the group? ... "of course hands kill people but taking people's fists is unreasonable"? ... Whoa, you're just to smart for us Jimmy.
I'm glad you choose to not use weapons, good for you,and maybe if no one felt the need to, it would be a wonderful world. But, alas, people do like their weapons, so, that's life.
... machetes, knives, swords ... you got to be putting me on.
Dec 31 2012: You notice that they are not really proposing anything that would have stopped an armed intruder from actually getting through the door of the school, like an armed guard.
Notice also how they are trying to make you address the argument in a vacuum?
They seem to be afraid of examining the question in any wholistic way.
It's as if these posters have come to rely on a rabble reaction rather than presenting sound comprehensive reasoning.
It reminds me of a police agency who, when some horrific murder is committed and the public turns to them to catch the predator, they drag in a likely suspect and everyone feels better. But, in their haste, they have done sloppy work and allowed the real kiiller to escape and kill again.
This time, as in the other mass shootings, they have the wrong culprit.
Jan 1 2013: @Marianne Delongi (post further down.)
I'm all for positive change, you go out and achieve that. I'm trying everyday.
Well, I don't know if there are that many "I don't care" in my statements... The thing is I used to take the neutral path, which left everyone else right in their own minds.
I've chosen to take a stance against against what I think is wrong, you obviously believe that everyone has the right to own tools for killing, I don't. And I really don't care for your arguments as our logical standpoints on this matter have such a wide rift. Debating this question really does seem like a waste of time to me because you're set in your ways (as am I). I've read some of the debates you've had with others and where I see clear logic you see "logical vacuum".
Some things shouldn't be allowed. Even you have to agree to this.
And I say this again! I am NOT authoritarian, I wish for a world where all of mankind governs all of mankind, but we will always come to consensus on what is right and wrong. Would you consider laws against murder or rape to be authoritarian?
NEITHER am I a prohibitionist, I believe that every human being should be free to do as they please, AS LONG as it doesn't damage others!
Please stop with the ad hominem.
Jan 1 2013: To Jimmy S.
It's easy to "be for positive change" but making a change in the United States Constitution requires some very serious considerations.
It isn't enough to have good intentions, some of the most hideous mass murders in the world have been undertaken at the behest of Utopians who believed that if they could just have a bit more power to enforce their vision, the world would be a better place.
Prohibition is force and force is always backed by violence, the ability to use violence against those who will not comply with the prohibition. Prohibition of weapons in order to prevent weapons being used against the innocent, is still meeting violence with violence.
Dec 31 2012: To JS,
I'm surprised that someone who wants to contribute to world improvements wants to discuss the disassembling of the American Constitution's Bill of Rights in a vacuum.
As far as I know, anything that a participant brings to the discussion is part of the discussion. That's how it works.
You might take a minute to reflect on how ineffective prohibition has been in the last 200+ years. Of course, before the American experiment in government by the people, all you needed was force.
I don't understand why the same proponents who can only offer force as a solution to every problem, keep insisting that they represent an enlightened posture.
This ability to think for oneself, it is rather taking off on a global scale. It was bound to happen, all this freedom stuff just out there in the cosmos where any man can grab at it.
To more and more people, the authoritarian solution is becoming an anachronism or a parachronism.
Were you aware of that?
It has even been opined, that the need to take away other's arms is a movement by the authoritarians to ease their own fears about a free society, and they just use these very rare and isolated incidents as an excuse
to indulge in the one tool they understand, force.
Jan 1 2013: I'm not Authoritarian, but for you it might seem that way, I simply want a consensus to not allow things that (possibly) harm others. Very many Americans seem to think that all and any laws are bad, that everyone should be allowed to do as they please. Our views on Liberty differ quite largely, if you are free to do precisely as you wish you will take liberty from others. I just wan't reasonable equality.
Yes, prohibition is very ineffective when you speak of alcohol and drugs, but is it the same for weapons? My country shows that it's not.
