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Ben Fong-Torres, 56, was born in Alameda, California. In May 1969, he joined Rolling Stone magazine as news editor. His interview subjects included Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Neil Diamond and Diana Ross. Fong-Torres left Rolling Stone in 1981, and has written for Esquire, GQ (where he was pop music columnist for three years), Playboy, and Harper's Bazaar. In 1983, he joined the San Francisco Chronicle, where he was a feature writer and radio columnist until 1992. He is the author of several books including "Not Fade Away: A Backstage Pass to 20 Years of Rock & Roll" (1999) and "The Hits Just Keep On Coming: The History of Top 40 Radio" (1997). He wrote the main biographies for People magazine's tributes to Jerry Garcia and Frank Sinatra, and is a contributor to two books published in 1998: "Rolling Stone: The Seventies" and "The Encyclopedia of Country Music."
Fong-Torres was portrayed as himself in Cameron Crowe's movie "Almost Famous." In 1993, Fong-Torres won $99,000 on the game show Wheel of Fortune. He lives with his wife in San Francisco, and is vice president of content at Collabrys Inc, a company that specializes in brand marketing.
Ben Fong-Torres: Rolling Stone was able to pull in a lot of talent in the early days partly because it was so unique. It was kind of the professional equivalent of what a lot of us had in college, which was more than the usual amount of freedom to do what we wanted to do. Aside from administrative and budget limitations, we could experiment. We could have fun and not worry so much about the restrictions imposed by regular journalism outlets. Rolling Stone was the alternative at that time and it was a unique alternative.
At the height of underground papers, here was clearly an "overground," a commercial effort that still was doing things in a different way. It offered writers and editors and artists and photographers a lot more latitude. It was covering a scene, a culture, that was being underrepresented in the mainstream media. If you were interested in exploring the new parameters of writing and other journalistic work and covering the new social, political, musical pop culture, this was "the" place to be. There were a few others. That was probably the main thing. [Rolling Stone publisher] Jann Wenner, a bit of his personality and drive and vision for what he was going to do, did a pitch job too. He explained to people what Rolling Stone was about quite articulately and passionately and that also helped draw people. You had to be given a pretty good sales job to take, in my case anyway, a steep salary cut without even thinking about it. That's how strong I felt about Rolling Stone. My early fellow editors were escapees from the likes of Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times and other established media. It was a chance to basically break out of the prison and go into an insane asylum.
JournalismJobs.com: What is the one thing you can say you learned from legendary Rolling Stone colleague Hunter S. Thompson, if anything?
Ben Fong-Torres: It's best not to learn too much from him. If you thought Rolling Stone was loose, then we hadn't seen nothing yet until Hunter came along and redefined what you could do in terms of personal writing and unleashed humor and surrealism. That's not to mean that anybody else could do it. That's probably what happened to a lot of young writers who thought they could imitate Hunter Thompson and be a Gonzo journalist and make it career out of it. It's no easier to do that than to say, "I'm going to be Woodward and Bernstein" or anybody else who were singular or who had a particular style or approach. You had to do it your own way with some inspiration probably from certain models. Those models can range from someone as driven on a journalistic level from Woodward and Bernstein, to someone as loose and personal and unrestrained as a Hunter S. Thompson. You just pull the best from all of them. I hope I never fell into a thing where I tried to think how Hunter would describe this scene. You just can't do it. I didn't.
JournalismJobs.com: You've interviewed Paul McCartney, Jim Morrison, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, the Grateful Dead, the Rolling Stones, among many others. What interview did you find the most interesting?
Ben Fong-Torres: I don't remember any of them. Who are those guys again? [laughs]. I'm about to give a speech next week at Northwestern University in which I go over some of the highlights of interviews. The ones that I'm highlighting are Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. Ray Charles because he was wonderful, first of all, and he was completely candid. He was outraged by the lack of respect he thought he was getting in the business. Naked about his feelings, about where he stood, where he should be standing in the pantheon of music. He also was the perfect example of the freedom we had to suggest a story back then based on reasons that have nothing to do with commercialism. He was not at the top of the charts at the time. But I just felt like he deserved to be in Rolling Stone because of his meaning to American music...
Marvin Gaye was just a guy who was an interesting set of neurosis in the body of a genius musician, who had just done "What's Going On," and was completely uncertain what to do next and again was very open and vulnerable and made a wonderful story. The others, Janis and Jim, were completely improvised. Janis just happened to be interested in talking to Rolling Stone for the first time in the history of the magazine and called me, tracked me down to my office in Chinatown at the newspaper East-West where I was doing some volunteer editing. We chatted on the phone and I turned that into a story.
As for Jim Morrison, I just ran into him in Los Angeles while I was visiting somebody else. He was looking for his girlfriend who lived next door at this apartment complex. He was waiting around for her and I just pulled out a tape recorder and started talking with him and asked for an interview. He didn't know who I was, where I was from or anything. He completely improvised it. About an hour and fifteen minutes of a visit with Jim Morrison, it turned out to be his last interview in America before his trip to Paris and his death there. Those are the ones that stand out.
JournalismJobs.com: You attended San Francisco State University. Did going to a school where the hippie movement and rock scene was strong influence your decision to become a rock journalist?
Ben Fong-Torres: I never decided to become a rock journalist. That's the strange thing. As far as my becoming one, yeah. But by a grip choice. At San Francisco State, it happened to be the time and place where all that was happening. The free speech movement, civil rights demonstrations, student strikes. We had bands that would materialize on campus. Chet Helms and Bill Graham, the main concert promoters, would be on campus to promote their shows by handing out and posting those now famous posters. Bands formed on campus, visited on campus, played on campus, rehearsed on campus. We also had what were known as folk festivals, but the folk festivals became electric in the mid-60s, so we were getting a lot of rock and blues as well.
Coming from that environment, having minored in journalism, having experienced both the campus radio station and the newspaper, I went out to the world from there. It happened that we had Rolling Stone magazine in San Francisco. I was a fan of the magazine, read it for the first six months or so and decided to throw in a phone call, when I had what amounted to a news tip. That was the beginning of it. Once Rolling Stone accepted the little article I wrote for them and expressed an interest in having more from me, then I began to do that and that led to a job offer from Jann Wenner. And that's when I became affiliated with them and as a profession, took on the tag as rock journalist. But it wasn't something I was aiming at.
Ben Fong-Torres: Terry Chen was the actor and I thought he did a fine job. He came to San Francisco and kind of studied me for a few hours. I gave him videotape of myself back in the day that was pretty close to the time frame. You can actually see me in my Rolling Stone office because I used to do intros for interview segments for the TV show called Evening Magazine [in San Francisco] from those offices. They saw me in my loud shirts with my legs propped up on my desk for no good reason, holding the phone in an odd way. He would see all that stuff and bring it with him to the set in Los Angeles a day or so later.
Then I decided to write a story about this experience, so I hopped down to L.A. to the set to watch him playing me. While I was there, Cameron Crowe was able to call on me and Dave Felton, who was also portrayed. He was the guy standing next to me at all times holding his cigarette holder, which is what he did in real life. He always stood by my side, gesturing his thumbs up, thumbs down, shrug, whatever. We both kind of lent on-set guidance to Cameron. In terms of the portrayal, I'm overall okay about it, although my friends and family all have kind of said, "That wasn't you." That's not Terry's fault. He did what he was directed to do and said the words that were written for him. Where I have dips with the movie is really the portrayal of the way Rolling Stone treated its writers. That is what happened to him in the movie was great for the movie, but it didn't happen in real life.