I don't understand why you would need to use force against your own government. Aren't the people the government, why kill your own - from either side? But then again I do not share your viewpoint, the last time it happened here was in 1932 - 5 persons were shot. It's just so distanced for me. Here the police don't pull the gun on you just to be on the safe side, here you're innocent until proven guilty. Always being ready to fight and kill or be killed doesn't seem like a good way to live.
The thing is, upon reading your arguments once again, I can't really make sense of them, therefore you probably feel the same way...
Anyhow, reading the last part makes me really sad... you seem to fear your government when it should be the other way around. And government's fear for their people should not come from the threat of violence, it should come from the people's ability to give and take away the governments power.
Jan 1 2013: Fearing the potential of any government, in light of the history of the world, is probably prudent. Afterall, it's undeniable that governments have been the greatest mass murderers throughout history. As we speak, my government uses the drone to take out targets and issues apologies for the deaths of innocent chlidren in much larger numbers than those killed in Newtown. Are all child deaths equal? Are these the "government agents" that I need to trust for their great paternal love off the people? At best they are slobs, at worst they are cold blooded killers.
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Jan 1 2013: The flaw Matt, by the prohibitionists is the assumption that they have an inherent power to make these choices for everyone else. They have laws prohibiting what happened in Newtown, but it didn't stop it.
The Constitution prohibits them from infringing upon the rights of men to bear arms, they just need to get that out of the way. They are the very people that the Amendment was written to constrain. Of course, they do it for the "best of reasons".. but I contend they are more akin to a lynch mob, they can't kill Adam Lanza, or his mother, so they go after a perception and they want to punish something. Never, in a million years would they see themselves as a tool for the Pol Pots in this world, Indeed, they probably think that they have written a law somewhere that "banned' that kind of thing happening "ever after".
Jan 1 2013: JS WROTE: Ehm, taking all the weapons away would stop an intruder from being armed...!
Great, you have the power and authority to begin the confiscation of all guns? (Why let our Constitution get in your way, when you are on a roll?.) Here's the deal, you start your program by taking all the guns away from criminal and potential criminals, then the State Militaries that kill on a daily basis because they can't find solutions to their conflicts, (you can probably stop by and fix all of those conflicts, too, in your extra time)...then last, the lawful gunowners and local law enforcement will disarm on the same day. Call us when you are ready.
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Topographical survey (1990-2005)
Approximately 80 ha of mountainous area were ready to be mapped on a large scale. The excavation site of the old Greek-Roman city of Sagalassos extends for about 1.3 km East-West and 1.1 km North-South. There is a difference in height of 350 m between the highest and lowest spot on the site. The city is located at the foot of a steep flank that continues hill-upwards for several hundreds of meters until a high mountain ridge is reached.
In the 80's, the central zone of about 40 ha had been topographically measured on a scale of 1:1000 by a group of geographers from a British university. The interval between contour lines was then 2 m. The first aim of the topographical survey was to complete the existing map, primarily in Eastern direction, East of the theatre what is now known as the potters' quarter, as well as South and West of the centre that had already been mapped before. These new surveys were planned to be more detailed in scale (1:500) with an interval between contour lines of only 1 m. In a second stage and depending on the amount of resources available, the remapping of the central part on a larger, more detailed scale was planned as well.
The topographical mapping of the whole area was completed in 2005 after 16 campaigns by various teams under the direction of Prof. F. Depuydt (K.U.Leuven). The survey was done by 2 to 4 topographers each campaign. These were, in alphabetical order: W. Carpentier, F. Depuydt, A. Goemans, A. Goyens, D. Grobben, M. Loopmans, H. Roose, M. Schreurs, J. Theelen, K. Toebat, V. Van Acker, S. Van Eyck, A. Van Rompaey and H. Vanfleteren.
Topographical instruments
The method of working was set by the financial resources and technical possibilities of the early days. They gradually evolved in the course of the 16 successive campaigns. Initially, the set of instruments were optical theodolites (Wild and Sokkia) and tilting levels (Zeiss and Sokkisha) together with a semi-automatic EDM for detailed surveying (Sokkia MiNi AR). Later on, a Total Station (Sokkia) and GPS-system were used as well.
Local coordinate system
At the start of the topographical surveying, the relative coordinate system set by the English topographers for their map was adopted and used for all new surveys. This local coordinate system's cartographic north was oriented about 8° west of the real geographic north but was used nonetheless. The relative origin was located in the northwest of the excavation area. From there, a network of rectangular zones of 100 m by 100 m was set out to help position the archaeological excavations and locate the finds. In 1998, halfway through the topographical survey program, GPS measurements were used to redefine the local coordinate system. The cartographic north was 'corrected' and aligned to the real geographic north and the coordinate system's origin was shifted to such an extent that measurements in the old and new system would not be mixed up. The new origin with coordinates x: 5000 m, y: 5000 m was now located more in the center of the excavation site.
The new local coordinate system is still used today for all large scale topographical surveying on the site of Sagalassos, either by archaeologists, architects or researchers from other disciplines. For the wider area, outside the city, other coordinate systems like UTM-36N and geographical coordinates are used (WGS-84 datum). Transformations between all coordinate systems in use have been defined to help combine field measurements.
Topographical surveying method
The network of fixed geodetic points, an extension of the English foundations, was created using triangulation techniques such as trilateration and resection, realized with the before mentioned optical instruments and in a later stage verified using a total station and GPS. The intended absolute precision of 15 cm for the materialized topographical fixed points and a relative precision of 20 cm for the detailed mapping were achieved.
About sixty geodetic points, most of them materialized and numbered in the field on the rocky surface, were also used to position the Sokkia MiNi AR to do the detailed mapping. Using this semi-automatic instrument, the operator measured the distance to and difference in height with a prism mounted on a surveyor's staff in the field. Location and height were then immediately indicated on a map mounted on a plane table. Using plane table surveying, the map making was done in the field and corrections could be taken into account almost instantly. This was a major advantage compared to more traditional techniques using total station or GPS where field measurements are typically only visualized on a computer screen later on.
About ten partial maps with scale 1:500 were created in the field. These were then copied in the cartographic laboratory of the K.U.Leuven to seven large master maps of 1.5 m2 each. The scale for these master maps was kept to 1:500. This compilation of maps was realized by R. Geeraerts and A. Goyens. The whole surveyed area of the city was then digitized under the supervision of J. Theelen, who is together with Prof. F. Depuydt doing the map realization. The digital data and topographical map are also used as a base to incorporate the detailed masterplans of all archaeological sites at any time.


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For Brian Nyanhongo, it begins with a rock.
He'll spend entire days in a Zimbabwean quarry searching for the perfect stone, one that lets him know that inside all of that rock, there is a work of art waiting to be freed by his hammer, chisel and vision.
Nyanhongo is one of the 14 artists whose work is on display at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden through Nov. 16 in Chapungu: The Great Stone Sculptors of Africa.
Usually, Nyanhongo has an idea in mind while he's perusing the quarry's selection of multi-ton merchandise. But Nyanhongo's will to create is trumped by the stone's willingness to yield to his creativity.
"You must listen to the stone," Brian Guthrie, the exhibit's curator, said. "Often I'll ask Brian [Nyanhongo] what he's carving and he'll say, 'I don't know yet.' He has an idea of what he wants to do, but it's whether the stone will allow him to do it."
Shona sculpting, as it came to be called for Zimbabwe's largest tribe, was given new life in the 1950s when Frank McEwen, the director of the national art gallery, began encouraging local artists to create in any medium.
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"The Western world has long borrowed from Africa," noted Tapfuma Gutsa, another featured artist whose works include Tribute to Matisse. "I find no problem in borrowing from them."
The most prominent of Nyanhongo's pieces on display, a towering sculpture near the garden's entrance carved in springstone and titled Silent Pride, is a tribute to the humility and quiet strength of women.
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"There are certain parts of our culture that are being overlooked because of modernity," Nyanhongo said. "Some of those things are being eroded away. I just want to put it in stone, as a reminder to future generations."


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