JournalismJobs.com: In the beginning at Rolling Stone, what sort of access did you have to artists? Was it easy to get interviews?
Ben Fong-Torres: Rolling Stone had quite easy access to the great majority of artists because we were about the only game in town. This was before all of the explosion of media that covers pop culture. Mainstream press -- Newsweek, Time, New York Times, L.A. Times, television -- did not cover the pop scene at all. Radio, to the extent of playing the music, were offering shards of gossip. Same thing with newspapers. There was the occasional coverage of riots, drug busts, negative things, deaths, airplane crashes. They would write about this strange thing called Rock 'n Roll and kids who seem to like it so much. Rolling Stone was one of the very few serious chroniclers of the scene, so certainly the artists and representatives were happy to have the coverage. As we gained stature, then it because something to go after. As you well know, to be on the cover of Rolling Stone became the goal of many, many bands. Just to be reviewed was a big deal because the reviews became quite influential. There was rarely a case where someone said, "I don't want to be in Rolling Stone."
JournalismJobs.com: As a journalist, you often got very close with your subjects, following them backstage and hanging out with them on the road. Were you ever concerned about your own objectivity as far as writing something that you know they wouldn't like? How were you able to straddle that fine line between getting the story and getting too friendly with your subjects?
Ben Fong-Torres: Well, it's very tough. That's a complex issue. It varies with each of the subjects and your own make-up at the time. You want to get the story. That's exactly what was going on in the movie, where you want to be able to ingratiate yourself with the band primarily to get the story, to get them to open up, to see you not as an outsider, but not a friend either, but as someone friendly you can trust, someone you can open up to.
The ultimate goal for any journalist is to get those quotes. Have them spill their guts. Have them tell you something that they did not expect to tell you or anybody else... You want that scoop. You're always striving for that. The strategy does take you into the inner sanctum, or you somehow get way into the inner circle and try to become invisible so they begin to act and talk as naturally with you there with your notebook or tape recorder to get it all down. Once you get a great story with a quote that you know they would just assume not have appear in public, then you're wrestling with that, "Geez, if I do this, then they'll be pissed at me and I'm going to see them again. They're going to respond with an attorney, a bodyguard or a nasty letter demanding a retraction or threatening a lawsuit." Who knows what might happen when you upset someone who has that much to be concerned about. You do have to wrestle with that. I can't say how I did it because each case was quite different.
But for sure, there were times when I ran with a quote that caused grief, strained a relationship... They would say, "I thought we were friends and that you would not betray me by running something that you knew was personal." All you can do is say, we both knew this was an interview and even thought it may have gotten into a relaxed state, unless you tell me we're off the record, it ain't. You hope that it can get patched up. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. That's the price you pay. You're supposed to know going in that you're not there to be friends.
JournalismJobs.com: When you were at Rolling Stone, you and colleagues Hunter S. Thompson and Cameron Crowe were each asked to write a screenplay for Paramount Pictures. Hunter didn't finish his script and Cameron wrote "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." You were supposed to write a romantic comedy about the San Francisco rock scene of the 1960s, but you never completed your script. Do you have any plans to revisit that screenplay or to write another?
Ben Fong-Torres: I revisit it once in a while just as someone would visit a prisoner where he belongs. That thing should probably stay in some cell somewhere. That was in retrospect a misguided assignment, [laughs] mishandled. Although it was fun doing it, it was my first time writing a screenplay. It was my first time writing a fictional piece. I shouldn't have been doing that at that time. Or if I were doing it, I should have had different guidance because it was a deal with Paramount and Rolling Stone, and the person they had assigned to help edit this screenplay was another magazine editor, who also had only a movie-lover's knowledge of what worked on the screen. It was the blind leading the blind. So when I look back and I revisit the screenplay, I see a way-overly talky thing. It's just too much telling the viewer the story instead of having crisp short scenes that relay the same idea.
No, it would need to be completely trashed and overhauled. But yeah, there are always every few years a story about the sixties. It can work. It's a real hard road to tread because the sixties have become such a collection of cliches. You can't get away from the music. The sixties are so cliched that to be real is to be cartoonish. You can't avoid tie-dye, the posters, the mood lights, the fluorescent lights, the ballroom dancing scenes, the language, the drugs, the first high, the acid, the parents' disapproval, the cops, the demonstrations. There's nothing you can do about the sixties scene without being a retread of American Graffiti 2. It's awfully hard to do.
Ben Fong-Torres: When I started at Rolling Stone, as far as I know, you're right, there were very very few Asians in the business. On the road, I found it to be perhaps an advantage. I'm not sure. I think most artists were of a mind that they welcome the fact that to their surprise in many instances they were facing a Chinese guy or an Asian American or whatever. There was never a situation where they would openly say, "Wow, I didn't know you were this" or whatever, except in a positive way. Like, "Your name is so strange. I thought you were Hispanic or some kind of a mix. I just didn't know what to expect because I've been reading your stuff and this is cool with me. Let's get to business."
JournalismJobs.com: Coming from a strict Chinese upbringing, how did your parents feel when you wanted to become a journalist -- and to cover Rock 'n Roll? Were they disappointed you didn't want to take over the family restaurant or become a doctor or lawyer?
Ben Fong-Torres: I came from a family that very much adhered to Chinese culture. In terms of strictness, it was really more the feeling of responsibility to be a part of the family business, which was the restaurant. You were simply expected to be there and to work pretty much every day and night and weekends and summers [laughs]. But aside from that, hey, we're loose man. Not to mention the language barrier. They were shouting at you, but you didn't know what they were saying. I was not inclined to tell them very much. Or I wasn't very able to articulate what I was getting into. They knew that I was kind of heading toward the newspaper racket because they would see that I was bringing home newspapers with my articles in it. But that was as far as they knew. They didn't express a great disappointment.
JournalismJobs.com: Out of all the concerts you've covered, which one was the most memorable?
Fong-Torres: That would be really tough. I suppose I have to say Bob Dylan in Chicago. It was his first tour since his motorcycle accident in Woodstock. It was a great show. He was sounding strong, playing his classic music, and the music meant a lot to me. I was grateful to have the assignment and to be on the road chasing after him to do a cover story for Rolling Stone. Having seen a couple of concerts already, and just knowing what he was going to do, now I was able to really focus, or allow myself to just kind of listen to the words. At one point, when he was singing "It's alright ma, I'm only bleeding," it started to make me think about my brother Barry [who died at a young age]. Just to be surrounded by that crowd who were all there to do the same thing basically, to hear the message from Bob Dylan.
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Humphreys, Matthew (2002) Charging for road use: tolls and environmental protection in the European Union. Journal of Business Law, 2002(Mar), pp. 195-209. ISSN (print) 0021-9460
Humphreys, Matthew (2001) The polluter pays principle in transport policy. European Law Review, 26(5), pp. 451-467. ISSN (print) 0307-5400
Horspool, Margot and Humphreys, Matthew (2012) European Union law. 7th ed. Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press. 586p. (Core Text Series) ISBN 9780199639816
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Bell just installed their Fibe wires on my street before Christmas. Do you folks have any idea as to how long it typically takes before Bell makes Bell Fibe available to homes once these cables are installed ?.I am currently with Videotron and since their multiroom is nowhere to be seen (after been promised for Fall 2012), I am anxiously waiting for Fibe to be available to terminate Videotron and switch to Bell.Thanks,__________________
Are you talking about fibre optic cables on your street?You will rarely get a definite answer when calling in. Try to call in and see if you can place an order or ask to be put on a list to be notified when its available. If you see any Bell techs around ask them about it.
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Whorled Phyllotaxy
Wikipedia; "In botany, phyllotaxis or phyllotaxy is the arrangement of leaves on a plant stem. The basic phyllotactic patterns are opposite, or alternate = spiral. Leaves may also be whorled if several leaves arise, or appear to arise, from the same level on a stem. This arrangement is fairly unusual on plants except for those with particularly short internodes. With an opposite leaf arrangement, two leaves arise from the stem at the same level (at the same node), on opposite sides of the stem. An opposite leaf pair can be thought of as a whorl of two leaves. With an alternate (spiral) pattern, each leaf arises at a different point (node) on the stem."
Marijuana as we all know starts off life with opposite phyllotaxy, the leaves are arranged equally on opposite sides of the stem. As it matures however that pattern changes to alternate phyllotaxy and the leaves become staggered, still on opposite sides along the stem.
Here is an example of opposite phyllotaxy...
And here is an example (if you can see it) of alternate phyllotaxy. Notice how the leaf pointed away from the camera has no leaf on the opposite side of the stem, but rather the next leaf is staggered up the plant.
Those are the two common leaf arrangements in MJ, now here's where things get messy...Whorled Phyllotaxy (as I understand it) is basically any arrangement of leaves that doesn't follow either opposite or alternate patterns. This is where the facts turn into theories however as there seems to be a shortage of definite answers with regards to the effects of whorled phyllotaxy on Marijuana, or for that matter what causes it.
From my experience I've found that whorled phyllotaxy seems like a genetic defect, mutation if you will, that either causes or is a symptom of certain stresses. From my understanding the vast majority of MJ plants affected will not be female, as has been the case with the two whorled plants I've grown myself. Whether certain factors play into the development of this condition, or it's strictly genetic I couldn't say but I ended up with two whorled plants at the same time out of seven plants from the same group of seeds. If I had to say one way or the other I would lean toward genetics playing a big role, maybe even being the sole contributor.
To be fair however I should mention that I have heard a theory that claims that whorled phyllotaxy actually becomes more common with LST, or rather the twisting of a stem. I guess the thought it that as the stem twists the soft fibres inside can get broken, crossed, or otherwise unarranged. I can't add much to this theory as I have limited experience (and reference material) but I will say that the two whorled plants I've grown were both LSTd, and that when you look at the stem in the pics it does look awfully twisted.
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Tuesday night, an Arena Rollout Extravaganza was held at the Jackson Convention Center.
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A friend and I put this flyer together to hand out at demos. So many people are taking to the streets every night, and we thought it would be nice to provide some information on how to support yourself through this challenging political climate. We are working on putting together a more in-depth pamphlet with tips, suggestions, and more!
If you have anything you'd like to submit to this pamphlet, please drop the ideas in my ask box. Or, if you're in Montreal and want to hand out some awesome self-care flyers, let me know - I'd be grateful for the help!
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Bumping this thread because I just started this regimen and I'm happy with it.
I'm taking 1 g B5 and 500 mg L-Carnitine and my cystic acne is kept in check.
Just wanted to suggest to Exister to look into L-Carnitine Tartrate, I find it works better. Also, Inno-Vite is a very poor brand, I'd steer clear of it.
Does anybody know where I can buy the L-Carnitine 250 mg? I use the GNC one, love it, but it only comes in 500 mg and 1000mg.
Sorry, I have no way of, or desire to, post a picture.
I'm using "Trophic" brand D'Pantothenic Acid, 500 mg, and "Inno-Vite" brand Acetyl-L-carnitine, 500 mg. I take one of each twice daily with meals.
I'm never switching to Pantethine, I can't afford it. And I don't care too much about messing around with the dosing, I think this way makes sense, and seems to be working.


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VICTOIRE is a new chamber-rock ensemble founded by composer/pianist Missy Mazzoli, featuring Olivia De Prato (violin), Eileen Mack (clarinet), Lorna Krier (keyboards) and Eleonore Oppenheim (double bass). This group, a stirring blend of winds, strings, keyboards and lo-fi electronics, was recently dubbed "an all-star, all-female quintet" by Time Out New York, and was described by Pitchfork as "so good… a pleasingly accessible entrée into the world of pseudo-classical music." Victoire performs Mazzoli's distinct blend of dreamy post rock, quirky minimalism and rich romanticism. Since forming in 2008 they have shared the stage with Tortoise, The National, Buke & Gass, William Brittelle's Television Landscape, ARP, the Bang-on-a-Can All Stars and many others, performing at many top venues including New York's Le Poisson Rouge, Chicago's Millennium Park, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), and the Library of Congress, as well as at the Bang on a Can Marathon and String Theory Festival. In 2011 they embarked on their first European tour with The National, Efterklang and Owen Pallett, and returned to Europe later that year for a tour of Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands, performing with My Brightest Diamond. In spring of 2009 they became the first classical artist to be featured on "eMusic.com Selects". They released their debut EP, A Door into the Dark, on eMusic.com in March 2009, and it was named one of the year's best albums by Time Out New York. Victoire's first full-length album, Cathderal City, released in September 2010, was named one of 2010's best classical albums by The New York Times, Time Out New York, The New Yorker, and NPR. In a 7.8 review, Pitchfork stated, "Victoire condenses moments of focused beauty and quiet conviction from the pandemic distractions of modern life."
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In a previous post, I referred to some MSDN sample code and outlined the process of creating an ASP.NET page to display an image instead of HTML. As is often the case, the relevant sample code was written to demonstrate a concept rather than to be "production-ready". In one of the comments for that post, Heath Stewart suggested the use of a .ashx file as a more efficient way to do the same thing. This seems like a great opportunity to learn a little more about ASP.NET, so let's give it a try!
First, a little research is in order - I recommend starting with the documentation for Creating HttpHandlers and following up by learning a little about the corresponding IHttpHandler Interface. Armed with that knowledge, we should be able to convert the modified sample code over to the IHttpHandler interface.
Begin by creating a new file in the web site directory you were already using. I used Visual Studio's "Add New Item" action to add a "Generic Handler" page that was automatically named Handler.ashx. I then pasted in the existing code from my earlier post, tweaked a few minor things, and had a working IHttpHandler in considerably less time than it's taken me to write this post. :)
Here's what I ended up with in my Handler.ashx:
<%@ WebHandler Language="C#" Class="Handler" %>
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using System.Web;
public class Handler : IHttpHandler
public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
// Set the page's content type to JPEG files
context.Response.ContentType = "image/jpeg";
// Create integer variables.
int height = 100;
int width = 200;
// ...
// Create a bitmap and use it to create a
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// ...
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return true;
As you can see, the code is almost identical to the initial Page-based implementation! The only thing I think is worth calling out is that I've chosen to return "true" for the IsReusable property. The documentation for the IHttpHandler.IsReusable Property suggests that this property can be used to prevent concurrent use of the instance. Since our simple implementation doesn't make use of any global state, it should be safely reentrant, and therefore returns "true" to help ASP.NET avoid creating unnecessary instances of the class.
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UFC light heavyweight Forrest Griffin recently learned all too well that you sometimes have to choose your words very carefully.
The former champion sent out a message on his Twitter account days ago that read "Rape is the New Missionary" and the backlash was felt immediately.
Rape is a subject that is handled with kid gloves, because of the obviously devastating nature of such a heinous and foul crime.
When Griffin sent out the tweet, he was actually reacting to the news in which he saw the recent situation surrounding the crimes perpetrated by former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, who allegedly sexually assaulted several children over a number of years.
This situation along with other recent rape cases had Griffin amazed at the way that rape has somehow become "commonplace" in society, and left him wondering if this is what the world has come to.
Without the context attached to his message, Griffin put the tweet out into the world. The backlash, as would be expected, was fierce and unrelenting.
An author of two books, Griffin has never been one to hold his tongue on any subject, but following the feedback from the very controversial nature of the message, he apologized, and on Thursday he visited a local rape crisis center in Las Vegas to personally give the message.
Meeting with Hannah Brook, Executive Director of the Rape Crisis Center, Griffin apologized for his remark and made a donation to the center.
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"The entire comment was disgusting and insensitive," said Brook when speaking to local Las Vegas station KTNV.
While Griffin insisted that his message was simply a serious thought on how common rape seems in the news these days, he understood why everyone was so outraged and he feels bad that the situation ever happened.
"I feel bad. I want to apologize. I feel like I should be punished a little bit," Griffin said.
The original message has been deleted from Griffin's Twitter account, along with a few responses Griffin made when fans questioned his message. He's now responded by saying, "I love Twitter cause by the time you want to take 'it' back, 'it's' out there forever."
Griffin has since posted a message saying he's taking a break from Twitter altogether.
"Maybe other professional athletes or just guys in locker rooms can kind of be more sensitive towards the topic of rape," said Griffin. "Once you take the comments in the light of day, you feel disgusted by it, but at the time, you don't think."
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What the F are people freaking out about?! I get the initial reaction but after hearing the man out he's saying that rape has apparently been dumbed down by our society or at least by the liberal media. I was watching the news and some stupid kid at Penn State says, "Gosh! why don't they let JP coach his last game?!" Well retard, its pretty simple the man knew about the situation of little boys being molested and although he reported it didn't follow up on it after apparently nothing happened. Load of BS!!!! So in respect for the individuals and families who'll FOREVER will be damaged I say keep your mouth shut and get to class and continue to be indoctrinated by your liberal teachers.
Kinda interesting too that the Occupy Wall Street rapes don't seem to get much attention by the liberal media either. I think this is where Forrest was going. I've had the opportunity to meet and talk to the guy and he's probably one of the funniest and nicest guy's in MMA so Brook although I feel for you and what may have happened to you and others, Forrest meant no malicious intent towards women who have suffered terribly by the vermin who perpetrate these disgusting acts.
This PC shit and false outrage nonsense is out of control.
PC has nothing to do with it, you gotta be a real piece of shit to joke about rape and pedophilia, and its obvious why he would want to distance himself from those comments. If you think its okay to laugh about little boys getting their b-holes blown out then there is something wrong with you.
Why should anyone give a shit about what an athlete says? PC has everything to do with it. People feel obligated to fall in line and express their "outrage" over something that someone else says. Shrug it off and move on. My moral, social and political compass is unaffected by anything an athlete / entertainer says.
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The new spells sound neat but will be nerfed into the ground.
Remember how cool mirror image was gonna be 2 years ago? Yeah,look at it now.
How about FFB, that one was gonna be cool too.
The arcane spec will be dead if the Mana Adept change goes live.Less mana = less damage?
That's like telling a warrior the more rage you get the less damage you do.
It seems like they are getting rid of some of the spellbook clutter by removing some basically obsolete spells, like low level food, amplify magic and the like.Spell ranks will be gone too.
This, I think is a good thing. I have way too many pages to sort through when looking for something and too many useless buttons taking up space on my UI.They could keep frost/fire ward, but I don't use them much anyways.
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The Unintended Reformation is an unusual work of history in deliberately focusing as much on the present as on the past, and in emphasizing the ongoing importance of the Reformation era for understanding the Western world today. Having considered issues related to the book's genre, method, and assumptions in the first part of my response and others related to its historical arguments and omissions in the second part, the principal focus here will be the reactions of the forum participants to my description and assessment of the present. I will also take up speculation about my supposed agenda, and the book's lack of ideas for solving contemporary problems.
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Contents and discontents of (post)modernityposted by Brad S. Gregory
The secular in non-Western societiesposted by Katerina Dalacoura
The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, and the wider Islamist movement of which it is an instance, are in many ways a secular phenomenon. If we define "secularity" not only as the weakening of religious belief, but also as the idea that faith becomes one option among others; and "secularization" as the process of institutional and functional differentiation of modern state structures and the resultant marginalization of religious authority, then the Brotherhood, similarly to other Islamist entities, can be seen as a product of modernity and the "secular age." This transpires in two ways. First, for the Brotherhood, "Islam" is an identifiable set of beliefs that can be actively implemented and used as guidelines to reform society. Second, the parameters of the political order it proposes are defined by the context of the secular, modern nation-state.
Historical arguments and omissionsposted by Brad S. Gregory
A number of the forum reviewers raise objections to various aspects of the historical arguments in The Unintended Reformation. Others criticize me for having neglected what they regard as important omissions that adversely affect the book's arguments. I will consider each of these sorts of criticisms in turn. Many of these critiques derive from the difficulty of keeping in mind that the book's structure—a function of its method, which follows from its explanatory purpose as discussed in the first part of my response—distributes phenomena from the same historical era across six chapters rather than keeping them together. In combination with the necessarily compressed exposition, which also derives from the method, this sometimes results in readers not heeding or forgetting what is incorporated elsewhere in the book.
Modernity, enchantment, and Fictionalismposted by Michael Saler
The stern visage of Max Weber looms over discussions of modernity and enchantment, as does the sunnier countenance of Charles Taylor. Perhaps they should be joined by the open faced, bluntly spoken, and allegedly poker wielding Ludwig Wittgenstein. This choice might seem counter-intuitive. Wittgenstein did not write much about enchantment, and is more often considered a disenchanter who used the tools of philosophy to dispel illusions brought about by linguistic misuse. As he wrote, "Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language."
Beyond the Catholic-Protestant divideposted by Brenna Moore
The epigraph of Brad Gregory's The Unintended Reformation comes from an essay that Jacques Maritain wrote for the Review of Politics in 1942 entitled "The End of Machiavellianism." In it, Maritain evinces some of his own realist, even tragic sensibilities—his hunch that human beings often do not deliver on the grand promises that they make, and that what may have appeared so good long, long ago can bear rotten fruit centuries later. Although tracing the distant and historical causes of contemporary problems can be like trying to identify "in a river's mouth," as Maritain writes, "which waters come from which glaciers and which tributaries," if we are to have any chance of understanding ourselves, the work cannot be avoided. The epigraph offers a glimpse into Gregory's intentions and his inspiration, and it helps explain why he would read his area of specialization, the Reformation, in darker terms than some of his American colleagues. For Jacques Maritain, the Protestant reformers set in motion the modern, rationalist thinking that severed the ontological bonds between the realness of the world and the intellectual capacities of the knower. For Gregory, the tragedy of the Reformation was not the content of the reformers' ideas but the unsolved and unsatisfying contestations between Catholics and Protestants.
Buddhism in contextposted by Wei Zhu
For Tricycle, an independent Buddhist publication, Linda Heuman interviews David McMahan, scholar of Buddhism and modernity, and author of The Making of Buddhist Modernism.
History without hermeneutics: Brad Gregory's unintended modernityposted by Thomas Pfau
I would like to draw attention to three aspects of Brad Gregory's The Unintended Reformation, a book whose courage and ambition I applaud, if for no other reason than that it exemplifies what an engaged form of historiography (and humanistic inquiry more generally) can and should do. The first aspect has to do with the commercialization and commodification of knowledge in post-Reformation modernity and how it impacts advanced inquiry today. From it follows my second concern, which lies with the indebtedness of Gregory's own narrative to the fruits of modern, disciplinary and specialized inquiry. Finally, I wish to take up the question of whether Gregory's historiographical approach might be seriously compromised by the apparent absence of a focused hermeneutical engagement with the major voices (theological, philosophical, political, economic, etc.) widely credited with shaping the landscape of post-Reformation modernity, both secular and religious.
Beyond supersessionist stories?posted by Guido Vanheeswijck
Brad Gregory's monumental and erudite book has yielded a wide range of reactions. Highly appreciative remarks (especially from the Catholic side) are countered by rather dismissive, sometimes even venomous reviews (by Ian Hunter, James Chappel, Mark Lilla, and others), as well as by more balanced critiques (those of Peter Gordon, Victoria Kahn, and Adrian Pabst, for instance). I will not dwell on the details of these divergent opinions; I would instead like to focus on the question of whether or not The Unintended Reformation is a genuine work of history. More specifically, I would like to tackle two questions: (1) What is meant precisely by the term "a supersessionist model" of historical narrative in contrast to "genealogical history"? And (2) does Gregory succeed in writing a study in genealogical or analytical history, as he claims to do, or is The Unintended Reformation itself an example of supersessionist historiography, albeit in reverse? My answer is based primarily on a comparison between Gregory's book and Charles Taylor's A Secular Age, which are often mentioned in the same breath (cf. Lilla, Hunter, Pabst).
Secular supercessionism and alternative modernityposted by Adrian Pabst
Recent years have seen the resurgence of "metahistories" that seek to provide a single complex narrative of seemingly disparate events and developments. Among the most prominent contemporary accounts are Marcel Gauchet's La condition historique (2005), Charles Taylor's A Secular Age (2007) and Robert Bellah's Religion in Human Evolution (2011). In different ways, all three offer an overarching story of how the distant past—whether the emergence of the modern state or the rise of secular unbelief as a default position or cultural capacities driving religious development—continues to shape the present. Brad S. Gregory's The Unintended Reformation is another such ambitious attempt, charting the way in which Protestantism unwittingly invented the capitalism and secular liberalism that together constitute our current condition.
Get over itposted by Victoria Kahn
In many ways, the argument of Brad Gregory's The Unintended Reformation is a familiar one. Gregory aims to explain our modern condition genealogically, by tracing the "hyperpluralism" of modern religious and secular commitments to the Protestant Reformation. The unintended consequence of the Reformation was the proliferation of individual truth claims that led to the proto-liberal separation of church and state. Univocal metaphysics and Occam's razor (the principle of explanatory parsimony) simultaneously brought God within the same ontological order as creation and led to the "exclusion of God" from scientific explanations of the natural world. Once empirical science became the new standard of truth, the metaphysical rug was pulled out from under religion and morality: belief and value became subjective and relative, leaving individuals with no standard by which to adjudicate conflicting truth claims. In the place of a substantive "virtue ethics" of the Good, some early modern thinkers began to advocate a formal, individualist ethic of rights.


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Organics can be confusing. The food you eat can be USDA certified organic, but the pesticides, herbicides and fungicides used to treat them can't be. It's all about inputs and outputs. Suzanne Wainwright-Evans, Ornamental Entomologist and owner of Buglady Consulting, helps put it into layman's terms: "This is where people get confused sometimes – when they think something like an insecticide is organic," she says. "The insecticides are not organic – it's that they're approved for usage on organics. There's a big difference between being approved for usage on organics and being organic."
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We've probably all tried organic food at some point, whether it's an apple, egg or loaf of bread. But how does the term apply to flowers? Some consumers might even be under the impression that if it's a plant, it's natural and must be organic anyway. Or, others might wonder, if something isn't actually consumed, why should it matter if it's organic or not? But it's not just about the plant. It's about the process used to grow it and how much impact it has on the environment.
In order for a product to be called organic, it has to meet standards set by the USDA's National Organic Program (NOP). For a greenhouse growing ornamental plants, those plants can be considered organic only if a representative from the USDA checks all the inputs used, including pesticides, and ensures that they're all approved for usage on organic crops. The recent Top 100 Growers survey conducted by TGC's sister magazine, Greenhouse Grower, found that only 12 percent of the Top 100 growers grow organic products. Evans says she doesn't know of many ornamentals growers that are USDA certified organic, either. "What I'm seeing more is they're pulling parts of it into their program. They're using the biocontrol, or they're using the organic insecticides and now the biodegradable pots," she says.
But, the question some growers have is: will consumers be interested enough in organic plants for it to be worth the investment?
The answer, Evans says, is simple: "Look at Wal-Mart selling organic clothing. Do you care if you're clothing is grown organically or not? Obviously
consumers do."
All Natural Vs. Organic
It's easier to label something "all natural" than it is to call it organic. According to Evans, all natural products aren't as closely regulated. For items like pesticides, she says, a lot of companies use natural botanical extracts, and the market is being flooded with products like these. But, if the plants from which the botanical oils were extracted were grown using conventional pesticides, the products cannot be approved for use on organics. Instead, they're often labeled as natural.
She also notes that different states have different rules and regulations when it comes to organics. "The federal (regulations) are the broadest, and then the states may be more specific," Evans explains. "You have to meet the national (standards) first, and then you have to meet your state."
Getting Certified
If you see a product with the USDA certified organic label on it, Evans says it's no small feat. In order to use that label legally, there are a number of hoops a company must jump through. The easiest path to USDA organic certification, though, according to Evans, is to go through an independent certification service, such as OMRI (probably the best-known one) or Oregon Tilth, or any other number of certifying bodies. Evans stresses that companies like these are in no way affiliated with the government, but, if something is OMRI Listed, for example, you can rest assured it will meet government standards for organics.
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Unfortunately, we're not sure we'll have paczki for Mardi Gras this year. We originally intended to have them out this week and through Mardi Gras, but a project to upgrade our fryer hood in West Seattle turned into a longer one than expected. The contractors on the project are working as quickly as they can, but at this point, we can't say for sure what our roll-out date will be.
Also, there's no frying at our Capitol Hill location as there is no fryer exhaust hood and no fryer-specific fire suppression system. There was really no space to even consider it in the build out.
Believe me, the staff is as unhappy about it as a some of you might be! A number of us were looking forward to warm paczki straight off the fryer this season.
The silver lining to all this is that when the upgrade is finished, we'll be considering doing other fritters - I've even heard the word 'beignet' whispered (I'm not promising, as I've only heard it whispered- and this blogger still wants an in-house apple fritter…)
We'll be posting to Facebook and Twitter as soon as we know when we'll be able to start frying, and if it will be in time for Mardi Gras (fingers crossed, but it's not likely since it's next Tuesday). In the meanwhile- we truly apologize we're not on schedule for them this year- we want our paczki, too.


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Andrus didn't play winter ball for the first time in his career, and he knew it might take a little longer to get ready this spring.
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Favorite Thanksgiving Traditions
- Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Recently, we asked Crosswalk readers to share their favorite Thanksgiving traditions and what makes this time of year so special for their families. If you're looking for some ideas of your own or if you're just in need of some inspiring traditions that will touch your heart, we invite you to take a few minutes to read through the following traditions.
My son started a Thanksgiving tradition of his own when he was about 9 yrs. old. He has a piece of pumpkin pie for breakfast on that day. He says he never can wait until after dinner, and then he's too full to enjoy it as much!
– Barbara F.
Glencoe, Okla.
On Thanksgiving Day, we always get together with either my folks or my husband's. We alternate each year. We always have a big turkey, filling, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetables & pumpkin pie. When we get together with my folks, we also have mince meat pie. When our oldest child's birthday falls on Thanksgiving Day, as it does this year, we have birthday cake sometime throughout the day.
– Janet W.
East Berlin, Pa.
Our favorite tradition is the nature walk we go on after dinner. We live in Arizona, so the weather is usually cooperative. We walk down to the river and through the hills for several miles, appreciating the beauty of God's creation and enjoying the conversation and time spent together. We don't have a "favorite" recipe. We like to try new variations on the traditional turkey and dressing as well as new sides and of course, pies, which we eat after the walk. But we all agree that we must have turkey!
– Cindy B.
When our kids were younger, we read Peter Marshall's "The Light and the Glory." We were especially moved by the story of the pilgrims during that terrible winter when they were rationed only five kernels of corn to eat each day. On that first Thanksgiving feast, after they had been so blessed by an abundant harvest, they put on each of their plates five kernels of corn as a reminder of God's blessings on them. Since reading this story, we have adopted the same tradition, and on each person's plate we put five kernels of corn (the candy type) to remind ourselves of how God has provided so many blessings for us as well.
– Chris O.
Lake Orion, Mich.
Our favorite Thanksgiving family tradition is the time spent together after dinner playing games. The day after we have "after day", do crafts all day and eat leftovers. Watch Christmas movies like "White Christmas", "It's a Wonderful Life", "Miracle on 34th Street", "Scrooge", etc.
– Toni S.
Evanston, Wyo.
After we were married and having kids of our own, it seemed that both our families were either growing so much or moving so far away it was becoming impossible to get together. We all then decided to just get together with the families once a year during the Christmas holidays. Then our parents would take turns coming to each of their children's homes on Thanksgiving, taking turns with each child's family for a particular year. Then we realized that we wanted to continue to share our Thanksgiving seasons with someone (or several someones as it has turned out), on the years that our parents weren't with us. Then, both my parents and my husband's father, after much illness went to be with the Lord, and my husband's mom prefers to go to his sister's each year since she lives so far away and can't see her but that one time during the year. Then, my best friend's parents also passed and she being single with no family within the state we started inviting anyone that seems to just need to be with someone. It has become a regular thing for my best friend to be here each year. but we have invited neighbors who were by themselves and no family around, our kids' friends and families, and invited those who may not want to come for the big meal but come for the fun afterwards.
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NVIDIA held an event today at the GPU Technology Conference, and it unveiled a bunch of new features its future Tegra SoCs will have. Many of these features are game changers and will allow mobile devices to do "everything a modern computer should do." NVIDIA's CEO revealed details about the next-gen Tegra processor codenamed Logan (most likely the Tegra 5), as well as the next-next gen Tegra processor codenamed Parker (most likely the Tegra 6).


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Look Who's Coming to MegaCon 2014…Comic Creators and Celebrities Announced
February 6, 2014 by Michael Pate
Filed under Anime, Comic Books, Convention News, Florida, Gaming, Top Stories
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ORLANDO MEGACON – Look What's Happening
MegaCon, the largest comic book, anime, gaming and multi media event in the southeastern U.S., begins announcing guests for the 2014 show. MegaCon will take place March 21 -23, 2014 at the Orange County Convention Center Hall SB in the North/South Building in Orlando, FL.
Confirmed comic book guests include:
J. Scott Campbell, Frank Brunner, Neal Adams, Bill Sienkiewicz, Mark Waid, Ron Marz, Greg Land, Michael Golden, Dennis Calero, George Pérez, Brandon Peterson, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Cully Hamner, Karl Story, Renee Witterstaetter, Billy Tucci (20th anniversary of Shi) and Brian Pulido (15th anniversary of Lady Death), Nick Bradshaw, Adam Kubert, Dan Jurgens, Mike Miller, Joshua Ortega, Digger, Bart Sears, Ethan Van Sciver, Mike McKone, Frank Tieri, Mike Mayhew, Chuck Dixon, Skottie Young
Confirmed media guests include:
Walking Dead – Lauren Cohan, Steven Yeun, David Morrissey, Beth Kinney, Sonequa Martin-Green
Torchwood – John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Gareth David-Lloyd
Torchwood animated series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse – Eliza Dushku
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Torchwood – James Marsters
Smallville – Michael Rosenbaum, Allison Mack, John Glover, Laura Vandervoort, Aaron Ashmore
Napolean Dynamite – John Heder
Battlestar Galactica – Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Herbert Jefferson, Anne Lockhart
Star Wars – Peter Mayhew, Tom Kane
Comic Book Men – Mike Zapcic, Ming Chen, Bryan Johnson
Star Trek, Big Bang Theory – Wil Wheaton;
Voice Actors:
Rob Paulsen, Jim Cummings, Quinton Flynn, Phil LaMarr, Rich Horvitz, Vic Mignogna, Jennifer Hale
You won't want to miss Comos
First time ever official MegaCon Friday evening Dance for 18+ only
Costume Contest – Drinks – Dancing
Spectacular Laser show & visuals by Empire Visuals
Nelson Flux – Evolv 3
Hosted by Nick Wolfe
$10 – Friday evening from 9pm – 11:30pm
Introducing: The Ghost of the Robot Band with James Marsters – Saturday evening performance $20 in advance $25 at the door.
Other events include: MegaCon video gaming and the Supercon 2K series provided by National Video Gaming Association and Vibras Five.One, RPG, LARP, card and miniature gaming events, children events provided by the Skiffytown Heroes, Speed Dating, anime events, belly dancing, Indy Film Festival, movie trailers screening room, Saturday evening dance, late night adult only dance, and professional panel room.
Thanks to our sponsors: 101.1 WJRR, The am 740 Game, 104.1 Real Radio, Certified Guaranty Company, Central Florida Mensa, Students of the Unusual
The MegaCon guest list is constantly growing. Check www.MegaConvention.com frequently for more updates.
MegaCon 2014
Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, Florida
March 21st – 23rd
Contact Info: firstname.lastname@example.com or www.megaconvention.com
Marvel Panel & Signing Schedule for SDCC 2013
July 16, 2013 by Colin Solan
Filed under California, Comic Books, Comic-Con International, Convention News, Movies, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Television, Top Stories
Marvel Entertainment has released their panel and booth signing schedule for Comic Con International in San Diego. Highlights include Stan Lee, director Joss Whedon, Hayley Atwell, the cast and crew of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Agent Coulson himself, Clark Gregg! Plus many writers and artists from the House of Ideas such as Brian Michael Bendis, Joe Quesada, John Romita Jr, Sara Pichelli, Mark Brooks, Jeph Loeb, and more!
Tampa Bay Comic Con Announces Star-Studded Guest List for August 2013
June 14, 2013 by Brian Pate
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, Florida, Top Stories
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Tampa Bay Comic Con Announces Star-Studded Cast
June 14th, 2013 – The Tampa Bay Comic Con will take place on August 23-25, 2013 at the Tampa Convention Center! This marks the inaugural Tampa Bay Comic Con to be held at Tampa Convention Center.
The Tampa Bay Comic Con has announced its guest list and it includes primary cast members from Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead and Hunger Games.
• Maisie Williams who portrays Arya Stark, the star and protagonist of the HBO series, Game of Thrones. The Tampa Bay Comic Con will be the first convention in the western hemisphere to feature Maisie Williams.
• Rory McCann who portrays Sandor "The Hound" Clegane in the HBO series, Game of Thrones. The Tampa Bay Comic Con will be the first convention in the western hemisphere to feature Rory McCann.
• Lauren Cohan who portrays Maggie Greenie in AMC's hit series, The Walking Dead.
• Willow Shields who portrays Primrose Everdeen (sister of Katniss played by Jennifer Lawrence) in the Hunger Games and upcoming sequel, Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
In addition, the following comic artist professionals will be in attendance:
• George Perez, known for the Avengers, Teen Titans, Infinity Gauntlet
• Jim Calafiore, Jeff Dekal, Bo Hampton, Geof Isherwood, Joëlle Jones, Ken Kelly,Greg LaRocque, Pablo Marcos, Val Mayerik, Mike McKone, Mike Perkins, Budd Root, Sanjulian, Andy Smith, Mark Sparacio and Tim Vigil.
All three convention days will feature full schedules of programming such as cosplay, contests and panels.
Single-day admission is $20.00 and a 3-day pass is $45.00 ($15.00 savings) for adults. Admission is FREE for children (12 & under).
12PM-6PM | Friday, August 23rd
10AM-6PM | Saturday, August 24th
10AM-5PM | Sunday, August 25th
Tampa Convention Center (west hall)
333 S Franklin St.
Tampa, FL 33602
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So Cal Comic Con (November 2012)
November 7, 2012 by joelelad
Filed under California, Collectibles, Comic Books, Convention Profiles
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|Convention Name
|So Cal Comic Con
|Convention Website Address
|This convention will take place:
|Date (Format mm/dd/yyyy)
|About This Convention
|Come buy Golden, Silver, Bronze and Modern comic books, as well as toys and merchandise, at the 3rd annual So Cal Comic Con! Meet Guest of Honor Marc Silvestri and over a dozen artists and writers, including Eric Basaldua, Joe Benitez, Ale Garza, Mike McKone, Marat Mychaels, Tone Rodriguez and Joe Weems! Free gift bags for the 1st 100 people in line, along with raffles all day for prizes like Avengers #1 from 1963 SIGNED by Stan Lee, and a Jim Lee sketched Icons Previews Exclusive Hardcover! Meet publishers like Top Cow, IDW, and Aspen Comics and buy convention exclusive products.
|Venue Name and Address
|QLN Conference Center
1938 Avenida del Oro
Oceanside, CA 92056
United States
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|Projected Attendance
|Please select the Category that best describes the convention
|Comic Books
|Additional Categories
|Marc Silvestri, Eric Basaldua, Joe Benitez, Keu Cha, Richard Friend, Ale Garza, Joel Gomez, Sina Grace, Mike McKone, Chris Moreno, Marat Mychaels, Tone Rodriguez, Joe Weems
Hero Initiative Schedule for WonderCon 2012
March 12, 2012 by Colin Solan
Filed under California, Comic Books, Convention News, Top Stories
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Hero Initiative, the non-profit organization that aids comic creators in medical and financial need, attends WonderCon on March 16-18, 2012 at the Anaheim Convention center located at 800 West Katella in Anaheim, California. Joining us will be Dawn creator Joseph Michael Linsner. Joe will be at the Hero Initiative booth, #204, all weekend.
Joe will have books and original art on hand and will be doing sketches, so don't miss out on this amazing opportunity! "Hero is a fantastic organization that does so much good for the comics community that I feel honored to be able to help out in any way I can," said Linsner. "The heroic folks at Hero really live up to their name. All they need are capes—they already have super-powers."
Marv Wolfman, Christian Gossett, Mark Waid, Mike McKone, and Scott Koblish will also be stopping by for signings and sketches throughout the weekend. Check details below:
Additional schedule:
Friday, March 16 (con hours 12-7)
3:00-4:00: Marv Wolfman
Saturday, March 17 (con hours 10-7)
10:30-12:30: Christian Gossett
2:30-3:30: Mark Waid
4:30-5:30: Mike McKone
Sunday, March 18 (con hours 11-5)
1:00-2:30: Scott Koblish
About The Hero Initiative
The Hero Initiative is the first-ever federally chartered not-for-profit corporation dedicated strictly to helping comic book artists and craftsmen in need. Hero Initiative creates a financial safety net for yesterday's creators who may need emergency medical aid, financial support for essentials of life, and an avenue back into paying work. It's a chance for all of us to give back something to the people who have given us so much enjoyment.
Since its inception, The Hero Initiative has had the good fortune to grant over $500,000 to the comics veterans who have paved the way for those in the industry today. For more information, visit www.heroinitiative.org or call 626-676-6354.
Hero Initiative Attending Long Beach Comic and Horror Con 2011 with Darwyn Cooke and John Carpenter
October 25, 2011 by Brian Pate
Filed under California, Comic Books, Convention News, Horror, Movies, Top Stories
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Hero Initiative And Eisner Award-winning Darwyn Cooke At Long Beach Comic and Horror Con!
World Premiere Release of Parker: The Martini Edition
And signatures by film writer/director John Carpenter
Los Angeles, CA (October 24, 2011) Hero Initiative, the non-profit organization that helps comic creators in financial and medical need, is proud to announce its attendance at Long Beach Comic and Horror Con, October 29th and 30th at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. Hero will be hosting Eisner Award-winning writer/artist Darwyn Cooke, best known for his work on comics such as Catwoman, DC: The New Frontier, The Spirit and Richard Stark's Parker.
And IDW Publishing's Parker: The Martini Edition will be making its world premiere at the convention as well! This will be your first chance EVER to pick up a copy, and get it signed by the master himself! In addition, Hero Initiative will have Darwyn Cooke con-exclusive merchandise so make sure you make it to our booth, #213, and be a Hero by supporting our great cause!
And that's not all! Legendary moviemaker John Carpenter, known for Halloween, Escape from New York, and They Live, will be doing his ONLY signing of the convention for Hero Initiative as well! John has generously agreed to autograph 250 items only. Signature vouchers will be available at the Hero Initiative booth Saturday morning, limit ONE per person, at $5 each. John will then sign at booth #913 at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Don't miss out!
And if you like free stuff, well…you can get a FREE Ultimate Spider-Man #100 Project softcover or Transmetropolitan: All Around the World hardcover if you sign up your Ralphs Rewards card for Hero at our booth, OR drop off your old printer cartridges, cell phones or small electronics for us to redeem with Funding Factory. Please note you MUST bring your Ralphs Rewards card with you—we cannot sign you up with your phone number alone!
To find out more about Hero Initiative, check out our YouTube videos, including our most recent video featuring creators we've helped with support from people like you!
Hero Initiative's booth schedule (booth #213):
SAT., Oct. 29 (con hours 10-7)
1030-1130: Gerry Conway
1030-1230: Jon Bogdanove
1100-100: Darwyn Cooke
130-230: Marv Wolfman
230-330: Mark Waid
SUN., Oct. 30 (con hours 10-5)
1030-1130: Albert Morales
1130-1230: Darwyn Cooke
1230-230: Mike McKone
230-430: Darwyn Cooke
About The Hero Initiative:
The Hero Initiative is the first-ever federally chartered not-for-profit corporation dedicated strict to helping comic book creators in need. Hero creates a financial safety net for yesterday's creators who may need emergency medical aid, financial support for essentials of life, and an avenue back into paying work. It's a chance for all of us to give back something to the people who have given us so much enjoyment. Since its inception, The Hero Initiative has had the good fortune to grant over $500,000 to the comic book veterans who have paved the way for those in the industry today. For more information, visitwww.heroinitiative.org or call 626-676-6354.
Marvel Signing, Panel, and Booth Schedules for NYCC 2011 Announced
October 13, 2011 by Brian Pate
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Via Marvel.com, we get our first look at Marvel's signing schedule for New York Comic Con 2011, including signings by Stan Lee and Joe Quesada as well as Chris Evans (Captain America), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), and more from The Avengers.
In addition, Marvel has made their Panel and Booth Schedule available:
Hero Initiative Booth Schedule for NYCC 2011
October 10, 2011 by Colin Solan
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Hero Initiative announces its signing schedule for New York Comic Con with appearances by Tim Sale, Walt Simonson, Steve Dillon, Tom Raney, and many more!
A quick note for you autograph collectors out there—and we know you're out there! Convention appearances by Ralph Reese, Chris Ivy or Robert Washington are exceedingly rare! So this is an outstanding opportunity to crack out those old back issues and get them signed.
And over at The Artist's Choice in Artist Alley at the con, a whole DIFFERENT bountiful bevy of creators will sign autographs for Hero. Please check them out as well.
And we also STRONGLY encourage you to hit Hero's panel on Friday morning. Full details below!
Friday, Oct. 14
11 AM-12 noon
Room 1A02
Find out all about the Hero Initiative, the only federally chartered charity dedicated to helping comic creators in medical or financial need. Hero has paid back rent when creators are literally 24 hours from eviction, paid to keep the heat on in the winter, and covered the cost of crucial medication and treatment that frequently meant the difference between life and death.
Hero Initiative President Jim McLauchlin is joined by Hero beneficiaries Ralph Reese (House of Secrets), Chris Ivy (Moon Knight), and Robert Washington (Static), who will tell their own personal stories about how Hero has changed THEIR lives…for the better.
Monsters & Dames Returns for Emerald City Comicon 2011
December 20, 2010 by Brian Pate
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, Top Stories, Washington
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Seattle, WA – December 20, 2010 – Debuting again at the upcoming Emerald City Comicon (ECCC) will be the 2011 edition of the shows popular MONSTERS & DAMES art book. The 2011 book not only features an amazing cover by acclaimed illustrator Adam Hughes, but has expanded to a whopping SIXTY (60) pages of brand new illustrations by some of the top illustrators in comics and animation!
Since its inception in 2009, the MONSTERS & DAMES art books and auctions have raised over $10,000.00 for Seattle Children's Hospital, a premier child health care & pediatric center, recognized as one of the leading hospitals for children. The art book has sold out each year at the convention.
"Helping bring this book to life each year is an incredible experience," says ECCC Convention Director Jim Demonakos. "Being able to not only create a fun, collectible art book that fans love and at the same time raise a huge amount of money to benefit local children is very rewarding."
The full-color, 9″x12″, 60-page MONSTERS & DAMES hardcover is limited to 1000 individually numbered copies. The 2011 book features contributions from some of the top creators in the industry, including JG Jones, Geof Darrow, Cully Hamner, Bruce Timm, Humberto Ramos, Guy Davis, Todd Nauck, Frank Cho, Yanick Paquette, Skottie Young, Aaron Lopresti, Cliff Chiang, Mike McKone, Cameron Stewart, Erik Larsen, Chris Giarrusso, Pete Woods, Jonathan Hickman, Sean "Cheeks" Galloway and dozens more! For the complete list of creators involved in this amazing art book, visit http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/monstersndames.php
The Ninth Annual EMERALD CITY COMICON, newly expanded to three days, will be taking place March 4th-6th, 2011 at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in beautiful downtown Seattle, WA.
VA Comicon (November 2010)
November 17, 2010 by Brian Pate
Filed under Collectibles, Comic Books, Convention Profiles, Gaming, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Virginia
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|Start Date
|End Date
|Venue Name
|Ramada Plaza Richmond West
|Venue Address
|6624 West Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23230
United States
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|Projected Attendance
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|- Collectibles
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Because God has chosen 5 spectacular persons to inspire millions of people around the world through their music and friendship. And no matter how far they may be with each other, they will forever be connected by the love of their fans, Cassiopeia. Therefore i can say that they are what i thank God for. #TVXQ3000thDay
The term Jungbangingyoursanity came from the root word JUNG which leads us to JUNG YUNHO who is a very hot male creature created by God to make all woman's ovaries explode. Jung Yunho was not created the only hot male creature by God for he also have 4 other alliances in making the world's female population explode their ovaries, namely, Kim Jaejoong, Park Yoochun, Kim Junsu and Shim Changmin. Jungbangingyoursanity refers to the phenomena when you loose your sanity because of Jung Yunho.
Name: Xelly
Tumblr Name: jungbangingyoursanity
Nickname(s): xelly, paper, papiere
Birthday: August 15, 1995
Relationship Status: Divorced to Kim Jaejoong ; Married to Jung Yunho
Random fact about you: I am insane.
Hobbies/Interests: Eat. Sleep. Blog. Spazz. TVXQ. Tohoshinki. Kdrama. Text. Read FFs. Hang-out with friends. Movies
Do you smoke/drink: NO. NEVER. EVER.
Why Tumblr?: …because tumblr is where awesome people are /smirk
…till we meet again
"For dreams to come true, it requires diligence. Believing is the most important thing!" - Jung Yunho
URL: jungbangingyoursanity
Top 5 fandoms you'll see:
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Top 3 celebrities you'll see:
- Jaejoong
- Yunho
- Changmin
Top 3 other topics you'll see:
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- Graphics i like
Do I make graphics? Uhm, depends if im feeling creative but srsly, no i dnt do much.
Do I liveblog? Maybe. When i'm bored i do.
My ask box is: Empty and got cobwebs in it. Someone please fill it up so it could be pretty and cozy and alive like before. ^^
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